VIKING MOON

VIKINGS VS. WEREWOLVES! Leif Erikson established a Viking settlement in (present day Newfoundland, a strange new world or plenty, but populated by an indigenous people and something else... something UNNATURAL. Twenty years after the original expiration ended in disaster, a new attempt to settle this wilderness is made. Ulf and his hardened tribe of Vikings soon discover that the whispers of creatures who are both human and beast are not primitive legend, but death-bringing reality. The real reason the Vikings fled North America! A tale of blood-curling horror and barbaric adventure from Eisner Award winner JOE PRUETT (VOICES IN MY HEAD, Cable, Domino) and legendary artist MARCELO FRUSIN (KICK-ASS: THE NEW GIRL, Hellbalzer, Loveless), VIKING MOON is a thrilling and chilling blend of Viking history and supernatural horror that reimagines Leif Erikson’s doomed colony. Collects VIKING MOON #1-5

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