Amidst skirmishes between two warring factions in the early nineteenth-century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities… and that he’s not alone.
Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.
Black Star is written by Kristin Kreuk, Peter Mooney, and Eric Putzer with art by Joe Bocardo. The first issue features covers by Martin Simmonds,Joe Bocardo, Robert Hack, and Alison Sampson. The first issue arrives in shops July 29, 2026 from Titan Comics.
Titan Comics has announced Black Star, which comes to shops July 29, 2026. Black Star is the debut comic series by actress Kristin Kreuk. Co-written with Peter Mooney and screenwriter Eric Putzer, and illustrated by artist Joe Bocardo, this five-issue series is a Northern Gothic noir steeped in horror and dark humour.
Amidst skirmishes between two warring factions in the early nineteenth-century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities… and that he’s not alone. Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.
It’s a violent world: gritty, bloody, and dark. But that’s balanced with a sense of discovery and awe. The storytelling’s propulsive, and the morality grey. It’s The Revenant meets Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. It’s a love letter to a frozen corner of the world that few know. It’s weird. And wonderful. And something wholly its own.
Titan’s Black Star comics is set to launch the first issue in stores and on digital devices July 29, 2026. Look out for more information very soon!
In 1896 Bombay, under British rule, a concentration camp holds IZNA, a plague-infected and famine-stricken being. Mutated through medical experiments, she, along with others, becomes a mutant. British officers invite famine photographer William Wallace Hooper to document the mutants, unaware he’s controlled by a shape-shifting vampire called Pisach. The Pisach infects prey with insatiable hunger, while Hooper bonds with Izna amidst rulers’ games with famine slaves.
Unbeknownst, Izna descends from women embracing monsters. Discovering Hooper’s role in her mother’s death, she wishes to become a monster herself. Transformed into a half-human, half-mutant, half-beast, she embraces her hunger, consuming oppressors and drenching her land in blood. This infinite hunger mirrors trauma’s generational and cultural impact, forging an inseparable link between oppressed and oppressor. The graphic novel blends True Blood, Kill Bill, and Spiral Into Horror, delving into hunger’s exploration of trauma’s pervasive influence.
Story: Nihaarika Negi Art: Joe Bocardo Color: Jose Villarrubia Letterer: Jared K. Fletcher
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(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Joe Bocardo (C) Manoli Martinez (L) El Torres
Six strangers, all broken and burdened, find themselves at the funeral for the father they never knew. Their father sold their souls to Hell on the days they were born. They are now destined to serve demonic masters in spreading chaos and misery.
Jamison Kreel is dead. Six of his children from six mothers are attending the funeral of a father they never met. Each of the children possesses a different infernal power. These powers, though, come at a terrible price…a price Jamison Kreel has placed upon the heads of his offspring. And the demonic debtors have come to collect.
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Joe Bocardo (C) Manoli Martinez (L) El Torres
In order to break the curse that looms over them to escape the demons that torment them, The Hexiles must use all of the demonic gifts they possess. For at least one of the children of Jamison Kreel, their plan calls for the ultimate sacrifice.
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Joe Bocardo (C) Manoli Martinez (L) El Torres
In order to break the curse that looms over them to escape the demons that torment them, The Hexiles must use all of the demonic gifts they possess. For at least one of the children of Jamison Kreel, their plan calls for the ultimate sacrifice.
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Joe Bocardo (C) Manoli Martinez (L) El Torres
The Hexiles have decided to turn the tables on the demonic forces that are tormenting them. They travel to Germany, where they find themselves in a demon-and ghost-infested castle. There, they come face-to-face with the infernal host. These demons want the children of Jamison Kreel for dark purposes. And giving in to their wishes would be so much easier than dying. Wouldn’t it?
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Joe Bocardo (C) Manoli Martinez (L) El Torres
NEW SERIES ARC! While browsing in an antique shop, Jinpei stumbles upon an ancient map. Excited by the discovery, he brings it to the rest of the Science Ninja Team, which sparks a thrilling treasure hunt. The map leads them through ancient ruins and dangerous terrains as they follow its clues…but are they able to make it out alive with the treasure intact? A civilian-clothes interlude for the Science Ninja Team in the vein of The Goonies!
(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Joe Bocardo (C) Manoli Martinez (L) El Torres
Sometimes, it’s hard to learn the truth about your parents–especially when your father is a sorcerer working for the legions of Hell. The Hexiles, though, must delve into the dark and bloody past of Jamison Kreel if they hope to break the curse that he has placed upon them.
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Joe Bocardo (C) Manolu Martinez (L) El Torres
The children of Jamison Kreel want nothing to do with each other, nor do they want anything to do with the bargains their father struck on their behalf. What they want, though, means nothing, because the forces of Hell are intent on collecting that which is owed to them.
