Coda was first released as a 12-issue  limited series from May of 2018 through May of 2019.  Now, the Eisner-Nominated high-fantasy series from Simon Spurrier and Matías Bergara returns and you better strap in because you’re in for a wild ride.

Coda #1 – Main Cover Art by Matias Bergara

BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at CODA #1, the premiere issue of the new five-issue original series from GLAAD Media Award-winning writer Simon Spurrier, Entertainment Weekly’s 2019 Artist of the Year Matías Bergara, available in September 2023.

Coda #1 Variant Art by Toni Infante

In this brand new adventure in the apocalyptic fantasy world of Coda, the despondent bard Hum finds a slice of tranquility with his wife, the Urken named Serka, in an ever-darkening, magic-less apocalypse – or so it seems. Prophecies of paradise and the return of magic? Hum is skeptical, while Serka faces difficult moral decisions on the road, with winter quickly approaching…

Coda #1 Variant Art by Nick Dragotta

CODA #1 has a main cover by Matías Bergara, with variants by Toni Infante (We Only Find Them When They’re Dead), and Nick Dragotta (East of West).

Si Spurrier lives just outside London and makes things up for a living. He’s the co-creator of comics like Coda, Step By Bloody Step, Damn Them All, Cry Havoc and The Spire, and has written countless iconic characters in titles like X-Men, The Flash, Batman, Dark Crystal, Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, Labyrinth, Suicide Squad and many more. He only has nine fingers and his star-sign is gin.

“It’s Coda. It’s Matias. It’s about what happens after the magic dies. It’s about muddling through and giant crabs and accursed moons and love and religion and kamikaze messenger-fairies and foul-mouthed unicorns and trying really really really hard not to go on quests,” said writer Simon Spurrier. “It’s the funnest and most poisonous and best thing to write, ever, and I think it might be our best work yet.”

Matías Bergara is an Uruguayan artist living and working in the city of Montevideo. Dedicated fully to comic books since 2013, he’s authored books, covers and illustrations for BOOM! Studios, Image Comics, DC, Marvel Comics and more. Nominated for Eisner (USA) and the Angouleme Festival (France) awards for his work as an artist.

“Coda has been my absolute favorite book I have ever worked on. I prefer to call it a place, a dimension – one in which a part of me lives day by day in a state of curiosity and discovery,” said artist Matías Bergara. “My greatest joy is seeing people reading and entering into this dimension with us.”

“It’s an absolute pleasure & privilege to welcome back one of BOOM!’s seminal titles,” said Executive Editor Eric Harburn. “In 2018, Si and Matías built a post-modern fantasy masterpiece that was years ahead of its time; in 2023, they’re back to do it again with a new chapter in the lives of Hum, Serka, and the Nag.”

CODA #1 will be available in comic shops September 13, 2023. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.

Be sure to catch up on the series and pick up the Coda Deluxe Edition Hardcover, available wherever books are sold.