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 13–14) 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.[1][2][3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.
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.
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The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, Part Two / Summer Spectacular, Part Two
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.
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The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, Part Three / Rick and Morty in: Adventure to an Alternate Universe!
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.
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The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street, Part Four / An Interlude With Jerry
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.
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Morty and Rick in: Mort-Balls! / Introducing...Beth and the Beths!
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 rockband 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.
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.
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The Rickfinity Crisis, Part One / Dream a Little Dream of Me
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.
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.
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The Rickfinity Crisis, Part Two / Rick and Morty in: Into the Void
"Neigh's Anatomy" is a day in the life of Beth, which is far more stressful than you would think. The animation of this comic is unique compared to the others, it looks like watercolor paint or high quality marker. Beth is irritated by Jerry's ineptitude, her baristas hostility, and dismayed by new ownership of St Equis (her place of work). Despite losing one horse on the operating table, hope is restored when she and the remaining staff help a mare give birth. Beth was able to console an upset horse owner, and inspire her new boss to keep St Equis open with one exquisite speech. But then the police arrived. content warning: blood, gun violence...
"The Most Important Lesson" is a brief interlude with Rick and Morty and the importance of condoms.
These specials, while labeled as Rick and Morty Presents, form a miniseries that is collected separately from the other Rick and Morty Presents issues.
Rick and Morty: The Manga, an original English-language manga, began release on October 31, 2023, with its first volume titled Get in the Robot, Morty! While the volume was labeled as "Volume 1," it's unclear as of December 2024 whether any further volumes will be released.
The Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons Deluxe Edition, by Rothfuss, Zub, and Little, was nominated for the 2022 "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award.[110] It included an additional one-shot, titled Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: The Meeseeks Adventure, which was later re-released as a standalone comic issue.
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.
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.[122][123]
^This one-shot was initially a bonus issue included in the original deluxe hardcover collection of the two Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons miniseries. The collection was released on August 24, 2021, while the one-shot was later released as a standalone issue on February 8, 2022. The ISBN to the right is for the collection.