FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #30
Amazing Spider-Girl #30 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Tom DeFalco, with art by Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema and a cover by Frenz.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Final issue! Is this the end of Spider-Girl? Can Peter and Mayday overcome Norman Osborn's final revenge? Will the Black Tarantula and Arana survive against the Goblin Lord and the brand new May? What does fate hold in store for little Ben and Mary Jane? When the smoke finally clears, will it still be Spider-Girl's world? Be There For the End!"
Amazing Spider-Girl #30 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: DARK AVENGERS #3
Dark Avengers #3 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Brian Michael Bendis, with art and cover by Mike Deodato.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The phenom that is the Dark Avengers continues. Battleground Latveria as Morgana Le Fey attacks with all the power at her disposal. Meanwhile these new Avengers discover all the dirt and hidden secrets of their notorious pasts."
Dark Avengers #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: DEADPOOL: GAMES OF DEATH #1
Deadpool: Games of Death will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mike Benson, with art by Sean Crystal and a cover by GregLand.
Here's how Marvel describes the book:
"'Pain Factor' -- the reality TV game show so controversial, it's been banned around the world! Today, 11 desperate men will travel to a desert island to compete in a series of outlandish challenges that will leave one of them rich and the rest of them dead. Among the competitors, a certain 'Merc with a Mouth,' who's been hired to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire's son. The trail ended here for Junior, but will it for Deadpool? Not if he has anything to say about it."
Deadpool: Games of Death will be 48 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: ENDER'S GAME: BATTLE SCHOOL #4
Ender's Game: Battle School #4 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Christopher Yost, with art and cover by Pasqual Ferry.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"New York Times bestseller Orson Scott Card's sci-fi epic continues! Battle training. Combat. Enemy tactics. The students of Battle School are not normal children. And as Ender begins to rise in rank and fame, he becomes a target. And if the older kids don't take him down... the serpent at the End of the World will."
Ender's Game: Battle School #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #34
Marvel Adventures The Avengers #34 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Paul Tobin, with art by Matteo Lolli and a cover by Roger Cruz.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'The Sand and Fury.' It's 1942 and Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos are on leave in London. No, wait, it's 2009 and the Avengers are shooing away a pterodactyl from the Tower of London. But, hold on, what's a pterodactyl doing in London anyway? Geez, never mind, because now it looks like it's about 4000 BC, and Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos are teaming up with the Avengers in order to take down a madman with a rather personal take on time."
Marvel Adventures The Avengers #34 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: MOON KNIGHT #28
Moon Knight #28 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mike Benson, with art by Jefte Palo and a cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Down South,' part 2. Marc Spector may be dead, but Moon Knight is very much alive -- and in a world of trouble. After rescuing a land baron's daughter from corrupt Federales, the fugitive vigilante is suddenly thrust into the crosshairs of Mexicoıs deadliest assassins looking to collect the bounty on the girl's head. But there are other predators prowling the dark underbelly of Mexico City, and not all of them have their sights on the innocent. The Punisher has traveled down south on the trail of some Russian mobsters, and heıs just stepped onto blood-soaked turf that bears the unique signature of another killer. His name is Toltec, and if you've seen him, you're dead."
Moon Knight #28 will be 32 pages and cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: PUNISHER #3
Punisher #3 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Marc Sumerak, with art by Sanford Greene and a cover by Francis Tsai.
Here's how Marvel describes the book:
"'Living in Darkness,' part 3. The only thing standing between the new king of crime and his dark reign of New York is a lone soldier doing what none of the capes will: taking out the bad guys permanently. Frank Castle has torn open an artery of the most feared crime family in the history of New York, and it will not go unanswered. A lesson must be taught -- a bloody, public lesson. How can the Punisher possibly contend? With an arsenal of the most powerful weapons in the Marvel Universe -- and a smile."
Punisher #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: SPIDER-MAN NOIR #4
Spider-Man Noir #4 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by David Hine, with art by Carmine Di Giandomenico and covers by Patrick Zircher and Dennis Calero.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"With the bite of a fateful spider, Peter Parker finally got the power to go up against the rotten gangland of Depression-era New Yorkthe insidious, far-reaching, unstoppable crime machine that killed his beloved Uncle Ben...but will it kill him as well? Spider-Man's brash confrontation with Norman Osborn, the slick gangster nicknamed the Goblin, may be his final heroic act!"
Spider-Man Noir #4 will be 32 pages and cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: SQUADRON SUPREME #9
Squadron Supreme #9 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Howard Chaykin, with art by Marco Checchetto and a cover by Mike Deodato.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'A Matter of Seconds,' part 3 of 6. Hyperion sure has strange tastes in teammates. Take Nuke, the human time-bomb. Or Dr. Spectrum, the ruthless owner of an alien weapon. Or Inertia, the invulnerable soldier who killed her own father -- and enjoyed it. Under Hyperion's orders, these sociopaths have descended upon Washington D.C., and the only thing stopping them from turning the nation's capitol into refuse is Nick Fury's band of ingenue heroes. As the opening shots in the war for America are fired -- who will be the first to fall?"
