Marvel In March 2011: Ultimate, Max…

[ENGLISH] Marvel tells us: Marvel Comics In March 2011, Part 3: Crossgen, Ruse, Sigil, Formic Wars: Ultimate Comics Doom, Ultimate Comics Captain America, Dark Tower, The Stand: No Man’s Land, Anita Blake, Punishermax, Deadpool Max, Burning Earth, Halo: Fall of Reach, Kick Ass 2, Casanova, Ozma of Oz, Takio…

[nggallery id=257] SIGIL #1 (of 4)

Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by
LEONARD KIRK
Cover by JELENA
KEVIC-DJURJEVIC
Variant Cover by
ED McGUINNESS
In the war for forever, time is only an
obstacle. Warriors jump from century to century, their battlefields span all of history but have led them to a stalemate. But now a 16 year old girl from present-day South Carolina will turn the tide. The symbol on her chest makes her part of this war, but will she save us or damn all of creation? New York Times best-selling scribe Mike Carey (Age of X, The Unwritten) and Leonard Kirk (New Mutants) begin the next great comic epic.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

RUSE #1 (of 4)
Written by Mark Waid
Art by MIRCO PIERFEDERICI
Cover by BUTCH GUICE & MIKE PERKINS
Variant Cover by MITCH BREITWEISER
Renowned as the Victorian world’s greatest detective, Simon Archard is the most intelligent of men. But when he crosses paths with the mysterious and enchanting Emma Bishop, has the smartest man in the world met his equal? Brought to readers by superstar writer Mark Waid (Amazing Spider-Man) and red-hot artist Mirco Pierfederici (Tron: Original Movie Adaptation), this is the new comic series that’ll leave you breathless.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER –
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA #4 (of 5)
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by LUKE ROSS
Cover by LUKE ROSS
Unless he can free himself within moments, Roland Deschain will be devoured by the dread Little Sisters! He was taken in by the nuns because of grave wounds he suffered, but has since learned they are anything but healers. The Little Sisters are actually vampiric creatures thirsting to drain the life from wayward travelers. Helpless in his sickbed, the last of the line of Arthur Eld may soon be no more as Sister Coquina approaches him, fangs bared, ready to feast! Continuing the last gunslinger’s quest for the elusive Man in Black as he faces near certain death.
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory …$3.99
© 2011 STEPHEN KING

THE STAND: NO MAN’S LAND #3 (of 5)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by TOMM COKER
The Free Zone Committee has sent their spies to the west and is now mere days away from getting the electricity back on in Boulder, but darker plans are afoot… When a tormented Nadine discovers the horrific truth of what Harold’s been plotting, the dark man makes his presence known to ensure nothing stops him… The clock is ticking for the forces of good, True Believers, and we’ve hit the point of no return… Don’t dare miss it!
32 PGS./Cadrstock Cover/Parental Advisory …$3.99

ORSON SCOTT CARD’S
SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD
#3 (of 5)
Creative Director
ORSON SCOTT CARD
Written by AARON JOHNSTON
Penciled by POP MAHN
Cover by GUISEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Ender and Jane have uncovered a lifetime of lies and deceit on planet Lusitania, and now Starways Congress is threatening to shut the planet down. Can Ender learn the secret of the alien pequeninos before they take another human life? Only one way to find out: meet the pequeninos face to face on their turf! Based on the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning novel from science-fiction master Orson Scott Card.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

ANITA BLAKE: CIRCUS OF
THE DAMNED—THE INGENUE
#3 (of 5)
Written by Laurell K. Hamilton
& Jess Booth
Pencils by Ron Lim
Cover by Brett Booth
Meet Lawrence “Larry” Kirkland, the newest animator in St. Louis. Short, skinny, like an overgrown Howdy Doody puppet. It’s his first night on the job and Larry’s bitten off than any novice animator can chew. Good thing veteran Anita Blake is on call to pull his fat out of the fire!
32 PGS./Mature Content …$3.99

FORMIC WARS:
BURNING EARTH #3 (of 7)
Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD
& AARON JOHNSTON
Penciled by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO
Cover by BILLY TAN
The war is on! The Formic ship has blasted its way through the Belt, heading straight for Earth and greater destruction…but the surviving asteroid miners aren’t giving up that easily.  Fans of Ender’s Game have heard tell of the historic Battle of the Belt, and this is it, in all it’s do-or-die, to-the-last-man glory! The never-before-told prequel to Ender’s Game continues here, from bestselling author and science-fiction master Orson Scott Card.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

