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Marvel reveals a First Look at Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron

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Just in time for Pride Month, one of Marvel’s most legendary super hero families reunite—but when a certain megalomaniacal robot relative crashes the party, they’ll come together like never before to protect what matters most in Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1, this year’s highly anticipated Marvel’s Voice Pride special! Hitting stands on May 27, the one-shot features an all-star lineup of writers and artists including Wyatt Kennedy, Josh Trujillo, Zoe Tunnell, Luciano Vecchio, Rachael Stott, Bradley Clayton, Stephen Byrne, and, in her exciting Marvel Comics debut, Tegan Quin of the Grammy-nominated pop duo Tegan and Sara! Fans can see all four covers along with a sneak peek at each story.

Wiccan and Hulkling gather their known & beloved friends and family to celebrate their wedding anniversary – but everything goes awry when Ultron arrives to reclaim Vision and Viv! Here’s what readers can look forward to:

  • A framing story from Wyatt Kennedy (Wiccan: Witches’ Road) and artist Stephen Byrne (What If…? Galactus) picks up where Witches’ Road leaves off, as Wiccan and Hulkling host an epic anniversary bash at their new home—until Ultron arrives with an army, determined to stage a twisted family reunion of his own!
  • Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara teams up with Marvel’s Stormbreaker artist Luciano Vecchio (Uncanny X-Men) for an introspective Wiccan and Speed story where the twins battle Ultron while clashing over their divergent paths in life.
  • Writer Zoe Tunnell (Marvel United: A Pride Special) and artist Rachael Stott (Fantastic Four) bring Hulkling and his alternate universe half-sister Phyla-Vell together to bond over their shared legacy and combine their mighty Marvelous strength against Ultron’s forces!
  • Acclaimed writer Josh Trujillo (Planet of the Apes vs. Fantastic Four) and rising star Bradley Clayton, in their exciting Marvel Comics debut, reunite father and daughter as Viv Vision deconstructs her identity—and what it means to be a synthezoid—with her dad, Vision.
  • Plus bonus material, including an interview with Tegan and Sara by Angélique Roché!

Check out the covers by Russell Dauterman, Luciano Vecchio, Javier Garron, and Betsy Cola and artwork and preorder Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1 at your local comic shop today!

Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Stakes Her Way Into New Ongoing Comic This Summer from Kelly Thompson and Stephen Byrne

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Initially announced and teased at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Dynamite Entertainment has revealed further details and a launch date for their Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book. This new era of tales with writer Kelly Thompson and artist Stephen Byrne at the helm starts July 22nd everywhere comics are sold! Into every generation, a slayer is born. Headstrong, empathetic, and creative, Buffy Summers was a uniquely potent slayer. And in the seemingly idyllic California town of Sunnydale, she found friends and allies that made her particularly effective and beloved. She saved the world. A lot.

Though Thompson has kept the mysterious plot closely guarded — the oversized first issue kicks off an event story that draws in the cast of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Fans can expect to see all their favorite characters from both shows racing to deal with this wild new development in Sunnydale. Emotions are running high, and of course there’s a mythic new villain on the scene. It just wouldn’t be Sunnydale without some big bad trying to destroy the world in the midst of a personal crisis.

Picking up at a pivotal point in the character’s chronology, this is a must-read for any die-hard fan of the show, but also a cool moment to join the fandom for the first time with an epic event that brings all the characters together for one big story that points to the heart of everything Buffy The Vampire Slayer has always been about. The series includes the comics debut of a beloved Buffy character, and a massive twist that will shake the faithful fandom to the core. This is a vision of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that has to be read to be believed!

Eisner Award-winning writer Kelly Thompson continues a scorching hot run of Absolute Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey, Captain Marvel, Black Widow and more by taking on a franchise she has cherished for years. She will not only be writing the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, but a companion Angel title, with further details on the latter to come.

Artist Stephen Byrne has delighted readers with his inimitable style on titles including Justice League / Power Rangers, Wonder Twins, Green Arrow, and Mera: Tidebreaker. Another longtime fan of Buffy, fans can check out his character designs and an early sneak peek at the book.

The powerhouse duo are joined on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series by Eisner-nominated colorist Lee Loughridge and letterer Jeff Eckleberry. Steering the ship is editor and packager Nate Cosby, one of the primary guides behind other chart-toppers like Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck, ThunderCats, and more.

To mark this momentous occasion for Scoobies all over, Nate Cosby has assembled a gang of top tier cover artists to present gorgeous visions of everyone’s favorite slayers. David Nakayama, Amanda Conner, Joshua “Sway” Swaby, and Juliet Nneka are among the first wave. Additionally, Dynamite is remastering the first ever Buffy comic cover from 1998 by the legendary Arthur Adams.

