Lono is back, and he isn’t in a peaceful mood. Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso are returning to their influential crime series for 100 Bullets: The US of Anger. The eight-issue limited series from DC Vertigo will debut on July 1, 2026.

“Not many people made it out alive from the fall of the Trust in 100 Bullets. Lono did – just barely – and the years since have taken him far from home. His onetime protégé, Loop Hughes, was the only one smart enough to walk away clean. But tragedy has come knocking on Loop’s door, and the scent of blood has drawn a dangerous stray dog back across the border. Lono isn’t back to make peace. He’s back to make trouble. Lono is home again, and he’s hunting through a landscape of good ol’ boys and militias, megachurches, millionaires, and madmen,” according to the synopsis.

Azzarello and Risso created 100 Bullets in 1999, following a mysterious man who would offer people a gun, 100 bullets, and the story about a person who had wronged them. As those people ruminated over getting revenge, the larger story explored a conspiracy surrounding a secret society known as the Minutemen. The book is celebrated for its impact on crime comics, won multiple Eisner and Harvey awards, and helped shape Vertigo’s crime-noir storytelling.

“In Brother Lono, the titular character tried and failed to save his own soul. In The US of Anger, he becomes something far more dangerous: a catalyst for the demons already lurking in America’s shadow,” per the DC Vertigo announcement. “As the country reaches its 250th anniversary, the world has finally caught up to the kind of story Azzarello and Risso have always told – one where violence, power, and rage collide in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar. Their new story cuts directly into the fractures of modern America, rendered for the first time in stunning black and white, bringing a stark new visual edge to a world that has never felt more timely. Vertigo was built on stories that cut deep. The US of Anger is exactly that kind of story.”

100 Bullets: The US of Anger #1 will feature a main cover by Dave Johnson with variants by Frank Miller, Jock, and Eduardo Risso.

The book will be joined by several other new titles from DC Vertigo that are set to debut in 2026 and beyond. Those books include Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy by Ram V and Mike Perkins, The Crying Doll by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, A Walking Shadow by Simon Spurrier and Aaron Campbell, Fanatic by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer, and Necretaceous by Tom Taylor and Darick Robertson.