Dynamite Entertainment announced the next blood-soaked and flesh-rending chapter of the DIE!NAMITE saga, as the zombie crossover starring several of the publisher’s top stars returns from longtime scribe Fred Van Lente this fall with Blood Red!
The ravenous undead are back to resume their feasting upon the living, but DIE!NAMITE‘s heroes never say die! Outside ironclad fortified gates of Sunset City, the hordes search ceaselessly for their prey — and that being women, as the mysterious gender-targeting “Deadman virus” is strictly a boys’ club.
Within the city walls, various factions vie for power amidst this dystopian landscape. At the top of the food chain — at least on the side where people are not eating each other — sits Purgatori, the deadly demon-vampiress. Under her command are the Furies, a squad of enforcers including the one and only Vampirella. The Daughter of Drakulon is forcibly quarantined to Earth, to keep the male-driven plague at bay from her native world.
Vampi isn’t the only alien in the skies though, and when a centuries-hardened warrior from the red planet arrives on the scene, everyone’s plans will get scrambled like a brain beset by a zombie. Fans are invited to join the party in this celebration of zombie fun and action, and one of the most ambitious crossovers in the Dynamite publishing pantheon, with other characters included such as Miss Fury and other surprises to be revealed!
“So excited to bring this brand-new take on the Dynamite — and DIE!NAMITE — mythos to the stands,” said writer Fred Van Lente. “It hit me that it’d be interesting to mix the pulp, sci-fi elements of these characters in with the zombie virus, and since there are so many strong female protagonists, it’d be a fun twist on the typical zombie story if the disease was gender-based. Women can’t become zombies, but they can become lunch, so it’s up to Vampirella, Dejah Thoris and friends to save mankind — literally!”
DIE!NAMITE: Blood Red debuts this October, and follows in the footsteps of preceding blood-splattered chapters DIE!NAMITE, DIE!NAMITE Lives, DIE!NAMITE Never Dies, and the Our Bloody Valentine special. All three preceding arcs are available currently in collected volumes everywhere fine comics are sold. Returning from ever chapter to date is fan-favorite writer Fred Van Lente. This round he is joined by rising artist Marco Finnegan (007: Myrmidon). The creative team is ready to unleash everyone’s favorite femme fatales in this sci-fi grand guignol like no other!
Covers for the series feature contributions from EJ Su, alongside recent Dynamite fan-favorite David Cousens (ThunderCats: Cheetara Worldbreaker), DIE!NAMITE returning artist Will Robson (The Thing), and recently skyrocketing artist Godtail. The first issue will also feature a special mystery black bag offering, with full information revealed separately.
