FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
FIRST LOOK: ALPHA FLIGHT #7
Written by: Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente.
Art by: Dale Eaglesham.
Cover by: Carlo Pagulayan.
Description: Alpha Flight marches on to reclaim the Canadian government from the fascist forces that have overtaken it, but one Canadian citizen and former ally might disagree with their tactics... Wolverine! It's Canuck versus Canuck as the battle for Canada continues!
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL #4
Written by: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning.
Art by: Tan Eng Huat.
Cover by: John Tyler Christopher.
Description: Earth is the setting for the final battle as the combined might of the Annihilators and the Avengers go up against the world-corrupting Magus. What kind of sacrifices must be made to defeat a foe this dangerous? And - when the entire Universe is at stake - what is 'too great a cost"?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: ASTONISHING X-MEN #45
Written by: Greg Pak.
Art by: Mike McKone.
Cover by: Mike McKone.
Description: Something isn't what it seems when Storm and Cyclops go to fight Sentinels. Who has kidnapped them, who are these familiar looking mutants and Why did Storm and Cyclops kiss?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE #8
Written by: Allan Heinberg.
Art by: Jim Cheung.
Cover by: Jim Cheung.
Description: The dead of an Avenger. The Young Avengers find themselves on the wrong side of the Scarlet Witch's reality-altering powers in their final battle against the combined forces of the Avengers and the X-Men. In this penultimate issue of the epic maxi-series, the Young Avengers have no one to turn to except each other as they are forced to fight their lifelong heroes... to the death. Find out who lives and who dies.
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: AVENGERS SOLO #3
Written by: Jen Van Meter and Jim McCann.
Art by: Al Barrionuevo and Clayton Henry.
Cover by: Ron Garney and Giuseppe Camuncoli.
Description: To uncover a mystery meant to destroy the Avengers, Hawkeye must leave his own team behind and take down a human trafficking ring for good! Plus: The Avengers Academy kids find themselves face to face with their enemies - the West Coast Avengers?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #527
Written by: Cullen Bunn and various.
Art by: Mark Bagley and Paul Pelletier.
Cover by: Art Adams.
Description: Guest-starring the Thing and the FF, Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Thunderbolts and more! The Serpent's hammers could be the most dangerous artifacts in the world - vfm knows this all too well as she lays siege to the impenetrable headquarters of the FF...where the Thing stands guard over his own hammer of power! Meanwhile Sin and Crossbones pursue the weapons of mass destruction, from the depths of the seas to claim one from the undersea vault of the Sub-Mariner...to the shores of the island prison called the Raft to confront the Thunderbolts!
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #625
Written by: Ed Brubaker and James Asmus.
Art by: Francesco Francavilla.
Cover by: Francesco Francavilla.
Description: The original Human Torch guest-stars as Captain America teams up with Bucky in the present day... for the first time? New arc!
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
Written by: Ed Brubaker.
Art by: Steve McNiven.
Cover by: Steve McNiven.
Description: The grand finale of "American Dreamers." Cap faces down an old friend, now a new enemy, but which of them is right in their view of modern America?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: DEADPOOL #48
Written by: Daniel Way
Art by: Salva Espin.
Cover by: Nick Bradshaw.
Description: Deadpool is a terrorist? That's how Captain America sees it, but Cap doesn't know there currently are two Deadpools in NYC -- one who's totally evil and one...well, one who's not quite as bad. How will our dubious hero clear his name, get Captain America to not despise him, defeat the most formidable enemy he's ever faced...oh, and evade capture by international law enforcement?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: DOROTHY & THE WIZARD IN OZ #4
Written by: Eric Shanower.
Art by: Skottie Young.
Cover by: Skottie Young.
Description: Watch out for the savage Invisible Bears who devour anyone they catch! Dorothy, the Wizard, and their friends battle for their lives in a race across the Invisible Valley of Voe. Their best chance of escape is to reach the spiral staircase inside Pyramid Mountain. But halfway up the mountain lives the strange Braided Man.
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: FF #13
Written by: Jonathan Hickman.
Art by: Juan Bobillo.
Cover by: Mike Choi and Giuseppe Camuncoli.
