NEWS: Undertaker Gets Graphic Novel Treatment

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NEWS: ESPN is reporting that The Undertaker will soon be getting his very own graphic novel. BOOM! Studios will be telling an origin story for the ages, as it puts the finishing touching on The Phenom's very first graphic novel. BOOM! editor Chris Rosa had the following to say,

"One of the big challenges is that he is such a unique character in the history of World Wrestling Entertainment. Even though he has gone through multiple phases, multiple looks during that career, he's been the one constant in that universe for almost 30 years."

Chris Rosa further elaborated on the reason BOOM! chose The Undertaker for its upcoming release:

"Undertaker was kind of a no-brainer, because his career encompasses the three major eras of modern WWE wrestling. He's part of the classic early 90s era, he obviously a key part of the Attitude Era and he just wrestled at WrestleMania 34. There's no one else that really is that vital, regardless of if you're a recent convert to professional wrestling, or you're someone like me who's been watching it for 30 freaking years. You know The Undertaker."

The graphic novel will be written by life-long Undertaker fan and author Chad Dundas, who tweeted:

SOME RAD NEWS: I'm teaming up with @boomstudios to write an original graphic novel about @WWE's Undertaker. Twelve-year-old me is jacked and 40-year-old me is super stoked, too. Did it just get cold in here? Here's the official announcement: https://t.co/Lc8zaULjIB

— Chad Dundas (@chaddundas) April 23, 2018

Dundas talked about his vision for the graphic novel,

"My vision for the book is, definitely, to produce something that would appeal not only to the most hardcore Undertaker fan in the world, but also, maybe even, the new WWE fan who has just started watching the product, who wants to find out everything that they can about this character that's been around for such a long time. I think that, in and of itself, creates a really exciting opportunity to fill people in on the story of this guy who will, certainly, be a first ballot WWE Hall-of-Famer, when it's all said and done."

The new Undertaker graphic novel will release in October 2018.

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