Cullen Bunn has an ace up his sleeve with Arcana Royale – a new high stakes supernatural thriller set in the world of gambling

A minotaur plays cards.
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Cullen Bunn remains one of the most prolific writers in comics – and he's showing no signs of slowing down! The Harrow County creator is back in April 2025 with a new four-issue limited series illustrated by Shadow Roads artist Zamudio, colored by Bill Crabtree, and lettered by Josh Reed. 

In Arcana Royale, Hudson Tremaine is a high-stakes gambler who has won big in her career, but made a lot of enemies along the way. When she gets embroiled in a new, and mysterious tournament named the Arcanos Mysterinos, however, she realizes that she may have bitten off far more than she can chew: her rival players are demons and demigods – and she's playing to save the world!

Here's the cover for the first issue, followed by a couple of unlettered interior pages which give a hint at the supernatural flavor of the new comic...

"Arcana Royale has been in the works for a while now and I'm excited for people to get to read it," said Bunn in a statement about the new comic. "This is a story about controlling your own fate (even if you have to cheat a little) in the face of overwhelming odds. There's a little bit of Hudson Tremaine... or at least there should be... in each and everyone of us."

"It's my pleasure to escort you through the world of Cullen's imagination in Arcana Royale where we get to play with the sublime alchemy that connects the glamor of Las Vegas and the darkness of the arcane," added Zamudio. "I'm also elated to present my first full collaboration with Bill. He and I both jumped into this project with a shared vision and some bold new techniques to bring it to life."

Arcana Royale #1 is published by Dark Horse Comics in April 23, 2025. 


Cullen Bunn has written some of the best horror comics of all time.

Will Salmon
Comics Editor

Will Salmon is the Comics Editor for GamesRadar/Newsarama. He has been writing about comics, film, TV, and music for more than 15 years, which is quite a long time if you stop and think about it. At Future he has previously launched scary movie magazine Horrorville, relaunched Comic Heroes, and has written for every issue of SFX magazine for over a decade. He sometimes feels very old, like Guy Pearce in Prometheus. His music writing has appeared in The Quietus, MOJO, Electronic Sound, Clash, and loads of other places and he runs the micro-label Modern Aviation, which puts out experimental music on cassette tape.

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