In Partnership with The Nacelle Company, Oni Press’ All-Star Line of Toy-Inspired Epics Grows with New Sword-Swinging Series in the Wake of BIKER MICE FROM MARS and ROBOFORCE

PORTLAND, OR (July 9th, 2024) – Oni Press, in partnership with global entertainment powerhouse The Nacelle Company, is proud to reveal the next epic chapter of the NacelleVerse in SECTAURS #1 (of 3) – coming in October from fast-rising star Dennis Culver (Unstoppable Doom Patrol, Justice League Incarnate) and dazzling artist Ramon Bachs (Star Wars: Bounty Hunters)!

Millennia past, on the distant planet Symbion, a genetic experiment failed, and evolution took a strange turn. The result of this cataclysm? A world where insects can grow to monstrous proportions, and whose inhabitants have taken on the weird and wondrous characteristics of insects themselves! Telepathically bonded in battle, Sectaurs warriors unite with their insect companions in the ultimate fight for survival! Return to the fantastic alien realm of Symbion as the heroes of this classic ‘80s toy line return to forge their legend anew in an all-new series from Oni Press and the Nacelle Company!

“I’m beyond thrilled to help Nacelle and Oni reinvent SECTAURS for the 21st Century!” said Dennis Culver. “The Warriors of Symbion are like nothing you’ve ever seen before in comics. It’s GAME OF THRONES, but with BUGS instead of dragons!”

“Of the many beloved properties in the NacelleVerse, SECTAURS holds a special place of reverence for anyone who was first introduced to these characters in the pages of their original Marvel Comics series by legendary creators Bill Mantlo and Mark Texeira,” said Hunter Gorinson, President & Publisher of Oni Press. “It’s a huge joy to see them return to life in spectacularly raucous and rousing fashion at the hands of Dennis Culver and Ramon Bachs – two creators with a penchant for fusing sci-fi, fantasy, and high-flying heroics into pure comic book spectacle.”

“Sectaurs is an important piece of the overall NacelleVerse story and we’re thrilled to finally be able to kick off that exhilarating tale with our friends at Oni Press,” said Nacelle Founder and CEO, Brian Volk-Weiss. “We want to honor the rich history of Sectaurs, and issue #1 is a major first step in that direction.”

Featuring truly extraordinary covers by Dustin Weaver (Avengers, EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss), Adam Pollina (X-Force), Francis Portela (Biker Mice from Mars), Ramon Bachs (X-Men: Blue), and A.J. Jothikumar (Ultraman Rising), see what the BUZZ is all about when toy icons SECTAURS: WARRIORS OF SYMBION step out of the pages of NACELLEVERSE #0 and into the annals of comic book history, only in SECTAURS #1 (of 3) – coming to comic shops everywhere in October!

SECTAURS #1 (of 3)

Written by DENNIS CULVER

Arty by RAMON BACHS

Cover A by DUSTIN WEAVER

Cover B by ADAM POLLINA & ULISES ARREOLA

Cover C by FRANCIS PORTELA & LEONARDO PACIAROTTI

Full Art Variant by (1:10) DUSTIN WEAVER

Variant Cover by (1:20) RAMON BACHS

Homage Variant by (1:50) A.J. JOTHIKUMAR & ANDREW DALHOUSE

Blank Cover Also Available ON SALE OCTOBER 23rd, 2024 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC

IOC: 8/29/2024

FOC: 9/30/2024

About Nacelle:

Nacelle, founded by Brian Volk-Weiss, is an American diversified media company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Established in 2017, they are the leader in the pop-culture and comedy space through their scripted and unscripted production, podcasting, publishing, records, distribution, development, management toys, and consumer product divisions. The company has produced several notable hits, including Netflix’s Emmy award-winning docuseries, Down To Earth with Zac Efron and the NAACP Image award-nominated Kevin Hart’s Guide To Black History, as well as Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction on Disney+, Sony’s Mad About You, Icons Unearthed on Vice, All The Way Black for BET+ History’s Grant, Amazon’s A Toy Store Near You, and History’s Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. Nacelle develops, produces and distributes content across multiple media platforms including Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, HBO, Discovery, BET+, A&E Networks, Peacock, Hulu, Vice, Viacom, History, and many more. In 2022, Nacelle Company expanded with a consumer products division aimed at reviving beloved toy properties such as Robo Force, Sectaurs, The Great Garloo and others. The company is dedicated to showcasing groundbreaking stories and pop-culture history through its signature documentary filmmaking style, unique hybrid distribution system and a consistent desire to never stop exploring.

About Oni Press:

Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry’s most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim, K. O’Neill’s Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt’s The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward’s diversified global media company, Polarity.

The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive list of periodical comics.