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From 2009 to 2018, the crudely manic pen and mind of Johnny Ryan documented mayhem and mutation, as CF loses his arm to a vile beast, replaces it with a symbiotic bug that gives him a steroid-like jolt, and seeks grisly revenge against any and all creatures. To find his way out he must do battle with his archenemy, Slitt, the only one who knows how to escape the hellscape they inhabit. Finally, CF is pitted against the very system that shaped him into the avatar of death and destruction he has become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally collected in hardcover in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, \u003cem\u003ePrison Pit: The Complete Collection\u003c\/em\u003e sold out immediately and fans have been clamouring for a mass market paperback ever since. 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