Marvel Comics January 2007 solicitations

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THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1
Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, ROY THOMAS, ROBERT BERNSTEIN, DON RICO & AL HARTLEY
Penciled by DON HECK, GENE COLAN, JACK KIRBY & STEVE DITKO
Cover by JACK KIRBY
Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV
Variant Cover FEATURING IRON MAN MOVIE IMAGE
As the Marvel Age of Comics exploded on the pop-culture scene, super hero after super hero that redefined the genre leaped forth from the imagination of the Marvel Bullpen. Adventurers and innovators, scientists and high-school bookworms, they were amazing men and women with all the failings and foibles of you and me. And there are none that touch both that adventurer ideal and human reality as Tony Stark, the Invincible Iron Man. A jet-setter, playboy, and brilliant scientist, Tony is cut down to Earth when a battlefield explosion rips into his heart. Only by creating the amazing Iron Man armor can he stay alive! Packed with the debonair and debutantes, Cold War monsters and sultry super-spies, the Iron Man Omnibus presents the stories of one of comics' most intriguing characters from the very beginning! Featuring the first appearances of such classic Marvel characters as the Mandarin, the Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Crimson Dynamo and the Titanium Man in lushly-illustrated stories by "Dazzling" Don Heck, Gene "The Dean" Colan and scripted by no less than Stan "The Man" Lee himself, this is the go-to volume for the Iron Man fan. Including every page, every pinup, and every letters column. Not to mention unused covers, critical essays, and bonuses galore! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #39-83 & TALES TO ASTONISH #82
720 PGS./All Ages …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2900-4
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC – ADI GRANOV VARIANT
720 PGS./All Ages …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3054-3
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC – MOVIE VARIANT
720 PGS./All Ages …$99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3055-0
Trim: Oversized


MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE DARING MYSTERY VOL. 1 HC
Written & Illustrated by JOE SIMON, WILL HARR, MAURICE GUTWIRTH, MIKE ROBARD, SAM COOPER, DEAN CARR, BEN THOMPSON, LARRY ANTONETTE, RAY GILL, BOB WOOD, CHARLES PEARSON, JOE CAL CAGNO, FRED SCHWARZ, GREGORY SYKES, RUSSELL A. BANKSON & PHIL STURM
Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG
Following the phenomenal success of Marvel Comics #1, Timely released its second superhero anthology Daring Mystery Comics, in January 1940. This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures that introduce brand-new characters into the Marvel mythos (several of whom will be appearing in The Twelve by J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Weston). See the startling introduction of the Fiery Mask where he faces the fantastic thriller of the walking corpses. Soldier of fortune John Steel sneaks behind enemy lines. The Phantom Bullet, scourge of the underworld, faces off against a dastardly band of Head Hunters. District Attorney Dennis Burton decides to take the law into his own hands as the Laughing Mask and then later as the Purple Mask. Meet the Phantom Reporter – cub reporter by day…scourge of the underworld by night. Plus: The Texas Kid; Monako, Prince of Magic; Flash Foster, Phantom of the Underworld, Barney Mullen, Sea Rover; Zephyr Jones and his rocket ship; Trojak the Tiger Man; Captain K-4 and his Sky Devils; Mr. E; Dale of the FBI; Breeze Barton in the Miracle City; Marvex the Super-Robot; Captain Strong of the Foreign Legion; Whirlwind Carte of the Interplanetary Secret Service; and more!
280 PGS./Rated A …$59.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2476-4
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE DARING MYSTERY VOL. 1 HC - VARIANT EDITION VOL. 89
280 PGS./Rated A …$59.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2477-1


ESSENTIAL MARVEL SAGA VOL. 1
Written by PETER SANDERSON & VARIOUS
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by RON FRENZ
See for yourself how the Marvel Age of Heroes began as one of comicdom's coolest chroniclers follows the FF, Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil and others from origins into adventure! Recounting the first appearances of Marvel's greatest menaces—including Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom, Magneto and Loki! The awakening of the Sub-Mariner and Captain America! Ancient enigmas, wartime wonders and more from the first years of the House of Ideas!
Collecting MARVEL SAGA #1-12
448 PGS./RATED All Ages ...$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2727-7
Trim size: oversized


MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 6
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, DAVE COCKRUM & BRENT ANDERSON
Cover by DAVE COCKRUM
The X-Men return for another milestone Marvel Masterworks of beginnings, endings and maybe even the beginning of the end! Chris Claremont and John Byrne raised a rag-tag group of mutants from a burning ember to an all-out firestorm that topped the world of comics. And they'll ride out that flame with one of the most influential X-Men stories of all—"Days of Future Past!"
Feared, hated and now on the road to extinction, Marvel's Children of the Atom face a bleak future of mutant concentration camps and a world where heroes are a thing of days gone past. Only by leaping back through time can Kitty Pryde's future self hope to stop the events that created this dystopian nightmare!
Claremont and Byrne close out their classic run together with a fan-favorite Kitty Pryde holiday tale, but things only pick up from there with the return of the man who first delineated the all-new, all-different X-Men—Dave Cockrum!
Cockrum and Claremont put their team in a slow-pressure cooker with Arcade, Dr. Doom, Garokk and then blows its top with the return of Magneto in a double-sized anniversary extravaganza! Featuring guest-appearances by Spider-Woman, Dazzler, not to mention the debut of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, there's no question this one's for the ages!
Collecting X-MEN #141 and UNCANNY X-MEN #142-150
256 PGS./Rated A…$54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3013-0
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 6 -- VARIANT EDITION VOL. 90
256 PGS./Rated A…$54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3014-7


ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 4 TPB
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, STEVE GERBER, TONY ISABELLA, MIKE FRIEDRICH & JOHN WARNER
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA, ALAN WEISS, FRANK ROBBINS & HERB TRIMPE
Cover by JOHN ROMITA
After gaining superhuman strength, the Living Legend learns he'll need every bit of it against such team efforts as the Crimson Cowl's Crimewave, the Serpent Squad and Nightshade's Werewolves! Alongside his crime-fighting compatriot, the Falcon, Cap discovers secrets in the shadows of eras past devised by Dr. Faustus, the Yellow Claw and the mysterious Phoenix – but a final battle with the Secret Empire throws Cap's future into question! But when Cap dons the cape of the Nomad, will the Falcon stick with him or stand by his replacement? It may be a question only the Red Skull can answer! Guest-starring the Avengers, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., the X-Men and Namor the Sub-Mariner! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #157-186.
520 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2726-0

And the rest:

MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: THE ILIAD #2 (of 8)
Written by Roy Thomas (BASED ON THE EPIC POEM BY HOMER)
Penciled by MIGUEL ANGEL SEPULVEDA
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
The two greatest armies of the ancient world—Greek and Trojan—meet on the plains of Troy…with the achingly beautiful Helen as the prize! And as this battle-to-the-end-them-all rages, the gods themselves enter the fray!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

ANITA BLAKE, VAMPIRE HUNTER: GUILTY PLEASURES #7 (of 12)
Written by LAURELL K. HAMILTON
Adapted by JESS RUFFNER
Pencils & Cover by BRETT BOOTH
The hit adaptation of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series continues! What price will Anita pay in order to save her friend's life and solve the Vampire Murders? Will she actually kiss Phillip? How far will Edward go in order to find out where the daytime resting place of the Master Vampires truly is? Where is Jean-Claude? And most importantly, who is behind the Vampire Murders?
What's next for Anita Blake, you ask? The answers to all of those questions begin here!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
Order Using This Code: JUL072208
FOC – 12/13/2007, On-Sale – 1/2/2008

