JUST BRUTAL #1 (Dennis Hopeless / Brahm Revel)

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JUST BRUTAL #1

Written by Dennis Hopeless
Illustrated by Brahm Revel
Colors by Marissa Louise
Cover A by Brahm Revel
Cover B by Jorge Corona
Cover C by Noel Kelly
Ignition Exclusive cover by ACO

Every family has problems – but the Savage Family has actual monsters.

Jordan Savage is a normal 16-year-old kid barely holding it together after his parents’ recent divorce. His twin sister Winter is his opposite in every way—including how she is coping with the changes in the Savage family’s lives.

And those changes are bigger than they could even imagine. They are about to find out that the boring, bickering parents they’ve lived with this whole time are secretly ancient deathdealing barbarian warriors. They have been living quietly for 3000 years, having defeated their nemesis—the evil sorcerer warlord Farklar the Fleshless—leaving the world safe for humanity. Only now, Farklar has returned, and his army of hideous Mordorks are about to devour Des Moines. Now the Savages are piled in Mom’s minivan headed for Iowa to wage war against Black Magic Armageddon. Jordan is freaking out, Winter thinks it’s all pretty cool, and no one is sure if Mom and Dad can get along long enough to save civilization from destruction.

Just Brutal is an action-packed thrill ride that stacks the trauma of family against the challenge of saving the world. Written by Dennis Hopeless (Heart Eyes; Spider-Woman) with art by Brahm Revel (Guerillas; TMNT: Jennika) and colorist Marissa Louise (Mr. Terrific).

Sortie en février 2026.

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Dennis Hopeless :

Hopeless described reaching a breaking point during the COVID-19 shutdowns. « I was at Marvel for almost ten years, and then when the pandemic happened and everything shut down, I had three projects paused… I was doing a graphic novel tie-in with the second Spider-Man PlayStation game that was going to ship special editions of the video game, when the pandemic happened, they changed their plans and ended up baking some of our backstory into the game, which cancelled that project and a couple of others got paused and then cancelled. I’m at home with two kindergarteners, and I realised, okay, this is a temporary job. Like, there’s a reason we have charities that help ageing creators. There’s no real retirement plan. So I can chase more of this work, I can go try to make inroads in DC… or I can figure out how to feed my kids. »

He further explained the toll of constant superhero work, saying, « I realised how burned out I was on superheroes. I had been really on a hamster wheel, trying to do more books than I was comfortable with at Marvel for so long. And nine and a half years is a long time to write superheroes. » Post-pandemic, Hopeless noted a shift in his approach: « I’m much more comfortable if I can take my time on this and do multiple drafts of outlines and like really talk about it with my collaborators before we get going. And it’s been fantastic. And also, I don’t have to worry about the next thing and how to keep my lights on. »

Hopeless also opened up about the personal cost of his Marvel tenure, particularly the intense backlash to his teen-hero runs. « It was a very difficult time for me emotionally as I was killing people’s beloved characters and getting absolutely savaged on the internet… after having done creator-owned books nobody read and I wasn’t used to it… I started therapy… I can thank the Avengers Arena or the Avengers Academy fans for me getting into therapy… It’s really difficult to have a bunch of strangers wanting you dead and your name like I’m not a real person to them. »

He recalled Tumblr reaaders hostility saying « Tumblr just hated me with a fierce passion… I made the mistake of going in and trying to explain the story, and they were like, ‹ What are you doing here? You don’t belong here. › » Hopeless compared it to backlash on his Darth Vader miniseries, where a story about a nurse’s delusions was misinterpreted as mocking fanfiction, costing him further Lucasfilm opportunities. « It did prepare me… this is just them having emotions about something they can’t control that I get to control for a living… and it’s best to just leave it. »