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Mojo’s Mashup Marvel Heroes from Jeff the Land Shark: Superstar get the Spotlight with Variant Covers

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Marvel’s breakout star is ready for prime time! In Jeff the Land Shark: Superstar, an all-new Jeff limited series from Kelly Thompson and Tokitokoro, the megalomaniacal interdimensional television mogul launches his wildest plan for ratings yet—kidnapping Jeff the Land Shark and having him headline his latest reality show! But Jeff won’t be alone—he’ll be leading a new team of mashup heroes! How will Jeff get out of this one?! And will his friends back home be able to rescue him?!

Jeff’s new team is revealed on the cover of Jeff the Land Shark: Superstar #2, arriving in August. The mashup characters will also be featured on SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVERS throughout July. Drawn by top talent, the covers spotlight DAZZLESTORM, MAGIKHOT, WOLVERINE-MAN, RAMBIT, KATE-LOCKE and ELSA STRANGE!

From making a splash in comics, including the Eisner Award winning It’s Jeff Infinity Comic, to catching a tidal wave of popularity from Marvel Rivals, Jeff is a global sensation! Now, he headlines his very own solo series, both on Marvel Unlimited and at your local comic shop, perfect for longtime Marvel readers, newcomers, and anyone in between.

JEFF HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED!

Mojo is determined to create the latest hit show…and sends the Marvel Universe into an UPROAR when he KIDNAPS beloved pet-slash-friend of heroes, Jeff the Land Shark– and his klepto companion Ken! But Jeff’s not the only star of the show—prepare to meet all-new, all-wild versions of Jeff’s closest super hero friends…and Mojo’s worst enemies!

Check out the Jeff the Land Shark: Superstar #2 cover, preview pages from issue one, and the first three SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVERS now, and preorder the series and variant covers at your local comic shop!

  • WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #6 SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVER BY TBD – 75960621448800651
  • SORCERER SUPREME #8 SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVER BY AKA – 75960621179100841
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #31 SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960620917003141
  • WOLVERINE #23 SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVER BY GERARDO SANDOVAL – 75960620841802341
  • X-MEN #33 SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVER BY KRIS ANKA – 75960620920003341
  • X-MEN #34 SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVER BY LEIRIX – 75960620920003441
  • X-MEN: OUTBACK #2 SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVER BY MATEUS MANHANINI – 75960621530000241

Star Wars: Shadow of Maul sets up the Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord animated series

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One of the most feared villains of the galaxy far, far away returns next year in Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, a new animated series set after the events of the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In March, Marvel Comics will pave the way for the Disney+ series with Star Wars: Shadow of Maul, a five-issue prequel series written by Benjamin Percy, who wrote the Sith Lord in last year’s Star Wars: Darth Maul – Black, White & Red series, and drawn by Madibek Musabekov, known for his acclaimed work on the recent Star Wars: Jedi Knights series.

Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord will reveal Maul’s plan to rebuild his criminal syndicate on Janix, a planet untouched by the Empire. Star Wars: Shadow of Maul introduces this new setting and cast, including Captain Brander Lawson and his partner, a droid nicknamed Two Boots, as they investigate shadowy dealings on Janix.

Welcome to Janix, a neon-lit, shadow-soaked maze of a planet that lies beyond the reach of the Empire. Captain Brander Lawson is doing his best to navigate the law in a lawless territory. He’s joined by his partner, a droid nicknamed Two Boots, as they face off against scheming crime bosses…and as the looming threat of the shadow lord, Maul, nears!

Check out covers by Derrick Chew, AKA, and Björn Barends along with a sneak peek at interior artwork and preorder Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #1 at your local comic shop today! 

It’s the Final Showdown with Major Bludd in G.I. JOE #11 by Joshua Williamson and Andrea Milana

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Skybound, Image Comics, and Hasbro have revealed interior pages and the lineup of variant covers for G.I. JOE #11. Helmed by the top-tier creative team of writer Joshua Williamson, artist Andrea Milana, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer Rus Wooton, the next issue of the comic book introducing a bold new vision of G.I. Joe and Cobra to the Energon Universe lands in comic book shops on September 17, 2025. 

