First Look: RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #1 - The Summer’s BIGGEST Comic Book Event Begins July 9th! ⋆ First Comics News

Why Save the Universe When All the Universes Are Trying to Kill You? Get an Early Look at the Cosmos-Colliding Debut from Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Jarrett Williams (Speed Force)!

COVER A BY DAVE BARDIN

PORTLAND, OR (June 13th, 2025) – YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE! (FROM THE NUMEROUS UNIVERSES HUNTING YOU DOWN!) Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, is proud to reveal a mind-blowing first look inside RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #1 – kicking off the FIRST-EVER RICK AND MORTY COMIC BOOK EVENT in spectacularly cosmic fashion on July 9th! From the deviant psyches of comics mastermind and multiple Emmy Award–nominee Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and artistic annihilatorJarrett Williams (Speed Force, Super Pro K.O.), the summer’s cosmos-colliding seven-part event is about to pit Rick and Morty against their greatest nemesis yet: the Omniverse itself!

…And did we mention that it all starts with a bachelor party that got a little out of hand?

Rick’s old buddy Universe Prime (where Rick and Morty Cronenberg’d Earth) has reached his UNIVERSAL HALF-LIFE and is getting MARRIED—to the female-presenting embodiment of the Parmesan Dimension! (Where they currently live!) He’s found true love and wants his old pal Rick to plan his bachelor party! WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Answer: Pretty much everything . . . and it is all Rick’s fault! Now Rick and Morty are on the run from EVERY SINGLE UNIVERSE THEY’VE EVER MESSED WITH—meaning, no matter what dimension they escape to, the universe will literally be against them. And, to survive, Rick will be forced to do something he hoped he would never have to do—a last resort of EPIC PROPORTIONS!

The four-issue RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE series isn’t all, though. This is AN EVENT! And with that, comes some interstellar tie-ins to expand on the already expansive Rick and Morty universe!

There are three one-shots featuring the talents of Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki), Jody Houser (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Phil Murphy (Adventure Time), Jake Black (Rick and Morty: Finals Week), Suzi Blake (Aggretsuko: Out To Lunch), Alex Firer (Rick and Morty), and Fred C. Stresing (Invader Zim)! In total, that’s seven issues of multidimensional adventure, celebrating 10 years of Rick and Morty comics at Oni Press!

Here’s an out-of-this-world rundown of everything you can expect in this UNIVERSE-COLLIDING EVENT:

RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #1 (of 4)

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams

On Sale July 9, 2025

RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE: SUMMER OF LOVE #1

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith & Jody Houser, Art by Phil Murphy

On Sale August 6, 2025

RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #2 (of 4)

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams

On Sale August 13, 2025

RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE: BETH ‘TIL DEATH #1

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith & Jake Black, Illustrated by Suzi Blake

On Sale September 10, 2025

RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #3 (of 4)

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams

On Sale September 24, 2025

RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE: LAST MORT STANDING

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith & Alex Firer, Illustrated by Fred C. Stresing

On Sale October 8, 2025

RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #4 (of 4)

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams

On Sale October 22, 2025

Featuring a truly self-destructive selection of covers from Dave Bardin (Wolverine), Troy Little (Cult of the Lamb), Juan Gedeon (DC: The Jurassic League), Flops (Decks), Tom Fowler (Epitaphs from the Abyss), Jarrett Williams (Super Pro K.O.), and Rian Gonzales(X-Men ‘97).

The end of the world begins on July 9th with RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #1!

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RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE #1 (of 4)

WRITTEN BY DANIEL KIBBLESMITH

ART BY JARRETT WILLIAMS

COVER A BY DAVE BARDIN

COVER B BY TROY LITTLE

COVER C BY JUAN GEDEON

INTERLOCKING VARIANT (1:10) BY FLOPS

EVENT VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER

PRIME VARIANT (1:50) BY JARRETT WILLIAMS

WEDDING VARIANT (1:100) BY RIAN GONZALES