FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: ALPHA FLIGHT #6
Written by: Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente.
Art by: Dale Eaglesham.
Cover by: Tom Grummett.
Description: Alpha Flight continues to fight for the integrity of the country they love, but one of their own is being torn apart! The split personality of Aurora and Jean Marie grows increasingly unstable and threatens to destroy the hero, and the rest of Alpha Flight! Only Jean-Marie's brother, Northstar, can save her...but will Jean-Paul be able to do what needs to be done to save his sister and all those he hold dear?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL #3
Written by: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning.
Art by: Tan Eng Huat.
Cover by: John Tyler Christopher.
Description: The Magus returns. From the pages of The Thanos Imperative, the evil prophet of the Universal Church of Truth has been reborn! The Magus once sacrificed dozens of worlds to the dark gods of the Cancerverse. Now the Magus has deified himself, with Earth as his pulpit, and mankind as his enslaved congregation! Can the Annihilators and the Avengers work together to stop him, when the Annihilators are prepared to destroy the Earth to save the galaxy?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: ASTONISHING X-MEN #44
Written by: Greg Pak.
Art by: Mike McKone.
Cover by: Mike McKone.
Description: Storm needs Cyclops' help with a special?mission, but it ends up being much more than they bargained for. Oh, and they kiss. What!?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS ORIGINS: SCARLET WITCH AND QUICKSILVER #1
Written by: Sean McKeever.
Art by: Mirco Pierfederici.
Cover by: Marko Djurdjevic.
Description: He is X-Factor's hot-headed speedster, and she is arguably the most dangerous mutant alive. But there was once a time when these two were children, twins on the run from those who feared and hated them, belonging with no one save for one another...until they joined the Avengers! For the first time ever in one titanic tale, see the path that took Wanda and Pietro Maximoff from vagrants to mutant terrorists under Magneto to Earth's mightiest heroes!
Pages: 40.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS SOLO #2
Written by: Jen Van Meter and Jim McCann.
Art by: Roger Robinson and Clayton Henry
Cover by: John Tyler Christopher.
Description: Trapped by the Trapster! As Hawkeye unveils another piece of the plot against the Avengers, he must do battle with that glue-gobbing gadabout, the Trapster! Bonus: More with the Avengers Academy kids
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #624
Written by: Ed Brubaker and Marc Andreyko.
Art by: Chris Samnee.
Cover by: Ed McGuinness.
Description: The final chapter in Cap and Bucky's first arc is here, completing the retelling of Bucky's early days with a heartbreaking tale of the Winter Soldier and Black Widow in the 1950s, and our secret narrator is finally revealed - as are the things that tie this series to current continuity.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #17
Written by: Rob Williams.
Art by: Matteo Buffagni.
Cover by: Giuseppe Camuncoli.
Description: "Pride Comes Before It," part 2. Guest-starring the Runaways. Daken's Hollywood empire has been ripped to pieces and, with his healing factor still damaged, he's desperate and running for his life. The Pride appears to have returned to Los Angeles, but who's gotten the band back together?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #510
Written by: Matt Fraction.
Art by: Salvador Larroca
Covers by: Salvador Larroca and Mike Choi.
Description: With Fear Itself over, Tony Stark must deal with the consequences of his startling actions. Hounded by the media, can Stark overcome his Demon?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: IRON MAN 2.0 #10
Written by: Nick Spencer.
Art by: Ariel Olivetti.
Cover by: Salvador Larroca.
Description: War Machine's battle against his greatest enemy enters its endgame! Uncontrollable waves of high-tech terror attacks push nations around the world to the brink of global conflict. Palmer Addley's secrets have been all but cracked. But with the doomsday clock ticking, how does Rhodey stop a villain who is everywhere and nowhere?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: KICK-ASS 2 #5
Written by: Mark Millar.
Art by: John Romita Jr.
Covers by: John Romita Jr. and Bryan Hitch.
Description: The mayhem continues.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #20
Written by: Paul Tobin.
Art by: Matteo Lolli and Rob DiSalvo.
Cover by: Ale Garza.
Description: The Sandman's back in town - and Spider-Man decides to lie down? The Sand-manipulating Flint Marko returns to town, so confident in his criminal ways that he's?calling ahead on his bank robberies and nobody... not the police and certainly not Spider-Man... can stop him! Plus: Does Spider-Man stand a Red Ghost a chance against a certain trio of Super Apes?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: MIGHTY THOR #8
Written by: Matt Fraction.
Art by: Pasqual Ferry.
Cover by: Pasqual Ferry.
Description: In the cataclysmic wake of Fear Itself, Asgard is forever changed! Who is Tanarus, and why is he the new God of Thunder?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: SECRET AVENGERS #19
Written by: Warren Ellis.
Art by: Michael Lark.
Cover by: John Cassaday and Larry Stroman.
Description: In the decadent and crumbling city of Aniana, in the Eastern European country of Symkaria, a local drug lord is planning to sell something mysterious to the Shadow Council. The Secret Avengers cannot risk that, or an interception after the fact -- they must get to the drug lord before the handover, and take whatever the goods are. Their covert mission uncovers something utterly unexpected, ancient and terrible and a threat to the entire world.
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE COMICS HAWKEYE #4
Written by: Jonathan Hickman.
Art by: Rafa Sandoval.
Cover by: Kaare Andrews.
Description: A newly-developed mutant-serum puts the world on the brink of war! Caught in the international conflict, Hawkeye is outnumbered with all odds against -- just as he likes it!
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: VENGEANCE #5
Written by: Joe Casey.
Art by: Nick Dragotta.
Covers by: Gabriel Dell'Otto.
Description: Stuck behind enemy lines, the Ultimate Nullifier uncovers a deadly secret dating back to Johann Schmidt's vilest days in World War Two! Meanwhile, the In-Betweener returns and the Teen Brigade discovers it must stop an assassination - one that will alter the course of Marvel History forever!
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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FIRST LOOK: WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #2
Written by: Jason Aaron.
Art by: Chris Bachalo.
Covers by: Chris Bachalo and Ed McGuinness.
Description: Wolverine and his X-Men have very little chance of surviving the new Hellfire Club. And that's without another classic villain (the villain of the most important X-Story ever) returning!
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Nov. 23.
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