Kill All Immortals

Kill All Immortals #1-5

by Zack Kaplan, Fico Ossio (illustrator), Thiago Rocha (illustrator)

Succession meets John Wick…with immortal Vikings.

Get ready for a bloodthirsty immortal fight like no other, with comics creator Zack Kaplan (Mindset, Break Out, Port of Earth), artist Fico Ossio (Action Comics, Star Wars, No One Left To Fight), colorist Thiago Rocha, and Eisner-nominated letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

A thousand years ago, Viking explorer Erik the Red and his four adult children discovered a mysterious source of immortality. Now, in our modern world, they are an enigmatic billionaire family with a powerful banking empire.

But when Erik’s only daughter, Frey Asvald, seeks to finally be free from her family’s influence, she must be prepared to reveal their supernatural secrets and confront her well-trained siblings in a deadly and epic struggle for power.

Collects Kill All Immortals #1–#5.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Mythology, Comics Manga

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 29, 2025

Reviews

[♥Milica♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah yes, I too fight with my immortal viking family just like this, how did they know?

I picked Kill All Immortals up once and couldn't get into it, so I guess second time's the charm? It felt very much like an action movie, with some fantasy elements added. Pretty neat.

I wasn't sure about the storyline at first, but I got super invested by the end. That last page is a brilliant cliffhanger, so I'll have to read the next one when it's out, for sure.

Bonus points for the art style.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool art and I like the end of the first volume and what it implies.

[Tim Rooney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read the full review on urbaneturtle.com

I was impressed by writer Zack Kaplan’s surreal series from Vault, Beyond Real, which dealt metatextually with existence and the dehumanization inherent in the systems that compose the rules of our society. That was coupled with some terrific artists doing creative work so the magic was no doubt hard to recapture.

Kill All Immortals, published by Dark Horse is a much different book but many of the themes and ideas that made the central spine of Beyond Real compelling are explored in new, brutal ways. Ultimately, Beyond Real was an existential story about hope and finding meaning in a world where our options are limited by forces beyond our control. Kill All Immortals, though, is a much angrier book. Not necessarily cynical but it is much more interested in exploring the cruelties and barbarities of our world. That is apparent just looking at the physical comic. Fico Ossio’s art is gritty, scratchy, and grotesque.

[Adriana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Immortal Vikings, violent face-offs, and family drama combine to make an epically gripping read told through art that beautifully conveys emotions, as well as the bloody aftermath of them.

An excellent read by Zack Kaplan and Fico Ossio.

[Travis Duke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty weak story that leans on Norse mythology. It tries to modernize it with a detective/love element and it really falls flat. So a detective is looking to break a story on a well known famously wealthy family that happens to be Frey's family, a family of Norse legend. Frey saves the detective countless times only to discover her family was right about him.... wow. Kill all immortals only makes sense on the last few pages because no immortals die in this book, another failed theme. The art is mid tier and this book is an easy pass.

[Amanda Iman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't love the way the illustrators did the faces in this (or Frey's uneeded repeated butt in the forground panels). When there were splash pages though, or large panels of a setting, the art was beautiful. Especially when the tree was shown.

Story wise, this book was fine. I spotted a few grammatical errors in the writing, though, which instantly took me out of the world. I think the flashbacks were the best at informing Frey's character. For me, things finally got more interesting in the 5th "chapter". And the tag at the end made me intrigued enough to at least keep an eye out for book 2.

[Beckiezra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hoopla bonus borrow. I didn’t love the art or story, but there was some potential and the ending with some other evil family’s magic tree was interesting, though not enough that I’d waste a hoopla borrow to read more.

[FrontalNerdaty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Norse characters bought in to modern day is somewhat a trope that has been done a lot and ‘Kill All Immortals’ doesn’t offer too much new. That said, having the main character be Frey over Thor etc is a little refreshing. It’s violent, it’s over the top and it’s quite safe. But if you’re venturing into something Norse related you could choose worse than this.

3/5

[Doreen · Rating 3 out of 5]

11/4/2025 Full review tk at TheFrumiousConsortium.net.

11/5/2025 One of the closest comics in feel to a popular action movie, tho that's not necessarily a compliment coming from me. Kill All Immortals Vol 1 has a very specifically cinematic, Christopher-Nolan-filming-in-the-semi-dark vibe, and if that's your thing, then you're going to love this graphic novel, too.

The action starts with a cadre of Fortune 100 businessmen getting slaughtered by a group of very buff blond men who go by the name the Asvalds. Their victims can hardly believe that this family of Scandinavians would go to such lengths over mere business dealings, but the Asvalds are the original corporate raiders, happy to back up their reputation for brutality to their own advantage.

