Jeff the Land Shark #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeJeff the Land Shark #3 is the Madripoor chapter of Jeff's first-ever print solo miniseries — a creative milestone for a character who spent years as a digital-first breakout before earning a full limited series of his own. The issue deepens the ongoing Shadow-Jeff storyline and is a showcase for the lighthearted, all-ages superhero comedy that earned the broader Jeff the Land Shark (2025) series a nomination for Best Humor Publication at the 2026 Eisner Awards. Its Luciano Vecchio variant, a deliberate homage to the cover of Uncanny X-Men #268, winks at the X-Men tradition of Madripoor intrigue while planting Jeff squarely in that lineage. Together, the issue demonstrates how a digital-born, nearly wordless humor strip evolved into a structured narrative capable of weaving Jeff into the larger X-Men corner of the Marvel Universe.
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The Jeff the Land Shark (2025) limited series was announced at ComicsPro and represents the culmination of Jeff's slow-burn rise from a background gag in West Coast Avengers (2018–2019) through the Eisner Award-winning It's Jeff! Infinity Comics. Writer Kelly Thompson — Jeff's co-creator — explicitly framed the series as an opportunity to tell more structurally complex Jeff stories than the nearly wordless short-form digital strips allowed, citing the character's breakout in the Marvel Rivals video game (December 2024) as the opening that made a print miniseries viable. Tokitokoro takes over interior art duties from Gurihiru (who contributed covers to the series), bringing a distinct but complementary visual sensibility to the expanded, dialogue-driven format.
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- Released August 27, 2025 (cover-dated October 2025); issue #3 of a five-issue limited series.
- Written by Kelly Thompson; interior art and inks by Tokitokoro; colors by Jim Campbell; letters by VC's Joe Caramagna; cover art by Gurihiru; edited by Jordan D. White.
- Story is set in Madripoor, where Jeff teams with Wolverine (Logan), Psylocke (Kwannon), and Luna Snow to battle The Hand ninja clan and contend with the Shadow-Jeff antagonist.
- Also features supporting appearances by Gambit (Remy LeBeau) and Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau) within the issue's broader cast.
- Jeff deploys magical stones taken from Doctor Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum to gain temporary powers — a recurring story mechanic across the miniseries arc.
- The Luciano Vecchio variant cover is a homage to the Jim Lee cover of Uncanny X-Men #268, signed 'after Lee,' directly referencing the classic Madripoor story tradition.
- Additional variant covers for this issue include a 1:25 Paco Medina variant, a Tokitokoro variant, and a 1:100 Gurihiru Virgin variant.
- The Jeff the Land Shark (2025) limited series as a whole was nominated for Best Humor Publication at the 2026 Eisner Awards, continuing the franchise's Eisner recognition following the 2024 win for It's Jeff: The Jeff-Verse.
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Reprinted in Jeff the Land Shark: Friends and Rivals #[nn] (2026)
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