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Published Feb 2, 2026, 2:07 PM EST
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Oni Press is currently in the middle of its release of its final Rick and Morty licensed comic book series, Rick and Morty: The End (we gave the second issue a great review at CBR). Rick Sanchez is on the run from the collective of universes following the events of the Rick and Morty Versus the Universe, and Morty was tasked with hunting down his own grandfather or else all Mortys would be erased from the multiverse.
In the first issue, Morty tracked down some characters that he remembered Rick enjoying. They turned out to be a dead end, but it led Morty to running into the new Vindicators, who are now led by Morty's ex-girlfriend, Planetina! The new Vindicators are now calling themselves the "Vinrickators," and at the end of the second issue, after Morty betrayed them to help his grandfather, the Vindicators traveled to the dream reality Rick had been hiding in, and began their attack.
Now, CBR has an exclusive preview of the third ssue of Rick and Morty: The End, coming from writer Daniel Kibblesmith and artist Jarrett Williams, which is out on Wednesday.
What is the solicitation for Rick and Morty: The End #3, and what are the covers?
RICK AND MORTY: THE END #3 (of 6)
WRITTEN BY DANIEL KIBBLESMITH
ART BY JARRETT WILLIAMS
COVER A BY DAVE BARDIN
COVER B BY TROY LITTLE
MOST WANTED VARIANT (1:10) BY PHIL MURPHY
VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER
It's an intergalactic battle royale between the universe's smartest man and its saddest gang of bench-warming superheroes!
The Vindicators (newly dubbed the Vind-RICK-ators) have managed to track down Rick Sanchez, but he's not going quietly as the galactic search for Rick hits its chaotic fever pitch. Rick's foes pull out every stop to corner the madman and TRY to bring him in to pay for his crimes against EXISTENCE! But Rick has a few tricks up his lab coat. Will the cosmic super-genius finally be forced to face the consequences of his terrible actions, or have the Vindicators, led by Morty, fallen into one of his most elaborate traps yet?
THE END is almost certainly nigh as cosmic annihilators Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Jarrett Williams (Speed Force) count down to the end of Rick and Morty's epic 10-year run at Oni Press!
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What happens in the preview pages of Rick and Morty: The End #3?
In the preview pages, the Vindicators, after having destroyed Rick's fantasy family, are now attacking Rick himself. Morty, meanwhile, is trying to reason with his ex-girlfriend. There's a fun bit where she explains that she is dating someone else, and is offended when Morty asks who, as if he would know who she is dating.
Rick appears to be getting wrecked by the Vindicators, and as the preview pages end, it looks really bad for Rick, but you know how he is always prone to getting out of trouble at the last minute, so you'll have to pick up a copy of Rick and Morty: The End #3 this Wednesday to see what happens next.
Source: Oni Press
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