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Titan Comics To Publish 'Babylon Berlin' Comic, Based On Upcoming Netflix Series
Titan Comics is to publish a new Babylon Berlin comic book series, is based on the German TV series that has been snapped up for worldwide distribution by Netflix.
Based on a series of novels by German writer Volker Kutscher, the Raymond Chandler-esque crime story follows German detective Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch), who is sent to Berlin to investigate a porn ring run by the Russian mafia. The period epic a budget of $45 million, Babylon Berlin is the most expensive German-language TV series in history — is set against the social and political upheaval of Germany in 1929, when the world's most modern and progressive society is threatened by rising right-wing extremism and a world economy teetering on the brink.
This is all coming out of Diamond's Retailer Breakfast ahead of New York Comic Con, happening today. You can catch up with any other Retailer Breakfast announcements here.