A Chimera prepares for the end of the world in an exclusive first look at Basilisk #1 from BOOM! Studios.

Basilisk #1 is from New York Times bestselling horror writer Cullen Bunn (Harrow County), artist Jonas Scharf (Avengers of the Wasteland), colorist Alex Guimarães and letterer Ed Dukeshire. CBR's exclusive preview of the first issue features Regan, one of the five Chimera who broke away from her brothers and sisters to go into hiding. However, even with Regan's eyes covered to prevent her powers from killing anyone and anything in her path, random birds flying in the air still fall victim to her.

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Basilisk #1

  • Written by Cullen Bunn
  • Art by Jonas Scharf
  • Colors by Alex Guimarães
  • Letters by Ed Dukeshire
  • Main cover by Jonas Scharf
  • Variant covers by Christian Ward and Rafael Albuquerque
  • Who Can Stop The Chimera? Five individuals bound by a cult-like hivemind, they terrorize small towns with their horrifying supernatural sense-based powers, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Regan, one of the Chimera, escaped and has been in hiding, with her murderous eyes bound, overcome with guilt. Until now… when a victim from her past forces her to hunt down the other four of her kind.

"Basilisk is an epic, dark, fantasy horror story, and I can't wait for readers to meet the players on both sides of this tale of revenge. Here we have a woman who has absolutely nothing left to lose hunting down a group of would-be gods, each of whom can use one of the five senses to destroy those around them. They're terrifying in their own way -- the heroes and the villains," Bunn said when Basilisk was first announced. "This is another collaboration with the amazing Jonas Scharf, who worked with me on Bone Parish, and I think his work here is even more amazing, even more deific, even more haunting."

"Getting back together with the team of Bone Parish and exploring a new original horror story with them has been an absolute pleasure. In Basilisk, we draw inspiration from mythology and ground it deep within the mountains of Appalachia as we follow a mysterious group of superpowered individuals called the Chimera," Scharf added. "I'm excited for people to check it out!"

Basilisk #1 goes on sale June 2 from BOOM! Studios.

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Source: BOOM! Studios