Vault Comics have announced a new series called “Bleed Them Dry: A Ninja Vampire Tale,” from the creative team of creator Hiroshi Koizumi, writer Eliot Rahal, illustrator Dike Ruan, colorist Miquel Muerto and designer Tim Daniel. The letterer for the series is yet to be announced.
The series is set in the year 3333, a time where vampires and humans coexist and have done for centuries. In the Japanese-engineered mega-city of Asylum, the peace has been broken by a series of violent murders of the Immortals. Detective Harper Halloway has been assigned to uncover the truth, but in doing so, “she’ll have to unearth a much deeper truth: the future of humanity has been edited.”
Koizumi said, “It has always been my dream to mix Japanese culture with different global mythologies in order to create worlds and characters that have never been seen before.” He continued, “Ninjas have more than 800 years of history, with 71 original sects and I’m excited that ‘Bleed Them Dry’ introduces the mysterious 72nd sect in a bold and fierce original story during a time and place we’ve never seen before.” Rahal described the series as balancing “well-known tropes with expansive, original world-building and simple, evocative character work,” which makes for a “meaningful and reflective” story that “also happens to feature a ninja vampire assassin in the year 3333.”
“Bleed Them Dry: A Ninja Vampire Tale” #1 will be released on June 24. In the meantime, you can check out the variant cover and preview pages here.
