MARVEL COMICS FOR FEBRUARY

WINTER SOLDIER #1

Written by Ed Brubaker, art by Butch Guice, cover by Lee Bermejo, variant cover by Gabrielle Dell'Otto, sketch variant by Lee Bermejo, classic artist variant by Joe Kubert.

* Winter Soldier and Black Widow are the super-spies of the Marvel U!

* Ex-Russian Sleeper Agents awaken, but under who's control?

* Is that Dr. Doom?

32 pages, $2.99.

WINTER SOLDIER #2

Written by Ed Brubaker, art by Butch Guice, covers by Lee Bermejo..

* Bucky and Black Widow on the hunt for men trained by the Winter Soldier himself!

* Who is trying to kill Dr. Doom?

* Also featuring - talking gorillas!

32 pages, $2.99.

BATTLE SCARS #4

Written by Christopher Yost, Matt Fraction and Cullen Bunn, art by Scot Eaton, cover by Carlo Pagulayan.

* Marcus faces off against Taskmaster, Deadpool and the Serpent Society!

* The villain that made Marcus the most wanted man in the Marvel Universe is revealed.

* The question "Who is Marcus Johnson" is answered, exposing the greatest secret in the Marvel Universe!

32 pages, $2.99.

DEFENDERS #3

Written by Matt Faction, art and cover by Terry Dodson, variant cover by Adam Kubert.

* Deep inside Wundagore Mountain, the Concordance Engine comes to life, and the Defenders' mission snaps into crystal-clear focus.

* What does this miraculous machine do? What happens if it doesn't do its job? And how many more are there around the world?

* The team gains a secret member and discovers a conspiracy 10 thousand years in the making.

32 pages, $3.99.

FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS #8

Written by Cullen Bunn, Matt Fraction and Christopher Yost, art by Mark Bagley and Paul Pelletier, cover by Arthur Adams.

* Valkyrie stages a daring raid on Utopia!

* The D.O.A. attracts a host of villainous new recruits!

* Guest-starring Emma Frost, Dani Moonstar, and Storm!

32 pages, $2.99.

FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS #7

Written by Cullen Bunn, Matt Fraction and Christopher Yost, art by Mark Bagley and Paul Pelletier, cover by Arthur Adams.

* Valkyrie versus Storm over the streets of San Francisco!

* Secrets of the Valkyrior revealed as Sin and Crossbones launch a vicious attack!

* Guest-starring Captain America, Dr. Strange, and the Mighty Thor!

32 pages, $2.99.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK #5

Written by Jason Aaron, art by Whilce Portacio, cover by Leinil Francis Yu.

* The mysterious figure who split Banner and Hulk...revealed!

* Government sponsored and scientist hunters The Mad Squad recruit Hulk to take down Banner!

32 pages, $3.99.

CAPTAIN AMERICA #8

Written by Ed Brubaker, art and cover by Alan Davis.

* Part 3 of "Powerless"

* Madbomb riots in Manhattan! The Serpent Squad!

* Steve Rogers losing faith in himself!

32 pages, $3.99.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #25

Written by Christos Gage, art by Tom Grummett, cover by Rodin Esqujo.

* Student vs. Student vs. Staff...but why?

* A surprise cliffhanger.

32 pages, $2.99.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #26

Written by Christos Gage, art by Tom Grummett, cover by David Yardin.

* Who killed an Avenger? Find out here!

* Which cast members are tryng to shut down the Academy?

* The big conclusion to "Second Semester"!

32 pages, $2.99.

AVENGERS #22 & 23

#22 written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Renato Guedes, cover by Stuart Immonen.

#23 written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Daniel Acuna, cover by Renato Guedes.

* Hydra makes a play for HAMMER as Norman Osborn tries to take back the Avengers

32 pages, $3.99.

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #634

Written by Kieron Gillen, art by Richard Elson, cover by Stephanie Hans.

* Daimon Hellstrom guest-stars and helps Loki in a global chase to hunt down the bad dreams of Fear Itself!

* And can Loki resist selling everyone out to save his own skin?

* Nightmare continues to be a bad guy...

32 pages, $2.99.

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #513

Written by Matt Fraction, art and cover by Salvador Larroca.

* Should Tony Stark be Iron Man?

* Can James Rhodes -- aka War Machine -- convince him otherwise?

* The Mandarin and Zeke Stane, teamed up to destroy Iron Man!

32 pages, $3.99.

THE MIGHTY THOR #11

Written by Matt Fraction, art by Pasqual Ferry, cover by Dale Keown.

