Rick and Morty (comics)

Rick and Morty
Cover of Rick and Morty – Let the Rick One In.
Created by	First run: (2015–2020): Zac Gorman (volumes 1–2) Kyle Starks (volumes 3–12) Second run: (2023–present): Alex Firer (volumes 13–present)
Owner	Oni Press (via Adult Swim) IDW Publishing (Dungeons & Dragons)
Years	2015–present
Print publications
Comics	Ongoing series: Rick and Morty (2015–2020) Presents (2018–present) Rick and Morty (2023–present) Limited series: Lil' Poopy Superstar (2016) Pocket Like You Stole It (2017) vs. Dungeons & Dragons (2018) vs. Dungeons & Dragons II: Painscape (2019) Go to Hell (2020) Ever After (2020–2021) Worlds Apart (2021) Rick's New Hat (2021) Corporate Assets (2021–2022) Infinity Hour (2022) Crisis on C-137 (2022–2023) vs. Cthulhu (2022–2023) Morty Get In The Robot (2023) Heart of Rickness (2023) Meeseeks, P.I. (2023–2024) Finals Week (2024)

Rick and Morty is an American comic book series written by Zac Gorman (volumes 1–2), Kyle Starks (volumes 3–12), and Alex Firer (volumes 13–present) and illustrated by Marc Ellerby, based on the television series of the same name. Oni Press published the original series across 60 issues from April 1, 2015, until March 25, 2020. Using the television series' established premise of alternate timelines, the first two volumes expressly follow the Rick and Morty of a different dimension (C-132) on the "Central Finite Curve" than the protagonists of the television series so-as not to contradict its continuity, before the series switches focus over to the same Rick (C-137) and Morty of the television series following the "Head-Space" arc (#12–14) in the third volume, featuring sequel storylines to specific episodes of the series, with elements of the comic series and references to its events later being incorporated into the television series. Backup stories of the series alternate between focusing on Rick (C-137) and his Morty and various Ricks and Mortys from alternate dimensions, before the primary storyline switches focus over to yet another Rick and Morty at an unspecified point before/during the final volume of the series. In October 2022, a revival of Rick and Morty was announced for a January 2023 release date, spinning out of the limited series Rick's New Hat, from the same new creative team.

Several spin-off limited series based on the television series and video game Pocket Mortys have also been published, with Rick and Morty Presents, an anthology series following the franchise's supporting characters in main roles, beginning publication in 2018.

Rick and Morty ongoing series

First series (2015–2020)

Book 1

Volume 1

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
1	The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, Part One / Summer Spectacular, Part One	April 1, 2015	978-2-8112-2978-8
Rick decides to put Jerry to shame by making a ridiculous amount of money with a clueless Morty's help. The two use a device which merges dimensions to successfully pull off the scheme, but they are tracked by a "time detective" named Professor Tock; he convinces a distraught Jerry to give them up to the Time Police, and, after a lengthy standoff, Rick and Morty are arrested. In the not-too-distant future, Summer has become an action hero, and saves a bank from a heist.
2	The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, Part Two / Summer Spectacular, Part Two	May 13, 2015	978-2-8112-2978-8
Sentenced to life in the horrifying Clackspire Labyrinth, Rick and Morty wander the seemingly endless maze, which Rick himself built and stocked with provisions, in the event he was ever imprisoned within his creation. After a long span of time, while being pursued by a monster, Rick opens a panel in a wall, leading them to a room holding a portal machine. As the portal has only enough power to transport one person, Rick shoves Morty through it, trapping himself in the maze. Meanwhile, Jerry is exiled to the basement for incriminating both Rick and Morty, but he knocks over a glass jar and releases an alien creature into the house.
3	The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, Part Three / Rick and Morty in: Adventure to an Alternate Universe!	June 17, 2015	978-2-8112-2978-8
The issue continues from the events of the previous installment, in which Rick condemned himself to the Clackspire Labyrinth to save Morty, and Jerry moving into the basement to escape Beth's fury, knocked over a glass containment unit belonging to Rick. Freed from the now-broken containment unit, its occupant, a Class-Two clonerbeast, infiltrates the Smith house in Rick's absence, creating confusion and threatening to destroy the family.
4	The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, Part Four / An Interlude With Jerry	June 22, 2015	978-2-8112-2978-8
Rick takes Morty to a planet on which he has built a plantation, taken in a large number of war refugees, and invited them to work for him. Rick asks Morty to infiltrate the workers' camp and determine whether or not they are plotting to revolt against him. When Morty does join the workers, gaining the trust of a girl named Daphna, he discovers that Rick himself started the war which drove the refugees to his planet, to the end that he might create an influx of cheap labor. The revelation leads Morty to halfheartedly join the workers' riot, but as events begin to play out, he regrets not taking his side.
5	Morty and Rick in: Mort-Balls! / Introducing...Beth and the Beths!	August 19, 2015	978-2-8112-2978-8
Morty finds himself with Rick at Camp Camperson, a summer camp. However, the world in which Morty exists becomes more and more disjointed and odd as time passes, leading Morty to question his reality and bringing him into contact with an old friend. Beth C-132 is revealed to be a member of "Beth and the Beths", a punk rock band formed with interdimensional duplicates of herself, serving as its drummer. After a brawl breaks out, Beth realises she is late and returns to her dimension with Rick's portal gun, returning it to its rightful place. After Jerry asks her how "book club" went, Beth shadow-beats drums while humming.

