MARVEL COMICS: September 2009 Collected Editions Solicits MONTHLY COMICS OF NOTE OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #9 Written by VARIOUS Continuing the chronicle of the Marvel Universe, starting with Spider-Man (from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #385 on), Iron Man (from IRON MAN #315 on) and the X-Men (from UNCANNY X-MEN #364 on). Follow the history of the Marvel universe as it unfolds month by month with the All-New Official Index to the Marvel Universe. Each issue provides synopses for dozens of individual comics, including back-up strips, introducing you to the characters, teams, places and equipment that appeared within, providing vital information about first appearances, where they last showed up and where they appeared next! 64 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99 * * * MARVEL MYSTERY HANDBOOK: 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Written by MICHAEL HOSKIN, RONALD BYRD, ANTHONY FLAMINI, STUART VANDAL, KEVIN GARCIA, JACOB ROUGEMONT, DAVID WILTFONG & SEAN MCQUAID Cover by MITCH BREITWEISER As the Marvel Universe celebrates 70 years of the world's greatest comics, journey back to where it all began -- OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE style! Featuring the greatest characters of Marvel's first year -- a year that not only gave us the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, the Angel and Ka-Zar, but also THE TWELVE's Black Widow, Phantom Bullet, Electro, Mister E, Dynamic Man, Phantom Reporter, Fiery Mask, Master Mind Excello and Laughing Mask! Also featuring a host of oddities from Fletcher Hanks' Whirlwind Carter to Taxi Taylor! Plus: an introduction by Timely comics scholar Dr. Michael J. Vassallo! 64 PGS./Rated T+ ...$4.99 * * * THOR: TALES OF ASGARD BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY #5 (of 6) Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JACK KIRBY Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL The legend has come true! By the will of the gods, I am alive! I am invincible! I am — THOR!!! And so began the very first epic tale of Marvel’s most revered hero, the mighty Thor, whose legend would grow alongside the success of Marvel comics, making him the most exciting super hero of all time! Never has Thor been more sensational than during these early tales, crafted by Marvel’s greatest, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Re-live classic Norse mythology in the mighty Marvel manner as well as Stan and Jack’s stories of the Norse Gods and Thor before he came to Earth as Don Blake. Witness as these masters breathe life into the thunder god and some of Marvel’s most enduring characters: Helmdall, Balder, Loki, Odin and Hela. Read these stories as never before with all-new, modern coloring and six extraordinary interlocking covers by current THOR artist Olivier Coipel. Collecting the “Tales of Asgard” backup stories from THOR #129-136. 48 PGS./ Remastered Reprints /All Ages ...$3.99 MASTERWORKS MARVEL MASTERWORKS: NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. VOL. 2 HC Written by JIM STERANKO with ROY THOMAS Penciled by JIM STERANKO Cover by JIM STERANKO Don’t yield, True Believers, because the MARVEL MASTERWORKS are backing one of the most influential series in comics history by one of the art form’s prime movers, Jim Steranko’s Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Blending together influences from Pop art to Salvador Dali and across comics’ history from Will Eisner to Wally Wood, Steranko’s boundary-breaking style is an incomparable visual language that influences and inspires storytellers decades later. Chock full of high-stakes espionage and larger-than-life villains, from Baron Strucker and his Hydra hordes to the Yellow Claw and the horrific Hell Hound of Ravenlock, each adventure will have you on the edge of your seat. Topped with guest appearances from Captain America and the Fantastic Four-Steranko’s S.H.I.E.L.D. is an uncontested high-water mark that every devotee of the medium must experience. Collecting STRANGE TALES #154-168 and NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD #1-3 272 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. VOL. 2 — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 129 272 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 2 TPB Written by STAN LEE Penciled by DON HECK with JACK KIRBY & DICK AYERS Cover by JACK KIRBY & DEAN WHITE Brought together to fight the biggest menaces in the Marvel Universe, Iron Man, Thor, Giant-Man and the Wasp represented the heavy-hitters of the super-hero set, but Marvel heroes don’t just hang out, they live, breathe, argue—and even fall out. In an innovative twist that would come to define the Avengers, Stan Lee chose to have those original Avengers depart, leaving Captain America alone to carry on. But it was who replaced them that really got reader’s attention. Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch—all conflicted and villains in their own right—became Cap ‘s new recruits creating a dynamic, unpredictable and exciting quartet that to many would become the Avengers’s heart and soul. So sit and back enjoy the evolution of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as they battle Kang the Conqueror, the Mole Man, the Red Ghost, Count Nefaria, Baron Zemo’s Masters of Evil, the Mandarin and the Swordsman. With guest appearances by Spider-Man the Incredible Hulk himself, it’s a Marvel Masterwork from beginning to end! Collecting THE AVENGERS #11-20. 224 PGS./All Ages ...$24.