Warm Fusion

Writer Scott Hoffman (<i>Nostalgia, Wag</i>) of Scissor Sisters fame teams up with artist Alberto Ponticelli (<i>Frankenstein: Agent of SHADE, Goodnight Paradise, OrcIsland</i>) for a sci-fi/horror mystery that pushes the limits of the grotesque. <br> <p> New York City, over two decades into the future, has been devastated by crime, ongoing storms, radiation from a terrorist incident in Times Square and the genetic mutations caused by a life-saving "cure." After a series of murders rip through the city's brothels, an escort named Vin Young, who cosplays as the Brothers Grimm's Snow White-and is one of the generation of deformed victims-pursues the killer, or killers, reluctantly joining forces with Jarrod Hannover, the lone cop assigned to the case. The two eventually arrive at a biotech megacorp developing a cellular metal called Warm Fusion-a pioneering technology meant to replace prosthetics limbs-and soon confront the sociopathic scientist Nicholas Fleischer, his monstrous alter-ego, Mr. Barnaby, and the hideous monster that he's been secretly developing. <br> </p><p> WARM FUSION is a dark, sci-fi thriller, mixing the body horror of David Cronenberg with the bleak urban future of Blade Runner. <br> </p><p> For fans of VIDEODROME, THE THING, and ROBOCOP. <br> </p><p> The Mass Market Hardcover features the complete three-issue series. Cover art not final.</p>