Hell Phyre is an original motion comic from Amnesty Sports, set primarily in a near-future (2036) New York City, blending conspiracy thriller vibes with street-level heroism. Three empowered "Hellions"—Patricia Mendoza (Hellion Blade), Caleb Freeman (Hellion Flame), and Teresa Jacobs (Nytemare)—collide with Zeto Inc.’s shadow program, P.H.Y.R.E. (Post-Human Yield & Risk Engineering). The pilot establishes Patricia and Red Fox’s tense first meeting and the show’s New York backdrop, while later episodes tie the trio to Dynnova’s failed experiments (e.g., Jotunn), all feeding back to Zeto’s larger design. The series utilizes a blend of AI tools and traditional editing software.
Universe overview
The series is set in 2036, in a world where technology has advanced to include robotic police, advanced drones, and genetic engineering. Zeto Inc. covertly orchestrates a three-arm shell network to seed, track, and weaponize metahuman phenomena under the P.H.Y.R.E. initiative. Clarista Holdings harvests global DNA under medical pretexts; DynNova performs ethically dubious human experiments on that data, producing unstable proto-humans like Jotunn and the emerging Torsion line; and AstraCore crunches quantum-scale signals—including telemetry from the Aetheris satellite sent toward an HLNE1 black-hole anomaly—to identify candidates capable of channeling exotic matter. The powers of the Hellions are derived from elementals from a pocket universe concentrated around anomalies like HLNE1. Together, these operations feed Zeto’s long game: refine interdimensional energy, mass-produce controllable post-humans, stage manufactured crises, and even pursue consciousness transfer—while keeping his master plan, Zeto Prime, hidden.
Memory and Aging
A crucial aspect of the Hellions' condition is their memory and lack of aging. Zeto's genetic manipulation, which involved quantum-tunneling organic molecules into their DNA, has halted their aging process. This is why Patricia, who disappeared in the 1990s, and Caleb, missing since 1988, reappear in 2036 physically unchanged. This has resulted in them outliving family members, such as Patricia's grandmother.
All three Hellions have had their memories wiped twice. The first erasure was performed by Zeto to indoctrinate them for his missions. The second was an unintentional consequence of Nytemare using her powers at maximum intensity to free them from Zeto's control, which wiped her own memories as well. As a result, they have no recollection of their time as Zeto's agents but retain memories of their lives before their abductions. They escaped Zeto's control about a year before the series begins and do not know each other at the start of the story.
Technology & Worldbuilding
The world of Hell Phyre in 2036 is characterized by advanced technology that has fundamentally altered law enforcement, corporate operations, and daily life. The setting reflects a near-future where automation, surveillance, and biotechnology have become deeply integrated into society.
Law Enforcement & Emergency Services
The Police Department New York (PDNY) has largely replaced human officers with automated robots and drones. These units follow a hexadecimal naming convention (e.g., PDNY-Bot-484F47) and are equipped with sonic cannons for crowd control and threat suppression. The transition to robotic law enforcement has created tension with veteran officers like Red Fox, who feels phased out by AI systems. Robotic EMTs also handle medical emergencies, further reducing the need for human first responders. PDNY bots patrol the streets as a constant reminder of the surveillance state that has emerged.
DynNova Technology
DynNova Research Group facilities showcase the cutting edge of bioengineering infrastructure. The Nova Bot-CRC32, a small floating robot, assists with facility operations and monitoring. Recovery tanks are used to stabilize injured or failed experimental subjects, while clone production facilities feature maturation chambers that accelerate the growth of bio-engineered assets like the Victor Hale series. Automated systems continuously monitor vital signs, genetic markers, and behavioral patterns of subjects, feeding data back into the P.H.Y.R.E. network. Agent IDs and multi-layered security protocols restrict access to sensitive areas within DynNova compounds.
Advanced 2036 Technology
Personal and military technology has advanced significantly by 2036. Exoskeletons provide mobility assistance and enhancement—Red Fox will require one following his paralysis in Episode 7. Advanced surveillance drones, which Red Fox uses for both transport and investigation, have become commonplace tools for private investigators and law enforcement alike. Gravity-manipulation gauntlets, such as those wielded by Agent Chowdhury, represent cutting-edge weaponry that can crush opponents or deflect attacks. Zeto Inc.'s "Quantum Series" laptops are ubiquitous, with advertisements visible throughout New York City, reinforcing the company's market dominance and cultural presence.
Data & Media
Information storage and communication have evolved in specific ways. Voice recorders produce .m4a format audio files, which Red Fox uses extensively in his investigations. Retro video players are employed for viewing classified footage, such as the Guatemala recording of Patricia's time as "La Bruja Dorada." The dark web remains a crucial resource for acquiring classified information outside official channels. Holographic communication technology allows for remote presence—Zeto appears as a hologram when meeting with his CFO, Wanda Yu, demonstrating the technology's integration into corporate operations.
