MARVEL COMICS: October 2015 Collected Editions Solicits MASTERWORKS MARVEL MASTERWORKS: DAREDEVIL VOL. 10 HC Written by STEVE GERBER with GERRY CONWAY, CHRIS CLAREMONT & STEVE ENGLEHART Penciled by GENE COLAN & DON HECK with RICH BUCKLER, SYD SHORES, BOB BROWN & JIM STARLIN Cover by RICH BUCKLER Steve Gerber debuts, Gene Colan’s amazing run concludes, and Marvel’s gritty Man Without Fear reaches his centennial issue in the latest Daredevil Masterworks! Now operating out of San Francisco, Daredevil continues his partnership with the Black Widow as they confront villains as weird as Haight-Ashbury. The Dark Messiah and Angar the Screamer lead the charge, until Stilt-Man arrives to strut his way across the Golden Gate! There’s also a crossover adventure with the Avengers and X-Men, a Spider-Man team-up, and a fight with Kraven the Hunter that turns decidedly cosmic! Enter: Moondragon — who mistakes DD for a thrall of Thanos — and the original Captain Marvel! Collecting DAREDEVIL (1964) #97-107 and AVENGERS (1963) #111. 264 PGS./Rated T …$75.00 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: DAREDEVIL VOL. 10 HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 228 (DM ONLY) 264 PGS./Rated T …$75.00 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE CHAMPIONS VOL. 1 HC Written by TONY ISABELLA & BILL MANTLO with CHRIS CLAREMONT & JIM SHOOTER Penciled by GEORGE TUSKA & JOHN BYRNE with BOB HALL, DON HECK & SAL BUSCEMA Cover by GIL KANE Join the Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider, Iceman and Angel as they form an all-new super-team: the Champions! This massive Masterworks collects the Champions’ complete adventures in a single volume! Every issue, every highlight, every page as the lives of these Marvel icons play out together. Their struggles will reveal the origin of the man who created the Black Widow, pit them against the combined might of Magneto and Doctor Doom; unleash the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man on Los Angeles; team them with the Stranger in the fight for an Infinity Gem; and bring fan-favorite artist John Byrne aboard for some of his greatest early work, including stories featuring the Sentinels and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Collecting CHAMPIONS #1-17, IRON MAN ANNUAL #4, AVENGERS (1963) #163, SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP #14 and SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #17-18. 432 PGS./Rated T …$100.00 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE CHAMPIONS VOL. 1 HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 229 (DM ONLY)  432 PGS./Rated T …$100.00 OVERSIZED HARDCOVERS THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC OPEÑA COVER Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by DAVE COCKRUM & PAUL SMITH with FRANK MILLER, BRENT ANDERSON, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, WALTER SIMONSON, JOHN ROMITA JR., MICHAEL GOLDEN, BRET BLEVINS, JOHN BUSCEMA, RON FRENZ & SAL BUSCEMA Covers by JEROME OPEÑA & PAUL SMITH Experience some of the greatest stories the blockbuster X-Men franchise has to offer! The era’s top talents mark milestone after mutant milestone beginning with the “Brood Saga.” Then, author Chris Claremont rises to find perhaps his most poignant and challenging expression of the mutant metaphor in “God Loves, Man Kills.” His work with Frank Miller on WOLVERINE skyrocketed the character’s popularity, setting the stage for his breakout as a global icon. The X-Men classics continue with a look into Professor X’s past with Magneto, Kitty Pryde and Colossus’s growing romance, Illyana Rasputin’s transformation into Magik, encounters with Dracula; Rogue’s debut with the X-Men, the first appearance of the Morlocks; and the wedding of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor. Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #154-175, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #6-7, MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #5, WOLVERINE (1982) #1-4, SPECIAL EDITION X-MEN #1 and MAGIK (1983) #1-4. 968 PGS./Rated T+ …$99.99 THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC SMITH COVER (DM ONLY) 968 PGS./Rated T+ …$99.99 * * * THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC Written by NICK SPENCER, JAMES ASMUS, TOM PEYER & ELLIOT KALAN Penciled by STEVE LIEBER, RICHARD ELLIS, CARMEN CARNERO, NUNO PLATI & MORE Cover by MARCOS MARTIN The spidery sleeper-hit series is collected in one stylish, superior volume! Boomerang and his “team” of villains have a plan and the means to pull it off, but they’re about to learn the hard way that you can’t steal the head of cyborg mob boss Silvermane without severe repercussions! Now, Boomerang has been targeted for death — but what does the Beetle know about it? Is Overdrive a rat? Can Shocker and Boomerang repair their relationship? And if Speed Demon can’t do the time, then he shouldn’t have done the crime! Now the Foes are up against the world’s most dangerous thing: the truth! Manhattan descends into chaos as the gang war begins! Lives are lost, feelings are hurt, and car keys get misplaced as the Foes take on all comers! Collecting THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN #1-17. 