Marvel In August 2012: Ultimate Comics, MAX & Others

[ENGLISH] Marvel tells us: Marvel Comics In August 2012:, Part 3: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Ultimate Comics X-Men, Ultimate Comics Ultimates, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Disney*Pixar, Secret Service, Brilliant, Fury Max, Disney Fairies Magazine, Muppets…

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ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #13
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • DAVID MARQUEZ (a)
Cover by JORGE MOLINA
GRANOV VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
• DIVIDED WE FALL!!!
• Guest starring CAPTAIN AMERICA
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #14
SAM HUMPHRIES (w) • BILLY TAN (a)
Cover by MICHAEL KOMARCK
• Someone is working behind the scenes to divide the country, but who?!
• Ultimate Cap, Ultimate Iron Man, and Ultimate Thor finally reunited! ULTIMATES ASSEMBLE!
• A crisis in the United States forces the Ultimates into action!
• DIVIDED WE FALL continues to rock the Ultimate Universe!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #15
BRIAN WOOD (w) • PACO MEDINA (a)
Cover by PHIL NOTO
• DIVIDED WE FALL concludes with a startling ending that sends us into the next exciting chapter!
• A mutant refugee from one of the camps joins up, but where do their loyalties lie?
• The war for mutant liberation starts here!
• Guest-starring Nick Fury!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER – THE MAN IN BLACK #3 (of 5)
PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH (w)
ALEX MALEEV (a/C)
• Roland and Jake must stave off the cave-dwelling mutants, but if given the choice to save himself, will Roland leave Jake behind? And what even more sinister evil awaits them further inside the cave?
• As Roland continues to toward the Dark Tower, he must first confront the mysterious Man in Black, if he can survive the journey!
• Don’t miss the series that Stephen King fans everywhere are raving about!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Disney*Pixar
Cars Magazine #8
• Follow the adventures of Lightening McQueen, Mater and other characters from Radiator Springs.
• This issue of the magazine contains brand new stories, classic adventures, puzzles, a pull-out poster, games and more.
• Kids love to see their own drawing, poems and letters published in the Cars Club section of the magazine.
44 PGS./ALL AGES/$4.99
TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

Disney Fairies Magazine #8
• Join all the Disney Fairies from Pixie Hollow in this sparkling magazine.
• In this issue you’ll find exciting stories, magical activities and crafts, a collectible pull-out poster and great giveaways. Fairies Magazine is for young girls who love everything about fairies.
• Check out the pictures of pixies from kids just like you. In the Fairy Club, readers can send in drawings, poems and letters. Some might appear in future issues.
44 PGS./ALL AGES/$4.99
TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

MUPPETS #2 (of 4)
Written by ROGER LANGRIDGE
Art by ROGER LANGRIDGE
Paint by KAWAII CREATIVE STUDIO
Cover by ELISABETTA MELARANCI & GIANLUCA BARONE
• It’s loads of summer fun in the sun when the Muppets throw a beach party extravaganza!
• When Fozzie gets an offer he can’t refuse, he leaves Scooter high and dry without a partner for his act. Can Scooter find a replacement for his routine? Can Fozzie overcome his homesickness and perform for his new troupe?
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

FURY MAX #5
Garth Ennis (w)
Goran Parlov (a/c)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
• The Bay of Pigs Invasion has begun!
• Fury and Hatherly are deep in Cuba on Castro’s trail, tasked with assassination.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

BRILLIANT #7
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • MARK BAGLEY (a/C)
From the award-winning creators behind ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN and AVENGERS ASSEMBLE comes the shocking creator-owned series that gives you something very different than a regular superhero comic and asks the question: How would the world react if a group of brilliant college students actually discovered the secret of superpowers? Well now, the secret is out!
40 PGS./Mature …$3.95
© 2012 Jinxworld Inc.

SECRET SERVICE #5 (of 7)
Mark Millar (w) • Dave Gibbons (a/C)
Gary’s spy skills and confidence have blossomed. Now it’s time to put them to use where it matters most: on the home front, where his violent stepdad will finally meet his match. Meanwhile, it’s time for Jack to discover the truth behind the missing sci-fi celebrities. A grand conspiracy is revealed and illusions are shattered when a young entrepreneur unveils his secrets.
32 PGS./Mature …$2.99

MILLAR & MCNIVEN’S NEMESIS TPB
MARK MILLAR (w) • STEVE MCNIVEN (a/C)
ON SALE SEPTEMBER 2012
The writer and artist behind Civil War and Old Man Logan return with a tale of one man with a plan for vengeance! Who is Nemesis? He is a son of privilege, an inheritor of billions from his deceased parents. He owns a fleet of the finest cars, a hangar full of planes and has countless technological gadgets at his command. Donning a mask and long flowing cape, he’s a man in white fighting relentlessly for a cause he believes in. But if you’re thinking this is a story you’ve already heard before, think again. Nemesis tracks the violent fantasies come to life of the villain to top all villains in an in-your-face, unapologetic tour-de-force of action, ultraviolence and over-the-top humor Millar (Kick-Ass, Wanted) and McNiven (Civil War) style! Collecting MILLAR & MCNIVEN’S NEMESIS #1-4.
112 PGS./Mature …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4866-1