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AVENGERS VOL. 2 TPB — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 9 (DM ONLY) 224 PGS./All Ages ...$24.99 OVERSIZED HARDCOVERS CRIMINAL: THE DELUXE EDITION By Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips This oversized deluxe hardback edition features CRIMINAL books 1 thru 3 -- COWARD, LAWLESS, and THE DEAD AND THE DYING. A fantastically-designed and printed book showcasing the Eisner and Harvey Award-Winning crime comics from the creators of SLEEPER and INCOGNITO. Also features many extras – including a Criminal short story and the never-before-printed five page “movie trailer in comics form” that Brubaker and Phillips created to announce the series online... illustrations, selected articles, behind the scenes looks, painted covers... and much much more! A true collector’s edition spectacular from two of the hottest creators in comics, and a must-have for any fan! 400 pages/Mature Content... $49.99 * * * DAREDEVIL BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & ALEX MALEEV OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by ALEX MALEEV, MICHAEL GOLDEN, GREG HORN, P. CRAIG RUSSEL, PHIL HESTER, CHRIS BACHALO, JAE LEE, DAVID FINCH, FRANK QUITELY, ROB HAYNES & MICHAEL LARK Cover by ALEX MALEEV During a character-defining run, Brian Michael Bendis crafted a pulp-fiction narrative that exploited the Man Without Fear’s rich tapestry of characters and psychodrama, and resolved them in an incredibly nuanced, modern approach. Earning an Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series, Bendis and artist Alex Maleev restored Daredevil to a luster worthy of the all-time greats. In this volume, Bendis and Maleev’s run comes to a blistering conclusion with a Daredevil/Black Widow team-up that takes an interesting turn; untold tales of Hell’s Kitchen past and present; and the return of Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime! Collecting DAREDEVIL #61-81, DAREDEVIL: NINJA #1-3 and WHAT IF KAREN PAGE HAD LIVED? 656 PGS./Rated T+ ...$99.99 * * * DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS HC Written by MIKE BENSON Penciled by CARLO BARBIERI & SEAN CRYSTAL Cover by GREG LAND Deadpool’s latest job has gotten him into a world of trouble. Everyone wants a piece of him -- and for a crime he didn’t commit! That’s right: Someone’s framed Deadpool, and it just might be the same guy who hired him in the first place, a guy who just might be using the mouthy merc as a wild card in a twisted wager. If Wade’s going to clear his name and serve up some revenge, he’s first got to avoid getting captured -- or killed -- by some of the Marvel Universe’s heaviest hitters: Daredevil, the Punisher and Spider-Man. Plus, see what happens when Deadpool goes behind the scenes of “Pain Factor” – the reality TV game show so controversial, it's been banned around the world! Collecting DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS #1-5 and DEADPOOL: GAMES OF DEATH. 152 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$24.99 * * * AVENGERS/INVADERS HC Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS Penciled by STEVE SADOWSKI Cover by ALEX ROSS Legends Live Again. The original Invaders (Captain America, Bucky, Human Torch, Toro, and the Sub-Mariner) return in an all-new tale by the award winning team behind EARTH X, Justice and Project Superpowers .The greatest super-team of World War II finds themselves transported from the battlefields of the Second World War to a future they never imagined! Now, the Invaders find themselves confronted by two teams of Avengers who want desperately to believe these heroes are who they say they are, while Tony Stark faces his greatest challenge since the Civil War as he must deal with the “return” of Steve Rogers. Confronted by a world they barely recognize, the Invaders will have to show two teams of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes just what kind of power, courage and sheer determination it took to defeat the forces of unrelenting evil in the Twentieth century. In fact...they may just have to do it again in the Twenty-First. Collecting AVENGERS/INVADERS #1-12. 320 PGS./Rated T+ ...$39.99 * * * X-MEN ORIGINS HC Written by SEAN MCKEEVER, MIKE CAREY, CHRISTOPHER YOST, CRAIG KYLE & KIERON GILLEN Penciled by MIKE MAYHEW, J.K. WOODWARD, TREVOR HAIRSINE, MARK TEXEIRA, DAVID YARDIN & DAN PANOSIAN Cover by MARK TEXEIRA Witness the very first adventures of your favorite mutants! From the moment Professor Xavier arrived on her doorstep, young Jean Grey knew things would change forever. But she was never prepared for how strange life at the Xavier Institute could be - or just how dangerous she truly was. Will she be able to harness her budding powers in time to prove herself a hero? Or will the ghosts of her past haunt her forever? Then, Hank McCoy never wanted to be different - and for a young mutant with a genius-level brain, camouflage comes easy. But only until a psychopathic terrorist with a god delusion kidnaps his father, and his life is brought into irrevocable confrontation with Charles Xavier and the X-Men. Also, the origin of fan-favorite X-Man Colossus is finally revealed. Deep in the wastes of Siberia, young Piotr Rasputin discovers his mutant abilities -- and becomes the newest target of the ruthless KGB! Plus, from the first time he popped his claws, to the moment he joined the X-Men, Wolverine has had a rough life. See every gruesome detail here! Collecting X-MEN ORIGINS: COLOSSUS, JEAN GREY, BEAST, WOLVERINE, SABRETOOTH and GAMBIT. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 * * * HULK: PLANET SKAAR HC Written by GREG PAK Penciled by BUTCH GUICE & RON LIM Cover by ED MCGUINNESS The soothsayers sing: One day, green-hued giants will clash on the broken battlefields of savage Sakaar. One day the son will confront the father who abandoned him to monsters and madmen. But before Skaar can meet the Hulk, he must survive today's terrible clash. And even with all his rage and strength, what hope can he have against the return of the SILVER SAVAGE? The Silver Surfer returns to Sakaar! Collecting SKAAR: SON OF HULK #7-12 and PLANET SKAAR PROLOGUE. 176 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$29.99 PREMIERE EDITION HARDCOVERS ULTIMATUM: REQUIEM PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, JOE POKASKI & ARON E. COLEITE Penciled by MARK BAGLEY, STUART IMMONEN, TYLER KIRKHAM & BEN OLIVER Cover by STUART IMMONEN, PASQUAL FERRY & MARK BROOKS With the catastrophes wrought by Ultimatum, does this spell the end for the the Ultimate Universe? Spider-Man has fallen and the Ultimate Universe will never be the same. Original series artist Mark Bagley returns for a special story celebrating the heroism of everyone’s favorite webslinger. Then in X-Men, the surviving members of the team say goodbye to their loved ones, pay homage to their memory and try to figure out what happens next. And in Fantastic Four, find out if the first family can continue on in the wake of Ultimatum’s devastating events. Collecting ULTIMATUM: SPIDER-MAN REQUIEM #1-2, FANTASTIC FOUR REQUIEM and X-MEN REQUIEM. 128 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99P> * * * ULTIMATUM: SPIDER-MAN PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by STUART IMMONEN & DAVID LAFUENTE Cover by STUART IMMONEN Ultimatum is upon us!! Big changes are afoot and with them comes the much anticipated return of ULTIMATE SPIDER-WOMAN! But is she friend or foe?? Plus, Aunt May is under arrest, Spider-Man is underwater and the world has gone to hell. Spidey and the gang will never be the same. Guest- starring the Human Torch and Kitty Pryde! Plus, watch as Peter and Mary Jane's relationship delves into an area never before seen in any Spider-Man comic! Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #129-133 and ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3. 160 PGS./Rated A ...$24.99 * * * ULTIMATUM PREMIERE HC Written by JEPH LOEB Penciled by DAVID FINCH Cover by DAVID FINCH The end is here! Or, is it a new beginning? Massive climatic disturbances are wreaking havoc with the planet — underwater volcanic eruptions, tidal waves crashing over whole cities and snowstorms burying entire countries—and even the assemblage of the Ultimate U’s mightiest is no match for this worldwide destruction! Featuring Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Ultimates, the Hulk and more, find out whose lives are at stake in this defining moment of truth for the Ultimate Universe. Brought to you by award-winning scribe Jeph Loeb and superstar artist David Finch, this is the must-have book that will set the stage in the Ultimate U for years to come. If you want to get in on the most astounding changes taking place in all of comics, this is the place to be. You have been told! Collecting ULTIMATUM #1-5. 128 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * MS. MARVEL VOL. 7: DARK REIGN PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN REED Penciled by PATRICK OLLIFFE Cover by SANA TAKEDA A mass suicide by a branch of the Church of Hala has claimed the lives of twenty families. With Captain Marvel gone, Carol Danvers investigates this tragedy performed in his name, putting her directly in the path of would be Captain Marvel replacement: Noh Varr. Collecting MS. MARVEL #35-41. 168 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * INCREDIBLE HERCULES: DARK REIGN PREMIERE HC Written by FRED VAN LENTE & GREG PAK Penciled by RODNEY BUCHEMI, DIETRICH SMITH & RYAN STEGMAN Cover by ED MCGUINNESS Proudly presenting, for the first time in Marvel continuity ... the ORIGIN OF HERCULES! How did the young man who becomes the Lion of Olympus learn of his divine heritage? In what battle did he earn the title "Prince of Power?" And, most importantly, why does the goddess HERA hate him so, now that her DARK REIGN begins to fall across New Olympus? Also, in the aftermath of the Skrull invasion, AMADEUS CHO goes on "The Quest for Kirby!" Collecting INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126-131. 152 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * FANTASTIC FOUR: THE MASTER OF DOOM PREMIERE HC Written by MARK MILLAR Penciled by BRYAN HITCH Cover by BRYAN HITCH Who are the Masters of Doom? Millar and Hitch take a journey into a previously unexplored chapter in the life of Doctor Doom. Also, the story we had to call “A Fantastic Four Wedding And A Funeral.” Plus, Mister and Mrs. Thing! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #562-569. 232 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * SUPREME POWER: NIGHTHAWK PREMIERE HC Written by DANIEL WAY Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by GARY FRANK Long ago, Kyle Richmond looked into the face of madness – now, it's looking back at him. As a boy, Richmond – the man who would one day become Nighthawk – witnessed the senseless murder of his parents. There was no reason for their deaths, no provocation – they were just simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was a traumatic event that has left him scarred for life – and turned him into a hero more feared than the criminals he polices. Now, it's happening again...but on a much larger scale. The people of Chicago – men, women and children – are dying in the streets, victims of a monster whose thirst for slaughter cannot be quenched, whose soul is a bottomless void and whose scars run even deeper than Nighthawk's. And it's flashing a killer smile. Collecting SUPREME POWER: NIGHTHAWK #1-6. