BOOM Studios To Release Black Metal Infused Revenge Comic With Norse Mythology Elements

Harvey and Eisner-Award winning, New York Times bestselling author Brian Azzarello, along with acclaimed artist Vanesa Del Rey (The Empty Man, Redlands), and colorist Hilary Jenkins (Black Badge, Grass Kings) bring a revenge story about black metal, magic, and Norse mythology to life in the beautiful and brutal new series THE CREEPING BELOW.

The gods above, the creeping below.

BOOM! Studios invites you to witness this violent, electrifying descent into a bloody, black metal infused revenge saga.

When Val, an American metalhead attending a music festival abroad in Oslo, is victimized and killed at the hands of a charismatically evil local black metal band, the Old Gods of Norse Mythology raise her up and guide along the path of brutal vengeance in the name of women everywhere. But will she walk the warriors’ path, or become something far more terrible?

THE CREEPING BELOW #1 features main cover art by Vanesa Del Rey, and variant covers by highly acclaimed illustrators Maria Llovet (Faithless), Mike Deodato Jr. (Berserker Unbound), and Jae Lee (The Dark Tower).

THE CREEPING BELOW is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; Damn Them All by Simon Spurrier and Charlie Adlard; Once Upon a Time at the End of the World by Jason Aaron, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila del Duca, and Nick Dragotta; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; Ghostlore by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs; Sirens of the City by Joanne Starer and Khary Randolph; Coda by Simon Spurrier and Matías Bergara; Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Underheist by David and Maria Lapham; and Animal Pound by Tom King and Peter Gross. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Corrino from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Simone Ragazzoni; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers by Melissa Flores and Simona Di Gianfelice; and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth by Andy Diggle, Rubine, and Francesco Pisa.

THE CREEPING BELOW #1 will be available in comic shops October 2, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.

About Brian Azzarello:

Brian Azzarello has been writing comic books professionally since the mid-1990s.  He is the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning co-creator (with artist Eduardo Risso) of 100 Bullets, along with Loveless & Moonshine.  The New York Times bestselling author’s work for DC Comics includes the titles Hellblazer, Superman, Joker, Luthor, Before Watchmen, Wonder Woman, & Dark Knight III with Frank Miller. Most recently he and artist Lee Bermejo launched DC’s groundbreaking Mature Readers imprint Black Label with the controversial and critically acclaimed Batman: Damned.

About Vanesa Del Rey:

Cuban born artist Vanesa R. Del Rey began her professional career doing concept art for animation. Her work in comics has been described as dark, gritty and mysterious with great dominance of figurative work. She has illustrated The Witcher, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Women Alpha, and Daredevil Annual (2016) for Marvel Comics. Her debut series include the Harvey Award-nominated series HIT and The Empty Man for BOOM! Studios. REDLANDS, (co-created with Jordie Bellaire) is her first creator-owned series with Image Comics and was nominated in the 2018 Eisner Awards for Best New Series.  Her most recent titles are: Basic Instinct (Sumerian) and The Exorcism at 1600 Penn (IDW) She currently lives in Ohio, USA.

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