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Chachu #2 (Image Comics, September 2026) cover by Marianna Ignazzi

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‘Ms. Marvel’ Star Iman Vellani Makes Solo Comics Writing Debut With ‘Chachu’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani writes her first solo comic series, a five-issue neo-noir miniseries set in 1979, launching from Image Comics o

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Set in 1979, the series follows Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian young woman with a love of film and pulp novels who travels to California to reconnect with her estranged uncle – a semi-retired private eye once celebrated for having married the starlet he was originally hired to find. When that same wife vanishes again, uncle and niece find themselves on an unplanned road-trip investigation, one that pushes Leila’s first taste of adulthood into a reckoning with family secrets and the myths both have built around their lives.

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New iman interview!

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Preview of Chachu #1, written by Iman Vellani, interior art and cover by Marianna Ignazzi, colors by Jordie Bellaire

Set in 1979, Chachu follows Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian girl with a penchant for film and pulp novels, who travels to California hoping to connect with her estranged uncle—her “Chachu”—a middle-aged, semi-retired private eye once famous for marrying the starlet he was initially hired to find. But when his wife mysteriously vanishes once again, the two are forced on an impromptu road rip investigation that transforms her first taste of adulthood into a thrilling confrontation of family secrets, unresolved grief, and the fantasies both she and Chachu have built their lives around.

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Iman will be writing an Image Comics mini. The premise AND art looks so good. I'm so excited 😍

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Chachu #1 by Iman Vellani, Marianna Ignazzi and Jordie Bellaire. Cover by Ignazzi. Variant covers by (2) Matías Bergara, (3) Jacob Phillips and (4) Christian Ward. Out in August.

"1979. Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian girl, stands on the cusp of adulthood, eager to experience the 'real world' for the first time. With a head full of Hollywood dreams and a penchant for pulp novels, she ventures to California to connect with her estranged uncle — her 'Chachu' — a middle-aged, semi-retired private eye who gained brief fame after marrying the starlet he was initially hired to find. But when Chachu’s wife goes missing once again, the two are forced on an impromptu road trip to track her down — with Leila navigating young adulthood and Chachu confronting his own mortality and regrets.

Inspired by her own coming-of-age experiences in the entertainment industry, CHACHU is the solo writing debut of superstar IMAN VELLANI (Ms. Marvel), a reinterpretation of the classic neo-noir private investigator story brilliantly illustrated by MARIANNA IGNAZZI (EXQUISITE CORPSES) and colored by JORDIE BELLAIRE (Absolute Wonder Woman)."

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Chachu #1 (Image Comics, August 2026) variant cover by Matías Bergara