FML #7

by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Cris Peter (Colorist), David López (Cover Art)

In the penultimate issue of FML, Portland is ablaze with rumors of a monstrous murderer! With his sister’s life on the line and the whole city after him, Riley hoists Lydia on his back and kaiju’s his way to the Convention Center. But just when they think they’ve trapped Susan and her deranged followers, the Midnight Angels vanish into the shadows. To track them down and dodge Johnny Law, Riley and his band will have to enlist spectral allies—because sometimes, to fight the darkness, you need a witch or two.

FML #7 delivers a supernatural blend of action, horror, and heroics. Can Riley save his sister and clear his name, or will his new powers lead him deeper into the shadows? Find out as FML hurtles towards its explosive conclusion.

• Eight issue series.

Kindle Edition

Published January 7, 2026

About the author

Kelly Sue DeConnick’s work spans stage, comics, film and television. Ms. DeConnick first came to prominence as a comics writer, where she is best known for reinventing the Carol Danvers as “Captain Marvel” at Marvel and for the Black Label standard-setting Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons at DC. Her independent comics Bitch Planet and Pretty Deadly (both from Image Comics) have ranked as New York Times best-sellers and been honored with Eisner Awards, British Fantasy Awards and Hugo nominations.

Ms. DeConnick’s screen work includes stints on Captain Marvel, a film that earned $1B for Disney worldwide, and 2023’s forthcoming The Marvels with Marvel Studios; in addition to having consulted on features for Skydance and ARRAY, and developed television for NBCUniversal, Legendary Entertainment and HBOMax. Her most recent stage work is the mythic spectacle AWAKENING, which opened at the Wynn Resort Las Vegas in November 2022.

Mission-driven, Ms. DeConnick is also a founding partner at Good Trouble Productions, where she has helped to produce non-fiction and educational comics including the “Hidden Voices” and “Recognized” series for NY Public Schools and Congressman John Lewis’ Run, in partnership with Abrams Comics.

In 2015, Ms. DeConnick founded the #VisibleWomen Project, whose mission is to help women and other marginalized genders find paid work in comics and its related industries. The project continues to this day and recently expanded in partnership with Dani Hedlund of Brink Literacy.

Ms. DeConnick lives in Portland, OR with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, and their two children.

Reviews

[Colin Post · Rating 4 out of 5]

The sequence of the haunted graffiti chasing across Portland was inspired - a gripping, funny, inventive scene that could only be done in comics.

Also, very true representation of the fear of your small child running out of your sight and not listening to you! That’s my everyday picking my son up from daycare.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still my fave.