TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009
MARVEL COMICS FOR MAY -- TRADE PAPERBACKS
HALO: UPRISING HC
Written by Brian Michael Bendis, penciled and cover by Alex Maleev.
An epic story of mankind's struggle against the alien threat of the Covenant. Picking up from the conclusion of blockbuster video game Halo 2, the saga reveals how the Master Chief, while onboard a hostile ship headed towards Earth, is battling against Covenant forces! Intertwined with Master Chief's interstellar one-man-war is the saga of a great American city's rebellion and downfall, two disparate lives' collision and shared fate, and the Convenant's hunt for an ancient relic of untold power and value. With hope dwindling and the fate of humanity hanging by a thread, is there any chance for a future? Collecting Halo: Uprising #1-4 and Marvel Spotlight: Halo.
168 pages, $24.99.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA BLACK KNIGHT/YELLOW CLAW VOL. 1 HC
Written by Stan Lee, Al Feldstein and various, penciled by Joe Maneely, Jack Kirby, John Severin, Fred Kida and various, cover by Maneely.
From the heroic times of King Arthur to the dangers of the Cold War, the Atlas Era brings you the greatest adventure stories from the 1950s. Presenting the original series of two legendary characters that have bridged the decades all the way from the Atlas Era to the Avengers and Agents of Atlas Black Knight and Yellow Claw are must-haves for every Marvel maniac! Sir Percy of Scandia may appear to be a foppish weakling, too timid to fight and the scorn of Camelot, but only Merlin knows the truth: Sir Percy is the gallant Black Knight! Come to drive Modred de Monfort from King Arthur's court, he wields the ebony blade against Norman invaders, dragons, imposters and usurpers to the throne. With the pencil of Atlas great, Joe Maneely, delineating the action,Black Knight is a sure-fire classic! Then comes Cold War tales of mystery, espionage and world domination from the pages of Yellow Claw! Illustrated by the incomparable trio of Joe Maneely, John Severin and -- in a rare mid-50s Atlas appearance -- Jack Kirby, F.B.I. Agent Jimmy Woo's mission to capture the century-old mystic from the root of the Himalayas is packed with gritty crime and unimaginable adversaries, from mind-bending mutants and UFO the Lightning Man to Temujai the Golden Goliath and the Living Shadows! Collecting Black Knight #1-5 and Yellow Claw #1-4.
256 pages, $59.99.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 11 HC
Written by Stan lee and Roy Thomas, penciled by Gil Kane and John Romita, cover by Romita.
The Marvel Masterworks celebrate Spider-Man's centennial bow with 10 classic Spidey adventures! Stan Lee and Gil Kane start it off with Peter Parker's attempt to cure himself from his spider-powers gone horribly wrong -- the six-armed Spider-Man! And he'll need the extra arms to handle Morbius the Living Vampire, in his first appearance, and the cold rage of Lizard. Roy Thomas then takes Spidey and his bikini-clad gal, Gwen Stacy, into the forgotten jungle known as the Savage Land to face towering beasts, Kraven the Hunter, and J. Jonah Jameson to boot! When Lee returns, the Spider Slayer comes with him, and right behind him is the talented pencil of John Romita. In what Romita cites as the favorite artwork of his storied Spidey career, an adventure teaming up Spidey and Doctor Strange against a mystic threat from Vietnam while Flash Thompson's life hangs in the balance! Collecting The Amazing Spider-Man #100-109
256 pages, $54.99.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 11 HC
Written by Stan Lee, penciled by Steve Ditko, cover by Ditko and Dean White.
