Fans ofCritical Rolehave reason to celebrate, becauseDark Horse Comicsis bringing Vox Machina’s latest adventure to bookstores and comic shops in an all-new collection. Tal’Dorei’s ragtag group of heroes reunites in the fourth installment ofCritical Role: Vox Machina Origins, and this story will soon be available for purchase in a stunning format that longtime fans and new readers alike can look forward to.
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IVby Matthew Mercer, Jody Houser, Noah Hayes, Diana Sousa, and Ariana Maher is being compiled into an over-sized edition, as announced byDark Horse Comics. Currently, the series' first five issues are available to read, while the sixth chapter of the comic will be released on April 2nd, 2025. Then, this summer, the entire story will be brought together in paperback and deluxe hardcover editions.
Keyleth, Percy, Grog, Pike, Scanlan, Vax’ildan, and Vex’alhia all return in this new story that delves deeper into Vox Machina’s early days, prior to the events of Critical Role’s beloved campaign.
Vox Machina’s Adventures Continue in Dark Horse’s Latest Series
Critical Role’s First Campaign Gets a New Comic Collection
Vox Machina originated as the first campaign in the web series Critical Role, a popular streaming show in which professional voice actors playDungeons & Dragonstogether. This show became such a massive hit among viewers that a multimedia franchise spun out of it, with the Vox Machina campaign leading the charge and expanding across various mediums. The characters have now been brought to life in Prime Video’sThe Legends of Vox Machinaanimated series, but they’ve also made the transition to comics as part of Dark Horse’s catalog.
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Vox Machina andMighty Nein- Critical Role’s second campaign - have both been granted series that build upon the characters' origins prior to the start of their respective stories, withCritical Role: Vox Machina Origins IVbeing the latest of its kind. Past takes on the team’s origins have focused on each hero individually to explore their backstories before their initial encounters, but this time around, everymember of Vox Machinabands together to fulfill a quest that’s bestowed upon them.Fans of this iconic party can experience never-before-seen tales from Vox Machina’s past in a convenient format in Summer 2025.
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Vox Machina’s Campaign May Be Over, But The Comics Are Still Going Strong
Even readers with profound knowledge of Vox Machina from the core campaign can uncover hidden aspects of their past that they’ve never heard of in Dark Horse’s next installment of their history, as the fan-favorite heroes are recruited to investigate mysterious happenings within the Council of Tal’Dorei. Old and new characters grace this comic’s pages as Houser and Hayes enhance the world of Exandria with help fromDungeon Master Matthew Mercer. This upcoming collected edition is a must-have forCritical Rolelovers, filling in the gaps of Vox Machina’s story long after the original campaign has drawn to a close.
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IVwill be available on August 25th, 2025 from Dark Horse Comics!
