UDON Entertainment opens comics distribution with Lunar Distribution,
starting with May 2025 Titles

UDON Entertainment have announced today that they have entered a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Lunar Distribution to handle their direct market sales, beginning with May 2025-shipping comic book products.

While almost all orders placed with Diamond will be filled, the exception to this will be UDON’s two Free Comic Book Day titles. The sales and distribution of these two titles will be handled exclusively by Lunar Distribution. The two titles are Street Fighter vs. Rival Schools #1 and Mega Man #0, both of which lead into new mini-series and other products for 2025 (see info below).

Retailers: All Diamond orders for Mega Man #0 and Street Fighter vs. Rival Schools #1 made through Diamond will be cancelled, and you are asked to re-order these books from Lunar with an FOC Date of February 24, 2025.

Lunar Distributing Order Codes:
1224UE847 FCBD 2025 – MEGAMAN #0 CVR A JEFFERY CHAMBA CRUZ 2025 FCBD SPECIAL EDITION (NET)
1224UE848 FCBD 2025 – STREET FIGHTER VS RIVAL SCHOOLS #1 CVR A TOVIO ROGERS 2025 FCBD SPECIAL EDITION (NET)
Retailers: Order Now at https://www.lunardistribution.com/home/search?term=udon

FANS: Tell your local comic book store that you want Mega Man #0 and Street Fighter vs. Rival Schools #1 on Free Comic Book Day!

“It’s a rocky time for the entire comic industry right now,” said UDON Chief of Operations Erik Ko. “Diamond has been a very supportive partner of UDON since we started publishing over 20 years ago, and we respect that support a great deal. We are very hopeful that Diamond can come back strong from Chapter 11 restructuring, but with the uncertainty ahead it makes the most sense for us and for the retailers who carry our books to open up our distribution options and make our materials available through additional partners like Lunar Distribution.”

UDON’s first books to be distributed through Lunar will be the two Free Comic Book Day issues, again, handled exclusively through Lunar, in time for Free Comic Book Day, May 3, 2025. Regular comics offerings will be available from both Lunar and Diamond starting with May 2025’s Mega Man Timelines #1. All orders (except for FCBD issues) placed for UDON comic books to date through Diamond will be honored and filled, including three exciting new comic book issues detailed below.

Additional updates will be made as more information becomes available. Retailers and other affected parties, please direct questions about this announcement to press@udonentertainment.com.

1224UE847 FCBD 2025 –
MEGAMAN #0 CVR A JEFFERY CHAMBA CRUZ 2025 FCBD SPECIAL EDITION (NET)
Written by Tavis Maiden, Art by Kenny Ruiz, Jeffrey Chamba Cruz, and more!
Video game legend MEGA MAN returns with all-new comics from UDON! In this special one-shot adventure, the original Blue Bomber faces off against villainous robot masters like Cold Man, Wind Man, Skull Man, and more! This issue sets the stage for the incredible Mega Man Timelines mini-series starting in May, 2025!
32 pages, Full Color

1224UE848 FCBD 2025 –
STREET FIGHTER VS RIVAL SCHOOLS #1 CVR A TOVIO ROGERS 2025 FCBD SPECIAL EDITION (NET)
Written by David Lumsdon, Art by Tovio Rogers
The World Warriors hit the books, as the heroes of Street Fighter collide with the quarrelsome students of Rival Schools! Chun-Li, Dan, and Sakura square off against Batsu, Edge, Kyoko, and more in a schoolyard brawl that may give them all detention! The perfect way to gear up for the long-awaited re-release of Rival Schools 2 in the upcoming Capcom Fighting Collection 2 video game, and UDON’s own Rival Schools: Official Complete Works illustration collection!
32 pages, Full Color

Street Fighter Prime #0, $4.99, 32 pages, Color (One-shot)
The next era of Street Fighter comics begins here! Zangief and Marisa make an ominous discovery in Italy! Brother-in-laws Guile and Ken come to blows! And Chun-li investigates the mysterious organization known as Vortex! Jump into UDON’s 2025 comic line up with this special prelude issue! (February 2025)

Final Fight #4 $4.99, 32 Pages, Color
Haggar, Cody, and Guy make their last stand against the assembled mobs of Mad Gear! Will Metro City be saved from all-out gang rule? Find out in the FINAL issue of FINAL FIGHT! (March 2025)

Street Fighter Masters: Guile #1, $4.99, 32 pages, Color (One-shot)
He’s the American airman! The sonic striker! The colonel with the comb! Street Fighter mainstay Guile finally stars in his very own comic adventure! In this exciting one-shot story, Guile must keep an experimental prototype aircraft out of the hands of the new villains on the block – Vortex Inc. – and their newest lieutenant, the South African stick fighter known as Lwazi! (April 2025)

UDON Entertainment is a publisher of original and translated art books, graphic novels, and manga. Our best-known projects are those based on popular video game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, Persona, and more. UDON also publishes art books and manga based on top transmedia properties including More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers, Summertime Rendering, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kill la Kill, FLCL, Rose of Versailles, and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

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