Dark Horse Announces “The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem”

Via Alternative Press, Dark Horse Comics have announced “The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem,” a follow-up to Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Becky Cloonan’s 2013 series, which was in turn based on the My Chemical Romance album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. Way and Simon will return to write “National Album,” which will be illustrated by artist Leonardo Romero, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and letterer Nate Piekos.

The story will focus on former Killjoy leader, Mike Milligram, “and his gang of teenage exterminators, [who] operate in the Unseen, where they bend reality to keep the real world’s status quo safe. But everything is about to change when the doors of the Unseen are closed and Mike and his Killjoys are thrust into the real world and forced to grow up and get real jobs. Screens, phones and a stagnant malaise become the new normal. When Mike’s TV breaks and his Ramones records seem to have been erased, he starts to wake up. Mike Milligram sets off on a journey to pull the curtains down on a cover-up that could change the course of history, past, present and future.”

Way and Simon told Alternative Press, “The record was inspired by a story that only existed in our minds. In 2013, we wrote a comic book series based on that concept record while the original story lay dormant. Now, in 2020, the story that inspired it all will be told: ‘The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem.'”

“The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem” #1 will be released online and in comic book stores on October 14, 2020. The first issue will be 44-pages long, and will be available with different covers by Romero, Cloonan, and Paul Rentler, which you can check out the link.