Marvel and Games Workshop have announced a new partnership to produce comics based Warhammer. The deal will include both comics and graphic novels telling tales within the worlds of the long-running tabletop game series.
Details on what’s to come from the partnership are still scant, but Marvel editor Mark Basso appears to be managing the forthcoming Warhammer titles. Basso has been with Marvel for over twelve years, and currently edits, among other things, the Conan and League of Legends lines, as well as the “Gamerverse” tie-in comics for the Playstation Spider-Man video game. Adding Warhammer to the mix seems like a natural fit for Basso.
This isn’t the first time that Warhammer stories will be presented in comics form. Titan Comics previously held the license, and produced a number of miniseries based on the game, the last of which came out at the tail-end of 2018.
The full announcement of the partnership is below. Keep an eye out for more details on Marvel’s Warhammer comics as they become available.
New York, NY – September 30, 2019 – Marvel Entertainment and Games Workshop are excited to announce a collaboration that will bring exciting new Warhammer stories to comics and graphic novels!
As the producer of some of the world’s most popular tabletop miniature games, Games Workshop has captured the imagination of fans around the globe with Warhammer 40,000, set in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium; and Warhammer Age of Sigmar, set amid the never-ending battles in the Mortal Realms.
“I can’t tell you how excited we are about diving into the depths of the expansive universes of Warhammer,” said Marvel Editor Mark Basso. “At Marvel, we’re no strangers to telling deeply character-focused tales set in an interconnected world of stories, and fans are going to love what we’re already starting to cook up with the Games Workshop team for the Warhammer comics.”
Details on upcoming comic book titles and creative teams will be shared at a later date. Visit warhammer-community.com and Marvel.com for more information and updates!
While I’m not a gamer, I love the WH-40K novels and have enjoyed the previous comics based on the characters and concepts. Hopefully the deal with Marvel will make it easier to find these books on comicshop shelves.
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