Jeff the Land Shark: Friends and Rivals

by Kelly Thompson, Tokitokoro (Illustrator)

120 pages, Paperback

Expected publication May 5, 2026

About the author

KELLY THOMPSON has a degree in Sequential Art from The Savannah College of Art & Design. Her love of comics and superheroes have compelled her since she first discovered them as a teenager. Currently living in Portland, Oregon with her boyfriend and the two brilliant cats that run their lives, you can find Kelly all over the Internet where she is generally well liked, except where she's detested.

Kelly has published two novels - THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING (2012) and STORYKILLER (2014) and the graphic novel HEART IN A BOX from Dark Horse Comics (2015). She's currently writing ROGUE & GAMBIT, HAWKEYE, and PHASMA for Marvel Comics and GHOSTBUSTERS for IDW. Other major credits include: A-Force, Captain Marvel & The Carol Corps, Jem and The Holograms, Misfits, Power Rangers Pink, and the creator-owned mini-series Mega Princess.

Kelly's ambitions are eclipsed only by her desire to exist entirely in pajamas. Fortunately pajamas and writers go hand in hand (most of the time). Please buy all her stuff so that she can buy (and wear) more pajamas.

Reviews

[Alex Sarll]

Jeff the Land Shark is Marvel's most successful fully new character since Deadpool, which you could regard as a terrible judgment on their publishing strategy and/or the superhero marketplace – but set against that, he is really cute. First appearing as a sidekick, he got spun off into sweet little gag strips and now stars in a full sequential story of his own, though let's be clear, this is no attempt to go epic and explore deeper issues in a Shark Knight Returns. Rather, Jeff gets into yet another ridiculous scrape – his shadow comes to life! – and then, chasing the demon responsible, plunges through a series of portals so that he can have team-ups with other characters the kids like (Deadpool again, Rocket & Groot) or should like (Elsa Bloodstone!), face off with dinosaurs, borrow Wolverine's claws for a bit... If you're looking for rigorous plotting, this is not the comic for you, and also, never try watching a Looney Tune. I don't just mean at the level of individual incident (does it make sense that Rogue can translate for Jeff after giving him a forehead kiss? Not really, but it means we can see a cute lil' guy getting a forehead kiss), but in terms of the overall notion that Jeff is pursuing the shadow demon because his good boy reputation is at stake; surely everyone knows he's a good boy in the inherent sense that's unaffected by surface details like his frequently being an absolute menace? None of which matters a jot, because this is adorable fluff and doesn't pretend to be anything else.

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter and I love reading It's Jeff together. I'm so glad that he got his own series but I prefer the Infinity Comics stories available through Marvel Unlimited. Read as individual comics, ratings below:

#1= 3 stars
#2= 2 stars
#3= 3 stars
#4= 3 stars
#5= 2 stars

Overall rating of 2.5 stars

[Mario V · Rating 5 out of 5]

Different art than what I’m used to but it was awesome and fresh!