Volume 2

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
6	Ball Fondlers Special	September 30, 2015	978-1-6201-0319-7
Deep in a faraway jungle, the freedom-loving Ball Fondlers execute an undercover operation intended to rescue an imprisoned United States senator from a martial oligarchic movement base, but the mission goes off the rails when they are discovered, calling for desperate measures. As the story comes to a climax, the film is revealed to be an incredibly long commercial for the soft drink "Clarg Lite", frustrating the Rick and Morty of C-132, watching via Interdimensional Cable.
7	The Rickfinity Crisis, Part One / Dream a Little Dream of Me	October 28, 2015	978-1-6201-0319-7
When a virus-monster murders a Rick from an alternate reality, its surviving Morty flees to Dimension C-132, warning its Rick and Morty of an oncoming threat. Leaving the messenger Morty behind, the C-132 Rick and Morty escape to Universe 304-X, a dimension in which no Rick has ever existed. Finding themselves cornered by a hulking assassin, they are saved from him by an adult version of Summer.
8	A Very Special Blumbus / A Blumbus Carol	November 25, 2015	978-1-6201-0319-7
Rick and Morty are in an unnamed dimension during December, where the residents are celebrating "Blumbus", which would seem to be their version of Christmas. Rick goes off to find a place to drink, leaving Morty looking in a shop window display. He gets scared however and runs off when a "Mr. Chimney" figure, this dimension's creepy version of Santa Claus, winks at him. He bumps into a teenage girl named Melody, who offers to bring him home to spend Blumbus with her family, mistaking him for an orphan.
9	The Rickfinity Crisis, Part Two / Rick and Morty in: Into the Void	December 23, 2015	978-1-6201-0319-7
10	The Rickfinity Crisis, Part Three / Jerry + Rick's Day of Fun!	January 27, 2016	978-1-6201-0319-7

Book 2

Volume 3

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
11	Ready Player Morty	February 24, 2016	978-1-6201-0343-2
12	Head-Space, Part One	March 12, 2016	978-1-6201-0343-2
13	Head-Space, Part Two	April 27, 2016	978-1-6201-0343-2
14	Head-Space, Part Three	May 25, 2016	978-1-6201-0343-2
15	Big Game (The Noble Pursuit of Fair Play)	June 29, 2016	978-1-6201-0343-2

