Fan-favorite writer Doug Wagner and artist Daniel Hillyard reunite for Narco, a new five-issue thriller miniseries launching in March 2026 from Image Comics. The creative duo previously teamed on Plastic, Plush, Vinyl, and I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer.
A High-Stakes Mystery with a Dangerous Twist
Narco centers on Marcus Wesphal, a man whose narcolepsy causes him to black out at the slightest surge of excitement. The condition keeps him quiet, calm, and mostly confined to his home. That fragile balance shatters when Marcus witnesses the murder of the girl next door. He collapses at the scene and wakes up as the prime suspect.
With time and consciousness working against him, Marcus must piece together what happened during his blackouts. His only chance is to outrun his failing body, recover the missing moments, and catch the real killer before he blacks out again, possibly for the last time.
Inspired by Hitchcock, Fueled by Dark Humor
“If you haven’t figured it out yet, Daniel and I are a little bit obsessed with quirky horror, AND we’re both huge fans of Alfred Hitchcock,” said Wagner. “We’ve been talking for years about what OUR version of his works would look like. Well, Narco is that version. It combines our weird sense of horror and humor with classics like Rear Window and Psycho.”
Hillyard echoed that sentiment with his own spin. “A Hitchcockian thriller with a whodunnit story and our usual twist of the unusual. If any of that piqued your interest then Narco might just be the one for you. Grab a pop tart, pet your possum (not a euphemism) and see if you can figure out who the killer is.”
Narco #1 arrives in comic book shops and digital platforms on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
