Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei! The Ultimo Team Up!

New York Comic Con is going to be historic for a number of reasons. The most recent is ULTIMO. Stan Lee, POW! Entertainment, and VIZ Media will team up to speak for the first time about ULTIMO -- a new comic created by a collaboration between Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei, the creator of the Shaman King manga series -- at NYCC.

ULTIMO represents a first-of-a-kind partnership between Stan and a Japanese manga creator, and a 32-page ULTIMO prologue will debut in a special April issue of the Japanese manga magazine Jump SQ. released on April 18th in Japan.

VIZ Media will host a special ULTIMO panel at New York Comic Con on the same day here in NYC.

Panelists include Stan Lee, Jump SQ. Editor Takanori Asada, and Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief Marc Weidenbaum, and discussion will shed light on the development of ULTIMO and new news regarding the future of the title.

The ULTIMO Panel begins at 4 PM in Room 1E09 on April 18. It will ONLY be open to members of the press as well as a small selection of fans. If you are a member of the press and would like to attend, please contact Evelyn Dubocq (Evelyn.Dubocq@viz.com). If you're a fan, enter to win a seat in the room at www.shonenjump.com/ultimosweeps.

New York Comic Con is going to be historic!