BYLINES IN BLOOD (2022)

The future. The very concept of truth has died. Politicians invent their own facts, and independent newspapers no longer exist. In this world, private detectives serve as ronin, searching out the hard truths that people are desperate to keep hidden. The best of these is Satya, known as Lady Dick, a former journalist turned gumshoe who runs every lead to ground. But Satya has just received her hardest case yet: her old editor has been murdered. Someone wanted him silenced, and the trail points toward the highest bastions of power. To find jus-tice for her friend, she'll have to put everything - and everyone - she knows at risk. A prophetic neo-noir thriller with unexpected twists at every turn, THE CLARION is co-created by Ringo Award nominated writer Erica Schultz (M3, Forgotten Home, Strange Tails) and comic writer and for-mer newspaper crime reporter Van Jensen (Two Dead, Cryptocracy, Superman: Man of Tomorrow), aided and abetted by Spanish art sensation Aneke (DC Comics Bombshells, Legenderry: Red Sonja).

"An assassin is loose in the City, and Satya is the target! This points the Lady Dick toward a new suspect in her investigation into the murder of her former mentor. But before she can follow this trail of clues, our pugnacious private detective will have to survive the assassin's blade. Each issue of BYLINES IN BLOOD features 24 pages of story and art with a cardstock cover!"

Who is the Hidden King? And why did he want Denzin dead? Satya needs to unravel this mystery - and fast. She has an assassin hot on her tail, and she's been beaten to a pulp by the cops. To make matters worse, the client who hired her onto the case now wants her fired. But you can't keep a good detective down! Unfortunately for Satya, things are about to go from bad to worse to really %@ing terrible. Each issue of BYLINES IN BLOOD features 24 pages of story and art with a cardstock cover!

Our fearless private detective Satya is now public enemy No. 1, framed for a murder she didn't commit. She'll need to outrun the police before she can force a final confrontation with Denzin's murderer. And just as Satya makes a break in the case, the mysterious assassin goes after someone new: the person Satya loves most. Each issue of BYLINES IN BLOOD features 24 pages of story and art with a cardstock cover!