Lucha libre legend Vampiro has spent 2024 drawing sell-out crowds to arenas across Mexico for his in-ring retirement tour. As he winds down a 4 decade-long career competing in the squared circle, his life outside of arenas has been heating up. With a podcast that averages over 1 million views a week across social media, the launch of a spoken word tour and the debut of his new comic book series, Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse from Masked Republic Comics and Massive Publishing, the most successful non-Hispanic in the history of lucha libre may be leaving the ring in Mexico, but not the spotlight.  

The debut issue of the series, which was released in comic book shops across the U.S. on October 16th, has been receiving rave reviews and drawing comparisons to horror and sci-fi classics including From Dusk Till Dawn, Army of Darkness, and They Live.

Trioscope, the studio behind Netflix’s The Liberator, George R. R. Martin’s Night of the Cooters, and upcoming action thriller feature Takeover and lucha libre powerhouse Masked Republic announced a production pact to develop Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse for television.

Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse #1 is available now on Massive Publishing website. Issue was recently released and can be found at local comic book shops and Massive website!