Marvel Solicit Overviews: January 2013

In this series of solicits, we see the next wave of Marvel NOW! and the end of at least one series.

UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 Sam Humphries (W) • Ron Garney (A)
Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL Variant Cover by RON GARNEY design variant by Kris Anka Blank Cover
Also Available Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG
THE DARKEST CORNERS OF THE MUTANT UNIVERSE: EXPOSED!
The X-Men: sworn to protect a world that fears and hates them. UNCANNY X-FORCE: charged to deal with situations the X-Men fear and hate! Psylocke and Storm lead a new team of outcasts and scoundrels, including fan-favorite Puck, the villainous Spiral, and the mysterious Cluster. The first adversary to strike out from the darkness? X-legend BISHOP! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW AVENGERS #1 Jonathan Hickman (W) Steve Epting (A)
Cover by JOCK Variant Cover by J. Scott Campbell SKETCH VARIANT BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL Variant Cover by STEVE EPTING Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG Blank Cover Also Available
To prevent the collision of our universe with another, the Illuminati, led by the Black Panther, must assemble NOW! It’s the most powerful and brilliant team in the Marvel Universe–The Black Panther, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt, Mister Fantastic, Namor the Sub-Mariner and The Beast–against an infinite legion of parallel realities. 32 PGS. /Rated T+ …$3.99
NEW AVENGERS #2 Jonathan Hickman (W) • Steve Epting (A)
Cover by JOCK Variant Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
“EVERYTHING DIES” • The Illuminati gather to plan for the death of Everything. • Infinity gems, old wounds, lies, agendas and universal incursions. • “It breaks hope — it crushes what makes us decent and steals what little honor remains.” –Black Swan 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 DAN SLOTT (W) • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)
Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA Sketch Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA Variant Cover by Humberto Ramos Variant Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli design variant by Ed McGuinness Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG Blank Cover Also Available
THEN!…Peter Parker spent a lifetime living up to the responsibilities his powers foisted upon him but his Amazing story finally ended dramatically in the historic Spider-Man #700. NOW!…The new Amazing Spider-Man has arrived and he is better in every single way. Smarter, stronger…Superior. 32 PGS. /Rated T+ …$3.99
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #2 DAN SLOTT (W) • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)
Variant Cover BY ED McGuinness
The All-Now Supereir Spider-Man battles All-New Sinister Six! • PLUS: Spider-Man and Mary Jane…REUNITED! • PLUS: Slott and Stegman… REUNITED! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SAVAGE WOLVERINE #1 Frank Cho (W) • Frank Cho (A/C)
Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA Sketch Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA Variant Cover by FRANK CHO Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG Blank Cover Also Available
Wolverine awakes to find himself transported to the Savage Land and labeled public enemy number one! With no memory of how he got there, and Shanna the She-Devil his only ally, Logan must unravel the mystery that slumbers at the heart of the Savage Land before it finds a way to kill him first. This January, Wolverine is all brawls, babes, and brachiosaurs, and you’ll never see the end — or the future of the Marvel Universe — NOW! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

YOUNG AVENGERS #1 KIERON GILLEN (W) • JAMIE MCKELVIE (A/C)
Variant Cover by BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG Blank Cover Also Available
Legacy isn’t a dirty word… but it’s an irrelevant one. It’s not important what our parents did. It matters what WE do. Someone has to save the world. You’re someone. Do the math. The critically acclaimed team of Gillen/McKelvie/Wilson (with added Norton Sauce) decide to reinvent the teen superhero comic for the 21st century, uniting Wiccan, Hulkling and Hawkeye with Loki, Marvel Boy and Ms. America. No pressure. Young Avengers is as NOW! as the air in your lungs, and twice as vital. It’s the book that knows Hyperbole is the BEST! THING! EVER! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MORBIUS: THE LIVING VAMPIRE #1 JOE KEATINGE (W) • RICHARD ELSON (A)
Cover by Gabrielle Dell’otto Variant Cover by Ed McGuinness Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG Blank Cover Also Available
Morbius….the hunted, haunted fugitive. Morbius…the dead souled scientist. Morbius…the Living Vampire. Somewhere inside Doctor Michael Morbius is a good man who just needs a second chance. After escaping from The Raft in Amazing Spider-Man 699.1, Morbius is scraping desperately through each day trying to carve out a life in a world that has turned its back on him. However his redemption…may be worse than his sin. NOW Morbius returns in this long-awaited ongoing series, where the line between hero and villain becomes brutally and bloodily blurred. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY AVENGERS #4 RICK REMENDER (W) • John Cassaday (A/C)
Variant Cover by John Cassaday
Red Skull and his S-Men move forward their take over of New York. • A member of the Uncanny Avengers joins the S-Men! • When the chips are down, the fight all but lost, one Avenger must rise and face the terrible might of The Omega Skull! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ALL-NEW X-MEN #5 Brian Michael Bendis (W) • Stuart Immonen (A/C)
Variant Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
The first story of a new era comes to its conclusion. • One of the original X-Men will be forever changed! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ALL-NEW X-MEN #6 Brian Michael Bendis (W) • DAVID MARQUEZ (A)
Cover by Stuart Immonen X-Men 50th Anniversary Variant by TBA
David Marquez (Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man) takes the artistic reins for 3 issues! • Brian Bendis further defines the future of the X-Men! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

