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TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011

MARVEL COMICS FOR SEPTEMBER: TRADE PAPERBACKS

ART OF SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC HC

Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by JOHN ROMITA

Comics' most iconic character gets his own coffee-table book chock full of the best Spidey art through the decades! The names of the great artists cascade down through the years: Ditko, Romita Sr., Kane, Andru, Romita Jr., McFarlane, Bagley, Deodato, Garney, Martin and more -- from 1962 to today, they'll all be represented. The finest art -- augmented by sketches, pencils and character designs from the Marvel Vault -- combined with commentary from the creators who've helped shape the web-spinner's world, will make THE ART OF SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC a book for fans to treasure forever.

240 pages, $49.99.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. VOL. 3 HC

Written by VARIOUS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by JIM STERANKO

The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are proud to present the continuing adventures of Col. Nick Fury in the Swinging Sixties! The irascible Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s series was a truly innovative lightning-in-a-bottle merger of comics and the spy craze of the day, and where better to start our collection than with a Nick Fury origin issue housed inside an iconic Jim Steranko cover? Next up: Steranko's last S.H.I.E.L.D. epic, "Whatever Happened to Scorpio?," will dazzle you before we launch into a new era of adventures including a moon-busting space mission, a mind-bending trip Fury may never come back from and a sub-earth battle with Supremus! Then, Nick Fury faces one of his oldest enemies in the Hate-Monger (a.k.a. Adolf Hitler); the British invade as Steve Parkhouse and Barry Windsor-Smith offer the one-shot "Hell Hath No Fury;" and Hydra returns with its sights set on assassinating the S.H.I.E.L.D. director. It's a cliffhanger that will shock and surprise you! Also packed with cool covers from the Colonel's many S.H.I.E.L.D. reprint comics, and his appearance from MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #31, this Masterworks completes every fan's classic Nick Fury library! Collecting NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #4-15, AVENGERS #72 and MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #31.

320 pages, $59.99.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE U.S.A. COMICS VOL. 2 HC

Written by VARIOUS Penciled by SYD SHORES, VINCE ALASCIA, ALEX SCHOMBURG, MIKE SEKOWSKY, BASIL WOLVERTON, CHIC STONE & VARIOUS Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG

Hot on the heels of the explosion of star-spangled super heroes, U.S.A. COMICS presented a wild and wooly selection of patriotic characters fighting for the Red, White and Blue. From the Victory Boys and the American Avenger to wilder heroes like Roko the Amazing, the Blue Blaze and the Fighting Hobo, U.S.A. was a comics magazine bursting at the seams with crazy concepts. But with the Second World War raging, it became clear there was only one hero who could headline a book titled U.S.A.: Captain America! Backed up by the Destroyer, Marvel Boy and the Whizzer -- as well as the adventures of regular joes like Sergeant Dix and Jeep Jones, and true tales of WWII -- U.S.A. COMICS was the perfect dose of four-color excitement for the American G.I.! Sporting some of the most famous covers of comics' Golden Age, the early Captain America issues of U.S.A. are some of the rarest Marvel comics of all time, and they're collected here for the first time ever! Collecting U.S.A. COMICS #5-8.

280 pages, $64.99.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 6 TPB

Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JOHN ROMITA with DON HECK & LARRY LIEBER Cover by JOHN ROMITA & DEAN WHITE

Take another swing through the life of the Amazing Spider-Man! Peter Parker's been taken to the edge, and he's come back -- but now he faces the Kingpin! And the boss of New York City's crime scene doesn't just have it in for Spider-Man, he's looking to deep-six both Spidey and Mr.-Hugs-and-Kisses himself, J. Jonah Jameson. Will the web-slinger save the day, or will he do a favor for all humanity and let Jonah take a well-deserved dip with the fishes? Then, it's horror on the home front when Peter Parker becomes the third wheel to comics' odd couple. Yes, Aunt May's found a new friend -- in the person of Dr. Otto Octavius! Yowza! While a klonk on the head may help Spidey forget that one, teaming up with Doc Ock isn't going to improve his image as public Enemy No. 1! Also featuring a rumble in the urban jungle with Ka-Zar, the return of Jolly Jonah's Spider-Slayer, the first appearance of Captain Stacy, plenty of go-go dancing by the gorgeous Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, and a huge Hollywood SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL adventure with the Human Torch! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #51-61 and ANNUAL #4.

304 pages, $24.99.

ASTONISHING THOR HC

Written by ROBERT RODI Penciled by MIKE CHOI Cover by MIKE CHOI

"Waves are but water, wind but air. And though lightning be fire...it must answer thunder's call!" The God of Thunder finds himself battling a mysterious surge of natural catastrophes -- hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes. At first, the Son of Odin suspects Zephyr, immortal mistress of the winds -- but soon, he finds that the climactic upheaval must be attributed to a much larger force: Ego, the Living Planet! Spinning out of the destruction of Asgard, ASTONISHING THOR is an out-of-this-world adventure -- and the entire universe hangs in the balance! Collecting ASTONISHING THOR #1-5.

120 pages, $24.99.

MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME HC

Written by FRANK MARRAFFINO Penciled by FERNANDO BLANCO Cover by MICHAEL KOMARCK

They were the Squadron Supreme, heroes exiled from another dimension to our own -- but the twisted science of the Project: P.E.G.A.S.U.S. facility infected these defenders with a virulent zombie strain. Now, it's up to Jill Harper's desperate special-ops team to keep the plague contained within the facility -- whatever the cost. But Harper discovers the Squadron wasn't the only unconscionable experiment being kept off the P.E.G.A.S.U.S. records, and her shocking find may be the key to saving the human race. Join Frank Marrafino (Haunted Tank) and Fernando Blanco (MARVEL ZOMBIES 5, THUNDERBOLTS) as the bodies and unpredictable resurrections climax in the most gore-soaked chapter of the Marvel Zombies saga yet! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1-5.

120 pages, $24.99.

SIEGE HC

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by OLIVIER COIPEL, MICHAEL LARK, LUCIO PARRILLO, DANIEL ACUNA, STUART IMMONEN, MIKE MCKONE & MIKE DEODATO JR. Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

The lines have been drawn in final battle, as writer Brian Michael Bendis fulfills the promise of an epic story seven years in the making! The Marvel Universe's greatest villains make their final move against the hallowed halls of Asgard! It's the last piece in Norman Osborn's insane bid to seize total control of the world, but is the siege of Asgard the proverbial bridge too far for the former Green Goblin? And will his machinations with Loki be the thing that loses the war ... or wins him the world? Plus: the New Avengers are on the run! Driven underground by the Superhuman Registration Act, the Avengers battle Osborn, and his new crime kingpin the Hood, behind the scenes Ð taking on a gauntlet of the Hood's lethal cronies including the Mandrill, the Griffin and the Purple Man. And Osborn's Dark Avengers have problems of their own, as the Sentry's origin is revealed, Bullseye commits an unspeakable act of murder, and Osborn himself begins to succumb to the evil legacy of the Green Goblin! Witness the climax of Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, and the dawn of a new heroic age ... the siege of Asgard is here! Collecting SIEGE: THE CABAL, SIEGE PROLOGUE, SIEGE #1-4 & material from SIEGE #1 DIRECTOR'S CUT, NEW AVENGERS (2005) #61-64 and DARK AVENGERS #13-16.

376 pages, $39.99.

SECRET WARRIORS VOL. 6: WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS PREMIERE HC

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Penciled by DAVID MARQUEZ & ALESSANDRO VITTI Cover by PAUL RENAUD

What ties Hydra, the Howling Commandos and Leviathan together? How did Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Baron Von Strucker, Kraken and Orion become part of the same mysterious organization? It's all here in the finale of Jonathan Hickman's epic storyline! Collecting SECRET WARRIORS #25-28.

112 pages, $19.99.

AVENGERS: WEST COAST AVENGERS -- SINS OF THE PAST PREMIERE HC

Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, MARK BRIGHT & DANNY FINGEROTH Penciled by AL MILGROM, MARK BRIGHT & STEVE DITKO Covers by AL MILGROM & ALEX SAVIUK

It's the greatest heroes of the left coast! Hawkeye! Mockingbird! Tigra! The Thing! Wonder Man! Iron Man! Hank Pym! Firebird! See these unlikely allies take on the quirky and deadly threats of Graviton, Headlok, the Griffin, Razorfist, Zzzax, Master Pandemonium, Whirlwind and more! Guest-starring Nick Fury and the Cat People! Collecting WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #10-16 and ANNUAL #1, and AVENGERS ANNUAL #15.

248 pages, $34.99.

AVENGERS: WEST COAST AVENGERS -- SINS OF THE PAST PREMIERE HC S.H.I.E.L.D.: NICK FURY VS. S.H.I.E.L.D. PREMIERE HC

Written by BOB HARRAS Penciled by PAUL NEARY Covers by MARK BRIGHT & JIM STERANKO

When the world peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D. goes corrupt to its core, it falls to one man to save the day: eye-patch-wearin', cigar-chompin' spymaster Nick Fury! Starring all your favorite S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, from Jasper Sitwell to Dum-Dum Dugan! And featuring the combined threats of the Roxxon corporation, the techno-terrorist organization A.I.M. and the never-ending evil of Hydra! Collecting NICK FURY VS. S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-6.

304 pages, $39.99.

EMMA PREMIERE HC

Written by NANCY BUTLER Penciled by JANET LEE Cover by JANET LEE

Nancy Butler -- adapter of Marvel's best-selling SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE -- brings you another Jane Austen classic, breathing life into the author's most precocious heroine, Emma Woodhouse. Discover what has made this story so enduring! Collecting EMMA #1-5.

120 pages, $19.99.

CASTLE: RICHARD CASTLE'S DEADLY STORM PREMIERE HC

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & KELLY SUE DeCONNICK Penciled by LAN MEDINA Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN

For the first time anywhere, Castle's hero Derrick Storm comes to life in the pages of this all new graphic novel. This "adaptation" of Derrick Storm's first novel adventure takes our hero from the gritty world of the private eye all the way to the globe-hopping intrigue of the CIA. Eisner Award-winning Marvel Architect Brian Bendis and red hot Osborn writer Kelly Sue DeConnick worked closely with Castle creator Andrew Marlowe to create the one thing millions of Castle fans have been asking for: their first real Derrick Storm adventure. A wall-to-wall, gritty, witty, globe-hopping detective thrill ride for fans of the hit TV show starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic, as well as fans of damn good comic books.

112 pages, $19.99.

