Route 666 was a comic book series created by Crossgen Comics, Inc. in July of 2002. It was CrossGen's first horror comic venture, and contained a blend of action, menace and humor. It ended at issue 22 in June of 2004, as part of Crossgen's bankruptcy. Route 666 takes place on the fictional planet of Erebus in a country called The United States of Empyrean, which mimics the innocent feel and the actual mindset, lifestyles and technology of the '50s era of our own Earth's United States of America. A feuding nation, the People's Republic of Rodina, is presumably a combination of Russia and China, creating a mood through the book that mirrors the Cold War between capitalism and communism.