Marvel In January 2013: Marvel Universe

[ENGLISH] Marvel tells us: Marvel Comics In January 2013: Part 1: Superior Spider-Man, Uncanny Avengers, New Avengers, Young Avengers, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Indestructible Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thunderbolts…

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NEW AVENGERS #1
Jonathan Hickman (W)
Steve Epting (A)
Cover by JOCK
Variant Cover by J. Scott Campbell
SKETCH VARIANT BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Variant Cover by STEVE EPTING
Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Blank Cover Also Available
To prevent the collision of our universe with another, the Illuminati, led by the Black Panther, must assemble NOW! It’s the most powerful and brilliant team in the Marvel Universe–The Black Panther, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Black Bolt, Mister Fantastic, Namor the Sub-Mariner and The Beast–against an infinite legion of parallel realities.
32 PGS. /Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW AVENGERS #2
Jonathan Hickman (W) • Steve Epting (A)
Cover by JOCK
Variant Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
“EVERYTHING DIES”
• The Illuminati gather to plan for the death of Everything.
• Infinity gems, old wounds, lies, agendas and universal incursions.
• “It breaks hope — it crushes what makes us decent and steals what little honor remains.” –Black Swan
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #2
DAN SLOTT (W) • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)
Variant Cover BY ED McGuinness
• The All-Now Supereir Spider-Man battles All-New Sinister Six!
• PLUS: Spider-Man and Mary Jane…REUNITED!
• PLUS: Slott and Stegman… REUNITED!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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

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

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

AVENGERS #3
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JEROME OPEÑA (A)
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER
AVENGERS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY DANIEL ACUNA
VARIANT Cover BY ADI GRANOV
VARIANT Cover BY ESAD RIBIC
“THE GARDEN”
• The birth of the New Adam.
• On Mars, the Battle between The Avengers and the Garden comes to a dramatic conclusion.
• “If you want LIFE and all the good things living entails, then you’ll have to earn it.” –Ex Nihilo
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

AVENGERS #4
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • ADAM KUBERT (A)
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER
VARIANT Cover BY ESAD RIBIC
“THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF MAJOR TITANS”
• The Secret Origin of Hyperion.
• The Legacy of the Garden unfolds in the Savage Land.
• “We’ll have to field test our theories here. NOW.” –Dr. Deeds
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

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

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

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

FF #3
MATT FRACTION (W)
Michael ALLRED (A/C)
Variant Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
• The new FF take to the streets to celebrate 2013! How does the world respond?
• How do the kids of the Future Foundation feel about these new grown-ups running the show?
• And what does Scott Lang have in store for Doom? The war begins…
32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #3
MATT FRACTION (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
• A new year on a new world! The Richards family rings in 365 days of adventure on a brand new planet!
• Someone’s having second thoughts. Really? Already?
• How long can Reed keep his secret? How long can anything be kept a secret when you’re travelling through time & space with your family…?
32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

IRON MAN #5

KIERON GILLEN (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)
Design Variant Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Variant Cover by JIMMY CHEUNG

• EXTREMIS plus the final frontier equals universal doom!
• Will Tony have to betray an old friend?
• The debut of the All-New Space Armor!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #3

MARK WAID (W) • LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A/C)
Variant Cover aby SIMONE BIANCHI

HULK: AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.!!!
• HULK’S first official mission: take down the ALL-NEW QUINTRONIC MAN!!!
• More on Banner’s secret hold over S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill!
• What and where is…BANNERTOWN, U.S.A?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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

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

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

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #11
KELLY SUE DECONNICK (W) • Stefano Caselli (A)
Cover by MICO SUAYAN
Variant Cover by STEPHANE PERGER
• Spider-Woman is totally safe locked in that box with the parasite-infested Hulk… right?
• Remember that time Tony Stark said he hated trust falls? You knew that was going to come back. C’mon.
• ::whistles:: Hanging coffins of the Bo ::whistles::
• Yun Guang Han’s done it–he’s infected his Order of the Dragon initiates with next-step evolutionary bacteria and built himself a super-creepy (and kind of gross) army… WITH WHICH TO CONQUER THE WORLD.
• Mwah ha ha etc.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE ANNUAL #1
CHRISTOS GAGE (W) TOMM COKER (A/C)
• The spotlight falls on the Vision!
• It’s the return of Sunturion – more powerful and unstable than ever!
• A major turning point in the life of the android Avenger!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

