Steve Wacker On Bringing Back The Big Numbers To Marvel Comics

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Steve Wacker On Bringing Back The Big Numbers To Marvel Comics

New Marvel Editor-In-Chief Steve Wacker on Bringing Back the Big Numbers to Marvel Comics

Published Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:20:10 -0500
by Rich Johnston
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Article Summary

• Marvel Editor-In-Chief Steve Wacker says he wants bigger issue numbers, more ongoings, and fewer relaunch #1s.
• Wacker suggests Marvel could restore legacy numbering, warning that constant renumbering makes #1 issues less special.
• His NYCC comments echo fan frustration over Marvel relaunches, with even Iman Vellani criticizing the habit.
• Marvel’s mysterious 1 Day teaser may signal a legacy numbering shift, or tie into a larger Mephisto story.

Friend of Bleeding Cool Chris Anton got a chance to chat with new Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Steve "Stephen" Wacker after the Marvel Comics panels at New York Comic Con, and asked about what he saw as the constant relaunches and renumberings at Marvel Comics. This has been a common criticism lately: relaunching a series with the same creative team with a new #1, or launching mini-series after mini-series, no longer has the same attention grab or sales spike as it once did. Even Iman Villani has been having a go. His response? Chris reports Steve told him, "I like big numbers… The story should be as long as it needs to be. We'll figure out how to collect it later… I want more ongoings and higher numbers." And indicated there's "a chance" we see some books revert to their legacy numbering. "We risk making a number one not special." He also mentioned that the 1 Day teaser shown at the end of the panel: "So that should help.""

Well, there we go. They did indeed tease One Day. Tom Brevoort also teased something in his Substack with the initials "MEOD", which would fit a bit of it. Could this be a return to making the Marvel Legacy number the main issue number of the series, as Axel Alonso once did? Making mini-series part of the main series rather than existing in their own bubble? No idea yet… but this is what was teased.

Announced at New York Comic Con during the Marvel Comics panel, new Marvel Editor-In-Chief Steve Wacker teased something for next June called 1 Day… "THIS JUNE… TOMORROW IS ONE DAY AWAY. Save the date… because no one is promised the future. June 2027". Notably, the image is full of recent issue-1 relaunch covers, as well as big ones like Amazing Spider-Man #1000 and Thor #800 that reclaimed their legacy numbers for a bit. And other recent books, too. Oh, I'm not sure where I was going with this…

Unless it actually *is* something to do with Mephisto, Peter Parker and Mary Jane, as teased over in the Avengers trailer. Just look at that Mephisto mending someone's broken heart… Mephisto Engaged One Day? Find more Bleeding Cool NYCC coverage right here.

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