This August, Japan’s greatest superhero, Ultraman, and iconic Marvel Super Hero Spider-Man unite for the first time in ULTRAMAN: ALONG CAME A SPIDER-MAN, an epic serialized Japanese manga from Shogakukan. Part of a major cross-cultural event set to take the global comics scene by storm, this news follows the recent announcement of Marvel Comics’ ULTRAMAN x AVENGERS series, debuting on the same day this August 14.
Announced today at San Diego Comic-Con during the “What’s New at VIZ” panel, ULTRAMAN: ALONG CAME A SPIDER-MAN marks the first time that Ultraman and Marvel’s most renowned character Spider-Man team up in a Japanese manga. Written by Shigenobu Matsumoto and drawn by Tomo Hirokawa, the manga features one of Marvel’s greatest supervillains of all time, Doctor Doom, who joins forces with Ultraman arch-nemesis Alien Mefilas and his cadre of destructive Kaiju, with cameo appearances by The Avengers.
ULTRAMAN: ALONG CAME A SPIDER-MAN will be distributed in the US by VIZ Media, kicking off with chapters 1 and 2 on August 13 in the US (August 14 Japan time), making for a truly global event. VIZ will also publish a print edition of the complete manga in the United States, set to hit retail in Summer 2025.
More information can be found in the press release below and cover art for ULTRAMAN: ALONG CAME A SPIDER-MAN is attached here (Credit: Courtesy of Shogakukan). Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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