The new team-up title between Spider-Man characters Mary Jane and Black Cat launches alongside Marvel’s other new comics featuring the X-Men and more.
Two of Spider-Man’s love interests, Mary Jane and Black Cat, are teaming up once again during another week of new releases for Marvel Comics.
Back in January 2022, Marvel released a one-shot tie-in for The Amazing Spider-Man‘s “Beyond” storyline in which MJ and Felicia Hardy dealt with the villain The Hood together. Now, out on Wednesday is the start of a new five-issue miniseries starring the two, Mary Jane & Black Cat, written by Jed MacKay and illustrated by Vincenzo Carratu. This title will tie into Marvel’s Dark Web crossover featuring Spider-Man, Venom and the X-Men, trapping MJ and Black Cat in Limbo together.
Mary Jane & Black Cat is not the only book tying into Dark Web this week though. Also out is the first issue in a two-part tie-in series focusing on Ms. Marvel, Dark Web: Ms. Marvel. Written by Sabir Pirzada and drawn by Francesco Mortarino, Kamala Khan has been working alongside Spider-Man Peter Parker as an intern at Norman Osborn’s company, Oscorp, which will also force her to face the attack on New York City led by Ben Reilly/Chasm and Madelyne Pryor/Goblin Queen.
Going on sale this Wednesday as well is X-Men Annual #1 starring team member Firestar, the penultimate issue of Strange, the continuation of Marvel’s Avengers Assemble event with Avengers Forever #12 and more. Another Dark Web tie-in out is Gold Goblin #2. The full list of releases can be found alphabetically below, covers and solicitations included.
ALIEN #4
- PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON (W) • JULIUS OHTA (A) • Cover by BJÖRN BARENDS
- Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE • Variant Cover by LEE GARBETT
- Variant Cover by CULLY HAMNER
- BETRAYAL IS THE HEART OF EVERY END!
- Steel Team’s human allies have led them into an ambush, leaving them for dead in the nest of a vicious Xenomorph Queen. As Steel Team suffers their first casualties, Eli’s trust in Freyja is tested like never before. Meanwhile, the humans suffer the consequences of their betrayal as a new kind of monster awakens inside one of their own.
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
AVENGERS FOREVER #12
- JASON AARON (W) • AARON KUDER (A/C) • Variant cover by STEPHANIE HANS
- Linking ’70s variant COVER by PHIL JIMENEZ
- AVENGERS ASSEMBLE — PART THREE: THE SIEGE OF INFINITY TOWER!
- The all Steve Rogers Howling Commandos. The interstellar air force that is the Carol Corps. The Star Panther. The God of Fists. The Invincible Ant-Man, Tony Stark. Together, they are the greatest army of Avengers ever assembled. But will they be enough to protect the Avengers Tower at Infinity’s End? Because Mephisto has come to claim that tower’s secrets, and he’s brought an army of his own.
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
BLACK PANTHER #12
- JOHN RIDLEY (W) • GERMÁN PERALTA (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS
- Variant Cover by FELIPE MASSAFERA • Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
- Just as T’Challa thinks his past secrets lay buried with the dead, the true identity of his latest enemy has left him shaken! Even as he escapes capture and returns to the Avengers, Captain America isn’t too pleased with Black Panther’s role in creating these new terrorists for peace. The message is clear: If T’Challa isn’t ready to be a team player, he doesn’t belong on a team. With no kingdom, no Avengers and no allies, who is left to aid T’Challa against this monster of his own making?
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
- SABIR PIRZADA (W)
- FRANCESCO MORTARINO (A)
- Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
- Variant Cover by FEDERICO VICENTINI
- You know her, you love her! But this time, Kamala Khan may be in over her head. Fresh off her first few weeks working as an intern at Oscorp, MS. MARVEL finds herself as the last line of defense against a bunch of deadly and dangerous experiments going HAYWIRE thanks to the Spider-Epic DARK WEB! Things get even WORSE when Kamala finds herself in LIMBO, with no choice but to fight her way out!
- From SABIR PIRZADA (Marvel’s Voices, MS. MARVEL on Disney+) and your new favorite artist, Francesco Mortarino comes a bold and badass new vision of Ms. Marvel!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
GOLD GOBLIN #2 (OF 5)
- CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (W)
- LAN MEDINA (A)
- Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
- Variant Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
- WINDOW SHADES VARIANT COVER BY TOM REILLY
- BEING A HERO ISN’T FOR EVERYONE…
- Norman Osborn faced Chasm in DARK WEB #1 and has to face another terrifying opponent in this issue!
