Wynd: The Power of the Blood #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeWynd: The Power of the Blood #5 opens the concluding chapter of James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas's years-long fantasy epic — the point at which the entire Wynd saga pivots toward its final resolution after four preceding story arcs. The series has stood out across its run as one of the most prominent queer-led YA fantasy titles in contemporary comics, using a world of magic, vampyres, and faeriekind to explore themes of prejudice and the pain of hiding who you are. The Power of the Blood arc, encompassing this issue, earned a nomination for Outstanding Comic Book at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards — continuing a recognition streak that has seen Tynion become the most-nominated writer in that award's history. For readers and historians of LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream comics, the arc capping with this issue represents the culmination of one of the medium's most sustained queer coming-of-age narratives of the 2020s.
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Tynion has described Wynd as the story closest to his own experience, one he first sketched out as a teenager and refined over years before finally bringing it to comics. The series launched in June 2020 as a deliberate surprise — the first BOOM! Studios title announced and released outside the publisher's traditional three-month advance solicitation cycle — reuniting Tynion and Dialynas after three prior years collaborating on The Woods. The Power of the Blood mini-series, of which issue #5 is a part, was structured as a bi-monthly five-issue run beginning November 2024, with the same creative team of Tynion, Dialynas (handling art, color, and lettering), and AndWorld Design (additional lettering) that carried the book from its origin, and longtime series editor Eric Harburn shepherding it to its conclusion.
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- Released September 24, 2025 by BOOM! Studios; cover-dated September 2025 with distributor SKU JUL252856.
- Written by James Tynion IV; art, colors, and lettering by Michael Dialynas; additional lettering by AndWorld Design; edited by Eric Harburn; designed by Nancy Mojica.
- Each issue of The Power of the Blood, including #5, runs approximately 40 story pages — significantly longer than a standard single issue.
- Issue #5 opens the final chapter (Book Five) of the Wynd saga, which began in 2020 with Flight of the Prince and continued through The Secret of the Wings and The Throne in the Sky.
- Plot crux at issue open: Wynd, Noz, and Prince Yorik have escaped General Zedra and her resurrected brother the Bandaged Man, while Teek, Thorn, and Oakley set sail to rescue Wynd — unaware that Zedra has killed Nero and her fleet is heading for Pipetown.
- Main cover by series co-creator Michael Dialynas; variant covers by Taurin Clarke, Khary Randolph, Juni Ba, Stephanie Hans, Peach Momoko, and A. L. Kaplan, including BOOM! Studios 20th Anniversary variants.
- The Power of the Blood arc (including this issue) received a nomination for Outstanding Comic Book at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards (2026), extending the series' consistent recognition for LGBTQ+ representation.
- James Tynion IV won the 2025 Eisner Award for Best Writer with Wynd among the cited works; with nine GLAAD Outstanding Comic Book nominations, he holds the record for most-nominated writer in that category's history.
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