Dungeons & Dragons #1

IDW's 2010 launch of Dungeons & Dragons #1 kicks off the "Shadowplague" arc with a cover by Tyler Walpole that immediately establishes the adventuring party front and center — a heavily armored warrior dominates the foreground, sword in hand, flanked by a red-bearded dwarf, a lithe elven archer, a cloaked rogue, and a fierce horned tiefling sorceress, all posed against a dramatic open sky. Writer John Rogers and artist Andrea Di Vito bring the beloved tabletop world to comics form, and this first issue promises the kind of ensemble adventuring that fans of the franchise have always wanted to see on the page.