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Hot take - the plot of 80s cult film The Last Starfighter is actually a pretty dark one. Think about it - a regular human being (a teenager no less) is drafted into a war between two completely inhuman civilizations, both of whom wield technology capable of death in the billions. Sure, the movie ends with the good guys winning (if there even is such a thing as "good guys" in a war spanning countless lightyears), but the mass casualties and unthinkable trauma that must have occurred for the plot to work are left unexplored.

Which is where CORVUS comes in.

An upcoming trade paperback collected by Dead Sky Publishing, CORVUS explores the darker ramifications of a human caught up in galactic warfare by telling the story of Daryn Dall, described by an official Dead Sky statement as "a nerd, a loner, and one of the best players on Earth at Quest 4 War, the planet’s most competitive war-strategy shooter."

But when the galaxy comes under the threat of annihilating species The Mare, an alien army capable of inducing planet-wide psychic trauma, Daryn's skill in the game takes him from Earth-bound loser to perhaps the last hope for an entire universe of sentient beings. 

"Trapped light-years from home," reads the statement, "Daryn must confront his own buried pain while learning to fight a threat capable of turning memories into weapons. As the galaxy’s last line of defense, he’ll have to decide whether he’s willing to rise to the role others see in him—or watch humanity fall."

CORVUS is written and lettered by Mad Cave Studios staple Buddy Beaudoin, and features psychedelic art by Christopher Sassman and colors by Allison Hu. Originally released as six comic book issues, the collected CORVUS clocks in at 160 pages and will be available at comic shops nationwide March 24, 2026. As you wait, check out some of the book's interiors and the brand-new cover by Rebecca Sotira, courtesy of Dead Sky.

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