[SPEAKER_00]: Nate Powell announces new graphic novel, Ultimate End Game Delay, Marvel to re-release 1977 calendar.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for February 12, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: Nate Powell, the artist behind the award-winning march, the excellent fall through and recently a pretty great issue of the Twilight Zone, has announced his next graphic novel, Diana.
[SPEAKER_00]: Pre-Rise V2, Powell announced the book on Blue Sky with the creator teasing that quote.
[SPEAKER_00]: Diana is both a self-contained character-centered story and prequel to fall through, weaving them together with come again to make an interconnected triptych.
[SPEAKER_00]: As for the plot, Abram's books describes it as, quote, an LGBTQ plus graphic novel about a singer who is ripped through times.
[SPEAKER_00]: Then at least initially in 1992, in the Arkansas punk scene, the book blends the occult and music into a story of a runaway who is looking for a way to reverse the past.
[SPEAKER_00]: Diana will hit stores on October 6 from Abrams.
[SPEAKER_00]: You're going to have to wait a little longer for the end of Marvel's Ultimate Universe.
[SPEAKER_00]: While this week saw the finale of Ultimate X-Man and Ultimate Black Panther has already done, but the final issues of the Ultimate's and Ultimate Endgame have been delayed.
[SPEAKER_00]: Burbling cool after a splashy announced of the end of the Ultimate Universe for this April, the Ultimate's 24-able now come out on May 20, followed by Ultimate Endgame number 5 on June 3.
[SPEAKER_00]: current time ultimate Wolverine number 16 still seems to be on track for April 15 which is good because I needed to do my taxes.
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, ultimate Spider-Man number 24 originally scheduled for December 31st is now set for a plan release next week on February 18.
[SPEAKER_00]: Wow, that's all fine and good.
[SPEAKER_00]: There's likely to be a cascade effect with other titles as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: The one shot ultimate universe finale, as of this recording, is still scheduled for April 29, who will more than likely slip to after that June 3rd date, or simultaneous with the end game number 5 release.
[SPEAKER_00]: At a five-issue mini-series title to re-bore an ultimate impact was supposed to start coming out on May 20, leading into the upcoming summer event Armageddon.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's possible the latter could stay on track as it seems to deal more with the repercussions from the concluded ultimate spider-man incursion mini-series, but we shall see.
[SPEAKER_00]: We've reached out to Marvel for a comment, but did not hear back as of recording time.
[SPEAKER_00]: We've been regularly getting some neat facsimile additions of classic comic books, but here's one of the weirdest reprints, maybe ever.
[SPEAKER_00]: It rooms in Marvel will reprint their 1977 Marvel memory calendar in 2027.
[SPEAKER_00]: For a 13th dimension, the 12 month calendar features art by Jack Kirby, John Ramirez senior, Gil Kane, John Buesema, Gene Colin, and others.
[SPEAKER_00]: It also features trivia questions and other Marvel fodder written by Roy Thomas and depicts iconic Marvel moments like the Fantastic Forward battling the Scrolls.
[SPEAKER_00]: But, and here's the trick, this isn't a straight facsimile.
[SPEAKER_00]: Instead, the dates on the calendar do indeed match 2027, while the content on the grid is the same as it was 50 years ago.
[SPEAKER_00]: Quote, official major world holidays and observances for 2027 are listed at the bottom of each month.
[SPEAKER_00]: And in case it wasn't clear, the days have been shifted to match the dates.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, for example, while January 1st was on a Saturday in 1977, it's now listed as a Friday.
[SPEAKER_00]: Want to celebrate 1977 and 2027, you could pick up the memory calendar, confusingly, on July 7, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Alben, an ultimate means final, so they got to finish it sometime, right?
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