AVENGERS #3 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JEROME OPEÑA (A)
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER AVENGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY DANIEL ACUNA VARIANT Cover BY ADI GRANOV VARIANT Cover BY ESAD RIBIC
“THE GARDEN” • The birth of the New Adam. • On Mars, the Battle between The Avengers and the Garden comes to a dramatic conclusion. • “If you want LIFE and all the good things living entails, then you’ll have to earn it.” –Ex Nihilo 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
AVENGERS #4 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • ADAM KUBERT (A)
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER VARIANT Cover BY ESAD RIBIC
“THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF MAJOR TITANS” • The Secret Origin of Hyperion. • The Legacy of the Garden unfolds in the Savage Land. • “We’ll have to field test our theories here. NOW.” –Dr. Deeds 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

A+X #4 JASON AARON & JASON LATOUR (W) PASQUAL FERRY & MARK BROOKS (A)
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY Variant by ED MCGUINNESS Sketch Variant by ED MCGUINNESS Artist Variant by MARK BROOKS
Storm and Black Panther’s first post-AVX encounter! • Your other two favorite characters fight your favorite villain. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

CABLE AND THE X-FORCE #3 DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)
Artist Variant COVER by GABRIEL DEL’OTTO
Where has Colossus been to post-AVX and what is wrong with his powers? • Why are Cable and his team attacking a civilian company? • These mysteries and more are revealed! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

AVENGERS ARENA #3 DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • KEV WALKER (A)
Cover by GREG HORN Variant Cover by GARRY BROWN
X-23 vs. ANNIHILATION’s Cammi! • A mystery opponent vs. AVENGERS ACADEMY’s Sentinel! • Who is the killer stalking the competitors in their sleep? • Plus: Darkhawk equals death! 32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 RICK REMENDER (W) • JOHN ROMITA JR (A/C)
Variant Cover by Alex Maleev
CASTAWAY IN DIMENSION Z continues! • 1930: Witness the birth of a legend! How did Steve Rogers, a 98 lb weakling, earn his courage?  • NOW: With the fate of a world hinging on his victory Captain America must defeat the barbarian lord of the Phrox! • MEANWHILE: Arnim Zola’s plans move forward, cursing Steve Rogers for years to come. 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

FF #3 MATT FRACTION (W) Michael ALLRED (A/C)
Variant Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
The new FF take to the streets to celebrate 2013! How does the world respond? • How do the kids of the Future Foundation feel about these new grown-ups running the show? • And what does Scott Lang have in store for Doom? The war begins… 32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #3 MATT FRACTION (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
A new year on a new world! The Richards family rings in 365 days of adventure on a brand new planet! • Someone’s having second thoughts. Really? Already? • How long can Reed keep his secret? How long can anything be kept a secret when you’re travelling through time & space with your family…? 32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

 

DEADPOOL #4 Gerry Duggan & Brian Posehn (W) • Tony Moore (A)
Cover by Geof Darrow Variant Cover by Tradd Moore
The grudge match you’ve been waiting for: DEADPOOL VS. LINCOLN! • Deadpool de-undead-ifies AT LEAST twelve Presidents, easy. • Guaranteed to make you better looking to potential mates! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

IRON MAN #5 KIERON GILLEN (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)
Design Variant Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN Variant Cover by JIMMY CHEUNG
EXTREMIS plus the final frontier equals universal doom! • Will Tony have to betray an old friend?  • The debut of the All-New Space Armor! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Over/under on how many months we’ll have to wait before this whole ‘modular armors’ deal turns out to just be a way to generate variants for Iron Man 3 action figures?

