Our Soot Stained Heart #4
(W) Joni Hägg, Stipan Morian (A) Stipan Morian
Riots on the streets, the city on fire, and one girl at the heart of it! What can Peggy and her friends do to diffuse this volatile situation? Can a coal powered tyrant be toppled? Join us for the conclusion of the series, and witness the birth of new myths and traditions!
Bleeding Hearts #2
(W) Deniz Camp (A) Stipan Morian
THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT FROM DENIZ CAMP, WRITER OF ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER!
A world overrun by flesh-eating zombies is the only world young Rabbit has ever known… and her mother, Cara, has done everything she can to get her ready to survive in it. But she never expected to meet a zombie who seemed to want to help her with this goal!
Bleeding Hearts #1, the chilling new comic book series from DC Vertigo by Deniz Camp, Stipan Morian and Matt Hollingsworth has prompted DC to send the issue back to press for a Second Printing. A Second Printing of Bleeding Hearts #1 is now underway, ensuring continued availability as more readers discover the series. The Second Printing will arrive in stores on March 18.
In Bleeding Hearts, DC Vertigo returns to the kind of intimate, character-driven horror that defined some of its most memorable titles. The series follows two damaged souls bound by a shared trauma they cannot outrun, drawing them into a slow-burn descent where love, obsession, and monstrosity blur together. As their lives unravel, the story exposes the terrifying truths people hide behind their closest relationships, delivering a haunting, atmospheric debut that lingers long after the final page.
Fans can find the first printing ofBleeding Hearts #1 on shelves now, while supplies remain available, and are encouraged to reach out to their local comic book shops to add the series and the upcomingBleeding Hearts #1 Second Printing to their pull list so they do not miss what comes next after that jaw-dropping final page of Bleeding Hearts #1. As more readers discover the series and anticipation builds for Bleeding Hearts #2 on March 11, momentum will continue to build. Don’t lose your head (or anything vital) as you rush to jump into this new DC Vertigo series!
Bleeding Hearts #1 Second Printing will feature the original main cover art by Stipan Morian, updated with new logo coloring for this edition. DC Vertigo will also offer a Second Printing variant cover, presenting an inks-only version of Nick Dragotta’s variant artwork from the first printing.
Vertigo is back! After the announcement of its return last year, the first titles of DC’s relaunched Vertigo line have started to hit shelves. During ComicsPRO 2026, DC gave an update on the rollout.
Following the successful launch of Bleeding Hearts, End of Life, and The Nice House by the Sea—with The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery launching February 25—DC shared updates on the forthcoming slate of DC Vertigo titles arriving throughout 2026.
Beginning this summer, Vertigo will publish 100 Bullets: The US of ANGER and Fanatic, followed in the fall by Necretatious and Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy.
Winter 2026 will see the arrival of The Crying Doll and A Walking Shadow, rounding out the imprint’s first full year of its return.
As revealed during New York Comic Con 2025:
Our Soot Stained Heart #3
(W) Joni Hägg, Stipan Morian (A) Stipan Morian
Fuel’s Day dawns at last, perhaps for the final time! Peggy returns to the coalition, and she is not alone! Tensions are mounting in the city as the Governor’s grip on coal tightens. Peggy must confront her old boss Lord Worthington, and get to the bottom of all the burning questions she has for the Baron!
The zombies won—and ten years after the fall of humanity, they’re the dominant form of life (or not-life) on Earth. They’ve developed their own cultural practices, their own language, their own society. Mouse-Pokes-Golf-Ball-Through-Hole-In-Head (“Poke” for short) is a beloved member of his community, and with his brother-in-arm Mush, he’s happy to shamble along through the only world he can remember…until the day his heart mysteriously starts beating again. And in a blink, the first humans he sees have stopped looking like food and have started looking like…friends…?
Story: Deniz Camp
Art: Stipan Morian
Color: Matt Hollingsworth
Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
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Bleeding Hearts #1
(W) Deniz Camp (A) Stipan Morian
The zombies won — and ten years after the fall of humanity, they’re the dominant form of life (or not-life) on Earth. They’ve developed their own cultural practices, their own language, their own society. Mouse-Pokes-Golf-Ball-Through-Hole-In-Head (“Poke” for short) is a beloved member of his community, and with his brother-in-arm Mush, he’s happy to shamble along through the only world he can remember… until the day his heart mysteriously starts beating again. And in a blink, the first humans he sees have stopped looking like food and have started looking like… friends… ?
The team behind 20th Century Men , the bold mission statement that launched writer Deniz Camp and artist Stipan Morian to the next level of the comics industry, has reunited to bring you a world ruled by ruthless kill-or-be-killed logic, pitted against the demands of a single beating, bleeding, emotional heart!
We check out DC’s Vertigo 2026 Preview Special Edition showing off what’s coming from the revived imprint in February. It features previews of:
The Nice House By the Sea #7
Bleeding Hearts #1
End of Life #1
The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #1
Story: James Tynion IV, Deniz Camp, Kyle Starks, Chris Condon
Art: Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Stipan Morian, Steve Pugh, Jacob Phillips
Color: Jordie Bellaire, Matt Hollingsworth, Chris O’Halloran
Letterer: Andworld Design, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Becca Carey
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Our Soot Stained Heart #2
(W) Joni Hägg, Stipan Morian (A) Stipan Morian (C) Ropemann (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Peggy Stones has come far on her own, but not a step further! Will she make it long enough to find out if the mythical Baron of Stories is real? Who are they, and will they help young Peggy to stop Fuel’s Day, or are they just another obstacle in her way? Find out what lies at the far reaches of the north, and whether Peggy’s journey was worth it! Another electric issue from this ragtag creative team of Joni Hägg, Stipan Morian, Ropemann, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou!
Our Soot Stained Heart #1
(W) Joni Hägg, Stipan Morian (A) Stipan Morian (C) Ropemann (L) Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Launching with a double-length first issue — 48 pages of story for just $6 — Our Soot Stained Heart delivers an epic opening chapter filled with heart, grit, and breathtaking steampunk spectacle.
The Coalition is a city of wonder in the deep north, but it is ruled by the cruel Governor Glass and his factory lords. Coal is the lifeline of the city, and for honest workers like young Peggy Stones, life can be hard because of the nefarious quota. To get extra coal at the end of the year, you must be bad, every day! Peggy’s life is thrown into chaos when she is imprisoned and sent into exile, which begins a harrowing journey to the ends of the world to find answers that could change the world!
From the minds of debut writer Joni Hägg and superstar artist Stipan Morian (20th Century Men), with colorist Rope Mann and Eisner-winning letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, comes the most thrilling steampunk adventure of the winter.
