Neil Kleid and Alex Cormack are going positively Medieval for a new miniseries from Comixology Originals. Like an adult, blood-soaked version of A Kid In King Arthur’s Court, the five-issue mini will send a baseball fan back in time to get his butt kicked by a bunch of knights.
“This story is a clear departure from my usual over-thought, over-written dramatic treatises about legacy and the human condition,” said Kleid via press release. “Oh, it’s still about being human – it’s a love story. Not chivalric romance, but a story about two time-lost lovers who find themselves in a strange place and learn not only their limits, but about what they actually need to become the best versions of themselves. Oh, and it’s about baseball. Oh, and a chance to curse my a** off.”
Added Cormack, “I was hesitant to jump in on Medieval, being from Massachusetts and loving baseball. but Neil’s story was too much fun to miss out on. And I’m so happy I did jump on, because every panel has been a blast to draw! Castles, knights, baseball, dragons (uh, spoilers!), carnage – what’s not to love!”
Medieval #1 hits stores on November 11, 2025. You can check out the cover and five interior pages, and synopsis, below.
Baseball fan Danny Landau and his girlfriend Gina Rabinowitz attend a baseball game to watch their favorite Bronx team take on their most notorious rivals. After being hit by a line drive, Danny wakes up in sixth-century England, out of time with no skills other than a knack for construction, a love for baseball, and a penchant for violence. After spending the next year drinking and fighting, seeking a way back home to his girl and New York, Danny’s unique form of loud-mouthed chivalry – and “The Babe,” his custom-designed iron baseball bat – gains the attention of Camelot, and Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table, bringing him helm-to-boot with King Arthur, Lancelot, and Merlin, the notoriously wily magician who may have Danny’s ticket home… but whose true intentions aren’t trustworthy! When cultures clash and their meeting takes a violent turn, Lancelot suggests a Grand Tournament of valor, gallantry, and might as Arthur Pendragon of Camelot and Danny Landau from the Bronx – an ale-swilling, bat-wielding brawler – engage in a battle of the ages.
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