Scarlet Witch and Marvel’s gangster Hulk, Joe Fixit, star in their own series in a new week of comic releases featuring Shang-Chi, Avengers and more.
The Scarlet Witch and Joe Fixit are leading a week of new releases for Marvel Comics.
After the character has appeared in Marvel’s Darkhold saga and her live-action counterpart in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Wanda Maximoff is starring in a brand-new, ongoing Scarlet Witch series written by Steve Orlando and illustrated by Sara Pichelli. The title has Wanda running her very own bauble shop outside of her superheroics, and is bringing in the MCU’s Darcy Lewis to be one of its workers. Out on Wednesday, Scarlet Witch #1 marks Darcy’s first comic book appearance and is set to focus on Wanda dealing with a “town gone mad,” according to its solicitation.
Aside from little towns, Marvel is also visiting the big city this week and bringing back Las Vegas enforcer Joe Fixit, AKA the Grey Hulk, for his own five-issue miniseries. Writer Peter David and artist Yıldıray Çınar are working together on Joe Fixit, a title that revolves around the Hulk’s mobster persona and will force him to face the Kingpin, with Spider-Man caught in the middle of their conflict. Joe Fixit continues David’s work with Marvel’s Hulks following the Maestro trilogy and the latest New Fantastic Four miniseries.
Joining Scarlet Witch #1 and Joe Fixit #1 on comic shop shelves and digital platforms this week is the special issue Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings #1, forcing the hero to work with his evil father. Also, both Ultraman: The Mystery of the Ultraseven and X-Men: Red are ending on Wednesday, but the latter will be replaced by the upcoming Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants out in Feb. 2023. The full list of releases can be found alphabetically below, covers and solicitations included.
AVENGERS #64
- JASON AARON (W) • JAVIER GARRÓN (A/C)
- ’80s Avengers Assemble Connecting Variant Cover by ALEX HORLEY
- Variant Cover by MIKE MCKONE • Classic Homage Variant Cover by INHYUK LEE
- VARIANT COVER BY STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
- VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
- AVENGERS ASSEMBLE — PART FOUR: THE BATTLE FOR THE DAWN!
- The Avengers wage their final bloody showdown with the Multiversal Masters of Evil for the fate of prehistoric Earth and the entire Marvel Age of Heroes. Not everyone will survive. Meanwhile, Tony Stark must face his greatest enemy: his own father, the Iron Inquisitor.
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING (W) • CARMEN CARNERO (A/C)
- Variant Cover by PHIL NOTO • CLASSIC HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
- When Captain America’s allies find themselves scattered across the country with no recollection of how they got there, Steve calls in a favor with the one person he knows can help – mutant telepath Emma Frost! But what Emma finds, chills Steve Rogers to the bone…
- As Steve and his allies race to save a city under siege by A.I.M., the Outer Circle’s ultimate assassin is revealed: Introducing M.O.D.O.C., the Mental Organism Designed Only for Control!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL #45
- KELLY THOMPSON (W) • SERGIO DÁVILA (A) • Cover by JUAN FRIGERI
- VARIANT COVER by AKA
- Classic Homage Variant Cover by CARMEN CARNERO
- REVENGE OF THE BROOD – PART 3!
- Captain Marvel and her eXcellent allies revel in their big win against the Brood, but all is not quite what it seems… Carol and her friends have miles to go before they sleep. The Brood has always been one of the universe’s most dangerous foes, and one of Carol Danvers’ greatest enemies. And now, under the rule of an Empress Brood gone rogue, with a hive mind bent on revenge, what could possibly stop them?
- 32 PGS./Rated T+…$3.99
- RYAN NORTH (W) • IBAN COELLO (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS
- Solo Variant Cover by ALEX ROSS • VARIANT COVER by JOHN CASSADAY
- Classic Homage Variant Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
- “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE FANTASTIC FOUR?”
- The Human Torch is alone in New York, trying to survive in a city that hates and fears — well, mostly him specifically.
- There’s just one thing for Johnny to do: Adopt an all-new secret identity and take an all-new job nobody else wants!
