Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration
Japanese manga series
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Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration (Japanese: MARVEL × 少年ジャンプ＋ SUPER COLLABORATION!!) is a Japanese manga series produced by the digital distribution platform Shōnen Jump+ in collaboration with the American comic book company Marvel Comics. The series is composed of seven one-shots written by various Weekly Shōnen Jump manga artists that feature Marvel Comics characters. Within the Marvel Comics multiverse, its reality is designated as Earth-346.[1][2]
| Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration | |
Cover of the tankōbon volume | |
| MARVEL × 少年ジャンプ＋ SUPER COLLABORATION!! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Superhero |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Various |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Imprint | Jump Comics+ |
| Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
| Original run | September 3, 2019 – November 27, 2019 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Secret Reverse | |
| Written by | Kazuki Takahashi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics+ |
| Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
| Published | February 4, 2020 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Deadpool: Samurai | |
| Written by | Sanshirō Kasama |
| Illustrated by | Hikaru Uesugi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Jump Comics+ |
| Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
| Original run | December 10, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
Synopsis
Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration is composed of seven one-shots, each of which is written and illustrated by a different manga artist. The series is composed of the following titles:[3]
- Interview with Marvel's Chief Editor for the Upcoming Marvel x Shōnen Jump Collaboration! by Sakurai Takeshi
- An interview between the editors of Shōnen Jump+ and Marvel Comics editor-in-chief C. B. Cebulski, depicted as a manga.
- Secret Reverse by Kazuki Takahashi
- Tony Stark (Iron Man) and Peter Parker (Spider-Man) repel an attack by a villainous CEO at a video game convention in Japan.
- Avengers: Gag Reel by Hachi Mizuno
- A series of four-panel comics depicting the Avengers in various comedic and slice of life scenarios.
- Interview with Heroes by Ken Ogino
- Stark, Steve Rogers (Captain America), Thor, and Bruce Banner (The Hulk) are interviewed by a journalist.
- Deadpool: Samurai by Sanshirō Kasama and Hikaru Uesugi
- Deadpool uses a time machine to travel to feudal Japan, where he fights in a samurai cinema-style action scene.
- Halloween Avengers by Mato
- To combat an enemy that only appears on Halloween, the Avengers go on patrol while disguised in Halloween costumes.
- Ant-Man+ by Toyotaka Haneda
- A worried Scott Lang (Ant-Man) follows his daughter to Japan, where she is on a student exchange.
Development
Development of Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration began in March 2019, in the lead-up to the release of the Marvel Studios film Avengers: Endgame[4][5] Cebulski noted that Shōnen Jump's focus on "action centered on characters, along with top-class creators that are supported by readers of all ages," as in series such as My Hero Academia and Dragon Ball.[5] He further stated that the collaboration was based on "mutual affection," with the editors of Shōnen Jump+ being fans of Marvel and Cebulski being a long-time fan of manga.[4]
Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration is Marvel Comics' third collaboration with a Japanese manga publisher. In the 1970s, Marvel partnered with Kodansha to produce manga versions of its franchises, resulting in Spider-Man: The Manga, Hulk: The Manga, and X-Men: The Manga.[6] In 2017 and 2018, the company again partnered with Kodansha on a storyboard art contest, the winner of which received a cash prize and an ongoing serialization in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[7][8]
Releases
On March 3, 2019, Shōnen Jump publisher Shueisha announced that it would partner with Marvel Comics to produce Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration, a manga series featuring Marvel characters.[4] The series, which was written and illustrated by Shōnen Jump-associated writers and artists, was released exclusively on the magazine's digital distribution platform Shōnen Jump+.[4] The series launched on September 3, 2019, with a manga by Sakurai Takeshi illustrating an interview between Shōnen Jump+ editors and Marvel Comics editor-in-chief C. B. Cebulski.[4][8]
Deadpool: Samurai
In December 2020, Deadpool: Samurai (デッドプール：SAMURAI) started serialization on the same platform after the one-shot in October 2019, and ended serialization in June 2021.[9][10] On April 22, 2021, Viz Media announced that it has licensed the manga for English release in North America, the first volume was released on February 8, 2022.[11][12] The volume introduces the spider-hero Sakura Spider, who returns in Deadpool: Black, White, & Blood ahead of being incorporated into the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity in End of the Spider-Verse in 2023, in which she is stranded on Earth-616, returning in the manga series Spider-Man: Octo-Girl.[13][14]
On August 1, 2024, Shōnen Jump+ announced that Kasama and Uesugi are launching a new Romantic comedy manga called Secret Steward with Arata Momose coloring the manga's colored pages.[15][16] However, when the first chapter was released on August 8, 2024, it featured a surprise twist that changes the course of the entire manga and reveals its true nature as Deadpool: Samurai 2nd Season (デッドプール：SAMURAI 2nd season).[17]
Secret Reverse
The first chapter of Secret Reverse, a manga by Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi, was released the following day.[4][18][19] New titles were released in the subsequent months, with Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration concluding with the second chapter of Secret Reverse on November 27, 2019.[4][20] A tankōbon volume collecting the series was published on February 4, 2020, under the magazine's Jump Comics+ imprint.[21]
On April 22, 2021, Viz Media announced that it has licensed the manga for English release in North America, the volume was released on June 14, 2022.[11][22]
Publications
English version by VIZ Media
- Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1:
- Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 2:
- Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 3:
- Secret Reverse