Dune: House Harkonnen #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeDune: House Harkonnen #2 (February 2023, BOOM! Studios) is the second chapter in the first-ever comic-book adaptation of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's New York Times bestselling 1999 novel of the same name — itself the middle volume of the 'Prelude to Dune' trilogy bridging the gap to Frank Herbert's original 1965 masterpiece. The issue deepens the Harkonnen–Atreides rivalry at the comic medium level for the first time, dramatizing Gurney Halleck's musical defiance of the Baron alongside the politically charged subplot of artificial-spice production gone wrong, both key narrative pillars of the larger prequel cycle. As the second installment of what would become a twelve-issue run, it helped establish the pacing and visual grammar — artist Michael Shelfer's gritty, planet-hopping layouts — that carried the full series through to its completion in January 2024, after which the entire run was collected into hardcover volumes and ultimately a deluxe omnibus edition. The series as a whole represents the most sustained comics treatment of the Dune prequel mythology to date, and issue #2 sits at the heart of its opening act.
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The series was announced by BOOM! Studios in late 2022, with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson personally adapting their own prose novel into script form — a continuation of the same collaborative arrangement that produced the twelve-issue Dune: House Atreides comic adaptation. At the time of the series announcement, Herbert and Anderson had already delivered the first six scripts, ensuring an uninterrupted monthly release schedule. Senior Editor Shantel LaRocque shepherded the project at BOOM! Studios, with artist Michael Shelfer (known for Domino), colorist Patricio Delpeche, and letterer Ed Dukeshire rounding out the creative team. Issue #2 shipped on February 22, 2023, following the sell-out and second-printing of issue #1, which signaled strong reader demand for the series from its opening month.
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- Published by BOOM! Studios; cover-dated February 2023; shipped to comic shops on February 22, 2023.
- Written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (adapting their own 1999 novel), with interior art by Michael Shelfer, colors by Patricio Delpeche, and letters by Ed Dukeshire.
- Second issue of a twelve-issue limited series; the full run concluded with issue #12 in January 2024.
- Main cover by Raymond Swanland (known for Magic: The Gathering); variant covers by Reiko Murakami (The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country), Serg Acuña (WWE), and Mateus Manhanini (House of Slaughter).
- Story beats include Gurney Halleck singing blasphemous songs in defiance of the Baron, the Baron's worsening unnamed affliction, the failed artificial-spice program frustrating Count Fenring and Shaddam, a hidden cache of organic spice, and Duke Leto being observed by a figure of unspecified future significance.
- The series adapts the second novel in the 'Prelude to Dune' trilogy — following the 12-issue Dune: House Atreides comic and preceding Dune: House Corrino — completing the full comic-book treatment of Herbert and Anderson's prequel cycle.
- The 12-issue run was later collected in three hardcover volumes (Vol. 1: #1–4; Vol. 2: #5–8; Vol. 3: #9–12) and subsequently as a complete omnibus hardcover (ISBN 9798892159920), scheduled for release October 13, 2026 — the likely source of the '2026' date in the query.
- BOOM! Studios published the series in partnership with Herbert Properties LLC, the estate managing Frank Herbert's literary legacy.
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