Blade Runner Black Lotus Las Vegas (2025) #1

Plot

Cover by Kael Ngu. CONTINUES THE STORY STARTED IN THE 2021 ANIME SERIES. WITNESS LAS VEGAS AS SEEN IN THE BLADE RUNNER 2049 FILM. This all-new series sees the deadly Replicant combat model Elle-aka The Black Lotus Killer- continue searching for answers about her mysterious past. Elle's quest takes her to the irradiated city of Las Vegas (later seen in Blade Runner 2049), a sand-choked ghost-town of forgotten memories following the detonation of a dirty bomb. There she finds a community of role-playing Replicants, abandoned hospitality models from the old casinos now living as embodiments of ancient Egyptian and Roman royalty. Meanwhile, Niander Wallace, smarting from his last encounter with Elle, has dispatched a seasoned kill team to bring back her head.