Since Blood Hunt concluded with Doctor Doom seizing the power of Sorcerer Supreme for himself, the Marvel Universe has waited with bated breath for the iconic supervillain’s next move. This February, the wait is over as Doctor Doom takes control of the entire world in a status quo-shattering event, ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM!
Teased throughout the year, “One World Under Doom” was formally announced last month at New York Comic Con. Fans learned that the event will be anchored by a core One World Under Doom series launching in February. This nine-issue event series will written by Ryan North, whose run on Fantastic Four will be heavily impacted by One World Under Doom, drawn by R.B. Silva, and colors by David Curiel. While Doom’s bold reach for power brings change to the entire Marvel Universe, One World Under Doom takes readers behind the mask as they bear witness to the triumphs and trials of Doom’s rule, as well as the foolish attempts to topple it.
Check out all-new variant covers for One World Under Doom #1, including pieces by superstar artists like John Tyler Christopher, Nick Bradshaw, Rod Reis, Will Sliney, Rose Besch, Mike Mignola, and R.B. Silva. Plus, never-before-seen interior artwork shows the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and more of Earth’s heroes assemble as they prepare their first strike against the world’s new ultimate authority.
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM!
Six months ago, Doctor Victor Von Doom became Sorcerer Supreme – then disappeared behind Latveria’s closed borders. For most, there’s enough going on in the world that Doom’s absence is not a priority, and some time without him feels like a blessing. Only a few recognize it for what it truly was… the calm before the storm. It is a storm that has now arrived. The world has woken up to a new reality: Doctor Doom, Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, has magically taken over every broadcast medium on the planet and declared himself Emperor of the World – the ruler of a new United Latveria! And shockingly, impossibly, all of Earth’s leaders seem to be going along with this. Luckily, whether it’s mind control or Doombots, whatever’s affecting them hasn’t affected Earth’s heroes – and so they quickly form a strike team to stop Doom’s machinations. But will they succeed? And what happens when some begin to welcome their new Emperor with open arms, clamoring for One World Under Doom?
“One World Under Doom” is an overarching status quo shift coming to Marvel Comics, the likes of which haven’t been seen since 2008’s Dark Reign. It’s a shocking and upending turn of events that will impact Marvel’s entire line of comics and see the launch of tie-in series and one-shots, collectively forming an era worthy of comic books’ greatest supervillain! Check out the new covers and artwork and stay tuned more ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM news later this week!
From the New Mutants to Generation X, discovering you’re a mutant in the Marvel Universe has never been easy, and in the wake of Krakoa, it’s going to be harder than ever! While the X-Men reintegrate into society after the fall of their mutant nation, mutants around the world still need protection, community, and guidance. In Eve L. Ewing and Carmen Carnero’s Exceptional X-Men, a group of young mutants will luckily be trained by two of the greatest teachers in X-Men history—Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost! Today, fans can see all of the covers for the debut issue!
Among the new covers are exciting shots of the core cast by acclaimed artists Joelle Jones, Elizabeth Torque, and Rose Besch; the first in a series of character spotlights by Luciano Vecchio; and a stunning Foil Variant Cover by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. Also available is the final part of Scott Koblish’s epic Wraparound Connecting Variant Cover, a Godzilla Variant Cover by Leinil Francis Yu, and a logo variant cover.
Exceptional X-Men will be the final flagship X-Title to launch in the upcoming From the Ashes era. The series will introduce three all-new mutants who turn to Kitty and Emma for help with their emerging gifts: the metallic and whip-wielding Bronze, the emotion-stirring Axo, and the stealth-skilled fighter Melee! Under Kitty and Emma’s tutelage, they’ll learn not just how to survive—but to thrive! But Kitty and Emma haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, and they’ll also have lessons to teach each other, as they take up the call once more—for the children!
Check out all the covers and preorder Exceptional X-Men #1 at your local comic shop today!
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!
Celebrate Baltimore Comic-Con‘s 25th Anniversary at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center on September 20-22, 2024. The Baltimore Comic-Con has announced comics guests Rose Besch, Michael Cho, Mike McKone, Jerome Opena, Matt Slay, and David Yardin to the 25th Anniversary event! The convention’s website has ticketing details available now!
Rose Besch is a Korean-American artist based in the US, creating lavish, modern illustrations and fashionable characters for apparel, comics, films, games, and toys. She’s worked with clients like Marvel, DC, Mattel, and Lootcrate, and her work has been featured in exhibitions in the US and Japan.
