Marvel In December 2008 Part 1 – Marvel Universe

Marvel In December 2008 Part 1 – Marvel Universe

SECRET INVASION: DARK REIGN
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by ALEX MALEEV
Variant Cover by CLASSIFIED
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #20
Written by DAN SLOTT
& CHRISTOS N. GAGE
Pencils by STEVE KURTH
Cover by MARK BROOKS
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DARK REIGN: NEW NATION
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, JONATHAN HICKMAN, JEFF PARKER, GREG PAK, JIM MCCANN & ADAM FELBER
Penciled by STEFANO CASELLI, CARLO PAGUYLAN, LEONARDO MANCO
and Others
Cover by DANIEL ACUNA
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
Villain Variant by TBA
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

NEW AVENGERS #48
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by BILLY TAN
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

MS. MARVEL #34
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by PAULO SIQUEIRA
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

WAR MACHINE #1
Written by GREG PAK
Pencils & Cover by LEONARDO MANCO
Villain Variant by TBA
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SECRET INVASION: REQUIEM #1 (not final title)
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
64 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+…$3.99

SPIDER-MAN NOIR #1 (of 4)
Written by DAVID HINE & FABRICE SAPOLSKY
Art by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO
 With great power, there must also come great responsibility — and when those in power abuse it, it’s the people’s responsibility to remove them. The year is 1933, and New York City is not-so-secretly run by corrupt politicians, crooked cops, big businesses…and suave gangland bosses like New York’s worst, the Goblin. But when a fateful spider-bite gives the young rabble-rouser Peter Parker the power to fight the mobster who killed his Uncle Ben, will even that be enough? It’s a tangled web of Great Depression pulp, with familiar faces like you’ve never seen them before! By “Hardboiled” David Hine, Fabrice “The Spider” Sapolsky and Carmine “Carbine” Di Giandomenico!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #579
Written by MARK WAID
Pencils & Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
Villain Variant by TBA
We have excess of extra “M”s so: This month starts with a mountain of massively malevolent mayhem from the minds of Mark Waid (52, CAPTAIN AMERICA) and Marcos Martin (DR. STRANGE: THE OATH). With Spidey trapped underground, the Web-Head learns more about the surprising new cast-member who promises to cause trouble for him and his old pall JJJ.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #580
Written by ROGER STERN
Pencils & Cover by LEE WEEKS
When a bizarre criminal endangers his Aunt May, Peter Parker is determined to bring him to justice. But who is this strange, faceless felon? How can Spider-Man stop a guy who can slip through his webbing? And, hey, what’s Pete’s pal Joe Robertson been up to? New York Times best selling author and veteran Spider-writer Roger Stern and artist Lee Weeks (SPIDER-MAN: DEATH & DESTINY, CAPTAIN MARVEL) join forces to tell the story we could only call « Fill in the Blank! »  Honest!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #581
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils by MIKE MCKONE
Cover by BARRY KITSON
Villain Variant by TBA
« Mind on Fire » Part 1 of 2
« The Trouble with Harry » (or « Harry Osborn and the Chamber of Secrets »)
It would sure help HARRY OSBORN if he could remember the completely logical, non-magical, and totally plausible way he came back from the dead.  A skill like that could be useful, now that his ex-brother-in-law, THE MOLTEN MAN, is out to kill him!
Set your spider-sense to tingling as some of the most requested secrets from the time between ONE MORE DAY and
BRAND NEW DAY are revealed.  All this, and series regular, LIZ ALLEN returns to the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, but is she here to help her ex-husband, or to throw more fuel on the fire? And in answer to more requests than you would believe: Little Normie!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #3
Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS,
TOM DEFALCO & MATT YOCUM
Penciled by TODD NAUCK,
RAMON BACHS & MORE
Cover by PATRICK OLLIFFE
In our Untold Tales of Spider-Man, J.M. DeMatteis is back to take us through more of Peter Parker’s struggle to become a hero.  In “The Punch,”  Pete struggles to keep his powers in check around Flash Thompson – and  discovers the negative examples a hero can set. Then, on a trip even further back in time, Matt Yocum takes us on an adventure of epic proportions with Pete’s parents, Richard and Mary Parker – international parents of mystery!  Over in Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man, during a late night hospital visit for baby May, Pete and MJ run into the Rhino – and discover even a super villain has a family.  Finally in our Told Tales of
Spider-Man, take a look back at the demise of Harry Osborn in Spectacular Spider-Man #200!
104 PGS./Rated A …$4.99

