CROCODILE BLACK (2024)

What makes someone turn to crime-especially in a modern, pandemic-riddled dystopia? Danny, a seemingly mundane young man lost in escapism, with a spiraling lack of control over his life, witnesses something during a delivery job that will change him forever, turning things as dark as the black, crocodile skin boots that he can't take his eyes off of... In this criminal thriller from Eisner-nominated writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Action Comics) and rising star artist Somnath Pal (Brigands), the morally gray turns to cold-blooded murder.

Danny's ego and fascination with Leo climb sky-high as he takes a morbid interest in Leo's life, possessions, and living space-all while in the presence of Leo's still-rotting corpse. But literally walking in Leo's shoes will inevitably lead to trouble, especially as a man he meets can't help but take a liking to Danny's violent tendencies...

After committing a vicious assault, Danny is off his meds and nowhere to be found, sowing turmoil at home as his sister searches desperately for him, remembering the rough childhood that molded Danny. But Danny is molded by dark new ambitions... and wrestles with some absurd and disturbing visions while tumbling deeping into the world of drugs and crime.

Danny is spiraling out of control, still off his meds and stewing in the murderous aftermath of his recent job. When it comes to the next hit, it's not just the hallucinatory hauntings that feel off; something is seriously wrong, and it won't be Danny that will find himself in the poetically ironic jaws of death itself...

Deadly, focused, and fully manifested as Leo Black, Danny is a fearsome thing to behold, like a sleek reptile leaving chaos, bullet holes, and blood in his wake. Meanwhile, while Danny's sister scours the internet for his whereabouts, Triv continues to follow Danny's trail, and what were once separate paths threaten to converge, and the sense of dread and finality is palpable...