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History

The series was first publicly revealed at New York Comic-Con in October 2023, where Olivia Cuartero-Briggs appeared on Oni Press's 'Class of 2024' panel alongside the other four ONI 2024 launch teams and publisher leadership including Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn. Cuartero-Briggs, a New York City-born film and TV writer (Queen of the South, The Arrangement) previously known for Mary Shelley Monster Hunter and Silver City at AfterShock Comics, has said the core concept grew from a real-world discovery: she learned about 'Hunt a Killer,' an actual true-crime subscription-box company, and immediately imagined the horror premise of a player realizing her game's clues correspond to an actual murder. Italian artist Roberta Ingranata — whose credentials included Witchblade (Top Cow), Doctor Who (Titan Comics), and Robyn Hood (Zenescope) — had previously collaborated with Cuartero-Briggs on cover work for Silver City, making their pairing on this project a pre-established creative partnership rather than an editorially arranged one. The first issue was produced as a double-sized 48-page debut, with coloring handled by both Warnia K. Sahadewa and Rebecca Nalty and lettering by Haley Rose-Lyon, and arrived in shops January 31, 2024.

Trivia · 8 facts

• First appearance of Jill Estrada and her friend group, as well as the fictional true-crime subscription service 'Box Killers,' which serves as the series' central narrative device.
• Written by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (Mary Shelley Monster Hunter, Silver City) with art by Italian artist Roberta Ingranata (Witchblade, Doctor Who), coloring by Warnia K. Sahadewa and Rebecca Nalty, and lettering by Haley Rose-Lyon.
• Published by Oni Press on January 31, 2024, as a double-sized 48-page debut — nearly double the page count of subsequent issues (#2–4, each 32 pages).
• The series was announced at New York Comic-Con in October 2023 as one of five simultaneous creator-owned monthly launches under the 'ONI 2024' banner, with Jill and the Killers filling the crime/thriller genre slot.
• Issue #1 shipped with six cover editions: Cover A by Sanya Anwar, Cover B by Marguerite Sauvage, Cover C by Alison Sampson, a 1:10 retailer incentive by Celia Lowenthal, a 1:20 virgin variant by Sanya Anwar, a 1:50 B&W variant by Marguerite Sauvage, and a ComicsPRO exclusive by Roberta Ingranata.
• The series ran for four issues (January–April 2024), concluding with issue #4 in shops approximately April 17, 2024, and was subsequently collected in a trade paperback released November 20, 2024.
• Cuartero-Briggs has publicly stated that the concept of 'Box Killers' was directly inspired by the real-world 'Hunt a Killer' subscription company, and that a larger overarching mystery — connected to the disappearance of Jill's mother, Juliet — was designed to sustain the series beyond the first story arc.
• Oni Press Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn described the series' tone as 'Riverdale meets Scream,' while editor Megan Brown emphasized its themes of trauma, friendship, and its all-woman core creative team.