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A Marvel Comics spokesperson has confirmed that the company will continue its hiatus from new comics releases, with no new releases – in print or digital – for the week of April 27.
This is the fifth consecutive week the New York-based publishers has not released new comic books – six, for those who buy thier comic books from UK comic retailers.
The shutdown of the comic book Direct Market’s leading distributor in late March has led to a near-complete shutdown of new comic books from Marvel, DC, Image, and others to comic book stores. DC has continued shipping new OGNs and collections out to retailers in its booktrade channel, and has continued – and expanded even – their output of digital comics.
While Marvel has released digital-first comic books in the past via comiXology and thier own website, none were scheduled for April (or any months after) and the publisher has not announced any in the interim.
Next week, DC will begin using the new Direct Market distributors Lunar and UCS to deliver new comic books for participating comic book shops. To date, no other comic book publisher have announced their intention to begin using the new service.