Welcome back for another helping of Amazing Spider-Man milestones by the team that made the Webslinger a worldwide icon, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko! Their troubled teenager took comics by storm in 1962, and the first round of stories were just a warm up! Witenss the debut of more classic Spidey foes, including Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter and the Green Goblin! And as if one foe at a time wasn't enough, the Sinister Six unite for the first time in the colossal Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, a 72-page Lee/Ditko extravaganza! Also featuring the rampaging Hulk, the Human Torch and Spidey's first team-up with Daredevil, but as every Spider-phile knows, it's not costumes alone that make the saga of Peter Parker so compelling, it's his everyday cohorts. From Flash Thompson to Betty Brant, dear old Aunt May to ³Jolly² Jonah Jameson, they make for incomparable drama, so don't back, reserve that copy today, True Beliver! Collecting The Amazing Spider-Man #11-19 and Annual #1
288 pages, $24.99.
HULK: WORLD WAR HULK HC
Written by Greg Pak and Peter David, penciled by John Romita Jr., Al Rio, Lee Weeks and Sean Phillips, cover by Romita.
An epic story of anger unbound! Exiled by a group of Marvel "heroes" to the savage alien planet of Sakaar, the Hulk raged, bled and conquered -- rising from slave to gladiator to king. Now, the Hulk returns to Earth to wreak his terrible vengeance on Iron Man, Reed Richards, Doctor Strange and Black Bolt -- and anyone else who gets in the way. Stronger than ever, accompanied by his monstrous Warbound gladiator allies and possessed by the fiercest and purest rage imaginable, the Hulk may just tear this stupid planet in half! Then in Aftersmash, heroes and monsters rise and fall as the events of "World War Hulk" reverberate through the blasted ruins of New York City with goliath impact. It's a massive story featuring the Warbound, the Renegades, Heroes for Hire, Iron Man, Tom Foster, and Damage Control. Collecting World War Hulk #1-5, World War Hulk: Aftersmash, Marvel Spotlight: World War Hulk and Planet Hulk Saga.
304 pages, $34.99.
X-MEN: MANIFEST DESTINY HC
Written by Jason Aaron, Mike Carey, James Asmus and Frank Tieri, penciled by Stepeh Segovia, Michael Ryan, Takeshi Miyazawa, Ben Oliver and Chris Burnham, cover by Michael Turner.
The X-Men have arrived in San Francisco -- but Wolverine finds he's left more than his heart there! Something happened in Chinatown more than 50 years ago...something that the people there still have not forgotten. And now Logan finds himself a marked man, pursued by fighters from every dojo in town--not to mention the mystical warriors of the criminal Triad and their merciless leader...who just happens to be Logan's ex-girlfriend. Also, Nightcrawler realizes a hard truth -- he has to quit the X-Men. Don't miss the departure of one of the most important characters in X-Men history. Also includes Iceman's battle with an old, deadly foe and Avalanche's experience running a bar in San Francisco. Plus, find out what Boom Boom has been up to since Nextwave! Collecting Wolverine: Manifest Destiny #1-4, X-Men Manifest Destiny: Nightcrawler #1 and X-Men: Manifest Destiny: Iceman, Nightcrawler, Boom-Boom and Avalanche.
192 pages, $29.99
X-MEN: WORLDS APART HC
Written by Christopher Yost, penciled by Diogenes Neves, cover by J. Scott Campbell.
Over the course of her life, Storm has been many things: A thief. A goddess. An X-Man. A Wife. A Queen. But not until now have these roles come into conflict. When a mutant commits a mysterious murder in Wakanda, Storm takes it upon herself to investigate. And what she discovers will force her into a position where she must choose: Will she stand with the X-Men or with her husband? The series that will change Storm forever. Plus, relive the beginnings of the Black Panther and Storm romance with reprints of landmark issues Marvel Team-Up #100 and Black Panther #26. Collecting X-Men: Worlds Apart #1-4.
128 pages, $19.99.
AVENGERS FOREVER HC
Written by Kurt Busiek and Roger Stern, penciled and cover by Carlos Pacheco.
