This time, the forest moon of Endor's fuzzy little inhabitants will unite to defend their home from a cadre of Imperial bounty hunters dead-set on retrieving a stockpile of weapons left behind when the Empire was expelled from the arboreal moon at the end of Return of the Jedi.

Newsarama caught up with Orlando ahead of the October 9 release of Star Wars: Ewoks #1, digging into the long (and sometimes controversial) legacy of the Ewoks, how the story fits into Star Wars continuity, and which characters will join in the adventure as the series rolls on.  We've also got an early look at some interior pages from Ewoks #1.

Newsarama: Hi Steve! Star Wars: Ewoks takes place soon after Return of the Jedi. What challenges are the characters facing next now that the second Death Star has been destroyed?

Steve Orlando: One of the first is that very question - "what next?" The Ewoks have met the Empire, they've met the rebels. They know more outsiders could and likely will come from the stars. So, should they be wary of them based on how the Empire treated them? Should they be open to them based on how the rebels fought with them? 

And this doesn't just concern outsiders from the stars - the Ewoks wonder if they should build stronger ties with the Forest Moon's other species. And no one seems to be able to agree. But as fate would have it, an Imperial detachment lands on the Forest Moon, hot on the trail of a hidden weapon cache - and their arrival forces the issue. 

We know that Wicket will be a main character here, but who are some of the other characters we’ll encounter?

It's not Ewoks without Wicket, is it? But as you said--there'll be many more. While not everyone can get the same spotlight, we've been working our hardest to ensure nearly every Ewok of note gets at least a short appearance. You'll see Kneesaa, you'll see Chief Chirpa, Logray, Teebo. 

You'll see our newly-debuting loner Ewok - Meedro. And you'll see the first modern appearance of the incredible Red Ghost - Asha - a gem of a character created in part in the foundational animated series. And even with all that, we'll be seeing more than just Ewoks in these pages.

You’ve hinted that we’ll learn more about Endor in this series. What can you tease about that?

We'll be seeing new parts of the Forest Moon - like the Endless Lake Village. You'll see species from throughout the past 40 years of Endor's history, many of whom are debuting in modern storytelling for the first time! This is a celebration not just of the Ewoks, but of the Forest Moon as a whole! 

In the movies the Ewoks speak in their own language rather than English/Galactic Basic. How do you handle that in the comic?

They'll be speaking Ewokese here, as well! Though much of it will be translated for ease to the reader (since most of us aren't native Ewokese speakers), we'll also be celebrating as many iconic Ewokese phrases as we can. 

Much like in the cartoon series, Ewokese will also be united with basic in some idiomatic instances. And of course, some Ewoks like Wicket do know a bit of basic - along with our protocol droids, they'll be bridging the two languages whenever possible. 

How has your collaboration been with Laura Braga and Álvaro Lopez on this book? What do you love about their art?

Laura and Álvaro have been incredible to work with! I've been lucky enough to work with Laura a few times in the past, but this is my first work with Álvaro. In both cases, they've taken the lead and wrung every single drop of adventure out of these pages. EWOKS is a challenging book - we've got a ton of creatures, classic villains and new villains alike, and a Forest Moon full of distinct alien species. 

It would be enough to daunt any team, but Laura and Álvaro have leaned in. They've hit that note of wonder and adventure perfectly! And it's great to see them, and our heroes, soar with every page.

The Ewoks are well loved these days, but at the time were a little bit controversial. Were you always a fan? And are they fun or difficult to write for?

I was absolutely a fan! When I was younger, I would watch my Return of the Jedi VHS tape every weekend after getting back from ski trips - and I always felt like I was discovering something new. I was right in the strike zone for the Ewoks. So, I know the appeal - and I know the criticisms! 

But the key here to overcoming them is in the presentation - these are a heroic species, who live a life that might seem simple but is still rich, complex, and dynamic. We're imbuing them with the same level of personality as any other species - and LIKE any other species, they love their home and will do anything to defend it. They might be the underdogs, but they're the heroes, too - and yes, that makes them a total blast to not just write...but to root for!

What are you most excited about readers discovering in Star Wars: Ewoks?

It's hard to choose! It's been killer to give Wicket a whole new level of bravery, courage, and heroism - to team him up with new Ewoks and new Endorians. But debuting Asha, the Red Ghost, has also been electric. She brings intensity to every page she's on, and mashing her up against our gruff new Ewok Meedro has been instant fireworks. 

