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  • Published: 25 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781799503002
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $39.99

The Wake (New Edition)



A #1 New York Times Best Seller! Winner of the 2014 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series!

New York Times bestselling author, Scott Snyder (American Vampire, Batman, Swamp Thing) and artist Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, Joe The Barbarian), the incredible team behind the miniseries American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest, are reuniting for the powerful miniseries: THE WAKE.

When Marine Biologist Lee Archer is approached by the Department of Homeland Security for help with a new threat, she declines, but quickly realizes they won't take no for an answer. Soon she is plunging to the depths of the Arctic Circle to a secret, underwater oilrig filled with roughnecks and scientists on the brink of an incredible discovery.  But when things go horribly wrong, this scientific safe haven will turn into a house of horrors at the bottom of the ocean!

Collects THE WAKE #1-10.

  • Published: 25 November 2025
  • ISBN: 9781799503002
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Scott Snyder

SCOTT SNYDER has written comics for both DC and Marvel, including the bestselling series AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWAMP THING, and is the author of the story collection Voodoo Heart (The Dial Press). He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYC and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley.

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