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

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

VENOM #29
CULLEN BUNN (W)
THONY SILAS (A)
Cover by SHANE DAVIS
• AN ALIEN NATION RISES!
• Flash Thompson uncovers a mystery in Philadelphia, and Katy Kiernan may be its first victim!
• Cullen Bunn (WOLVERINE) and Thony Silas (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: ENDS OF THE EARTH) continue the tale of Venom’s first adventure in his new home!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

VENOM #30
CULLEN BUNN (W)
THONY SILAS (A)
Cover by Paulo Siqueira
VENOM VS. THE U-FOES IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY SHOVE!
• In a race against time, can Flash Thompson rescue not just his friends but th entire city of Philadelphia from an alien plot?
• Get ready for the most TOXIC final page in
Venom history!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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

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

SECRET AVENGERS #36
RICK REMENDER (W) • MATTEO SCALERA (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
• In The Core Venom and Valkyrie set out on a mission to kill Father.
• In New York The Master Mold rises and the only way to stop him is to kill The Torch!
• Black-Ant vs Hawkeye the final showdown!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SECRET AVENGERS #37
RICK REMENDER (W) • MATTEO SCALERA (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Final issue variant by Mike Perkins
FINAL ISSUE!
• The conclusion to the Rise of the Descendants! All secrets revealed!
• Father and the Descendants begin Contagious Robotic Evolution, merging the Descendants with all of humanity!
• What is the secret behind the power of Parvez?
• The ultimate test of Hawkeye!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marvel Universe
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #10
BRIAN CLEVINGER & TY TEMPLETON (W)
RAMON BACHS & TY TEMPLETON (A)
Cover by TY TEMPLETON
• It’s 40-yard-mayhem as our plucky Peter Parker must take ona robot football team gone haywire!
• Then, between being misunderstood by the cops and trashed by J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man’s used to taking on the world – but can he fight the entire city of new York?
• Don’t wait for the weekend – pick up the next adventure of DisneyXD’s superstar at your comic shop now!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

Marvel Universe AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES #10
TODD DEZAGO & CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN (W)
CHRISTOPHER JONES & LUCIANO VECCHIO (A)
Cover by KHOI PHAM
• Flying off the TV and into your hands, it’s the Disney XD hit Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!
• When the loathsome Leader attacks new York City with an army of Monsters, the Avengers get ready for the fight of their lives – but it’s the Astonishing Ant Man who holds the key to saving the day!
• Then, that techno-terror Ultron seizes control of the Vision to attack Avengers mansion – but the Vision will show Ultron that his you can’t reprogram a superhero!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL’S IRON MAN 3 PRELUDE #1 (of 2)
Chris Gage (W)
Steve Kurth (A)
• The perfect prelude to the upcoming highly-anticipated Marvel Studios film, Iron Man 3
• As Tony Stark prepares for his next venture, he tasks War Machine with a mission of his own.
• War Machine faces his biggest test as a hero, while Iron Man takes on the Battle of New York!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL’S THOR ADAPTATION #1 (of 2)
CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • Lan Medina (A)
• THE OFFICIAL ADAPTATION OF THE HIT MARVEL STUDIOS FILM, THOR IS HERE!
• What is the world of Asgard and who is the Mighty Thor?
• The origin of Marvel’s mightiest hero!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS: WEST COAST AVENGERS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC LAND COVER
Written by ROGER STERN, BOB HARRAS, STEVE ENGLEHART & DANNY FINGEROTH
Penciled by BOB HALL, LUKE MCDONNELL, AL MILGROM, RICHARD HOWELL, STEVE DITKO & MARK BRIGHT
Covers by GREG LAND & AL MILGROM
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes head west! Hawkeye splits from the Avengers and sets up shop in California. But the newly recruited members of Avengers “franchise” — including Tigra, Wonder Man, Mockingbird and a new Iron Man — soon find themselves in over their heads! Meanwhile, Ultron and the Grim Reaper target Wonder Man’s “brother,” the Vision — and the Vision’s wife, the Scarlet Witch! Can the West Coasters keep this complex bloodline from getting bloodier? Plus: Both Avengers teams are betrayed from within! Also guest-starring the the Thing, Hank Pym, Firebird and Nick Fury! Collecting WEST COAST AVENGERS (1984) #1-4, IRON MAN ANNUAL #7, AVENGERS (1963) #250, WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #1-16, VISION AND THE SCARLET WITCH (1985) #1-2, AVENGERS ANNUAL (1967) #15, WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #1; and material from AVENGERS (1963) #239, #243-244 and #246, and AVENGERS WEST COAST #100.
760 PGS./Rated T …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6745-7
Trim size: oversized
AVENGERS: WEST COAST AVENGERS OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC MILGROM COVER (DM ONLY)
760 PGS./Rated T …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6746-4

