Writer Joe Casey and artist Paul Fry team up for a boundary pushing new superhero series in Blood Squad Seven. Spinning out of the recent Dutch miniseries, this upcoming comic book will explore ’90s superteam dynamics through a contemporary lens and launches in May 22nd from Image Comics.
Thirty years ago, Blood Squad Seven was America’s most popular superhero team. Its members were seen on television, on magazine covers, scoring million-dollar endorsement deals…. They were celebrities and they were everywhere.
But that was then… this is now. And so, a new generation of modern-day heroes takes up the mantle—or perhaps, the poisoned chalice—fulfilling a promise made decades ago: to be the heroes that a fractured America needs.
While deconstructions of superhero nostalgia typically center around the classic characters of the Silver Age, Blood Squad Seven will delve deep into ’90s comic book themes with this imagining of what would happen if heroes from that decade returned to action after a 30-year absence.
Variant covers for each issue of Blood Squad Seven will be provided by an army of celebrated artists, including: Chris Weston, Nick Pitarra, Jim Rugg, Chris Cross, Elizabeth Torque, Mike Hawthorne, Cory Walker, Ryan Quackenbush, Mirko Colak, Chris Sprouse, Dustin Nguyen, and many more.
Blood Squad Seven #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 22:
- Cover A by Paul Fry – Lunar Code 0324IM161
- Cover B by Chris Weston – Lunar Code 0324IM162
- Cover C (1:10) by Nick Pitarrra – Lunar Code 0324IM163
- Cover D (1:20) by Jim Rugg – Lunar Code 0324IM164
- Cover E (1:50) by Fry – Lunar Code 0324IM165