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Rocket Raccoon Celebrates 50 Years in July with Rocket Raccoon: Rocket Rewind

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Big things come in small, furry packages… and this July, Rocket Raccoon sets out to prove it with a 50th anniversary one-shot: Rocket Raccoon: Rocket Rewind!

Buckle up and travel the stars as Rocket engages in over-the-top action and calamity across three all-new stories from a roster of titanic creators including writers J.M. DeMatteis, Christos Gage, and MacKenzie Cadenhead and artists Shawn McManus, Todd Nauck, and Enid Balám, plus a re-presentation of Rocket’s debut tale from co-creators Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen.

Originally introduced in the pages of Marvel Preview #7 by Mantlo and Giffen, Rocket has blasted and jetpacked his way into becoming an integral part of the Marvel cosmic tapestry and a key figure (as well as the heart and soul) of numerous Guardians of the Galaxy team line-ups.

Follow the heavily armed rapscallion as he blazes new trails in locations both new and familiar across the following stories:

  • Rocket Raccoon encounters a mysterious galactic book collector before coming face-to-face with the one-and-only Rocky Raccoon (wait, what?!) in a brain-bending tale from writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Shawn McManus.
  • In “BoomShakaLaka,” MacKenzie Cadenhead and Enid Balám take Rocket to a paradise planet full of good vibes and an immensely powerful artifact that’s just begging to be stolen by a cybernetically enhanced creature with a bad attitude. Know anybody like that?
  • Christos Gage and Todd Nauck set out to prove that size does matter in “The Fight in the Raccoon,” featuring an odd-couple team up of Hank Pym and Rocket as they fight back a massive invasion force in Sub-Atomica!
  • Plus, the original debut of Rocket by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen!

Check out the covers for Rocket Raccoon: Rocket Rewind #1, including the main image by Ryan Stegman and variants by David Baldeón and Mike Mignola, and place your pre-orders at your local comic shop!

Dylan Brock is the Key to Ending the War Between Knull and Hela in Queen in Black #3

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Comics Giveaway Day this past weekend gave readers their first taste of Queen in Black, an upcoming crossover event spinning directly out of Al Ewing and Carlos Gómez’s run of Venom as well as the new Knull limited series by Ewing, Tom Waltz, Juanan Ramirez. Launching in July, the saga unfolds in a five-issue event series by Ewing and Iban Coello, alongside key tie-in limited series and issues Fans can see the cover of Queen in Black #3, arriving in August, along with the tie-in issues on sale that same month.

Hela has seized Knull’s throne and now commands a legion of deadly symbiotes as the QUEEN IN BLACK! Meanwhile, Knull has conquered the Lightforce Dimension, claiming terrifying new power for himself as the GOD OF THE VOID! Two of the most powerful evils in the galaxy are at war, and Earth is the final prize!

Read on to learn what to expect from Queen in Black this August!

QUEEN IN BLACK #3 (OF 5)

Written by AL EWING
Art by IBAN COELLO
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
On Sale 8/12

THE CODEX IS THE KEY!

Hela wants him as her secret weapon – Knull just wants him dead! Dylan Brock’s survival might be the one thing Venom and Eddie Brock agree about – but even at the end of the world, can they work together? All this and the rollicking return of the Fantastic Five!

QUEEN IN BLACK #3 (OF 5)

QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK #2 (OF 3)

Written by TOM WALTZ
Art by ZÉ CARLOS
Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ
On Sale 8/12

LIGHT AND DARK COLLIDE!

The Defenders have taken the fight to the dual threat of Hela and Knull, choosing offense over defense to save the Earth. But will in-fighting and tragedy combine to seal the fates of Team Dark and Team Light before they can complete their desperate mission? Or will the mysterious and dangerous “Plan B” turn the tide in this seemingly unwinnable battle? The fate of the world hangs in the balance between the forces of light and dark!

QUEEN IN BLACK: DEFENDERS OF LIGHT AND DARK #2 (OF 3)

QUEEN IN BLACK: VENOM UNCHAINED #2 (OF 3)

Written by CHARLES SOULE
Art by JUANAN RAMÍREZ
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
On Sale 8/19

JAILBREAK!

Sleeper has broken Eddie Brock out of prison only for him to return to…the Queen in Black trying to take over the world?! Eddie wants to try to help or at least to go protect the people he loves – but Sleeper has other plans!

