In February Mad Cave Studios will release Tales from Nottingham #1, the debut issue of a five-issue anthology series featuring stories from the winners of Mad Cave’s 2021 Talent Search. The first issue of the series features work from the creative team of writer David Hazan, artist Shane Connery Volk, colorist Luca Romano, and letterer Justin Birch. Today The Beat is pleased to present an exclusive first look at pages from five of the series’ six stories, all of which are set in the world of Hazan and Connery Volk’s reimagined Robin Hood mythos.
Here’s how Mad Cave describes Tales from Nottingham #1:
Legend has it that in April 1192, Conrad of Montferrat, the King of Jerusalem was felled by two assassins. It was later learned that this was an attempt to sow discord amongst the crusading nations by blaming the killing on Richard the Lionheart. One assassin was captured and died in captivity…The other escaped the Crusaders’ grasp. This is the story of Aya’s first assignment. This is the story of the day she truly became… Hashashin (Chronology: Takes place in April 1192).
Other stories set to feature in the anthology series, according to Mad Cave, come from creators including Magdalene Vissagio, and include “the secret origins of Robin Hood and the Merry Men, Marian’s violent past, Aya of the Hashashin’s first kill, and an ordeal that will shake Friar Tuck to his core. Never-before-seen mysteries confront Everard Blackthorne, the Sheriff of Nottingham, culminating in an investigation that will lead directly into the climactic events of Nottingham Vol. 3.”
Check out the unlettered preview pages from five of the six stories from Tales of Nottingham below. The first issue of the anthology miniseries arrives in stores and digitally on February 1st, 2023.