MARVEL MASTERWORKS:
THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 7 HC
Written by ROY THOMAS with HARLAN ELLISON & GARY FRIEDRICH
Penciled by HERB TRIMPE with DICK AYERS,
SAL BUSCEMA & SAM GRAINGER
Cover by HERB TRIMPE
The Hulk is back, and he’s going to smash his way through more masterworks than you can throw a tank at! It starts off with the time-travelling Kang the Conqueror and a trip back to World War I featuring the Phantom Eagle. Then, Hulk takes it to outer space, fighting the Abomination, before falling down to Earth and into the sub-atomic world of the Psyklop. Following the classic introduction of Hulk’s love, Jarella, comes the first appearance of Doc Samson, a battle atop the Empire State Building, and the fight for who’s meanest and greenest against Dr. Doom! With the Phantom Eagle’s first appearance from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES to round it out, there’s no doubt — this is a Marvel Masterworks! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #135-144, AVENGERS (1963) #88 and MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1967) #16.
256 PGS./All Ages …$69.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6668-9

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 7 HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 193 (DM ONLY)
256 PGS./All Ages …$69.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6669-6

MARVEL MASTERWORKS:
DOCTOR STRANGE VOL. 2 TPB
Written by STAN LEE, STEVE DITKO, DENNIS O’NEIL, ROY THOMAS, RAYMOND MARAIS, JIM LAWRENCE & DAN ADKINS
Penciled by STEVE DITKO, BILL EVERETT, MARIE SEVERIN & DAN ADKINS with GEORGE TUSKA
Cover by STEVE DITKO & RICHARD ISANOVE
The Master of the Mystic Arts is back, brought to you by the mind-blowing occult imaginings of Lee, Ditko, Everett, Severin, O’Neil and Adkins. With a roll call of classic creators like that, this book’s anything but cursed. It starts off with the galaxy-sized threats of Dormammu and Eternity — and then, in his first appearance, the Living Tribunal lays judgment upon the Earth! Next, Dr. Strange goes head-to-head with Nebulos, Lord of the Planets Perilous! They’re adventures guaranteed to rattle your astral fillings! We’ve also packed in the origin of the Ancient One, the return of Baron Mordo, Strange’s struggle against Kaluu with Clea’s life on the line and an otherworldly odyssey into deadly dimensions to save the lovely Victoria Bentley! Collecting STRANGE TALES (1951) #143-168.
312 PGS./All Ages …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6770-
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 7 HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 193 (DM ONLY)
256 PGS./All Ages …$69.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6669-6

AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS VOL. 5 PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO, BRANDON PETERSON, MIKE MAYHEW, TERRY DODSON & MIKE DEODATO JR.
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
I’s the final explosive story arc for longtime Avengers writer Brian Michael Bendis! Tony Stark intercepts a signal that may lead the Avengers into the arms of one of their dearest friends — or their greatest enemies. Two classic Avengers return for the first time in years as a giant status-quo shift looms on the horizon. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes must come to terms with themselves as a team and a family, but does this modern world really need the Avengers? One of the most controversial and spectacular eras of the Avengers comes to a spectacular and controversial conclusion! Plus: Wonder Man doesn’t think the Avengers are helping the world, and he’s willing to do whatever is needed to stop them —. even forming his own team, the Revengers! Collecting AVENGERS (2010) #31-34, NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL (2011) #1 and AVENGERS ANNUAL (2012) #1.
152 PGS./Rated T+ …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6081-6
Trim size: standard

NEW AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS VOL. 5 PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by MICHAEL GAYDOS, CARLOS PACHECO, MICHAEL AVON OEMING & MIKE DEODATO JR.
Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
It’s the final story arc for longtime Avengers writer Brian Michael Bendis! Now that the New Avengers have sacrificed all they had to fight the Phoenix, many are asking hard questions. Is it time for the team to call it quits? Meanwhile, one of the New Avengers’ deadliest foes returns, hatching an elaborate plot for revenge that throws the team into disarray. What does the future hold for the New Avengers? IS there a future? Plus: A Sorcerer Supreme ascends! But who will be the new master of Marvel magic, and what sacrifice will they have to make to achieve such power? An explosive ending to one of Marvel’s longest-running stories! Collecting NEW AVENGERS (2010) #31-34.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6158-5
Trim size: standard

