Welcome back to Multiversity’s coverage of 2023’s San Diego Comic-Con! This post, which also contains news from the tail end of day one, will be updated with all the comics-related news from the convention’s second day, and link any and all full reports. Check back often, and soon!
Comics:
– Writer Josie Campbell and artist Vasco Georgiev are teaming up at DC for “Amazons Attack,” a series starring Nubia, Wonder Girl, and Mary Bromfield. While plot details were vague, the comic will pick up from ‘Knight Terrors,’ and reflect the status quo of Tom King and Daniel Sampere’s upcoming “Wonder Woman” run, where Amazons have been outlawed from entering the United States. It has no relation to the 2007 crossover event of the same name. The first issue will be released on October 24, a month after the new “Wonder Woman” series begins.
– During Marvel’s Heroes, Hulks, and Super-Soldiers panel, a new “Punisher” series by writer David Pepose (“Savage Avengers”) and artist Dave Wachter (“Planet of the Apes”) was announced. Instead of Frank Castle, who disappeared at the end of his last series in May, the relaunch will star a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent called Joe Garrison. “But what put him on his path of vengeance? And when the smoke clears, will he even make it out alive? With all-new threats rising to claim innocent victims, criminals will need to beware of a dangerous vigilante hunting them from the shadows.” It will kick off on November 8.
– Over at a retailer lunch, Marvel revealed “Superior Spider-Man” will return as an ongoing with Dan Slott and Mark Bagley at the helm on November 15. (The pair’s adjectiveless “Spider-Man” series will end in the meantime with issue #11 next month.) The House of Ideas also announced “Daredevil: Black Armor,” a miniseries by writer D.G. Chichester and artist Netho Diaz, revisiting Chichester’s time on the Man Without Fear’s title in the 1990s; “Secret Wars: Battleworld,” a similiar 40th anniversary miniseries by Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe; a “Howard the Duck” 50th anniversary special featuring contributions from Daniel Kibblesmith, Merritt K, Annie Wu, and more; and “Deadpool: Seven Slaughters,” a one-shot by Rob Liefeld, Gail Simone, Cullen Bunn and more, exploring a week in the Merc with a Mouth’s life. All of these titles will debut in November.
– Image announced “The Holy Roller,” a bowling-themed superhero series from Andy Samberg (in his comic book debut), Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman, Rick Remender, and artist Roland Boschi. The comic stars Levi Coen, a Jewish pro-bowler, who’s “forced to quit his dream job and return to his hometown, which he soon discovers has been overrun by Neo-Nazis! With only his bowling ball collection to defend himself, Levi becomes THE HOLY ROLLER!” The 42-page first issue will be released on November 22.
– Todd McFarlane revealed several series at his panel, namely “Sam and Twitch,” a spin-off for the two detectives with art by Szymon Kudranski; “Misery,” the story of a psychic girl vigilante; another “Gunslinger Spawn” series written by Jimmy Palmiotti; a sequel to “Spawn Kills Everyone!” by John Layman and Rob Duenas called “Spawn Kills Every Spawn”; and “No Home Here,” a story about one of Billy Kincaid’s victims, by writer Daniel Henriques and artist Jonathan Glapion. David Dastmalchian also appeared to announce “Knights vs. Samurai,” a series with art by Fede Mele, which is exactly what you think it is about.
– J. Michael Straczynski has signed a deal with Dark Horse Comics to write various creator-owned titles (or, as Straczynski puts it, “whatever he wants”) at the company. The writer teases that his first title “will be an international, geopolitical thriller that blends science fiction with the superhero genre in a way we really haven’t seen before.” Other planned books will be in the “dark fantasy and historical fantasy genres,” similar to Neil Gaiman’s Chivalry, starring “strong characters that are challenging and fun, not nihilistic or too terribly dark. To that end, I’m proud to be part of the Dark Horse family of writers, artists, and other ne’er-do-wells.”
– Vault announced “Beyond Real,” a sci-fi series by writer Zack Kaplan and a host of artists, including Fabiana Mascolo, Jorge Corona, Dennis Menheere, Vincenzo Riccardi, Toni Fejzula, and John Pearson. The comic follows June, an artist who survives a severe car accident that leaves her boyfriend in a coma. “Soon, she’s able to see that we are all actually living in a computer simulation,” and “embark[s] on a journey of possibility and peril into the metaphysical layers of the simulation to reach the world’s creator and save her true love from death.” Issue #1 will be released on October 4.
Continued belowThe publisher also revealed “Something Crawled Out,” a horror series written by Son M. with art by Cas “Madcursed” Peirano. It follows Edith “Eddie” Miller, a gas station employee whose younger sister disappears. “The police prove useless,” after becoming overwhelmed with other missing and murdered girls, “so Eddie teams up with her best friend, Rainer, in a desperate hunt to find her sister. The only thing is – Eddie believes her best friend might be the Devil himself.” The first issue will arrive on October 18.
– IDW Publishing will mark the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series with “Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Presents: The Scheimer Barrier.” Written by Casper Kelly with art by Jonathan Case, the comic will debut digitally in September, before being made available in print at the New York Comic Con in October. It marks the first time the 1973-74 show has had its own specific tie-in comic. The company also revealed “Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way,” a Choose Your Own Adventure-style graphic novel by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio, though they did not say when it would be released.
– Marvel announced the one-shot “X-Men Blue: Origins,” releasing November 29. Written by Si Spurrier with art by Wilton Santos, the comic will reveal the true circumstances of Nightcrawler’s birth. “You think you know the tale of his mendacious mamma Mystique? You don’t!” The company also teased a revival of “New X-Men,” which we’ll learn more about in November, and revealed Doctor Doom will form his own team of mutants in December’s “X-Men” #29.
Movies and TV:
– AMC revealed Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira’s Walking Dead spin-off is titled The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and that Fear the Walking Dead‘s eighth and final season will return for its last six episodes on Sunday, October 22.
Furthermore, they have renewed both The Walking Dead: Dead City and Daryl Dixon for a second season. The first season finale of Dead City airs Sunday, July 23, while Daryl Dixon will premiere September 10.
– Marvel Studios released the second trailer for The Marvels, releasing November 10, giving us more of Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, Kamala Khan, Nick Fury, Zawe Ashton’s Kree villain Dar-Benn, and the flerkens:
– Kevin Smith revealed Keith David will voice Hordak in Masters of the Universe: Revolution, while William Shatner will play an undisclosed character opposite Mark Hamill’s Skeletor. (“Luke Skywalker and Captain Kirk act opposite one another,” Smith joked.) The series will be released on Netflix sometime early next year.
Video Games:
Peacemaker, Homelander (The Boys) and Omni-Man (Invincible) are coming to Mortal Kombat 1 as part of the Kombat Pack DLC. (Homelander in particular will be available in early 2024.) The game releases on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on September 19.