* The Assassin's plot revealed! Will the All-Mother survive?

* Asgardia rises!

* Thor fights from within the Demogorge!

32 pages, $3.99.

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #627

Written by Ed Brubaker and James Asmus, art by Francesco Francavilla.

* Captain America versus an army of Cap-killer androids!

* Adam II reborn...with new powers and deadlier than ever!

* Cap's life in the hands of...the elderly former Bucky Fred Davis?!

32 pages, $2.99.

NEW AVENGERS #21

Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art and cover by Mike Deodato.

* The New Avengers battle the Dark Avengers.

* One Avenger leaves the team in defeat.

* Ragnarok!

32 pages, $3.99.

NEW AVENGERS #22

Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art and cover by Mike Deodato.

* The final battle between the New Avengers and the Dark Avengers. And not everyone makes it out alive!

32 pages, $3.99.

SECRET AVENGERS #22

Written by Rick Remender, art by Gabriel Hardman, cover by Arthur Adams, variant cover by Gabriel Hardman.

* The ALL-NEW era of Secret Avengers begins here!

* Enter Captain Britain and Giant-Man as Hawkeye becomes the new leader!

* Sentinels hunt mutants, Adaptoids hunt Avengers!

32 pages, $3.99.

SECRET AVENGERS #23

Written by Rick Remender, art by Gabriel hardman, cover by Arthur Adams.

* Who are The Descendants?

* In this issue an Avenger will die to find out!

* Journey to the center of the earth to find the one they call "Father"!

32 pages, $3.99.

AVENGERS X-SANCTION #3

Written by Jeph Loeb, art and cover by Ed McGuinnes, variant covers by Ian Churchill and Leinil Francis Yu.

* Cable rumbles with the Red Hulk as his fight to save the future carries on!

32 pages, $3.99.

AVENGERS: SOLO #5

Written by Jen Van Meter and Jim McCann, art by Roger Robinson and Clayton Henry, cover by John Tyler Christopher.

* The Arch-Avenger has his back against the wall!

* Can he save the Avengers – by destroying them?

* Meanwhile, the Secret of the West Coast Avengers stands revealed!

40 pages, $3.99.

HALO: FALL OF REACH-INVASION #2

Written by Brian Reed, art and cover by Felix Ruiz.

* Testing the new Mjolnir Mark V armor, the Master Chief and his AI companion Cortana face off against an UNSC SkyHawk.

* The unexpected has happened: the Covenant have found the planet Reach.

* Continuing the final chapter of the Halo: Fall of Reach comic series!

32 pages, $3.99.

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER - THE WAY STATION #3

Written by Peter David, art and cover by Laurence Campbell.

* The Gunslinger continues his adventure across the deadly Mohaine desert!

* Jake and the Gunslinger must learn to trust each other.

* What creeping horror lies in the cellar?

32 pages, $3.99.

NORTHANGER ABBEY #4

Written by Nancy Butler, art by Janet Lee, cover by Julian Totinto Tedesco.

* Catherine is thrilled when she is invited to visit the Tilney's ancestral home, but what secrets does Northanger Abbey hold?

* Will General Tilney prove to be the villain Catherine imagines . . . or has she read one horror story too many?

32 pages, $3.99.

FORMIC WARS: SILENT STRIKE #3

Written by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

* The never-before-told prequel to Ender's Game continues!

* A shocking death rattles the strike team.

* Mankind's final assault begins now!

32 pages, $3.99.

DOROTHY & THE WIZARD IN OZ #5

Written by Eric Shanower, art and cover by Skottie Young.

* The Wooden Gargoyles attack to kill!

* How can Dorothy, the Wizard, and their friends escape when even the Wizard's bullets prove useless?

* Subterranean thrills and chills continue with hungry dragons that only Eureka the kitten can see.

* And you'll believe a horse can fly!

32 pages, $3.99.

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7

Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Chris Samnee, cover by Kaare Andrews.

* The world finds out about the new Spider-Man!

* The Scorpion comes to New York!

* Uncle Aaron finds out a secret about Miles...

32 pages, $3.99.

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #7

Written by Nick Spencer, art by Carlo Barberi, cover by Kaare Andrews.

* Pietro struggles with the aftermath of Stryker's attack on New York.

* The Scarlet Witch returns... with a warning.

* Who is really hiding in Egypt?

32 pages, $3.99.

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #8

Written by Nick Spencer, art by Carlo Barberi, cover by Kaare Andrews.

* Welcome to the SEAR: Home of The People, and the last best hope for Mutantkind.

* Karen Grant, Liz Allen, and Derek Morgan -- Ultimate X -- try to navigate their way through a strange new world.

