Marvel In June 2011: Ultimate, Max

[ENGLISH] Marvel tells us: Marvel Comics In June 2011, Part 3: Ultimate, Max & others: Ultimate Comics Captain America, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Ultimate Comics Avengers Vs. New Ultimates, Halo: Fall of Reach, Sigil, Ruse, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, The Stand: No Man’s Land, Formic Wars, Anita Blake, Ozma of Oz, Cars, Disney Pixar, Emma…

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SIGIL #4 (of 4)
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by
JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
In the virgin forests of California, two centuries before she was even born, Sam Rey fights a battle that takes her through time to keep the villainous pirate October from retrieving the treasure he’s crossed oceans to steal.  But the treasure has ideas of its own, and it just might be too big for the both of them…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

RUSE #4 (of 4)
Written by MARK WAID
Art by MIRCO PIERFEDERICI
Cover by BUTCH GUICE
Marvel Comics brings you the concluding chapter of the Great Partington Enigma as master detective Simon Archard and his partner, Emma Bishop, find themselves at war with one another while trying to save the city they love! What price will Emma have to pay in order to save Simon from his greatest arch-enemy?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HALO: FALL OF REACH – COVENANT #3 (of 4)
Written by BRIAN REED
Pencils & Cover by FELIX RUIZ
The Covenant have invaded a human colony — but what are they searching for? Master Chief and his Spartans must discover the truth behind the Covenant’s actions before the planet and everyone on it is turned to glass! The HALO saga continues as Brian Reed (SPIDER-MAN: AMERICAN SON) & Felix Ruiz (MARVEL BOY: THE URANIAN) continue to adapt the best selling novel HALO: THE FALL OF REACH by Eric Nylund.
32 PGS./17 & Up …$3.99
© 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, 343 Industries, the 343 Industries logo, Halo, the Halo logo, Xbox, Xbox 360, and the Xbox logos, are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER – THE BATTLE OF TULL #1 (of 5)
Written by PETER DAVID
Pencils & Cover by MICHAEL LARK
In a saloon in the town of Tull, the last gunslinger is approached by a bizarre figure that has a message for him. The message is terrifying. What’s worse, it is delivered by a dead man named Nort whose corpse was animated to serve this very purpose. And that is only the beginning of the horrors awaiting the gunslinger in this strange place deep within Mid-World.  We continue Roland Deschain’s quest for the Man in Black that has become his obsession. Featuring the artistic talents of Michael Lark, whose fine pencils have graced the pages of Daredevil and Spider-Man.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

CARS 2 #1 (of 2)
Written by ALESSANDRO FERRARI
Penciled by ANTONELLO DALENA
& VALENTINO FORLINI
In this thrilling new high-octane installment of the Cars saga, all the world’s a racetrack as superstar Lightning McQueen zooms back into action — with his best friend Mater in tow — to take on the globe’s fastest and finest. Mater and Lightning will need their passports as they find themselves in a world of intrigue, thrills and fast-paced comedic escapades. While racing through England, Italy and Japan, they face a host of new and worthy competitors.
40 PGS./All Ages …$3.99

DISNEY • PIXAR
PRESENTS CARS 2
Written by ALESSANDRO SISTI
Penciled by ANTONELLO DALENA
Relive the magic of Disney/Pixar’s hit movie Cars! Lighting McQueen is a brash upstart racecar that may actually have a chance to be the first rookie to win the Piston Cup! Young and confident, he’s sure he can do it all on his own — no pit crew, no friends, just McQueen. But after he causes an accident while traveling to the final race, McQueen finds himself in trouble in the small town of Radiator Springs. He’ll have to learn how to be a team player in both racing and in life if he hopes to fulfill his championship dreams.
64 PGS./Giant Size Comics/All Ages …$5.99

OZMA OF OZ #7 (of 8)
Written by ERIC SHANOWER
Pencils & Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
It’s Billina, the Yellow Hen, to the rescue! To everyone’s
surprise, Billina breaks the enchantments that the Nome King cast on Ozma of Oz and her followers. But the wicked Nome King refuses to let his captives leave his underground kingdom. The battle begins—between the twenty-seven soldiers of Ozma’s army and the countless, armed hordes of the Nomes.
32 PGS./All Ages …$3.99

