TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2010
MARVEL COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER -- TRADE PAPERBACKS
KABUKI VOL. 1 HC
Written by DAVID MACK
Penciled by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
Finally back in hardcover after ten years! The very first KABUKI volume ever. The foundation of the KABUKI story. The origin. The very beginning of this critically acclaimed series. The HC readers are missing from their KABUKI hardcover collections. And the perfect book for brand-new Kabuki readers to begin with. The last time this volume was in hardcover was more than ten years ago, and it sold out quickly. Since then, readers have been searching for this VOL. 1 hardcover to complete their collections. This prestige hardcover delivers with a whopping 272 pages and extra features. All elegantly collected in a high-end hardcover with an embossed cover, watermarked end pages, a book mark, a dust jacket with all-new cover art and introduction by comics legend Jim Steranko.
272 pages, $29.99
ACTS OF VENGEANCE OMNIBUS HC DAVIS COVER
Written by MARK GRUENWALD, JOHN BYRNE, DWAYNE MCDUFFIE, HOWARD MACKIE, RON FRENZ, TOM DEFALCO, TERRY AUSTIN, DAVID MICHELINIE & GERRY CONWAY
Penciled by PAUL RYAN, JOHN BYRNE, VINCE MIELCAREK, DWAYNE TURNER, AL MILGROM, KIERON DWYER, RON LIM, HERB TRIMPE, RON FRENZ, MIKE VOSBURG, COLLEEN DORAN, ERIK LARSEN,
TODD MCFARLANE, SAL BUSCEMA, MIKE ESPOSITO & ALEX SAVIUK
Covers by ALAN DAVIS & JOHN BYRNE
Two dozen of Marvel's top talents set more than 40 super heroes against at least as many super villains in the premier crossover event of the 1990s! Plus: the debut of the New Warriors! The destruction of Avengers Island! Spider-Man's cosmic power and the madness of the Scarlet Witch! A three-headed monster, a three-faced robot, a trip through the worlds of What If? and more! Special guest-appearance by Abraham Lincoln! Collecting AVENGERS #311-313, AVENGERS ANNUAL #19; AVENGERS SPOTLIGHT #26-29; AVENGERS WEST COAST #53-55; CAPTAIN AMERICA #365-367; IRON MAN #251-252; QUASAR #5-7; Thor #411-413; CLOAK & DAGGER #9; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #326-329; SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #158-160; WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #59-61.
744 pages, $99.99
THE MIGHTY THOR VOL. 1 OMNIBUS HC
Written by STAN LEE with LARRY LIEBER & ROBERT BERNSTEIN
Penciled by JACK KIRBY with JOE SINNOTT, DON HECK & AL HARTLEY
All-New Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Classic Cover by JACK KIRBY
Whosoever holds this Omnibus, if he be worthy, shall possess the epic stories that began the saga of the Mighty Thor! While vacationing along the coast of Norway, Dr. Donald Blake happened upon a secret chamber and inside it found a strange, gnarled cane. Upon striking the cane a shower of lightning rained down and the hobbled doctor found himself transformed into the Mighty Thor, God of Thunder and champion of Asgard! Stan Lee and Jack Kirby crafted an epic of power and myth, drama and action, and in this painstakingly-restored Omnibus collection, you'll experience it all from the very beginning. Including the first appearances of Odin, the mischievous Loki, noble Balder, Heimdall, the warriors threeÑ Volstagg, Hogun and FandrallÑand the lovely Jane Foster. Packed with the fan-favorite Tales of Asgard, classic battles from Thor vs. the Hulk and the unstoppable Destroyer to the Absorbing Man and the Executioner, along with letters pages and bonus features galore, it's Mjolnir-class package that's a must for every Asgardian to be. Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83-120 and ANNUAL #1.
