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The Rocky Horror Show will reportedly be returning for a new comic book in time for Halloween later this year. Dark Horse Comics has the comic book license for the cult classic franchise.
Bleeding Cool reports that Dark Horse will publish Rocky Horror Show #1 for Halloween 2025, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Rocky Horror Picture Show film starring Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite alien scientist. The issue will reportedly be written by Magdalene Visaggio, the acclaimed comic book writer known for Kim & Kim and Vagrant Queen. Her work has been nominated for two Eisner Awards and three GLAAD Media Awards, with Vagrant Queen being adopted into a Syfy television series back in 2020.
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This wouldn't be the first time Visaggio has published works in the realm of Rocky Horror. As a trans comic creator, she contributed to the book Absolute Pleasure: Queer Reflections on Five Messy Decades of Rocky Horror, which explored the story's rise as an underground sensation from its early days on stage in New York City to its film adaptation and beyond.
The Rocky Horror Show began in 1973 with a stage show that drew inspiration from horror B movies and science fiction. Two years later, it was adapted into film as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, an independent film starring Tim Curry in his debut along with Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick. Despite an initial negative reception, The Rocky Horror Picture Show quickly became a cult classic, and it is still in limited release in 2025, making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history. In 2016, a tribute TV film was broadcast on Fox, with Frank-N-Furter played by Laverne Cox.
Dark Horse's Rocky Horror Show Isn't The Franchise's First Comic Adaptation
With its cult-like following, The Rocky Horror Show has transcended the stage and been adapted into many other types of media. Trading cards, action figures, board games and even Funko pops have been released featuring the story's colorful cast of characters over the years. Dark Horse's rumored 50th anniversary comic wouldn't even be the first time the story has been adapted in comic book format.
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In 1990, a three-issue comic book adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Comic, was released for the 15th anniversary of the franchise. It was written and illustrated by Kevin VanHook and published by Caliber Press. Richard J. Anobile also published a photo comic based on the movie, The Official Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Novel, which is no longer in print. It remains to be seen if the rumored upcoming Rocky Horror comic will be a one-shot or limited series like previous adaptations.
Dark Horse's rumored Rocky Horror Show comic is expected to be released around Halloween, with more details likely to follow in the coming months.
Source: Bleeding Cool
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