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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010

MARVEL COMICS FOR APRIL -- TRADE PAPERBACKS

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: BLACK PANTHER JUNGLE ACTION HC

Written by DON McGREGOR Penciled by RICH BUCKLER, BILLY GRAHAM & GIL KANE Cover by GIL KANE

Collected for the first time ever, the MARVEL MASTERWORKS bring you the ground-breaking, trend-setting Black Panther from JUNGLE ACTION! In 1973 comics' first African super hero took the headlining slot in an ambitious ongoing series, beginning a 13-issue epic unprecedented in its time. Writer Don McGregor teamed with artists Rich Buckler and Billy Graham to tell "Panther's Rage," a story so huge it ranges across the savannah, into the deepest jungles and up to the snow-topped mountains of Wakanda. Over its course McGregor & Co. would define T'Challa, give full depth and life to the Wakandas and their culture, while pitting the Panther against the murderous Erik Killmonger for control of the kingdom. Not one to rest on his laurels, McGregor then set out to raise the bar once again, sending T'Challa to the American South to investigate the murder of Angela Lynne and its connection to the Klan and the history of the Soul Strangler. A challenging storyline by a challenging storyteller, you'll read it and so much more in this much anticipated hardcover classic! Collecting JUNGLE ACTION #6-24.

352 PGS./All Ages ...$64.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE HUMAN TORCH VOL. 3 HC

Written by VARIOUS Penciled by HARRY SAHLE, AL GABRIELE, CARL PFEUFER, ED ROBBINS, BASIL WOLVERTON, RAY HOULIHAN, LARRY ANTONETTE & ART GATES Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG

From the heart of the Golden Age of Comics, the white-hot hero of the decade, the Human Torch, comes burning at you with another exciting quartet of never before reprinted comic adventures! Between keeping America safe on the homefront and fighting the Axis powers abroad, the Torch and his kid sidekick Toro have their work cut out for them. They'll face Nazi rockets, Gestapo madmen, fifth columnists and more as they fight the good fight for the U.S.A. The action really gets going in the massive, 45-page "Death Dance of the Atlantic" when the Torch and Toro find the Sub-Mariner manning a Nazi U-boat. It's an action-packed dash to capture comics' most tempestuous sometimes-hero and decode the Axis' secret signal system, told in the manner that made Marvel great. Backed up by solo Sub-Mariner tales, along with the boy adventurer Jimmy Jupiter and humor shorts by the likes of Basil Wolverton, every issue is a cornucopia from Marvel's early years. Dig into the Golden Age and dig into history! Collecting HUMAN TORCH #9-12.

264 PGS./All Ages ...$59.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SILVER SURFER VOL. 1 TPB

Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA & JACK KIRBY Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA & DEAN WHITE

The soaring Sentinel of the Spaceways makes a MARVEL MASTERWORKS splash with his unmatched solo series. Illustrated by the master of man, menace, and motion, the one-and-only John Buscema, and featuring some of Stan Lee's most inspired and socially-charged scripts of the Silver Age, the adventures of Norrin Radd rank among the definitive tales of all Marveldom! Not only will you be awed beyond imagination by the Surfer's origin, you'll also face alien invasions, be torn down to the depths of hell by the utterly evil Mephisto, struggle against the Stranger, and face galaxy-conquering barbarians set on the destruction of...well, everything! Lest we forget what by many is considered the most beautifully rendered story in Marvel history, the Surfer's tte tte with the mighty Thor! These double-length stories of drama and despair are a must-have for any and every Marvelite, and to prove we mean it, we're including the Surfer's first-ever solo adventure from the pages of FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5 as bonus! Collecting SILVER SURFER #1-6, FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5 & NOT BRAND ECHH #13.

272 PGS./All Ages ...$24.99

X-MEN: INFERNO CROSSOVERS HC

Written by LOUISE SIMONSON, WALTER SIMONSON, JON BOGDANOVE, JULIANNA JONES, STEVE ENGLEHART, DAVID MICHELINIE, GERRY CONWAY, CHRIS CLAREMONT, ANN NOCENTI & TERRY AUSTIN Penciled by SAL VELLUTO, JOHN BUSCEMA, JON BOGDANOVE, JUNE BRIGMAN, KEITH POLLARD, TODD MCFARLANE, SAL BUSCEMA, ALEX SAVIUK, ALAN DAVIS, JOHN ROMITA JR & MIKE VOSBURG Cover by TODD MCFARLANE

While the X-Men battle the Goblin Queen and her demonic hordes, the heroes of New York struggle with their own cases among the blistering heat wave and attacking inanimate objects! The events of the Inferno didn't just hit the mutants! Collected here, Power Pack and the New Mutants fight a new demon-powered Bogeyman! Jarvis rescues Glory Garsen! A new team of Avengers forms as the Captain, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Gilgamesh, and Thor save Franklin Richards from Nanny and Orphan-Maker! The Fantastic Four battle Graviton, Kang the Conqueror, and Necrodamus, with guest star Mantis! Spider-Man fights the threats of Mysterio, the Hobgoblin, and the Lizard, and Harry Osborn confronts his past as the Green Goblin! Excalibur repels a goblin invasion! A beaten Daredevil fights demons, while guest star Black Widow looks for him! And Cloak and Dagger team with the New Mutants to fight Crotus! Collecting POWER PACK (1984) #40 & #42-44, AVENGERS (1963) #298-300, FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #322-324, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1962) #311-313, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #146-148, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #47-48, DAREDEVIL (1964) #262-263 & #265, EXCALIBUR (1988) #6-7, CLOAK & DAGGER (1988) #4.

