Marvel Comics is famed for having some of the greatest villains in modern mythology. Usually, it is their lot to play a supporting role. For the most part, they exist only to make the good guys look good. This summer, however, the bad guys will be given the spotlight rather than stealing it, in Bring on the Bad Guys.
Bring on the Bad Guys is the brainchild of Emmy Award winning writer Marc Guggenheim. The story finds Mephisto, the Lord of Lies, enacting a scheme to increase his power. This leads him to recruit some wicked souls to do his dirty work. However, when those wicked souls include former enemies like Doctor Doom and Loki, the devil may not get his due.
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The first chapter of Bring on the Bad Guys centers around Mephisto’s recruitment of Doctor Doom. This promises to be quite the caper, given Doom’s many battles with Mephisto to free his mother’s soul from Hell. It will be written by Marc Guggenheim, with art by Steafno Raffaele.
Subsequent chapters will center around Green Goblin, Abomination, Loki, Red Skull and Dormammu. The final chapter, which will also be written by Guggenheim, will reveal Mephisto’s grand design and the final fruition of his scheming.
The Green Goblin chapter of Bring on the Bad Guys will be written by Ethan Parker and Griffin Sheridan. The art will be provided by Matteo Della Fonte. It will reveal a previously unknown chapter of Norman Osborn’s history and his connection to Mephisto. The Abomination chapter will be handled by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Sergio Dávila, with the Hulk villain being sent to recover a soul. Finally, the Loki story by Anthony Oliveira will find the God of Mischief sent to get the better of an agent of Khonshu.
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“Marvel broke the mold with supervillains,” noted editor Mark Paniccia. He went on to note that Marvel’s villains are altogether different, “morally gray but still to be feared” despite their humanizing qualities. “Each of these one-shots are an opportunity for fans to see what makes these villains some of the most dangerous characters in the Marvel Universe.”
The first four Bring on the Bad Guys covers by Lee Bermejo may be viewed below.
Bring on the Bad Guys: Doom #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere on June 18, 2025. Subsequent issues will be released every two weeks afterward.
