Editing Nocturnals - RUST CITY (section)

==Nocturnal's Comic Book Plots==

Joining the Horror family is a group of social outcasts that are forced to shun the light of day 
as well as mainstream society: The spectral apparition Polychrome, the amphibious spitfire 
Starfish, the hulking pyromorph Firelion, the young reptile-man Komodo, the streetwise 
animal-human hybrid Raccoon, and the silent undead gunslinger Gunwitch. Together they live 
in Doc Horror's underground sanctuary called the Tomb, both attempting to stave off the 
various supernatural menaces that threaten Pacific City as well as maintain at least a 
facsimile of a normal life.

Doc Horror's chief nemesis is the Crim, a parasitic species of extradimensional conquerors who 
ravaged his home world before he and Eve escaped to Earth. They have aligned themselves with 
the insidious Narn K Corporation, a powerful multinational that specializes in bizarre 
experimentation and secretive weapons development, and have been busy producing animal-human hybrids
and synthetic soldiers for use in warfare and ultimately global invasion. Aside from the Narn K and the Crim, Horror 
and his crew have encountered everything from wish-granting demon lanterns and vampire street 
gangs to hillbilly bat-witches and robotic mobster hitmen. 

The hallmark of the Nocturnals ''Black Planet'' miniseries is Brereton's moody, gothic style 
realized by handpainted art in every panel. The storytelling and visual imagery draws its 
influences from an eclectic mix of sources, including gangster films, [[science fiction]], 
[[Lovecraftian]] creatures, and [[film noir]]. Brereton's supernatural art made a fan of undead 
rocker [[Rob Zombie]], who used Brereton to design art for his multi-platinum ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]'' album and also wrote the forward to ''Nocturnals: The Witching Hour'' one-shot.

The Nocturnals were seen in sparse appearances from 1994 through 2002.  In 2006 the series was relaunched by [[Olympian Publishing]], reprinting the past twelve years in a series of oversized hardcovers and presented in an all new series in 2007.

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