LAST HERO STANDING TPB

Written by Tom DeFalco, art by Pat Olliffe, cover by Mark Bagley.

The great heroes of the Marvel Universe are vanishing without a trace! What has happened to Spider-Man, the Thing, the Scarlet Witch, Captain America and the rest of the MU's heavy hitters? Spider-Girl, the Fantastic Five and A-Next must join forces with today's superstars to uncover the answer ­ and the trail leads to a major Avengers villain! Does the presence of the Watcher signify the end of this age of heroes? Collects Last Hero Standing #1-5.

120 pages, $13.99.

ROGUE: FORGET-ME-NOT TPB

Written by Tony Bedard, penciled by Karl Moline and Derec Donovan, cover by Scot Eaton.

A bold new direction for the Southern Belle! Rogue may be a hero now, but once upon a time she wasn't so sweet...and that criminal past may just come back to haunt her! A traumatic encounter will leave her drastically changed...permanently! Collects Rogue #7-12.

144 pages, $14.99.

EXILES VOL. 11: TIME BREAKERS TPB

Written by Tony Bedard, penciled by Mizuki Sakakibara and James Calafiore, cover by Mike McKone.

The story where all your questions will be answered! Why is the Timebroker so evil all of a sudden?! Who are the Timebreakers?! Who's been pulling the strings all along?! And when the heck is Beak going to make himself useful?! You won't want to miss this one, folks! This is the big one! Plus: The bold new Exiles era charges forward as old teammates are buried, and the search for a way to heal another brings our heroes face to gruesome face with some of the fiercest monsters in Marvel Universe history! Guest-starring Krakoa, the island that walks like a man! Collects Exiles #62-68.

168 pages, $17.99.

WOLVERINE CLASSIC VOL. 2 TPB

Written by Chris Claremont, penciled by John Buscema and Gene Colan, cover by Buscema.

He's known by many names: Logan. Weapon X. Wolverine. One fact is certain: He's the best there is at what he does...and what he does isn't pretty! Here -- in stories collected for the first time in color ­ the feral X-Man goes toe-to-toe with the gamma-spawned, gray-skinned Goliath known as the Incredible Hulk! Plus: Wolverine recalls a promise from his past, and remembers the death of Silver Fox and his first fight with Sabretooth. Get in on the ground floor for the start of a new series, reprinting the WOLVERINE solo series that rocked the comics world in 1989! This volume collects issues #6-10.

120 pages, $12.99.

WOLVERINE: ENEMY OF THE STATE VOL. 1 TPB

Written by Mark Millar, pencils and cover by John Romita Jr.

Now available in trade paperback! The world's deadliest living weapon just fell into the wrong hands. It's Wolverine vs. the Marvel Universe in the best-selling, blockbuster story line that will have Logan shredding his way through the X-Men, Fantastic Four, S.H.I.E.L.D., and more! How does Wolverine end up fighting to destroy everything he holds dear? Get ready for the ride of your life! Collects Wolverine #20-25.

152 pages, $14.99.

GAMBIT: HATH NO FURY TPB

Written by John Layman, penciled by Georges Jeanty and Roger Robinson, cover by Greg Land.

It's voodoo chaos in the Big Easy as the reanimated dead are crawling out of their graves and overrunning the streets. Gambit may be the only person who can save the city from an undead apocalypse, but he's got bigger problems at the moment: two women, both heartbroken, both angry and both demanding his head on a platter. Plus: As a thief, Gambit has faced some risky jobs, but this may be his most dangerous yet: He'll have to infiltrate the heavily-fortified home of the world's most powerful mutants. That's right...Gambit's got to swipe something right from under the noses of his teammates, the X-Men! Collects Gambit #7-12.

144 pages, $14.99.

DISTRICT X VOL. 2: UNDERGROUND TPB

Written by David Hine, penciled by David Yardin, Lan Medina and Adi Granov, cover by Steve McNiven.