* Nick Fury's covert mutant strategy comes back to haunt him.

32 pages, $3.99.

ULTIMATE COMICS THE ULTIMATES #7

Written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Esad Ribic, cover by Kaare Andrews.

* The Ultimates deal with the fallout of the new world!

* An old friend returns!

* Can Nick Fury pick up the pieces of his broken team?

32 pages, $3.99.

SCARLET SPIDER #2

Written by Christopher Yost, art and cover by Ryan Stegman.

* Spinning out of Spider-Island, a new era of web-walloping action continues!

* The new Scarlet Spider makes some new friends – and deadly enemies – on the streets of Houston!

32 pages, $2.99.

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #4

Written by Zeb Wells, art and cover by Greg Land.

* Greg Land and Hawkeye drop in!

* Two stars of next summer's biggest films, together.

32 pages, $3.99.

CARNAGE U.S.A. #3

Written by Zeb Wells, art and cover by Clayton Crain.

* Spider-Man's battle to save America's Heartland from Carnage takes a fatal turn!

* With the Avengers possessed by evil and a city undersiege, it may take symbiotes to beat a symbiote!

* Look for a final page reveal!

32 pages, $3.99.

VENOM #13

Written by Rick Remender, art by Tony Moore, cover by Stefano Caselli, variant covers by Walt Simonson and Tony Moore.

* Part one of a six-part event!

40 pages, $3.99.

VENOM #13.1 - #13.4

Written by Rick Remender, #13.1 art by Lee Barbett, #13.2 art by Sana Takeda, #13.3 art by Julian Totino, #13.4 art by Lan Medina.

* Hell is spreading across the Earth from out of Las Vegas.

* Ghost Rider is responsible but what price is she willing to pay to save mankind?!

* X-23, Venom & Hulk must defeat their worst enemies, buying Ghost Rider time to stop hell's march across the globe!

* As a clone, X-23 has often wondered if she has a soul. This is where she gets her answer!

* Who is Ichor and why has he targeted Venom for Death?!

32 pages, $2.99.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679

Written by Dan Slott, art by Humberto Ramos, cove by Mike Delmundo.

* With time running out, Spidey makes a last ditch effort to save time itself!

* Can Spidey win this race against the future?

32 pages, $3.99.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679.1

Written by Dan Slott, art by Matt Clark, cover by John Tyler Christopher.

* Morbius the Living Vampire returns!

* The perfect jumping on point for the hottest comic around!

32 pages, $2.99.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #680

Written by Dan Slott, art and cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

* Trapped 22,300 miles above the Earth, Spidey has to rescue John Jameson from the ongoing machinations of Doctor Octopus!

* Plus: a guest star so special...and so secret...Marvel can't reveal until next issue!

32 pages, $3.99.

DAREDEVIL #9

Written by Mark Waid, art and cover by Paolo Rivera.

* Mole Man returns, fresh from his battle in Avenging Spider-Man!

* Jump on to the book that EVERYONE is talking about!

32 pages, $2.99.

THE PUNISHER #8

Written by Greg Rucka, art and cover by Marco Checchetto.

* The face to face you've all been waiting for as ex-Hydra and AIM agents work together to bring down the Punisher.

* Frank is up against a soldier who is more like him than either of them realize.

32 pages, $2.99.

MOON KNIGHT #10

Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art and cover by Alex Maleev.

* Moon Knight succumbs to one of his new personalities to fight for the survival of Los Angeles!

* Once the Kingpin of LA pushes him over the edge, can Moon Knight ever come back?!

32 pages, $3.99.

BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #529

Written by David Liss, art by Shawn Martinbrough, cover by Francesco Francavilla.

* Kingpin vs. T'Challa in this status-quo changing series finale!

* Guest-starring: Lady Bullseye! Typhoid Mary! Falcon! Luke Cage!

32 pages, $2.99.

WOLVERINE, PUNISHER & GHOST RIDER: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #7

Written by various.

* Watch history unfold as Marvel's official chronicles continue!

* Synopses for dozens of comics — covering heroes, villains, teams and equipment, and providing vital chronological and behind-the-scenes information!

64 pages, $3.99.

FANTASTIC FOUR #603

Written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Barry Kitson, cover by Mike Choi.

* "Forever," part 4. Galactus versus the Celestials.

* The return of the Future Foundation.

* The last stand of the Fantastic Four.

32 pages, $2.99.

FF #15

Written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Juan Bobillo, cover by Mike Choi.

