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Horror manga continues to thrive in the present, not just because of high-profile adaptations of Uzumaki, but because of brand new and fascinating series coming to North America for the first time like Manhole and Leviathan. As part of Abrams ComicArts' new Kana imprint, two new horror series recently hit the bookstore and comic shop shelves today: Tetsuya Tsutsui's biological horror mystery Manhole and Shiro Kuroi's sci-fi thriller Leviathan. Courtesy of Kana and Abrams ComicArts, Screen Rant was generously provided a brief preview of Manhole volume #1.

Manhole is a three-volume horror mystery following Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue, two detectives investigating a series of deaths that unfold into a potentially deadly conspiracy. As the intrigue grows from murders to a potential globe-spanning pandemic, the biological agent causing the infection continues to grow as Mizoguchi and Inoue chase down their leads. In Manhole volume #1, readers will be immediately treated to...

Abrams ComicArts recently launched Kana, an imprint devoted to publishing manga series in English, and they're kicking things off this week by releasing the first volumes of two horror series from rising stars in the world of manga: Leviathan from Shiro Kuroi and Manhole from Tetsuya Tsutsui.

The first in a three-volume horror-thriller, Manhole "follows two detectives trying to solve a string of mysterious deaths as they stumble upon a much larger conspiracy and a potential manmade global pandemic that’s as perplexing as it is deadly. As Detectives Ken Mizoguchi and Nao Inoue investigate a series of bloody murders, they begin to uncover a deadly biological agent which could cause an epidemic. An unlikely lead sets them off on the hunt for a mysterious photographer, but as they chase down shadows, the infection keeps spreading. This thrilling detective story with a biological horror hook will keep readers on the edge of their seats.