Rick and Morty vs. the Universe is a Rick and Morty comic series that is set to release on July 9, 2025[1] and end on October 22, 2025.[2]
Issues[]
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1 | MOVE OVER, BIG BANG! GET WRECKED, BIG CRUNCH! GALAXIES COME AND GALAXIES GO, BUT OUR PLANE OF EXISTENCE HAS NEVER FACED ANYTHING AS CONSEQUENTIAL AS . . . THE FIRST-EVER RICK AND MORTY COMICS EVENT!
From the deviant psyches of comics mastermind and multiple Emmy Award-nominee Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and artistic annihilator Jarrett Williams (Speed Force), this summer's seven-part countdown to the end of everything that was, is, and will be begins with . . . a bachelor party that gets 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 something he hoped he would never have to do-a last resort of EPIC PROPORTIONS! DON'T CALL IT A CRISIS! The FIRST RICK AND MORTY COMICS EVENT starts here with a cosmos-colliding spectacular TOO BIG FOR TV . . . and featuring, well, EVERYONE![3] |
July 9, 2025[4] |
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2 | THE COMIC BOOK EVENT 13.7 BILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING IS JUST GETTING STARTED! Chaotically cosmic creators Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Jarrett Williams (Speed Force) are about to turn everything you know about Rick and Morty upside down . . . along with several billion nebulae).
Wow, well. Rick and Morty have certainly %&$@ ed things up. The wedding is clearly off and the Parmesan Universe is out for blood. The Smith family find themselves on the run and they can't even use portal tech to escape! The only person Rick and Morty can turn to now is Mr. Poopy Butthole, who is still harboring some hard feelings toward Rick. Sheesh, is there anyone Rick HASN'T pissed off? Nevertheless, Rick will need his help in order to carry out his plan to REBOOT THE UNIVERSE. Did you think we were joking about this being an EVENT?!?[5] |
August 13, 2025[6] |
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3 | ENTER: BLOODRYCK! Rick and Morty's infinite secret crisis across many, many (and then some) Earths is about to get REALLY crazy as chaos-incarnate creators Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Jarrett Williams (Speed Force) launch an overmuscled, overpowered, self-aware, power-fantasy version of Rick hell-bent on killing every other copy of himself into the midst of Rick and Morty's first-ever summer event!
In order to escape, he'll have to recruit an expendable squad of NON-CANONICAL RICKS all from outside of continuity. You've heard of the DIRTY DOZEN, now meet the NON-CANONICAL NINE! For those of you in the back: Yes, that's nine-count 'em-nine obscure Ricks from outside any continuity we've ever encountered before. And all of them are on the run from Bloodryck! Wait, this is the first appearance of BLOODRYCK and THE NON-CANONICAL NINE, too? If you're thinking what we're thinking, surely this comic will be worth one billion dollars one day. Buy three (and thank us later)! |
September 24, 2025 |
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4 | DEATH, RETCON, REBOOT, REBIRTH . . . IS THIS FINALLY THE END OF RICK AND MORTY?!
They’ve finally burned every bridge and alienated every possible ally. They’ve seen too much. They’ve DONE too much. This version of Rick has crossed too many lines. He can’t be allowed to continue. At least, that’s what the Parmesan Universe seems to think! And perhaps she is right. As Rick finds himself on the verge of annihilation . . . universes collide! Trillions of lives lost! But perhaps there is still hope—hope for Rick-demption! Is there time to restore order? Can Rick really undo all the horrors he’s visited upon existence? Can we finally go back to pronouncing Parmesan correctly? The galaxy-sized summer event of 2025 is almost over . . . and creators Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Jarrett Williams (Speed Force) will forever grapple with the aftermath! |
October 22, 2025 |
Tie-In Special Issues[]
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1 | A RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE TIE-IN EXTRAVAGANZA! Get your tiny tiara on, because universal destructors Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) & Jody Houser (Stranger Things) are teaming up with artist Phil Murphy (Star Trek vs. Transformers) to send Summer rocketing into a Smith family crisis with cosmic implications!
Rick and Morty are doing their bachelor party thing with Prime Universe, so Summer decides to throw her own bachelorette shindig for Parmesan! No naughty gummies or pennysaver strippers here-Summer will throw a bachelorette party to remember, complete with debauchery, violence, and destruction! Hey, gurl, hey, this will end well! (News flash: It won't.)[7] |
August 6, 2025[8] |
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1 | A RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE TIE-IN EXTRAVAGANZA! Mad-with-power co-writers Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Jake Black (Sonic the Hedgehog) join totally-run-amok artist Suzi Blake (Aggretsuko) for the next seismic special tying together Rick and Morty's first-ever summer event!
With the impending nuptials of Prime and Parm Universe, love is in the air, and Jerry, being Jerry, has a stupid idea. Things have been rocky with Beth lately, what with separating and getting back together and then the arrival of Space Beth. So to return to solid ground with their marriage, Jerry is going to re-propose and ask Beth to renew their vows. One problem: Jerry doesn't know which Beth is the one he married. Actually, no one does! |
September 10, 2025 |
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1 | A RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE TIE-IN EXTRAVAGANZA! Rollicking writers Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Alex Firer (The Onion) and artist Fred C. Stresing (Adventure Time) run headlong toward [INSERT TOP-SECRET CLIMAX HERE] as Rick and Morty’s galactically gargantuan summer event pits Morty against Morty against Morty for all the marbles!
As Rick tries (and fails) to trigger a reboot of reality . . . where the hell has Morty been? Just fighting for survival in a teenage boy’s dream/nightmare—a real life battle royale for ultimate Morty supremacy against all the non-canonical Morties of this void in an eternal life-and-death game of Capture the Key—the key that will unlock the massive door in the massive wall that imprisons them all here while the Non-Canonical Ricks have their serious adventures. Our Morty is smarter and more competent than these losers. He’s a REAL BOY. And he can be again . . . he just needs to get that key and escape! |
October 8, 2025 |
Collected books[]
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Rick and Morty vs. the Universe April 7, 2026 |
Issue 1 |
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| Issue 3 | ||
| Issue 4 | ||
| Summer of Love | ||
| Beth 'Til Death | ||
| Last Mort Standing | ||
Trivia[]
- Unlike other Rick and Morty limited comic series, Oni Press has labeled the series an "event series".[9]
- This is the first limited series to have tie-in special issues aside from the main series issues.[10]
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- ↑ https://www.awn.com/news/exclusive-see-covers-rick-and-morty-vs-universe-1
- ↑ https://comic-watch.com/news/summer-smith-blows-up-the-multiverse-in-rick-and-morty-vs-the-universe-summer-of-love-1-coming-this-august-from-oni-press.
- ↑ https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY251534
- ↑ https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY251534
- ↑ https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN251363
- ↑ https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN251363
- ↑ https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN251368
- ↑ https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN251368
- ↑ https://www.awn.com/news/exclusive-see-covers-rick-and-morty-vs-universe-1
- ↑ https://comic-watch.com/news/summer-smith-blows-up-the-multiverse-in-rick-and-morty-vs-the-universe-summer-of-love-1-coming-this-august-from-oni-press.