- Norman’s only been a super hero for a few days…but his tenure might be quite short!
- 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
- JED MACKAY (W) • VINCENZO CARRATU (A) • Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
- Demonized Variant Cover by ADAM HUGHES • Variant Cover by Pablo Villalobos
- VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA • Variant Cover by David Nakayama
- Variant Cover by Paulo Siqueira • VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
- From Jed MacKay (MOON KNIGHT, IRON CAT) and Vincenzo Carratu comes one of the most explosive and kick-ass adventures in Marvel Memory! Set against the explosive backdrop of DARK WEB, Mary Jane Watson and Felicia Hardy find themselves thrown into one another’s paths and then into LIMBO! But SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITH MJ! And she’s not the only one keeping secrets – Felicia’s got a guilty conscience and it’s playing havoc with their escape plan!
- 40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER: CONQUERED SHORES #3 (OF 5)
- CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (W)
- PASQUAL FERRY (A/C)
- Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
- Variant cover by E.M. GIST
- Namor and Luke Cage trail the Human Torch to the ruins of Latveria, encountering ghosts of the past…and GOLEMS OF THE PRESENT. Plus, a startling revelation about the surface-dwelling refugees here causes Namor to spiral… Is a conspiracy afoot? And will his roiling feelings for the Torch cloud the truth or reveal an awful reality too late? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
SABRETOOTH & THE EXILES #2 (OF 5)
- VICTOR LAVALLE (W) • LEONARD KIRK (A) • Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
- Variant Cover by GERARDO SANDOVAL • Variant Cover by IBAN COELLO
- MUTINY AMONG THE EXILES!
- SABRETOOTH is at the helm…but for how long? As DR. BARRINGTON’S plans are revealed, the EXILES chart a course for unknown danger…and deadly revenge!
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
SPIDER-MAN: THE LOST HUNT #2 (OF 5)
- J.M. DEMATTEIS (W) • EDER MESSIAS (A) • Cover by RYAN BROWN
- BEYOND AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VARIANT COVER BY OSCAR FETSCHER
- VARIANT COVER BY PHILIP TAN
- POWERLESS!
- Peter must defend himself and MJ from the shadow that has fallen over them and their home.
- What powerful ally does Peter meet, and how are they related to the man hunting Spider-Man?
- And how does it all tie into the legacy of Kraven the Hunter?
- Find out as the hunt continues!
- 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
STRANGE #9
- JED MACKAY (W) • MARCELO FERREIRA (A)
- Cover by Lee Garbett
- Variant Cover by MARK CHIARELLO
- STEPHEN STRANGE IS ALIVE!
- Clea is finally reunited with her husband, Stephen. But it’s a bittersweet reunion, as the Blasphemy Cartel unleash their deadliest weapon yet… What is it? More like WHO is it?!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
WAKANDA #3 (OF 5)
- HO CHE ANDERSON & EVAN NARCISSE (W)SEAN DAMIEN HILL & NATACHA BUSTOS (A)
- Cover by Mateus Manhanini
- DEMONIZED VARIANT COVER BY CORY SMITH
- VARIANT COVER BY IBAN COELLO
- The spotlight on great characters who have defined Wakanda continues, taking us back in time into the heart of KILLMONGER! A haunting story that explores his earliest days under the thumb of Ulysses Klaw, and the early foundations of the man who will one day bear a scar for each of his kills…
- Plus, the third chapter of Evan Narcisse and Natacha Bustos’ History of the Black Panthers, focusing on the mysterious Nehanda as she bands together with the Medieval Avengers!
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
WOLVERINE #28
- BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • JUAN JOSÉ RYP (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
- Variant Cover by PATCH ZIRCHER
- WOLVERINE DESCENDS INTO THE PIT!
- The Pit of Exile on Krakoa is the ultimate punishment for mutants who break the laws of mutantdom — and WOLVERINE’s just cursed himself to its depths! But what is really at stake, and what does KRAKOA itself know that BEAST does not about Logan’s SECRET MISSIONS?
- 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
X-MEN ANNUAL #1
- STEVE FOXE (W) • ANDREA DI VITO (A) • Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
- Variant Cover by TBA
- THE NEWEST X-MAN BURNS UP THE SPOTLIGHT!
- In a surprising turn of events, Firestar, who had not yet fully embraced Krakoa, was elected to the X-Men at the Hellfire Gala. Her history with her mutant nature is a tumultuous one for many reasons…but her record as a hero is exemplary. Can she wrestle with her past in time to rise to the occasion thrust upon her?
- 40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
All of these issues go on sale Dec. 21 from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel
