The End Is Here, Baby: WORLD ENDERS Crashes In From Nakama Press

Eight apocalypses deep, humanity’s down to its last move: fight to survive… or get swallowed by oblivion.

Earth ain’t just in trouble, it’s on life support, and WORLD ENDERS is pulling up with a match, a bomb, and four wildly unstable mercenaries ready to finish the job.

Mad Cave Studios’ Nakama Press imprint has announced WORLD ENDERS, a manga-inspired apocalyptic throwdown from award-winning writer James Patrick (Batman, Green Arrow, Kaiju $core), artist Nicola Izzo (Bad Omens: Concrete Jungle, Blow Away), and letterer Sal Cipriano. This graphic novel drops readers into a planet that hasn’t just survived one apocalypse — it’s clawed through eight of them and is somehow still gasping for air.

Yeah, the end of the world already happened. Multiple times.

Now, with the horrors of Apoc 8 closing in, the last crew crazy enough to take on the final mission is the World Enders: Bethany, Pullman, Toth, and the absolutely unhinged S.A.M. They’re mercenaries. They kill for money. And in a world already circling the drain, they’ve been hired to do the one thing nobody else was willing to do — trigger a doomsday bomb and put Earth out of its misery once and for all.

But as the mission gets uglier, the monsters get closer, and the idea of hope refuses to stay dead, the team starts questioning everything — the job, the world, and each other. That’s where WORLD ENDERS really starts cooking. This isn’t just chaos for chaos’ sake. Beneath the explosions, monsters, and mayhem is a brutal question: is ending a broken world an act of mercy… or complete madness?

James Patrick frames the story as both catharsis and collapse:

“Sure, this book is a blast. It’s about having a good time blowing up a world that’s earned the right to be destroyed. But it’s also about how we all have to confront the end at some point. And about the realities that set in when you decide to go through with irreversible decisions.”

Artist Nicola Izzo added, “I loved drawing this story and all of its characters. My favorite character is definitely S.A.M., but you’ll only understand why if you read to the end. I hope readers enjoy my storytelling style and the dynamism and expressiveness I’ve tried to give the characters.

With the relentless momentum of Mad Max: Fury Road and the dark, morally messy energy of Suicide Squad, WORLD ENDERS looks like it’s bringing readers a savage, explosive, and surprisingly thoughtful ride through the ashes of everything. It’s loud, wild, weird, and dangerous — but underneath all that destruction is a story asking the kind of question that hits hard: when everything is broken beyond repair, who gets to decide when it all ends?

WORLD ENDERS goes on sale July 21, 2026
ISBN: 9781545827291
Price: $10.99

Readers will be able to grab it wherever books are sold, including local comic shops, bookstores, and nakamapress.com.

Nakama Press continues to celebrate timeless storytelling traditions while charging forward with bold innovation, building bridges between cultures and growing a worldwide community of creators and fans.

To stay locked in on everything happening with Mad Cave Studios and its imprints Maverick, Papercutz, and Nakama Press, hit up their social channels or visit madcavestudios.com to check out new releases, licensed books, and creator-owned heat.

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