FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: AGENTS OF ATLAS #10
Agents of Atlas #10 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jeff Parker, with art by Dan Panosian and a cover by Dave Johnson.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"There's no enemy quite like a former lover, is there? The gloves are all the way off as Jade Claw and her forces begin assaulting Atlas on every front! The Agents throw everything they've got at the Great Wall, but to no avail. Gorilla-Man is convinced only one member of the team can possibly stop the rain of pain."
Agents of Atlas #10 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: BLACK PANTHER #8
Black Panther #8 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jonathan Maberry, with art by Will Conrad and a cover by Paul Renaud.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Power,' part 2. It's a bloody struggle for power with the new Black Panther attacked on all fronts. Cyber-enhanced assassins are gunning for her -- using technology whose origins will rock Wakanda to its foundations -- and sexy new villain, Predator, is looking to make a trophy out of the her head. Meanwhile, T'Challa -- no longer the Panther embarks on a path that will take him down dark roads hešs never walked before. Hešs gearing up for something really, really big. The question is, what?"
Black Panther #8 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: CABLE #18
Cable #18 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Duane Swierczynski, with art by Gabriel Guzmen and a cover by Ariel Olivetti.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Some call space the 'final frontier.' But for time-traveling mutant soldier Cable and Hope -- the so-called ŗmutant messiah' -- space is their last and only chance at survival. The Earth is dead, thanks to their foe Bishop, and if Hope is going to make it to adulthood, she's going to have to do it in the cold, lonely vacuum of space, alone except for dark forces that know shešs coming. Forces which are very, very hungry."
Cable #18 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: DARING MYSTERY COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1
Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by David Liss, with art by Jason Armstrong and a cover by Clint Langley.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Marvel continues its historic anniversary celebration as the Phantom Reporter leaps from the pages of The Twelve into his own solo adventure! By day, cub reporter...by night, relentless scourge of the underworld! But what could drive All-American collegiate champ Dick Jones to become a masked vigilante? Why does this high-society dilettante fight for the underprivileged? And what is the blood-soaked mystery that will take gun-toting terror from the swankiest Park Ave penthouse to the shadowed mean streets on the hunt for justice? The never-before-revealed origin of the Phantom Reporter! Plus: A classic reprint from Daring Mystery Comics #3! "
Daring Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 will be 48 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: DEADPOOL #15
Deadpool #15 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Daniel Way, with art by Paco Medina and a cover by Jason Pearson.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Want You to Want Me,' part 1. Now that he knows that a pirate's life isn't for him, Deadpool's now starting to seriously question this whole 'mercenary' thing. Maybe therešs something else he could do with his life. He doesn't know what that could be, but then he turns on the television, and he knows exactly where he needs to be, and who needs him most. Hello, San Francisco!"
Deadpool #15 will be 32 pages and cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: EXILES #6
Exiles #6 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jeff Parker, with art and cover by Salvador Espin.
Here's how Marvel describes the book:
"The Exiles are back to finish what they started in their first mission, and its Panther knows how to bring down the mutant alliance!
Also, Morph returns to prep the team for a new mission to a world where 'science' never caught on so much."
Exiles #6 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: GHOST RIDERS: HEAVEN'S ON FIRE #2
Ghost Riders: Heaven's on Fire #2 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jason Aaron, with art by Roland Boschi and a cover by Phil Jimenez.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The quest to save the Anti-Christ continues, as Johnny Blaze, the Son of Satan, occult terrorist Jaine Cutter and the all-new Caretaker team up to battle the minions of the evil angel Zadkiel in the streets and corporate towers of New York City. And just what sort of dark dealings does Danny Ketch have in mind? And who's this guy with demons for arms? And is that a steam shovel with eyes on it?"
Ghost Riders: Heaven's on Fire #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: HOUSE OF M: MASTERS OF EVIL #2
House of M: Masters of Evil #2 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Christos N. Gage, with art by Manuel Garcia and a cover by Mike Perkins.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"What is the Sapiens Rights League, and how is it connected to the Hoodšs crime spree? That's what S.H.I.E.L.D. wants to know, and they're sending in the elite Red Guard to investigate. Here comes Rogue, Nightcrawler, Mystique and Wolverine! And when several members of the Hood's super-villain gang are captured, will he stage a mid-air Helicarrier jail break...or is there no honor among thieves?"
