MAXIMUM CARNAGE. ABSOLUTE CARNAGE. KING IN BLACK. Every few years, the wild symbiote corner of the Marvel Universe erupts in a saga oozing with violence, drama, and insanity that only Venom and his kind can deliver. This August, the next milestone symbiote event arrives in Al Ewing and Iban Coello’s VENOM WAR. Today, fans can see all the battles to come this August with the reveal of new tie-in issues! A master at planning out epic storylines, Ewing has been laying the foundation for VENOM WAR since the very beginning of his current run of VENOM. Limitless in scope, the series has followed Eddie Brock and his son, Dylan, on separate journeys as the symbiote heroes. But after both have terrifying glimpses of the future, they realize only one of them can be Venom. Their father and son feud will become everyone’s problem as past and present symbiote characters alike are forced to take a side! "This is what we've been building to since the start of this wild and way-out symbiote odyssey—the fateful confrontation between father and son!” Ewing explained. “Where better to have it than inside the squared circle? And who better to bring this all-action epic to the page with than my old buddy Iban Coello? I'm tellin' ya, goo believer—this is vehemently varied Venom violence like never viewed, and only one host can wear the symbiote when the dust settles! Who's it gonna be?" In the coming weeks, find out what other characters will be participating in VENOM WAR with September tie-in announcements!

Julia Garner said that she was initially confused about her casting in Fantastic Four: First Steps because she was offered the role of Silver Surfer, a character she knew was traditionally depicted as male. When she met with director Matt Shakman, someone she really wanted to work with, she was surprised to learn that she would be playing Shalla-Bal, the immortal empress of Zenn-La and the lover of Norrin Radd (the original Silver Surfer). Garner explained that her character carries an air of mystery, making audiences question whether she is truly loyal to Galactus, whom she serves as a herald, or if she has her own agenda. She described the role as unlike anything she has ever played, emphasizing the ambiguity surrounding Shalla-Bal’s motives. When asked if she would be interested in doing a Silver Surfer solo film, she said she would “love to do that”. Garner noted that she enjoys branching out into different genres and was excited to reach a new audience through Marvel. 

Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios are teaming for Fantastic Four: First Steps #1, a special one-shot comic that retells the Fantastic Four’s first adventure, making it the first-ever canon MCU comic tied directly to an upcoming Fantastic Four movie. Written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Mark Buckingham, this comic is an official dramatization authorized by the Future Foundation, celebrating the fourth anniversary of the Fantastic Four’s public debut. The creators worked closely with the film’s production team to ensure the comic aligns with the movie’s world and tone. The comic will hit shelves on July 2, 2025, and aims to bring a fresh perspective to the team’s origin story. This release is part of a larger celebration of the Fantastic Four, including their expanded presence in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland. 

Warner Bros. Discovery has won the recent Superman lawsuit due to a jurisdictional ruling. The estate of Joseph Shuster, co-creator of Superman, filed a lawsuit claiming that Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics had lost their international rights to Superman in countries like Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Australia. The lawsuit sought damages and an injunction to block the release of the upcoming Superman film in those regions. However, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman dismissed the case on April 24, 2025, stating that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. Since the infringement claims were based on foreign copyright laws rather than U.S. law, the judge ruled that the case could not be heard in an American federal court. This decision cleared the way for the global release of James Gunn’s Superman film, scheduled to premiere on July 11, 2025. The ruling did not address the actual merits of the case, meaning the estate could potentially file another lawsuit in a different court. Warner Bros. Discovery expressed satisfaction with the decision, reaffirming that DC Comics controls all rights to Superman. 

Today Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with leading games, IP and toy company Hasbro, revealed interior pages and the lineup of variant covers for G.I. JOE #7. This all-new story arc will feature the superstar creative team of writer Joshua Williamson (Duke, Cobra Commander), artist Andrea Milana (Cobra Commander), colorist Lee Loughridge (Universal Monsters: The Mummy), and letterer Rus Wooton (Fire Power). The next chapter of the comic book introducing a bold new vision of G.I. Joe and Cobra to the Energon Universe will hit comic books shops on May 21, 2025.

