Japan-based videogame publishing powerhouse Kemco and comic book giant DC Comics
announced together that they will create a limited edition, two-part comic book
that will serve as a prequel to the storyline of Kemco’s upcoming action/adventure
title, Batman: Dark Tomorrow. The first of two collectible
comic books will be included as a pack-in within top-tier platform-specific enthusiast
publications, distributing over 1.4 million comic books nationwide. The comic
pack-in for each of the publications will have a cover created exclusively for
that magazine. The second, digest-size comic book will be included in the retail
game package and limited to the first production run of the game, and will feature
a custom cover for each of the three platforms. . .

Batman: Dark Tomorrow is the first modern Batman video game to date based not
on the movie or animation series, but on the original DC Comics comic book.

“We are incredibly excited to be working on a project of this magnitude
with DC Comics” said Glenn Halseth, vice president of sales and marketing
of Kemco. “Creating this custom, limited-edition collectible comic
book assures core gamers and Batman fans alike that we are developing and publishing
a game that will represent Batman as intended by his original creators.”

DC Comics assembled an all-star creative team to design the custom two-part
comic book, including Batman and Batman:
Dark Tomorrow writer Scott Peterson, industry veteran
Rick Burchett, known for his work on Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman,
The Flash, Green Lantern and the Justice League of America, Colorist David
Baron, Group Editor of Creative Services Martin Pasko,
and Associate Producer Multimedia Publishing Michael Siglain.

In Dark Tomorrow Batman must use all of his skills, both mental and physical,
as well as a variety of gadgets, to defeat some of his most infamous adversaries,
including Poison Ivy, Killer Croc and many others. In addition, he must infiltrate
Arkham Asylum and rescue Police Commissioner James Gordon. During this time,
Batman has to piece together clues to discover the mastermind behind these seemingly
unrelated events and stop an evil plan that threatens the fate of the entire
world!

David McKillips, vice president of advertising for DC Comics stated: “It
was important for DC Comics to bring together a superlative creative team to
work on these original comics, a team that would parallel the strength of our
strategic partnership with Kemco.”

About Kemco
Since 1984, Kemco has produced over 100 titles including the popular Top Gear
racing games and Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle series for a wide variety of video
game platforms. An original Nintendo licensee, Kemco works closely with DC Comics,
Warner Bros. and Universal Studios on ongoing video game projects. Currently
Kemco’s development teams are creating games for Nintendo’s next
generation platforms, as well as Sony PlayStation®2 and Microsoft’s
Xbox.

About DC Comics
DC Comics, a division of Warner Bros. an AOL Time Warner Company, is the largest
English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters
as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC super heroes and
others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated
and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations.
DC Comics’ Web site is located at http://www.dccomics.com.

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