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Some of the biggest battles in comics haven't been imaginary struggles between Batman and Superman or any superhero face-off, but rather the behind-the-scenes (and sometimes super-public) fallings-out between creators of a project once it becomes a hit, and the fame and fortune follow suit. Jack Kirby and Stan Lee over their Marvel Comics creations. Tony Moore and Robert Kirkman over the Walking Dead. Todd McFarlane and Neil Gaiman over Angela and other Spawn creations. Now, Kirkman and McFarlane's comic companies are turning that common thread of comic creator fallouts into a fantasy story (with more than a little bit of truth).

Tales of Wonder by cartoonist Steve Skroce, colorist Ian Herring, and letterer Pat Brosseau is a new series that takes a page (or more) from real-life comic creator clashes but fictionalizes it and turns it into a superhero flight. In Tales of Wonder, the two feuding friends-turned-collaborators-turned-enemies must team up to stop their contested fictional creations come to life and menace the world.

“This is a story I've dreamt of telling for years. It's a tale about the many pitfalls of creative collaboration. When things go south, lifelong friendships can end, and the axe-grinding can last for decades," says Skroce in the announcement. Although there's no known major comic-creator clashes for Skroce, he has worked with a who's who of individuals on comics, including Clive Barker, Rob Liefeld, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, Geof Darrow, and Brian K. Vaughan.

"Tales of Wonder is about finding your way back from that, it's about believing in a second chance to get things right, it's about the value of friendship, and it's all wrapped up in a full-throttle, action-packed superhero adventure," Skroce continues. "I hope you dig it."

Instead of Stan and Jack (as in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby), Tales of Wonder starts Stu and Jake who created some of the world's most popular superheroes in the early half of the 20th century but had a falling out over cash, credit, and creative, and now as octogenerians only see each other at comic conventions when they're teamed up to reminisce about old glories for fans. But whereas in the real world those fences are rarely mended (although sometimes there's a legal settlement), Tales of Wonder's Stu and Jake are forced to mend fences to fend off their make-believe superheroes and monsters as they come to life.

“Steve Skroce is a generational talent, and I’m beyond thrilled that his latest series is here at Skybound,” says the company's executive editor, Ben Abernathy. "His poignant tale of two Golden Age comic book creators as they face their greatest creations, literally, is a tale for the ages!"

Tales of Wonder #1 is due out September 2, and the series is scheduled to be a limited series — although Skybound hasn't specified yet how many issues that would be.

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