EMMA #4 (of 5)
Written by Nancy Butler
Art  & Cover by Janet Lee
Emma, who has vowed never to marry, spends her time trying to fix up everyone else’s love life. But when her friends start making their own romantic decisions, will she be able to accept them? Written by award-winning author Nancy Butler with gorgeous illustrations by Janet Lee, EMMA will charm fans and new readers everywhere!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #6 (of 7)
Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD
Penciled by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO
Cover by BILLY TAN
This is not a war. It’s a massacre. The Chinese army is decimated. The countryside smolders in ashes. Nothing and no one has stopped the formics. Bombs, tanks, troops. Fail. Fail. Fail. Until now. Mazer Rackham has teamed up with the Mobile Operations Police, the super elite special forces unit that previously rejected him. Their plan? Destroy a formic lander. How? By going deep underground, down in the formic tunnels . . . where swarms of formics are ready and waiting. Will they turn the tide of war or dig their own graves? The exciting prequel to Ender’s Game continues. From bestselling author and science-fiction legend Orson Scott Card.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #159
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art & Cover by Mark Bagley
Variant cover by Frank Cho
Spider-Man has been horribly wounded and hangs to life by the thinnest of threads. And when the Sinister Six come for the young hero in his hometown, Spider-Man will truly be in for the fight of his life! Prepare for a rumble in Queens like you’ve never seen before. Prepare for the end!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
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ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS
VS. NEW ULTIMATES #5 (of 6)
Written by Mark Millar
Art by Leinil Yu with Stephen Segovia
Cover by Leinil Yu
Variant cover by Frank Cho
Conspiracies intensify, loyalties are questioned, and tragedy has struck.
What will become of our heroes and the rest of the Ultimate Universe?
When you don’t know who to trust, the only certainty is chaos…
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #160
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art by Mark Bagley
Cover by MARK BAGLEY (Polybagged)
Variant Cover by Mike Kaluta (Pollybagged)
Spoiler Varaint Cover by MARK BAGLEY
Blank Cover Also Available
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32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

15 LOVE #1 (of 3)
Written by ANDI WATSON
Penciled by TOMMY OHTSUKA
Cover by SHO MURASE
TEENAGE TENNIS ACTION AS ONLY MIGHTY MARVEL CAN DELIVER!
Tennis is Mill Collins whole life…but as the lowest ranking student at the Wayde Tennis Academy, she’s about to lose her scholarship, and any chance at reaching her dream.  Her coach has given up on her, her aunt thinks she doesn’t try, and the only one who believes in her is a washed-up drunk…how wrong can things possible go before Mill catches a break?
56 PGS./Rated A …$4.99

SUPREME POWER #1 (of 4)
Written by KYLE HIGGINS
Penciled by MANUEL GARCIA
Cover by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
The groundbreaking, controversial Supreme Power is back! A new era begins for the deadliest super heroes of all time! The man known as Hyperion has disappeared, hiding from the government and finally living the life he always wanted. Dr. Spectrum has taken his place as America’s greatest hero…and the US Military’s greatest asset.
But when the balance of super-power threatens the world, and Dr. Spectrum becomes a deadly liability, Hyperion’s solitude may be
short-lived. Will these two former allies find themselves at the center of a conflict that could engulf the planet?
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

DEADPOOL MAX #9 (of 12)
Written by DAVE LAPHAM
Penciled by SHAWN CRYSTAL
Cover by KYLE BAKER
Things have been rough for Bob lately. And now he’s been placed on suspension, which is tantamount to a death sentence.  Deadpool takes matters into his own hands and throws pal Bob a Bachelor Party!!!  Never mind Bob’s not even engaged, what’s more fun than a bachelor party?!  Strippers, booze, guns, blackouts, more booze, handcuffs, drug dealers, pimps, assassins, hookers, angry hookers, angry hookers with guns, and some serious eye watering male bonding moments…or is that bondage moments?
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

