Experience the Prom Night That Never Ends in Dead Teenagers

Plenty of teenagers look forward to prom night, but what if that night literally never ends? That’s basically the idea behind Dead Teenagers, a new Oni Press slasher horror series about a group of teens forced to relive a deadly prom night ordeal over and over again.

IGN can exclusively debut the first preview of Dead Teenagers #1. Check it out in the slideshow gallery below:

Dead Teenagers is written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Maw, Be Not Afraid) and illustrated by Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer Reborn, EC’s Cruel Universe). The first issue features cover art by Yarsky, Naomi Franq, Keyla Valerio, and Brandt & Stein. Here’s Oni’s official logline for the book:

Since 1997, five friends have been trapped in the ultimate nightmare as a mysterious entity forces them to relive their first prom night over and over again . . .and re-kills them in new and increasingly insane ways each time. They dress up. They party. They make out. And no matter what they try to change, they always die . . . until now. Something is about to break the cycle that has kept Alicia, J.T., Ryder, Brandy, and their group of friends locked in a bizarre purgatory beyond all understanding . . . but what they find on the other side will be the most disturbing revelation of all.

“I think most of us have feared, at one point or another, that high school might literally never end,” said Doyle in a statement. “Those of us who’ve made it out can also recall looking back and realizing that what we took for granted, back in those days, was actually terrifying. Dead Teenagers is about both those feelings — about what it takes to get unstuck from your teen years and start growing up.”

Dead Teenagers #1 will be released on March 18, 2026. You can preorder a copy at your local comic shop.

In other comic book news, Oni’s Flux House imprint is getting a FCBD 2026 special, and we’ve got the full scoop on the huge twist in TMNT #13.

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