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Marvel Celebrates Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Star Wars Pride Variant Covers

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In addition to Wiccan & Hulking: Raid of Ultron, this year’s Marvel’s Voices Pride special, and a collection of Pride Variant Covers across Marvel titles this June, Marvel Comics is once again teaming up with Lucasfilm to celebrate Pride Month with all-new Star Wars Pride Variant Covers that honor the diverse LGBTQIA+ community of the galaxy far, far away.

This year’s collection is an epic connecting cover by acclaimed artist Rickie Yagawa that will span three June releases: Star Wars: Rogue One – Jyn Erso #1, Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #4, and Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #3. The artwork spotlights 18 characters from across Stars Wars storytelling, including films, television, publishing, and Marvel comics—all brought together to celebrate Pride!

From Jedi Knights and rogues to Rebellion heroes and Imperial leaders, here’s who fans can spot on the cover, from left to right:

  • Vildar Mac
  • Terec and Ceret
  • Mother Aniseya
  • Mother Koril
  • Tey Sirrek
  • Cinta Kaz & Vel Sarth
  • Sabé
  • Doctor Aphra
  •  Just Lucky
  • Ariole Yu
  • Larma D’Acy & Wrobie Tyce
  • Rae Sloane
  • Losha & T’Onga
  •  Sana Starros

Check out the full piece and preoder all three covers at your local comic shop today! 

  • STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE – JYN ERSO #1 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621534800121
  • STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL #4 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621479200441
  • STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #3 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621593500341

Marvel reveals DNX #1 Covers including True Believers Blind Bag Exclusives

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EVOLUTION IS CONTAGIOUS! Announced earlier this month, DNX, a five-issue event series from Jed MacKay and Federico Vicentini, launches this September. MacKay’s acclaimed X-Men run on X-Men, including the recent Age of Revelation crossover, has led to this monumental saga that sees the X-Men and Fantastic Four join forces to prevent the Chairman, the misguided original Hank McCoy, from unleashing a virus that forcibly—and horribly—transforms humanity into mutants! Adding even more excitement to this latest mutant milestone, DNX #1 will be the next 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. Today, fans can check out all-new variant covers for DNX #1, both regular open-to-order covers and blind bag exclusives.

Covers revealed today include the latest piece by best-selling cover artist Artgerm, spotlighting TEMPER, the fiery young X-Man and one of the breakout stars of MacKay’s run. Artgerm’s cover will also be available as virgin variant cover. Both versions will be True Believers Blind Bag exclusives. Other variants revealed include a Hidden Gem Cover by the legendary Jim Lee; a terrifying vision of Magik by InHyuk Lee, also available as virgin variant cover; and an epic Blind Bag exclusive cover by Ken Lashley.

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!

Marvel’s Pride Variant Covers Return in June. Get a Look at What’s Coming to Shelves

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Marvel’s Pride Variant Covers return in June. This year’s collection consists of five stunning covers of LGBTQIA+ Marvel characters drawn by Luciano Vecchio in his signature character spotlight variant cover style.

Here are the five characters featured this year:

  • Felicia Hardy, A.K.A. BLACK CAT, Marvel’s slyest and most skilled super-thief, currently starring in an acclaimed solo run by G. Willow Wilson and Gleb Melnikov.
  • Akihiro, the lethal mutant warrior and son of Wolverine, now bonded with the Spirit of Vengeance and raising hell in Inglorious X-Force by Tim Seeley and Michael Sta. Maria as HELLVERINE.
  • HELA, the Asgardian goddess of death who—after seizing Knull’s throne and building a fearsome symbiote army—now headlines Queen in Black, this summer’s epic crossover event from Al Ewing and Iban Coello. 
  • Bobby Drake, A.K.A. ICEMAN, founding X-Man and Omega-level mutant, currently using his unmatched experience and power to guide mutantkind in X-Men United by Eve L. Ewing and Tiago Palma.
  • KITTY PRYDE, one of the X-Men’s most dedicated leaders, who also stars in X-Men United as headmistress of Emma Frost’s new Graymatter Lane, the next evolution of mutant education.