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY YEARBOOK
Written by MIKE FICHERA & MORE
The past year saw some major changes for everyone’s favorite wall-crawler. For a recap of the 365 Brand New Days, grab yourself a copy of the Spider-Man Yearbook — featuring an illustrated, Saga-style synopsis of the thrice-monthly storytelling by the Spectacular Spider-Man Brain-Trust of Bob Gale, Marc Guggenheim, Joe Kelly, Dan Slott, Mark Waid and Zeb Wells! Get to know the new BND Spider-Cast intimately with Official Handbook profiles spotlighting « Best Dressed » Jackpot, « Most Likely to Succeed » Anti-Venom, « Worst Breath » Freak, « Class Clown » Screwball and more. Plus: a plethora of powerful pin-ups to warrant purchasing two-copies for postering your walls!
64 PGS./Handbook/Rated T+ …$4.99

VENOM: DARK ORIGIN #5 (of 5)
Written by ZEB WELLS
Pencils & Cover by ANGEL MEDINA
There’s no turning back now. The symbiote has finally and fully bonded with Eddie Brock’s DNA, blackening his heart,
tarring his soul. Now the man reborn as VENOM sets out for revenge! Discover the humanity behind the classic Amazing Spider-Man #300, as a twisted, corrupted human being crosses the final line, and Spider-Man and his monstrous new
arch-enemy Venom meet face-to-face for the first time…in a battle that would rock comics for decades to come! By Zeb
Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Angel Medina (SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SPIDER-MAN LOVES
MARY JANE #5 (of 5)
Written by TERRY MOORE
Art by CRAIG ROUSSEAU
Cover by TERRY MOORE
& CHRISTINA STRAIN
WHAT!? It’s over already!? But we were just getting started! Mary Jane’s dealing with drama galore, Liz is slowly being taken over by EVIL cheerleader influences, and Pete Parker keeps ducking out every time he sees a villain on TV… Well, join us here in December, for the last blast of AWESOME, featuring Spidey’s best gal and her bestest buds!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #27
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Pencils by RON FRENZ
& COLEEN COOVER
Cover by RON FRENZ
Villain Variant by TBA
As Kaine, Darkdevil and Normie Osborn attempt to rescue Peter Parker from the Goblin Cult, Araña sends Spider-Girl to destroy the Black Tarantula. But  this May has her own agenda (as you can see). Also, Tom DeFalco and Colleen Coover (AGE OF THE SENTRY, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS) bring you the adventures of Mayday’s little brother, Li’l Benjy, the Spectacular Spider-Baby!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ADAM: LEGEND OF THE
BLUE MARVEL #2 (of 4)
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Pencils & Cover by MAT BROOME
In the wake of Anti-Man’s devastating attack on New York City, the Mighty Avengers are neutralized, and Iron Man’s on a quest for answers! Who was the Blue Marvel?
Why did he disappear over 40 years ago? And…what alarming secrets will Iron Man discover about the U.S. government and his own agency of S.H.I.E.L.D.? There are no easy answers in the story of Marvel’s newest super hero…created by Kevin Grevioux (NEW WARRIORS) and Mat Broome (The End League)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BIG HERO 6 #4 (of 5)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Pencils & Cover by DAVID
NAKAYAMA
The Big Hero 6 team knew they were in for a challenge when they set out for New York, but they had no idea just how difficult a fight America had in store for them! Now, their adversaries have taken control of some of their own team mates and allies, with every intention of letting the team, their friends, and their family members tear each other apart! Japan’s premiere super heroes face a life or death decision now, and no matter who survives, BH6 loses!  Join Hiro, Baymax, and all the Big Hero 6 in their very first 4th issue, ever!
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