Heroes out of time! Through the years, the Avengers have fought myriad villains and monsters, protecting Earth and her inhabitants from harm. No matter the odds, no matter the sacrifice, Earth's Mightiest Heroes have always found a way to reach victory. Now, they face a different kind of menace. A menace so great, it has made allies out of sworn enemies. This seemingly unconqerable enemy is... the future! Seven time-lost Avengers -- plucked from the past, present and future -- must protect longtime ally Rick Jones from death at the hands of Immortus, Master of Time. To find out why Rick Jones has been targeted for elimination, the Avengers join forces with Kang the Conqueror, one of the team's deadliest, most implacable foes -- and the ancient Immortus' younger self, as well -- in a cosmic battle that stretches from the Old West to the End of Time. And as they do so, they discover that they're fighting not just for one life, but for the very destiny of mankind, against a greater foe than they could possibly imagine. Collecting Avengers Forever #1-12.
296 pages, $34.99.
THOR BY J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI VOL. 2 PREMIERE HC
Written by J. Michael Straczynski, penciled by Marko Djurdjevic and Olivier Coipel, cover by Coipel
With the mighty God of Thunder and Asgard to full glory, Thor is back in action with a vengeance! But as the Asgardians returned to this life and Thor returned to Midgard, so came the ills that have plagued the gods and man for millennia. Now, for the first time since their rebirth, Thor and his fellow hero-gods must venture forth from the Shining City to confront the growing evils that amass on their horizon -- and within their walls. Plus, Stan Lee comes back to the party with a new story to celebrate Thor #600! Collecting Thor #7-12 and Thor #600.
184 pages, $24.99.
CABLE VOL. 2: BACK TO EARTH PREMIERE HC
Written by Duane Swierczynski, penciled by Michel Lacombe, Ariel Olivetti and Ken Lashley, cover by Olivetti.
In the aftermath of the "Messiah Complex² war, Cyclops took a leap of faith and allowed his son Cable to disappear into the time stream with the first new mutant birth since "M² day -- and the future of the dwindling mutant population -- tucked under his arm. Weeks later, he still waits for a sign, however small, that he made the right decision. When Bishop travels back to the present in search of intel that will aid his search for Cable and the mutant baby, he'sintercepted by the X-Force! With Cyclops eagerly waiting to interrogate his former comrade, it would appear that the game is over for the time-traveling cop. So why is Bishop smiling? Plus, If you think it's tough being Cable, hopping through time with a bawling kid strapped to your chest, try stepping into Bishop's shoes for a while. Yeah, you're a tough, smart cop, and you're no stranger to tracking time-traveling perps, but Cable is a new kind of quarry. Not only is he an X-Man who's very familiar with the future, he's also a highly-trained soldier who knows how to cover his tracks and leave dozens of down-and-dirty traps in his wake. For you, the stakes have never been higher. Collecting Cable #6-10 and King-Sized Cable.
160 pages, $19.99.
X-FORCE VOL. 2: OLD GHOSTS PREMIERE HC
Written by Christoper Yost and Craig Kyle, penciled by Mike Choi, Sonia Oback, Alina Urusov and Clayton Crain, cover by Choi.
X-Force is still reeling from the aftermath of their first mission, but there's no rest for the wicked. Mutantkind's enemies have multiplied, but Cyclops has a new target for his black-ops team...and even X-Force doesn't believe who they're going after next. Collecting X-Froces #7-11.
120 pages, $19.99.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: WAR OF KINGS BOOK 1 PREMIERE HC
Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, penciled by Paul Pelletier, cover by Clint Langley.
A new line-up! And Star-Lord...missing! The shocking revelations made at the end of their Secret Invasion adventure have ripped the team apart! Is there anyone left to continue the task of guarding the galaxy? Who are the new additions to the team? Collecting Guardians of the Galaxy #7-10 and Marvel Spotlight: War of Kings.
136 pages, $19.99
SPIDER-MAN NOIR PREMIERE HC
Written by David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky, penciled by Carmine Di Giandomenico, cover by Dennis Calero.
