Villains Graphic Novel Books in Order

The Villains graphic novel line offers a visual doorway into Serena Valentino’s world of Disney villains, adapting her prose novels into richly illustrated comics. It keeps the tangled emotions and gothic atmosphere of the originals while making the stories faster to sink into at a glance.

The first volume, Evil Thing: A Villains Graphic Novel, retells Cruella De Vil’s origin in comics form. Framed as Cruella’s own story, it follows her from a lonely, privileged childhood through intense friendships, fraught family ties, and the early choices that twist her love of fashion into something much darker. The artwork leans into sharp angles, bold outfits, and a limited palette that mirrors Cruella’s fixation on black and white.

Panels linger on details the prose can only describe: a nervous twist of a cigarette holder, the way a fur coat seems to swallow a room, the shift in Cruella’s eyes when obsession tips into mania. Readers see the contrast between her glamorous public image and the vulnerable girl who still wants approval from a mother who rarely offers it. Moments that read as sad or unsettling on the page become even more immediate when you can see them unfold.

Like the novels, the graphic adaptation weaves in threads from the wider Villains universe. References to the Odd Sisters, small nods to familiar settings, and echoes of other books make the story feel like part of the same haunted tapestry. At the same time, it works on its own as a character study for anyone who has ever wondered how someone could end up plotting to turn puppies into a coat.

This series page brings those visual retellings together. It lets you see the graphic novels in reading order, understand how they connect to the main Villains books, and decide whether you want to experience a story through prose, panels, or both. If you are a comics reader who is curious about Valentino’s take on Disney villains, the graphic novels are an inviting place to start.