AVENGERS/INVADERS #7 (of 12)
Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS
Penciled by STEVE SADOWSKI
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Variant Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
Marvel’s biggest self-contained story of the year continues!  Featuring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and spanning the generations from 2008 to the war-torn days of World War II! Surrounded by a trio of enemies they thought long-vanquished, The Avengers are victims of one of the most powerful pieces of technology in the Marvel Universe. Meanwhile, the Invaders find themselves trapped in an alternate reality that promises to destroy its most powerful member as the countdown to Armageddon begins.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #45
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by LUKE ROSS
Cover by STEVE EPTING
Villain Variant by TBA
It’s Bucky versus Batroc and a mysterious foreign agent from his past as the Winter Soldier, as he fights to keep a secret super-weapon from falling into enemy hands! But the shocking ending of this three-parter brings a new twist to the mission… and sends our New Captain America in search of whatever is left of his old comrades, the Invaders.
From Ed Brubaker and Luke Ross – Part Three of Three
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #124
Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by CLAYTON HENRY & SALVA ESPIN
Cover by BOB LAYTON & GURU eFX
Villain Variant by TBA
« LOVE AND WAR » (Part 4)
Hercules, Namora and Athena rush to Washington, D.C., to stop the Mad Amazon Artume from shifting the Axis Mundi and placing the whole world under her control. But now Artume has both Amadeus Cho and the mightiest of the Titans, ATLAS, at her beck and call — and Atlas hasn’t forgiven Herc for ripping him off during the Eleventh Labor!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ETERNALS #6
Written by CHARLES
& DANIEL KNAUF
Pencils & Cover by
DANIEL ACUÑA
How many Eternals must die before Gilgamesh’s unbridled thirst for their blood is slaked? And how does he expect to ensure that immortals remain dead?  As Ikaris grows weary in his attempts to awaken the memory of Philip Stoss, aka Phastos, the absence of Sersi may move him to take drastic steps. Plus, having lost contact with Makari, the Dreaming Celestial has initiated a fail-safe that could mean a spiraling end to all life on Earth! Time is running out, for the Eternals!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

DAREDEVIL #114
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by MICHAEL LARK
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Villain Variant by TBA
With Lady Bullseye on his trail, Daredevil must protect an old blind man who holds the key to the Hand’s destruction! It’s an all-out kung-fu ninja battle in the heart of New York City, and everyone who can kick is invited! By Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA:
THEATER OF WAR:
AMERICA FIRST!
Written by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Art & Cover by
HOWARD CHAYKIN
In this second installment of a series exploring the storied history of America’s greatest champion, Howard Chaykin pulls back the Iron Curtain on one of Captain America’s wiliest nemeses — Soviet Russia and her never-ending parade of spies, saboteurs, fifth columnists…so many we had to make this story double-sized!  Before his role in “The Death of Captain America,” no one was more patriotic than the Cap of the Fifties, even if he does have Steve Rogers’ shoes to fill.  Unfortunately, Nick Fury, a newly minted operative of the CIA, isn’t about to let him off the hook that easily.  But Cap and Fury better start working together, or they’ll find themselves buried in Reds!  PLUS: a bonus reprinting of a classic Cap tale from the fabulous fifties!
64 PGS./One-Shot/Rated A …$4.99

FANTASTIC FOUR COSMIC SPECIAL
Cover by MATT
To be revealed at a later date. Check back to Marvel.com, the Marvel Mailer & Diamond Daily for more information.
64 PGS./Rated A …$4.99

GHOST RIDER #30
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by TAN ENG HUAT
Cover by GERALD PAREL
Villain Variant by TBA
« The Last Stand of the Spirits of Vengeance » kicks into high gear!  With Zadkiel and his army on the verge of conquering heaven itself, a force is gathering to oppose them, a group unlike any we’ve ever seen.  But will their ranks include Johnny Blaze or has he given up the fight once and for all?  Find out for yourself in this exciting new ###-kicking installment of the red hot GHOST RIDER!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH #3 (of 5)
Written by SIMON SPURRIER
Penciled by JAVIER SALTARES
Cover by CLINT LANGLEY
Rats!  Rampages! Revelations!  With the mystery and madcappery ratcheting up a spike-encrusted notch, Danny Ketch finally receives some of the answers he’s been
hunting. What’s the true origin of the Spirit of Vengeance?  What’s its true history?  What pointy-toothed terror is back from death to gnaw at his soul?  And what the hell is he doing one mile beneath the Antarctic icecap with only a talking magpie for company? Saltares and Spurrier serve-up a history lesson that’ll shake the way you see the Ghost Rider mythos forever.  Vvvveeeengeaaance!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