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN: DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, MARK MILLAR, JONATHAN HICKMAN & NICK SPENCER
Penciled by SARA PICHELLI, DAVID LAFUENTE, JOELLE JONES, JAMIE MCKELVIE, SKOTTIE YOUNG, LAN MEDINA, ELENA CASAGRANDE, CHRIS SAMNEE, MARK BAGLEY, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, STEPHEN SEGOVIA, GABRIEL HARDMAN, BRYAN HITCH, LEE GARBETT, STEVEN KURTH, ERIC NGUYEN, CARLO PAGULAYAN, SALVADOR LARROCA, CLAYTON CRAIN, LUKE ROSS, BILLY TAN & MITCH BREITWEISER
Cover by JOE QUESADA
For more than ten years, Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis has spun the tale of young Peter Parker. Under his pen, the neophyte Spider-Man blossomed from an awkward and gangly schoolboy into a tried-and-true hero, an inspiration to a world of ultimate wonder. But all stories must come to an end. And as shadows gather, villains plot and heroes clash, Peter’s final story will unfold. It’s the death of Spider-Man — and the ending will shock you. Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN (2009) #15 and #150-160, ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #1-6, and ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #1-6.
600 PGS./Rated T+ …$75.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6464-7
Trim size: oversized

THE STAND VOL. 4: HARDCASES TPB
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by TOMM COKER
Who are the Hardcases? Like the rest of the one percent who outlived the worldwide sweep of death known as Captain Trips, they are survivors. But as followers and acolytes of the Dark Man, Randall Flagg, they are enforcers of a nihilistic plan that will reshape the new world in his image. One of them, the Trashcan Man, satisfied his hunger for fire by burning Gary, Indiana, to the ground. And now that he’s heard the Dark Man’s calling, drawing him halfway across the country to Las Vegas, there’s no turning back. It’s time for the whole world to burn. Collecting THE STAND: HARDCASES #1-5.
136 PGS./Parental AdvisorySLC …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3524-1
Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. This graphic novel is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King. TM & © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES BY JONATHAN HICKMAN VOL. 1 TPB
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by ESAD RIBIC & BRANDON PETERSON
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Nations fall, gods die, and Earth’s mightiest heroes face their ultimate challenge! Iron Man, Thor and Hawkeye form the core of the Ultimates — S.H.I.E.L.D.’s finest fighting force, all too often the only thing keeping the world from total disaster. But when the walls of the mysterious City open up and the hyper-evolved Children of Tomorrow spill out, the Ultimates suddenly find themselves powerless against an unbeatable enemy. As even as Thor’s Asgardian brethren fall before the Children, the God of Thunder makes a startling discovery about this incredible new threat — which might not be such a new threat after all! Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES (2011) #1-6.
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5718-2

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY NICK SPENCER VOL. 1 TPB
Written by NICK SPENCER
Penciled by PACO MEDINA & CARLO BARBERI
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
The human race has taken drastic steps to solve “the mutant problem” in the aftermath of Magneto’s Ultimatum: An executive order to shoot unregistered mutants on sight. Prison camps. And worse. Mutantkind is scattered and hiding. Iceman and Kitty Pryde have taken refuge with the Human Torch in the subterranean Morlock tunnels. Karen Grant and Ultimate X are on the run. Quicksilver has taken the offensive, brokering a deal with none other than the president. But when the world discovers the true history of the X-gene, the decades-old secret threatens to destabilize the planet — and the divide between mankind and mutantkind grows wider than ever before! It’s a brave, new world for the X-Men. Will they survive the opening salvo? Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN (2011) #1-6.
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4102-0

ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED BOOK 3 — THE SCOUNDREL TPB
Written by JESSICA RUFFNER-BOOTH
Penciled by RON LIM
Cover by BRETT BOOTH
St. Louis’ future hangs in the balance when master vampires Alejandro and Jean-Claude pit their dark forces against each other in a battle for control of the city’s vampires! Only Anita Blake holds the key to turning the tide of this war, but can either vampire leader be trusted not to make her a slave of desire? And that’s just her day job. Anita gets back in the game when she agrees to a date with science teacher Richard Zeeman, but this seemingly normal hunk is conspicuously cool with the dangers of Anita’s profession and the horrific exploits of her associates like Jean-Claude. Will sparks fly, or is this regular guy too good to be true? Collecting ANITA BLAKE: CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED — THE SCOUNDREL #1-5.
120 PGS./Mature …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4693-3