Marvel In January 2009 Part 3 – Ultimate, Max & Others

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #130
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
THE ULTIMATUM IS HERE!!
Aunt May is under arrest, Spider-Man is underwater and the world has gone to hell. Spidey and the gang will never be the same. Do not miss the shocking events that will define this book for months to come!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

SPIDER-MAN NOIR #2 (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, come great responsibility…and a leather overcoat, and a revolver. It’s Spider-Man as you’ve never seen him before! Writers David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico descend into the seamy, trash-strewn underbelly of Depression-era New York, and soar to the bloated heights of corruption and greed, to tell the unfamiliar story of Peter Parker, a conscientious but powerless young man given the ability to take on the Goblin’s mob! Will the crusading photojournalist Ben Urich and the slinky femme fatale Felicia Hardy help him…or stick a knife in his back?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN NOIR #2 (of 4)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE�
Art & Cover by DENNIS CALERO
Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO
« Chief Detective Magnus had never seen Sebastian Shaw so angry before. The vein pulsating in the man’s forehead threatened to burst as he swept one arm around what remained of his looted Hellfire Club.
« ‘Look at this!’ Shaw seethed. ‘Just look! They stole everything that wasn’t nailed down — and then they took the nails out of the rest of it and stole that, too!
« ‘If you can’t catch these ‘X Men,’ Eric, I can just as easily shift my…support to someone who will… »
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS #5 (of 5)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by LEE BERMEJO
Variant Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Sketch Variant Cover by LEE BERMEJO
The violently contagious superflu Captain Trips has now encompassed the entire country in its deadly embrace and there’s no turning back. America is rapidly becoming a country of the sick…the dead…the damned. Against that ever-darkening backdrop, Randall Flagg, the Walking Dude, the Dark Man, at long last saunters into this, the climactic chapter of the first volume of Marvel’s acclaimed adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic. Abandon hope all ye who enter here…
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory…$3.99
©2008 Stephen King. All rights reserved. Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
This comic series is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King.

DARK TOWER: TREACHERY #5 (of 6)
Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH
Pencils & Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE
Variant Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
Sketch Variant by JAE LEE
In the midst of Gilead’s coming of age party for Roland and his ka-tet, the treacherous Walter O’Dim and the Good Man John Farson have enlisted Steven Deschain’s wife, Gabrielle, in a deadly scheme to assassinate Gilead’s ruler. Once Deschain has been removed, the path to Maerlyn’s Grapefruit will open wide for the Crimson King and his minions to reclaim the nightmare-seeing sphere and plunge all of Mid World into chaos.  �
40 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory…$3.99�
©2008 Stephen King. All rights reserved. Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
This comic series is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King.

ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: THE LAUGHING CORPSE-
BOOK ONE #4 (of 5)
Written by LAURELL K. HAMILTON
Adapted by JESSICA RUFFNER
Pencils & Cover by RON LIM
Best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton’s “The Laughing Corpse” continues—and welcomes back a fan-favorite
vampire lothario!
As the Executioner of St. Louis, Anita Blake has made her fair share of dirty dealings with the dregs of the underworld.  And if Anita wants to solve the grisliest case of her career, it looks like she’s going to have to make one more dark compact: this time with the newly crowned Master Vampire—Jean-Claude!
32 PGS./Mature …$3.99

LORDS OF AVALON: KNIGHT OF DARKNESS #3 (of 6)
Written by SHERRILYN KENYON
Adapted by ROBIN FURTH
Pencils & Cover by TOMMY OHTSUKA
From the #1 best-selling author SHERRILYN KENYON comes the next thrilling chapter of the LORDS OF AVALON series, KNIGHT OF DARKNESS! Merewyn, Varian and Blaise continue on their dangerous journey through the Valley Of No Return where every step could be their last. Merewyn is the only person who can identify the knight of Avalon who has betrayed the Grail Knights—the six knights entrusted with protecting the secret location of the Holy Grail. However, our travelers’ road is not without obstacles…the fiery tree-spirits are problematic enough, but no one anticipated having to deal with triplet brothers… who haven’t seen a woman in over three hundred years! Let the fun and danger begin!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

SCOURGE OF THE GODS #1 (of 3)
Written by VALERIE MANGIN
Penciled by ALEKSA GAJI
Covers by ALEKSA GAJI
Adaptation by PAUL BENJAMIN
With Exclusive U.S. Variant
After a thousand years of peace, the Orbis — the Roman Galactic Empire that thought itself almighty — trembles down to its foundations. The Huns, savage warriors that came out of nowhere, are trying to conquer it. King Attila has already pillaged and burned dozens of planets without any legion being able to stop him or even slow him down. And unfortunately for Rome — Kerka, the Hun’s goddess of chaos herself — is back. But the Gods have a taste for tragedy: Kerka has been reincarnated in the body of Flavia Aetia, a young Roman girl. Is Flavia truly this macabre divinity? Is she the by-product of a terrifying plot? Or is she only the victim of a terrible destiny? A free adaptation of Hun king Attila and the Roman general Flavius Aetius’s confrontation, SCOURGE OF THE GODS replays the eternal struggle between order and chaos on the galactic level. Halfway between sci-fi and heroic fantasy, the huge epic fresco proclaims antique grandeur as well as the barbarism that lies in our future.
56 PGS./Mature …$5.99
The Soleil comics may only be sold in English North America: United States, Canada, Mexico and their territories and possessions.

