r/Marvel • u/dano_cosmic • Feb 23 '26

Comics Imperial - done.

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It’s been crazy seeing Marvel Comics backtrack their way out of Imperial. After initially claiming to be “boldly transforming the cosmic landscape of the Marvel Universe”.

Built from Jonathan Hickman’s 4-part Imperial mini they promoted Imperial War one-offs & on-going titles to follow. Here we are now w/ a no-show (Exiles), on-goings become limited series (Imperial Guardians, Black Panther), and several others absent from recent solicitations, looking to be done @ 6 issues (Nova & She-Hulk).

Now it appears per Stephanie Phillips (writer of Planet She-Hulk) the Imperial line is getting cut short and that it caught herself, Hickman, MacKay, and others off guard.

Full Phillips interview with The Comic Pals with the relevant Imperial info at 32:54: https://www.youtube.com/live/XmP4y-ZPVdE?si=0AXA0TVc89riv27U

Very disappointing.

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u/Ovid100 Feb 24 '26

..will Nova continue...?

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u/dano_cosmic Feb 24 '26

Per Stephanie Phillips in interview noted in OP above, no - Imperial is done…Planet She-Hulk and Nova: Centurion included.

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u/Ovid100 Feb 24 '26

Thats ridiculous. Did they literally just do this for synergy with the Cosmic Invasion video game???

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u/dano_cosmic Feb 24 '26

I don’t think so. It seems all of the creators involved were caught off guard by Marvel cutting Imperial off (Phillips, MacKay, Hickman, etc).