1st Appearance | Origin Story | Main Publication History | Secondary Publication History | Key Storylines | Media Source Material | Key Issues | Compilations
by snowbi-wan, updated Oct 2024
Rick and Morty is an animated sitcom on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. The series is a kind of cross between The Simpsons for its family drama and Futurama for its science-fiction comedy/adventure. Rick is an eccentric, alcoholic mad scientist dragging his fretful, easily influenced grandson, Morty, on adventures through dimensional portals across the multiverse in his flying car. The show is full of humorous situations, one-liners, and irreverent references to pop-culture and science fiction. The main characters' dynamic owes more than a little to the main characters of Back To The Future, the whole idea for the show having been borne out of a parody of that film. The animated show has received universal critical acclaim.
1st Appearance
The first appearance of a character in comic book form is often the most valuable issue featuring that character. It's a nice place to get started in Rick And Morty, if it's within your budget.
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- RICK AND MORTY [2015] #1 (1st appearance of Rick and Morty)
Main Publication History
Series beginnings are always great places to get started in comic books. Here is the Main Publication History for Rick And Morty comic books. This list focuses on series and mini-series. See the Secondary Publication History for the multitude of Rick And Morty one-shots.
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- RICK AND MORTY [2015] #1-60 (long-running ongoing series from 2015-2020 that was replaced by a series of mini-series) Find issues on MCS
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- RICK AND MORTY: LIL' POOPY SUPERSTAR [2016] #1-5 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: POCKET LIKE YOU STOLE IT [2017] #1-5 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS [2018] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS II: PAINSCAPE [2019] #1-4 (sequel mini-series) Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: GO TO HELL [2020] #1-5 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: EVER AFTER [2020] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: WORLD'S APART [2021] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: RICK'S NEW HAT [2021] #1-5 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: CORPORATE ASSETS [2021] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: INFINITY HOUR [2022] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: CRISIS ON C-137 [2022] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY VS. CTHULHU [2022] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY [2023] #1-12 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: HEART OF RICKNESS [2023] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: MEESEEKS, P.I. [2023] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: KINGDOM BALLS [2024] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: YOUTH IN RICKVOLT [2025] #1-4 Find issues on MCS
Secondary Publication History
If you've already enjoyed some of the series listed in the Main Publication History above, series from this secondary publication list are very good places to further your exploration. This list focuses on one-shots only. The RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS 'series' of one-shots is a long-running 'series' focusing on individual characters in the Rick and Morty world. See the Main Publication History for series and mini-series.
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- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: THE VINDICATORS [2018] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: KROMBOPULOUS MICHAEL [2018] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: SLEEPY GARY [2018] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: PICKLE RICK [2018] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: JERRY [2019] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: MR. MEESEEKS [2019] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: THE FLESH CURTAINS [2019] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: UNITY [2019] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: COUNCIL OF RICKS [2020] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: BIRDPERSON [2020] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: JAGUAR [2020] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: DEATH STALKERS [2021] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: JERRYBOREE [2021] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: HOTEL IMMORTAL [2021] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: SNUFFLES GOES TO WAR [2021] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: MR. NIMBUS [2021] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: HERICKTICS OF RICK [2022] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: THE MEESEEKS ADVENTURE [2022] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: MORTY'S RUN [2022] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY [2022] #100 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: TIME ZOO [2023] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: MAXIMUM OVERTURE [2023] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: SCIENCE OF SUMMER [2023] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: FRICKY FRIDAY [2023] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: RICK IN A BOX [2023] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: MAXIMUM CRESCENDO [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY FINALS WEEK: SHERICK HOLMES AND MORTSON [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY SUPER SPRING BREAK SPECIAL [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY FINALS WEEK: BRAWLHER [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY FINALS WEEK: WRATH OF BETH [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY 10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY FINALS WEEK: CONTESTED CONVENTION [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: RICK OR TREAT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY FINALS WEEK: OLD MAN MORTY [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: SUPER SPECIAL HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS: MAXIMUM CODA [2024] #1 Find issues on MCS
- RICK AND MORTY: NEW YEAR, NEW RICK SPECIAL [2025] #1
Key Issues
A key issue can be an acceptable place to get started with Rick and Morty, but they are more of a collector's checklist, as they can carry high price tags. Rick and Morty was a surprise hit from independent publisher Oni Press. All the early issues are highly sought after and can command high prices.
