End After End
A dead man awakens as cannon fodder in an endless war against an insatiable darkness. The Lord of the Rings meets Saving Private Ryan.
đź“– Vault Comics • Started 2022
Life is nothing if not a series of endings. School. Jobs. Friendships. Love. Walter Willem’s death was fast and unexpected—a car crash that ended an unremarkable life in an instant. But death, it turns out, was only the beginning.
Walter Willem awakens not in paradise or oblivion, but on a battlefield. He’s been dropped face-first into an endless war waged against the Ulc, an insatiable darkness hellbent on consuming all of existence. Thrust into a realm called the End After End, this ordinary man who never accomplished anything remarkable in life must somehow become the hero the universe needs.
Written by David Andry (Resonant) and Tim Daniel (The Plot) for Vault Comics, End After End is a genre-blending epic described as The Lord of the Rings meets Saving Private Ryan. Over 10 issues collected across two volumes, the series weaves fantasy, horror, and war drama into a soul-bending meditation on legacy, purpose, and what it truly means to be a hero.
Sunando C’s artwork brings the End After End to vivid, brutal life—a realm where ancient relics and cosmic horrors coexist with the muddy trenches of an unending war. Kurt Michael Russell’s colors shift between the muted greys of Walter’s ordinary world and the saturated, otherworldly palette of the afterlife, while lettering from AndWorld Design (Vol. 1) and Jim Campbell (Vol. 2) gives voice to the chaos.
Walter believes he’s been summoned to collect ancient relics and reignite the power of a long-dormant warrior who can vanquish the Ulc once and for all. At last, he thinks, he will finally be fulfilled. But the End After End has other plans. Being a hero doesn’t mean saving the world all at once—a hero can be forged in small steps, tiny measures that resonate across the universe, changing the course of lives over and over again.
The Beat called it “a really original, unique take on the afterlife.” Sina Grace described it as serving “delicious Labyrinth-for-adults vibes, with a touch of The Talisman to boot.” Multiversity Comics praised it as “a barebones fantasy survival story that thrusts its protagonist into a terrifying situation with little pretense and even less preparation.”
Perfect for fans of The Lord of the Rings, What Dreams May Come, Edge of Tomorrow, and epic fantasy that asks big questions about life, death, and what comes after.