SPIDER-MAN: THE RETURN OF ANTI-VENOM PREMIERE HC

Written by DAN SLOTT Penciled by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI, RYAN STEGMAN & HUMBERTO RAMOS Cover by FRANK CHO

Anti-Venom returns to help Spider-Man wage war against Mr. Negative and his criminal empire -- whether Spidey wants him to or not! And when an all-new Wraith enters the fray, will she prove to be a friend or foe? Of all the days for Aunt May to return to the F.E.A.S.T. Center! Then, Spider-Man is a member of the FF and two different Avengers teams. As Peter Parker, he works all hours at Horizon Labs. That doesn't leave him much time for anything or anyone else. Now, it's time to pay the price as one of his greatest sins comes back to haunt him! Plus: The new Madame Web can sense great conflict brewing in Spider-Man's future -- and his only hope for survival lies in the hands of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung Fu! Can Spidey gain mastery of the martial arts in time to stop a deadly foe from his past? Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #663-665 and FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2011: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.

120 pages, $19.99.

VENOM BY RICK REMENDER VOL. 1 PREMIERE HC

Written by RICK REMENDER Penciled by TONY MOORE & TOM FOWLER Cover by JOE QUESADA

America -- meet your newest hero! The lethal alien symbiote known as Venom is in the custody of the U.S. military -- and with a familiar face from Spider-Man's world inside the suit, the government's own personal Spidey is going into action as one of the nation's top covert agents in hostile territory! Collecting VENOM (2011) #1-5.

120 pages, $19.99.

DEADPOOL VOL. 8: OPERATION ANNIHILATION PREMIERE HC

Written by DANIEL WAY Penciled by SHELDON VILLA & BONG DAZO Cover by DAVE JOHNSON

Deadpool has become fixated on achieving the one thing that's always been beyond his reach: death. Not an easy thing for an unkillable man to achieve, but that's not gonna stop him from trying. But first, he must figure out the all-important question: how? What in the world can kill Deadpool? It has to be big. It has to be powerful beyond description. It has to be...green? Plus: Macho Gomez is back! And this time, he's brought friends. HIS friends? Nope -- Deadpool's friends. And every single one of them has an axe to grind with our boy Wade for how he's treated them in the past. No, really -- they have axes! Collecting DEADPOOL (2008) #36-39.

112 pages, $19.99.

ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES: DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN PREMIERE HC

Written by MARK MILLAR Penciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU & STEPHEN SEGOVIA Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

The two most powerful super-teams in the Ultimate Universe collide in the brawl of the century! A misunderstanding has brought these two colossal teams to blows and their battle may just spell the end for the Ultimate world! Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #1-6.

144 pages, $24.99.

NEW X-MEN BY GRANT MORRISON BOOK 5 GN-TPB

Written by GRANT MORRISON Penciled by KERON GRANT & FRANK QUITELY Cover by FRANK QUITELY

They've taken the fight to new worlds, but can they survive the war at home? The X-Men are a worldwide team of mutant volunteer workers gifted with new evolutionary talents. They are a rescue and emergency force on the front lines of the genetic battlefield of the 21st century. Founded and financed by the brilliant telepath Professor Charles Xavier, the X-Men are forever sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them. But on the home front, there's trouble brewing at the Xavier Institute -- a school established to teach young mutants how to use their powers responsibly. One of the newest X-Men, Xorn -- a healer who was imprisoned in China before coming to Xavier's -- has been chosen to teach a special class for some of the Institute's more difficult students. One such student is the Xavier Institute's most promising pupil, the Omega-level telepath Quentin Quire. Having just learned he was adopted, and in the midst of what may be secondary mutation, Quentin has decided everything in the world is a lie. Now, with a growing habit for a new drug called Kick, Quentin is quickly becoming more powerful than the X-Men could ever imagine. Collecting NEW X-MEN (2001) #134-138.

120 pages, $14.99.

X-MEN: FIRST TO LAST PREMIERE HC

Written by CHRIS YOST Penciled by PACO MEDINA & DALIBOR TALIJIC Cover by ED MCGUINNESS

Think you know everything there is to know about the original X-Men? Think again! Something happened to Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Professor X years ago -- a secret so horrible it's been locked away in a dark corner of Cyclops' mind until today. What crisis strikes in the present that calls upon memories of the past? Witness the astonishing debut of the Evolutionaries! Who are they, and why doesn't anyone remember when they fought Xavier and his original five X-Men? Cyclops and his crew on Utopia better figure out quick, or the Evolutionaries are going to wipe out every human on the planet. That's right, every HUMAN. Collecting X-MEN (2010) #12-15 and X-MEN GIANT SIZE #1.

136 pages, $19.99.

MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS: THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA DIGEST

Written by PAUL TOBIN & TODD DEZAGO Penciled by RONAN CLIQUET, RON LIM & LOU KANG Cover by ALAN DAVIS

One action-packed digest featuring two of Marvel's most famous heroes. First, learn why Thor and Valkyrie must travel to Asgard with Nova, the Human Rocket. What is their dreadful mission, and will their combined might be enough to complete it? Next, the Thunder God teams up with Spider-Man to battle Krillk the Conqueror! Then, watch as Captain America conducts a routine investigation of stolen plutonium that quickly escalates into a battle against genetically modified cavemen! Finally, Spider-Man gets the thrill of a lifetime when he meets Cap and battles side-by-side with the living legend of World War II against the Grey Gargoyle and the nefarious schemes of AIM! Collecting SUPER HEROES (2010) #13-16.

