Marvel Comics May 2021 Solicitations

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HEROES REBORN #1 (OF 7)
JASON AARON (W) • ED McGUINNESS (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
VARIANT COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS
VARIANT COVER BY JEFFREY VEREGGE
TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
CENTER TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
GATEFOLD COVER BY IBAN COELLO
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY GEORGE PÉREZ
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
SQUADRON SUPREME VARIANT COVER BY CARLOS PACHECO
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA CASSARA
VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM
A WORLD WITHOUT AVENGERS!
Welcome to a world where Tony Stark never built an Iron Man armor. Where Thor is a hard-drinking atheist who despises hammers. Where Wakanda is dismissed as a myth. And where Captain America was never found in the ice because there were no Avengers to find him. Instead this world has always been protected by Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, the Squadron Supreme of America. And now the Squadron faces an attack from some of their fiercest enemies, like Dr. Juggernaut, the Black Skull, the Silver Witch and Thanos with his Infinity Rings. But why is the Daywalker Blade the one man alive who seems to remember that the entire world has somehow been…reborn?
56 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

HEROES REBORN #2 (OF 7)
JASON AARON (W) • DALE KEOWN & ED McGUINNESS (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
VARIANT COVER BY JEFFREY VEREGGE
TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY • VARIANT COVER BY TBA
PREDATOR VARIANT COVER BY E.M. GIST
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY NATACHA BUSTOS
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
Make way for the adventures of Marvel’s Mightiest Megastar, the all-powerful Hyperion! When America’s solar-powered, super-sentinel of liberty looks to return his archenemy Victor Von Doom to the other-dimensional prison of the Negative Zone, mighty Hyperion must deal with a breakout of his most powerful enemies, such as Ultron, General Annihilus and the Immortal Hulk. Plus: A special backup tale starring Blade, Earth’s last living vampire.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

HEROES REBORN #3 (OF 7)
JASON AARON (W) • FEDERICO VICENTINI & ED McGUINNESS (A)
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW
VARIANT COVER BY JEFFREY VEREGGE
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
Chaos magic at Mach 5! Blur, the swiftest mortal alive, must win a race through the mind-bending Dread Dimension in order to save his soul from the hypersonic hexes of the Speedster Supreme, the Silver Witch. Plus a back-up tale takes us inside the dark secrets of the Ravencroft Asylum and its newest inmate, the Phoenix.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

HEROES REBORN #4 (OF 7)
JASON AARON (W) • JAMES STOKOE & ED MCGUINNESS (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
SQUADRON SUPREME VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA
VARIANT COVER BY JEFFREY VEREGGE
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY CARMEN CARNERO
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
With the cosmic might of his Power Prism, Doctor Spectrum has become the most feared lawman in the heavens. But now the dark forces of deep space have sent the galaxy’s most notorious bounty hunter to end Spectrum once and for all. That’s right, here comes Rocket Raccoon! Plus: In a backup tale, the all-new Starbrand finds herself alone in a strange new universe.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99



HEROES REBORN: MAGNETO & THE MUTANT FORCE #1
STEVE ORLANDO (W) • BERNARD CHANG (A) • Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Variant Cover by RYAN BENJAMIN
SPOILER VARIANT COVER BY BERNARD CHANG
CAN MAGNETO RESURRECT HOPE FOR MUTANTKIND BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?
Years ago, Magneto and Professor X led Earth’s mutants in a final push for independence against the Squadron Supreme of America. What followed was the Squadron’s Mutant Massacre, a violent rebuttal that left Mutantkind forever wounded, and Xavier dead...or so Magneto thought. Years later, Magneto discovers Xavier clinging to life in the astral plane and gathers his allies for a first-of-its-kind rescue mission. Too bad the same mission puts the Mutant Force back on the Squadron’s radar!.Failure means the last gasp of mutantkind, but success means the first breaths of something even more elusive to the mutants of Heroes Reborn: HOPE.
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99



HEROES REBORN: YOUNG SQUADRON #1
Jim Zub (W) • Steven Cummings (A) • Cover by karl Kerschl
variant cover by takashi okazaki
The Squadron Supreme of America have taken root in the hearts and minds of all, but none more so than a trio of youthful champions who call themselves the Young Squadron!
Kid Spectrum (Sam Alexander), Girl Power (Kamala Khan) and the all-new Falcon (Miles Morales) are here to fight for truth, justice and the American flag...or are they?
Beneath the flashy facade of colorful adventure, something grim is stirring and Deadpool is determined to bring it to light.
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99



