Pilot Season is an annual initiative produced by Top Cow Productions that started on 2007.
Basis[]
The initiative started on 2007, and consisted on publishing pilot comic books based on Image characters who had potential for having their own series. The highest voted comic would become an ongoing series. The basis for the initiative changed and also comic book showcasing all new never seen characters and stories were published, always planning to convert one of the comic books launched each year into an ongoing series.
Releases[]
2007[]
- Aphrodite IX: Pilot Season (pulled off schedule, never published)
- Ripclaw: Pilot Season
- Cyblade: Pilot Season
- Velocity: Pilot Season
- Necromancer: Pilot Season
- The Angelus: Pilot Season
2008[]
- Alibi: Pilot Season
- Genius: Pilot Season
- Twilight Guardian: Pilot Season
- Lady Pendragon: Pilot Season
- The Core: Pilot Season
- Urban Myths: Pilot Season
2009[]
- Pilot Season: Demonic
- Pilot Season: Hardcore
- Pilot Season: Murderer
- Pilot Season: Stealth
- Pilot Season: Stellar
On 2009 all the five issues released for Pilot Season were written by Robert Kirkman and all of the five issues' covers were illustrated by Marc Silvestri.
Special issue[]
2010[]
The comic books published on 2010 were:
- Pilot Season: 39 Minutes
- Pilot Season: Forever
- Pilot Season: Crosshair
- Pilot Season: The Asset
- Pilot Season: 7 Days from Hell
- Pilot Season: Midway Earth (pulled off schedule, never published)
2011[]
The series entries on 2011 were:
- Pilot Season: Anonymous
- Pilot Season: City of Refuge
- Pilot Season: Fleshdigger
- Pilot Season: Misdirection
- Pilot Season: Seraph
- Pilot Season: The Beauty
- Pilot Season: The Test
- Pilot Season: The Theory of Everything