Image Comics will publish a 20th Anniversary edition of Brian K. Vaughan and Nico Henrichon’s Pride of Baghdad, a fictionalized version of the true story of four lions who escaped from the Baghdad zoo after American forces bombed Iraq in 2003. The new edition will have a wraparound dust jacket with new cover art by Henrichon, as well as previously unpublished extras and a new afterword by Vaughan. Image will also publish a Direct Market exclusive edition with the cover art from the original first edition. The 168-page hardcover will be released in all retail channels on September 23, 2026, with an MSRP of $24.99.
Pride of Baghdad was originally published by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo and generated considerable pre-release buzz (see “Brian K. Vaughan Feted in N.Y. Times”). It was the top-selling graphic novel in its release month of September 2006 (see “Civil War on Top Again”), and it won the 2007 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album—Original.
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