Marvel and Kadokawa Launch Five Manga on KadoComi
The launch puts Marvel's Japanese-language originals under Kadokawa's web platform weeks after Shueisha stopped selling its own Marvel adaptations, so the publisher base for Marvel manga in Japan has moved.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Marvel detailed its Kadokawa partnership at a New York Comic Con panel on October 11, and the five manga launched on Kadokawa's KadoComi site in Japan the following day. Iron Man and Spider-Man lead the slate, alongside Deadpool, Spider-Gwen, and Venom. Marvel's C.B. Cebulski and Kadokawa editors Kenta Matsui and Naofumi Mashino attended. Each title's first chapter opens with a free preview.
All five series are Japanese-made originals written and drawn by Japanese creators, not translations of existing Marvel comics. Iron Man: I Am Iron Man comes from TERU, Spider-Man: Shibuya Cross Line from tokitokoro, Deadpool: Millionaire With a Mouth from Hosuke Momoi, Spider-Gwen: Her Big Debut from Ryusei Yamada, and Venom: Lethal Protector from Peperon. The settings are reworked for a Japanese readership: Shibuya Cross Line follows a Tokyo high school student bitten at a small shrine who runs into Daredevil while chasing a serial murder case, and Deadpool recasts Wade Wilson as a globally franchised celebrity who forms a hero-for-hire outfit.
- Iron Man: I Am Iron Man: by TERU; Tony Stark is a scientist and weapons company president caught in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan
- Spider-Man: Shibuya Cross Line: by tokitokoro; a Tokyo high school student bitten at a shrine becomes Spider-Man and meets Daredevil
- Deadpool: Millionaire With a Mouth: by Hosuke Momoi; Wade Wilson becomes a popular star and forms Deadpool Heroes For Hire
- Spider-Gwen: Her Big Debut: by Ryusei Yamada; Gwen Stacy as Ghost Spider, balancing her police officer father, band, and school life
- Venom: Lethal Protector: by Peperon; Eddie Brock bonds with a symbiote for revenge on the same target
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network News Marvel, Kadokawa Launch 5 New Manga as Part of Partnership