Jurassic Park: The Devils in the Desert

In 2011, IDW Publishing sent readers back to Jurassic Park with The Devils in the Desert, a four-issue miniseries written and illustrated by the legendary John Byrne. The story follows a pair of InGen scientists dispatched to the remote island of Isla Sorna, where they discover a rogue group has been illegally cloning dinosaurs for a secret, sinister purpose. Byrne’s signature clean linework and taut storytelling bring a grounded, human-scale tension to the franchise, focusing on the ethical fallout of genetic meddling rather than a full-blown park disaster. This series stands as a thoughtful, self-contained expansion of the Jurassic Park universe, exploring the consequences of playing god from a fresh, character-driven angle.