One of the biggest, weirdest love stories in recent comics history is Typhoid Mary — the psychotic, mutant assassin — and Kingpin. The two fell in love and left town forever in the pages of Daredevil. Got separated during the recent Hellfire Gala that kicked off Fall of X. But on the cover of January 3’s The Amazing Spider-Man #41, Mary and Wilson (aka #Typhoidpin) are back together and battling in the upcoming Gang War crossover.
The storyline is exactly what it sounds like. As teased in this week’s The Amazing Spider-Man #35, the gangs of New York (no relation) are erupting into violent warfare, with the heroes of the Marvel U caught in the crossfire. At today’s dedicated panel at New York Comic Con, Marvel showed off a ton of new pages and covers… Including the new look at Marvel Comics’ version of Harry and Meghan.
The catch? Currently both characters are heavily embroiled in Fall of X. Kingpin is now the White King of the Hellfire Club, having bought it out from Sebastian Shaw. He’s mostly aiming to use his resources to find his wife, who walked through a portal gate at the Hellfire Gala and disappeared. Mary, meanwhile, is stuck off-world in Vanaheim in Realm of X. Presumably, she returns and they reunite by January’s new comics.
Check out the full line of covers, solicit text, and interior pages shown off in the panel, below for the January debuting titles. And of note, the crossover kicks off on November 29 with Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War – First Strike #1, so this is already a month or so into the storyline.
Amazing Spider-Man #41
- New Issue of ongoing series, on sale January 3
- Written by Zeb Wells
- Art and Cover by John Romita Jr.
- GANG WAR CONTINUES! With all of New York’s super underworld fighting for dominance, you didn’t think Wilson Fisk, the former Kingpin of Crime, would sit it out, did you?
Amazing Spider-Man #42
- New Issue of ongoing series, on sale January 17
- Written by Zeb Wells
- Art and Cover by John Romita Jr.
- GANG WAR CONTINUES! The Beetle has stepped up in her father’s absence, and she’s become a very different Janice Lincoln. She’s smart, dangerous and ready to take the big chair. With Spider-Man and others distracted by Kingpin, she just might do it.
Amazing Spider-Man #43
- New Issue of ongoing series, on sale February 14
- Written by Zeb Wells
- Art and Cover by John Romita Jr.
- The Final Fight of GANG WAR starts here! The biggest and most brutal battle in Spider-Man history starts now, so batten your hatches!!! If you thought you knew what Madame Masque or Hobgoblin or Beetle or Diamondback was capable of, THINK AGAIN!
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War #2 (of 3)
- New Issue of limited series, on sale January 31
- Written by Greg Pak
- Art by Caio Majado
- Cover by David Aja
- GANG WAR is here! Shang-Chi’s greatest weapons are lost to him! And Chinatown will burn if the Master of Kung Fu doesn’t win the war! Can Shang-Chi defeat his rivals and protect Chinatown without sacrificing his principles? Or will SPIDER-MAN and his allies bring him down first?!
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War #3 (of 3)
- New Issue of limited series, on sale February 14
- Written by Greg Pak
- Art by Caio Majado
- Cover by David Aja
- The pieces are all assembled, and Shang-Chi is surrounded on all sides! Can the Master of Kung Fu fend off attacks from New York’s strongest crime families and Earth’s mightiest heroes at once? And, even if he can, will Chinatown survive?
Luke Cage: Gang War #3 (of 4)
- New Issue of limited series, on sale January 10
- Written by Rodney Barnes
- Art by Ramon F. Bachs
- Cover by Caanan White
- THE FIGHT FOR NEW YORK IS ON! SPIDER-SLAYERS are back and bigger than ever! Luke Cage, Danny Rand, Jessica Jones, Cloak and Dagger face a GIANT threat as they battle for the soul of New York!
Luke Cage: Gang War #4 (of 4)
- New Issue of limited series, on sale February 21
- Written by Rodney Barnes
- Art by Ramon F. Bachs
- Cover by Caanan White
- Unmasked and faced with giant Spider-Slayers, Luke Cage suits up as he never has before! New York City may survive this Gang War, but after breaking the anti-vigilante law, how can Luke still be mayor at the end? Will he even want to be?
Daredevil: Gang War #2 (of 4)
- New Issue of limited series, on sale January 10
- Written by Erica Schultz
- Art and Cover by Sergio Davila
- AS GANG WAR RAGES ON, A NEW PLAYER EMERGES! New York City’s criminal element stands poised to tear itself and the entire island to pieces with only Elektra standing between them and the citizens of Hell’s Kitchen! Fighting against foes first seen in Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder’s first explosive chapter of DAREDEVIL, Elektra has her hands full to begin with – but a dangerous new player with powerful and lethal abilities and skills to match Elektra’s own explodes into the fray!
Spider-Woman #3
- New Issue of ongoing series, on sale January 24
- Written by Steve Foxe
- Art by Carola Borelli
- Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
- GANG WAR RAGES ON! Spider-Woman tried to take down Diamondback’s operation from the top…and barely escaped with her life. Now she’s angrier than ever and ready to hit him – and Hydra – where it hurts. Jessica Drew goes street level as GANG WAR nears its brutal conclusion!
Spider-Woman #4
- New Issue of ongoing series, on sale February 21
- Written by Steve Foxe
- Art by Carola Borelli
- Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
- GANG WAR RAGES ON! Jessica Drew finds the answers she’s been looking for, but her reunion with her son propels her into a new paradigm. But first, there’s a GANG WAR to finish! And Jess won’t be fighting alone. Not when her best friend is Captain Marvel!
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #15
- New Issue of ongoing series, on sale January 10
- Written by Cody Ziglar
- Art and Cover by Federico Vicentini
- MS. MARVEL CHARGES INTO GANG WAR! MILES MORALES is losing his battle to save Brooklyn – can MS. MARVEL turn the tide?! HOBGOBLIN is out for revenge against SPIDER-MAN – but he’s not the only classic Spidey villain who wants a piece of Miles…
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #16
- New Issue of ongoing series, on sale February 14
- Written by Cody Ziglar
- Art and Cover by Federico Vicentini
- MILES MAKES HIS FINAL STAND IN THE GANG WAR! Miles vs. Hobgoblin. Only one can win the Gang War raging across Brooklyn. • But Hobgoblin’s master stroke is about to fall, and if it does, he’ll be the most powerful super villain in all of New York City. A traitor is in their midst – and this single betrayal could define the rest of Spider-Man’s life!
Jackpot #1
- New One-Shot on sale January 17
- Written by Celeste Bronfman
- Art by Joey Vazquez
- Cover by Pablo Villalobos
- ALWAYS BET ON RED! A GANG WAR TIE-IN! Mary Jane Watson, A.K.A. JACKPOT, gets her first solo super story since her debut in ASM #31! New York City is in chaos as the super-powered criminal gangs are at war, and it’s all hands on deck! It’s a baptism by fire, but, come on, this is Mary Jane. What CAN’T she handle?!
Spider-Man Unlimited #19, Marvel Unlimited Infinity Comic
- Gang-War Tie-In Infinity Comic, Coming to Marvel Unlimited in January
- Written by Preeti Chhibber
- Art by E.J. Su
- Spider-Boy leaps into the action in a new arc of SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED! Kicking off this January in SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED #19, the new saga will be written by written by Preeti Chhibber (Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma) and drawn by E.J. Su (Ultraman: The Mystery of Ultraseven). The Marvel Unlimited Infinity comic will bring Marvel’s breakout young hero into Gang War as Spidey’s long-lost sidekick embarks on his own solo mission!
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