Mary Sue (2025)

Despite what her mom thinks, Cassie has lots of friends—they just all happen to be online, where she can talk to them about her beloved favorite show, Riverview, and get their feedback on her fan fic WIP, starring Jessica, her very own hot vampire OC.But her fic writing persona is revealed to the entire school when her former best friend finds it and can't resist reading some of it out loud to their classmates.Cassie thinks things can’t get more humiliating, until her very own Mary Sue pops right out of her fic to save the day—or make it much, much worse.

Fanfic fantasies are fun—until real life gets messy.Jessica is having the time of her life experiencing the real world, even as Cassie desperately wishes she could send her back to the world of fan fiction where she belongs. Meanwhile, Cassie is supposed to be helping Bennett prepare for an overnight youth event at the local church, but their prickly relationship has them at odds. A shared secret could be just the thing that brings them closer…or is their friendship too broken to fix?

A mysterious new MC makes their official debut!Cassie has no choice but to take Jessica with her to the big church lock-in, since her mom made it very clear that she’s expected to go. Jessica has no frame of reference for this specific activity though—after all, she's never been in a church AU before!Bennett is starting to feel like something fishy is happening, but when her temper gets the best of her, someone new bursts on the scene—another Mary Sue?!

When words hurt more than villains, friendship takes the biggest hit!An emotionally charged fight drives a wedge between Jessica and Cassie. Jessica disappears back to the Mary Sue world, leaving Cassie desperate enough to team up with her former best friend Bennett to make amends.But the only way into a fanfic? Writing fanfic. About each other.Cassie’s nightmare just keeps getting worse!Experience the Mary Sue world for the first time in Meghan Fitzmartin (DC Superhero Girls, Batman: Urban Legends, Tim Drake: Robin) and Lisa Sterle’s brilliant new series.

Reality vs. Fanfic—it all ends here! Cassie and Bennett have made it into Mary Sue World at last where they come face-to-face with the original Mary Sue! As they continue their search for Jessica so that Cassie can make amends for their argument, they realize just how special and meaningful fan communities truly are. But with London still loose in the real world, Bennett faces an unexpected dilemma in this moving final issue: Her Mary Sue wants to stay put—so what does that mean for her? Acclaimed screenwriter and comics writer Meghan Fitzmartin (Tim Drake: Robin, Supernatural) and fan-favorite illustrator Lisa Sterle (Firefly: The Ballad of Chang Benitez) take readers to the edge in this final issue!