BY KANE AUSTIN

Retired English forward turned actor Keith Mason is set to release rugby league’s first ever comic book entitled ‘Rugby Blood’.

Mason has popped up on several movie and television sets since retiring from the Super League including hit show Peaky Blinders.

The big man played for Huddersfield, St. Helens, Wakefield and had a brief stint with the Melbourne Storm in 2002 and 2003.

Rugby Blood is about an ex-rugby league player who goes on a rampage when his family is kidnapped but it’s not exactly what you think.

“I became a rugby league player and obviously went into acting and now I’m very proud of creating the Rugby Blood comic and Paul Roper, who is the artist of the comic, has done a fantastic job and is an amazing artist. Hopefully there will be many more to come and I think the rugby league community will buy into this,” Mason told loverugbyleague.com.

Here’s the limited cover for our brand new Graphic Novel comic Rugby Blood,I will be doing a book signing at an event and venue to be confirmed in November.”they’ve messed with the wrong player” #rugbyblood pic.twitter.com/7yg8Ogfh14

— Keith Mason official (@Realkeithmason) October 29, 2018

I had some very excited Rugby League juniors when I handed out awards last night to the batley boys under 12,s when I announced il be releasing my comic on the 30th of November,the first ever rugby league comic Rugby Blood origins🙌🏽 #rugbyblood #comics #graphicnovel #batleyboys pic.twitter.com/LsfbaPXZtE

— Keith Mason official (@Realkeithmason) November 10, 2018

“We are getting a lot of press for the comic now and it is child friendly as well, it is a comic for all ages and there’s no swearing or anything like that in it. It could be a nice Christmas present.”

The comic is a precursor to an upcoming movie which will follow the same story line.

It’s set for release in the United Kingdom from November 30.

No word yet if it will be released in Australia.