768 pages, $99.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: MARVEL TEAM-UP VOL. 1 HC
Written by GERRY CONWAY & ROY THOMAS
Penciled by ROSS ANDRU, GIL KANE & JIM MOONEY
Cover by GIL KANE
How better to celebrate a Marvel Masterworks milestone 150th volume than with all Marvel's most-famous characters all piled into one amazing titleÑMarvel Team-Up! In the world of interconnected heroes that Marvel Comics pioneered, Team-Up made that formula a franchise and gave fans a much-desired double-monthly Spidey fix. Created by the same top-flight talents that brought you Amazing Spider-ManÑRoy Thomas, Gil Kane, Gerry Conway, Ross Andru and Jim MooneyÑMTU brings Spidey together with the Human Torch, the X-Men, the Vision, the Thing, Thor, the Cat, Iron Man and the Inhumans. That's enough super hero for anybody's diet! And with villains like Kang the Conqueror, Sandman and Morbius for dessert, Team-Up's will have you full-up with classic comic book adventure! Collecting MARVEL TEAM-UP #1-11
248 pages, $54.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 4 TPB
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Covers by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE
Stan and Jack are back with another classic FANTASTIC FOUR collection, earning the title "World's Greatest Comic Magazine" and throwing in a little extra to boot! It all starts off with the origin of that epitome of evil, Dr. Doom. Find out how Doom's face was scarred and how Reed Richards is connected with that fateful day. Witness the birth of an evil quartet to rival the FFÑthe Frightful Four! Join the Battle of the Baxter Building as a de-powered FF teams with Daredevil against Dr. Doom in a fight to the finish that'll loosen your fillings! There's also monster menaces galore from the Mole Man to Dragon Man and out-of-this-world villains from the shape shifting Skrulls to the undersea warlord Attuma! But it's not just the panel-bursting action that makes FF great, it's the personal drama. How will Johnny and Sue respond when the father they thought dead returns? When Reed pops the question will the Invisible Girl say, "Yes," or do visions of Namor dance in her head? They're not just classics, one and all, they're Masterworks! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #31-40 & ANNUAL #2
272 pages, $24.99
X-MEN: SECOND COMING HC
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST, CRAIG KYLE, MATT FRACTION,
ZEB WELLS & MIKE CAREY
Penciled by DAVID FINCH, TERRY DODSON, IBRAIM ROBERSON,
GREG LAND & MIKE CHOI
Cover by DAVID FINCH
MANY WILL BE WOUNDED. SEVERAL WILL DIE. The climax of four years of X-Men stories is the X-Event of 2010! What started in HOUSE OF M with the Decimation of mutantkind and erupted with the first new mutant birth in MESSIAH COMPLEX finishes here. In the epic crossover SECOND COMING, Cyclops' faith pays off when Cable returns to the present with Hope, the girl he believes to be the mutant messiah. But will she be the savior or destroyer of mutantkind? We may never know, as she is the target of an initiative for mutant eradication unlike anything the X-Men have ever experienced. Many will be wounded. Several will die. Is Hope worth it? Collecting SECOND COMING: PREPARE, SECOND COMING #1-2, UNCANNY X-MEN #523-525, NEW MUTANTS #12-14, X-MEN LEGACY #235-237 and X-FORCE #26-28.
344 pages, $39.99
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH - HEAD TRIP HC
Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by BONG DAZO with ROB LIEFELD, KYLE BAKER
& DAS PASTORAS
Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
It's the Merc with two mouths! Deadpool travels to the Savage Land to retrieve what might be the deadliest bioweapon the universe has ever seen. What is this deadly object? Well, Deadpool's employer is being a little vague about that. Let's just say when the secret is finally revealed, it's enough to throw even the Merc with two Mouths for a loop...Oh hell, we can't keep a secret, it's the severed-but-still-hungry head of the Marvel Zombies Deadpool! To save the universe, Deadpool must team up with himself to dodge Hydra operatives, dinosaurs, cavemen and zombie cavemen as he attempts to take his not-so-precious cargo back where it came from: the Marvel Zombies Universe. Collecting DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #1-13.
320 pages, $39.99
HERALDS HC
Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN
Penciled by TONCI ZONJIC
Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Powerful forces are converging on Earth and the women of the Marvel Universe are at the center of it!Ê Years ago, a herald of Galactus sacrificed her life for the universe. Little did anyone realize, a shred of that spirit lived on...and now she's back for vengeance on those who abandoned her.ÊThe most powerful super heroines of the Marvel Universe must put aside their differences to stop this threat before the Earth is destroyed.Ê Emma Frost, She-Hulk, Agent Abigail Brand, Hellcat, Valkyrie, Monica Rambeau, Sue Storm...these mighty women will be put to the test as never before, as cities are destroyed, families are torn apart, and a cosmic resurrection changes the heroes' lives forever! Collecting HERALDS #1-5.
