A little treat for you today at BF with this exclusive advance look at pages from Ennis and Burrows’ Babs: The Black Road South, published by Ahoy Comics. Check out more on the series and this specific issue below!
On Wednesday September 16, AHOY Comics will publish BABS: THE BLACK ROAD SOUTH #5, the fifth issue of the violently funny sword-and-sorcery epic from Garth Ennis—the award-winning writer of Hitman, The Punisher, Sara and Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal, and co-creator of The Boys and Preacher—and acclaimed artist and frequent collaborator Jacen Burrows (Crossed, The Ribbon Queen). After making waves last year with BABS—the fantasy adventure romp featuring the sharp-tongued and sharper-sworded barbarian Babs—Ennis, Burrows, and Syracuse-based publisher AHOY Comics are back for more carnage and comedy in BABS: THE BLACK ROAD SOUTH. The six-issue action comedy mini-series finds Babs and her partner-in-barbarism Izzy in a brand-new adventure after a win in a gladiator arena lands them an unexpected windfall—with even more unexpected consequences.
BABS: THE BLACK ROAD SOUTH #5 (of 6) (W) Garth Ennis (A) Jacen Burrows Cover A: Jacen Burrows Cover B: Torunn Grønbekk. Ennis and Burrows take their sword-and-sorcery heroine even further down the Black Road! What if the Triple Orb of Mordynn—a token of unimaginable evil, of inconceivable power—were in Babs’ hands? What if she wanted to sell it? And what if the buyer were dangerous? What then, hmm? September 16, 2026 FOC: August 17, 2026 $4.99