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$24.99 * * * RUNAWAYS: THE GOOD DIE YOUNG PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Penciled by ADRIAN ALPHONA Cover by JO CHEN The world as we know it is about to end, and the Runaways are the only hope to prevent it! Our fledgling teenage heroes have learned how their parents' criminal organization began, and now they must decide how it should END. As the Runaways' epic battle against their evil parents reaches its shocking conclusion, the team's mole stands revealed, and blood must be shed. Which kids will still be standing when the smoke finally clears? This is the story that changes everything (seriously!). Collecting RUNAWAYS #13-18. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * DEADPOOL VOL. 2: DARK REIGN PREMIERE HC Written by DANIEL WAY Penciled by PACO MEDINA Cover by JASON PEARSON Remember when Deadpool saved the Earth from those pesky Skrulls? Well, the guy who stole the intel Deadpool worked so hard to acquire -- and positioned himself as Earth’s Number One War Hero -- wants to make sure you don’t. The last thing this guy needs is a certain “Merc with a Mouth” letting everyone know the truth of how he saved the day, and he’s hired a certain maniacal man-eater to make sure Deadpool never does. Here comes Tiger-Shark! Plus, a surprise appearance by a certain palindromic pal! Then, Norman Osborn is through playing around with Deadpool—it’s time to send in the big guns. The big, crazy guns that never, ever miss. He may be wearing a new costume, but he’s still the same ol’ psychopath... Collecting DEADPOOL #6-7 & #10-12. 120 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99 * * * OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z VOL. 10 PREMIERE HC Written by JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, STUART VANDAL, SEAN MCQUAID, MIKE FICHERA, RONALD BYRD, MICHAEL HOSKIN, MADISON CARTER, MIKE O'SULLIVAN, ROB LONDON, ERIC J. MOREELS, MARKUS RAYMOND, DAVID WILTFONG, GABRIEL SHECHTER, RICHARD GREEN, JACOB ROUGEMONT, MARK O'ENGLISH, ANTHONY FLAMINI & CHRIS BIGGS Cover by TOM GRUMMETT SHIELD Santa Claus from the Siege Perilous with the Skrull Kill Krew as this comprehensive guide to the Marvel Universe continues! This volume features Sasquatch, Snowbird, Silver Surfer, Sandman, Selene, She-Hulk, Scarlet Witch, Scourge of the Underworld, Speed, and not one, but two alien races from the 60's (can you guess?)! So come join the Savage Land Mutates in the Savage Land, while having a devil of a time with Satan, Satannish, and Satana! Slither around with the Serpent Society, Serpent Squads, Set, Seth, and the Sons of the Serpent! Get stung by Scorpia, Scorpion, Scorpio, and the Silver Scorpion as you team-up with the Salem's Seven, Secret Defenders, Sinister Six, and Six Pack! All this and much much more! 240 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * BLACK PANTHER: THE DEADLIEST OF THE SPECIES PREMIERE HC Written by REGINALD HUDLIN Penciled by KEN LASHLEY Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL The Black Panther is back...and she’s badder than ever. That’s right -- she! What happened to T’Challa? Who is the new Black Panther? Find out why the female is the deadliest of the species. Collecting BLACK PANTHER #1-6. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * X-MEN VS. FANTASTIC FOUR PREMIERE HC Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & STAN LEE Penciled by JON BOGDANOVE & JACK KIRBY Covers by JON BOGDANOVE Old soldiers may fade away, but so do young mutants! On the verge of disintegration, Kitty Pryde seems resigned to her doom — but the X-Men will do anything to save her, even bargain with a worse doom...DOCTOR Doom! What stunning secret prevents Mister Fantastic and the Fantastic Four from saving the day instead? Is he terrified of failing because his greatest failure, the fateful rocket flight, might have really been his greatest success? Do the answers all come down to wunderkind Franklin Richards? Plus: the classic tale of the two teams' original face-off in Marvel's early era! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR VS. THE X-MEN #1-4 and FANTASTIC FOUR #28. 136 PGS./Rated A ...$19.99 * * * X-MEN VS. AVENGERS PREMIERE HC Written by ROGER STERN & STAN LEE Penciled by MARC SILVESTRI, KEITH POLLARD & JACK KIRBY Covers by KEITH POLLARD & MARC SILVESTRI When Magneto's on trial, he needs all the help he can get; he finds it in the remnants of his former fortress, Asteroid M! The X-Men aren't sure what his scheme is, but they're positive they don't want the Avengers and the Soviet Super-Soldiers to find out first! Multi-team warfare with the eyes of the world on all three! Also featuring the X-Men's fabulous first fight with the Avengers, to keep them from unleashing the legendary Lucifer! Collecting X-MEN VS. THE AVENGERS #1-4 and UNCANNY X-MEN #9. 136 PGS./Rated A ...