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Crossed: Badlands
Series · 18
books · 2012-2016

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#2

Crossed

Badlands #2

2012

The horror continues. With the modern masters of horror at the helm, Ennis and artist Jacen Burrows, "Badlands" promises to be a new epic tale of loss and carnage! Our band of survivors starts to unravel as they realize that the Scottish highlands are no longer safe and the Crossed grow ever closer. With nothing but a few rifles and their wits to put against the hordes of depraved Crossed, they soon find that in the world of Crossed there is no hope.
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#27

Crossed Badlands #27

2013

Garth Ennis' return to Crossed gets even bloodier as "The Fatal Englishman" story watches a desperate group of soldiers attempt to unleash biological Armageddon to wipe out the Crossed and everyone else in its path.
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#55

Crossed Badlands #55

2014

GARTH ENNIS has redefined horror with the grueling bloody world of Crossed. In this penultimate issue of 'The Thin Red Line' we trace the steps of C-Day, the horrific event that turned the planet into a charnel house.
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#56

Crossed Badlands #56

2014

The startling conclusion to GARTH ENNIS's patient zero arc is here! Armageddon has come and there is no stopping the wave of Crossed violence as the infection spreads simultaneously across the globe. Fear, violence, and unrestrained murder run rampant.
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#59

Crossed Badlands #59

2014

JUSTIN JORDAN continues a tale of Crossed misery as that one flicker of hope turns out to be the worst person to believe in. There is no joy in a world of monsters. All that is left is to live for the sake of living and to find a way to swallow the constant fear that burns your gut like acid. And yet…amid the monsters the human spirit flickers but does not go out.
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#62

Crossed Badlands #62

2014

German Erramouspe DAVID LAPHAM returns to the brutal world of Crossed with a crime story told both before and after the Crossed outbreak! Lapham's vision for the misery of the Crossed is unparalleled. A father is pushed to the brink when his family is tortured by a horrific thug. But then C-Day happened and the World changed. A mystery to solve gets much harder in a World of psychotics! There is no help and there is no hope. There is only the Crossed.
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#64

Crossed Badlands #64

2014

German Erramouspe It took him years of misery to find the man that ruined his life, but Mr. Land is channeling the horrors, the prison abuse, and the misery that he's endured into the magazine of an assault rifle. He's watched others embrace the life of excess, drugs, and sexual exploitation that claimed his daughter. Now he plans on delivering his own brand of final punishment to those that took everything from him. And though wave after wave of Crossed attempt to heap their misery upon this broken man, nothing will stand in the way of his ultimate vengeance. DAVID LAPHAM etches another tale of misery into the Crossed universe that will scar you for life. There is no help and there is no hope. There is only the Crossed.
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#73

Crossed Badlands #73

2015

The Crossed sickness spread over every continent and city. David Hine returns to the outbreak in Japan to spin a tale of misery as several friends must face the insane horrors of an infected society driven by bloodlust. As civilization crumbles they must find a safe place in the heart of 125 million psychopaths.
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#77

Crossed

Badlands #77

2015

Writer: Gillen, Kieron Artist: Ortiz, Rafa Cover Artist: Caceres, Raulo Uber scribe, Kieron Gillen, tells a Crossed tale like no other. As the modern-day group of survivors stumble upon an amazing find, the unfolding drama of the Homo Tortor 80,000 years ago unveil their greatest form of amusement, a coliseum built to pit humans vs prehistoric beasts! Join the hunt for answers to one of history's greatest mysteries!
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#79

Crossed Badlands #79

2015

Never before has the world of the Crossed faced the massive creatures of prehistory! Uber scribe Kieron Gillen continues his tale of two times - the present as a group of survivors attempt to uncover the cure for the Crossed virus and the past where a group of tribesmen attempt to survive against megafauna and monsters. This Crossed tale is like no other and will take you to the brink of madness as the truth of the Homo Tortor is revealed!
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#80