Surveillance State
By 2036, surveillance has become normalized and pervasive. PDNY bots patrol streets with sonic cannons, monitoring for criminal activity and civil unrest. The U.N. General Assembly holds discussions about "enhanced criminals" and "unknown craft," indicating that metahuman phenomena and unexplained technology have become matters of international concern. Corporate monitoring systems are embedded throughout facilities like DynNova, tracking employee movements and activities. Agent IDs and biometric security protocols control access to sensitive areas, creating a layered system of observation and control that extends from street level to the highest levels of corporate and government power.
Organizations (P.H.Y.R.E. Network)
The P.H.Y.R.E. network is a conglomerate of shell companies controlled by Stanlislov Zetonofsky, each playing a critical role in his post-human agenda.
AstraCore Technologies
Focus: Quantum computing, AI, space exploration | Cover story: Operates the Aetheris satellite that sailed toward HLNE1 | True purpose: Processes genetic/psychological profiles to flag Hellion candidates
AstraCore is Zeto’s analytics backbone, turning Clarista and DynNova exhaust into candidate discovery. Its Aetheris mission is directed toward the HLNE1 anomaly, located between two black holes, which serves as the quiet space-leg that underwrites P.H.Y.R.E.’s scouting layer by identifying individuals who can channel exotic matter.
Clarista Holdings
Focus: Pharmaceutical research & global humanitarian efforts | Cover story: Cures for genetic disorders and cancers | True purpose: Builds the world’s largest genetic database for Zeto
The soft-gloved hand of Zeto’s machine—publicly altruistic, privately a globe-spanning DNA vacuum that fuels the pipeline to human trials. It was a Clarista Holdings operative who drugged Patricia at a house party in the 1990s, leading to her abduction. A significant genome leak at the company raises concerns for Zeto's CFO, Wanda Yu.
DynNova Research Group
Focus: Bioengineering & genetic research | Cover story: Breakthroughs in DNA manipulation for public health | True purpose: Human experimentation using Clarista’s data; offshored to weak-regulation zones
DynNova is the lab where the euphemisms die; its V.H. series births hulks like Jotunn (V.H.007) and matures Torsion (V.H.008), tying New York rampages straight back to Zeto’s supply chain. The group has been known to pay parents for their newborns to be used in experiments, even compensating them for naming rights, which resulted in multiple "Victor Hale" subjects. Most of these experiments end in failure, with the subjects terminated and disposed of.
Front-facing maker of browsers, software, and laptops like the "Quantum Series", Zeto, Inc. is the back-room architect of P.H.Y.R.E. Zeto's ultimate goal is to "reboot humanity" and achieve a form of immortality by transferring his consciousness (Zeto Prime) into enhanced humans, creating multiple copies of himself. He often uses religious-themed language to describe his mission to "save humanity from itself."
Principal characters
Patricia Mendoza (Hellion Blade)
A paralegal of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent from the Bronx, Patricia was finishing her PhD when she was abducted in the 1990s. She is a vegetarian "most days" and a skilled fighter, having learned knife skills at her uncle's bodega. Her power, Hellonium, is an elemental from a pocket universe that appears as an iridescent gold metal she can shape into any weapon, and later, shields and armor. During her time under Zeto's control, she was used as an operative known as "La Bruja Dorada" (The Golden Witch) to suppress a revolution in Guatemala in the mid-1990s.
Caleb Freeman (Hellion Flame)
A Brooklyn bus driver who has been missing since 1988. Before his disappearance, he was the captain of his high school wrestling team and later joined the Air Force through R.O.T.C., piloting experimental jets on covert missions. Caleb can generate and control purple "hellfire," an otherworldly flame hot enough to melt steel (approximately 3000°F). His immense power is sometimes difficult to control, as seen when he nearly kills the man-pig hybrid out of rage before being stopped by Red Fox.
Teresa Jacobs (Nytemare)
A talented celebrity designer and influencer, Teresa Jacobs uses her powered identity, Nytemare, to navigate a fashion industry where she has faced systemic barriers as a Black woman. Her power is a form of mind manipulation that does not require eye contact; she channels an elemental that creates a consciousness-engulfing fog, causing vivid hallucinations in her targets. She views her powers as a tool for survival and leveling the playing field, using them for both self-defense and to secure business deals. An off-screen interaction with Zeto's CFO, Wanda Yu, clues her into the larger conspiracy.
Red Fox (Martin O’Reilly)
A semi-retired PDNY investigator with over 18 years on the force, Red Fox is frustrated with being replaced by AI and seeks out real detective work. He uses his expertise and surveillance drones to piece together the Hellion cases, seeing himself as a partner to the empowered individuals, not their handler. In a confrontation with Torsion in Episode 7, he is permanently paralyzed and will require a mobility-enhancing exoskeleton in the future.