SPIDER-MAN: DYING WISH PREMIERE HC
Written by DAN SLOTT, JM DEMATTEIS & JEN VAN METER
Penciled by RICHARD ELSON, HUMBERTO RAMOS, GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI & STEPHANIE BUSCEMA
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
This is it! The must-read story that turns over all the cards and reveals the secrets that have been seeded for the last three years! Dr. Octopus has mere hours left to live. He has no master plan — all his wants is vengeance against his eternal enemy, Spider-Man. And he’s just discovered Peter Parker’s secret identity. Which members of Spider-Man’s rogues’ gallery will heed Ock’s call to arms? With special appearances by the Lizard, the Spider-Slayer, Morbius the Living Vampire and some surprising Spidey foes, believe us when we say this is the end of an era — and quite possibly the end of Spider-Man’s world! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #698-700.
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6523-1
Trim size: standard

AVENGERS VS. X-MEN: CONSEQUENCES TPB
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Penciled by TOM RANEY, MARK BROOKS, STEVE KURTH, DALE EAGLESHAM & MORE
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
One team wins. One team loses. But everybody pays! Spinning directly out of the stunning conclusion of AVX, find out what happens next! We can’t tell you anything else without spoiling everything!
Collecting AVX: CONSEQUENCES #1-5.
120 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6646-7

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND
BLACK WIDOW TPB
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Penciled by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Captain America and the Black Widow are on a deadly collision course, sent on a wild goose chase through countless worlds by Kashmir Venemma and her multiversal corporation. Pursued by a super-powered kill squad, Cap and Widow jaunt through the multiverse, fight corporate-sponsored alien war machines and face…Lizard-Ock!? And as the two Avengers struggle ever closer to their goal, the stage is set for the eye-popping, senses-snapping, jaw-dropping final battle! Guest-starring Hawkeye, Iron Man and…Dr. Doom? Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BLACK WIDOW #636-640.
112 PGS./Rated T …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6528-6

DARK AVENGERS:
JUSTICE LIKE LIGHTNING! TPB
Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by DECLAN SHALVEY, KEV WALKER & NEIL EDWARDS
Cover by MIKE DEODATO
With the Thunderbolts lost in time, a new group steps in to replace them: the Dark Avengers! Featuring Dark Scarlet Witch, Dark Spider-Man, Trickshot, Ragnarok…and Luke Cage?! But while the T-Bolts battle Dr. Doom in the past for the fate of the future, Cage learns of the Dark Avengers’ deadly new mission — and Skaar discovers the team’s secret agenda! And when the Dark Avengers’ operation sets off what will become known as “the Cataclysm,” the situation gets worse as Songbird stumbles onto a conspiracy to destroy the team — and Cage and the T-Bolts, to boot! Plus: The Thunderbolts finally return to the present and face off with their replacements, but who can they call to knock the Dark Avengers down? Former teammate Cain Marko, the unstoppable Juggernaut, that’s who! Collecting DARK AVENGERS (2012) #175-182.
184 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6172-1

SCARLET SPIDER VOL. 1:
LIFE AFTER DEATH TPB
Written by CHRIS YOST
Penciled by RYAN STEGMAN & NEIL EDWARDS
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
A science experiment gone terribly wrong, a killer searching for atonement, a fugitive on the run, a vigilante delivering extreme justice…a Spider-Man?! When Peter Parker’s imperfect clone, former super villain Kaine, attempts to start his life over, he relocates to Houston — and promptly stumbles upon an international human-trafficking ring! But lacking the moral fiber and heroic constitution of his genetic twin, Kaine must decide between action and apathy — and define his own brand of justice in the process as the Scarlet Spider! And finding himself on the wrong side of the merciless Assassins’ Guild, will the new Scarlet Spider fight to protect the citizens of Houston — or just leave his adoptive city to fend for itself? Collecting SCARLET SPIDER (2012) #1-6 and material from POINT ONE #1.
152 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6310-7