QUEEN IN BLACK: VENOM UNCHAINED #2 (OF 3)

QUEEN IN BLACK: THOR #1

Written by AL EWING
Art by SERGIO DAVILA
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
On Sale 8/5

A TRUE KING RISES

As Beta Ray Bill battles Hela at the edge of space, he considers his role as the heir of Thor’s story… little dreaming that the story continues with Sigurd Jarlson or that the Death-Goddess has plans for the Mortal Thor. Somewhere in the city, a man with a hammer is about to face the ultimate test.

QUEEN IN BLACK: THOR #1

VENOM #261

Written by AL EWING
Art and Cover by CARLOS GÓMEZ
On Sale 8/26

VENOM’S OLDEST ENEMY RETURNS!

Long ago, a friend of Reed Richards had a problem – an alien costume that didn’t want to come off. Reed Richards blasted it off with a sonic weapon and imprisoned it for study. It seemed like a good idea at the time…but now he’s got to work with that alien to save the world – and Venom holds one heck of a grudge!

VENOM #261

The Mortal Thor Faces a Trial of the Gods with the Fate of Asgard at Stake

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In a world without a God of Thunder, lightning still strikes! This August, writer Al Ewing and artist Pasqual Ferry celebrate 800 issues of Thor with a special anniversary issue that pits Sigurd Jarlson, the Mortal Thor, up against The Serpent’s most heinous test yet. With the fate of the Ten Realms hanging in the balance and no superpowers or enchanted hammers to wield, Sigurd’s quest to prove himself worthy and restore life to the forgotten god of Asgard will set the stage for the third act of Ewing’s mythos-shaking THOR saga.

At the end of Ewing’s Immortal Thor, the God of Thunder met his fate and died as a sacrifice to power a spell by his sibling Loki. This spell saw Thor forgotten by those who knew him and the rest of the Asgardians seemingly forever severed from the realm of Midgard. But the story continued in Mortal Thor, as a new hero rose on the streets of New York City, a hero with no powers, just a determination to right wrongs—with a hammer. Seeking a normal life but forced to step into the fray, Sigurd Jarlson found himself beset by threats from Thor’s past including the vicious Donald Blake, aka The Serpent, and Mr. Hyde. Sigurd’s encounters with these villains have led him closer to uncovering the mystery tying him to the missing Asgardian God of Thunder, with a pivotal moment set to take place in August’s issue of Mortal Thor.

Mortal Thor #14/LGY #800 will also include anniversary stories from rising star writer Chris Condon and artist Jesse Lonergan, plus the return of fan-favorite Thor and Journey Into Mystery scribe Kieron Gillen.

AN ASGARDIAN MILESTONE: THOR #800!

The Serpent has trapped Sigurd Jarlson in the worst of all possible worlds for his greatest trial. Now, without even a weapon in his hand, he must prove himself worthy to enter the Realms of the Gods. Somewhere in the city, a man without even a hammer begins the ultimate quest…the quest for Thor!

Check out the covers for Mortal Thor #14/LGY #800 including the main image by Alex Ross, variant cover by Ryan Stegman, and interior pages by Pasqual Ferry below.

Exclusive Preview: Knull #5

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Knull #5

(W) Al Ewing, Tom Waltz (A) Juanan Ramírez
(C) Erick Arciniega (L) Clayton Cowles
(CA) Ryan Stegman and Frank Martin (VCA) Inhyuk Lee, Paolo Rivera

LET THERE BE LIGHT! Knull has conquered the Lightforce Dimension and left his dastardly eternal mark in SUPERNOVA fashion! But wait! An enemy he thought he’d eliminated with extreme prejudice is back for more… and he comes UPGRADED for battle this time! Meanwhile, the newly crowned Queen in Black, HELA OF ASGARD, is beginning to question her strategy against Knull — is it time to activate Plan B? This is it! The bombastic grand finale! Who will fall? Who will rise? Who will CLAIM THE LIGHT?! Whatever happens, the Marvel Universe will never be the same!

