Victoria Jaguar, an ageless shaman and guardian of the unseen, is called to treat a powerful man suffering from relentless nightmares—but quickly discovers he is the victim of something far more dangerous. Plagued by interdimensional entities and hunted by a hidden technocratic power, Victoria must enter his dreamscape to confront parasitic horrors, a guilt-devouring predator, and a trap designed to destroy her. Blending ancient magic with cosmic horror and modern conspiracy, Victoria Jaguar: Queen of the Night Sky follows a healer who fights like a warrior—protecting not just her patient, but the fragile balance between worlds.
A healer as a warrior: Victoria Jaguar isn’t just a mystic—she’s a “combat medic,” blending compassion and ferocity in a way rarely seen in genre storytelling. A fusion of ancient magic and hard sci-fi: The story collides shamanistic mythology with high-concept physics and secret technocratic conspiracies. A bold, visual-first approach: Designed for big, psychedelic, artist-driven storytelling, with dreamscapes and higher-dimensional spaces offering striking visuals. A powerful, distinctive lead: A Colombian, ageless shaman with deep emotional grounding and immense power brings a fresh, global perspective to the genre. Deep ties to a larger universe: The story connects directly into the Underworld line, expanding its mythology while standing strong on its own.
MARK LONDON ON WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT AND WHY HE’S EXCITED FOR IT TO COME OUT:
“VICTORIA JAGUAR is the story of a healer who has been listening to the night sky for two hundred years. She was an eight-year-old girl in Colombia the night her village burned. She ran until a river stopped her. She could not cross it, and she could not save anyone. So, she looked up at the stars and asked for help. Not for herself. For everyone else. And the night sky answered.
Two centuries later she is a shaman, the Mother of Songs, healer to the world. When something crawls out of the place your mind only brushes against in sleep and starts feeding on people, she is the one you go looking for. Her patient this time is a tech billionaire who has not slept in months. Not badly. Not at all. His nightmares got tired of waiting for him to close his eyes, and now they stand behind people in broad daylight. When Victoria finally examines him, she finds the worst kind of truth. He is not hallucinating. What is haunting him is real. And it was not sent to destroy him. It was sent to reach her.
I have been carrying this character for years, and she is finally walking out the door. Marco Rudy painted every single page, and what came back is the kind of art you frame, not just read. This is the book that turns the Underworld Universe toward something older, and I cannot wait for people to meet her.”
MARK LONDON ON (3) REASONS WHY COMIC READERS SHOULD PICK UP THIS BOOK:
Marco Rudy painted every page. Fully painted interiors, cover to cover. Living constellations. Dream space that folds like paper. A river that runs between worlds. I wrote these scripts as an invitation to a painter, and Marco (Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier, Justice League Dark) answered with psychedelic, painterly storytelling that looks like nothing else on the rack this year.- A hero you have never met before. Victoria is not a gentle mystic in a cottage and she is not a superhero in a costume. She is a healer, and healers have taken up arms to defend their patients since the beginning of time. Combat medics carry guns. Victoria carries the night sky. She is a two-hundred-year-old Colombian shaman hunting a nightmare in broad daylight, and every page asks what it costs to be the one who mends the world.
- It is a front door and a deep cut at the same time. You do not need to have read a single Underworld book to walk in. Five issues, one complete story, no homework. But if you have been with us since Revolution 9, Hour of the Wolf, Exit City, Endless Night, and Mister Nemo, the threads braid together here, and Victoria’s story leads somewhere longtime readers are going to recognize.
MARK LONDON ON SOME OF THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND CREATING THE BOOK:
“Victoria starts where I start. I was born in Colombia, and so was she, two hundred years ago, in a country where the legends were here long before the capes. I wanted to build a hero out of that older material instead of a lab accident. The idea that cracked her open for me was simple: healers have always fought. The person whose entire job is keeping you alive is usually the fiercest person in the room. I wanted a hero whose power is care, and whose care has teeth. Then there is the nightmare itself. The whole book grew from one question. What if the thing in your dreams got tired of waiting for you to fall asleep? And I wrote this for a painter on purpose. I knew that if Marco said yes, I could ask for things you cannot ask of a pencil. The art was an inspiration before a single page of it existed.”
MARK LONDON ON WHAT HE HOPES READERS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THIS BOOK:
“That the people who heal the world are not soft. That care is a form of courage, and sometimes it has claws. Victoria’s first act as a hero was asking for help for everyone but herself, and if one reader carries that out of the book, I did my job. I also hope people close issue five feeling a little less alone with whatever stands behind them at three in the morning, because somebody out there has been listening to the night sky for two hundred years, and she is coming. And I hope they walk away knowing the Underworld Universe is bigger, older, and stranger than they thought. We are just getting started.”
MARCO RUDY ON HIS APPROACH TO THE ARTWORK:
“My art and storytelling differ from the usual, by being an organic conversation between layout and design, and the story being told. I like to use everything on a page, to convey the vibe, emotions, atmosphere and more, for each sequence, each page, each panel. Panel borders are not “just” borders, for me, they’re part of the story, they’re part of the experience – And with that I’m inviting the reader to go on an adventure, with me. If the reader takes their time reading, looking at each page, they’ll find bits of context, they’ll find extra material and “side quests” that may contextualize better each scene. A page in a Machine inspired universe doesn’t just have panel borders – the borders are actually gears, like gears inside a pocket watch (like a pocket universe) and Each gear is like a mini city filled with things happening there. That’s just an example of what I like to do.”
MARCO RUDY ON WHAT HIS FAVORITE PAGE/PANEL IS AND WHY:
“Easy, it’s page 01 on Issue 3 – It’s so serene and beautiful and calm – Victoria ascends and she’s so thrilled about it. It’s one of the very best pages I’ve done and one of my career favorites.”
MARCO RUDY ON ANY WRITERS HE’S WANTED TO COLLABORATE WITH BUT HAS YET TO, AND WHO ARE SOME OF HIS FAVORITE COMIC BOOK ARTISTS:
“JH Williams and David Mack are people that over time became friendly people with whom I can share casual banter and great ideas. Before that, they were two of my most influential creators and nowadays they’re all that AND people I’d love to collaborate with. Add Bill Sienkiewicz to that. As for writers..Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning on space stuff, Rick Remender, the same, Matt Faction and/or Kathryn Immonen, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Ram V, Daniel Warren Johnson, too many to name, I suppose, Becky Cloonan whom I actually spoke to, about doing something, in the past. Anyone that wants to try something different, I’m willing to go for a ride and see what comes out.”
Victoria Jaguar
The newest chapter in the Underworld Universe, Victoria Jaguar is written by Underworld creator Mark London and brought to life with stunning painted artwork by comics superstar Marco Rudy. A man tormented by impossible nightmares journeys across the world in search of the mythical Victoria Jaguar, an immortal guardian chosen by the Night Sky itself centuries ago. But when Victoria uncovers the truth behind his visions, she realizes the nightmare is real—and an unseen enemy has already set its sights on her.
Mark London, writer/creator
Marco Rudy, artist
Pat Brosseau, letterer
FOC: 10/19/26
On-Sale: 11/11/26
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