Via The Hollywood Reporter, Vault Comics have announced “The Blue Flame,” a new superhero series written by Christopher Cantwell, with art by Adam Gorham, and colorist Kurt Michael Russell.
According to the synopsis, the Blue Flame, is a hero with multiple guises: “he’s a cosmic hero, he’s a DYI vigilante who fights crime on the streets of Milwaukee, [and] he’s a blue-collar HVAC repairman named Sam Brausman. When a horrible tragedy occurs, his identities blur even further and he finds himself standing trial before a universal court where he must prove that humanity is worth saving. But first, Brausman must save himself.”
Cantwell told the Reporter that the book was borne out of living through the crises of the early 21st century, explaining, “in the face of so much compounding unprecedented anxiety and strife, I’ve recently been in full retreat mode culturally as an adult. I have found myself dreaming of farther and farther away places, and escaping into the more and more fantastical, if just for some way to stay sane.” He added, “It feels at times that we are all constantly living in the wake of tragedy or on the crest of impending doom. Has the weight of that become so heavy that the idea of an ever-reliable hero is now irrelevant?”
Adrian Wassel, Vault’s editor-in-chief, said “‘The Blue Flame’ is either the truest superhero story I’ve read, or it’s not a superhero story at all. Maybe that sounds ridiculous, but it’s that dichotomy that drew me to ‘The Blue Flame’ in the first place, and made it fit so well within Vault’s catalogue.”
“The Blue Flame” #1 will be released digitally and in comic book stores on May 26. Head to the Reporter for a preview in the meantime.