HULK #9
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art & 50/50 Covers by ART ADAMS & FRANK CHO
Do ya like ladies? (don’t answer that) How ‘bout monsters?(hang on) BIG BOMBASTIC BATTLES built by superstar Jeph Loeb? (not yet) And does the idea of seeing JUMUNGOUSLY AMAZING ART ADAMS and FREAKIN’ FRANK CHO pages twitter your twutter? (you can answer YES now)
IN THIS ISSUE! The LADY LIBERATORS are dead-set on capturing RULK and finding out who he really is…even if he kills ‘em! AND…can HULK, SENTRY, MS. MARVEL, and MOON KNIGHT stop the WENDIGO ARMY from killing everyone in Vegas? What about the WENDIHULK!? (or is it HULKDIGO!?)
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

HULK FAMILY #1
Written by GREG PAK, PAUL TOBIN, FRED VAN LENTE, & TBD
Penciled by JHEREMY RAAPACK, BENTON JEW, JONBOY MEYERS,
& SCOTT CLARK
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
When Bruce Banner was caught in the blast of an experimental Gamma Bomb, the radiation did not just spawn the incredible beast we know as the Hulk! No indeed, for from that moment grew an entire Hulk Family!  From Bruce’s cousin She-Hulk to those who’ve inherited his irradiated genes, Hulk’s family tree is looking a little more green all the time. Featuring: the Senstational She-Hulk!  Skaar, Son of Hulk! The Daughter of Hulk and Thundra!  And the Spectacular Scorpion, who suspects that she, too, might be part of the fam’. Four incredible stories, four tales of Gamma-fueled action, all in one great one-shot!  Be there!
104 PGS./Rated A …$4.99

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #21
Written by DUANE
SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Cover by JUAN DOE
Danny Rand was not the first Immortal Iron Fist…and he won’t be the last! The year – 3099. The place – a distant planet first colonized a millennium ago by the People’s Republic of China. Now, a humanity oppressed by a totalitarian technological tyrant has just one hope for salvation – the kung-fu freedom-fighting of the Immortal Iron Fist! But his coming is nothing more than a prophecy and a silent prayer…and even if the Iron Fist does arrive, he must first defeat the most powerful weapon the evil robot empire has…Robo Fat-Cobra! Hot off the heels of Duane Swierczynski and Travel Foreman’s rip-roaring “MORTAL IRON FIST” arc comes an all-new look at the future legacy of the Immortal Iron Fist…with a jaw-dropping cover by Juan Doe!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #8
Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
Villain Variant by TBA
Pete Wisdom couldn’t save John the Skrull.  He couldn’t save anyone he cared for.  Being in his unit can be fatal.  So now all else seems lost, now Plokta’s engine for making Mindless Ones is threatening the world… what will he sacrifice to save the Black Knight? Widescreen horror action with passion, as only Marvel makes it.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #3 (of 4)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by KEV WALKER
Cover by GREG LAND
The epic battle of Zombie vs. Robot shambles on! All that stands between the flesh-crazed armies of the Marvel Zombies and the entirety of the Marvel Universe is…Aaron « Machine Man » Stack? And if he has to shoot, slice, explode, melt, dissolve, chop, crush, dismember, fry, electrocute, bludgeon, blast, harpoon, and, of course, insult every super-powered cannibal in the Zombieverse, well, that’s just what he’s gonna do. But unbeknownst to him, the Zombie Kingpin has already hatched a fiendish plot to ensure that all of the M.U. will be consumed by an undead apocalypse!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

MARVEL APES #0
Written by STAN LEE, GERRY CONWAY & KARL KESEL
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA SR.
& RAMON BACHS
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Santa-Ape Variant by SALVA ESPIN
He’s the newest Marvel superstar, as seen in the pages of the smash-hit MARVEL APES miniseries! Now, experience the birth of the Gibbon in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #110-111 (1972) — also featuring the often-imitated, never-duplicated Kraven the Hunter! Plus: the Sensational Spider-Monkey stars in a story from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #1 — and a gallery of all your favorite
MARVEL APES variant covers!
72 PGS./ Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: SECRET INVASION AFTERMATH
Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS
Covery by GREG LAND
As SECRET INVASION draws to its exciting conclusion, SPOTLIGHT will be on hand to capture the effects the mega-event of 2008 has had on the Marvel Universe! We’ll check in with SI maestro Brian Michael Bendis as he catches his breath from orchestrating the biggest alien confrontation in Marvel history, and see what he’s done with the heroes who stood in harm’s way — and those who were Skrulls all along! Look for sneak previews of SI spinoffs like SECRET WARRIORS and the long-awaited SPIDER-WOMAN series, where we take series creators aside and learn all their secrets! Plus: plenty of lists for readers eager to track all the movements of Skrulls past, present and….future? The secrets of the SECRET INVASION, unlocked in this month’s MARVEL SPOTLIGHT!
72 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #43
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by DAVID HAHN
Cover by SALVA ESPIN
Can’t vacations ever go right? All the Fantastic Four wanted was a nice simple weekend at the Suite Salem Bed & Breakfast—Agatha Harkness: Propeitor. But the rooms are more than a little odd, and the nearby country fair has an unsettling Hall of Mirrors run by a certain lady known as Moondragon. Worst of all, Baron Mordo’s not playing fair at the fair! He’s stolen part of the FF’s essence to create gargoyle-simulacrums bent on the FF’s destruction!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #46
Written by TODD DEZAGO
Penciled by ROBERTO CASTRO
Cover by FRANCIS TSAI
« Silent Nights »
Having finally found the perfect present for Aunt May for Christmas, Peter needs to make some money to pay for it! He hopes to sell some photos of Spidey in action to the Daily Bugle, but nothing is happening–everyone is in the Holiday spirit…
…everyone except Peter.
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #6
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by MATTEO LOLLI
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Here he comes, True Believers — the astonishing
ANT-MAN! The man with two, count ’em, TWO super
powers! Who is he? How did he get both the ability to shrink to less than an inch tall and speak directly to ants? Why does he use those abilities to aid all mankind? SHUT UP — Don’t answer that! Those are rhetorical questions! Any answers you come up with can’t possibly be as
awesome as the real ones … SO BUY THIS COMIC NOW!!!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #31
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by DAVID HAHN
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Good Things Come to Those Who Bait! With the Avengers vacationing on the sunny California beaches, Tigra hopes to finally conquer her fear of water, but things go sour when Iron Man challenges Luke Cage to a deep sea fishing contest and the two of them, ahem, bend the rules a bit. Iron Man sends a sonar pulse to stir up the really big fish, unfortunately rousing not only a monster from the deep, but also one seriously angry Prince of Atlantis…Namor, the Sub-Mariner! Lucky the Avengers brought the Hulk along! It’s the slugfest to end all slugfests, and it does nothing to help Tigra’s fear of water!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #18
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #18
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #6
64 PGS./All Ages …$4.99

HULK CHRONICLES: WWH #6
WORLD WAR HULK #5
INCREDIBLE HULK #111
72 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES
TWO-IN-ONE #18
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #8
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #44
64 PGS./All Ages …$4.99

SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE #4
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
It’s Spider-Man from cover to cover in the latest senses-shattering edition of the wall-crawler’s very own ongoing magazine! In addition to full-length comic-book stories, this issue features puzzles and games, pinups, a letters page, and a pull-out poster!
96 PGS./All Ages …$6.99

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY #3
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #550, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #551
56 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

MOON KNIGHT: SILENT KNIGHT #1
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Penciled by LAURENCE CAMPBELL
Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
“A CHRISTMAS DREAM”
You’ve been good?  Tell that to Santa.  You’ve been naughty? Look out for Moon Knight! Christmas Eve.  A time for family. A time to dream.  For Moon Knight’s sometime paramour Marlene it’s a chance to sit by the fire and dream of a future in which her boyfriend isn’t a borderline psychotic vigilante. But for Moon Knight, it’s just a night like any other — and tonight he’s got his sights on a pair of hitmen who picked the wrong Santa to kill.
48 PGS./One-Shot/Parental Advisory …$3.99

