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Gamora and Nebula: Sisters at Arms by Mackenzi Lee.
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The daughters of Thanos are in a race to retrieve the heart of a planet in a new YA book starring two of Marvel’s fiercest warriors.
Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms was written by Mackenzi Lee, who previously wrote the book
Loki: Where Mischief Lies and we’ve got an exclusive excerpt.
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Sisters in Arms, someone has asked Gamora to retrieve the heart of the planet Torndune. She doesn’t know who it is, only that she has to do it. Meanwhile, Nebula follows Gamora, hoping to outshine her sister and beat her to the heart the result of a long-standing rivalry driven into them by their dear old dad. It’s a story that dives into the relationship fans have become so fond of, not just over the years in Marvel Comics, but in the past decade from the
Disney Launches An Adult Imprint By Jim Milliot | Apr 16, 2021
Approximately eight years after the Walt Disney Co. sold the lion’s share of its adult book business to Hachette Book Group, Disney Publishing is returning to that market with the launch of Hyperion Avenue. First books from the imprint, directed by Jennifer Leves-
que, will come out this summer, with a full rollout in fall 2022 and within five years Disney aims to release 50–60 titles through Hyperion Avenue, according to Tonya Agurto, Disney Publishing’s senior v-p, publisher, imprint and IP development.
The news of the launch of Hyperion Avenue follows a number of other developments at Disney including the appointment this past winter of Sarah Weisinger as senior v-p, group publisher, Disney Publishing Worldwide that reflect the desire to remake parts of its book publishing operations. That strategy flows from Disney Co. acquisitions and startups over the past two years “that have gi
Chuck Austen Breaks Down the Influences For His New ComiXology Series, Edgeworld
Next week, ComiXology Originals will drop the fourth and penultimate issue of
Edgeworld, a miniseries from veteran comics and animation writer Chuck Austen and artist Pat Olliffe. In his return to comics after years away, Austen opted to write a space western, in which local people are disappearing and it s up to Killian Jess, Magistrate of Rush, and his odd group of friends to find out what s going on. But they ve got freak sandstorms, a hostile military government and the aftermath of a planet-wide war to wade through in order to reach the answers they seek. It s a visually cool book and a surprising choice if you don t know Austen s mind.