New York, New York – June 6, 2025 – For the fifth consecutive year, Marvel Comics celebrates Pridemance’s LGBTQIA+ creators and characters with a huge sized Pride anthology one-shot. This year’s edition, Marvel United: A Pride Special #1 Hits Stands, will feature four inspirational and action-packed adventures on June 11th, featuring iconic and fan favorite heroes, including members of the Avengers and X-Men. Today, fans can watch all four stories and all six covers early!
Reflecting a wide range of voices, Marvel United: A Pride Special brings talent from both the established Marvel Creators and Bright And-Comers stories and industry-wide.
There are stories from every corner of the Marvel Universe, and you really see the world outside the window! Here’s what fans can look forward to next week:
Railroad Captain America Aaron Fisher works with Mutant Hero Escape to confront the hatred of non-imitation and meanness in the Pulse Pond story by visionary writer Al Ewing and acclaimed artist Kay Zama.
The groundbreaking character, Ernie Ross, fights alongside Captain America at the height of World War II in a tale about the past reconstructing the future from the hit Avengers Academy Infinity Comics series, author Anthony Oliveira and the superstar team behind artist Pablo Colour. Also, Avengers Academy: Assemble #1, which will arrive in time for Pride Month, will print the first six issues of the Oliveira’s Avengers Academy Infinity Comic series for the first time.
Last year’s Pride Special praised the mystical and fateful marriage. Experience a new chapter in the decades-long romance of an iconic mutant couple touching their son’s nightcrawler by author Wyatt Kennedy and artist Bailey Underwood now.
In another exciting Marvel comic debut, writer Zoe Tunnel works with rising star Federica Mansin to rob the black cat as super thief finds herself with celestial hero Serra in a dark battle with the devil d’sapayre, a terrifying demon.
Others, including interviews and insightful essays.
Picking up Marvel United: Pride Special at a local comic shop on June 11th!
Marvel United: Pride Special #1 – 75960621197500111
Al Ewing, Anthony Oliveira, Wyatt Kennedy, Zoe Tunnell
Art by Kei Zama, Pablo Collar, Bayleigh Underwood & Federica Mancin
Cover by Lucas Wellneck
Variant Cover by Jan Bazaldua – 75960621197500151
Variant Cover by Mateus Manhanini – 75960621197500131
Variant Cover by Ernanda Souza – 75960621197500161
Variant Cover by Luciano Vecchio – 75960621197500121
Variant Cover by Ricky Yagawa – 75960621197500141
On sale 6/11
