Si Spurrier, a critically acclaimed comic writer known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, is penning a new story - a horror western. The Rush takes place during the Gold Rush and is a story many years in the making. This is a comic that arachnophobic readers should probably stay away from.
Spurrier has written countless Marvel Comics but has also written numerous stories in 2000 AD as well as Hellblazer, Gutsville, The Spire, and several Judge Dredd stories. He will be partnering with Nathan Gooden who has also recently been working on Barbaric. He predominantly works on Vault Comics titles. Some of these have included Zojaquan, Vampire: The Masquerade, and Dark One.
CBR has shared Vault Comics' announcement of The Rush, as well as a few variant covers illustrated by Martin Simmonds and preview pages. While an official date of release hasn't been revealed, this comic is expected to arrive in October 2021. It is written by Si Spurrier, with art by Nathan Gooden, colors by Addison Duke, letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, and design by Tim Daniel. The series will be set in the Yukon Territory just before the turn of the 20th century. This Vault Comic series will throw its characters into a frozen wilderness rife with spiders and madness. Check out the variant covers and preview pages here:
- Written by Si Spurrier
- Art by Nathan Gooden
- Colors by Addison Duke
- Letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Design by Tim Daniel
- This Hungry Earth Reddens Under Snowclad Hills.
- 1899, Yukon Territory. A frozen frontier, bloodied and bruised by the last great Gold Rush. But in the lawless wastes to the North, something whispers in the hindbrains of men, drawing them to a blighted valley, where giant spidertracks mark the snow and impossible guns roar in the night.
- To Brokehoof, where gold and blood are mined alike. Now, stumbling towards its haunted forests comes a woman gripped not by greed -- but the snarling rage of a mother in search of her child...
- From Si Spurrier (Way of X, Hellblazer) and Nathan Gooden (Barbaric, Dark One) comes THE RUSH, a dark, lyrical delve into the horror and madness of the wild Yukon.
The preview pages and variants for this new series from Vault Comics reveal a frozen wasteland and a sneak peek at one of the many horrors awaiting readers. There appears to be a half-man, half-spider looming in the distance. This early look shows a camp of miners, including one man who has a growth of some kind in his arm, which he is seen cutting out. Perhaps this is one of the many "festering woods of frostbitten miners" that the series promises. Immediately after, a man in a bowler hat - the same one from the cover - appears with two large spider-legs showing behind him. The variants from Vault Comics suggest that these legs may actually be this man's body.
Best-described as a horror western, this story involved "hundreds of hours of research" and will include the "slang and syntax of the era". Si Spurrier stated that he has "been waiting to tell this story for years" and it certainly seems like it will be worth the wait. Spurrier also calls this "a project that lets me fuse together my most persistent occupations -- myths, the horrors of human desire and the power of stories -- with my hitherto unexplored geekiness for history." This will certainly be a divergence from Spurrier's previous work, like X-Men, but so far, it seems like that will be a good thing. Readers can check out The Rush when it releases in October 2021.
Source: CBR
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