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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008

MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: THE AGE OF THE SENTRY #4

The Age of The Sentry #4 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jeff Parker and Paul Tobin, with art by Nick Dragotta and Ramon Rosana and a cover by Dave Bullock.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"What happens when our hero takes a good long look in the mirror...and sees The Golden Age Sentry! Plus: It's an invasion! No, not that kind of invasion; it's a British music invasion. But the dance party grinds to a sudden halt when the Crick-Hits are kidnapped, and it's all tunnels lead to Rome as the Golden Guardian of good teams up with the Blonde Phantom journeying deep within the Earth to do battle against a seemingly unstoppable army of monsters and their rather tyrannical leader, Marvel presents a story it just had to call -- 'I Wanna Hold Your Band!'"

The Age of Sentry #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #3

Amazing Spider-Man Family #3 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by J.M. DeMatteis, Tom DeFalco and Matt Yocum, with art by Todd Nauck, Ramon Bachs and more, cover by Patrick Olliffe.

Here's how Marvel describes the book:

"In our Untold Tales of Spider-Man, J.M. DeMatteis is back to take readers through more of Peter Parker's struggle to become a hero. In 'The Punch,' Pete struggles to keep his powers in check around Flash Thompson -- and discovers the negative examples a hero can set. Then, on a trip even further back in time, Matt Yocum takes readers on an adventure of epic proportions with Pete's parents, Richard and Mary Parker -- international parents of mystery! Over in Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man, during a late night hospital visit for baby May, Pete and MJ run into the Rhino ­ and discover even a super villain has a family. Finally in Told Tales of Spider-Man, take a look back at the demise of Harry Osborn in Spectacular Spider-Man #200!"

Amazing Spider-Man Family #3 will be 104 pages and will cost $4.99.

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FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #19

Avengers: The Initiative #19 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Dan Slott and Christos N. Gage, with art by Stefano Caselli and a cover by Mark Brooks.

Here's how Marvel describes the book:

"Secret Invasion tie-in. 'V-S Day.' It's been leading to this since the Hank Pym Skrull first came up with the idea for a Fifty State Initiative. This is the final assault in the Secret Invasion, a nation-wide plan that will test the limits of 3-D Man's superhuman militia, The Kill Krew Army! Join 3-D Man, Cloud 9, Komodo, Hardball and heroes around America in the battle that will decide the fate of the planet and the future of the Initiative program. Win or lose, there's no turning back. After today, everything changes."

Avengers: The Initiative #19 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING DEVIL-SLAYER #4

Dead of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer #4 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Brian Keene, with art by Chris Samnee and a cover by Kaare Andrews.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"It's a final showdown in the Garden of Eden as the Devil-Slayer faces off against both demons and angels in an effort to stop Armageddon! Everything is at stake if he doesn't defeat the demon Belathauzer, the archangel Gabriel, the Bloodstone Group and the other Operation: Xenogenesis conspirators in timeŠin the terrifying conclusion to this reimagining."

Dead of Night Featuring Devil-Slayer #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.

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FIRST LOOK: DEADPOOL #5

Deadpool #5 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Daniel Way, with art by Carlo Barberi and a cover by Jason Pearson.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"'Horror Bizness,' part 2. This is what Deadpool has to resort to, only days after single-handedly saving the entire planet from Skrulls? Oh, that's right -- nobody knows about that...Deadpool didn't even want this job. But here he is anyway, in some dank corner of Eastern Europe, going toe-to-toe with an undead plastic surgeon and his flesh-eating clientele, contracted by the head of a greasy paramilitary unit to avenge the zombification of the guy's young, ex-model trophy wife -- and all because Wadešs dead broke."

Deadpool #5 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: GHOST RIDER #30

Ghost Rider #30 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jason Aaron, with art by Tan Eng Huat and a cover by Gerald Parel.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"'The Last Stand of the Spirits of Vengeance' kicks into high gear! With Zadkiel and his army on the verge of conquering heaven itself, a force is gathering to oppose them, a group unlike any we've ever seen. But will their ranks include Johnny Blaze or has he given up the fight once and for all?"

Ghost Rider #30 will be 32 pages and will cost 2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8

Invincible Iron Man #8 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Matt Fraction, with art and cover by Salvador Larroca.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"In the aftermath of Secret Invasion, Iron Man is no longer the hero he used to be, and Tony Stark's entire life is torn apart. How bad does it get? Read 'World's Most Wanted,' part one."