376 PGS./Rated T+ …$49.99   * * * CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY VIBRANIUM COLLECTION HC Written by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, STAN LEE, STEVE ENGLEHART, MIKE FRIEDRICH, ROGER STERN, MARK GRUENWALD, KIERON DWYER, MARK WAID, ED BRUBAKER & RICK REMENDER Penciled by JACK KIRBY, JOE SIMON, AL AVISON, JOHN ROMITA SR., SAL BUSCEMA, JOHN BYRNE, KIERON DWYER, RON GARNEY, STEVE EPTING, MICHAEL LARK & STUART IMMONEN Cover by ALEX ROSS Celebrate 75 years of the Sentinel of Liberty with this Vibranium-sized, slipcased collection of Captain America’s greatest adventures from each decade — from the Golden Age, to Cap’s 1950s revival, to his return after years on ice! Cap battles the Red Skull and his Sleepers, socks Hitler in the jaw, faces M.O.D.O.K. and the Secret Empire, and races against time in Baron Zemo’s Bloodstone Hunt! Bucky Barnes returns as the Winter Soldier, and the Falcon steps up to wield the shield for an all-new era! Iconic tales of suspense from a score of industry legends! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #169-175, #255 and #445-448; CAPTAIN AMERICA (2005) #8-9 and #11-14; and ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #1-6 — plus material from CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1-2, #7 and #10; CAPTAIN AMERICA (1954) #76-78; TALES OF SUSPENSE #72-74 and #92-94; and CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #357-362. 824 PGS./Rated T+ …$200.00   * * * STAR WARS: EPISODE VI — RETURN OF THE JEDI HC Written by ARCHIE GOODWIN Penciled by AL WILLIAMSON Cover by ADI GRANOV Luke Skywalker faces his destiny as the greatest trilogy in all of fiction concludes, remastered for the modern age! These are grim times for the Rebel Alliance. Han Solo is in the hands of the vile Jabba the Hutt. The Jedi Master Yoda grows weak. Emperor Palpatine is determined to turn Luke to the Dark Side. And Darth Vader nears completion of a new dreaded Death Star even more powerful than the first. To avert certain doom, the rebels head to the forest moon of Endor — but will the native Ewoks be friends or foes? Before the Battle of Endor begins, Princess Leia faces dramatic revelations. And when Luke surrenders to Vader, the fate of the galaxy may rest on the ultimate father/son confrontation! It’s Return, remastered — read it! Collecting STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI #1-4. 112 PGS./Rated T …$24.99   * * * SECRET WARS HC Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Penciled by ESAD RIBIC & PAUL RENAUD Cover by ALEX ROSS The Marvel Universe is no more! The interdimensional Incursions have eliminated each and every alternate universe one by one. And now — despite the best efforts of the scientists, sages and superhumans — the Marvel Universe and Ultimate Universe have collided…and been destroyed! All that exists in the vast empty cosmos is a single, titanic patchwork planet made of the fragmented remains of hundreds of devastated dimensions: Battleworld! And the survivors of this multiversal catastrophe all bend their knee to Battleworld’s master: Doctor Doom! What strange creatures inhabit this world? Which familiar faces will return? And what happens when Battleworld’s various domains go to war? The Marvel Universe is dead — and the victors of the Secret Wars will determine what comes next! Collecting SECRET WARS (2015) #1-8 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2015: SECRET WARS #0. 224 PGS./Rated T+ …$49.99   * * * AVENGERS BY JONATHAN HICKMAN VOL. 3 HC Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Penciled by ESAD RIBIC, SALVADOR LARROCA & LEINIL FRANCIS YU Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR. Captain America and Iron Man plan for the next iteration of the Avengers, but they soon discover that a runaway planet is on a collision course with Earth! And as A.I.M. brings a corrupt version of the Avengers into the Marvel Universe, Bruce Banner puts together the pieces of the Illuminati and confronts Iron Man. The collision of the Avengers and the New Avengers is imminent! But as teammate faces teammate, the Time Gem suddenly reappears and takes the Avengers on a peril-filled journey into days-to-come: 50, 500, 5,000 and 50,000 years into the future, the team witnesses the legacy of its actions, the rogue planet’s origin is revealed — and the Avengers World crumbles. The Illuminati have fortified themselves to save the Earth, but Captain America will remind them of the cost. Collecting AVENGERS (2012) #24-34. 272 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99   * * * DAREDEVIL BY MARK WAID VOL. 4 HC Written by MARK WAID Penciled by CHRIS SAMNEE, JAVIER RODRIGUEZ & PETER KRAUSE Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE Marvel’s fearless hero begins an awe-inspiring adventure in sunny San Francisco! Daredevil has headed West, and he now protects the Golden City’s streets from evil — both as a costumed hero and as blind lawyer Matt Murdock! But big changes are in store for Matt as old haunts and familiar faces rise to give the devil his due, and one of DD’s oldest enemies is permanently redefined, deadlier than ever. The Owl is back, and he isn’t working alone. The Shroud makes DD’s new life tough — but the Purple Children may destroy it completely! Plus: Kirsten and Matt find themselves sharing a volatile secret, the truth about Matt’s mother is revealed — and what killed Foggy Nelson?! And if that’s not enough, celebrate Daredevil’s fiftieth anniversary with a look into the future! Collecting DAREDEVIL (2014) #1-10, #1.50 and #0.1. 312 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99   * * * UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 1 HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO, FRAZER IRVING, KRIS ANKA & MARCO RUDY Cover by CHRIS BACHALO The flagship X-Men series returns! In the wake of the Phoenix event and Professor X’s death, what are Cyclops and his outlaw X-Men: visionary revolutionaries or dangerous terrorists? Whatever the truth, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto and Magik are gathering new mutants and redefining the name “Uncanny X-Men.” But they face harsh challenges: Robotic Sentinels hunt mutants once again, there’s a mole on Cyclops’ squad, and a villain is secretly posing as their former ally! As a new team of students forms, a weakened Magneto must prove he’s still the Master of Magnetism, and Magik faces the evil Dormammu! School is in session — but as the new recruits learn what it means to be an X-Man, they wonder what exactly they’re being trained for. Plus: Kitty Pryde! INHUMANITY! And more! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (2013) #1-11, #14, #15.INH and #16-18. 360 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99   TRADE PAPERBACKS AND OTHER PAPERBACKS MOON KNIGHT EPIC COLLECTION: SHADOWS OF THE MOON TPB Volume #2 in the Moon Knight Epic Collections Written by DOUG MOENCH, JACK HARRIS & ALAN ZELENETZ Penciled by BILL SIENKIEWICZ, DENYS COWAN & GREG LAROCQUE Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ Ghosts, werewolves and things that go crazy in the night! Marvel’s multiple-personality midnight marauder takes the fight to the strangest rogues’ gallery in all of comics — from Arsenal, the one-man army, to the nun with a crossbow known as Stained Glass Scarlet. The Jester is no joke, for either Moon Knight or Daredevil. Then there’s Morpheus, who’s guaranteed to give you sleepless nights. But the old foes are the worst: enemies like Midnight Man and Bushman, who have returned to plague Marc Spector. Or is he Steven Grant? Jake Lockley? As always with Moon Knight, the voices inside his head can be as destructive as the lunatics trying to kill him! Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz hit full stride in a super-hero comic like no other! Collecting MOON KNIGHT (1980) #5-23. * * * SILVER SURFER EPIC COLLECTION: FREEDOM TPB Volume #3 in the Silver Surfer Epic Collections Written by JOHN BYRNE, STAN LEE, STEVE ENGLEHART & MARK GRUENWALD Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, MARSHALL ROGERS, JOE STATON, JACK KIRBY & JOHN BUSCEMA Cover by MARSHALL ROGERS The sentinel of the spaceways soars again! After years trapped on Earth, the Silver Surfer finally breaks free of Galactus’s barrier and returns to the stars. His full Power Cosmic restored, he heads for Zenn-La. But the old saying holds true: You can’t go home again. While the age-old war between the Kree and the Skrulls heats up once again, the Elders of the Universe target Galactus! But love is the greatest force of all. Will Surfer find it with his old flame, Shalla-Bal? With Galactus’s herald Nova? Or with the Celestial Madonna, Mantis? Plus: the origin of Galactus and more! Collecting SILVER SURFER (1982) #1, SILVER SURFER (1987) #1-14, SUPER-VILLAIN CLASSICS, and material from EPIC ILLUSTRATED #1 and MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #51. 488 PGS./Rated T …$34.99   * * * STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION: THE EMPIRE VOL. 2 TPB Written by RANDY STRADLEY Penciled by DAVE ROSS & DOUGLAS WHEATLEY Cover by DAVE WILKINS The dark times continue! As the Empire strengthens its grip in the wake of Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the remaining Jedi are marked for death! Jedi Master K’kruhk faces a battle for his life — one with deadly parallels for Bomo Greenbark and the crew of the smuggler vessel Uhumele. Meanwhile, Master Dass Jennir is down to his last credit and faces a stark choice: compromise his ideals or starve. Being a Jedi may make him an outlaw, but does being an outlaw mean he’s no longer a Jedi? Darth Vader doesn’t care: He’s on Dass’s trail either way — and so is the dread assassin Falco Sang! Collecting STAR WARS: DARK TIMES #6-17, STAR WARS: DARK TIMES — BLUE HARVEST #0 and STAR WARS: DARK TIMES — OUT OF THE WILDERNESS #1-5. 440 PGS./Rated T …$39.99   * * * INFINITY GAUNTLET: WARZONES! TPB Written by DUSTIN WEAVER & GERRY DUGGAN Penciled by DUSTIN WEAVER Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER Anwen Bakian’s family lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, scrounging for food and avoiding giant carnivorous bugs. Mom left years ago to join the Nova Force and never returned. So it’s just Anwen, her dad, her sister and her grandpa. That is, until she finds a mysterious stone that holds incredible cosmic power — and the Mad Titan Thanos enters the picture! Now, the search for the Infinity Stones begins as the Bakian family finds themselves allied with Thanos. (Don’t they know Thanos can’t be trusted? No? Someone please tell them!) The search soon explodes into all-out war, and the fate of Battleworld hangs in the balance — but so does the fate of one family that has been torn apart. Don’t miss this incredible tale that sets up the cosmic Marvel Universe for years to come! Collecting INFINITY GAUNTLET (2015) #1-5. 112 PGS./Rated T …$16.99 * * * A-FORCE VOL. 0: WARZONES! TPB Written by G. WILLOW WILSON & MARGUERITE BENNETT Penciled by JORGE MOLINA Cover by JIM CHEUNG Marvel’s Mightiest Women get their own explosive series! In a secluded corner of Battleworld, the utopian island of Arcadia is fiercely protected by a team of Avengers the likes of which has only ever been glimpsed before. Fighting to protect the small sliver of their world that’s left, the Amazing A-Force stands ready to take on all threats! When monsters appear on Arcadia, She-Hulk and A-Force set out to discover the source. But when they stumble upon a far-reaching conspiracy, She-Hulk is set up to violate Battleworld’s most sacred rule. Now, A-Force must face the planet’s protectors: The Thor Corps! A traitor in A-Force’s ranks is revealed, and she won’t rest until their island is razed. As Battleworld’s horrors bear down on Arcadia, what sacrifices will the members of A-Force make to save their home — and each other? Collecting A-FORCE #1-5. 