THE PUNISHER BY GREG RUCKA VOL. 3 TPB
Written by GREG RUCKA
Penciled by MIRKO COLAK, MARCO CHECCHETTO & MICO SUAYAN
Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
The streets run red in the aftermath of Spider-Man, Daredevil and Punisher’s search for the Omega Drive. The Omega Effect has reshuffled the deck; now, it’s time for Frank Castle to lay down the law. Rachel Cole isn’t going to like what she hears, but even punishment has a code. A friend switches sides, Cole becomes the hunted, and the Punisher takes on the NYPD. It’s a situation nobody can win. Prepare for the WAR ZONE. Collecting THE PUNISHER (2011) #11-16.
136 PGS./Parental Advisory …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5921-6

FANTASTIC FOUR: REUNITED THEY STAND TPB
Written by MARV WOLFMAN, BILL MANTLO & GEORGE PÉREZ
Penciled by KEITH POLLARD, JOHN BUSCEMA, BOB HALL, SAL BUSCEMA & GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by JOE SINNOTT
The Fantastic Four’s most sensational seventies sagas! Following on the heels of Dr. Doom’s overthrow, the FF return to New York only to face the unexpected threat of their own defense systems turned against them! What diabolical quasi-human could be behind this, and can even the Invincible Iron Man help them out of this quandary? Then, embark on some fabulous fun with a triple dose of Annual adventures featuring the Inhumans, the Mole Man and the Sandman — as well as a spellbinding tale set in the shadow-haunted town of New Salem, guest starring Agatha Harkness and Salem’s Seven! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #201-203 and ANNUAL #12-14.
168 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6286-5

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN: THE GOOD, THE GREEN AND THE UGLY TPB
Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN, KELLY SUE DECONNICK & KEVIN SHINIK
Penciled by STUART IMMONEN, TERRY DODSON & AARON KUDER
Cover by TERRY DODSON
Spider-Man continues to rub shoulders with the Marvel Universe’s best and brightest! First, it’s a night out on the town with Spider-Man and She-Hulk! All the thwipping and quipping — and none of the calories! Then, Spidey plummets into action with the new Captain Marvel! Unfortunately, they’re 50,000 feet up — and only one of them can fly! And when a Boston-based brawl breaks out between a 50-foot madwoman and an army of privatized mecha-police, guess who’s caught in between? Plus: It’s the team-up you’ve all been waiting for as Spider-Man and Deadpool take on…high school?! The devilishly dangerous Deadpool helps Spidey dodge bullets and bullies, but is there more to the mayhem than meets the eye? Collecting AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #7, #9-10 and #12-13.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5780-9

MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 2 DIGEST
Written by JACOB SEMAHN, TY TEMPLETON, BRIAN CLEVINGER, CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN, JOE CARAMAGNA & TODD DEZAGO
Penciled by NUNO PLATI, TY TEMPLETON, RAMON BACHS & CRAIG ROUSSEAU
Cover by TY TEMPLETON
Take the Ultimate Spin as the Hit DisneyXD show swings out of your TV and into your hands! By day, he’s Peter Parker, mild-mannered high-school student. But by night, he’s the Ultimate in super heroics: Spider-Man!
• See Spidey take on a parade of fiendish foes — including the Trapster, the Wrecker, the Big Wheel and…a dragon!?
• Spider-Man becomes the most hated hero in NYC until one fantastic save shows him who his true fans are!
• When Halloween goes haywire, can Spidey stop the costumed chaos — and save Peter Parker’s greatest enemy from being held hostage in a hostile high school haunting?
• Spider-Man is outmatched when he takes on a new team of seasoned villains!
From the minds behind the hit TV show! Collecting MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #5-8.
96 PGS./All Ages …$9.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6411-1

THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER — THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB
Written by ROGER LANGRIDGE
Penciled by CHRIS SAMNEE
Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE
It’s Thor as you’ve never seen him when Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated writer Roger Langridge and artist Chris Samnee re-imagine the God of Thunder! Thrill as Thor battles raging robots the size of cities and fights side-by-side with Iron Man for the first time! Gasp as he tames the mightiest sea creatures and tests his might against the Sub-Mariner! Swoon as he rescues damsels in distress from the vilest villains! Plus: When mischievous Loki’s machinations throw Thor and a World War II-era Captain America into King Arthur’s court, it’s a time-twisting tale of Camelot craziness that neither Avenger will ever forget! Collecting THOR THE MIGHTY AVENGER #1-8, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2011: CAPTAIN AMERICA & THOR.
216 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-8381-5

