Welcome to Multiversity’s coverage of the first day of 2023’s New York Comic Con! We’ll be updating this post with all the comics news from throughout the day, and link any and all full reports (in other words, think of this as a live substitute for the Rundown during the rest of the week.) Check back often, and soon!
Comics:
– Marvel launched “Avengers United,” an Infinity Comics series by Derek Landy, Marcio Fiorito, and Erick Arciniega. The initial 25-part arc will see Earth’s Mightiest contend with an impending interstellar disaster, and a new, technologically advanced alien race called the Ghesh, who are struggling with internal division. The first chapter is available now on Marvel Unlimited, with subsequent installments releasing every Thursday.
– DC revealed six new ‘Elseworlds’ series for 2024.
– Rapper Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi) announced “Moon Man,” an Image series created with writer Kyle Higgins and an unannounced artist. Building on the character from Mescudi’s discography, the series revolves around Ramon Townsend, a former NASA astronaut working for private space company Janus. After managing to get everyone to safety during a mission gone wrong, Ramon discovers he has dormant superpowers. Higgins likened the series, launching January 2024, to “Miracleman.”
– Jason Fabok, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Geoff Johns, Lamont Magee, Francis Manapul, Brad Meltzer, Peter J. Tomasi, and Maytal Zchut have formed Ghost Machine, a new imprint of Image Comics, which will now be the home of Johns and Frank’s series “Geiger.” The imprint will launch properly with the 64-page “Ghost Machine” special in January, “that will introduce four shared universes, each with a focus on action, family, horror or science fiction.” These will include the First Ghost, a supernatural White House resident created by Meltzer and an unannounced artist, and Tomasi and Manapul’s “time-traveling Rocketfellers.”
– Oni Press revealed two hardcover releases of “Scott Pilgrim” to celebrate the comic’s 20th anniversary next year, which will respectively reprint the series in color and black-and-white. Each box set will have clamshell cases, designed by Patrick Crotty to evoke the era’s PlayStation 2 logo design.
Film and TV:
– AMC announced The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live — the spin-off starring Rick and Michonne — will premiere in February, and that Pollyanna McIntosh will return as Jadis. New cast members will include Terry O’Quinn as Major General Beale, the head of the Civic Republic Military, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Pearl, and Matt Jeffries as Nat.
– Potential spoilers for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon in the link: AMC also revealed Melissa McBride will return as Carol on Daryl’s spin-off, and that the second season will be titled The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol.
– Netflix released a 358-page, virtual artbook for Nimona, featuring forewords by ND Stevenson and directors Nick Bruno & Troy Quane, storyboards, character designs and more, all set to Christophe Beck’s score for the film. It is unknown if the book, compiled by Aidan Sugano, will have a physical release.
– Toei unveiled a new “Dragon Ball” anime series, Dragon Ball Daima. Overseen by creator Akira Toriyama, the show features an original story where Goku, Vegeta, Bulma et al. get transformed into children. It will premiere in Fall 2024, during the 40th anniversary of the manga.
– Netflix released the full trailer for Bodies, the eight-part limited series based on the Vertigo comic by Si Spencer et al. The British sci-fi production, starring Amaka Okafor, Stephen Graham, Shira Haas, Kyle Soller, and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, centers around a body that appears simultaneously in 1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053. It will be released on Thursday, October 19.
– Netflix also announced Masters of the Universe: Revolution will premiere on January 25, while unveiling images of Skeletor (Mark Hamill)’s new look after being assimilated by the Motherboard (Meg Foster).