Knull #5

Spider-Man/Superman #1 returns with a Second Printing and New Covers

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Marvel’s Spider-Man/Superman #1 is on sale now! The historic crossover one-shot delivers an action-packed and heartfelt adventure between Spider-Man and Superman by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and superstar artist Pepe Larraz, along with backup tales featuring more Marvel/DC character team-ups. Debuting to critical and fan acclaim, the highly sought-after issue will return next month with a Second Printing featuring all-new variant covers by Jim Cheung and Martin Cóccolo, as well as new virgin variant covers of Ryan Stegman and Peach Momoko’s first printing covers. DC’s crossover one-shot, Superman/Spider-Man, also returns next month with a new printing.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, the first-ever Marvel/DC crossover, Spider-Man/Superman pits Peter Parker and Clark Kent against Norman Osborn, Lex Luthor and more as the pair’s greatest villains exploit the heroes’ greatest weaknesses! The one-shot also includes stories by an incredible roster of industry talent including Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman; Dan Slott and Marcos Martin; Joe Kelly and Humberto Ramos; Geoff Johns and Gary Frank; Louise Simonson and Todd Nauck; Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli; Stephanie Phillips and Phil Noto; and Jeph Loeb and Jim Cheung!

Check out the new Spider-Man/Superman covers and inquire at your local comic shop regarding availability!

The Next Era of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Begins in Avengers: Armageddon #1

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Avengers: Armageddon, a new event series by writer Chip Zdarsky and artists Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar, is set to transform Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in a way not seen since Avengers: Disassembled. Spinning out Zdarsky’s current run of Captain America as well as One World Under Doom, Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon and more, the long-awaited saga sees some of Marvel’s greatest icons assemble against Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, A.K.A the Red Hulk, whose takeover of Latveria puts the entire world in jeopardy. When the dust settles on the cataclysmic showdown, a new era of Avengers begins, complete with a bold new lineup that includes an all-new hero with unrivaled power. Today, fans can see all the covers for the debut issue and a special sneak peek.

The new preview brings together heroes from all across the Marvel Universe including the Fantastic Four, Wolverine, Bucky Barnes, Namor and the recently introduced Captain America, David Colton. The preview also reveals the terrifying new Hulk squad, one of the many way Ross aims to keep Latveria in his tight grip…

In addition to Dike Ruan’s main cover, Avengers: Armageddon #1 will feature variant covers by Jerome Opeña, Skottie Young, Chip Zdarsky, Kaare Andrews, and Jenny Frison. The issue will also have a variant cover featuring artwork from Alex Ross’ Marvel Dimensions and a top secret Spoiler Variant Cover by Marco Checchetto offering a glimpse at the seismic shocks in store for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Plus, each first printing of Avengers: Armageddon #1 will come with an exclusive Magic: The Gathering promo card featuring art by Ryan Stegman. This special “Warstorm Surge” card will also be presented a variant cover.

Check out the art and covers and preorder Avengers: Armageddon #1 at your local comic shop. Don’t miss a special prelude for the saga in Armageddon/X-Men #1 CGD 2026, available at your participating local comic shop on May 2, Comics Giveaway Day.

Avengers: Armageddon #1

Preview: Marvel/DC: Spider-Man/Superman #1

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Marvel/DC: Spider-Man/Superman #1

Following last year’s Deadpool/Batman and celebrating the 50th anniversary of Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, the first-ever Marvel/DC crossover, Marvel and DC unite again this April in Marvel’s Spider-Man/Superman #1! Like last year’s crossover, fans can look forward to a double-dose of history-making comic book storytelling with DC publishing a separate one-shot, Superman/Spider-Man, in March.

The lead story where Spider-Man and Superman join forces will be written by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer in his first full-length Marvel Comics story, and drawn by one of Marvel’s most acclaimed artists, Pepe Larraz. In addition, the one-shot will feature various bonus stories by a monumental lineup of industry talent, each co-starring Marvel and DC characters, including a few surprises readers will be talking about for the next fifty years!