Get a look at the covers and don’t miss out when they come to shelves this June!

  • MORTAL THOR #11 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621284201161
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621001503151
  • INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #6 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621362700641
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #30 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960620917003041
  • X-MEN UNITED #4 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621443300441

Heroes Suit Up to Overthrow the King in Black in Knullbuster Variant Covers

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This summer, Hela isn’t the only one coming for Knull’s throne. New Knullbuster Variant Covers introduce the King in Black’s worst nightmare: five iconic Marvel heroes donning symbiote slaying armor! The new covers come from some of the industry’s boldest artists including Luciano Vecchio, Gurihiru, David Baldeón, Clayton Crain, and Zulema Scotto Lavina. The pieces reimagine Black Cat, Doctor Doom, Jeff the Land Shark, Punisher and Deadpool in cosmically enhanced suits specifically designed to end Knull’s latest reign of terror!

Queen in Black, a new crossover event from Al Ewing and Iban Coello, launches this July. Knull and Hela’s conflict erupts across the cosmos, coming to a head on Earth where Marvel’s heroes are all that stand in the way of the world being torn asunder by the forces of Light and Dark, both bent on enveloping the universe in their own brand of nothingness. In addition to the core series, the saga will be told across recently announced tie-in series including Queen in Black: Defenders of Light and Dark where Iron Man debuts his own Knullbuster suit—the Black Metal Armor!  

Check out all five Knullbuster Variant Covers and find them at your local comic shop this July. Preorder Queen in Black #1 today.

  • PUNISHER #6 KNULLBUSTER VARIANT COVER BY CLAYTON CRAIN – 75960621516400621
  • WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #6 KNULLBUSTER VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621448800621
  • BLACK CAT #12 KNULLBUSTER VARIANT COVER BY ZULEMA SCOTTO LAVINA – 75960621252101231
  • DOOMQUEST #3 KNULLBUSTER VARIANT COVER BY DAVID BALDEÓN – 75960621590400331
  • JEFF THE LAND SHARK: SUPERSTAR #1 KNULLBUSTER VARIANT COVER BY GURIHIRU – 75960621629100141

Marvel Heroes Score in Soccer Variant Covers

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To celebrate soccer mania this summer, Marvel heroes hit the field in Marvel Soccer Variant Covers, the newest monthly cover collection from Marvel’s Stormbreakers! The crowd goes wild as the Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man and more suit up in fun new jersey designs to score winning goals, make dramatic saves—and, in Deadpool’s case, argue with the ref—in exciting soccer matches! Featured across eight upcoming titles, these high-energy covers spotlight the group’s dynamic skills to depict kinetic action that leaps off the page!

The current class of Marvel’s Stormbreakers include Alessandro Cappuccio, Netho Diaz, Simone Di Meo, Juan Frigeri, Gurihiru, Jonas Scharf, Geoff Shaw, and Luciano Vecchio. Chosen for their remarkable art, notable achievements, and boundless imagination when bringing the Marvel mythos to the page, these creators represent the future of comic book artistry and embody the raw talent to shatter the limits of visual storytelling!

Check out all eight Marvel Soccer Variant Covers and preorder them at your local comic shop today.

  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #30 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY NETHO DIAZ– 75960621001503041
  • IRON MAN #6 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE DI MEO – 75960621491400651
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #29 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY JONAS SCHARF – 75960620917002931
  • WADE WILSON: DEADPOOL #5 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY GURIHIRU – 75960621448800521
  • X-MEN #31 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY JUAN FRIGERI – 75960620920003141
  • X-MEN UNITED #4 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO – 75960621443300451
  • VENOM #259 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621330625931
  • DAREDEVIL #4 MARVEL SOCCER VARIANT COVER BY GEOFF SHAW – 75960621282800431

DC reveals Absolute Batman #20 Robin Variants

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Today is the release of Absolute Batman #19 which reveals a bit of the new Absolute Robins and DC has revealed five new variant covers for Absolute Batman #20 of each of the Absolute Universe Robins, along with Nick Dragotta‘s character designs!

