The Beauty (2025)

The iconic, innovative comic book series The Beauty returns to stores with a brand new edition, just in time for the television adaptation being produced by Ryan Murphy and debuting on FX in this Fall!In a culture increasingly obsessed with physical beauty, what if you could be guaranteed a short cut to becoming beautiful? A sexually transmitted disease has started transforming people who catch it, changing their facial features and body types to something more in line with society’s perceived ideal. Those inflicted shed fat, regrow hair, get more defined cheekbones overnight. The only catch? You will have slight, persistent fever. But who cares how you feel when you look so good?Folks who pursued this alleged perfection are in for a rude awakening. After an indeterminate time with the disease, it has deadly consequences. Looking good at the outside comes at the cost of your insides, as that fever finally burns you from the inside out. For Detectives Vaughn and Foster, investigating the first mysterious deaths of Beauty victims leads them into a dark world they never expected, full of corrupt politicians, murderous federal agents, and a secret society of crooks and killers.Relive the first spellbinding story arc of The Beauty, as well as a selection of stories that expands the world. The first of three all-new editions collecting the entire original series, this volume includes the first eleven issues, co-written by series creators Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, with art by Haun, Mike Huddleston, Brett Weldele, and Stephen Green.

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.