Oni Press Exclusive Excerpt: Benjamin #2

If you missed Oni Press’ Benjamin #1, well, first, what are you doing with your life? Second, you’ve still got time to pick up the mind-bending, slyly hilarious first issue. And in the meantime, you can check out Comic Book Club’s exclusive excerpt from Benjamin #2, below.

Written by Ben H. Winters with art by Leomacs, the series follows a science fiction novelist who died 40 years ago… Only to find himself suddenly and mysteriously alive again, today. Alongside a fan of his books, he’ll explore the mystery of his return. Is he really back? Is this a plot from one of his books? Or both?

You won’t get answers here, but you will see some of the wildness that waits for our heroes at Joshua Tree, below, alongside covers by Malachi Ward and Christian Ward.

Benjamin #2 Preview

Check out four pages and three covers from the July 16, 2025 publishing issue here! Click the thumbnails for a larger version:

Benjamin #2 Official Synopsis:

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today.

In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp’s beloved novels?

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