Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com.
In case you missed it, we interviewed Stephen Graham Jones, the writer of the new IDW series “Earthdivers,” debuting October 5.
– Image Comics announced “Voyagis,” a sci-fi fantasy series by writer/artist Sumeyye Kesgin (“Elsewhere”). The five-issue series follows young alien hero Sen, who lives on a dying world ravaged by a wandering black hole, and ruled by a tyrant. When she discovers one of the Voyager probes, it will lead “to adventure — and possible salvation — for her and her people.” Issue #1 will be released on November 16.
– Marvel teased an X-Men crossover event for January, called ‘Sins of Sinister.’ The official synopsis describes the event as being about, “A New World. A New Disaster. Mister Sinister’s plans come to fruition beyond his wildest dreams… AND his darkest nightmares. Can the X-Men survive the experience? Can anyone? Discover how twisted mutantkind becomes when Mister Sinister achieves victory in ‘Sins of Sinister.'” No other details were given, although “Immortal X-Men” scribe Kieron Gillen will presumably play a large role in shaping the story given his fondness for the character.
– Meanwhile, Marvel revealed next month’s “Edge of Spider-Verse” #4 will introduce a princess variant named Spinstress, created by composer/writer David Hein (Come From Away), artist Luciano Vecchio (“Champions”), and visual development artist/character designer Mingjue Helen Chen (Raya and the Last Dragon, Big Hero 6). Per the description, Spinstress “sings, talks to spiders and kicks villainous butt throughout her kingdom!” The comic, which will have variant covers showcasing the character by Chen, will go on sale September 21.
– Marvel also announced Thor: Love and Thunder will be added to Disney+ on September 8 (Disney+ Day), alongside the behind-the-scenes documentary Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder. Additional Disney+ releases will include Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return, a documentary about the making of the recent series, the live-action Pinocchio remake, and the first episode of the Pixar series Cars on the Road.
– TVLine reported several animated projects intended for HBO Max will no longer be released on the streaming service, and are going to be shopped to other outlets. These include the series Batman: Caped Crusader, produced by Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Ed Brubaker, and the holiday special Merry Little Batman. Work on these projects will continue until they find a new home. The news comes in the wake of a number of films and TV shows being pulled from HBO Max in the wake of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, including the Leslie Grace Batgirl movie that was in post-production earlier this month.
– The Beat shares that the British Royal Mail will issue 13 Transformers stamps to celebrate the country’s contribution to the franchise. The stamps feature new artwork created by Marvel “Transformers” penciler Andrew Wildman, with inker Stephen Baskerville, and colorist John-Paul Bove. Wildman was among many creators who helped flesh out the Transformers during the Marvel UK run in the 1980s, which introduced characters like the Wreckers, Primus, Death’s Head, and many more. The stamps can be scanned to unlock Augmented Reality clips featuring footage from the original cartoon; you can check them out here.
– Finally, YouTuber “Ray Mona” found an infamous piece of lost media over the weekend: the unaired 1994 pilot for an American version of Sailor Moon. The ten-minute, live-action/animation hybrid (erroneously nicknamed “Saban Moon”) was created in a bid to license the rights by Toon Makers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers co-producers Renaissance Atlantic, before Toei made the decision to have DIC Entertainment simply dub the anime for overseas broadcast. Ray Mona discovered the footage had been archived at the Library of Congress, after several months of tracking down and interviewing those involved in the production. You can watch the pitch, as well as Ray Mona’s lengthy, two-part documentary about uncovering the project, on her YouTube channel.
