Spider-Man and Invincible team-up heads back to print. Mike Deodato shoots down accusations of AI usage in AWA’s Kickstarter for Ultimate Oz. Kevin Feige will pencil a cover for Ultimate Endgame.
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Spider-Man and Invincible team-up heads back to print.
Mike Deodato shoots down AI accusations.
Kevin Feige draws Ultimate Endgame cover.
This is Comic Book Club News for December 16, 2025.
Spider-Man And Invincible Team-Up Heads Back To Print:
After dropping as a surprise in blind bags for Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1, and in advance of the release of Invincible Omnibus Volume 1, Marvel Team-Up #14, aka the classic issue where Spider-Man and Invincible teamed up, will get reprinted by Skybound.
Written by Robert Kirkman with art by Cory Walker, the issue came out back in 2005, crossing over the fledging Image Comics universe with the Marvel universe. And thanks to the popularity from the blind bags earlier this year, now you can read it all on its own.
Already own the issue? Don’t worry, there’s plenty of covers to choose from: Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen, Ryan Ottley, Mark Bagley, and Alex Saviuk.
Marvel Team-Up #14 will hit stores on March 4, 2026. Or if you want to read it in continuity, you can pick up Invincible Omnibus on April 1, 2026, which reveals why and how Invincible ended up in the Marvel U.
Mike Deodato Shoots Down AI Accuastions:
AWA’s $100,000 plus grossing Kickstarter for Ultimate Oz has been accused of AI usage online… But not so, says artist Mike Deodato, Jr.
Said Deodato in an email to Comic Book Club: “I am not using AI. I guess people will always talk s**t even with videos of me drawing the very book from scratch. Anyways, if even my good friend and hyper talented Dan Panosian was accused of using AI ( he never did ) then I guess I am in good company.”
The book in question is a reimagining of Oz by writers Cullen Bunn and Larry King, and artist Mike Deodato Jr., along with a foreword by Elton John, titled Ultimate OZ Universe: The Lost Lands Collector’s Edition. With the book finally getting sent out to fans this week after the successful Kickstarter campaign, some have taken to the internet on sites like BlueSky and Reddit to post bits from the book, questioning whether AI was used. Panels called out include several different looks for characters like the Tin Man, and multiple different takes on the Oz skyline.
Kickstarter policy does not ban projects using AI, but usage of the technology must be disclosed by projects. The consequences of lack of disclosure, if there is unreported AI usage, would be suspension of the project.
Kevin Feige To Draw Ultimate Endgame Cover:
Ultimate Endgame #1 will kick off Marvel’s True Believers Blind Bag program, featuring a series of one-of-a-kind sketches inserted into random bags. And at least one of those sketches will be by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige.
Per Brian Cronin over at CBR, various members of the Marvel Studios Visual Development team will be providing covers alongside Marvel Comics artists like Mark Bagley and Peach Momoko. While other covers have been shown off, Feige’s remains a mystery.
The big question here is: does Kevin Feige know how to draw? While he attended USC for a film degree, as far as has been reported Feige was always heading towards a producer role, not a creative one — and certainly not, say, as a secret storyboard artist or anything. So will this reveal a surprising talent from the MCU chief? Or will it be a bunch of stick figures and happy faces? We’ll know more when the Blind Bags hit on December 31.
For Comic Book Club News, I’m Alex Zalben. And hey, maybe if the whole running the MCU thing falls through, Feige will have a new career to fall back on!
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