From the Marvel catalog — cover image tragically not available:

MARVEL BROMANCE #1

If This Be Bromance–! Marvel’s greatest buddies take the spotlight in this one-of-a-kind collection, and it’s male bonding like you’ve never seen — as Cable and Deadpool swap stories, Wonder Man and the Beast share a plane ride, Spidey and the Human Torch battle back-to-back, Wolverine makes a bet with Nightcrawler, Black Panther and Everett Ross lay their feelings on the line…and the Warriors Three set sail for fun! Plus: Captain America and the Falcon, Iron Man and Jim Rhodes, and more! Be here as Marvel says, “I love you, man!” Collecting MARVEL TEAM-UP #121, CAPTAIN AMERICA #126, AVENGERS TWO: WONDER MAN & THE BEAST #1, POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #79, CLASSIC X-MEN #4, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #30, CABLE & DEADPOOL #19, IRON MAN #216, BLACK PANTHER #25, TALES OF SUSPENSE #78 and MARVEL FANFARE #15. Rated A …$24.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-4186-0

Thanks to Kate F. for the link!

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  2. This shit makes me want to vomit! At least it reprints older stories which were better than the new crap they churn out…How about Marvel spending more time in actually making new books that are decent enough to warrant the higher cover price???

  4. Does this mean that all the times fangirls have said “You know, if you really wanted female readers…” has started to get through?

  5. Mr. Busiek,
    On behalf of myself and Spring Hoteling (book designer) allow me to say the following:

    Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

    To everyone else,
    Here’s a link to the animation I did for this book:
    http://nelsonribeiro.deviantart.com/art/Marvel-Bromance-124760815

  7. Is it April 1st? This whole thing seems like a big joke. From the “trendy, hip” phrase bromance, to the bad cover design, to the so called cover artist wetting himself and self promoting his fanart, this is just bad, bad, bad. Please tell me this isn’t real. It certainly can’t be professional, right?

  9. WOW, Blackeye, you must be really jealous that your art does not make it on the cover of Marvel books.

    I think this is awesome! What a great idea, love the fist bump!

  11. Omigod. They’re not including the Marvel Two-In-One story where the Thing and the Sandman let it all hang out over beers at a neighborhood bar? That was the greatest Marvel bromance story of all!!! I get choked up just thinking about it!

  14. It would be easy to say that this was intended for a Gay audience, but then there would be homosexuality involved. The next possible candidate for an intended audience would be the Generation Y demographic where the term orginates from. This is the generation where popularity is everything…and I mean, everything. But do comic book readers from Generation Y have any bromances? Probably not, since bromance is more of a jock thing related to bonding through contact sports. If there are jocks who read comics, they aren’t enough of them to warrent a trade aimed at them. There’s also evidence that suggests that bromances began with Generation X with things like “Guys Night Out”. Who else could this collection be aimed at? Women? Women are a more disirable demographic for businesses nowadays since they tend to be better educated and more likely to be into be into comic books if they are. This Bromance collection doesn’t include any manga reprints or is it homoerotic enough to get the interest of women…

  16. People might not realize how weak some of the issues are going to be as stories. It’s not a “Best of” collection. In series such as POWER MAN & IRON FIST, and IRON MAN when Jim Rhodes was a regular, Marvel could have taken nearly any issue and still been consistent with the “buddy story” theme.

    SRS

  18. I agree with Sue. Don’t be an asshat, it’s just a picture. I hate the word ‘bromance’, and if you go to Urban Dictionary, you’ll see it doesn’t even describe a romantic relationship. But I love yaoi :D

  19. I like yaoi! realy…but i know the line!
    so i hope its just like it says ‘buddy story’ thing…

    if not i think marvel made my belove childhood die…