By Sujay Kumar
Before Scott Pilgrim battles the world, his finest hour will hit bookshelves.
Today, Oni Press released the cover of the final installment in Bryan Lee O'Malley's hit comic book series and announced that "Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim's Final Hour" will hit shelves on July 20, 2010.
The grand finale to the award-winning series will feature 248 pages of "evil-ex butt-kicking in the easily digestible digest format" and bring a conclusion to the story of Scott Pilgrim's fight against the seven evil-exes of Ramona Flowers.
"It feels great to be in the home stretch, and I think this is going to be the best Scott Pilgrim book ever!" said O'Malley on the Oni Press website.
The finale's release is timed a few weeks before the release of Edgar Wright's "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," slated to hit theaters August 12, 2010. Comic fans are eagerly waiting to see Michael Cera take on the role of Pilgrim, alongside a cast of other notable actors including Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Chris Evans and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
While we're still waiting for the first trailer of the film, early reviews have been positive, even comparing the movie to "Star Wars." The first poster featuring Cera in the role was released earlier this week.
According to Wright, the film stays true to the source material in Volumes 1-3, then veers into its own path, still in the spirit of the book.
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