MARVEL MANGAVERSE: WEB OF BLOOD #1
Written by JOE KELLY & JACK KELLY
Art by KENNY RUIZ
Cover by YUJI KAKU
On Sale 9/2
In WEB OF BLOOD and WEB OF DESTINY, readers are re-introduced to the Mangaverse, in a story that's positioned as if the comics line had been published continuously for over two and a half decades in both the real world and in-universe. The trio of Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Weapon X-Tremis (Laura Kinney), and Legion (Illyana Rasputin), friends with very different ideas on how to stop a prophesied apocalypse brought on by the return of the Phoenix, will turn on one another as they wrestle with whether their actions are more likely to save the world… or hasten its destruction. Could the return of the Mangaverse be over before it even starts?
MARVEL MANGAVERSE: WEB OF DESTINY #1
Written by JOE KELLY & JACK KELLY
Art by KENNY RUIZ
Cover by YUJI KAKU
On Sale 9/30
It all comes to a startling conclusion as Joe and Jack Kelly and artist Kenny Ruiz reunite in MARVEL MANGAVERSE: WEB OF DESTINY #1 to put Miles, Laura and Illyana at the center of the end of the world. Will these former friends be able to put aside their differences and save the planet before it burns to ash around them? The five-week Mangaverse 25th Anniversary event concludes in dramatic fashion on September 30.
They're bringing back the Marvel Mangaverse of all things!?
Well, it includes a non-embarrassing version of Illyana, so it's hardly bringing it back, more creating something entirely new.
An Illyana who goes by the codename Legion, though? I'm intrigued. Very interested to see where that goes.
Edit: Wait, only just now realized one of the oneshots in between these bookend issues is written by Ashley Allen!
MARVEL MANGAVERSE: ARCANE AVENGERS #1
Written by ASHLEY ALLEN
Art by MIRKA ANDOLFO
Cover by YUJI KAKU
On Sale 9/16
The next one-shot comes by from the team of rising star writer Ashley Allen (Magik & Colossus) and artist Mirka Andolfo (Ms. Marvel) as they introduce the Arcane Avengers, a reluctant group of sorcerers led by Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier. Cursed to defeat and imprison demonic yokai alongside teammates Bloodline and Wiccan, Bucky looks for opportunity to free himself and finally be free from his captor's control. As a new wave of yokai incursion stretches the team's resources, Bucky plots his escape, but the sudden reappearance of his former childhood friend, Hawkeye, throws all his plans into disarray in MARVEL MANGAVERSE: ARCANE AVENGERS #1, on sale September 16.
Surely we'll get an appearance there? "Arcane Avengers" is a great title and the only Avengers I'd like Illyana to be in.
