Supernatural’s Near-Perfect Western Is Better Than Any Western TV Episode

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Published Mar 4, 2026, 8:00 AM EST

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The following contains major spoilers for Supernatural #5, on sale now from Dynamite Entertainment.

Supernatural fans just got the Western episode they didn't know they were missing.

The Supernatural comic book series from Dynamite Entertainment has seen the Winchesters go up against all kinds of monstrous threats, but Supernatural #5 takes things to a whole new level. After Sam and Dean finally catch up to the enigmatic Steff Windler, they find themselves besieged by reanimated figures from the Wild West intent on taking them to court for the future of their very souls.

Supernatural #5

Written by GREG PAK
Art by PASQUALE QUALANO, ANDREA ARCARI & GERARDO GAMBONE
Colors by ELLIE WRIGHT
Letters by JEFF ECKLEBERRY
Main cover art by CLAYTON CRAIN
Variant covers by EDER MESSIAS and ALFREDO CARDONA

The official solicit synopsis for Supernatural #5 from Dynamite Entertainment reads, "DISORDER IN THE COURT! After clashing repeatedly with the nefarious forces deployed by Windler Industries, Sam and Dean Winchester have finally gathered enough evidence to go after its shadowy founder, Steff Windler. But when the brothers set out to track the sinister CEO down, they wind up driving straight into a trap that Windler has carefully constructed for them!"

The synopsis continues, "Captured by an uncanny posse of skeletal cowboys, the Winchester boys are hauled before an equally incorporeal judge and put on trial for their very souls. But this is no ordinary demonic kangaroo court — and if Windler can make his case successfully, the hellish verdict handed down will be the very definition of a fate worse than death!"

Supernatural Returns To Its Television Roots

The Supernatural comic book series from Dynamite Entertainment offers fans of the hit The CW show a chance to return to the fantastical and terrifying world of their favorite series. Supernatural drops readers into one of the Winchesters' most iconic eras, adding previously untold chapters to Sam and Dean's story.

As previously explained by Supernatural writer Greg Pak, "We're setting our stories basically near the end of the first season, when it was really a monster of the week show with these guys on the road, and every episode is a self-contained story with new locations, new characters, and a new monster."

The original Supernatural series by creator and showrunner Eric Kripke premiered in 2005 on The WB (currently The CW) and introduced audiences to Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles' Dean and Sam Winchester, a pair of brothers who have followed in their parents' footsteps as professional monster hunters. Supernatural quickly established itself as the then-latest hit action drama, and went on to amass a whopping 327-episode, 15-season run, all while kicking off a massively popular multimedia franchise.

Dynamite Entertainment's Supernatural comic book series has continued offering fans stories that feel like they were pulled right out the original series. The comics have also added entirely new layers to the wider Supernatural mythology, with the iconic '67 Chevy Impala known as "Baby" becoming possessed just a few issues into the series' run.

Supernatural #5 from Dynamite Entertainment is on sale now.