''Dead Body Road'' is an

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series created by writer

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and artist

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. It was announced at the 2013

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by Skybound Entertainment as a collaboration with

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, and began publication in December of the same year. A

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collecting the series was released in June 2014.

Plot summary

Orson Gage is out for revenge. Already damaged from a destructive career as lawman, Gage is going from broken to shattered as his wife is gunned down in a bank heist gone wrong. While the criminal gang that pulled it off is busy fighting amongst themselves about the blood-soaked rewards of their take, Gage is only looking for one thing: retribution.

''Bad Blood''

A sequel miniseries was released in 2020, titled ''Dead Body Road: Bad Blood'', which follows Bree Hale trying to save her brother from local crime boss Monk Sinclair. It ran for 6 issues from June to December 2020.

Collected editions

Reception

According to

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, the first trade paperback received an average score of 8.3/10 based on 70 individual reviews of the collected single issues. The sequel series' trade paperback received an average score of 7.9/10 based on 26 individual reviews of the six issues.{{Cite web, title=Dead Body Road Vol. 2: Bad Blood, url=https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/trades/reviews/image-comics/dead-body-road/vol-2-bad-blood, access-date=March 6, 2021, website=Comic Book Roundup

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References

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