Titan Comics is launching “Black Star,” a five-issue Northern Gothic noir comic book co-created by Kristin Kreuk, featuring horror and dark humor, with the first issue set for release on July 29, 2026.

The press release follows:

Media Release – Titan Comics is proud to present all Issue #1 covers for Kristin Kreuk’s debut comic book, Black Star! An unmissable five-issue series, a Northern Gothic noir steeped in horror and dark humour.

Written by award winning Smallville actress Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Reacher, Murder in a Small Town). Co-written with Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue, Mistletoe Murders) and screenwriter Eric Putzer, and illustrated by artist Joe Bocardo (Nightwalkers, The Hexiles).

Issue #1 hits comic shops on July 29, 2026 and comes with a cover by MARTIN SIMMONDS (Department of Truth).

“Black Star was born while Peter, Eric, and I were filming Burden of Truth in Winnipeg.”

“We were inspired by the city’s lore and, because we worked so well together, began spending our spare time on set (and then, for years afterwards) developing our own take on the history and magic we imagined pulsing beneath its surface, shaping the rhythms of the city and the battles raging just beyond our view.”

  • Kristin Kreuk, Author of Black Star

PRE-ORDER NOW FROM YOUR LOCAL COMIC SHOP OR FORBIDDEN PLANET FOR UK & EUROPE

BLACK STAR #1 (OF 5)
(W) Kristin Kreuk, Peter Mooney & Eric Putzer
(A) Joe Bacardo
FC • 32pp • $4.99 • On Sale July 29, 2026

From acclaimed actress Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Reacher, Murder in a Small Town)

Co-written with Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue, Mistletoe Murders) and screenwriter Eric Putzer, and illustrated by artist Joe Bocardo (Nightwalkers, The Hexiles)

A Northern Gothic Noir tinged with horror and dark humor

AMIDST SKIRMISHES between two warring factions in the early nineteenth-century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities… and that he’s not alone.

Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.

COVER A: MARTIN SIMMONDS
COVER B: JOE BOCARDO
COVER C: ROBERT HACK
COVER D: ALISON SAMPSON
COVER E: MARTIN SIMMONDS FOIL
COVER F: JOE BACARDO VIRGIN CARDSTOCK
COVER G: MARTIN SIMMONDS VIRGIN

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