First Look: The Empty Man Returns From Cullen Bunn And Jesús Hervás

Boom! Studios has released a First Look at the interior art on the return of the fan-favorite series The Empty Man from Cullen Bunn (Bone Parish, Harrow County) joined by artist Jesús Hervás (Lucas Stand, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser) in November 2018.
The series originally debuted in 2014 from Bunn and Eisner Award-nominated artist Vanesa R. Del Rey (Redlands), introducing us to a world where a “terrifying disease has taken on almost deific connotations”. The illness has unknown causes, and terrifying symptoms that culminates in catatonia, an “empty” state. Investigated by the FBI as cults rise across the country, the original story of epidemic led to a feature film adaptation currently in production at 20th Century Fox.

In the new storyline, we’ll find the nation is still in the grips of the Empty Man pandemic. Government quarantines are mandatory, and afflicted woman Melissa Kerry faces quarantine knowing those people are never seen again. Her family hide her instead as her symptoms worsen to horrifying proportions.

Eric Harburn, Senior Editor at Boom! Studios says:

THE EMPTY MAN is an unflinching, insightful look at the way we deal with tragedy both abroad and close to home, wrapped up in a haunting horror narrative,” said From the first page, readers will glimpse a world infected by a terror that has irrevocably changed it – and might just see a bit more of the real world than they ever expected, thanks to the incredible work from Cullen, Jesús, Niko, and Ed.

Here’s that First Look!

The Empty Man #1  will feature a main cover by Del Rey and a variant by Hervás and will be available for sale on November 7th, exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one). Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the Boom! Studios app.
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