Volume 4

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
16	The Ricky Horror Peacock Show / Don't Look a Gift-Horse in the Rick	July 27, 2016	978-1-6201-0378-4
17	Rick Burn, Dude / Jerry Decoy Model	August 31, 2016	978-1-6201-0378-4
18	New Rick City / Rick and Morty in: Pocket Mortys	September 28, 2016	978-1-6201-0378-4
19	Desperately Meeseeking Ruin / Rick and Morty in: Mecha Morty	October 26, 2016	978-1-6201-0378-4
20	Morty Bounce to the Ounce / Rick & Morty's "'Twas the night before Rickmas"	November 30, 2016	978-1-6201-0378-4

Book 3

Volume 5

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
21	A Tale of Two Jerries, Part One: Jerry-Go-Round / Beth and Summer	December 28, 2016	978-1-6201-0416-3
22	A Tale of Two Jerries, Part Two: That Thing You Doofus / Rick and Morty in: It's a Kind of Morty Magic!	January 25, 2017	978-1-6201-0416-3
23	A Tale of Two Jerries, Part Three: Pacific Rick / Summer Job	February 22, 2017	978-1-6201-0416-3
24	Morty Shines	March 29, 2017	978-1-6201-0416-3
25	Tiny Rick / Rick and Jerry in: "Superior Posterior"	April 26, 2017	978-1-6201-0416-3

Volume 6

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
26	Close Rick-counters of the Drippy Kind / A VR Nice Mother's Day	May 31, 2017	978-1-6201-0452-1
27	Some Morty to Love / Rick and Jerry in: Look Cthulhu Talking Now!	June 28, 2017	978-1-6201-0452-1
28	Interdimensional Cable 3: The Threequel / Rick and Jerry in: The HurRickcane	July 26, 2017	978-1-6201-0452-1
29	Hitler Baby, One More Time	August 23, 2017	978-1-6201-0452-1
30	Neigh's Anatomy / Rick and Morty in: The Most Important Lesson	September 27, 2017	978-1-6201-0452-1

Book 4

Volume 7

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
31	National Rickpoon's Family Vacation / The Rick Identity, Part One	October 25, 2017	978-2-3788-7243-4
32	Summer's Eve	November 29, 2017	978-2-3788-7243-4
Special guest issue written by Pamela Ribon
33	A Very Special issue of Rick and Morty: One Experimental Summer! / The Rick Identity, Part Two	December 27, 2017	978-2-3788-7243-4
34	The Life and Death of Krombopulos Michael / The Rick Identity, Part Three	January 31, 2018	978-2-3788-7243-4
35	MesozoRick Park / The Rick Identity, Part Four	February 28, 2018	978-2-3788-7243-4

Volume 8

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
36	A Jerry Bad Day / Rick and Morty in: "Rick Salon"	March 28, 2018	978-1-6201-0549-8
37	Let the Rick One In, Part One / Rick and Morty in: "Extra Jerry"	April 25, 2018	978-1-6201-0549-8
38	Let the Rick One In, Part Two / A Bunch of Mortys in: Mortycast	May 30, 2018	978-1-6201-0549-8
39	Rick Air / Jerry's Right	June 27, 2018	978-1-6201-0549-8
40	Battle Rickale / Rick and Morty in: Morty Court	July 25, 2018	978-1-6201-0549-8

Book 5

Volume 9

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
41	Rick Revenge Squad, Part One / Rick and Morty's Adventures in the Public Domain, Part One	August 29, 2018	978-1-6201-0641-9
42	Rick Revenge Squad, Part Two / Rick and Morty's Adventures in the Public Domain, Part Two	September 26, 2018	978-1-6201-0641-9
43	Dick and Farty / Rick and Morty's Adventures in the Public Domain, Part Three	October 31, 2018	978-1-6201-0641-9
44	Origin of the Vindicators / Rick and Morty's Adventures in the Public Domain, Part Four	November 28, 2018	978-1-6201-0641-9
45	Look Who's Cronenberging Now / Rick and Morty's Adventures in the Public Domain, Part Five	December 19, 2018	978-1-6201-0641-9

