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Exclusive Preview: Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish #1

Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish #1

(W) Paul Eschbach, Steve Orlando, Ken Niimura, Gustavo Duarte (A) E. J. Su, Roi Mercado, Ken Niimura, Gustavo Duarte
(C) Rachelle Rosenberg (L) Joe Sabino
(CA) Mike Mignola (VCA) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Peach Momoko

DINE INTO A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE! Daily Bugle food critic Chet Chekowski and intrepid photographer Peter Parker are headed downtown for the opening of a brand-new, world-class restaurant! But when RHINO interrupts the festivities, it’s up to SPIDER-MAN and his friends to save the day — and their dinner!

ALSO: JEFF’S TABLE debuts! This issue also collects the T.E.S.T. KITCHEN infinity comic in print for the first time!

Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish #1

Chef José Andrés joins the Marvel Universe with Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish

Next month, experience a heroic adventure that’s sure to satisfy your every craving in Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish #1! The first-of-its-kind one-shot will deliver a story by writer Steve Orlando and artist Roi Mercado that sees Spider-Man team up with a real-world hero—Michelin-starred and James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and humanitarian, José Andrés, alongside his fearless team at World Central Kitchen! Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish #1 will be the first in a series of one-shots this year celebrating José’s life-changing and impactful work to provide food and nourishment to communities in crisis around the world.

Comics crossing over with the world of food and chefs has been a popular thing lately. Marvel launched Meals to Astonish in August 2025 (which had the same cover as Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish) as a spin off of the T.E.S.T. Kitchen Infinity Comic which itself had releases going back to 2022. DC Comics launched their own Taste of Justice in 2024 and José Andrés was even a part of it in 2025.

In Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish, Peter Parker heads downtown to photograph the opening of world-class chef José Andrés’ brand-new restaurant at New York’s famous Mercado Little Spain but soon finds it crashed by an insatiable villain: Electro! The electric fiend came prepared for Spider-Man, so José must chip in with Spidey to save the day—and everyone’s dinner!

In addition to the main story featuring Andrés, fans will be able to experience the T.E.S.T. Kitchen Infinity Comic for the first time in print! The story follows Chef Anna Ameyama whose dream of running her own food truck has finally come true—until it’s crushed into collateral damage during an Iron Man fight! But when Tony Stark tastes the deliciousness he just devastated, he offers her a new job: as his personal chef! The best part? Anna’s recipes (created by Michelin-starred chef Paul Eschbach!) are included so you’ll see how surprisingly easy it is to eat like an Avenger right in your own home!

Following that, readers will witness the return of the most delicious hero in the Spider-Verse in a new SPIDER-RAMEN adventure by Ken Niimura that will leave your mouth watering for more!

And finally, True Believers can take a seat at Jeff’s Table, a new Jeff the Land Shark series by Gustavo Duarte! Jeff has captured the hearts of fans…now he’s going to win over your stomachs! Discover a Land Shark’s appetite as Marvel’s most adorable super hero makes a mess in the kitchen!

Check out covers by Mike Mignola, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Peach Momoko and preorder Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish #1 at your local comic shop today! And stay tuned in the coming weeks for another announcement for what’s next for Meals to Astonish and World Central Kitchen!

Marvel’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire Sheds Light on the Land’s New Timeline

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.

Preview: Phoenix #15

Phoenix #15

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Roi Mercado

With forces beyond fathoming watching carefully, JEAN GREY — the woman, the hero, the PHOENIX herself — must come to a decision about her sister’s fate. Will SARA GREY live to see another day? Or will Jean consign her to death… for good?!

Phoenix #15

Preview: Phoenix #14

Phoenix #14

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Roi Mercado

A BATTLE TO SHAKE THE STARS! The PHOENIX is a force of life, energy and balance! Powerful, known and feared across the galaxy! And while Jean Grey IS the Phoenix, she is also a human being — so now that her sister Sara has returned to life, Jean’s humanity refuses to accept losing her again! Unfortunately, there are other forces operating in the cosmos — enormous, unstoppable, eternal forces — indifferent to the desires of a single woman. And even more unfortunately… they want Sara dead.

