Author: Newsroom
LOS ANGELES, CA (July 11, 2025) – The early reports of Meghan Fitzmartin’s newest BOOM! Box series were just FAN FIC! The real deal story of MARY SUE begins here! Written by Fitzmartin and illustrated by the lauded Lisa Sterle, MARY SUE #1 is here just in time for your new Fall reads.
Despite what her mom thinks, Cassie has lots of friends—they just all happen to be online, where she can talk to them about her beloved favorite show, Riverview, and get their feedback on her fan fic WIP, starring Jessica, her very own hot Vampire OC.
But her fic writing persona is revealed to the entire school when her former best friend finds it and can’t resist reading some of it out loud to their classmates.
Cassie thinks things can’t get anymore humiliating, until her very own Mary Sue pops right out of her fan fic tosave the day—or make it much, much worse…
MARY SUE #1 features main cover art by series artist Lisa Sterle (Dying Inside, Squad), and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Paulina Ganucheau and Tula Lotay.
MARY SUE is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, home to groundbreaking original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson; Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote; Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin; Mamo by Sas Milledge; Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard and Kelly and Nichole Matthews; Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto; The Last Witch by Conor McCreery and V.V. Glass; Ghosted in LA by Sina Grace and Siobhan Keenan; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes; Fence by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad; Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams; Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle; Getting Dizzy by Shea Fontana and Celia Moscote; and the educational series Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers.
MARY SUE #1 will be available in comic shops October 1, 2025. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.
For continuing news on MARY SUE and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to www.boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on X.