Joe Casey and Paul Fry are wrapping up something wild with Blood Squad Seven Yearbook #1, a supersized finale that’s been building for over a year. If you’ve been following along since the series spun out of last year’s Dutch mini-series, this March is when everything comes together in a 30-page spectacular that promises to blow the doors off what came before.
The premise has always been compelling. Back in the day, Blood Squad Seven was the biggest superhero team in America. We’re talking peak ’90s excess—endorsement deals, magazine spreads, the whole celebrity machine churning at full speed. These weren’t just heroes, they were brands. But that was three decades ago, and now we’re living in a very different world.
The series asks a question that most superhero deconstructions skip over entirely. Everyone wants to revisit the Golden Age or tear apart Silver Age archetypes, but what about the heroes from the era of chromium covers and pouches? What happens when those characters come back after 30 years away? Casey and Fry have spent 13 issues exploring that exact territory, looking at ’90s superhero team dynamics through the lens of right now, when everything feels fractured and nothing is simple anymore.
According to Casey, this yearbook issue is what they’ve been building toward from the start. It’s the payoff for readers who want their ’90s superheroes taken seriously, explored with depth instead of just nostalgia or irony. The book digs into what it means when a new generation inherits not just the costumes and powers, but all the baggage that comes with trying to live up to legends.
The finale promises the usual spectacle—secrets revealed, worlds colliding, heroes struggling, legends dying—but after 13 issues of setup, it’s earned the right to go big. This is the kind of comic that understands the ’90s weren’t just about style, they were about a particular moment in superhero storytelling that deserves more than just mockery or blind worship.
Blood Squad Seven Yearbook #1 drops this March, and if you’ve been waiting to see where this whole thing has been heading, now’s the time to jump in for the conclusion.
Beam Me Up Scotty
Born and raised in the city of Miami. Lifelong pro wrestling fan. Been deep in the 'zine scene since ’84, interviewing locals, Hardcore, Punk, and Metal bands. Spent 26 years in the comic book biz and still obsessed with all things pop culture—Mego, Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, Die-Cast Metal Super Robots, you name it. I can go on about comic books and bad movies all day.
