24: Underground #5 is now available digitally and in comic shops. We’ve got a preview of the first few pages of 24: Underground Issue #5 below. It’s the final issue.
“Underground” comes to a fiery conclusion! With both the CIA and the Russian mafia hot on his heels, Jack Bauer must find a way to escape them and rescue his new “family” at the same time!
IDW Publishing has announced a 24 comic prequel that bridges the gap between 24 Season 8 and Live Another Day. It’s set to release in April for $3.99. A 24 Omnibus will also collect all of IDW’s previously released 24 comics for $24.99. Check out all the info below: 24 #1 Ed Brisson (w) •… View Article
We first reported this back in January, but IDW Publishing has now officially announced 24: Underground, a comic series that serves as a prequel to 24: Live Another Day. The first issue releases April 23rd. Check out the full press release below: New Comic Book Series In Partnership With Fox Consumer Products Sets The Stage… View Article
24: Underground issue #4 is now available for purchase. Here’s a preview of the first five pages of the comic.
33 Comments
Comments ClosedMarlon
September 2, 2014 at 12:12 amJohn
September 2, 2014 at 2:32 amWith a 2016 release date for first one 2018 for the second and 2020 for the third.
XAM
September 2, 2014 at 3:31 amAll it will get you is a cheesier score, some bigger names (not necessarily a good thing), and worse still they’ll make it like the do all tv/movie adaptations “for the fans, but anyone who’s never seen the show can still watch it” which means you can pretty much forget revisiting or even referencing old plots, character relationships or storylines. The only upside is that if they went the movie route they (probably) wouldn’t give Jon Cassar the directors chair – which would make me very happy!
I think they should do a full 24 season made over 2 years, rather than (what was essentially) 12:LAD made in 1.
Brad
September 2, 2014 at 12:31 pmGerry Mander
September 3, 2014 at 12:49 pmAt the very least, FOX Television (not least it’s two new CEO’s) genuinely value ’24’ and want to do good by it, it’s obvious they were very happy indeed with how ‘Live Another Day’ turned out and are genuinely enthused about another limited series in the short-term future, Imagine should stick to where ’24’ has both rock-solid support and also where it’s natural habitat is… and that’s on television.
A television event movie in late 2015 and a new limited series from May 2016 sounds pretty awesome to me.
Brad
September 3, 2014 at 4:46 pmSamurai Snake
September 4, 2014 at 4:21 pmAlso, subtitle “Redemption” was way worse than initial “Exile” (which at least was relevant).
24marathonman
September 2, 2014 at 2:23 pmJohn
September 2, 2014 at 3:38 pmShannon Ryan
September 2, 2014 at 6:42 am24Tom
September 2, 2014 at 5:54 pmLAD was a lazy retread of previous stories and was slapped together for the sake of cruising off the show’s name. I normally wouldn’t be so harsh but I love the show so much that LAD was a massive punch in the gut for me to watch.
Lara
September 23, 2014 at 10:54 amBoy, that ship has sailed. LAD was garbage
Gerry Mander
September 2, 2014 at 10:10 amOne of the reasons – I believe – that the studio ultimately balked at making the movie in 2012 was they weren’t convinced the audience that tuned in every week to the series would turn out and pay to see the movie in large enough numbers to justify anything more than a $30m production budget (+ advertising and distribution costs on top of that)… and they were probably right; when ‘The X Files’ made it’s first transition to the big screen in 1998, it was at the apex of it’s popularity, getting around 20 million viewers a week, yet the movie only made $189m worldwide during it’s theatrical run, clearly less than the studio hoped for, and a resounding confirmation that audiences won’t pay to see something they can get for free elsewhere.
No-one would love a ’24’ movie more than little old me, but that ship has sailed, that train has left the station, period. If 20th wouldn’t put a sufficient budget two years ago, why would they now? And besides, the justification for the movie has vanished with the limited series format, whereby ’24’ can have it’s cake and still get to eat it too… I’ve completely come around to the opinion that ’24’ is a televisual novel – every season a book, every episode a chapter – that simply works best on the small screen, where the real time format, the ticking clock, the split screen can all be maintained.
A 13-episode limited series for 2016 or 2017, that’ll do me just fine and dandy…
Gerry Mander
September 2, 2014 at 10:41 amPhee
September 3, 2014 at 10:45 pmI doubt a theatrical release movie would be a profitable enough venture, doubt there’d be a big international market for it, let alone it being a blockbuster hit in America. If they have a movie plot in mind (real time or not), a Redemption 2.0 situation, TV movie to bridge the gap to another season, would be the smart way to do it IMO.
24marathonman
September 2, 2014 at 2:28 pmShannon Ryan
September 3, 2014 at 7:42 amXAM
September 3, 2014 at 3:09 pm24Tom
September 3, 2014 at 6:35 pmThe writers have a nasty of believing in the old adage ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, failing to remember that 24 made such an impact in it’s first few seasons for being so groundbreaking and unpredictable in it’s story telling.
The days of hoping to see the show go back to it’s glory are long gone if you ask me.
Phee
September 3, 2014 at 10:55 pmMarlon
September 13, 2014 at 11:27 pmPhee
September 13, 2014 at 11:59 pm24Tom
September 14, 2014 at 8:41 amShannon Ryan
September 14, 2014 at 10:16 amSpencer
September 17, 2014 at 2:24 pmBrad
September 17, 2014 at 11:45 pmJack
September 18, 2014 at 11:13 pmBrad
September 19, 2014 at 12:04 am24marathonman
September 19, 2014 at 6:27 pmI guess in the mean time when the 24 LAD Blu-ray comes out on 9/30 we all will start talking about 24 Solitary. Otherwise, it will be very quiet on this site.
John
September 23, 2014 at 11:35 amMarlon
September 23, 2014 at 11:34 pmGerry Mander
September 24, 2014 at 7:20 amTrevor
September 25, 2014 at 11:25 pm