The “World Outside Your Window” and the galaxy far, far away collide this January in Star Wars | Marvel: Hope Assembles, a six-issue series by pop culture icon Kevin Smith and acclaimed artist David Marquez that marks the historic first-ever crossover between the Marvel Universe and Star Wars. Marvel has released an all-new preview of the highly anticipated debut issue, which will also be featured in the back of select Marvel titles over the coming months.
Darth Vader’s terrifying entrance. Princess Leia’s bold defiance. C-3PO and R2-D2’s desperate escape. Fans know these iconic opening moments of Star Wars by heart. Now, see what happens when Marvel’s heroes join the action! This new preview offers a first look at this groundbreaking crossover that sees the events of the original Star Wars film unfold on Earth-616, drawing Marvel’s greatest heroes and most daring villains into a story that has captivated generations.
Star Wars | Marvel: Hope Assembles will feature ongoing variant cover programs, with recurring themes across Covers A-F to bring greater clarity and consistency to the cover collecting experience. Additional variants may also be available beyond the ongoing programs. Marvel has also revealed Rafael Albuquerque’s Crossover Cover, featuring Darth Vader wielding the Marvel Universe’s most powerful artifact—the Infinity Gauntlet!
The themes for A-F Covers are:
A – MAIN COVER – The main series connecting covers by series artist David Marquez.
B – ALLIANCE VARIAN – Marvel heroes and villains join forces with their Star Wars counterparts in action-packed pairings.
C – BATTLE VARIANT – Marvel and Star Wars collide in impossible one-on-one showdowns.
D – A NEW HOPE VARIANT – Iconic moments from Star Wars: A New Hope are re-created with Marvel characters.
E – CROSSOVER VARIANT – Characters wield the legendary weapons, costumes and symbols of the other franchise.
F – RETRO VARIANT – New artwork channeling the unmistakable look of Marvel’s original Star Wars comic book run.
G – MARVEL HOMAGE – Legendary Marvel covers are re-created with characters from both universes.
Hope Assembles marks a historic milestone in Marvel and Star Wars’ shared legacy, which began with Marvel’s Star Wars #1 in 1977 and launched decades of groundbreaking comic storytelling. Now, as Star Wars celebrates its 50th anniversary, the two universes officially collide in the crossover fans have dreamed of for decades!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Jason Aaron Deluxe Edition
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Joëlle Jones, Rafael Albuquerque, Cliff Chiang, Chris Burnham, Darick Robertson, Juan Ferreyra
Jason Aaron rings in an all-new era of TMNT comics in this new series! Read the first 12 issues, collected together for the first time.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have all left New York to pursue their own interests, but gathering forces will pull them back together in this collection that includes the prelude story “Long Way From Home” and issues #1–12 by superstar writer Jason Aaron and an all-star lineup of artists, including Joëlle Jones, Rafael Albuquerque, Cliff Chiang, Chris Burnham, Darick Robertson, and Juan Ferreyra! Raphael’s in prison. Michelangelo’s a TV star in Tokyo. Leonardo’s roaming the world seeking peace. Donatello’s trapped in a mutant zoo, fighting for the entertainment of the ultra-rich. And back in New York—what’s been happening while the Turtles were scattered across the globe?
Announced earlier this year, Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Publishing are bringing two legendary universes together for the first time in Star Wars | Marvel: Hope Assembles, a historic five-issue limited series launching January 2027. Written by Kevin Smith and drawn by David Marquez, the series unites the heroes and villains of the Marvel’s Universe with the galaxy far, far away in an unprecedented pop culture collision.
The anticipated series took the spotlight at New York Comic Con as Marvel Comics revealed new covers and artwork at the Marvel Comics: House of Ideas Panel, with Kevin Smith making a surprise appearance onstage to share more about the project.
Among the reveals was a breathtaking cover by the legendary Alex Ross spotlighting a team-up for the ages: Luke Skywalker and Spider-Man. Star Wars | Marvel: Hope Assembles will feature ongoing variant cover programs, with recurring themes across Covers A-F to bring greater clarity and consistency to the cover collecting experience. Additional variants may also be available beyond the ongoing programs.
The themes for A-F Covers are:
A – MAIN COVER – The main series connecting covers by series artist David Marquez.
B – ALLIANCE VARIANT – Marvel heroes and villains join forces with their Star Wars counterparts in action-packed pairings.
C – BATTLE VARIANT – Marvel and Star Wars collide in impossible one-on-one showdowns.
D – A NEW HOPE VARIANT – Iconic moments from Star Wars: A New Hope are re-created with Marvel characters.
E – CROSSOVER VARIANT – Characters wield the legendary weapons, costumes and symbols of the other franchise.
F – RETRO VARIANT – New artwork channeling the unmistakable look of Marvel’s original Star Wars comic book run.