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- RICK AND MORTY [2015] #1 (1st appearance of Rick and Morty) Find it on eBay
Compilations
In modern comic publishing, it's common (and expected) for individual comic book issues to be collected into compilations of trade paperbacks and/or hardcovers, as well as other special compilations. Unlike the individual source issues, the collected editions typically stay in print for long periods and are less 'collectible.' If individual issues are out of reach or are not of interest to you or if you just need reading copies, the following collected editions of Rick And Morty comic books are the most recent in-print editions and are the perfect alternative to get started right away with Rick and Morty. The following compilations are presented in a chronologically-based suggested reading order with softcover editions before any hardcover editions (unless the only in-print editions are hardcover--these are integrated into the softcover list). I did, however, separate out the RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS series of trade paperbacks, since there's a bunch and they inhibit a nice reading order flow. They are listed in succession at the end of the following list before the hardcover series.
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| Cover | Release Month | Series / Number / Storyline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Quick View | Nov 2015 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 01 CURRENT PRINTING |  | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Apr 2016 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 02 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Sep 2016 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 03 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Feb 2017 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 04 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Mar 2017 | RICK AND MORTY: LIL' POOPY SUPERSTAR [2016-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jul 2017 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 05 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Dec 2017 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 06 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Mar 2018 | RICK AND MORTY: POCKET LIKE YOU STOLE IT [2017-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | May 2018 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 07 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Dec 2018 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 08 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Mar 2019 | RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS [2018-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jun 2019 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 09 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Dec 2019 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 10 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Mar 2020 | RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS [2020-TPB] VOL 02: PAINSCAPE CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jul 2020 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 11 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Dec 2020 | RICK AND MORTY: GO TO HELL [2020-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jan 2021 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-TPB] VOL 12 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Sep 2021 | RICK AND MORTY: WORLD'S APART [2021-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | May 2021 | RICK AND MORTY: EVER AFTER [2021-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Mar 2022 | RICK AND MORTY: RICK'S NEW HAT [2022-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Oct 2022 | RICK AND MORTY: CORPORATE ASSETS [2022-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jan 2023 | RICK AND MORTY: INFINITY HOUR [2023-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jul 2023 | RICK AND MORTY VS. CTHULHU [2022-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Aug 2023 | RICK AND MORTY: CRISIS ON C-137 [2023-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Dec 2023 | RICK AND MORTY: THE SPACE SHAKE SAGA [2023-TPB] VOL 01 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Mar 2024 | RICK AND MORTY: HEART OF RICKNESS [2023-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jul 2024 | RICK AND MORTY: THE SPACE SHAKE SAGA [2023-TPB] VOL 02 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Sep 2024 | RICK AND MORTY: MEESEEKS, P.I. [2023-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jan 2025 | RICK AND MORTY: KINGDOM BALLS [2025-TPB] CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | May 2019 | RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS [2019-TPB] VOL 01 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | May 2020 | RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS [2019-TPB] VOL 02 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jun 2021 | RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS [2019-TPB] VOL 03 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Aug 2022 | RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS [2019-TPB] VOL 04 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Aug 2023 | RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS [2019-TPB] VOL 05 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Aug 2024 | RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS [2019-TPB] VOL 06 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Oct 2023 | RICK AND MORTY COMPENDIUM [2023-TPB] VOL 01 CURRENT PRINTING (a new, larger compilation series, collecting the RICK AND MORTY [2015] series) | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | May 2024 | RICK AND MORTY COMPENDIUM [2023-TPB] VOL 02 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Nov 2016 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 01 CURRENT PRINTING (hardcover compilation series of the RICK AND MORTY [2015] series | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Oct 2017 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 02 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Sep 2018 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 03 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Oct 2019 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 04 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Oct 2020 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 05 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Apr 2021 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 06 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Oct 2021 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 07 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jul 2022 | RICK AND MORTY [2015-HC] BOOK 08 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Apr 2023 | RICK AND MORTY DELUXE DOUBLE FEATURE [2023-HC] VOL 01 CURRENT PRINTING (this hardcover series begins collecting RICK AND MORTY mini-series) | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Sep 2023 | RICK AND MORTY DELUXE DOUBLE FEATURE [2023-HC] VOL 02 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | May 2024 | RICK AND MORTY DELUXE DOUBLE FEATURE [2023-HC] VOL 03 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Oct 2024 | RICK AND MORTY DELUXE DOUBLE FEATURE [2023-HC] VOL 04 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon | |
 Quick View | Jun 2025 | RICK AND MORTY DELUXE DOUBLE FEATURE [2023-HC] VOL 05 CURRENT PRINTING | | Go to Amazon |
Media Source Material
If you've enjoyed non-comic media for Rick and Morty, this section describes the comic book source material for some of the most popular non-comic media. However, Rick and Morty began as an animated television show with comic books from Oni Press following. Comic books have not been the source material for the cartoon. The comic book storylines and bonus shorts are original stories that compliment the animated television show perfectly without rehashing the show or straying too far from the aspects that make the show so popular.