Crueler Than Dead GN Vol 01 (New Printing) *PRE-ORDER*

Ablaze is going BACK TO PRESS on CRUELER THAN DEAD Vol. 1! Discover the BEST of GORE from JAPAN! No one knows where it started...but when the world finally realized what was going on, it was already too late. When Maki Akagi wakes up in a lab full of corpses, she learns from a dying soldier that she is the result of a last-ditch experiment to cure humans of a virus turning them into zombies. Accompanied by a young boy who also miraculously escaped, she will have to try to get to the very center of a devastated Tokyo filled with bloodthirsty monsters. The dome located there contains the last survivors of mankind. And humanity's very survival depends solely on a few drops of this miraculous vaccine... Inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), The Walking Dead, Romero classics, and new zombie films like 28 Days Later, Crueler Than Dead delights in the meticulous gory details of decomposed flesh, with a wicked and hungry eye...evoking a modern vision of a zombie world that is terrifying, tension filled and unsettling!

Language: English
Page Count: 208
Size (in inches): 5.75 x 8.25
Creator(s): Tsukasa Saimura, Kozo Takahashi
On-Sale Date: August 5, 2026