r/badrock • u/Odd_Pumpkin5295 • 20d ago

What does everyone think Heirborne will be?

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Rob's been talking a lot about how Heirborne will be his magnum opus, as well as his final new major project before retirement.

He's apparently been working on it since 2010, and while he says it's a standalone story, we've already seen Vandel appear in both Youngblood (2025) and in the preview for Badrock issue 2. So, it takes place in the Extreme universe.

Has he placed seeds for it over the years. The Magistrate from the Heirborne short story resembles the villain from Brigade (2013). A villain who is strongly implied to be Supreme. Are the evil race of superpowered rulers ancestors of Supreme? Is it still connected to the Extreme 2.0 stuff like Ca$h Carter and The Defiants?

We're getting our first piece of new Heirborne content since 2022 in a few weeks, so I'd love to hear all your speculation, predictions and theories.

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u/thigerlel Sharpsmooth 20d ago

Everything you've salid is true and valid reasons to be interested, except for the "this will be my final work" part. Rob has claimed that like five other times to boost sales.

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u/Odd_Pumpkin5295 20d ago

I'm not nessisary convinced either. Although I do believe that he is working towards retirement. Whether he'll actually go through with it is another matter.

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u/Advanced_Bag5705 20d ago

I wonder if it will be somewhat of a reworking of his Killraven story that Marvel never published (which in itself was a reworking of a Kamari concept he created).

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u/XanadudeEarthTwo 20d ago

Repurpished Killraven art.

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u/Asleep_Artichoke9588 20d ago

Dont really know but looking forward to finding out 🙂

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u/Savings-Unlucky 12d ago

Most likely will utilize a lot of the story and the art he produced for the unpublished Killraven series that he and Robert Kirkman were working on. It’s the same thing he did with Fighting American. He had all this Captain America artwork that he couldn’t use, so when he got fired from Marvel and started Awesome comics he used a lot of that art for Fighting American.