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Marvel-Solicitations 2008-06 (Juni)

DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME #4 (of 5)
Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH
Penciled by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Variant Cover by RON GARNEY & KLAUS JANSON
Sketch Variant Cover by JAE LEE
As Roland’s spirit floats through todash space it is irresistibly drawn to End-World and the court of the Crimson King himself! There the young gunslinger comes face-to-face with the very embodiment of evil in its own domain. And for the last of the line of Eld there may be no way out. Meanwhile, on Mid-World, Alain and Cuthbert desperately struggle to protect Roland’s unconscious form, and themselves, against a pack of ravening wolves.
40 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory…$3.99

SKY DOLL #2 (of 3)
Written by BARBARA CANEPA & ALESSANDRO BARBUCCI
Pencils by ALESSANDRO BARBUCCI
Cover by ALESSANDRO BARBUCCI & BARBARA CANEPA
The internationally acclaimed best seller continues! Finally free from her life of servitude, Noa, our sexy Sky Doll, finds that the missionaries who helped free her may not have her best interests in mind. When the group arrives on an underwater world for a "pit stop", Noa discovers she may have been left out to dry. But she's not just some "wet behind the ears" android as she proves she knows her way around weapons and isn't afraid to use them to insure she's not soon drowning in a watery grave!
64 PGS./Mature …$5.99
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MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: THE THREE MUSKETEERS #1 (of 6)

Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS)
Penciled by HUGO PETRUS
Cover by GERALD PAREL
Paris, 1625. A young man called d’Artagnan, after a series of misadventures, attempts to join the King’s elite fighting force—The Musketeers! Joined by Porthos, Aramis and Athos, the four make short work of the Crown’s adversaries. But little do they know, the evil Cardinal Richelieu is creating a counter force to the Musketeers, one which may soon challenge the power of the French throne itself! The latest title in the Illustrated line reunites the creative team which brought you the much-lauded adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask. All for one and one for all!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: MOBY-DICK #5 (of 6)
Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY HERMAN MELVILLE)
Penciled by PASCAL ALIXE
Cover by JOHN WATSON
At last, Ahab’s single-minded obsession is rewarded: the tell-tale spout of Moby-Dick has been spotted! With every whale boat on the Pequod launched in pursuit, Ahab and his Filipino crew lead the charge. But the wily whale is not to be undone, violently surfacing under Ahab’s boat and capsizing it! Is this truly the end for Ahab and his twisted voyage into madness?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

MARVEL ILLUSTRATED:THE ILIAD #7 (of 8)
Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE EPIC POEM BY HOMER)
Penciled by MIGUEL ANGEL SEPULVEDA
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Reconciling himself to Agamemnon in the wake of Patroclus’ death, Achilles goes on a rampage, slaughtering Trojan soldiers. Achilles nearly takes the city himself until he is challenged by Prince Agenar, actually Apollo in disguise. Looking down on the battlefield Zeus himself rescinds his injunction against divine interference and the gods join the struggle once more, shaking the heavens with the sudden unleashing of their
awesome power!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES #12 (of 12)

Written by LAURELL K. HAMILTON
Adapted by JESSICA RUFFNER
Pencils & Cover by RON LIM
This is it! The comic series adapting Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling novel Guilty Pleasures comes to its pulse pounding conclusion! The first startling book of the Anita Blake series ends here! Who has been slaughtering the vampires? Can Anita stop them? Who will live? Who will die? Who will remain undead? It all comes to a head here, as the titular vampire hunter and her dangerous ally Edward face off against the forces of evil. Don’t miss it!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

LORDS OF AVALON: SWORD OF DARKNESS #5 (of 6)
Written by SHERRILYN KENYON
Adapted by ROBIN FURTH
Pencils & Cover by TOMMY OHTSUKA
As the ancient prophecies foretold, Seren now carries a child destined to become the next Penmerlin. But the unborn baby’s power is so strong that Seren can no longer hide from the forces of Darkness. Wherever she goes, the demons of Camelot can find her. Will Morgen Le Fey capture Seren and force her child to become the slave of Darkness, or will Lord Kerrigan betray the evil he has served for centuries so that he can help the young weaver escape? Find out in the penultimate issue of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s highly acclaimed Arthurian fantasy, Sword of Darkness.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #55
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by TYLER KIRKHAM
Cover by BILLY TAN
Are you ready for Ultimate Salem’s Seven? Who are they, and what do they want with the Human Torch? Unfortunately, Johnny and the rest of the FF are dealing with a troubling enemy of their own at the Baxter Building, as the enigmatic woman known as Agatha Harkness introduces her new regime. There are mysteries aplenty to plague our foursome, threatening to tear them apart from without and within!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ULTIMATE ORIGINS #1 (of 5)