Crossed Badlands #80

2015

The final powerful issue of Kieron Gillen's Crossed exploration of ancient history comes to a shocking conclusion! The truth of the Homo Tortor is revealed and humanity's brush with near extinction in the past is explained. But learning from the mistakes of the past may not save the present. A last-ditch effort goes horribly wrong for the hopeful college student who has tracked down one potential explanation for the Crossed outbreak. Knowledge is power, unless you are facing the horrors of the Crossed.
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#81

Crossed

Badlands #81

2015

A new story arc "The Lesser of Two Evils" written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer begins here! Sometimes a group of people can be too clever for their own good. When a motley band of commuters are stranded on a partially collapsed overpass they soon discover that the situation may be a blessing. With the Crossed unable to reach them, they seem relatively safe. But are forced to see the horrors playing out all around them. But in a Crossed world, safety is an illusion that is oft shattered in horrific fashion.
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#84

Crossed

Badlands #84

2015

"Convinced by Morgan and Olivia that their food source could either be compromised or possibly even be the source of whatever started the Crossed epidemic, the bridge dwellers begin to re-think their survival strategy, and select a "procurement team" to venture to the ground in the search for supplies and untainted food. But having lived in the relative safety that the collapsed bridge provides since the beginning of the outbreak, can the team possibly be prepared for what they will find down on the ground, among the roving gangs of Crossed? "
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#86

Crossed Badlands #86

2015

In the heart-stopping conclusion of "The Lesser of Two Evils," the remaining bridge survivors must fight for their lives... Against each other! After their humane gesture to save the lives of Morgan and Olivia by taking them into their confidence and welcoming them into the safety of the bridge stronghold, the group begins to fall victim to their own paranoia of one another. But is their distrust genuine, a result of the "survival guide" whose words they have followed to the letter, or perhaps something far, more sinister... And premeditated?
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#90

Crossed Badlands #90

2015

Singer and songwriter Max Bemis of Say Anything takes readers on a twisted trip through the dysfunctional family dynamic of two very different brothers in a Crossed world.The end of civilization has come to town at last as the misery of the Crossed is visited upon a peaceful suburb.And thirty years of frustration and anger come to a head between a brother and his infected sibling in the powerful conclusion to "Shrink."
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#94

Crossed Badlands #94

2014

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#98

Crossed

Badlands #98

2016

Christos Gage delivers a fiery return story to the world of the Crossed and the vicious alpha-infected, Smokey! He's found the smart girls, he's found a place to farm and Smokey is preparing to settle in for the long-haul. Can he pull off the first Crossed settlement? If the Crossed are the inevitable creeping doom, Smokey is the unavoidable fate waiting for you in a world of misery and woe.
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#100

Crossed

Badlands #100

2016

This is the way the world ends in the final issue of Badlands! Celebrate eight years and hundreds of stories from Garth Ennis’ unrivaled horror series with this tremendous 64 page, ad-free issue! Join Crossed scribe Christos Gage as he delivers the final installment of the Smokey trilogy, and this may be the end of life as we know it! To help celebrate this amazing milestone we pack this issue with incredible extras celebrating the original series artist Jacen Burrows! We start with including the rare original Jacen Burrows sketchbook and an enormous cover gallery of the rarest and previously uncollected Jacen Burrows Crossed covers. There is no help. There is no hope. There is only the Crossed.

Authors

Kieron Gillen
Kieron Gillen
Author · 336 books
Kieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.
Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis
Author · 255 books

Ennis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar. Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years. Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics' horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis' run. Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation. While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire. Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics. After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint. In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd. Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press. In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle. In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name). Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth\_Ennis

Justin Jordan
Justin Jordan
Author · 55 books

Justin Jordan is an American comic book writer. He is known for writing and co-creating The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, Spread, Dead Body Road, Deep State, Dark Gods and Savage Things. He has also written Green Lantern: New Guardians, Superboy, Deathstroke and Team 7 for DC Comics and the relaunch of Shadowman for Valiant Entertainment. In 2012, he was nominated for the Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent.

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