As much as I love Sam Winchester, I had my reservations about diving into a Supernatural spin-off without Dean Winchester (what can I say? I’m a ride-or-die Dean girl through and through). But after its second release, Sam’s new spin-off series is officially in full swing, and I can confidently say I’m hooked.
If you haven’t been keeping up with all things Supernatural, you may not know that, despite The CW’s Supernatural ending with a devastating series finale, the franchise has experienced a major revival at Dynamite Entertainment. The publisher has launched several canon-compliant Supernatural comic series, all set during the show’s earlier seasons.
In 2025, Dynamite launched its now-concluded 10-issue Supernatural series by Greg Pak. Following this flagship series, the publisher released Supernatural Special: Wayward, which set the stage for what is quickly becoming the franchise’s most ambitious chapter yet. What makes this new era so ambitious is that it has separated the Winchester brothers, giving each of them their own ongoing series: Supernatural: Dean Winchester and Supernatural: Sam Winchester.
Both series launched in early October and dropped their second issues this past Wednesday. While I was immediately hooked on Chuck Brown and Rapha Lobosco’s first issue of Dean Winchester, I was still relatively unsure about Paulina Ganucheau and Kendall Goode’s Sam Winchester , thanks to what felt like a slow start. However, the second issue delivered on everything the first had set up and has officially earned a five-star rating from me.
Supernatural: Sam Winchester Is A 5-Star Perfect Read, Screen Rant’s Review
Main Cover by Paulina Ganucheau for Supernatural: Sam Winchester
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Those who read Supernatural Special: Wayward know that the brothers went their separate ways after Sam began receiving mysterious calls and texts warning him that Dean would die if he didn’t abandon his brother. Unwilling to risk his brother’s life, Sam eventually runs away from Dean and sets out to hunt alone. This premise sets up both series, and in Supernatural: Sam Winchester, we see Sam continue to be hounded by his mysterious caller as he investigates a strange farmhouse in the middle of nowhere.
While issue didn’t exactly wow me, I went into issue with extremely high expectations thanks to its synopsis, which teased the arrival of the legendary cryptid Mothman. Needless to say, I was not disappointed. Here, some of the mystery established in the first issue finally begins to unravel, with the story seemingly suggesting that Sam’s mysterious caller is actually the legendary Mothman, or at least connected to the creature in some way.
Goode does a 10/10 job bringing Mothman to life, delivering an eerie and unique interpretation of the legendary cryptid through his art. However, it’s the humor and character revelations Ganucheau brings to this issue that ultimately earned it five stars from me. First, Mothman essentially demands that Sam care for the little girl he found in the farmhouse’s basement. Having Sam unexpectedly become a guardian to a little girl introduces an interesting dynamic that wasn’t explored in the TV series.
What’s more, Sam seeing similarities between the girl and his brother helps keep one of the franchise’s defining themes intact, even with the Winchesters separated: Sam and Dean’s unconditional love for each other. Although Dean isn’t physically present in the narrative, his presence is constantly felt through Sam’s thoughts and actions, making this feel like a genuine Supernatural story.
Furthermore, Mothman’s insistence that Sam keep the little girl safe also suggests that our initial assumption about the mysterious caller being the villain might not be entirely correct. Something else is clearly going on here, and the possibility that the caller isn’t quite as sinister as we initially thought adds another intriguing layer to the mystery. It’s this kind of supernatural intrigue, where things aren’t always as straightforward as they seem, that helped define The CW series, and I’m thrilled to see it making its way into these comics.
The story also gets some much-appreciated humor from the mysterious caller, which is slowly humanizing the character. For example, the caller chastising Sam for not charging his phone was one of the issue’s dialogue highlights, as was the mystery caller calling Sam a “good boy” when he followed their instructions. These little moments add a surprising amount of personality to an otherwise unsettling presence, making me even more curious about who (or what) is on the other end of that phone.
So, if you haven’t yet dived into Supernatural: Sam Winchester, or you stopped early after issue , consider this your sign to give the series another shot. It’s clear that Ganucheau and Goode are only just getting started, and if this second issue is any indication, they could be building something truly special. As a longtime Supernatural fan who initially wasn’t sure how I’d feel about a Sam-focused story without Dean, I couldn’t be happier to be proven wrong.
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