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– Marvel announced “King in Black: Wiccan and Hulkling,” a one-shot tie-in by writer Tini Howard and artist Luciano Vecchio arriving this March. Following on from the events of ‘Empyre,’ the comic will see the newlywed Emperor of the Kree-Skrull Alliance and his husband having their honeymoon interrupted by Knull’s symbiote invasion.
– Marvel also released a teaser for “Avengers” #38, featuring four images asking readers to “look closely — the road to Marvel Comics 2021 starts here.” The panels show a hand holding a skull as an arthropod crawls through the eye socket; a black raven perched on the shoulder of the mutant villain Apocalypse; the Hulk (or She-Hulk) trying to stamp snake; and a space shark. “Avengers” #38, by Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness, releases today.
– Via Newsarama, “Batman” writer James Tynion IV teased — in his newsletter — that he will be penning a new Batfamily title next year. Other than reteaming with artist Guillem March, Tynion said nothing else, except to expect more details by the end of the year, and that he will continue to write the main “Batman” series after ‘Future State.’
– Diamond revealed Cullen Bunn and Jon Davis-Hunt’s delayed “Shadowman” series will begin in April. The latest iteration of Valiant’s voodoo superhero was set to debut in May, but put off indefinitely when COVID-19 shut down Diamond’s operations over that month.
– Meanwhile, Diamond’s UK division announced they will continue deliveries to comic book retailers during the country’s second nationwide lockdown, which will start tomorrow. Comics stores will be closed over the lockdown (which is expected to last four weeks), leaving retailers to decide how customers will receive their orders.
– 2000 AD unveiled a new series of digital-only collections for 2021, including John Tomlinson and Simon Jacob’s “Armoured Gideon;” Tom Tully, John Richardson, Steve Dillon and Johnny Johnstone’s “The Mean Arena;” and John Smith’s “Revere,” “Slaughter Bowl,” and “Firekind.”
– Via ComicBook.com, AMC revealed Hilarie Burton will guest star as Negan’s late wife Lucille on The Walking Dead next year. Burton, who is married to Negan actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, will appear in one of the six additional episodes of season 10, airing next year.
– Per Deadline, Warner Bros. executives are mulling whether to delay Wonder Woman 1984 again. The sequel to Patty Jenkins’s 2017 hit, currently set for December 25, 2020, was originally set for release on June 5, but has been delayed twice by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was stated a decision will have to be made soon, as a Christmas Day release will need to be promoted heavily during Thanksgiving, and that the studio has no interest in giving the film a shortened theatrical window with an early home release.
– According to Animation Magazine, Chilean comic strip “Condorito” will be adapted into an adult-aimed animated sitcom. Created in 1949 by Chilean artist René “Pepo” Ríos, “Condorito” is an iconic daily strip in Latin America, that follows the adventures of an anthromorphic condor (whose name just means “Little Condor” in Spanish). The show will be a collaboration between Mexico’s Ánima Estudios, and Chilean animation company Lunes.
– Finally, The Copenhagen Post reported that far right Danish political party Nye Borgerlige (The New Right) attempted to gain permission to use two cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from Charlie Hebdo magazine; however, their requests were denied. The party was told “one of the artists behind the drawings is dead and wrote in his will that he didn’t want his art associated with party politics,” while “the other artist did not provide a reason for rejecting NB.” It’s likely the cartoonist did not want to be associated with NB because it wants to leave the UN refugee convention; ban the hijab from schools and public institutions; and abolish corporate taxes.
