On the heels of last week’s solicitation and cover reveals, Udon Entertainment has opened pre-orders for Mega Man X #0, the first issue in their new ongoing Mega Man X comic series. They've also launched pre-orders for covers A through D, along with an Udon Store-exclusive variant illustrated by Atomic Marshmellow, spotlighting Iris and Alia (depicted in her fan-favorite Mega Man X8 design). Pre-order links below:
- Cover A (Jeffrey Chamba Cruz)
- Cover B (Edwin Huang)
- Cover C (Hanzo Steinbach)
- Cover D (Royce Southerland)
- Cover X1 (Atomic Marshmallow)
Mega Man X #0 is expected to ship and arrive in-stores in January 2026.
Source: Udon Store
Oh no. The shippers are gonna go crazy with this information lol.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover. But $40? Come on... It's a $5 dollar book. Your paying $35 for what amounts to TWO PAGES.
ReplyDeleteIKR; I was already shocked that Udon was marking up the non-exclusive RI covers - my comic shop has the Udon RI covers at cover price, but Udon's very own shop has them at almost 3 times cover price, the heck, it's just cheaper to buy the non-exclusives from my local. I was interested until I saw the price, and man, I collect comics, but $40 retail for a standard floppy is daylight robbery, lol.
DeleteWithout getting too deep into it...
DeleteVariant covers are not a sign of a healthy comic, IMO... You are not selling more to more readers, which is what you want, you are selling the same book multiple times to a select few. That is not growing an audience or a brand...
I talked about it with my local comic guy, and he told me that the basic cover is the one that is always associated with a book, and "logically" will be the one worth the most money if the comic takes off.
And let's be honest: No Mega Man comic will ever be the next Detective Comics #27... So is the value there beyond the FOMO? No.
I can see one premium cover... But 5 or more is just disgusting.
"Variant covers are not a sign of a healthy comic" is kind of false in this specific case, though? Most modern comics will have at least a variant or two for issues, and its not unusual for a series to have the first issue(s) have many in order to cast a wide net. If you want people in for the long haul, you want to grab them early. Plus, Udon loves variants for their Street Fighter stuff (I don't know the margins on their SF stuff, but they keep making them, so I assume its been working), so its more of a publisher consistency thing. That's not the problem, here.
DeleteMost variants from other publishers are at most 1 or 2 dollars more than the standard issue. $40 for a single variant issue is crazy. That's more than a brand-new, thousand page hardcover book.
"Most modern comics will have at least a variant or two for issues"
DeleteAnd comic stores are closing. It's really working, isn't it?
I mean Skybound Transformers has been doing pretty good and that has a million covers (including basically-confirmed AI slop). Though it seems a bit bold to put all this effort into Mega Man, which has been off comic racks for a decade.
DeleteI'm not going to sit and argue about it, but there are a great number of factors contributing to the closure of comic shops. Pointing out an industry standard (whether you like it or not) as evidence for how this particular comic is going to do going forward just doesn't make sense, here, imo.
DeleteJesus Christ, 40usd for the Udon exclusive variant? Jeez. The previous 35usd one was already high and now this. Udon, have a heart.
ReplyDeleteNot that I care about much else but a game, but got to admit they look foxy, but the face should be closer to how they look in actual artwork or in game models. Faces look a little goofy here.
ReplyDeleteThis is just silly. Fourty?
ReplyDeleteIris feels kinda Yandere here. Well, I guess that fits with the Final Weapon 1 encounter. :p
ReplyDeletethis is why I hate american comics. this is #0, why? the omnibus has issue #1. does this one come before #1? is this the same one as the omnibus? if they're not the same, why does the omnibus have mega man #0, but not mega man X #0?
ReplyDeletedoes mega man #0 come before mega man timelines #1 are they unrelated? why have an issue #0 in the first place? just makes everything so confusing. it's like having mega man 0 as a game, it doesn't make much sense, except japan loves using zero for prequel games, but this isn't a prequel, it's the first entry. why?
Mega Man X #0 actually is a prequel to Mega Man X #1 (which is also Mega Man Timelines #2…), covering The Intro Stage. They even made a chart explaining the reading order!
Deletehaving a chart doesn't make things better. having to have a chart makes it all the worse really.
DeleteAnyone else having problems with the mobile version of the site? It comes up as the desktop version all of the time now...
ReplyDeleteAlot of things all over the place have been working differently these last few weeks.... 🤨
Should be fixed now!
DeleteIt is. Thanks.
Delete40 dollars plus shipping added up to 50 for me, this feels really weird because no other comic publisher does this sort of thing for their direct exclusives. closest i could think of is a foil superman #1 reprint going for about 20 but that was a double size print variant of the original comic and not, same size thing with a different cover.
ReplyDeletepart of me wonders if udon's going to be in a perpetual loop of new number ones and issue zeroes for the foreseeable future and we'll be seeing this around. hopefully the x comics do stay as an on going.
All I can say for now is that this Alia art is making me want her Koto kit together with Iris lol
ReplyDeleteDitto. But I'm still waiting to see Sigma in Color... Let alone pre-order one.
DeleteThey sure are taking their sweet time with Sigma. I just hope he isn't cancelled.
DeleteProbably design tweaks.
DeleteHe better not be.
DeleteTheir proportions are not proper reploid proportions. Iris' arms look like noodles. Also, 40 USD for a gooner bait cover?
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