Skybound Orders A Second Printing For ‘Blood Squad Seven’ #1

by Olly MacNamee

Nineties superhero throwback comic book Blood Squad Seven #1 by writer Joe Casey (MCMLXXV, Butcher Baker the Righteous Faker) and artist Paul Fry (Spider-Man 2099, Star Wars) has sold out at the distributor level so gets a second printing.

Spinning out of the recent Dutch miniseries, Blood Squad Seven is a ’90s era superhero team but living in a contemporary world and featuring some familiar Image Comics’ characters.

Casey said:

“We’re psyched over the response so far to Blood Squad Seven/ Paul and I—along with the entire creative team—are putting everything we have into this series. Hopefully, more readers will get hooked as we ratchet up the tension—and the action—with each new issue. We promise the best is yet to come!”

Here’s a better explanation than my own brief summation:

“Thirty years ago, Blood Squad Seven was America’s most popular superhero team. Its members were seen on television, on magazine covers, scoring million-dollar endorsement deals… They were celebrities and they were everywhere.

But that was then… this is now. And so, a new generation of modern-day heroes takes up the mantle—or perhaps, the poisoned chalice—fulfilling a promise made decades ago: to be the heroes that a fractured America needs.”

And here’s a preview of the debut, sold-out, issue: