Marvel Releases More Second Printing Variants Of Hot Books
by Tony Thornley
It’s another week and that means another round of Marvel books are getting second printings.
Starting March 16, X Lives of Wolverine #1, X Death of Wolverine #1 Amazing Spider-Man #88, Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond #1, and Star Wars: Halcyon Legacy #1 will all see second printings hit stores. All of the releases will feature new covers, ranging from all new art to recolors.
Check out the covers they’ve released so far below as well as the solicitation text for all five releases! Be sure to pick them up on March 16th!
Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara, and Federico Vicentini present the biggest Wolverine story of all time in the debut issues of X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine. The mutant best known as WOLVERINE has lived many lives under many identities and in many places, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with the past! Fan-favorite eras of Wolverine’s saga are explored anew, along with never-before-seen episodes as Logan must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history. But these LIVES are only one side of the story… If Wolverine’s future lies in the past, what does that mean for the present? Be there for the start of the time-shredding saga across all of Wolverine’s history and future yet to come. The Second Printing covers of both issues will be a new connecting piece by Federico Vicentini that showcases the full scope of this visionary new X-Men saga.
A story fifteen years in the making kicks off in Dan Slott, Carlos Pacheco, and Carlos Magno’s Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha #1. In a time before the Kree, Skrull or Shi’ar Empires. Before the emergence of Galactus. Before the birth of Asgard. There was the First War. The greatest war to ever rage across the Multiverse. Today, it is reignited. This is the Day of Reckoning. And all that stands between all of reality and revenge from the dawn of time are the heroes of Earth, the Fantastic Four and the mind of Mister Fantastic. Starring the FF, She-Hulk, Jack of Hearts, the Unseen, the Silver Surfer and everyone in the whole damn Marvel Universe.
Zeb Wells and Michael Dowling introduce a fearsome new Spidey foe in Amazing Spider-Man #88! Who is Queen Goblin?! For almost sixty years, Spider-Man has been defined by Goblins, and now Ben Reilly has a brand-new one all his own. Don’t miss this pivotal chapter in Amazing Spider-Man’s hit BEYOND era!
It’s a teamup that will go down in Marvel Comics history in Jed MacKay and C.F. Villa’s Mary Jane & Black Cat #1! Black Cat has been kidnapped, and the only person who can save her is…Mary Jane Watson?! Mary Jane has never liked Felicia Hardy, and now she has to save her life… But remember, this is the Black Cat we’re talking about. Things are never quite what they seem.
Experience the voyages of the greatest of all star cruisers in Ethan Sacks and Will Sliney’s Star Wars: The Halcyon Legacy #1! As the legendary Halcyon embarks on a momentous…cruise, the ship heads toward a confrontation with the First Order! But what secret from The High Republic Era can help the passengers and crew all these years later? And how did Jedi Nibs and Burry fend off a Nihil attack on one of the ship’s first ever voyages?