* "All Hope Lies in Doom," part 4: The Fall of Doom

* The final chapter for the Council of Reeds.

* Guest starring: Power Pack!

32 pages, $2.99.

HULK #48

Written by Jeff Parker, art by Elena Casagrander, cover by Butch Guice.

* The Red Hulk/Red She-Hulk smackdown you've been waiting for!

* Betrayal strikes Red's new cadre of villains!

32 pages, $2.99.

THOR: THE DEVIANTS SAGA #4

Written by Rob Rodi, art and cover by Stephen Segovia.

* Thor battles dinosaurs deep in the Savage Land!

* Guest-starring Ka-Zar!

* The Unbinding Stone unlocked, and the world on the brink of oblivion!

32 pages, $3.99.

SIX GUNS #5

Written by Andy Diggle, art by David Gianfelic, cover by Butch Guice.

* The explosive conclusion as our hard-bitten gunslingers learn the awful secret that so many before have died to protect!

* A desperate last stand against an army of mercenaries.

* Five heroes, six guns... against six hundred!

32 pages, $2.99.

VILLAINS FOR HIRE #3

Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, art by Renato Arlem, cover by Rodolfo Migliari.

* Two of the nastiest crews go to war in a twisty super villain clash!

* Featuring cult faves like Tiger Shark, Avalanche, Shocker and Scourge!

32 pages, $2.99.

THUNDERBOLTS #170

Written by Jeff Parker, art by Kev Walker, cover by John Tyler Christopher.

* The Thunderbolts vs. King Arthur's Court, winner take all!

* Fixer discovers a terrible secret!

* The Lead-up to the Thunderbolts Event of the year continues here!

32 pages, $2.99.

SPIDER-MAN #23

Written by Paul Tobin, art by Roberto Di Salvo and Matteo Lolli, cover by Ale Garza.

* At the Mercy of MODOK!

* Also, what man can stand against the Kingpin of Crime?!

32 pages, $2.99.

SUPER HEROES #23

Written by Brian Reed and Mark Sable, art by Ray-Anthony Height and Tim Levins, cover by Ale Garza.

* Thing takes on a Moloid infestation!

* Fantastic Four vs. Super Skrull!

32 pages, $2.99.

THE TWELVE MUST HAVE #1

Written by J. Michael Straczynski, art by Chris Weston.

* Collecting The Twelve #7-8

40 pages, $3.99.

THE TWELVE #9

Written by J. Michael Straczynski, art by Chris Weston, cover by Paolo Rivera.

* The time-stranded heroes of World War ii are back!

* One member of The Twelve will fall!

* Who's behind the myterious killings? The answer is electrifying!

32 pages, $2.99.

THE TWELVE #10

Written by J. Michael Straczynski, art by Chris Weston, cover by Paolo Rivera.

* The killer uncovered!

* What does this mean for the future of The Twelve?

32 pages, $2.99.

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #5

Written by Jason Aaron, art and cover by Nick Bradshaw.

* Kitty Pryde is pregnant?!?

* A billion Brood?!?

* How could things get worse?

32 pages, $3.99.

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #6

Written by Jason Aaron, art and cover by Nick Bradshaw.

* Things get worse!

* Wolverine & Kid Omega go to an intergalactic casino to win enough money to keep the Jean Grey School going!

32 pages, $3.99.

WOLVERINE #301

Written by Jason Aaron, art by Billy Tan and Steven Sanders, cover by Olivier Coipel.

* The new Silver Samurai faces Wolverine!

* The war between The Hand and the Yakuza threatens all of Tokyo

* One of Wolverine's fiercest foes returns to make matters even worse!

32 pages, $3.99.

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN ALPHA & OMEGA #2

Written by Brian Wood, art by Roland Boschi, cover by Mark Brooks.

* Quentin Quire has trapped Wolverine and Armor in Wolverine's mind with no escape.

* If that weren't bad enough Wolverine's body is destroying the Jean Grey School.

32 pages, $3.99.

UNCANNY X-MEN #6

Written by Kieron Gillen, art and cover by Greg Land.

* "Tabula Rasa," Part 2. Cyclops and his team delver further into a world where evolution has run rampant.

* A new foe is revealed, who will show the X-Men just how out of date homo superior really are!

32 pages, $3.99.

UNCANNY X-MEN #7

Written by Kieron Gillen, art and cover by Greg Land.

* "Tabula Rasa," Part 3. The secrets of the evolutionary jungle are revealed, as the X-Men face the Immortal Man, with the help of a brand new ally!

32 pages, $3.99.

DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #21

Written by Rob Williams, art by Alessandro Vitti, cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

* Issue one of the story the series has been leading up to!