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA – THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS, STEVE EPTING, JACKSON GUICE, ROBERTO DE LA TORRE & LEE WEEKS
Cover by STEVE EPTING
Steve Rogers is dead! Long live Captain America! He was a hero to millions, an inspiration to America’s armed services and the representative of his nation’s greatest ideals. He lived for his country — and now, he has given his last final measure for the nation he loved, shot down in cold blood. In the aftermath of his death, Cap’s longtime partner, the Falcon, makes revenge his first order of business. Sharon Carter finds herself spiraling out of control, a captive of the Red Skull’s minions. And Bucky Barnes, a.k.a. the Winter Soldier, must reconcile his own sordid past with the calling to become the new Captain America! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (2005) #22-42 and WINTER SOLDIER: WINTER KILLS.
576 PGS./Rated T+ …$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-8379-2

FANTASTIC FOUR: ISLAND OF DEATH TPB
Written by TOM BELAND
Penciled by JUAN DOE
Cover by JUAN DOE
Marvel’s First Family investigates a long-kept secret, bringing them to the island of Puerto Rico — face-to-face with an old nemesis and a creature known as el Chupacabra! Then, it’s a return trip to the tropics, and the Human Torch is bringing his good buddy Spider-Man! What has turned the island of Vieques’ tranquil bay into…a giant radioactive monster?! Plus: There’s no such thing as a relaxing vacation. When the monstrous evil genius M.O.D.O.K. hatches a plan involving genetically enhanced monkeys, our heroes will be up to their ears in it! Guest-starring Dragon Man and the mysterious figure known only as…El Vejigante! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR: ISLA DE LA MUERTE!, SPIDER-MAN & THE HUMAN TORCH IN…BAHIA DE LOS MUERTOS! and FANTASTIC FOUR IN ATAQUE DEL M.O.D.O.K.!
136 PGS./Rated T …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4410-6

MARVEL FIRSTS: WWII SUPER HEROES TPB
Written by BILL EVERETT, JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, WILL HARR, BOB DAVIS, PHIL STURM, OTTO BINDER, STAN LEE & MORE
Penciled by CARL BURGOS, BILL EVERETT, JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, MAURICE GUTWIRTH, JACK BINDER, HARRY SAHLE, AL AVISON, AL GABRIELE, SYD SHORES, CHARLES NICHOLAS WOJTKOSKI, MIKE SUCHORSKY & MORE
Cover by VARIOUS
In 1939, Timely Comics — precursor to modern Marvel — burst onto the scene with a wild and unmatched energy, populating the Golden Age of Comics with hundreds of new characters! Travel back to the Marvel Universe’s embryonic beginnings, and relive the dynamic debuts of the Sub-Mariner, Captain America, Laughing Mask, Ferret, Dynamic Man, Marvex, Black Marvel, Blazing Skull, Patriot, Young Allies, Whizzer, Rockman, Jack Frost, Destroyer, Witness, Miss America and more — plus the Golden Age incarnations of the Human Torch, Angel, Falcon, Black Widow and Vision! Collecting material from MARVEL COMICS #1; DARING MYSTERY COMICS #1-3, #5 and #7; MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #4, #13, #28 and #49; MYSTIC COMICS #1-2 and #4-7; RED RAVEN COMICS #1; CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1, #6 and #13; HUMAN TORCH COMICS #4; YOUNG ALLIES COMICS #1; and USA COMICS #1-2.
456 PGS./Rated T …$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6791-4

IRON MAN BY JOE QUESADA TPB
Written by JOE QUESADA & FRANK TIERI
Penciled by ALITHA MARTINEZ, SEAN CHEN, DAN PANOSIAN & PAUL RYAN
Cover by JOE QUESADA
Tony Stark has created his most advanced suit of armor yet: one with artificial intelligence! The suit moves on its own, fights on its own — and makes decisions on its own. The new Iron Man has none of Tony’s weaknesses — except Rumiko Fujikawa, the woman Tony loves. The suit loves her, too. And so, for it to take over Tony’s life and “become” him for good, Iron Man must kill Tony Stark! Plus: Tony discovers the technologically advanced Sons of Yinsen, worshippers of the man who helped his invent his armor. But when he learns his first foe, Wong Chu, still lives, Iron Man must team with the Sons to shatter Wong Chu’s empire! Collecting IRON MAN (1998) #1/2 and #26-32, and IRON MAN ANNUAL 2000.
232 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6736-5

