Cover: Francesco Mattina

The Herculoids #2

Mar 2025 · Dynamite Entertainment · 4.99 USD

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“There Were Monsters in Paradise!”

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The Herculoids #2 (March 2025) is part of the first-ever self-titled ongoing comic series devoted exclusively to the Herculoids — a landmark in itself, given that the characters had only appeared as guests or anthology features across Gold Key, Marvel, and DC books since the late 1960s. The issue introduces the Mole-Men of Amzot as a new comic-book-original threat, digging beneath the surface of the planet to expand its mythology beyond the off-world-invader formula that defined the original cartoon. Coming on the heels of Dynamite's well-received Space Ghost revival, this series signals a broader creative reclamation of Alex Toth's Hanna-Barbera science-fantasy universe for modern sequential storytelling. Reviewer consensus described the issue as a tonally faithful continuation that successfully translates the kinetic energy of the 1967 animated series into comic form.

In "There Were Monsters in Paradise!", the Herculoids face their most desperate threat yet as fortune-seeker Quen-Tel launches a full-scale invasion of their world, Amzot, backed by ruthless corporate might and towering mining machinery. With their home under siege, the Herculoids must rally to repel the assault—only to discover that something ancient and far more dangerous has stirred beneath the surface. Written by Tom Sniegoski and brought to life with bold, dynamic art by Craig Rousseau, this issue delivers high-stakes action and a chilling new mystery, all framed by Francesco Mattina’s striking cover.

writer Tom Sniegoski · artist, inker Craig Rousseau · colorist Omi Remalante Jr. · letterer Jeff Eckleberry · cover Francesco Mattina

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History

The series was announced by Dynamite Entertainment in October 2024 and solicited through Diamond's December 2024 Previews catalog, with writer Tom Sniegoski — known for his work on Vampirella and Hellboy tie-ins — and artist Craig Rousseau, a veteran of Batman Beyond and Gotham Adventures, tapped as the creative team. Sniegoski publicly described landing the assignment as one of the highlights of his comics career, while Rousseau noted he grew up with the cartoon and leapt at the chance. Issue #1 shipped February 19, 2025, with #2 following exactly one month later on March 19, 2025, maintaining a tight monthly cadence from the start. The pairing of the two creators reprised a prior working relationship, and the publisher surrounded their interiors with an unusually deep bench of cover artists recruited issue-by-issue.

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Published by Dynamite Entertainment; on-sale date March 19, 2025; 32 pages, full color, rated Teen.
Written by Tom Sniegoski (Vampirella, Hellboy tie-ins); interior art by Craig Rousseau (Batman Beyond, Gotham Adventures).
Marks the in-continuity introduction of the Mole-Men as an antagonist force native to the subterranean depths of Planet Amzot — a new villain concept not derived directly from any original 1967 television episode.
The Mole-Men story arc continues into issue #3, in which the underground invaders launch a full-scale assault on Amzot's surface, giving the threat a multi-issue scope unprecedented in the property's comic history.
Cover E — the Eric Powell variant — is a notable creative milestone: Powell, creator of The Goon, contributed his first-ever work on the Herculoids property.
Additional covers for this issue by Francesco Mattina (Cover A, plus foil/virgin/metal/limited variants), Joseph Michael Linsner, Bjorn Barends, and Felipe Massafera, continuing the multi-artist cover program established in issue #1.
The 2025 Dynamite series is only the second time the Herculoids have headlined their own titled comic book run; all prior comic appearances (Gold Key's Hanna-Barbera TV Super Heroes 1968–69, Marvel's TV Stars 1978, DC's Cartoon Network Presents 1997–99, DC's Future Quest 2016) were either anthology slots or team-up books.
The original Herculoids characters and their world were created and designed by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera, debuting on CBS on September 9, 1967 — the creative bedrock that Sniegoski and Rousseau explicitly built upon.