G – MARVEL HOMAGE – Legendary Marvel covers are re-created with characters from both universes.
The first issue features covers by David Marquez, Alex Ross, Kaare Andrews, Cory Smith, Rafael Albuquerque, Dan Jurgens, Matteo Lolli, and more.
For decades, Star Wars and Marvel have shared a unique history. Marvel published its first Star Wars comic in 1977—the same year Star Wars: A New Hope transformed pop culture forever. Now, 50 years later, that relationship takes its biggest leap yet as they collide on the page for the first time.
The Galaxy Far, Far Away comes to the World Outside Your Window!
Following a reality-shattering spell, Marvel’s heroes witness the events of A New Hope unfold before their very eyes—setting the stage for an encounter between characters from both universes that fans have dreamt about for decades.
Check out the new artwork and preorder Star Wars | Marvel: Hope Assembles at your local comic shop today. It arrives on shelves January 13, 2027.
At the mercy of Hector Hammond, Black Canary and the Green Arrow Killer finally bear witness to the depraved horrors Hammond has been hiding. But when a horrible sacrifice evens the odds…will Dinah have traded one threat for an even more terrifying danger?
Story: Pornsak Pichetshote Art: Rafael Albuquerque Color: Marcelo Maiolo Letterer: Jeff Powell
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WHO WILL BE SACRIFICED? At the mercy of Hector Hammond, Black Canary and the Green Arrow Killer finally bear witness to the depraved horrors Hammond has been hiding. But when a horrible sacrifice evens the odds … will Dinah have traded one threat for an even more terrifying danger?
Writer Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Alberto Ponticelli will join forces for Exquisite Corpses: Lone Gunman, the third and final Exquisite Corpses spin-off miniseries based on season one of the bestselling horror comics created by James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh. Pichetshote also contributed to the first season as one of the “Corpse Crew” writers and will delve deeper into the lore and the future of the Lone Gunman killer in this five-issue series coming from Image Comics, and Tynion’s production house Tiny Onion, this November.
Pichetshote and Ponticelli will be joined by Eisner Award winning colorist Jordie Bellaire and renowned letterer Becca Carey on the title. In this can’t-miss follow-up to Exquisite Corpses’ season one, Laura and her fellow survivors, Xavi and Jason, have attempted to carve out an existence with her winnings, far away from the evil machinations of the 13 Families. But, two years after the unfathomable events unleashed in their hometown and Laura’s game-winning performance as the Last Gunman, all that they did to survive still haunts them. Now, the legacy of the golden mask refuses to stay silent…and their lives are in danger once again. The limited series will uncover the backstory of the Lone Gunman and explore what’s next in Exquisite Corpses.
The launch issue will feature a stunning main cover by Ponticelli and Bellaire and variant covers by A-list artists such as Rafael Albuquerque, Leandro Fernandez, Chris Brunner, and Sebastian Fiumara. Walsh will be contributing a variant that will come polybagged with a collectible trading card tied to Exquisite Corpses: The Game, which recently was successfully funded on Kickstarter.
Exquisite Corpses: Lone Gunman #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 4.
Cover A by Ponticelli & Bellaire – UPC: 70985304933300111
Cover B by Rafael Albuquerque – UPC: 70985304933300121
Cover C Polybag variant with collectible trading card by Walsh – UPC: 70985304933300131
Cover D (1:25) by Leandro Fernandez – UPC: 70985304933300141
Cover E (1:50) by Chris Brunner – UPC: 70985304933300151
Cover F (1:100) by Sebastian Fiumara – UPC: 70985304933300161
Dinah’s search for the Green Arrow Killer has led them both to discover the truth behind the Island—a place far more horrifying than either of them could ever dream. But most disturbing of all is who they discover there—as Absolute Green Arrow debuts the first appearance of a new Absolute take on a classic DC character.
Story: Pornsak Pichetshote Art: Rafael Albuquerque Color: Marcelo Maiolo Letterer: Jeff Powell
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Baltimore Comic-Con occurs on September 25-27, 2026 at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center. Baltimore Comic-Con has announced Rafael Albuquerque, Brett Breeding, Eric Canete, Klaus Janson, Rick Leonardi, and Matt Slay as comics guests of the 2026 event. You can purchase tickets online now!
Rafael Albuquerque was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He has been working in the American comic book industry since 2005. Best known from his work on All Star Batman, Animal Man, and Batgirl, he has also published the creator-owned books Mondo Urbano (2010), Eight (2015), and Huck (2015).
Rafael is an Eisner, Harvey, and Inkpot Award winner for the NY Times Bestseller American Vampire (DC Comics/Vertigo, 2010), written by Scott Snyder and Stephen King, and known by Neil Gaiman’s tale A Study in Emerald, Mark Millar’s Hit-Girl, and Detective Comics, to mention a few.