608 PGS./Rated T+ ...$75.00

HOUSE OF M: NO MORE MUTANTS HC

Written by DAVID HINE, NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS, CHRISTINA WEIR, TONY BEDARD & CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by LAN MEDINA, AARON LOPRESTI, PAUL PELLETIER & RANDALL GREEN Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

The House of M saga continues! First, special investigator of human and mutant affairs Ismael Ortega teams up with Lucas Bishop to take down terrorists from the Human Resistance Movement, beginning with a plot to kill hundreds by sabotaging a glamorous movie premiere! And in New X-Men, the Helions go up against a group of New Mutants from the future! Then, watch as the Exiles return to prime Earth to do battle with Proteus. In House of M: The Day After, the X-Men struggle to pick up the pieces in a world that's changed forever. Collecting MUTOPIA X #1-5, NEW X-MEN #16-19, EXILES #69-71, HOUSE OF M: THE DAY AFTER and GIANT-SIZE MS. MARVEL #1

352 PGS./Rated T+ ...$39.99

MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD: INFINITY SWORD QUEST HC

Written by PAUL TOBIN, TODD DEZAGO & CHRISTOS N. GAGE Penciled by DARIO BRIZUELA, MARCELO DICHIARA, MITCH SCHAUER & STEVE UY Cover by MARCELO DICHIARA

The greatest cartoon in the history of cartoons! Coming to a moving television screen near you!!!!...but until it does, why not try out the non-moving paper version? It's just as good, but without all that pesky listening. C'mon down to SUPER HERO CITY and join IRON MAN, HULK, WOLVERINE, CAPTAIN AMERICA, SILVER SURFER, THOR and waaaaaaay more-more-more, as they battle DR. DOOM and his masters of evil for control of the SUPER-powerful Infinity Fractals! Collecting MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD #1-4, SUPER HERO SQUAD #1-2, AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE FEATURING REPTIL and material from MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD: HERO UP!

176 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99

THE MARVEL ART OF JOE QUESADA HC

Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS Cover by JOE QUESADA

For the last decade, Joe Quesada has guided Marvel and its characters back to prominence as editor in chief -- along the way changing the manner in which the industry works from the inside out. With those achievements part of his resume, it's perhaps easy to overlook that at the root of all his success is his skill as an artist. THE MARVEL ART OF JOE QUESADA doesn't overlook a second of Joe's artistry, featuring his best interior and cover artwork, as well as a wealth of unpublished images and sketches -- plus commentary from Joe himself!

240 PGS./Rated T+ ...$49.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN: GIFTED GN-HC WITH MOTION COMIC DVD

Written by JOSS WHEDON Penciled by JOHN CASSADAY Cover by JOHN CASSADAY

Dream-team creators Joss Whedon (TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and John Cassaday (Planetary, CAPTAIN AMERICA) present the explosive, all-new flagship X-Men series marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men! Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started? As demand for the "mutant cure" reaches near-riot levels, the X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally -- and some unexpected adversaries -- tipping the scales! Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN #1-6 plus a DVD featuring the ASTONISHING X-MEN: GIFTED motion comic.

176 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN: EXOGENETIC PREMIERE HC

Written by WARREN ELLIS Pencils by PHIL JIMENEZ Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ

Abigail Brand, director of S.W.O.R.D., has been in some sticky situations, and she isn't the type who asks for help to get out of them. But when you're careening towards Earth in the cockpit of a damaged spaceship after being attacked on an exploding asteroid 7.5 million miles from Earth...it's time to call the X-Men. They might not have much of a plan, or much of a chance, but that's certainly never stopped them before. Watch as the X-Men go up against all-new versions of some of their worst foes: genetically-manipulated Brood missiles, meat Sentinels and an island monster modled after Krakoa. Superstar artist Phil Jimenez joins writer Warren Ellis for the second installment of this mind-bending series! Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN #31-35.

120 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

SPIDER-MAN: THE GAUNTLET VOL. 2 - RHINO & MYSTERIO PREMIERE HC

Written by JOE KELLY & DAN SLOTT Penciled by MAX FIUMARA, MARCOS MARTIN & MICHAEL LARK Cover by MARCOS MARTIN

The Gauntlet continues to close around Spider-Man in this heartbreaking story of love, loss and lust for power as the Rhino charges into Spider-Man's life, out to make a name for himself...by killing the Rhino? AND, Mysterio is back from the dead...and he's not alone! When deceased members of the Maggia crime family return from beyond the grave, the balance of power shifts in their gang war with Hammerhead and the Inner-Demons. Can Spider-Man and crime scene investigator, Carlie Cooper, solve this mystery...before it gets a little too personal? Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #617-621 and material from WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #3-4.

