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Kiss: Psycho Circus

    (Image, 1997-2000, 2003)
™ and ©1997 Kiss Catalog, Inc.

Published by the Todd McFarlane studio at Image, Kiss: Psycho Circus is more than just an homage to the over-the-top rockers of yore. Like the Marvel Kiss specials that preceded it by some two decades, it attempts to cast the members of a rock glam band as mythical figures. Unlike that earlier effort, however, Kiss: Psycho Circus actually succeeds.

The result is far more surreal than you might imagine. Employing an art style made famous on comics such as Spawn, it tells of a “circus” of sorts where four “creatures of pure spirit, encompassing aspects of both dark and light, heaven and hell” pass judgment upon the living. These are the Demon (a.k.a. Gene Simmons in the real band), the Starbearer (Ace Frehley), the Celestial (Paul Stanley), and the King of Beasts (drummer Peter Criss). With not a trace of self-effacement, and prose as purple as it comes, Psycho Circus is nevertheless effective as pure comic fantasy.
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  • 1
    #1
    Aug 1997
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    W: Brian Holguin  ·  A: Angel Medina
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  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Michael Golden
    Aug 1997
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    W: Brian Holguin  ·  A: Angel Medina
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  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    3rd Printing Cover by Michael Golden
    Mar 1998
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    W: Brian Holguin  ·  A: Angel Medina
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    #1 - 4th printing
    4th Printing Cover
    Aug 1998
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  • 2
    #2
    Sep 1997
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  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    2nd printing
    Sep 1997
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  • 3
    #3
    Oct 1997
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    #4
    Nov 1997
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    #5
    Dec 1997
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    #6
    Jan 1998
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    #7
    Mar 1998
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    #8
    Apr 1998
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  • 9
    #9
    May 1998
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  • 10
    #10
    Kiss: Psycho Circus 4-ptych cover, 1/4
    Jun 1998
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  • 11
    #11
    Kiss: Psycho Circus 4-ptych cover, 2/4
    Jul 1998
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  • 12
    #12
    Kiss: Psycho Circus 4-ptych cover, 3/4
    Aug 1998
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  • 13
    #13
    Kiss: Psycho Circus 4-ptych cover, 4/4
    Oct 1998
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  • 14
    #14
    Nov 1998
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    #15
    Dec 1998
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    #16
    Feb 1999
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    #17
    Mar 1999
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    #18
    Apr 1999
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    #19
    May 1999
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    #20
    Jun 1999
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    #21
    Jul 1999
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  • 22
    #22
    Aug 1999
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  • 23
    #23
    Sep 1999
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    #24
    Oct 1999
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    #25
    Nov 1999
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    #26
    Jan 2000
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    #27
    Feb 2000
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    #28
    Apr 2000
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    #29
    Apr 2000
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  • 30
    #30
    May 2000
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  • 31
    #31
    Jun 2000
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  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Sep 1998
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    W: Brian Holguin  ·  A: Angel Medina
    Collects issues #1-6
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  • Bk 2
    Book #2
    Aug 1999
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    W: Brian Holguin  ·  A: Angel Medina
    Collects Kiss: Psycho Circus #10-13; Destroyer
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  • Bk 3
    Book #3
    Oct 2003
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    W: Brian Holguin  ·  A: Angel Medina, Clayton Crain
    Collects Kiss: Psycho Circus #17-9, 18; Whispered Scream
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  • SE 1
    Special Edition #1
    W: Marc Shapiro, Matthew Senreich  ·  A: Adam Pollina, Mike Allred, David Mack, Brian Douglas Ahern
    Supplement to Wizard: The Comics Magazine #87 but bundled with Wizard #86
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