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New York, NY— June 6, 2025 — For the fifth consecutive year, Marvel Comics is celebrating LGBTQIA+ creators and characters for Pride Month in a giant-size PRIDE anthology one-shot. This year’s edition, MARVEL UNITED: A PRIDE SPECIAL #1 hits stands on June 11 and will feature four inspirational and action-packed adventures starring iconic and fan-favorite heroes, including members of the Avengers and X-Men. Today, fans can get an early look at all four stories along with all six covers!
Reflecting a wide range of voices, MARVEL UNITED: A PRIDE SPECIAL brings together talent from throughout the industry with stories from both established Marvel creators and bright up-and-comers, some of whom are making their exciting Marvel Comics debut.
It’s a real look at the world outside your window with tales from every corner of the Marvel Universe! Here’s what fans can look forward to next week:
Aaron Fischer, aka Captain America of the Railways, teams up with mutant hero Escapade to confront the inimical and despicable Hate-Monger in a pulse-pounding story by visionary writer Al Ewing and acclaimed artist Kei Zama.
Groundbreaking character Arnie Roth fights alongside Captain America against Hydra during the height of World War II in a story about the past that will reshape the future from the superstar team behind the hit Avengers Academy Infinity Comic series, writer Anthony Oliveira and artist Pablo Collar. Also arriving just in time for Pride Month, Avengers Academy: Assemble #1 collects the first six issues of Oliveira’s Avengers Academy Infinity Comic series in print for the first time.
Last year’s Pride special celebrated Mystique and Destiny’s marriage. Now, experience a new chapter in the iconic mutant couple’s decades-spanning romance that touches on parenthood and co-stars their son, Nightcrawler, by author Wyatt Kennedy and artist Bayleigh Underwood in her Marvel Comics debut.
In another exciting Marvel Comics debut, writer Zoe Tunnell teams up with rising star Federica Mancin for a Black Cat heist gone haywire as the super thief finds herself alongside heavenly hero Sera in a dark battle against the fear-inducing demon D’Spayre!
And more, including interviews and insightful essays.
Pick up MARVEL UNITED: A PRIDE SPECIAL at your local comic shop on June 11!
MARVEL UNITED: A PRIDE SPECIAL #1 – 75960621197500111
Written by AL EWING, ANTHONY OLIVEIRA, WYATT KENNEDY & ZOE TUNNELL
Art by KEI ZAMA, PABLO COLLAR, BAYLEIGH UNDERWOOD & FEDERICA MANCIN
Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
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 RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621197500141
On Sale 6/11
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