Brett Breeding has enjoyed nearly forty-seven years as a comic book artist, illustrating and creating characters for Marvel and DC Comics as well as numerous independent publishers. Primarily known for his finished inks over pencilers George Perez, Ron Frenz, Dan Jurgens, Bob Hall, and Kerry Gammill, Brett has also done penciling and traditional and computer coloring, as well as story development and plotting. He is a co-creator of DC Comics characters Doomsday, Blaze, Lord Satanus, and Shadowdragon, as well as Marvel Comics’ Dargo Thor.
Brett has worked on many titles for Marvel and DC Comics, but is most recognized for his work on the Superman titles, notably the “Death of Superman” storyline, as well as the Spider-Man titles, The Mighty Thor, The Avengers and West Coast Avengers, the Hawkeye Limited Series, and the first comic series featuring the Thundercats. While working on Thor #390 with Ron Frenz, Brett originated the idea that Steve Rogers would be worthy to wield Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, and Ron and writer Tom DeFalco made it a key part of the story. Over 30 years later, Brett’s idea would be immortalized on the big screen as a key moment in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame.
Brett regularly produces licensing art for DC Comics and Warner Brothers Consumer Products, and in 2012, he created numerous children’s books and digital interactive iPad apps featuring Superman and Batman for WB Global Publishing which are available digitally on Amazon.
Recently, Brett returned to Marvel, inking occasional covers and interior story pages, as well as special projects for the MCU. In 2022, for the first time in over 25 years, Brett again teamed up with Dan Jurgens on Superman to create artwork for the main story for the 30th Anniversary of The Death of Superman Special Edition comic, followed in 2023 with the 30th Anniversary of the Reign of the Supermen Special Edition. They continue to team up on covers for Marvel and DC special projects. Brett’s most recent project teamed him again with long-time collaborator Ron Frenz for a 10-page story in Venom #252, an homage to their first team-up together on Amazing Spider-Man #252 published back in 1984.
Eric Canete is a concept artist, comic book illustrator, and storyboard artist whose signature style — kinetic, expressive, and built on a foundation of serious design craft — has made him one of the most distinctive voices working across comics and animation.
His credits span some of the most recognizable properties in both mediums: Iron Man: Enter The Mandarin (Marvel Comics), Run Love Kill (Image Comics), Aeon Flux (MTV), Ben 10: Alien Force (Cartoon Network), Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, The Batman (Warner Bros. Animation), TRON: Uprising (Disney TVA), and Killer Instinct (Microsoft).
Most recently, Canete served as guest artist on Absolute Batman #17–18, illustrating the acclaimed “Absolute Poison Ivy” arc.
Klaus Janson was born in 1952 in Coburg, Germany, and came to America in 1957. As a child growing up in Connecticut, he learned how to read and write the English language almost exclusively from Lois Lane and Superman comics. Even at that early age, delusions of competence overtook him and he would cut apart the comics and paste them onto paper to construct new stories. This eventually led to the notion that drawing the stories outright and preserving the comics might be a more efficient way of approaching this medium. A valuable and life saving apprenticeship with his mentor Dick Giordano encouraged him to continue. After many summers of portfolio reviews and rejections, Marvel Comics offered a part time office job applying grey tones to the black and white horror comic reprints that were glutting the market. Two things happened that would change that: Daredevil and teaching at The School of Visual Arts. Daredevil with Frank Miller in the mid-1980s was a rare opportunity for two artists to work unconstrained by the typical expectations or oversight of corporate thinking. An anomaly for mainstream publishing, Daredevil was a struggle between artistic instinct and intellect that, at its best, resulted in that perfect balance. The other step forward was teaching at The School of Visual Arts. Klaus believes that communication is the most powerful tool human beings possess. That ability to communicate can come in many forms but at its root is called storytelling. Klaus lives in New York, where he writes, draws, inks, and colors, and teaches comics.
Rick Leonardi has drawn comics for more than forty years. His best-known works include various issues of The Uncanny X-Men and New Mutants, as well as runs on Cloak & Dagger, Spider-Man 2099, Nightwing, Batgirl, and Green Lantern vs. Aliens. He is credited, along with fellow illustrator Mike Zeck, with designing the black-and-white costume to which Spider-Man switched during the miniseries Secret Wars, and with creating the costume for Spider-Man 2099. He was penciler/inker for the original four issues of Watson and Holmes, which received an Eisner nomination for Best New Series in 2014.
Recently, Rick finished up an original graphic novel, Blue Angel, for the US Naval Institute Press, contributed pages to Nightwing #100, and enjoyed Spider-Man 2099’s appearance in Across the Spider-Verse.
