April 4- (LOS ANGELES, CA) — Having just launched in 2023, publisher Erasmus Fox (EFI) is pleased to announce a wide-ranging licensed publishing deal with Marvel featuring a variety of products including 3D-enhanced comic books, unique gallery-quality art portfolios, art books, and brand-new prose novels to be distributed to retailers through Lunar and Diamond via Pan Universal Galactic Worldwide (PUG) .
!PUG Worldwide is committed to making the coolest stuff in the universe for the greatest fans anywhere,” says PUG Worldwide Editor-in-Chief John Barber. !And nobody has cooler toys in their toybox than our friends at Marvel.”
Starting this June, the first product will be a line of collectors-edition reprints of groundbreaking comic issues from the Marvel archives presented in PUG Worldwide”s spectacular PAN DIMENSIONAL 3D. The first title in the line will be NEW MUTANTS #98 PAN-DIMENSIONAL 3D EDITION, reprinting and digitally enhancing the first appearance of Deadpool (1991) by the senses-shattering creative team of Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza. The book will be available in all its 3D glory in comic shops starting in June 2024.
Rob”s art practically jumps off the page already,” says Barber. But in 3D, it”s a whole new experience. Even if you”ve read Deadpool”s debut a hundred times, this edition will make the experience feel as new and exciting as it did the day the comic came out.
The next PAN-DIMENSIONAL 3D EDITIONs will be DEADPOOL (1997) #1 by the legendary team of Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness reprinting Wade Wilson”s first ongoing series, followed by X-MEN #1 by Jim Lee and Chris Claremont, reprinting the best-selling comic of all time in 3D for the first time ever—with the epoch-defining gatefold cover (plus the original second giant fold-out Jim Lee image on the other side of the cover too!).
Subsequent PAN-DIMENSIONAL 3D EDITIONs will include BLACK PANTHER #1 by the King himself, Jack Kirby; INCREDIBLE HULK #340 (the battle between Gray Hulk and Wolverine) by Todd McFarlane and Peter David, with more to come!
!These PAN-DIMENSIONAL 3D EDITIONS are just the beginning,” says PUG Worldwide Director of Publishing Operations Mason Rabinowitz. !We”re thrilled to be working with Marvel on more soon to be announced projects designed to provide fans with new, exciting perspectives on their favorite Marvel heroes, moments, and stories.”
Future projects between Marvel and PUG Worldwide—including prose novels and art books—to be announced at a later date!