Black Star #1
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| Writer | Kristin Kreuk, Peter Mooney, Eric Putzer |
| Artist | Joe Bocardo |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
A Northern Gothic Noir tinged with horror and dark humor.
Amidst skirmishes between two warring factions in the early nineteenth-century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities… and that he’s not alone.
Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.
From acclaimed actress Krisitin Kreuk (Smallville, Reacher, Murder in a Small Town), co-written with Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue, Mistletoe Murders), and screenwriter Eric Putzer, and illustrated by artist Joe Bocardo
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9.0
Comic Crusaders - Al Mega
Jul 28, 2026BLACK STAR #1 is cold, creepy, ambitious, and packed with potential. It’s got mystery. It’s got monsters hiding in the dark. It’s got characters wrestling with power and purpose. Most importantly, it makes you want to come back. And that right there is the job of a first issue. BLACK STAR has entered the arena. Read Full Review
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8.0
Fanlight Zone - Joey DiCarlo
Jul 29, 2026Black Star #1 from titan comics is a very solid opening chapter. I can't wait to see where this goes. Get on board, guys. Make sure to get this issue in the collection. Let's get issue two, three, four, and on in our hands, and let's keep this story going. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
Jun 22, 2026Joe Bocardo provides the art in this issue and it’s both expansive and kinetic in a way that gives you a real sense for Black Star’s setting. You can genuinely feel the cold of the environment coming off the page and the last page of the issue is particularly striking with three panels that shift orientation in a way that at first feels simply like a very cool visual, but the longer you sit with it slowly becomes a metaphor for a genuine world shift all its own. Between the art and the almost too-heavy detail of the writing and narration in the issue, one gets the sense that Black Star is setting up for a story that may be a bit of a slow burn across its run but will ignite when you least expect it. There is a lot of potential here and this issue is definitely setting up its structure and it will be very interesting to see where the story goes. Read Full Review
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