Creator J. Michael Straczynski is a fan favourite for his Marvel work on characters much like Thor, Spider-Man, and his most recent Captain The usa flee, and now he is returning to a few of these characters along with bringing in a great deal of extra – together with some lesser acknowledged classics – for a sequence of crew-up one-shots that span the Marvel Universe.
In each of the six one-shots, Straczynski will carry collectively pairs of heroes and villains that hardly ever ever execrable paths (and a pair of all-time basic pairings) for “timeless” adventures that exist on the hazy fringes of continuity. Artist Leinil Francis Yu has created some promo paintings that contains the whole characters keen, seen right here:
The one-shots kick off in January with Physician Doom & Rocket Raccoon #1 (which substances Yu’s promo paintings as a variant quilt), and proceed month-to-month with Captain The usa & Volstagg #1, Slash Fury Vs. Fin Fang Foom #1, Hulk & Physician Absorbing #1 (which moreover incorporates a reduction-up story starring Aunt Would possibly and Agatha Harkness), Ghost Rider Vs. Galactus #1, and lastly Spider-Man Vs. Physician Octopus #1.
Right here is the guidelines of the whole deliberate one-shots, together with the artists and liberate dates for each, along with the covers the place available:
DOCTOR DOOM & ROCKET RACCOON #1
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Artwork by WILL ROBSON
Quilt by GARY FRANK
Promo Variant Quilt by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
On Sale 1/22
CAPTAIN AMERICA & VOLSTAGG #1
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Artwork by BERNARD CHANG
Quilt by TERRY DODSON
On Sale 2/26
NICK FURY VS. FIN FANG FOOM #1
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Artwork by ELENA CASAGRANDE
Quilt by GARY FRANK
On Sale March
HULK & DOCTOR STRANGE #1
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Artwork by GERMÁN PERALTA
Quilt by TERRY DODSON
On Sale Would possibly
GHOST RIDER VS. GALACTUS #1
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Artwork by JUAN FERREYRA
Quilt by TERRY DODSON
On Sale June
SPIDER-MAN VS. DOCTOR OCTOPUS #1
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Artwork by PHIL NOTO
Quilt by TERRY DODSON
On Sale June
“I prefer to go the place the enjoyable is, and the concept of placing collectively Marvel characters who had both by no means been paired earlier than, or solely minimally, appeared like it might be a ton of enjoyable, and it was much more of a blast than I anticipated,” Straczynski says in an announcement accompanying the announcement.
“For the primary time we may see the unique Nick Fury in China together with the Flying Tigers taking over a newly woke up Fin Fang Foom…go to the sting of time and house with Rocket Raccoon and Physician Doom…see the Ghost Rider slugging it out with none aside from Galactus…Aunt Might caught within the midst of a supernatural battle alongside Agatha Harkness…the extra unlikely the pairing, the extra eccentric the combo, the extra enjoyable it was to see it come to life. I have been sitting on information of this sequence for over a yr and I am so excited to know it’s going to lastly be hitting newsstands beginning in January.”
Straczynski returned to Marvel discount in 2023 for his calm ongoing Captain The usa title, which recently featured cameos from Spider-Man and Thor, two of his different signature characters.
Handle it up prime of the whole new Spider-Man comics Marvel has deliberate for liberate.