In collaboration with Marvel, Bandai Namco Games has launched a 16-issue comic book series based on Rise of Incarnates.

The new comic series made its debut yesterday (July 23) with the first two issues in a combined volume, which will be handed out by the publisher at San Diego Comic-Con.

"Bandai Namco Games and Marvel working together was a no-brainer," said Marvel Custom Solutions vice president Jonathan Rheingold.

"Both companies hold to the highest standards of quality storytelling, artistic talent recruitment and character creation, so it was a natural connection for Marvel to offer its expertise to the legendary video game developer in packaging and distributing the comic book adaptation of Rise of Incarnates."

The newly-released volume will also be available at approximately 2,500 comic speciality shops supporting Marvel Comics for free from today (July 24).

Additionally, the comics will be accessible for free digitally through the Marvel Unlimited Comics App on iOS and Android devices.

Rise of the Incarnates was previously introduced as a free-to-play brawler for Steam.