The Damned (comics)

The Damned is a horror-noir American comic book created by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, and published by Oni Press.

The Damned
The Damned – Volume 1: Three Days Dead
(color edition cover)
Publication information
PublisherOni Press
Genre
Publication dateOctober 2006
No. of issuesThe Damned: Three Days Dead #0–5
The Damned: Prodigal Sons #1–3
The Damned #1–10
Main character(s)Eddie Tamblyn
Morgan Tamblyn
Creative team
Created byCullen Bunn
Brian Hurtt
Written byCullen Bunn
Brian Hurtt
Artist(s)Brian Hurtt
Letterer(s)Brian Hurtt
Crank!
Colorist(s)Bill Crabtree
Editor(s)Randal Jarrell
Charlie Chu
Desiree Wilson
Collected editions
Volume 1: Three Days Dead (black and white)ISBN 9781932664638
Volume 1: Three Days Dead (color)ISBN 9781620103852
Volume 2: Ill-GottenISBN 9781620104859
Volume 3: Prodigal SonsISBN 9781620105733

Plot synopsis

The Damned is set in prohibition era in a city where demonic crime families vie for human souls. The narrator, Eddie Tamblyn, is a man cursed to return from the dead—whoever touches Eddie while he's dead, assumes his fatal wounds and Eddie's resurrected. Because of his unique abilities, Eddie often finds himself being used by the crime families for their own ends.

Three Days Dead

The Aligheri and Roarke crime families are coming to a "mutually beneficial" agreement set to put an end to their territorial squabbles, but the demon sent to broker the truce has gone missing. Eddie agrees to find the missing broker for Alphonse Aligheri in exchange for wiping his debts.

Ill-Gotten

Pauly Bones, an old double dealer from Eddie's past, seeks refuge at the Gehenna Room now that Eddie's got a "no demons allowed" policy. The demons want something from Pauly, something that might just be enough to trade for a few souls.


Publication history

The first miniseries, Three Days Dead, ran from October 2006 to February 2007. There was also a six-page issue #0 published in October 2006. A second miniseries followed in 2008, the three-issue Prodigal Sons.[1]

In 2017, The Damned was relaunched as an ongoing series. The original five-issue miniseries was adapted to color and published as a new trade paperback in March.[2] The Damned #1 followed in May with a new arc designed to continue the story for returning readers while introducing the world and characters to new readers.

The color version of the Prodigal Sons arc appeared in The Damned #6–8 with minor alterations to better fit in with the mythology of the ongoing series.[3] The planned three-issue Daughter's Danse arc only released the first issue and The Damned has been in hiatus since then. Bunn mentioned in a 2023 "Ask Me Anything" post that he has plans for the series to continue, but nothing in the near future.[4]

Issues
Story Arc Issue Release Date Writer Artist Colorist
Three Days Earlier... #0 October, 2006 Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt —
Three Days Dead #1 October, 2006 Bill Crabtree
(2017 collection)
#2 November, 2006
#3 December, 2006
#4 January, 2007
#5 February, 2007
Prodigal Sons #1 April, 2008 Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt N/A
#2 May, 2008
#3 August, 2008
Ongoing series (2017)
Ill-Gotten #1 May 3, 2017 Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt Bill Crabtree
#2 June 14, 2017
#3 July 12, 2017
#4 September 13, 2017
#5 October 11, 2017
Prodigal Sons #6[5] December 13, 2017 Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt Bill Crabtree
#7 January 10, 2018
#8 February 7, 2018
Bad Ol’ Days #9[6] April 18, 2018 Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt Bill Crabtree
Daughter's Danse #10 June 13, 2018 Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt Bill Crabtree

Collected editions

The first miniseries has been collected into a trade paperback twice, once in black and white in 2007, then later in color in 2017.

Volume Title Release Date Material collected ISBN
1 Three Days Dead May, 2007 The Damned: Three Days Dead #1–5

The Damned: Three Days Earlier... * #0

 9781932664638
March 8, 2017 The Damned: Three Days Dead #1–5 9781620103852
2 Ill-Gotten April 18, 2018 The Damned #1–5 9781620104859
3 Prodigal Sons February 13, 2019 The Damned #6–9 9781620105733

Both miniseries have been released in French by Akileos:

  • Tome 1 : Mort depuis trois jours (146 pages, April 2008, ISBN 978-2355740039)
  • Tome 2 : Les fils prodigues (100 pages, March, 2009, ISBN 978-2355740381)

Adaptations

Film

DreamWorks optioned The Damned for a film in 2008, to be written by David DiGilio.[7]

TV series

It was announced in August 2011 that Showtime had bought the rights to adapt the comic book into a television series, with David Hayter being brought in to write it.[8]

Notes
  1. Manning, Shaun (May 15, 2008). "I'll Be "The Damned" – Cullen Bunn talks "Prodigal Sons"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  2. Dueben, Alex. "Sixth Gun Team Crafts a Supernatural Noir World in The Damned". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  3. Tweedale, Mark. "The Damned Speakeasy: Ill-Gotten". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  4. Bunn, Cullen. "Cullen Bunn AMA on r/HorrorComics". Reddit.com/r/HorrorComics. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  5. Burlingame, Russ. "The Damned Interview: Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt". Comic Book. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  6. "Comics Alternative Interviews: Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt". Comics Alternative. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  7. Siegel, Tatiana (April 13, 2008). "DiGilio scripting 'Damned'". Variety. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  8. Andreeva, Nellie (August 24, 2011). "Showtime Developing Drama Series Based On Comic Book 'The Damned'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 25, 2011.

References
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