In October, Dynamite Entertainment unleashes the zombie horde once again in the pages of DIE!NAMITE: Blood Red from writer Fred Van Lente.
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 arrives in October 2025.
DIE!NAMITE: BLOOD RED #1
writer: Fred Van Lente
artist: Marco Finnegan
covers: EJ Su (A), Godtail (B), David Cousens (C), Will Robson (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Horror | $4.99 | Teen+
The ravening undead return to resume their feasting upon the living in the newest bloodcurdling chapter of Dynamite’s all-star supergroup adventures in the dystopic future!Outside the crazily fortified gates of Sunset City, the zombie hordes search ceaselessly for their prey — and that means women, because the gender-targeting Deadman virus is strictly a boys’ club.
Inside the walls, rival factions jockey for power under the iron thumb of Purgatori and her enforcers, the Furies — including Vampirella, who’s stuck on Earth under Drakulonian quarantine to keep the male plague at bay.
But it turns out that Vampi’s not the only alien in the skies — and when someone from a certain red planet arrives on the scene, everyone’s plans will get scrambled like a Deadman on a busy highway!
The newly infected creative team of writer FRED VAN LENTE and artist MARCO FINNEGAN unleash all of your favorite femmes fatales in the epic sci-fi grand guignol that is Die!namite: Blood Red #1 — featuring skull-cracking covers from EJ SU, GODTAIL, DAVID COUSENS, and WILL ROBSON!
Dynamite Entertainment’s Die!Namite: Blood Red continues this week with the release of the second issue, and you can get yourself a sneak peek with the official preview below…
SAVIORS FROM MARS? Welcome back to Sunset City – where the boys crave brains and the girls are pretty!
Having blown off a meeting with world-weary private investigator Vampirella, the fortified city’s iron-fisted ruler Purgatori now summons the Daughter of Drakulon to translate for a visitor who’s just crashed her saucer on the outskirts of town. Vampi doesn’t speak Martian, but the telepathic Dejah Thoris is quick to pick up the local tongue – and the news she brings is a bombshell. If Dejah’s story checks out, the cure to the all-male zombie plague is within Purgatori’s grasp – she just needs to motivate Vampirella to hand it over after she finds it!