Invincible Iron Man #8 will be 32 pages and cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #31

Marvel Adventures The Avengers #31 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Paul Tobin, with art by David Hahn and a cover by Clayton Henry.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"With the Avengers vacationing on the sunny California beaches, Tigra hopes to finally conquer her fear of water, but things go sour when Iron Man challenges Luke Cage to a deep sea fishing contest and the two of them bend the rules a bit. Iron Man sends a sonar pulse to stir up the really big fish, unfortunately rousing not only a monster from the deep, but also one seriously angry Prince of Atlantis...Namor, the Sub-Mariner! Lucky the Avengers brought the Hulk along! It's the slugfest to end all slugfests, and it does nothing to help Tigra's fear of water!"

Marvel Adventures The Avengers #31 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: MIGHTY AVENGERS #20

Mighty Avengers #20 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Brian Michael Bendis, with art by Khoi Pham and a cover by Marko Djurdjevic.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Secret Invasion aftermath. The end of an era for the Mighty Avengers! Death and defeat at the hands of the Skrulls is just too much for even the Mighty Avengers. Watch the darkest day for the Avengers unfold before you and a shocking ending no one will see coming. Guest-starring Thor!"

Mighty Avengers #20 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.

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FIRST LOOK: MOON KNIGHT #25

Moon Knight #25 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mike Benson, with art by Mark Texeira and a cover by Arthur Suydam.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Conclusion to the 'Death of Marc Spector.' Norman Osborn ain't fooling around no more. He's brought out his big gun. It's Moon Knight versus Bullseye -- and only one will survive."

Moon Knight #25 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: NEW EXILES #16

New Exiles #16 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Chris Claremont, with art by Vicenc Villagrasa and a cover by Tim Seeley.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"In a world where dinosaurs and humans fight side by side to ensure global security, an invading alien force threatens to destroy all that they have accomplished. But the aliens' objective is not to destroy this world -- that is only a means to their true end; the assassination of their own rightful queen! Plus, as the New Exiles fight beside the Sons of Iron and Daughters of the Dragon to save their planet, a deadly force from the Exiles own past returns for a final showdown. Empress Hydra is back, and with her minions at her side only one thing is for certain: someone must die!"

>New Exiles #16 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: PUNISHER #65

Punisher #65 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Gregg Hurwitz, with art by Laurence Campbell and a cover by Dave Johnson.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Conclusion to 'Girls in White Dresses: Jigsaw.' The conclusion to the first of three story arcs written by three of the hottest writers in crime fiction starts here! A tale of death, depravity and revenge south of the border. Frank Castle has never had less to lose...or more pain to dole out. He's cut his way to the top of the criminal empire that's been terrorizing the Mexican desert town of Tierra Rota, and now hešs ready to sever its head. It's the Punisher versus Jigsaw, like never seen before."

Punisher #65 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #2

Punisher: War Zone #2 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Garth Ennis, with art by Steve Dillon and covers by Dillon and John Romita Jr.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"'The Resurrection of Ma Gnucci,' part 2. The latest offering from the Marvel Knights line reunites the creative team of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon for a weekly-shipping 6-part limited sequel to their story arc, 'Welcome Back, Frank.' It all starts when two mobsters take a trip to the zoo and piss off the wrong monkey. Limbs are lost (the kind you can't easily replace), vultures are fed (with said appendages), and then things get, like, really crazy. Like back-from-the-dead crazy. Thatšs right -- she's back and she wants payback. Ma Gnucci. Eighty-five pounds of hairless, armless, legless evil."

Punisher: War Zone #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: SPIDER-MAN NOIR #1

Spider-Man Noir #1 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky, with art by Carmine Di Giandomenico, a cover by Patrick Zircher and a variant cover by Dennis Calero.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

" With great power, there must also come great responsibility -- and when those in power abuse it, it's the people's responsibility to remove them. The year is 1933, and New York City is not-so-secretly run by corrupt politicians, crooked cops, big businesses...and suave gangland bosses like New York's worst, the Goblin. But when a fateful spider-bite gives the young rabble-rouser Peter Parker the power to fight the mobster who killed his Uncle Ben, will even that be enough? It's a tangled web of Great Depression pulp, with familiar faces like never seen them before!"

X-Men/Spider-Man #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.

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FIRST LOOK: SQUADRON SUPREME #6

Squadron Supreme #6 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Howard Chaykin, with art by Marco Turini and a cover by Greg Land.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"'Power to the People,' part 6 of 6. The crew of the Icarus One found something in space, something that changed them forever. Then they did the one thing good government employees never do: they went public. Now standing between these four mutated astronauts and a firing squad is Ultimate Nick Fury and his newly assembled Squadron Supreme! Itšs Fury's day of reckoning..."