  • Kyuyong Eom (Dick Grayson)
  • Nick Robles (Jason Todd)
  • Javier Rodriguez (Tim Drake)
  • Rickie Yagawa and Alex Sinclair (Stephanie Brown)
  • Jahnoy Lindsay (Duke Thomas)

As the dust settles in the city of Gotham after the loss of [redacted], Robins enter the scene ready to hunt and more than one secret will be revealed in this seminal issue.

Absolute Batman #20 is out May 13, 2026 written by Scott Snyder and art by Nick Dragotta.

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!

New Variant Covers Spotlight art from Marvel Dimensions, Alex Ross’ Upcoming Graphic Novel

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This September, Alex Ross reimagines the Marvel Universe in Marvel Dimensions, an all-new graphic novel from Marvel and Abrams ComicArts as part of their Marvel Arts line, releasing September 1, 2026. Written and illustrated by Ross, the upcoming graphic novel follows the incomparable artist’s acclaimed work on Fantastic Four: Full Circle with an expansive, reality-shattering saga that includes beautifully painted depictions of Marvel heroes’ iconic origins and early stories. Starting in June, eighteen pieces of artwork from Marvel Dimensions will appear as stunning Variant Covers across select Marvel Comics titles.

Like Alex Ross’ hit Timeless Variant Covers, the new Variant Covers from Marvel Dimensions showcase Marvel heroes as the mythic legends they are! The collection includes classic group shots of the Fantastic Four, Avengers, and X-Men, as well as heroic character portraits, each realistically and dramatically captured by Ross’ singular and award-winning talent!

Preorder the Variant Covers from Marvel Dimensions at your local comic shop today and look for Marvel Dimensions in stores this September.

  • AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #1 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621563800131
  • DOCTOR STRANGE #7 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621125800721
  • FANTASTIC FOUR #12 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621122701221
  • MORTAL THOR #11 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621284201151
  • X-MEN #31 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960620920003131
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621001503131
  • X-MEN UNITED #4 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621443300461
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #12 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621146301221
  • INFERNAL HULK #8 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621361000821
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621001503231
  • FANTASTIC FOUR #13 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621122701321
  • IRON MAN #7 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621491400751
  • AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #2 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621563800221
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #13 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621146301331
  • CIVIL WAR: UNMASKED #3 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621471600331
  • WOLVERINE #23 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960620841802321
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #32 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960620917003231
  • DAREDEVIL #5 VARIANT COVER FROM MARVEL DIMENSIONS BY ALEX ROSS – 75960621282800521

Bad Idea reveals the Olympus Saga: Megalith Original Art Editions. Unlock the Ultra-rare Printer’s Plate Edition

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On May 13th, brace yourself for — Olympus Saga: Megalith #1! From New York Times best-seller Matt Kindt and master illustrator Lewis LaRosa comes an explosive cosmic adventure of unparalleled scope and artistry.

Olympus Saga: Megalith is over eight years in the making. Each interior page—painstakingly rendered with precision and raw power by Lewis LaRosa—is so jaw-dropping that for any other book it would serve as its cover.

EVERY PAGE IS COVER QUALITY.

Which is why Bad Idea built the Olympus Saga: Megalith Original Art Editions!

A line of 30 covers showcasing the most visually stunning interior pages from the Olympus Saga: Megalith series.

Each cover features a gorgeous, archival quality scan of an elite-tier page of Lewis LaRosa’s original art offering unmatched insight into his process.

PLUS, earn an ultra-rare incentive if you collect the set!

Collect all 30 of these breathtaking covers to unlock the ultra-limited Olympus Saga: Megalith #1 Printing Plate Edition.

One of the rarest editions of Olympus Saga: Megalith #1,  the Printing Plate Edition features the jaw-dropping inversion of master illustrator Lewis LaRosa’s iconic cover. But you must collect ALL 30 Olympus Saga: Megalith Original Art Editions to qualify!

Contact your local comic shop to pre-order your set before Final Order Cutoff on Monday, April 13th.

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