DC ANNOUNCES NEW ALEX ROSS CONNECTING VARIANT COVER FOR AVENGERS/JLA #4 FACSIMILE EDITION
DC/Marvel crossover variant cover connects with JLA/Avengers #3 Facsimile Edition
Burbank, CA — This summer, DC Comics and Marvel Comics are rereleasing the historic 2003-2004 JLA/Avengers crossover by Kurt Busiek and George Pérez as a series of facsimile edition comic books. Today DC revealed an Alex Ross variant cover for Avengers/JLA #4, arriving this August.
The new Ross cover art is part of a two-piece connecting image created exclusively for these new facsimile editions and is an homage to George Pérez’s cover of 1983’s Comics Interview Special Edition #6. Marvel Comics will publish the first half of the piece on JLA/Avengers #3 in July, featuring the Avengers, and DC will publish the other half on Avengers/JLA #4, featuring the Justice League. Together, the two covers connect to form a face-off between the iconic teams.
It’s the grandest Marvel and DC comics crossover of them all and an icon-packed event decades in the making! After years of anticipation, JLA/Avengers reunited acclaimed writer Kurt Busiek (Marvels) with his Avengers collaborator George Pérez—an artistic legend for both companies—to assemble every single member of Earth’s Mightiest and the World’s Greatest in one blockbuster book! Universes collide as the Justice League fights the towering Terminus and the Avengers face the awesome menace of Starro! Each team must undertake an epic quest on the other’s world, with the fate of both realities in the balance!
DC and Marvel will faithfully reproduce the original four-issue saga with classic trade dress, original wraparound card stock covers, and the full story as it appeared in 2003 and 2004. Readers can preorder the issues now at their local comics shop and request all four facsimile editions to complete the set.
FIRST LOOK: BLACK TOWER: THE RAVEN CONSPIRACY
Ram V and Mike Perkins Open the Door to Britain’s Secret War.
Occult warfare is a fantasy…or is that what they want you to think?
Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy #1 main cover by Mike Perkins
On August 26, the award-winning team of Ram V and Mike Perkins reunite for Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy #1, the start of an all-new six-issue recurring DC Vertigo comic book series. Wizard spies in the UK navigate a global cold war over sorcery, revealing a hidden world of occult power! And in the shadows between diplomacy and the arcane, the real war begins.
Twenty-three-year-old Darren Burroughs out of Audubon, Pennsylvania, is a “gifted” rookie sent under the guise of a diplomatic aide to train with Division Nine—an obscure, outdated, and easily dismissed arm of British intelligence that specializes in dealing with paranormal incidents. In the right sort of spy circles, they’re known by a different, more feared name…Black Tower.
It’s 2026, and in the age of cyber warfare and drone strikes, someone is plotting to steal the head of a giant-king to break a centuries-old ward that has kept invading forces out of Britain. Magic and espionage collide as the Black Tower’s band of misfits, led by the enigmatic Alistair Romeo, delves into a maelstrom of spells and silencers, working against time and in the shadows to fight the esoteric battles bubbling under the surface of our visible wars.
Eisner Award winner Ram V (Detective Comics, The Swamp Thing) and acclaimed artist Mike Perkins (The Swamp Thing, The Bat-Man: First Knight) team up once again to bring you a contemporary spy thriller with the distinct flavor of Vertigo magic…from His Majesty with love.
Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy #1 is written by Ram V with art and main cover by Mike Perkins, colors by Mike Spicer, and lettering by AndWorld Design. Variant covers are by Evan Cagle, Mark Buckingham, and ACO. The 40-page debut issue is priced at $3.99 US, with card stock variants available for $4.99, and is the first installment of a six-issue recurring series debuting on August 26, 2026. Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy is published under DC Vertigo and carries an Ages 17+ content descriptor for mature readers.
As DC Vertigo’s new titles continue to roll out through 2026 and beyond, readers can look forward to even more series debuting. Upcoming launches include The Crying Doll by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, A Walking Shadow by Simon Spurrier and Aaron Campbell, Fanatic by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer, Necretaceous by Tom Taylor and Darick Robertson, and 100 Bullets: The US of Anger by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso. These new titles continue expanding the imprint’s lineup with the bold, creator-driven storytelling that defines Vertigo’s legacy.
EXPLOSIVE NEW ANTI-SPY THRILLER YUMI: 00EX WILL HIT SHELVES THIS AUGUST
PORTLAND, Ore. 05/15/2026 — Fan favorite writer Doug Wagner (Narco, Plastic, I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer) teams up with rising star artist Hoyt Silva for an all-new, action-packed thrill-ride in, Yumi: 00EX. This four-issue miniseries is set to launch in August from Image Comics.
The series will also feature eye-popping variant covers by artists Mirka Andolfo (Sweet Paprika) and up-and-comer Nicoletta Baldari.
When her MI6 boyfriend disappears, Yumi storms the agency—hacking their network, dismantling their operatives, and setting everything on fire. There she finds her first ally… a fully AI Lamborghini that’s built less like a car and more like a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Yumi is in love. Yumi is lethal.
"Part The Kingsman, part K-Pop Demon Hunters, all attitude," said Wagner in an exclusive scoop on the announcement at Popverse. "We even tossed in an AI Lamborghini sidekick that’s built like a WMD, because with Hoyt and I involved, subtlety never really had a chance."
Yumi: 00EX #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 12:
Cover A by Baldari
Cover B by Silva
Cover C by Andolfo
Cover D Blank Sketch variant
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