Jotunn (Victor Hale)
Pronounced "YO-toon," Jotunn is designated V.H.007 and is one of several clones created by DynNova. The "Victor Hale" subjects were selected for high intelligence before gene-splicing experiments that resulted in severe, irreversible cognitive decline. Despite his diminished mental state, Jotunn retains enough awareness to know he was wronged by his creators and displays exceptional cold endurance. He proves to be an unlikely hero when he saves the team from Torsion in Episode 7.
Torsion (V.H.008)
V.H.008 is a more compliant and less self-aware creation than Jotunn, optimized for bone reinforcement under torsional stress. Torsion is part of a grim production line of bio-engineered assets. He is responsible for paralyzing Red Fox after being released by Agent Chowdhury as an "insurance policy."
Supporting characters
Stanislov "Stanley" Zetonofsky (Zeto)
The CEO of Zeto Inc. and the mastermind behind the P.H.Y.R.E. program. Publicly a beloved tech mogul, he privately orchestrates global events to further his goal of forced evolution and consciousness transfer. He ordered the assassination of his CFO, Wanda Yu, when she became a liability.
Agent Khanif Chowdhury
A security agent for DynNova, equipped with gravity-manipulation gauntlets. He is fiercely loyal to Zeto, assassinating Wanda Yu via a car bomb and confronting the Hellions at a DynNova facility. When overpowered, he reveals Zeto as the mastermind and releases Torsion.
Wanda Yu
The Chief Financial Officer of Zeto Inc. Growing concerned about the ethical implications of P.H.Y.R.E., including a genome leak at Clarista, she becomes a liability. Shortly after a meeting with Teresa Jacobs, she is killed by Agent Chowdhury on Zeto's orders.
Man-Pig Hybrid (Bo'am)
A xenophobic man-pig hybrid and failed DynNova experiment (associated with employee Walter Howland). He attempts to rob a bank, making hate-motivated threats before being defeated by an enraged Caleb Freeman.
Felix Stein
An influential East Coast fashion designer who initially dismisses Teresa. She uses her powers to make him see a hallucination of his deceased mother, Alessandra, who convinces him to give Teresa a favorable business deal.
Season 1 episodes
“Episode 1 — Emerging Talents” — Patricia's life is upended when she is drugged and kidnapped at a house party, reappearing decades later in a changed New York to discover her grandmother has passed away. Watch
“Episode 2 — Shadows & Flames” — Red Fox tracks down Patricia after she stops a robbery. He reveals his knowledge of her past, and they form a tentative partnership. Watch
“Episode 3 — Power Absolute” — Patricia confronts Jotunn at an electronics factory. Meanwhile, Nytemare, after being dismissed by fashion designer Felix Stein, uses her powers to secure a meeting and a favorable deal. Watch
“Episode 4 — Terror Within” — An introspective episode where the characters confront psychological threats, with a focus on Nytemare's journey. Watch
“Episode 5 — Distant Echoes” — Meeting at a coffee shop, Red Fox shows Patricia footage of her past as the "La Bruja Dorada" in Guatemala, an operation she doesn't remember. They identify Caleb Freeman as another key individual. Watch
“Episode 6 — Defend The Mighty” — Caleb intervenes in a bank heist orchestrated by the man-pig hybrid and is stopped from using lethal force by Red Fox, who then briefs him on the larger situation. Watch
“Episode 7 — Insurance Policy” — The team infiltrates a DynNova office and uncovers the horrific details of the Victor Hale cloning program. They are confronted by Agent Chowdhury, who, after being defeated, reveals Zeto's involvement and unleashes Torsion, leading to Red Fox's paralysis and an unexpected intervention from Jotunn. Watch
Production
Hell Phyre is an original motion comic from Amnesty Sports & Qubit Pixels, INC. The production utilizes a combination of generative AI tools—including MidJourney, RunwayML, KlingAI, OpenAI, Google ImageFX, and ElevenLabs—alongside traditional software like Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects for editing and motion. One of the primary technical challenges is maintaining character consistency with AI generation. The series premiered in September 2024.
Themes
The series explores a range of complex themes, including:
Conspiracy and Corporate Control: The overarching narrative is driven by Zeto's secret manipulation of global events through his corporate empire.
Post-Human Ethics: The P.H.Y.R.E. program raises questions about the morality of forced evolution, genetic experimentation, and corporate ownership of life.
Identity, Memory, and Grief: The protagonists grapple with fragmented memories and the loss of their former lives, including friends and family they have out-aged.
Moral Complexity: The Hellions are not traditional heroes. They are flawed individuals who use their powers in ethically ambiguous ways, from Nytemare's manipulations to Caleb's struggles with rage.
Resistance and Freedom: Despite being victims of mind control and memory wipes, the characters exhibit a drive to resist their programming and fight for self-determination.
Notes: Zeto’s P.H.Y.R.E. taxonomy is formalized in internal adjustments as of September 2025, and the series text uses these terms increasingly in-world.
