Chad Burdette
Kyle Starks and Steve Pugh, the team behind Peacemaker Tries Hard! , present the story of a man-child assassin with some very grown-up problems. As Eddie grows more attached to the people of Pluto, he’ll have to step in to solve those problems the only way a hitman knows how!
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End of Life #1
Professional hitman Eddie Stallion has messed up. He’s accidentally robbed the Raven, a high-ranking boss of the international cabal of assassins the Menagerie, of which Eddie is a member… or he was. Now with a price on his head, Eddie chooses to hide in the one place everyone knows he’d never go… the small midwestern town of Pluto, home of his estranged father and known hard-ass George Stallion.
Looking for safe harbor, Eddie instead finds his resentful father dying of cancer, old friends looking to collect that bounty, Menagerie assassins who have wandered into town, a cancelled newspaper comic-strip creator turned local crime lord, and oh yeah, his childhood first love, too.
Creative Team
- Writer: Kyle Starks
- Artist: Steve Pugh
- Colorist: Chris O’Halloran
- Letterer: Becca Carey
- Cover Artist: Gerald Parel
- Variant Cover Artists: Sebastián Fiumara; Rafa Sandoval; Dave Johnson; Álvaro Marti?nez Bueno; Gerald Parel
- Format: DC Black Label Limited Series
- Cover Price / Page Count: $4.99/32 Pages
Witness the story of a man-child assassin with some very grown-up problems in The End Of Life #1, on shelves and digital platforms, February 18, 2026, from DC Comics Vertigo Imprint