But then, there's the monsters! There's the devil serpents and condor dragons, there's the mythic devourers and swamp scavengers that make Endor as incredible as it is dangerous! I think what I'm saying is, readers are going to discover the Forest Moon of Endor like never before - and that, holistically, is what's most exciting by far!

Star Wars #50 marks the end of the current era of Marvel's Star Wars comics with a confrontation between Luke Skywalker and Ben Solo.

In Ultimates #4, writer Deniz Camp, artist Phil Noto, and letterer Travis Lanham show the fates of Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm, and explain exactly why the new Ultimate Reed Richards is called "Doom." And there's even a glimpse of how a new Ultimate Fantastic Four may yet come into the picture.

Spoilers ahead for Ultimates #4

In Ultimates #4, young Tony Stark confronts Doom - in this case, the new Ultimate Universe's Reed Richards - in his laboratory, while Doom himself confronts his tragic past with his version of the Fantastic Four. 

Like many other potential heroes in the new Ultimate Universe, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm had their timelines meddled with by the Maker (himself an evil Reed Richards variant from the original Ultimate Universe), with Doom discovering that, had the Maker not intervened, they would have become superheroes like the core Marvel Universe's FF.

But the loss of his intended life stings extra hard for Reed/Doom, because of how the Maker's machinations took their toll on his loved ones. As shown in a series of non-linear flashbacks, we learn that up until Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben took the fateful space voyage that bathed them in Cosmic Radiation, Reed's history is almost identical to his life in the mainstream Marvel Universe.

Reed goes to college as a child prodigy, eventually becoming a rocket scientist and building a special craft to monitor a strange energy storm in space. Enlisting his girlfriend Sue Storm, her kid brother Johnny, and his best friend, ace pilot Ben Grimm, Reed absconds with the rocket against orders not to launch, taking the whole crew into the storm.

Things diverge here though. Right off the bat, Johnny is exposed to radiation and bursts into flames, dying on re-entry as the ship crashes back to Earth. Later, despondent and disgraced, Ben Grimm takes his own life by leaping into a rock quarry. And finally, as Sue Storm's father curses Reed's name, we learn that she is dying of cancer and will soon "fade away" - twisting all of the FF's powers into horrific deaths.

Reed is then kidnapped by the Maker and tortured in a chamber where the Maker can control time itself, leading to him eventually becoming disfigured as if his flesh is melting, with the Maker naming him "Doom" as a punishment for all the horror his actions brought on his own loved ones.

This brings us back up to the present, where Doom and Tony are arguing about an experiment Doom is conducting, which he says needs more time. As Tony departs the lab, we see that Doom has been experimenting on mice, attempting to imbue them with the powers of the Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the Thing, and even his own Mister Fantastic counterpart's elasticity, implying that Doom eventually plans to create a new Fantastic Four by giving their powers to human beings - hopefully with far less nightmarish results, as all the mice are dead from the experimentation.

Ultimates #5 goes on sale October 9.

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Marvel's Star Wars comics will move into the Battle of Jakku era, showing the story of what happened with the galactic civil war in the time between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, but not before Star Wars #50 gives readers one final glimpse of the current Star Wars comic story.

Star Wars #50 is written by Charles Soule with art from Madibek Musarov and color artist Rachelle Rosenberg and lettered by Clayton Cowles, and we've got an advance preview of pages from the special oversized issue showing Jedi Master Luke Skywalker confronting Ben Solo (before he took the name Kylo Ren) with a story about finding balance in the Force.

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"GIANT-SIZED STAR WARS EPIC! A fifty-page extravaganza! JEDI MASTER LUKE SKYWALKER must teach his student BEN SOLO a powerful lesson about the true balance between LIGHT and DARK!" reads Marvel's official description of Star Wars #50. "He offers up a tale from the days of the REBEL ALLIANCE that touches on ALL ERAS OF STAR WARS HISTORY, and brings this epic run to a thrilling, incredible conclusion!"

Star Wars fans know that Luke Skywalker trained his nephew Ben Solo, the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, as a Jedi until Ben fell from grace into the dark side, becoming the First Order's enforcer Kylo Ren.

Star Wars #50 goes on sale September 11.

