Scott Pilgrim Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley Returns to the Series for the First New Comic in 16 Years | Comic Con 2026

Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley may have ended his beloved saga 16 years ago with the release of Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour, but it seems he's still not quite done. Today at Comic-Con, Oni Press announced a new Scott Pilgrim comic called Scott Pilgrim EX: Dawn of Metal Scott.

As first revealed by Gizmodo, Scott Pilgrim EX: Dawn of Metal Scott is a one-shot prequel to the recently released beat-em-up game Scott Pilgrim EX (which also makes this a sequel to the animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off). Check out a short preview of the issue in the slideshow gallery below:

Here's the official description for Scott Pilgrim EX: Dawn of Metal Scott:

Scott met Ramona. Sparks flew. The two of them had to work together in order to defeat Ramona’s Seven Evil Exes and their nefarious leader, Gideon Gordon Graves. Some other stuff happened in various media formats that may or may not be canon. That’s all in the past. These days, Scott and Ramona are a happy couple, and the Exes have moved on from their unhealthy obsessions. I guess they all got therapy or whatever. Now, after a period of peace, a new threat is about to emerge. Are our heroes ready? Let’s find out!!!

“When I was asked to create a minicomic for Scott Pilgrim EX, I quickly said yes without considering the implications,” O’Malley said in a statement. “Only when I started writing and drawing it did I realize this would be the first new Scott Pilgrim comic in 16 years. It’s only a trifle, but returning to Scott’s Toronto really did feel like coming home.”

Details

Scott Pilgrim EX: Dawn of Metal Scott will be released on November 15. You can preorder a copy at your local comic shop.

In IGN's Scott Pilgrim EX review, Will Borger writes, "Scott Pilgrim EX is the latest in a long line of retro revivals from Tribute Games, and like all of its previous works, the developer has done an admirable job of producing a beat ‘em up that builds on its predecessor while adding much appreciated gameplay depth and plenty of replayability. I love EX’s RPG systems (simple as they are), its world, and how there is always another interesting character to try when I get bored. But it’s also a game that grapples with the passage of time, even if it perhaps doesn’t mean to. The modern beat ‘em up exists because of the games that came before, but they were often far more limited. With the passage of time, we’ve returned to those ideas and refined them. Like Scott Pilgrim itself, those games have gone from something that was new to something that is now referenced. Nostalgia is a powerful drug, but a bittersweet one, and Scott Pilgrim EX understands that. You can go back in time, but you can’t go back to the way things were. All that’s left is to appreciate where you’ve been and enjoy what’s here now. And you know what? What’s here is pretty fun."

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