Five different Marvel Comics series, all debuting in June, were announced yesterday:
– “The Mandalorian,” an eight-issue adaptation of the Disney+ show’s first season, scripted by Rodney Barnes (“Killadelphia”) with art by Georges Jeanty (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”). Each issue will adapt an episode, offering fans “a chance to experience the events and characters of Season 1 in a whole new way.” Issue #1 will feature a main cover by Adi Granov (“Iron Man,” “Star Wars: Darth Vader”).
– “Clobberin’ Time,” a Thing team-up comic written and drawn by Steve Skroce (The Matrix, “We Stand On Guard”). The book marks Skroce’s first interior work on a Marvel comic since “Wolverine” in 2000. Each chapter of the five-parter will pair Ben Grimm with a different hero, namely the Hulk, Logan, Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, and the Silver Surfer. The overarching villain will be a new character named Ogdu Fraize, the Psychopomp, a human from a post-apocalyptic future, who Skroce says “has an ax to grind with the heroes who’ve left behind his brutal world of haves and have nots.”
– “Fortnite x Marvel: Zero War,” a five-issue crossover with the hit video game, written by Christos Gage (“Avengers Academy”) and Epic Games CCO Donald Mustard, with art by Sergio Davíla (“Captain Marvel”). The comic will see Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Shuri, and more heroes being displaced to the game’s mysterious island, where they will be forced to find the Zero Shard to return home. Issue #1 will be released with a main cover by Leinil Francis Yu, and a redeemable code to unlock a free cosmetic in the game.
– “Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel,” a five-issue series picking up from the character’s recent return in the pages of “Captain Marvel.” The synopsis reads, “Now back in the land of the living, Genis-Vell and Rick Jones are about to come crashing back into each other! Can Rick Jones save Genis — and himself — before they both fade out of existence? Is Rick’s ex-wife, Marlo, the key? Find out in this surprising saga that will chart a new course through the Marvel Universe for Genis, Rick, and more!” It will be written by Peter David, who penned the characters’ adventures in the 2000s, and feature art by Juanan Ramírez (“Darkhawk”).
– Last but not least, writer Jed MacKay and artist Pere Pérez will team-up on “Iron Cat,” a five-parter that will see Felicia Hardy and Iron Man investigate the reappearance of the Iron Cat armor. The suit, which was introduced during MacKay and C.F. Villa’s “Black Cat” run, was created by Felicia after she snuck into Tony Stark’s lab. “There’s someone new in the Iron Cat armor,” says the synopsis, “and they have a plan that will put them in the crosshairs of all the heroes of the Marvel Universe. Both Iron Man and Black Cat’s secrets and mistakes are going to come back to haunt them, and it’s going to get ROUGH!”
Head to the links for more on all the comics. Marvel’s full June solicitations, which also currently include “Wild Cards: The Drawing of Cards,” Al Ewing and Tom Reilly’s “Ant-Man,” and a “Moon Girl” team-up title, will be released at a later date.