96 pages, $9.99.

AVENGERS: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE GN-TPB

Written by VARIOUS Marvel brought together its greatest heroes in 1963 to form the world's premier super-team: the Avengers! Now, an account of their adventures through the intervening decades is assembled in a single volume for the first time. The OFFICIAL INDEX chronicles every issue of the first three volumes of AVENGERS, Brian Michael Bendis' acclaimed NEW AVENGERS and more -- covering more than 600 issues with detailed synopses, character breakdowns and fascinating trivia. Collecting the Avengers chapters from AVENGERS, THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1-15.

352 pages, $19.99.

MARVEL GHOST STORIES GN-TPB

Written by VARIOUS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by GIL KANE

Ghosts of heroes and villains alike gather in this set of sinister stories! Legacies of two World Wars haunt Captain America and Ghost Rider! Evil travels through time and space to plague the Silver Surfer and the West Coast Avengers! Hellstorm, Prince of Lies, and Dracula, Lord of Vampires, confront ghosts almost as fearsome as they are! Plus: the eerie odyssey of John Kowalski, spirit at large! Guest-starring DEATH! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #326, GHOST RIDER (1973) #12, HELLSTORM (1993) #6, SILVER SURFER (1968) #8-9, TOMB OF DRACULA (1972) #23, WAR IS HELL #9 and WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #41.

176 pages, $19.99.

DRACULA GN-TPB

Written by ROY THOMAS Penciled by DICK GIORDANO Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDEVIC

Dracula lives! Since 1897, Bram Stoker's DRACULA has mesmerized audiences as a novel, in movies -- and in comics. Now, this definitive comics collection tells the tale of Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Abraham Van Helsing and Count Dracula in the story that invented the vampire genre: the classic DRACULA! This volume from master comics artisans Roy Thomas and Dick Giordano spans more than three decades of work, starting in Marvel's DRACULA LIVES! magazine in 1974 and concluding in STOKER'S DRACULA in the 21st century. Thomas and Giordano's brilliant adaptation is presented here in color for the first time, brilliantly rendered by June Chung! Read the greatest comics adaptation of one of literature's greatest works! Collecting DRACULA #1-4.

208 pages, $16.99.

SHADOWLAND: MOON KNIGHT TPB

Written by GREGG HURWITZ & DOUG MOENCH Penciled by BONG DAZO & BILL SIENKIEWICZ Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA

Who is the Shadow Knight? Daredevil, the former defender of Hell's Kitchen turned leader of the ninja death cult known as the Hand, summons the villainous Profile to take Moon Knight out of the picture for good. To complete his objective, the Profile enlists the aid of a mysterious figure -- a second avatar of Khonshu, the Shadow Knight! Displeased with Moon Knight's new, less deadly methods, has Khonshu finally decided to replace Moon Knight to get the blood he requires? With the Shadow Knight hunting him, Moon Knight must cling to his sanity if he hopes to save Daredevil and himself from the darkness of Shadowland! Plus: the classic first meeting of Moon Knight and Daredevil! Collecting SHADOWLAND: MOON KNIGHT #1-3 and MOON KNIGHT (1980) #13.

112 pages, $15.99.

SHADOWLAND: POWER MAN TPB

Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR & RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT Cover by MIKE PERKINS

Hey, Iron Fist -- meet the new Power Man! From the rubble of a destroyed tenement in Hell's Kitchen, a new hero rises to protect the citizens of New York -- for a price! Opposing Daredevil's reign, the brash young vigilante makes himself a target for the vengeful blade of the Hand. What connection does he share with Danny Rand, and how will Iron Fist and Luke Cage -- the original Power Man -- protect him from the most despicable villains of their past? It's a Power Man and Iron Fist story like you've never seen before as the battle for the soul of New York City brings new heroes and villains to the forefront of the Marvel Universe! Collecting SHADOWLAND: POWER MAN #1-4 and material from X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS SPOTLIGHT.

112 pages, $15.99.

SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS TPB

Written by ANTONY JOHNSTON Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA

Silver Sable, Paladin, Misty Knight and the Shroud! Four very different heroes, all ensnared in a murder mystery haunting the streets of Shadowland! Is Daredevil using his army of Hand ninjas to kill mobsters untouchable by the law, or is something even more sinister spreading throughout the city? An international bounty hunter, a mercenary, a detective and a vigilante -- can this quartet of strange bedfellows put their differences aside and come together before death strikes again? Collecting SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS #1-4.

112 pages, $15.99.

HALO: FALL OF REACH -- BOOT CAMP TPB

Written by BRIAN REED Penciled by FELIX RUIZ Cover by PHIL NOTO

The legend of Master Chief begins here! The United Nations Space Command is engaged in a brutal battle against a growing tide of insurrection. Desperate times call for desperate measures -- and under the threat of a prolonged civil war, the UNSC initiates the SPARTAN-II Project, a clandestine military program seeking to create a squad of super-soldiers. And so a great adventure begins! Once, he was a 6-year-old boy named John. But his superior speed, intelligence and adaptability to the SPARTAN-II training allow him to rise above the rest, starting his journey to become the most legendary warrior the galaxy has ever known! HALO: FALL OF REACH -- BOOT CAMP begins the adaptation of Eric Nylund's novel HALO: THE FALL OF REACH, based on the international videogame sensation HALO! Collecting HALO: FALL OF REACH -- BOOT CAMP #1-4.