Volume 10

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
46	Michael ChRickton's RickWorld / Big Penpin'	January 30, 2019	978-1-6201-0685-3
s. Like that show, you know? With the robot theme park. But with Rick and Morty. You get it, right?
47	Interdimensional Cable Trouble / U-tō, Brute?	February 27, 2019	978-1-6201-0685-3
48	Hit Me, Space Baby, One More Time / Teenage Wasteland	March 27, 2019	978-1-6201-0685-3
49	Ricktroactive / Don't Tell Rick the Jerrysitter's Dead	April 24, 2019	978-1-6201-0685-3
50	Morty's Mind Blowers	May 29, 2019	978-1-6201-0685-3

Book 6

Volume 11

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
51	Rickstaken Identity / Death Becomes Him	June 26, 2019	978-1-6201-0734-8
52	The Mortian / Introducing: Glootie!	July 31, 2019	978-1-6201-0734-8
53	Lonely Jerry and the Multi-Dimensional Sales Opportunity, Part One / Rick and Morty in: Feel Bad Inc.	August 28, 2019	978-1-6201-0734-8
54	Lonely Jerry and the Multi-Dimensional Sales Opportunity, Part Two / Rick and Morty in: What if Rick was One of Us?	September 25, 2019	978-1-6201-0734-8
55	Honey, I Ricked the Kids / Rick in: Last Things	October 30, 2019	978-1-6201-0734-8

Volume 12

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
56	The Rickoning, Part One / Bitty Crittys	November 27, 2019	978-1-6201-0873-4
57	The Rickoning, Part Two / Blubber	December 18, 2019	978-1-6201-0873-4
58	The Rickoning, Part Three / Baby Don't Hurt Me	January 29, 2020	978-1-6201-0873-4
59	The Rickoning, Part Four / Likes and Follows	February 26, 2020	978-1-6201-0873-4
60	The Rickoning, Part Five / Attack the Virus	March 25, 2020	978-1-6201-0873-4

Second series (2023–present)

Book 1

Volume 1

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
1	The Space Shake Saga Part One, Part One	January 25, 2023	978-1-6371-5216-4
2	The Space Shake Saga Part One, Part Two	February 22, 2023	978-1-6371-5216-4
3	The Space Shake Saga Part One, Part Three	March 29, 2023	978-1-6371-5216-4
4	The Space Shake Saga Part One, Part Four	April 19, 2023	978-1-6371-5216-4
5	The Space Shake Saga Part One, Part Five	May 24, 2023	978-1-6371-5216-4

Volume 2

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
6	The Space Shake Saga Part Two, Part One	June 25, 2023	978-1-6371-5464-9
7	The Space Shake Saga Part Two, Part Two	July 26, 2023	978-1-6371-5464-9
8	The Space Shake Saga Part Two, Part Three	August 29, 2023	978-1-6371-5464-9
9	The Space Shake Saga Part Two, Part Four	September 27, 2023	978-1-6371-5464-9
10	The Space Shake Saga Part Two, Part Five	October 25, 2023	978-1-6371-5464-9
11	The Space Shake Saga Part Two, Part Six	November 22, 2023	978-1-6371-5464-9
12	The Space Shake Saga Part Two, Part Seven	December 27, 2023	978-1-6371-5464-9

Rick and Morty Presents (2018–present)

Volume 1

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
1	The Vindicators	March 7, 2018	978-1-6201-0552-8
2	Krombopulos Michael	June 20, 2018	978-1-6201-0552-8
3	Sleepy Gary	September 19, 2018	978-1-6201-0552-8
4	Pickle Rick	November 21, 2018	978-1-6201-0552-8

Volume 2

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
5	Jerry	March 13, 2019	978-1-6201-0693-8
6	Mr. Meeseeks	June 12, 2019	978-1-6201-0693-8
7	The Flesh Curtains	September 4, 2019	978-1-6201-0693-8
8	Unity	November 6, 2019	978-1-6201-0693-8

Volume 3

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
9	The Council of Ricks	June 24, 2020	978-1-6201-0883-3
10	Birdperson	August 5, 2020	978-1-6201-0883-3
11	Jaguar	November 25, 2020	978-1-6201-0883-3
12	Death Stalkers	January 21, 2021	978-1-6201-0883-3

