The great American pastime—played with a deadly twist.
Baseball’s brightest lights hide its darkest shadows!
Mad Cave Studios is proud to announce the first issue of PAST TIME, blending America’s favorite pastime with a supernatural twist, is now available at your favorite local comic shop!
This thrilling new sports-horror series is sure to captivate readers with its demons in the outfield. Written by New York Times-bestselling author Joe Harris (Great Pacific, Snowfall, The X-Files: Cold Cases), Past Time is brought to life by acclaimed artist Russell Mark Olson (Gateway City) with letters by Carlos M. Mangual.
PAST TIME
Writer: Joe Harris – Artist: Russell Mark Olson
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual
Release Date: April 2nd, 2025
Meet the Creators!

Writer, Joe Harris
JOE HARRIS is the New York Times-bestselling writer of original comics and graphic novels such as the demonic rock ‘n’ roll thrill ride, Rockstars, and the sci-fi adventure series, Great Pacific and Snowfall (Image Comics); along with the supernatural thrillers, Ghost Projekt and Spontaneous, and the children’s fantasy, Wars In Toyland (Oni Press); and the ghostly journey into the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone, Disaster Inc. (AfterShock). As a young creator at Marvel Comics, Joe launched the cult-classic Spider-Man spinoff, Slingers and the well-received Bishop: The Last X-Man series. He has written for virtually every major comics publisher and myriad characters including Batman and Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (DC Comics), Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios and Valiant Comics. He was a contributor to the #1 Best-Selling, Love Is Love anthology (DC Comics and IDW) benefitting victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre in 2017.
Artist, Russell Olson
Russell Olson was born and raised in eastern Missouri but has lived in the United Kingdom for the past 16 years. He has worked for 2000AD (The Darkest Judge), Mad Cave (A Phone Call Away; Flash Gordon Quarterly) and various UK and US small presses. He is the editor of SKRAWL, the Comix Magazine and the creator of the award-winning, pulp-sci fi series, Gateway City. He lives on the Hampshire-Sussex border with his wife, daughter, and various fish.

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Only the best of them survive the daylight when it comes. We’ve got your first look inside the pages of Joe Harris & Russell Olson’s newest series, Past Time, below!
Past Time #1 is now available on the official Mad Cave Studios website, and is available at your favorite bookstore, local comic shop, and digital comic reader!
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