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by BUTCH GUICE
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
Variant Cover by MICHAEL TURNER
This is it! The story that finally reveals the conspiracies behind the entire Ultimate Universe! When they first met, Bruce Banner mysteriously warned Spider-Man that "Everything is connected." Now it's time to discover the jaw-dropping secrets that men have fought and died to protect. From the dark days of World War II to the frightening present, journey through history to learn what's really behind the Super Soldier and Weapon X programs–and how heroes such as Captain America, Nick Fury and Wolverine have more in common than codenames and costumes. The dream team of Brian Michael Bendis and Butch Guice (CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRON MAN) unite for the first time for the Ultimate series of the year that is a must-read lead-in to ULTIMATUM!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #123
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Venom returns in part 1 of “War of the Symbiotes”! When Spidey’s most fearsome foe strikes, it looks bad for the outmatched web-slinger, but Silver Sable and her Wild Pack may turn the tide! Have they come to save Spider-Man or is their motive something more sinister? Plus: this story adapts, expands and incorporates the hit Ultimate Spider-Man video game (which Brian Michael Bendis just happened to co-write) into Ultimate Spider-Man continuity! So be like Venom and return to ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN to find out why folks like Wizard are saying it’s “the best Spider-book on the stands right now.”
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ULTIMATE X-MEN #95
Written by ARON COLEITE
Penciled by MARK BROOKS
Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
HEROES writer Aron Eli Coleite continues his run – and introduces a team of X-Men like you’ve never seen before! Who are Ultimate Alpha Flight? What do they want with Northstar? What is Colossus willing to do to get him back? And just wait until you see that last-page shocker!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #561
Written by "Dandy'" DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by "Many Fingered" MARCOS MARTIN
Peter Parker: Paparazzi! Part 3 of 3
"Photo Finished"
They say a picture's worth a thousand words... Well, for Peter Parker, the right picture is worth a million bucks! And what he does with it is really gonna change his life! This is a big one, Spidey Fans! We've got shake ups and break ups! Fake outs and freak outs! And a fight to the finish with one of Spider-Man's strangest foes: the fiendishly foldable PAPER DOLL! Miss this one, Marvelite, and you'll miss out on the BEST mystery guest of the YEAR! Here's a hint...she's a redhead!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #562
Written by "Bumblin'" BOB GALE
Pencil and Cover by "Maladjusted" MIKE McKONE
It's Web-Slinger vs. Wall-Crawler as artist extraordinaire Mike McKone (FF, The Exiles) joins writer Bob Gale to answer the question – who is “The Other Spider-Man?” It ain't comin' down to another clone saga is it? If so, send all complaints to 1994!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #563
Written by "Burpy" BOB GALE
Pencil and Cover by "McLovin'" MIKE McKONE
Remember that joke that starts, “So Spider-Man walks into a bar, and…?” Well, when it’s the villain-filled Bar With No Name, it’s no joke – it’s a barroom brawl as only Mike McKone can draw it! And that’s only the beginning of one of the most maddening nights in Spidey’s life! Throw in The Enforcers, The Bookie, and a climax at Coney Island, and you’ve got a recipe for the nuttiest Spider-Man story this year. Gale didn’t tell us what he was drinking when he wrote it, but it must have been pretty good stuff!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #9
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Art by DEREC AUCOIN
Cover by SALVA ESPIN
Spider-Man, the friendly neighborhood…chaperone? When the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier races off to fight a hostile UFO, Nick Fury asks (okay, tells) Spider-Man that he needs to watch after Bruce Banner. Now all Spidey needs to do is convince a city full of assorted thieves and felons (and…DANG…Dr. Octopus!) to KEEP IT DOWN for the day, cuz, you know, this is the guy that turns into the Hulk. PLUS: the story no one thought they would see, the debut of all-new backup feature “Mr. & Mrs. Spider-Man”! In this first installment, using their individual talents, Peter and Mary Jane Parker join forces to prevent the Lizard from destroying his own family.
104 PGS./Rated A …$4.99

AMERICAN DREAM #3 & 4 (of 5)
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by TODD NAUCK
Cover by RON FRENZ
“Shattered Dream”
Accused of being a traitor, American Dream falls into a deadly trap, discovers a terrible secret and faces the most horrible transformation of all!
32 PGS. (each)/Rated A …$2.99 (each)

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #21
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Pencils & Cover by RON FRENZ
“A Brand New MAY!”
Part 2 of 5
As Peter Parker and Normie Osborn try to learn the identity of the brand new May, Spider-Girl investigates Humanity First and battles a brand new super-foe.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

CLANDESTINE #5 (of 5)

Written by ALAN DAVIS
Pencils & Cover by ALAN DAVIS
The Destine family is caught between the Cross-Time Excalibur and the Inhumans of another reality! While at home, Griffin's machinations harvest Destine DNA in a bid to live forever! And patriarch Adam Destine returns to where it all began--Yden.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS FAIRYTALES #4 (of 4)

Written by C. B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by RICARDO TERCIO
Cover by CLAIRE WENDLING
We're not in the Marvel Universe anymore, Toto! When young Jennifer Walters is swept away and carried to the mysterious land Oz, she discovers that turning green is only the beginning of her troubles. But she follows the Rainbow Road and encounters a familiar cast of characters more in need of help than her; a rusty old Iron Man in need of a heart, a scarecrow whose lost his hammer and maybe his mind, and a brave old warrior who simply needs to find his courage. And just when they thought things couldn't get any worse, the Scarlet Witch of the West arrives to utter three ominous words... "No More Munchkins!”
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AVENGERS/INVADERS #2 (of 12)
Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS
Penciled by STEVE SADOWSKI
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Variant Cover by MIKE PERKINS
The cross-time team-up of the year continues with the award winning team behind EARTH X, Justice and Project: Superpowers! With World War II's greatest heroes mysteriously transported to 2008, it takes the Mighty Avengers to bring them in before the world realizes that the Invaders are back…including the original Captain America. But will Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. have enough firepower to hold them…or do the Invaders have everyone just where they want them?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

BLACK PANTHER #38
Written by REGINALD HUDLIN
Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
“BACK TO AFRICA,” CONCLUSION
Rumble in the jungle, as the Black Panther squares off against the one foe he’s never defeated: Killmonger. And the stakes have never been higher: Wakanda.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GHOST RIDER #24
Written by JASON AARON
Art by TAN ENG HUAT
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
What do you get when you take a maximum security prison filled with sinners of every sort and add a bonafide Spirit of Vengeance to the mix? A hot time in the old hoosegow, that’s what you get. In this first part of an all-new arc, Blaze goes behind bars, still hell-bent on vengeance, still looking for answers. But is he prepared to face the mysterious man in cell 17? The one with the sign on his door that says "Do not open under any circumstances"? The one who just got set loose? Uh oh. Bring your riot gear. Featuring art by Tan Eng Huat (Silver Surfer: In Thy Name).
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #39
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils & Cover by STEVE EPTING
Okay, what the heck is going on here? Is that two guys in Captain America outfits? Yeah, it is.
More than that, we cannot say.
The epic Death of Captain America continues in Part Three of "The Man Who Bought America" by the acclaimed team of Brubaker and Epting.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