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But there's hope yet, as heroes and villains alike from all over the galaxy will band together to bring him down in Lore War, a Star Trek crossover event that ties in IDW Publishing's flagship Star Trek title along with Star Trek: Defiant, and a series of special one-shots, all kicking off in 2025 with Star Trek: Lore War #1 by writers Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Christopher Cantwell, and artist Davide Tinto.

"This is it. The moment we've been building to since the Theseus left spacedock and the Defiant was stolen," says Lanzing in a statement. "The ultimate STAR TREK comics crossover event - as the heroes and villains of the galaxy must band together to defend its very existence."

"The gods are dead, and only one mad android holds the reins of our universe. With absolute power comes absolute corruption... but does it come with absolute control?” adds Kelly. "Featuring the incredible art of Davide Tinto - a newcomer to the Trek world - we're not settling for anything less than the most impressive and world-ending STAR TREK event that comics can contain." 

"Since the line’s inception, our grander story in both titles has dealt with STAR TREK’s concept of godlike beings and the rejection of those godlike beings — order and entropy as it exists throughout the four quadrants of the galaxy," Cantwell states. "Who pulls the strings and who dares to cut them? LORE WAR is quite literally the apotheosis of that shared theme, two years in the making."

Star Trek: Lore War #1 goes on sale on March 26, 2025 with a primary cover by Malachi Ward, seen above.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is getting a second life as a comic book.

And while Kitty's trauma and reluctance as a result of Krakoa's end have her keeping her distance from the X-Men, the plight of young mutants everywhere has her reconsidering what's next - and another A-list mutant has her eyes on a renewed future for mutants that puts Kitty front-and-center.

Spoilers ahead for Exceptional X-Men #1

In the wake of Krakoa's fall, Kitty Pryde has moved home to Chicago where she is trying not to succumb to the growing anxiety and trauma that haunts her by working as a bartender as a way of distracting herself from confronting the violent role she took on as one of the main enforcers of the mutant resistance.

But through all of her distractions, Kitty is still confronted by the hatred and bigotry of humans who are at best skeptical of mutantkind and at worst outright hostile to mutants in their midst. And when she tries to distract herself with a night out at a concert mostly attended by much younger people, she's forced to deal with anti-mutant bigotry head on when the bouncer at the concert venue tries to accost a young mutant whose powers manifest as she defends herself.

This mutant turns out to be the previously revealed new recruit Bronze, whose skin becomes metal and creates lashing whips as weapons - though for now she's still simply Trista Marshall, as her X-Men training has yet to begin.

Kitty intervenes to help Trista escape the security guards who give chase after she uses her powers to defend herself, using her phasing abilities to get them both to safety before giving Trista a ride home. As Kitty gets ready for work the next day, she receives a gift from Trista thanking her for her help, putting the first cracks in the shell Kitty has put around herself to insulate herself from X-Men business. 

Meanwhile, as Kitty tries to get back to immersing herself in working way too hard, another mutant is scanning the minds of all her possible mutant allies in the vicinity - Emma Frost, who is living in the lap of luxury in a hotel. As Emma chooses not to psychically contact several other X-Men in the area, she decides to make contact with Kitty, apparently with the intent of recruiting her into a new team.

We know that this will form the basis of the Exceptional X-Men team, with Emma and Kitty training several young recruits including Trista/Bronze. But there's also one more surprise cast member who is revealed in the last pages of Exceptional X-Men #1: Iceman, who is shown boarding a plane to Chicago.

So far, Exceptional X-Men may be the most subdued of the new X-Men flagship titles, focusing more on the idea of training and recruiting young mutants who are still being introduced to the title. But it also puts a light directly on what the concept of the so-called "mutant metaphor" means in a post-Krakoa world.

Eve Ewing's script deftly explores what it's like to be a person whose identity is under attack, putting an emphasis on the feeling of loss that is tied to the fall of Krakoa, and the fear and shame inflicted on mutants by distrustful humans. It also brings Kitty Pryde back down to earth from her place as a ninja assassin, showing her reverting to her old nickname after going by 'Kate' through the Krakoa era and also dealing with the traumatic fallout of her bloody actions as an anti-Orchis enforcer. 

Meanwhile, Carmen Carnero and Nolan Woodward's art strikes a strong balance between the youthful energy of Trista and her environment against Kitty Pryde's world-weariness, setting up Kitty's place as a mentor to Trista while the younger mutant helps revitalize Kitty's own sense of purpose in her community.

Exceptional X-Men #1 may be a bit slower start than X-Men #1 or Uncanny X-Men #1, but the issue's 'handle with care' approach to Kitty Pryde's recovery and the new place of mutants in the Marvel Universe may in fact be setting the title up as the most thoughtful and emotional comic of the new X-Men line - qualities that the X-Men soap opera thrives on.

Exceptional X-Men #2 goes on sale October 9.

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We've known for a while now that uber-villain Darkseid is set to make a comeback soon, with writer Scott Snyder saying that October 2's DC All-In Special #1 "reintroduces Darkseid as who he should be: the greatest villain in the DCU." Well, in Batman #152, which hits stores today, we've got our first hint of what that looks like...

Spoilers for Batman #152

The new issue (by writer Chip Zdarsky, artist Mike Hawthorne, inker Adriano Di Benedetto, colorist Tomeu Morey, and letterer Clayton Cowles) continues to tie into the ongoing Absolute Power event. With Nightwing currently in charge, Batman has been despatched to track down and steal Amanda Waller's Mother Box. That means a trip down a Boom Tube to the planet Czarnia with Catwoman in tow.

This isn't an interplanetary date, however – the two heroes immediately run into Gunsmith, Black Alice, Deadeye and Bizarro. Cue a big fight, with Batman taking on Deadeye in combat (while also planting some seeds of doubt about Waller's methods and motivations). He also manages to embroil Gunsmith and Bizarro in a friendly fire situation, which neatly turns the two villains against each other.

Catwoman, meanwhile, is trying to retrieve the Mother Box while also battling Black Alice. A swarm of deadly flying scorpions eventually causes Alice to flee and Selina manages to retrieve the Mother Box, but the Boom Tube – their only path home – unexpectedly closes down. It turns out this is a failsafe (but not a Failsafe) that Waller has rigged – if anyone takes the Box it will immediately become a beacon to lure in Darkseid. Indeed, the moment that Batman realises this, a sinister figure materialises in the background...

It's only a brief cameo in the issue, but Mike Hawthorne's art does a great job at selling the ominous power of the villain. He appears entirely in silhouette, center frame, dwarfed by the ruined buildings of the Czarnian city but radiating menace. It's certainly enough to shock Batman, who looks utterly terrified in the next panel. Our final glimpse of the villain this issue comes a couple of pages later with him stood silently smiling as Batman and Catwoman flee down a new Boom Tube.

Aside from the return of this major villain, Batman #152 closes on a sweet moment of grace in the relationship between Bruce and Selina. They arrive back on Earth, materialising on the island that they spent time on in Batman #79 – apparently the last time that Batman was truly happy. It's certainly been a rocky few years for the pair, but while they both acknowledge that they may never get their "happy ever after" they agree to "grab moments where they can." Let's face it, these two are never going to have it easy in their relationship, but this is a sweet moment of calm before the storm as Absolute Power nears its end...

Batman #152 is out now from DC. DC All-In Special #1 is published on October 2.

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Warm Fusion is described as a "sci-fi horror mystery series" that mixes the body horror of David Cronenberg's movies with the dystopian urban sprawl of Blade Runner. Set 50 years into the future, an irradiated New York is full of mutants and wracked with crime. Escort Vin and cop Jarrod must join forces to find a killer, but their investigations lead them to a biotech corporation and a mysterious project named Warm Fusion.

Hoffman is perhaps better known as Babydaddy, the award-winning instrumentalist behind pop superstars Scissor Sisters. He's been developing his career as a comics writer for some time now, most recently with last year's ComiXology Originals series Nostalgia. Here's two Ponticelli covers for the first issue...

DSTLRY founding editor Will Dennis has described Warm Fusion as, "one of those rare projects that pushes every boundary."

"Warm Fusion is a deep dive into the grotesque possibilities of biotechnology and its impact on humanity," added Hoffman in a statement. "Alberto Ponticelli's art is transportive, blurring the lines between flesh, machine, and everyone caught in the gutters between. This is an evolution of the body horror classics I watched growing up, and perfect for a time when humanity is obsessed with (and achieving) provocative new levels of post-humanism."

"Working on Warm Fusion has been an exhilarating experience," said Ponticelli. "The world Scott and I have incubated straddles horror and hope, and imagining the extremes humanity will warp itself into in the coming decades has been perverse and delightful."

Each issue of Warm Fusion runs to 48 pages and is published in perfect-bound Prestige format with wraparound covers, with digital editions also available. You can find out just how strange this future is going to be when the first issue is published by DSTLRY on December 4.

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Universal Monsters: Frankenstein is a new four-issue limited series from writer and artist Michael Walsh and colorist Toni-Marie Griffin, and their atmospheric work here offers a fresh take on the material. Newsarama caught up with Walsh to find out more about how this terrifying adaptation came to be and if there are any other Universal monsters he's keen to revive.

Newsarama: So Michael, let's start with your own history with Frankenstein. Are you a long-time fan?

Michael Walsh: I'm a huge fan. I think the original 1931 movie has some incredible set pieces and shots and framing, and really it's just such an iconic film. But even before that I think that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is one of the greatest horror novels of all time. It really was such a pivotal book and it paved the way for a lot of what we see now in terms of horror and sci-fi. So I was just really excited to be able to bring in some of the complexity and themes from the novel, but still be able to use that iconic imagery from the film.

The original novel is over 200 years old and the first Universal Frankenstein is almost 100. Why has this story remained so resonant?

I just think that the themes are really timeless. I mean there's a lot going on in the book and in the movies. There's the idea that ambition can kind of push away the things that are really important, you know, the balancing of work life and family life. And then the idea that if you make a mistake that it will always come back to haunt you unless you take accountability for it. There are so many things about it that are relevant to today's culture and the way that society works right now. I think that these themes will always be timeless.

What can you tease about this telling of the story? How would you describe your take on Frankenstein?

In this version I wanted to introduce a new character to the Frankenstein mythology who's not in either the movies or the book, and have them be one of the key point of view characters. It allowed me to have a little bit of creative freedom and to create a sense of tension. Having some new characters let's there be some stakes and some unpredictability to the storytelling. So that was one of the important things to me. I still wanted to be able to show some of the iconic moments from the movie, so it was a bit of a balancing act of introducing fresh ideas while still being very reverent of what people love about Frankenstein, and especially the Universal Monsters version of that character.

The series has a distinct format. Each issue is themed around a different body part. What can you tell us about that?

So there's four issues and each one – it won't focus completely on that body part, but it will be an integral part of the storytelling. So it starts off with the hands of the Father, and then we move into the brain of a killer, and then the heart of a lover. And finally the last issue focuses on the eyes of a monster. And we've got Paul, who's introduced in the first issue, as a through line, but then each issue is going to focus on a different character that I felt as a viewer of the original film was a bit under-explored. So the second issue we're going to see a lot of Fritz. And then the third issue is a lot of Elizabeth, who is Frankenstein's fiancé from the movie.

What were some of the unique challenges with this series?

This isn't an adaptation of the movie – it's more of a companion piece to the film. You could watch the movie and then read the comic and I think it would enrich both. A lot of what's happening in the comic is happening in between the scenes of the film, or just slightly off camera. So I had to watch the movie quite literally hundreds of times to make sure that everything lined up and that I wasn't screwing around with the continuity of the film, or any of the lines, because I wanted all the dialogue from the movie to fit into the comic and to work with the new dialogue that I was introducing. There are a lot of points where the film would cut, but where I just keep the camera rolling and show more of what happened before or after that scene. I try to get into the heart of the characters that we don't see as much of in the movie.

You're working with Toni-Marie Griffin on this book. What does her coloring bring to your work?

She's fantastic. She's my partner and we work in the same same studio space and we've kind of developed a style and a way of working that's really symbiotic and really natural. It's really nice being in the same studio because I can tell her what my idea is for a scene even as I'm writing it sometimes, and then she'll look around at references for different light and color palettes and find ways to set that mood. 

For Frankenstein she really went above and beyond what she's done so far. She put a lot of thought into the way that the palettes would reflect the mood of the scene and create a very specific atmosphere. And she also did kind of a palette map so that each scene will flow into the next scene in a really organic and interesting way. I can't wait for people to see what's going to be coming in the next few issues, because I think issue to issue, the tones are so different. They all feel different depending on the body part that that we're getting into the history of.

What was your research process for this? And did you look to any previous Frankenstein comics at all?