112 pages, $16.99.

SIGIL: OUT OF TIME TPB

Written by MIKE CAREY Penciled by LEONARD KIRK & PATRICK OLLIFFE Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC

In the war for forever, time is only an obstacle. Warriors jump from century to century; their battlefields span all of history, but have led them to a stalemate. But now, a 16-year-old girl from present-day South Carolina will turn the tide. The symbol on her chest makes her part of this war, but will she save us -- or damn all creation? New York Times best-selling author Mike Carey (AGE OF X, The Unwritten), and artists Leonard Kirk and Patrick Olliffe, present the next great comic epic. Collecting SIGIL (2011) #1-4.

96 pages, $14.99.

RUSE: THE VICTORIAN GUIDE TO MURDER TPB

Written by MARK WAID Penciled by MIRCO PIERFEDERICI & MINCK OOSTERVEER Cover by JACKSON GUICE

Renowned as the Victorian world's greatest detective, Simon Archard is the most intelligent of men. But when he crosses paths with the mysterious and enchanting Emma Bishop, has the smartest man in the world met his equal? Collecting RUSE (2011) #1-4.

96 pages, $14.99.

THE THANOS IMPERATIVE TPB

Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING Penciled by BRAD WALKER & MIGUEL SEPULVEDA Cover by ALEKSI BRICLOT

Thanos equals death! The dangerous cosmic fissure known as the Fault has ripped open a portal to the Marvel Universe, spilling out the demented forces of a horrific mirror universe where there is no death and life prevails unchecked -- the Cancerverse! From this dark realm, the evil Lord Mar-Vell -- a twisted version of the legendary Captain Marvel -- leads his army to claim our universe for their own! Nova, the Silver Surfer, Quasar, Gladiator and more of the greatest cosmic champions of the Marvel Universe rise to stop them -- but when even they cannot halt the forces of the Cancerverse, the fate of the universe lies in the hands of the cosmos' never-say-die underdogs, the Guardians of the Galaxy! Facing a threat like none other, Star-Lord and company cook up an all-or-nothing plan to bring their prisoner, the mad Titan called Thanos, into the Cancerverse to unleash hell! With everything on the line, the fate of the universe rests in the hands of one of Marvel's greatest villains! Collecting THE THANOS IMPERATIVE: IGNITION, #1-6 and DEVASTATION.

200 pages, $19.99.

INFINITY GAUNTLET TPB (NEW PRINTING)

Written by JIM STARLIN Penciled by GEORGE PƒREZ & RON LIM Cover by GEORGE PƒREZ

It's the Avengers, the New Warriors, the X-Men and more against the omnipotent Eternal, Thanos! The Mad Titan has become the most powerful being in the universe, and enslavement or destruction may be the only choices he gives it! The successive Starlin sagas that shook space and time start here! Collecting INFINITY GAUNTLET #1-6.

256 pages, $24.99.

ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES: THOR REBORN TPB

Written by JEPH LOEB Penciled by FRANK CHO Cover by FRANK CHO

Ultimatum claimed the lives of countless heroes. The world changed completely. This is what happens next! The Ultimates have regrouped to protect a world that still needs saving. But with Loki and the Enchantress on the attack, the planet's finest team of heroes sorely misses the mighty power of one of its founding members. Where is Thor, and will he be reborn in time to save the day? Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #1-5.

136 pages, $19.99.

ULTIMATE COMICS THOR TPB

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Penciled by CARLOS PACHECO Cover by CARLOS PACHECO

"Do you lack faith, brother...or do you believe?" Loki has warned of it, and now Ragnarok has arrived. And with it comes betrayal, death and the destruction of fabled Asgard! But what connects the battle that forever rages against the Norse godhood with a Zemo-led Nazi plot set in 1939? And what secrets lie inside the mind of a man enrolled in the European Super-Soldier Program and deemed mentally unstable by scientists? These three story strands merge in a masterful narrative full of excitement and drama -- with action that takes readers from Midgard to Valhalla while exploring the origin of Thor and the majesty of fabled Asgard! Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS THOR #1-4.

112 pages, $15.99.

DARK TOWER: THE FALL OF GILEAD TPB

Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH Penciled by RICHARD ISANOVE Cover by RICHARD ISANOVE

A horrified Steven Deschain learns that the deadly seeing sphere called Maerlyn's Grapefruit has been stolen from his chambers! Far worse, when he enters his wife's room to arrest her for the theft, his son Roland is standing over her body with a gun in his hand. The youngest gunslinger has perhaps committed the most hideous crime of all! Continuing the epic saga based on the best-selling Dark Tower novels by the master Stephen King, it's the most incredible storyline yet. Plus: In SORCERER, learn Marten Broadcloak's deadly secret agenda and true goal is not to serve the Crimson King, but to climb to the top of the Dark Tower itself and become the overlord of all existence! Collecting DARK TOWER: SORCEROR and DARK TOWER: THE FALL OF GILEAD #1-6.

208 pages, $19.99.