Kicking off the second story arc of the new G.I. JOE epic, G.I. JOE #7 is a standalone Night Force covert op that features the first appearance of the iconic Beach Head! But is this really his last Mission?!

“Beach Head is one of the most beloved G.I. JOE characters and it’s exciting to finally debut him alongside the return of the mysterious Night Force,” noted executive editor Ben Abernathy. “He’s just the tip of the iceberg for what’s to come in the issue and the larger arc, though, and best of all is having Andrea and Lee back again in the Energon Universe!”

In addition to the main cover by Tom Reilly, G.I. JOE #7 will feature an open-to-order variant cover by Kael Ngu, the kickoff of a new 1:10 incentive connecting cover series by Alan Quah, a 1:25 incentive variant by Jeff Spokes, a 1:50 incentive variant by Homare, a 1:100 incentive variant by Derrick Chew, a blank sketch cover, and a die cut mask cover by Andrea Milana.

G.I. JOE is a tentpole of the Energon Universe, the crown jewel of the historic collaboration between Hasbro and Skybound, who has introduced a brand-new era of the TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE franchises in one shared comic book universe. Other Energon Universe titles include the ongoing series Void Rivals by writer Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead), artist Lorenzo De Felici (Kroma), and colorist Patricio Delpeche (The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country) and the two-time Eisner Award winning TRANSFORMERS by writer Daniel Warren Johnson (Extremity, Do a Powerbomb), artist Jorge Corona (Middlewest), and colorist Mike Spicer (Stillwater, Murder Falcon). Fans should expect can’t-miss moments from every issue of the Energon Universe, as secrets are unveiled along the path to answering the BIG questions from some of the biggest franchises in comics today.

G.I. JOE #7 (Lunar Codes listed below $3.99, unless otherwise noted) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, May 21, 2025.

The full list of variant covers is below:

G.I. JOE #7 Cover A by Tom Reilly (Lunar Code: 0325IM295)

G.I. JOE #7 Cover B by Kael Ngu (Lunar Code: 0325IM296)

G.I. JOE #7 Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive) (Connecting) by Alan Quah (Lunar Code: 0325IM297)

G.I. JOE #7 Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive) by Jeff Spokes (Lunar Code: 0325IM298)

G.I. JOE #7 Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive) by Homare (Lunar Code: 0325IM299)

G.I. JOE #7 Cover F (1:100 Copy Incentive) by Derrick Chew (Lunar Code: 0325IM300)

G.I. JOE #7 Cover G Blank Sketch Cover (Lunar Code: 0325IM301)

G.I. JOE #7 Cover H (Die Cut Mask Cover) by Andrea Milana ($4.99) (Lunar Code: 0325IM302)

Oni Press has unveiled a first look inside BENJAMIN #1, the full-length comic debut of writer Ben Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, Underground Airlines), creator of CBS’ acclaimed TV series Tracker and author of the Edgar Award-winning and Philip K. Dick Award-winning The Last Policeman novel trilogy with artwork by acclaimed illustrator Leomacs (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss, DC Black Label’s Rogues)!

In the tradition of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly and Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice comes a uniquely fascinating and hilariously deranged excursion into the metatextual nexus where existence and oblivion, past and future, genius and madness, and glitter and grim reality all meet just beyond Hollywood Boulevard in the first of three prestige-format, ad-free issues unlike anything you’ve ever experienced . . . in this timeline anyway . . .

More than just a writer, more than just a science-fiction icon, Benjamin J. Carp was a cultural revolutionary. Across 44 novels and hundreds of short stories—including the counterculture classic The Man They Couldn’t Erase—Carp pushed the boundaries of literary respectability for the sci-fi genre and his readers’ perception of reality itself . . . until decades of amphetamine abuse and Southern California excess finally ended a mind-bending career that always just escaped mainstream success. He died in 1982.