DAREDEVIL #108
Written by ED BRUBAKER & GREG RUCKA
Penciled by MICHAEL LARK
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
"Cruel and Unusual" Part Two of Four
Matt Murdock throws himself into what is probably a losing case, a last-minute death-penalty appeal...while Dakota North and
Daredevil discover people are willing to kill to keep them from pursuing this investigation. But is it the mob...or the government? The multiple-Eisner-nominated team of Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark is joined by the acclaimed Greg Rucka co-writing!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #16
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art & Cover by DAVID AJA
“Happy Birthday, Danny” Part 1 of 1
In the wake of THE SEVEN CAPITAL CITIES OF HEAVEN, Danny Rand has been busy reinventing and rebuilding his life. Who is he, as a man? As a hero? What does the Iron Fist legacy really mean in this day and age? Where does Danny Rand go next? And just what exactly is up with him and Misty? Are they, like, a thing, or, or what? And why might the 33 candles on Danny’s cake mean the end for the Immortal Iron Fist?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ETERNALS #1

Written by CHARLES KNAUF & DANIEL KNAUF
Art & 50/50 Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
50/50 Variant cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
The Gods Walk the Earth! In ancient times, the Celestials, a race of cosmic giants, came to Earth and created a race of powerful immortal beings: The Eternals! For a time, primitive man worshiped them as gods, but eventually they disappeared. Now, they have returned! One of the Celestials now towers over Golden Gate Park, standing in judgment over the Earth… but does he bring the end of the world? Following up on Neil Gaiman’s best-selling series (and a recent appearance in the Incredible Hercules), join writers Charles and Daniel Knauf and rising superstar artist Daniel Acuña, as Jack Kirby’s Eternals return to walk among us!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #558
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by BRYAN HITCH
Who are the New Defenders, and why does their appearance on Earth foretell the eventual extinction of mankind? Who has liberated Doctor Doom from his incarceration awaiting trial, and why? And what's up with Valeria? (Oh, and the Fantastic Four are in it too...)
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #2
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER
Cover by CLINT LANGLEY
Groot is here! And so is…hey, wasn’t he sunk in Antarctica? One day on the job, and our cosmic protectors have already made themselves a major new enemy! But how does that connect to Adam Warlock’s mystical past? Could it really be the threat he’s spent years trying to deny? And exactly what or who have the Guardians discovered frozen & adrift in space? It can’t be...can it? If you’re curious, give GUARDIANS a go and find out why critics like ComicAddiction.com say “Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning are the unsung heroes of the writing staff at Marvel Comics.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HULK: RAGING THUNDER

Written by JEFF PARKER
Art by MITCH BREITWEISER
Cover by GREG LAND
She will be the mightiest champion of her time. He was the mightiest monster of his. What happens when these legends clash will change the course of history for the warrior known as THUNDRA! PLUS, a classic Thundra tale!
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

SKAAR: SON OF HULK #1

Written by GREG PAK
Pencils & 50/50 Cover by RON GARNEY
50/50 Variant Cover by Carlo Pagulayan
Variant Cover by BORIS VALLEJO AND JULIE BELL
Born in fire. Raised by monsters. Destined to destroy. On an alien planet shattered by war, no one is stronger than Skaar, the savage Son of Hulk. But as a Fillian warlord, an Imperial princess, and a mysterious Earthman spread chaos through the wastelands, will Skaar save the puny survivors -- or smash them? Another epic fever dream from Greg Pak, writer of "Planet Hulk" and World War Hulk" -- featuring the return of legendary Hulk artist Ron Garney!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
50/50 Variant Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
The new ongoing series - - a perfect jumping-on point for fans of this summer’s blockbuster - - continues here! Tony Stark comes face-to-face with his biggest nightmare: an amoral twenty-something biohacker with no loyalties or allegiances to anything other than money and power. Oh, and he also happens to be the son of Tony’s greatest nemesis. But what's the exact nature of Zeke Stane's menace? It's something unlike anything Tony has built before...and unlike anything Iron Man has had to beat before. The Golden Avenger faces the fight of his life! By rising star Matt Fraction (PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, IMMORTAL IRON FIST) with jaw-dropping art by Salvador Larroca (UNCANNY X-MEN)!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #30
Written by STUART MOORE
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by ADI GRANOV
“WITH IRON HANDS”
Iron Man and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Alpha Team race against the clock to stop the terrorist from Tony Stark’s past! But an even greater threat awaits them: the strange weapon called the Overkill Mind -- powered by a man whose only conscious desire is for Tony Stark’s death! Part 2 of 4.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

IRON MAN: LEGACY OF DOOM #3 (of 4)
Written by DAVID MICHELINIE & BOB LAYTON
Pencils & Cover by RON LIM & BOB LAYTON
Through sorcery and subterfuge Dr. Doom has taken possession of Excalibur, the legendary blade that can cut through anything--including Iron Man! If Shellhead can’t stop him from joining the sword with its enchanted scabbard, Doom will become invulnerable as well as invincible, and nothing will be able to prevent his hidden agenda. Don’t miss this exciting tale of technology versus magic, which features the premiere appearance of Iron Man’s surprising mystical armor, as well as a final page that is, quite literally, an eye-opener!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