PUNISHERMAX #14
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by STEVE DILLON
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
The untold origin of the Punisher continues. Once upon a time, Frank Castle was just a regular guy, with a steady job and a loving family. A guy just trying to stay out of trouble and make his way. But Nick Fury had other ideas…
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

POWERS #10
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
The Eisner Award-winning team of Bendis and Oeming bring you another pulse-pounding chapter in their cops-and-capes blockbuster! Someone is killing the superhero gods, and Detective Walker is about to make a life-changing decision to stop it. Plus: a sneak preview of the new creator-owned comic by Bendis and Bagley. See it here first!
40 PGS./Mature …$3.95

SCARLET BOOK 1 PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art & Cover by ALEX MALEEV
THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING, POWERHOUSE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND DAREDEVIL, HALO AND THE AVENGERS UNLEASHES ITS BOLDEST PROJECT YET! SCARLET! This is the comic experience of the year! The first creator-owned series by one of the most successful teams in all of modern comics, SCARLET is the story of a woman pushed to the edge by all that’s wrong with the world. A woman who decides to stand up and fight back. A woman who will not back down. A woman who discovers within herself the power to start a modern American revolution! In the vein of ALIAS, POWERS and JINX, SCARLET debuts a fascinating new comics character who, with every issue, reveals new things about herself against a completely original backdrop of intrigue and drama. This Premiere collection of the first creator-owned series by Bendis since POWERS — and the first-ever creator-owned series by Maleev — includes tons of extras, a look at the first-issue script by Bendis with new illustrations by Maleev, an all-star cover gallery and more!
176 PGS./Mature …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5251-4
Trim size: standard
© 2011 Jinxworld Inc. All right reserved.

SCARLET #6
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art and Cover by ALEX MALEEV
Scarlet’s call to arms has been heard all over the world. And the world reacts. Can a modern revolution gain traction? And what will the government do to shut her down? From the Eisner Award-winning team behind DAREDEVIL and MOON KNIGHT!
40 PGS./Mature …$3.95
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KICK-ASS TPB
Written by MARK MILLAR
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
The greatest super-hero comic of all time — now a major motion picture directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Nicolas Cage.! Have you ever wanted to be a super hero? No, I mean REALLY wanted to be a super hero? Dave Lizewski has — but unlike you or me, he’s not willing to let it stop with simple daydreams. Designing a suit for himself, and taking the name “Kick-Ass,” Dave decides to make his dreary existence more exciting — and maybe even help some people in the process. But with no special powers and outmatched by New York City’s most hardened criminals, Kick-Ass might be in for a little more than he bargained for. With his super-hero secret identity gaining more and more fans due to a popular viral video, and other masked vigilantes beginning to make their presence felt in the city, Dave knows that his extracurricular activity is dangerous, maybe even stupid — but he’s got the itch, and it ain’t going away. Collecting KICK-ASS #1-8.
216 PGS./Mature …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3261-5
KICK-ASS TPB VARIANT (DM ONLY)
216 PGS./Mature …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4132-7

DARK TOWER OMNIBUS HC SLIPCASE – DARK TOWER OMNIBUS
Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH
Art by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
“The Man in Black fled across the desert…and the gunslinger followed.” With those words from a short story published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Stephen King launched one of the most seminal characters in his lifetime of writing into a destiny fraught with danger, death, triumph and loss. In the almost thirty years since that momentous occasion, King introduced millions of readers to the densely textured realm of Mid-World through his magnum opus, the Dark Tower series of novels. King joined with Marvel in 2007 to bring his masterwork of fantasy to a new generation of readers. Adding stunning new textures to the mythos of Roland and Mid-World for four years, the initial arc of King and Marvel’s union is now complete, and the entire run is collected here. Collecting DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN #1-7, THE LONG ROAD HOME #1-5, TREACHERY #1-6, SORCERER #1, THE FALL OF GILEAD #1-6 and THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #1-5.
296 PGS./All Ages …$150.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5541-6
©2011 Stephen King. All rights reserved.

