This Week in Marvel Comics: Hell Comes to the Marvel Universe (Oct 22–28, 2026)
Marvel's January and February books are out, and the theme is Hell: Doom is taking it over in Captain America, Mephisto brings it to Earth in Avengers 3, and February's Hulk War finishes the Infernal Hulk saga. Stories run newest first; the date line under each heading is when the news broke, or when the book hits shelves. Where we carry a book, the link is right there.
1. Captain America 16: are Mephisto's deals voided?
Oct 28 · On sale now
Chip Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti's Captain America 16 is out today. Steve Rogers is still trapped in Hell, where Doctor Doom, the Red Skull and Mephisto are fighting over the throne, and Doom looks like he is winning. The bombshell: Mephisto's contracts appear to be void, which would free everyone who ever made a deal with him. Bleeding Cool was quick to ask what that means for Peter Parker and Mary Jane, whose marriage was erased by a Mephisto deal in One More Day.
Why it matters: nothing has changed for Spider-Man yet, but Avengers: Armageddon already teased One More Day, and January's Avengers 3 sends Mephisto to Earth. This is the book to read if you want to be there when it happens.
👉 Captain America 16, Valerio Schiti cover and the Tony Parker variant are in stock at LeapsLair (one of each). Captain America 20 is open for preorder.
2. New today: Rogue One: Darth Vader 1, Amazing Spider-Man 1002 and two DNX tie-ins
Oct 28 · On sale now
Star Wars: Rogue One – Darth Vader 1 is the only new number one of the week. Amazing Spider-Man 1002 (Joe Kelly and Pepe Larraz) continues Spider-Man's fight with Ravage. There is no new DNX issue this week, but Fantastic Four 18 and X-Men 40 both tie in. Also out: Amazing Venom 2, Daredevil 8, Thor 802, Punisher 9, Alien vs. X-Men 2, Bishop 5, Black Panther/Namor: Doomed 2, Gambit Gone 2, Spider-Man/Hulk: Fire and Brimstone 3, Tomb of Apocalypse 3 and Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett 4.
Why it matters: the Rogue One books are short, collectible Star Wars runs, and Vader is the one everybody wants.
👉 We have one Rogue One: Darth Vader 1 Chris Sprouse 10th Anniversary variant and one Fantastic Four 18 Giuseppe Camuncoli cover left.
3. February: Hulk War, Magneto: End of Days, X-Men: Regulators and Spider-Man: Noir
Oct 26 · February solicits
Marvel's February solicitations started landing this week, and the NYCC announcements now have dates and story details. Hulk War: Infernal Rage 1 (Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein, February 3) is the final battle with the Infernal Hulk: Manhattan falls to monsters, a new Gray Hulk arrives to take him down, and someone from Bruce Banner's past comes back. Magneto: End of Days 1 (Brian Michael Bendis and Andrea Sorrentino, colors by Dave Stewart, February 3) jumps to Magneto's near future with X-Men guest stars. X-Men: Regulators 1 (Mikki Kendall and Georges Jeanty, February 3) heads to the bayou and a century-old mutant refuge called Haven House. And Spider-Man: Noir 1 (Alex Segura and Farid Karami, February 10) brings Venom into the Noir world while Peter investigates a murder tied to his girlfriend's ex.
Why it matters: February 3 is stacked. Three number ones in one week, and Hulk War closes out the best-reviewed Hulk run in a decade.
👉 Preorder Hulk War: Infernal Rage 1, Magneto: End of Days 1 and X-Men 45 at LeapsLair.
4. The X-Men Art of Andy Kubert comes to comic shops
Oct 26
Mad Cave Studios has a Marvel licence for The X-Men Art of Andy Kubert, an oversized 9 x 13.5 inch softcover of Kubert's 1990s X-Men work, out January 20. It runs 200-plus pages of original art scans, unpublished sketches and process pages from Kubert's own archive. It was first a Kickstarter hardcover through Essential Sequential.
Why it matters: Kubert's run is a big part of why the '90s X-Men look the way they do, and this is the first time this book has been on the regular shop shelf.
5. Immortal Soldiers 1: Bucky Barnes is back
Oct 22 · January solicits
Marvel revealed what Chip Zdarsky and Christian Rosado's January one-shot is really about: Bucky Barnes, who died fighting Red Hulk in Avengers: Armageddon, comes back to life, and it is Nick Fury Sr. who brings him back. Why he did it is the mystery. The tagline: "Armageddon didn't end the war, it started one!" Cover A is by Ben Harvey, and the issue arrives January 13.
Why it matters: Zdarsky has been building toward this since Armageddon started. Bucky and Fury Sr. look like the center of whatever comes next.
👉 Preorder Immortal Soldiers 1 at LeapsLair.
6. Avengers 3 begins "Chase the Devil"
Oct 22 · January solicits
Avengers 3 (Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto, January 27) starts "Chase the Devil." Mephisto unleashes Hell on Earth, and Spider-Man's new Avengers team goes after him.
Why it matters: put this next to Captain America 16 and Marvel's whole line is pointing at Mephisto. If One More Day is ever getting undone, this is the road there.
👉 Preorder Avengers 3 at LeapsLair.
7. Incursions: the '92 X-Men meet X-Men: Evolution, and Al Ewing's Avengers: Incursions
Oct 22 · January solicits
Two January one-shots set up Secret Wars. In X-Men '92: Incursions 1 (Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, art by Salva Espin), the '90s animated-series X-Men clash with the X-Men: Evolution team, whose younger members still believe in Xavier's dream. In Avengers: Incursions 1 (Al Ewing and Fran Mariscal Mancilla), an early-days Avengers team runs into an Earth ruled by Thanos and the Cabal.
Why it matters: Kyle and Yost wrote X-Men: Evolution, so this is the show's own team writing the crossover. And Ewing writing Incursions is a direct line back to Hickman's Avengers.
👉 Preorder X-Men '92: Incursions 1 and Avengers: Incursions 1 at LeapsLair.
8. Challenges of Doom: Magneto 1
Oct 22 · January solicits
Al Ewing and Annalisa Borgo's January one-shot Challenges of Doom: Magneto 1 puts the master of magnetism up against Doctor Doom, framed around Magneto's rise as a world-shaping mutant leader.
Why it matters: it is a Magneto month: this one-shot in January, then Magneto: End of Days in February.
👉 Preorder Challenges of Doom: Magneto 1 at LeapsLair.
9. Star Wars: Ahsoka – Escape from Thrawn, co-written by Dave Filoni
Oct 22 · January solicits
Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni co-writes Star Wars: Ahsoka – Escape from Thrawn 1 with Rodney Barnes, with art by Andrea Di Vito and a Phil Noto cover. Ezra Bridger stows away on Thrawn's flagship, the Chimaera, and has to dodge Captain Enoch, the Nightsisters and the whole Empire to get off it. It is a five-issue series.
Why it matters: Filoni writing comics is rare. This is canon straight from the person who runs the Ahsoka show.
👉 Preorder Ahsoka: Escape from Thrawn 1 at LeapsLair.
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Sources: Bleeding Cool coverage of Captain America 16, Marvel's February 2027 solicitations and the Andy Kubert art book; AIPT's January 2027 Marvel solicitations and Immortal Soldiers reveal; Marvel.com and Comic Book Club October 28 release lists. Cover and promotional images are the property of Marvel Comics and Mad Cave Studios and are used for news coverage.