112 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99 * * * AGE OF ULTRON VS. MARVEL ZOMBIES TPB Written by JAMES ROBINSON & BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by STEVE PUGH & BRYAN HITCH Cover by CARLOS PACHECO There’s a place so dangerous that it’s walled off from the rest of Battleworld. A place where wild zombies feast on those who’ve been banished for crimes against the state — where cold, mechanical Ultrons destroy anything human. But as war rages between Ultron’s robotic horde and the zombie masses, a small pocket of humanity must defend itself from both sides. Can Salvation — an oasis run by Jim Hammond, the Vision and Wonder Man — protect what little humanity resides in the “Dead Zone”? And how will the Hank Pym of 1872 react when banished to this hellish landscape? Ultron is on the verge of a breakthrough that will shake the foundations of Battleworld — but whoever wins, we lose…unless Hank Pym can deliver us from evil! Collecting AGE OF ULTRON VS. MARVEL ZOMBIES #1-4 and AGE OF ULTRON #1. 128 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99 * * * GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by MIKE DEODATO JR. & JIM CHEUNG Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR. A single moon orbits Battleworld. But no, that’s no moon. It’s a space station. It’s Knowhere! The head of a dead Celestial, somehow saved from the multiversal collapse. In this colony brimming with convicts and criminals, there’s plenty of work maintaining the “peace.” But a new power is rising that threatens to tear apart the threadbare fabric of the Celestial head’s society. Will those destined to safeguard Knowhere accept that burden in time to save its citizens? Who is the mysterious woman that took out Gamora? Who stands to profit from Knowhere’s turmoil? When Knowhere’s secrets reveal themselves, it will change the face of the Guardians forever. The galaxy may be gone, but there are still places that need heroes. That need champions. That need Guardians. Collecting GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #1-4 and NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI (2007) #3. 112 PGS./Rated T …$15.99   * * * HAIL HYDRA TPB Written by RICK REMENDER & DAVID MANDEL Penciled by ROLAND BOSCHI & MICHAEL WALSH Cover by Juan Doe Safety through obedience. Strength in conformity. Hydra is watching. Welcome to Hydra World, and its capital, New York. The city that had better sleep after curfew, if it knows what’s good for it. But when Ian Rogers, the hero named Nomad, finds himself in this rotten Big Apple, he will challenge its regime of terror. Nomad is no stranger to hellish surroundings — but in Hydra’s Battleworld domain, he will face a new kind of nightmare. A very personal foe with an all-too-familiar face: the Sentinel of Subjugation called Captain Hydra! As SECRET WARS rages, Nomad fights impossible odds. Can one man defeat a world? Or will he be forced to…Hail Hydra?! Plus: Hank Johnson, agent of Hydra, will make you look at faceless henchmen in a whole new light! Collecting HAIL HYDRA #1-4 and HANK JOHNSON, AGENT OF HYDRA #1. 112 PGS./Rated T …$16.99 * * * CAPTAIN MARVEL & THE CAROL CORPS TPB Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK & KELLY THOMPSON Penciled by DAVID LOPEZ & FILIPE ANDRADE Cover by DAVID LOPEZ Welcome to Hala Field, the Battlefield domain where being a part of the elite Carol Corps requires guts, guile and lots of grit. These ladies are the best of the best — and they’ll take you down if you threaten their Captain! After explosive events take the squad by surprise, Captain Marvel and her Carol Corps are determined to never again be left in the dark. Together, they begin a secret and highly dangerous campaign, but chasing secrets quickly brings trouble to Hala Field — and now it’s Corps vs. Corps! Captain Marvel and her team are pinned down by the Thor Corps, and the squad is in no shape for a firefight. If they can win the battle, they’ve got one way out of this mess: up! Collecting CAPTAIN MARVEL & THE CAROL CORPS #1-4 and CAPTAIN MARVEL (2012) #17. 112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99 * * * SECRET WARS 2099 TPB Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by WILL SLINEY Cover by DAVE RAPOZA Travel to the Battleworld domain of 2099 and see the future in a whole new light. Introducing the Avengers 2099! Can the ideal of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes survive in a world where megacorporations rule with an iron fist? Find out as the 2099 Avengers come face-to-face with a tremendous beast who’s no stranger to the team! (You won’t like him when he’s angry.) Then, the Defenders of 2099 square off against the Avengers! When corporations control super heroes, what differences could have driven the Defenders to stand against Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? To find out, the Avengers take on Alchemax — and Miguel Stone bears his talons for the first time! And even as Captain America discovers the truth about her own dual identity, an ancient evil appears, intent on destroying the 2099 Avengers! Collecting SECRET WARS 2099 #1-5. 112 PGS./Rated T …$16.99 * * * MARVEL ZOMBIES: BATTLEWORLD TPB  Written by SIMON SPURRIER with ROBERT KIRKMAN Penciled by KEV WALKER with SEAN PHILLIPS Cover by KEN LASHLEY Elsa Bloodstone is stationed on the Wall, tasked with keeping Battleworld’s zombie hordes contained. Elsa thinks often of her deceased father, Ulysses Bloodstone — how all his lessons gave her the skills to fight, but the love he didn’t give is indirectly what landed her on the Wall to begin with. When Elsa spots a human child caught in the zombieverse, she decides to rescue the girl — and now, stranded in the Deadlands with this mysterious child and stalked by a merciless hunter, Elsa must traverse the zombie-ridden landscape and escape. But haunted by ghosts from her past — including visions of her stern father — Elsa realizes it may not be the zombies she fears. And she’s about to learn that the child is not what she claims to be. Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES (2015) #1-4 and MARVEL ZOMBIES (2006) #1. 112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99   * * * AGE OF APOCALYPSE: WARZONES! TPB  Written by FABIAN NICIEZA Penciled by GERARDO SANDOVAL & IBAN COELLO Cover by GERARDO SANDOVAL His war has been won. The few humans left alive are enslaved; the mutant rebellion crushed. En Sabah Nur, Apocalypse, rules his Battleworld kingdom without mercy — but the terrorist X-Men plan to end his reign! For Magneto and his X-Men, success means finding a very special mutant named Cypher and unleashing a weapon that will kill Apocalypse — and possibly all other mutants, as well! As the X-Men face Cyclops and Havok’s Elite Mutant Force, Angel finds himself protecting a “flatscan” named Jean Grey, and Dr. Nemesis must sabotage Dark Beast’s quest to become the newest Horseman of Apocalypse! As the race to claim the Legacy virus grows desperate, the X-Men, the Horseman and the human insurgency clash! The devastating plague begins claiming mutants’ lives — but if Apocalypse falls, who will rule in his place? Collecting AGE OF APOCALYPSE (2015) #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99 * * * SPIDER-ISLAND: WARZONES! TPB Written by CHRISTOS GAGE & TOM DEFALCO Penciled by PACO DIAZ LUQUE & RON FRENZ Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS In the Battleworld zone known as Spider-Island, Peter Parker has lost — and the Spider Queen has turned Manhattan into an island of arachnid madness! With Spider-Man defeated and captive, does Flash Thompson — A.K.A. Venom — stand a chance? Venom and his squad of monstrous heroes wage all-out war on the Queen, but to reclaim a Manhattan completely overrun by her spider-army, Venom will need a little help from his friend. (Which friend? We’ll give you a hint: thwip!) Venom and his allies take the fight straight to the Queen, but one among them will have to make the ultimate sacrifice! Plus: Mayday Parker and her amazing Spider-Family are back as we visit the MC2 patch of Battleworld! Collecting SPIDER-ISLAND (2015) #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated T …$17.99   * * * KORVAC SAGA: WARZONES! TPB Written by DAN ABNETT Penciled by GERARDO SANDOVAL, NICO LEON & OTTO SCHMIDT Cover by OTTO SCHMIDT The Guardians come face-to-face with the 21st-century Guardians of the Galaxy! Stranded in the present, the 31st-century Guardians finally locate the anomaly that’s ripping the timestream apart. But preventing it is something else altogether! Then, after the incursions end and Battleworld is formed, Michael Korvac governs the Forest Hills — but his domain is threatened by chaotic forces from beyond the Wall, and a dark madness spreading through the population. Korvac’s loyal Guardians must find the source of the evil before it corrupts the new world they live on! When Korvac’s rival the Wonder Man moves against him, deploying his Avengers in an effort to seize power, only the Guardians stand in the way of this ruthless power play — and a terrible, world-shattering secret will be discovered. Collecting GUARDIANS 3000 #6-8 and KORVAC SAGA #1-4. 160 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99 * * * SQUADRON SINISTER TPB Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM with ROY THOMAS Penciled by CARLOS PACHECO with SAL BUSCEMA Cover by CARLOS PACHECO They’re the world’s greatest villains: the Squadron Sinister! And they’re taking Battleworld by force in this SECRET WARS tie-in for fans of crime epics like The Godfather, The Sopranos and Sons of Anarchy. But will controlling one domain be enough for Hyperion and his gang? Not hardly. First, the Squadron Sinister take on the Frightful Four for control over the Combat domain. Which group of villains will be the ones to take out the Howling Commandos, the Leatherneck Raiders, and the Deadly Dozen? Then, it’s all-out war between the Squadron and the New Universe heroes of Nutopia! But what’s up with that Starbrand army? Are the Sinisters a greater danger to themselves than their foes? And which member is going to die?! Plus: the Squadron Sinister’s classic debut! Collecting SQUADRON SINISTER #1-4 and AVENGERS (1963) #69-70. 136 PGS./Parental Advisory …$16.99   * * * SILVER SURFER VOL. 3: LAST DAYS TPB Written by DAN SLOTT Penciled by MICHAEL ALLRED Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED Time ran out, and the Marvel Universe died. From the edge of Battleworld to the outskirts of infinity, every planet and star was expunged. Every life force extinguished. There are no survivors — except the Surfer, Dawn, and Toomie. How did they cheat death? And more important, can they figure out a way to bring everything back? Given unheralded new power, the Surfer is tasked with remaking the entire universe! From the laws of physics to the origins of life itself, what strange new cosmos will Norrin Radd will into being? Meanwhile, Dawn has a far less intimidating task: All she has to rebuild is Earth! This may be the Silver Surfer’s last days, but it might also be the first day of an All-New Marvel Universe! Plus: a Moebius twist on a sci-fi classic! Collecting SILVER SURFER (2014) #11-15. 