Chad Burdette
Writer Chris Condon and artist Jacob Phillips, creators of the hit series That Texas Blood and The Enfield Gang Massacre , introduce us to a private eye whose business is exposing our deepest secrets… but on this job, he’ll learn that some mysteries are better off buried!
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New York City, 1941. Ezra Cain is a private investigator with a reputation for taking it on the chin if it means solving a case. But it’s his former life as an archaeology student that makes him the only man to track down an artifact that’s gone missing from the Museum of Natural History… an ancient anvil said to hold the power of the Greek god Hephaestus. If someone could harness that power, they could bend nations to their will.
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Science fiction quickly becomes Cain’s reality when a shadowy sect calling themselves the Brutal Dark appears in the city wielding resources that defy human logic. Now Ezra is the only thing that stands between them and their plot to overthrow America!
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The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #3
Ezra Cain meets face-to-face with the Brutal Dark… but it ain’t on his terms! His snooping around the Clockworkers’ Union has finally put his investigation on the shadowy sect’s radar.
But a dash of good fortune comes Ezra’s way when reporter Sandy Williams gets a lead on the Brutal Dark’s agenda. She’s an old flame, though… is working together really in the cards for these two?
Creative Team
- Writer: Chris Condon
- Artist: Jacob Phillips
- Colorist: Jacob Phillips
- Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Cover Artist: Jacob Phillips
- Variant Cover Artists: Ton?i Zonji?; DaNi
- Editor: Chris Conroy
- Format: Limited Series
- Cover Price/Page Count: $6.99/40 pages
Snooping around the Clockworkers’ Union has finally put the investigation on the shadowy sect’s radar in The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #3 on shelves and digital platforms April 22, 2026, from DC Comics Vertigo Imprint