HEROES REBORN: SIEGE SOCIETY #1
CODY ZIGLAR (W) • PACO MEDINA (A) • COVER BY KEN LASHLEY
VARIANT COVER BY MARCELO FERRIERA
BLACK WIDOW & HAWKEYE LEAD AN ASSAULT ON THE SQUADRON!
After the Civil War that split the Squadron Supreme in half, Nighthawk formed his own Squadron in Europe.
But not all of Europe is okay with it. Baron Zemo has put together his own team to take them down. Who’s on this team?
Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Scott Lang and Victor Creed.
The Squadron doesn’t stand a chance.
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99



HEROES REBORN: HYPERION & THE IMPERIAL GUARD #1
RYAN CADY (W) • MICHELE BANDINI (A) • Cover by CHRIS SPROUSE
Variant Cover by BEN CALDWELL
The teenage Hyperion’s cosmic quests with his Shi’ar friends near their end, but none of the young heroes are ready to say farewell. A quick mission in the Negative Zone sounds like the perfect coda to a storied fellowship...but what awaits Hyperion, Gladiator and the rest is horror and agony beyond their wildest nightmares!
Also included in this issue: a special preview of the new spinoff series, THE STARJAMMERS!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99



HEROES REBORN: PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SHUTTERBUG #1
MARC BERNARDIN (W) • RAFAEL DE LATORRE (A) • Cover by MIKE McKONE
VARIANT COVER BY GREG LAND
Peter Parker is the biggest Hyperion fan in the world, and he also just happens to be chummy with his favorite hero thanks to a photography gig at the Daily Bugle! SURELY, nothing can go wrong, with his camera (and him) in the heart of the action… Right?
40 PGS./one-shot/Rated T …$4.99



FANTASTIC FOUR #32
DAN SLOTT (W) • R.B. SILVA (A) • Cover by MARK BROOKS
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY JACK KIRBY
VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
PREDATOR VARIANT COVER BY SUPERLOG
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THE BRIDE OF DOOM!
Part 1: “Betrothal”
The HUMAN TORCH’s love life is changed forever when he must choose between his soulmate and his ex-wife...
And is Johnny Storm’s first heartbreak, CRYSTAL, back in the book?! This is all too much! Fortunately, there is also a lot of punching, hitting and clobbering going on! All this and an ominous decree by DOCTOR DOOM! PLUS: A second tale in which Reed Richards duels Doctor Doom for the strangest prize imaginable!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99



REPTIL #1 (Of 4)
TERRY BLAS (W) • ENID BALÁM (A) • Cover by PACO MEDINA
Variant Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
VARIANT COVER BY ERNANDA SOUZA
REPTIL ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION!
In the wake of Kamala’s Law and his Grandfather’s worsening health, Humberto Lopez, A.K.A. Reptil, has taken a step back from crime-fighting to refocus on his family. Perhaps its a sign that he should give up on becoming a hero and finally come to terms with his parents’ mysterious disappearance…or perhaps not! When a mysterious figure ambushes Humberto, what unravels will shake the core of everything Humberto thought he knew about his past and will either change the course of his future—or end it forever! Don’t miss out on this breakout series from rising stars Terry Blas (HOTEL DARE, DEAD WEIGHT: MURDER AT CAMP BLOOM) and Enid Balám (OMNI)!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99



SHANG-CHI #1
GENE LUEN YANG (W) • DIKE RUAN (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Variant Cover by SUPERLOG
Variant Cover by JUNGGEUN YOON
Variant Cover by BENJAMIN SU
Variant Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL CHO
SHANG-CHI VS. THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!
Shang-Chi and his family are back! And this time, they’re colliding head-to-head with the Marvel Universe’s biggest heroes! Shang-Chi has finally taken his place as the leader of the Five Weapons Society. But using an evil secret organization as a force for good won’t be easy. And it’s about to get a lot harder when Shang-Chi’s fellow super heroes, like the Amazing Spider-Man, start to see him as the bad guy! Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan return to bring you the next chapter of this Marvel legend!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



FANTASTIC FOUR: LIFE STORY #1 (OF 6)
MARK RUSSELL (W) • SEAN IZAAKSE (A)
Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
Variant Cover by Marcos Martin
Variant Cover by Paolo Rivera
Variant Cover by Brett Booth
In the tradition of SPIDER-MAN: LIFE STORY, and in celebration of the FF’s 60th Anniversary, comes this series setting the lives of the fabulous foursome in real time across the years!
Amid the backdrop of the Cold War and the Space Race, a terrible accident gives the Fantastic Four great powers, a terrible secret, and entangles them in the history of their planet.
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T …$4.99



WAY OF X #2
SIMON SPURRIER (W) • BOB QUINN (A)
COVER BY GUISEPPE CAMMUNCOLI
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
A VILLAIN REVEALED!
The dark force hiding within Krakoa begins to show its true form.
The answers are hidden…WITHIN THE MINDSCAPE. Kurt’s – and…others.
One of the most dangerous mutants is reborn!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



