Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #5
(W) Ethan Sacks (A) Jethro Morales, Roi Mercado
THE BIGGEST MYSTERY OF BATUU IS REVEALED! LUKE SKYWALKER and PRINCESS LEIA have returned to BATUU to complete a mission, but a heroic act will put them face-to-face with a creature not seen for millennia! The secret of the mysterious relic is revealed in the process… and BLACK SPIRE OUTPOST will never be the same! No fans of STAR WARS and the DISNEY PARKS will want to miss the climactic final issue!
Following the success of the busiest Mercy Sparx publishing schedule in several years, Heaven’s secret “fixer” returns in Mercy Sparx: Heaven’s Devilthis October. An all new quarterly series written by Josh Blaylock, with art by Blaylock and Brian Rogers, and colors by Eisner Award Winners Greg + Fake. The series continues from the events of the sell-out hit “Daddy Issues” miniseries and spin-off success Club Nephilim.
Mercy Sparx is known in divine circles as “Heaven’s Devil” – AKA Heaven’s fixer, sent to do the dirty work angels won’t touch. For years, this devil secretly living among us has left a trail of broken bottles, broken noses, and broken hearts in her wake. But now chaos has come calling again, as a mysterious “nobody” who has lurked in the shadows since Mercy’s first days on Earth rises to become her most dangerous nemesis yet. A perfect jumping on point for new Mercy readers!
Made successful through a savvy confluence between in-store comic shop releases and Kickstarter exclusive content, Mercy Sparx has found its way to new heights of success, and is currently still active in development for film & TV with Assemble Media.
Circuits-Seduction-Revenge, the gonzo cyberpunk, sexy action one-shot from last year also debuts an all new quarterly ongoing series, merging the worlds of “Circuits” with that of the Blaylock and Mark Powers’ The Encoded, taking place five years before the events of The Encoded #1. Written by Josh Blaylock with art by Jethro Morales, with covers by artists including Sveta Shubina and Joel H Herrera.
In 2050 AD, a mysterious rogue pleasure android wreaks havoc on the trillionaire class as they are forced to turn to an equally dangerous artificial life-form to stop her. In a time after humanity has survived the AI singularity and settled into a strange new equilibrium: futuristic metropolises under mandatory “logdowns,” cities reserved for sentient survivors of a deactivated AI consciousness, and breakaway communities living like it’s still 1985.
Mercy Sparx: Heaven’s Devil #1 and Circuits-Seduction-Revenge #1 both debut this October, continuing Devil’s Due Studios’ 25th anniversary year-long celebration and true to its new focus on stories in the supernatural, sci-fi, and high concept action realms.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #4
(W) Ethan Sacks (A) Jethro Morales, Roi Mercado
HAN SOLO & CHEWIE IN THE CROSSHAIRS! Returning to BATUU to help deliver the relic that PRINCESS LEIA escaped with years earlier, HAN SOLO and his faithful co-pilot CHEWIE find themselves betrayed by HONDO OHNAKA and stalked by the fearsome bounty hunter HARKOS! The new story behind the Disney Parks attraction land its shocking climax courtesy of writer Ethan Sacks and artists Jethro Morales and Roi Mercado.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #3
(W) Ethan Sacks (A) Jethro Morales, Roi Mercado
INVASION OF BATUU! DARTH VADER takes on a DROID fighting force! But will the epic battle give LUKE, LEIA, CHEWIE, C-3PO and R2-D2 a chance to escape the IMPERIALS? Meanwhile, OGA makes her move against the syndicate running BLACK SPIRE OUTPOST.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #2
(W) Ethan Sacks (A) Jethro Morales, Roi Mercado
HUNTED BY DARTH VADER! PRINCESS LEIA, CHEWBACCA, ARTOO-DETOO and SEE-THREEPIO scramble to track down an informant in the BLACK SPIRE OUTPOST! Will they escape a trap set by VADER himself? What is Oga’s grand plan to play both the Rebellion and the Empire?
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #1
(W) Ethan Sacks (A) Jethro Morales, Roi Mercado
NEW SECRETS OF GALAXY’S EDGE REVEALED! LUKE SKYWALKER, PRINCESS LEIA and CHEWBACCA head to BATUU in search of important intel and stumble upon a dangerous relic — one that puts them on a collision course with the EMPIRE! Galaxy’s Edge writer Ethan Sacks and artists Jethro Morales & Roi Mercado tell an all-new story inspired by Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
THIEF OF THE DEEP! Namor and Black Panther have a long history of bad blood between them, but when Namor shows up at the Galactic Empire of Wakanda with nefarious goals, there’s no hope that diplomacy will win the day. The king of Atlantis has secretly brought Jeff the Land Shark along in hopes of stealing Wakanda’s Chronovium! Will T’Challa and Shuri catch these fishy thieves red-handed?
