This week sees the highly anticipated release of Decidium Vol. 1 from Ram V and Evan Cagle. Published by Image Comics, it features lettering by Aditya Bidikar, and designed by Tom Muller.

In a future rebuilt from the ashes of war, belief is no longer sacred — it’s monetized.

Humanity has entered a hard-won age of stability, governed by an unholy alliance between global corporations and newly engineered religions. Worship fuels the economy. Faith is power. Salvation is a product. Welcome to the industry of belief. That fragile balance shatters when the old gods return. Ancient deities of fire, wind, jaguars, love, war, and mischief awaken inside ordinary people, transforming neighbors and strangers into living gods. To the powers that be, they aren’t miracles — they’re threats.

The great faiths of the new world knew the old gods could one day return, and they planned for such an eventuality. 12 orphans were chosen, bestowed with gifts and taught to be faithless, loveless instruments without reward or remorse. The old gods have returned — and the 12 will be unleashed.

As old myths collide with a world built on manufactured faith, a brutal conflict ignites — one that will decide who controls humanity’s future, and whether salvation comes from those placed above us… or from within us.

Deicidium‘s release coincides with the recent launch of Ram V’s new creative studio Mirror Maker Studios, and it’s accompanying YouTube Channel which will give fans a look at Ram V and his collaborators’ creative process.

Check out an exclusive look at Evan Cagle’s character designs for Deicidium Volume 1 and get it when it comes to comic shops this week or get it on Bookshop, Amazon, and more.