IRON MAN: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TPB

Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by JUAN DOE

Iron Man loses everything! Tony Stark's life is in a downward spiral. Obadiah Stane has taken his company and his fortune, leaving Stark to live on the streets of Los Angeles. He is even too destitute to fuel his armor, and his fellow heroes have decided not to help him to see whether the once-great man can build himself back up. Believing he can help the residents of his new neighborhood, the impoverished Imperio section of L.A., Tony begins to rebuild his company and his life with the help of some new friends. Unfortunately for Stark, nothing happens in the City of Angels without the group of villains known as the Pride's consent. And knowing Iron Man is a threat to their criminal empire, they quickly target Stark for destruction! Outnumbered and outgunned, powerless and penniless, Tony Stark has everything to fight for and nothing to lose! Collecting IRON MAN LEGACY #6-11.

144 pages, $16.99.

IRON MAN 2.0 VOL. 1: PALMER ADDLEY IS DEAD TPB

Written by NICK SPENCER Penciled by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO, KANO, BARRY KITSON & ARIEL OLIVETTI Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA

New mission! New armor! New Iron Man! Lt. Col. James Rhodes is War Machine -- the single most advanced one-man weapon of conventional combat. But wars aren't fought the way they used to be -- and when Rhodey has to face a mysterious enemy he can't shoot, can't bomb, can't even see, he'll be forced to evolve...or die. Breakout sensation Nick Spencer (Morning Glories, Action Comics) reveals why War Machine must become Iron Man 2.0! Collecting IRON MAN 2.0 PRELUDE and #1-7.

184 pages, $16.99.

AVENGERS PRIME TPB

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by ALAN DAVIS Cover by ALAN DAVIS

Power-mad Norman Osborn thought he was a match for the might of Earthbound Asgard. He was half-right: the reassembled Avengers drove him back, but the Realm Eternal lies in ruins. In the wreckage, former Captain America Steve Rogers, Iron Man and Thor find themselves squabbling over old wounds. As they quarrel, unstable magics cast the heroes-at-odds into the scattered Nine Realms. Separated, and with no clear path home, they quickly realize the world in which they're trapped is not how it should be. Have their actions somehow caused a rift in the natural order? Can they come together and put it right? Their bittersweet reunion may be short-lived, with Hela -- Norse Goddess of Death -- waiting in the wings! Collecting AVENGERS PRIME #1-5.

128 pages, $16.99.

ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS TPB

Written by WARREN ELLIS Penciled by KAARE ANDREWS Cover by KAARE ANDREWS

Children of the Atom, or something else? A small African town has been hit with a series of bizarre occurrences, as children are born possessing strange and powerful abilities. With the mutant race dwindling, the X-Men are the first on the scene to investigate the phenomenon. When they arrive, what looks to be a concentration of mutant births raises their hopes. But soon, they find themselves confronted by the country's ruthless leader, who has his own ideas of what the children truly are and how to deal with them. Have the X-Men stumbled across a series of new mutant births, or are they dealing with something far more dangerous? Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #1-5 and material from the ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #1 DIRECTOR'S CUT.

160 pages, $19.99.

UNCANNY X-MEN: BREAKING POINT TPB

Written by KIERON GILLEN Penciled by CARLOS PACHECO, TERRY DODSON & IBRAIM ROBERSON Cover by TERRY DODSON

When the X-Men left the militaristic alien Breakworld, its political structure was reduced to ashes. It didn't stay that way forever. Now, a warship is crossing the gulf of space, with a mission that will strike the lives of star-crossed lovers Colossus and Kitty Pryde -- with all the force of a meteor. Join them as they discover what the vessel means for them, mutantkind and the rest of the planet. Plus: Magneto is an X-Man. This may not be news to you, but only a handful in the Marvel Universe that the poster boy for fearing mutants is now living just off the coast of one of the United States' largest cities. How on earth are the X-Men going to explain the presence of one of the world's most infamous super villains? Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN #534.1 and #535-539.

144 pages, $16.99.

NEW MUTANTS VOL. 3: FALL OF THE NEW MUTANTS TPB

Written by ZEB WELLS Penciled by LEONARD KIRK & ANDREW CURRIE Cover by DAVE WILKINS

To Hell...and back? As the New Mutants struggle to pick up the pieces after their toughest battle ever, some forced R&R helps them rediscover the strong ties that have kept them a team since they were teenagers. But a new enemy called Project Purgatory has the team in its crosshairs, and the New Mutants suddenly find themselves dragged away from vacation and into the hellish dimension of Limbo. The secret they uncover there will shock them -- and it could very well be the final straw that breaks the New Mutants once and for all. Collecting NEW MUTANTS (2009) #15-21.

168 pages, $19.99.

DEADPOOL: ALL IN THE FAMILY TPB

Written by VARIOUS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by ROB LIEFELD

One collection packed with stories that will forever change the way you look at yourself and the world around you and break every funny bone in your body. CHILL as Lady Deadpool and Headpool undergoe invasive analysis to ferret out the root cause of their majorly abusive frenemieship. THRILL as Kidpool and Dogpool embark on a 100-ton mechanized joyride. And...um...GET ILL as Dogpool makes a brand-new archenemy. Enter: Voidmutt! Then, it's "Two Mutants and a Baby" in the untold story of how Cable escaped from Alaska with Hope. Wait -- you didn't think Cable did that alone, did you? Hell no. He asked for help from his favorite Merc with a Mouth. And finally, Deadpool struggles to find the perfect way to honor his fallen mutant pal when he remembers Rumekistan, the troubled and totally fictional European country Cable once tried to turn into a Utopia on earth. It's the perfect place for a Cable museum! A Cable amusement park! A Cable cable TV show! Collecting DEADPOOL FAMILY, CABLE (2008) #25 and DEADPOOL & CABLE #26.

