[SPEAKER_00]: This episode, we're taking a look at the highlights from Marvel's September 2026 solicits, including Avengers assembling a amazing Spider-Man 1000 and much more.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is Comic Book Club News from June 22nd, 2026.
[SPEAKER_00]: Marvel's September 2026 solicits are here bringing an advance look at what to expect in stores as a young man's fancy turns from summer to fall and because solicits are technically for comic book shops to make orders versus normal human consumption, got a little weirdness in there like Avengers number one which is an actually hitting shelves until November but Marvel is urging stores to get those orders and now for the sure to be extremely rare issue just getting there will be thousands.
[SPEAKER_00]: Beyond the incongruous Avengers, and as Marvel thought about that as a title, you could throw a bunch of characters who don't make sense together and oh wait, that's the defenders.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's talk about some other highlights.
[SPEAKER_00]: Part of the reason for soliciting Avengers number 1 so early, likely because the new team debuts in Avengers are beginning to number 4, which does release in September.
[SPEAKER_00]: Otherwise, the biggest single issue, literally and figuratively, is a basic spider band number 1,000, which features everyone from Frank Miller to Fargo creator Noah Holly taking
[SPEAKER_00]: Amazing Venom number one kicks off a five-issue mini-series focusing on a title character who is neither Spider-Man nor Venom.
[SPEAKER_00]: Alien vs X-Men is a four-issue mini-buy curing gillet and Chris Claremont, but the latter introducing the Xena Wars to the brewed.
[SPEAKER_00]: Infernal Hulk vs Wolverine is the first of a series of one shots leading up to the Hulk War event, and the Muppets take the Marvel Universe matches a puppets and superheroes for the first time.
[SPEAKER_00]: Getting back to Spider-Man, they're like four different books, the feature different combinations of Spider-Man Hulk and or Punisher,
[SPEAKER_00]: All characters appear in Spider-Man Brad New Day the movie, though none of the comics have anything to do with the plot of that movie.
[SPEAKER_00]: And Spider-Woman gets a 50th anniversary special setting the stage for Jessica Drew's new status quo.
[SPEAKER_00]: Moving over to X-Bed, DX Number 2 continues the bash up of Ed with the Fantastic Four as they fight in Philadelphia, though probably not over which cheese steak is best.
[SPEAKER_00]: And two issues of X-Bed and one issue of Fantastic Four tie into the event as well.
[SPEAKER_00]: Gamut gun is a five issue many series that spins out of X-Bed apocalypse and features
[SPEAKER_00]: which is going to fuel a lot of fan-fick.
[SPEAKER_00]: Wade Wilson, Deadpool, and Punisher begin to cross over in September continuing through October, written by Benjamin Percy, entitled Big Guns.
[SPEAKER_00]: Return to Marvel's Mongaverse with a series of one-shouts kicking off with Web of Blood Number One by Joe Kelly and his son, Jack Kelly, and then wrapping up with Web of Destiny Number One by the end of the month.
[SPEAKER_00]: Marvel's Zombies Warzone Number One is a new take on the Deadites with Punisher and other street-level heroes trapped in New York with the zombies.
[SPEAKER_00]: Queen and Black cross over wraps up in the fifth issue of the event series as well as tie-ins and venom, black cat and more.
[SPEAKER_00]: Black Panther Neymor Doom No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 spins out of Armageddon as three kings fighting each other in hell.
[SPEAKER_00]: Fantastic Four first foes continues the MCU tie-in with Dragon Man this time written by Greg Pock.
[SPEAKER_00]: Marvel Gold 76 No.
[SPEAKER_00]: 1 sends Bulls Eye after Jack of Hearts Nova and Starlord because they all debuted in 1976.
[SPEAKER_00]: And if you thought we were done with the Ultimate Universe, we are not as Ultimate Impact Report No.
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