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #50
Written by MIKE CAREY
Pencils by TYLER KIRKHAM
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Thanos returns as a new story arc begins in our fateful 50th issue! The F.F. return from Siberia to find the Baxter Building—and the rest of New York City—under siege! The prize is the greatest force in existence—the Cosmic Cube! And in the race to command this deadliest of weapons, treachery and overkill are the order of the day...even from former friends! Writer Mike Carey has been building up to this saga for months—and new series penciler Tyler Kirkham (NEW AVENGERS/TRANSFORMERS) has arrived to kick off the action!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ULTIMATE HUMAN #1 (of 4)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by CARY NORD
It's the Ultimate war between the Hulk and Iron Man! Desperate for a cure to his dark disease, scientist Bruce Banner begs Tony Stark for a release from the curse of the Hulk! Stark agrees, but in the midst of the experimentation, something goes horribly wrong. And you know what happens next: man and monster collide! Be there as writer Warren Ellis (ULTIMATE GALACTUS) begins his next Ultimate epic—and is joined by amazing artist
Cary Nord (Conan)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE IRON MAN II #2 (of 4)
Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD
Pencils & Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
Best-selling author Orson Scott Card and superstar artist Pasqual Ferry continue the untold tale of Tony Stark's origin! Framed for the murder of his greatest competitor, all that stands between industrialist Howard Stark and certain doom is his young son, Tony…and his strange alter-ego—Iron Man! But against a clandestine enemy, even the might of the Armored One may not be enough! That's right... it's time for War-Machine!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #118
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
It begins here…"Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!" Things are changing in the young life of Peter Parker: Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four is now his buddy---and the hot–headed super hero has taken a liking to Peter's classmate, Liz Allen! But something is horribly wrong with Liz—something that will soon affect the life of every student at Midtown High—including Peter's ex-girlfriend, Kitty Pryde!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ULTIMATE X-MEN #90
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Pencils and cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
New series artist Salvador Larroca arrives—as Apocalypse begins! Sinister has been resurrected, the pieces are moving into place, and everything is starting to come together. Can the X-Men prevent the coming of Apocalypse? The story arc that's been building for a year kicks off here!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATES 3 #2 (of 5)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by JOE MADUREIRA & CHRISTIAN LICHTNER
Variant Cover by MICHAEL TURNER
The Brotherhood vs. the Ultimates…Hawkeye vs. Spider-Man…the shocker of the year rocks on! Reeling from the sneak attack by Venom, the team has no time to recover—because the evil mutant team known as The Brotherhood has launched a full–scale assault on Tony Stark's mansion! It's Captain America vs. Sabretooth, Iron Man vs. Mystique…and Thor vs. Valkyrie? Plus: Which mega-popular character (nope, not Spidey) makes a surprise appearance on the last page? The dream team of Jeph Loeb, Joe Madureira, and Christian Lichtner continues to rock the Ultimates!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: ULTIMATES 3
Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS
One of the hottest comics of the decade is about to get even hotter! Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch have delivered not one, but two epic runs on the Ultimate Universe's greatest heroes, with the triumphant ULTIMATES and ULTIMATES 2 becoming modern day classics. Now they step aside for an unbelievable combo of superstar talent to take over with ULTIMATES 3! Superstar writer Jeph Loeb and the awesome art of Joe Madureira and Christian Lichtner promise to find new ways to define the word Ultimate, and SPOTLIGHT will pull these three titanic talents aside for their take on the new series, as well as a look back at Millar and Hitch's masterpiece. It's Ultimate Spotlight with ULTIMATES 3!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE SECRETS
Written by SEAN MCQUAID, RONALD BYRD, MIKE FICHERA, DAVID WILTFONG, MADISON CARTER, MARK O'ENGLISH & STUART VANDAL
Cover by GREG LAND
Who are the newest Ultimate X-Men? Does Ultimate Spider-Man have more clones than the regular Spidey? Was Ultimate Thor delusional, or was he really a god? All these questions and more will be answered in the new Ultimate Universe Handbook. And remember - this is the only book guaranteed to give you the Ultimate Six Pack!
48 PGS /CARDSTOCK COVER/Rated T+ …$3.99


AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #549
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Pencils & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
Variant Cover by DAVID FINCH
Saddle-up Spider–fans as the thrillingly thrice-monthly adventures continue!
In this issue, meet the villain from the fifth Spider-Man movie today! Marc (Wolverine, Blade) Guggenheim and Salvador (newuniversal, Uncanny X-Men) Larroca bring you the next great Spidey Villain... MENACE! But that's not all! The mysterious JACKPOT makes her "Brand New Day-Debut!" Plus the mystery of the Spider-Tracer Killer deepens. Not nearly 'Nuff said!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #550-551
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Pencils & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
Jackpot! Spidey vs. the Police! Menace! Triumphs, twists, turns and tragedy pack these two issues by Marc Guggenheim and Salvador Larrocca. And would you believe...Spider-Man sued? (Hey, that's what we get for having a former lawyer write these things...)
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER... #1 (of 5)
Written by David Lapham
Pencils & Cover by Tony Harris
After the spider-bite…before the great responsibility! Meet Peter Parker, "Midtown High's only professional wallflower," a hapless young nerd suddenly gifted with great power…no strings attached! Happy at home with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, but plagued by the bullies and mean girls of high school, see what Peter does when the bite of a radioactive spider gives him the strength to take the things he wants. Fame? Money? Fast cars? Girls? This dweeb's up to his pencilneck in 'em! Surely things can't suddenly be this easy… It's a side of Spider-Man's early life you've barely glimpsed, written by David Lapham (Stray Bullets TERROR, INC.) with art by Tony Harris (Ex Machina)!
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated A …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #16
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Pencils & Cover by RON FRENZ
"Silent, But Deadly!" Part 1 of 1
A brand-new super-menace enters Spider-Girl's life when she crosses paths with Deadspot—the invisible destroyer who kills with a touch!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #7
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Penciled by RAMON BACHS & STEVE LIEBER
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Experience CIVIL WAR and its major tie-ins from CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE. The landscape of the Marvel Universe is changing, and it's time to choose: Whose side are you on? In "Embedded": There's a truth buried deep in the heart of every war, and reporters Sally Floyd and Ben Urich will be there, uncovering that truth in the midst of the biggest conflagration in the Marvel Universe! And in "The Accused": The lone survivor of the team that caused the Stamford tragedy has been found. But living through one of the worst superhuman disasters in history may be the worst thing that could happen, as this vilified hero is placed under arrest for the deaths of an entire town. Unfortunately, the trouble's just beginning. Collecting CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE (Embedded/Accused) #6-8.
72 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

