FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS ACADEMY #5
Avengers Academy #5 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Christos Gage, with art by Jorge Molina and covers by Mike McKone and J.S. Rossbach.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The Avengers Academy: exposed to the public? The existence of the school has been kept secret...and the fame-hungry Striker isn't happy about that at all! But it may be a moot point as the obsessed super-criminal Whirlwind blames Hank Pym for the death of the woman he loved, Janet Van Dyne, and comes seeking revenge on Hank's inexperienced students, who are out on a field trip! And hey, who's that locking lips with Justice?"
Avengers Academy #5 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: CAPTAIN AMERICA: FOREVER ALLIES #33
Captain America: Forever Allies #3 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Roger Stern, with art by Nick Dragotta and Marco Santucci and a cover by Lee Weeks.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"In wartime Los Angeles, Lady Lotus has turned Bucky and the Young Allies into her mind-slaves. Now, Captain America is determined to keep Lotus from gaining an even greater source of power ... cosmic power! Nick Dragotta dramatically depicts a raging aerial dogfight over the Hollywood hills -- Marco Santucci unearths a mysterious temple on the edge of ancient Lemuria itself -- and Roger Stern tells all, as the action of two different eras heats up in 'Across the Pacific!'"
Captain America: Forever Allies #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: CHAOS WAR #1
Chaos War #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Christos Gage, with art by Mike McKone.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Scared Straight' -- the explosive crossover with Thunderbolts -- continues! There's a jailbreak at The Raft, the maximum security prison for super villains, and the students of Avengers Academy are caught in the middle! But whose side are they on? Will they help the Avengers put the criminals back behind bars...or has inmate Norman Osborn made them an offer they can't refuse? Also: the origin of Mettle!"
Chaos War #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: DEADPOOL PULP #2
Black Widow #6 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Adam Glass and Mike Benson, with art by Laurence Campbell and a cover by Jae Lee.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"What happens when you take one psychotic CIA spook and his ex-lover-turned-double-agent, and send them on a madcap chase after the man who holds the key to a couple nuclear briefcases built to start the next World War...stir in a Thalidomide party girl, a James Dean motorcycle gang...and for flavor, set it in the depraved Big Easy during Mardi Gras? You get Deadpool Pulp #2."
Black Widow #6 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: FANTASTIC FOUR IN...ATAQUE DEL M.O.D.O.K.! #1
Fantastic Four in ... Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K.! #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Tom Beland, with art and cover by Juan Doe.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"M.O.D.O.K.! Monkeys! Mayhem! Marvel's First Family returns to Puerto Rico! There's no such thing as a relaxing vacation for Reed Richards and Sue Storm. They thought they were getting off easy with just having to fight an out-of-control Dragon Man in an exploding oil refinery'but when the monstrous evil genius M.O.D.O.K. hatches a plan involving genetically enhanced monkeys, our heroes will be up to their ears in it! And will they be helped or hindered by the mysterious Puerto Rican figure known only as'El Vejigante?"
Fantastic Four in ... Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K.! #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD #5
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #5 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jim McCann, with art by David Lopez and a cover by Paul Renaud.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"This is it, the climactic battle you've been waiting for! They've been pushed, beaten, and nearly killed--now Hawkeye & Mockingbird face off against their personal arch-nemesis, Crossfire and the all-new Phantom Rider, in no-holds barred combat! Plus: a shock ending that affects...everything!"
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #5 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: IRON MAN LEGACY #7
Iron Man Legacy #7 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Fred Van Lente, with art by Steve Kurth and a cover by Juan Doe.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Industrial Revolution' continues! The now-destitute Tony Stark begins his climb back to the top of the financial heap by bringing hope to Los Angeles' impoverished Imperio neighborhood, but The Pride, secret masters of LA, just as desperately want to keep the people in chains. So they've hired the Serpent Society to kill Tony Stark at any cost, and it's a duel to the death between Sidewinder and his squad of snaked-themed super villains!"
Iron Man Legacy #7 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: KLAWS OF THE PANTHER #1
Klaws of the Panther #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jonathan Maberry, with art by Gianluca Gugliotta and covers by Mike Del Mundo and Stephanie Hans.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Klaw, Master of Sound, is no more dead than he is human. The killer composed of living sound is back with a new and deadly plan that will spill blood from the Savage Land to the streets of New York. Shuri, the new Black Panther, has already tried (and failed) to stop this monster –a defeat that owed as much to her own reckless rage than it does to Klaw's power. So, Shuri turns to the person who knows more about battling inner rage than anyone."
Klaws of the Panther #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: NEW MUTANTS FOREVER #3
New Mutants Forever #3 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Chris Claremont, with art by Al Rio and covers by Rio and Bill Sienkiewicz.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"It's New Mutant against New Mutant as the young heroes come face-to-face with their missing friends only to find them turned to the side of the sinister Red Skull! Could Doug and Amara really have joined the Fourth Reich? And can their fellow students really say that working with the Black Queen, Selene, is any better?"