YTHAQ: THE FORSAKEN WORLD #2 (of 3)
Written by CHRISTOPHE ARLESTON
Adaptation by C.B. CEBULSKI
Pencils & Cover by ADRIEN FLOCH
The first-ever English adaptation of the critically acclaimed European science-fiction epic continues! Shipwrecked on planet Ythaq, officers Granite and Navarth attempt to save Callista, the sumptuous passenger for whom they’re responsible. What they don’t know is that she stole the identity of the terrible military chief Ophyde and now seems to control the region. But what role does Dhokas the cruel mercenary play? It’s in the heart of the Kreac’h lagoon palaces that Navarth and Callista will make some surprising discoveries: Ythaq is a world where the echoes of many mysteries ring.
64 PGS./Mature …$5.99
The Soleil comics may only be sold in English North America: United States, Canada, Mexico and their territories and possessions.

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #2 (of 8)
Written by ERIC SHANOWER
Penciled by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Double origin issue! Find out how both the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman came to be. Romance and dismemberment, spontaneous life and evil spells—this issue has all sorts of surprises. Plus, you’ve never seen a Cowardly Lion before like Skottie Young’s big bashful ball of fur!  Join young Kansas farm girl Dorothy on the road through the Land of Oz as she collects companions with severe identity issues.
32 PGS./All Ages …$3.99

KIDNAPPED! #3 (of 5)
Written by ROY THOMAS
Penciled by MARIO GULLY
Cover by GERALD PAREL
David Balfour and his companion aboard The Covenant, Alan Stewart, have survived the attack of the ship’s crew and now control the ship’s liquor. The reluctant Captain agrees to take Stewart to Linnhe Loch in exchange for bottles of brandy. All seems well until The Covenant strikes a reef and young David is thrown overboard!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE ODYSSEY #5 (of 8)
Written by ROY THOMAS
Pencils & Cover by GREG TOCCHINI
To fulfill his promises to the goddess Circe, Odysseus sails to the Land of the Dead to uncover the next step in his
legendary journey. Despite eluding Sirens and Cyclops, ogres and enchantments, Odysseus continues to encounter grave danger as his ship fast approaches the two fabled monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, from whose grasping arms and madly swirling whirlpools no ship has ever escaped.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SQUADRON SUPREME #7
Written by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Penciled by
MARCO CHECCHETTO
Cover by MIKE DEODATO
“ONE FINE DAY” PART 1 (OF 6)
America—devastated in a war of superhumans, abandoned by her greatest heroes…and rebuilt by Nick Fury. After last issue’s shocking ending, the master manipulator will face a few old friends—friends who have some interesting ideas about the world of tomorrow. But does Fury have a place in it? Join writer Howard Chaykin as he welcomes superstar-in-the-making Marco Checchetto as the Squadron enters a bold new era!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

SUB-MARINER: THE DEPTHS #4 (of 5)
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Pencils & Cover by ESAD RIBIC
The bottom of the ocean. The bottom of the Earth. The depths. Legendary adventurer Randolph Stein travelled here, into the dark belly of the Marianas Trench, to find a missing deep-sea expedition and refute a legend. What he’s found surpasses his wildest nightmares. A creature of indescribable power and fury has been waiting for him.  Its name is Namor, and it has special plans for Stein. Special plans.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

PUNISHER:
FRANK CASTLE #66
Written by DUANE
SWIERCZYNSKI
Penciled by MICHEL LACOMBE
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
“SIX HOURS TO KILL, » PART 1
The Punisher always knew he’d die on the job. But he didn’t know he’d have an expiration date.  After busting up a slave ring in downtown Philadelphia, Frank Castle has been tricked, trapped, gassed, strapped to a table and injected with a serum that will turn him into a 220-pound corpse by dawn — six hours from now.  The people who grabbed him want him to do a simple little job and then they’ll give him the antidote — simple, right?  Guess again.  The Punisher is nobody’s errand boy.  There’s only one thing he wants to do before he dies: Take as many bastards as he can with him.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

DEAD OF NIGHT
FEATURING WEREWOLF
BY NIGHT #1 (of 4)
Written by DUANE
SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils and Cover by
MICO SUAYAN
For 28 days of the month, Jack Russell leads a normal life. He’s got a beautiful wife and a baby on the way. He’s the picture of happiness. On day 29, however, he turns into an uncontrollable, bloodthirsty monster. But as the saying goes, the best-laid plans of wolves and men…
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory …$3.99

KICK-ASS #7
Written by MARK MILLAR
Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
 SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! Dave Lizewski has had better days. When he first pulled on the Super Hero suit, it was the thrill of a lifetime. Since then, he’s been banged-up, beaten, broken, bludgeoned, and all sorts of other b-words. He’s met a 9-year-old assassin and been on a super hero team-up. He’s watched people die and seen himself become an internet celebrity. But all that means nothing—compared to tonight. MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA JR.’s foul-mouthed super hero saga continues!
32 PGS./Mature …$2.99

INCOGNITO #2
By Ed Brubaker (Captain America) and Sean Phillips(Marvel Zombies)
The team that’s won every MAJOR AWARD in comics continues the most twisted super-villain story ever told!
Meet the Black Death.  Five years ago someone ratted-out this super-powered crime lord and he’s been doing hard time ever since.  So, what will he do when he finds out an old henchman who’s supposed to be DEAD has been living in Witness Protection all this time?  Hint – He’s going to kill a lot of people.

32 pgs/Mature Content….. $3.50

CRIMINAL VOL. 4: BAD NIGHT  TP
The craziest Criminal arc yet is collected!
Years ago Jacob’s life was torn apart, and now one bad decision on one bad night may shatter what little he’s got left.  A searing tale of sex, obsession, greed and insanity by best-selling creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips!
120 pgs/Mature Content…. $14.99