$19.99 * * * MARVEL 1602 PREMIERE HC Written by NEIL GAIMAN Penciled by ANDY KUBERT Cover by SCOTT MCKOWEN The year is 1602, and strange things are stirring in England. In the service of Queen Elizabeth, court magician Dr. Stephen Strange senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies above is not of natural origin. Her majesty’s premier spy, Sir Nicholas Fury, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen by winged warriors rumored to be in service to a mad despot named Doom. News is spreading of “witchbreed” sightings — young men bearing fantastic superhuman powers and abilities. And in the center of the rising chaos is Virginia Dare, a young girl newly arrived from the New World, guarded by a towering Indian warrior. Can Fury and his allies find a connection to these unusual happenings before the whole world ends? In MARVEL 1602, award-winning writer Neil Gaiman presents a unique vision of the Marvel Universe set four hundred years in the past. Classic Marvel icons such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Daredevil appear in this intriguing world of 17th- century science and sorcery, instantly familiar to readers, yet subtly different in this new time. MARVEL 1602 combines classic Marvel action and adventure with the historically accurate setting of Queen Elizabeth’s reign to create a unique series unlike any other published by Marvel Comics. Collecting MARVEL 1602 #1-8. 248 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * SOLEIL: YTHAQ - NO ESCAPE PREMIERE HC Written by CHRISTOPHE ARLESTON Penciled by ADRIEN FLOCH Cover by ADRIEN FLOCH Ythaq is a strange medieval planet where the marooned survivors of a spaceship crash are just trying to survive. The young lieutenant Granite and her friends attempt to join the main group of survivors, but they encounter strange characters that hide from them the mysteries of the planet Ythaq. Discover the truth behind Dhokas, Khengis and Hetzel, and the man with an enormous insect grafted in his back! Collecting SOLEIL: YTHAQ - NO ESCAPE #1-3. 192 PGS./Mature ...$24.99 MARVEL DIGESTS MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD: HERO UP! DIGEST HERO COVER Written by PAUL TOBIN Penciled by MARCELO DICHIARA, CHRIS SOTOMAYOR, DARIO BRIZUELA & TODD NAUCK Cover by MARCELO DICHIARA Introducing the Marvel Universe in a way you’ve NEVER experienced before! Welcome to SUPER HERO CITY, a crowded capital of classy crusaders and crafty criminals in a crammed collective, and home of the SUPER HERO SQUAD! Take a stroll down to the Xavier Institute, past the FF’s Baxter Building...but don’t stray too far, because dastardly DOCTOR DOOM’s domain is the next block over...! Collecting MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD: HERO UP! and the comic strips seen exclusively on MARVELKIDS.COM. 96 PGS./All Ages ...$9.99 MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD: HERO UP! DIGEST VILLAIN COVER 96 PGS./All Ages ...$9.99 * * * MARVEL ADVENTURES THOR AND THE AVENGERS DIGEST Written by PAUL TOBIN, TODD DEZAGO & LOUISE SIMONSON Penciled by JACOPO CAMAGNI, DEREC DONOVAN, SCOTT GRAY & ROGER LANGRIDGE Cover by TOM GRUMMETT All ages action featuring your favorite Marvel super heroes! See Dr. Strange enlist the help of Foggy Nelson as they go up against the dreaded Dormammu. Then, Ant-Man goes looking for a job but finds the SANDMAN instead! And Captain America faces the hyper-technological might of Hydra! Plus, an epic tale featuring THOR, god of thunder! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #9-12. 96 PGS./All Ages ...$9.99 * * * WOLVERINE AND POWER PACK: THE WILD PACK DIGEST Written by MARC SUMERAK Penciled by GURIHIRU Cover by GURIHIRU The Power kids are excited to be visiting the coolest school on the planet -- the Xavier Institute! But even the home of the world's most powerful mutants might not be safe when the Sentinels come knocking! It's mutant mayhem in the mighty Marvel manner! Collecting WOLVERINE AND POWER PACK #1-4. 96 PGS./All Ages ...$9.99 TRADE PAPERBACKS SPIDER-MAN NOIR GN-TPB Written by DAVID HINE & FABRICE SAPOLSKY Penciled by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO Cover by DENNIS CALERO It was 1933, four long years after Wall Street crashed and took the rest of the world with it, and the Great Depression was just getting started. And so was the Goblin. A master at turning hopelessness into a commodity, the corrupt mob boss led a colorful gang of circus sideshow freaks — including the cannibalistic Vulture — in a corrupt stranglehold on the city. Peter Parker came of age during this time of struggle and hardship. Raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May, two stemwinding Socialists committed to positive change for the people, Peter would have been a boyish beacon of optimism in any other era. But in this world of noir, he was an embittered, angry young man on the search for justice. And then along came a spider. After a fated meeting with a mystical arachnid and its life-changing bite, he may have just inherited the force to honor the phrase, “If those in power can’t be trusted, it’s the responsibility of the people to remove them.” Collecting SPIDER-MAN NOIR #1-4. 