AVENGERS CLASSIC #8
Written by STAN LEE & DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
Art by JACK KIRBY & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
See the mighty Avengers trapped! See the Teen Brigade in action! See action, drama, thrills as only Marvel can present them! Can you think of any one man whose power is greater than that of the Avengers? Don't answer that! Not until you meet Kang, the Conqueror, who's destined to rank as one of the most unique villains of all time! Reprinting the classic Avengers #8 by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, fully restored and recolored, plus an all-new Avengers adventure!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST #3 (of 6)
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by TOM RANEY
Cover by ALEKSI BRICLOT
The cosmic blockbuster rocks on—as things go horribly wrong for our heroes! The Phalanx closes in on Star-Lord and his scrappy squad, Ronan comes face-to-face with a vengeful enemy, and Quasar & Moondragon discover a deep secret that could save the Kree...but they both might be dead before they can use it! Writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning join forces with superstar artist Tom Raney to bring you the sci-fi event that Aint It Cool News says is "…a worthy sequel and every bit the equal to the impressively cohesive and thoroughly entertaining crossover event ANNIHILATION from last year!"
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #9
Written by DAN SLOTT
Penciled and Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
KILLED IN ACTION (Part 2 of 4)
"The First Casualty"
The Initiative's biggest secret hasn't come back to haunt them, it's come back to KILL THEM! Blood will run, heads will roll, and this time "dead" means DEAD! Say goodbye to at LEAST one regular cast member as KILLED IN ACTION starts racking up its body count. You know, maybe this WASN'T such a good time for TASKMASTER, ANT-MAN, and the new recruits to sign up…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #34
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils & 50/50 Cover by STEVE EPTING
50/50 Cover by ALEX ROSS
Is this the NEW Captain America?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE CHOSEN #6 (of 6)Written by DAVID MORRELL
Pencils & 50/50 Cover by MITCH BREITWEISER
50/50 Variant Cover by TRAVIS CHAREST
The twilight of Captain America's life draws to a close. David Morrell—the best-selling author of First Blood and creator of Rambo—and Mitch Breitweiser (DRAX) bring you to the bittersweet final chapter of this Marvel Knights story in the vein of SPIDER-MAN: REIGN and SILVER SURFER: REQUIEM. Captain America is dying—but with his last gasps of life, he will select his replacement. Can James Newman, a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, rise to the challenge and overcome his fear? Can anyone else?
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ …$3.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL #3 (of 5)
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by LEE WEEKS
Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
The mystery of Captain Marvel's presence in our world deepens as the first signs of a Secret Invasion are revealed! Brian Reed (New Avengers: Illuminati) and Lee Weeks (Daredevil) continue the winter's most surprising mini-series.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

DAREDEVIL #104
Written by Ed Brubaker
Penciled by Michael Lark
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Can Matt Murdock balance the scales of justice and save his wife? Can Daredevil bring peace to the streets of Hell's Kitchen, which are caught in a super-powered gang war? And what is the terrible secret Mr. Fear is hiding? By Brubaker and Lark.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

BLACK PANTHER #34
Written by REGINALD HUDLIN
Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
"GANGSTA LEAN," PART 3
It's clobberin' time—in the arena and in the streets, between the Gangsters and Panthers, and between the Fantastic Four and the elusive, malicious Golden Frogs!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #13
Written by MATT FRACTION & ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by DAVID AJA & KANO
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Two words, punks—BATTLE ROYALE! All the losers in the tournament in the Heart of Heaven get a chance to redeem themselves and obtain the ultimate victory…Danny Rand included! But if Danny couldn't win mano a mano, what hope does he have in a no-holds-barred kung-fu free-for-all of violence and carnage? And meanwhile, on Earth, the sinister Xao launches an attack almost a century in the making, and he won't stop until he's dancing on the ashes of K'un-Lun itself. Oh! And the final secrets of Danny Rand's birth are finally revealed. And this ain't even the finale, sweethearts. By Ed and Matt and David and Kano and Kaare and so on and so forth.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #553
Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER
Cover by MICHAEL TURNER
The unexpected conclusion! When the Fantastic Four meet their future couterparts, they finally learn the astonishing outcome of Reed Richards' secret, post-Civil War plan.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

HOWARD THE DUCK #4 (of 4)
Written by TY TEMPLETON
Pencils & Cover by JUAN BOBILLO
This is it! The final showdown between Howard the Duck and the evil forces bent on controlling America. Will Howard and Bev survive being crucified by the media? PLUS: Howard gets his greatest wish granted, by the most powerful man in the free world! (Can you guess who it is?)
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

GHOST RIDER #19
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by JAVIER SALTARES
Cover by MIKE DEODATO
"REVELATIONS," PART 6
Conclusion! In the wake of last issue's stunning realization, Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider, must make a choice: finishing out his mission of vengeance…or starting a new one. What choice will Johnny make, with the fate of the mortal realm hanging in the balance? Only one thing is certain: Lucifer isn't going to sit around waiting for a decision.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

HOUSE OF M: AVENGERS #4 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOS GAGE
Pencils & Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Conflict threatens to tear apart the Avengers as they must choose whether to join the larger resistance against Magneto, or continue to focus their efforts locally. But they might not get the chance to decide, as the Kingpin and his assassins—Bullseye, Elektra, Gladiator and Typhoid Mary—make their move!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

