The Spooky Season is almost here, andRick and Mortyare ready with an anthology of scary stories that introduces anew version of Rick’s iconic Portal Gun. The ‘Rick or Treat’ special sees new character Lil Wigsley (seemingly a parody of Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Addams) attempt to scam Morty with a series of strangely banal horror stories. In this ‘Interdimensional Cable’-style special, the horror stories are part of a larger ploy by Rick and his spooky new guest.
In an exclusive preview ofRick and Morty: Rick or Treat Halloween Special #1, Screen Rant can reveal the opening moments of the special, which reveal thatLil Wigsley comes from a dimension only accessible through a new version of Rick’s iconic Portal Gun- one that can open a “Dark Portal” and allow Lil Wigsley to step through.
The 64-page comic special is coming September 25 from writer Brockton McKinney (Rick and Morty: Maximum Overdrive) and artist Marc Ellerby (Rick and Morty.) Fans can choose between the main cover by Ellerby, as well as Jarrett Williams’Children of the Corn/Friday the 13thparody variant and Aaron Conley’s werewolf-transformation variant. The issue’s summary reads:
Rick is hard at work in the garage, but Morty just won’t stop yapping, so he opens up a portal and brings in a weird, gothy-looking girl named Lil Wigsley. Rick explains that Lil Wigsley will tell Morty stories if he’ll shut up and listen - but these aren’t just any old stories. They’re horrifically banal, but it soon becomes clear that Rick and Sister Lil Wigsley’s intent to distract Morty is more terrifying than the tepid tales they’ve been spinning!
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Welcome to the Rick or Treat Halloween Special
Rick and Mortyis no stranger to horror, with episodes built around parodies ofA Nightmare on Elm Street,The Purge,Hellraiser, Jordan Peele’sUsand Stephen King’sNeedful Things. It will be fun for fans to see what horror properties get aRick and Mortytwist in the special, with the comic’s Wednesday Addams already a fascinating figure, turning up dressed as a medieval plague doctor and accompanied by a steampunk wolf-spider. But why does Rick want Morty to be bored on Halloween so much that he’ll summon Lil Wigsley to do it?
Another question raised by the comic is how Rick’s Dark Portal Gun will add toRick and Mortycanon.Various types of portal exist in the franchise so far, with Rick using green portals to travel between realities within the Central Finite Curve, while ‘Evil Morty’ uses gold portals to travel outside it. Blue portals have also been seen, used by President Curtis to travel long distances within one reality, and the masochistic demons of ‘Amortycan Grickfitti’ use a fiery portal to access Hell. However, none of these portals have the same black and purple design that fans see in this preview, begging the question of what type of dimension Rick could possibly be accessing.
Rick and Morty: Rick or Treat Halloween Special #1is giving fans a dose of horror just in time for Halloween, but along with the scares, there are already fascinating questions as to what Rick is really up to and where Lil Wigsley actually emerged from.
Rick and Morty: Rick or Treat Halloween Special #1is coming September 25.
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Rick and Morty is an animated science fiction series that follows the eccentric scientist Rick Sanchez and his impressionable grandson Morty Smith as they embark on perilous adventures across space and alternate dimensions. The show explores the impact of these exploits on Morty’s tumultuous family life and personal challenges.
