The Beauty (2025)

The inspiration for Ryan Murphy's hit series, now streaming on FX & Hulu, returns with all-new stories in the world where perfection is one romantic encounter away... for a price.Set in a world not unlike our own, The Beauty chronicles what happens when a new sexually transmitted disease begins to spread. Only, this is a disease that people actually want, as those who contract it are literally changed into more beautiful versions of themselves. The only hitch is a slight fever and, eventually, death. But isn’t that an easy price to pay to be gorgeous? This new series follows several characters as they deal with the Beauty and how it has changed society around them. A thief for hire on a dangerous job, a meteorologist with plummeting ratings, and special agents specializing in Beauty-related crimes will all find their lives converging in unexpected ways.The Beauty creators Jeremy Haun (Murder Podcast, The Red Mother) and Jason A. Hurley (The Approach) with red hot artist Emanuela Lupacchino (Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey) unveil the newest chapter in the transformational impact of a disease that is far more than skin deep.This volume collects The Beauty (2025) #1-5.

How far would you go to become the most beautiful version of yourself? The iconic, innovative comic book series, The Beauty returns to print! Catch up with the groundbreaking sci-fi horror story before the TV adaptation from Ryan Murphy debuts January '26 on FX!In a world where achieving perfection means dying for it, the question of what life is actually worth becomes more important than ever.  The Beauty is a sexually transmitted disease that literally changes your physical appearance to make you traditionally beautiful, and it’s spreading everywhere. People start asking themselves how they would change their lives if they contracted the Beauty, and how far they might go to get it. The lines that everyone crosses will be unique to them, and some may go so far as murder. When a curious investigative reporter decides to look at closer look at one of the major pharmaceutical companies seeking to profit off the virus, he finds more than he ever expected, leading him into underground communities where the Beauty is a privilege and a commodity and exposing him to the dangers of corporate espionage and dark government money. There’s a high price for looking good. This all-new edition of The Beauty collects issues 12-21 of the original hit series by writers Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, the inspiration for the new FX television series produced by Ryan Murphy! Featuring art by Haun, Thomas Nachlik, and Matthew Dow Smith.

How far would you go to become the most beautiful version of yourself? The iconic, innovative comic book series, The Beauty is back in print! Fans of the TV adaptation from Ryan Murphy, now streaming on FX & Hulu, can experience the finale of the original comic series with Book Three!Vanity and power are the only things that matter now – and people will kill and die for both!The original iconic run of The Beauty expands concludes in this third double-sized trade collection! Timo and Ezerae’s brutal quest for revenge collides with Detectives Foster and Vaughn’s newest case as the various individual stories set in the world of The Beauty, where 60 percent of the world’s population is infected, comes to its shocking conclusion… and the world burns.The Beauty Book Three collects issues 22-29 plus the All Good Things one-shot of the original series.