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!
DIE!NAMITE: BLOOD RED #3
writer: Fred Van Lente
artist: Marco Finnegan
covers: EJ Su (A), Roberto Meli (B), Emilio Pilliu (C), Will Robson (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Horror | $4.99 | Teen+
With the arrival of Dejah Thoris and the revelation of her mission to track down a certain mad Martian scientist, things on post-apocalyptic Earth are looking up for the first time since the Deadmen Plague began. All that Purgatori has to do is capture Dejah’s quarry — the renegade Kaldane science-criminal Taak — and she’ll hold the keys to the humanity’s future in her iron grip.But Taak’s fortress deep inside Hoover Dam will be a tough nut to crack. Luckily for Purgatori’s involuntary expeditionary force, fate is about to provide them with a genuine Sin City insider — and she’s a real devil with a sword, too!
High rollers FRED VAN LENTE and MARCO FINNEGAN put it all on red in Die!namite: Blood Red #3 — featuring scintillating side bets from EJ SU, ROBERTO MELI, EMILIO PILLIU, and WILL ROBSON!
Die!namite: Blood Red #4
writer: Fred Van Lente
artist: Marco Finnegan
covers: EJ Su (A), Roberto Meli (B), Emilio Pilliu (C), Will Robson (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Horror | $4.99 | Teen+With Sonja leading the way through the sewers of Sin City, Purgatori’s strike team of Miss Fury, Vampirella, and Dejah Thoris are poised to capture the rogue Kaldanian scientist Taak and force him to divulge the cure for the Deadmen plague. But things take a turn for the traitorous when Vampi corners Taak in his Hoover Dam lair and gets a telepathic earful about both his and Dejah’s true intentions!
Two-fisted ink-slingers FRED VAN LENTE and MARCO FINNEGAN lay out the good, the bad, and the ugly in Die!namite: Blood Red #4 — featuring quick-draw covers by EJ SU, ROBERTO MELI, EMILIO PILLIU, and WILL ROBSON!
D!enamite Blood Red #5
Writer: Fred Van Lente
Artist: Marco Finnegan
Covers: EJ Su (A), Alessio Fortunato (B), Emanuele Ercolani (C), Will Robson (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+TODAY’S FORECAST: ZOMBIES, ZOMBIES, ZOMBIES! In this sanguinous saga’s gripping finale, the ultimate fate of Sunset City hangs in the balance as the female furies of Mother Earth take on the full might of Martian mayhem! Red Sonja, Vampirella, Purgatori, and any other surviving femmes fatales face betrayals, reversals, and impossible odds at every turn as they race to end the Deadman plague once and for all! Contagion carriers FRED VAN LENTE and MARCO FINNEGAN spread their spores far and wide with Die!namite: Blood Red #5 — featuring spectacular secondary infections from EJ SU, ALESSIO FORTUNATO, EMANUELE ERCOLANI, and WILL ROBSON!
