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Friday the 13th by Brian Pulido et al - C -
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Overview: A new era in horrors begin! Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television show, novels, comic books, and tie‑in merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff. Decades later, the lake is rumored to be "cursed" and is the setting for a series of mass murders. Jason is featured in all of the films, as either the killer or the motivation for the killings. The original film was written by Victor Miller and was produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham. However, neither returned to write or direct any of the sequels. The films have grossed over $465 million at the box-office worldwide.

The first film was created to cash in on the success of Halloween (1978), and its own success led Paramount Pictures to purchase the full licensing rights to Friday the 13th. Frank Mancuso, Jr., who produced the films, also developed the television show Friday the 13th: The Series after Paramount released Jason Lives. The television series was not connected to the franchise by any character or setting, but was created based on the idea of "bad luck and curses", which the film series symbolized. While the franchise was owned by Paramount, four films were adapted into novels, with Friday the 13th Part III adapted by two separate authors. When the franchise was sold to New Line Cinema, Cunningham returned as a producer to oversee two additional films, in addition to the crossover film with Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Under New Line Cinema, 13 novellas and various comic book series featuring Jason were published.

Although the films were not popular with critics, Friday the 13th is considered one of the most successful media franchises in America—not only for the success of the films, but also because of the extensive merchandising and repeated references to the series in popular culture. The franchise′s popularity has generated a fanbase who have created their own Friday the 13th films, fashioned replica Jason Voorhees costumes, and tattooed their bodies with Friday the 13th artwork. Jason′s hockey mask has even become one of the most recognizable images in popular culture.









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Friday the 13th Series

Adam Archer, Jimmy Palmiotti, Peter Guzman, Adam Archer penciler
Justin Gray, Mike Wolfer, Brian Pulido, Jason Aaron writer
Wes Abbott letterer
Andrew Dalhouse, Jonny Rench colorist, cover
Greg Waller, Ryan Sook, Dustin Nguyen, Juan Jose Ryp, Richard Ortiz cover
Mike Wolfer penciler, inker, cover
Sebastian Fiumara artist, cover
Mike Wolfer writer, penciler, inker, cover
Jonny Rench, Andrew Dalhouse, Peter Guzman, Max Fiumara inker
Kristy Quinn, Mark Seifert other
William Christensen, William Christensen, Ben Abernathy editor
Published by Avatar Press, Wildstorm, 1995-2008




Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th Bad Land
Friday the 13th Special
Friday the 13th: Bloodbath
Friday the 13th Pamela's Tale
Friday the 13th Fearbook
Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X
Friday the 13th: How I spent my Summer Vacation
Friday the 13th: Abuser and the Abused
Jason X Special


Since New Line Cinema′s acquisition of the franchise, several Friday the 13th comic books have been published by Topps Comics, Avatar Press, and DC Comics imprint Wildstorm. The first comic book release for the franchise was the 1993 Topps Comics adaptation of Jason Goes to Hell, written by Andy Mangels. The three-issue series was a condensed version of the film with a few added scenes.
Topps Comics published another series in 1995, with Nancy A. Collins writing a three-issue, non‑canonical miniseries involving a crossover between Jason and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface. The story involves Jason stowing away aboard a train and eventually meeting Leatherface. The two initially become friends, with Leatherface adopting Jason into the former′s family. After a series of misunderstandings, Jason and Leatherface turn on each other.

