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Marvel Comics retools schedule, new comic releases resume on May 27

By Jeff Spry
Empyre

Marvel Comics, the other half of the industry's Big Two, has followed DC Comics' lead and just announced a retooled rollout for new titles as states begin loosening restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and Diamond Comic Distributors starts servicing publishers again later this month.

Today, the House of Ideas declared its plans to resume weekly releases for its stellar lineup of titles starting Wednesday, May 27, ending the long drought of new comics that began at the end of March. Fans will now be able to launch back into their favorite Marvel flagship characters with collections, miniseries, and standalone titles like Star Wars, Empyre, Amazing Spider-Man, X-Men, and Strange Academy.

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The careful plan is to disperse a wide variety of books over the course of the next few weeks, balancing out its product line as the whole industry flicks back on the lights of commerce to kickstart distribution and stores slowly emerge out of hibernation with limited or revised operations. 

Leap into the newly released schedule for Marvel Comics below and talk to your local comic shops regarding their revamped policies toward safe social distancing and alternate services being offered, such as creating pull lists, curbside pick-ups, private shopping, and special deliveries. Excelsior!

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Wednesday, May 27

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #43 (FEB200924)

AVENGERS #33 (FEB200982)

MARAUDERS #10 (FEB200894)

STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #1 (FEB201023)

VENOM #25 (FEB200939)

Wednesday, June 3

ASTONISHING X-MEN BY JOSS WHEDON & JOHN CASSADAY OMNIBUS HC (OCT191092)

GHOST RIDER VOL. 1 TPB (JAN201057)

MEPHISTO: [CLASSIC] TPB (JAN201070)

SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK BY JOHN BYRNE OMNIBUS HC (OCT191099)

SPIDER-MAN & VENOM: DOUBLE TROUBLE GN-TPB (JAN201078)

SW DARTH VADER POSTER BOOK (NOV190977)

THE AMAZING MARY JANE VOL. 1: DOWN IN FLAMES, UP IN SMOKE TPB (JAN201059)

X-MEN VOL. 1 TPB (JAN201051)

Wednesday, June 10

BLACK CAT #11 (FEB200950)

DAREDEVIL #20 (FEB201010)

DEADPOOL #5 (JAN200984)

EXCALIBUR #10 (FEB200891)

MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #17 (FEB200810)

NEW MUTANTS #10 (FEB200892)

Wednesday, June 17

CONAN: THE BOOK OF THOTH TPB (JAN201065)

DAREDEVIL BY CHIP ZDARSKY VOL. 3 TPB (JAN201061)

DAWN OF X VOL. 5 TPB (JAN201049)

IRON MAN EPIC COLLECTION VOL. 17 TPB (JAN201069)

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 20 HC (OCT191105)

SILVER SURFER OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC (NEW PRINTING) (OCT191090)

STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION HC (OCT191126)

THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL: BIG SQUIRRELS DON’T CRY GN-TPB (JAN201080)

Wednesday, June 24

2020 RESCUE #2 (FEB200910)

CAPTAIN AMERICA: MARVELS SNAPSHOTS #1 (FEB200899)

EMPYRE #0 AVENGERS (FEB200772)

IMMORTAL HULK #34 (FEB200979)

IRON MAN 2020 #4 FLUORESCENT (FEB200905)

SPIDER-HAM #5 (FEB200998)

STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #3 (FEB201029)

THOR #5 (FEB200961)

AMAZING FANTASY OMNIBUS HC (NEW PRINTING) (NOV190945)

FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION: NAME IS DOOM TPB (FEB201069)

IRON MAN: THE ULTRON AGENDA TPB (JAN201062)

MARVEL-VERSE: BLACK WIDOW GN-TPB (JAN201075)

MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE OMNIBUS HC (NOV190952)

YONDU TPB (JAN201055)

Wednesday, July 1

DAWN OF X VOL. 6 TPB (JAN201050)

EXCALIBUR TPB (JAN201053)

INFINITY GAUNTLET MARVEL SELECT HC (DEC190973)

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 3 HC (NOV190949)

MARVEL'S BLACK WIDOW PRELUDE TPB (JAN201074)

TIMELY'S GREATEST: THE GOLDEN AGE SUB-MARINER BY BILL EVERETT - THE POST-WAR YEARS OMNIBUS HC (OCT191094)

WHAT IF? CLASSIC: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 4 TPB (FEB201068)

X-MEN MILESTONES: MESSIAH WAR TPB (FEB201064)

YOUNG AVENGERS BY GILLEN & MCKELVIE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB (FEB201067)

Wednesday, July 8

BLACK PANTHER AND THE AGENTS OF WAKANDA #8 (FEB200985)

DR. STRANGE #5 (FEB200965)

EMPYRE #0 FANTASTIC FOUR (FEB200776)

GHOST RIDER #7 (FEB200994)

MARVELS X #4 (FEB200895)

STRANGE ACADEMY #2 (FEB200849)

X-FORCE #10 (FEB200893)

X-MEN: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS EXTENDED CUT #1 (FEB200885)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY NICK SPENCER VOL. 7 TPB (JAN201056)

IMMORTAL HULK VOL 2 HC (NOV190959)

MARAUDERS VOL. 1 TPB (JAN201052)

MARVEL MONOGRAPH: THE ART OF FRANK CHO TPB (JAN201071)

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN POSTER BOOK TPB (JAN201064)

MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN (NEW PRINTING) (DEC190974)

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC (NOV190954)

STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION: LEGACY VOL. 3 (JAN201076)