120 pages, $19.99
GIRL COMICS HC
Written by VARIOUS
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
& LAURA MARTIN
A celebration of amazing women in comics with a brand-new anthology created entirely by the most talented and exciting women working in comics today, including Ann Nocenti (DAREDEVIL), Amanda Conner (Power Girl), Laura Martin (SECRET INVASION), G. Willow Wilson (Air), Devin Grayson (Nightwing), Stephanie Buscema (WEB OF SPIDER-MAN), and more! With stories featuring your favorite Marvel characters, from the Punisher to Mary Jane, don't miss what will be one of the most talked-about series of the year! Collecting GIRL COMICS #1-3.
120 pages, $19.99
OZ: THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ HC
Written by ERIC SHANOWER
Penciled by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
The epic continues! Fresh off their landmark run on THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OZ, superstars ERIC SHANOWER (Age of Bronze) and SKOTTIE YOUNG (X-MEN) return with L. Frank Baum's MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ. Join new characters Tip and Jack Pumpkinhead as they're whisked to Oz, and meet foes and friends! You've NEVER seen L. Frank Baum's masterpiece like this before... Collecting THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #1-8.
192 pages, $29.99
CIVIL WAR: THE UNDERSIDE HC
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA,
CHARLIE HUSTON, JUSTIN GRAY, JIMMY PALMIOTTI, FRANK TIERI, MATT FRACTION & DANIEL WAY
Penciled by TOM GRUMMETT, DAVID FINCH, MICO SUAYAN, BILLY TUCCI, STAZ JOHNSON, ARIEL OLIVETTI
& JAVIER SALTARES
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Civil War rages in the Marvel Universe, and even those on the periphery can't escape its effects! As Baron Zemo and his Thunderbolts assemble an army of super villains for the government, the Punisher is busy killing these deputized do-gooders, Ghost Rider fights against others who've been possessed, and Moon Knight can't choose a side! Plus: The Kingpin manipulates Iron Man from jail, a new team of Heroes for Hire makes its mark, and more! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS #103-105, MOON KNIGHT #7-12, HEROES FOR HIRE #1-3, CIVIL WAR: WAR CRIMES, PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #1-3 and GHOST RIDER #8-11.
512 pages, $39.99
LOCKJAW & THE PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED HC
Written by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
Penciled by IG GUARA
& CHRIS SOTOMAYOR
Cover by IG GUARA
& CHRIS SOTOMAYOR
Once upon a time, in a world of super heroes and villains, there lived a team of animals that saved the universe...and no one knew it. These creatures asked not for fortune or fame, merely to help the humans that pet them. But a new threat to the world has arisen, which only they know of, that could change everything...and kill one of them. Join CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, IG GUARA, and CHRIS SOTOMAYOR for an epic tale of adventure, courage...and sacrifice. Collecting LOCKJAW & THE PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED #1-4 and TAILS OF THE PET AVENGERS: THE DOGS OF SUMMER.
128 pages, $19.99
SIEGE: MIGHTY AVENGERS PREMIERE HC
Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE
& DAN SLOTT
Penciled by KHOI PHAM
& NEIL EDWARDS
Cover by KHOI PHAM
Carol Danvers, in her super hero identity of Ms. Marvel, The throwdown you've been waiting for Ð and that Loki, God of Mischief Ð has been scheming towards: THE MIGHTY AVENGERS versus THE DARK AVENGERS! Hank Pym's team has tried their best to be a shining light in the world of Dark Reign but this might be the time that light gets snuffed out!Ê Then a rag-tag team of Mighty Avengers are thrust onto the front lines of SIEGE...with no one to lead them! And where's HANK PYM? Trapped in Pym-Space with his greatest enemy, his sinister cybernetic "son", ULTRON! Special appearance by the MIGHTY THOR! Collecting MIGHTY AVENGERS #32-36.
120 pages, $19.99
SIEGE: DARK AVENGERS PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by MIKE DEODATO JR.
& CHRIS BACHALO
Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
After years of mystery, the secrets of the Sentry are revealed! How deep is his madness and who is really in control of him? What is the limit of his power, if any? And what deadly mystery surrounds him causing mortals and gods to tremble in fear? Plus: In the middle of SIEGE, Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye take center stage in a sick twisted battle, and launch their own agenda, revealing their true relationship, and their personal plans for Norman Osborn. Collecting DARK AVENGERS #13-16 and DARK AVENGERS ANNUAL.
136 pages, $24.99
SPIDER-MAN: THE GAUNTLET VOL. 5 - LIZARD PREMIERE HC
Written by ZEB WELLS with FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO with JEFTE PALO & XURXO PENALTA
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
"Half-Man, Half-Reptile...the Lizard will take over all of Earth unless Spider-Man alone can stop him!" With these words, Dr. Curt
Connors, the man who would be The Lizard, ushered a new kind of villainy into Spider-Man's life. Now a widower with a son in foster care, and working at the bottom of the pharmaceutical industry, Connors is a broken, shell of a man...how long will it be before a Lizard breaks that shell?! How will it affect Peter Parker's date with Carlie Cooper?!Ê How is THE BLACK CAT involved?Ê Zeb Wells and Chris Bachalo reunite to bring you the next great Spider-Epic as The Lizard returns! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #630-633 and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #629 & WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #5.
128 pages, $19.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 5: STARK RESILIENT BOOK 1 PREMIERE HC
Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA
Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
The Hammer Girls unleash DETROIT STEEL on a world hardly ready for that much metal and chrome, and God help anyone that gets in his way. Tony keeps sifting through the ashes of his old life and tries to rebuild who he is and what he does. Rhodey struggles to be a man of war in a peacetime empire. Collecting INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #25-28.
120 pages, $19.99
RAYMOND E. FIEST'S
MAGICIAN MASTER: THE GREAT ONE PREMEIRE HC
Written by RAYMOND E. FEIST
Adapted by BRYAN J.L. GLASS
Art by TIM SEELEY & HUGO PETRUS
Cover by HUGO PETRUS
THE EPIC STORY FROM ÔMASTER' NOVELIST RAYMOND E. FEIST CONTINUES! It has been three years since the siege of Crydee. The three boys who once were the closest of friends, are now worlds apart: Pug, a slave of the Tsurani, on the verge of becoming a full-blown magician; Tomas, a warrior amongst the elves, losing his humanity to the enchanted armor he wears; and Arutha, the Prince of Crydee, struggling to keep his kingdom together against the tide of invasion.
120 pages, $24.99
DAREDEVIL/ECHO: VISION QUEST PREMIERE HC
Written by DAVID MACK
Penciled by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
Maya Lopez, dubbed Echo by the press, is a young deaf woman capable of replicating any action she sees Ñ including an individual's fighting style. She once nearly took down Daredevil, believing him to be the one who killed her father. After learning that it was actually Wilson Fisk, her legal guardian, who was responsible, she shot him and left New York in an attempt to discover herself. Now, with her perceptions completely altered, can she make sense of the world? Echo embarks on a Native American vision quest to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Written and illustrated by acclaimed Kabuki creator David Mack. Collecting DAREDEVIL #51-55.
128 pages, $19.99
WOLVERINE: THE RECKONING PREMIERE HC
Written by DANIEL WAY & MARJORIE LIU
Penciled by SCOT EATON & STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
His final confrontation with Romulus on the horizon, Wolverine reaches out to a friend to help him put to rest one of the greatest tragedies of his long, long lifeÑthe death of Mariko Yashida. And in DARK WOLVERINE, Daken's moment finally arrives. In one fell swoop, Daken plans to both destroy his father and achieve his destiny. The streets of Ankara run red with blood as Daken faces off against...Romulus! Collecting WOLVERINE ORIGINS #46-50 and DARK WOLVERINE #85-87.
192 pages, $24.99
AVENGERS: THE COMING OF THE BEAST PREMIERE HC
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART & TONY ISABELLA
Penciled by GEORGE TUSKA, DON HECK & KEITH POLLARD
Covers by JOHN ROMITA & GIL KANE
When the Avengers announce they're in the market for new members, their first response is from the X-Men's Beast! Fresh from turning himself blue, this newly furry mutant is eager to prove himself as a heroÑand there's no better place than among Earth's mightiest! Oh, my stars and gartersÑit's wall-to-wall action as the Avengers face the Toad (in command of a starship?!), the revenge-seeking Whirlwind and an assassin dead-set on killing them one-by-one! And when Yellowjacket nearly dies, only the Beast's scientific knowledge can save him! See your favorite mutant hold his own alongside Captain America, Hawkeye and Thor! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #137-140 & #145-146.
