Scorch, a mysterious new Martian rider, blasts into her first solo adventure as her explosive past and ties to the Biker Mice threaten to ignite a planet?shaking new chapter for Mars.

The press release follows:

Media Release – START YOUR ENGINES … BECAUSE MARTIAN HISTORY IS ABOUT TO BE MADE! Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award–winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and the Nacelle Company are proud to reveal BIKER MICE FROM MARS: SCORCH #1 – the must-read first chapter of a major comics milestone decades in the making as the first brand-new character to enter the BIKER MICE FROM MARS pantheon steps out her upcoming appearance in the BIKER MICE animated series and toy line . . . and into in the pages of her very own adventure! Masterminded by red-hot writer Matt Hotson (Power Rangers: The Return) and turbo-charged artist V Ken Marion (Nightwing), fans can? fans can discover the mysterious Martian’s motivations when BIKER MICE FROM MARS: SCORCH?#1 (of 4) revs into comic shops around the world on August 12th.



Enter: SCORCH — a mysterious new Martian rider with a past as dangerous as it is explosive. Is she friend or foe? What sinister secret connects her to Throttle, Vinnie, and Modo . . . to the villainous Plutarkians masterminding Mars’ overthrow . . . and to the fate of the Red Planet itself? The truth will be revealed HERE as the hard-charging antihero of 2026 launches into a MUST-READ solo series spanning her never-before revealed origin . . . and a future defined by new allies, hidden histories, and a single spark with the potential to ignite an entire galaxy!

“We’ve had plans for the next chapter of the Biker Mice story for a long time, but Scorch had plans of her own!” said writer Matt Hotson. “Whenever we thought the story was going one way, Scorch veered us in another direction, and when your main character wields a flamethrower-hammer you learn to get out of her way. From the very first days of the Biker Mice on the open roads of Mars, to the wet and wild wastelands of Planet Plutark, Scorch’s story will shake up the world of the Biker Mice From Mars like never before!”

Duck and cover because Mars’ newest anthropomorphic anti-hero rides hard and hits even harder when juggernaut creators Matt Hotson and V Ken Marion unleash BIKER MICE FROM MARS: SCORCH #1 (of 4) on August 12th – featuring fierce and fiery covers by Tango (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind), Eleonora Carlini (Marauders), AJ Jothikumar (The Great Garloo), and Simon Bisley (Lobo)!

And the toy-inspired action doesn’t stop there!

Fans of BIKER MICE FROM MARS and The Nacelle Company have plenty to celebrate in 2026, as Oni and The Nacelle Company are also launching a Kickstarter campaign for THE ART OF THE TOYS THAT MADE US, two deluxe art books collecting the instantly recognizable designs, artwork, advertising, concept art, and more from the brands behind the smash-hit streaming series created by Nacelle founder and CEO Brian Volk-Weiss.

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BIKER MICE FROM MARS: SCORCH #1 (of 4)
WRITTEN BY MATT HOTSON
ART BY V KEN MARION
COVER A BY TANGO
COVER B BY ELEONORA CARLINI
COVER C BY AJ JOTHIKUMAR
COVER D BLANK SKETCH
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY TANGO
VARIANT COVER (1:20) BY SIMON BISLEY
FULL ART VARIANT (1:50) BY SIMON BISLEY

ON SALE AUGUST 12, 2026 | $4.99 | 32 PGS | FC

About Nacelle Company

Established in 2017, The Nacelle Company, founded by Brian Volk-Weiss, is an American diversified media company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to producing quality entertainment. Nacelle has evolved into a leader in the pop-culture space through its scripted and unscripted productions, consumer products, records, distribution, and podcasting divisions. Nacelle’s comedy division, Comedy Dynamics, is a worldwide leader in the stand-up comedy space, having produced and distributed specials for Ali Wong, Tom Segura, Iliza Shlesinger, Pete Davidson, Jim Gaffigan, Tiffany Haddish, Larry the Cable Guy, and more. Nacelle is currently producing the NacelleVerse, an interconnected universe of animated shows that include RoboForce, which is co-produced by Brian Volk-Weiss and Seven Bucks Productions’ Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Brian Gewirtz, as well as their Biker Mice from Mars animated series, which is co-produced by Brian Volk-Weiss and Matt Kravitsky from Nacelle, Maximum Effort’s Ryan Reynolds, George Dewey, and Kevin Hill. The company’s hits include Netflix’s Emmy-winning docuseries, Down To Earth with Zac Efron and the NAACP Image award-nominated Kevin Hart’s Guide To Black History, as well as Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction on Disney+, Sony’s Mad About You, Icons Unearthed on Vice TV, CW’s Discontinued, and the History Channel’s Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. The Nacelle Company develops, produces, and distributes content across multiple media platforms including Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, HBO, Discovery, BET+, A&E Networks, Peacock, Hulu, Vice, Viacom, History, and many more.

THE LOUDEST THING IN COLOR SINCE ‘97. For nearly 30 years, Oni Press has carved a distinctive path as one of the world’s most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels, including Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim, Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt’s The Sixth Gun, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets trilogy, Jay Stephens’ Dwellings, Ezra Clayton Daniels’ Upgrade Soul, LySandra Vuong’s Covenant, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward’s diversified global media company, Polarity.

The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive roster of periodical comics for globally recognized properties including Adventure Time, Biker Mice from Mars, Choose Your Own Adventure, Cult of the Lamb, EC Comics, Murder Drones, Rick and Morty, and more.

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