Squadron Supreme #6 will be 32 pages and will cost 2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: THOR GOD-SIZE SPECIAL #1

Thor God-Size Special #1 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Matt Fraction, with art by Doug Braithwaite, Dan Brereton and Marko Djurdjevic.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"His name was Skurge, and men and god alike knew him as Executioner...and the legend of his life and death reverberate across the walls of Heaven itself. In Asgard, though...no one can quite remember what happened to him. How did he live? How did he die? And why does everyone in Asgard remember it differently? There's trickery at hand so vile even Loki joins Thor in trying to unravel it. "

Thor God-Size Special #1 will be 64 pages and will cost $3.99.

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FIRST LOOK: THUNDERBOLTS #127

Thunderbolts #127 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Andy Diggle, with art by Roberto De La Torre and a cover by Francesco Mattina.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"It's Bullseye and Venom unleashed -- and the T-Bolts will never be the same! All-out war erupts in Thunderbolts Mountain, as Songbird fights for her life against the team's most psychotic and bloodthirsty members -- and this time, they're taking no prisoners! Old scores are settled and long-standing enmities explode into violence as Norman Osborn clears the deck to make way for his all-new, all-different Thunderbolts! And it ain't over 'til the Songbird sings in part two of 'Burning Down the House'!"

Thunderbolts #127 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #59

Ultimate Fantastic Four #59 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Joe Pokaski, with art by Tyler Kirkham and a cover by Pasqual Ferry.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Ultimatum has hit the planet hard and the Baxter Building was ground zero. Johnny is still missing. Dr. Storm is dead. And Reed has taken off to parts unknown. Sue's life hangs in the balance and rests in the hands of untested pilot Ben Grimm, a.k.a. The Thing, and Dr. Arthur Molekevic, now better known as the megalamonical Mole Man. 'Journey to the Center of an Invisible Woman' begins!"

Ultimate Fantastic Four #59 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: UNCANNY X-MEN #505

Uncanny X-Men #505 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction, with art and cover by Terry Dodson.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Colossus continues his quest to ease the pain of losing Kitty Pryde -- and it brings him face-to-face with some evil from the Old Country, run amok on the streets of San Francisco. Elsewhere, the shockwaves caused by Simon Trask's press conference continue to ripple, making anti-mutant hysteria hit a fever pitch. And as Angel and Beast continue to assemble the Fringe Science Team in the far north of Canada, Storm demands an audience with Emma Frost, queen to queen..."

Uncanny X-Men #505 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: WHAT IF? NEWER FANTASTIC FOUR

What If? Newer Fantastic Four will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Paul Tobin, with art and cover by Patrick Scherberger.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"The original Fantastic Four are dead, and a New Fantastic Four has taken their place! But what can the team of Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man and Wolverine do against a foe as powerful as Thanos -- bearer of the Infinity Gauntlet? When it takes all the power of Iron Man's amazing new armor, all of Spider-Man's attitude, all the Hulk's brute strength, and all of Wolverine's underhanded tricks just to survive...what can the New Fantastic Four do to win? The answer lies within this cosmically power-packed issue! Featuring Part 2 of 'What If the Runaways became the Young Avengers?'"

What If? Newer Fantastic Four will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: X-FACTOR #38

X-Factor #38 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Peter David, with art by Valentine De Landro and a cover by Mike Mayhew.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Siryn goes into labor three weeks early. Could this be the second mutant born since M-Day? Either way, the U.S. government isn't going to sit idle while it happens. Can Rictor and the mother-to-be fend them off? They'll have to, since X-Factor and Longshot are busy fighting an army of Darwins!"

X-Factor #38 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #1

X-Men: Kingbreaker #1 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Christopher Yost, with art by Dustin Weaver and a cover by Brandon Peterson.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"War of Kings lead-in. The X-Men have been defeated. Havok , Polaris and the Starjammers are being held and tortured in the most secure prison in the universe. Marvel Girl, Korvus and Lilandra are being hunted by the Imperial Guard. Vulcan is Emperor of the Shi'Ar Empire and his expansion has begun. No King will stand when Vulcan and his armies are done. A story of a fight against insurmountable odds and amini-series that will change the shape of the Universe and pave the way for the War of Kings."

X-Men: Kingbreaker #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.

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FIRST LOOK: X-MEN: LEGACY #219

X-Men: Legacy #219 will arrive in stores on Dec. 17 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mike Carey, with art by Phil Briones and a cover by Mike McKone.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"Professor Xavier finds himself face-to-face with his half-brother -- The Unstoppable Juggernaut! But is Juggernaut friend or foe?"

X-Men: Legacy #219 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.

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