128 pages, $19.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA: WAR & REMEMBRANCE PREMIERE HC
Written by ROGER STERN
Penciled by JOHN BYRNE
Covers by FRANK MILLER & JOHN BYRNE
The people's choice?! Captain America's endless war on crime and tyranny sets him against new enemies and old, from an army of robot replicas to the black deeds of Baron Blood! Plus: Captain America for president! Guest-starring the Avengers; S.H.I.E.L.D.; and the late, great Union Jack! Featuring Cobra, Mister Hyde and Batroc the Leaper! The complete Stern/Byrne run, culminating with the standard-setting version of Cap's awe-inspiring origin! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #247-255.
224 pages, $29.99
PUNISHER NOIR GN-TPB
Written by FRANK TIERI
Penciled by PAUL AZACETA
Cover by DENNIS CALERO
It is 1935 and a popular radio show tells the story of the New York City night. How the unstoppable, unyielding, merciless force of nature named the Punisher seeks to drive a stake into the heart of the city's underworld. How this juggernaut of vigilante violence has mob boss Dutch Schultz squirming Ñ and calling in big guns like Barracuda and Jigsaw to stop him. How the cycle of violence has not only claimed the lives of a prodigious amount of mobsters, but the souls of a small-time grocer and his impressionable young boy. But it's not just a radio show. In New York City, in 1935, it's also very real. And God help you if you get on the wrong side of the Punisher. Collecting PUNISHER NOIR #1-4.
112 pages, $14.99
IRON MAN NOIR PREMIERE HC
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Penciled by MANUEL GARCIA
Cover by MIKE FYLES
Finally, IRON MAN enters the world of MARVEL NOIR, with an action-packed pulp reimagining like you've never seen before! In 1938, Tony Stark is a daring adventurer, traveling the world in search of its mythological treasures and trying to forget the responsibilities of an iron magnate.Ê From the Fountain of Youth to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Tony has conquered them all...but only his closest confidants know it's all one last-ditch effort to cure the disease that is slowly killing him. But someone has been selling out Stark Industry secrets to Count Nefaria and his Nazi sympathizers, and it's only a matter of time before they catch up with Tony on his latest quest! Collecting IRON MAN NOIR #1-4.
112 pages, $19.99
SUPER HERO SQUAD: SQUAD UP! DIGEST
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by MARCELO DICHIARA, DARIO BRIZUELA & TODD NAUCK
Introducing the Marvel Universe in a way you've NEVER experienced it before! Welcome to SUPER HERO CITY, a crowded capital of classy crusaders and crafty criminals in a crammed collective, and home of the SUPER HERO SQUAD! Take a stroll down to the Xavier Institute, past the FF's Baxter Building...but don't stray too far, because dastardly DOCTOR DOOM's domain is the next block over...!
Collecting more of the comics seen on MARVELKIDS.COM
96 pages, $9.99.
FRANKLIN RICHARDS: SON OF A GENIUS ULTIMATE COLLECTION BOOK 1 GN-TPB
Written by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
& MARC SUMERAK
Penciled by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
Cover by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
Move over, Mr. FantasticÑMarvel's First Family has a brand-new star! Franklin Richards finally hits the big time with this collection of all four of his critically acclaimed one-shots! Join Franklin and his robot pal H.E.R.B.I.E. as they head into Reed's lab for all kinds of fantastic fun, amazing adventures and more trouble than you can shake an Ultimate Nullifier at! This compilation is bound to bring out the kid in every reader! Collecting FRANKLIN RICHARDS: SON OF A GENIUS, EVERYBODY LOVES FRANKLIN, SUPER SUMMER SPECTACULAR, HAPPY FRANKSGIVING, MARCH MADNESS, WORLD BE WARNED, MONSTER MASH and FALL FOOTBALL FIASCO!
208 pages, $19.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN: AMAZING DIGEST
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by MATTEO LOLLI
Cover by KARL KERSCHL
To the public, he's a mystery. To the media, he's a menace. To the Torino crime family, he's a possible million dollar payday. To Gwen Stacy, he's the subject of her latest school paper, and a way to become a reporter for the Daily Bugle. He's Peter Parker, the amazing Spider-Man! Featuring SHANG-CHI, WOLVERINE & BULLSEYE! Collecting SPIDER-MAN #1-4.
