Clover Press has launched an ongoing Marvel Masterworks program on Kickstarter with The Uncanny X-Men Vol. 18, Super-Villain Team-Up Vol. 1, The Mighty Thor Vol. 25 and The Tomb of Dracula Vol. 6, each in three cover treatments. The reproduced release says more than 200 Thor pages were scanned from Walter Simonson's original art and more than 40% of Dracula's final issue was restored from original art; the campaign page remained inaccessible, so totals, tiers, delivery and outcome are not verified.
Read this story →The publisher's catalog now lists compact Avengers, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and X-Men volumes as new, with Silver Surfer and Hulk also present in the range. Marvel executive Sven Larsen describes the compact books as roughly 700-page, US$25 hardcovers, compared with the line's premium US$200 scale; exact price display varies by market and the opened collection page does not expose every volume's contents together.
Read this story →The four-issue series begins December 16 with three stories in every issue: one for Natasha, one for Yelena and one exploring another Red Room legacy. Issue #1 pairs Stephanie Phillips with Giuseppe Camuncoli, reunites Yelena co-creators Devin Grayson and JG Jones, and has Jeremy Whitley and Bradley Clayton depict Nadia Van Dyne's escape; Peach Momoko and Sam Humphries are among later contributors.
Read this story →Larsen wrote that an internal meeting discussed three upcoming comics as having sold more than 300,000 copies each. He did not identify the titles or say whether the number means retailer orders, shipments or purchases by readers; The Beat guessed the three-title Marvel Midnight launch but labeled that identification a speculative swing, not confirmation.
Read this story →Orlando told AIPT that the September 23 series contrasts the compassionate Earth-616 Gambit with the more ruthless Earth-295 version. The Morlocks will drive part of the main Gambit's search for a sustainable home, and both realities will introduce new characters; the unresolved Creed and Wild Child thread will surface in another, still-unnamed Marvel book.
Read this story →Web of Blood #1 is scheduled for September 2 as the first of five weekly one-shots. Joe and Jack Kelly write the opening issue, with art by Kenny Ruiz and colors by Noiry; its technology-free, magic-dominated world follows Miles Morales, Laura Kinney and Illyana Rasputin as forbidden magic turns them from allies toward enemies.
Read this story →The September 2 special contains a future-facing story by Dan Watters and Andrea Broccardo that leads into Spider-Woman #1 in November, plus a Los Angeles detective story by Ann Nocenti and Stefano Raffaele featuring Flying Tiger. The preview says Jessica enters the new series carrying a dangerous supervillain after Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity #5, but withholds the resulting status quo.
Read this story →The Beat reports that Marvel Midnight orders receive escalating extra discounts, reaching 10% for stores ordering at least 100 A-cover copies; all three first issues arrive October 7 without another Marvel release that day. Marvel also announced compact collections of Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimates for April 14, 2027, Ultimate X-Men for June 9 and Ultimate Black Panther for June 23, each gathering its first year.
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