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Preview: The Displaced

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The Displaced

(W) Ed Brisson (A) Luca Casalanguida (CA) Andrea Sorrentino
In Shops: Dec 04, 2024
SRP: $19.99

The city of Oshawa, Ontario is gone. Without a trace.

No one remembers it or the 170,000 missing people that also disappeared. The survivors who were lucky enough to be out of town when it happened are few, and strangely, their memories are fading fast. The only way to survive is to seek each other out and work together.

While being forgotten can have its upsides when it comes to less-than-legal means of making ends meet, the dwindling survivors will have to deal with the moral conflicts between them, along with the baseline of hopelessness in a world that left them behind.

As the variety of skills left between the remaining Displaced shrinks, what ends will they go to for their own survival?

Highly acclaimed writer Ed Brisson (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Predator), rising star artist Luca Casalanguida (James Bond), and red hot colorist Dee Cunniffe (Barnstormers, Crossover) will make you ask, in a world where no one remembers you, what would you do to simply… exist?

The Displaced

No Fleeing from Fate in a First Look at The Displaced #5

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at The Displaced #5, the FINAL ISSUE of the brand new original series by critically acclaimed writer Ed Brisson, rising star artist Luca Casalanguida, colorist Dee Cunniffe, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Discover a new psychological and philosophical mystery in The Displaced, concluding in June 19 2024.

Desperation leads to death as those that remain turn to more and more reckless activities to survive, and their numbers dwindle to almost none. Will the final forgotten find some way to escape their fate, or will the inevitable sickness and disappearance overtake them?

The Displaced #5 features main cover art by series artist Luca Casalanguida and colorist Dee Cunniffe and variant covers by highly acclaimed artists Declan Shalvey, Luca Casalanguida and DANI with colors by Brad Simpson.

The Displaced #5

The Displaced #1 returns to shops this week with a second printing

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BOOM! Studios‘ The Displaced #1, the debut issue of the brand new original series by writer Ed Brisson, artist Luca Casalanguida, colorist Dee Cunniffe, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, has sold out and returns to shops this week, March 13, 2024, with a second printing.

The city of Oshawa, Ontario and its 170,000 residents have vanished without a trace.

No one remembers it even existed.

As the survivors of the incident start to become forgotten as well, they must seek each other out if they hope to have any chance of surviving in a world where no one believes they ever existed at all.

The Displaced #1 Second Printing features a new cover by series artist Luca Casalanguida and Dee Cunniffe.

The Displaced #1 Second Printing

The Displaced #1 sets up an intriguing mystery

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The Displaced #1

The city of Oshawa, Ontario has vanished without a trace. Even worse, nobody remembers it or the 170,000 missing residents that disappeared along with it. As the survivors also fall into the forgotten, they must seek each other out, if they hope to have any chance of surviving in a world where no one believes they exist. The Displaced #1 is a hell of a start with an ominous vibe that builds through the issue and leaves you guessing.

The Displaced #1 is a comic that doesn’t really do much that’s new story wise. But, writer Ed Brisson executes the concept so well, you’ll be sucked in. The concept of people, a city, something vanishing is something that’s been done before. People forgetting about it too has been done before. But, Brisson sets things up in a way with The Displaced #1 that you’re sucked in and want to find out more.

Part of the charm for The Displaced #1 is that it’s a build through the issue. The event that “destroys” Oshawa happens rather quickly, but it comes off more as disaster than some sci-fi mystery. It’s the teasing that happens after, the slow build, that really makes the comic stand out. Brisson has nailed the center of the crossover of sci-fi, horror, and mystery.

It helps too that Brisson peppers the debut issue with characters that many can relate too. Even with the little we know of many of the characters, there’s still something readers can connect with. A tired parent, a son dealing with an ailing parent, assholes from high school, it’s all universal experiences.

The art by Luca Casalanguida is solid. With color by Dee Cunniffe and lettering by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, the comic has a rather mundane, every day, sort of vibe about it. Even the event that impacts the city never feels over the top or distracting. It happens off page, with the focus on the characters and their reaction. Casalanguida and the team also capture a rather dazed aspect about it all. There’s not reactions that are over the top and distract. Like the characters themselves, what they experience is something the readers can relate to easier. There’s a weird calm shock about the visuals that just works.

