A chainsaw-wielding warrior queen and a Riley Rossmo exclusive are heading for the same drop, Crusaders. Image Comics is bringing a Chainkata #1 Riley Rossmo variant to Whatnot on Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at 5 p.m. Eastern. Collectors will have two editions to consider, with the dressed cover priced at $30 and the virgin edition at $50.
The sale is part of Image’s official Whatnot programming, and readers interested in joining live can bookmark the event page. You can also follow Image Comics on Whatnot for this event and future surprise appearances. Whatnot lets fans shop, sell and connect through the app, so anyone planning to take part should have the event saved ahead of the start time.
Rossmo brings a recognizable visual personality to this exclusive. His credits include The Moon Is Following Us, Harley Quinn, Constantine: The Hellblazer, Martian Manhunter and Batman/The Shadow. The two supplied versions let readers see the same artwork with the trade dress and with the image taking center stage. Check out both below before deciding which version belongs on your shelf.
The title behind the cover is Daniel Warren Johnson’s Chainkata, an upcoming science-fiction adventure built around Luma. She is a warrior queen armed with a chainsaw, searching the vastness of space for an unknown power. What she actually wants is peace, but violence and terror keep tracking her through every black hole. That contradiction gives the pitch its pull: somebody trying to put the fight behind her, carrying a weapon that practically announces the next round.
Johnson has spent years building toward this kind of launch. Space-Mullet, now reaching a wider market through Image, helped get readers watching his work, followed by Extremity and Murder Falcon through Image/Skybound. Those projects established a reputation for comics with big physical energy and characters who give the destruction a reason to matter.
Do A Powerbomb pushed that profile even higher and earned Johnson his first Eisner Award in the Best Publication for Teens category. His work on Skybound’s multiple Eisner-winning Transformers relaunch brought another huge audience, while The Moon Is Following Us added another acclaimed project to the run. Add Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star and Absolute Batman, and the anticipation around this new series makes sense.
Image describes Chainkata as combining the large-scale science fiction of Beta Ray Bill and Space-Mullet with the character development readers found in Extremity and Do A Powerbomb. For readers who follow Johnson for both the action and the emotional weight behind it, Luma’s search sounds like a place where those interests can collide hard.
We previously covered the 116 retailer-exclusive covers for Chainkata #1, and this Rossmo edition adds a specific live-event option to the collecting conversation. Keep the dates and prices handy: November 18 at 5 p.m. Eastern, $30 dressed and $50 virgin. If this cover is the one calling your name, save Image’s event page and be ready when the drop begins.
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