Dates
- Cover date
- [October 2025]
- On sale
- October 29, 2025
- Pages
- 344
Editions and covers
Story arc: Rick and Morty The Space Shake Saga
This is part 13 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Rick and Morty (2023) #1
- Rick and Morty (2023) #2
- Rick and Morty (2023) #3
- Rick and Morty (2023) #4
- Rick and Morty (2023) #5
- Rick and Morty (2023) #6
- Rick and Morty (2023) #7
- Rick and Morty (2023) #8
- Rick and Morty (2023) #9
- Rick and Morty (2023) #10
- Rick and Morty (2023) #11
- Rick and Morty (2023) #12
- Rick and Morty Compendium (2023) #5
Creators
Stories
- Warriors of Mathematics vs. Rick the Science God (aka) "The Space Shake Saga" · 21 pages
Rick and Morty return from an adventure where Rick has stolen and returned with a rogue universe's science, doubling his stockpile of science. Morty decides to return to high school, rather than go on Rick's new 12-issue adventure, causing a rift between grandfather and grandson. A dimension of math-worshipping Goldenfolds seeks to raid "our" dimension (C-137) to capture "our" Rick, representing the chaos of mad-science to the math-lovers. Bystanders of the battle between Rick and the invading Unclefold, awkward Morty and disaffected but sweet Noelle, begin a cross-dimensional friendship.
- Make Love, Not Dimensional War! · 22 pages
Rick lays out for school science teacher (and “Normal Rick”) Mr. Sanchez, the strata of the different types of Ricks in the Multiverse, starting with the “Genius Ricks” (of which “Our Rick” is supreme), “Normal Ricks” (ordinary Ricks from all walks of life), “Animal Ricks” (various animal versions of Ricks), and, at the Feral Rick Core, “The Devil Rick”. From the vast array of “Normal Ricks”, Our Rick gathers an army to fight the Math Dimension’s Goldenfold Math Warriors, led by Platinumfold. Meanwhile, Morty and Noelle slip away from all this and start an awkward-but-tender teenage romance.
- Gods of War War with Other War Gods · 22 pages
The Ricks of the Multiverse battle their Goldenfold counterparts. Movie director Quentin Tarangoldenfold (dubbed "Twothreefold") abandons his duties as the distinguisher of look-alike chalk-written twos and threes for key equations, leaving "our" Goldenfold to totally mess the job up - resulting in the emergence of soul-eating god Uber-Rick. “Normal Rick” Mr. Sanchez proves his worth by getting into Uber-Rick's head, teaching him remorse, and destroying him. Rick portals the Goldenfolds including Noelle to the dead-god dimension of Anti Hala to get rid of them. Morty vows to rescue Noelle.
- Entering The Infinidog · 22 pages
Glug Vronsky, mad billionaire tech-genius, sends Creepworm to capture Rick and bring him to "The Infinidog", a vast orbiting platform in the form of a dog-eating-its-tail, serving as Vronsky's laboratory and base-of-operations. Vronsky idolizes Rick and wants to be his new best friend and adventuring-companion, now that Morty has walked away from Rick to rescue Noelle from the dead-god dimension of Anti Hala. As Vronsky is the only other human who has developed the portal tech for Morty's journey, he seeks out Vronsky, becoming an entry-level recruit - while hearing Rick's voice in his head.
- That Friendship Has Sailed · 22 pages
Summer travels to "The Infinidog", an orbiting platform resembling a dog-eating-its-tail, and Glug Vronsky's base-of-operations, where Rick has been jailed for not wanting to be Vronsky's friend, and Morty is the subject of some gruesome testing of new dental equipment. Morty, while channeling Rick in an apparent bout of schizophrenia, provides Vronsky with information on how to become Rick's friend. In return, Vronsky offers to retrieve Noelle from Anti Hala. Instead, he plucks a grotesque version of Noelle from an "AI created universe". Rick escapes jail. Summer sabotages The Infinidog.
- One Chaotic Dog Crash Earlier · 22 pages
Thanks to Summer's sabotage of "The Infinidog" (an orbiting platform resembling a dog-eating-its-tail, and Glug Vronsky's base-of-operations), the vast organic/electronic hybrid structure has fallen to Earth causing massive destruction on impact - "Broken bones, broken calculators, and cracked phone screens abound". This story reveals the events leading up to the crash. We also learn the reason for Vronsky's extraordinary intellect. Rick cures Morty of his schizophrenia in an out-of-character moment. Noting the despair on Earth over the vast destruction, the god Nunzumel decides to strike.