IRON MAN #25
Written by DANIEL KNAUF & CHARLES KNAUF
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by GERALD PAREL
Time is running out for humanity. Tony Stark, discredited, humiliated and stripped of his command, struggles to uncover a
diabolical plot that could spell the end of mankind. Betrayed by his peers, isolated by his obsessions, Stark finds that his only allies are the demons of his past and, hamstrung by obsolete technology, Iron Man is confronted by his archenemy, The Mandarin.
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

IRON MAN AND POWER PACK #3 (of 4)
Written by MARC SUMERAK
Penciled by MARCELO DICHIARA
Cover by GURIHIRU
Someone is using stolen Stark Industries technology to take control of Marvel's most high-tech heroes and villains. Sounds like the perfect time for Power Pack to attend an exhibit of old Iron Man armor! Nothing could possibly go wrong there... right? Part 1 of 2. Plus…MINI MARVELS!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

IRON MAN: ENTER THE MANDARIN #5 (of 6)
Written by JOE CASEY
Pencils & Cover by ERIC CANETE
This epic tale of Tony Stark's early years continues! When billionaire industrialist Tony Stark decides to take his biggest risk yet—facing his newest enemy without the aide of his hi-tech suit of armor—his luck may finally run out!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

INCREDIBLE XXXX #113 (Note: Not Actual Title)
Written by Greg Pak & FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by Khoi Pham
Cover by Art Adams
CLASSIFIED
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
Order Using This Code: OCT072102
FOC – 12/27/2007, On-Sale – 1/16/2008

HULK #1
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Variant Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Superstars JEPH LOEB and ED MCGUINNESS will change the way you see THE HULK! In this startling origin epic, the breathtaking events that ended World War Hulk rocket into this brand-new Hulk title. When one of The Hulk's oldest cast members is murdered, everyone turns to the team of IRON MAN, SHE-HULK and LEONARD SAMSON to solve the grizzly case. All the evidence points to the Hulk as the killer—but {CLASSIFIED}! Join us for a brand--new story and a brand-new team who loves the Hulk as much as you do!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

WWH AFTERSMASH: WARBOUND #2 (of 5)
Written by GREG PAK
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Take four hundred puny humans and five hundred square miles of New Mexico desert. Add four monstrous alien warriors, one of the Hulk's deadliest enemies, and one of the Hulk's greatest loves. Mix well. Simmer under the deadly dome of Gammaworld. And run for your life.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

