Writer Curt Pires is reuniting with artist Jok for Creature Corps, a new time-rending monster-battling remix comic series launching from Image Comics on December 12, 2026. Creature Corps revolves around a reality where survivalist, fantastical creatures from a broken future slip into the present, pitted against each other for vicious sport. The series will launch with a 60-page issue priced at $4.99. 

Creature Corps is not just a comic. In the announcement, Pires teased that we can expect a trading card game to go with it, with cards available in the “booster bundle” packaged covers.

The mysterious animals soon fuel an unethical creature battling league that generates unprecedented profit, often using teenage “trainers” to manage the time-displaced fighters. One of those trainers was Dusty Rockem, who ascended to World Champion when he was 14. A devastating event forced Gotem to leave the trade in disgust, leaving him to seek solace in the wilderness. Years later, Gotem’s former colleagues seek him out with news of a much more devastating battle: Gotem’s mother lies in critical condition drowning in medical bills, forcing him to rejoin the trade—and the chronological refugees—he hasn’t faced for decades. 

Creature Corps #1 features 14 variant covers in addition to the main cover from Jok: 

Cover B is a booster bundle containing a polybagged secret cover of Creature Corps #1, as well as one of five random trading cards from the Creature Corps Trading Card Game, including a chance to win a rare full art holofoil.