The first of a 4-issue mini-series with 3 top secret unannounced tie-ins hits July 9, as the ‘Rick and Morty’ comic book event kicks off, led by the deviant psyches of comics mastermind and multiple Emmy Award–nominee Daniel Kibblesmith, artistic annihilator Jarrett Williams, and a host of special guest talents.
Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of comic books and graphic novels, in partnership with Warner Bros.Discovery Global Consumer Products, has just announced “Rick and Morty vs.
The Universe” #1– launching the first-ever “Rick and Morty” Comic Book Event across Summer 2025.Oni tells us, “From the deviant psyches of comics mastermind and multiple Emmy Award–nominee Daniel Kibblesmith (), artistic annihilator Jarrett Williams (, ), and a host of special guest talents, this summer’s seven-part countdown to the end of everything that was, is, and will is a cosmos-colliding Rick and Morty spectacular features, well, EVERYONE you recognize and may want to avoid from across the Omniverse!” Indeed! They continued with this ominous warning: “Move Over, Big Bang! Big Crunch! Galaxies Come and Galaxies Go … But Our Universe Has Never Faced Anything as Consequential as This Seven-Part Comics Cataclysm!” … And did we mention that it all starts with a bachelor party that got a little out of hand? Rick’s old buddy Dimension C-137 (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! 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! Spanning seven issues total – including the core “Rick and Morty vs.
The Universe” event series by Kibblesmith and Wiliams and continuing across three “Top Secret Tie-in Specials” co-piloted by Kibblesmith and an array of surprise guest talents, 10 years of acclaimed “Rick and Morty” comics at Oni Press have all led to this: the ultimate, dimension-smashing jumping-on point for fans old, new and in-between! Beginning on July 9th in “Rick and Morty vs.The Universe” #1, follow the epic fallout across seven stunning chapters of the four-issue mini-series with three top secret unannounced tie-ins: RICK AND MORTY VS.THE UNIVERSE #1 (of 4) Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams On Sale July 9th, 2025 TOP SECRET TIE-IN #1: REDACTED On Sale August 2025 RICK AND MORTY VS.
THE UNIVERSE #2 (of 4) Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams On Sale August 2025 TOP SECRET TIE-IN #2: REDACTED On Sale September 2025 RICK AND MORTY VS.THE UNIVERSE #3 (of 4) Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams On Sale September 2025 TOP SECRET TIE-IN #3: REDACTED On Sale October 2025 RICK AND MORTY VS.THE UNIVERSE #4 (of 4) Written by Daniel Kibblesmith, Art by Jarrett Williams On Sale October 2025 “I’ve been a huge fan since I watched them bury their own bodies over 10 years ago,” said Kibblesmith, “and have continued to follow their ups and downs, and downs, and more downs, and then up again, and now way, way down.
It is a profound honor to force them through an adventure more cosmic and stressful than anything that they have faced before.‘Who will survive and what will be left of them?’” Every single thing Rick and Morty have ever ruined will finally culminate this July in “Rick and Morty vs.The Universe” #1 – featuring a truly self-destructive selection of covers from Dave Bardin (), Troy Little (), Juan Gedeon (), Flops (), Tom Fowler (), Jarrett Williams (), and Rian Gonzales ()! “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
BLANK SKETCH COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
On Sale July 9, 2025
$4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC
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