DENVER
Coming This August From Mad Cave Studios
In a Flooded Future Ruled by Surveillance and Scarcity, One Man’s Search for His Wife Could Bring Down the Last Safe City on Earth
The world has drowned. Denver survived… barely.
Mad Cave Studios announces DENVER, a gritty and gratuitous thriller from acclaimed writers Jimmy Palmiotti (Pop Kill) and Justin Gray (Jonah Hex), featuring art and colors by Pier Brito (Daredevil), letters by Bill Tortolini, and covers by Amanda Conner, Pier Brito, Uko Smith, and Dave Johnson.
In a near‑future world drowned by rising oceans, Denver survives as one of the last tightly controlled safe zones on the planet where every resource is rationed, and every citizen is monitored. Max Flynn, a veteran border officer struggling to protect his family under these unforgiving rules, is shattered when his wife is suddenly kidnapped. A mysterious enemy forces him to betray Denver from within or lose her forever. As Max assembles a trusted crew and descends into the city’s underbelly, his desperate hunt threatens to expose the cracks in Denver’s rigid order and ignite a reckoning that could end the last safe city on Earth
“With two of us growing up in the age of Heavy Metal, it makes sense that Justin and I set out to build a world far outside the safety of mainstream comics, one that embraces adult material and violence without ever feeling gratuitous,” said Jimmy Palmiotti. “We wanted a place where the brutality has weight, the characters feel real, and the story makes sense on its own harsh terms. Our goal was to give readers someone to care about in a world that doesn’t care back. And with Pier Brito’s explosive visual style driving every page, we’ve created an adventure that we think looks and hits like nothing else out there.”
Justin Gray added, “Jimmy and I spent many years creating comics together, so it’s exciting to see one of our creator-owned projects reaching a new audience through Mad Cave. I think readers who enjoy beautifully illustrated sci-fi crime stories with a strong atmosphere and character work are going to find a lot to enjoy in Denver.”
“Working on Denver was a blast. Jimmy and Justin’s vision of this massive Tower of Babel-like city in the middle of the sea, visually, I find very inspiring,” said Pier Brito. “There is a feeling of a broader world behind this story, which I hope intrigues the reader. It was a big challenge and a great opportunity to work on a book where I can help visualize such a scenario, from pencils to final color.”
A grounded dystopian thriller in the vein of Escape From New York, East of West, and Children of Men, Denver delivers a brutal survival story wrapped in political paranoia, collapsing infrastructure, and human desperation.
Denver #1 goes on sale August 26, 2026, with Final Order Cutoff on August 3. Preorder from your favorite LCS or from Mad Cave.