Going Metal

According to a press release yesterday, Superverse Entertainment's April 2006 release Zoom Suit #1 will be the world's first "super-premium comic book," which is great because I've been saying for some time now that premium books just haven't been cutting it. And just what qualifies the book as "super-premium"? The answer is MetalFX® Technology.

MetalFX® Technology is a Universal Process and Spot Metallic Color System that allows millions of metallic colors to be printed, utilizing a software driven prepress process and adding a MetalFX® base ink to the usual CMYK mix. The process allows the alien created Zoom Suit to pop off the pages in a manner similar to a candy apple painting process.

“It’s pretty sick looking. It’s like High Def or 3D. In full metal, the suit is really jumping off the page, and to offer it throughout the entire book without raising the cover price is a huge win for everyone”, said John Taddeo. “I’d like to thank my trade partners for their help. This wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperation of Datachrome and MetalFX® technology.”