The Best Post-Apocalyptic Comic of 2026 So Far Gets Collected Edition This October
If you’re a fan of post-apocalyptic favorites like The Walking Dead and 28 Days Later, make sure you have the comic White Sky on your radar. It’s one of the only new series this year that our site has bestowed with a perfect 5-star review, and the first trade paperback comes in October.
If you’re new around here, you’ll know all about how much we love a good dystopian comic; we’ve written about them extensively. Suffice to say, when we heard award-winning Mafia III writer William Harms was bringing a dystopian comic our way in 2026, it was very exciting news indeed. Published by Image Comics, White Sky sets up an interesting premise from the outset. At its core, it is a ghost story, but rather than the ghost activity taking place in paranormal hotspots, it asks the question: What if the entire world is haunted?
The series made its debut back in January, becoming an instant massive success. So far, issue #1 has seen three printings to keep up with massive demand, with the most recent coming on April 8, 2026. The series is ongoing, and will see its first collected edition in October, just in time for Halloween. White Sky Volume 1 collects issues 1-6 of the series.
The official synopsis for White Sky reads:
In White Sky, five years ago, the sky went white and the world ended. Now Violet and her father, David, are driven from hiding and forced to cross what’s left of America toward the shattered ruins of San Francisco, chasing a rumor of refuge. But in a land haunted by the dead, nowhere is safe for the living.
In our review of White Sky, we wrote: “It’s a post-apocalyptic ghost story where ghosts aren’t restrained to certain paranormal hotspots, but they’re rampant everywhere. It’s a fascinating concept and a subversive take on the traditional ghost story.For fans of post-apocalyptic survival fiction, this is an outstanding series. It takes a winning formula, adds a little originality, tweaks some things, and delivers on all fronts.”
Check out the cover for White Sky: Volume 1 below:
White Sky: Volume 1 releases at local comic stores on Wednesday, October 28 and and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, November 24.
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