IRON MAN: VIVA LAS VEGAS #2 (of 4)
Written by JON FAVREAU
Pencils & Cover by ADI GRANOV
With the aid of archaeologist Elsa Bloodstone, Tony Stark has discovered the cause of the plague of reptiles that's crippled the Las Vegas strip! Unfortunately for his armored alter ego, that something is "He Whose Limbs Shatter Mountains, And Whose Back Scrapes The Sun"--Fin Fang Foom!
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL 1985 #2 (of 6)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
“CLYDE WYNCHAM”
Marvel’s most deadly villains have a foothold in the real world—but who will believe the only person who knows the truth, when that person is a 13-year old kid named Toby who’s read way too many comic books? Fortunately, it seems that Toby has an ally—the Incredible Hulk! Can even the Hulk survive the most titanic throw-down with Juggernaut in comic book history? Find out in this epic clash of super hero action…and ponder—who is Clyde Wyncham?
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #12
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #3
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #38
64 PGS./All Ages …$4.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #37
Written by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
Penciled by RONAN CLIQUET
Cover by GRAHAM NOLAN
An irradiated cockroach collective has decided it needs a human host in order to take over the world, but they need a strong one. Who better than the ever-loving
blue-eyed Thing? Can The Thing and the rest of the FF stop the roaches before they take over the Thing's body and then the world? It'll be a comic book you'll bug all your friends to read!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #12
Written by PAUL BENJAMIN
Penciled by STEVE SCOTT
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Get ready, fight fans! The ultimate warrior is coming at you live from the Milky Way: the Champion of the Universe! He’ll take on Earth’s greatest gladiators with the planet itself hanging in the balance. In Earth’s corner: the jaw-breaking Juggernaut, daring Doc Samson, the ever-lovin’, blue-eyed Thing, and that jade giant, that green goliath...the Incredible Hulk! Are you ready to ruuuumble?!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #12
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #12
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #4
64 PGS./All Ages …$4.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #25
Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by IG GUARA
Cover by LEONARD KIRK
You're smart. DARN smart. You're so ahead of the curve, you've had your head removed and let your face be broadcast by a tv screen in your chest. That's not just smart, that's Arnim Zola Smart. And if the Avengers try to go up against that, well you can just switch their minds around so they don't know what to do with themselves. Oh Zola, you make M.O.D.O.C. look like a common street thug!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #40
Written by MARC SUMERAK
Penciled by RYAN STEGMAN
Cover by PATRICK
SCHERBERGER
"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of -- Spider-Man?!?" When our webbed wonder unwittingly aids a devious demi-goddess, his reward is a one way ticket to Asgard. But things start going south as soon as Spidey starts going Norse! Prepare for an epic tale that the bards will sing of for centuries to come (most likely with an occasional unnecessary "thee" or "thou" thrown in for good measure)!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE #1

Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
It’s Spider-Man from cover to cover as the wall-crawler leaps into his very own ongoing magazine! In addition to full-length comic-book stories, this premiere issue features puzzles and games, pinups, a letters page, and a pull-out poster!
96 PGS./All Ages …$6.99

CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #12
Written by ED BRUBAKER & BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by STEVE EPTING & ALEX MALEEV
Cover by STEVE EPTING
Experience CIVIL WAR and its major tie-ins in chronological order! In CAPTAIN AMERICA #25, find out what happens next in the life of the Sentinel of Liberty! The biggest Cap story that Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting have yet to tell, “DEATH OF THE DREAM” will stun readers and send shockwaves through the entire Marvel Universe for the next year and it begins here! And in CIVIL WAR: THE CONFESSION, the Eisner Award-winning team that brought you the start of CIVIL WAR with the NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI special presents a heart-wrenching finale that cannot be missed. Two of the Marvel heroes most affected by the shockingconclusion of the war get together one last time. What is said between them will set the course of the Marvel Universe for years to come. This is the confession.
72 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

MYTHOS: CAPTAIN AMERICA

Written by PAUL JENKINS
Art and Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
He may be dead, but now you can find out how the man became the legend! Mythos revisits Steve Rogers’
transformation from a weakling with a heart of steel to the Sentinel of Liberty! From the mind of Paul Jenkins and the stunning art of Paolo Rivera comes the origin of CAPTAIN AMERICA!
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated A …$3.99

POWER PACK: DAY ONE #4 (of 4)

Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by GURIHIRU & COLLEEN COOVER
Cover by GURIHIRU
The Pack's first twenty-four has come to an end, and they've got make sure it's their finest -- not their final hour! But to do that they're going to have to stop the Kymellians from blowing up Earth, thwart a full-on Snark invasion, and break into the heavily-guarded Project: PEGASUS to destroy their dad's out-of-control invention! All at the same time!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #10
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM, IVAN BRANDON, RICH KOSLOW-SKI, & JESSE BLAZE SNIDER
Penciled by FRANCIS TSAI, NIKO HENRICHON, & MARCO CHECCHETTO
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
Answers abound, as the secrets of VANGUARD—BLADE, YELENA BELOVA, MICROMAX, DOMINIC FORTUNE—are revealed to STACY DOLAN…and the ever-lovin’ THING! Plus, GUARDIAN begins to understand how to utilize his newfound powers, just in time to confront his tormentors, in WEAPON OMEGA. MACHINE MAN’s flashbacks continue to cause problems in the real world, and Jesse Blaze Snider and Marco Checchetto brings us a very special tale of the Merc with a Mouth: DEADPOOL!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #9 (of 10)
Written by JONATHAN LETHEM & KARL RUSNAK
Pencils & Cover by FAREL DALRYMPLE & PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER
In the astounding climax of the saga of Omega versus the robot horde, a battle extraordinaire which will leave all our heroes changed, and one of them really and truly dead. The greatest rooftop performance since the Beatles' "Let It Be".
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

