Jalen Brunson’s star turn in New York has spilled off the court and onto a comic book cover.
The Knicks guard is featured on a limited-edition variant of Amazing Spider-Man #1001, and the book is being distributed through Whatnot at New York Comic Con. The comic is available at the Javits Center through October 11, and Brunson appears on the cover with a lineup of familiar Marvel names, according to a post by Knicks Fan TV. Spider-Man, Iron-Man and Storm are all part of the artwork.
The cover also leans hard into the Knicks’ championship moment, with a Madison Square Garden billboard declaring the team the 2025-26 NBA champions. The comic itself can only be obtained through the Whatnot Liveplex activation at the convention.
There is also some buzz that Brunson could show up at the event and sign copies, though nothing has been confirmed in the source material. His comic is one piece of Whatnot’s larger convention-only rollout, with the release tied directly to New York Comic Con and access to Whatnot’s event programming serving as the main path to getting it.
Whatnot’s lineup stretches well beyond Brunson and Marvel. The company is also unveiling event-exclusive items tied to Marvel, Formula One, hip-hop culture and collectibles, including Iron Man: Race Towards Doom #1, Heavy is the Crown #1, Dungeon Crawler Carl #1, and a slate of limited-edition figures and posters.
Among the other convention releases, Iron Man: Race Towards Doom #1 features the Atlassian Williams Formula 1 team and is also exclusive to the event. Heavy is the Crown #1 is a new Marvel comic created with Anderson .
Paak and Cordae for Mass Appeal. The rest of the lineup includes limited-edition variants like Dungeon Crawler Carl #1, Absolute Batman #24 and Legend Has It Vol. 2, plus a Busta Rhymes and J Dilla-inspired Incredible Hulk #1 homage, Marvel Hip Hop variant covers curated by Rob Markman, and collectibles such as a Mets-themed Randy Savage figure, a Whatnot x NYCC Bloo release and Godzilla blind-bag variants.
The activation also teased a collaboration involving Gary Vaynerchuk’s VeeFriends.
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