Lazarus HC (2025)

It all culminates here, as Lazarus battles Lazarus, and Forever ends the war. Forever Carlyle is a Lazarus, genetically engineered to be an unkillable weapon wielded by the Carlyle Family. Controlled by the mechanisms of her father, Malcolm Carlyle, she has inched ever closer to the truth not only of herself, but of the world the Families have made—a world where very few hold dominion over everything and everyone. In the unending hunger for more, the Families have waged war the last several years. Amidst this carnage, Forever has discovered truths not just about herself but about her thirteen-year-old “sister,” Eight, the clone being groomed to eventually replace her. Now, in alliance with her sister Johanna, the acting Head of the Carlyle Family, Forever has a plan. If it works, the war will end, Carlyle will triumph, and most importantly, Forever and Eight will obtain what they have been denied—they will move from slavery to freedom. But every family has its secrets, and every secret has its cost. Her father has a plan, too, one that involves his eternal rival, Jakob Hock. Truth, like freedom, will be paid for in blood… This fourth deluxe hardcover collects LAZARUS #27 and #28, and for the first time, the complete seven-issue run of LAZARUS: RISEN, with extras.

Sixteen Families fight to control the world. That's fifteen too many. The time has come for the Cull. So begins the next phase of LAZARUS, the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling series from Eisner winners MICHAEL LARK and GREG RUCKA. Forever-the Lazarus of the Carlyle Family-has been sidelined, her loyalties thrown into question. To win her trust, her sister Johanna must reveal the Family's most closely guarded secret-the truth of Forever Carlyle herself. Meanwhile, the effects of the Conclave War are being felt around the globe in six individual stories written by GREG RUCKA, collaborating with a roster of star-studded talent, including writers ERIC TRAUTMANN, NEAL BAILEY, and AARON DURAN, and artists STEVE LIEBER, BILQUIS EVELY, TRISTAN JONES, and others. In a world that refuses compromise, there is only complicity. Collects LAZARUS #22-26, LAZARUS: X+66 #1-6