Your Guide To The Mass Effect Comic Books

With Mass Effect: Andromeda still months away you might be desperate to scratch that Mass Effect itch. Luckily there are heaps of comics to dive into to immerse yourself in the ME Universe.

I’ve put together a guide which gives you everything you need to know to start reading the Mass Effect comics. This includes a list of all of the available comics as well as how you can read them as who they were created by? I also answer a handful of questions you might have.

Who Publishes the Mass Effect Comics?

The Mass Effect comics are published by Dark Horse Comics, who are known for their quality comics based on original ideas as well as many other popular video game licences.

Are The Mass Effect Comics Official?

Yes, they are. Not only are they officially licenced by Bioware they are written by lead writers from the game. The majority of the comics are co-written by Mac Walters who is the lead writer on the Mass Effect video games.

Where Can I Find Mass Effect Comics?

Mass Effect comics can be found at any good comic book store, online stores, eBay, as well as digitally on Dark Horse Digital or Comixology.

You can find out more about where to find comic books here.

Mass Effect Comic Book Series

Redemption

Written by Mac Walters and John Jackson Miller. Art by Omar Francia.

Number of Issues: 4
Timeline Setting: Before Mass Effect 2
Trade Paperback Collection: Mass Effect Volume 1: Redemption (Collects Mass Effect: Redemption #1-4)

This is the first of the Mass Effect comic book series. Mass Effect: Redemption explores key events that lead up to Mass Effect 2.

Evolution

Written by Mac Walters and John Jackson Miller. Art by Omar Francia.

Number of Issues: 4
Timeline Setting: Origins of the Illusive Man
Trade Paperback Collection: Mass Effect Volume 2: Evolution (Collects Mass Effect: Evolution #1-4 + MySpace Dark Horse Presents and USA Today stories)

Mass Effect: Evolution is a four-part miniseries which explores the origins of the Illusive Man and the Cerberus organisation.

Invasion

Written by Mac Walters and John Jackson Miller. Art by Omar Francia.

Number of Issues: 4
Timeline Setting: Between Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3
Trade Paperback Collection: Mass Effect Volume 3: Invasion (Collects Mass Effect: Invasion #1-4)

This four-part miniseries stars Aria T’Loak as her station comes under the threat of Cerberus organisation.

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Homeworlds

Written by Mac Walters, Jeremy Barlow, Patrick Weekes, John Dombrow and Sylvia Feketekuty. Art by Eduardo Francisco, Garry Brown, Omar Francia and Chris Staggs.

Number of Issues: 4
Timeline Setting: Set at various times
Trade Paperback Collection: Mass Effect Volume 4: Homeworlds (Collects Mass Effect: Homeworlds #1-4)

Mass Effect: Homeworlds is a miniseries made up of four standalone stories which star a different cast member.

The following issues focus on the following characters:

Mass Effect: Homeworlds #1: James Vega
Mass Effect: Homeworlds #2: Tali’Zorah
Mass Effect: Homeworlds #3: Garrus Vakarian
Mass Effect: Homeworlds #4: Liara T’Soni

Foundation

Written by Mac Walters and Jeremy Barlow (#9-13 only). Art by Tony Parker, Omar Francia, Matthew Clark and Garry Brown.

Number of Issues: 13
Timeline Setting: Ties into the Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC. Issue #5 ties in with Mass Effect 2

Trade Paperback Collections:

Mass Effect: Foundation Volume 1 (Collects Mass Effect: Foundation #1-4)
Mass Effect: Foundation Volume 2 (Collects Mass Effect: Foundation #5-8)
Mass Effect: Foundation Volume 3 (Collects Mass Effect: Foundation #9-13)

Mass Effect: Foundation is a 13-part series which tie into the Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC.

Discovery

Written by Mac Walters, John Dombrow and Jeremy Barlow. Art by Gabriel Guzmán.

Number of Issues: 4
Timeline Setting: Ties into Mass Effect: Andromeda
Trade Paperback: Mass Effect Discovery

Mass Effect: Discovery is an upcoming series which begins on May 24th, 2017 and ties into Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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Short Stories

There has also been a batch of Mass Effect short stories. All of these are 8-pages each and 2/3 of them can be read for free.

Big Collected Editions

For those who want to binge read there are two types of big collections:

Mass Effect Library Edition Volume 1 cover.

Library Editions

Dark Horse Comics Library Editions are nice, big, hardcover collections which are larger in dimensions. These look rather nice on the bookshelf.

Mass Effect Library Edition Volume 1 (Collects Redemption #1-4, Evolution #1-4, Invasion #1-4 and Homeworlds #1-4)
Mass Effect Library Edition Volume 2 (Collects Mass Effect: Foundation #1–#13, “Blasto: Eternity Is Forever,” and a story from Free Comic Book Day 2013)

Omnibus

The omnibus collections have the same content as the Library Editions but share the same dimensions as a regular comic book. They’re also more affordable too.

Mass Effect Omnibus 1 (Collects Redemption #1-4, Evolution #1-4, Invasion #1-4 and Homeworlds #1-4)
Mass Effect Omnibus 2 (Collects Mass Effect: Foundation #1–#13, “Blasto: Eternity Is Forever,” and a story from Free Comic Book Day 2013)