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Demons. Monsters. Witches. His sacred duty as a Black Badge is to hunt them down. Life isn’t simple for a Demon Hunter.


The Witcher meets The Dresden Files meets Jonah Hex in DEAD ACRE: Black Badge Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel), the bestselling supernatural fantasy western smash #1 audio book and eBook in print and as a graphic novel for the first time!


James Crowley met his mortal end in a hail of gunfire. Now, he finds himself in purgatory, serving the White Throne to avoid falling to hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his servitude and fade away.

His not-so-sacred duty as a Hand of God? Use his new abilities to hunt down demonic beings that have infiltrated the mortal realm.

The White Throne has sent him to the middle of nowhere: a western town called Dead Acre with a saloon, a moldy church, and little else worth talking about. There isn’t even a sheriff. But the local cobbler has gone missing at the same time as a number of graves were desecrated.

Crowley must follow the clues, all while dealing with a cutthroat gang which treats Dead Acre like they own it, an extraordinary woman who makes it hard to focus, and locals not keen on strangers.

Life isn’t simple for a Hand of God.

Dead Acre: Black Badge Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel ) is written by New York Times bestselling author Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Riley Brown.

For fans of Deadwood, Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, Red Dead Redemption, Jonah Hex, Bone Tomahawk, Red Dead Redemption,The Dresden Files (Jim Butcher), The Sixth Gun (Cullen Bunn), The Gunslinger (Stephen King), The Dark Tower series (Stephen King), Blood and Shadows (Joe Lansdale), Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy), Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse), Lone Woman (Victor Lavalle), Pretty Deadly (Kelly Sue DeConnick), Longmire (books and tv), Pretty Deadly (Kelly Sue DeConnick), Preacher (Garth Ennis/Steve Dillon), Saint of Killers, East of West (Jonathan Hickman/Nick Dragotta), Loveless (Brian Azzarello), Red Rabbit (Alex Grecian), Shadow on the Sun (Richard Matheson), I Travel By Night (Robert McCammon), Last Road Out of Perdition (Robert McCammon), American Vampire (Scott Snyder), West of Sundown (Tim Seeley/Jim Terry), Unbury Carol (Josh Malerman), Skin Medicine (Tim Curran), A Book of Tongues (Book 1 in the Hexslinger Series by Gemma Files), Wynonna Earp, Joe R. Lansdale and Tim Truman, and weird westerns.

Original prose series written by USA Today Bestseller Rhett C. Bruno and Audie Nominated author Jaime Castle.

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Awards and Praise

“A gritty, supernatural western that ain’t for wimps. Completely badass.”—Matt Dinniman, NYT Bestselling author of Dungeon Crawler Carl

“A weird Western starring a taciturn lone gunman who will remind readers of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Geralt of Rivia.” —Library Journal

Nominated for a 2023 Audie Award

Won Best Fantasy for 2022 on Audible

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Nominee for Fantasy (2022)

Won Grand Prize in the 2022 CIBA Paranormal Awards for Supernatural Fiction.

“A gritty romp sure to please fans of Jim Butcher and Mike Carey.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The Creative Team


Cullen Bunn

Writer

CULLEN BUNN is the writer of comic books such as THE SIXTH GUN, HARROW COUNTY, BONE PARISH, THE DAMNED, THE EMPTY MAN, THE GHOUL NEXT DOOR, BASILISK, SHADOWMAN, and many other titles including The Last Book You’ll Ever Read for Vault Comics. He has fought for his life against mountain lions and performed on stage as the World’s Youngest Hypnotist.

Riley Brown

Artist

Riley Brown is a comic book penciler/inker and illustrator based in Murfreesboro, TN. Drawing has always been a mainstay for Riley. However, in recent years he decided to pursue a career in comics full time.

Fares Maese 

Colorist

Book Details

  • Writer: Cullen Bunn, Jaime Castle, Rhett Bruno
  • Artist: Riley Brown
  • Colorist: Fares Maese
  • Letterer: Andworld Design
  • Editor: Adrian F. Wassel
  • Series: Black Badge
  • Genre: Action Adventure, Fantasy, Western
  • Publisher: Vault Comics
  • Distributor: Simon & Schuster
  • Pages: 160
  • ISBN: 9781638492771

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