Volume 1. Flora & Fauna (2013) With COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the world right now, we got some problems. But we don’t got Lewis-and-Clark-killing-monsters-across-the-North-American-continent problems. That’s the premise of Image Comics’ comic book series Manifest Destiny (2013 – present). Manifest Destiny is smart. It’s gory. It’s funny. I love it. Like Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , Manifest Destiny is a speculative mash-up, combining details from its source material, The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , with dangerous, mythical monsters. The premise: What if Lewis and Clark’s real mission wasn’t to explore and map west of the Mississippi River, but to clear it of monsters? Lewis and Clark and Monsters. Volume 2. Amphibia & Insecta (2015) The series follows the dates and locations of the actual Lewis and Clark expedition. The first issue begins on 23 May 1804, while the three ships of the Lewis and ...