- But when things at work heat up, Johnny discovers that while you can forget the past, that doesn’t mean it’ll stay buried…and has to decide if there’re certain things that the Human Torch can’t let himself do!
- Also! In this issue, Johnny Storm fights a tornado!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
GOLD GOBLIN #3 (OF 5)
- CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (W)
- LAN MEDINA (A)
- Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
- Variant Cover by GARY FRANK
- Classic Homage Variant Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
- As if fighting Chasm wasn’t enough, Norman Osborn now finds himself face-to-face with his own sins.
- That’s right, Queen Goblin is back, and you should be scared.
- 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
JOE FIXIT #1 (OF 5)
- PETER DAVID (W) • YILDIRAY CINAR (A) • Cover by CULLY HAMNER
- HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK
- WINDOWSHADES VARIANT COVER BY TOM REILLY
- VARIANT COVER BY YILDRAY CINAR
- PETER DAVID RETURNS TO JOE FIXIT!
- Peter David’s tour de force through some of his greatest Hulk hits continues with a return to JOE FIXIT! Gone are the ripped-up shorts of the Hulk of yore – this enforcer prefers the slick suave of a striped suit, and the Hulk has traded in “monster” for “mobster” as he lends his strength to the Las Vegas casino scene. Of course, the Kingpin has his own ideas about who the toughest guy in town is, and it’s up to Spider-Man to keep the two of them from destroying Sin City!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
MARAUDERS #10
- STEVE ORLANDO (W) • ELEONORA CARLINI (A) Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
- VARIANT COVER BY STEPHEN SEGOVIA
- Classic Homage Variant Cover by JEN BARTEL
- HERE COMES YESTERDAY – FINALE!
- With all of known history in the balance, Bishop and Psylocke lead a last-ditch strike to retake the past from its twin bacterial tyrants. Dangers mount! Can Pryde escape an unbreathing prison in time to rescue not just her crew, but the foundations of mutant society itself?
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- GREG PAK (W) • MANUEL GARCIA (A) • Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
- Variant Cover by ED McGUINNESS • Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
- With the life of her brother at stake and a Worldbreaker determined never to break the world again, our young heroine must reassess everything she knows in a time of reversals and revelations. The origin of the Haarg! The true motivations of the High Priestess! The return of the man of stone! The deliverance of Jen! What will our heroine discover, and who will join her for the final battle?
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- STEVE ORLANDO (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A) • Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
- Women of Marvel Variant Cover by ELENA CASAGRANDE
- Variant Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
- Windowshades Variant Cover by TOM REILLY
- DEMONIZED VARIANT COVER BY JESUS SAIZ
- Variant Cover by IVAN TAO • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY IVAN TAO
- Red Blank Variant Cover also available
- Classic Homage Variant Cover by ADAM HUGHES
- THE SCARLET WITCH RETURNS!
- There is a door that appears only to those who need it most, who have no one else in the world to turn to. On the other side of this door is the witchcraft shop. Friend or foe, human or otherwise – if your need is great and your hope is gone, there you will meet the SCARLET WITCH! Wanda Maximoff is familiar with hitting rock bottom – and now that she’s finally found peace, she’s pledged all her power to help others who are languishing at their lowest. But when a woman falls through Wanda’s door with a terrifying story of a town gone mad, the Scarlet Witch will have to muster her wits and chaos magic to deal with an insidious threat!
- Comic powerhouses Steve Orlando (MARAUDERS; Midnighter) and Sara Pichelli (ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN; SPIDER-MEN) join forces to open a groundbreaking new chapter in the Scarlet Witch’s history!
- 40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
SECRET INVASION #3 (OF 5)
- RYAN NORTH (W)
- FRANCESCO MOBILI (A)
- COVER BY E.J. SU
- Marvel Anatomy Variant Cover by TBA
- Variant Cover by MARC ASPINALL
- KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR SKRULLS CLOSER!
