Ignition Press Ongoing Series

Showdown (2026)

Some things you just can’t get over. When Trish Sullivan left her hometown for college, she left behind unfinished business. Now she’s back and looking to settle up.Trish blames Harvey Harlowe for the death of her little brother, so Trish’s homecoming is an eye-for-an-eye mission. She’s going to kill him, and Harvey should get his affairs in order. But Harvey’s dad has just died, and an injury destroyed his football scholarship. Without a future ahead of him, Trish’s challenge is all the more welcome. He’s more than ready to go down fighting, and no one is going to step in and save him. Showdown is a grounded drama rooted in the burden of family and the weight of revenge from writer Dave Wielgosz (Batman: Man-Bat; TMNT: Mutant Nation) and artist Tadd Galusha (Godzilla: Unnatural Disasters). It’s a gritty and emotional pulp drama in the vein of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Criminal, with main covers by artist Steve Lieber(Whiteout). Knuckles will be bruised and noses will be broken...but so will hearts. Cover B: Series artist Galusha provides in-your-face, explosive open-to-order variants for Showdown. Cover C: Available for every 10 copies ordered by retailers, David Lapham, creator of the seminal crime comic masterpiece Stray Bullets, also contributes a special #1 incentive variant.

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4
Issues
32
Pages/Issue
Ongoing
Frequency
TBD
Rating

All Issues

Showdown #5 Cover A Steve Lieber

Issue #5

CA$6.99

Showdown #5 Cover A Steve Lieber

Release: October 28, 2026

Showdown #4 Cover A Steve Lieber

Issue #4

CA$6.99

Showdown #4 Cover A Steve Lieber

Release: September 16, 2026

Showdown #3 Cover A Steve Lieber

Issue #3

CA$6.99

Showdown #3 Cover A Steve Lieber

Release: August 12, 2026

Showdown #1 Cover A Steve Lieber

Issue #1

CA$7.15

Showdown #1 Cover A Steve Lieber

Release: May 13, 2026

Reading Order

  1. Showdown #1 Cover A Steve Lieber

    Some things you just can’t get over. When Trish Sullivan left her hometown for college, she left behind unfinished business. Now she’s back and looking to settle up.Trish blames Harvey Harlowe for the death of her little brother, so Trish’s homecoming is an eye-for-an-eye mission. She’s going to kill him, and Harvey should get his affairs in order. But Harvey’s dad has just died, and an injury destroyed his football scholarship. Without a future ahead of him, Trish’s challenge is all the more welcome. He’s more than ready to go down fighting, and no one is going to step in and save him. Showdown is a grounded drama rooted in the burden of family and the weight of revenge from writer Dave Wielgosz (Batman: Man-Bat; TMNT: Mutant Nation) and artist Tadd Galusha (Godzilla: Unnatural Disasters). It’s a gritty and emotional pulp drama in the vein of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Criminal, with main covers by artist Steve Lieber(Whiteout). Knuckles will be bruised and noses will be broken...but so will hearts. Cover B: Series artist Galusha provides in-your-face, explosive open-to-order variants for Showdown. Cover C: Available for every 10 copies ordered by retailers, David Lapham, creator of the seminal crime comic masterpiece Stray Bullets, also contributes a special #1 incentive variant.

  2. Showdown #3 Cover A Steve Lieber

    Trish’s loss began the day her brother died. The grief that followed has taken so much more, and her vengeance means losing all the happiness she found when she went away to school. The question on everyone’s mind: will making Harvey pay for what he did be worth it? The drama deepens in this modern crime story by Dave Wielgosz (Man-Bat) and artist Tadd Galusha (Godzilla: Rage Across Time), with a stunning main cover by the master of crime comics and Whiteout co-creator Steve Lieber.

  3. Showdown #4 Cover A Steve Lieber

    It’s the last day before the showdown, and both Harvey and Trish have to face some hard truths. For Trish, she is starting to see that her brother may not have been the perfect young man she thought he was. For Harvey, it’s that there isn’t as much in his life to settle as he thought there might be. And for both, it’s the very real fact that the town they call home has very little regard for either of them. This penultimate issue sets up everything before the real final showdown begins.

  4. Showdown #5 Cover A Steve Lieber

    FINAL ISSUE. Time’s up! Let the rumble begin! Trish came back home and told Harvey to get his affairs in order, because the two of them were going to settle their grievances with violence. Two will enter, and as far as they are both concerned, they don’t care if neither of them leaves! Read the bloody and emotional conclusion to 2026’s best crime comic. Showdown has established writer Dave Wielgosz (Man-Bat) and artist Tadd Galusha (Bubba Ho-Tep) as major talents, and this brutal finale will only cement that reputation.

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