120 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99 * * * CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE MIGHTY AVENGERS VOL. 2: LAST DAYS TPB Written by AL EWING Penciled by LUKE ROSS, ALAN DAVIS & BUTCH GUICE Cover by LUKE ROSS These are the stories of the end of the world, and the people who faced the end together. Some wore costumes, some didn’t. Some had powers, and all some had were each other. They were the Mighty Avengers. And this is the story of their last day. Then, in the Battleworld futuropolis of Mondo-City One, Boss Cage is the law! But when the fascist fiefdom annexes neighboring Yinsen City, who’ll defend Ho Yinsen’s dream of peace? The Mighty Defenders! As Captain Britain faces Boss Cage from the inside of a cell, Mondo-City breaks out its biggest gun. Can even the Defenders stand against the multi-story murder-dozer called War Machine? Plus: The Age of Ultron hits the UK! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE MIGHTY AVENGERS #8-9, CAPTAIN BRITAIN & THE MIGHTY DEFENDERS #1-2 and AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (2012) #15AU. 112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99 * * * MS. MARVEL VOL. 4: LAST DAYS TPB Written by G. WILLOW WILSON & DAN SLOTT Penciled by ADRIAN ALPHONA & GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI Cover by KRIS ANKA From the moment Kamala put on her costume, she’s been challenged. But nothing has prepared her for this: the last days of the Marvel Universe. It’s a very special guest appearance that fans have been clamoring for: Carol “Captain Marvel” Danvers and Kamala “Ms. Marvel” Khan face the end of the world side-by-side! Between teaming up with her personal hero to rescue her brother and trying to keep her city from falling into an all-out frenzy, Kamala has barely had time to come to terms with the fact that the world is literally collapsing around her. But the truth will catch up to her, and soon. When the world is about to end, do you still keep fighting? Kamala knows the answer. Let’s do this, Jersey City. Collecting MS. MARVEL (2014) #16-19 and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #7-8. 120 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99 * * * NOVA VOL. 6: HOMECOMING TPB Written by GERRY DUGGAN Penciled by DAVID BALDEON Cover by ORPHANS CHEEPS When the newest Nova needs help with his busted helmet, he turns to Doc Green, the Incredible Hulk! But their quest soon takes them halfway across the universe and puts them in danger that even the Hulk can’t punch his way out of! Then, Nova joins the X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy for an epic adventure. With the Black Vortex in his possession, Sam must run for his life! But even when he returns to Earth, cosmic problems follow him — and his next challenge will test him more than any adventure has before. The entire world is under the gun, and it’s up to Nova and his friends — Beta Ray Bill, Doc Green, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Cosmo — to save the planet! You won’t believe how it all ends! Collecting NOVA ANNUAL (2015) #1 and NOVA (2013) #28-31. 120 PGS./Rated T …$16.99 * * * UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 5: THE OMEGA MUTANT TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by KRIS ANKA & CHRIS BACHALO Cover by CHRIS BACHALO The X-Men gather to unseal the last will and testament of their beloved leader, Charles Xavier — but what they learn will change Xavier’s entire legacy! And as they hunt an all-powerful mutant whom Charles had secreted away, Scott Summers faces his own past. Thanks to his Phoenix-possessed murder of Professor X, Cyclops destroyed his former life and has become one of the world’s most wanted men. But is the greatest threat to his safety lurking within the dark recesses of his own mind? Then, Magneto returns to the X-Men, but they’re certainly not happy to see him. In the fallout from AXIS, the team members return to the school to lick their wounds and search for an identity. Are they terrorists, revolutionaries, teachers…or something else entirely? Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (2013) #26-31. 136 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99 * * * BUCKY BARNES: THE WINTER SOLDIER VOL. 2 TPB Written by ALES KOT Penciled by MARCO RUDY & LANGDON FOSS Cover by MICHAEL DEL MUNDO As Bucky Barnes fights for his life, the planet Mer-Z-Bow approaches civil war — its first in seven centuries. And the Winter Soldier might be the catalyst! The other Bucky Barnes came to this dimension to help. But did the man who seeks to end war just cause one in another universe? Who sent Crossbones to kill Bucky? Who benefits from erasing their steps the most? As the two Buckys sort things out, the mastermind is uncovered, and Daisy Johnson hunts for the “gun planet” — a planet that is an actual gun, now aimed at Mer-Z-Bow! Quake and Ventolin join forces, but the lies fly far and wide. Bucky and Bucky have a transdimensional team-up — but as the situation on Mer-Z-Bow reaches a climax, are two Buckys one too many? Collecting BUCKY BARNES: THE WINTER SOLDIER #6-11. 136 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99 * * * AVENGERS: TIME RUNS OUT VOL. 2 TPB Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Penciled by STEFANO CASELLI, MIKE DEODATO JR., KEV WALKER, SYMON KUDRANSKI & MIKE PERKINS Cover by ALAN DAVIS How can Earth’s Mightiest Heroes possibly halt the absolute end of everything? After two years of carefully crafting his cataclysmic saga, writer Jonathan Hickman jumps ahead eight months to the grand finale — the day of the Final Incursion! After the revelation of the Illuminati’s desperate, world-destroying actions, the Avengers are fragmented. While one group seeks out the Illuminati for a confrontation, another takes the fight to the new Cabal, which is engaged in a bloody mission all its own. Discover what has become of Tony Stark — to say nothing of Doctor Strange! But even after all the battles and all the sacrifices, none are prepared for the inevitable moment when time runs out. The second act of the astonishing climax to Jonathan Hickman’s legendary run is here! Collecting AVENGERS (2012) #38-39 and NEW AVENGERS (2013) #26-28. 