MOON KNIGHT #25
Written by MIKE BENSON
Penciled by MARK TEXEIRA
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
CONCLUSION TO “THE DEATH OF MARC SPECTOR”
Norman Osborn ain’t fooling around no more. He’s brought out his big gun.  It’s Moon Knight versus Bullseye — and only one will survive.  For real.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

MARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA #1 & 2 (of 6)
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Pencils & Covers by JAY ANACLETO
The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning publishing sensation that made Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross into stars begins here!  News photographer Phil Sheldon’s back, with the man-on-the-street’s perspective on the big events of the Marvel
Universe, from the Avengers, the all-new X-Men and the Secret Wars to Dracula and the Werewolf By Night.  But this time, Phil’s world is going to be rocked not just by superheroes and super-villains — but by something far more personal, as well.
Featuring the Marvel debut of artist Jay Anacleto, whose gorgeous, photorealistic pencil renderings give a new look at the Marvel Universe, and what it would be like to actually be there.
32 PGS.(eaach)/Rated A …$3.99 (each)

NOVA #20
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES
Cover by MIKE DEODATO, JR.
Villain Variant by TBA
Guest-starring the original New Warriors…and the Nova Corps?! Whether Rich Rider likes it or not, the Nova Corps has been re-founded, and planet Earth doesn’t seem ready for its futuristic policing methods! Now the Human Rocket is on a collision course with some of his oldest friends and ex-teammates… the original New Warriors! Plus: a sucker punch ending that will make you gasp « I don’t believe they did that! » It’s all in the next issue of the book that has Aint It Cool News raving “This is now Marvel’s benchmark comic.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THOR: GOD-SIZED #1
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE, DAN BRERETON
& MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
His name was Skurge, and men and god alike knew him as Executioner…and the legend of his life and death reverberate across the walls of Heaven itself. In Asgard, though…no one can quite remember WHAT happened to him. How did he live? How did he die? And why does everyone in Asgard remember it differently? There’s trickery at hand so vile even Loki joins Thor in trying to unravel it. Some comics are giant-sized. Some are king-sized. Only THIS comic can be called GOD-SIZED! By Matt Fraction (THOR: AGES OF THUNDER) and a roster of all-star artists including Doug Braithwaite (SECRET INVASION: THOR), Dan Brereton (IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL) and Marko Djurdjevic (THOR #7-8)!
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW WARRIORS #19
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Penciled by REILLY BROWN
Cover by NIC KLEIN
Donyell Taylor has a decision to make. Hoping to save the life of his brother, Donyell attempted to travel back in time…but accidentally found himself in the future instead. A future where everything he’s fought against has come to pass: Iron Man has taken the Superhuman Registration Act to new heights, imposing his rule over a good chunk of the free world and making outlaws of the super heroes. But when Donyell finds his brother alive and well in the most unlikely place, might he give up everything he’s fought for—including his New Warriors—and give in to this future to get what he really wants?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

PATSY WALKER: HELLCAT #5 (of 5)
Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN
Penciled by DAVID LAFUENTE GARCIA
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Patsy’s adventure in the great white north comes to a close. She’s wrestled wolves, fought yetis, dazzled her foes with grace and charm and hit things – lots of things! It will have all been for nothing though if she can’t return the mystical heir to her home. But what if the heir doesn’t want to return?
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #26
Written by MATT FRACTION & RICK REMENDER
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Cover by DAVE WILKINS
The “Secret Invasion” might be over, but the aftermath has just begun.  In the ashes of a world where up is down, black is white, and victory has come at an extraordinary price, whose side is The Punisher on?  Where does G.W. Bridge– a soldier all his life– go when the war is over?  And if the invasion is over… who has Frank Castle in their sights?  Some wars will never end…
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #127
Written by ANDY DIGGLE
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by FRANCESCO « MATT » MATTINA
Villain Variant by TBA
It’s Bullseye & Venom unleashed – and the T-Bolts will never be the same! All-out war erupts in Thunderbolts Mountain, as Songbird fights for her life against the team’s most psychotic and bloodthirsty members — and this time, they’re taking no prisoners!  Old scores are settled and long-standing enmities explode into violence as Norman Osborn clears the deck to make way for his all-new, all-different Thunderbolts!  And it ain’t over ’til the Songbird sings in part two of “Burning Down the House” by Andy Diggle (Losers) and Roberto De La Torre (Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

