Marvel Comics In October 2010: Ultimate, Max…

[ENGLISH] Marvel tells us: Marvel Comics In October 2010, Part 3: Ultimate, Max & Others: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Ultimate Comics Avengers, Marvelman, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Stephen King’s N, Anita Blake, Sense & Sensibility, Punisher Max, Casanova, Kick Ass, Scarlet…

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Tron: The Betrayal #1 (of 2)
Written by JAI NITZ
Plot courtesy STARLIGHT RUNNER ENTERTAINMENT
Penciled by ANDIE TONG
Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
Get a first look at the world of the upcoming Tron: Legacy! Following the events of the original Tron, the year is 1983 and Kevin Flynn is now in charge of Encom. He’s built it into the largest videogame company in the world. But that’s not all Kevin has accomplished – he’s also secretly built the Grid, a digital world filled with living programs! More than a place where he can race light cycles, it’s a place where he can build and test environments only limited by his imagination. But the Grid is far more complex than even its creator realizes, and even Flynn can’t be in two places at once. As this new world develops a life of its own, Flynn is going to first need the help of an old friend, a security program named Tron. Showcasing a key time of the mythology of the Tron world, part one of THE BETRAYAL will show the early days of the Grid, and the first appearances of the heroes and villains that will be seen in Tron: Legacy.
56 Pages/$4.99/Rated A
© 2010 Disney Enterprises Inc. All rights reserved

MARVELMAN FAMILY’S FINEST #4 (of 6)

Written by MICK ANGLO & VARIOUS
Penciled by MICK ANGLO & VARIOUS
Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Variant Cover by JAE LEE
With one word — KIMOTA! — newspaper copy boy Micky Moran becomes the invincible, indestructible Marvelman! In 1954, MARVELMAN #25 began the saga of one of the most storied characters ever to emerge from the British comics market. Now, thrill to the adventures of Marvelman, Young Marvelman and Kid Marvelman as they take on enemy agents, mad scientists and more in this “best of” series!
40 PGS./Black & White/All Ages …$3.99

THE STAND: HARDCASES #4 (of 5)

Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by TOMM COKER
In a house in the newly established Boulder Free Zone, behind closed doors, seven soul survivors are holding a clandestine meeting. Their agenda: Saving a disease-decimated country and protecting themselves against the threat of the dark man. But what are they missing? Harold Lauder, who is biding his time and plotting his revenge… And Mother Abagail, who is having a crisis of faith and coming face-to-face with her personal demons… Hold your breath and say your prayers, True Believers, as we head towards the final conflict!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory…$3.99
Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. This graphic novel is produced under licensefrom The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King. TM & © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

HALO: FALL OF REACH –
BOOT CAMP #2 (of 4)
Written by BRIAN REED
Pencils & Cover by FELIX RUIZ
Stolen from their families and conscripted by the military, John-117 and the other child SPARTAN recruits are lost in the wilderness, out-manned and outgunned! Brian Reed (SIEGE: FRONT LINE) and Felix Ruiz (THE URANIAN) take the HALO legend to new heights with this origin story of Master Chief!
32 PGS./17 & Up …$3.99
© 2010 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.

TALES OF THE
DRAGON GUARD —
INTO THE VEIL #2 (of 3)
Written by ANGE
Pencils by CRISTIAN PATY
Cover by CRISTIAN PATY
Twenty years have gone by since a Dragon devastated the Doge’s Palace. The area is now a theater of dark affairs. At the heart of the ruins, around the neck of the Doge lies the Arken jewel — the symbol of his lineage. He who wears it will, in turn, inherit the throne. Looters, mercenaries, heirs — many hope to get their hands on precious jewel. Among them, two Dragon Knights and their apprentice! However, their journey and their intentions differ from the others who seek the jewel. But their alliance is fragile and the Palace ruins shelter strange creatures who wish to tear them apart. Is the dangerous dragon really dead and what new monsters has the Veil created?
48 PGS./Mature …$5.99

PROMETHEUS #1 (of 3)
Written by CRISTOPHE BEC
Pencils & Cover by CRISTOPHE BEC
Variant Cover by CRISTOPHE BEC
From European master Cristophe Bec comes this extraordinary story. A series of completely inexplicable events are afflicting our world, day after day at precisely 13 hours and 13 minutes. September 21, 2019 — 13h13m: The space shuttle Atlantis disappears without a trace from control screens, completely lost to NASA ground control. September 22, 2019 —13h13m: All timepieces on the planet suddenly stop. And that’s just a beginning… as the threat of the Apocalypse hangs over the entire planet, the future of Humanity is plunged into darkness and obscurity… heralding the worst for our civilization.
48 PGS./Mature …$5.99

ORSON SCOTT CARD’S ENDER IN EXILE #5 (of 5)
Creative Director ORSON SCOTT CARD
Written by AARON JOHNSTON
Penciled by POP MHAN
Cover by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
The exciting conclusion to Orson Scott Card’s bestselling novel and direct sequel to Ender’s Game! Ender has found a cocoon of a young Formic hive queen who carries within her ten thousand Formic eggs. With it, Ender can restore the alien species he destroyed in the war. But should he? Or would he be opening Pandora’s box, unleashing Earth’s deadliest enemies to finish what they started? It all comes to a head here as Ender accepts or rejects his destiny as the Speaker for the Dead.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 3 #3 (of 6)

Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils by STEVE DILLON
Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Vampire X has gotten his fangs into Captain America! Now, that the country’s biggest super hero is out of commission, the stakes are even higher.  Will Blade be able to help the Avengers hunt creatures of the night? Or are the heroes being prepped for a vampire main course?  It’s a bloody battle of fangs and flesh like only superstars MARK MILLAR (KICK-ASS) and STEVE DILLON (PUNISHERMAX) can tell!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS MYSTERY #4 (of 4)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
The ultimate enemy reveals itself!! One of the biggest shocks, if not THE biggest shock in the ten-year history of the Ultimate Universe happens right here! And Ultimate Marvel will never be the same again.  Ever.  Brian Michael Bendis and Rafa Sandoval bring you a thrilling conclusion to the second part of the Enemy trilogy that’ll be talked about for years!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #15
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by SARA PICHELLI
Cover by DAVID LAFUENTE
Poor Peter Parker.  All his friends hate him, his girlfriend has stopped speaking to him and to top it off, the whole world despises Spider-Man. What’s a dude to do??  How about save the world and maybe meet the new love of his life?  Fan-favorite BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (NEW AVENGERS) and rising Ultimate sensation, SARA PICHELLI (RUNAWAYS) bring you a new and exciting Spider-Man story you don’t want to miss!!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS THOR #1 (of 4)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
Villain Variant by MIKE CHOI
Exploding from the pages of the Ultimates, comes Ultimate Thor!  Don’t miss the superstar team-up of JONATHAN HICKMAN and CARLOS PACHECO as they go back to the beginning and tell the origin of Thor, Loki and the rest of Asgard! Ragnorak has descended and Asgard sits at the edge of the end. What will become of Thor and the Warriors Three? And what exactly does Baron Zemo, mysterious commander for the Nazis, have to do with it all? Ultimate Comics Thor brings you the untold story of Thor’s thunderous debut!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS X #5
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
And now…THE HULK?!  What impossible situation has the cast of Ultimate X  reaching out to the most powerful and dangerous person in the Ultimate Universe?  Can The Hulk be controlled or will he smash them all?  The senses -shattering conclusion of the first arc of the critically acclaimed series is brought to you by Eisner award winning writer Jeph Loeb and master illustrator Arthur Adams!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

TOMB OF TERROR #1

Written by JOE R. LANSDALE,
ROB WILLIAMS, JOE PRUETT
& PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER
Penciled by MARK TEXIERA,
JORDAN RASKIN, PABLO PEPPINO & MORE
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Marvel’s most terrifying monsters star in four tales of harrowing horror! Jack Russell, the Werewolf by Night stalks a killer werewolf in the mountains while searching for a cure that will end his curse. The mal-formed Man-Thing, temporarily in possession of his mind, attempts to save a man from certain death at the hands of racist hunters. And Son of Satan battles a possessed child killer along with the murderous voices in his head. All this and much more in this all-new, all-black-and-white one-shot in the spirit of the Mighty Marvel Magazines of yore, but ALL-NOW in style!
32 PGS./Black & White/One-Shot/Parental Advisory…$3.99

STRANGE TALES VOL. II #1

Written by RAFAEL GRAMPA, KATE BEATON, FRANK SANTORO,
DASH SHAW, SHANNON WHEELER, JILLIAN TAMAKI, JEFF LEMIRE, KEVIN HUIZENGA, JHONEN VASQUEZ, GENE YANG, NICK GUREWITCH
Penciled by RAFAEL GRAMPA, KATE BEATON, FRANK SANTORO, DASH SHAW, SHANNON WHEELER, JILLIAN TAMAKI, JEFFLEMIRE, KEVIN
HUIZENGA, JHONEN VASQUEZ, GENE YANG, NICK GUREWITCH
Cover by RAFAEL GRAMPA
Marvel’s critically acclaimed indie anthology returns! The best, most exciting cartoonists working today re-imagine Marvel’s greatest characters in three giant-sized issues! And with no ads! Get excited, folks. Comics absolutely do not get more awesome than this! Don’t miss out on what’s guaranteed to be one of the best reads of the year!!!
48 PGS./Parental Advisory…$4.99

PUNISHER MAX:

TINY UGLY WORLD #1
Written by DAVE LAPHAM
Penciled by DALIBOR TALAJIC
Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
When Bobby Boorstein drags the bullet-riddled-but-still-breathing body of a mobster back to his apartment, he finds himself poised at the verge of greatness.  Mommy always taught Bobby it’s the little things in life that count — like the tiny, ugly things he keeps stored in the mason jars on his shelf – but now he finally understands the true meaning of what she said.  Bobby’s got plenty of empty jars to fill and he’s finally ready to do it.  But first, he’s going to need a little thing from Frank Castle – whether he likes it or not.
40 PGS./One-Shot/Explicit Content …$4.99