96 pages, $9.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS: IRON MAN DIGEST
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by RONAN CLIQUET
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Captain America, Iron Man, the Black Widow, Thor, the Vision, Nova, and the Invisible Woman...a powerful collective of the greatest heroes the world has ever known. They are the Avengers, and they want it known they're here to stay. But when Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants threaten to destroy several major cities unless their demands for mutant supremacy are met, the Avengers are forced to quit looking to the future, and start hoping to live through the day! Also featuring GALACTUS, DIAMONDHEAD, THE OWL & KRAVEN! Collecting SUPER HEROES #1-4.
96 pages, $9.99
WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN TPB
Written by MARK MILLAR
Penciled by STEVE MCNIVEN
Covers by STEVE MCNIVEN & MICHAEL TURNER
The only way writer Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass) could top his all-time classic Wolverine tale "Enemy of the State" was to take it to the future Ñhis Civil War brother in arms, Steve McNiven, handling the art duties! Fusing the dystopian super-hero elements of the X-Men's "Days of Future Past," the wild and wooly futurescapes of Mad Max, and the tragic pathos of Clint Eastwood's archetypal Western heroes, Millar's tale finds Wolverine at a crossroads with who he really wants to be and who he really is. Collecting WOLVERINE #66-72 and WOLVERINE GIANT-SIZE OLD MAN LOGAN.
224 pages, $29.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN TPB
Written by FRED VAN LENTE, DAVID WELLINGTON, JONATHAN MABERRY & SETH GRAHAME-SMITH
Penciled by NICK DRAGOTTA, ANDREA MUTTI, JASON SHAWN
ALEXANDER, RICHARD ELSON & WELLINTON ALVES
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
THE MOST POPULAR MARVEL ZOMBIES ARE BACK! Time and again, they've shown nothing can withstand the Hunger, the insatiable drive that compels the undead super heroes to devour friends, family, heroes and villains alike. But now, the Marvel Zombies find themselves on a fresh world, ripe for the picking! Not all the decaying heroes want to ravage this world like the last, however. Having overcome the Hunger and been laid low by the guilt he feels after consuming his loved ones, the undead Spider-Man will stop at nothing to halt the zombie plague Ñ sparing another planet such a gruesome fate. Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN #1-5 and MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: ZOMBIES RETURN
160 pages, $19.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN ULTIMATE COLLECTION BOOK 4 TPB
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by DAVID FINCH
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Collecting the groundbreaking fourth year of Ultimate X-Men in one colossal trade paperback! After years of indentured service to a covert military group called Weapon X, Wolverine escaped and joined the X-Men. Now, after a short time away from the X-Men, Wolverine has returned to New YorkÑwith a strange strike force armed with sophisticated military technology on his tail. To survive, he is forced to rely on the Big Apple's own Spider-Man and DaredevilÑnot to mention a little help from his fellow X-Men! Plus: For years, Professor X has championed the peaceful relationship between mutants and humans. But with racism and paranoia growing, the president decides XavierÑwith his mysterious psychic powers and shrouded backgroundÑmight be the bigger problem. His solution: get the government involved in the mutant-training business. With the help of Emma Frost, the president handpicks a class of "New Mutants" to serve his political agenda. But who is this mysterious Emma Frost and what is her connection to Xavier? Collecting
ULTIMATE X-MEN #34-45.
304 pages, $29.99
ULTIMATE COMICS IRON MAN: ARMOR WARS TPB
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Penciled by STEVE KURTH
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
The Iron Man armor is Tony Stark's greatest technological achievement. And it's just fallen into the hands of the world's criminal underground. Dashing, handsome and wealthy beyond measure, Tony was once the envy of every man on Earth. But in the wake of Ultimatum, times have changed. The Ultimates have disbanded, the world is in ruins and Stark's money has finally found its limits. Worst of all, he's lost the one thing that made him truly unique: Iron Man. When the once impenetrable Stark Tower is ransacked by a mercenary known as the Ghost using modified Stark technology, Tony knows his armor's specs will hit the black market instantly. And the only way to make sure that criminals don't use his creation for evil is to hunt them down himself. Now, the world's greatest hero, Iron Man, must face his deadliest foe: himself! Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS ARMOR WARS #1-4.
112 pages, $14.99
