Nights #18
Written by Wyatt Kennedy
Art by Luigi Formisano
Years have passed since Gray, Erik, and Mari’s unexpected journey to Thule. A heartbroken Gray decides to remain a CHIMERA agent, Erik traverses the forrest meeting the unlikeliest of allies, and Mari uncovers a movie with the secrets to saving the present day. The Journey to Shamballa begins here!
This year, celebrate Pride Month with one of comics’ most iconic super hero families in Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1, an all-new Marvel’s Voices one-shot hitting stands May 27.
The special spotlights fan-favorite couple Wiccan and Hulkling along with their amazing—and complex—family including Scarlet Witch, Vision, Speed, and Viv Vision. Bringing together an incredible lineup of superstar LGBTQIA+ talent and rising stars, Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1 will feature stories by Wyatt Kennedy, Josh Trujillo, Luciano Vecchio, Zoe Tunnell, Rachael Stott, 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:
Check out Russell Dauterman’s main cover and stay tuned for more information about Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron #1 and the reveal of this year’s Pride Variant Covers.
Wiccan: Witches’ Road #3
(W) Wyatt Kennedy (A) Andy Pereira
IN THE BATTLE FOR MAGIC AND BILLY’S SOUL, WHO WILL WIN? NATURE OR NURTURE? Wiccan’s journey on the Witches’ Road begins to have ripple effects as the Avengers become aware of magical mischief spreading across the globe! Plus, evil reveals her face… and it’s NOT Agatha Harkness! P.S. The Weather Goddess herself, Storm, might have some thoughts about tampering with elementals…
Wiccan: Witches’ Road #2
(W) Wyatt Kennedy (A) Andy Pereira
THE BEGINNING OF THE WITCH’S JOURNEY! Wiccan has been forced to make a deal with a dark witch to protect Teddy! But what are the witch’s goals? What chaos will come on this dark and twisting quest? And what unlikely ally will reveal themselves?!
Nights #17
(W) Wyatt Kennedy (A) Luigi Formisano
The penultimate chapter of the CHIMERA arc! The eclipse has come to Thule, bringing with it a myriad of horrors that not even Gray or Tsukumari are prepared for. As the convergence begins, Erik is forced to make a terrible decision. Where one story ends, another begins…
Oni Press and Glitch Productions have revealed a first look inside the upcoming release of Murder Drones #1 of (6), the hugely anticipated first issue of the brand-new, six-part adaptation of the global smash-hit animated series created by Liam Vickers and produced by Glitch Productions! The series is from writer Wyatt Kennedy and artist Jo Mi-Gyeong! Murder Drones’ official comic spin-off adapts all eight episodes of the cult-favorite animated series. The first issue arrives on shelves February 25, 2026.
In the far future on the desolate exoplanet designated Copper 9, the humans are long gone but the robotic worker drones they created to mine the planet’s resources are still hard at work. Together, they have managed to forge their own makeshift society . . . or so they thought until a previously unknown kind of robot – the dreaded “Disassembly Drones” – are activated by the mega-corporation JC Jenson to disassemble any worker that deviates from its original programming. But when a rebellious young worker drone named Uzi forms an unlikely alliance with two disassembly drones – Serial Designations N and V- can they, together, uncover the secrets of their origins . . . and stop the spread of the unsettling mechanical virus known as the Absolute Solver?
Murder Drones #1 features covers by Alessio Zonno, Jo Mi-Gyeong, Krooked Glasses, Patricia Martín, and LySandra Vuong!
After racking up more than 330 million views on YouTube and subsequently making its streaming debut on Prime Video, Murder Drones is coming to then comic book world with a six-part adaptation of the global smash-hit animated series created by Liam Vickers. Writer Wyatt Kennedy and artist Jo Mi-Gyeong’s are collaborating on comics’ next, can’t-miss series, which debuts in February. In advance of the series’ first issue, Oni Press and Glitch Productions have revealed the covers for Murder Drones #2 by Alessio Zonno, Jo Mi-Gyeong, and Patricia Martín. Fans can collect them all when Murder Drones #2 drops on March 25th, 2026.
Following the mass annihilation of the human race as we know it, Copper-9, one of the many solar colonies, stands in ruins, but beneath the surface a race of surviving worker drones has built a life for themselves with purpose, schools, doors, and card games! Teenage drone Uzi has made an unlikely ally in Disassembly Drone N, whose primary purpose, until very recently, was to eat the worker drones! But it’s not just prom dates and hormones. A mysterious force continues to stalk the drone population from within, leaving a oil-drenched trail of bodies in its wake.
