Scout’s Honor #1, a new series announced by AfterShock Comics on Tuesday, will see writer David Pepose (Spencer and Locke, The O.Z.) team with artist Luca Casalanguida for a story that features a apocalyptic society that has come to use the Ranger Scout manual as its formative bible.
Rounding out the creative team on the new comic, which has a first issue slated to drop on Jan. 6, is colorist Matt Milla and letterer Carlos M. Mangual. Other plot elements in the book include a girl who is posing as a boy to get around restrictive ideas about who can serve in the military, and a giant terrible secret that the main character discovers.
You can find the official solict text for Scout’s Honor courtesy of AfterShock below, along with some preview pages from the comic. Enjoy!
SCOUT’S HONOR #1 / $4.99 / 32 pages / Color / On sale 1.06.21
Writer: David Pepose
Artist: Luca Casalanguida
Colorist: Matt Milla
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual
Cover: Andy Clarke w/ Jose Villarrubia
Incentive Cover: Brent SchoonoverYears after a nuclear apocalypse, a new society has risen from the ashes…and their bible is an old Ranger Scout manual.
A young Ranger Scout named Kit has endured the harsh survivalist upbringing needed to conquer the irradiated Colorado Badlands. But after discovering a terrible secret once lost to history, Kit must risk everything on a dangerous quest to uncover the truth behind the Ranger Scouts’ doctrine.
From multiple Ringo Award-nominated writer David Pepose (Spencer & Locke, Going to the Chapel, The O.Z.) and artist Luca Casalanguida (James Bond, Lost Soldiers) comes a post-apocalyptic coming-of-age tale that proves when all you know is a lie, a Scout’s Honor is the only way to move forward.
And checkout some of the interior artwork from the forthcoming comic below…