136 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99 * * * ALL-NEW X-MEN VOL. 6: THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR Dimension-hopping is something of an X-Men rite of passage, and it’s about time the All-New X-Men took the plunge! You don’t always have to travel Miles away to visit a new place, but will the tangled Web in which these young time-displaced X-Men find themselves Ultimately bring about their end? Okay, enough subtlety: The All-New X-Men meet Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man — and this is a showdown you won’t want to miss! Will either universe ever be the same again? Guest-starring scores of Ultimate characters! Plus: It’s Iceman unleashed as young Bobby Drake takes the offensive! And X-23 may be abandoning her loner ways as she takes an interest in the high-flying Angel! Tune in as yesterday’s X-Men continue to explore the fear-fraught future of the present day! Collecting ALL-NEW X-MEN #31-36. 136 PGS./Rated T …$19.99 * * * HAWKEYE VOL. 5: ALL-NEW HAWKEYE TPB Written by JEFF LEMIRE Penciled by RAMON PEREZ Cover by RAMON PEREZ It’s a fresh look into the life of everyone’s favorite Avenger! With Kate Bishop back at his side, Team Hawkeye is thrown into a new adventure spanning two generations of avenging archers! Past and present lives collide as Kate and Clint face a threat that will challenge everything they know about what it means to be Hawkeye. The past and present merge as Hawkeyes Barton and Bishop race against time to save a group of innocent kids with devastating powers. What makes a hero? And what breaks a hero? Hawkeye and Hawkeye will experience both. A boy at odds with his big brother. A hero out of sync with his partner. Team Hawkeye is fractured. Things come to a head as Barney, Clint and Kate learn what it means to carry the name Hawkeye. Collecting ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #1-5. 112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99 * * * GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 4: ORIGINAL SIN TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by ED MCGUINNESS, VALERIO SCHITI & DAVID LOPEZ Cover by ED MCGUINNESS The true ending of the Cancerverse saga — revealed at last! Remember when Star-Lord, Thanos and Nova were trapped in the horrific Cancerverse? When Star-Lord and Nova were going to sacrifice their lives to take out Thanos once and for all? Nova disappeared, Star-Lord went back to being Star-Lord, and Drax…died? But Star-Lord, Drax and Thanos all seem to be running around just fine nowadays. It’s time for some answers: What really happened to Richard Rider? Then, when Venom leads the team to an entire world teeming with his fellow alien symbiotes, will the Guardians ever trust Flash Thompson again? His symbiote is becoming more and more uncontrollable, and this may be seriously bad news for the team. Collecting GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2013) #18-23. 136 PGS./Rated T …$19.99 * * * GUARDIANS TEAM-UP VOL. 1: GUARDIANS ASSEMBLE TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, SAM HUMPHRIES, JOHN LAYMAN, ANDY LANNING, ANDY SCHMIDT & MORE Penciled by ARTHUR ADAMS, STEPHANIE ROUX, MIKE MAYHEW, OTTO SCHMIDT, GUSTAVO DUARTE & MORE Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS The Guardians of the Galaxy meet the Marvel Universe’s heaviest hitters in this titanic tome of team-ups! First, it’s a cosmic threat so massive it’ll take both the Guardians and the Avengers to stop it! But when the likes of Gamora, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Rocket Raccoon are forced to problem-solve together, only one thing is guaranteed: destruction! And when the Black Vortex strikes the Kree Empire, Ronan the Accuser must battle alongside the Guardians! Then, intergalactic bounty hunters are hired to target a tough, green, mean powerhouse — but there are two Marvel heroines who fit that description. And now Gamora and She-Hulk are both fighting mad! And finally, Rocket Raccoon must team up with the Pet Avengers, much to his dismay, to face some truly fowl villains! Collecting GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #1-5 and TAILS OF THE PET AVENGERS #1. 136 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99 * * * A-FORCE PRESENTS VOL. 2 TPB Written by NATHAN EDMONDSON, KELLY SUE DECONNICK, G. WILLOW WILSON, CHARLES SOULE, JASON AARON & RYAN NORTH Penciled by PHIL NOTO, DAVID LOPEZ, ADRIAN ALPHONA, JAVIER PULIDO, RUSSELL DAUTERMAN & ERICA HENDERSON Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE, KEVIN P. WADA & RUSSELL DAUTERMAN Prepare for excitement and action as Marvel’s most spectacular heroes continue their adventures! Black Widow’s quest for atonement takes a dark and mysterious turn! Will Captain Marvel survive on the front lines of a war on an alien world? The all-new Ms. Marvel adjusts to her strange and immense new powers, but can she come to terms with her Inhuman legacy? She-Hulk opens her own law practice, but her first client proves to be a ton of trouble! Witness the new Thor in all-out action against an army of invading Frost Giants! And Marvel’s most unbeatable hero, Squirrel Girl, must invade Stark Enterprises to save the world! It doesn’t get any better than this! Collecting BLACK WIDOW (2014) #2, CAPTAIN MARVEL (2014) #2, MS. MARVEL (2014) #2, SHE-HULK (2014) #2, THOR (2014) #2 and UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #2. 