160 PGS./Rated A ...$19.99

MS. MARVEL VOL. 9: BEST YOU CAN BE PREMIERE HC

Written by BRIAN REED Penciled by MARK ROBINSON & SANA TAKEDA Cover by PAUL RENAUD

The War of The Marvels is over, but before Carol Danvers can deal with its aftermath, she must brace herself as she faces down the biggest mistake she made before her apparent death...promising Spider-Man she'd go out with him! Then, Ms. Marvel vs. Mystique! She raised Rogue, the woman who stole Carol's powers and memories, and now the sinister shape-shifter is coming for Ms. Marvel herself! Collecting MS. MARVEL #47-50.

112 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

NEW MUTANTS VOL. 2: NECROSHA PREMIERE HC

Written by ZEB WELLS Penciled by DIOGENES NEVES, PAUL DAVIDSON & IBRAIM ROBERSON Cover by ADAM KUBERT

The dead just won't stay dead. The New Mutants' past comes to haunt them as Necrosha hits home. Selene's master plan busts out of the pages of X-FORCE and into NEW MUTANTS. Plus, what is Illyana Rasputin up to? Emma Frost is not going to settle for this question being unanswered. Collecting NEW MUTANTS #6-10 and material from X NECROSHA.

136 pages, $19.99.

DARK X-MEN PREMIERE HC

Written by PAUL CORNELL Penciled by LEONARD KIRK Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI

From the dust of UTOPIA comes DARK X-MEN! Never one to say "die", Norman Osborn is keeping what's left of HIS X-Men alive. MYSTIQUE! DARK BEAST! WEAPON OMEGA! MIMIC! They are the public face of mutants in an Osborn world. And what a face they are! But what does Nate Grey, A.K.A. X-MAN, have to do with it? The critically acclaimed team of PAUL CORNELL (BLACK WIDOW, TV's Dr. Who) and Leonard Kirk (CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13) take on the world of X! Collecting DARK X-MEN #1-5.

120 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

INFINITY GAUNTLET PREMIERE HC

Written by JIM STARLIN Penciled by GEORGE PREZ & RON LIM Covers by GEORGE PEREZ

For the dark Titan, Thanos, the Infinity Gauntlet was the Holy Grail, the ultimate prize to be coveted above all else. With it came omnipotence: the absolute control of all aspects of time, space, power, reality, the mind and the soul. The gaining of supreme might meant the beginning of a black nightmare for the entire universe. Now, on the edge of Armageddon and led by the mysterious Adam Warlock, Earth's super heroes join in a desperate attempt to thwart this nihilistic god's insane plunge into galactic self-destruction. Should the heroes fail, the astral gods of the universe wait to step into the fray. But in such an awesome cosmic conflict will anyone prevail? Will anyone survive? Collecting INFINITY GAUNTLET #1-6.

256 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99

X-MEN: MUTANT GENESIS PREMIERE HC

Written by JIM LEE, CHRIS CLAREMONT, JOHN BYRNE & SCOTT LOBDELL Penciled by JIM LEE Covers by JIM LEE

New world order. The Master of Magnetism embarks on a holy crusade to rescue his fellow mutants from the coming genetic conflagration with humanity...regardless of the cost to either side. The newly formed Acolytes, Magneto's devoted disciples, see him as their greatest salvation. Little do they realize their zeal will carry them to the ends of Earth and above when Magneto proclaims Asteroid M a haven for mutants everywhere, inciting a state of war between himself and the world's great powers! All that stands in the way of absolute chaos are the mutant heroes known as the X-Men, whose powers and abilities set them apart from a humanity that hates and fears them. And should they survive this confrontation, the villainous Omega Red is waiting in the wings! Product of a covert communist experiment to create a new kind of killing machine, this super-soldiers' slightest touch will kill all those who stand against his mother country. Collecting X-MEN (1991) #1-7.

208 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99

SILVER SURFER: REBIRTH OF THANOS PREMIERE HC

Written by JIM STARLIN Penciled by RON LIM Covers by RON LIM

The quest that led to Infinity Gauntlet begins here! Back from the dead, Thanos is after the power to bring the rest of the universe with him on a return trip! Can the Silver Surfer, Drax the Destroyer and others stop the cosmic iconoclast before he uses reality as a token of his affection for Death? Special guest-appearance by the Impossible Man! Collecting SILVER SURFER (1987) #34-38, THANOS QUEST #1-2 and material from LOGAN'S RUN #6.

224 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99.