Volume 4

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
13	Jerryboree!	March 3, 2021	978-1-6371-5043-6
14	The Hotel Immortal	July 21, 2021	978-1-6371-5043-6
15	Mr. Nimbus	September 22, 2021	978-1-6371-5043-6
16	Snuffles Goes To War	October 6, 2021	978-1-6371-5043-6

Volume 5

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
17	HeRicktics of Rick	January 26, 2022	978-1-6371-5225-6
18	Morty's Run	March 2, 2022	978-1-6371-5225-6
19	Big Dumb Summer Vacation	July 20, 2022	978-1-6371-5225-6
20	#100	October 22, 2022	978-1-6371-5225-6

Volume 6

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
21	Time Zoo	March 1, 2023	978-1-6201-0452-1
22	Maximum Overture	May 27, 2023	978-1-6201-0452-1
23	The Science of Summer	August 27, 2023	978-1-6201-0452-1
24	Fricky Friday	October 11, 2023	978-1-6201-0452-1

Volume 7

No.	Title	Release date	ISBN
25	Rick in a Box	December 13, 2023	—

Limited series (2016–present)

• Rick and Morty: Lil' Poopy Superstar #1–5 (2016)
• Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It #1–5 (2017)
• Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons (2018–present)

  On August 29, 2018, a four-issue crossover comic with the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was released. The series, titled Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, is co-written by Jim Zub and Patrick Rothfuss, and drawn by Troy Little. A sequel mini-series, titled Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons Chapter II: Painscape was published from September to December 2019. It was written by Jim Zub and Sarah Stern with art by Troy Little.

  The Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Edition, by Rothfuss, Zub, and Little, was nominated for the 2022 "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award.

• Rick and Morty Go to Hell #1–5 (2020)
• Rick and Morty: Ever After #1–4 (2020–2021)
• Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart #1–4 (2021)
• Rick and Morty: Rick's New Hat #1–5 (2021)
• Rick and Morty: Corporate Assets #1–4 (2021–2022)
• Rick and Morty: Infinity Hour #1–4 (2022)
• Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137 #1–4 (2022–2023)
• Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhu #1–4 (2022–2023)
• Rick and Morty: Heart of Rickness #1–4 (2023)
• Rick and Morty Manga: Morty Get In The Robot (2023)
• Rick and Morty: Meeseeks, P.I. #1–4 (2023–2024)
• Rick and Morty: Finals Week #1–5 (2024)

In other media

• In the third season episode "The Ricklantis Mixup", the Shadow Council of Ricks reference the Citadel having previously been taken over by "a goddamn Jerry", as depicted in the comic series arc "A Tale of Two Jerries" from Rick and Morty #21–23.
• Prior to the fourth season episode "Childrick of Mort", Rick is shown to be attracted to planets in Rick and Morty #30 backup story "Rick and Morty in: The Most Important Lesson".
• Prior to appearing in the fourth season episode "The Old Man and the Seat", Glootie (voiced by Taika Waititi) first appears in Rick and Morty #52 backup story "Introducing: Glootie!".
• Elements of the comic series Rick and Morty Presents: Birdperson and The Flesh Curtains are adapted in the fifth season episode "Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort".
• In September 2021, Christopher Lloyd and Jaeden Martell portrayed the Rick and Morty of Dimension C-132 in the first clip of a series of promotional interstitials directed by Paul B. Cummings for the two-part fifth-season finale of the television series, "Rickmurai Jack", respectively portraying the Ricks and Mortys of Dimensions C-131 and C-137 in the following two.
• Characters from the story arc "Origin of the Vindicators" (Vindicators 1) from Rick and Morty #44 are adapted in the first season of Rick and Morty spin-off series Vindicators 2.
• The evolution of the Butter Robot into the Purpose Robot, first shown in the Rick and Morty #50 story "Morty's Mind Blowers", is continued into the sixth season episode "Full Meta Jackrick".