112 pages, $12.99.

SPIDER-MAN: THE VENGEANCE OF VENOM TPB

Written by DAVID MICHELINIE Penciled by ERIK LARSEN, MARK BAGLEY, TOD SMITH, LARRY ALEXANDER, PARIS CULLINS & AARON LOPRESTI Cover by ERIK LARSEN

When the web-slinger donned a sleek black costume of alien origin, he had no idea it would one day become his deadliest foe: Venom! See the misguided Eddie Brock in some of his earliest adventures as he tries time and again to take down the hated Spider-Man! Featuring the first appearance of Carnage! Plus: the Black Cat, Silver Sable and the Human Torch! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #332-333, #346-347, #361-363 and #374-375; SPIDER-MAN: THE TRIAL OF VENOM -- and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #373, #388 and ANNUAL #25-26; PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #12; and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #8.

304 pages, $34.99.

PUNISHER: CIRCLE OF BLOOD TPB

Written by STEVEN GRANT & JO DUFFY Penciled by MIKE ZECK & MIKE VOSBURG Cover by MIKE ZECK

The series that started the Punisher's road to solo success! Having escaped prison and started a gang war, the Punisher's fighting both sides of the law -- but his deadliest enemy may be a conspiracy playing one side against the other! Can he figure out who to trust, who to use and who to kill? Collecting PUNISHER (1986) #1-5.

176 pages, $16.99.

X-MEN ORIGINS II TPB

Written by VARIOUS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by BENJAMIN ZHANG BIN

Today they are X-Men, protectors of humanity and the vanguard of mutantkind. But before they became heroes, they were just teenagers -- frightened of a world that feared and hated them. Adolescence is never easy -- but it's even harder when you find yourself with incredible abilities you can barely understand, much less control. Take a look back at how some of your favorite mutants fought their way through childhood to become X-Men. Collecting X-MEN ORIGINS: CYCLOPS, NIGHTCRAWLER, ICEMAN, EMMA FROST and DEADPOOL, plus bonus material from GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 and X-MEN (1963) #131.

176 pages, $19.99.

THE 'NAM VOL. 3 TPB

Written by DOUG MURRAY Penciled by WAYNE VANSANT, SAM GLANZMAN & MICHAEL GOLDEN Cover by RON WAGNER

It's 1967 -- and Andy Clark, Dennis Daniels, Pig Meachum, Jimmy Rubino and the rest of the 23rd Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) are on the Ho Chi Minh Trail for the holidays. Meanwhile, back in the World, Sen. Robert Kennedy has an important day of his own. New soldiers enter the war, and old ones leave it -- and there are too many bad ways to leave a war. Plus: The battle lines get even blurrier as enemies display their humanity, and soldiers show their darker sides. Includes rarely seen stories from Marvel's black-and-white magazines. Collecting THE 'NAM #21-30, and material from SAVAGE TALES (1985) #1 and #4.

248 pages, $29.99.

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 6 TPB

Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JOHN ROMITA with DON HECK & LARRY LIEBER Cover by JOHN ROMITA & DEAN WHITE

Take another swing through the life of the Amazing Spider-Man! Peter Parker's been taken to the edge, and he's come back -- but now he faces the Kingpin! And the boss of New York City's crime scene doesn't just have it in for Spider-Man, he's looking to deep-six both Spidey and Mr.-Hugs-and-Kisses himself, J. Jonah Jameson. Will the web-slinger save the day, or will he do a favor for all humanity and let Jonah take a well-deserved dip with the fishes? Then, it's horror on the home front when Peter Parker becomes the third wheel to comics' odd couple. Yes, Aunt May's found a new friend -- in the person of Dr. Otto Octavius! Yowza! While a klonk on the head may help Spidey forget that one, teaming up with Doc Ock isn't going to improve his image as public Enemy No. 1! Also featuring a rumble in the urban jungle with Ka-Zar, the return of Jolly Jonah's Spider-Slayer, the first appearance of Captain Stacy, plenty of go-go dancing by the gorgeous Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy, and a huge Hollywood SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL adventure with the Human Torch! You know the drill if you wants the thrills: Reserve your copy today, True Believer! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #51-61 and ANNUAL #4.

304 pages, $24.99.

CAPTAIN AMERICA BY DAN JURGENS VOL. 2 TPB

Written by DAN JURGENS & BILL ROSEMANN Penciled by DAN JURGENS, GREG SCOTT, SCOT EATON & DAVE ROSS Cover by DAN JURGENS

Dan Jurgens continues chronicling some of the First Avenger's greatest adventures yet! When Captain America comes face-to-face with Protocide, he learns everything he knew about his origin is wrong! And Steve Rogers' girlfriend, Connie Ferrari, gets caught in the middle of an A.I.M. plot! Plus: Batroc, Hydra, Mercurio, the Crimson Dynamo, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1988) #35-44 and ANNUAL 2000.

280 pages, $29.99.

ALPHA FLIGHT CLASSIC VOL. 2 TPB

Written by JOHN BYRNE & CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by JOHN BYRNE Cover by JOHN BYRNE

John Byrne writes and draws Alpha Flight's early adventures! See such unlikely heroes as Puck, Sasquatch, Northstar and Guardian take on the threats of the Super-Skrull, Omega Flight, the Master of the World and the Plodex! Plus: Alpha Flight origins, Marrina falls in love with Namor, and a team member's death! And not one, but two takes on the classic X-Men adventure in which Weapon Alpha tried to take Wolverine back to Canada! Collecting ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) #9-19 and X-MEN (1963) #109.