CABLE #11
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • PHIL NOTO (A/C)
SUMMERS END!
Some summers seem like they will never end. And some end too soon.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



HELLIONS #11
ZEB WELLS (W) • STEPHEN SEGOVIA (A/C)
SOMETIMES A FANTASY…
PSYLOCKE vs. BETSY BRADDOCK in a 30-year-long battle! EMPATH’s misdeeds come back to haunt him! And MR. SINISTER’s teeth hurt. What IS going on here?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



AMERICA CHAVEZ: MADE IN THE USA #3 (Of 5)
KALINDA VAZQUEZ (W) • CARLOS GÓMEZ (A) • Cover by SARA PICHELLI
VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA
WHERE’D YOU GO, AMERICA?
The face of America’s mysterious tormentor is revealed — and while whom America sees is shocking, to say the least, it’s what they say that will shake the foundations of everything she knows. And then? It’s just a matter of whether or not to believe them…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



IMMORTAL HULK #46
AL EWING (W) • JOE BENNETT (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS
homage variant by JOE BENNETT
PREDATOR VARIANT COVER BY DALE KEOWN
We thought they were dead. We thought they’d been banished, controlled, made harmless. We were wrong.
The gamma monsters are coming back — converging, one by one, on New York City. And who can stop them now?
Who can save us...from the IMMORTAL HULK?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



IMMORTAL HULK: TIME OF MONSTERS #1
AL EWING, ALEX PAKNADEL AND DAVID VAUGHAN (W) • Juan Ferreyra & more (A)
Cover by JUAN FERREYRA
DEADPOOL 30TH VARIANT COVER BY ROB LIEFELD
AL EWING AND ALEX PAKNADEL INTRODUCE THE ORIGINAL HULK!
Ten thousand years ago, something green and glowing comes to poison the ancient ground of the Fertile Crescent — and the hearts of its people.
One boy is left to bear the consequences — and, for the first time...to open THE GREEN DOOR.
Plus: Bruce Banner faces a challenge unlike any he’s seen before as writer David Vaughan makes his Marvel debut!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99



CHAMPIONS #7
DANNY LORE (W) • LUCIANO VECCHIO (A)
Cover by TONI INFANTE
PREDATOR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
CHANGE THE WORLD!
THE KAMALA CON!
The Champions are playing dirty to beat Roxxon at their own game — including implanting two of their own as interns to take down the corporation from within. But in order to earn the trust of their cutthroat Roxxon supervisors, they’ll have to deliver an unwilling spokesperson: Kamala Khan.
Will Ms. Marvel agree to become the face of a company and a law that she hates, or is it too high a price to pay for victory?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

RUNAWAYS #36
RAINBOW ROWELL (W) • ANDRES GENOLET (A)
Cover by KRIS ANKA
“Come Away With Me” Part 5!
THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAT WOULDN’T SPOIL WHAT IS POSSIBLY THE BEST COMIC OF 2021! WE CAN’T EVEN SHOW YOU THE COVER!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Comments

[thezmage]

I really like the stylistic variant covers for Heroes Reborn.

[iamrman]

God, I can't tell you how little I care about Heroes Reborn. It looks like it is another series I will be completely ignoring. At least it doesn't affect titles I actually care about.

[icon_uk]

Okay, I rather like the idea of casting Peter Parker as Jimmy Olsen, and Shutterbug is a cute name.

[scorntx]

Kind of amused at the blatantness of Heroes Reborn.
"Yeah, we're just doing Marvel as the DC universe. What're they gonna do about it?"

Maybe DC should get back at them, with an all-new Blue Beetle, or the Doom Patrol moving to a remote island, wiping out the Green Lanterns, and introducing a young, spunky teenager Wonder Girl...


-"The Human Torch's life is changed forever when he must choose between his soulmate and his ex-wife"-
Ooh, a choice between Lyja or Peter? Tough break for Johnny.
...
... oh, they don't mean Peter, do they?

Though I'm guessing the story is not going to involve Doom marching in and marrying Johnny himself (interpret that however you like).

[crinos]

So we're never gonna get that New Warriors relaunch with Safe Space and Snowflake are we?

[rainspirit]

Fairly certain everyone involved has quietly moved on. The writer doesn't work for Marvel anymore.

[crinos]

That's kind of a shame to be honest. Despite the cringey names I was looking forward to it.

[lizard_of_aus]

Personally, I'm just dismayed at the fact that we're apparently still not done with Outlawed. Sure, the label's been removed from the comic covers and the wiki page for the event gathers dust, but the fact that the Champions blurb is still going on about Kamala's Law suggests that the teeth of the tick still remain in the bite.