- A familiar face from Maria’s past is behind the Skrull incursion in New York – but are they acting alone? Who else is supporting them? And what is their endgame? Maria is about to find out…
- But as she learns that not everything – or everyone – are who they seem, Maria finds herself facing both betrayal…and a choice…
- And what she chooses will decide the fate of not just Earth, but of the entire Skrull race!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SHANG-CHI: MASTER OF THE TEN RINGS #1
- GENE LUEN YANG (W) • MICHAEL YG (A) • Cover by JIM CHEUNG
- Variant Cover by DIKE RUAN
- FATHER AND SON, SIDE BY SIDE?!
- Shang-Chi is lost in time and the only one who can help him is…his father?! What will Shang-Chi do when he meets the younger version of his evil parent? Will he be able to change the course of history? Or will Shang-Chi be shocked to discover he didn’t know his father as well as he thought? Find out as Gene Luen Yang’s Shang-Chi saga comes to its shocking conclusion!
- 40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
- DAN SLOTT (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
- Variant Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
- Classic Homage Variant Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
- “The End of the Spider-Verse” rages on!
- Yes, that really happened last issue.
- The tremors will be felt until it all ends.
- That’s truly all we can say until you read #3.
- 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
STAR WARS #30
- CHARLES SOULE (W) • ANDRÉS GENOLET (A) • Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
- Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
- Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS • DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY ANDRES GENOLET Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Variant Cover by CASPAR WIJNGAARD
- MAROONED!
- Some of the Rebel Alliance’s best and brightest have gotten lost in an unknown region of space while hunting for a lost treasure. How will LUKE SKYWALKER, LEIA ORGANA, CHEWBACCA, LANDO CALRISSIAN and AMILYN HOLDO ever survive the horrors…of NO-SPACE?
- 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
- Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd.
ULTRAMAN: THE MYSTERY OF ULTRASEVEN #5 (OF 5)
- KYLE HIGGINS & MAT GROOM (W)
- DAVIDE TINTO (A) • Cover by E.J. SU
- Variant Cover by KEI ZAMA
- The last hopes of Earth have their hands at each other’s throats.
- Can anything pull them back from the edge – and even if they can, where could they go from here with the world turned against them?
- Decades-old questions are answered, oaths are broken and a new movement is forged – as THE
- MYSTERY OF ULTRASEVEN concludes!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
X-FORCE #36
- BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • ROBERT GILL (A)
- Cover by JOSHUA CASSARA
- Variant Cover by MICO SUAYAN
- STOREMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY NIC KLEIN
- CLASSIC HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY ROB LIEFELD
- XENO STRIKES!
- THE MAN WITH THE PEACOCK TATTOO has had his sights on X-Force for some time, and when DOMINO, DEADPOOL and OMEGA RED embark on a mission, they will fall right into his clutches!
- Be here for the first issue of the XENO saga finale, as the team closes in on the Man with the Peacock Tattoo, and the full breadth of his plans are finally revealed!
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
X-MEN LEGENDS #5
- WHILCE PORTACIO & BRIAN HABERLIN (W) WHILCE PORTACIO (A/C)
- “TWO SHALL FALL…”
- THE FUTURE IS NOW!
- Legendary Whilce Portacio returns to his iconic co-creation in an all-new tale that finally reveals the genesis of BISHOP’s time travel mission that pulled him from the future into the X-MEN’s present! BISHOP, MALCOLM and RANDALL, who make up the elite OMEGA SQUAD, have discovered a dark truth about the X.S.E. After a mission goes sideways, how far will they be willing to go to make this right? To the past — and beyond! Bishop will make the most shocking decision in X-MEN LEGENDS history that will redefine what you thought you knew about mutantkind’s future and the reason behind Bishop’s collision with the X-Men!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
X-MEN RED #10
- AL EWING (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A)
- Cover by Russell Dauterman
- DEMONIZED VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
- VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MCKONE
- CLASSIC HOMAGE VARIANT COVER
- BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
- IT’S ALL LED UP TO THIS!
- In the blazing ruins of the Autumn Palace, Storm battles for the soul of Arakko! Meanwhile, Abigail Brand and Roberto Da Costa play their last cards – and a sinister hand deals the Ace of Spades. You won’t believe where the Brotherhood goes from here…
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
All of these issues go on sale Jan. 4 from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel
