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Silicon Valley’s smartest secret society invites you to play their game in Masterminds

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Dark Horse Comics and creative team behind The Midnight: Shadows OGN is granting anyone who dares an opportunity of a lifetime—the chance to join the world’s smartest mastermind circle. And while for centuries, the world might have had many mastermind circles, real groups, secret, elite cohorts of influential individuals dedicated to the unbridled success of their members by any means necessary, none are so powerful as this one–Masterminds.

Are you smart enough to survive their deadly game of riddles, puzzles and tests? And if so, are you willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead and finally win? Writer Zack Kaplan, cover and series artist Stephen Thompson, colorist Thiago Rocha, and prolific Eisner-winning letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou invite you to a gauntlet of the mind in the new comic series, Masterminds. Variant covers are provided by Aaron Campbell and Bjorn Barends.

Masterminds is waiting for you to show if you are truly worthy, beginning in August 2025. Accept the invitation, prove your worth and pre-order Masterminds #1 (of 5) before it arrives in comic shops on August 27, 2025, for $4.99. 

Sister Imperator #1 has sold out and gets a new printing

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Dark Horse Comics and Tobias Forge, founder and mastermind of the global theatrical rock band GHOST, debuted Sister Imperator #1 to eager fans everywhere on March 5, 2025. The standard retail variant of this first issue quickly sold out at the distributor level, and in response, Dark Horse has ordered a continuation printing. The new supply of Sister Imperator #1 is expected to arrive at comic shops on April 9, ahead of issue #2, out on April 16. Fans and retailers alike, be sure to pre-order these issues!

Writer Corinna Bechko writes the series with guidance from Forge, with interior art by Puste, colors by Thiago Rocha, and letters by Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt. Cover art for the series is by Mikael Eriksson.

Ensure you don’t miss any of the powerful revelations and truths revealed and pre-order Sister Imperator #1 and #2 from local comic shops now.

The Origin of Sister Imperator is Revealed!

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Together with Tobias Forge, founder and mastermind of global theatrical rock phenomenon GHOST, Dark Horse Comics presents Sister Imperator, a comic miniseries that pulls back the curtain of mystery on an influential figure from official GHOST lore. Writer Corinna Bechko joins Forge in writing, along with artist Puste, colorist Thiago Rocha, and Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt, to tell the hidden history of the woman who became the force behind Ghost. Featuring cover art by Mikael Eriksson, this four-part miniseries will begin in March 2025.

A figure shrouded in mystery, Sister Imperator didn’t begin her life as the revered representative of the Clergy and behind the scenes overseer of GHOST’s dark machinations. The gruesome events that led her to become loved and feared by so many began in small-town New England, leading her down a winding path of violence and vindication, are finally revealed.

GHOST’s award-winning discography and the enthralling spectacle of the band’s live rituals have amassed legions of devout followers numbering in the millions. The most recent GHOST full length studio album IMPERA won the American Music Award for Favorite Rock Album in 2022 and the iHeartRadio Best Rock Album in 2023. GHOST’s first-ever feature-length film “Rite Here, Rite Now” broke box office records upon its June 2024 theatrical release, and was followed by the announcement of a massive 2025 global arena tour. And now, the world will discover the truth behind the mysterious Sister and her integral role she’s played in GHOST mythology since year zero.

Discover the truth behind one of the most powerful figures in the Ghost mythos with Sister Imperator #1 (of 4), which arrives in comic shops on March 5, 2025, for $4.99. Visit Comic Shop Locator for more details and stores near you.

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Kill All Immortals #1 Has Us Hooked

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Kill All Immortals #1

A thousand years ago, Viking explorer Erik the Red and his four adult children discovered a mysterious source of immortality. Now, in our modern world, they are an enigmatic billionaire family with a powerful banking empire. But when Erik’s only daughter, Frey Asvald, seeks to finally be free from her family’s influence, she must be prepared to reveal their supernatural secrets and confront her well-trained siblings in a deadly and epic struggle for power. Kill All Immortals #1 kicks off an intriguing series that feels like a bloody version of Succession.

Written by Zack Kaplan, Kill All Immortals #1 is a solid start to the series. It teases its concept throughout the issue, instead focusing on its main characters who we’re quickly taught to fear. They’re businessmen who bring a brutal and bloody aspect to how they go about theirs. It’s an interesting start that sets up a myth and then quickly shows readers that myth is reality.

Kaplan makes sure to deliver twists and turns and what seems like a story of corporate battles, is in fact a much deeper family struggle with an ending that feels more like The Menu than anything else.

The larger than life characters are brought to life through the art of Fico Ossio whose art emphasizes their cold strength. With color by Thiago Rocha and lettering by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, the visuals are perfect for the comic. From glitzy and glam to bloody and brutal, the art captures each moment and gives us a perfect understanding of the characters that will make up our power struggle.

Kill All Immortals #1 is an interesting debut that has us wanting to read the second issue immediately. Yes, there’s a dash of Succession but it feels more like the horror of The Menu and its cat and mouse game by the end. Where this series goes will be interesting and we can’t wait to find out.

Story: Zack Kaplan Art: Fico Ossio
Color: Thiago Rocha Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Story: 9.0 Art: 8.5 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – Kindle

Exclusive Preview: Kill All Immortals #1 from Zack Kaplan, Fico Ossio, and Thiago Rocha

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Succession meets John Wick…with immortal Vikings. A thousand years ago, Viking explorer Erik the Red and his four adult children discovered a mysterious source of immortality. Now, in our modern world, they are an enigmatic billionaire family with a powerful banking empire. But when Erik’s only daughter, Frey Asvald, seeks to finally be free from her family’s influence, she must be prepared to reveal their supernatural secrets and confront her well-trained siblings in a deadly and epic struggle for power. Get ready for a bloodthirsty immortal fight like no other!

Kill All Immortals is from writer Zack Kaplan, art by Fico Ossio, color by Thiago Rocha, and lettering by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. It features a main cover by Oliver Barrett and variants by Vincenzo Riccardi and Rafael Albuquerque. It comes to shops July 10 from Dark Horse.

The Midnight: Shadows brings The Midnight’s lyrics to the comic page

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Dark Horse Comics presents The Midnight: Shadows, an electrifying, original sci-fi comic adventure inspired by the poetic storytelling of band The Midnight, composed of singer-songwriter Tyler Lyle and producer-songwriter Tim McEwan. Fans of the band’s retro sound and newcomers to the 1980s nostalgia-filled, cyberpunk-style aesthetic alike will enjoy an immersive universe that is engrossing and visually stunning. The Midnight: Shadows is an original graphic novel written by prolific comics creator Zack Kaplan with art by Stephen Thompson and artist Jahnoy Lindsay, vibrant synthwave colors by Thiago Rocha and lettering by DC Hopkins. Fans can also expect a limited deluxe edition, available through the band, which includes an alternate cover and gilded magenta edges along with bonus art, interviews, and behind-the-scenes at the book’s creation. The deluxe edition will be available through the band, in two bundles, with signed art prints and other special items.

Twenty-something young man Jason is on the precipice of parenthood with his childhood sweetheart. Struggling with the loss of his adolescence, Jason is sucked back into THE MIDNIGHT, a cyberpunk game from his childhood. As the helmeted hero who travels to the post-apocalyptic Neverland in the year 2085, he is the hero who once vanquished the shadow monsters, and they believe he has returned to his actual reality to do it again.

With two different realities beckoning him home, Jason must reconcile which world he belongs to and how he can embrace adulthood without losing himself.

The Midnight: Shadows arrives in trade paperback (136 pages, 6.625″ x 10.1875″) on bookstore shelves on October 1, 2024, and comic shops on October 2, 2024. Pre-order at your local comic shop, bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble for $19.99. The Midnight: Shadows Deluxe edition from The Midnight is available for pre-order.

The Midnight: Shadows
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