296 pages, $29.99.

THOR: FOR ASGARD TPB

Written by ROBERT RODI Penciled by SIMONE BIANCHI Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI

The Thunder God as you've never seen him before! Odin has left his kingdom of Asgard, putting Thor in charge of a crumbling empire. The Thunder God is faced with one trouble after another: rebelling Frost Giants, internal dissent from his fellow countrymen and a winter that has lasted for years. These trials have left Thor weary -- unable, even, to lift his sacred hammer, Mjolnir. When a surprise attack damages Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge, and injures its guardian, Heimdall, Thor realizes Asgard is not only being attacked from outside, but also from within. With his kingdom on the brink of collapse, can Thor uncover and defeat the forces that conspire against him, or is the inevitability of Ragnarok upon him? Collecting THOR: FOR ASGARD #1-6 and material from THOR SPOTLIGHT.

152 pages, $19.99.

STRANGE TALES II TPB

Written by VARIOUS Cover by KATE BEATON

Wolverine is the best there is at what he does -- fighting in mutant-mixed-martial-arts tournaments, handing out relationship advice and eating hot dogs! Spider-Man issues the ultimate challenge to one of his deadliest enemies -- an invitation to the prom! The Mighty Thor forges a powerful new alliance -- with a cleverly disguised farm animal! Fear not, Friends of Old Marvel -- you haven't fallen prey to the illusions of Loki. You've simply discovered STRANGE TALES II! A band of the best and brightest talents in independent, alternative and online comics joins forces with the Earth's Mightiest Heroes for a sequel to the acclaimed STRANGE TALES anthology, one that critics are calling "better than any of the previous run" (Douglas Wolk, Time.com's Techland). Hilarious, haunting and horrifying -- sometimes all at once -- it's Marvel gone strange! Collecting STRANGE TALES II #1-3.

152 pages, $19.99.

OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z VOL. 1 TPB

Written by VARIOUS Cover by TOM GRUMMETT

The landmark encyclopedia-style OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE hardcover series finally is reprinted in softcover format! Each volume has corrected any errors in all profiles -- and features an all-new, 16-page "Where Are They Now?" update addendum with text and art! An indispensable resource for all true Marvel fans!ÊVOL. 1 spotlights hundreds of characters beginning with A and B -- including Absorbing Man, Armadillo, Alpha Flight, the Avengers, two Baron Zemos, Beyonder, Black Knight (Whitman) and Beta Ray Bill!

256 pages, $19.99.

ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS VOL. 6 TPB

Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS, MARK GRUENWALD, STEVEN GRANT & DON PERLIN Penciled by DON PERLIN, SAL BUSCEMA, AL MILGROM & KERRY GAMMILL Cover by SANDY PLUNKETT

The Hulk! Dr. Strange! Namor! The Silver Surfer! The Beast! Valkyrie! Gargoyle! Along with their offbeat allies Daimon Hellstrom, Hellcat, Overmind, Iceman and Moondragon, they are Defenders all -- but which heroes will stay, and which ones will go? And why? Witness the dynamic non-team's amazing adventures in Asgard, against all-powerful aliens, in Hell and in a dimension of rhyming aliens! Plus: the secret origins of Valkyrie and the truth behind the Elf with a Gun! Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #107-124, NEW DEFENDERS #125, AVENGERS ANNUAL #11 and MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #119.

498 pages, $19.99.

ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN VOL. 4 TPB (ALL-NEW EDITION)

Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JOHN ROMITA, DON HECK, JIM MOONEY, JOHN BUSCEMA, GIL KANE & LARRY LIEBER Cover by JOHN ROMITA

After being bitten by an irradiated spider, young Peter Parker learned he had gained the proportional strength and agility of that arachnid. Combined with a keen "spider-sense" that warned him of danger, Peter became the hero we all know and love: Spider-Man! In this fourth action-packed volume of classic Spidey tales, witness the threats of Mysterio, Quicksilver, Man-Mountain Marko, the Prowler, the Chameleon, the Black Widow and Dr. Octopus! Plus: Peter Parker -- unmasked? It's adventure at its best, true believer! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #66-89 & ANNUAL #5 and SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE (1968) #2.

616 pages, $19.99.

ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN VOL. 3 TPB (ALL-NEW EDITION)

Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JOHN ROMITA, DON HECK & LARRY LIEBER Cover by JOHN ROMITA

When Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, he became much more than the shy, introverted high-school student he had always been! Possessed of the proportionate strength, speed and agility of a spider, he sought to use his newfound abilities to achieve wealth and fame. But after his beloved Uncle Ben was murdered, the grief-stricken youth soon realized that with great power, there must also come great responsibility. Now, Peter wages a one man, web-slinging crusade against all evildoers in the costumed identity of Spider-Man! In this third volume of his classic early adventures, see Spidey take on the Lizard, the Shocker, Kraven, Dr. Octopus, the Kingpin, Medusa and not one but two Vultures! Plus: the famous, jaw-dropping moment when Spidey says, "I quit!" Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #44-65 and SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE (1968) #1.

592 pages, $19.99.



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