Matt Slay has worked in comics for 15 years, but quickly made a name for himself painting variant covers for IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His dark and earthy watercolors bring a grown-up sense of danger to any character. Born in St. Michaels and raised in Easton, the Maryland native now paints for the sci-fi anthology series Time Traveled Tales with authors such as Timothy Zahn. Matt has generated production art for Marvel Premiere as well as Iron Man 3, and has since provided covers for Six Gun Gorilla and American Mythology’s Equilibrium while writing his own book and cartoon series, 3 Story Dungeon. Matt is represented by Comic Art House.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Jason Aaron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Arthur Adams (Longshot), Joel Adams (Ms. Mystic), Zeea Adams (Deadman), Rafael Albuquerque (Absolute Green Arrow), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), Brett Bean (D’Orc), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Carolyn Belefski (Curls), Russ Braun (The Boys), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jeffrey Burandt (Gonad the Ballbarian), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Eric Canete (Absolute Superman), Joe Carabeo (The Legettes), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jo Chen (Runaways), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men), Taurin Clarke (Star Wars: Jedi Knights), Becky Cloonan (War), Michael W. Conrad (In Bloom), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn), Denys Cowan (The Question), Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (The College Try), Paris Cullins (Blue Devil), Mike Decarlo (The Simpsons), Vito Delsante (Stray), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Colleen Doran (The Sandman), Scott Dunbier (DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition), Steve Englehart (Captain America), Garth Ennis (The Boys), Victor Farro (Invincible Universe: Battle Beast), Trish Forstner (Feral), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), David Gerrold (Star Trek), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Randy Green (Witchblade), Che Grayson (Absolute Catwoman), Gene Ha (Mae), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (Chest Face), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Jamal Igle (Superman), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk), Klaus Janson (Daredevil), JG Jones (Wanted), Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Chris Kemple (Red Vengeance), Tom King (Wonder Woman), Peter Krause (The Power of Shazam, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Creees Lee (Sorcerer Supreme), Jae Lee (Inhumans), Jim Lee (Batman: H2SH), Rick Leonardi (Spider-Man 2099), Jesse Lonergan (DROME), Tula Lotay (Bloodland), Nate Lovett (Commander Tomorrow), Andy MacDonald (Rogue Planet), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Anthony Marques (Superman Unlimited), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzen Jr. (Y: The Last Man), Mike McKone (Teen Titans), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Fantastic Four), Pop Mhan (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), Joshua Middleton (Aquaman), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Drew Moss (Thundercats), Trevor Mueller (Bat Pat), Sarah Myer (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Phil Noto (Fantastic Four: First Foes), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Jimmy Palmiotti (The Punisher), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Margeaux Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Pornsak Pichetshote (Absolute Green Arrow), Stephen Platt (Moon Knight), Andy Price (My Little Pony), Joe Pruett (Savage Sword of Conan), Tom Raney (Incredible Hulk), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), James Robinson (Starman), Tone Rodriguez (Feral, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Stephane Roux (Void Rivals), Andy Runton (Owly), Ethan Sacks (Old Man Hawkeye), Stuart Sayger (Red Sonja), Joe Schmalke (We Don’t Kill Spiders), Erica Schultz (Rogue), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Matthew Dow Smith (DC’s Misfits of Magic), Scott Snyder (Friday and Sunday only, DC K.O.), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Liberty Girl Deluxe), Cat Staggs (David Dastmachian’s Through), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Karl Story (Batman & Robin), Martha Thomases (Dakota North), Frank Tieri (Absolute Batman: Ark-M), Peter J. Tomasi (The Rocketfellers), Billy Tucci (Shi), Jonathan Uribe (Spawn, courtesy of Comics and Collectibles R Us), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and the Big Hero Six), Wade Von Grawbadger (Justice League), Dave Wachter (Godzilla), Steve Walker (Pay the Devil), Lee Weeks (Batman/Catwoman Special), Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker), Bob Wiacek (All-New Wolverine, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Web of Spider-Man), Ron Wilson (Marvel Two-In-One), Chuck Wojtkiewicz (Justice League, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Rich Woodall (Sgt. Werewolf), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), and Thom Zahler (Long Distance).
BORN ON A MONDAY… RISES ABSOLUTE SOLOMON GRUNDY! Dinah’s search for the Green Arrow Killer has led them both to discover the truth behind the Island — a place far more horrifying than either of them could ever dream. But most disturbing of all is who they discover there — as Absolute Green Arrow debuts the first appearance of a new Absolute take on a classic DC character.
After the horrifying events of last issue, Dinah must capture the Green Arrow Killer as she finally finds Oliver Queen’s protégé Roy Harper. But as the killer’s attacks intensify and Dinah discovers the unsettling effect they’re having on Star City, Harper’s trail takes her on a journey darker and more twisted than she ever imagined.
Story: Pornsak Pichetshote Art: Rafael Albuquerque Color: Marcelo Maiolo Letterer: Jeff Powell
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