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Afterburn gets a Trailer. Based on the comic from Red 5 Comics

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

After the world was left in ruins, a treasure hunter journeys into chaos to uncover the Mona Lisa and discovers humanity needs a hero more than a masterpiece.

Coming to theaters this September, Red 5 Comics‘ Afterburn stars Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson and directed by J.J. Perry. The movie is based on a comic by the same name.

Ten years after a solar flare wiped out technology across the globe, ex-soldier Jake (Bautista) works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects from the old world for powerful clients. His latest mission: team up with freedom fighter Drea to recover the Mona Lisa before an unhinged warlord gets there first.

Afterburn is only in theaters September 19th.

Red 5 Comics’ Afterburn heads into production starring Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

After years in development, Red 5 Comics‘ Afterburn is finally headed into production starring Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson. Produced by the makers of The Fast and the Furious, Afterburn is scheduled to start production in April. The movie is coming from Black Bear, Endurance Media, Dogbone Entertainment, and Original Films starring Bautista and Jackson. The film will be directed by J.J. Perry, who recently wrapped production on Lionsgate’s The Killer’s Game, also with Bautista, and is highly acclaimed for his work as a Second Unit Director and Stunt Coordinator on the John Wick and Fast & The Furious franchises. Afterburn is adapted from the Red 5 graphic novel of the same name.

The picture will be produced by Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe for Original Film and Steve Richards for Endurance Media. Dave Bautista will also produce through Dogbone Entertainment. Black Bear will introduce the film to international buyers at the upcoming EFM, with CAA Media Finance representing US rights.

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Review: Freaks & Gods #1

Posted on August 27, 2015 by

Released in June 2015, Freaks and Gods is an innovative fusion of adventure, horror and science-fiction that delves straight into action. First God-Atun, Steve/Steph Alexander and Barghest unwillingly find themselves in a laboratory deep inside a cavern just after they have just been plummeted once more out of a portal, known to them as The Dark Tunnel, that places them in various realms. We follow the three very different characters from three separate time lines embark on their journey as they fight against the King of the Living Dead and his evil plan to transform the entire planet into his mindless slaves.

Writer, Chris Dreier, perfectly focuses on setting the scene when necessary. He lightly narrates and highlights key words readers should pay attention to in order to gain a good understanding of the first issue of Freaks and Gods whilst giving us action and a solid plot at the same time. The panels flow smoothly, support the story and readers are lead in the right direction. So, storytelling wise it’s easy to keep up with. However sometimes there isn’t a lot left to the imagination in terms of trying to work things out for one’s own self.

The characters are more than original and more importantly represent freaks/gods themselves, each with a distinct story as to how they came to be how they are. The characters themselves are just as entertaining as the storyline since they all have their own story to tell. Chris Dreier is also the artist (ink and colour) along with Giuseppe D’elia (pencil), who have executed the art of Freaks and Gods very well and the art underlines how the characters are each extraordinary in their own way.

All in all Freaks and Gods is a fast paced comic answering many questions to the mysteries behind the characters whilst presenting more along with a steady plot.

Story: Chris Dreier Art: Chris Dreier and Guiseppe D’elia
Story: 7.75 Art 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation:Buy

Afterburn provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review.

Preview: Blood & Roses: Paradox Wars #1

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Brett

Blood & Roses: Paradox Wars #1

by Robert W. Hickey, Brad Gorby, Bill Nichols, Jerry Foley
Cover by Brad Gorby

Blood & Roses: Paradox Wars is the story about two strong-willed women that are from different time periods. They travel through out time collecting pieces of the time-stone to restore balance to the time stream. These time “shards” are very powerful and other people decide that they want them for their own purposes. So not only do they travel in time to collect the shards but also must fight.

Introducing many new characters including Tam Rose, Christiana Blood, Skorch, Huntaar all play a major role in the Paradox Wars.

Blood & Roses: Paradox Wars #1 – Full color, 54 pages, perfect binding comic size, limited collection series.

Available in: April, 2015

Afterburn in March 2015

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Brett

SKYSTORM ORIGINS #1

Written by Robert W. Hickey, Bill Nichols
Art by Willie Peppers, Chris Dreier and Aero Zero
Cover by Willie Peppers, Chris Dreier
Onsale March 25th 2015 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99, on-going series, wrap around cover.

“Every story has a beginning…”

SkyStorm Origins spans the width and breadth of the SkyStorm universe as a massive quest for shards of the TimeStone ramps up toward the Paradox Wars.

Stories of StormQuest, Hellgirl, the Darkness Chronicles, Tempered Steele and others all tie into this epic journey!
SkyStorm Origins #1 has Merlin on the run in medieval times with Marta hot on his heels. He has something that she wants and is welling to do whatever it takes to take it from him. StormQuest appears to stop her from achieving her goals. Emotions run high when they find Merlin after events from the StormQuest Graphic Novel #1.

SKYSTORM ORIGINS #1
Item #ABC1022 • UPC # 85454900022501122 • EAN: 978188842916950399

PARTS UNKNOWN Graphic Novel #1

Written by Beau Smith
Art by Brad Gorby
Onsale March 25th 2015 • 110+ pg, FC, $18.99, limited series.

Unlike other stories of alien invasions, there is no time to “watch the skies”.

They’re already here.

Scalons. Ruthless reptile-like beings that are well versed in the ways of rape, pillage and plunder. When the atmosphere of their home planet went bad and killed the females of their race they knew the males had to branch out and do so quickly before they too were claimed by the toxic air of the planet Scalon.
The planet Earth became their new home. But like any new home it had to be furnished to satisfy their own twisted needs. That meant spreading their evil seed with Earth women to produce a new hybrid race so that they could officially claim Earth as their own.

To do this it meant that Earth women would be captured and taken against their will. Anyone that got in their way would die.
Two members of an elite Chicago crime unit are going to try and make sure this doesn’t happen. Those two are Pendelton Spurr and Maria Lucci. Two recovering alcoholic super cops that could fall off the wagon and under the wheel at any time.
They are the only two things standing between Earth as we know it and a whole new world order.
It’s time to stand up for the good guys.

PARTS UNKNOWN Graphic Novel #1
Item #ABC2023
UPC #85454900022502023
EAN: 978188842962651899

The Shot Heard throughout Time! StormQuest: Timestorm

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Brett

StormQuest: Timestorm Graphic Novel #1

Created by Robert W. Hickey, Tom & Mary Bierbaums, Greg Land, Willie Peppers, Jerry Foley and Bill Nichols
160pg, Color, Perfect Binding.
SRP $19.99
Shipping Febraury, 2015

When an experiment with an unearthly stone goes terribly wrong, a family, victims of their own curiosity, struggles through an adventure in time as each member adapts to new abilities and meeting both new friends and foes along the way. This is the beginnings of the StormQuest Foundation, a team assembled to monitor and protect the ominous time storm.