NEW WARRIORS #13
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Penciled by PACO MEDINA
Cover by NIC KLEIN
“THRASHED” Conclusion!
Night Thrasher. He’s vanished during the heat of battle. Disappeared while the rest of the team is training. And now he’s left members of his team trapped in the lair of a super-villain who’s way out their league. And Jubilee is fed up with it. But is she willing to walk out on Night Thrasher when her teammates’ lives are at stake?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #19
Written by MIKE BENSON
Penciled by JAVIER SALTARES
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
“GOD AND COUNTRY,” CONCLUSION
The execution will be televised! Black Spectre’s ingenious plan to destroy Moon Knight enters its final phase. As the whole world watches on high-def TV, Moon Knight faces a no-win situation. He’s already the poster child for super hero recklessness, but after this, he’ll either be dead…or Public Enemy Number One.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

NOVA #14
Written by ANDY LANNING & DAN ABNETT
Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES
Cover by ALEX MALEEV
Continuing one of the wildest Galactus and Silver Surfer stories ever! He’s got the power of the entire Nova Force. He’s faced down the likes of Sphinx and Annihilus. But is the Human Rocket even in the same league as the Devourer of Worlds and his most famous herald? And what the blue blazes can Nova do when he finds himself the only thing standing between the big G and his next super-sized mega-meal? So, c’mon all you Silver Surfer & Galactus fans, take a chance on this book and find out why IGN.com says “NOVA has become one of Marvel's best new series.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SECRET INVASION #3 (of 8)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
Variant Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Sketch Variant Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
THE BLOCKBUSTER EVENT continues. Its Avenger versus Avenger. Hero versus hero! Norman Osborn versus Captain Marvel?? The Initiative versus an army of Super-Skrulls? Is Tony Stark really a- -? And who's that guy with an eye patch coming to save the day?? And, oh man, who did he bring with him?
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ …$3.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #15
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by KHOI PHAM
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO-----? Rewinding the clock to Avengers Dissassembled we reveal how one of the main players in SECRET INVASION was replaced by a Skrull and what the fallout has been. A major SECRET INVASION chapter is here! Oh, but you want to know exactly who we're talking about right? Spoilers, dude!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

NEW AVENGERS #42
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by JIM CHEUNG
Cover by ALEKSI BIRCLOT
SECRET INVASION Tie-In!
THE EMPIRE part 3. For 42 issues readers of New Avengers have wondered, who caused the breakout in New Avengers #1 and why? And how was this the real start of the SECRET INVASION? Find out right here!! Special guest artist Jim Cheung returns to these pages for this shocking story.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #14
Written by DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE
Pencils by STEFANO CASELLI
Cover by MARK BROOKS
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN
"We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us!"
During the INFILTRATION, a Skrull at the heart of the Camp Hammond said these words: "It won't be long until we have a Skrull in every state! "Now that Skrull stands revealed and the fate of The Initiative, the United States, and Planet Earth hang in the balance. Plus: Former Avenger, Delroy Garret, assumes the mantle and arsenal of Earth's greatest Skrull-Hunter, THE 3-D MAN. He's here to chew bubblegum and kick some Skrull-@$$. And he's all out of bubblegum.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SECRET INVASION: FANTASTIC FOUR #2 (of 3)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by BARRY KITSON
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Part Two [of Three]: "He's Just Not That Into You"
Trapped in the Negative Zone with Franklin and Val, beseiged by monsters, Ben and Johnny are scrambling to get back home before a cosmic anomoly with the power to consume, well, everything swallows Manhattan. But the team's biggest brain, Reed Richards, is nowhere to be found, and the Skrull who infiltrated the FF isn't just any Skrull, it's Johnny's ex, Lyja. Forget worldwide domination, hell hath no fury like a Skrull scorned...
32 PS./Rated A …$2.99

SECRET INVASION: RUNAWAYS/YOUNG AVENGERS #1 (of 3)

Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Penciled by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA
Cover by MICHAEL RYAN
The Skrulls are invading and the Runaways and the Young Avengers both have a Skrull on their team. Coincidence? We think not. You two favorite teen teams come together again as the Marvel U is pushed to the brink.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SECRET INVASION: WHO DO YOU TRUST?

Written by ZEB WELLS, BRIAN REED, MIKE CAREY, JEFF PARKER, & CHRISTOS GAGE
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK, LEE WEEKS, MIKE PERKINS, & more
Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
SECRET INVASION One-Shot!
Five stories from across the Marvel Universe, illuminating key elements of the SECRET INVASION! Captain Marvel takes a stand! Marvel Boy makes a choice! Wonder Man and the Beast face off! Abigail Brand, Agent of SWORD finds the foe! And the Agents of Atlas enter the fight!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI: 13 #2
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
The Skrulls are winning in England. Their mysterious goal there could turn the tide of the invasion. The emergence of the fabled sword Excalibur (once again locked in stone) may lead to salvation. But who can claim the mythic weapon? Pete Wisdom? Spitfire? John the Skrull? The Black Knight ? And what is the fate of Captain Britain?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MS. MARVEL #28
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by ADRIANA MELO
Cover by GREG HORN
The SECRET INVASION is here and the Battle for Manhattan has begun. Earth's heroes have been scattered, New York City is under siege and only one hero is left to stand up for humanity -- Carol Danvers -- going to war. All of the frustrations, drama and insecurities of Ms. Marvel's life lead up to this as she takes on an invading horde of Super-Skrulls...and don’t put money on anyone green getting out alive!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #118
Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS JANSON & DEAN WHITE
A SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
The "SACRED INVASION" continues! In order for Hercules and his divine allies to attack the realm of the Skrull gods, they first must pass out of our own Earthly pantheons -- with a fear-fraught voyage through the dimension of NIGHTMARE! What could possibly terrify a god? The Dark Lord of Dreams knows -- and he'll use it to destroy the last, best hope of stopping the Skrull invasion before it even starts!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: SECRET INVASION

Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS
The infiltration is complete. The SECRET INVASION has begun. Who do you trust? Among the oldest baddies in the Marvel Universe, the Skrulls have decided that now is the time to strike. As the true extent of this infiltration is revealed, and the identities of the heroes the intergalactic shape-shifters have taken over are brought to light, the suspense will be palpable. MARVEL SPOTLIGHT celebrates this eight-part event by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Yu with an in-depth account of all things Skrull, featuring insider interviews with the creators involved in SECRET INVASION and its various crossover titles. We'll be criss-crossing Marvel history to tie together all the intrigue and plot twists that will make SECRET INVASION the comics event of the
summer! You can trust us on that. You do trust us, don't you?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

newuniversal: shockfront #2 (OF 6)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Penciled by STEVE KURTH
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
“BREAKS”
A charity football game turns into a nightmare when quarterback Jack Magniconte inadvertently kills another player. Is he the newest human to manifest a superpower glyph? And more to the point, will Ken Connell—who himself manifested the “Starbrand” glyph—and Izzy Randall—possessor of the “Nightmask” glyph—reach Magniconte before he’s killed in the government’s efforts to stop a superhuman Armageddon? WARREN ELLIS and STEVE KURTH’s brilliant re-imagining of the super hero continues.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

THE LAST DEFENDERS #4 (of 6)
Written by JOE CASEY
Penciled by JIM MUNIZ
Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
After leading a rogue Defenders team into battle, Nighthawk comes face to face with Tony Stark and Henry Gyrich – and…well…they’re not called the LAST Defenders for nothing! But can the Defenders get it in gear for one last battle as the mysterious Yandroth makes his move? And what roles do KRANG and the SON OF SATAN play in the Defenders ultimate chapter?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SHE-HULK #30
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by VAL SEMEIKS
Cover by MIKE DEODATO
From the pages of INCREDIBLE HERCULES comes…yeah, you guessed it, Hercules! The Lion of Olympus, still wanted for crimes against S.H.I.E.L.D., collides with our bounty-hunting She-Hulk. The question is, given these two combustible characters’ current mindset and situation with the law, will they meet as longtime friends…or bitter foes?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THOR: AGES OF THUNDER – REIGN OF BLOOD

Written by MATT FRACTION
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
From Ragnarok to Ragnarok, in a cycle that spans the millennia, the pantheon of Asgard lives and dies and is born anew. And with each different form and in each new age, come new adventures, greater challenges…and more dire treacheries! Matt Fraction (THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and Patrick Zircher (TERROR, INC.) unspool the further epic tales of Thor’s warrior heroism, and the Midgard-quaking intrigues of the gods!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #20
Written by MATT FRACTION & RICK REMENDER
Art by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Cover by ALEX MALEEV
G.W. Bridge's heartbreakers and lifetakers--Domino, Silver Sable and Contessa Valentina Allegra di Fontaine of S.H.I.E.L.D.-- come gunning for The Punisher. Kid Punisher goes on another major rampage. And Jigsaw's noose tightens around Frank's neck as he puts a 100 million dollar bounty on Frank's head. Every bounty hunter in the Marvel U is gonna come gunning for the Punisher and there's only one place for him to run...underground. By Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) and Rick Remender (Fear Agent, The End League), with art by Howard Chaykin (WOLVERINE, WAR IS HELL: THE E FIRST FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE).
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

THE TWELVE #6 (of 12)
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Penciled by CHRIS WESTON
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
The Laughing Mask--behind bars! Secrets of the Black Widow--revealed! Dynamic Man kicks ass! The Blue Blade bombs out! And the truth behind the origin of underground secret agent Rockman!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #6 (of 6)

Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by ALAN DAVIS
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Kate Bishop wants to be a hero. Kate Bishop wants to be a leader. Kate wants to be strong, and proud, and true to her calling. Kate just wants to take care of everybody. Kate just wants to be friends. Kate wants to be stronger than all this. Kate Bishop never wanted anything more than she wants to be a Young Avenger. Kate Bishop wants to be Hawkeye. Here, she finally comes face to face with Clint Barton. Now Kate's gonna have to fight for each and every thing that she wants...especially her name. Wanting something can be miles away from actually earning it. By Matt Fraction
(INVINCIBLE IRON MAN, PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL) and the legendary Alan Davis (CLANDESTINE, EXCALIBUR).
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #121
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Penciled by MIKE DEODATO
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
As the quartet of villainous telepaths in the basement of Thunderbolts Mountain delivers their final assault against the T-Bolts team, Norman Osborn's already fragile psyche may have cracked for the last time. The Goblin is ready to emerge!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN SKETCHBOOK

Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI & SALVADOR LAROCCA
“Messiah Complex” pulled the X-Men team together; “Divided We Stand” tore them apart. This July, the X-Men get back to business – with a new base of operations and a new look! See it here first – with this exclusive preview! See the gorgeous costume redesigns for Wolverine, Cyclops, Emma Frost and more by emerging superstar Simone Bianchi (WOLVERINE: EVOLUTION)! This one-shot gives you a first up-close look at the blue-prints for the new “X-Men Mansion,” courtesy of superstar Salvador Larocca. You won’t believe your eyes!
32 PGS./ Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #499
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils & Cover by MIKE CHOI
X-Men: Divided We Stand comes to its shocking conclusion! Cyclops and Emma come face to face against former allies.
Colossus, Wolverine and Nightcrawler scramble to get out of Russia alive. Witness the new status quo for the X-Men that will define their future!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: LEGACY #213
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Xavier traces his history and the history of the X-Men to the core. What he finds will shock you. And what do Rogue, Gambit and Sebastian Shaw have to do with it?
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

