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Comic Book Preview – The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #1

February 24, 2026 by Amie Cranswick

DC and Vertigo release The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #1 on Wednesday, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below…

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. 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!

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!

The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #1 goes on sale on February 25th, priced $3.99.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Comic Book Previews, Comic Books Tagged With: DC, The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery, Vertigo

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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