The Displaced #1 has a great concept about it. It sucks you in and makes you want to find out what’s next for the story. So far, it’s an intriguing mystery that’s set up in a way that leaves a world of possibilities as to what really happened to the town and its people but it’s the characters left that make the comic a must read.

Story: Ed Brisson Art: Luca Casalanguida
Color: Dee Cunniffe Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Story: 9.0 Art: 8.5 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

BOOM! Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

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Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

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Wednesdays (and Tuesdays) are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in

Each week our contributors choose what they can’t wait to read this week or just sounds interesting. In other words, this is what we’re looking forward to and think you should be taking a look at!

Find out what folks think below, and what comics you should be looking out for this week.

The Cabinet #1 (Image Comics) – Atypical teen Avani and midwestern jock Trent teleport across a post-Cold War landscape to collect bizarre relics. Why? Well, because they need to summon the arcane powers of a resplendent 17th-century cabinet to fix a teeny-tiny mistake the last time Avani used it…

The Deviant #4 (Image Comics) – The series has been amazing horror. If you’re a fan of Silence of the Lambs, don’t miss this!

The Displaced #1 (BOOM! Studios) – A city has vanished without a trace and nobody remembers it or the 170,000 missing residents. That concepts alone has us intrigued.

If You Find This I’m Already Dead #1 (Dark Horse Comics) – New Matt Kindt? Yes please!

The Infernals #1 (Image Comics) – . Abraham “Abe” Morgenstern, the son of Satan, has one month to live. Before he dies, he must decide which of his three wayward children-volatile narcissist Nero, conflicted field operative Jackal, or troubled schoolgirl Bee-will inherit his shadowy empire. But will Abe ever be able to truly cede control of the Apocalypse?

Masterpiece #3 (Dark Horse Comics) – The series has been fantastic as far as a crime/heist story. The characters are great matched with amazing art.

Night Thrasher #1 (Marvel) – The classic character is getting the spotlight. While we’re not sure why, we’re down for more 90s nostalgia.

Red Hood: The Hill #1 (DC Comics) – Red Hood is back and we’re interested to see what happens in this series that has the character focused at the neighborhood level.

Sinister Sons #1 (DC Comics) – Super Sons was a great series so we’re hoping this evil version is just as entertaining.

Transformers #5 (Skybound) – All hail the Energon Universe!

Vengeance of the Moon Knight #2 (Marvel) – The first issue was fantastic and we’re hoping for more of that.

Wolverine #43 (Marvel) – The event so far has been brutal and we want to see more.

Vanished Without a Trace in Your First Look at The Displaced #1

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BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at The Displaced #1, the premiere issue of the brand new original series by critically acclaimed writer Ed Brisson, rising star artist Luca Casalanguida, colorist Dee Cunniffe, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Discover a new psychological and philosophical mystery in The Displaced, coming February 14, 2024.

The city of Oshawa, Ontario and its 170,000 residents have vanished without a trace.

No one remembers it even existed.

As the survivors of the incident start to become forgotten as well, they must seek each other out if they hope to have any chance of surviving in a world where no one believes they ever existed at all.

The Displaced #1 features main cover art by series artist Luca Casalanguida and colorist Dee Cunniffe and variant covers by highly acclaimed artists Declan Shalvey and Andrea Sorrentino.

The Displaced #1

The 170,000 residents of Oshawa, Ontario have vanished in The Displaced by Ed Brisson, Luca Casalanguida, and Dee Cunniffe

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Writer Ed Brisson, artist Luca Casalanguida, and colorist Dee Cunniffe bring a new psychological and philosophical mystery to BOOM! Studios in The Displaced, coming February 2024.

The city of Oshawa, Ontario and its 170,000 residents have vanished without a trace.

No one remembers it even existed.

As the survivors of the incident start to become forgotten as well, they must seek each other out if they hope to have any chance of surviving in a world where no one believes they ever existed at all.

The Displaced #1 will be available in comic shops February 14, 2024.

The Displaced #1