<P> Since New Line Cinema's acquisition of the franchise, several Friday the 13th comic books have been published by Topps Comics, Avatar Press, and DC Comics imprint WildStorm . The first comic book release for the franchise was the 1993 Topps Comics adaptation of Jason Goes to Hell, written by Andy Mangels . The three - issue series was a condensed version of the film with a few added scenes . Topps Comics published another series in 1995, with Nancy A. Collins writing a three - issue, non ‐ canonical miniseries involving a crossover between Jason and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface . The story involves Jason stowing away aboard a train and eventually meeting Leatherface . The two initially become friends, with Leatherface adopting Jason into the former's family . After a series of misunderstandings, Jason and Leatherface turn on each other . </P> <P> On May 13, 2005, New Line first exercised their rights to use the Friday the 13th moniker when they, along with Avatar comics, released a special issue of Friday the 13th . Written by Brian Pulido and illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Greg Waller, the story takes place after the events of Freddy vs. Jason, where siblings Miles and Laura Upland inherit Camp Crystal Lake . Knowing that Jason caused the recent destruction, Laura, unknown to her brother, sets out to kill Jason with a paramilitary group so that she and her brother can sell the property . The issue pre ‐ sold more than 17,500 copies . Avatar released a three - issue miniseries titled Friday the 13th: Bloodbath in September 2005 . The series was written by Brian Pulido, illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Andrew Dalhouse, and revolves around a group of teenagers who come to Camp Tomorrow, a camp that sits on Crystal Lake, for work and a "party - filled weekend". The teenagers begin to discover that they share common family backgrounds and soon awaken Jason, who proceeds to kill them . Brian Pulido returned for a third time in October 2005 to write another special issue for Avatar, titled Jason X . Picking up after the events of the Jason X film, Jason is now on Earth 2 where a bioengineer, Kristen, attempts to subdue him in hopes that she can use his regenerative tissue to save her own life and the lives of those she loves . In February 2006, Avatar published their final Friday the 13th comic, a two - issue miniseries titled Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X . The series was written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer . The story takes place after the events of the film Jason X, where a salvage team discovers the spaceship Grendel and awakens a regenerated Jason Voorhees . The "original" Jason and Über - Jason, a version of Jason with mechanical limbs, are drawn into a battle to the death . In June 2006, a one - shot comic titled Friday the 13th: Fearbook was released, written by Mike Wolfer with art by Sebastian Fiumara . In the comic, Jason is captured and experimented upon by the Trent Organization . Jason escapes and seeks out Violet, the survivor of Friday the 13th: Bloodbath, whom the Trent Organization is holding in their Crystal Lake headquarters . </P> <P> In December 2006, WildStorm began publishing its own series of comic books under the Friday the 13th title . The first set was a six - issue miniseries that involves Jason's return to Crystal Lake, a lone survivor's tale of the murder of her friends by a monster, a new revelation about the evil surrounding Crystal Lake, and the truth of what Jason embodies . The miniseries pre ‐ sold approximately 60,318 copies altogether, with each issue pre ‐ selling 15,800, 9,600, 8,964, 8,637, 8,715, and 8,602 copies, respectively . The trade paperback of the series, released in September 2007, contained a foreword by musician Andrew W.K. . On July 11 and August 15, 2007, WildStorm published a two - part special titled Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale . The two - issue comic book covers Pamela Voorhees' journey to Camp Crystal Lake and the story of her pregnancy with Jason as she recounts it to hitchhiker Annie, a camp counselor who is killed in the original film . The miniseries pre ‐ sold a combined 16,051 copies . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "I did about a 30 page treatment for the potential sequel, turned it in, and they all backed it . (...) After some time passed and the Ash thing had gone away (...) the New Line licensing guys started talking about doing it as a comic book . (...) while I was at New Line (...) I was trying to encourage it along as best I could, knowing (the comic) was the only way it was going to see the light of day ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--Jeff Katz on how the Freddy vs. Jason sequel became a comic </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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