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Wynonna Earp Strikes Back, Overstreet Cover Scanner Hits App

he comic book-based cult hit TV show Wynonna Earp will saw Wynonna and Doc heading out on the open road to go visit their
return as a 90-minute special on Tubi in late 2024. The hard daughter, Alice, while the newlyweds Waverly and Nicole settled in
Tdrinking, demon-killing title character, her family, and friends back at the Earp homestead. She also stated that the characters will face
make their comeback in the special that will begin filming soon in a challenge they haven’t seen before, and that the special will explore
Calgary, Alberta, Canada. how the characters have grown since we saw them last.
Wynonna Earp is a genre bender about the descendant of famous
gunslinger Wyatt Earp who has been tasked with ridding her Overstreet Adds Cover Scanner to
hometown, called Purgatory, of demons. The series mixes western and Overstreet Access
supernatural/horror with comedy and drama as Following its first publication in 1970,
Wynonna, Doc Holliday, Waverly Earp, Nicole The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide quickly
Haught, and others battle revenants, vampires, developed and has maintained its reputation
and other creatures that threaten Purgatory. as the Bible of serious comic book collectors,
Beyond a story of good versus evil and the show’s dealers, and historians. Through its 54-year
signature dialogue, what has inspired such a history, the Guide has expanded and evolved
loyal fanbase are the show’s themes of inclusion, from that first edition.
equality, and found family. Over the course of the A CGC-certified 9.6 copy of The Overstreet
series the characters form a familial bond steeped Comic Book Price Guide #1 with white pages sold
in fierce loyalty. for $45,600 at Heritage Auctions on Thursday,
Tubi is a free, ad-supported streaming service. September 9, 2021.
The show, which is an adaptation of Beau “Ever since we started receiving corrections,
Smith’s comic of the same name, debuted on Syfy additions, and updates after the release of our
in 2016 and quickly developed a strong fanbase, first edition in 1970, we’ve always considered the
though the series dealt with its fair share of Guide to be a work in progress. That’s been true
struggles to remain on the air. The second and since the second printing of that first edition, and
third seasons followed in 2017 and 2018, and it’s even more true now with Overstreet Access,”
it was greenlit for a fourth, however, it faced said Robert M. Overstreet, the book’s founder,
cancellation due to the production company’s author, and publisher, www.overstreetaccess.com
financial issues. In addition to featuring 150,000 newly added
In response, the Earpers—as the show’s variant covers, import and export tools, and
ardent fans are known—demonstrated their multiple additions to the ways to track your
support on social media platforms, in the media, collection, the big news is the just-added cover
and even with billboards in Times Square. image scanner in the companion app. It’s now live
The show was revived and began filming, but in the Apple Store and the Google Play Store.
was temporarily shut down again due to Just take a picture of the cover and the app will
COVID-19. At that point, only half of the The cast of Wynonna Earp in a promotional poster
for the show’s fourth season. The series identify the issue, giving you quick access to
season’s episodes were complete. The first half of originally ran on SyFy. The new special detailed issue information, current Guide
season four finally aired in late summer of 2020, will be available on Tubi. prices, and
and then the series finished with season four’s the ability
second half in the spring of 2021. While the delays apparently dimin- to add it to your collection. And
ished the network’s appetite for the series, they if you discover an issue or a
did not dim the Earpers’ hunger for more. variant not in the online Guide,
Titled Wynonna Earp: Vengeance, the special it’s just a click to submit it to the
was written by the show’s creator, executive Overstreet research team.
producer, and showrunner Emily Andras. It There are three membership
will see the return of Melanie Scrofano as tiers—Bronze, Silver, and Gold
Wynonna, Tim Rozon as Doc, Dom Provost- —but much of the encyclopedia
Chalkley as Waverly, and Katherine Barrell as portion of the site is free to use
Nicole. Regular Wynonna Earp series director for everyone. Readers of this The Overstreet Comic Book Price
Paolo Barzman is also back to direct the special. column can save 15% on any of Guide #1 was first published in 1970
“A lot of work by a lot of folks has gone into the annual memberships with and has its 54th edition due out in July
this. The results on screen will show that,” 2024. Overstreet Access is the Guide’s
Beau Smith, the creator Smith said. code TJAC2024. new online incarnation.
of Wynonna Earp Andras confirmed that the special will take
comics, from which the Amanda Sheriff is the Editor – Digital for Gemstone
show is adapted. place after the end of the fourth season, which Publishing. J.C. Vaughn is the President of Gemstone.

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