X-FACTOR #32
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by PABLO RAIMONDI
Cover by GLENN FABRY
After the recent loss of both Wolfsbane and Layla Miller, and the destruction and evacuation of the former Mutant Town, X-Factor is left questioning their purpose more than ever. At that lowest moment, Val Cooper and the O*N*E* step in, giving the group an ultimatum that will change everything about the team.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CABLE #4
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils & Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
The second phase of the war that began in "Messiah Complex" continues! There’s nothing better than catching up with an old war buddy, especially after the years have really started to pile up. You can rummage through the bad old days, revel in the glory days, and down quite a few beers on the back porch while the sun slips down over the horizon. But not so for Cable. Because his old war buddy has shown up with news that everyone he knows or cares about is dead. The battles are over, and they’re the only ones left on the losing side. If that weren’t enough, Bishop, their former ally, is just one bullet away from achieving his objective: killing the baby, and erasing the last shred of hope for mutantkind. All of the battles Cable has won mean nothing. Because suddenly, all of these years later, he’s in real danger of losing the war.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

WOLVERINE #66
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Wraparound Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Variant Cover by MICHAEL TURNER
“OLD MAN LOGAN” Part 1 (of 8)
MARK MILLAR and STEVE MCNIVEN—who last teamed for the monumental CIVIL WAR—bring us the most important WOLVERINE story of the 21st Century. Nobody knows what happened on the night the heroes fell. All we know is that they disappeared and evil triumphed and the bad guys have been calling the shots ever since. What happened to Wolverine is the biggest mystery of all. For 50 years, no one has heard hide nor hair from him…and in his place stands an old man called Logan. A man concerned only about his family. A man pushed to the brink by the HULK GANG. A man forced to help an old friend—the blind archer, HAWKEYE—to drive three thousand miles to secure his family’s safety. Get ready for the ride of your life, Logan.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-FORCE: AIN'T NO DOG

Written by CHARLIE HUSTON & JASON AARON
Penciled by JEFTE PALO & WERTHER DELL’EDERA
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
“Ain’t No Dog”: There will be blood. Gallons of it. Because Cyclops needs only one scalpel for a surgical strike mission and Logan’s the ideal man for the job. Tonight, Wolverine flies solo—dressed in black and operating off the grid. And when the night is through, there will be mountains of corpses, and no one to answer to. What could be better? PLUS, this one-shot features a solo Warpath story, as he learns what it really means to go home again.
48 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

YOUNG X-MEN #3
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by YANICK PAQUETTE
Cover by TERRY DODSON
It’s the Young X-Men vs. the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! A traitor is revealed and the casualties mount as the team goes to battle. We hope there are Young X-Men left when the smoke clears.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #4
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Art by SALVA ESPIN
Cover by ALAN DAVIS, MARK FARMER, & PAUL MOUNTS
"The Last Knights of Wundagore" (Part 2): Wolverine has been "evolved" out of his berserker instincts...Kitty Pryde has been mutated into a half-cat, half-human creature... And they are all that stands between an unsuspecting Earth and the ravenous hordes of the rampaging
MAN-BEAST!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #13
Written by JEFF PARKER
Art by ROGER CRUZ & COLLEEN COOVER
Cover by ROGER CRUZ & GURU eFX
With every news story of the uncanny new people inhabiting our world, more Homo Sapiens grow fearful of a planet dominated by mutants. When really they should be worrying about an Earth dominated by robots! What should you really fear- an X-Man or... a MACHINE MAN?
PLUS: A Colleen Coover cartoon!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE: DANGEROUS GAME

Written by SIMON SPURRIER & RICK REMENDER
Art by BEN OLIVER & JEROME OPENA
Cover by BOO COOK
With bloodsports banned in the UK, a group of overfed Brit Aristos have relocated to the Louisiana forests. Their aim? To pit themselves (aided only by a vast pack of slavering hounds and their own copious wealth) against a truly worthy foe: a single, terrified fox. Sadly for them, there’s more than one furry little critter in the woods tonight…Writer Simon Spurrier (GUTSVILLE, SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME) and superstar artist Ben Oliver (ULTIMATE X-MEN, GHOST RIDER ANNUAL) present a brandy-swigging one-shot huntfest: 1-part ethical dilemma, 2-parts nationalistic cliché, 659 parts insane slice’n’dice-o-rama. Snikt! Also, includes a special back-up story written by Fear Agents' Rick Remender and Jerome Opena!
48 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #26
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by GREG LAND
“SON OF X” Part 1 (of 2)
The origin of Daken, the son of Wolverine! Decades ago, during his time in Jasmine Falls, Wolverine fathered a child…a child whom he thought died with its mother. But Wolverine was mistaken—the child grew into a man. And that man just may be the deadliest being on the face of the Earth. How did that happen? Find out here!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

GENEXT #2 (of 5)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by PARTICK SCHERBERGER
Cover by DOUG GREGORY ALEXANDER
Continuing the adventures of the newest generation of Xavier’s School of students in a world where the X-Men premiered in 1963 and aged in real time. This issue, we focus on a member who is the grandson of a familiar mutant hero. He might not like school, but he does enjoy his burgeoning romance with the team’s most mysterious member. Unfortunately for them both, her secret past is about rear its cybernetic head.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW EXILES #7
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by TOM GRUMMETT
Cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN
At the start of a new storyline, the New Exiles find themselves in a world that never moved past the age of empires! In a world where super heroes first appeared, oh, some 406 years ago, both politics and science have taken a dramatically different path, landing the Exiles right at the outbreak of war between the British and the French. Meanwhile, one of the Exiles’ enemies has been gunning for Psylocke, but what will happen when he comes face to face with…Lady Mandarin?
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ANGEL: REVELATIONS #2 (of 5)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Pencils & Cover by ADAM POLLINA
The secret origin of the X-Men’s ANGEL continues here! A single, tiny gene, hiding deep within teenaged Warren Worthington’s DNA, sprang to life one day, and changed the world forever. Now Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa explores the never-before-witnessed dawn of Warren’s new life as a mutant and hero. Featuring jaw-dropping art by Adam Pollina, who returns to the X-Men in bold, groundbreaking style!
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ …$3.99

