Your First Look At ‘Blade Runner: Toyko Nexus’ #1 From Titan Comics

by Olly MacNamee

Titan Comics recently announced a new Blade Runner comic book series, Blade Runner: Toyko Nexus with the revelation of the covers t0 feature on the debut issue. Set in the future sprawling neon metropolis of Tokyo, the three-part, 12-issue series is written by writer Kianna Shore, with art by Rodolfo Taibo.

Blade Runner: Toyko Nexus follows the sole survivors of an ill-fated Off-World military squad—Stix, a Replicant combat model, and Mead, a battle-hardened Marine—and their dogged search for an unknown traitor who left them to die on the battlefield. After escaping back to Tokyo, the unlikely pair’s quest for revenge leads to their formation of a clandestine private detective service.

Stix and Mead stray into an even more treacherous battlefield, a three-way “patent war” between the ruthless operatives from the Tyrell Corporation and a rival tech company known as Chesire, with its own version of synthetic humans, and powerful Yakuza clans wanting in on the action.”

Blade Runner Tokyo Nexus #1 features a range of covers, from artists including Christian Ward and Paul Pope. Issue #1 goes on sale July 31st, 2024 from Titan Comics