STAR COMICS: ALL-STAR COLLECTION VOL. 3 GN-TPB

Written by LENNY HERMAN, SID JACOBSON, DAVE MANAK, BEN BROWN, MORT GERBERG & ANGELO DECESARE Penciled by WARREN KREMER, BEN BROWN & STEVE STILES Cover by WARREN KREMER

"Attack of the Tarantulugs!" "Crisis in Cashalot!" "The Return of Merlin!" "The Royal Olympics!" Only some of the scintillating sagas spun as Star hit its stride! Wally the Wizard fights to rescue Princess Penelope, Planet Terry fights to save Omnus's life, and Top Dog meets Royal Roy...plus Heathcliff the Cat in "The Mystery of the Missing Millions!" And speaking of mysteries, who is Sam Space? Don't ask him, he's only the universe's greatest detective! Collecting PLANET TERRY #5-6, TOP DOG #7-9, WALLY THE WIZARD #5-6 and ROYAL ROY #5-6.

216 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN: PETER PARKER VS. THE X-MEN DIGEST

Written by PAUL TOBIN Penciled by MATTEO LOLLI, CHRISTIAN NAUCK & BENJAMIN DEWEY Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

The all-new, all-ages, all-action fun continues! It's wall-to-wall mayhem in the Mighty Marvel Manner with four original tales of everybody's favorite teenage wall-crawler! Featuring the X-MEN and BULLSEYE! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #58-61.

96 PGS./All Ages ...$9.99

UNCANNY X-MEN: FIRST CLASS - KNIGHTS OF HYKON GN-TPB

Written by SCOTT GRAY Penciled by ROGER CRUZ, SCOTT KOBLISH & NELSON DECASTRO Cover by ROGER CRUZ

The world trembles as the sky begins to boil! Professor X attempts a desperate rescue mission on the Starcore One satellite but a threat from galactic legend is waiting! Who are Burning Moon, Cloud Runner and Sky Song, and how are their fates tied to the X-Men? Earth faces destruction as the mutant heroes battle an unstoppable enemy...The Knights of Hykon! (All this and Nick Fury too!) Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #5-8.

96 PGS./Rated A ...$14.99

LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS GN-TPB

Written by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS Penciled by IG GUARA Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS

And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes were unaware of a threat greater than all of them could handle. And on that day, a teleporting puppy scoured the world to assemble a team of animals to fight the foes no single beast could withstand! Strap on your collar and hop onboard the adventures of Lockjaw, Lockheed, Redwing, Hairball and an all-new Frog Thor! Collecting LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #1-4 and the TAILS OF THE PET AVENGERS.

184 PGS./All Ages ...$14.99

WOLVERINE NOIR GN-TPB

Written by STUART MOORE Penciled by C.P. SMITH Cover by DENNIS CALERO

Jim Logan of the Logan & Logan Detective Agency is the best there is at what he does. And Mariko Yashida knows that. In town on business, a dutiful daughter handling her father's affairs, she needs cover. That, Jim Logan can do. But he'll soon find out there's not enough money to cover up all the lies. Not with the streets full of jack rollers especially a new breed trained in the deadly martial arts under the Bowery overlord, Victor Creed. Not with Logan's brother, Dog, missing and presumed dead under horrible conditions. And not with his new client seemingly setting up a good man for something bad. But that's the Bowery for you. A place that offers a man the lowest place on Earth he can sink. Welcome home, Logan. Collecting WOLVERINE NOIR #1-4.

112 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$14.99

RUNAWAYS VOL. 10: ROCK ZOMBIES DIGEST

Written by TERRY MOORE with CHRIS YOST & JAMES ASMUS Penciled by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA with SARA PICHELLI & EMMA RIOS Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS

A group of kids -- including a witch, a robot, a mutant and a time-displaced little girl -- living together in Los Angeles. What could possibly go wrong? After having to say "goodbye" to one of their own during a conflict with some aggressive alien invaders, the Runaways are attempting to get back to normal which for them means video games, camping trips and, of course, neutralizing potential violent threats to the City of Angels. Meanwhile, however, the popular DJ at L.A.'s KZIT radio station is concocting a devious scheme. With the help of a mysterious magician, Val Rhymin produces a song guaranteed to take Los Angeles by storm. Using a mystic chant layered in with the tune, the song magically affects anyone who has undergone plastic surgery, turning them into an obedient zombie. And since it's in L.A., that means a lot of zombies. Collecting RUNAWAYS VOL. 3 #7-10.

112 PGS./Rated T+ ...$9.99

BLACK WIDOW & THE MARVEL GIRLS GN-TPB

Written by PAUL TOBIN Penciled by SALVA ESPIN & JACOPO CAMAGNI Cover by CLAYTON HENRY

She's the most efficient spy in the world and one of the world's deadliest women, but before there was ever a Black Widow, there was the Red Room, a brutal KGB training ground for assassins, undercover agents, and the most ruthless of spies. Now, tasked with removing a rogue weapon's dealer from an impregnable safe house, the Black Widow remembers her escape from the Red Room training facility, an escape only made possible with the aid of the most unlikely of allies, the Asgardian sorceress known as Amora...the Enchantress. Collecting BLACK WIDOW & THE MARVEL GIRLS #1-4.