Buffy collectors can also opt for a mystery blind bag, featuring three premium variant covers for the book selected randomly from a range of logo-less editions, line art presentations of art, and wholly original artwork exclusive to this offering including covers by Byrne, Declan Shalvey, and more icon covers by the likes of J. Scott Campbell.

Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara Debuts with Marvel in the Upcoming Price Special, Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron!

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Musician Tegan Quin of the Grammy-nominated pop duo Tegan and Sara will write a story in Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1, Marvel’s annual Pride special hitting stands on May 27. The singer-songwriter, who makes up one half of Tegan and Sara with her twin sister Sara, will write a story starring Marvel’s own twin super heroes, Wiccan and Speed.

This year’s one-shot spotlights family with stories centered around Scarlet Witch, Vision, Wiccan, Hulkling and more. A longtime advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, Tegan brings her expertise in an epic team-up tale that tackles the complex relationship between Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, Young Avengers and twin sons of Scarlet Witch and Vision, exploring their differences and unique perspectives as they battle Ultron!

Announced last month, Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1 brings together an incredible lineup of superstar LGBTQIA+ talent and rising stars, including stories by Wyatt Kennedy, Josh Trujillo, Luciano Vecchio, Zoe Tunnell, Rachael Stott, Bradley Clayton, and more! The saga will spotlight the importance of re-centering community in times of darkness as Wiccan and Hulkling join forces with their loved ones to defeat an evil villain bent on shattering their shared happiness! 

WICCAN & HULKLING REUNITE WITH FAMILY…AND DANGER!

Wiccan & Hulkling gather their known & beloved friends and family to celebrate their wedding anniversary – but everything goes awry when Ultron arrives to reclaim Vision and Viv! Here’s what readers can look forward to:

  • The issue’s framing story by writer Wyatt Kennedy (Wiccan: Witches’ Road) and artist Stephen Byrne (What If…? Galactus)  picks up where Wiccan: Witches’ Road leaves off as Wiccan and Hulkling host an epic anniversary party at their new home, but a certain megalomaniacal robot is eager to have a family reunion of their own and an Ultron army attacks the festivities!
  • Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara joins Marvel’s Stormbreaker artist Luciano Vecchio (Uncanny X-Men) to deliver an introspective Wiccan and Speed team-up where the twins face off against Ultron while clashing about their own unique perspectives and separate journeys.
  • Writer Zoe Tunnell (Marvel United: A Pride Special) and artist Rachael Stott (Fantastic Four) bring Hulkling and his alternate universe half-sister Phyla-Vell together to bond over their shared legacy as they combine their mighty Marvelous strength to take down Ultron’s forces!
  • And acclaimed writer Josh Trujillo (Planet of the Apes vs. Fantastic Four) and rising star Bradley Clayton, making their exciting Marvel Comics debut, reunite father and daughter as Viv Vision deconstructs her own identity—and how it interacts with being a synthezoid—with her dad, Vision.

Check out Russell Dauterman’s main cover along with variant covers by Luciano Vecchio and Javier Garrón. Preorder Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1 at your local comic shop today!

DC announces MAD About DC, A MAD Magazine-style DC comic book parody, publishing on April 1 and guest edited by Chip Zdarsky

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DC with some trepidation has announced MAD About DC, a 64-page one-shot arriving April 1, 2026. Yes, April 1. And no, this isn’t a prank—unless you count letting Chip Zdarsky run this thing as its Guest Editor a prank on the DC Universe itself. You’d have to ask Chip.

MAD About DC brings together an all-star lineup of writers and artists to lovingly roast, parody, and generally make a mess of the characters fans hold dear.

Inside MAD About DC, readers will find:

  • Sergio Aragonés with “A MAD Look at Comic Book Stores”
  • Jim Zub and Ramon Perez teaming for “Guy vs. Spy”
  • A brand-new DC Fold-In by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne
  • A parade of MAD-style parodies skewering the DC comic books you love, and a few you’ve always hated anyway, from Kyle Starks, Dave Johnson, Tini Howard, Mattie Lubchansky, Mark Waid, Ty Templeton, Rainbow Rowell, Vita Ayala, M.L. Sanapo, Mark Russell, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker, Lukas Ketner, Gerry Duggan, Scott Aukerman, Mitch Gerads, Joanne Starer, Joe Quinones, Scott Snyder, Josh Williamson, Deniz Camp, Gail Simone, Colleen Doran, Joe Kelly, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Ryan North, Erica Henderson, Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Mariko Tamaki, Riley Rossmo, Al Ewing, PJ Holden, Shannon Wheeler, Leah Williams, Isaac Goodhart, Cody Ziglar, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Daniel Kibblesmith, Brandt&Stein, Casey Gilly, J. Bone, Skottie Young, Andrew Wheeler, Stephen Byrne, Colleen Coover, Benjamin Errett, Matt Fraction, Kagan McLeod, Lee Gatlin, Joseph Starkey, Graham Roumieu…and more?!