EMMA # 1 (of 5)
Written by NANCY BUTLER
Art & Cover by JANET LEE
Award-winning author Nancy Butler, adapter of Marvel’s best-selling Adaptations, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE brings you another Jane Austen classic!  Joined with the beautiful illustrations of JANET LEE, Butler brings to life Austen’s most precocious heroine, Emma Woodhouse. Discover what has made this story so enduring, as its re-told in the Mighty Marvel manner!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

OZ PRIMER
Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS
Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Dorothy and Toto. The Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Woodman. The Wicked Witch of the West, the Good Witch of the North. And, yes, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. These are the characters the world has known and loved for more than a century — through writer L. Frank Baum’s original novels, the classic 1939 MGM film starring Judy Garland and now the Eisner Award-winning Marvel Comics adaptations by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young. But what of the plucky Tip; his best friend, Jack Pumpkinhead; and Sawhorse, the Woggle-Bug and Jinjur? Just how evil are the Jackdaws? What are the secrets of the Wishing Pills? And who is Tik-Tok, the clockwork man, and how will he help Dorothy and her loyal friends defeat the evil princess Langwidere of the thirty disembodied heads? The Marvelous Land of Oz holds countless secrets, and the Oz Primer will give eager readers a glimpse of the bountiful width and breadth of it. Feature interviews with writer Shanower (Age of Bronze) and artist Young (NEW WARRIORS) will be balanced with an appreciation of Baum and his amazing coterie of characters — an indispensible resource for fantasy lovers young and old!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS
VS. NEW ULTIMATES #2 (of 6)
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by LEINIL YU
Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH
DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN!
IT. IS. ON! The two most powerful super teams in the Ultimate Universe collide in the brawl of the century! A misunderstanding has brought these two colossal teams to blows and their battle may just spell the end for the Ultimate world! MARK MILLAR and LENIL YU bring you the issue that EVERYONE will be talking about. DON’T MISS OUT!
32 PGS./RATED T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS
SPIDER-MAN #155
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by Chris Samnee
Cover by Sara Pichelli
THE END STARTS HERE!
The Death of Spider-Man prologue!! THE most talked about story of the year begins!! Peter Parker has gathered his most eclectic group of friends and family in the world. In this very special issue we will discover some shocking secrets that will either pull them closer together or push them apart forever. Welcome to Spider-Man stories you have never read before. Welcome to the beginning of the end of what you know to be Ultimate Spider-Man. And welcome fan-favorite Chris Samnee as he makes his Ultimate Universe debut!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS
SPIDER-MAN #156
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by Mark Bagley
DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN, CHAPTER ONE
The wait is over!! THE most shocking Spider-Man story you will ever read!  Young Peter Parker has led a heroic life and tried to live by the simple and powerful philosophy that with great power comes great responsibility, but will that philosophy be enough to save him from the horror that awaits him here?  This is easily the most important story in Ultimate Spider-Man history and maybe the most important story in the Ultimate Universe. Who better to illustrate it than Ultimate Spider-Man legend MARK BAGLEY, making his mighty Marvel return!! Bendis and Bagley back together again and just-in-time!!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS
CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 (of 4)
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils & Cover by RON GARNEY
An Ultimate Comics groundbreaking miniseries!
Captain America has seen things no soldier should ever see, been to places that no man should be able to return, and beaten foes that no other hero could put down. Now, in the jungles of Cambodia, one man will push Captain America to, and past his limits. And Cap may not come back! The superstar team of Jason Aaron and Ron Garney bring you a brutal story you will NOT want to miss!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS
DOOM #4 (of 4)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE GAME-CHANGER!
Reed Richard’s has declared war on science and technology and by doing so he has endangered or murdered some of the most important people in the Ultimate Universe. The only people standing in the way of him completing his mission are what are left of the Fantastic Four.  In this shocking conclusion to the
Ultimate Enemy trilogy you will be witness to a Marvel Comics story unlike any other. Heroes will fall. New heroes will rise. But will the man they once knew as Mister Fantastic pay for his crimes?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEADPOOL MAX #6
Written by Dave Lapham
Pencils & Cover by Kyle Baker
“THE DOMINO EFFECT”
Hydra Bob’s had a string of bad luck handling his agent Deadpool, which has him on thin ice with his government bosses.  Not good when your government bosses have the power to send you to prison or have you shot in the back of the head.  But all that’s about to change. Two assassinations and the imminent recovery of a kidnapped intelligence operative have turned around Bob’s luck.  Enter Domino, self styled « Luckiest girl in the world. »  Bob’s convinced she’s none other than Crazy Inez, Deadpool’s insane groupie, with dye job and some Kung Fu moves. Can Bob find Deadpool and convince his agent that Domino is a fake?  And if she is, the one thing that may not be is that growing bump in her belly. Will Deadpool do the righ thing?  Will he kill again?  Crazy reaches new heights as the life of Deadpool takes a major twist.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