PUNISHERMAX #11
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by STEVE DILLON
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
« FRANK, » PART ONE
Last issue’s final confrontation with Bullseye left Frank Castle wounded and reeling in more ways than one.  Now confined to a prison hospital bed, Frank must begin the long painful process of healing, not just for his broken body, but his horribly-scarred soul as well.  To do that, he’ll have to face the darkest secret of his past, one he’d hoped would stay buried forever.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

KICK ASS 2: BALLS TO THE WALL #2
Written by MARK MILLAR
PencilS & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
The sequel to the New York Times best-selling comic–which spawned the hit movie–continues! When Dave Lizewski put on his mask and became Kick-Ass, he never imagined things would go this far. Now Dave comes face-to-face with a world he helped bring about, as his dreams of a world of superheroes come true…but will those dreams turn to nightmares? Don’t miss the comic book event of the year! Plus: Hit-Girl!
32 PGS./ Mature…$2.99

CASANOVA #4
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art by GABRIEL BÁ & FÁBIO MOON
Cover by GABRIEL BÁ
The psychedelically psychotic and psychotically psychedelic end of LUXURIA is here: since Casanova upgraded his consciousness he’s a brave new man trapped in a brave new world. And now he’s going to do something about it. What is the secret of the missile silos of Sakhalin? Who are the Three Brides of Kato Best and what are they doing in the head of that giant robot? Do you love comics as much as we do? Covenant with the elder gods sealed in blood by Fraction (INVINCIBLE IRON MAN, UNCANNY X-MEN, THOR) and Bá (The Umbrella Academy, Pixu, Daytripper).
40 PGS./Mature …$3.99

SUPERIOR #1 (of 6)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils and Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Ollie Janson had it all going for him—plenty of friends at school, good looks, and his coach called him one of the most
talented basketball players he’s ever seen. But that was when he could still move his legs. Now he’s living with multiple sclerosis, missing all the little things he used to take for granted, and escaping into the world of movies and comics with his best friend. Then… SUPERIOR entered his life. The newest smash superhero comic from MARK MILLER (KICK-ASS, NEMESIS, OLD MAN LOGAN) and his ULTIMATE AVENGERS 2 collaborator LEINIL FRANCIS YU (SECRET INVASION, NEW AVENGERS, ULTIMATE
WOLVERINE VS. HULK) is sure to bethe most talked-about new series of 2010!
32 PGS./ Mature…$2.99
NOT FINAL COVER

INCOGNITO: BAD INFLUENCES #2
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils and Cover by SEAN PHILLIPS
What if you were a bad guy gone good, struggling with the new world around you? And what if your new bosses forced you to go right into the corrupt and gritty world you just clawed your way out of? Tempations and old enemies collide in the second issue of the smash hit INCOGNITO sequel.

And featuring the popular back pages features Brubaker and Phillips work has become known for, with another essay from Jess Nevins, the professor of Pulp history. Only found in the printed single issues!
32 PGS./Mature Content/No Ads…$3.50

REFLECTIONS: DAVID MACK ART BOOK TPB
Written by DAVID MACK
Penciled by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
Collecting the first six art books of Marvel’s REFLECTIONS series from multiple Eisner Award-nominated creator David Mack, this massive volume includes DAREDEVIL, ALIAS and KABUKI cover paintings; drawings; and step-by-step art techniques that show off Mack’s work to full effect. This volume delivers with loads of extras — including never-before-seen art; new paintings; a cover gallery; figure studies; step-by-step art techniques and commentary; remastered pages; new design pages; a « Best of Letters » section; an all-new cover, introduction and afterword; and more! Collecting KABUKI REFLECTIONS #5-10.
326 PGS./$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4342-0
Offered Again:  KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY HC, KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY TPB,
REFLECTIONS HARDCOVER LIMITED EDITION, DREAM LOGIC #1

POWERS: THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION VOL. 4 HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
The deluxe hardcover collections continue, and this one is the biggest yet by more than 100 pages! Combining POWERS VOL. 8: LEGENDS, POWERS VOL. 9: PSYCHOTIC and POWERS VOL. 10: COSMIC, plus all the extras you expect to see in a beautiful oversized collection! In LEGENDS, a hero returns, and Deena is put through the ringer; in PSYCHOTIC, Deena struggles with her dark secret, and another Power ends up dead; and in COSMIC, a cosmic guardian of our galaxy turns up dead, and lands Walker and Pilgrim knee-deep in cosmic doo-doo. Histories revealed and characters going through some major changes, you won’t want to miss it! Collecting POWERS VOL. 2 #1-18.
600 PGS./Mature …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2316-0
Trim size: oversized