Alienated #1 Preview: A Comic On Power And Responsibility

The Creative Team Behind Alienated #1

BOOM! Studios released a first look at their latest comic, Alienated #1 being released on February 12, 2020.  The new series is written by Simon Spurrier of  John Constantine: Hellblazer, Six Gun Gorilla and Coda fame.  Art is being provided by Chris Wildgoose who is known for his work on Batgirl and Batman: Nightwalker.  Colorist André May and letterer Jim Campbell fill out the creative team for a coming-of-age story about having the power needed to change the world, but not being ready to use this power.

What Alienated is about

The Alienated series will feature three teenage outcasts.  Each teenager being an outcast in a different way.  They come upon an alien being as it’s being born. A bond is formed by the three teens as they keep the secret of this being and it’s unearthly powers.  However, it doesn’t take long for the teens to discover this cute little creature isn’t so cute. The creature is a predator and it will need to find its prey soon.

The teens try to take care of this creature, be responsible with it and have the purest of intentions, at first.  However, as the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. When the teens’ youth starts to take over the teens begin to use it to solve small town jealousies, internal rivalries and finally sending them into a downward spiral of their own making.

BOOM! Studios Other Comic Series

Alienated is the newest addition to BOOM! Studios.  The publisher is also home to the other acclaimed original series: Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora, Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera, Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet, Abbott by Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä, Bury The Lede by Gaby Dunn and Claire Roe, Klaus by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora, Folklords by Matt Kindt and Matt Smith and The Red Mother by Jeremy Haun and Danny Luckert. 

BOOM! Studios also publishes licensed comic series such as Joss Whedon’s Firefly from Greg Pak and Dan McDaid, Buffy The Vampire Slayer from Jordie Bellaire and David López, Angel from Bryan Edward Hill and Gleb Melnikov and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott and Daniele Di Nicuolo.

Where To Find Alienated #1 And How To Purchase It

Look out for Alienated #1 to be released on February 12, 2020.  Print copies can be found on BOOM! Studios web store or at your local retailer.  However, Digital copies of the issue will also be available on comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, Madefire and other digital content providers. 

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