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #3 MARK WAID (W) • LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A/C)
Variant Cover aby SIMONE BIANCHI
HULK: AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.!!! • HULK’S first official mission: take down the ALL-NEW QUINTRONIC MAN!!! • More on Banner’s secret hold over S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill! • What and where is…BANNERTOWN, U.S.A? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #648 KATHRYN IMMONEN (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by JEFF DEKAL Variant Cover by NIC KLEIN
Lady-like? There’s no lady like SIF! Spoiling for a fight since the day she was born, Sif makes her OWN action! • Exiled to a forgotten island, things heat up when our heroine falls in with a group of brutal Asgardian savages! Whatever is a lady to do?! • Why, join them in their millennia-old battle against monsters of course! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN LEGACY #4 & 5 Simon Spurrier (W) • Jorge Molina (A)
Covers by MIKE DEL MUNDO X-MEN LEGACY #4 Artist Variant by PASQUAL FERRY X-MEN LEGACY #5 ARTIST VARIANT BY CLAY MANN
LEGION vs. THE X-MEN! • Two new villains begin plotting Legion’s demise. And little does he know, one of them is lurking within his own psyche, and the other is now hiding amongst the X-Men themselves… 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #3 Daniel Way (W) • Steve Dillon (A)
Cover by Julian Totino Tedesco Variant Cover by Billy Tan
The Thunderbolts are tearing their way through a bloody mission! • But will even this crew approve of the team’s NEWEST MEMBER? • Yeah, that’s right-the RED LEADER. 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #4 Jason Aaron (W) • Esad Ribic (A/C)
Variant Cover by Olivier Coipel
Thousands of years in the future the last god king of a ruined Asgard makes his final stand against the berserker legions of the God Butcher. • But even a king can fall. Even King Thor. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #11 KELLY SUE DECONNICK (W) • Stefano Caselli (A)
Cover by MICO SUAYAN Variant Cover by STEPHANE PERGER
Spider-Woman is totally safe locked in that box with the parasite-infested Hulk… right? • Remember that time Tony Stark said he hated trust falls? You knew that was going to come back. C’mon. • ::whistles:: Hanging coffins of the Bo ::whistles:: • Yun Guang Han’s done it–he’s infected his Order of the Dragon initiates with next-step evolutionary bacteria and built himself a super-creepy (and kind of gross) army… WITH WHICH TO CONQUER THE WORLD. • Mwah ha ha etc. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE ANNUAL #1 CHRISTOS GAGE (W) TOMM COKER (A/C)
The spotlight falls on the Vision! • It’s the return of Sunturion – more powerful and unstable than ever! • A major turning point in the life of the android Avenger! 40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

RED SHE-HULK #61 JEFF PARKER (W) CARLO PAGULAYAN & WELLINTON ALVES (A)
Cover by JANA SCHIRMER Variant Cover by DAVE WILLIAMS NO LIMITS!
The issue that reveals that Betty Ross has more in common with Bruce Banner than the name HULK! • The secret connection of Echelon and the end of humanity as the World Computer CRASHES! • The last stand of MACHINE MAN!!! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #16 CHRISTOPHER YOST (W) • PACO MEDINA (A)
Cover by PAOLO MANUEL RIVERA
NEW CREATIVE TEAM! NEW DIRECTION! THE SUPERIOR AGE BEGINS! • The all new Superior Spider-Man teams with Wolverine and the X-Men! • Christopher Yost (Scarlet Spider, X-Force) and Paco Medina (Ultimate X-Men) begin a new SUPERIOR era of Avenging Spider-Man! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

