Bulls of Beacon Hill (2023 Aftershock) comic books
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Issue #1A
Published Jan 2023 by AfterShock Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Steve Orlando. Art and Cover by Andy MacDonald. The team behind Justice League of America reunites for some HARD-HITTING REVENGE! Doctor Christopher Boldt has everything he ever wanted: A successful career as a surgeon, a supportive and loving boyfriend, and an overload of hype on his rumored run for Boston City Council. But there's one problem - it's all held up by a lie. For years, Chris has been hiding in plain sight, desperate not to be connected to his father, Orin Paige, one of Boston's most notorious gangsters. Until now, Chris has been able to live with the secret. And Chris's father has been just as happy to deny any connection to his queer son, who he sees as a liability in the mob world. Now, Chris's political aspirations have put father and son on a collision course. A collision course bathed in blood. From Eisner and GLAAD Award-Nominated writer Steve Orlando (Extreme Carnage, Midnighter, Darkhold, KILL A MAN) and artist Andy MacDonald (Rogue Planet, Loki, MY DATE WITH MONSTERS, I BREATHED A BODY), comes BULLS OF BEACON HILL, a story of family secrets and violent retribution. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.
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Issue #1B
Published by AfterShock Comics.$9.99
$9.99
Limited 1 for 15 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Steve Orlando. Art by Andy MacDonald. Cover by Pablo Raimondi. The team behind Justice League of America reunites for some HARD-HITTING REVENGE! Doctor Christopher Boldt has everything he ever wanted: A successful career as a surgeon, a supportive and loving boyfriend, and an overload of hype on his rumored run for Boston City Council. But there's one problem - it's all held up by a lie. For years, Chris has been hiding in plain sight, desperate not to be connected to his father, Orin Paige, one of Boston's most notorious gangsters. Until now, Chris has been able to live with the secret. And Chris's father has been just as happy to deny any connection to his queer son, who he sees as a liability in the mob world. Now, Chris's political aspirations have put father and son on a collision course. A collision course bathed in blood. From Eisner and GLAAD Award-Nominated writer Steve Orlando (Extreme Carnage, Midnighter, Darkhold, KILL A MAN) and artist Andy MacDonald (Rogue Planet, Loki, MY DATE WITH MONSTERS, I BREATHED A BODY), comes BULLS OF BEACON HILL, a story of family secrets and violent retribution. 32 pages, full color.
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Issue #2
Published Feb 2023 by AfterShock Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Steve Orlando. Art and Cover by Andy MacDonald. Boston Surgeon Christopher Boldt is getting more famous by the day - but that's the problem. Chris' secret doesn't just threaten himself, it threatens the person he's ashamed to say he's related to: his mobster father, Orin Paige. After all, in the hyper aggressive world of Boston crime, Orin having a gay son makes him look weak. So, he does the unthinkable, and puts a hit on his own son. But he never expects the hit to fail. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #3
Published Mar 2023 by AfterShock Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Steve Orlando. Art and Cover by Andy MacDonald Boston. Surgeon Christopher Boldt has spent his whole life ashamed of his father's gangster background - so, when Chris decides to run for public office, it's in the name of building his own legacy. Unfortunately, his father can't tolerate that, and puts a hit out on his own son. But no matter how far it tried to fall, the apple landed close to the tree. Chris's family tradition of violence explodes, he survives the hit, and now he's out for revenge on his own father, someone his mother hates as well, but never divorced...so just where do her loyalties stand? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #4
Published Apr 2023 by AfterShock Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Steve Orlando. Art and Cover by Andy MacDonald. Surgeon Christopher Boldt is a local Boston celebrity. The only problem? So is his father - notorious gangster Orin Paige. Threatened by Christopher's upcoming city council run and the newfound fame it will bring, Orin has done the unthinkable. He's put a hit on his own son in a desperate attempt to protect his tenuous position of power in Boston's underworld. Orin would rather his son be dead than the world know he's the father of a gay son - but unfortunately, Christopher isn't willing to comply. Now, with the betrayals mounting and Chris losing friends and family by the minute, father and son prepare for the final battle. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #5
Published May 2023 by AfterShock Comics.$3.00
$3.00
Written by Steve Orlando. Art & Cover by Andy MacDonald. Boston Surgeon Christopher Boldt is secretly the son of one of the city's most notorious gangsters. Unfortunately, it's no longer a secret. And on the eve of Chris announcing a historic run for City Council, he must fend off an attempted hit by his father - Orin Paige. But violence runs in the family, and Chris is a natural. Now, at the end of a long night of blood, Chris comes face to face with his father, the man that helped bring him into the world...and the man that tried to take him out of it. And if Chris survives his fight for vengeance, can he reckon with the man he's had to become to achieve it? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
