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Rick and Morty vs The Universe #1 - Cover Art, Variants and More

The Curator
Jun 29
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Rick and Morty vs The Universe #1 – Cosmic Chaos, Cheesy Dimensions, and Intergalactic Hangovers

Grab your portal gun, tuck in your drunkest logic, and prepare to melt your brain with Rick and Morty vs The Universe #1 — a four-part multiverse meltdown from Oni Press that kicks off like a bachelor party in a blender and ends with reality eating itself for brunch.

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith (who clearly sold his soul to some Lovecraftian punchline) and illustrated with full chaos energy by Jarrett Williams, this debut issue throws our favourite booze-soaked genius and his anxiety avatar Morty into a cosmic clusterf**k of their own making.

The premise? Simple. Rick’s old buddy from Dimension C-137 is tying the knot with a female-presenting embodiment of the Parmesan Dimension (yes, really), and Rick’s been tasked with planning the bachelor party. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t go well. What starts with interdimensional shots and morally questionable karaoke devolves into universal war crimes, cheese-scented revenge, and a mad dash through every timeline they’ve ever screwed up.

Now hunted by literally everyone — from Citadel dropouts to multiversal council Karens — Rick and Morty must do what they do best: lie, run, and maybe (but probably not) grow as people.

Kibblesmith’s script is fast, funny, and laced with the existential dread fans adore, while Williams’ art flings us through neon hellscapes and gelatinous voids with a punk rock snarl. Throw in some killer variant covers and a promise of even weirder guest stars down the line, and Rick and Morty vs The Universe is shaping up to be the comic event equivalent of licking a power socket inside a philosophy lecture.

Who should read it? If you like your comics loud, lethal, and low on life lessons — this is your jam.

Why support it? Because the multiverse is dying, and it’s hilarious.