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 you've never seen them before! Collecting Spider-Man Nor # 1-4.
112 pages, $19.99.
X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT PREMIERE HC
Written by Greg Pak, penciled by Carmine Di Giandomenico, cover by Marko Djurdjevic.
Today, the whole world knows him as Magneto, the most radical champion of mutant rights that mankind has ever seen. But in 1935, he was just another schoolboy -- who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel's greatest icons begins with a silver chain and a crush on a girl -- and quickly turns into a harrowing struggle for survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler's Final Solution. Collecting X-Men: Magneto Testament #1-5, this volume also features in-depth extras providing further historical context for this story, including a comprehensive teachers' guide.
136 pages, $24.99.
SPIDER-MAN: FAMILY TIES PREMIERE HC
Written by J.M. DeMatteis, Karl Kesel, Keith Champagne, John Arcudi and Abby Denson, penciled by Alex Cal, Ramon Bachs, Ron Frenz, Shawn Moll, Val Semeiks and Colleen Coover, cover by Mike Deodato Jr.
Check in here for slices of life from Spidey and the rest of the Brand New Day Cast. Readers all know Spider-Man's origin -- but what happened the day after Uncle Ben died? Find out as DeMatteis and Alex bring you Spider-Man: 48 Hours! Also, check out Aunt May, Agent of F.E.A.S.T. and a flashback to the birth of Spidey's New Ways To Die nemesis, Venom! All this plus more slices of Peter Parker's Brand New World and the return of Hammerhead! Collecting material from Amazing Spider-Man Family #1-3 and Spider-Man: Fear Itself.
160 pages, $19.99.
NYX: NO WAY HOME PREMIERE HC
Written by Majorie Liu, penciled by Kalman Andrasofszky, covers by Alina Urusov.
There's no place like home -- just ask young mutant Kiden Nixon. She's survived the hard streets of Manhattan, and she's built a home -- and a family -- for herself, with her friends Tatiana, Bobby Soul and his Li'l Bro. But with fewer than 200 mutants left on the planet, Kiden's become a target -- and when somebody strikes at one of her friends, Kiden's going to find out just how much farther she can fall! Collecting NYX: No Way Home #1-6.
184 pages, $24.99.
BLACK WIDOW: THE STING OF THE WIDOW PREMIERE HC
Written by Stan Lee, Don Rico, Gary Friedrich, Mimi Gold, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, penciled by Don Heck, John Romita, Jim Mooney, John Buscema and Gene Colan, cover by Romita.
She started as a super-spy and ended up a super-star! After failed endeavors with the Crimson Dynamo, Natasha Romanova ditches her fishnets for a black bodysuit and a solo crime-fighting career against gangsters and terrorists, in rare stories not reprinted in decades! Goliath, formerly the archer known as Hawkeye, wants them to be a costumed couple, but an android matchmaker has other ideas when he manipulates the Black Widow into rescuing Daredevil, the better to use them both! Guest-starring Spider-Man! Collecting Tales of Supsense #52, Amazing Spider-Man (1962) #86, Amazing Adventures (1970) #1-8 and Daredevil (1962) #81.
152 pages, $24.99.
THOR: BALDER THE BRAVE PREMIERE HC
Written by Walter Simonson, penciled by Sal Buscema and Simonson, covers by Simonson.
War in Hel! Odin the All-Father is gone, and death goddess Hela is stockpiling souls for the fight to take his place! The mighty Thor leads Asgard's finest to rescue the dead from a fate worse than death, while Thor's brother-in-arms Balder battles giants to rescue his beloved Queen Karnilla! The God of Thunder and the God of Light -- which one will lead Asgard into the face of coming dooms? Plus: a longtime Marvel villain makes the ultimate sacrifice, but for whom? Collecting Balder the Brave #1-4 and Thor #360-362.
176 pages, $24.99.
OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z VOL. 8 PREMIERE HC
Written by Jeff Christiansen, Sean Mcquaid, Michael Hoskin, Stuart Vandal, Ronald Byrd, David Wiltfong, Madison Carter, Mike Fichera, Chad Anderson, Chris Biggs, Eric J. Moreels, Mark O'English, Al Sjoerdsma, Jacob Rougemont, Gabriel Shechter, Anthony Flamini, Jeph York, Rich Green, Markus Ettlinger, Andrew Goletz, Rob London and Michel Gariepy, penciled by various, cover by Tom Grummett.
Let's assume you know your mutants: Multiple Man, the MLF, Mystique, New Mutants, Nightcrawler, Northstar, Cassandra Nova, Omega Red, Onslaught, Phoenix -- no surprises for you there. Safe to assume you know Aunt May from Uncle Ben, but do you need a flow chart to tell Namor apart from Namora apart from Namorita? When it comes to heroes, how are you on the New Warriors, Night Raven, Night Thrasher, Nightmask, Nomad, Nova, Omega the Unknown, the Order, Paladin, Patriot, Penance, Phantom Rider or Pip the Troll? Villains, you say? How about Mysterio, Nebula, Nightmare, Nitro, Ord, Orka, Norman Osborn, the Owl or the Phalanx? Places like the Negative Zone and New Universe? Wrap it together with more than a hundred entries in all!
240 pages, $24.99.
KIDNAPPED! PREMIERE HC
Written by Roy Thomas, penciled by Mario Gully, cover by Gerald Parel.
Collecting all five issues of the seafaring classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Young David Balfour's parents are dead and he now wants to see the world. He learns that his father's brother, Ebenezer, may have killed his brother for the estate. It appears Ebenezer wants David out of the way, and will go to any length, perhaps even murder. His troubles are only beginning. Collecting Marvel Illustrated: Kidnapped! #1-5.
120 pages, $19.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES THOR FEATURING CAPTAIN AMERICA, DR. STRANGE & ANT-MAN DIGEST
Written by Paul Tobin, Fred Van Lente, Louise Simonson, Scott Gray and Roger Langridge, penciled by Jacopo Camagni, Matteo Lolli, Rodney Buchemi and Craig Rousseau, cover by Salvador Espin.
All adventure, all action, for all ages! Join Thor, Captain America, Dr. Strange and Ant-Man as they go up against the fiercest obstacles they've ever encountered. First, see how the God of Thunder came to our world, and what awesome adversities shaped him into a champion of man! Then, the Master of the Mystic Arts encounters a cosmically powered creature that has been allowing its newborn babies to feed on the very fabric of reality. And who is Ant-Man? How did he get both the ability to shrink to less than an inch tall and speak directly to ants? All these stories plus two action-packed tales featuring Captain America! Collecting Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #5-8.
96 pages, $9.99.
SPIDER-MAN J VOL. 2: JAPANESE DAZE DIGEST
Story and art by Yamanaka Akira, translation by Yuko Fukami, English adaptation by Marc Sumerak, cover by Akira.
Fresh from Japan...Spider-Man J! Originally published only in that country, Spider-Man J enjoyed a large following of loyal readers. Now, fans here can enjoy Spider-Man J's manga-styled adventures, as well collected for the first time in America and translated for your reading pleasure! Reprinting stories from Spider-Man Family #7-9.
128 pages, $9.99.
THE ILIAD GN - TPB
Written by Roy Thomas, penciled by Miguel Angel Sepulveda, cover by Paolo Rivera.
Whether its author was truly a blind poet named Homer, who also composed The Odyssey...or whether the epic poem grew over a period of several centuries, added to by many men and perhaps women... is not known. And probably never will be. Yet it remains, after many centuries, one of the greatest war stories -- no, one of the greatest stories -- in all of literature. A tale of war between the Achaeans (Greeks) and the besieged Trojans over the fate of Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world...a test of wills between the fabled warrior Achilles and the war chief Agamemnon... with a climactic battle between Achilles and Hector, the foremost defender of Troy. A saga of gods and men, each possessed of grand desires...and all too human failings. The Iliad is both a whirl of scarlet action -- and of the equally violent emotions that rule mankind.
