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As we move ever closer to Disney’s The Lion King remake it looks like the company is excited to expand the lore of their iconic property into other mediums. We can exclusively announce they’re heading to the realm of graphic novels with Dark Horse’s Disney The Lion King: Wild Schemes and Catastrophes. The book will be written by John Jackson Miller with an artist yet to be announced and will be an anthology style book with different stories about Simba and his friends.

According to Dark Horse’s official press release The Lion King: Wild Schemes and Catastrophes will take readers on an adventure through the epic world of the movie. “Journey through Pride Rock and beyond in four stories focusing on Simba as a cub. Young Simba learns being king is not as easy as he would like to believe, fan-favorite duo Timon and Pumbaa find themselves in a peculiar situation, take a trek with young Simba and Nala on a path unknown, and share in the wise words of the one and only Rafiki.”

With anticipation for the live action adaptation growing, it makes sense Disney would want to build on that while introducing a new generation of fans to the property with a brand new kids comic, especially as Dark Horse and Disney have a deal which sees the comics publisher put out licensed young readers comics based on the Mouse House.

Disney The Lion King: Wild Schemes and Catastrophes is out on June 4, 2019, and is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TFAW, and at your local comic shop.

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More terrifying than Mark Ruffalo on a talk show! Scarier than Tom Holland being interviewed by himself! Marvel’s greatest spoiler threat has struck again! New toys.

Images of upcoming products for Avengers: Endgame have hit the web. They give us a glimpse of many of the characters who will be trying to undo Thanos’ Snap. We’ve expected to see some of them, but others are pleasant surprises. Who will join the fight is not the only secret contained within those collectibles though, and on today’s Nerdist News we’re gathering them all together to unearth what these action figures might tell us about the film.

On today’s (potentially spoiler-filled) episode, host Jessica Chobot looks at how new Endgame toys seem to confirm some of the biggest theories about the film, especially how the Avengers might need to suit up for a special trip–where they’re going could tell us how the Mad Titan’s Great Dusting might be reversed. These figurines and their packaging also reveal some new Avengers, from old characters taking on different forms, to some popular members of the MCU who look like they could be called upon to finally join Earth’s mightiest heroes on their quest to save half the universe.

No matter how much studios, even one as good as keeping its secrets as Marvel, are no match for the leaking potential of new toys. They’re consistently the best way to collect secrets.

But what do you think of these new toys and what they tell us about the film? Don’t keep your thoughts a secret, share them with us in the comments below.