[crinos]

Well the fact that they are infiltrating Roxxon seems to suggest that we;re entering the endgame of it. Like this is some kind of Roxxon plot, they orchestrated the attack on that Greta Thurnburg stand in (Which we already knew) then manipulated politicians to come down hard on underaged super heroes, so they could have them rounded up for reasons (Probably to brainwash them into being future Corporate shills for Roxxon). And now the Champions are gonna expose Roxxon's dirty dealings and get Kamala's law repealed.

[beyondthefringe]

Yeah, I was interested in seeing this series.
I didn’t realize Kibblesmith was no longer writing for Marvel. That sucks.

[silverhammerman]

Marvel and DC's various riffs on each other are usually amusing at the very least, so I can get past the logical problem that the Marvel Universe (at least in comics) is not and never has been built around the Avengers, to the point that if the Avengers never formed it wouldn't be massive difference, so this could be fun. Interesting that the Magneto & The Mutant Force, plus the specificity of the Squadron Supreme of America suggest that this world is going to look a little nastier and more jingoistic than just a straight DC riff. I still think the Heroes Reborn branding seems a little weird for the event though.

Of the various Heroes Reborn books, gotta say that Magneto and the Mutant Force sounds most interesting, thanks to the involvement of Steve Orlando.

Reptil seems like a really out of nowhere announcement. I remember he was part of the Superhero Squad kids show, but besides that I don't recall him having done much in years. Really curious about what this book is going to do, even though it's probably not gonna be for me.

Fantastic Four: Life Store has my attention, I quite enjoyed the Spider-Man series (though not as much as some did) and seeing more of these prestige series from Marvel could be cool, especially with the FF being as tied into both the heart of the Marvel U and Cold War Space Race politics. I just hope it does a better job balancing the real time conceit with classic continuity, I felt Spider-Man: Life Story really struggled in its attempt to do both.

Immortal Hulk is a must buy of course, pumped to see things come to head after an extended arc of building up dread.

[bravest_spinja]

While the blurb makes it all about the Avengers, it seems the FF and Spidey are out of the picture as well. And to be fair, while not everything about revolves around them one can see how their absence early on could have some long term effects

It's no surprise mutants have a worse deal in a Squadron universe, as they've always been a lot more morally questionable, and veering on fascism. The Avengers have always been shaky on mutant issues, and I think this very event is almost to say "See?! See what the alternative would be?", but I do think it's logical and in-character for these events to turn out as they did.

[thezmage]

I think that's Reed above Hyperion's cape

[mastermahan]

EDITORIAL: Hey, it's been 25 years since Heroes Reborn. Do an homage series.

WRITERS: But Heroes Reborn was a disaster. No one remembers it fondly.

EDITORIAL: Do it anyway. [leaves]

WRITERS: All in favor of doing our own thing? Yeah, that's what I thought.

[sanjuro]

Does Miles really need a Clone Saga? Good lord.

[crinos]

Well they already did his version of One More Day and it was....not terrible.

If the current plan for Miles is "redo terrible Spider-man Stories with him but less terrible" then.....well I don't like it but its better than what they could be doing. Like He's not gonna be in Avengers Arena 2 now streaming on Mojo+.

[silverhammerman]

I don't know, doing marginally better versions of bad Peter Parker stories really does seem like the biggest possible indication that Marvel has no idea what to do with the character. Heaven forfend they should actually have someone do something new with the character. Really, this has been the problem with Miles Morales from basically day one. Even Bendis ended up dragging the character back into Ultimate Peter Parker's circle of characters and plotlines.

[donnblake]

I feel like maybe Spidey should've tagged Daredevil in on the whole "Taking over an evil organization to try and use it for good," deal. Though I guess Matt's still in prison, maybe?

[beyondthefringe]

The Agents of Atlas are calling into the conference as well...
Roberto DaCosta is running a few minutes late but has some things to say about his time running AIM.

[donnblake]

I hadn't considered the Agents of Atlas- I suppose Woo even specifically has experience with "Evil organizations previously run by Fu Manchu expies."

I did think of Roberto, especially since I think he also at one point tried reforming the Hellfire Club, but I wasn't sure Pete'd be able to get ahold of him in a hurry. (Do they have phones on Krakoa? I seem to recall something about them building an emergency contact network that involved whispering to plants, but I think that only works once you're actually on the island.)

[themajesticmoose]

No they have phones and they work as normal. The fleet seeds are just another way of keeping in contact

[donnblake]

Hmm. Then whose number would Pete most likely have? Maybe Iceman from the Amazing Friends days? Or he could call Ben Grimm, who I'm pretty sure has everyone's number in the game.

[themajesticmoose]

I would like an Amazing Friends reunion when Peter isn't being written by Spencer anymore :)

[donnblake]

I'm trying to think if Pete has any personal relationships with other X-men. I keep getting stuck on Kitty but I'm 99% sure them dating was just a mirror universe thing.

Edit: Mirror universe? I've been watching too much Star Trek. Ultimate Universe, it is.