This September, The Muppets come to the Marvel Universe for the very first time in The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe #1, a one-shot celebrates the 50th anniversary of “The Muppet Show” with all-new stories uniting the beloved gang of Muppets with the iconic heroes of Marvel Comics!
It’s all hands on deck as superstar creators including Eisner-winning Muppets super fan Chip Zdarsky and acclaimed artist Pete Woods, along with Ashley Allen, MacKenzie Cadenhead, Kyle Starks, David Baldeon, Mike Henderson and more unleash The Muppets’ trademark chaos on the Marvel mythos!
The new one-shot follows the success of last year’s homage variant covers commemorating The Muppets 70th anniversary, and to celebrate the new launch, more Muppet variant covers will be featured across titles throughout September.
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Tonight’s very special guest stars—The Marvel Universe! Enjoy epic tales told in the Mighty Marvel Muppet Manner including:
Rowlf the Dog is kidnapped by Mojo to help launch his new streaming service! It’s the crossover no one saw coming as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Wolverine, Emma Frost and many more team up to save the day in this pop culture history-making adventure by Chip Zdarsky and Pete Woods.
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker welcome Bruce Banner and Hank Pym to Muppet Labs for a daring experiment with Gamma Rays and Pym Particles! What could go wrong? Find out in this explosive story from Kyle Starks and Mike Henderson
When Clea falls ill from a mystical virus and Doctor Strange doesn’t have the cure—help arrives from the unlikeliest of sources: the Swedish Chef, in this appetizing tale from Ashley Allen and Paco Medina.
Pigs in Space meet raccoons in space! Cosmic chaos ensues when Captain Link Hogthrob, First Mate Piggy, and Dr. Julius Strangepork crash into Rocket Raccoon and Groot in an intergalactic romp by MacKenzie Cadenhead and David Baldeon.
And more, including stories by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Adam F. Goldberg, E.J. Su and Áthila Fabbio.
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“With the great power of two iconic properties comes great responsibility. I promise to not let down Kermit, Fozzie and Animal the way Spider-Man let down his Uncle Ben,” Zdarsky joked.
“It’s impossible to overstate how excited I was to write for Miss Piggy, whom I consider to be one of the greatest icons of the last hundred years, a character who speaks to every generation. I also got to write Deadpool,” he continued. “And Pete Woods is turning in the most stunning, detailed and joyous pages. Seeing his take on these characters interacting is a real delight.”
“It has been exciting for The Muppets Studio to collaborate with Marvel Comics in a new and unique way to bring the personality, humor and mayhem of The Muppets into the Marvel Universe and vice versa,” said Leigh Slaughter, Vice President of The Muppets Studio. “To do this during the 50th anniversary year of ‘The Muppet Show’ makes this project even more meaningful.”
Check out covers by Nick Bradshaw, Humberto Ramos, Ron Lim, and Matteo Lolli’s special Muppet Treasure Island 30th Anniversary cover, along with a fun Logo Mashup variant cover. Stay tuned for the reveal of the new Muppet Variant Covers.
Check out the other covers [click to embiggen]:
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