Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible) and Jason Howard (Big Girls) are reuniting for C.O.D.E., a new sci-fi series that fans will be able to get their first look at in August's Skybound X #5.

CBR has an exclusive look at a character sheet for C.O.D.E., which stands for Combat Orb Defense Engines. The artwork features character designs for colorful classes such as Tanker (Gork and Nakk), Speaker (Soluss and Thalen), Slasher (Silva), Battler (Zorr) and Striker (Darak).

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"Jason Howard and I have been talking for a long time about making our next project the biggest, wildest thing we've ever done – and that's how C.O.D.E. was born," Robert Kirkman said. "This is the beginning of something truly ambitious that combines all the genres we love into one big super powered epic. There's no better way to end this celebration of Skybound's first ten years than to bring you something entirely new for the very first time."

"It's been a blast to reunite with Robert on a new project, we share a ton of comic book DNA and C.O.D.E. is the offspring of that DNA who's done nothing but pump iron and become awesome in an attempt to be worthy of your love!" Jason Howard said. "Creating new characters is where my heart is at and I hope that C.O.D.E. will have characters as memorable to future fans as those created in Skybound's past."

The extra-sized Skybound X #5 also features the final chapter of "Rick Grimes 2000," along with new stories from the worlds of The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton from Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer and Gasolina from Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter.

Skybound X #5

  • Written by Robert Kirkman, Kyle Starks and Sean Mackiewicz
  • Art by Ryan Ottley, Chris Schweizer and Niko Walter
  • Skybound X #5 Cover A by David Finch (Diamond Code MAY210052)
  • Skybound X #5 Cover B by Chris Schweizer (Diamond Code MAY210053)
  • Skybound X #5 Cover C by Jason Howard (Diamond Code MAY210054)
  • Skybound X #5 Cover D 1:10 Incentive Cover by Chris Schweizer (Diamond Code APR219079)
  • Skybound X #5 Cover E 1:10 Incentive Cover by Jason Howard (Diamond Code APR219080)
  • Skybound X #5 Cover F 1:25 Incentive Cover by David Finch (Diamond Code APR219081)
  • C.O.D.E. tells the story of humanity in the far future surviving a technological hellscape through the assistance of a device known as Combat Orb Defense Engines. Seven orb wielders who hail from six different warring factions have set aside their differences to band together and carry out a mission that may be humanity’s last hope to thwart a technological menace that has nearly completely overtaken earth.
David Finch's Skybound X #5 cover

Skybound X #5 goes on sale Aug. 4 from Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment.

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Source: Skybound