THE FINAL SHOWDOWN WITH MAJOR BLUDD. It’ll be an eye for an eye as Baroness and Cover Girl must complete their mission… 

In addition to the main cover by Tom Reilly, G.I. JOE #11 will feature an open-to-order variant cover by Andrea Milana, the continuation of the 1:10 incentive connecting cover series by Alan Quah, a 1:25 incentive variant by Lucas Meyer and Adriano Lucas, and a 1:50 incentive variant by AKA.  

G.I. JOE fans can look forward to an action-packed fall with this series’ Dreadnok War, an epic story which will see G.I. JOE shipping twice monthly for three months, starting this November with issue #13. Original series artist Tom Reilly returns for this arc and is now exclusive to Skybound. Joined by Eisner Award-winning colorist Jordie Bellaire, the record-breaking creative team reunites to kick off the Dreadnok War as Cobra Commander is targeted for death and his only hope to survive is…DUKE? 

G.I. JOE #11

The full list of variant covers is below: 

  • G.I. JOE #11 Cover A by Tom Reilly (Lunar Code: 0725IM336)  
  • G.I. JOE #11 Cover B by Andrea Milana (Lunar Code: 0725IM337) 
  • G.I. JOE #11 Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive) (Connecting) by Alan Quah (Lunar Code: 0725IM338) 
  • G.I. JOE #11 Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive) by Lucas Meyer & Adriano Lucas (Lunar Code: 0725IM339) 
  • G.I. JOE #11 Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive) by AKA (Lunar Code: 0725IM340)

Now and forever, Jean Grey is Phoenix in Phoenix #1 variant covers

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In the X-Men’s upcoming From the Ashes era, Jean Grey takes to the stars to fulfill her divine destiny in Phoenix, a new ongoing series by writer Stephanie Phillips and artist Alessandro Miracolo. Fans can see all the covers that will grace the highly anticipated debut issue, hitting stands on July 17.

Earlier this week in Rise of the Powers of X #5, one of the final issues of the X-Men’s Krakoan Age, Jean Grey was dramatically reborn as the Phoenix and promptly saved all of existence from an all-consuming AI Dominion. It was a battle outside of time and space that will go down in Marvel Comics history, and only a taste of the awe-inspiring feats that Jean will continue to achieve in her new solo series. Reigniting suns, suppressing black holes, taking on the likes of Gorr the God Butcher and Thanos’ Black Order singlehandedly, and teaming up with fellow space-faring heroes like Nova, Corsair, and Captain Marvel—Jean is no longer the Earth-bound X-Man you knew; she’s the Phoenix, now and forever! Glorious adventures await, but while the galaxies beckon Jean for salvation, will they also be reminded of her appetite for destruction?

Phoenix #1’s variant covers include breathtaking pieces of Jean by industry superstars like Rose Besch, Greg Land, Aka, and Peach Momoko. And like many of Marvel’s major launches, Phoenix #1 will have a fiery Foil Variant Cover—drawn by the legendary Joe Quesada.

Check out the covers now and preorder Phoenix #1 at your local comic shop today! 

Jean Grey fulfills her cosmic destiny in Phoenix #1 variant covers

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In the X-Men’s upcoming From the Ashes era, one of the team’s most crucial members goes solo! Announced last week, Jean Grey will become a galaxy-traversing super hero in Stephanie Phillips and Alessandro Miracolo’s Phoenix. Emerging from the explosive finale of Krakoa with renewed purpose, Jean embraces what was always hers: the breathtaking power of the Phoenix Force. Alone in space, she not only must do what no one else can: she yearns to. Whatever Jean does – or fails to do – will bring darkness to the universe and haunt her in ways she can scarcely imagine…

Today, fans can see her reborn on an assortment of new variant covers for the debut issue!

Best-selling cover artists Aka and Rose Besch spotlight Jean’s new Phoenix costume, designed by series artist Miracolo. Both pieces will also be available as virgin variant covers. In addition, Greg Land reminds readers how terrifying the Phoenix can be with an incredible depiction of Dark Phoenix.

Check out all three covers now and preorder Phoenix #1 at your local comic shop today! It arrives July 17.

Celebrate icons of a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Star Wars Women’s History Month Variant Covers

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 From Jedi Knights to Rebel leaders, the course of the Star Wars galaxy has been shaped by legendary women heroes! In honor of Women’s History Month, Marvel Comics will spotlight some of these iconic characters in new variant covers.