One of the most intense comic book rivalrieshas found new life in Marvel Rivals! A recent arc of the hit game’s tie-in Infinity Comic series spotlighted Black Panther and Namor’s decades-long feud as a war escalated between their kingdoms that put the entire world of Marvel Rivals at risk! This April, fans can pick up this latest Marvel Rivals chapter at their local comic shop in Marvel Rivals: Duel of Kings, a print one-shot collecting the entire arc by Paul Allor, Salva Espín, and Jethro Morales.
THIEF OF THE DEEP!
Namor and Black Panther have a long history of bad blood between them, but when Namor shows up at the Galactic Empire of Wakanda with nefarious goals, there’s no hope that diplomacy will win the day. The king of Atlantis has secretly brought Jeff the Land Shark along in hopes of stealing Wakanda’s Chronovium! Will T’Challa and Shuri catch these fishy thieves red-handed?
Check out Stephen Segovia’s cover and preorder Marvel Rivals: Duel of Kings at your local comic shop today!
Your next visit to Black Spire Outpost may feel different. New updates are coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland. Beginning on April 29, the Star Wars-themed land will expand its storytelling timeline to incorporate elements of the original film trilogy including characters like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker as well as new food and merchandise offerings. Marvel Comics will reveal the official story of the Empire and Rebels’ encounter on Batuu in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire, a tie-in comic series launching in April. The five-issue saga will be written by Ethan Sacks, who penned the Galaxy’s Edge tie-in comic series back when the land first opened in 2019, and drawn by artists Jethro Morales and Roi Mercado.
NEW SECRETS OF GALAXY’S EDGE REVEALED!
Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Chewbacca head to Batuu in search of important intel and stumble upon a dangerous relic – one that puts them on a collision course with the Empire!
Check out Phil Noto’s main cover plus the first of Leinil Francis Yu’s character spotlight variant covers that will run on each issue and the first of E.M. Gist’s Mandalorian & Grogu Variant Covers that will be featured on various Star Wars titles this April and May to celebrate the upcoming film.
DC Comics and Marvel Comics are charging into the digital frontier with a bold new phase of the historic DC/Marvel crossover initiative that began with Batman/Deadpool #1 by DC and Deadpool/Batman #1 by Marvel.
The publishers today debuted two new crossover one-shot webcomics, available exclusively on DC Universe Infinite and Marvel Unlimited. DC is offering The Flash/Fantastic Four on DCUI as part of the DC GO! imprint, while Marvel is offering a Thor/Shazam! Infinity Comics story on Marvel Unlimited. Together, these webcomics kick off a new wave of DC/Marvel digital-first crossover stories. Each webcomic will be free-to-read, with registration, for 30 days before moving behind their respective paywalls, and both DC and Marvel are releasing these new stories formatted for vertical scroll.
In The Flash/Fantastic Four, available now, exclusively from DC on DC Universe Infinite, Barry Allen and the Fantastic Four tear through the Speed Force, encountering heroes and villains across time in a bid to stop Gorilla Grodd’s quest for mental domination. Written by Jeremy Adams, with art by Adrián Gutiérrez and colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr., this DC GO! webcomic is a high-speed, high-stakes DC/Marvel crossover adventure.
Marvel’s brand-new Thor/Shazam! Infinity Comics story, written by Al Ewing and drawn by Jethro Morales with a cover by Martín Cóccolo, is available now exclusively on Marvel Unlimited. The might of Thor! The power of Shazam! Marvel and DC bring the thunder to Infinity Comics in a never-before-seen adventure! When a familiar face threatens to usurp the magic of the Marvel and DC universes, will Donald Blake and Billy Batson recover their powers in time to stop them? The new Thor/Shazam! Infinity Comics story will be available on Marvel Unlimited. For a limited time, all fans can redeem a digital copy of this brand-new crossover story by using code CROSSOVER25 at Marvel.com/redeem.
Two more crossover webcomics, one from each publisher, are slated for digital-first vertical-scroll releases in 2026. Details on these webcomics will be revealed in the coming months.
