"Prelude" is a one-shot prelude issue to the Avengelyne: Bad Blood comic book limited series published by Avatar Press. The story was written by William A. Christensen and Mark Seifert with artwork by Rick Lyon. Coloring was provided by Nimbus Studios. The cover art for this issue was composed by Rick Lyon (standard direct market format). This issue shipped with a July, 2000 cover date and carried a cover price of $5.95 per copy (US).
Artist Rick Lyon composed the standard direct market edition cover for this issue, as well as one variant cover. A third variant cover was released illustrated by Al Rio. A fourth variant cover was illustrated by Sean Shaw.