RUNAWAYS #5
Written by TERRY MOORE
Pencils & Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
The chase is on!  The Majesdanians have returned and want blood.  Can the Runaways run fast enough to escape?  Will Karolina and Xavin ever look at each other the same way again?  Can Chase get out of his new job early enough to help them?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SKAAR: SON OF HULK #6
Written by GREG PAK
Pencils by RON GARNEY
& BUTCH GUICE
Cover by RON GARNEY
Villain Variant by TBA
Skaar’s first great adventure reaches a titanic end with earth-shattering consequences as Axeman Bone returns to battle the Son of Hulk at the gates of Okini!  Plus — the origin of Old Sam!  The true face of Princess Omaka, Hero Protector of Sakaar!  And a certain key acquaintance of the Hulk himself makes a shocking appearance! And as if that ain’t already more savage, sword-swinging excitement than mere mortals such as we can handle, here’s one more shocker for you — Skaar says more than « GRRRAAAA! »
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

SHE-HULK: COSMIC COLLISION
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by MAHMUD A. ASRAR
Cover by STJEPAN SEJIC
It’s a double-sized sci-fi spectacular, guest-starring the Lady Liberators (fresh from the pages of The Hulk) and the female heroes from the Guardians of the Galaxy! When She-Hulk finds herself suddenly transported off-world, it’s up to her and a collection of the universe’s most powerful heroines including Storm, Thundra, Valkyre and the Invisible Woman – to figure out what’s going on…before a brand-new foe annihilates them! Craving more cosmic? Blast off with…writer Peter David (THE DARK TOWER, X-FACTOR) and penciler Mahmud S. Asrar (DYNAMO 5, NOVA ANNUAL #1)!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SHE-HULK #36
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by GG STUDIOS’
PASQUALE QUALANO
Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
From the pages of HULK, it’s Invisible Woman, Thundra, and Valkyre – The Lady Liberators! She-Hulk’s fellow heroines hold She-Hulk back from delivering ultimate justice? And is our gamma-powered glamazon becoming more savage than sensational?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SQUADRON SUPREME #6
Written by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Penciled by MARCO TURINI
Cover by GREG LAND
“POWER TO THE PEOPLE”
The crew of the Icarus One found something in space, something that changed them forever. Then they did the one thing good government employees never do: they went public. Now standing between these four mutated astronauts and a firing squad is Ultimate Nick Fury and his newly assembled Squadron Supreme! It’s Fury’s day of reckoning…leading up to a last page you WON’T believe! Part 6 (of 6)
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

THE AGE OF THE SENTRY #4 (of 6)
Written by JEFF PARKER & PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by NICK DRAGOTTA & RAMON ROSANAS
Cover by DAVE BULLOCK
What happens when our hero takes a good long look in the mirror…and sees The Golden Age Sentry! PLUS, It’s an invasion! No—not that kind of invasion; it’s a British music invasion. But the dance party grinds to a sudden halt when the Crick-Hits are kidnapped, and it’s all tunnels lead to Rome as the Golden Guardian of good teams up with the Blonde Phantom journeying deep within the Earth to do battle against a seemingly unstoppable army of monsters and their rather tyrannical leader, Marvel presents a story we just had to call— « I Wanna Hold Your Band! »
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

WHAT IF? HOUSE OF M
Written by BRIAN REED, JIM MCCANN & C.B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by PAOLO PANTALENA & PATRICK SPAZIANTE
Cover by JIM CHEUNG & MARKO DJURDJEVIC
We all remember when the Scarlet Witch uttered the three words that would change the landscape of the Marvel Universe: “No More Mutants!” But what if she said something different? And what of the consequences…? In a world without great power, who bears the burden of responsibility? Who will stand up to an enemy who fills the vacuum of power and whose hatred is unparalleled?  Brian Reed (SECRET INVASION: FRONT LINE) with Marvel’s own Jim McCann and brand-spankin’ new artist Paolo Pantalena answer the question: « What if Scarlet Witch had ended the HOUSE OF M by saying « NO MORE POWERS! » Also featuring Part 1 of a special five part back-up story in all the What Ifs this year, in which we see Iron Lad take a different path that leads him to recruit a different set of future Avengers. Join C.B. Cebulski (X-MEN: DIVIDED WE STAND, LONERS) and Patrick Spaziante (MUTIES, Sonic The Hedgehog) as they ask, ‘What if the Runaways Became the Young Avengers?’
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

