Look Inside the Comic Book World of Alex Segura’s Neo-Noir Secret Identity

From the arduous boiled crime worlds of the Pete Fernandez sequence to the galaxy far, distant to chart the younger lifetime of Star Wars’ Poe Dameron, Alex Segura may be higher recognized to comics followers for his work at Archie Comics and now Oni—however his newest novel is combining either side of his skilled profession, and now io9’s received a glance inside.

io9’s excited to disclose the primary have a look at the quilt of Secret Identity, Segura’s newest noir journey. Published by Flatiron Books, Secret Identity brings Segura’s penchant for thriller thrillers to the comics trade. “Secret Identity combines two of my passions—comic books and noir—into one narrative,” Segura stated in a press release offered to io9. “I knew when the idea first popped into my head that I wanted to not only tell a novel set in comics, I wanted comics themselves to be part of the story, with actual comic book sequences interwoven into the narrative.”

Secret Identity follows a queer author named Carmen Valdez, who has aspirations to interrupt into the comics trade with an concept for a brand new feminine superhero sequence, The Lethal Lynx. But when Carmen’s companion is murdered and her concept for Lethal Lynx stolen, printed with out her identify on it, Carmen finds herself thrust right into a tangled internet of previous grievances and secrets and techniques amongst a subject of fellow comics creatives, battling her personal demons to uncover who killed her companion and stole her story. As nicely as weaving Carmen’s story via a conventional novel, Segura teamed up with artist and letterer Sandy Jarrell and Taylor Esposito to deliver Carmen’s heroine, Lethal Lynx, to comedian guide life inside Secret Identity with a sequence of comedian pages inserted all through the guide—just a few of which you can too see under, making their debut right here on io9!

“So as we experience Carmen and her collaborators create and tell the Lynx’s story, we’ll actually read pages from the fictional Triumph Comics’ Lynx comic book—with astounding, timely art by the wonderful Sandy Jarrell and letterer Taylor Esposito,” Segura stated of the artwork. “Like me, Sandy loves comic book history—and he understands perfectly what we’re going for with Secret Identity. He evoked some of the greats of the time and brought his own voice to the pages. It gives Secret Identity a unique, fun hook and I can’t wait for people to experience it in full next March.”

Secret Identity is available to pre-order now, forward of its launch on March 15, 2022. 

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