[SPEAKER_00]: Marvel celebrates 50 years of what it Marvel introduces new wonderman Robert Kirkman launches new superhero book.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is comic book club news for February 26, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, here's a hypothetical for you what if Marvel celebrated 50 years of what if what would that be like turns out you don't have to imagine is starting this summer the house of ideas will publish eight all new one shots Imagine things like what if Thor got spider-man symbiotes suits or what if Cyclops had stayed with Madeline prior or what if the publisher was allergic to picnics
[SPEAKER_00]: Okay, maybe not the last one, but there will be the first two stories and plenty more starting in June.
[SPEAKER_00]: First up is on Kenny X-Men with the metal and prior story from Jerry Duggen and Jen Basil Dula, and Thor going Venom mode from Torne Gronbeck and Sergio DeVilla.
[SPEAKER_00]: Then in July.
[SPEAKER_00]: All I, Alex Pactadol and Kofu take on what if the Ultimate Universe Survive Secret Wars, Justin Eierland and David Messina imagine what if the radioactive spider bit Jessica Jones and J.M.
[SPEAKER_00]: Dimitaz and Yildre Cinear posit what if Craven survived his last hunt?
[SPEAKER_00]: Rounding things out in August, Mark Cookenheim and Ron Lim, unfreeze Captain America in 2019.
[SPEAKER_00]: Ashley Allen and Simit Kumar go dark for X-Men with what if Cassandra Nova killed Professor X?
[SPEAKER_00]: I had to speak for myself, maybe the most exciting in the lineup.
[SPEAKER_00]: Rebo Raoul and Salima Lavini are on runaways, and imagine what if they didn't run away.
[SPEAKER_00]: But what if one shot's kick off by weekly on June 3rd and all will sport covers by Lucas Wernick?
[SPEAKER_00]: The end of the ultimate universe might be delayed until at least June, but Marvel is powering ahead with the impact anyway.
[SPEAKER_00]: Or at least the reborn ultimate impact is the five-issue midi series previously touted as the fallout from ultimate endgame is still beginning to its stores in May.
[SPEAKER_00]: So what do we expect from the upcoming title by Chris Condon and Stefano Caselli?
[SPEAKER_00]: How about so many new characters?
[SPEAKER_00]: While we don't know the full scope yet, thanks to Argin boxes taken back from the Ultimate Universe, new characters and the main Marvel Universe will come away with powers and abilities eerily similar to those of other characters.
[SPEAKER_00]: That means four whole months after the TV show hit Disney Plus, we're getting a new Wonder Man.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, the wonderman in the MCU is Simon Williams, and this guy is named Vin Lerner, but presumably it's a bit of a Nick Fury Junior situation where while he's not the original, he's in line with the MCU character and they'll be like, you're not Simon Williams, you're Vin Lerner, a different guy.
[SPEAKER_00]: Every time we see him instead of just running with it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Cool.
[SPEAKER_00]: Firemore Mysterious is Hustylicus, called Quote Scourge of the Negative Zone.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's unclear whether he gets his powers from an Anilus origin box, or is just wearing anilus' costume skin?
[SPEAKER_00]: It was never clear on that.
[SPEAKER_00]: Anyway, he's there too.
[SPEAKER_00]: Reboard Ultimate Fallout No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 hits on May 20 because it can't stop the event tree.
[SPEAKER_00]: As announced last week at Comics Pro during his keynote address to appreciative retailers, Robert Kirkwin is back on superhero books and teeming up with Joe K.C.
[SPEAKER_00]: as well as a powerhouse stable of artists on the new Skybounded Image Comics series Terminal.
[SPEAKER_00]: Those artists, Andy Cuebert, David Finch and Art Adams on a rotating basis.
[SPEAKER_00]: And good news as those aren't the fastest folks ever.
[SPEAKER_00]: As Kirkwin teased in his speech, they've already got a freaking 18 issues in the can.
[SPEAKER_00]: So what is terminal about?
[SPEAKER_00]: Group ER quote, there is a secret war being waged across the world by two violent forces with superhuman abilities who blurt the lines between good and evil.
[SPEAKER_00]: When Marilyn Hauze searched for a missing sister, Alessandra puts her in the center of this conflict, you'll learn that the power to save the world comes from unlocking your genetic code and giving up everything you thought you'd do about yourself if you survived the experience.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, they're calling out X-Men there, you got it.
[SPEAKER_00]: Terminal number one will hit stores on July 22nd, 2026 and we'll have shocker blind bags.
[SPEAKER_00]: Those blind bags are more in line with what Kirkman did with invincible universe battle beast, meaning in addition to variant covers that will be three exclusive surprise items that could be anything from other issues of the book to other comics entirely.
[SPEAKER_00]: For comic book club news, I'm Alex Alpen, and one of the surprises should be a nihilist skin.
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