The series was illustrated by Ben Templesmith, who had gained fame for his work on Wasteland, Fell and 30 Days of Night. Johnston was well known at the time for his work on both original series such as Wasteland, and adaptations including graphic novels of the Alex Rider novels by Anthony Horowitz. The comic was written by Antony Johnston, who was later one of the scenario writers for the video game. While each part of the media expansion was handled by different people, the game's development team acted as the overall controller, ensuring continuity between each property.

Alongside the game, the universe of Dead Space was expanded into a multimedia narrative described as 'IP cubed' it extended across the game, the animated movie Dead Space: Downfall, and the limited comic series. The 2008 survival horror video game Dead Space began production in 2006 at EA Redwood Shores, based on creator Glen Schofield's wish to create the most frightening horror game possible. All issues ranked in the top 300 sales charts compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors the first issue sold over 6,000 copies, while subsequent issues saw sales of between 3,000 and 5,000 copies during their publication months. Reception of the comic series has been generally positive, with several journalists praising its writing and artwork. The comic series began production during development of the video game as part of Electronic Art's multimedia expansion of the plot referred to by staff as 'IP cubed'. It is a prequel to the 2008 survival horror video game of the same name, detailing the five weeks leading up to the destruction of a space colony on the planet Aegis VII following the discovery of an artifact called the Marker. The comic was compiled into a graphic novel and released online as a motion comic. Dead Space is a science fiction horror comic book series written by Antony Johnston and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, published from March to September 2008 by the American company Image Comics.

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