- Ragnarick · 22 pages
We learn the backstory of the gods' rule over humankind and how one inept human with a pointed stick tripped and accidently killed a god, proving the gods were fallible. From that point on, the deicide was unstoppable and no one did away with more gods than the man-of-science, Rick Sanchez. Jerry, as a child, was chosen by Nunzumel to destroy Rick, but was thwarted at the time by Jerry's cynical father. Some newly freed (and weird) gods begin their campaign against Rick. Noelle cons Nunzumel into giving her some god-powers and takes off against Rick and Morty for abandoning her in Anti Hala.
- In Eight Hours Morty Smith Will Die! · 8 pages
A time-traveling Rick from the future journeys back to the present-day Smith's living room with a dramatic warning: "In eight hours Morty Smith will die!" Will the two Rick's team up to keep their frantic grandson from exploding, or will they fritter away the time in more self-indulgent time-traveling behavior? ...Doesn't look good for poor Morty.
- Carry-Out of the Gods · 22 pages
The newly-escaped gods from Anti Hala wreak havoc with the mortals of Earth. Nunzumel absorbs the power of these gods into himself, becoming all-powerful in his quest to destroy Rick. Noelle (as Noellezumel) and Morty have a heart-to-heart talk, and team up to vanquish the invading gods. Horse surgeon Beth finds a wounded "Godtaur" and operates on the horse-portion of his body. Nunzumel saves Vronsky from The All-Gorithm, transforming him into another pallid, zombie-like slave Jerry. Rick forms an alliance with Vultureperson, and the pair move against Nunzumel.
- The Coming of Auntie Hala! · 22 pages
As quickly as the final confrontation between Nunzumel and Vultureperson begins, it is halted by the intervention of Auntie Hala, all-powerful ruler of Anti Hala, aunt of Nunzumel, and romantic partner of Vultureperson. In one way or another, every principal character of this saga save Vultureperson (that being Rick, Morty, Noelle, Nunzumel, Unclefold, Mr. Goldenfold, Platinumfold, and Vronsky) has failed to achieve their various and differing objectives, and each decides to give up and build a new world to make their own. Independently, they each choose "The Gray Earth" and all head for it.
- Just a Big Gray Marble! · 22 pages
Three spacecraft speed toward the blank world known as "The Gray Earth" intent on remaking it their own image. Rick (for science), Unclefold (for math), and Nunzumel (for would-be supreme godhood). Along in the "science-ship" are Morty, Summer, and Beth. Along in the "math-ship" are Noelle, Mr. Goldenfold, Platinumfold, and perhaps "otherfolds". Along in the "god-ship" are Jerry, Nunzumel's zombie-slave, and Vronsky, who has been transformed by Nunzumel into dog food. The ships of Rick and Unclefold simultaneously impact on the Gray Earth. While they bicker, the planet is taken by Nunzumel.
- Space Shakes and Societal Quakes · 22 pages
Nunzumel has taken control of "The Gray Earth", shaping it in his own image up to and including a "Nunzumel-looking" populace who believe in him as absolute. Rick and Unclefold sow the seeds of doubt among that populace, resulting in an overthrow of Nunzumel. Flushed with victory, and suddenly realizing that math and science can co-exist, the pair work together to create their perfect Math-Science World - complete with structures resembling geometric shapes and scientific implements. However, the peace and harmony are short-lived due to a sudden turn of events.
- The Space Shake Saga: The Living End! · 22 pages
Morty and Noelle escape the Gray Earth, leaving Rick and Unclefold to fight for control of the planet's destiny. We follow Morty and Noelle through a 3-page montage of their life together culminating in the coming of the new year 2094, which finds them both "old" but still together. Morty must look in on their granddaughter Itchy, a solitary, science-obsessed malcontent, who refuses to believe any of the adventures that Morty had with his grandfather... until Rick turns up in some augmented spider-like form and convinces Itchy that the "Rick & Morty life" is one continuum, that must continue.