Squadron Supreme #9 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: THUNDERBOLTS #130
Thunderbolts #130 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Andy Diggle, with art by Roberto De La Torre and covers by Francesco Mattina and Clint Langley.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Magnum Opus,' part 2 of 4. Crossover with Deadpool. Everyone's favorite Merc with a Mouth has the Thunderbolts in his crosshairs -- but don't expect this murderer's row of
butt-kickers to lay down! The nastiest fight of '09 has begun."
Thunderbolts #130 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE X-MEN #100
Ultimate X-Men #100 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Aron E. Coleite, with art and cover by Mark Brooks.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Series finale. Ultimatum tie-in! Xavier's School for Gifted Students was a sanctuary for young mutants...but in the wake of Ultimatum, it's starting to look more like a graveyard. A groundbreaking series' final issue as the scattered X-Men pull together to stand united in the face of extinction!"
Ultimate X-Men #100 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATUM #3
Ultimatum #3 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jeph Loeb, with art by David Finch and covers by Finch and Ed McGuinness.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The saga that will change the Ultimate Universe continues! What is Magneto's true plan? Can he be stopped before all the heroes die? And in the end, what fate is in store for The
Fantastic Four? The Ultimates? Even Spider-Man? Shock follows shock."
Ultimatum #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: UNCANNY X-MEN #507
Uncanny X-Men #507 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Matt Fraction, with art and cover by Terry Dodson.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The secret of the Cooperstown Massacre goes worldwide and anti-mutant hysteria explodes nationwide. If Scott and Emma don't trust each other, how can mutantkind keep it together? Beast and the newly-assembled science team fight for their lives on Hokkaido Island...and the Angel's deepest, darkest secret is revealed to all present. Uh-oh. Innocent lives are trapped between the Russian mob and everybody's favorite heartbroken mutant Colossus, fighting along against old-world horrors that have followed him here. Oh! And the Sisterhood is finally assembled and ready to destroy the X-Men once and for all."
Uncanny X-Men #507 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: WOLVERINE #71
Wolverine #71 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mark Miller, with art and cover by Steve McNiven.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Old Man Logan,' part 6 of 8. Now we know what happened 50 years ago, the day the super heroes were slaughtered. We know how Logan managed to survived. We know why Wolverine didn't. But that's nothing compared to what happens next, as Logan and Hawkeye reach New Babylon to deliver their mysterious cargo. But before they get theretheyıll have to face their toughest challenge to date: a Venom Tyrannosaurus Rex!"
Wolverine #71 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #34
Wolverine: Origins #34 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Daniel Way, with art and cover by Dougie Braithwaite.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Weapon XI,' part 2 of 5. A Dark Reign tie-in! Daken battles the X-Men for possession of the deadly Muramasa Blade! Can Wolverine stop him, or is Daken's fate sealed? Is he, like his father, destined to become...a weapon? "
Wolverine: Origins #34 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: X-FACTOR #41
X-Factor #41 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Peter David, with art by Valentine De Landro and a cover by David Yardin.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Maru. Mr. Tryp. X-Cell. The Isolationist. Madrox has gone against his fair share of unseemly and unfamiliar
antagonists of late, but some villains never go out of style. Like Sentinels. Big, honking Sentinels."
X-Factor #41 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: X-FORCE #13
X-Force #13 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, with art and cover by Clayton Crain.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Prelude ot war! The Leper Queen is creating weapons out of mutants, and using them against humanity to stir the fires of hate against mutants. But as X-Force tracks her down, they donıt realize how close to home she's struck. Meanwhile, Wolfsbane is still dealing with the return of (character censored by Marvel), and Cyclops prepares to send X-Force on the most important mission of their lives...whether they like it or not."
X-Force #13 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #4
X-Men: Kingbreaker #4 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Christopher Yost, with art by Dustin Weaver and cover by Brandon Peterson.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The road to the War of Kings is paved here! The X-Men cosmic event of the year ends with a bang as the X-Men and Starjammers face the collective might of the Shi'Ar Empire. It's a family affair as Havok fights his brother Vulcan and Lilandra takes on her sister Deathbird. Can the X-Men and Starjammers dethrone the mad Emperor?"
X-Men: Kingbreaker #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: X-MEN: LEGACY #222
X-Men: Legacy #222 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mike Carey, with art byh Scot Eaton and a cover by Lee Bermejo.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Salvage,' part 3 of 5. Rogue's past comes back to haunt not only her, but Professor X and Gambit. The horrors of the past are brought here by a mysterious villain who has a beef with the X-Men that they plan on settling here and now."
X-Men: Legacy #222 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: YOUNG X-MEN #12
Young X-Men #12 will arrive in stores on March 18 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Marc Guggenheim, with art by Rafa Sandoval and a cover by Pasqual Ferry.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Dust fights for her life and the team is in the fight of theirs. Everything comes full circle in their final confrontation with the X-Baddie who started it all: Donald Pierce."
Young X-Men #12 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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