VENOM #29 CULLEN BUNN (W) THONY SILAS (A) Cover by SHANE DAVIS • AN ALIEN NATION RISES! • Flash Thompson uncovers a mystery in Philadelphia, and Katy Kiernan may be its first victim! • Cullen Bunn (WOLVERINE) and Thony Silas (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ENDS OF THE EARTH) continue the tale of Venom’s first adventure in his new home! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
VENOM #30 CULLEN BUNN (W) THONY SILAS (A)
Cover by Paulo Siqueira
VENOM VS. THE U-FOES IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY SHOVE! • In a race against time, can Flash Thompson rescue not just his friends but th entire city of Philadelphia from an alien plot? • Get ready for the most TOXIC final page in Venom history! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Really? The City of Brotherly Shove? Not Killadelphia? The home of the first Amputational Congress? The Blood’s Always Running in Philadelphia? The Bone-Breaker City? Phila-hell-phia? Come on, guys, when it comes to puns, go big or go home.

ALPHA #0.1 DAN SLOTT (w) HUMBERTO RAMOS (A/C)
A special encore presentation of the instant-classic AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #692! • Get ready for an all-new tale about a different kind of power and responsibility… • WHO IS ALPHA?! 32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

Really, instant classic? A comic from what, July? And you’re reprinting the comic in its entirety when it’ll easily be able to be found in the local comic shop’s back stock, because ASM isn’t some sort of Image book where there’s actual, if somewhat manufactured, scarcity? Bravo, indeed.

SCARLET SPIDER #13 CHRISTOPHER YOST (W) KHOI PHAM (A)
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN “IN THE MIDST OF WOLVES” PART ONE OF THREE • Brand new arc! Mysteries come to light as a threat from Mexico comes for Aracely, the girl Scarlet Spider saved in issue ONE. • An old foe of Spider-Man’s returns, the mutant werewolf CARLOS LOBO… and he’s not alone. • PLUS: What is the secret of Kaine’s new powers? How did he come back to life after the Grim Hunt? The answers begin here, as everything changes for the man called Kaine. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE COMICS IRON MAN #4 (of 4) NATHAN EDMONDSON (W) • MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A)
Cover by FRANK STOCKTON
DEMON IN THE ARMOR CONCLUDES! • Confronting threats of the present means dealing with the demons of the past in this finale issue! • Isolated in Asia, is there any hope for Iron Man? • How does THE MANDARIN know Iron Man’s every weakness–and what can the man of armor do to defend himself against an enemy that knows him better then he knows himself?  32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #19 BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A/C)
VENOM WARS BEGINS!!! • Miles finally has his costume, his web shooters, and now he has his first A-list Spider-Man villain! There’s a new Venom in town and he’s hungry! • All this, plus Miles’ new girlfriend and the return of award-winning Ultimate Spider-Man artist Sara Pichelli! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Hopefully the new Venom’s mouth looks just as much like the Sarlacc Pit in the comic as it does on this cover. Just 2 eyes above this fangy, slightly Freudian mess of a mouth.

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #20 SAM HUMPHRIES (W) • SCOT EATON (A)
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES!!! • Black Widow: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.! • As America rebuilds, President Cap must find out who is behind the latest wave of attacks on the country! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

This cover is boss as hell.

 

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #21 BRIAN WOOD & NATHAN EDMONDSON (W) • CARLO BARBERI (A)
Cover by MICHAEL RYAN
RESERVATION X CONTINUES!!! • Guest-starring the IRON PATRIOT! • What is the Sentient Seed and why does everyone want it? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SECRET AVENGERS #36 RICK REMENDER (W) • MATTEO SCALERA (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
In The Core Venom and Valkyrie set out on a mission to kill Father. • In New York The Master Mold rises and the only way to stop him is to kill The Torch! • Black-Ant vs Hawkeye the final showdown! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SECRET AVENGERS #37 RICK REMENDER (W) • MATTEO SCALERA (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS Final issue variant by Mike Perkins
FINAL ISSUE! • The conclusion to the Rise of the Descendants! All secrets revealed! • Father and the Descendants begin Contagious Robotic Evolution, merging the Descendants with all of humanity! • What is the secret behind the power of Parvez? • The ultimate test of Hawkeye! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

16 issues, 12 months, however many fill-in artists were needed to feed the insatiable Marvel printing presses. The end of a short era.