Here’s what to expect:

  • THWIP, THWIP AND AWAY! Brad Meltzer and Pepe Larraz pit SPIDER-MAN and SUPERMAN against LEX LUTHOR and NORMAN OSBORN as their greatest villains exploit some of their greatest weaknesses!
  • In the shadow-laden 1930s, SPIDER-MAN NOIR encounters the original GOLDEN AGE SUPERMAN as told by Dan Slott and Marcos Martin!
  • Geoff Johns delivers his first Marvel story in over 20 years, teaming up with frequent collaborator and fellow superstar Gary Frank! A crisis ensues as the hit creative team bring the Super- and Spider-families against each together at the summons of MYSTERIO…but is their true foe an ally out of control?!
  • SYMBIOTE hordes invade Metropolis as a new War of the Realms ignites in Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman’s epic reunion starring Jane Foster as the Mighty Thor, Wonder Woman and more!
  • Co-creator of STEEL Louise Simonson and artist Todd Nauck hammer out the tale of John Henry Irons’ clash with the HOBGOBLIN.
  • Current Amazing Spider-Man scribe Joe Kelly and artist Humberto Ramos deliver a campus crossover between GWEN STACY and LANA LANG!
  • SPIDER-MAN (MILES MORALES) teams up with SUPERMAN in a tale by Miles’ legendary co-creators, Brian Michael Bendis, who recently made his grand return to Marvel, and Sara Pichelli!
  • And more!

Spider-Man/Superman will include a main cover by Pepe Larraz and an assortment of stunning variant covers by top artists, some of which reflect the one-shot’s bonus stories. Fans can check out variant covers by Sara Pichelli, Walter Simonson, Greg Capullo, Marcos Martin, Ryan Stegman, Peach Momoko, Erik Larsen, Jerome Opeña, Gary Frank, and Russell Dauterman along with a wraparound cover by Kaare Andrews and a Foil Cover by Mark Bagley. A Logo Mash-Up Variant Cover will also be available as well as covers by Ivan Talavera, E.M. Gist, Adam Hughes, Skottie Young, Frank Miller, Humberto Ramos, David Marquez, and Sanford Greene.

Marvel/DC: Spider-Man/Superman #1

The X-Men and Fantastic Four join Forces to Stop the X-Virus from Mutating Mankind in DNX!

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EVOLUTION IS CONTAGIOUS! This September, the X-Men and Fantastic Four unite against a bombshell of a threat that even their combined intelligence and strength can’t overcome in DNX, a new five-issue comic book event series from writer Jed MacKay and artist Federico Vicentini. The latest in the two legendary super team’s history of iconic team-ups, DNX kicks off when the Chairman, the misguided original Hank McCoy, A.K.A. founding X-Man Beast, and his Machiavellian group of supervillains known as 3K prepare to unleash a virus that will forcibly—and horribly—transform humanity into mutants! This long-seeded plan, built up since the very beginning of MacKay’s hit run, hits the Marvel Universe with seismic repercussions that not only impact MacKay’s continuing work on the franchise, but upset the very balance between mutantkind and humanity as we know it!

Adding to the excitement of this new mutant milestone, DNX #1 will be the latest Marvel Comics launch available in True Believers Blind Bags, special sealed bags that contain exclusive variant covers not available for regular ordering, including rare, one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn sketch covers from surprise contributors.

THE X-VIRUS UNLEASHED!

The X-Men and 3K. Each steered by an original heir of Xavier, each with their own vision for the mutant people. Each at one another’s throats. Cyclops and the Chairman both experienced the future of the Age of Revelation and came home with a renewed mission: The X-Men to prevent that future. 3K to own it. While the X-Men seek out the Fantastic Four to help save one of their own, the White Beast begins his plan to unleash the X-Virus in a major population area!

DNX #1 True Believers Blind Bags will only contain exclusive variant covers not available for regular ordering. The main cover and regular open-to-order variant covers cannot be found in True Believers Blind Bags. See below for a list of the exclusive blind bag variant covers. In addition to those listed, fans can once again look forward to super rare exclusive covers by surprise contributors, including hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind sketch covers.

EACH BLIND BAG CONTAINS ONE OF THESE VARIANT COVERS TO DNX #1

  • DNX COLLECTION VARIANT COVER B BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
  • DNX COLLECTION VARIANT COVER C BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
  • DNX COLLECTION VARIANT COVER D BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
  • BLACK AND WHITE X VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU
  • VARIANT COVER BY FANYANG
  • VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM
  • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM
  • ANIMATION VARIANT COVER
  • NEGATIVE SPACE FOIL VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
  • MARVEL RIVALS VARIANT COVER BY NETEASE GAMES
  • BLANK VARIANT COVER
  • WRAPAROUND VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS GIARRUSSO
  • VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY
  • OR ONE OF SEVERAL RARE, HAND-DRAWN SKETCH COVERS BY SURPRISE CONTRIBUTORS!

