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After 20 years, Supernatural is paying off one of Dean Winchester’s first mysteries in a spinoff comic book
One line in Supernatural’s pilot hinted at an entire unseen adventure.
NewsbyTrent Cannon, Senior Contributing writer
Published on Thu Jul 23 2026
Something that sometimes gets overlooked about Supernatural is how good it is at just dropping you into a world that feels lived in and expecting you to accept things. Demons and ghosts and all sorts of magic exist, and we just need to roll with it. Even a throwaway line in the very first episode was enough to give Dean Winchester a fleshed-out backstory, which is providing the basis for an upcoming comic book revival.
The previously announced Supernatural: Dean Winchester comic book takes its inspiration from something that Dean says to Sam in the very first episode of the series.
“In the very <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0FSMCGCQL/?&linkCode=ll2&tag=popverse07-20&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>first episode of the show, Dean goes to pick up Sam to find their missing father,” explained writer Chuck Brown. “Dean tells Sam he was on a solo case, a voodoo thing in New Orleans. I’ve always wondered what happened. So I decided to start there and take Dean through the South where I grew up.”
The American South is, of course, a big place, so there is no shortage of stories that Brown and the rest of the team at Dynamite can explore. That variety is part of what attracted Brown to the series and the character.
“Dean’s my favorite because he can go to some really dark places. He can also switch gears and be a very light-hearted character. He has a hard job, but enjoys life whenever he can.”
Supernatural: Dean Winchester is set to be released on October 21, 2026, which is the same day that Supernatural: Sam Winchester will hit shelves. Because even when the brothers are apart, they’re never that far apart.
Here’s how to watch the Supernatural franchise in order.
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Trent Cannon: Trent is a freelance writer who has been covering anime, video games, and pop culture for a decade. (He/Him)
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