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Zack Kaplan and Stefano Raffaele’s Only the Savage are Left Lets Loose our Monsters

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After announcing a blockbuster line-up of three action-packed series for 2026, in a multi-title deal, Dark Horse Comics and Zack Kaplan reveal the details of the next hit series; Only the Savage are Left. Partnering with artist Stefano Raffaele, with colors by Thiago Rocha and letters by Eisner-winning Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and book designer, Tom Muller, the series brings readers deep into a dangerous world of monsters and monster-killers. Only the Savage are Left #1 features covers by Raffaele, Marco Mastrazzo, Todd Beats, and David Mack. 

A strange virus has spread across the world, transforming its victims into monsters. The only cure is to kill another infected soul. When a non-violent young man sets out from the safety of his settlement to find his missing true love, he must face the corrupted world of monsters and monster-killers. A dramatic survival adventure that dares to ask what we should stand for in the monster apocalypse.

Zack Kaplan and Steffano Raffaele’s apocalypse of love and monsters Only the Savage are Left #1 arrives in comic shops on June 3, 2026, for $4.99.

Zack Kaplan and Dark Horse Reveal a Multi-Title Deal for 2026

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Following the success of Kill All Immortals, Masterminds, The Midnight Shadows, and Break Out, Zack Kaplan and Dark Horse Comics are continuing their partnership to offer a thrilling slate of new 2026 comic series throughout the Dark Horse 40th anniversary year. Starting with Only The Savage Are Left in June, Kaplan teams up with artist Stefano Raffaele, followed by The Smart Division with John J Pearson in late summer, before finishing out the year’s lineup with Marvel superstar artist Francesco Manna, for a finale to the story of Frey Asvald in Kill All Immortals III in the fall. The slate includes the work of Thiago Rocha, and Eisner-winning letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou alongside Eisner-winning designer Tom Muller.

Stefano Raffaele joins Kaplan, with colors by Rocha and letters by Otsmane-Elhaou, for Only The Savage Are Left, a powerful and dramatic action-adventure story where surviving the monster-apocalypse requires you to become a monster yourself.

Look for Only The Savage Are Left to arrive in comic shops on June 3, 2026.

Only The Savage Are Left

Kaplan and Pearson, with letterer Otsmane-Elhaou, follow up their series Mindset with The Smart Division. It’s a dark and modern sci-fi detective series about the first AI app that helps us commit the perfect crimes, and the two disparate FBI agents who must hunt it down and stop it.

Find The Smart Division at your favorite comic shop in late fall. More details to come.

The Smart Division

Rocha and Otsmane-Elhaou return for the violently fantastic conclusion of Kaplan’s immortal Viking trilogy alongside Manna’s high impact artwork. The series is heralded as Succession meets John Wick with the fever-pitch action of heroines like Erika Slaughter. The action-packed series finale will see Viking warrior Frey Asvald face a broken family, a modern world of immortal rivals, and the ultimate question – will she free herself from immortality or accept it? Ringo-Award winning, Clio-winning cover artist Oliver Barrett returns with Francesco Manna for some killer Issue #1 covers.

Kill All Immortals III is expected to hit your local comic shop in the fall.

Kill All Immortals III 

The excitement for Zack Kaplan stories from Dark Horse Comics in 2026 begins when Only The Savage Are Left #1 arrives in comic shops on June 3, 2026, for $4.99.

Preview: Alien vs. Captain America #4

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Alien vs. Captain America #4

(W) Frank Tieri (A) Stefano Raffaele

Now that OPERATION: RED KING has been revealed and HYDRA’S plan for the XENOMORPHS has taken shape, will CAPTAIN AMERICA be able to stop the RED SKULL and his ALIEN army… or will the ALLIES lose the war, forever changing history as we know it? Find out in the shocking, chest bursting finale to the crossover of the millennium!

Alien vs. Captain America #4

Preview: Alien vs. Captain America #3

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Alien vs. Captain America #3

(W) Frank Tieri (A) Stefano Raffaele

O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN! As Captain Marvel joins Captain America in his fight against Hydra’s aliens, the secret and dark history between the Xenomorphs and the Kree is revealed! But will either Captain be able to contain an even bigger potential problem… a crazed Nick Fury with vengeance on his mind?

Alien vs. Captain America #3

Preview: Alien vs. Captain America #2

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Alien vs. Captain America #2

(W) Frank Tieri (A) Stefano Raffaele

ALLIED, AXIS AND ALIEN POWERS COLLIDE! CAPTAIN AMERICA leads BUCKY BARNES and the rest of the HOWLING COMMANDOS behind enemy lines in order to free one of their own — but no-one is prepared for the horror they discover at HYDRA’S most top-secret base! Meanwhile, has RED SKULL managed to find a way to harness the destructive might of the XENOMORPHS, or has he merely added to the carnage and chaos of the warfront? Either way, Captain America and his allies are about to face their biggest fight yet — that is, unless an unexpected “alien” ally sees fit to intervene!

Alien vs. Captain America #2

Preview: Alien vs. Captain America #1

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Alien vs. Captain America #1

(W) Frank Tieri (A) Stefano Raffaele

THE RED SKULL’S NEWEST RECRUITS!

It’s World War II, and Hydra seeks a new weapon to defeat the Allies and win the war. To that end, the Red Skull has sent Baron Strucker on an expedition to the Himalayas to find the fabled city of Attilan. But instead of finding the Inhumans, Strucker uncovers something much more deadly. Much more… Alien. Can Captain America and the Howling Commandos stop the Skull and his newfound Xenomorph weapons…or will the First Avenger learn that in war-torn Europe… no one can hear you scream?

Alien vs. Captain America #1

SDCC 2025: Alien vs. Captain America this November

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Announced at San Diego Comic-Con’s Retailer Panel, Marvel Comics’ epic crossover sagas with the Alien franchise continues this November in Alien vs. Captain America by superstar writer Frank Tieri and acclaimed artist Stefano Raffaele. The four issue limited series follows Aliens Vs. Avengers, the blockbuster series by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić which concluded last month and marked the first-ever crossover between both universes. Set during Captain America’s legendary World War II adventures, Alien vs. Captain America pits Steve Rogers against the most terrifying extraterrestrials in cinematic history after the hero’s greatest villains unleash Xenomorphs on the frontlines!

SMASHING THROUGH, CAPTAIN AMERICA COMES FACE TO FACE WITH—ALIENS?!

It’s World War II and Hydra seeks a new weapon to defeat the Allies and win the war. To that end, the Red Skull has sent Baron Strucker on an expedition to the Himalayas to find the fabled city of Attilan. But instead of finding the Inhumans, Strucker uncovers something much more deadly. Much more… Alien. Can Captain America and the Howling Commandoes stop the Skull and his newfound xenomorph weapons… or will the First Avenger learn that in war-torn Europe… no one can hear you scream?

Check out the main cover by Leinil Francis Yu along with a chilling foil variant cover by Dan Panosian.

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