PORTLAND, Ore. 09/24/2026 — Breakout hit Hammerfist by New York Times bestselling author Rick Remender (Escape, Captain America) and acclaimed artist Steve Epting (Velvet, Captain America) has sold out yet again at the distributor level. The debut issue of this hot new series will be rushed back to print by Image this week in order to keep up with escalating demand.
“There’s no better feeling than making a big wild new book and having people respond so positively to it,” said Remender. “Excited for everyone to see what comes next.”
In Hammerfist, readers meet Mike Denton: a dirtbag hitman, junkie, and absentee father. He’s spent his life chasing the easy fix—drugs, cheap sex, and murder for money—all while failing the one person who still believes he can be better: his daughter.
Now, on the eve of Black Noon—an ancient darkness that erases the light in all things—Mike has to drag himself out of the gutter, awaken a supernatural weapon powered only by love, and fight his way through the living embodiment of evil to save her. This is the story of an unredeemable killer forced to do the one thing he’s avoided his entire life: stand for something other than himself.
Reservoir Dogs collides with Evil Dead in this filthy crime story that mutates into a savage splatter-horror nightmare.
Hammerfist #1, third printing (UPC: 70985304826800113) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 21.
Hammerfist #2 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 30:
- Cover A by Epting – UPC: 70985304826800211
- Cover B by Michael Kaluta – UPC: 70985304826800221
- Cover C Witchblade Team-up by Brett Parson – UPC: 70985304826800231
Hammerfist is also available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Google Play, Apple’s iBooks, Barnes & Noble’s Nook, Scribd’s Everand, Kobo, Overdrive, Hoopla, Sweet app, Comic Plus, and more.
Select praise for Hammerfist:
“An impressively confident debut that lets its crime story breathe before revealing the stranger world lurking underneath.” —AIPT
“Gazing at illustrator Steve Epting’s artwork is worth the price of this issue—and then some.” —Comicon
“A brutal, stylish, blood-warmed launch that delivers crime grit, supernatural horror, and action-packed visual storytelling with real swagger.” —Comic Crusaders
“The story and art combine to remind me of Brubaker and Phillips’ crime comics in many ways and those who like those should Hammerfist #1 out.” —Graphic Policy
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