Titan Comics and Alcon Publishing have revealed the cover and story details of Blade Runner: Black Lotus, continuing the story of the cult anime.
Titan Comics has been the home of Blade Runner comics since 2019, putting together a series of interconnected comics, richly expanding the beloved sci-fi world. These critically-acclaimed graphic novel entries include Blade Runner 2019, Blade Runner: Origins, Blade Runner 2039, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus.
The latest comic comes from Eisner Award-nominated author Nancy A. Collins (Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Swamp Thing), with art by Jesus Hervas (Blade Runner: Origins) comes Blade Lotus — Las Vegas, continuing the story of Elle, a female combat Replicant, that began in the 2021 cult anime series.
Check out the official synopsis:
With Issue #1 out in comic book shops this September, this all-new adventure (set in the year 2032) sees the deadly Replicant combat model Elle – aka The Black Lotus Killer still searching for answers to her mysterious past.
Her quest takes her to the irradiated city of Las Vegas (briefly glimpsed in BLADE RUNNER 2049), now a ghost-town following the detonation of a dirty bomb.
There she finds a community of Replicants who once serviced the casinos as the living embodiments of ancient Egyptians and Romans. Meanwhile Niander Wallace, inheritor of the Replicant technology of Eldon Tyrell, has dispatched a battle-hardened squad of mercenaries to track her and bring her back dead or alive.
Where does Blade Runner: Blade Lotus — Las Vegas fit in the timeline?
If you’re wondering where the new comic fits into the Blade Runner timeline, Titan Comics has you covered. The publisher recently released a comprehensive chronology of the entire comics saga. See for yourself in the graphic down below:
BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS – LAS VEGAS #1 releases in the same month as new deluxe, omnibus editions of the original Blade Runner graphic novels chronicling the critically-acclaimed Ash saga (2019, 2029, and 2039). We covered all the details of the upcoming omnibus editions here.