192 pages, $19.99
MARVEL SAGA: ASTONISHING X-MEN, SQUADRON SUPREME, RUNAWAYS GN - TPB
Written by C.B. Cebulski, Eric J. Moreels and Michael O'Connor, cover by John Cassaday.
Relive your favorite moments from three of Marvel's greatest series! First, Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's first year of Astonishing X-Men stories still reverberate through the Marvel Universe. Take a trip back through their acclaimed run and see how it all began. Then, revisit the series that reintroduced legendary characters like Hyperion, Nighhawk, and Blur to a new generation in this essential guide to Squadron Supreme. Finally, Molly Hayes guides you through the ups and downs of life as a Runaway, featuring exclusive art by current series artist Humberto Ramos! Collecting Astonishing X-Men Saga, Saga of Squadron Supreme and Runaways Saga.
152 pages, $14.99
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE VOL. 3 SECRET INVASION TPB
Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage, penciled by Stefano Caselli and Harvey Tolibao, cover by Mark Brooks.
Attacked from within! For years, humans have warred with the Skrulls, a nefarious race of shape-shifting aliens -- but now, having developed a way to avoid any type of detection, the Skrulls have infiltrated Earth's superhuman community at every conceivable level, including the chief administrator of the Fifty State Initiative, Hank Pym, a.k.a. Yellowjacket. Leading up to the Skrulls' full-scale attack on the planet, the Pym imposter used his political clout to station one of his fellow aliens on every single one of the Initiative's fifty state-based teams. Now, with Skrulls openly attacking cities across the world and the entire planet in chaos, those sleeper agents have been activated. The current cadets and those trained by the Initiative must put all their instruction and hard work to use to foil the Skrulls' takeover bid. But first they have to figure who, if anyone, they can trust. Collecting Avengers: The Initiative #14-19.
152 pages, $16.99.
X-FACTOR VOL. 6: SECRET INVASION TPB
Written by Peter David, penciled by Larry Stroman, Valentine De Landro and Vincenzo Cucca, cover by Boo Cook.
Earth has been infiltrated! The shape-shifting alien Skrulls have seeded the ranks of the world's governments, businesses and even super-hero organizations with sleeper agents bent on a global coup. Now, it's up to X-Factor Investigations and everyone's favorite green bounty hunter She-Hulk to uncover the plot and punch the conspirators repeatedly. When X-Factor receives word that the X-Man Darwin has gone missing, they begin investigating immediately. Little do they suspect that Darwin has fallen in with the dimension-hopping X-Man Longshot, newly returned to the Marvel Universe. Although Longshot's powers alter luck in his favor, it seems trouble follows him endlessly; it will take all of Darwin's unusual abilities to survive this "friendship.² Collecting X-Factor #33-38 and She-Hulk #31.
168 pages, $19.99.
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL VOL. 5: SECRET INVASION TPB
Written by Matt Fraction, Rick Remender and Simon Spurrier, penciled by Howard Chaykin, Andy MacDonald and Werther Dell'edera, cover by Clint Langley.
The Marvel Universe is overrun with evil, slimy green aliens from beyond the stars. Did you honestly believe the Punisher wouldn't get his hands dirty? As seen in the smash-hit series Secret Invasion, fearsome aliens known as Skrulls have used their shape-shifting abilities to infiltrate the Earth's superhuman community at every level in an attempt to seize the planet for themselves. Freed from prison as a result of the attack, the Punisher falls back into old habits: guns, mayhem and explosions. But this time, instead of setting his sites on the mafia or maniacs in brightly colored costumes, Frank Castle is fighting for the human race's future, by blasting a hole in every green-skinned monstrosity he comes across. Collecting Punisher War Journal #24-26 and Punisher War Journal Annual #1.