DARK AVENGERS #185 & 186 Jeff Parker (W) • Neil Edwards (A)
COVER BY JOE QUINONES
Issue #185 – • Skaar, Moonstone & Ragnarok go to war with… THE DEADLY DR. STRANGE! • “The Witch” Dr. June Covington is turned loose in a Tony Stark’s Frankensteinian Laboratory. Her first subject for ‘improvement’? RAGNAROK!
Issue #186 – • U.S. AGENT IS BACK! 32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (EACH)

MARVEL UNIVERSE VS. THE AVENGERS #4 (of 4) JONATHAN MABERRY (W) LEO FERNANDEZ (A)
Cover by AARON KUDER
Hawkeye is the last Avenger standing. He’s all that stands between Emperor Doom and a world of unimaginable horrors. • If he falls, who will avenge our world? • MARVEL UNIVERSE vs THE AVENGERS reaches its bloody, heartbreaking conclusion. 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

PUNISHER: NIGHTMARE #1-5 A FIVE-PART, FIVE WEEK PUNISHER EVENT! • A Special Forces soldier is injured and his family killed in the midst of a mob execution in Central Park, but this isn’t Frank Castle. This time it’s a young soldier named JAKE NIMAN, but the familiar story puts Frank on the path of punishment! • As Jake Niman heals from his wounds, why is he growing strangely stronger? • And who is the mysterious Johnny Nightmare? • Bullets fly, anarchy reigns, allies become enemies, the Punisher becomes the punished, and no one is safe!!! 32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$3.99 (EACH)

What’s missing from this blurb? We’ve got 5 issues, for 4 dollars each, and hints at the skeleton of a plot, but no writer or artist. That’s 20 bucks over the course of a month, for what’s basically “it’s the Punisher but not the Punisher, but he fights the Punisher, and there’s a dude with a stupid name, and SUPERPOWERS!” and no details on who’ll be making the thing(of course, Marvel editorial seems to be to blame here, as this is another weekly event with one of Marvel’s “shooty man who shoots mans” characters, but I’m talking about actually writing the events and drawing what’s been written).

Also, great job there with the “Jake Niman/Johnny Nightmare” paralell, I’m sure it’ll be a total surprise when Jake Niman turns out to be Johnny Nightmare, who I assume is the bemohawked shadow on the cover there.

HAWKEYE #7 MATT FRACTION (W) • DAVID AJA (A/C)
Cherry’s got a gun. And she looks good in it. • Hawkeye gets distracted. Just like you are right now. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

David Aja deserves an Eisner for this series, either for interiors or these lovely covers.

CAPTAIN MARVEL #9 KELLY SUE DECONNICK (W) Filipe Andrade (A)
Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE
A PERFECT JUMPING-ON POINT FOR FANS NEW AND OLD! PART ONE OF A NEW STORY. • Carol finally returns home, but is changed. What is weakening Captain Marvel’s powers? • PLUS: Carol gets a JOB. • Find out why CAPTAIN MARVEL is being hailed as one of Marvel’s best new series this year! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

WINTER SOLDIER #14 ED BRUBAKER (W) BUTCH GUICE (A)
Cover by DANIEL ACUñA
The grand finale of the BLACK WIDOW HUNT • Will Bucky sacrifice everything to save his love? • Can Black Widow even be saved? • Ed Brubaker finishes his critically-acclaimed run and no one escapes unscathed!  32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #4 (of 5) GREG RUCKA (W) CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO (A)
Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
The Punisher tries to break Cole out of jail.  • The Avengers stomp him. A lot. 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

SILVER SURFER BY STAN LEE & MOEBIUS #1 Stan Lee (W) • Moebius (A/C)
Galactus has converted humanity into his followers, and he’s leading them to their doom! • His only challenger is the hero he himself trapped on Earth: the Silver Surfer! • It’s a war for Earth’s worship, but how much will be left when it’s over? • Collecting SILVER SURFER: PARABLE #1-2. 104 PGS./ Rated T+ …$7.99

Everybody needs to read this, as it is awesome. Unless, as the cover seems to hint, they’ve recolored it, then shun it for sullying the amazing works of Moebius with modern, gradient-fetishist coloring.