Well, all of the Asvalds except Frey, the glamorous daughter who'd rather watch fashion shows and do charitable work instead of getting involved in business and its attendant violence. Her latest boyfriend Owen Jabari is a journalist who's covering her good works for a feature profile. But when they're waylaid while driving in Kenya, Frey is forced into action to protect them both from ruthless mercenaries who aren't afraid to hold them at gunpoint, or worse.

Ordinarily, Frey is happy to fly under the radar and toe her family's line regarding power and discretion. But something snaps in her with this latest encounter. Bringing Owen with her, she travels to the Asvald's Icelandic home to have a confrontation that will soon see her at loggerheads with her own family and the secrets that they've spent centuries protecting.

I love this cover, and think it perfectly captures what a badass Frey is. Her depiction and the ending twist were very much the highlights of this title for me. The rest of the story mostly treads the territory between formulaic and underbaked, with a few interesting fillips that show real potential. Overall, it is perfectly adequate entertainment that would have been bumped up significantly in quality if the action sequences weren't so darned confusing. It honestly felt like the comic book equivalent of watching one of The Dark Knight trilogy movies: I know there's fighting going on, but actually figuring out who's hitting who and with what takes more effort than it should. And if you enjoyed those movies -- I thought they were perfectly adequate -- then you'll like this book too.

I am definitely interested in seeing where the ending twist leads, and hope this creative team launch themselves into spectacular new territory after establishing the back story with this first volume. While I didn't necessarily find Frey's final reckoning with her family to have had the most organic outcome, I'd definitely give this title at least one more collection before deciding whether it is truly For Me.

Kill All Immortals, Vol 1 by Zack Kaplan, Fico Ossio, Thiago Rocha & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou was published April 29 2025 by Dark Horse Books and is available from all good booksellers, including Bookshop!

[Trike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Storywise this is okay. Family infighting with sharp cutlery between immortals is an excuse for bloody action scenes.

It reads like a lesser version of Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family or The Old Guard, vol. 1: Opening Fire with immortals secretly ruling the world and an unkillable woman at the heart of it. This definitely could’ve been shorter. In the old days this would’ve been a 2-parter, but in this era of decompressed storytelling in comics the tale gets dragged out. Which is a bit of a bummer since the ending implies these 1000-year-old Vikings aren’t the only immmortals out there.

[Pedro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es una mezcla bastante entretenida de acción, mitología nórdica, conspiraciones y superhumanos, con una premisa que está bastante bien: qué pasa cuando una familia de inmortales que lleva siglos escondida tiene que enfrentarse a un mundo moderno que empieza a descubrir su existencia? El cómic juega con la idea de una familia de vikingos y la inmortalidad de una forma bastante fresca, mientras construye un conflicto familiar lleno de secretos, violencia y luchas de poder. Las ilustraciones tienen mucha fuerza, especialmente en las escenas de acción, donde no se escatima en brutalidad ni espectacularidad. Quizás todavía está sentando demasiadas piezas para juzgar hasta dónde llegará la historia, pero como primer volumen funciona muy bien: tiene una premisa interesante, personajes con potencial y suficiente misterio como para querer seguir leyendo.

[Richard Pulfer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty solid set-up, following a family of Vikings bestowed with humanity. In the modern day, Freya's relationship with a reporter poses an existential threat to her father's empire, thrusting her into conflict with her immortal family.

The character and story move along at a very fast pace, making for a fun adventure. Fans of The Old Guard will likely be pleased, though this story comes with slightly more explanation leading more than a few twists.

The art by Thiago Rocha and Fico Ossio deserves special note for bringing the adventure to life in vivid and very-released sequences.

There were a few beats that came a little bit out of nowhere but otherwise it still a fun and fast read.

[Dan P · Rating 2 out of 5]

Much more interesting conceptually than in execution. A very external comic, expressing (yelling!) every possible thought it has on the page and leaving no room for subtext or nuance. Wants to be both high concept and a frenetic action comic, but the messy art makes both parts a chore to read. The story (and the message it's trying to convey) would be so much more interesting if the brutal combat was used more sparingly and in key moments, rather than a constant barrage. There's no levels, which is frankly boring. Also they buried the lede in the epilogue for some reason, which is insane. I will not remember this comic in a week.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really wish this had more substance to it *sigh*

The concept isn't very revolutionary, but it's lacking.... something more to really make it stick. Immortals, vikings, hostile takeovers, secrets. the usual trappings are here, but some character motivations seem undercooked, and even if the inevitable happens in the last issue or so, it still doesn't land well. This felt more proof of concept than a fully fleshed out story.

