io9 Investigates Project Black Sky

05/29/2014 3:36pm

Everything You Need To Know About Dark Horse Comics' Project Black Sky

By Rob Bricken


It's a name, an event, a label, and even a comic or two. If you've seen Dark Horse's Project Black Sky — and given that the first comic was the best offering at this past Free Comic Book Day, I hope you have — you've entered into a complex world of heroes. Here's what you need to know.
First off, Project Black Sky is the name of Dark Horse's new superhero imprint, which contains series like Captain Midnight, Brain Boy, Ghost, Blackout, X, Skyman, and The Occultist.
Second, Project Black Sky is the name of the event that will draw these heroes together, uniting them in one world because third, "Project Black Sky" is a mysterious project inside the world of these superheroes, one which originated with Captain Midnight back in the '40s, and suffice it to say it's gotten... somewhat off-mission since then.
And last but not least, Project Black Sky is a comic — or rather, two comics: the excellent one offered on Free Comic Book Day, which kicked off the event, and a free webcomic titled The Secret Files of Project Black Sky, which is offered here, and helps flesh out the connective tissue that runs between all these comics.
The best way to get immersed in the world of Project Black Sky? Well, that's going to be the Project Black Sky Sampler, which you'll be able to recognize by its awesome Terry Dodson cover (which, by the way, we're thrilled to exclusively reveal!):
The sampler will contain segments from Blackout #1, Brain Boy #0, Ghost #1 and The Occultist #1. But since it doesn't come out until October 15th, the best way you can get into PBS right now is with io9! We asked mastermind Fred Van Lente — writer of the FCBD PBS comic, The Secret Files of Project Black Sky webcomic, Brain Boy, and other hits like Marvel's Incredible Hercules and Valiant's great Archer & Armstrong — to give us the details on the major players, and what Project Black Sky holds in store for them.
It's a name, an event, a label, and even a comic or two. If you've seen Dark Horse's Project Black Sky — and given that the first comic was the best offering at this past Free Comic Book Day, I hope you have — you've entered into a complex world of heroes. Here's what you need to know.

First off, Project Black Sky is the name of Dark Horse's new superhero imprint, which contains series like Captain Midnight, Brain Boy, Ghost, Blackout, X, Skyman, and The Occultist.

Second, Project Black Sky is the name of the event that will draw these heroes together, uniting them in one world because third, "Project Black Sky" is a mysterious project inside the world of these superheroes, one which originated with Captain Midnight back in the '40s, and suffice it to say it's gotten... somewhat off-mission since then.

And last but not least, Project Black Sky is a comic — or rather, two comics: the excellent one offered on Free Comic Book Day, which kicked off the event, and a free webcomic titled The Secret Files of Project Black Sky, which is offered here, and helps flesh out the connective tissue that runs between all these comics.

The best way to get immersed in the world of Project Black Sky? Well, that's going to be the Project Black Sky Sampler, which you'll be able to recognize by its awesome Terry Dodson cover (which, by the way, we're thrilled to exclusively reveal!):

The sampler will contain segments from Blackout #1, Brain Boy #0, Ghost #1 and The Occultist #1. But since it doesn't come out until October 15th, the best way you can get into PBS right now is with io9! We asked mastermind Fred Van Lente — writer of the FCBD PBS comic, The Secret Files of Project Black Sky webcomic, Brain Boy, and other hits like Marvel's Incredible Hercules and Valiant's great Archer & Armstrong — to give us the details on the major players, and what Project Black Sky holds in store for them.

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