New York City is in lockdown mode, and the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the only thing threatening the city in the new crime thriller, Dark Honor. The book is part of the Syzygy line at Image Comics and will begin in May 2025.

“The Hundred have protected New York’s crime families for a century – now the city belongs to a new killer. Dark Honor brings a gritty, neo-noir twist to New York’s criminal underworld, where the real plague isn’t the virus, but the power struggle left in its wake,” per the description.

The five-issue series is written by Ethan Sacks (Star Wars: Bounty Hunters), with screenwriters K.S. Bruce and Brian DeCubellis (Netflix’s Trust), who are making their comics debut. It features interior art and covers by Fico Ossio (Black Lightning), David Messina (Ultimate Spider-Man), Gabriel Guzman (Lady Earth), and Jamal Igle (Molly Danger), with colors by Raciel Avila.

“Dark Honor was born in the earliest days of COVID-19 in New York. As we wrapped filming Trust in March of 2020, the city was shutting down, and we wanted to capture that surreal moment,” DeCubellis said. “Inspired by neo-noir crime films, we created Rain, a street-savvy hero, and the Hundred Warriors, with Grigor embodying COVID – a relentless, unexpected killer.”

“Dark Honor may be fiction, but its backdrop is real – the empty streets, released prisoners, and desperate scrambles for survival, as an unknown disaster hits New York,” Bruce said. “Initially written as a screenplay, it felt too raw for film. But with Ethan Sacks’ adaptation, Chris Ryall’s expertise, and an incredible creative team, we’re honored to bring this story to comics.”

“Once I heard K.S. and Brian’s incredible pitch, I knew I wanted to be a part of bringing Dark Honor to comics readers,” Sacks said. “They had me at ‘Hello’ – or more accurately, at a modern crime story set in New York City during the earliest and deadliest weeks of the COVID-19 epidemic. Having covered the damage COVID-19 did to my city in 2020 as a journalist for NBC News, it’s been a creative boon to now tackle that place and time as a comic book writer. And with a murderers’ row of talented artists – Fico Ossio, Dave Messina, Jamal Igle, and Gabriel Guzman – it’s only fitting for a book about a row between murderers.”