House of M: Masters of Evil #2 will be 32 pages and cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: IMMORTAL WEAPONS #2
Immortal Weapons #2 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Cullen Bunn and Duane Swierczynski, with art by Dan Brereton and Travel Foreman and a cover by David Aja.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Her heart pumps the coldest blood imaginable...and she is host to horrors inconceivable to mortal men. The Bride of Nine Spiders is perhaps the most enigmatic of the Immortal Weapons. Yet men would risk life and sanity to plumb the mysteries of this porcelain beauty and the alien land from which she comes. When a disturbing relic surfaces at a most exclusive auction house, the Bride's secrets are revealed in a tragic tale fusing martial arts mayhem and gothic terror!"
Immortal Weapons #2 will be 40 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #17
Invincible Iron Man #17 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Matt Fraction, with art and cover by Salvador Larroca.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"What happens when the world's smartest man starts making sloppy mistakes? With the finish line in sight, Tony blows it for everybody and now his whole insane scheme to destroy his own mind, evade Norman Osborn, and save the lives of all his friends who have tried so desperately to help him goes wildly off the rails. Nothing gold can stay, Pony-Boy."
Invincible Iron Man #17 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: IRON MAN & THE ARMOR WARS #2
Iron Man & The Armor Wars #2 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Joe Caramagna, with art by Craig Rousseau and a cover by Skottie Young.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"You're Tony Stark. You invented Iron Man. You are Iron Man. Now all of your Iron Man armors have been stolen, and super villains are using your armor to try and destroy you. What do you do? You use an old set of Dr. Doom's armor to beat the snot out of your own tech, that's what you do."
Iron Man & The Armor Wars #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: LUKE CAGE NOIR #2
Luke Cage Noir #2 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Adam Glass, with art by Shawn Martinbrough and covers by Tim Bradstreet and Dennis Calero.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Moon Over Harlem,' part 2. Less than 48 hours out of the joint, and Luke Cage is a busy man, investigating the mysterious deaths of two women: the wife of a Park Avenue Mug with more than a few secrets, and Cage's own true love, Josephine Ball. Are the two murders related? Only one thing's for sure: All roads go through Cage's old nemesis -- the Albino gangster known as Tombstone."
Luke Cage Noir #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
FIRST LOOK: MYSTIC COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL # 1
Mystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by David Lapham, with art by Lapham and a cover by Juan Doe.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'I am the destroyer of evil,' the haunting stranger intoned. 'I've crossed the great cold into your world!' So speaks the original Vision! From a dimension beyond, comes an otherworldly force of retribution. His steely touch turns killers to ice, shattering them. His staggering gaze drives the guilty mad with terror. His unstoppable power never fails to punish the wicked! It is said only those approaching death can see him in his true form as...the Vision "
Mystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: STARR THE SLAYER #1
Starr the Slayer #1 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Daniel Way, with art and cover by Richard Corben.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Nomad. Slave. Warrior. King. All of these describe the man known today as Starr the Slayer. But before he was any of those, he was simply an idea floating around in the head of Len Carson, a pulp novelist with ambitions of literary greatness. His dreams dashed and his career on the skids, Carson makes the fateful decision to revisit his most famous creation. But what he never expected was for his creation to revisit him...in person! Let the smashing and slicing commence "
Starr the Slayer #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: THE TORCH #1
The Torch #1 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mike Carey and Alex Ross, with art by Patrick Berkenkotter and a cover by Ross.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The Soul of an Old Machine, part 1. The Torch is dead - buried with full military honors. But what does death mean for an artificial man? The Mad Thinker is determined to find out, with the reluctant help of the Torch's best and oldest friend - Tom (Toro) Raymond."
The Torch #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: TROJAN WAR #5
Trojan War #5 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Roy Thomas, with art by Miguel Angel Sepulveda and a cover by Dennis Calero.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The concluding chapter in the series ties all the events together, as Thomas draws on a variety of ancient sources to weave this compelling tale. In the aftermath of the devastation of the city of Troy, the Greeks sail away, though Agamemnon stays on in Troyšs ruins for a time to appease the anger of Athena. Finally, King Menelaus returns home safely with the beautiful Helen, whose lover Paris, is dead. She is the catalyst who began the conflict, the woman whose face launched a thousand ships."
Trojan War #5 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #2
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2 will arrive in stores on Sept. 2 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Brian Michael Bendis, with art and cover by David LaFuente.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"All the shocking revelations from the first issue come to bloom in this second chapter! Who is the Shroud? Who is Spider-Man? And who is Mysterio and what did he go and do to the Kingpin?"
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #2 will be 32 pages and cost $3.99.
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