96 PGS./Rated A ...$14.99

SPIDER-MAN: DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT TPB

Written by STAN LEE, MARK WAID, MARC GUGGENHEIM, ROGER STERN, ZEB WELLS, BOB GALE, DAN SLOTT, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & JOE KELLY Penciled by MARCOS MARTIN, COLLEEN DORAN, MITCH BREITWEISER, VAL SEMEIKS, PAT OLLIFFE, DEREC DONOVAN, MARIO ALBERTI, JOHN ROMITA JR., JOE QUESADA & MAX FIUMARA Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.

It must have been something you said, Spidey! 'Cuz Doc Ock is on the loose, and we've lost count on all the arms he has at his disposal to destroy you and as his most hated foe, he's ready to use each and every one of those arms to make sure you aren't there to walk your Aunt May down the aisle. (If J. Jonah Jameson a.k.a. Mayor Jameson doesn't succeed in ruining the wedding first, that is!) Also featuring the intrigue of Ben Reilly, the true story of how Aunt May met Uncle Ben and the return of Mary Jane. You just hit the jackpot, Tiger! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600-601, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #36 and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7.

200 PGS./Rated A ...$19.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 3: WORLD'S MOST WANTED BOOK 2 TPB

Written by MATT FRACTION Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA

Tony Stark hits rock bottom! He lost his closest friends in the Civil War. He had his leadership of the Avengers taken away and his status as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. stripped from him. He's been declared the most wanted fugitive in Norman Osborn's Dark Reign. And if you thought that was as bad as it was going to get, you thought wrong. Tony Stark is a man on the run and pushed to his absolute limits with his armor failing and his only friends left just as compromised as he but he's poised to lose the one thing that's separated him from every other human on the planet: his mind! A centerpiece of Marvel's Dark Reign event, WORLD'S MOST WANTED BOOK 2 concludes the sprawling epic that helped earn INVINCIBLE IRON MAN the coveted Eisner Award for Best New Series! Collecting INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #14-19.

160 PGS./Rated A ...$14.99

IRON MAN VS. WHIPLASH TPB

Written by BRANNON BRAGGA & MARC GUGGENHEIM Pencils by PHIL BRIONES Cover by BRANDON PETERSON

Meet the all-new, all-different, all-deadly WHIPLASH in this special lead-in to the Iron Man 2 movie. Who is Anton Vanko and why does he blame Tony Stark for the murder of thousands? For that matter, why does the United Nations? Brannon Bragga (24) and Marc Guggenheim (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and artist Phil Briones (SUB-MARINER: REVOLUTION) have the answers! Collecting IRON MAN VS. WHIPLASH #1-4.

96 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99

MARVEL 1602: NEW WORLD/FANTASTICK FOUR TPB

Written by GREG PAK & PETER DAVID Penciled by GREG TOCCHINI & PASCAL ALIXE Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

It's the year 1602 and though there are characters you might think you know, none of them are the same as you remember. There's a young man named Peter with amazing spider-like abilities but instead of New York City, he's a proud resident of the settlement at Roanoke. There's a group of four adventurers endowed with amazing powers but instead of a spaceship, they steer a boat. And the rampaging giant known as the Hulk? Well, he's pretty much the same. Though King James of England might prefer things stay the same, the Earth is in flux with much of the change occurring across the Atlantic in the New World. Though Sir Nicholas Fury and the super-powered Witchbreed may have disappeared, more and more superhumans are making themselves known which prompts the king to take drastic measures. Elsewhere, another ruler Otto Von Doom of Latveria is taking drastic measures of his own as he mounts an expedition to what he believes to be, quite literally, the ends of the Earth. Along for the ride are the beautiful but deadly Natasha Romanova, the bizarrely powered four who are frightful and a kidnapped playwright by the name of William Shakespeare. But hot on their flying ship's tails are another super-powered quartet: the Fantastick Four! Collecting MARVEL 1602: NEW WORLD #1-5 and MARVEL 1602: FANTASTICK FOUR #1-5.

240 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

WHAT IF? SECRET INVASION TPB

Written by JIM MCCANN, MATTEO CASALI, MIKE RAICHT & MICHAEL GALLAGHER, KARL BOLLERS, SEAN MCKEEVER, FRANK TIERI, KEVIN GREVIOUX & CHRIS ACOSTA Penciled by DAVID YARDIN, KAI SPANNUTH, MIKE GETTY, LUCIO PARRILLO, PATRICK SPAZIANTE, RAFAEL KAYANAN, DAVE ROSS, BRIAN HABERLIN, POW RODRIX & LARRY STROMAN Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU & GABRIELE DELL'OTTO

Marvel once again poses the question, "What If...?" What if the Skrulls WON Secret Invasion? What if Jean Grey came back to life instead of Colossus? What if Danger from ASTONISHING X-MEN became Ultron's bride? What if the heroes LOST World War Hulk? What if Daredevil died and was resurrected by The Hand? What if Gwen Stacy survived the House of M? Collecting WHAT IF? SECRET INVASION, WORLD WAR HULK, SPIDER-MAN: HOUSE OF M, ASTONISHING X-MEN and DAREDEVIL VS. ELEKTRA.

200 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

PUNISHER: DEAD END TPB

Written by RICK REMENDER Penciled by TAN ENG HUAT & JASON PEARSON Cover by JASON PEARSON

Not so long ago, the Punisher attempting to assassinate the Green Goblin would most likely have been met with ambivalence. But Norman Osborn has decided he prefers suits to green masks and the authoritarian law-enforcement agency H.A.M.M.E.R. to a weapons-enhanced glider. So when Castle put the former super villain in his sites, it wasn't received quite as well. Since that failed assassination attempt, Osborn has tried to turn the tables on the Punisher. Despite his best efforts, Castle has eluded him to continue his surgical strikes on H.A.M.M.E.R.'s centers of power. With traditional means of bringing in his foe exhausted, Osborn turns to the Hood and his wide-reaching criminal network. Resurrecting 16 super villains killed by extreme vigilantes, he promises the super-powered thugs a second chance at life if they bring him the head of Frank Castle! Collecting PUNISHER #6-10 and PUNISHER ANNUAL #1.

168 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$16.99

MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 TPB

Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KEV WALKER Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM

When you have a pair of escaped, flesh-eating monsters on the loose, who do you send after them? More monsters, of course! Assembled by A.R.M.O.R. (Alternate Reality Monitoring and Operational Rescue), the all-new, all-horrific Midnight Sons are tasked with hunting down a pair of escaped zombies that carry an infection capable of wiping out not only the planet Earth, but the entire universe! Yes, it's up to Morbius, the Living Vampire; Werewolf by Night; the witch Jennifer Kale; and the Son of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom, to hunt down and neutralize the rapidly spreading infection carried by the classic Zombie, Simon Garth, and the severed yet still talking head of Deadpool! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1-4.

112 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$16.99

ULTIMATE COMICS WOLVERINE VS. HULK TPB

Written by DAMON LINDELOF Penciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

It's the unstoppable Hulk vs. the unkillable Wolverine in the biggest fight the Ultimate Universe has ever witnessed! S.H.I.E.L.D. head Nick Fury thought he'd killed the Hulk's alter ego, scientist Bruce Banner. But now, the tower of rage and green muscle is rampaging across the globe. Fury has a long list of operatives at his disposal. But there's only one man capable of doing this job right: Wolverine! With razor-sharp claws, unbreakable Adamantium bones and a healing factor that can shrug off wounds that would kill lesser men, Logan seems the perfect match for the Hulk. But in their first encounter, the Hulk shows him the meaning of raw power by ripping Wolverine in half! Can either man survive this fearsome reckoning? And if so, will they ever be the same again? Collecting ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS. HULK #1-6.

144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99.

INCREDIBLE HERCULES: THE MIGHTY THORCULES TPB

Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by REILLY BROWN & RODNEY BUCHEMI Cover by RAFAEL ALBERQUERQUE

It is said of the mystic uru hammer Mjolnir that whosoever holds it shall possess the power of the Mighty Thor, if he be worthy. But what if he be Hercules? Get ready for a heaping helping of hammer-heaving, Shakespearean-sounding, cape-flapping dramedy as Thor's reputation for mightiness is mercilessly undone by a most irreverent impostor. Not Loki, not a Skrull, but the son of Zeus himself! Plus: the mind- bending secret origin of Amadeus Cho! Collecting INCREDIBLE HERCULES #132 -137.

152 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99

THUNDERBOLTS: WIDOWMAKER TPB

Written by ANDY DIGGLE & RICK REMENDER Penciled by MIGUEL SEPULVEDA, POP MAHN, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ & MAHMUD A. ASRAR Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA

Norman Osborn's violent purges have rid his black-ops squad of all but the most heartless mercenaries but Songbird, once thought to be among the casualties, has returned for revenge! Taking on a team of the world's most vile super villains single-handedly is more than most heroes can manage, especially when those killers are funded by the government. And although Songbird's former teammates were no angels, this new group is comprised of the most violent sociopaths in the world each handpicked by Osborn and led by the deadly Yelena Belova, the other Black Widow. Does Songbird have a fighting chance against such impossible odds? It doesn't seem likely. Not until one of the assassins reveals their shocking true identity, and threatens to topple not only the Thunderbolts, but the entire Osborn regime! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS #133-137.

136 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99

STRANGE: THE DOCTOR IS OUT TPB

Written by MARK WAID Penciled by EMMA RIOS Cover by TOMM COKER

No longer Sorcerer Supreme of the Marvel Universe, Stephen Strange must discover a new path to fulfillment and enlightenment. Unfortunately, that path leads through a bizarre, terrifying gauntlet of magical menaces--and if the former Master of the Mystic Arts is going to survive the journey, he'll need some assistance--in the form of a brand-new student! Collecting STRANGE #1-4.

