UDON COMICS SEPTEMBER 2024 SOLICITATIONS

UDON leaps into Diamond FOC
with FINAL FIGHT #2!

UDON has joined the Final-Order-Cutoff Program at Diamond, and we’re starting a brand-new Retailers & Bookseller Newsletter!

Hey UDON Fans! We have a bit of a different mailing this week, as we’re here to let you know all about our JUNE PREVIEWS SOLICITATIONS for items shipping in August, 2024! This month we’ve got the incredible Final Fight #2, and the first volume of Yuki Kanamura’s More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers! 

But wait, there’s more! We’ve also got some special info for comic retailers, booksellers, and librarians: We’re starting a new booksellers and comic book retailers newsletter, where our newly solicited titles will be announced the same-day as Diamond’s PREVIEWS magazine is released. And UDON has also joined Diamond Comics Distributors’ FOC Program, and is going to ALA Annual, too!

Keep reading for details, and to see
the awesome homage cover on Final Fight #2…

UDON JUNE 2024 SOLICITATIONS 
For items beginning to ship in August, 2024. Click for larger images.
JUN242117 – Final Fight #2 – Cover A by Matthew Weldon – $4.99
Final Fight #2
Story by Matt Moylan. Art by Matthew Weldon
Comic book, 32 pages, Full Color
JUN242117 – Cover A by Matthew Weldon (Wraparound!)
JUN242118 – Cover B by Edwin Huang (Death Trap!)
JUN242119 – Cover C by Josh Perez (1:5 Retailer Incentive Cover)
Cover X1 & X2 by Ickpot (Scroll for details)

THIS ISSUE: The Metro City brawl continues! Retired wrestler Mayor Mike Haggar reenters the ring, forced into an underground wrestling match engineered by the Mad Gear Gang! Meanwhile Cody and Guy find themselves face-to-face with the long corrupt arm of the law! Bring extra quarters to keep the never-ending knife-throwing, sword-slashing, and pipe-swinging action going!

The action is heating up in the second issue of this five-issue mega-series, with amazing art, a fan-friendly story, and gorgeous covers and variants!

JUN242117 – Final Fight #2 – Cover B by Edwin Huang – $4.99
JUN242117 – Final Fight #2 – Cover C by Josh Perez – $Ask Your Retailer
Movie Post Homage Cover – Retailer Incentive
UDON Store Exclusive Variant Covers
Available at UDONstore.com
JUN242117 – Final Fight #2 – Officer Lucia
Cover X1 by Ickpot – $20
JUN242117 – Final Fight #2 – Swimsuit Lucia
Cover X2 by Ickpot – $50 (limit 250 copies)
Pre-Order at UDONstore.com
More than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers Vol. 1
By Yuki Kanamaru
Manga, 384 Pages, B&W, Omnibus
Diamond: Jun242120
ISBN: 978-1772943115

THIS VOLUME: Would you take an oath for a false romance, for the sake of true love? The pseudo-married couple romantic comedy between a popular girl and a loser in romance begins! Jiro Yakuin, a high school student who lacks romantic experience, is paired up with a completely opposite girl, Akari Watanabe, as part of a class called “Marriage Practical”. They are required to live together and act like a married couple in order to earn the right to exchange partners with their crushes. Reluctantly, they begin their performance as a married couple,

For the first time in English, the manga series that inspired the hit anime (4.8/5 on Crunchyroll!), and the lead characters were votes #1 Couple on Anime Trending’s “Ship Charts” during the series’ airing! Collected in 2-in-1 Omnibus Editions.

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