Exclusive: Celebrate the Release of THE AUTUMN KINGDOM VOL. 1 by Reading the Entire First Issue of Cullen Bunn and Christopher Mitten’s “Deathly Dark Fairy Tale”

Daughters of an imaginative novelist find themselves in the middle of their own "deathly dark fairy tale" when their family vacation turns into an eerie adventure brimming with fearsome creatures and fantastical discoveries in the captivating comic book series The Autumn Kingdom from writer Cullen Bunn and artist Christopher Mitten.

Following its well-received debut last year, the first four issues of The Autumn Kingdom are being collected in a Volume One: Through the Blight trade paperback from Oni Press, and to celebrate its release, we have the first full issue of The Autumn Kingdom that Daily Dead readers can enjoy right now!

You can read the first issue of The Autumn Kingdom in its entirety below, and to learn more about this series and other exciting releases from Oni Press, be sure to visit:

• https://www.onipress.com/

The Autumn Kingdom Vol. 1
Through the Blight
By Cullen Bunn
Illustrated by Christopher Mitten

Venture into the deathly dark fairy tale that’s been hailed as one of the year’s best new comics series from masters of horror Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Sixth Gun) and Christopher Mitten (Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Saturn Returns)!

Fantasy novelist Andrew Kier takes his family on an idyllic vacation to the edge of a lush Swedish forest, where he hopes to finish writing his latest book in The Wraithbound Queen series. After his young daughters, Sommer and Winter, venture into the woods and find a clearing of statues nearby—featuring trolls, goblins, and a warrior queen missing her swordhand and weapon—a horde of fearsome fae creatures smash into their cabin and kidnap Andrew and his wife, Melissa. Sommer and Winter evade capture and flee into the forest, where they stumble upon a giant sword that mysteriously grants them the power to fight the monsters who stole their parents. As the girls slice their way to answers, centuries of horror and conflict are revealed, and they descend into the Autumn Kingdom to save their family—and their sisterly bond—if they’re not too late.

Publisher: Oni Press (September 2, 2025)
Length: 104 pages

To read The Autumn Kingdom #1, click on the cover below or click this PDF link.