BOOM! Studios have announced a new sci-fi series called “We Only Find Them When They’re Dead” by writer Al Ewing (“Immortal Hulk”) and artist Simone Di Meo (“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”). The first issue will feature a main cover by Di Meo, with variants by Toni Infante, Christian Ward, and Matias Bergara.
The series will follow Captain Malik and his crew aboard the Vihaan II, an autopsy ship meant to travel to the edges of human space to harvest resources from the giant corpses of dead gods. However, Malik wants be the first person to find a living god and break free from the salvaging system. His obsession with the gods will endanger his crew by leading them into the darkest reaches of space, although there is a rogue agent on their trail with the hope of stopping them.
In a statement, Ewing said the series is a “concept I’ve been brewing for some years now, something that merges a few of my favorite things – high-concept action, world-building, quests for the meaning behind existence and heavily metaphorical science fiction – and uses them to create a universe we’re building out into something truly vast, rich and strange.” Di Meo said, “I had been waiting for years to work on my own sci-fi series and Al wrote a story so intense that I couldn’t have asked for anything better,” adding, “Sci-fi, passion, mystery, and giant gods make these pages an absolute blast to draw.”
“We Only Find Them When They’re Dead” #1 is scheduled for release in September. In the meantime, you can check out the variant cover gallery here.
