This September, The Muppets come to the Marvel Universe for the very first time in THE MUPPETS TAKE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1, a one-shot celebrates the 50th anniversary of “The Muppet Show” with all-new stories uniting the beloved gang of Muppets with the iconic heroes of Marvel Comics! It’s all hands on deck as superstar creators including Eisner-winning Muppets super fan Chip Zdarsky and acclaimed artist Pete Woods, along with Ashley Allen, MacKenzie Cadenhead, Kyle Starks, David Baldeon, Mike Henderson and more unleash The Muppets' trademark chaos on the Marvel mythos! The new one-shot follows the success of last year’s homage variant covers commemorating The Muppets 70th anniversary, and to celebrate the new launch, more Muppet variant covers will be featured across titles throughout September.
Tonight’s very special guest stars—THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! Enjoy epic tales told in the Mighty Marvel Muppet Manner including:
- 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.
“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 joked.
“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,” he continued. “And Pete Woods is turning in the most stunning, detailed and joyous pages. Seeing his take on these characters interacting is a real delight.”
“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,” said Leigh Slaughter, Vice President of The Muppets Studio. “To do this during the 50th anniversary year of ‘The Muppet Show’ makes this project even more meaningful.”
Check out covers by Nick Bradshaw, Humberto Ramos, Ron Lim, and Matteo Lolli's special Muppet Treasure Island 30th Anniversary cover, along with a fun Logo Mashup variant cover. Stay tuned for the reveal of the new Muppet Variant Covers, and preorder THE MUPPETS TAKE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1 at your local comic shop today!
This is two of my favourite things mashed together.
This is like the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of pop culture to me.
I am very, VERY excited for this, even though it will be hands down the silliest, most non-sensical comic I've read ever. And I've read BOTH Batman/Deadpool comics ..
Why such and original concept, what's never Disassembled 2, House of M 2?
I'm waiting to hear that this will be the secondary title, and that they haven't announced the REAL book yet. This is just a retread of what Bendis did, twenty years ago. Except, this time around we don't even have Steve and Tony to anchor the team. I'd like a more traditional roster. This really isn't satisfying. And, Carol with the short hair again? No thanks...
Oh, yeah, the NEW Avengers. I was gonna say this book is just Heroes for Hire with the wrong name, but you're right, it's Bendis's New Avengers minus Cap and Iron Man.
Interesting...
A bit of a New Avengers reunion. I'm up for it
Hurm. I'm confused why Wolverine is such a big part of this story. Doesn't he have his own mutant problems to worry about?
No, he doesn't. His ongoing series ended in December, with issue #16. Since then, Sam Wilson currently has a five-issue mini-series, featuring Red Hulk, (Big surprise there, right? Gotta make the comics resemble the MCU, to try to give the film some momentum. Yuck.) which carries Steve Rogers Legacy Numbering on its covers. Until this announcement was made yesterday, Steve Rogers was without a book of his own, and presumably would have been, until further notice. Even with this announcement, it's going to be a six month gap between his ongoing series, since this new book doesn't begin until July.
On 2/21/2025 at 3:03 PM, since83 said:Steve has a current ongoing series right now.
Steve has a current ongoing series right now.
It's about damn time they finally announce a new series. It's ludicrous for Steve Rogers to not have a Captain America title of his own on the shelves. They gave Steve's Legacy Numbering to Sam Wilson (again) for a stupid mini-series that ties into the MCU. They took away his book, and they've also had him off of the Avengers roster for two years, now. Steve Rogers is not some D-list background character that should be sitting on the bench. Hopefully, this new book will carry his Legacy Numbers on the cover, as it should be, and they can finally tone down the Sam Wilson Cap stuff, now that his movie will soon be in the rear-view mirror.
Captain America was presumed KIA, he wouldn't need to "re-enlist". I'm always leery of these ret-cons (his first time meeting Dr. Doom) because they're rarely handled well and they tend to conflict with the established continuity. If they want to explore Cap's interactions after being thawed, they could address his brain damage (amnesia) issues (recall that when he and the Avengers first encountered the Sub-Mariner, neither recognized the other from their days as All Winners Squad), and no doubt how the then-current SHIELD/military would have been concentrating on replicating the Super Soldier Serum from Cap's blood, more than anything else.
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