Michael Cho is a freelance cartoonist/illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. Michael has drawn a large variety of covers and a few stories for publishers like Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, Valiant, and others. He also paints book covers and draws editorial illustrations for clients like Penguin Books and The New Yorker. Along the way, Michael has picked up a few awards for his artwork. He’s currently hard at work on a large graphic novel for Abrams’ MarvelArts line.
Hailing from England, Mike McKone‘s first published work was for DC Comics’ Justice League of America and Marvel Comics’ Punisher series. In the years since, he has illustrated almost every major character from the big two publishers, including lengthy runs on Teen Titans, Amazing Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four. Recent projects were the Avengers graphic novel, Endless Wartime and Justice League United. Now residing in the US, McKone is working on a creator-owned project while providing covers and merchandising illustrations for clients such as Marvel, DC, Dynamite, Valiant, Dorling Kindersley, and Converse.
Illustrator and writer Andy Price has been the lead artist for the record-breaking My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic books from IDW Publishing. Andy is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School, and works in most mediums. His art runs from cute cartoon animals to superheroes to horrific terrors. Past work includes IDW Publishing, DC Comics, Marvel, Image, Storm King Productions, LEGO, and Archie Comics. Andy is also the illustrator for The Unofficial Horror Movie Coloring Book and the Cryptid Creatures Coloring Book, both available from Adams Media. He lives in the USA, where he watches horror films, scoops cat boxes, and celebrates James T. Kirk’s birthday.
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.
David Yardin has been illustrating comic books professionally for over 24 years. The son of Mauritian immigrants, David was born, raised, and is based in Sydney, Australia.
He got his start in the industry after studying under Whilce Portacio in the Philippines in 1999. He has since had his work published by Image Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, BOOM! Studios, and Valiant Comics.
While David has predominantly worked on books from the X-Men office at Marvel throughout his career, including District X, Storm, X-Men Origins: Gambit, and Black Panther/X-Men, after a four-year run as the regular cover artist on X-Factor, his cover work was sought after on many of Marvel’s other titles. David’s artwork has also been featured in the best selling Injustice series at DC Comics, and he has provided covers for Justice League, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, and The Flash.
David has also worked on many special projects outside of his regular comic book work, from conducting workshops at the flagship Microsoft Store in Sydney, to illustrating artwork on DC’s Harley Quinn Spinsanity ride at Six Flags amusement parks, to providing promotional artwork for many of Marvel’s film releases: Marvel’s The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, and Doctor Strange.
David’s most recent work includes covers for Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Captain America, Daredevil: Woman Without Fear, Fall of the House of X, Werewolf by Night, and Wolverine.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Rose Besch (Miles Morales: Spider-Man), Russ Braun (The Boys), Brett Breeding (Superman), Tom Brevoort (coursey of Hero Initiative, FCBD 2023: Avengers/X-Men), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), John Cassaday (X-Force), Castillo Studios, Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Michael Cho (Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories–Qui-Gon Jinn), Amy Chu (KISS: The End), Matthew Clark (Adventures of Superman, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Chris Eliopoulos (Ordinary People Change the World), Steve Epting (New Avengers), Trish Forstner (Feral), Franco (Teen Titans Go to the Library), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Ron Garney (BZRKR), Mitch Gerads (Mister Miracle), Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Gene Ha (Mae), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Kyle Higgins (Radiant Black), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Jamal Igle (Superman), Klaus Janson (courtesy of Hero Initiative, Daredevil), Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Chris Kemple (Artist Alley Comics), Tom King (Wonder Woman), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Emma Kubert (Inkblot), Jim Lee (Superman), Sam Maggs (Marvel Action: Captain Marvel), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Mike McKone (Red Goblin), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Action Comics), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Fabian Nicieza (courtesy of Hero Initiative, Deadpool), Tom Nguyen (The Switch), Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), Khoi Pham (Star Wars: Darth Vader), Nick Pitarra (Ax-Wielder Jon), Andy Price (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Tom Raney (Green Lantern), Afua Richardson (Omni), Don Rosa (Uncle $crooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Alex Saviuk (Web of Spider-Man), Liam Sharp (X-O Manowar Unconquered), Geoff Shaw (God Country), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Matt Slay (Equilibrium), Matt Slay (Equalibrium), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Omega Paradox), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Joshua “Swayart” Swaby (Star Wars), Babs Tarr (Batgirl of Burnside), Zoe Thorogood (Hack/Slash: Back to School), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and Big Hero Six), Jeremy Whitley (Navigating With You, courtesy of Mad Cave Studios), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Stephanie Williams (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons), Marv Wolfman (What If…? Dark: Tomb of Dracula), Rich Woodall (Electric Black), David Yardin (Daredevil: Woman Without Fear), and Leinil Francis Yu (Wolverine).
