Warning: Spoilers for Marvel Rivals #1!
The epic battles ofMarvel Rivals, the popular 6v6 third-person shooter game released for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows by Marvel and NetEase Games, might seem random, butevery one of the game’s maps and characters have story points etched into Marvel lore,and a new Marvel Comics series helps connect those points.
Marvel Rivals#1 – written by Paul Allor, with art by Luca Claretti – takes place in the game’s Tokyo 2099 map, as multiple universes merge into a timestream entanglement, gathering heroes fromacross the Marvel Multiverse. In Tokyo 2099,the Web of Life and Destinyis damaged, and Master Weaver and his apprentice Spider-Zero argue over how to fix it.
Weaver wants to gather enough chronovium to allow the web to repair itself, and Zero wants to plug the Web into cyberspace and manually repair it, leading two Spider-totem-led teams to fight against each other to achieve both goals.
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Marvel Rivals#1 – Written By Paul Allor; Art By Luca Claretti; Color By Dee Cunniffe; Lettering By Joe Sabino
Each playable character in Marvel Rivalshas an in-game bio that can be read in the character’s stats that may differ from their backstory in the comics, and connects them to certain maps in the game. Fans can read up on their favorite characters' Rivals backstories, but if they don’t want to read it all,there is another way to dive into the lore of the game.Marvel Rivals #1-6was originally released as a Marvel Unlimited exclusive comic series, but will now be released in a collected physical one-shot. This one-shot covers the story of the Tokyo 2099 map.
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The Marvel Rivals one-shot also teases the stories for the other maps, including Thor and Loki’s battle for Asgard’s throne after Odin enters Odinsleep and Thor returns from Tokyo 2099. The Winter Soldier defends Black Panther and the heart-shaped herbs in Wakanda, Black Widow breaks into Charteris Base, the Guardians of the Galaxy and The Punisher fight off Knull and the symbiotes on the planet Klyntar, and The Fantastic Four come face to face with two versions of Doctor Doom. Hopefully, this is not the last Marvel Rivals comic, andthese other stories are told to their full extent.
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More casual fans without a subscription to Marvel Unlimited can now access this story much more easily with the help of their local comic book store. Fans of the Marvel movies are already being introduced to brand-new characters that they have never heard of before, but are coming to love.TheMarvel Unlimited app also has suggested readings for each of the game’s playable characters,organized by class, so players can get even more content about their mains.With new Marvel Rivals comics,there is a brand-new access point for fans of the game to get invested in the comics.
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Marvel is even offering an exclusiveJeff the Land Shark Unlimited Appetite Spraywith the purchase of theMarvel Rivalsone-shot. With the added in-game bonus, this book will get a lot more Marvel fans, or even casual Rivals players, out to comic book stores; they just need to know about it. There are also more Marvel Rivals comics set to launch from the publisher in the next couple of months, so hopefully, for the sake of gamers and readers alike, they include exclusive in-game content as well.
Marvel Rivals#1will be available August 05, 2025, andMarvel Rivals: Ignite#1will be available June 06, 2025, both from Marvel Comics.
