Muppets assemble! Within the crossover occasion you didn’t see coming, the Muppets are flying into the realm of Marvel Comics, with variant covers of a number of points from Marvel’s previous as a part of the seventieth anniversary of Jim Henson’s beloved creations.
As for which Marvel comedian ebook covers will get Muppet twists and after they hit cabinets: Wonderful Spider-Man #13 and Venom #250 on October 1st; Amazon Spider-Man: Torn #1, Avengers #31 and Spider-Man & Wolverine #6 on October eighth; Wonderful Spider-Man #14, Captain America #4 and Unbelievable Hulk #30 on October fifteenth; and Implausible 4 #4 and Battleworld #2 on October twenty second. Marvel artists who contributed embrace Nick Bradshaw, Greg Land, Annie Wu, and Chrissie Zullo. Try a few of the first designs revealed under:
An announcement from Marvel reads: “Over the decades, The Muppets have mastered the art of pop culture spoofs. Now, see Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam Eagle, Swedish Chef, and more parody classic Marvel Comics stories, including Spider-Man’s first appearance and the original Secret Wars! From The Electric Mayhem assembling as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to Miss Piggy wielding the Infinity Gauntlet (yikes!), these hilarious and first-of-their-kind pieces are bursting with pure Muppets foolishness. Sure to be must-haves for Muppets fans and collectors alike, it’s the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational variant cover program ever!”
The Muppets and Marvel Comics have a surprisingly lengthy historical past, with the corporate adapting The Muppets Take Manhattan in comedian type in 1984 as a part of their Marvel Tremendous Particular line, which additionally gave us panel variations of Blade Runner, Raiders of the Misplaced Ark and, sure, Kiss. And just some years in the past, the Muppets took over Disney and Marvel properties like The Mandalorian and WandaVision with a group of spoof posters.
Whereas we’re nonetheless ready to see the covers for all 10 of this Muppet takeover of Marvel superheroes, in the event that they’re something like what has been revealed already, then we’re able to mild the lights!
Whereas Disney is faring simply wonderful through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it nonetheless simply doesn’t have a clue what to do with the Muppets, with the majority of their collection this century solely being given one season. And don’t even get me began on them shutting the lights on MuppetVision 3D – no disrespect to The Electrical Mayhem.