I stayed far away from other comic book adaptations. I mean, obviously Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein stuff is just on another level and I don't think that anyone could ever touch the draftsmanship that he was able to accomplish. But I didn't want that to taint what I was doing with the book going in. I really wanted to try and do something a little bit different and not be subconsciously influenced by it. I just wanted to make decisions based on my own idea of what the movie could look like in the comic form. But I did watch a bunch of the film adaptations, and obviously re-read the book.

Are there any other classic monsters that you'd like to tackle, Universal or otherwise?

Geez, yeah. I mean all of them are really interesting. There are so many classics – there's Wolf Man, there's the Invisible Man... I feel like there's so much fruit that is ripe for the picking. I just love making horror comics and I'd be happy to try and tackle some other characters. I always think that there's an opportunity to do something cool with Jekyll and Hyde, even though I don't think there was a Universal Jekyll and Hyde movie. It would be cool to make a comic almost as if there had been one.

Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1 is out now from Skybound. A new movie adaptation of Frankenstein starring Mia Goth is currently in development, but a release date has not yet been announced.

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Marvel revealed a couple of months back that it would be telling the story of that cataclysmic conflict and now we have the full details. Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku will be told – appropriately enough – as a trilogy of limited series titled: Insurgency Rising, Republic Under Seige, and Last Stand. This epic saga will be written by Spider-Society writer Alex Segura and drawn by Leonard Kirk, Stefano Raffaele, Jethro Morales, and Luke Ross. 

"It's an unbelievable honor to be able to tell this lost story of Star Wars history, alongside so many amazing artists, in the pages of the three Battle of Jakku limited series," said Segura in a statement about the new trilogy. "Our story will be epic in scope – involving all the major characters you love, plus some new, exciting additions to the mythos. We'll not only give readers a front-row seat to the final battle of the Galactic Civil War – we'll reframe the aftermath of the Battle of Endor and introduce a new, menacing threat that will keep our heroes guessing. The goal for all of us is to turn up the volume and make sure this adventure stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the other stories of the era. As the Empire collapses, a new darkness arises!"

There's a sense of closure with Marvel's Star Wars comics at the moment, with both the regular Star Wars and Darth Vader monthlies ending with their 50th issues in September, and the High Republic comic line seemingly wrapping up with a final phase that starts in 2025. It's nothing to worry about, however – it's already been confirmed that the Marvel's Star Wars comics will continue in a new setting that has yet to be revealed. 

Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising #1 is published by Marvel Comics on October 2.

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Marvel's synopsis for the new issue, which is from the creative team of writer Thomas Krajewski, artist Jason Muhr, colorist Rachelle Rosenberg, with lettering from VC’s Travis Lanham, teases both a team up between Groot and the Hulk and a battle between the Guardians of the Galaxy and a horde of zombie Avengers. It sounds like a lot of good, gory fun and we've got an exclusive preview of the issue right here.

The Marvel Zombies brand launched in 2005 with a limited series written, appropriately enough, by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, with art from Sean Phillips. Since then it's been an irregular part of Marvel Comics, with the most recent series being last year's Marvel Zombies: Black, White, & Blood limited series, which featured an impressive roster of creators including Garth Ennis, Gail Simone, Peach Momoko, Rachael Stott, and more. 

The issue's main cover is by series artist Jason Muhr, with variants by Ron Lim, Annie Wu, Sean Galloway, and Nick Bradshaw. You can check out all of those below.

Here's Marvel's official synopsis for the new issue:

"A NEW ZOMBIE VIRUS IS UNLEASHED... AND GROOT IS PATIENT ZERO! Groot feels bad – not only because Rocket's latest scheme put them firmly in the crosshairs of the Avengers, but also he's just plain sick! Sap-dripping nose and all. Things go from bad to apocalyptic, however, after an ill-timed sneeze in Captain America's face has unforeseeable consequences! Suddenly, Groot is being attacked by a horde of zombified Avengers, and only he and Hulk, with his impenetrable green skin, remain impervious. Now it's up to these two heroes to team up and fight their way through a blighted New York City to Banner's lab in Avengers Tower to find a cure before it's too late. But can Groot keep the hero in check and on track, or will Hulk unleash his deadly might on the zombies they once called friends?"

Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #1 is published by Marvel Comics on September 4.

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