96 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99

WOLVERINE WEAPON X VOL. 1: ADAMANTIUM MEN TPB

Written by JASON AARON Penciled by RON GARNEY & ADAM KUBERT Cover by RON GARNEY

Catching up with the past. Years ago, Wolverine was subjected to a battery of tests, procedures and experiments by the shadowy government program known as Weapon X. Seeking to create the perfect killing machine, the scientists added an unbreakable metal skeleton to the razor-sharp bone-claws and miraculous healing ability their guinea pig already possessed. Now, having spent a lifetime trying to distance himself from his murderous past, Wolverine learns the procedures perfected on him have fallen into the hands of a private military contractor that has utilized the Weapon X technology to enhance their team of corporate mercenaries. Investigating the new experiments, Wolverine quickly learns he may be in over his head. While the X-Man was more than prepared to fight a group of ruthless mercenaries, he didn't count on them all possessing his powers right down to the claws and healing factor! Collecting WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1-5 and "A Day in the Life" from WOLVERINE #73-74.

152 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99

CABLE VOL. 3: STRANDED TPB

Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI Penciled by PAUL GULACY & GABRIEL GUZMAN Cover by DAVE WILKINS

Cable has only one mission in life: to protect Hope, the first mutant born since M-Day. But when a freak accident in the time stream strands the girl two years in the past, she finds herself alone for the first time in her short life alone and in the crosshairs of the assassin Lucas Bishop. Convinced the girl will trigger a mutant apocalypse, Bishop has vowed to kill her at all costs. Now, Cable must wade through time to find his ward before Bishop does and in the process confront his greatest nemesis: the mutant madman Stryfe! With most of the planet ravaged by weapons of mass destruction, Cable and Hope have only one shot at salvation: outer space. But when they cross paths with the Brood, Cable realizes he may have just hopped from the frying pan into the fire. Collecting CABLE #16-20.

120 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99

DEADPOOL VOL. 3: X MARKS THE SPOT TPB

Written by DANIEL WAY Penciled by PACO MEDINA & SHAWN CRYSTAL. Cover by JASON PEARSON

Deadpool wants to be an X-Man. And he's not going to let anyone stand in his way not even the X-Men! When Cyclops announces to the world that the X-Men are constructing an island haven for mutants, Wade Wilson decides it's time for him to join the revolution. But he soon find outs that big guns and a healing factor don't an X-Man make. So when the father of the mutant Mercury lies to the press by telling them his daughter is being held captive on Utopia, Deadpool decides he can finally make the X-Men love him really, really love him by assassinating Mercury's father. Will Wade succeed and single-handedly set back mutant/human relations 50 years? Will he ever become an X-Man? Will he finally get some play from that smoking-hot chick with the guns and the Dalmatian spot over her eye? What was that first question again? Collecting DEADPOOL #13-18.

144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$15.99

MS. MARVEL VOL. 8: WAR OF THE MARVELS TPB

Written by BRIAN REED Penciled by SANA TAKEDA, SERGIO ARINO & PHILIPPE BRIONES Cover by SANA TAKEDA

Will the real Ms. Marvel please stand up? Though she was once the ruthless super villain Moonstone, Karla Sofen has taken to her new role as Ms. Marvel. Proudly assuming membership in Norman Osborn's Avengers, the new Ms. Marvel has set out to solve the problems that her deceased predecessor, Carol Danvers, couldn't. But when Danvers is miraculously brought back to life, she isn't pleased about her replacement. The two women holding the mantle of Ms. Marvel throw themselves at one another, each eager to prove what kind of hero she is and secure that coveted title for herself. As Sofen and Danvers fight across Los Angeles, the entire city's eyes are on them including those of Catherine Donovan, who also appears to be Carol Danvers. Which of these three women is the true Ms. Marvel, and will she be able to beat out her imposters? Collecting MS. MARVEL #42-46.

120 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99

RUNAWAYS: TRUE BELIEVERS TPB

Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Penciled by ADRIAN ALPHONA Cover by JO CHEN

It's an all-new beginning for the book that Wizard calls "the best original concept from Marvel in thirty years!" When a group of teenagers discovers that their parents are actually super-villains, they run away from home...but that's only step one! Now that the evil Pride is gone, nearly every bad guy in the Marvel Universe is trying to fill the power vacuum in Los Angeles, and the Runaways are the only heroes who can stop them! Plus: What does a mysterious new team of young heroes want with the Runaways, and which fan-favorite Marvel characters are part of this group? Collecting RUNAWAYS (2005) #1-6.

144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99

X-FACTOR VOL. 8: OVERTIME TPB

Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by VALENTINE DE LANDRO Cover by DAVID YARDIN

The future of mutantkind has never looked so grim! Jamie Madrox, a.k.a. Multiple Man, and the enigmatic Layla Miller find themselves stranded eighty years in the future. Their mission: to find the cause of temporal anomalies that threaten to trigger the collapse of the legendary Summers Rebellion. If they fail, mutantkind as we know it will be wiped from history! They have only one chance of success. But to seize it, they'll need to get help from the most ruthless villain ever to blight the Marvel Universe: Victor von Doom! Back in the present, the maniacal Cortex is scheming to tear X-Factor apart. And he plans to use a flawlessly engineered killing machine to do it: former X-Factor ally Shatterstar! Little does Cortex know that Shatterstar has some unfinished romantic business with a member of the team. All's fair in love and war, but X-Factor is up against a guy who doesn't mind messing with time itself, if it proves the means to an end. The clock is ticking. Can even the world's greatest mutant detective agency save the past and the future? Collecting X-FACTOR #46-50 and X-FACTOR: LAYLA MILLER.

