Viz Media is teaming up
with Stan Lee to launch a new manga series.

Stan Lee and his entertainment company Pow! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment will collaborate with Japanese manga creator Hiroyuki Takei (creator of Shaman King) on a new manga series for Japanese audiences. The series, entitled Ultimo (Karakuridoji Ultimo in Japanese), will premier later this month in Jump SQ. II, a special editon of Jump SQ, a monthly manga magazine published by Shueisha, one of Viz”s Media parent companies and the publisher of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.



Marc Weidenbaum, editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition of Shonen Jump, will release details about the project in

a press conference during New York Comic-con later this month. “I really can’t say much now,” Wiedenbaum told PWCW in an interview yesterday, “except that it’s coming out, it’s historic, and we’re excited.” Asked whether Ultimo would appear in the U.S. edition of Shonen Jump, Weidenbaum said that Viz is excited about the Japanese edition and is focused getting the word out about the collaboration.

Stan Lee is amazing. Does he ever sleep?



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