Debuting in April from the Skybound imprint at Image is Crude, the story of a former assassin investigating the death of his son and discovering massive corruption at an oil company in the process. You want a preview? No problem, just scroll down.

CRUDE

Writer: Steve Orlando

Artist: Garry Brown

Colorist: Lee Loughridge

Letterer: Thomas Mauer

Synopsis:

Crude is the story of former-assassin Piotr Petrovich Bilibin getting to know the son whose true life he didn’t understand. Piotr tried to love his son, Kiril, but fear of himself drove him to keep Kiril at a distance. When it came time for Kiril to come out, he assumed Piotr would never understand, so he sought freedom in desolate refinery city of Blackstone. He died there, forcing Piotr to retrace his son’s footsteps and investigate. But Blackstone is controlled by the massive oil refining company Petropinnacle, who employed Kiril when he died. Caught in a turf war between corporations, organized crime, and an upstart worker’s revolution that might’ve known Kiril, Piotr has no choice but to fight through the chaos to avenge his son…and maybe, finally, discover who he truly was.

FOC: March 19, 2018

Release date: April 11, 2018