Marvel In March 2009 – Part 2 : X-Men & Mutants

[ENGLISH] Marvel Comics tells us: Marvel’s new solicitation info and artwork for comics arriving in stores in March 2009 are here. Part 1: X-Men & Mutants (Uncanny X-Men, X-Men: Legacy, X-Factor, X-Force, Wolverine, Deadpool, Cable, X-Infernus…)

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X MEN NOIR #4 (of 4)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE 
Pencils & Cover by DENNIS CALERO
Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO
« The blue-garbed man of mystery known as The Angel plummeted like a stone out of the blazing firestorm! Death on the street below appeared to be his only destination!
« But suddenly, with a titanic effort, he managed to twist his red cape against the wind! Itself flickering with flame, the glider sent his muscular form hurtling through the windows of an office building’s upper stories with a teeth-rattling crash… »
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

DEADPOOL #8
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by PACO MEDINA
Cover by  JASON PEARSON
King Variant by TBA 
“MAGNUM OPUS,” PART 1 OF 4
SPECIAL CROSSOVER WITH THUNDERBOLTS!  Deadpool unleashes his most insane plan yet: a full-on assault against Norman Osborn!  As Deadpool storms his way to the top of Avengers Tower, Osborn is forced to pull out all the stops to save his own skin — and that means deploying the brand new Thunderbolts!  Plug your ears, kids — this is gonna be loud!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #34
Written by DANIEL WAY
Pencils & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
King Variant by TBA
“WEAPON XI”
A DARK REIGN TIE-IN! Daken battles the X-Men for possession of the deadly Muramasa Blade! Can Wolverine stop him, or is Daken’s fate sealed? Is he, like his father, destined to become…a weapon? Part (2 of 5)
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #4 (of 4) 
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Penciled by DUSTIN WEAVER
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
The road to the WAR OF KINGS is paved here! The X-Men cosmic event of the year ends with a bang as the X-Men and Starjammers face the collective might of the Shi’Ar Empire. It’s a family affair as Havok fights his brother Vulcan and Lilandra takes on her sister Deathbird. Can the X-Men and Starjammers dethrone the mad Emperor?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #507
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by TERRY DODSON
The secret of the Cooperstown Massacre goes worldwide and anti-mutant hysteria explodes nationwide. If Scott and Emma don’t trust each other, how can mutantkind keep it together? Beast and the newly-assembled science team fight for their lives on Hokkaido Island…and the Angel’s deepest, darkest secret is revealed to all present. Uh-oh. Innocent lives are trapped between the Russian mob and everybody’s favorite heartbroken mutant Colossus, fighting along against old-world horrors that have followed him here. Oh! And the Sisterhood is finally assembled and ready to destroy the X-Men once and for all. 
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: LEGACY #222
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by LEE BERMEJO
King Variant by TBA
“Salvage”
Rogue’s past comes back to haunt not only her, but Professor X and Gambit. The horrors of the past are brought here by
a mysterious villain who has a beef with the X-Men that they plan on settling here and now. You may not believe it, but the
villain CAN win. Part 3 (of 5)
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR PROLOGUE
Written by CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST
Art by MIKE CHOI & SONIA OBACK
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
50/50 Cover by MIKE CHOI & SONIA OBACK
Variant Cover by ROB LIEFELD
The birth of a single mutant child forever changed the landscape of the X-Universe. Some see the baby as the last hope for mutankind’s survival; others see it as the bringer of the Apocalypse… No one knows which side is right because Cyclops handed the newborn over to Cable, believing his son could save both the child and mutantkind. But Cable never came back. Now, months later, Cyclops has found his son hiding in the FUTURE… and he’s sending in the one team that will do what needs to be done in order to ensure the survival of their species… X-FORCE. The X-Men event of the decade, “MESSIAH COMPLEX,” continues here as the past, present and future converge in the pages of X-FORCE and CABLE. Continues next month in the pages of CABLE #13 and X-FORCE #14!
48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$3.99

X-FORCE #13
Written by CRAIG KYLE
& CHRISTOPHER YOST
Pencils & Cover by
CLAYTON CRAIN
PRELUDE TO WAR! The Leper Queen is creating weapons out of mutants, and using them against humanity to stir the fires
of hate against mutants. But as X-Force tracks her down, they don’t realize how close to home she’s struck. Meanwhile, Wolfsbane is still dealing with the return of <CENSORED>, and Cyclops prepares to send X-Force on the most important
mission of their lives…whether they like it or not. You MUST NOT miss this ending, leading directly into X-FORCE/CABLE:
MESSIAH WAR .
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

DEADPOOL:
GAMES OF DEATH
Written by MIKE BENSON
Penciled by SEAN CRYSTAL
Cover by GREG LAND
« GAME$ OF DEATH »
« Pain Factor » — the reality TV game show so controversial, it’s been banned around the world! Today, eleven desperate men will travel to a desert island to compete in a series of outlandish challenges that will leave one of them rich and the rest of them dead. Among the competitors, a certain « Merc with a Mouth, » who’s been hired to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire’s son. The trail ended here for Junior, but will it for Deadpool? Not if he has anything to say about it.  After all, nothing brings out Wade’s competitive streak like cold, hard ca–I mean, justice.
48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+…$3.99

