Dungeons & Dragons Animated Adventures comic book is getting a deluxe hardcover edition

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Published Feb 18, 2026, 9:00 AM EST

The Animated Adventures Library Edition arrives this summer

The Dungeons & Dragons Saturday morning cartoon aired from 1983 to 1985, and the weird tale of a group of six kids who ride a roller coaster into the fantasy tabletop role-playing game is still inspiring writers and game designers. The characters popped up in the 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Wizards of the Coast created an adventure based on the show to introduce the 2024 rules. The series was a big influence on Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ dark comic book series Die, and got its own comic adaptation from IDW in 2022, which will be collected into a deluxe hardcover edition releasing this summer.

Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Adventures Library Edition contains IDW’s three Saturday Morning Adventures four-issue miniseries, which are meant to represent lost episodes of the cartoon. The comics are written by David M. Booher (Ghostbusters) and Sam Maggs (Critical Role) and illustrated by George Kambadais (Gargoyles) and Jack Lawrence (Transformers). While the show was set in a generic fantasy world, the comics take place within D&D’s Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

The mage Venger, a fanged figure with demonic wings, holds purple flame in both hands with a wall of purple fire in front of him facing the silhouettes of six young adventurers and a baby unicorn in cover art for Dungeons & Dragons Animated Adventures

The young heroes were given magic items by the enigmatic Dungeon Master that allow them to take on the powers of D&D classes, becoming Hank the Ranger, Eric the Cavalier, Diana the Acrobat, Presto the Magician, Sheila the Thief, and Bobby the Barbarian. The show’s old enough that some of these classes no longer exist in the current rules of the game. While they were always trying to get home, the kids tended to find reasons to stay in the fantasy world to protect Bobby’s pet baby unicorn, Uni, and people in need. In the comics, they explore a spooky monastery in Waterdeep, fight pirates on the Sword Coast, and encounter dragons while trying to take a relaxing trip to the beach.

Releasing on Aug. 4, the $49.99 book features new cover art from Rex Xie depicting Venger, the powerful mage who was the show’s primary villain. It will also feature a gallery of variant cover art. Preorders for Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Adventures Library Adventures are open now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and local stores.

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