Other printings & variants
- Cover F - Tom Fowler B&W Artist Edition
- Cover E - Albert Monteys EC Homage
- Cover D - Blank Sketch Cover
- Cover C - Lee Bermejo Gold Foil Variant
- Cover B - Tom Fowler with Bill Crabtree
- Bjorn Barends High Horse Comics Exclusive
- Tom Foley with Liam Sharp Squa Tront Variant
- Archive Edition Cover - Malachi Ward
Cruel Universe #1
Cover A - Lee Bermejo Cover
August 2025 · 4.99 USD · 44 pages
On sale 2025-08-06
Rated Teen 16+
UPC 64985600847300111
Synopsis
Captain Kaye and his crew spot a derelict rocket ship, the Y-75, and close in to investigate, and discover it has been floating out in space for over 20 years. Going aboard, they discover to their surprise that this 2-man vessel had skeletons of many people on board, so they begin reading the ship's log to determine why. The log tells that the ship needed repairs and set down unknowingly on Elba-II: an exile planet full of prisoners. The prisoners had taken over the ship and forced the crew to take them back to Earth. The captain refused and jettisoned the fuel leaving them to die in space.
Credits
- Script
- J. Holtham, Ann Nocenti, Greg Pak, Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein
- Pencils
- Lee Bermejo, Rian Hughes, David Rubín, Kano, Charlie Adlard, Bernie Krigstein
- Inks
- Lee Bermejo, Rian Hughes, David Rubín, Kano, Charlie Adlard, Bernie Krigstein
- Colours
- Lee Bermejo, Rian Hughes, David Rubín, Kano, Charlie Adlard
- Letters
- Richard Starkings, Tyler Smith, Jim Wroten
- Editor
- Allyson Gronowitz
- Associate editor
- Jung Hu Lee
- Group editor
- Sierra Hahn
- Color reconstruction
- Iñaki Azpiazu
- Design
- Rian Hughes
- Production design
- Angie Knowles, Carey Soucy