* Daken sets out to get his revenge on the man he hates most in the world: Wolverine. And if the whole Marvel Universe has to bleed for that to happen then that's just fine.

32 pages, $2.99.

UNCANNY X-FORCE #21 & #22

Written by Rick Remender, art by Greg Tocchini, covers by Leinil Francis Yu.

* Wolverine and AOA Nightcrawler face a strange and deadly new foe in Otherworld

* Fantomex's sentence is carried out and he is injected with an anti-reality serum...

* Psylocke becomes Lady Briton!

* Deadpool is decapitated!

32 pages, $3.99.

X-FACTOR #231 & #232

Written by Peter David, art by Emanuel Lupacchino, cover by David Yardin.

* Parts 3 & 4 of a 4-part dimension-hopping storyline, "They Keep Killing Madrox"!

* Guest-starring Tony Stark and Steve Rogers (part 3) & Doctor Strange and the dread Dormammu (part 4).

* Startling twist ending that ties the entire story arc together!

32 pages, $2.99.

DEADPOOL #50 & #51

Written by Daniel Way, art by Carlo Barberi, covers by Dave Johnson, variant cover to #50 by Nick Bradshaw.

#50, 40 pages, $3.99.

$51, 32 pages, $2.99.

X-MEN LEGACY #262

Written by Christos Gage, art by David Baldeon, cover by Mark Brooks.

* Wolverine and his team of X-Men fight classic X-Villain Exodus!

* For the first time since SCHISM, members of Cyclops' X-Men come face-to-face with Wolverine's X-Men...to explosive results!

32 pages, $2.99.

MAGNETO: NOT A HERO #4

Written by Skottie Young, art and cover by Clay Mann.

* Magneto vs. his clone Joseph

32 pages, $2.99.

X-CLUB #3

Written by Simon Spurrier, art by Paul Davidson, cover by Rodin Esquejo.

* The X-Club races the clock to clear the X-Men's name!

* Danger discovers that...she's pregnant?!

32 pages, $2.99.

GENERATION HOPE #16

Written by James Asmus, art by Ibraim Roberson, cover by Jorge Molina.

* Zero finally shows his true colors

* A battle rages on Utopia!

32 pages, $2.99.

X-MEN #24

Written by Victor Gischler, art by Adi Granov.

* Jubilee learns more about her vampire heritage.

* Featuring Raizo and the Forgiven!

32 pages, $3.99.

X-MEN #25

Written by Victor Gischler, art by Jorge Molina.

* The X-Men will stop at nothing to find Jubilee, even if they have to kill every vampire on Earth to do so!

* X-Men vs. vampires in a major way!

32 pages, $3.99.

NEW MUTANTS #37

Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, art by David Lopez, cover by Kris Anka.

* Special Valentine's Day issue!

* Magma made a deal with Mephisto to go on a single date with him if he helped save the team...and now he's come to collect!

* A date with the devil!

32 pages, $2.99.

NEW MUTANTS #38

Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, art by Leandro Fernandez, cover by Kris Anka.

* Start of a new 3-part arc

* The team returns to the scene of Cypher's death, only to confront an evil reanimated into a terrifying new form of horror!

32 pages, $2.99.

ASTONISHING X-MEN #47

Written by Greg Pak, art and cover by Mike McKone.

* The conclusion to "Exalted"!

* Our world's X-Men join the fight in an alternate dimension.

* How far will Cyclops go to save our world's mutants?

32 pages, $3.99.

DEADPOOL MAX II #5

Written by David Lapham, art and cover by Kyle Baker.

* Deadpool delves deeper into the conspiracy that surrounds the secret government kill squad codenamed: The Deadpool!

* Find out how all the sexy pieces fit together!

32 pages, $3.99.

PUNISHERMAX #22

Written by Jason Aaron, art by Steve Dillon, cover by Dave Johnson.

* Aaron's and Dillon's seminal run on PunisherMAX comes to an end!

32 pages, $3.99.

BRILLIANT #5

Written by Brian Michael Bendis, art and cover by Mark Bagley.

Super powers have been invented. But with great power comes complete disaster. Albert gets the group back together so they can find a way to save Maria before what happened to Amadeus happens to her.

40 pages, $3.95.

KICK-ASS 2 #7

Written by Mark Millar, art and cover by John Romita Jr.

* The brutal extra-sized finale of the best comic ever!

* Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl square off against the Motherf*cker and Mother Russia!

* Can they put a stop to the rampaging Toxic Mega C*nts?

48 pages, $4.99.