Featured on all of Marvel’s current Star Wars comic series hitting stands in March, the seven Star Wars Women’s History Month Variant Covers are drawn by the industry’s leading women artists and depict characters from Star Wars storytelling including films, television and streaming series, and comics.

Each brave and inspiring in their own unique way, here are the characters highlighted this year:

  • Ahsoka Tano, former Jedi Knight who served as Anakin Skywalker’s fierce Padawan during the Clone Wars. Ahsoka’s heroic exploits after walking away from the Jedi Order have made her one of the franchise’s most beloved characters and last year, she starred in her own hit live-action series on Disney+ which will be adapted to comic book form this summer!
  • Fennec Shand, feared assassin and elite mercenary whose deadly skills are a highlight of shows like The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
  • Mon Mothma, one of the key founders of the Rebel Alliance known for carefully guiding her fellow Rebels in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and more recently, Andor.
  • Omega, member of the mighty clone crew, Clone Force 99. Armed with her trademark energy bow, she carves out a new life for herself and her brothers in the Star Wars: The Bad Batch animated series.
  • Rey Skywalker, the powerful Jedi hero who saved the galaxy from the re-emerged Sith in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
  • Rose Tico, an expert Resistance mechanic who found herself on the front lines of the galactic civil war in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
  • Tynnra Pamlo, a wise galactic senator who boldly opposed Emperor Palpatine alongside the Rebel Alliance in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Check out all seven Star Wars Women’s History Month Variant Covers now and preorder them at your local comic shop today!

  • STAR WARS #44 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY JAN DUURSEMA – 75960609600804441
  • STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #44 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY MARGUERITE SAUVAGE – 75960609601504431
  • STAR WARS: MACE WINDU #2 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY KAREN DARBOE – 75960620706000221
  • STAR WARS: JANGO FETT #1 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY AKA – 75960620883800121
  • STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC #5 [PHASE III] WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA – 75960620708400521
  • STAR WARS: THRAWN ALLIANCES #3 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY ANNIE WU – 75960609358800321
  • STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI #6 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY STEPHANIE HANS

Peach Momoko’s Ultimate X-Men #1 gets a trailer!

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Marvel‘s bold new Ultimate line is in full swing with readers still buzzing about Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto’s Ultimate Spider-Man #1 and Bryan Hill and Stefano Caselli’s highly-anticipated Ultimate Black Panther #1 hitting stands next week. The excitement increases tenfold in March when renowned writer and artist Peach Momoko brings the Children of the Atom into this thrilling new storytelling landscape in Ultimate X-Men #1!

Set in Japan, Ultimate X-Men will star Hisako Ichiki, AKA Armor, a fan-favorite young X-Man who debuted in the groundbreaking Astonishing X-Men. When she discovers her unusual exoskeleton powers, the new Ultimate Universe’s Armor’s normal life is shattered as she becomes the first of a new generation of mutants! Witness the X-Men mythos like you’ve never seen before as Momoko blends the classic mutant metaphor with Japanese folklore and urban legends. The resulting saga infuses horror into the franchise’s trademark mutant origin stories as Armor must overcome her darkest fears in order to unlock her full mutant potential.

Behold the magic that awaits in the new Ultimate X-Men #1 trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork including a new look at Maystorm, the Storm-inspired character who Momoko created for last year’s New Champions Variant Covers and who will debut within the series!

Ultimate X-Men is the third launch in Marvel’s new Ultimate line that was born out of Hickman and Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Invasion series. The saga began with the Maker, one of the final survivors of the doomed Ultimate Universe, travelling back in time on a parallel Earth to create a world without heroes. He succeeded in preventing various iconic heroes from achieving their destiny and ruled this world in secret through various global factions.

Now, he’s vanished and a secret war has broken out across the planet to shape what will happen to his kingdom. Some want to control the world. Some want to free it. In Japan, new mutants emerge with no one to teach them. Who will step forward to guide the hated and feared?

Check out all the Ultimate X-Men #1 covers and preorder this new mutant milestone at your local comic shop today!

