SUPERNATURAL #2
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Greg Pak
ART: Pasquale Qualano, Alessandro Ranaldi, Vincenzo Federici, and Eder Messias
COLORS: Ellie Wright
LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry
EDITOR: Nate Cosby
COVER: Clayton Crain
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: David Cousens; Eder Messias; Clayton Crain
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (November 2025)
Rated “Teen”
“Supernatural” created by Eric Kripke
Supernatural was an American television series created by Eric Kripke. It debuted on The WB broadcast network on September 13, 2005 and subsequently became part of successor network, The CW. The series ended November 19, 2020, after a total of 15 seasons and 327 episodes. “Supernatural” starred Jared Padalecki as “Sam Winchester” and Jensen Ackles as “Dean Winchester,” two brothers who hunt demons, ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural beings.
DC Comics and its Wildstorm imprint published four Supernatural comic book miniseries over a period from 2007 to 2011. Now, Dynamite Entertainment has the license and has launched a new series, Supernatural. It is written by Greg Pak; drawn by Eder Messias and others; colored by Ellie Wright; and lettered by Jeff Eckleberry. According to Dynamite, this new comic book is set between Supernatural Seasons 1 and 2, and finds Dean and Sam Winchester forced to take on a new threat before they can continue their hunt for the demon that killed their mother, Mary Winchester.
Supernatural #2 opens in 1961 just in time to witness the inevitable aftermath of a murder. In the present, The Winchester's adventures along the back roads of America's heartland hunting monsters have been rewarding. The problem is that they do not pay well or even pay at all. Sam and Dean are broke, and Dean has hit upon the idea of traveling to Las Vegas where he figures that they can earn money the old-fashioned way – gambling what little cash they have left at a casino.
While Dean is going through a losing streak, Sam meets California “Callie” Hernandez, a young woman who decides to use her amazing powers of luck to help Dean start winning. Dean's winning streak catches the attention of Bobby McCatrick, the hood who runs this casino. Will the sympathetic Callie lead Sam and Dean to temporary wealth or to worst turn of fortune?
THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. Supernatural #2 is one of the latest, and it is the second “Supernatural” comic book that I have read.
I did not read any of the DC/Wildstorm's Supernatural comic books, and I only watched the first few seasons of “Supernatural.” When I tried to rejoin it, I just couldn't reconnect. Eventually, I'll try streaming it... all 15 seasons...
I had my doubts about this new Supernatural comic book series, although it is written by one of the better comic book writers of the last two decades, Greg Pak. But Greg has delivered, and I think the first issue of this series, Supernatural #01, was not a fluke. Pak delivers another standalone issue that feels just like the early, Gothic, and haunted early episodes of the television series. If Netflix... I mean, Warner Bros. ever decides to bring “Supernatural” back to television, I think considering Greg Pak as a series writer would be a good idea.
Issue #1's artist, Eder Messias, is joined by Pasquale Qualano, Alessandro Ranaldi, and Vincenzo Federici to create a mood that makes this second issue that feels genuine to its source material “Supernatural.” One again, readers won't think they are reading a tie-in comic book because Messias and company's storytelling feel like it belongs in the world of “Supernatural,” a genuine chapter within the continuity of the series.
Ellie Wright's colors capture the garishly colorful mood of the casino which makes this setting seem genuine. As always, letterer Jeff Eckleberry captures the spirit of the story, this time creating the sense of a crime story that is gradually revealing the darkness in its origins.
I didn't know what to expect of the first two issues, dear readers. Now, I expect that I'll have to return for the third.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of the television series, “Supernatural” may want to try the new Supernatural comic book series.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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