On Wednesday, award-winning comic book creator Billy Tucci and Crusade Comics launched Shi Omnibus Vol. 2: The Crossovers on Kickstarter, and the campaign wasted no time finding its audience raising roughly ten times its original goal at the time of this writing (For the record, it passed the original $7 thousand goal in the very first minute).

The 500-page, premium-formatted hardcover collects more than 20 issues of the Sōhei warrior’s crossovers and guest appearances, including characters such as Lady Death, Grifter, Cyblade, Wolverine, Daredevil, Witchblade, Vampirella, and more. Every story page has been digitally remastered from the original files and comic book pages, and the book also includes extra, never-before-published content.

Other than Tucci himself, the stories feature some truly A-list creative talent, including Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, J. Scott Campbell, Rob Liefeld, Bruce Timm, Adam Hughes, Amanda Conner, Terry Moore, Jeff Smith, David Finch, David Mack, Joe Quesada, Peter David, Warren Ellis, Stan Sakai, Travis Charest, and Beau Smith.

Physical copies of Shi Omnibus Vol. 2 starts at $79, and it comes with a free digital edition and all accrued stretch goals. A digital-only edition is $35. If you have more cash to throw around, you can also receive the following tchotchkes and extras:

  • A stainless steel metal cover edition
  • A head sketch edition
  • Signed art prints
  • Pins
  • Challenge Coins
  • T-shirts
  • Preview books
  • Ashcans
  • Original artwork (an homage to The Astonishing Spider-Man Marvel Treasury Edition #18)

Tucci is an Inkpot Award recipient and Eisner Award winner, and his Shi books have been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million copies. Prior to this current project, Crusade’s crowdfunding campaigns have grossed over $2,000,000, including Ran: Revenge of the Warrior, which is currently being shipped to thousands of backers.

You can back Shi Omnibus Vol. 2: The Crossovers on Kickstarter here. The campaign ends on November 27.

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