DARK TOWER OMNIBUS HC SLIPCASE – COMPANION HC
Written by ROBIN FURTH & ANTHONY FLAMINI
Art by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover by JAE LEE
Chock full of essential short stories, bonus material and apocrypha, this volume is a must-read for Stephen King enthusiasts. Three guidebooks overseen by Dark Tower: A Concordance author Robin Furth unlock the many secrets of Roland Deschain, the Gunslingers, Gilead and the dark forces of Farson — bringing readers greater insight into the people, places and things of Mid-World. And supplemental material from the first thirty issues of Marvel’s Dark Tower series shed even more light on King’s epic — with short stories by Furth, and a tour through artists Jae Lee and Richard Isanove’s sketchbooks, and more! Collecting DARK TOWER: GUNSLINGER’S GUIDEBOOK, END-WORLD ALMANAC and GUIDE TO GILEAD; MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: DARK TOWER; and material from DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN #1-7, THE LONG ROAD HOME #1-5, TREACHERY #1-6, SORCERER #1, THE FALL OF GILEAD #1-6 and THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #1-5.
600 PGS.
©2011 Stephen King. All rights reserved.

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER —
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA PREMIERE HC
Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH
Penciled by LUKE ROSS & RICHARD ISANOVE
Cover by LUKE ROSS & RICHARD ISANOVE
Near death from an attack by Slow Mutants, Roland Deschain is taken in by a group of Sisters who specialize in anything but the healing arts. These hideous, corpse-like creatures known as the Little Sisters of Eluria have murder on their twisted minds. And in his current, wounded condition, there’s almost nothing the last gunslinger can do to prevent their tender mercies from taking hold. Plus: The mentally handicapped, formerly mute young man known as Sheemie possesses the awesome power to shatter the very Beams that hold the Dark Tower in place — the fulcrum of existence itself. But Sheemie does not want to destroy the underpinnings of reality. He is in the prison of Devar-Toi, and all he wants is his friends — his ka-tet — to come for him. And one of them is coming for him even now. One of them known as the last gunslinger, Roland Deschain. And not all the horrors of Thunderclap will stand in his way! Collecting DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER — THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA #1-5 and SHEEMIE’S TALE.
152 PGS./Parental Advisory …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4931-6
Trim size: standard
©2011 Stephen King. All rights reserved.

ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE
HUNTER: CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED BOOK 1 —
THE CHARMER TPB
Written by LAURELL K. HAMILTON
& JESS RUFFNER
Penciled by RON LIM
Cover by BRETT BOOTH
An all-new mystery for America’s favorite necromancer! The last year has been a non-stop rollercoaster ride for Anita Blake, and it’s nearing Halloween — peak time when you raise the dead for a living. Now, the police need Anita’s help investigating a vampire killing that left the victim with three unique sets of bite marks, despite the fact vampires are normally solitary hunters. The attack must be the work of a master vampire — and with only two in St. Louis, one being Jean Claude, Anita knows right where to start. Venturing to Jean Claude’s Circus of the Damned, Anita is confronted by a group of shape-shifters, a new master vampire named Yasmine and a giant snake that might be a god! It’s all-new, high-octane action in this entry into the beloved Anita Blake universe!
120 PGS./Mature …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4689-6

HALO: BLOOD LINE TPB
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by FRANCIS PORTELA
The prospecting vessel Long Time Coming is more than your average explorer ship. Underneath the grit and grime, it’s part of the Office of Naval Intelligence, and its crew and “prospecting equipment” are en route to the front lines. That is, until the ship encounters a strange phenomenon in slipspace that sends the vessel plummeting toward an unknown planet. But they’re not the only ones shipwrecked on this world — a world that’s more than just an anonymous hunk of rock. Critically acclaimed comics scribe Fred Van Lente (INCREDIBLE HERCULES, X-MEN NOIR) teams with up-and-coming artist Francis Portela (BLACK PANTHER) to bring you HALO: BLOOD LINE — a story of war, survival and, above all else, a family of Spartans who will never let each other down. Collecting HALO: BLOOD LINE #1-5.
120 PGS./17 & Up …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4050-4
© 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, 343 Industries, the 343 Industries logo, Halo, the Halo logo, Xbox, Xbox 360, and the Xbox logos, are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.