Image Comics Announces Crime Thriller 'Dark Honor'

Ethan Sacks, along with an esteemed lineup of artists, collaborates with filmmakers Brian DeCubellis and K.S. Bruce for ‘Dark Honor’ — a new five-issue series.

Image Comics has announced a brand new series, Dark Honor, from an all-star creative team. Written by Ethan Sacks (Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, Midnight Suns), K.S. Bruce, and Brian DeCubellis, the series sets the scene in New York City, during the dawn of the pandemic—where the COVID-19 virus isn’t the only unseen threat.

The official synopsis reads: “The Hundred have protected New York’s crime families for a century—now the city belongs to a new killer. Dark Honor brings a gritty, neo-noir twist to New York’s criminal underworld, where the real plague isn’t the virus but the power struggle left in its wake.”

In a statement, writer Sacks shared: “Once I heard K.S. and Brian’s incredible pitch, I knew I wanted to be a part of bringing Dark Honor to comics readers. They had me at ‘Hello’—or more accurately, at a modern crime story set in New York City during the earliest and deadliest weeks of the COVID-19 epidemic. Having covered the damage COVID-19 did to my city in 2020 as a journalist for NBC News, it’s been a creative boon to now tackle that place and time as a comic book writer. And with a murderers’ row of talented artists—Fico Ossio, Dave Messina, Jamal Igle, and Gabriel Guzman—it’s only fitting for a book about a row between murderers.”

K.S. Bruce added: “Dark Honor may be fiction, but its backdrop is real—the empty streets, released prisoners, and desperate scrambles for survival, as an unknown disaster hits New York. Initially written as a screenplay, it felt too raw for film. But with Ethan Sacks’ adaptation, Chris Ryall’s expertise, and an incredible creative team, we’re honored to bring this story to comics.”