120 pages, $14.99
BLACK PANTHER: WHO IS THE BLACK PANTHER TPB (NEW PRINTING)
Written by Reginald Hudlin, penciled and cover by John Romita Jr.
Deep in the heart of Africa is Wakanda, a technologically advanced civilization of great power and mystery. During the last ten centuries, as European colonial powers spread their guns, armies and undisputed domination throughout the continent, Wakanda has stood alone as an unconquerable land inhabited by undefeatable warriors. Governing this nation is a lineage of warrior-kings possessing enhanced speed, strength and agility. Today, T'Challa is the latest in this famed family line, the great hero known worldwide as the Black Panther. Despite the futile defeats of the past, outsiders are once more assembling to invade Wakanda and plunder its riches. Leading this brutal assault is Klaw, a deadly assassin with the blood of T'Challa's murdered father on his hands. Klaw brings with him a powerful army of super-powered mercenaries, all hell-bent on raining death and destruction on this pristine land. Even with Wakanda's might and his own superhuman skills, can the Black Panther prevail against such a massive invading force? Collecting Black Panther (2005) #1-6 and Fantastic Four #52-53.
200 pages, $19.99.
ULTIMATE GALACTUS TRILOGY TPB
Written by Warren Ellis and Mark Millar, penciled by Brandon Peterson, Trevor Hairsine, Steve Mcniven, Steve Epting, Tom Raney and John Romita Jr., cover by Peterson.
Known and feared throughout the universe, it is a cosmic abomination that eradicates organic life and consumes planets and the Earth is directly in its path! The world's greatest heroes the Ultimates, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four have joined forces against the menace, aided by mysterious mechanoid Vision, high-tech soldier Sam Wilson, extraterrestrial champion Mahr Vehl and Nick Fury's elite intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D. But can anything stop the unimaginable power of Gah Lak Tus? Find out in this dark sci-fi thriller, featuring the Ultimate debuts of the Falcon, Captain Marvel, the Silver Surfer and more! Collecting Ultimate Nightmare #1-5, Ultimate Secret #1-4; Ultimate Vision #0 and Ultimate Extinction #1-5.
368 pages, $29.99.
WAR OF KINGS: ROAD TO WAR OF KINGS TPB
Written by Christopher Yost, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, penciled by Dustin Weaver, Paul Pelletier and Bong Dazo, cover by Brandon Peterson.
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. Do not miss the book that will change the shape of the Universe and pave the way for the War of Kings. Also, The Secret Invasion may be over, but the Inhumans are still reeling from the terrible wounds inflicted on them by the Skrulls. And this time, the Royal Family and their massively powered people have been pushed too far! You have never seen the Inhumans like this and it's only the beginning! Plus: How will the empire-expanding Vulcan react to these recent universe-shaking developments? Collecting X-Men: Kingbreaker #1-4, Secret Invasion: War of Kings, War of Kings Saga and "The Hole" from X-Men: Divided We Stand #2.
176 pages, $19.99.
GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH - ADDICT TPB
Written by Simon Spurrier and Ivan Velez, penciled By Javier Saltares and Mark Texeira,
cover by Clint Langley.
He's been away, he's been down to rock bottom; but he's back. Dan Ketch reborn: a stranger, darker figure. So what happened? Where did it all go wrong? Via Technomancer babes, talking carrion-birds, battering-rams on bikes and the inescapable hunger for Vengeance, a dark tale of Addiction. Plus, the final fate of Dan Ketch is revealed in Ghost Rider Finale! With Blackheart deposed, the Ghost Rider is now lord of the Nether Realm. What does he intend to do with his power? And will the other Dark Lords like Belasco, Pluto and Hela -- allow him to keep it? Collecting Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch #1-5 and Ghost Rider Finale.
