'Barbarian Behind Bars' – we finally have our "gay barbarian" protagonist! (issue #4)
Bi, actually, but I couldn't resist using the name of this trope, which is still so rare in pop media.
Written by Elliott Kalan (Maniac of New York, Spider-Man & the X-Men, Disney Villains: Hades, Disney's Hercules) and illustrated by Andrea Mutti (Batman Eternal, DMZ, Maniac of New York, Creatures & Corridors, Star Wars Hyperspace Stories: Qui-Gon), with lettering by award-winning Taylor Esposito.
Synopsis: Who is the mysterious, musclebound warrior who came to our world in a storm of magic and violence?! That’s what public defender Irene Chang wants to know. This guy came out of nowhere, doesn’t speak English, and now she’s supposed to help him beat a murder charge after he chopped some other weird dude’s head off with a magic axe in broad daylight? Of course, he may not live to go to trial, with all the enemies he’s making in prison. Good thing his cellmate grills a mean cheese sandwich. BARBARIAN BEHIND BARS is the fight-packed fantasy prison thriller you didn’t know you always needed.
From Mad Cave Studios.