Something lives under District X, something that loves the darkŠand it's leaving a trail of murders in its wake. In a world that's rarely black-and-white, can the X-Man called Bishop and his partner Ismael make the right calls that save people's lives? Or will they be helpless against this predator under the streets? Collects District X #7-14. Special Bonus: The Distric X prologue from X-Men Unlimited #2.

200 pages, $19.99.

AVENGERS: THE SERPENT CROWN TPB

Written by Steve Englehart, pencils and cover by George Perez.

It's twin threats to time and space as campaigns by Kang and the Crown coincide! The Avengers fight the Set-serving Squadron Supreme in a clash between Earths and head for the nineteenth century to keep the West from getting wilder! Continuity questions continue as Kang and Immortus mix it up! Plus: the menace of...President Nelson Rockefeller? Collects Avengers #141-144 and #147-149.

136 pages, $15.99.

HULK VISIONARIES: PETER DAVID VOL. 2 TPB

Written by Peter David, penciled by Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen and Jeff Purves, cover by McFarlane.

The gray Hulk's out to get the Leader and neither Man-Bull, Halflife, nor the Hulkbusters can stop him! The confrontation ends explosively as the drab-skinned demolisher is blown into a new world: Las Vegas?! Villains perish and rise in the culmination of Peter David's first Hulk arc! Featuring the earth-pounding menace of the Absorbing Man! Guest-starring Wolverine and Nick Fury! Collects Incredible Hulk #340-348.

232 pages, $19.99.

ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN VOL. 7 TPB

Written by Bill Mantlo, Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin and Len Wein, penciled by Ross Andru, Sal Buscema and Gil Kane.

From classics like Doc Ock to lesser known lawbreakers like Cyclone, we've got more villains than you can shake the proverbial stick at (although webbing is actually more recommended)! Illusion's the order of the day with the miscreant misdeeds of Mindworm, Mysterio and Mirage -- but the Jackal's got something much more enduring in mind! Witness the birth of the Clone Saga! Spidey faces a lashing from the Lizard, a scrap with the Scorpion and a tussle with the Tarantula -- but can any menace truly match...the Spider-Mobile? Featuring the origins of the Jackal, the Grizzly, the Fly, Moses Magnum and more! Guest-starring the Punisher and Man-Thing! Collects Amazing Spider-Man #138-160, Annual #10 and Giant-Size Spider-Man #3-5.

560 pages, $16.99.

ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER VOL. 1 TPB

Written by Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Mike Friedrich, penciled by Michael Ploog, Jim Mooney, Tom Sutton and Herb Trimpe.

When orphaned stunt-show star Johnny Blaze discovers his adoptive father Crash Simpson is dying of a rare blood disease, he barters his immortal soul for a miracle cure. The trade-off ultimately leaves him bound to the demon Zarathos, and their melding of spirits would manifest itself every night in the form of Ghost Rider, the most supernatural super hero of all! Collecting Marvel Spotlight #5-12, Ghost Rider #1-20 and Daredevil #138.

560 pages, $16.99.

SQUADRON SUPREME TPB (4th)

Written by Mark Gruenwald, penciled by John Buscema, Bob Hall, Paul Ryan and Paul Neary, cover by Alex Ross.

New printing! Before Watchmen, before Marvels, before Kingdom Come ­ there was Squadron Supreme, a deconstructionist parable of the super-hero paradigm in a real-world setting. Published before such stories became commonplace, it set the standard for post-modernist super-hero fiction and influenced a generation of creators. On an Earth much like our own, the world's greatest superhuman champions are confronted by a society in ruins. Faced with the possibility of a new dark age for mankind, they choose the only course available to them ­ and take control of the world's governments themselves. Now they have one year in which to completely restructure human society. Can their plan succeed? Will a renegade member bring about their downfall? And what will happen when the Earth's mightiest heroes find themselves becoming instead its all-powerful, totalitarian overlords? Considered by many to be the finest work of the late Mark Gruenwald, the original groundbreaking series is collected here in its entirety.

352 pages, $29.99.