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.
He’s back… This November, Cletus Kasady is reborn in a brand-new Carnage ongoing series by writer Torunn Grønbekk and artist Pere Pérez. This reunion between Marvel’s most savage symbiote and its favorite host will put all super heroes on high alert and lay the groundwork for the next Venom epic. The series will spin out of the current Death of the Venomverse limited series where Carnage is on a murder spree through the Venomverse, slaughtering his way to the throne of the King in Black! His dark ascent to power is only beginning and now he’s back on the hunt for Cletus, loyal followers, and more…
Today, fans can check out a new variant cover for Carnage #1 by Rose Besch. Also available as a virgin variant cover, this eye-catching cover can barely contain Carnage’s violent fury! See it below and immerse yourself in Carnage’s latest horrors when Carnage #1 hits stands on November 15th!
(W) Ann Nocenti (A) Paolo Villanelli (CA) Mike McKone (VCA) Jen Bartel, C.F. Villa, Derrick Chew, George Perez, R1c0, Rose Besch Rated T+ In Shops: Jul 05, 2023 SRP: $4.99
EARTH’S MIGHTIEST! After facing off against the Brood with the X-Men and losing someone she holds dear, Carol Danvers needs a break. She’s not about to get it now! A slinky new cosmic threat comes for Earth’s Mightiest, and they know just who to recruit to really wreck Carol’s world – a surprise legacy villain! Join industry legend Ann Nocenti and artist Paolo Villanelli of STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS fame as they take the torch from Kelly Thompson’s record-breaking run and slingshot Captain Marvel from the Harpswell Sound to the far reaches of the galaxy!
A battle between the Bat and the Cat is coming to Gotham this August. Spinning out of Knight Terrors: Batman, Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War begins August 29. The event then takes place in Batman and Catwoman as well as a series of one-shots and a miniseries.
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Battle Lines #1 comes to shops August 29 from writers Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard and artists Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto. It features a main cover by Jorge Jiminez, and variants by Joe Quesafa, Kael Ngu, and Otto Schmidt.
The second part takes place in Batman #137 arriving September 5th from Chip Zdarsky and Jorge Jimenez and covers by Joe Quesada, Gabriele Dell’otto and Rose Besch, and Salvador Larroca. Batman descends on Gotham City, full of rage and force, more driven than ever to save his home. But the new landscape has turned friends into foes. Can anyone stop his reign of terror? Should they?
Catwoman #57 by Tini Howard and Nico Leon continues the story. While Batman finds himself more and more isolated, Selina is never alone. With a volunteer army and two powerful generals by her side, the ballet between her and Bruce enters its next act with a shocking twist. The issue comes to shops on September 19 with a main cover by David Nakayama and variant by Jamie McKelvie, Joshua “Sway” Swaby, and Rian Gonzales.
Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood is a two-issue miniseries from writer Matthew Rosenberg with artist Nikola Čižmešija. The Gotham War has fractured the Bat-Family in dramatic ways—none more intensely than with Jason Todd. This stunning event will forever alter the destiny of the man who wears the Red Hood! Coming to shops September 26th!
The creative team of writers Chip Zdarsky and Tini Howard and artists Mike Hawthorne and Adriano Di Benedetto will also cap off the crossover event with Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War – Scorched Earth #1, available on October 31. Details aren’t being released yet for this one!
With Fall of X rapidly approaching to upend Krakoa as we know it and Feilong—one of mutantkind’s most ruthless foes—in control of Stark Unlimited, it’s time for Iron Man and Emma Frost to forge a new alliance. In yesterday’s Invincible Iron Man #4 by Gerry Duggan and Juan Frigeri, Tony approached Emma and proposed a team-up that could save them both. Fans can look forward to Emma playing a major role in the series moving forward and to celebrate this, acclaimed artist Rose Besch has drawn a stunning new variant cover for Invincible Iron Man #6! The issue will reveal a never-before-seen encounter between Tony and Emma that will impact their relationship in a surprising way.
This stunning portrait of the White Queen will also be available as a virgin variant cover!
(A) Kael Ngu, Adam Hughes, David Nakayama, Rose Besch, Leirix, Amanda Conner, Alex Sinclair, Will Jack, Sozomaika, Warren Louw, Derrick Chew, Olivier Coipel, Rachta Lin, Stanley Lau, Ryan Sook In Shops: Dec 13, 2022 SRP: $5.99
In celebration of Harley Quinn #25 comes a gorgeous, irreverent look at the amazing variant covers that helped make the Maid of Mischief magnificent! Enjoy an art book of epic proportions featuring some of the hottest creators in the industry!’