PUNISHER MAX: LITTLE BLACK BOOK

Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by JEFTE PALO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Celebrated crime novelist Victor Gischler (Gun Monkeys, Pistol Poets) delivers a blistering one-shot tale of Marvel’s greatest vigilante! Vette’s little black book is a treasure chest of dark secrets. Movie stars, politicians, gangsters -- they all pay to play. Tonight, she is making a house call…and the Punisher is riding shotgun. Because one of the names in that book is Carlos Ramirez, a powerful Miami drug lord who hides in an impenetrable fortress, and Vette is the Punisher’s best ticket inside. Before the night is through, Vette will learn a thing or two about what really lurks in the hearts of men, about the difference between dogs and wolves.
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99

WAR IS HELL: THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE #4 (of 5)
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
Kaufmann racks up another kill but the thrill of combat is now gone. Replacements arrive to strengthen the squad but with little training and less experience, they seem easy prey for the deadly pilots of the Hun. Can Kaufmann teach them to survive in the unforgiving skies of war torn Europe? Can he even save himself?
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99

PUNISHER #58
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Penciled by GORAN PARLOV
Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
“VALLEY FORGE, VALLEY FORGE,” PART 4
Garth Ennis concludes his seminal run on PUNISHER -- in style. An eight-man Special Forces Squad has been tasked to bring down the Punisher, by all means necessary -- honorable men who will be the ultimate test of Frank Castle’s skills and his personal code. If anyone deserves Frank’s vengeance, it’s the men who gave the kill order. Men who’ll do anything to destroy the proof of their war crimes. Men who underestimated their target.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$2.99

HAUNT OF HORROR: LOVECRAFT #1 (of 3)

Written by RICHARD CORBEN
Pencils & Cover by RICHARD CORBEN
Horror comics legend RICHARD CORBEN (HAUNT OF HORROR: EDGAR ALLAN POE) brings you a new 3-issue limited series that offers eerie new spins on the poems and short stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Each issue features three adaptations—beautifully rendered in black and white with gray tones as only Corben can do it—along with a printing of the original source text by H.P. Lovecraft. In issue #1, Corben brings you “Dagon,” “Recognition,” and “A Memory.” It’s classic creepy Lovecraft with a new twist!
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99

KICK-ASS #1 DIRECTOR’S CUT
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils and Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
The biggest super hero debut of 2008 gets the Director’s Cut treatment! The writer of CIVIL WAR and the artist of
WORLD WAR HULK bring you the secret origin of Dave Lizewski: he wasn’t the class jock, or the class geek…but he was a comic book fan. And one day, he put on a super hero costume—and got his ass kicked. The complete sold-out first issue is reprinted here, along with ALL-NEW extras: the never-before-seen script, character designs, penciled artwork, and a host of other amazing features!
48 PGS./Mature …$3.99

POWERS #31
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art & Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
"Z"
BRAND NEW STORY ARC! NEW FORMAT! HOP ON THE POWERS TRAIN! Who were the Rat Pack of the Powers universe? And was Detective Christian Walker one of them? When the controversial crime fighter only known as Z meets his maker, the investigation reveals a secret chapter of Walker's past. Will Walker's true origin reveal itself to those closest to him? And can they handle it?! Plus: Deena Pilgrim faces her future.
40 PGS./Mature…$3.95
POWERS is TM & © 2008 Jinxworld Inc. All Rights Reserved

CRIMINAL #4
By ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS
A woman in trouble, friends on the run from cops and mobsters, and a secret no one is prepared to face!
All this and more await readers in the beginning of a hard-hitting new noir tale “Bad Night” Part 1 of 4, as CRIMINAL’s new expanded format keeps the hits coming!
Five years ago, Jake was a happy family man, long-retired from the life of crime he grew up in, and then the police made him the prime suspect in a horrible crime and ripped his life apart. Now, years later, Jake is less than a shadow of his former self, a hopeless insomniac who walks the city streets at night. But one night, he walks into the wrong place at the right time, and his whole life changes again… For the better or the worse, is the question.
And on top of this longer-than-usual length main story, CRIMINAL now features an expanded back-pages section, as well – with articles by Brubaker and other top crime writers, from novelists to screenwriters to comic writers. These noir articles have become a popular piece of the CRIMINAL package, and are something that can only be found in the comics, not in any collections.
So don’t miss out on the start of a new story arc in the most acclaimed crime comic on the stands!
40PGS/Mature Content/No Ads... $3.50

KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY HC
Written by DAVID MACK
Penciled by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
Collecting all nine issues of the acclaimed, Eisner Award-nominated KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY series from Marvel’s creator-owned Icon imprint – for the first time ever! Readers have been waiting to get the newest KABUKI story in collected form, and this prestige hardcover delivers with loads of extras – including the never-before-seen original ending sequence cut from the single issues, new pages of art, new design pages, a commentary by the author, a “best of” letters column and more! A whopping 320 pages, this high-end hardcover features an embossed cover, watermarked end papers, a book mark, a dust jacket with all-new cover art and an introduction by Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk.
320 PGS./Rated T+ …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3249-3
Trim size: oversized

KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY HC
Signed and numbered with an ORIGINAL SKETCH by David Mack! Limited to 500 copies
320 PGS./Rated T+ $59.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3311-7

JACK KIRBY'S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS VOL. 1 TPB
Written by LISA KIRBY & STEVE ROBERTSON
Penciled by MIKE THIBODEAUX
Cover by JACK KIRBY An All-New series featuring characters and concepts created by Jack “King” Kirby! Meet the Berkleys, your typical suburban California family. But when young Garrett Berkley discovers his parents’ secret – that the science-fiction stories his father writes aren’t fiction at all, but autobiography – he’s blasted into a whole new universe of adventure, mystery and danger. Now, Jack Berkley must put down his pen, reassemble his old team and take up the mantle of being a Galactic Bounty Hunter for one final mission! Collecting JACK KIRBY’S GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS #1-6.
256 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2629-4

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