Following their recovering the rights to Grimjack, John Ostrander and Timothy Truman teamed up again to publish "Grimjack: Killer Instinct", a 6-issue miniseries published by IDW Publishing. The miniseries, since reprinted in graphic novel form, serves as a prequel to the First Comics "Grimjack" series and shows John Gaunt's life leading up to his first appearance in "Starslayer" #10. The series met with critical acclaim for its art, storyline and original setting. With a script by John Ostrander and art by Timothy Truman, the series was lettered by John Workman and edited by Mike Gold. All of them had worked on the original "Grimjack" comic. IDW Publishing also re-issued the First Comics "Grimjack" run in a series of trade paperbacks under the title "The Legend of Grimjack". As of October 2007, 8 collections have been released.