Description: "All Hope Lies in Doom, Part 2: Panic Room." The Battle between the Council of Reeds and the Future Foundation extends through the brigdge and into the world now controlled by the Mad Celestials.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: IRON MAN 2.0 #12
Written by: Nick Spencer and Will Pfeifer.
Art by: Micro Pierfederici, Carmine Di Giandomenico and Ariel Olivetti.
Cover by: Salvador Larroca.
Description: The world is in the balance as War Machine races to take down global terrorist Palmer Addley once and for all! It's an all-or-nothing battle of wills as Rhodey presses every advantage, tests every skill, and depends on every relationship to finally outsmart, outfight and outlast his greatest enemy and become the 21st-century War Machine...or die trying!
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: KICK-ASS 2 #6
Written by: Mark Millar.
Art by: John Romita Jr.
Covers by: John Romita Jr. and photo.
Description: The Mother****er and his team of Toxic Mega-***** are running rampant through New York City. With his life in shatters and his allies dead or locked away in prison, it falls to Kick-Ass to strike back against the supervillain uprising, with a little help from everyone's favorite pint-size death-dealer: Hit-Girl. The fight to save NYC from the Mother****er's masterplan beings here!
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #21
Written by: Paul Tobin.
Art by: Matteo Lolli and Rob DiSalvo.
Cover by: Ale Garza.
Description: Peter Parker's class wins the vacation of a life time in a free trip to Greece - but when Magneto attacks our Webbed Wonder has to swing into action in panic at the Parthenon! Plus: That king of disguises the Chameleon returns -- how can Spidey catch a crook who can be anyone?
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: THE MIGHTY THOR #9
Written by: Matt Fraction.
Art by: Pasqual Ferry.
Cover by: Pasqual Ferry.
Description: The new All-Mothers of Asgardia battle their first threat to the Nine Realms! Loki tries to expose the imposter thunder god Tanarus by enlisting the help of... Doctor Donald Blake? Beyond the veil of space and time, the place where gods go to die is about to heat up...
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: SECRET AVENGERS #20
Written by: Warren Ellis.
Art by: Alex Maleev
Cover by: John Cassaday.
Description: The Secret Avengers are all dead save for the Black Widow. The world's greatest secret agent finds herself one year in the past, on the most secret mission of all: saving her team, and saving the world, without letting anyone see her... especially her team.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #5
Written by: Jonathan Hickman.
Art by: Brandon Peterson and Esad Ribic.
Cover by: Kaare Andrews.
Description: Tomorrow's Children are in control! All hope looks lost for Thor and the Ultimates! The Children's creator has revealed his sinister connection to the Ultimate Universe!
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #5
Written by: Jason Aaron.
Art by: Ben Steeves.
Cover by: Ben Steeves.
Description: With the Hellfire Club on the verge of overwhelming the X-Men, the team's only hope is...Quenton Quire? The big question is, does he care enough to do anything?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 7.
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FIRST LOOK: UNCANNY X-MEN #3
Written by: Kieron Gillen.
Art by: Carlos Pacheco, Paco Diaz and Rodney Buchemi.
Cover by: Carlos Pacheco.
Description: Mr. Sinister's tampering with the Golden Celestial has summoned the immortal Space Gods to earth, to render judgment upon all mankind. If the X-Men we're looking for a chance to prove that they are earth's mightiest heroes, here it is.
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: VENGEANCE #6
Written by: Joe Cassey.
Art by: Emanuela Lupacchino.
Cover by: Gabriele Dell'Otto.
Description: The newest ruler of Latveria is targeted for death by the Young Masters - can the Teen brigade rescue young Kristoff, before his assassination sparks a World War?
Pages: 32.
Price: $3.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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FIRST LOOK: X-MEN LEGACY #260
Written by: Mike Carey.
Art by: Khoi Pham.
Cover by: Clay Mann.
Description: Carey wraps up his five-year run on X-Men Legacy with a story that marks the end of an era! In the aftermath of Schism, the X-Men are divided. Magneto has chosen to stay with Cyclops on Utopia. Gambit has chosen to follow Wolverine to Westchester. And now Rogue must decide who she is going to follow...
Pages: 32.
Price: $2.99.
In stores: Dec. 28.
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