Crush Depth

Somewhere beneath the waves, in a future scarred by climate collapse, two brothers are taking their war to the deepest place on Earth. Crush Depth drops readers into the suffocating pressure of the USS Absolution—a massive nuclear submarine where sibling rivalry isn’t just personal, it’s a matter of survival.

Writers Tim Daniel and David DB Andry (the creative team behind Burning Fields, Curse, and The Plot) craft a claustrophobic nightmare aboard the Absolution, where brothers locked in a bitter struggle for command turn the sub’s chain of command into a weapon. Caught in their crossfire is Chief Science Officer Liana Pearson—a woman drowning not just in the politics of the sub, but in her own paralyzing fear of the surface world. She’s built a life in the depths because the surface terrifies her more.

Then something alien finds its way aboard.

Whatever has infiltrated the Absolution doesn’t play by the rules of the Wilder brothers’ power games. The balance of power shatters, and Liana is left with two impossible choices: surface into a toxic, climate-ravaged world she’s spent her life avoiding—or steer the sub deeper, past its limits, straight into the crushing darkness of the abyssal plain. One option means facing her worst fear. The other means crush depth.

Artist Alex Sanchez brings the suffocating tension of submarine life to visceral life, while colorist Kurt Michael Russell drenches every panel in the cold blues and blacks of the deep sea—interrupted by flashes of something Other. Letterer Justin Birch’s work tightens the pressure with every word balloon, until you feel the hull groaning around you.

Issue #1 launched March 19, 2025 from Mad Cave Studios, and the trade paperback collects the full story on September 30, 2025 (ISBN 9781960578662, 120 pages).

Perfect for fans of The Terror, Annihilation, Das Boot, and deep-sea horror that lingers in the pressure of your bones.

Created by Tim Daniel, david-db-andry, alex-sanchez, kurt-michael-russell, Justin Birch.