Whether you’re a lifelong MAD Magazine fan, a DC diehard, or simply someone who enjoys watching respected creators make questionable choices, MAD About DC promises to fulfill your every comic book dream…or at least three or four of them.

MAD About DC goes on sale April 1, 2026, wherever comics are sold. No whoopee cushions included. The issue features a main cover by Dan “MAD About Gluten Labeling Because It Should Actually Be Clearer or Else What’s the Point” Panosian ($7.99 US), cardstock variants by Simon Bisley and Chip Zdarsky ($8.99 US), and a foil variant by Panosian ($10.99 US).

Francesca Perillo, Stefano Cardoselli, and Mad Cave ask, Where Does the Rainbow End?

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In a world built from rust and circuitry, one girl’s humanity becomes the rarest resource of all. Mad Cave Studios has revealed Where Does the Rainbow End?, a striking new sci-fi series from writer Francesca Perillo and artist Stefano Cardoselli—the acclaimed duo behind Don’t Spit in the Wind, Love Me: A Romance Story, and Long Cold Winter. Reuniting their Love Me creative team, the series features colorist Lorenzo Scaramella, letterer Buddy Beaudoin, with a variant cover by Irish artist and animator Stephen Byrne.

Gilda has been abandoned by her parents, but fortunately, she has been discovered in the Cacace Bros. Robot Dump…and has been raised by the robots who found her. She was lucky to be discovered in the Rainbow Sector by machines that cared for her—but also shielded her from the outside world, from other humans, and from the dangerous Dark Cage, where the most hostile of robots live. Word spreads of her uncanny ability to fix broken robots, and soon one vicious machine from the Dark Cage demands she repair the violent robots that dwell there…and nothing will stop him.

Where Does the Rainbow End? blends post-human philosophy and emotional sci-fi into a powerful meditation on isolation, empathy, and what it means to belong in a mechanical world.

Where Does the Rainbow End? #1 hits shelves and digital platforms on January 14, 2026, with final order cutoff on December 1, 2025.

Where Does the Rainbow End? #1

Preview: Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #5

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Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #5

(W) Joanne Starer (A) Stephen Byrne
32 pages
$3.99

Fire and Ice’s loyalties are put to the test in the bowels of Hell as the demon Beelze-bub presents Ice with the chance to rescue her long-dead mother and restore her to life — but at what terrible cost? Meanwhile, Fire fights her personal demons and the overwhelming sense that maybe she belongs in Hell… forever!

Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #5

Preview: Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #5

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Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #5

(W) Joanne Starer (A) Stephen Byrne
32 pages
$3.99

Fire and Ice’s loyalties are put to the test in the bowels of Hell as the demon Beelze-bub presents Ice with the chance to rescue her long-dead mother and restore her to life — but at what terrible cost? Meanwhile, Fire fights her personal demons and the overwhelming sense that maybe she belongs in Hell… forever!

Fire and Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #5

Preview: Fire & Ice: Hell Freezes Over #4 (of 6)

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Fire & Ice: Hell Freezes Over #4 (of 6)

(W) Joanne Starer (A) Stephen Byrne
In Shops: Jul 02, 2025
SRP: $3.99

FIRE AND ICE CONTINUE THEIR QUEST THROUGH THE UNDERWORLD! Fire and Ice can go to hell! And…they sure did, in dogged pursuit of a magical artifact that can finally set their body-and-power swap right. But they’ll find that hell is delighted to have two willing, living souls enter its fiery gates–with tests designed to break them down physically, emotionally, and spiritually waiting on the other side. Meanwhile a turbo-charged Gorilla Grodd lands in Smallville with murder on the mind…but his primary target, little sister Linka, is currently trapped in the body of the very human local bartender Charlie Rhodes! Will Smallville survive its wildest ruckus yet?

Fire & Ice: Hell Freezes Over #4 (of 6)

Preview: Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #3 (of 6)

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Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #3 (of 6)

(W) Joanne Starer (A) Stephen Byrne
In Shops: Jun 11, 2025
SRP: $3.99

FIRE AND ICE MAKE A DEMONIC DEAL! With their powers still haywire and dang near everyone in Smallville now body-swapped, Fire and Ice must make a deal with the Demon to chase the key to their salvation–a ring that once belonged to the Lords of Order last seen in the bowels of Hell.

Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #3 (of 6)
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