Check out Kaare Andrews’ “Hidden” main cover, with one version you see on the shelf and an alternate version hiding underneath. Open-to-order variant covers revealed today include Vicentini’s epic connecting covers for all five issues along with pieces by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan Stegman, Marco Checchetto and John Tyler Christopher’s latest Negative Space Variant Cover, which will also be available as a Blind Bag exclusive virgin variant cover.

Get your first look at DNX during Comics Giveaway Day on May 2 by picking up Armageddon/X-Men #1 CGD 2026 at your local participating comic shop and stay tuned for more news about the series in the months ahead.

Queen in Black #1 gets a True Believers 20-Bag Display Box featuring 19 Blind Bags and an Exclusive Cover by Patrick Gleason

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Queen in Black by Al Ewing and Iban Coello is shaping up to be the comic book event of the summer, and the debut issue will hit stands on July 1 with all the excitement of the cosmic conflict contained in its pages thanks to True Believers Blind Bags! The Queen in Black #1 True Believers Blind Bags will be the first True Believers Blind Bags that will only contain exclusive variant covers not available for regular ordering. Marvel has announced that all-new True Believers Display Boxes will also be available, each containing 19 sealed Blind Bags and 1 Display Box Exclusive Variant Cover by artist Patrick Gleason!

The Display Box Exclusive Variant Cover is only available in Queen in Black #1 True Believers Display Boxes and will be sealed in an individual clear polybag. The cover is a special black edition of Gleason’s iconic “webhead” style variant cover that was previously revealed as a Queen in Black #1 True Believers Blind Bags exclusive. In addition, each box is also GUARANTEED to contain both Connecting Variant Covers A and B by artist David Marquez within two of the 19 sealed Blind Bags!

Queen in Black #1 True Believers Display Boxes are a perfect opportunity for hardcore collectors to get their hands on an exclusive cover available nowhere else. Along with the box-exclusive variant, and connecting covers within the blind bags, each box contains 17 additional BLIND BAG EXCLUSIVE COVERS, which may include a super rare hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind sketch cover by surprise contributors.

Queen in Black #1 True Believers Blind Bags will only contain exclusive variant covers not available for regular ordering. The main cover and regular open-to-order variant covers cannot be found in True Believers Blind Bags, making it the most exciting and rewarding True Believers Blind Bag experience yet! See below for a list of the exclusive blind bag variant covers. In addition to those listed, fans can once again look forward to super rare exclusive covers by surprise contributors, including hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind sketch covers.

EACH BLIND BAG CONTAINS ONE OF THESE VARIANT COVERS TO QUEEN IN BLACK #1, EXCLUSIVE TO TRUE BELIEVERS BLIND BAGS:

  • DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
  • SWIMSUIT VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA
  • JEFF AND KNULL VARIANT COVER BY GURIHURU
  • ALTERNATE WEBHEAD FOIL VARIANT COVER BY PAT GLEASON
  • VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM
  • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM
  • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY JEEHYUNG LEE
  • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
  • ALTERNATE HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
  • MARVEL RIVALS VARIANT COVER BY NETEASE GAMES
  • ALL BLACK BLANK VARIANT COVER
  • CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY DAVID MARQUEZ
  • CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY DAVID MARQUEZ
  • OR ONE OF SEVERAL RARE, HAND DRAWN SKETCH COVERS BY SURPRISE CONTRIBUTORS!

Exclusive Preview: Iron Man #4

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Iron Man #4

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Jan Bazaldua, Carmen Carnero
(C) Nolan Woodard (L) Joe Caramagna
(CA) Ryan Stegman, Frank Martin (VCA) Dan Hipp, Inhyuk Lee, Mark Bagley, Skottie Young, Carlos Nieto

TONY STARK: DISSASSEMBLED! The Golden Avenger is trapped in a puzzle of his own design, forced to test his skills and knowledge — not as Iron Man, but as Tony Stark. Can Tony embrace his role as the “Most dangerous weapon in the Marvel Universe” to escape? What new technology will he create to defeat Madame Masque’s maze?

Iron Man #4
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