Vampires And Vlad: Horror Comic ‘Impaler’ Returns With A New Six-Issue Series From Top Cow/Image Comics

by Olly MacNamee

BAFTA nominee and now comic book writer William Harms (White Sky, Mafia III, Infamous), artist Christian DiBari (Revolvers, Magdalena: Reformation, Destiny Gate), and colourist Lee Loughridge (The Darkness, Aquaman) are set to resurrect Vlad the Impaler and the dark, horrifying world he inhabits in Image Comics and Top Cow’s Impaler, a new six-issue miniseries launching in February 2027. This new series will feature variant covers by Matt Timson (Popgun, The Darkness), Jason Shawn Alexander (Killadelphia), and Dani (Coffin Bound), as well as a special Blank Sketch cover and rare incentive ratio variants.

“In Impaler, vampires have destroyed the world. A group of survivors huddle in the ruins of the Pentagon, and their only hope for survival rests in the resurrection of Vlad the Impaler. But is he their savior, or their destroyer?”

Discussing this new series, Impaler, Harms stated:

“Impaler has always held a special place in my heart, and I’m thrilled to return to it. I’ve always seen Impaler as a love letter to what vampires should be — terrifying, brutal, and utterly unrelenting. It’s been thrilling to watch Christian and Lee bring this story to horrifying life, and I can’t wait for readers, new and old, to experience it.”

DiBari added:

“Working with Bill and Top Cow has been a real treat for me; getting to dive into this bleak, dark story with all kinds of cool characters and world-building is the best kind of storytelling experience.”