Scarlet Witch, Storm, and more spotlight Marvel’s Women’s History Variant Covers

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This March, Marvel continues its tradition of celebrating Women’s History Month with a stunning collection of variant covers that depict its greatest women super heroes! This year’s covers come from a variety of artists who are currently lighting up the industry with their unique and exciting styles: Peach Momoko, Carmen Carnero, Ema Luppachino, Rickie Yagawa, and Aka.

The five featured heroines range from A-List superstars to newly introduced favorites, and they’re each currently headlining their own solo adventures, which the Women’s History Month covers will adorn throughout the month:

  • Bloodline, the daughter of Blade who debuted in last year’s Free Comic Book Day: Avengers/X-Men #1 and will star in her own limited series launching next week by her co-creators Danny Lore and Karen S. Darboe! 
  • Captain Marvel, whose current solo run by Kelly Thompson will soon be approaching its milestone 50th issue!
  • Scarlet Witch, who recently embarked on a breathtaking new journey in the pages of Steve Orlando and Carmen Carnero’s Scarlet Witch series.
  • Storm, whose story as one of mutantkind’s last defenders will be told in the pages of Al Ewing’s Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants, part of the X-Men’s Sins of Sinister crossover. The iconic X-Men leader will also star in a brand-new limited series by Ann Nocenti and Sid Kotian this April, set in her “punk” era.
  • And Wolverine, whose violet days as mutant assassin X-23 will be revisited in the upcoming X-23: Deadly Regenesis series by writer Erica Schultz and artist Edgar Salazar.
  • BLOODLINE: DAUGHTER OF BLADE #2 WOMEN’S HISTORY VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO – 75960609771500241
  • SCARLET WITCH #3 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY CARMEN CARNERO – 75960620235500361
  • X-23: DEADLY REGENESIS #1 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY AKA – 75960620401400161
  • CAPTAIN MARVEL #47 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY EMA LUPPACHINO – 75960609268004751
  • STORM & THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #2 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960620533200251

NYCC 11 – First Thoughts

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As always, I had an amazing time at a comic book convention.  While I go to check out the latest releases and the new talent in Artist’s Alley, it’s the friendships I’ve made that makes it worth it (sappy I know).  The 2011 New York Comic Con was fantastic and seemed about a quarter to 50% bigger this year than last.

While the floor was amazing, the convention rooms were a bit packed and there were quite a few panels I wasn’t able to get into (bummer).  Hopefully that gets fixed next year.  The people attending were fantastic with great costumes and attitudes that made it fun for everyone. The displays weren’t as impressive, I saw most at San Diego earlier this year.  But, I got to see my name on the cover of Archaia‘s Critical Millennium hard cover, I giggled every time I saw it.

Here’s the checklist of the thoughts on top of my head:

  • Always great seeing Charles Soule and Len Wallace (and Jessica), good friends and great talents.  I especially had fun sitting behind Charle’s table and selling some of his comics for a bit (27 and Strongman).  Also chatting with Drew Gaska as always was fun, some day we’ll figure out a time for a radio interview.
  • Fantastic to hang out with Chip “Cuddles” Mosher and get to know the comiXology crew.  They’re an upcoming tech company everyone should be watching.
  • I bumped in BOOM! Studios and Ross Ritchie and some of his team.  Such nice folks.
  • The CBLDF deserves your support people!  Get involved!
  • I still don’t get anime and manga but the GEN Manga folks were so nice.
  • I got to meet a great talent Palle Schmidt and can’t wait to spotlight him more.  So smart and interesting to talk to.  He opened my eyes on a few things I’ve covered with a better perspective.
  • The Reed Pop crew do an amazing job putting together shows.
  • Mel and Archaia, Filip and Top Cow are class acts, so happy to see them every show.

Best items I returned home with besides the stacks of comics and graphic novels to read…

  • A new guitar pic for Charles Soule‘s 27 in honor of the launch of the second volume
  • I finally bought show exclusives including Hasbro‘s Hulk and the Spidey/Fireman Mini-mate
  • I got Spidey Mega Blocks!
  • DC had one of the oddest promotions, a light up Kryptonite ice cube to promote Smallville.
  • I grabbed both AKA video games, such a creative promotion.

And that’s it for convention season for me…. until 2012.