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Wednesday, September 14, 2005MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKSFIRST LOOK: AMAZING FANTASY #13Amazing Fantasy #13 will arrive in stores on Oct. 5 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Karl Kesel and Jay Faerber, with art by Carmine Di Giandomenico and Carlos Mango and a cover by Tony Harris.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Introducing a new kind of hero named Vegas and a corner of the Marvel Universe youıve never seen before Welcome to the new borderland where bad guys donıt always wear colorful costumes, but that doesnıt make them any less deadly or dangerous. Itıs a lesson Vegas learns the hard way when a super-powered gang, the Renegades, kills his sister. Now heıs out to even the score. Trouble is, Vegas doesnıt have any powers himself...or does he? Doesnıt matter. As far as Vegas is concerned, lifeıs a gamble and he always plays to win. Parts 1 of 2. Plus: The return of Marvelıs most unique cosmic character -- Captain Universe -- in a two-part 8-page bonus story kicking off next monthıs Captain Universe Event."
Amazing Fantasy #13 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: FANTASTIC FOUR/IRON MAN: BIG IN JAPAN #1Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan #1 will arrive in stores on Sept. 28 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Zeb Wells, with art and cover by Seth Fister..
Here's how Marvel describes the book:
"Mass panic has struck the streets of Tokyo! The media has initiated round-the-clock coverage. Uncontrollable crowds are choking the streets, and kaiju hysteria has gripped the island of Japan for the first time in 50 years! Because the Fantastic Four, the worldıs first super-hero big-monster battling squad, and playboy industrialist, Tony Stark, have descended on the Land of the Rising Sun! Zeb Wells (New Warriors, Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One) and Seth Fisher (Green Lantern: Willworld, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight) bring you a manic fusion of Marvel super heroes with Japanese pop culture that proves why the FF and Iron Man are big in Japan! Itıs an all-out romp with big monsters a-go-go as Droom, Giganto and Eerok, the giant ape, along with hundreds of manic 50s Marvel monsters, trample Tokyoıs first-ever Kaiju Museum and Celebration."
Fantastic Four/Iron Man: Big in Japan #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.50.
FIRST LOOK: MARVEL MONSTERS: DEVIL DINOSAURMarvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur will arrive in stores on Oct 5 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Eric Powell and Tom Sniegoski, with art by Powerll and Mark Farmer and a cover by Powell.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Two young Celestials get into a debate about who the superior life form is on prehistoric Earththe Small Folk or the Killer Folk. But when the ferocity of Devil Dinosaur proves no mach for the savage Killer Folk, a savage from the future is brought back to even the odds. Itıs the battle you thought youıd never see: Hulk vs. Devil Dinosaur by the Eisner Award Winner of The Goon, Eric Powell. Plus: The first appearance of the Hulk -- no lie! 'I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk!' From Journey Into Mystery #62, November 1960 by Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers."
Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur will be 48 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: SPIDER-GIRL #91Spider-Girl #91 will arrive in stores on Oct. 5 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Tom DeFalco, with art and cover by Ron Frenz.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'The Sinister Secret of The Spider Shoppe.' When Mayday Parker learns that a terrorist is stalking the fashion industry and that someone is manufacturing high fashion versions of her Spider-Girl costume, she finally attempts to learn the secret behind the Spider Shoppe and unmask its mysterious owner. Plus: Normie Osborn confronts Phil Urich because the time has come for an all-new Green Goblin."
Spider-Girl #91 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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