Until 2025 . . . when Benjamin J. Carp awakens, alive, in a burned-out motel on the fringes of Los Angeles. He remembers dying. He knows he shouldn’t exist. Is he a dream? A robot? A ghost? A clone? A simulation? In his own time, Carp pondered all of these scenarios intensely through his fiction—and, now, as he treks from Studio City to Venice Beach and onward into the paranoid sprawl of 21st-century Los Angeles, he will be called to investigate his greatest mystery yet: himself.

“In this sequence from early in the first issue of BENJAMIN, our cranky, hyperarticulate, cult sci-fi author hero Benjamin J. Carp has just been kicked out of the motel room where he woke up,” said Ben H. Winters. “The motel manager (quite reasonably) thinks he's some sort of drunk or squatter, but Carp has no memories at all of how he got there, or anywhere, since he died back in 1982. Out on the street he is astonished at the strange new world (which he thinks has ripped him off) and is rescued by this sweet earnest young man named Marcus, who works at the motel.”







Published across three extra-long, ad-free chapters featuring enhanced design elements and deluxe, cardstock covers... BENJAMIN #1 will feature psychotropic cover art by Christian Ward (Invisible Kingdom), Leomacs (Rougues), and Malachi Ward (Black Hammer: The Return).

BOOM! Studios is thrilled to announce DUNE: EDGE OF A CRYSKNIFE: HIDING AMONG THE HARKONNENS, a brand-new one-shot further expanding the vast and rich universe of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel Dune. The exploration into unexplored regions of the Dune mythos is penned by award-winning novelists Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, with acclaimed Dune artist Simone Ragazzoni returning to illustrate.

In the sands of Arrakis, the Fremen plan to strike at the heart of Governor Dimitri Harkonnen’s spice operation. But not all paths to sabotage run the same, as a young Shadout Mapes discovers going undercover!

DUNE: EDGE OF A CRYSKNIFE: HIDING AMONG THE HARKONNENS #1 features main cover art by Raymond Swanland, and variant covers by acclaimed illustrators Juan Samu (Marvel Action: Black Panther) and Justine Florentino (Grim).

DUNE: EDGE OF A CRYSKNIFE: HIDING AMONG THE HARKONNENS is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; bestselling horror anthology Hello Darkness; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; Ghostlore by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs; Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Underheist by David and Maria Lapham; Animal Pound by Tom King and Peter Gross; Minor Arcana by Jeff Lemire; Vicarious by Ryan Parrott and Eleonora Carlini; The Creeping Below by Brian Azzarello and Vanesa Del Rey; Bronze Faces by Shobo, Shof, and Alexandre Tefenkgi; In Bloom by Michael W. Conrad and John J. Pearson; and When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee by Gus Moreno and Jakub Rebelka. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Corrino from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Simone Ragazzoni; Power Rangers Prime by Melissa Flores and Michael YG; and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth by Andy Diggle, Rubine, and Francesco Pisa.

DUNE: EDGE OF A CRYSKNIFE: HIDING AMONG THE HARKONNENS #1 will be available in comic shops July 2, 2025. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.

Summer is right around the corner and The Powerpuff Girls are ready to celebrate, but their plans are dashed by the unexpected presence of nearly all their foes, in the upcoming Supervillain Summer Spectacular!

This seasonal special release from Dynamite Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products is led by the sunburned creative team of writer James III and artist Carlo Lauro. James the Third is a writer, producer, actor, and podcaster known for projects like Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show, The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, Good Burger 2.

"I’m a day one Powerpuff Girls fan! I remember watching the first What a Cartoon! short and re-enacting it with my friends on the playground the next day," said writer James III. "Writing this was a dream and to say I’m honored would be a tremendous understatement. PPG is one of the funniest, most action-packed superhero properties out there. I had the time of my life!"

