Black Summer
Black Summer is a comic book limited series written by Warren Ellis, illustrated by Juan Jose Ryp, and published by Avatar Press starting in June 2007. The plot revolves around the consequences of a superhero, John Horus, who kills the President of the United States and several of his advisers after discovering them to be war criminals. The following seven issues detail the aftermath of the assassination.
| Black Summer | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Avatar Press |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
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| Publication date | May 2007 – July 2008 |
| No. of issues | 8 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Warren Ellis |
| Artist(s) | Juan Jose Ryp |
| Colorist(s) | Mark Sweeney |
| Editor(s) | William A. Christensen |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | ISBN 1-59291-053-X |
| Softcover | ISBN 1592910521 |
Black Summer is regarded as the first series in Warren Ellis's Avatar-published "Superhuman Trilogy" dealing with the creation of superheroes. The subsequent series being No Hero, and Supergod. Prior to Supergod's release, Warren Ellis said in an interview that, "Black Summer was about superhumans who were too human. No Hero was about superhumans who were inhuman. Supergod is about superhumans who are no longer human at all, but something else. The third leg of a thematic trilogy if you like."