Black Cat #1
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Release Date: August 20, 2025
Cover Price: $4.99
Writer: G. Willow Wilson
Artist: Gleb Melnikov
Cover(s): Adam Hughes (Main Cover) and Various Variants (See Below)
Format: 32 pgs., Full-Color
Rating: Teen+

Publisher Description.  Black Cat is in her super hero era!

Following Spider-Man's defeat at the hands of new supervillain Hellgate in upcoming issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Felicia Hardy steps up to the plate as the friendly neighborhood Black Cat in an all-new ongoing series by superstar writer G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and artist Gleb Melnikov (Amazing Spider-Man).  Launching in August, this exciting new chapter sees Black Cat test her luck as a super hero, battling some of Spider-Man’s fiercest villains between her usual high-stakes heists.  Today, fans can check out all the covers for the debut issue!

In addition to Adam Hughes' stunning main cover, Black Cat #1 will feature a special Foil Variant Cover by Terry Dodson as well as pieces by a lineup of top-selling artists: Derrick Chew, Simone Di Meo, Peach Momoko and Jeehyung Lee.  Chew and Lee's covers will also be available as Virgin Variant Covers.  One of Black Cat's defining artists, J. Scott Campbell, also contributes a cover, part of his upcoming "Just Spectacular Collection." 

SUPER-THIEF, SUPER… HERO?!
Felicia Hardy is the Black Cat, the world's slyest and most skilled super-thief!  She loves a good score.  The longer the odds - the better!  But her entire world turned upside down after Spider-Man’s battle with Hellgate, so Felicia is turning over a new leaf as New York City's newest… super hero?!  The first super villain on her list – The Lizard!  But will the Black Cat risk it all after her do-gooding moral high ground attracts dangerous attention from the lowest of the city's underworld? Easy, Kingpin of Crime, she's still skimming off the top - honest!

  - Main Cover by Adam Hughes
  - Foil Variant Cover by Terry Dodson
  - Variant Cover by Derrick Chew
  - Virgin Variant Cover by Derrick Chew
  - Variant Cover by Simone Di Meo
  - Variant Cover by Jeehyung Lee
  - Virgin Variant Cover by Jeehyung Lee
  - Variant Cover by Peach Momoko
  - Just Spectacular Collection Variant Cover by J. Scott Campbell
  - Just Spectacular Collection Virgin Variant Cover by J. Scott Campbell

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