Gina Meyers may be a witch, but she's still a better person than the criminals she tracks down in her profession as a private investigator. At least, she hopes so. Vault Comics will introduce Gina -- and a truly sinister, seedy London underbelly -- in the upcoming black magic meets spy series, Shadow Service, which is scheduled for release in July. Written and illustrated by co-creators Cavan Scott and Corin M. Howell, respectively, the series will feature colors by Tríona Farrell, letters by Andworld Design and design by Tim Daniel.

Vault Comics has provided CBR with an exclusive first look at Shadow Service #1, including covers by Howell and Nathan Goden and three unlettered interior pages, as well as quotes from Scott about the series.

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Shadow Service #1 Cover A

"I grew up wanting to be James Bond. Which British kid of the 1970s didn’t? There was excitement, there were gadgets, there were exotic locations and dangerous stunts. But there was one thing that was missig: Monsters," said Scott. "The more I watched Bond, the more I became obsessed with the idea of spies fighting supernatural threats, an obsession that only grew when I finally saw Live and Let Die and witnessed 007 tussling with ‘the man who cannot die’."

"After watching The Omen one dark and stormy night, I first scrawled down the name: MI666. It made me laugh. It still does. And for years I came up with story ideas for Britain’s shadow security service, protecting Queen and Country from things that go bump in the night. But I could never make them stick," he continued.  "I was still thinking about this years later, walking home from the cinema, airpods crammed into my ears. VCTRY’s cover of ‘Black Magic Woman’ shuffled its way onto one of my playlists and I realized I didn’t want a Bond at all. I didn’t want a blunt instrument, jaded after years in the field. I needed a new recruit, drafted into the service, someone who definitely wasn’t a team player, someone who didn’t know spycraft but… witchcraft. Gina Meyer was born. I hurried home and all those years of storylines and influences flowed into the pitch that I immediately sent to Adrian Wassel at Vault. I knew he would fall under Gina’s spell and lose himself in MI666’s world of assassination, intrigue, betrayal and demons. And I was right. Shadow Service is the result, brought so vividly to life by that mistress of the dark arts, Corin M Howell."

You can see CBR's exclusive preview of Shadow Service #1 below, alongside the solicitation information for the book.

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Shadow Service #1

  • Written by Cavan Scott
  • Art by Corin M. Howell
  • Colors by Tríona Farrell
  • Letters by Andworld Design
  • Design by Tim Daniel
  • Covers by Corin M. Howell, Nathan Gooden and Tim Daniel
  • Worried your partner is cheating? Need a missing person found? Gina Meyers is the Private Investigator for you. Sure, she’s a witch who worries that her powers make her more of a monster than the crooks she’s trying to catch, but it’s not like London’s criminal underworld is literally going to hell… is it? Spy craft meets black magic in the shadowy world of MI666.
  • On sale July 2020
Shadow Service #1 interior art
Shadow Service #1 interior art
Shadow Service #1 interior art

Shadow Service #1 is slated for release in July.

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