Mad Cave is proud to announce BARBARIAN BEHIND BARS, a new fight-packed fantasy prison thriller you didn’t know you always needed.
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From Elliott Kalan (Maniac of New York, Spider-Man & the X-Men) and Andrea Mutti (Batman Eternal, DMZ), with letters by Taylor Esposito (award-winning), this is a brutal prison-action-fantasy where muscle meets bureaucracy and magic hits maximum security.
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BARBARIAN BEHIND BARS
Who is the mysterious, musclebound warrior who came to our world in a storm of magic and violence?! That’s what public defender Irene Chang wants to know. This guy came out of nowhere, doesn’t speak English, and now she’s supposed to help him beat a murder charge after he chopped some other weird dude’s head off with a magic axe in broad daylight? Of course, he may not live to go to trial, with all the enemies he’s making in prison. Good thing his cellmate grills a mean cheese sandwich.
Issue #1 lands February 11, 2026 (FOC January 19, 2026), with subsequent issues monthly through June.