On May 13, 2005, New Line first exercised their rights to use the Friday the 13th moniker when they, along with Avatar comics, released a special issue of Friday the 13th. Written by Brian Pulido and illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Greg Waller, the story takes place after the events of Freddy vs. Jason, where siblings Miles and Laura Upland inherit Camp Crystal Lake. Knowing that Jason caused the recent destruction, Laura, unknown to her brother, sets out to kill Jason with a paramilitary group so that she and her brother can sell the property. The issue pre‑sold more than 17,500 copies. Avatar released a three-issue miniseries titled Friday the 13th: Bloodbath in September 2005. The series was written by Brian Pulido, illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Andrew Dalhouse, and revolves around a group of teenagers who come to Camp Tomorrow, a camp that sits on Crystal Lake, for work and a "party-filled weekend". The teenagers begin to discover that they share common family backgrounds and soon awaken Jason, who proceeds to kill them. Brian Pulido returned for a third time in October 2005 to write another special issue for Avatar, titled Jason X. Picking up after the events of the Jason X film, Jason is now on Earth 2 where a bioengineer, Kristen, attempts to subdue him in hopes that she can use his regenerative tissue to save her own life and the lives of those she loves. In February 2006, Avatar published their final Friday the 13th comic, a two-issue miniseries titled Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X. The series was written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer. The story takes place after the events of the film Jason X, where a salvage team discovers the spaceship Grendel and awakens a regenerated Jason Voorhees. The "original" Jason and Über-Jason, a version of Jason with mechanical limbs, are drawn into a battle to the death. In June 2006, a one-shot comic titled Friday the 13th: Fearbook was released, written by Mike Wolfer with art by Sebastian Fiumara. In the comic, Jason is captured and experimented upon by the Trent Organization. Jason escapes and seeks out Violet, the survivor of Friday the 13th: Bloodbath, whom the Trent Organization is holding in their Crystal Lake headquarters.

In December 2006, Wildstorm began publishing its own series of comic books under the Friday the 13th title. The first set was a six-issue miniseries that involves Jason′s return to Crystal Lake, a lone survivor′s tale of the murder of her friends by a monster, a new revelation about the evil surrounding Crystal Lake, and the truth of what Jason embodies. The miniseries pre‑sold approximately 60,318 copies altogether, with each issue pre‑selling 15,800, 9,600, 8,964, 8,637, 8,715, and 8,602 copies, respectively. On July 11 and August 15, 2007, Wildstorm published a two part special titled Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale. The two issue comic book covers Pamela Voorhees' journey to Camp Crystal Lake and the story of her pregnancy with Jason as she recounts it to hitchhiker Annie, a camp counselor who is killed in the original film. The miniseries pre‑sold a combined 16,051 copies.

Wildstorm released another comic book special, titled Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation, consisting of two issues that were released on September 12 and October 10, 2007. The comic book provides insight into the psychology of Jason Voorhees as he befriends a boy born with a skull deformity. The first issue of How I Spent My Summer Vacation pre‑sold approximately 7,837 copies. Wildstorm released a six-issue sequel to Freddy vs. Jason, titled Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, starring the two aforementioned killers and Ash from the Evil Dead film series. The story focuses on Freddy using the Necronomicon, which is in the basement of the Voorhees home, to escape from Jason′s subconscious and "gain powers unlike anything he′s had before". Freddy attempts to use Jason to retrieve the book, but Ash, who is working at the local S‑Mart in Crystal Lake, learns of the book′s existence and sets out to destroy it once and for all. The story, by Jeff Katz, was a sequel to the Freddy vs. Jason film in development before the former film had been theatrically released. After meeting with executives, the negotiations ended and the story was shelved. Following the success of Freddy vs. Jason, the idea of including Ash was brought up again, but New Line ultimately decided they would put the story in comic book form and bring in James Kuhoric to write and Jason Craig to do the artwork. On January 9 and February 13, 2008, Wildstorm released another two-issue miniseries, titled Friday the 13th: Bad Land, which was written and illustrated by Ron Marz and Mike Huddleston, respectively. The series explores the history of Crystal Lake before Pamela and Jason Voorhees arrived. Bad Land takes place in two time frames, the "present day" and 250 years before "present day". It follows three hikers in the present and three fur trappers in the past, each of whom is snowed in by a blizzard at Crystal Lake. Each group experiences similar events, suggesting that there is a connection between the two groups. A one-shot comic, titled Friday the 13th: Abuser and the Abused, written by Joshua Hale Fialkov with artwork by Andy B., was released on April 30, 2008. The story involves a teenager named Maggie tricking her abusive boyfriend into travelling to Crystal Lake, where she plans to murder him, but she encounters Jason shortly after arriving at the camp. On June 24, 2009, the six-issue sequel to Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, subtitled The Nightmare Warriors, began. Written by Jeff Katz and James Kuhoric, and illustrated by Jason Craig, the miniseries has Ash and survivors of both Freddy and Jason banding together to defeat the two after Freddy is released from the world of the Deadites by government operatives who had discovered the Necronomicon.