AVENGERS VS. THANOS TPB
Written by JIM STARLIN, MIKE FRIEDRICH, STEVE ENGLEHART, STEVE GERBER & SCOTT EDELMAN
Penciled by JIM STARLIN, DON HECK, BOB BROWN, JOHN BUSCEMA & MIKE ZECK
Cover by JIM STARLIN
Eternal. Nihilist. Madman. Would-be lover of Death itself. Thanos of Titan is all these things — and even before he created the Infinity Gauntlet and decimated half the universe, he was still a mighty force to be reckoned with. Here, collected in one volume for the first time, is the complete story of Thanos’ first life — and first death. Witness as Thanos targets Captain Marvel and the Avengers in a bid to become a god, manipulates Adam Warlock, and finally lays siege to the Earth itself! Guest-starring Daredevil, Spider-Man, the Thing, Moondragon, Drax the Destroyer and more! By cosmic mastermind Jim Starlin! Collecting IRON MAN (1968) #55, CAPTAIN MARVEL (1968) #25-33, MARVEL FEATURE (1971) #12, DAREDEVIL (1964) #105-107, AVENGERS (1963) #125, WARLOCK (1972) #9-11 and #15, AVENGERS ANNUAL (1967) #7, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE ANNUAL #2, and material from LOGAN’S RUN #6.
472 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6850-8

SPIDER-MAN: THE DEATH OF JEAN DEWOLFF TPB (NEW PRINTING)
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by RICH BUCKLER & SAL BUSCEMA
Cover by RICH BUCKLER & SAL BUSCEMA
He’s the Sin-Eater, the man who takes the world’s sins for himself by killing every sinner he sees — and he sees them everywhere! But the lethal lunatic bites off more than he can chew when he robs Spider-Man of a dear friend: police captain Jean DeWolff! How can the grieving hero track down a villain with targets everywhere he goes? Join the wall-crawler for a frantic search through New York City that culminates in a pivotal moment between Manhattan’s two biggest solo stars — Spidey and Daredevil! Collecting PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #107-110 & #134-136.
168 PGS./Rated T …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6714-3

AVENGERS: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KANG TPB
Written by ROGER STERN, JIM SHOOTER, DANNY FINGEROTH & STEVE ENGLEHART
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, STEVE DITKO & MARK BRIGHT
Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA
The Sub-Mariner has joined the Avengers! And they’ll need his superhuman strength and aquatic expertise when they make a shocking discovery beneath the waves of Jamaica Bay, deal with a new Yellowjacket and clash with the unimaginable cosmic power of the Beyonder! But when the Avengers’ time-hopping nemesis Kang the Conqueror returns — a whole Council of Kangs, in fact — can Earth’s Mightiest Heroes escape the deadly realm of Limbo, dispatch the threats of the Space Phantom and Growing Man, and triumph over their futuristic foe? And what parts will Ravonna and Immortus play in the battle? Plus: The Avengers and West Coast team up to uncover a traitor in their midst! Guest-starring the Molecule Man, the Silver Surfer and Freedom Force! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #262-269, AVENGERS ANNUAL (1967) #15 and WEST COAST AVENGERS ANNUAL #1.
280 PGS./Rated T …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6729-7

ESSENTIAL MARVEL TEAM-UP VOL. 4 TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, BILL KUNKEL, STEVEN GRANT, ALAN KUPPERBERG, ROGER STERN & MORE
Penciled by JEFF ACLIN, HOWARD CHAYKIN, DON PERLIN, MIKE VOSBURG, SAL BUSCEMA,
BOB MCLEOD, GENE COLAN, RICH BUCKLER, PAT BRODERICK, CARMINE INFANTINO, MIKE ZECK,
JIMMY JANES, ALAN KUPPERBERG, WILL MEUGNIOT & HERB TRIMPE
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Spider-Man’s parade of all-star team-ups continues as he fights side-by-side with Nick Fury, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hulk, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr. Strange, Ms. Marvel, Black Panther, Nightcrawler, Beast, Ghost Rider, Howard the Duck, X-51, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and more — against a non-stop onslaught of deadly foes including the Silver Dagger, the Griffin, Boomerang, the Maggia, Arcade, Killer Shrike, Mr. Fear, Tatterdemalion, the Owl and Nightshade! And in a special multi-part epic, Spider-Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. must race against time to save the president from death at the hands of Viper and the Silver Samurai! Collecting MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #76-78 and #80-98, and MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #2-3.
480 PGS./Rated T …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6734-1