Day: April 7, 2026

‘Queen in Black’ expands with Defenders, Venom Unchained + more

Venom, Thor, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man and more will fight back against Hela and Knull’s assault on Earth.

Marvel has revealed more of their plans for the upcoming Queen in Black crossover, which will bring together Spider-Man, Venom, Iron Man, Beta Ray Bill and more to face a two-pronged attack by Knull and Hela.

The five-issue event series by writer Al Ewing and artist Iban Coello will launch July 1, and will be followed by several more tie-in comics in July, including:

  • Queen in Black: Defenders of Light and Dark
  • Queen in Black: Venom Unchained
  • Queen in Black: Hela
  • Queen in Black: Thor
  • Venom #260
  • and the second issue of Queen in Black in July 29.

Queen in Black will bring Hela to Earth with a legion of the galaxy’s deadliest symbiotes, while Knull builds a new army on the edges of the solar system. Spider-Man, Venom, Mary Jane, Eddie Brock and Dylan Brock get caught in the middle of their collision.

Here are more details on each of the July titles:

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DC reveals Absolute Robins and the full cover for ‘Absolute Batman’ #20

Nick Dragotta’s artwork reveals a whole bunch of Robins are on their way.

Back in February, right around the time of the big ComicsPro meeting, DC shared a teaser image for Absolute Batman #20 with a big, giant “R” in the center — hinting that Robin might be arriving in the Absolute universe.

Today DC revealed the full cover for the May issue of their most popular title, and it looks like we need to make “Robin” plural:

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Exclusive | Magnetic Press reveals deluxe box set for Mathieu Bablet’s ‘Silent Jenny’

The campaign will bring the first U.S. edition of Bablet’s climate crisis graphic novel to readers, completing the trilogy that includes ‘Shangri-La’ and ‘Carbon & Silicon.’

We have an exclusive first look at the deluxe box set being offered as part of the upcoming Kickstarter campaign for Silent Jenny, the latest graphic novel from internationally acclaimed French cartoonist Mathieu Bablet. The box set will collect all three of Bablet’s science fiction graphic novels — Shangri-La, Carbon & Silicon and Silent Jenny — in a single premium edition.

The campaign launches in the coming weeks, and fans can sign up now to be notified at the Kickstarter pre-launch page.

Silent Jenny marks the conclusion of Bablet’s science fiction trilogy and its first U.S. publication. Set in a not-too-distant future ravaged by climate change, the story follows Jenny, a solitary researcher attempting to restore pollinating insects by recovering bee DNA. Mobile cities called “monads” have formed across the barren landscape, with communities developing their own customs and ways of life in the absence of stable land.

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