“You might as well face it, you’re addicted to kill” is probably the sort of thing you’d hear from creator Joe Palmer, no relation to Robert Palmer (or his more delicious cousin Arnold Palmer), as in advance of the Comics PRO meeting this week in California, Oni Press has announced Destination Kill.
Described as a “hyper-timely, visually arresting, and brutally addictive dystopian thrillride,” the book is compared to Judge Dredd, V for Vendetta and Tank Girl (though on a cursory glance I’d throw out Oni Press’ Skin Police).
“DESTINATION KILL started life as an image in my mind of a lone, masked builder armed with a pistol, standing on the snow-covered rooftop of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London,” said Palmer via press release. “That image really stuck with me, and over time, it evolved into this fantastical story of a transatlantic train and a citywide builder-led revolution that I knew I had to make someday. This book is me taking the (long overdue!) step of being in total creative control of my work, which turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I wasn’t consciously thinking about it at the time, but at least part of the reason for doing this was to put something out in the world that represents me and my personality, and I feel like I’ve done that.”
Added Senior Editor Bess Pallares, “DESTINATION KILL is the type of story we’ve been missing for decades—an action thriller equal parts entertaining in its satire and horrifying in its prescience. Joe’s characters, worldbuilding, and craft as a cartoonist sing brilliantly from the page in the perfect execution of style and substance. If you’re wondering how to manage stress in an insane world, you’ve come to the right place.”
But don’t take their word for it. The 40 page first issue debuts on May 13 with covers from Palmer, Riley Rossmo, Ronald Wimbley, Tango, and Liana Kangas. Check out the covers, synopsis, and a couple of interior pages below:
The year is 2125, and the all-powerful corporation Overcon uses its robot workers to pour our drinks and dispense our meds, all while rebuilding London’s Central City into a hyper-modern megalopolis bolted together in its own image. But as Overcon prepares to celebrate the first year of its Paradise Loop—a superfast transatlantic train that connects the Central City to New York in under 60 minutes—an unwieldy army of displaced human workers floods the streets with weapons, plotting an attack at the anniversary gala. Enter: Gina Serene, a stressed-out, pill-popping police detective in desperate need of a vacation and her ex-partner turned P.I., Lance Wingman—who are now the only thing standing between Overcon’s skyscraper-sized fist and the worker uprising that threatens to bring Britain’s capital crashing down around them.
DESTINATION KILL #1 (of 4)
WRITTEN BY JOE PALMER
ART BY JOE PALMER
COVER A BY JOE PALMER
COVER B BY RILEY ROSSMO
COVER C BY RONALD WIMBERLY
COVER D BY TANGO
COVER E (1:10) BY LIANA KANGAS
COVER F (1:20) FULL ART VARIANT BY RONALD WIMBERLY
COVER G (1:50) FULL ART VARIANT BY RILEY ROSSMO
ON SALE MAY 13th, 2026 | $5.99 | 40 PGS. | FC
IOD: 03/21/26
FOC: 04/20/26
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