SHOWDOWN #5

FINAL ISSUE. Time's up! Let the rumble begin! Trish came back home and told Harvey to get his affairs in order, because the two of them were going to settle their grievances with violence. Two will enter, and as far as they are both concerned, they don't care if neither of them leaves! Read the bloody and emotional conclusion to 2026's best crime comic. Showdown has established writer Dave Wielgosz (Man-Bat) and artist Tadd Galusha (Bubba Ho-Tep) as major talents, and this brutal finale will only cement that reputation. Dave Wielgosz is a comic book writer who was born and raised in Holyoke, Massachusetts, currently living in Los Angeles. Showdown, co-created and drawn by Tadd Galusha, is his first long-form creator-owned project. Prior to this he wrote 2021's Man-Bat drawn by artist Sumit Kumar and contribute+D9d stories to comic book anthologies including Batman: The Brave & The Bold, EC's Cruel Universe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Black White & Green, Hello Darkness, and Superman: Man of Tomorrow. Tadd Galusha is a Pacific Northwest comic creator currently operating in "the last frontier" of Alaska. A Kubert alum, he spent his early days in the industry working alongside artist legends Steve Lieber and Ron Randall in the Portland, Oregon comic scene. After cutting his teeth on TMNT, Godzilla, and the like, 2019 marked a breakout year with the release of his prehistoric epic and first creator-owned graphic novel, Cretaceous. Tadd has since been walking the line of independent and mainstream comics, working on various titles while on occasion dipping in and contributing visual elements to film and commercial projects. He is currently collaborating with writer Dave Wielgosz and the amazing Ignition Press team, providing interior line art on their new creator-owned series Showdown.