Army of Darkness #1992.1 was a 48-page one-shot anthology comic released by Dynamite Entertainment in November, 2014. The issue features five short stories, two of which are direct tie-ins to the Ash and the Army of Darkness comic continuity started in 2013.
Story Synopsis[]
- Promotion Commotion: After one year of S-Mart remaining Deadite-free, Ash Williams is up for a promotion. However, the Necronomicon and its agents of evil threaten to ruin Ash's big day before he can receive his workplace advancement.
- Rockwellicon: Following the passing of a beloved S-Mart manager, Ash inherits his bachelor co-worker's home in the suburbs. With aspirations of starting life over in this quaint neighborhood, two neighbor children find the Book of The Dead (alongside Ash's other personal affairs) and accidentally unleash evil in suburbia.
- Ash Beyond: In the distant future, humanity's ever-growing infatuation with technology has led to virtual reality vacations becoming the norm. When SMART.com warehouse employee Ash Williams decides to head into a Simlocale replica of a cabin in the woods, his girlfriend Linda accidentally unleashes a virus from the NEKRONOMICON that infects her digital avatar as well as her physical body. Sent on a quest across the largest MMORPG on the PathWeb to return to the real world, Ash races against time to save his beloved from the digital dead.
- Return To The Windmill: Whilst tracking down The Faceless Man, Ash Williams decides to make a stop at the old windmill, curious of the fate of the Mini-Ashes he left behind...
- Prelude To Ash In Space: Having been whisked away through time from his wedding reception, Ash hunts down the Necronomicon in 1350 AD in order to return to his bride. Learning that the Ex-Mortis is in the possession of an astrologer named Artemus Vrill, who hopes to use the book to get an up-close look at the stars themselves. Toss through time again, Ash soon finds himself back in the 21st Century, where an experimental space-shuttle is getting ready to launch at the Kennedy Space Center...
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Trivia[]
- The comic's title of "1992.1" is a reference to the premiere of the Army of Darkness film at the 1992 Sitges Film Festival (which is sometimes mistakenly listed as the film's worldwide release date).
- Four of the five stories featured in this one-shot have never been collected in a trade-paperback or hardcover, though the Prelude To Ash In Space story was collected in the Ash In Space paperback.
Continuity Notes[]
- Promotion Commotion features characters and references to the events of the 2005 Shop 'Till You Drop Dead miniseries (as both were written by James Kuhoric), implying the story is set in the Earth-818793 continuity.
- Mr. Smart (a recurring character in Army of Darkness comics set in the Earth-818793 continuity and introduced in Shop 'Till You Drop Dead) appears.
- As Ash approaches the entrance of S-Mart, he notes that the "front of the store isn't possessed". This is a reference to Shop 'Till You Drop Dead #1, where the store's entrance morphs into the face of the Necronomicon, preventing Ash and his co-workers from escaping.
- Return To The Windmill takes place during the events of Army of Darkness: Ash Gets Hitched #2. There is some dialog differences between the scenes depicted in this issue and Ash Gets Hitched #2, as well as Ash and Sheila wearing different costumes.