WHAT IF? SPIDER-MAN: BACK IN BLACK
Written by STEVEN GRANT & C.B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by GUS VASQUEZ & PATRICK SPAZIANTE
Cover by RON GARNEY & MARKO DJURDJEVIC
On a terrible day not long ago, a single bullet tore into Peter Parker’s beloved Aunt May, triggering a cascade of helplessness, revenge and desperation that finally cost Peter the life he had always known and almost cost Spider-Man everything he had ever stood for. But what if the bullet had found a different target? If Spider-Man was willing to break all his rules for the woman who raised him, how far would he go for the woman he loves? « What If Mary Jane Had Been Shot Instead Of Aunt May? » Featuring Part 4 of a special five part back-up story, ‘What if the Runaways Became the Young Avengers?’ In this issue… Enter Kang!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

WHAT IF? NEWER FANTASTIC FOUR
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Pencils & Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER
The original Fantastic Four are dead, and a New Fantastic Four has taken their place! But what can the team of Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man and Wolverine do against a foe as powerful as Thanos—bearer of the Infinity Gauntlet?
When it takes all the power of Iron Man’s amazing new armor, all of Spider-Man’s attitude, all the Hulk’s brute strength, and all of Wolverine’s underhanded tricks just to survive…what can the New Fantastic Four do to win? The answer lies within this cosmically power-packed issue! Featuring Part 2 of « What If the Runaways became the Young Avengers? »
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

WHAT IF? CAPTAIN AMERICA: FALLEN SON
Written by MARC SUMERAK
Art by TREVOR GORING
Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Every man, woman and child in the Marvel Universe remembers where they were the day that Captain America died. But what if the event that forever changed the heart of heroics had never actually happened? And what if the hero that helped define the post-Civil War era had fallen in Cap’s place? Join us for a tale of death, mourning and rebirth as we ask the question on everyone’s mind: « What if Iron Man had died instead of Captain America? » Featuring Part 2 of a special five part back-up story, ‘What if the Runaways Became the Young Avengers?’ In this issue… Iron Lad stands revealed!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

WHAT IF? SECRET WARS
Written by KARL BOLLERS & C.B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by JORGE MOLINA & PATRICK SPAZIANTE
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & MARKO DJURDJEVIC
From the Watcher’s Datalog: When a handful of Earth’s heroes and villains were kidnapped across several light years to the
alien Battleworld to fight a Secret War,  Doctor Doom thought he’d successfully stolen the power of the cosmic entity called the Beyonder. However, Doom was unaware he had only stolen a portion of the Beyonder’s near limitless abilities and the tables were turned, stripping the uber-villain of his newfound godhood. But what if…? What if events occurred differently? What if Doom discovered his mistake before it was too late and won the Secret War?  In other words…“What If Doctor Doom Kept the Beyonder’s Power?” And featuring the conclusion of a special five part back-up story, ‘What if the Runaways Became the Young Avengers?’ In this issue… “Young Avengers Assemble!”
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER
Cover by CLINT LANGLEY
Villain Variant by TBA
WAR OF KINGS lead-in!
All hail Blastaar, King of the Negative Zone! As Rocket Raccoon attempts to pull a new team of Guardians together, the big question is… what the d’ast happened to Star-Lord? Prepare for major curve balls and hi-octane action as Star-Lord squares off against the new warlord ruler of the Negative Zone….Blastaar! Just what is this feared FF foe planning to do with a certain high tech
prison full of some of the Marvel Universe’s worst super-offenders? And how does  this all lead to War of Kings? Find out in the series that IGN.com calls “a rip-roaring, side-splitting romp of a book that shouldn’t be missed.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99