Reviewed by aidanphantom on Nov. 14, 2010. Review of the entire Friday the 13th: Bloodbath Story Arc


I’m not the biggest fan of the Friday the 13th franchise but I thought that giving the comic book series a try and I am very glad I did because it was one of the nicest surprises I have had in the last few months.

The plot follows a group of usual stereotypical teenagers who are going to help a group of disadvantaged children but they have a week to prepare the camp. They all get on really well, a little bit too well they start to discover like they are perfectly matched and then Jason Voorhees starts to pick them off but is there something else going on?

The greatest thing here is that a Friday the 13th instalment has more things going on than just Jason hacking and slashing a few horny teenagers, don’t misunderstand me there is that all still going on but it’s a staple of the series that cannot be undone but the story does not focus on it. It merely feels coincidental. This comic actually got me thinking; maybe this is where Jason’s real home is, in the comic book world? It sure feels like a perfect fit.

I mean a lot more can be done with the character and the story, in the film universe it’s all about the money and the films look rushed whereas in the comics time can actually be taken for both the design and the story. Of course they were made for money but I let things like that slide if the merchandise is actually worth it.

The artwork here really is very nice to look at; it’s not overly rough like a bulk of Horror comics. The layout of the comics is very cohesive, I had no confusion to where the next part of the dialogue was and we have the gripping story is a thousand times better than any of the Friday the 13th films and there are elements of Scream here because the characters are self aware and have fun mocking certain aspects of films. Don’t be fooled by the beginning of the comic, it’s just a familiarity device to hook the fans in after a few pages that’s when the story really begins.

The story makes you question who really is the monster. Is it Jason? Or is it the team that are trying to track him down? I mean let’s face it they are willing to sacrifice people’s lives to get what they want, which could be seen as the lesser of two evils but it’s really not it’s all for money. It seems Jason has no control over the impulses that drive him but it seems like the human characters here don’t either which I for one is a nice little ironic touch.

9/10
Easily the best saga in the Friday the 13th series by far and it’s only three issues, that says something about the franchise doesn’t it?



Reviewed by Cyclone200 on June 12, 2009. Friday the 13th: How I spent my Summer Vacation Awesome !


I just finished the mini-series "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" and it's really great!
We learn more about Jason and Pamela, and a new hero Davie Falkner.
We learn what it spent the day Jason was also in the colony of Camp Crystal Lake et and what Davie Falkner dealing with him.
I recommend this series for all the Friday The 13th fans and for those who want to know what happened that night !
I recommend seeing the film released in 2009 before you start reading this series.
You will learn more

Note: See also:

A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare On Elm Street Fearbook & Special
A Nightmare On Elm Street: Paranoid
Jason vs Leatherface
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Friday the 13th Series

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Friday the 13th 01 (2007)
Friday the 13th 02 (2007)
Friday the 13th 03 (2007)
Friday the 13th 04 (2007)
Friday the 13th 05 (2007)
Friday the 13th 06 (2007)
Friday the 13th - Bad Land 1 (of 2) (2008)
Friday the 13th - Bad Land 2 (of 2) (2008)
Friday the 13th - Bloodbath 01 (2005)
Friday the 13th - Bloodbath 02 (2005)
Friday the 13th - Bloodbath 03 (2006)
Friday The 13th Abuser and Abused 001
Friday the 13th Special (2005)
Friday the 13th - Fearbook (2006)
Friday the 13th - How I Spent My Summer Vacation 1 (of 2) (2007)
Friday the 13th - How I Spent My Summer Vacation 2 (of 2) (2007)
Friday the 13th - Jason vs Jason X 01 (of 2) (2006)
Friday the 13th - Jason vs Jason X 02 (of 2) (2006)
Friday the 13th - Pamela's Tale 1 (of 2) (2007)
Friday the 13th - Pamela's Tale 2 (of 2) (2007)
Jason Vs Leatherface 1 of 3
Jason Vs Leatherface 2 of 3
Jason Vs Leatherface 3 of 3
Jason X Special (2005)

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