168 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

DARK REIGN: HAWKEYE TPB

Written by ANDY DIGGLE Penciled by TOM RANEY Cover by CLINT LANGLEY

From the pages of DARK AVENGERSBullseye cuts loose! The media knows him only as Hawkeye-but we know he's really the psychopath named Bullseye! How does the world's deadliest assassin fit in with Norman Osborn's hand-picked team of public do-gooders? What's his agenda, and how does it instantly jeopardize the entire Avengers legacy? And how long can the most ruthless killer ever to walk the Earth be kept on a leash? The one-two punch of writer Andy Diggle (THUNDERBOLTS) and Tom Raney (SECRET INVASION: INHUMANS) unite for the solo mini-series that puts the innocent right in the angry archer's crosshairs! Collecting DARK REIGN: HAWKEYE #1-5.

120 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$16.99

EXCALIBUR VISIONARIES: WARREN ELLIS VOL. 1 TPB

Written by WARREN ELLIS & SCOTT LOBDELL Penciled by BILL SIENKIEWICZ, TERRY DODSON, DAERICK GROSS, KEN LASHLEY, LARRY STROMAN, JEFF MOY, DAVID WILLIAMS & CARLOS PACHECO Cover by KEN LASHLEY

Born in whimsy though it was, the British mutant team had its share of dark days never moreso than under the horrific hands of Warren Ellis! Excalibur enters the Genoshan war zone with Peter Wisdom, smoking sardonic spy extraordinaire, as their guide! Plus: Nightcrawler's magic girlfriend Daytripper joins the cast when a sorcerous struggle centers on Shadowcat's Soulsword! Mutant terrorism, extraterrestrial espionage and more! Guest-starring Wolverine! Collecting EXCALIBUR (1988) #83-90 and material from X-MEN PRIME.

216 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99

EXILES ULTIMATE COLLECTION BOOK 4 TPB

Written by TONY BEDARD Penciled by MIZUKI SAKAKIBARA, JIM CALAFIORE, MARK MCKENNA & PAUL PELLETIER Cover by JIM CALAFIORE

Six strangers, each an X-Man from a different reality brought together to ensure that life as we know it doesn't cease to exist! They have become unhinged from time. They are heroes from different realities whose own timelines have become compromised. The lives they once knew are gone. To return to their worlds, they must travel together from one alternate universe to another, each time completing a mission to set right what went wrong. They have found love, experienced danger and formed friendships. Their lives are unpredictable. No one can say where their next mission will take them. They are the Exiles, and this is their fate. Now, relive their quest to fix the kinks in the chains of reality, collected across six titanic trade paperbacks! Collecting EXILES #59-74 and the AGE OF APOCALYPSE HANDBOOK.

440 PGS./Rated A ...$34.99

NEW WARRIORS CLASSIC VOL. 2 TPB

Written by FABIAN NICIEZA, ERIC FEIN, GARY BARNUM & DAN SLOTT Penciled by MARK BAGLEY, GUANG YAP, TOM RANEY, TERRY SHOEMAKER, TOM MORGAN & JOHN CALIMEE Cover by MARK BAGLEY

Revisit the beginning of an era as the finest of the nineties get a crash course in Mutant Mayhem! The insidious Gideon is playing with people's lives, and his latest pawn is one multi-powered tormented boy with the potential to resurrect another: Proteus! When X-Men and X-Force investigate, the New Warriors are also drawn in proving it's not only mutants who have a stake in Gideon's game! Plus: Night Thrasher's costumed career is driven by vengeance, but an encounter with the Punisher and Bengal (later of Initiative) leaves him wondering who's earned the most vengeance, and who'll have to die before they can collect. With origins of the founding Warriors! Also featuring Emma Frost and the Hellions! Collecting NEW WARRIORS (1990) #7-10, NEW WARRIORS ANNUAL #1; NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #7; UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #15 and X-FACTOR ANNUAL #6.

256 PGS./Rated A ...$29.99

ESSENTIAL IRON MAN VOL. 4 TPB

Written by GERRY CONWAY, ROBERT KANIGHER, GARY FRIEDRICH, ROY THOMAS, MIKE FRIEDRICH, BILL EVERETT, JIM STARLIN & STEVE GERBER Penciled by HERB TRIMPE, GEORGE TUSKA, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH & JIM STARLIN Cover by GIL KANE

The quintessential cosmic saga of the seventies begins here! Part Four of Iron Man's Essential Adventuredom shakes the Marvel Universe with the debut of Drax the Destroyer and his Eternal enemy, Thanos of Titan with Iron Man in the middle! As if that isn't enough, Mister Kline's drawing Tony Stark into another crisis, while the Black Lama's waiting to start a third! Plus: the Mandarin, the Masked Marauder, Mikas and more menaces! Guest-starring Doctor Strange, the Sub-Mariner and the Avengers! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #39-61.

488 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99



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