Ripcord (2025)

The drug known as “Ripcord” has become the scourge of the world. It’s extremely addictive, and it doesn’t just alter your perception, it fundamentally alters who you are. Ripcord users have their whole bodies taken over by the substance, and it transforms them into mindless, frenzied killers who want nothing but to destroy. This makes every place the drug has grown popular dangerous.Dillon is one of thousands who has lost a family member to Ripcord, but unlike so many others, she’s going to do something about it. Her sister has gone missing in the Outback, and Dillon is going to stop at nothing—and let nothing stop her—until she brings her home.This latest foray into the darker depths of humanity from writer Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Deluge) is brought to vivid life by artist Aneke (DC Comics Bombshells, Bylines in Blood) and colorist Patricia Martin (Dune: The Graphic Novel). Ripcord is an ultraviolent exploitation comic in the vein of movies like Mad Max and Near Dark. Each issue features a cover by Jorge Fornes, the artist of Rorschach and Danger Street.

The more people tell Dillon to turn back, the more convinced she becomes that she is on the right path to finding her sister. The biker gang that attacked her is connected to the source of the Ripcord drug and no amount of amped-up Ripcord addicts will prevent her from taking them down. It’s every woman for herself in this wilderness...which makes her suspicious of the new guy who claims he wants to help her. This second issue from Cullen Bunn (Deluge; The Sixth Gun and Aneke (Future State: Batgirls) hits like a punch to the face. Features a very creepy cover by Jorge Fornes (Batman; Rorschach).

The search for Dillon’s sister, Janelle, continues as Dillon and Colebee hit the road (loaded up with weapons, of course). They’re hot on the tail of a group of bikers who may have information regarding Janelle’s whereabouts, but the bikers may not give that information up so easily. They’re on their own turf after all.Have Dillon and Colebee bitten off more than they can chew?This high-octane revenge tale from Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun) and Aneke (DC Bombshells) is about to explode! Cover by Jorge Fornes (Rorschach).

Dillon and Colebee are facing an onslaught of Ripcord fiends who will stop at nothing to tear them limb from limb! But Dillon didn’t come all this way in search of her missing sister to go down without taking a ton of these maniacs with her. The action heats up, and the blood flow rises as we go deeper into the Outback and the darkness at the heart of the Ripcord epidemic. Questions will be answered when the pair reaches the Compound and its queen, Sera.

Dillon has come a long way to find her little sister, traversing treacherous terrain and battling it out with bad-guy bikers and relentless Ripcord rejects. Now she must face the final boss Sera and her gang of feral fiends if she wants to take Janelle home alive. But who are we kidding? They don’t stand a chance! Witness the bloody conclusion of this exciting series from master of horror Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun; Deluge) and queen inkslinger Aneke (Bylines of Blood).