Marvel Secret Empire Advance Solicitations

Marvel Comics has provided ComicBook.com with an exclusive first look at the solicitations for Secret Empire #1 and Secret Empire #2, the first two chapter of the next major Marvel Comics event.

Marvel Comics has promised that the nine-part Secret Empire event will involve all of the major heroes and factions of the Marvel Universe, and these solicitations back that up.

While the first issue is described as dealing with the first initial shock of Captain America’s Hydra loyalty, the second issue stars Doctor Strange and the Defenders – Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, and Iron Fist – as they are locked in combat with the minions of Baron Mordo.

Check out the solicitations and cover art, including Hydra hero variant covers by Andrea Sorrentino, in the following slideshow, and check back tomorrow for Marvel Comics’ full May 2017 solicitations.

Secret Empire #1 and Secret Empire #1 both go on sale in comic book stores this May.

Secret Empire #1 (of 9)

SECRET EMPIRE #1 (of 9)

NICK SPENCER (W) • STEVE MCNIVEN (A)

Cover by MARK BROOKS

Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV

VARIANT COVER BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL

Hydra Hero VARIANT Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO

Young Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

Villain Variant Cover by DAN MORA

PARTY VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK

PARTY SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK

PREMIERE VARIANT COVER BY TBA

It’s been building for months, across a bevy of titles! But now, the moment has arrived for Steve Rogers to step into the light and declare his allegiance to Hydra! How can the heroes of the Marvel Universe cope with this shattering betrayal by the most trusted figure among them? And what will this mean for the world? The map of the Marvel Universe changes in ways nobody will expect — TRUST THE SECRET EMPIRE!

48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

Secret Empire #2 (of 9)

SECRET EMPIRE #2 (of 9)

NICK SPENCER (W) • ANDREA SORRENTINO (A)

Cover by MARK BROOKS

Villain Variant Cover by Dan Mora

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

VARIANT COVER BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL

Hydra Hero VARIANT Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO

Enshrouded in darkness, plagued by the minions of Baron Mordo and cut off from all assistance, The Defenders and Doctor Strange struggle to save the lives of the innocent people consigned to this hell on Earth. Will Dagger prove to be the key to stopping this nightmare? Meanwhile, will the appearance of a new hero provide Iron Man with the key to Captain America’s startling change? THE SECRET EMPIRE WILL DEFEND YOU!

48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99