Vault Comics announces BARBARIC: THE BLACK KNIGHT one-shot for October 2025

Vault Comics is excited to announce the long-awaited return of the smash-hit comic Barbaric, with a brand new one-shot, The Black Knight, written by Barbaric co-creator Michael Moreci (Burning Fields), illustrated by by Guilherme Balbi (Alien), colored by Fabi Marques (Thundercats), lettered by Jim Campbell, and designed by Tim Daniel. Barbaric will then return in December 2025 for its fifth full arc with artist and co-creator Nathan Gooden (Big Rig) returning to illustrate the series.     

The Black Knight is an super-sized one-shot featuring Flail, the talking… Flail. Deadheart, Serra, and Ka return after their misadventures in Queen of Swords to defeat the evil witch Doxon once and for all. Too bad a familiar face – on a spiked ball at the end of a vicious weapon wielded by an ancient knight – has other plans. Someone won’t be making it out of this book alive, so if you are a Barbaric fan, it’s essential that you read The Black Knight. Series co-creator and writer Michael Moreci had this to say about the one-shot:

It’s great to be back! Barbaric has been away for a bit, but we’re returning with a vengeance. Our latest one-shot, The Black Knight, is essential to the Barbaric story. We really start to see the bigger picture come into focus, and I am incredibly excited to deliver this into readers’ hands. The art by Guilherme is out of this world, with fantastic colors from Fabi Marques. They help make Barbaric return in emphatic fashion. All you followers of Axe, Owen, and Soren, get ready–we’re about to go on a hell of a ride.

Barbaric was co-created by writer Michael Moreci and artist Nathan Gooden. Among Vault’s best-selling and most well-liked series, Barbaric has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and was named one of the best comics of 2021 by Entertainment Weekly, Thrillest, CBR, The Beat, & more. The story follows Owen, a bloodthirsty barbarian and his drunk axe as they roam an untamed, mythic realm battling supernatural cultists, hungry giants, creatures of the night, and more in their quest to somehow, amidst all this chaos, do some good. 

The Black Knight will hit store shelves this October and will feature incredible variant covers by fan favorite artists like Nathan Gooden, Luana Vecchio (Doll Parts), Corin Howell (Lillith), and more. Pre-order now from your local comics shop to make sure you get a copy. The cover and preview pages can be seen below.