DC's solicitations for February 2015 are due out next week. But before then, we have an exclusive first look at a new Vertigo series from Lee Bermejo. The artist behind dark superhero stories like Joker , Luthor, and Batman: Noel is working on a new post-apocalyptic comic for the mature readers imprint called Suiciders.

In the post-apocalyptic city of New Angeles, killing isn’t just a crime – it’s entertainment.



When the “big one” finally hit the West Coast, Los Angeles was left in ruins. And when the U.S. government decided to cut the city loose, things went from bad to worse. To survive, L.A. did what it does best: It turned survival into entertainment.



Now, thirty years later, the city of New Angeles is thriving once more thanks to the blood sport known as SUICIDERS – a TV series that combines the spectacle of hand-to-hand combat with elaborate, high-tech obstacles that test each competitor’s ability to survive. But these competitors have an edge: They’ve been freakishly enhanced by drugs and technology. The results are both marvelous and monstrous, as the man called The Saint begins to rise above his fellow Suiciders.



SUICIDERS is a dark, post-apocalyptic epic that tells the story of a strange, brutal world, written and illustrated by Lee Bermejo, the #1 New York Times best-selling writer/artist behind JOKER, BATMAN: NOEL, LUTHOR and BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH.

Bermejo will both write and draw the new series, with Wytches artist Jock providing a variant cover for issue #1. Scroll down for a look at Bermejo's cover to Suiciders #1 and DC's official summary:Suiciders #1 will debut in February 2015 with a cover price of $3.99. Be sure to check back next week for DC's full lineup of February solicitations.

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