Dune: House Corrino #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeDune: House Corrino #1 marks the opening chapter of the first-ever comic adaptation of the third and final novel in Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Prelude to Dune trilogy, completing BOOM! Studios' multi-year project to render the entire prequel cycle in sequential art. Because the source novel dramatizes the final cascade of events — Emperor Shaddam IV's synthetic-spice gambit, Jessica's fateful pregnancy, and the consolidation of power that will directly trigger the fall of House Atreides — this issue functions as a narrative capstone for the entire prequel saga in comics form. Its March 20, 2024 release placed it in direct cultural conversation with Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two, hitting theaters the same month, giving readers a rare moment when a prose prequel's comic adaptation and a major cinematic sequel occupied the same cultural window simultaneously. The issue also demonstrates BOOM! Studios' sustained commitment to expanding serious science fiction literature into the comics medium, following their earlier adaptations of House Atreides (2020) and House Harkonnen.
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The series was announced in December 2023, with BOOM! Studios editorial framing it explicitly as the conclusion to the studio's ongoing Prelude to Dune comic project that had been in development with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson for several years. The source material — the 2001 novel Dune: House Corrino, published by Spectra — was itself a New York Times bestseller that debuted at #8 on that list, and drew from notes left behind by Frank Herbert after his death in 1986. Senior Editor Shantel LaRocque described the adaptation's central dramatic focus as exploring 'the mechanizations of the Imperial family' and characterized the narrative as 'the final dominoes being set up' before the tragic events of Frank Herbert's original novel. Artist Simone Ragazzoni, a Milan-based illustrator who had previously worked with BOOM! on Power Rangers titles, joined the creative team alongside colorist Dan Jackson and letterer Ed Dukeshire, with returning cover artist Raymond Swanland providing the primary cover imagery throughout the run.
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- Published by BOOM! Studios; released March 20, 2024 as an oversized 33-page (40-page per the second printing announcement) extra-length first issue.
- Written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson — the same authors who wrote the 2001 source novel — making this a direct literary adaptation by the original storytellers rather than a third-party scriptwriter.
- Art by Simone Ragazzoni (a Milan-based artist who previously worked on BOOM!'s Power Rangers Universe), colors by Dan Jackson, and lettering by Ed Dukeshire.
- Adapts the third and final book in the 'House Trilogy' (also called the Prelude to Dune trilogy), which itself draws on notes left behind by original Dune creator Frank Herbert after his death.
- The series is the third leg of BOOM! Studios' full comic adaptation of the Prelude to Dune trilogy, following their Dune: House Atreides adaptation (launched 2020) and Dune: House Harkonnen.
- Issue #1 main cover by Raymond Swanland; variant covers by Veronica Fish, Rebeca Puebla, and Dan Mora on the first printing.
- Issue #1 sold out at the distributor level, prompting a second printing (order code FEB247122) featuring the Swanland cover, available April 17, 2024.
- A trade paperback collection (Vol. 1) was re-released September 8, 2026, timed to coincide with promotion ahead of Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three.
- Narratively covers Emperor Shaddam IV's plot to develop a synthetic melange substitute (ajidamal), the Fremen-Harkonnen conflict on Arrakis, Lady Jessica's pregnancy, and the assault on Ix — all events immediately preceding Frank Herbert's original 1965 novel.
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