DEADPOOL MAX:
A HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE #1
Collecting DEADPOOL MAX #1-3.
72 PGS./Explicit Content …$4.99

PUNISHERMAX #11
Written by Jason Aaron
Penciled by Steve Dillon
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
“BULLSEYE, CONCLUSION”
The final epic confrontation between Frank Castle and Bullseye, as the maniac assassin hits Punisher with everything in his arsenal, including a dark secret that cuts Frank to his core. Even if Frank survives, he will never again be the same.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

CASANOVA: GULA #3  (of) 4
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art & Cover by FÁbio Moon
SO MUCH VIOLENCE. SO…SO MUCH VIOLENCE. Zephyr and Kubark make a daring raid on E.M.P.I.R.E. H.Q. and pretty much kill everything that gets in front of them. Like half the cast dies. But but but! But what if all the shocking mayhem was just a blood-spatterd smoke-screen? BECAUSE IT IS. And the stunning revelation behind all the death and brutality will put the fate of time-lost Casanova Quinn in the hands of his evil twin Zephyr. See it, believe it, and hold on for the conclusion next month…by Matt and Fábio, Cris and Dharb.
40 PGS./Mature …$3.99

INCOGNITO: BAD INFLUENCES #5 (of 5)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Art and cover by SEAN PHILLIPS
THE SUPER-PULP-NOIR GOES OUT WITH A BANG! Face-to-face with his target, Zack Overkill is forced to question everything about his past and future and the nature of good and evil. A nightmarish finale that will leave you reeling. And as with every issue, our Professor of Pulp Culture, Jess Nevins is back with another great essay on forgotten pulp history, available only in the single issues of INCOGNITO!
32 PGS./Mature Content/No Ads …$3.50

SCARLET #5
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art and cover by ALEX MALEEV
Variant cover by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Scarlet’s message of rebellion and revolution has gone global, and she comes face-to-face with her supporters and detractors. What will the world look like when someone stands up and says, “Enough”? How far will the authorities go to bring her down, and is it too late? Another startling chapter in the runaway-hit comic series from the Eisner Award-winning team that brought you DAREDEVIL and NEW AVENGERS!
40 PGS./Mature …$3.95

STRANGE TALES II HC
Written by VARIOUS
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by RAFAEL GRAMPA
The critically acclaimed indie anthology returns as the best, most exciting cartoonists working today re-imagine Marvel’s
greatest characters! 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! Collecting STRANGE TALES II #1-3.
152 PGS./Parental Advisory …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4822-7
Trim size: oversized

PUNISHER MAX VOL. 6 HC
Written by GREGG HURWITZ,
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
& VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by LAURENCE CAMPBELL,
MICHEL LACOMBE, GORAN PARLOV
& JEFTE PALO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Celebrated crime novelists Gregg Hurwitz (The Kill Clause,
The Crime Writer), Duane Swierczynski (The Blonde, Severance Package) and Victor Gischler (Gun Monkeys, Pistol Poets) take on the scourge of the underworld in five tales of death, depravity, revenge, blackmail and the evil that lurks in the hearts of men! They descend on the little Mexican town of Tierra Rota under cover of night, abducting its women and returning them days later like broken dolls. Frank Castle is no hero, but there are some things the Punisher just can’t abide. Injected with a serum that will leave him dead by dawn, there’s only one thing Frank wants to do before he dies: take as many bad guys as he can with him.
Traveling the Louisiana back roads, the Punisher steps into a world of unspeakable horror. He’s crossed paths with plenty of unsavory characters, but nothing has prepared him for the Geautreauxs. Vette’s little black book is filled with the dark secrets of movie stars, politicians and gangsters — including a powerful Miami drug lord who hides in an impenetrable fortress. And Vette is the Punisher’s ticket inside. There’s nothing like fishing with friends, especially on the eve of the biggest criminal deal of your careers. Until your engine explodes, your boat sinks, and the backstabbing begins — and the only life preserver is in the hands of a man who wears a black shirt with a skull on it. Collecting PUNISHER #61-65, PUNISHER: FRANK CASTLE MAX #66-74, PUNISHER: FORCE OF NATURE and PUNISHER MAX SPECIAL: LITTLE BLACK BOOK.
424 PGS./Explicit Content …$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5656-7
Trim size: oversized