112 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 Size: 5-3/4 x 8-7/8 inches * * * X-MEN NOIR GN-TPB Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by DENNIS CALERO Cover by DENNIS CALERO The Marvel Universe you know — shot in noir! Peter Magnus is a rookie cop on the beat, unable to outrace the shadow cast by his big-shot cop father. His sister, Wanda, is a socialite in deep ten large to Creole Club proprietor Remy LeBeau — the kind of debt she’ll be lucky to pay back with just cash. Their father, Eric Magnus, is chief of detectives, corrupting the Brotherhood of New York’s Finest from the inside out. (All under the discretion of Boss Shaw, of course.) Anne-Marie Rankin has a special talent for being whoever you need her to be. And Magnus needs her, the better to get close to Unus is the Untouchable, a mob boss so good at staying alive it’s driving his rivals nuts. And Xavier? That discredited shrink sits in a jail cell, wondering what in the world his little refugees from the “Xavier School for Exceptionally Wayward Youth” are up to now. Other than staying one step ahead of Magnus, that is. But now Jean Grey is dead. And nobody is allowed to care — nobody that counts — because who cares about one of Xavier’s dead grifters? It’s not like there’s an angel out there looking out for what’s right. Or is there? Collecting X-MEN NOIR #1-4. 120 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$14.99 Size: 5-3/4 x 8-7/8 inches * * * HAUNT OF HORROR TPB Written by RICHARD CORBEN & RICH MARGOPOULOS Penciled by RICHARD CORBEN Cover by RICHARD CORBEN Presenting one incredible collection of classic tales re-imagined by legendary horror artist Richard Corben. First, it’s Edgar Allan Poe as you’ve never seen him before. Classic Poe stories and poems are transformed into weird and disturbing new comic-book fantasies, with the original Poe texts printed alongside the new tales as an added bonus. It’s a frightening new presentation of Poe-inspired murder, madness and monstrosities! Then, Corben brings you a bold new interpretation full of eerie new spins on the poems and short stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Each adaptation is beautifully rendered in black and white with gray tones as only Corben can do it — along with a printing of the original source text by H.P. Lovecraft. Collecting HAUNT OF HORROR: EDGAR ALLAN POE #1-3 and HAUNT OF HORROR: LOVECRAFT #1-3. 216 PGS./Explicit Content ...$29.99 * * * WOLVERINE: WEAPON X FILES TPB Written by JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, RONALD BYRD, ERIC J. MOREELS, STUART VANDAL, MICHAEL HOSKIN, CHAD ANDERSON, RICH GREEN, JEPH YORK, MARKUS ETTLINGER, MADISON CARTER, MIKE FICHERA, PAUL BENJAMIN, MARK ROBERT BOURNE, DAVID RIOS, PETER SANDERSON & JERALD DEVICTORIA Cover by FRANK MARTIN JR. Four Wolverine handbooks packed into one collection make this the definitive resource to the world of Wolverine! He may be in an acre of comics each month, but this is the only place to get the real score! Featuring some of the Canucklehead's best allies – including Gambit, Maverick, Tyger Tiger and X-Force! And along for the ride are villains – the likes of Blob, Daken, Deadpool, Mastermind, Orphan Maker, Donald Pierce, the Purifiers, Sabretooth and S'ym. Everything you need to know about Hollywood’s favorite mutant is here in one collection! Collecting WOLVERINE: WEAPON X FILES and WOLVERINE ENCYCLOPEDIA #1-3. 224 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE MAN WITH NO FACE TPB Written by ED BRUBAKER Penciled by STEVE EPTING, LUKE ROSS & BUTCH GUICE Cover by STEVE EPTING With the Red Skull-fomented chaos borne from the death of Steve Rogers behind him, Bucky Barnes faces his future as the new Captain America. It’s a future full of possibility as the hero emblematic of America’s most cherished ideals and hopes. But Bucky is a man weighed down by a past as murderous as any bad guy the first — and in many Americans minds, the only — Captain America ever faced. And it is this weight that might crush the soul of the hero finally emerging out of the shadows and into the light. Brought to you by writer Ed Brubaker, the man who revived CAPTAIN AMERICA into an award-winning and headline-grabbing tour de force, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE MAN WITH NO FACE follows the new Cap as he fights against a pair of deadly foes — one a well-known member of the classic Cap rogues’ gallery and the other a reality-bending villain with a lust for revenge against Bucky’s former self as the Winter Soldier. Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #43-48. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$15.99 * * * GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2: WAR OF KINGS BOOK 1 TPB Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER, BRAD WALKER, CARLOS MAGNO & WES CRAIG Cover by CLINT LANGLEY If the Guardians have broken up, who will save the galaxy from the Church of Universal Truth, the Badoon and King Blastaar? First there was the cosmos saving. Then there was the betrayal. Now there’s the breakup. As Star-Lord’s squad head off on their own pursuits, a universe of innocents asks, “Where are our Guardians?” Fear not, helpless citizen of the stars, for a new team has risen and they are ready to put a beat down on any bad guys bent on destruction! These new Guardians include the brew-slurping Bug; the time-lost Major Victory, Gamora, the green-skinned assassin with mental issues; and an angry walking tree named Groot — all led by Rocket Raccon, a talking mammal with his raygun set on a hair-trigger. Just as the sabers begin rattling in the War of Kings, outer space’s elite cadre of saviors has seen better days. Feel guarded now? Collecting GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #7-12. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * SAVAGE SHE-HULK TPB Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by PETER VALE & MICHAEL RYAN Cover by ALEX GARNER From a world where society as we know it has crumbled and humanity has been irrevocably changed, she comes—the all-new, all-different SAVAGE SHE-HULK! But now, a deadly mission has brought her to current Marvel continuity. What terrible secret does this gamma-irradiated beauty bare? And is she friend or foe, Inhuman or mutant, Avenger, Defender...or Invader? Discover the mysteries surrounding this all-new superstar in the Marvel Universe as we proudly presents the all new SAVAGE SHE-HULK! Collecting SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1-4 and material from HULK FAMILY. 