DAREDEVIL: END OF DAYS #4 (of 8) BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & David Mack (W) • KLAUS JANSON (A)
Cover by ALEX MALEEV Variant COVER BY DAVID MACK
The End of Daredevil goes right through his greatest enemy! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DAREDEVIL #22 MARK WAID (W) • Chris Samnee (A)
Cover by Paolo Rivera
Daredevil teams up with the ALL NEW Superior Spider-Man! • Yes, America, we’ve heard your calls! Stilt-Man Is BACK! Better than ever thanks to some last minute help from Doctor Octopus. • The Eisner and Harvey Award winner for book of the year continues to baffle all of us here at the House of Ideas! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

I’m just getting the image of a Stilt-Man who’s just got 8 extendolegs splitting off the bottom of his body, and I know this will be at least a little disappointing for lack of that.

MARVEL’S IRON MAN 3 PRELUDE #1 (of 2) Chris Gage (W) Steve Kurth (A)
MARVEL’S THOR ADAPTATION #1 (of 2) CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • Lan Medina (A) blah blah blah movies give us your money blah blah blah blah 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Why can we not get a consistent spelling of Christos Gage’s name? Sometimes he’s Christos Gage, sometimes Chris Gage, sometimes Christos N. Gage, it’s ridiculous.

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #23 Jason Aaron (W) • Nick Bradshaw (A/C)
Wolverine vs. Frankenstein! • The Murder Circus claims its victims! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #24  Jason Aaron (W) • TBA (A)
Cover by RAMÓN K. PÉREZ
DATE NIGHT! • Kitty and Iceman! Storm and Wolverine? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Storm and Wolverine, sitting in a tree, K-I-SNIKT-SNIKT-I-N-G!

GAMBIT #8 James Asmus (W) Pasqual Ferry (A/C)
Receiving a distress call from an imperiled ESU archaeology team, Gambit makes a detour on his way back to the Big Apple and heads to the Forever City! • But how exactly will he outwit the hyper-evolved locals and snatch the students (and some loot) from their clutches? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AGE OF APOCALYPSE #11 Dave Lapham (W) Roberto De La Torre (A/C)
The climax of the first year of AGE OF APOCALYPSE! • The X-Terminated vs. Weapon X! • Jean Grey’s fate lies in the balance! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

That is an amazingly impractical bit of clothing on what I assume to be Jean Grey/Gray/Grae there.

 

X-FACTOR #250 Peter David (W) • Leonard Kirk (A)
Cover by DAVID YARDIN VARIANT COVER BY CLAY MANN
A year of X-FACTOR stories culminates here in the first part of “HELL ON EARTH WAR”! • The various Hell lords battle for domination in a war that was triggered by the seven billionth soul born on Earth, and only X-Factor can avoid the entire world going up in flames! • This is the beginning of the end for X-Factor as you know it… 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

DEADPOOL: KILLUSTRATED #1 (of 4) Cullen Bunn (W) • Matteo Lolli (A)
Cover by MICHAEL DEL MUNDO
Deadpool has already killed every hero in the Marvel Universe. • He isn’t through. • This time…Deadpool’s gonna take most famous characters in classic literature! • YOU NEVER KNEW HOW BADLY YOU NEEDED THIS SERIES! 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

Mike Del Mundo might just be the new hotness of cover artistry.

X-MEN #40 Seth Peck (W) • TBD (A)
Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
The end of an era! • What happens to a team when they lose the trust that binds them? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-TREME X-MEN #9 Greg Pak (W) Paco Diaz Luque (A)
Cover by Kalman
The X-Treme X-Men find they can’t shake their new X-Force teammates! • Will Dazzler be able to take back control of the team? • Also, Howlett versus Hercules! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #58 Marjorie Liu (W) Gabriel Hernandez Walta (A)
Cover by PHIL NOTO
Warbird is on the run, labeled an enemy of Earth as well as of the Shi’ar! • The X-Men must choose whether to help her or bring her in. • What’s the secret of the alien artifact she’s uncovered? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

FURY MAX #8 Garth Ennis (W) • Goran Parlov (A)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Fury and Castle are POW. • What do the Viet Cong have in mind for the war heroes? 32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99 THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.

WOLVERINE MAX #4 Jason Starr (W) • Roland Boschi (A)
Cover by JOCK
Creed and Logan are on the run, with Logan framed for Creed’s vicious acts! • The truth about what, exactly, happened on that plane is finally revealed. 32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99 THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.