Leaded Gasoline, the horror comic by Patrick Kindlon and Lorenzo Re, finally sees release in comic shops in October 2026 through Black Mask Comics. After failed 2023 and 2024 launches, the series will debut with a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive issue #1. The story, set in 1980s South Los Angeles, follows a community college professor investigating a serial killer case. A Kickstarter-funded hardcover edition exists with exclusive pages not in the standard comic release.
Finally, Leaded Gasoline by Patrick Kindlon and Lorenzo Re comes to comic stores from Black Mask in October 2026... but SDCC in two weeks! Patrick Kindlon and Lorenzo Re's Leaded Gasoline is finally set for comic shops in October 2026 from Black Mask.
After failed 2023 and 2024 launches, Patrick Kindlon's horror comic returns first as an SDCC exclusive issue #1. The Leaded Gasoline Kickstarter funded a hardcover edition, but Black Mask now confirms a standard comic release too. Set in 1980s South Los Angeles, Patrick Kindlon's thriller follows a professor chasing a serial killer mystery.as launching from Black Mask Comics in June of that year, with subsequent issues solicited.
However, it wasn't published. Then it was to have beenWell, now Black Mask has added a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive first issue of the series, saying that the"Standard edition coming to stores October 2026". So it will be coming out as a comic book as well… Though, as the Kickstarter campaign told us,"This UNCENSORED limited edition hardcover contains 8 EXCLUSIVE PAGES that will not be included in the comics and collected trade editions.
" So there you go…In the 1980s, a killer stalks the streets of South Los Angeles. Task forces are assembled, detectives work overtime, but the bodies keep coming. This is the story of a community college professor who believes there's more to the story than a single madman.
From writer Patrick Kindlon and artist Lorenzo Re , Leaded Gasoline captures the mad energy of the most brash and risk-taking horror comics that are smart, dangerous, and intent on taking a sledgehammer to your mind.
"Inspired by the killings in Los Angeles known as the 'Southside Slayer'… in this story, police are aided by a college professor, a single father trying to care for his son. " —THE NEW YORK TIMESIn the 1980s a killer stalks the streets of South Los Angeles. Task forces are assembled, detectives work overtime, but the bodies keep coming. This is the story of a community college professor who believes there's more to the story than a single madman.
From writer Patrick Kindlon and your next favorite artist Lorenzo Re, Leaded Gasoline captures the mad energy of the most brash and risk-taking horror comics that are smart, dangerous, and intent on taking a sledgehammer to your mind. Street girls continue to die while the gears of justice turn at a glacial pace. Nathan decides to investigate on his own, but is he willing to pay the cost?
Nathan's son is missing and it's his fault. More bodies are headed to the morgue and police are no closer to cracking the case. The detectives can't get ahead of the murders and Nathan can't get anyone to believe him. The circle is tightening, and this is their last chance to stop five serial killers.
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