Oni Press and Flux House are proud to announce that the second act of the year’s most compulsively page-turning action epic is locked, loaded, and coming out guns blazing with Fort Psych #5, kicking off “False Flags,” an all-new jumping-on point and explosive new story arc point for the action-packed maxi-series from New York Times bestselling superstar Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT) and adrenaline-racing artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun)! Expect more accomplices, more adversaries, and more double-crosses when issue #5kicks down the door of your local comic shop on December 16, 2026.
“When everything is a false flag it makes things so much easier. You can just sit back and enjoy the show,” said Matt Kindt. “The bad guys don’t know they’re the bad guys. But on the other hand, the good guys never doubt they’re the good guys. Look. We can’t all be the good guys right? Maybe it’s just a bunch of good guys having a little friction over who’s the most good. And by friction, I mean, portable dirty bombs, Arctic prison breaks, killer robot drones, and an explosive expert that’s derailing trains in an attempt to turn this comic book into a metaphor.”
After apprehending the world’s most wanted terrorist leader at a terrible cost, the most highly-trained and lethal unit of intelligence operatives in human history has been hunted down, disavowed by their governments, and imprisoned on the island fortress nicknamed “Fort Psycho.” Locked away from the world, they have little else to do but sharpen their grudges, plot their bloody revenge, and attempt to zero in on the traitor… or traitors… that are still hidden among their ranks. So what’s the most dangerous thing you could give this hardened team of paranoid international commandos? It’s not another weapon – it’s hope. Primed with a plan to finally make their escape from Fort Psycho’s prison paradise, the detached assassin Jason and his former allies-turned-convicts are pairing off, two-by-two, to execute their last-ditch gambit for freedom. But not everyone is who they seem… and Jason’s covert mission to find and kill the double agent responsible for his life sentence is about to explode into a barrage of bullets and broken promises.
“Sex, violence, and cannibalism! The False Flags storyline brings the Seven Seals baddies onto the scene, and it’s injected even more danger and paranoia into the Fort Psycho saga,” said artist Brian Hurtt. “FORT PSYCHO continues to be the gift that keeps on giving as I get to keep drawing some of the most exciting – and disturbing – pages of my career! I can’t wait for readers to get to know Red Lion and his vicious appetites.”
Let’s kick off with a look at the cover designs for issue #5:
We also have a handful of preview pages from issue #5 which you can read below. But beware, there will be spoilers ahead:
But don’t get too comfortable… The hits keep on coming when Fort Psycho Vol. 1: Kinetic Action – the concussive first volume of the action comic so extreme, it might just catch fire – rappels into stores on the very same day! Collecting FORT PSYCHO #1-4 from master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt, FORT PSYCHO VOL. 1: KINETIC ACTION will introduce readers to a world that’s Mission: Impossible meets Lost on a tropical island paradise stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them there. Always remember: There is nothing deadlier than an ally turned enemy…
Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong…
Stay reloaded and check the perimeter when FORT PSYCHO #5 comes in hot with an all-new arc this December 16th – featuring ferocious covers by series artist Brian Hurtt as well as Lewis LaRosa (Punisher MAX) and Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) – alongside the collection of the frenetic first arc in FORT PSYCHO VOL. 1: KINETIC ACTION!
