Skybound’s Walking Dead and Invincible join Lazarus Rising Games’ OverPower

Lazarus Rising Games (LRG) expands the rebirth of its legendary 1990s collectible card game OverPower with the signing of a licensing agreement with Skybound Entertainment. 

The deal will bring Skybound into the OverPower universe starting in 2026, and will feature originals from Skybound’s robust library of IP, most notably Invincible and The Walking Dead. The roster joining OverPower’s decks will include characters such as Invincible, Omni-Man, Atom Eve and Battle Beast, as well as The Walking Dead fan favorites like Rick Grimes, Michonne, Negan and Maggie.

The addition of Skybound Entertainment characters and imagery follows LRG’s recent licensing deals with Top Cow Productions, Inc. and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. – leading to the addition of Top Cow’s Witchblade, Darkness, and Cyberforce, as well as Burroughs’ iconic Tarzan of the Apes® and John Carter of Mars in the upcoming iterations of OverPower in 2025 and 2026.

Retailers will begin carrying new OverPower product on their shelves in mid-April 2025 that will feature original artwork from some of the finest artists in the comics and illustration industries today – such as Jae Lee, Jim Cheung, Raymond Gay, Phillip Tan, William Santos, and many more. OverPower will be available through ACD Distribution and GTS Distribution in the United States, while Universal Distribution will facilitate delivery in Canada. 

In addition, LRG has created an advisory board that already features Ron Perazza, one of the original developers of the 1990s game, and Paul Bazakas, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for GTS Distribution.

In collaboration with Carde.io, LRG has also recently launched its player portal, which features the card library for the upcoming Edgar Rice Burroughs set, a fully-assembled Deck Builder, National Elo Rankings, an event finder, and a reward shop. Interested players can visit/join the player portal at www.OverPower.com.

LRG is also in the final planning stages for a series of major tournaments across North America, highlighted by more than $100,000 in prize pools as well as exclusive merchandise. Announcements for the tournaments are forthcoming. Further, LRG continues to showcase OverPower at conventions and events around the country, most notably at a heavily trafficked interactive booth at 2024 New York Comic Con, and as part of an informative, entertaining panel at WonderCon 2025 in Anaheim. LRG already has strategized a noticeable presence at Origins Game Fair in June 2025, and has plans to showcase OverPower at important gaming and pop culture conventions throughout the year. For the past nine months, LRG has also executed a soft rollout of the game’s new aspects and cards, including two sets that sold out immediately. 

Source: Graphic Policy