MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS: DARKHOLD ALPHA #1

Written by: Steve Orlando.

Art by: Cian Tormey.

Covers by: Greg Smallwood, Juan Cabal.

Description: A story that will delight and terrify! For hundreds of years, scholars and heroes alike have searched for the complete text of the Darkhold -- a.k.a. the Book of the Damned, written by the elder god Chthon. Now one of the greatest sorcerers in the Multiverse has found it -- and Chthon has found him. To save them all, the Scarlet Witch must gather the world's greatest heroes...and unleash their inner darkness. Witness the Marvel Universe's descent into chaos!

Pages: 40.

Price: $4.99.

In stores: Sept. 29.