TV Guide offered the first look at a second comic book series from DC/Wildstorm based on The CW's horror drama Supernatural. On the heels of the successful comic series Supernatural: Origins, Supernatural: Rising Son picks up when Dean Winchester is 11 and Sam Winchester is 7 as they travel with their demon-hunting dad, John. The series is set to start April 23. Peter Johnson, executive producer for the TV series and writer of the comics, says that "Whereas the first series was more about John and his becoming a hunter, this one's much more of a dysfunctional family story." He added that we will see Dean starting to learn how to hunt, John getting a hint about Sam's unusual nature, as well as some familiar characters, including hunter Bobby Singer. Johnson says there will be "freakier monsters" and "some badass female villains and a big bad villain that may have something to do with the TV show."

Supernatural: Origins is also headed for a trade paperback in April. The collection will have a few changes from the original run of comics, in which Johnson had altered the back story for the Winchesters' family car, a classic '67 Chevy Impala. The Impala is to Sam and Dean as the Millennium Falcon is to Han Solo, an integral part of the Winchester mythology. Fans weren't happy with the comic book version, which had John acquiring the car on the road instead of it already being the family car at the time of his wife's death. Johnson listened to the fans, and as a result, the trade paperback will restore the Impala's original history.

Diego Olmos (Manhunter) will do the art, another change from the more angular, stylized look Matthew Dow Smith used for Supernatural: Origins. Show creator, writer, and executive producer Eric Kripke was involved in the development of the first series, but because of the WGA strike, won't have a hand in Supernatural: Rising Son, at least for now. 

Supernatural starts airing the last of its four filmed episodes January 31st. Due to the writer's strike, it's uncertain when the remainder of season three will be produced and aired. This fresh look at the Winchesters' complicated family history will hopefully help ease the pain of an extra-long hiatus and keep up the momentum of interest in the show. Johnson also told TV Guide there's a third comic book series in the works, which he suggested may continue the pre-series story up to the TV series pilot.