RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR #1 RETURNS TONIGHT ON BACK ME BRO!
For Immediate Release:
September 16, 2026
Bayport, NY
https://backmebro.com/project/crusade-comics/ran-revenge-of-the-warrior-back-me-bro-exclusive
MISSED OUT ON THE BOOK EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT?
FEAR NOT, AS LIMITED–EDITION EXCLUSIVE LAUNCHES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH!
As Crusade Comics continues fulfillment for their latest crowdfunding graphic novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0, creator Billy Tucci and crew announced an all-new Exclusive Edition via crowdfunding platform www.BackMeBro.com!
By fan demand, Billy Tucci’s 56-page blockbuster featuring the debut of his femme fatale Ran is now offered as a limited-edition exclusive on the newly launched crowdfunding platform.
The 28-day campaign will go live next Wednesday and is scheduled to close on Wednesday, October 14th. Crusade is planning several Back Me Bro EXCLUSIVE REWARDS including:
• Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 Back Me Bro Exclusive Variant TPB
• Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 Back Me Bro Exclusive Pearl Cover Pure Line Edition Variant TPB
• Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 Back Me Bro Exclusive Spot Foil Variant TPB
• Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 Back Me Bro Exclusive Jewel Variant TPB
• Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 Back Me Bro Exclusive Actual Metal Cover Variant TPB
Tucci’s Original Ran Back Me Bro Exclusive Artwork
Crusade is also offering a limited amount of “second chance” Shi: Gatecrasher and Ran books (including Hardcovers, Sketch Covers, Foil and Metal Editions, etc.) previously offered through Indiegogo and Kickstarter.
Shi and Brian Pulido’s Lady Death Return with Shi: Gatecrasher!
As a bonus reward, Tucci and team have included several 96-page, Shi: Senryaku 30th Anniversary Collected Editions (including Shi’s first ever Lenticular Cover) to the Back Me Bro campaign. The critically acclaimed 96-page trade paperback featuring the art of comic legends, Frank Frazetta, Jim Lee, Geof Darrow, Adam Hughes, Jae Lee, Jeff Smith and more, is completely re-lettered and remastered from the original art files bringing collector’s a unique reading experience never seen before or since.
Tucci’s Striking Shi: Senryaku 30th Anniversary Collected Editon Cover!
Campaign Goes Live at 7pm EDT/4pm PDT
https://backmebro.com/project/crusade-comics/ran-revenge-of-the-warrior-back-me-bro-exclusive
RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR FULFILLMENT CONTINUES!
OVER 800 BACKER REWARDS SHIPPED WITH MORE REWARDS ON THE WAY
Crusade Comics has mailed out the first 800 orders for their hugely successful, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 graphic novels and rewards. The 56-page flipbook marks the debut issue of the character that inspired writer/artist Billy Tucci’s Shi and features the debut of another fresh character, Mortuary Michelle. Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 was initially offered on crowdfunding platform’s Indiegogo and Kickstarter and garnered an astonishing $180,000.00 in total returns.
“Deborah (Tucci, Crusade Comics’ Executive Director) and crew continue packing and mail out the Ran awards to our amazing backers.” Stated Tucci. “This truly is the most rewarding part of publishing, and seeing rewards being delivered makes is the ultimate payoff for all our hard work. After all, our backer partners deserve our very best!”
About Billy Tucci
Inkpot Award recipient and Eisner Award winner Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of the US Army’s segregated Japanese American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award. Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Icon for Dynamite Comics. He recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Sakura, Shi: Way of the Warrior Omnibus, Shi: Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Gatecrasher, Zombie-Sama and Ran: Revenge of the Warrior via Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Zoopuniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign gross totals to over $2,039,000.00.
For Additional Information:
Deborah Tucci
Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.
support@billytucci.com
You can find Billy Tucci on Facebook: @billytucci and Instagram and X: @billy_tucci