Oni Press and Flux House are releasing Fort Psycho #5 and Fort Psycho Vol. 1 on December 16, marking a new starting point for the series from Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt.

Fort Psycho #5 begins a new arc called “False Flags.” The series follows a team of intelligence operatives who have been imprisoned on an island fortress after apprehending the world’s most wanted terrorist. Now locked up in the facility nicknamed “Fort Psycho,” the trained killers are plotting their escape while hunting for a suspected traitor among them.

The new issue pairs off the convicts, including a detached assassin named Jason, as they execute an escape plan. Kindt describes the setup: “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.”

Fort Psycho Vol. 1: Kinetic Action collects the first four issues. The story opens ten years after Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean in what was the largest act of terror in human history. The United Nations created a covert strike team to hunt down the terrorist network responsible, but their final mission ended in a tragedy that got them disavowed and imprisoned on their old island headquarters.

Kindt, whose credits include BRZRKR and Mind MGMT, teams with Sixth Gun artist Brian Hurtt on the series. Fort Psycho #5 is 32 pages with no ads and is priced at $5.99. The collected edition runs 152 pages and is priced at $24.99.