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Afterburn Returns With Bad Blood in Red 5 Comics' September Solicits

Afterburn returns with Bad Blood in Red 5 Comics' September solicits - read the comic before the Samuel L Jackson and Dave Bautista movie...

Published Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:57:04 -0500

by Rich Johnston

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Afterburn: Bad Blood #1 launches from Red 5 Comics ahead of the major movie starring Dave Bautista and Samuel Jackson
Jake and team face mutated locals and mercenaries while searching for a missing person in the African Burn Zone
Red 5 Comics also rolls out the Halloween Man GN omnibus, collecting early and crossover webcomic stories
Something Beyond the Petrichor #3 continues the perilous journey through wastelands toward Chattanooga

Red 5 Comics launches their new Afterburn comic book series in their September 2025 solicits and solicitations, as they point out, "now a major motion picture starring Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson". But as ever it begins with the comics, with Afterburn: Bad Blood #1 by Scott Chitwood and Etienne Derepentigny launching in Red 5 Comics' July 2025 solicits and solicitations.

AFTERBURN BAD BLOOD #1

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(W) Scott Chitwood (A / CA) Etienne Derepentigny
Now a major motion picture starring Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson! In their latest adventure, Jake and his team are hired not to find a lost treasure in the African Burn Zone, but a lost person. However, as they face hostile mercenaries and mutated locals, they begin to realize there is more to the situation than meets the eye.
In Shops: Sep 03, 2025

HALLOWEEN MAN GN

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(W) Drew Edwards (A) Drew Edwards
Welcome to Solar City, Texas, a retro-futuristic city home to superheroes, flying cars, and robots, but also vampires, werewolves, and gargoyles! And living among them is a misunderstood monster and the brilliant woman by his side! Together they'll have weird adventures into the occult to smash evil and possibly save their own souls! Join Halloween Man and Lucy as they battle man-eating zombies, the Headless Horseman, and the criminal mastermind known as the Phantom Hood. This omnibus collects some of the earliest work of the long-running, award-winning web comic series, including work by DC Comics superstar Nicola Scott and the ultra-rare crossover with Hack/Slash featuring art by Marvel fan-fave David Baldeon!
In Shops: Oct 01, 2025

SOMETHING BEYOND THE PETRICHOR #3

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(W) Dakota Brown (A / CA) David Lujan
As seen on Free Comic Book Day! Jocelyn and Quigley encounter an unlikely savior who frees them from the emaciated madman known as "Beanie." The mysterious savior joins the pair on their journey through the wastelands toward Chattanooga and, despite finding some fun along the way, stumble across a horrifying sight that elicits a new, unexpected dread.
In Shops: Sep 24, 2025

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