How best to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Muppet Show? Picking up a new TV series after the success of the Disney+ special? Perhaps a live tour around the world? A new movie? Or even better, one comic!
Well guess what, you’re getting the last one, as Marvel will release The Muppets Take The Marvel Universe #1, crossing over Jim Henson’s creations with either Stan Lee or Jack Kirby’s creations, depending on who you talk to. The book will feature Chip Zdarsky, Pete Woods, Ashley Allen, MacKenzie Cadenhead, Kyle Starks, David Baldeon, Mike Henderson and more.
“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 said via press release. “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. And Pete Woods is turning in the most stunning, detailed and joyous pages. Seeing his take on these characters interacting is a real delight.”
Added Leigh Slaughter*, Vice President of Muppet Studios, “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. To do this during the 50th anniversary year of ‘The Muppet Show’ makes this project even more meaningful.”
(*How is this the name of a real person and not a Muppet movie villain who wants to cook and eat them?)
Here are some of the stories you can expect, via press release from Marvel:
- 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.
The Muppets Take The Marvel Universe #1 hits stores on September 23, 2026. Check out covers byNick Bradshaw, Humberto Ramos, Ron Lim, Matteo Lolli’s Muppet Treasure Island 30th Anniversary cover, and Logo Mashup variant cover and solicit info below. Marvel threatens that more Muppet Variant Covers are coming.
THE MUPPETS TAKE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY, MACKENZIE CADENHEAD, PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, ADAM F. GOLDBERG, ASHLEY ALLEN, KYLE STARKS & MORE
Art by PETE WOODS, DAVID BALDEON, ÁTHILA FABBIO, E.J. SU, PACO MEDINA & MIKE HENDERSON
Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Foil Variant Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Muppet Treasure Island 30th Anniversary Variant Cover by MATTEO LOLLI
Variant Cover by RON LIM
Logo Mashup Variant Cover
On Sale 9/23
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