Also, including Succession in the tagline to give it some gravitas is kinda insulting to Succession. That is much better written and more compelling dialogue wise.

[Sean · Rating 2 out of 5]

Billed as Succession meets John Wick which could only be true if you've never watched either of those properties. Yes, a powerful family is involved and yes, its bloody. The end. The book was devoid of thought and reasoning. No character development as decisions were made by the characters that defy reason. The plot was awful. The dialogue might have been worse. There were no stakes and next to no intrigue, except for a random twist that made little sense. The art by Fico Ossio was fine but there were some really strange faces. Overall, a quick, bloody blip soon to be forgotten.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

What if some conspiracy theorists are right? That is the thread that Zack Kaplan uses in Kill All Immortals with Eric the Red discovering something that made him and his adult children immortal centuries ago. Now, his daughter Frey Asvald wants out of the family business and pairs up with a reporter. But how far is she willing to go to get free. What is she willing to do to discover how to kill an immortal. Read and find out?

P.S. Interesting hook at the end that hints that there may be more to come.

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strong on the action sequences, decent art, iffy story logic.

A family of immortal Vikings control a lot of modern business. Soft-hearted sister uses her money for charity. When someone attacks her and her reporter boyfriend, she asks the family for help, but they want to kill the reporter, so she fights for her boyfriend and then herself.

If she separated from the family a thousand years ago, and the family changes their last name periodically, then why does she have the same current last name? Wouldn't she have adopted her own alias?

[David Miles · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this book was made bc the author and artist wanted to put bookings in a modern setting. I was literally perusing Hoopla and saw immortal Vikings and thought, hell yeah, let's go. What a let down.

So this family has spent a 1000 years living it up, amassing wealth and power, and all of the sudden the daughter Frey decides to work with this reporter and go against her family to expose them. There's no motivation given. All she ends up doing is getting a bunch of henchmen killed, because she sure isn't killing her brothers or father!

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the parts where Frey kicks ass, love a viking woman who rips people to shreds. Art had some cool fight scenes throughout this, too. Otherwise I didn't love it, I think it went a bit too big fantasy action franchise without having anything new worth saying. It's like Fast & Furious the way everyone keeps saying "family" this and "family" that. Their biggest struggle with immortality is whether or not they want to kiss someone, wow boohoo.

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10:
With some beautiful art, action scenes that are exciting, and an interesting story revolving around immortal vikings (Erik the Red and his children), this series manages to be pretty fun! There are some cool nods to Norse mythology as well as an interesting addition of science fiction and the combination works pretty well together. The reveal towards the end has me interested to see how subsequent stories in this universe will unfold.

[Rachel Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Immortal vikings. Come on, how could I not?

I often have a difficult time rating graphic novels. I read them in one sitting so I don't have the time connecting to it like a regular book. The story and characters lacked some depth but this was exciting way to spend 30 minutes of my day and *I think* a good set up for what's to come. I'll definitely be checking out further editions.

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

So it's early in the story, but this all felt like just a reason for immortals to kill each other 😆 I mean it makes sense, I know that's the point (and the name). I wanted more attachment to the story and the characters. Run fight kill, run fight kill, fighty fight fight. There is potential here, but without some compelling story driven substance I might bail on this series.

[Jeff Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Vikings, Norse mythology, a powerful family, and a ton of bloodshed. And it’s a complete mess.

Kill All Immortals was among a group of new release comics I picked up from the library, blindly. All of them suffer the same problems. Tons of action with little-to-no story or character development. It’s confusing even knowing what is going on most of the time.

[Ashley Holbert]

I’m not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, the premise was very intriguing, but in actuality, it lacked context and character building. I wanted to know more about the characters, especially Frey, as well as the immortality aspect.

[Jonathan Crabb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent graphic novel with a Viking bent. It didn't feel like it was going to go anywhere but got more interesting in the last several pages. Somewhat meh story in this first volume, but looking forward to more.

[Levi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The concept was interesting although the pacing felt very rushed. Especially towards the end of this run where all of a sudden everyone turned on Odin when most of them were on his side for 85% of the series. Maybe they couldn’t fleshed out the backstory better so this all would feel so convenient.

[Kayla Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun take on some Norse mythology! I think that there could have been a really cool bigger story to tell here and this would have been a promising beginning but it was a decent bloody little story to pick up.

Content Warning: blood and gore

[Wm · Rating 4 out of 5]

I prefer more story and characterization over pages of action and bloodshed, but this is a worthy continuation of the tale.

[Mee Too · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical story plot, lots of blood, violence, and mediocre writing. Everyone is trying to write the next stupid action movie and it’s understandable and sad.

2.7.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75