‘Beyond Mortal’ Exclusive Excerpt: Superheroes and Eldritch Horrors Await
Mary Beth McAndrews
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Dark Horse Books presents Beyond Mortal, a new graphic novel from Cullen Bunn (Shock Shop, Harrow County) and Danny Luckert (Shock Shop). This graphic novel melds superheroes and eldritch monstrosities into a delightfully horrific journey into a world on the precipice of disaster. To promote the upcoming series, Bunn and Luckert are releasing short comics to give readers a taste of the world they’ve created. We have an exclusive first look at one short titled “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” A Jumpscare Story.
In this story, the female superhero Jumpscare saves a little girl from one nasty monster.
Check out the story below:
Nothing says “I had the best summer ever” like almost losing a leg to an eldritch monstrosity! It’ll be fascinating to see the rest of the world Bunn and Luckert have created with Beyond Mortals and what other nasty creatures await their next meal.
If this story got you excited, read the full synopsis for Beyond Mortals:
Comic book readers are familiar with the world of Bronze and Modern Era comics… stories of gleaming steel metropolises populated by daring superheroes battling for truth and justice… facing down power-mad masterminds and would-be world conquerors.
But unknown to the league of heroes who protect the innocent, this world has a cancer growing at its heart. A pantheon of elder gods is starting to awaken. These timeless forces of super-nature once claimed dominion over a primordial Earth… and they have returned to reclaim what is theirs. Super-powered heroes—and villains—find themselves struggling against unimaginable horror to save the planet. It is a hopeless battle.
The unstoppable force of the Leviathan will collide with the immovable object of the world’s most powerful superheroes in an unflinching tale of ultimate horror and ultimate sacrifice.
Beyond Mortal flies into bookstores on July 23, 2024, and into comic shops on July 24, 2024. It’s now available to pre-order for $19.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and indie bookstore.
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