{"id":550400,"date":"2026-07-15T04:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/550400\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:59:23","slug":"marvel-chip-zdarsky-are-tinkering-with-how-to-make-blind-bags-fun-for-avengers-relaunch-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/550400\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel & Chip Zdarsky are tinkering with how to make Blind Bags fun for Avengers relaunch this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s more powerful than the Infinity Gauntlet? Blind bags.<\/p>\n

Ultimate Endgame #1<\/a>, which was published last December, was the best-selling single issue Marvel had released in \u201cquite some time,\u201d<\/a> and it wasn\u2019t just because readers wanted to see the final chapter of the Ultimate Universe. Ultimate Endgame #1 was sold in blind bags, which readers and collectors bought in droves, hoping to obtain rare variant covers. Variants sketched by Robert Downey Jr. and Kevin Feige were given small print runs (we\u2019re talking four), causing The Hollywood Reporter to compare it to the hunt for Willy Wonka\u2019s golden tickets.<\/p>\n

This was a win for Marvel, who got huge sales, consumer excitement, and favorable press. Now they\u2019re hoping to repeat the success with Avengers #1, which hits stores on November 4. Marvel is planning True Believer Blind Bags, similar to what they did with Ultimate Endgame #1<\/a>. However, there might be a few surprises in there which take things to the next level.\u00a0 Chip Zdarsky, who is writing Avengers #1, reveals that he and Marvel are brainstorming ways to make the True Believer Blind Bags special.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing a blind bag for Avengers #1, and I\u2019m like, how do we make that fun,\u201d Avengers #1 writer Chip Zdarsky says during a conversation with SKTCHD<\/a>. \u201cHow are we going to do that and make it something interesting. Those are conversations I have to have with Marvel. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be doing some dumb sketches in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hey Marvel, I\u2019ll give you a free idea. Avengers #1 hits the stands in November, and Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters the following month. One of your variant covers should be a free pass to the red carpet premiere. That would be a gimmick to end all gimmicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s more powerful than the Infinity Gauntlet? Blind bags. Ultimate Endgame #1, which was published last December, was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28108,197872,1024,93,61,60,41738,197874,270],"class_list":["post-550400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-avengers","tag-chip-zdarsky","tag-comics","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marvel-comics","tag-marvel-comics-universe","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}