Bryan Lee O'Malley is back in Scott's Toronto. At Comic-Con 2026, Oni Press announced Scott Pilgrim EX: Dawn of Metal Scott — a one-shot prequel comic tied to the recently released beat-em-up game Scott Pilgrim EX, and by extension a sequel to the animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.
The one-shot picks up after Scott and Ramona have settled into a happy relationship, Ramona's Seven Evil Exes have apparently moved on ("I guess they all got therapy or whatever," reads the official description), and a new threat is about to surface. O'Malley wrote and drew the issue himself. "When I was asked to create a minicomic for Scott Pilgrim EX, I quickly said yes without considering the implications," he said. "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." The comic drops November 15 and is available to preorder at local comic shops now.
The original Scott Pilgrim manga ran six volumes from 2004 to 2010, wrapping with Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour. The property has since expanded into Edgar Wright's 2010 film, the classic Ubisoft beat-em-up, the Netflix animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and now Tribute Games' Scott Pilgrim EX — which IGN praised for building on its predecessor with RPG systems, replayability, and genuine emotional weight about nostalgia and the passage of time.
For fans who assumed O'Malley had permanently closed the book on the series, this one-shot is a welcome surprise — even if he frames it as a modest side story rather than a grand return. Whether Dawn of Metal Scott opens the door to more Scott Pilgrim comics remains to be seen.
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