Black Cat #8
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE, VENOM?! What was supposed to be a simple smash and grab for BLACK CAT and VENOM takes a nosedive into the COSMICALLY AND CATACLYSMICALLY FLARKED. Probably because they’re smashing and grabbing from the most heavily guarded place in the Multiverse. But this one’s personal for Mary Jane and Felicia, and the cat and the sinister symbiote ain’t leaving this party before they get a few good licks in!
All new Invincible Universe stories start here! Skybound and Image Comics have announced that Capes #7 will feature the first comic book appearance of Ella Mental, an all-new Invincible Universe character. With the power to command earth, wind, fire, and water, Ella Mental will make her debut in the upcoming Invincible VS video game launching April 30 from Skybound and its in-house game development studio Quarter Up. Invincible co-creators Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker reunite to tell Ella Mental’s story in a series of new back-ups appearing in Capes #7-12.
As previously announced, Capes #7 will begin an all-new story by writer Benito Cereno alongside returning artist Mark Englert. The series moves beyond its remastered return to explore a new arc of the Invincible Universe when Capes #7 hits comic book shops on May 27, 2026.
Also not to be missed, Benito Cereno and Mark Englert introduce the biggest mission in Capes history! With Invincible off-planet fighting the Viltrumite War and the new Guardians of the Globe battling The Order, now’s the time for Capes, Inc to become the face of superpowered crime-fighting. But has Bolt already made the one mistake that could doom Capes?
Capes #7 features a lineup of covers including a main cover by Mark Englert, an Ella Mental-centric cover by Cory Walker and Patricio Delpeche, and additional open-to-order covers by Conor Hughes, Gleb Melnikov, Dike Ruan, and Sanford Greene.
The full list of variant covers is below:
Black Cat #7
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov
BLACK CAT MEETS THE ALL-NEW VENOM… MARY JANE WATSON! The uncatchable thief teams-up with the sinister symbiote to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist Felicia Hardy’s ever attempted! Obstacles to overcome: Time. Space. Mind-melting interdimensional monstrosities. Spider-Man’s rogues’ gallery. Felicia and Venom’s dark and violent past. All in a night’s work.
Arriving February 4, DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1 delivers a high-octane one-shot that brings the multiverse into the event. The issue is from writer Jeremy Adams and artists Ronan Cliquet, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Kieran McKeown, Pablo M. Collar, and Hi-Fi. This special issue throws DC’s greatest Super Heroes into a gauntlet of unexpected challengers from across comics, horror, fantasy, and gaming.
For the first time ever, DC Super Heroes will face off against icons including Sub-Zero (Netherrealm), Homelander, Red Sonja and Vampirella (Dynamite), Samantha Strong (IDW Publishing), and even New Line Cinema’s Annabelle, the infamous horror doll. And in a surprise twist, DC has revealed that Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics) will make a cameo appearance!
In DC K.O.: Boss Battle, the heroes of the DC Universe are running out of time, and don’t have enough Omega Energy to enter the final battles. To stop Darkseid’s escalating threat, they must enter a series of escalating boss fights across the multiverse, each more unpredictable than the last. Every encounter pushes them closer to the edge, and failing to level up means certain failure in the final DC K.O. contestant brackets!
DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1 arrives on February 4 at participating comic shops and digital retailers with a main cover by Jamal Campbell and card stock variant covers by Jeff Spokes, Darick Robertson and Diego Rodriguez (featuring Homelander), Patrick Horvath (featuring Samantha Strong), Frank Cho and Sabine Rich (featuring Vampirella, Red Sonja, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch), and Gleb Melnikov (AEW cameo variant). Jeff Spokes’ variant cover will be available as an OTO wraparound in both card stock and foil. DC K.O.: Boss Battle #1 will retail for $4.99 US (main), $5.99 US (card stock variants), and $7.99 US (foil variant).
Marvel’s most unexpected duo is back!
In Black Cat #5, from writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Gleb Melnikov, Marvel’s greatest super thief found herself in trouble with the law…again. Luckily for Felicia, a certain red-headed super hero is in her corner. The relationship between Peter Parker’s greatest loves has blossomed in recent years, and the pair will reunite this March in Black Cat #7. This time, three’s a crowd, because unbeknownst to Black Cat, Mary Jane is currently All-New Venom! Will Felicia be impressed with Mary Jane’s turn as a symbiote super hero? Or will Venom cause their unlikely bond to revert back to frenemies? Superstar artist Kaare Andrews spotlights the trio in a bold connecting piece that will be featured as variant covers for Black Cat #7 and #8.
BLACK CAT MEETS THE ALL-NEW VENOM…MARY JANE WATSON!
In this all-new arc, the uncatchable thief teams-up with the sinister symbiote to pull off the most daring and dangerous heist Felicia Hardy’s ever attempted! Obstacles to overcome: Time. Space. Mind-melting interdimensional monstrosities. Spider-Man’s rogues’ gallery. Felicia and Venom’s dark and violent past. All in a night’s work.
Check out the cover and preorder Black Cat #7 at your local comic shop today!
Black Cat #5
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov
BLACK CAT… JAIL-BOUND?! Trapped and out of options, BLACK CAT has one last, desperate play to make! Friends, enemies, public opinion — they’ve ALL turned on her… except for one ride or die who may just be the key to righting this sinking super-hero ship! GUEST-STARRING EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE REDHEAD!
Black Cat #4
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov
CAUGHT IN A TRAP! BLACK CAT’s little super-hero game is up as far as Spider-Man’s deadliest foes are concerned — and they’ve sprung a trap Felicia Hardy may not even be able to dodge! She’ll need every scheme (and all nine of her lives) to get out of this one…
Black Cat #3
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov
HERO OR MENACE?! Word’s out on Black Cat’s latest career shift, and everyone agrees — she’s a MENACE! But public opinion isn’t the only problem she needs to worry about — Spider-Man’s toughest villains, including the SANDMAN, can’t tolerate another hero. It’s personal now, and Felicia Hardy is in for the fight of her life!
Black Cat #2
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD… BLACK CAT?! FELICIA HARDY is a changed woman. She’s STOPPING robberies instead of planning them. But all her super heroing is leaving a trail of wronged super villains in her wake. Lizard. Sandman. Tombstone. The list’s getting longer by the day. And it’s only a matter of time before those nine lives of hers run out…
Black Cat #1
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov (CA) Adam Hughes Jr.
In Shops: Aug 20, 2025
SRP: $4.99
Super-thief, super… Hero?! Felicia Hardy is the Black Cat, the world’s slyest and most skilled super-thief! She loves a good score. The longer the odds — the better! But her entire world turned upside down after the Amazing Spider-Man’s battle with Hellgate, so Felicia is turning over a new leaf as New York City’s newest… super hero?! The first super villain on her list — the Lizard! But will the Black Cat risk it all after her do-gooding moral high ground attracts dangerous attention from the lowest of the city’s underworld? Easy, Kingpin of Crime, she’s still skimming off the top — honest! Superstar G. Willow Wilson joins rising star Gleb Melnikov to chart the winding road of twists and turns, laughs and mind-bending action of Black Cat’s next exciting chapter!
