So, the “good” news is that Diamond was purchased at auction, so it looks like it’s sticking around for a little bit to continue distributing comic books…that means there’s likely a FCBD this year. The bad news is that this is somewhat of a light week on FOC. At least for books worth mentioning. Another week where there just isn’t enough to write a full article. So we’ll just hit the few highlights.
FIRST APPEARANCES
The arachnid war is here! With the fates of the SPIDER-VERSE and VENOMVERSE hanging in the balance, these eight-legged warriors will stop at nothing from protecting their people – or die trying! Will SPIDER-MAN and friends succeed in protecting the Web-Heart? Or will VENOM and his symbiotic comrades prove that the Hive-Mind fights for its survival? Meet the newest Web-Head SPIDER-PROWLER as well as the mysterious symbiote YALEO as this savage battle risks their extinction!
New “verse” series. New spiders and symbiotes.
Introducing – WEAPON EXILE!
Per Joe Casey:
“The intention of these WMD’s is to serve as the most ruthless, destructive army on the planet. And, as an added layer of villainy, they’re much more than mindless drones. Baron Strucker uploads his mind (from an aged, dying body) into the WMD’s collective mainframe, creating a hivemind army controlled by a single consciousness (Strucker’s) in order for them to move as one, like a flock of birds or a school of fish.
“Ultimately, as the result of events that I don’t want to completely spoil here, Strucker’s mind will end up in a single WMD… which will itself further evolve into a unique, autonomous, pure engine of destruction that he alone occupies. He even takes on a brand-new name to mark the occasion — “Weapon Exile”
Last year, the Marvel’s Voices* Infinity Comic revealed the secret legacy behind one of Marvel’s most powerful beings with the introduction of Justin Jin, aka KID JUGGERNAUT!
This April, the breakout star’s unstoppable journey reaches comic shops in KID JUGGERNAUT #1 , an extra-sized one-shot collecting KID JUGGERNAUT: MARVEL’S VOICES INFINITY COMIC #1-6 by writer Emily Kim and artists Minkyu Jung and Peter Nguyen in print for the first time!
A lot of boys, girls and kids coming out of Marvel these days…KJ making his first appearance in a physical comic.
FAX OF THE WEEK
Fantastic Four Facsimile Ed #5 (Foil Variant)
And last but not least, the fax of the week. The introduction of DOOM…!!! Foil-ized.
Fun Cover of the Week
Anyway, it’s made me laugh, and Dave Johnson enjoyed creating it.