A key issue noted for First appearance of The Matador and First appearance of Jacob Destruction. The Paybacks #1 was published by Heavy Metal on July 1, 2016, as part of a series that began in 2016. Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal write, and art comes from Art Baltazar, Dee Cunniffe and Geoff Shaw. It features Bloodpouch, Dr. Blaqk, The Soviet Nunchuck, Emory Rains and Night Knight, among 10 characters cataloged on VerseDB.