The apocalypse will be automated in Murder Drones #2. Uzi and Disassembly Drone N’s disastrous dalliance will kick off in style on March 25th, 2026.
After a sci-fi interlude as the consort of Emperor Hulkling, Billy Kaplan aka Wiccan aka the Demiurge is back in supernatural fantasy mode for his first solo series Wiccan: Witches’ Road #1. Wyatt Kennedy, Andy Pereira, and Bryan Valenza put one of the Marvel Universe’s alpha couples through some strange, difficult situations to restore balance to the Marvel Universe. This is definitely the “in sickness and in health” part of the traditional marriage vows, but with an extra helping of monsters from Slavic folklore, and it’s nice to see Hulkling and Wiccan work through their problems in a mature way instead of having relationship drama for the sake of drama.
Especially in its introduction and conclusion, Wiccan: Witches’ Road #1 has major fairy tales starting with the fonts and caption style that Ariana Maher uses for a one page recap of Billy Kaplan’s life and lore up to this point. Even though there’s plenty of light couple’s trip banter and adorable peasant girls that have crushes on the 100% unavailable protagonist, Kennedy and Pereira are taking a big swing at making Kaplan a supernatural player in the Marvel Universe up there with Dr. Strange, Dr. Doom (RIP, I think. I only read the Runaways tie-ins of One World Under Doom.), and of course, his mother, Scarlet Witch.
The issue’s kind of/sort of antagonist and the elevated language of some of the captions sets up Wiccan as a kind of epic hero, and the aforementioned little girl echoes that by asking him if he’s a knight. (Of course, he’s not, he’s a good witch!) Andy Pereira and Valenza match this energy in some of the visuals like a panel drawn from the POV of a creepy house with gabled windows.
Speaking of the art, Pereira has solid storytelling instincts from screenshot-worthy reaction shots of Hulkling and Wiccan reacting to their unfamiliar surroundings to fast and furious, knife-life panel layouts showing Wiccan in action against his first monster. There is a little bit of manga in Andy Pereira’s line work with big sound effects and rapid speed lines showing the frantic surprise of the combat as well as Wiccan’s development from just a kid who mouths spells to a skilled melee fighter. Bryan Valenza’s bright, flat colors are the finishing touch on these fight scenes, and he goes moodier and more atmospheric for the slower scenes like when Wiccan and Hulkling explore a suspicious house. Sometimes Wiccan is Goth, sometimes it’s a superhero, and this shift in tones keeps it from getting boring.
Wiccan: Witches’ Road #1 is a fun, surprisingly flirty launch issue that goes deep into the fantasy rabbit hole that is all just a big metaphor for Billy Kaplan and Teddy Altman picking up the pieces of their life together after a cosmic crisis. This kind of a setting is a no-brainer for Wiccan, and I respect Wyatt Kennedy and Andy Pereira’s use of figures from Slavic folklore and mythology instead of supervillains to create conflict and mystery. This book has some of the same DNA as Kieron Gillen’s Journey into Mystery and Steve Orlando’s Scarlet Witch while putting its own unique spin on the fantasy-meets-superhero genre thanks to having a cute, loving couple at the heart of it. I hope the subsequent issues in this series have the same real talk and flashy magic.
Story: Wyatt Kennedy Art: Andy Pereira
Colors: Bryan Valenza Letters: Ariana Maher
Story: 8.2 Art: 7.7 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy
Marvel Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review
Purchase: Zeus Comics – Kindle
Wiccan: Witches’ Road #1
(W) Wyatt Kennedy (A) Andy Pereira
SOMETHING WICCAN THIS WAY COMES! A dark, macabre adventure awaits down the Witches’ Road that will reshape Wiccan — and the magical fabric of the Marvel Universe — forever… Wiccan and Hulkling arrive back on Earth, but nothing is ever easy for Marvel’s favorite (former) space emperors! With Hulkling grievously wounded, it’s up to Wiccan to save the day — but what lengths will he be willing to go to do so?
Wiccan: Witches’ Road #1
(W) Wyatt Kennedy (A) Andy Pereira
SOMETHING WICCAN THIS WAY COMES! A dark, macabre adventure awaits down the Witches’ Road that will reshape Wiccan — and the magical fabric of the Marvel Universe — forever… Wiccan and Hulkling arrive back on Earth, but nothing is ever easy for Marvel’s favorite (former) space emperors! With Hulkling grievously wounded, it’s up to Wiccan to save the day — but what lengths will he be willing to go to do so?