136 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99 * * * SILK VOL. 0: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CINDY MOON TPB Written by ROBBIE THOMPSON Penciled by STACEY LEE with ANNAPAOLA MARTELLO & TANA FORD Cover by DAVE JOHNSON Cindy Moon exploded into the Marvel Universe when we learned she was bitten by the same radioactive spider that empowered Spider-Man! She then went on to save Peter Parker’s life (more than once!) and traverse the Spider-Verse. Now, as Silk, Cindy is on her own in New York City, searching for her past, defining her own future, and webbing up wrongdoers along the way! But she’s about to cross the Black Cat’s path, and that’s not good news for her! Silk has been picking at the edges of Black Cat’s operation, and Felicia Hardy has had about enough. Felicia gets the drop on Cindy, and Silk hits rock bottom. Can even a team-up with Spider-Man save the day? Plus: a date with Johnny Storm! Secrets of Silk’s past revealed! Will Cindy Moon ever find her family? Collecting SILK #1-7. 160 PGS./Rated T …$19.99 * * * GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY BY JIM VALENTINO VOL. 3 Written by JIM VALENTINO & ARNOLD DRAKE Penciled by JIM VALENTINO, MARK TEXEIRA, HERB TRIMPE, JJ BIRCH & GENE COLAN Cover by JIM VALENTINO Jim Valentino completes his explosive exploration of the Marvel Universe of the 31st century! The original-and-future Guardians welcome the return of their ally Starhawk — but why is that bad news for Major Victory? The ruthless Rancor is also back, and that’s trouble for everybody. Will she find her ancestor, Wolverine? Silver Surfer’s reappearance may be worst of all — because where he soars, Galactus is sure to follow! Then, it’s back to the beginning with the secret origin of the Guardians of the Galaxy! But who or what are the Galactic Guardians? And it all ends in the modern day, where our time-traveling heroes face the Masters of Evil in the middle of a cosmic epic. To INFINITY WAR and beyond! Collecting GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (1990) #21-29 and ANNUAL #2, and MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1967) #18. 312 PGS./Rated T …$34.99 * * * THANOS: COSMIC POWERS TPB Written by RON MARZ Penciled by TOM GRINDBERG, RON LIM, JEFF MOORE, ANDY SMITH & SCOT EATON Cover by RON LIM The ever-scheming Thanos forges unlikely alliances! But what secret mission could lead Rhino, Super-Skrull, Titanium Man and more to join Thanos’s new team of would-be Defenders? That’s exactly what the Silver Surfer and Captain Mar-Vell’s son, Legacy, need to find out! To face the Galactus-level threat of the terrible Tyrant, who will join Thanos’s cause? Legacy? Terrax the Tamer? Jack of Hearts? What about Ganymede, last of the Spinsterhood and sworn enemy of Tyrant? Where do the loyalties of Morg, Herald of Galactus lie? And most important: Does Thanos carry a world-shaking secret agenda? The battle begins as the cosmic firmament holds its breath. But in a war between two evils, either outcome may result in death! Collecting SECRET DEFENDERS #12-14 and COSMIC POWERS #1-6. 344 PGS./Rated T …$34.99 * * * STAR WARS: JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS — SHATTERED EMPIRE TPB Written by GREG RUCKA Penciled by MARCO CHECCHETTO Cover by PHIL NOTO For the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (PUNISHER, WOLVERINE, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER) take us past the destruction of the second Death Star — and into the chaos of a Shattered Empire. It’s the explosive lead-in to this winter’s blockbuster big-screen Star Wars revival, and everything you need to know is right here! Collecting JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - SHATTERED EMPIRE #1-4, PRINCESS LEIA #1 and STAR WARS (1977) #1 136 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99 * * * STAR WARS: KANAN VOL. 1 — THE LAST PADAWAN TPB Written by GREG WEISMAN Penciled by PEPE LARRAZ Cover by MARK BROOKS In Star Wars: Rebels, Kanan Jarrus is a cocky, sarcastic renegade fighting the Galactic Empire alongside the ragtag crew of the Ghost. But years before, during the Clone Wars, he was known as Caleb Dume, a Jedi Padawan training under Master Depa Billaba. Neither master nor apprentice ever suspected that their “loyal” Clone Troopers would turn on them upon the issuing of Order 66 — the Emperor’s directive to execute all Jedi. How did Caleb Dume escape the Jedi purge? How did he learn to survive on his own after his master fell? And how did he become the man we know as Kanan Jarrus? What can a Padawan do when being a Jedi makes him a target? Join young Caleb for a tale that bridges the years between the Clone Wars and Rebels! Collecting KANAN: THE LAST PADAWAN #1-6. 136 PGS./Rated T …$17.99 * * * MARVEL UNIVERSE ALL-NEW AVENGERS ASSEMBLE VOL. 3 DIGEST Adapted by JOE CARAMAGNA • Hawkeye travels to Monster Island to train the Avengers’ newest recruit: Ant-Man! But the island holds a terrifying secret: the Red Skull’s base! • The Reality Stone flips the world on its head, and heroes become villains! How will the Dark Avengers fare against Earth’s NEW mightiest heroes: the Squadron Supreme? • Thanos is coming for the Infinity Gems, and time is running out! Black Widow has a plan to save the universe, but it’ll take all of the Avengers to pull it off! It’s explosive action from your favorite heroes, based on the hit animated series now airing on Disney XD! Collecting MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #9-12. 88 PGS./All Ages …$9.99