Chad Burdette
Mad Cave Studios is proud to announce 51, a wicked new sci-fi satire from writer Curt Pires (You’ve Been Cancelled), with art and colors Jok (The Body Trade), letters by three-time Ringo nominee Micah Myers, and featuring a striking Cover B by Michael Avon Oeming (Galaxy of Madness).
Writer Curt Pires and artist Jok take you on a trip like you’ve never been to explore a conspiracy theory you won’t ever believe! Blending high-octane sci-fi, political absurdity, and a surprisingly emotional core into a story about found family inside a broken machine, the weight of inherited expectations, and the sins, personal and national, that refuse to stay buried.
Fast, profane, and darkly hilarious, 51 rips into conspiracy culture, political rot, and the dangerous people left holding the country’s secrets together with duct tape…
Discussing the project, creator Curt Pires said:
“I have to say that 51 was a long time coming.
I’m thrilled to be bringing this madcap science fiction odyssey to life with Jok and my friends at Mad Cave!”
Artist Jok added:
Working on this project has been a blast!
Curt masterfully blends action, buddy- comedy energy, adventure, sci-fi, and mystery into a thriller that feels entirely its own, reframing familiar tropes in sharp, unexpected ways and grounding them in a well-defined cast who keep the witty dialogue flying. If you love flawed but lovable characters, rancid conspiracies, strange MacGuffins, and a touch of political incorrectness, this is absolutely your book.
Welcome to our not-so-secret warehouse!”
51
What if all the secrets housed in AREA 51 leaked out into the world?
Who would be responsible for that mess? And who would be responsible for cleaning it up? After the President’s screw-up son, Harvey, gets in trouble with the law, his dad calls in a favor and gets him assigned to the real-life Area 51—Hangar 51. But it’s not the thrill ride the conspiracy theorists would have you believe.
Harvey spends most of his days cataloging items he’s forbidden from even looking at. That all changes when Harvey and his coworkers decide to throw a rager and wake up from their bender to find that every single item from Hangar 51 has been stolen. Now in the deepest trouble of his life, Harvey and his ragtag crew must go out into the world and put the genie back in the bottle—capturing rogue aliens, stolen superpower formulas, experimental energy weapons, and all manner of impossible objects. And as they hunt each piece down, a darker truth begins to surface: who actually broke into Hangar 51… and what do they plan to do withwhat they took?
For fans of The Boys, The Manhattan Projects, 8 Billion Genies, Peacemaker, and Don’t Look Up, 51 detonates a world where alien tech, weaponized belief, and government secrets collide spectacularly.
51 #1 goeson sale March 11, 2026, with FOC on February 16. Preorder through your local comic shop before it’s too late!