HALO: FALL OF REACH — BOOT CAMP PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by FELIX RUIZ
Cover by PHIL NOTO
This is where it all began. Before he was Master Chief, he was John — a boy stolen from his parents and conscripted into the SPARTAN II program on the fortress world of Reach. These are desperate times in the human colonies, with galactic civil war just a heartbeat away, and only Dr. Catherine Halsey understands the terrible price humanity must pay to keep from destroying itself. Brian Reed (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: AMERICAN SON), and Felix Ruiz (MARVEL BOY: THE URANIAN) bring you an adaptation of the best-selling novel HALO: FALL OF REACH by Eric Nylund. Collecting HALO: FALL OF REACH — BOOT CAMP #1-4.
112 PGS./17 & Up …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5146-3
Trim size: standard
© 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.

ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES:
THOR REBORN PREMIERE HC
Written by JEPH LOEB
Penciled by FRANK CHO
Cover by FRANK CHO
If only a few super heroes survived the Ultimatum — who’s left to become the next super-powered team to be reckoned with? The NEW Ultimates! With Thor gone, Loki takes his revenge — unleashing the worst of Asgard on Earth. Iron Man must gather the heroes for their biggest Ultimates adventure yet. But who’s made the final cut? And who can’t be trusted? The Ultimates face evil once again, and you’ll never guess the new enemies they’ll find —or should we say old friends? Superstar creators Jeph Loeb and Frank Cho (in his Ultimate Comics debut!) bring you the new face of the Ultimate line! Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #1-5.
136 PGS./Parental Advisory …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3994-2
Trim size: standard

toy store — and runs into its peculiar proprietors: the irrepressible Impossible Man and the villainous Arcade! And Ben gets an earful from Val and her Future Foundation: We have a cure, and it will work. In short, it’s just another day for Marvel’s First Family! Meanwhile, a most fantastic, multiverse-hopping adventure unfolds as Reed, Ben and — of all people, Doom — are called to the rescue of his father, Nathaniel, the victim of a dimension defying mass murderer that won’t be stopped! But what part will Val and Franklin play in this strange plot? Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #579-582
112 PGS./Rated A …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4718-3

SKYDOLL: SPACESHIP TPB
Written by BARBARA CANEPA
& ALESSANDRO BARBUCCI
Penciled by MATTEO DE LONGIS,
CLAUDIO ACCIARI, PIERRE-MONY CHAN, RIFF REB’S, BENGAL,
BARBARA CANEPA, ALESSANDRO
BARBUCCI, MIKAEL BOURGOIN,
BENJAMIN, GRADIMIR SMUDJA,
AFIF KHALED & ENRIQUE FERNÁNDEZ
Cover by BARBARA CANEPA & ALESSANDRO BARBUCCI
The international smash-hit Sky Doll continues in this collection of stories set in the Canepa and Barbucci’s breathtaking, sexy sci-fi universe! How many lives has a SkyDoll? SKYDOLL SPACESHIP is a collection of fragments in the life of Noa, figurehead of the existential movement. Six stories in which we catch glimpses of six truly extraordinary and very different lives of the SkyDoll — from the veteran doll trying to illuminate her kind to a cowgirl in the desert trying to save a herd of imitation cows infested by milk-sucking toads to a limo driver just trying to make it through the night shift and more! SKYDOLL LACRIMA CHRISTI brings together six pieces in the lives of the two faces of the planet Papathea: the Papesses Lodovica and Agape. The former is carnal, spectacular and blood-drenched; the latter is spiritual, virginal, ethereal and inaccessible. The two sisters were selected from thousands of candidates to represent the complexity and contradictions of their religion. Collecting SKYDOLL SPACESHIP #1-2 and SKYDOLL LACRIMA CHRISTI #1-2
152 PGS./Mature …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-4392-5
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