New Mutants Forever #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: SHADOWLAND: SPIDER-MAN #1
Shadowland: Spider-Man #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Dan Slott, with art by Paulo Siqueira and a cover by Stepahnie Hans.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Mr. Negative takes advantage of the chaos in Shadowland by launching an all-out assault on The Hand. Can Spider-Man and Shang-Chi stop Mr. Negative and his Inner-Demons from adding Hell's Kitchen to his growing criminal empire? It's non-stop martial arts mayhem as the Wall-Crawler and the Master of Kung Fu face off against Daredevil's ninja army, a super-powered Chinese Tong and one of Spidey's most dangerous foes! This adventure will set Shang-Chi down a new path – and leads to strange developments in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man!"
Shadowland: Spider-Man #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: S.H.I.E.L.D. #4
S.H.I.E.L.D. #4 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jonathan Hickman, with art by Dustin Weaver and covers by Gerald Parel, Weaver and Mike Mayhew.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'The Madness, The Star Child And The Celestial Madonna.' The world is still shaking from the revelations of #3 and there are more where those came from. In this issue: The true history of Nostradamus, the defeat of a Celestial at the hands of a mortal man and how the world ends!"
S.H.I.E.L.D. #4 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: SPIDER-MAN: BACK IN QUACK #1
Spider-Man: Back in Quack #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Stuart Moore, with art by Mark Brooks and Joe Suitor.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
" Presenting two of Marvel's finest: Spider-Man and...Cynical Duck? Yes, Howard the Duck's brain has been thoroughly scrubbed, his hard-edged humor carefully dulled down for maximum demographic acceptance. It's up to Peter Parker to set the duck straight -- but does the world prefer Howard this way? Guest-starring the villainy of SOOPhI, the utter cluelessness of Mayor J. Jonah Jameson, and the unnerving eroticism of 'Swizzle,' SOOPhI's whip-wielding corporate spokeswoman. So wrong it's'well, no, it's still wrong,"
Spider-Man: Back in Quack #1 will be 32 pages and cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: TASKMASTER #2
Taskmaster #2 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Fred Van Lente, with art by Jefte Palo and a cover by Francesco Mattina.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Everyone's favorite anti-hero continues the quest for his secret origin (so secret he himself doesn't even know it) to drug war-torn Mexico, where even the billion-dollar bounty hunters of The Org, the mysterious super villain underground, fear to tread. But instead, he discovers an even more formidable threat: the newest murderous Marvel sensation, the bad guy you'll be talking about for years, or possibly minutes. Are you prepared for the senses-shattering debut of...The Don Of The Dead? (Hint: No. You're not.)"
Taskmaster #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: THOR FOR ASGARD #3
Thor: For Asgard #3 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Rob Robi, with art and cover by Simone Bianchi.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The epic adventure continues, with the god of thunder as you've never seen him before! As endless winter rages, the Asgardian court dissolves into bitter factions, and a shocking death prompts Thor to depart his troubled capitol at its moment of greatest peril. Plus: an electrifying revelation about Odin! You'll never look at the All-Father the same way again!"
Thor: For Asgard #3 will be 40 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE COMICS THOR #1
Ultimate Comics Thor #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jonathan Hickman, with art by Carlos Pacheco and covers by Pacheco, Mike Choi and J. Scott Campbell.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Exploding from the pages of the Ultimates, comes Ultimate Thor! Hickman and Pacheco as they go back to the beginning and tell the origin of Thor, Loki and the rest of Asgard! Ragnorak has descended and Asgard sits at the edge of the end. What will become of Thor and the Warriors Three? And what exactly does Baron Zemo, mysterious commander for the Nazis, have to do with it all? Ultimate Comics Thor brings you the untold story of Thor's thunderous debut!"
Ultimate Comics Thor #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: UNCANNY X-FORCE #1
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Uncanny X-Force #1 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Rick Remender, wit hart by Jerome Opena and covers by Esad Ribic, Marko Djurdjevic, Clayton Crain and Rob Liefeld.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"'Ages,' part 1. Wolverine promised Cyclops that X-Force would disband -- he lied. A secret society has resurrected En Sabah Nur, putting into motion events that will turn this age of heroes into an Age of Apocalypse! To hold them back, Wolverine and Archangel bring together Fantomex, Deadpool, and Psylocke to form The Uncanny X-Force! Stained by their history, they are the only ones capable of making the hard resolutions necessary. A band of likeminded friends and mercenaries set to one purpose, one big ugly task -- kill Apocalypse by any means."
Uncanny X-Force #1 will be 40 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: WOLVERINE #2
Wolverine #2 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Jason Aaron, with art by Renato Guedes and covers by Jae Lee, Arthur Adams and Mike Mayhew.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Imagine everyone Logan has ever killed over the course of his very long life, all confined to one place, all itching to get their shot at revenge. Now witness the devil give them just what they want. It's Logan versus the legion of the damned, including some very familiar faces. And with Logan's demonically-possessed body still running amuck on earth, the body count can only grow. Who could possibly stand in his way? Maybe... Mystique?"
Wolverine #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $3.99.
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FIRST LOOK: YOUNG ALLIES #5
Young Allies #5 will arrive in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Sean McKeever, with art by David Baldeon and cover by David Lafuente.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"The heroes' final battle against not only the Bastards of Evil, but the shocking surprise threat behind the Bastards! Will the outcome bring these young allies together--or will it push them further apart? The answer isn't as obvious as you might think!"
Young Allies #5 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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