Howdy.
First and foremost, thank you all so much for the kind words and well wishes regarding my father and vehicular adventure.
Update re my dad: He’s been transferred to in-patient rehab. Our hope is that he can come home next Friday.
PRIDE
As most of you know, June is Pride Month. I recently returned to the Graymalkin Lane podcast to talk about Graymalkin, a mutant that I created with Yanick Paquette for our Young X-Men series. The host of the podcast, the wonderful Chad Anderson, informed me that Graymalkin was actually the first openly-gay X-Man, a fact which, frankly, shocked me.
Every year for Pride, Chad and Seth C. Martel produce a one-page story. This year, they chose to tell one about Graymalkin and his new boyfriend, Specter. Check it out below:
I’m thrilled to see Graymalkin get some love — literally and figuratively.
Thank you, Chad and Seth!!!
SHOOTING MY MOUTH OFF
In this week’s edition, we have an interview with Secret Friends Unite! You can check it out by clicking here.
MAY 1965
This is fun: I wrote the foreword for the recently-released omnibus collecting all of the comics that Marvel released in May of 1965. Chief among the releases is the first appearance of Nick Fury as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
You can read more about the omnibus here.
Be good to each other.
Best,
Marc
Encino, California
6.6.25
COMING ATTRACTIONS
A regularly-updated list of upcoming releases and events:
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: DOOM (June 18, 2025)
SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #2 (June 25, 2025)
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #5 (July 2, 2025)
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: GREEN GOBLIN (July 2, 2025)
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: ABOMINATION (July 16, 2025)
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: LOKI (July 29, 2025)
SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #3 (July 30, 2025)
JUSTICE LEAGUE: DARK TOMORROW (July 30, 2025)
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #6 (August 6, 2025)
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: RED SKULL (August 13, 2025)
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: DORMAMMU (August 20, 2025)
BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: MEPHISTO (August 27, 2025)
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #7 (September 9, 2025)
GALAXYCON DES MOINES (September 12-14, Des Moines, Iowa)
NEW YORK COMIC CON (October 9-12, 2025)
X-MEN BY MARC GUGGENHEIM Omnibus (October 14, 2025)
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS Volume 1 (November 4, 2025)