Find Out Where Mal Learned It From In Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds #1 First Look

Captain Mal Reynolds leads a rag-tag crew of bandits, thieves, and renegades through the stars on the Serenity. Where did he learn all this? From his mother, of course. Boom! Studios, in partnership with 20th Century Fox, is taking a look at the woman who shaped Mal into the fearsome Browncoat and fearless leader he is today in Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds. Check out a preview of this oversized one-shot below.

Captain Malcolm Reynolds—thief, smuggler, resistance fighter, and now captain of a crew of outcasts all the way on the farthest reaches of the ‘verse—wasn’t born an outlaw but he comes by it honestly. Turns out, his mother, the infamous Maude Reynolds, is at the top of the Alliance’s Most Wanted, and if Mal doesn’t get to her first, the Alliance will! Kicking off a new year of Firefly, discover the secret history of Mal and his mother, what that will mean for the rest of the ‘verse…and a new brewing war to end all wars.

Firefly: The Outlaw Ma Reynolds is written by Greg Pak, illustrated by Davide Gianfelice and George Kambadais, colored by Joana Lafuente, and lettered by Jim Campbell. It features a main cover by Ethan Young and variant covers by Ming Doyle and Michael Walsh. It’s set for release on January 15th, 2020.