Phoenix #14

Preview: Phoenix #13

Phoenix #13

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Roi Mercado (CA) Lucas Werneck
Rated T+
In Shops: Jul 23, 2025
SRP: $3.99

TIMESLIDING IN…TO PUT A STOP TO THE PHOENIX!

Jean Grey’s beloved, long-dead sister Sara is…alive and well among the stars?! On a mysterious planet called Greyhaven, the Grey sisters have had an impossible reunion… But while Jean is overjoyed, other forces at work in the universe are less than thrilled – especially the psychically-attuned ones: like the telepathic, time-traveling soldier known as CABLE. After all, what’s an X-Men family reunion without at least one time-displaced stepchild?!

Phoenix #13

Exclusive Preview: Phoenix #12

Phoenix #12

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Roi Mercado
(C) Java Tartaglia (L) Ariana Maher
(CA) Lucas Werneck (VCA) Netho Diaz
Rated T+
In Shops: Jun 11, 2025
SRP: $3.99

THE SECRET ORIGIN OF SARA GREY Protecting the cosmos as PHOENIX, Jean Grey has experienced near-limitless mystery and wonder – a universe of perpetual possibility! But nothing so magnificently unexpected as this: Her sister, SARA GREY, has returned to life. Murdered by the Phalanx many years ago, another in a long line of Greys to lose their lives in untimely, violent ways, Sara nonetheless stands before Jean, alive and well. But – when?! Why?! How?! All of these are questions worth asking. And Jean Grey probably should. Needless to say…this would be a very different story if she did.

Phoenix #12

Preview: Phoenix #11

Phoenix #11

(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Roi Mercado (CA) Lucas Werneck
RATED T+
In Shops: May 14, 2025
SRP: $3.99

A BOOMING VOICE SOUNDS ACROSS THE COSMOS…

  • …the voice of EGO, THE LIVING PLANET – and he speaks in distress: of a great imbalance! A fracturing! A coming death…And the only one who can stand in its way is the PHOENIX! But that’s not all…
  • In this all-new arc, JEAN GREY’s calling to space and responsibility to the galaxy becomes suddenly, critically personal with the return of a long-lost loved one – whose presence will throw everything Jean knows into total chaos!
Phoenix #11

The X-Men Remember the Dream of Krakoa in X-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1

The Hellfire Gala, a now iconic X-Men event, is back this July in X-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1, a giant-sized one-shot written and drawn by the current creators of the X-line including Jed MacKay, Gail Simone, Eve L. Ewing, Luciano Vecchio, Javier Garrón, Sara Pichelli, Alex Paknadel, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Geoffrey Thorne, Jason Loo, Murewa Ayodele, Stephanie Phillips, Netho Diaz, Federica Mancin, Declan Shalvey, Roi Mercado, and Marcus To!

The annual gathering will strike a different note this time around, with mutantkind gathering to reflect on the loss of the mutant nation Krakoa. As they look back on the past, they’ll reignite hope for the future, and readers can look forward to a night of joyous celebration, delicious drama, and, of course, super hero high fashion! Like previous Hellfire Galas, the glamourous party will be filled with reunions, returns, and revelations, all setting the stage for the next year of X-Men storytelling! Always one of the most talked about comics of the year, the Hellfire Gala is now a beloved staple of the X-Men mythos, even inspiring the new season of the hit video game Marvel Rivals, and fans won’t want to miss this bold new installment!

One year ago, at the final Hellfire Gala, the dream of a unified mutant nation was forever shattered by a cowardly sneak attack by anti-mutant forces. To mark the moment and to proclaim loudly and strongly to all concerned that mutantkind still stands, the time has come for X-Men of all stripes to come together in solidarity and celebration. Featuring the meetings and moments that fans have been asking for since FROM THE ASHES began, be there for a keystone moment marking the movement of one era into the next and setting up story threads that will play out across the X-line in the near future!

Check out covers by Luciano Vecchio, AKA, and Mateus Manhanini and stay tuned for more X-Men: Hellfire Vigil announcements, including design reveals! 

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