Marvel Celebrates The Muppets 70th Anniversary with Variant Covers!

Marvel is teaming up with The Muppets to celebrate our felty friend's 70th anniversary with a series of variant covers featuring the Muppets as various Marvel characters. 

First 6 of the 10 covers have been revealed including The Electric Mayhem as the Avengers, The Swedish Chef sporting some "adamantium" spoons, Fozzie as The Fantastic Four's Thing, Sam Eagle as Captain America, Kermit as Thor and Gonzo as the Silver Surfer. 

These homages by top Marvel artists, will appear on select Marvel comic books and feature the Muppets parodying some of the most iconic Marvel covers.

Each cover will be available starting in October.

10/1: 

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY DAVE BARDIN

VENOM #250 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW

10/8:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: TORN #1 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRÓN

AVENGERS #31 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO

SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #6 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY GREG LAND

10/15:

CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY ANNIE WU

INCREDIBLE HULK #30 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY CHRISSIE ZULLOOn

10/22:

FANTASTIC FOUR #4 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK

BATTLEWORLD #2 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA Sale 10/15

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14 MUPPETS VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA CASSARA

Head to your local comic shop and preorder all 10!

Labyrinth Archive Edition #1!

As we first told back in January, BOOM! Studios is re-releasing Marvel's 1986 Labyrinth mini-series comic book.

Jim Henson's Labyrinth Archive Edition #1 (of 3) is out now and features the original cover by John Buscema, as well as an all-new variant cover by Miguel Mercado!

BOOM! Studios Jim Henson's Labyrinth Archive Edition #1 is at your local comic shop now and on Kindle.

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BOOM! Studios to Re-Release Marvel's "Labyrinth" Mini-Series Comic!

BOOM! Studios is set to re-release Marvel's Labyrinth mini-series comic book this spring.

Jim Henson's Labyrinth Archive Edition #1 (of 3)

It's a nightmare come true for one teenage girl when goblins tear her baby brother from her grasp! Journey back to the iconic fantasy realm of the 1986 classic in this brand new edition of the original Marvel Comics adaptation.

Adapted by Sid Jacobson with enchanting artwork by John Buscema, this archive-worthy edition is a can't-miss collectible for fans of the seminal film, available for the first time in over 35 years.

This facsimile release features the original cover by John Buscema, as well as an all-new variant cover by Miguel Mercado!

BOOM! Studios Jim Henson's Labyrinth Archive Edition #1 will be in comic shops Apr 10th. 

Marvel Muppet Babies Omnibus!

Marvel announced that they are reprinting entire the 1985 -1989 run of the Muppet Babies comic series.

Regular Omibus Cover

Just like Marvel's Muppet Omnibus, the issues will come in a large hardcover book with both a regular cover and a limited edition variant cover (based on the original comic's issue 10 cover) by artist Marie Severin.

Limited Edition Omibus Cover

Issue #10 Cover

The Muppet Babies Comic book series was written by Stan Kay, Laura Hitchcock, Bill Prady, and Angelo Decesare, with art by Marie Severin, Jeff Butler, and Dean Yeagle.

As an extra bonus, not only will the omnibus include every Muppet Babies issue, it will also include Marvel's Super Special #32 - The Muppets Take Manhattan. The film that marked the Muppet babies debut!

You may recall, that back in 2014, we covered the Super Special for a Throwback Thursday!

Below this the official Omnibus synopsis 

They’re making their dreams come true — and they’ll do the same for you! It’s all your favorite Muppets, in pint-sized antics from their youth! There’ll be adventure! Romance! Great jokes! And more! Like the ghostly tale of the haunted nursery! The fable of Kermit and the Beanstalk! And the quest for the Idol of Doom! The Muppet Babies will be lost in time and lost in space, they’ll caper in Story Land and they’ll take flight as super heroes! They’ll even end up in a comic book! And your favorite fantasy-loving frog will step into the shoes of some of fiction’s greatest heroes! Plus: Relive the Muppet Babies’ first appearance in an amazing adaptation of The Muppets Take Manhattan! Collecting MUPPET BABIES #1-26 and MARVEL SUPER SPECIAL #32.

680 PGS./All Ages …$75.00

No release date or pre-order link yet, but will keep you posted!

Throwback Thursday: The Muppets Take Manhattan comic book adaptation!

Believe it or not, on July 13th The Muppets Take Manhattan turned 30 years old! To help promote the film Marvel produced "Marvel Super Special #32" a 68 page comic adaptation of the film.

It was later released as a 3-issue mini series that ran from November 1984 - December 1985.

This comic was great way to relieve the events of the film while waiting for the home video release, which at that time was around 6 months or more for just the initial  rental market. 

The adaptation was based off the original script and featured scenes and dialogue not included in the final film. 

Here are a few pages from the first issue:

Thanks to blogger Dean Yeagle, you can read the entire first issue right here on his flickr page, classic ads and all!