Barbalien: Red Planet is the new Black Hammer-universe comic coming June 24, 2020. The mini series is five issues written by Tate Brombal, artist Gabriel Hernandez Walta, focusing on the height of the HIV-AIDS crisis time period.
Here is the official synopsis:
Mark Markz has found a comfortable life on Earth as both a decorated police officer and as the beloved superhero, Barbalien. But when Mark is suddenly thrust onto the frontlines of the AIDS crisis, his role as a cop raises doubts and he must now reckon with his own closeted sexuality. Growing tensions make balancing his disparate identities seem impossible—especially when a Martian enemy from his past hunts him down on Earth to take him home, dead or alive. Heroism, privilege, and complacency are all called into question, as Mark becomes more-and-more embroiled in the activism of the time and with the man leading its charge—the handsome and headstrong Miguel.
