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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Aaron Campbell Variant Cover:
The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #5
EZRA TAKES TO THE SKIES!
The Brutal Dark has taken to the sky, its plan has been put into action… and all of New York is in danger! With Ezra Cain literally hanging by a thread, he’ll have to rely on his old skills as a flying ace to have any chance of bringing its machinations to the ground!
Creative Team
- Writer: Chris Condon
- Artist: Jacob Phillips
- Colorist: Jacob Phillips
- Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Cover Artist: Jacob Phillips
- Variant Cover Artists: Aaron Campbell
- Editor: Chris Conroy
- Format: Limited Series
- Cover Price/Page Count: $6.99/40 pages
The Brutal Dark has taken to the sky in The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #5 on shelves and digital platforms June 24, 2026, from DC Comics Vertigo Imprint