112 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 * * * MARVEL ZOMBIES/ARMY OF DARKNESS TPB Written by JOHN LAYMAN Penciled by FABIANO NEVES, FERNANDO BLANCO & SEAN PHILLIPS Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM The Marvel Zombies come face-to-face with Dynamite Entertainment's Ash from ARMY OF DARKNESS! Ash has faced legions of the undead before, but never like this...as he lands in the heart of New York just as the Zombie outbreak begins! See how his actions help turn more heroes and villains into Zombies! Under the watchful eye of Marvel Zombie guru Robert Kirkman, Marvel Zombies vs. the Army of Darkness became THE comic event of 2007! Plus: more classic “homage” covers from painter Arthur Suydam! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES/ARMY OF DARKNESS #1-5. 128 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$15.99 * * * MARVEL APES: THE EVOLUTION STARTS HERE TPB Written by KARL KESEL & TOM PEYER Penciled by REILLY BROWN, CHAD HARDIN, TODD NAUCK & RAMON BACHS Cover by JOHN WATSON Includes material never before seen in print! Feces front, True Believers, as we travel back to the Monkey-verse with four thrilling tales of bad puns and big guns. First, join the irrepressible Spider-Monkey as he comes to grips with a world too savage for his heroic legacy to allow. But as the Monkey-verse Peter Parker tries to create a better world for all ape-kind, Captain America (the top ape of the ape-verse) –stands in his way. Will the webbed wonder survive? Then, when teenager Roy Reyna finds he can transform into the super-powered simian APE X, it's more fun than a barrel of monkeys...until H.A.M.M.E.R. agents capture him! Plus: in the face of a fate worse than death, the Ape Universe’s greatest minds and leaders must come together to save their world in a secret council known as – the PRIME EIGHT! Watch the undercover action unfold in this never before seen story that could only be called APE-OKOPLIS NOW! And then, it's the masked (monkey) marvel SPEEDBALL! Bouncing out of the pages of the hit MARVEL APES mini-series— it's the masked (monkey) marvel SPEEDBALL! Branded a traitor to the entire Ape Universe, the simian superhero is now exiled, alienated, and alone on a bizarre Planet of Humans! Can this monkey make it in Man’s World? It won’t be easy. Collecting MARVEL APES SPECIALS: AMAZING SPIDER-MONKEY, GRUNT LINE, PRIME EIGHT and SPEEDBALL. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$16.99 * * * X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT TPB Written by GREG PAK Penciled by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC In 1935, Max Eisenhardt was just another schoolboy — who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel’s greatest icons begins with a silver chain and a crush on a girl — and quickly turns into a harrowing struggle for survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler’s Final Solution. Named the Best Miniseries of 2008 by IGN, X-Men: Magneto Testament follows Max Eisenhardt from 1935 to 1945 as he fights to protect his family and a Romani girl named Magda from the indignities of a Nuremberg schoolyard, the horrors of war-stricken Poland, and the unfathomable atrocities of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Collecting X-MEN: MAGENTO TESTAMENT #1-5. 152 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99 * * * HULK: SKAAR - SON OF HULK TPB Written by GREG PAK Penciled by RON GARNEY, BUTCH GUICE, CARLO PAGULAYAN, TIMOTHY TRUMAN, TIMOTHY GREEN II, GABRIEL HARDMAN & JHEREMY RAAPACK Cover by RON GARNEY From the first, he was a fighter. When the spaceship that exiled the Hulk to Sakaar exploded, it killed his queen and ravaged his kingdom. The Hulk returned to Earth to seek revenge, but he left behind a child he thought had died with its mother. Instead, the boy survived — hatching in a lake a fire, and growing strong and savage to match the world around him. Skaar, son of Hulk, possesses his father’s size and strength, and more than his share of rage. The refugees of Sakaar have found hope in this. Theirs is a dangerous planet, but they have a new champion to protect them. And their world will never be the same again. Collecting SKAAR: SON OF HULK #1-6, SAVAGE WORLD OF SAKAAR and material from HULK FAMILY. 200 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$24.99 * * * CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 VOL. 3: VAMPIRE STATE TPB Written by PAUL CORNELL Penciled by LEONARD KIRK & MICHAEL COLLINS Cover by STUART IMMONEN The king of the vampires is back. As if the hoards of demons that Pete Wisdom let out in order to defeat the Skrulls in England weren’t enough, now DRACULA has entered the scene. What does he want with Spitfire? And how will an election help his cause? You better hope that Captain Britain and the rest of MI13 have a way to defeat him! Plus: Meggan is Captain Britain's wife, an X-Man in Hell. And she's going to fight her way home. Over years, bargains, battles, with only her love to guide her. Can she get back to Earth in time to help her husband turn back Dracula and his evil invasion? Collecting CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #10-15 and CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 ANNUAL #1 176 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * FANTASTIC FOUR: LOST ADVENTURES BY STAN LEE TPB Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JACK KIRBY, RON FRENZ, JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN ROMITA SR., JOHN ROMITA JR., BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, KERRY GAMMILL, RON FRENZ, AL MILGROM, JOHN BUSCEMA, MARC SILVESTRI, JERRY ORDWAY & NICK DRAGOTTA Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR Stan’s back, and he’s brought the Fantastic Four with him! Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made pop-culture history during the 1960s with their landmark run on FANTASTIC FOUR. Unabridged for 102 consecutive issues, the legacy of their work together has influenced the imaginations of comic-book creators and pop-art innovators. And guess what? It’s time to make room for a 103rd issue! A lost classic by Stan and Jack has made it into the hands of astonished FF fans everywhere! Featuring art by Kirby, much of which has never been seen by the public, this restoration project was finished off with scripting by Stan and inked by legendary FF delineator Joe Sinnott — marking a reunion of the dynamite combo that made the Marvel Age of Comics so scintillatingly super. Rounding out the contents are three other classic stories by Stan Lee that explore many different facets of the First Family and the universe they helped found. All have one thing in common: the heart, soul, wit and charm of Stan “The Man” Lee. Collecting THE LAST FANTASTIC FOUR STORY, FANTASTIC FOUR: LOST, FANTASTIC FOUR #296 & #543. 200 PGS./Rated A ...$24.99 * * * THOR BY DAN JURGENS & JOHN ROMITA JR. VOL. 1 TPB Written by DAN JURGENS & HOWARD MACKIE Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR. Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR. Two of comicdom's classic creators collaborate as Thor returns from Heroes Reborn to find the gods of AT LEAST three pantheons against him! Plus: Who is the Destroyer, and who will be destroyed? Guest-starring Spider-Man, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Avengers! Collecting THOR #1-8 and PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #2. 232 PGS./Rated A ...$29.99 * * * PET AVENGERS CLASSIC TPB Written by STAN LEE, STEVE DITKO, MARY JO DUFFY, SCOTT EDELMAN, PETER GILLIS, STEVEN GRANT, BRUCE JONES, LARRY LEIBER, WILL MURRAY, FABIAN NICIEZA, GREG PAK, LOUISE SIMONSON, DAN SLOTT, MARC SUMERAK & ZEB WELLS Penciled by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JUNE BRIGMAN, BOB BUDIANSKY, ANDREA DIVITO, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, GIL KANE, VAL MAYERIK, TAKESHI MIYAZAWA, MICHAEL NETZER, DON PERLIN, JAVIER SALTARES, PAUL SMITH & SKOTTIE YOUNG Cover by KARL KERSCHL The Falcon, the Two-Gun Kid and many another will tell you: A hero's best friend is his animal sidekick! A teleporting dog, a winged horse, a bouncing cat...and lookit the cute puppies! All part of the Marvel Universe animal kingdom showcased in this offbeat collection! Lockheed gone solo! The origin of Zabu! The Super-Apes triumphant! Magic; super-science; and squirrels, squirrels, squirrels! Featuring rarely seen early work by Fabian Nicieza, Greg Pak and other present-day Marvel headliners! Collecting material from THING #4, CAPTAIN AMERICA #220, KA-ZAR THE SAVAGE #14-15, X-MEN UNLIMITED #43, MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #72, SPEEDBALL #6, MARVEL TALES #100, MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #8, AMAZING FANTASY #15, FANTASTIC FOUR #94, NEW DEFENDERS #150, NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #4, FRANKLIN RICHARDS: HAPPY FRANKSGIVING, NEW WARRIORS #2 and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #57. 208 PGS./ Rated A ...$24.99 * * * SECRET WAR TPB (NEW PRINTING) Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO New Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO Experience the darkest chapter in Marvel Universe history. When Nick Fury discovers a disturbing connection between many of Marvel’s deadliest villains, he assembles a ragtag team of the MU’s most misunderstood heroes for a secret mission to do what the U.S. government could never allow – eventually leading to a super-powered blowout between a who’s who of NYC heroes and mutants! Collecting SECRET WAR #1-5 and FROM THE FILES OF NICK FURY. 256 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 ESSENTIALS ESSENTIAL SUB-MARINER VOL. 1 TPB Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, RAYMOND MARAIS & ARCHIE GOODWIN Penciled by WALLY WOOD, GENE COLAN, JACK KIRBY, JERRY GRANDENETTI, BILL EVERETT, DAN ADKINS, WERNER ROTH, MARIE SEVERIN & JOHN BUSCEMA Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA Ten years after the last issue of the Golden Age's SUB-MARINER COMICS, the Avenging Son finally claimed a monthly feature in TALES TO ASTONISH, the entire run of which is presented here! Namor's on an undersea quest, braving the Seaweed Man, the Demon of the Diamonds and other oceanic oddities for the power to protect his kingdom from his perennial would-be usurpers: Attuma, Byrrah and Krang! But even if he reclaims his crown, Puppet Master and the Secret Empire want him as their puppet king! Plus: Namor learns secrets of his past, but does his future lead only to...Destiny? Guest-starring Daredevil, Iron Man and the Hulk! Collecting DAREDEVIL #7, TALES TO ASTONISH #70-101, TALES OF SUSPENSE #80, IRON MAN & SUB MARINER #1 and SUB-MARINER #1. 504 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99