We don’t envy publishing execs at the large comic publishing companies who have to figure out how to schedule comics, some involved in intricate storylines that cross over with other titles, as Diamond Comic Distributors, which stopped distributing new comics for two months, begins shipping again (see "Diamond to Resume Weekly New Product Distribution").  As the company that releases more comics and graphic novel titles than any other publisher, Marvel Comics has the biggest challenge, and the schedule it just released for the last three weeks of July shows just how complex that challenge is, as it mixes titles originally scheduled to release in four different months in those three weeks.

Here’s Marvel’s shipping schedule for the last three weeks of July, along with the original release date from the pre-COVID era:

Wednesday, July 15:
Comics:

  • 2020 WOLVERINE #1 (MAR200973) – 5/6
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #44 (FEB200926) – 4/22
  • AVENGERS #34 (MAR201019) – 5/13
  • CAPTAIN MARVEL #17 (FEB200964) – 4/15
  • EMPYRE #1 (FEB200753) – 4/15
  • FANTASTIC FOUR #21 (FEB200793) – 4/22
  • GIANT-SIZE X-MEN: MAGNETO #1 (FEB200889) – 4/15
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #4 (FEB200975) – 4/15
  • IMMORTAL HULK #35 (MAR201021) – 5/13
  • SPIDER-WOMAN #2 (FEB200916) – 4/15
  • VENOM #26 (MAR200999) – 5/13

Collections:

  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: FULL CIRCLE HC (OCT191101) – 4/1
  • ASTONISHING X-MEN COMPANION TP (FEB201062) – 4/29
  • CONAN: SERPENT WAR TPB (JAN201066) – 4/22
  • DEATH OF WOLVERINE PRELUDE: THREE MONTHS TO DIE TP (JAN201073) – 4/15
  • MS. MARVEL BY SALADIN AHMED VOL. 2: STORMRANGER TP (JAN201060) – 4/1
  • RUNAWAYS: PRIDE & JOY MARVEL SELECT HC (OCT191102) – 4/15
  • THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC KANE COVER (NEW PRINTING 3) (NOV190957) – 5/27
  • THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC WATSON COVER (NEW PRINTING 3, DM ONLY) (NOV190958) – 5/27

Wednesday, July 22
Comics:

  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SINS RISING PRELUDE #1 (FEB200922) – 4/29
  • DAREDEVIL #21 (MAR201052) – 5/6
  • EMPYRE #2 (FEB200766) – 4/29
  • EMPYRE: AVENGERS #1 (FEB200782) – 4/29
  • EMPYRE: X-MEN #1 (MAR200834) – 5/13
  • HELLIONS #2 (FEB200872) – 4/22
  • LORDS OF EMPYRE: EMPEROR HULKLING #1 (FEB200784) – 4/22
  • NEW MUTANTS #11 (MAR200909) – 5/20
  • STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #2 (FEB201027) – 4/29
  • WOLVERINE #3 (FEB200881) – 4/29
  • X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR #4 (FEB200877) – 4/29

Collections:

  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2099 COMPANION TP (FEB201056) – 5/13
  • AVENGERS BY JASON AARON VOL. 6: STARBRAND REBORN TP (FEB201055) – 5/6
  • ETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP CLASSIC COVER (DM ONLY) (APR201085) – 6/24
  • ETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TP REMASTERED COVER (APR201084) – 6/24
  • MILES MORALES VOL. 3: FAMILY BUSINESS TP (FEB201048) – 5/6
  • RUINS OF RAVENCROFT TP (APR201103) – 7/1
  • VENOM BY DONNY CATES VOL. 4: VENOM ISLAND TP (FEB201050) – 5/6
  • WOLVERINE: WEAPON X TP (NEW PRINTING 2) (FEB201066) – 4/29
  • X-FORCE BY BENJAMIN PERCY VOL. 1 TP (DNMC) (FEB201053) – 5/6

Wednesday, July 29:
Comics:

  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #45 (MAR200987) – 5/13
  • CABLE #2 (FEB200874) – 4/15
  • CAPTAIN MARVEL #18 (MAR200875) – 5/6
  • EMPYRE #3 (MAR200838) – 5/20
  • EMPYRE HANDBOOK #1 (FEB200788) – 4/1
  • EMPYRE: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 (MAR200846) – 5/13
  • EMPYRE: SAVAGE AVENGERS #1 (MAR200844) – 5/20
  • IRON MAN 2020 #5 (MAR200977) – 5/13
  • STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #3 (FEB201032) – 4/15
  • STAR WARS: THE ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVERS 1 (FEB201035) – 4/29
  • SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: ALIEN REALITY #5 (FEB200933) – 4/15
  • X-FACTOR #1 (FEB200865) – 4/22
  • X-MEN #10 (FEB200789) – 4/29

Collections:

  • ADVENTURE INTO FEAR OMNIBUS HC (DEC190975) – 6/10
  • AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION: THIS BEACHHEAD EARTH TP (MAR201110) – 5/27
  • AVENGERS: LIVE KREE OR DIE TP (MAR201115) – 6/3
  • MARVEL MASTERWORKS: MARVEL TEAM-UP VOL. 5 HC (DEC190977) – 6/17
  • MARVEL MASTERWORKS: MARVEL TEAM-UP VOL. 5 HC VARIANT (DM ONLY) (DEC190978) – 6/17
  • MARVEL-VERSE: CAPTAIN AMERICA GN-TP (MAR201119) – 6/10
  • MS. MARVEL MEETS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE GN-TP (FEB201074) – 5/6
  • SILVER SURFER: PARABLE TP (NEW PRINTING) (APR201107) – 7/1
  • SPIDER-VERSE: SPIDER-ZERO TP (FEB201047) – 5/6
  • STAR WARS: THE RISE OF KYLO REN TP (SDOS) (FEB201057) – 5/13

Marvel released its shipping schedule for May 27 – July 8 a few weeks ago (see "Marvel To Resume Releasing Comics May 27").