A groundbreaking new sci-fi action series in the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer universe, about prejudice, honor, and identity.

Mark Markz has found his place on Earth as both a decorated police officer and as the beloved superhero, Barbalien. But in the midst of the AIDS crisis, hatred from all sides makes balancing these identities seem impossible-especially when a Martian enemy from the past hunts him down to take him back, dead or alive.

Origin Story for Barbalien.

Art by Gabriel Hernández Walta (New Mutants, X-Men)!

Author/Artist: Tate Brombal / Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Pages: 32pp
Size: 7 x 10
Notes: saddle-stitched, full color
Release Date: November 18, 2020