"Carlo is such a versatile artist with an uncanny ability to capture the essence of many timeless, beloved characters and their multitude of expressions. He and Nate have contributed so much to the PPG comic book legacy, I knew I was in good hands working with them on this issue.”

The citizens of Townsville are putting on their summer clothes, basking in the warm sun, and enjoying the happiest and most carefree season of the year. But it turns out this includes the city's substantial population of supervillains!

Their counterparts, the city's resident heroes The Powerpuff Girls are ready to hit the Townsville Amusement Park. To their great shock, they're met with all the rides clogged by lawbreakers and malefactors, extending all the lines around the corners and having a blast. It turns out the Mayor himself is responsible for extending all these invites!

It's up to The Powerpuff Girls to figure out what's going on, when their initial alarms and objections fall on deaf ears. Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup will figure out the real reasons for the Mayor's impeachable behavior, and right what is wrong — or will they?

This special oversized issue features a choice of three main cardstock variant covers by Lauro, Silvia De Ventura, and George Kambadais.



THE POWERPUFF GIRLS: SUPERVILLAIN SUMMER SPECTACULAR is solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors’ May 2025 Previews catalog, the premier source of merchandise for the comic book specialty market, and slated for release in July 2025. Comic book fans are encouraged to preorder copies of the book with their local comic book retailers. It will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital platforms courtesy of Comixology, Kindle, iBooks, Google Play, Dynamite Digital, ComicsPlus, and more!

Visit www.dynamite.com for more news and information.

Many fans know that often the most entertaining characters in any story are the villains... One of the greatest incubators for decades of timeless stories and characters knows that for sure, as the Disney Villains showcase. Dynamite Entertainment is excited to offer four instantly iconic comic book chronicles of some of the most beloved villains in the Disney pantheon on Kickstarter, and we don't want any fans to miss out!

Multiple formats and extras will be available for fans of Scar, Maleficent, Hades, and Cruella. This will also be the world premiere of collected editions of Disney Villains: Scar, not previously available anywhere else!

More details will be revealed soon!

CLICK HERE TO BE AMONG THE FIRST TO JOIN THE PARTY AT LAUNCH!

This June, two industry titans present a new vision of the Marvel Universe in MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME! Both founding creators behind the Marvel Knights, Joe Quesada and Christopher Priest reunite alongside color artist Richard Isanove to tell an all-new epic through the lens of the groundbreaking Marvel Knights imprint. Set in the future, the six-issue series introduces new versions of Marvel heroes as well as those that follow in their footsteps! Today, fans can learn more with the reveal of the series’ second issue, on sale this July.

THE WORLD TO COME and how it got that way is revealed! Uncover the shocking developments that led to the death of the T’Challa and the dark truth behind the conflict erupting across the globe. What secrets await in Mexico? What role did Everett K. Ross play in the King of Wakanda’s fall and, most importantly, who is T’Challa’s heir?!

On returning to both Marvel Knights and Wakanda storytelling, Priest, one of the most influential Black Panther writers, said, “It would take a very special event to bring me back to this wonderful world given birth by the Marvel Knights crew, and Joe Quesada’s brilliant expansion on those themes allows us to bring the Marvel Knights era full circle to a poignant, hilarious, terrifying, and electrifying conclusion as both King T’Challa and co-creators face the inevitable approach of sunset and transition. Brought fiercely to life by Joe’s tour de force art and stunning colors by Richard Isanove, I could not have possibly asked for a more fitting coda to my career-highlight work with the comic industry’s undisputed leading African character.”

When asked about the second issue, Quesada said, “There’s not a lot I can say without revealing too much. So what I can say is that if you think issue 1 was insane, issue 2 has even more unexpected twists and turns, because Wakanda has a new Queen and soon there will be a new heir to the throne.”

Preorder MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME #2 at your local comic shop today!