CABLE #12
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Art by JAMIE MCKELVIE
& ARIEL OLIVETTI
Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
PRELUDE TO WAR — “WASTELAND BLUES,” PART 2 OF 2
For more than seven years, Cable has focused on one thing: protecting the little girl who he believes will grow up to become the savior of mutantkind.  But now they’ve timeslid into a barren, lifeless pocket of the future, where there’s no food, no water, and no way out. When Cable collapses from hunger and exhaustion, the girl faces the first challenge of her young life: saving her protector.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: THE LIVES AND TIMES OF LUCAS BISHOP #2 (of 3)
Written by DUANE
SWIERCZYNSKI
Penciled by LARRY STROMAN
Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
The untold story of Lucas Bishop, renegade X-Man, continues here!  Seventy years in the future, a young Bishop makes the hard journey from petty street thief to hero cop—but along the way, learns more about the green-eyed girl who damned mutants everywhere to a life of suffering and death.  But when a time portal opens up, Bishop is given a glimpse of mutant life in the past… and a glimmer of hope in an otherwise murky future.
32 PGS./Rated T+…$3.99

WOLVERINE #71
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
“OLD MAN LOGAN”
Now we know what happened fifty years ago, the day the super heroes were slaughtered. We know how Logan managed to survived. We know why WOLVERINE didn’t. But that’s nothing compared to what happens next, as Logan and Hawkeye reach New Babylon to deliver their mysterious cargo. But before they get there—they’ll have to face their toughest challenge to date: a Venom Tyrannosaurus Rex! MARK MILLAR and STEVE MCNIVEN continue the career-defining epic that will have fans talking for years to come! Part 6 (of 8).
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

WOLVERINE SAGA
Written by MICHAEL HOSKIN
Cover by KLAUS JANSON
You know he’s the best there is at what he does — now find out where, when and why he did it with dozens of highlights both from Wolverine’s time as X-Man and Avenger, and from the century’s worth of adventures that preceded it! After more than 30 years of hints, memories and flashbacks, the pieces of Wolverine’s past are gathered together for the first time! The teams he’s joined and the women he’s loved! Triumphs, tragedies and the saga of the son who was stolen from him! With appearances by Captain America, Nick Fury, the Hulk and more!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …FREE!
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WOLVERINE POSTER BOOK
Thirty-six posters featuring the X-Men’s most
dangerous mutant!
72 PGS./Rated A …$5.99

WOLVERINE:
FIRST CLASS #13
Written by PETER DAVID 
Penciled by RONAN CLIQUET
Cover by DAVID WILLIAMS
Fan-favorite PETER DAVID comes to the First Classiverse! Kitty Pryde usually likes museums, but wouldn’t you know it…the art gallery that Wolverine’s taken her to is run by the evil HAND (they’re Ninja types), which means that DAREDEVIL & ELEKTRA can’t be too far away from the action…
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
FINALS #2 (of 4)
Written by JEFF PARKER
Art by ROGER CRUZ, AMILCAR
PINNA & COLLEEN COOVER
Cover by ROGER CRUZ
Why are threats from the X-Men’s past coming back to haunt them, just as graduation looms? What kind of job could Cyclops hold out in the world? Why does Angel have to have costumes that his hair sticks out of nowadays? And does Professor Xavier even live here anymore? Come find more mysteries to ponder in the second part of FINALS!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

X-MEN: QUITTING TIME
Written by JAMES ASMUS
Penciled by TBD
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
Since the move to San Francisco and after the events of X-Infernus, Nightcrawler realizes a hard truth—he has to quit the X-Men. Kurt has realized that the X-Men just don’t need him anymore. He hasn’t been operating at his highest levels and even the biggest strength he has—teleportation—has been made redundant by Pixie who can do it better and more efficiently. Don’t miss the departure of one of the most important characters in X-Men history.
32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$3.99

X-INFERNUS #4 (of 4)
Written by C. B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by GIUSEPPE
CAMUNCOLI
Cover by DAVID FINCH
The climactic conclusion to the winter X-Men event that everyone is talking about! The X-Men team that leaves to save Illyana from Limbo is not the same as the one that left. It’s X-Man vs. X-Man with all of their souls on the line.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT:
WOLVERINE
Written by JOHN
RHETT THOMAS
SPOTLIGHT has been waiting a long, long time to say…SNIKT! Ahh….that feels so much better! Because this month,
we bust out an Adamantium-laced 48 pages of the best Wolverine coverage imaginable, with an insider’s look at the feature film X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE starring Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, plus an in-depth appraisal of all of Wolverine’s upcoming series.
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN: SWORD OF
THE BRADDOCKS
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by SCOTT CLARK
Cover by ALEX GARNER
Before she can come home to the X-Men, Betsy Braddock has one final mission—settle the score once and for all with the man who’s been hunting her across the multiverse.  If she hopes to survive, Psylocke’s going to have to use every weapon at her disposal—-and possibly cross a line no X-Man ever has before…
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$3.99

X-FACTOR #41
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by VALENTINE
DE LANDRO
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
Maru. Mr. Tryp. X-Cell. The Isolationist. Madrox has gone against his fair share of unseemly and unfamiliar
antagonists of late, but some villains never go out of style. Like Sentinels. Big, honking Sentinels. Oh yes, this is going to be fun!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

YOUNG X-MEN #12
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
Dust fights for her life and the team is in the fight of theirs.  Everything comes full circle in their final confrontation with the X-Baddie who started it all:  Donald Pierce. 
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99aliens bent on destroying the world and killing all humankind. But just as they begin to get comfortable in their roles as international celebrities and America’s champions, things get hard! Can the Ultimates survive the Hulk’s execution, Thor’s imprisonment — and the advent of the Ultimate Defenders?! The world’s greatest heroes are in for the battle of the century — and not all of them will be walking away! Collecting ULTIMATES #1-13, ULTIMATES 2 #1-13, ULTIMATES ANNUAL #1 and ULTIMATES 2 #1 VARIANT SKETCH EDITION.
896 PGS./Parental Advisory…$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3780-1
Trim size: oversized