DIE: Loaded #1
Cover A by Stephanie Hans · first issue of the 2025 return · original release · Collect Forever Soft Slab
12 November 2025
The return of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans's acclaimed fantasy/RPG comic after the original twenty-issue run ended in 2021. DIE: Loaded #1 reunites the original creative partnership and starts a new chapter one year after the characters' return from the game world, opening around Chuck's wake.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1 · Collect Forever label #1A
- Publisher
- Image Comics
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab · ungraded
- Condition
- Excellent apparent condition; ungraded. The comic is enclosed in a Collect Forever Soft Slab and no obvious major cover defects are visible through the enclosure.
- Completeness
- Appears complete as encapsulated. Standard Cover A issue with no separate publisher-listed gift or supplement; interior completeness cannot be physically rechecked without opening/removing the comic from the Soft Slab.
- Rarity
- Not assessed
Catalogue note
The return of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans's acclaimed fantasy/RPG comic after the original twenty-issue run ended in 2021. DIE: Loaded #1 reunites the original creative partnership and starts a new chapter one year after the characters' return from the game world, opening around Chuck's wake. Image launched the comic alongside a standalone DIE RPG Quickstart Game Guide on the same day, underscoring the series' unusual two-way relationship between comics storytelling and tabletop role-playing. This is the regular Stephanie Hans Cover A, preserved in a Collect Forever Soft Slab.
Writer: Kieron Gillen
Artist: Stephanie Hans
Cover: Stephanie Hans — Cover A
Edition: Cover A regular edition · original 12 November 2025 release · no later printing confirmed in current research
Why this object matters
The Gillen/Hans reunion and reciprocal relationship between the comic and its role-playing game provide a strong cross-medium context. The held object is the return series’ main cover, not the separate game guide or the original DIE debut. An 8.2 rating is proportionate.
Evidence limits: Appears complete as encapsulated. Standard Cover A issue with no separate publisher-listed gift or supplement; interior completeness cannot be physically rechecked without opening/removing the comic from the Soft Slab.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.2 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 2
- Kieron GillenWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Kieron Gillen Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Stephanie Hans Original catalogue credit
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