WWH AFTERSMASH: DAMAGE CONTROL #1 (of 3)
Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
Penciled by SALVA ESPIN
Cover by NIC KLEIN
We don't know if you heard…but Hulk came back to earth and made a HUUUUUUUUGE mess. Who's S.H.I.E.L.D. gonna get to
clean it up? DAMAGE CONTROL, the roughest, toughest dilapidated dirt dogs this side'a the universe. If anyone can clean up the aftereffects of WORLD WAR HULK, they can. But while they're picking up the pieces, they find that the war…may not be over…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #32
Written by JOE LANSDALE
Penciled by RONAN CLIQUET
Cover by LEONARD KIRK
Gather 'round, lil' doggies. Ol' Ben Grimm's done been hijacked from our time an' shot back to the Old West, where varmints and vandals ruled the day! Even if Benjy teams up with one of the past's greatest heroes, STEAM RIDER, can he manage to hightail his way back to the present? Crack that whip!
WHOO-PTCH!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #7
Written by PAUL BENJAMIN
Penciled by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Cover by JUAN SANTACRUZ
Terrax, herald of Galactus, has come to punish the Silver Surfer for betraying their master. Terrax plans to take the Surfer's shining board before destroying Earth, but he didn't count on the Silver Surfer granting his power cosmic to allies. Even Terrax may know fear when he faces off against Silver Rick Jones, Silver Monkey and the savage Silver Hulk!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #35
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by CORY HAMSCHER
Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER
Venom is back ...but says he wants to bury the hatchet with Spider-Man. No, not in his head. In fact, in order to show Spidey how much he's reformed, he wants to become the web-spinner's official sidekick. But one night "on patrol" with a homicidal maniac as a partner has Spidey wanting to hang up the web-shooters himself!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #9
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by GRAHAM NOLAN
Cover by TOMMY LEE EDWARDS
Deep beneath the Nebraska prairie lurks a vast bunker that has lain undisturbed for nearly four decades. Built by Tony Stark's long-lost father to survive a global holocaust, the subterranean city is accidentally discovered by a young boy who then gets lost in its depths. The modern-day Iron Man has to come to the rescue. Can he discover the reasons behind his father's mysterious disappearance too? Unfortunately, the complex is defended by an army of original gray Iron Man armor automatons, which could spell Armageddon for the Armored Avenger!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #20
Written by MARC SUMERAK
Penciled by IG GUARA
Cover by LEONARD KIRK
The arrival of ANT-MAN! Hank Pym has gone missing from his lab at Van Dyne Industries, and it's up to his most famous experiment—the gorgeous Giant-Girl—to track him down. But when Giant-Girl finds herself stuck in the middle of a very bizarre love triangle, it's time for the world's tiniest super hero to make his diminutive debut! Will he be able to prove that size doesn't really matter?
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #7
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #29
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #33
64 PGS./All Ages …$4.99

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #7
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #7
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #7
64 PGS./All Ages …$4.99

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #5
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM, CHRISTOS GAGE, MERRILL HAGAN
& RICH KOSLOWSKI
Penciled by DAVE WILKINS, JOYCE CHIN, STAZ JOHNSON
& ANDREA DIVITO
Cover by GREG LAND
Take a trip to the SAVAGE LAND as Ka-Zar, Shanna, and Zabu defend their home against dinosaurs, mutates, mercenaries, and corporate goons in flying boats! This all-new serial begins right here! Plus: last time we saw the WRECKING CREW, they were being thrown in prison by OMEGA FLIGHT. Find out how the boys are adjusting to life behind bars... All that, PLUS the continuing adventures of Guardian in WEAPON OMEGA, and the murder of a man with no identity leads Stacy Dolan into the world of masked men and power-hungry monsters in VANGUARD!
40 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #4
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by SEAN PHILLIPS
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
The Marvel Zombies sinister sequel delivers more mayhem, carnage, and destruction than you can shake a decapitated head at! The fate of what's left of the human race hangs in the balance as the Civil War between the Marvel Zombies escalates
to epic levels!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #14
Written by MIKE BENSON (WITH CHARLIE HUSTON)
Art by MARK TEXEIRA & JAVIER SALTARES
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
"GOD AND COUNTRY," PART 1 OF 6
Award-winning TV writer Mike Benson (Entourage) takes over the reins, with co-plotter Charlie Huston!
Moon Knight is back in the game—leaving a trail of broken bodies in his wake—and everyone wants to know the same thing: Who the hell gave this psycho a Registration Card? But no one wants to know more than the architect of the Initiative, Tony Stark. As the body count grows, the pressure to bring in the poster child for super-powered irresponsibility might grow too much for Stark to ignore. And when that happens…?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

MS. MARVEL #23
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by AARON LOPRESTI
Cover by GREG HORN
Carol Danvers is stranded and powerless on Monster Island, surrounded by a nest full of Brood, and trying desperately to survive. When the Lightning Storm team comes to her rescue, things only get worse! Brian Reed (Captain Marvel)
and Aaron Lopresti (Incredible Hulk) continue their run towards Ms. Marvel's historic 25th issue with this tale of Monsters and Marvels!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #8
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by MARK BAGLEY
It's the Mighty Avengers versus the New Avengers who have been overtaken by a symbiote virus. So, yeah, it's Avengers versus Avengers symbiotes!! Janet gets new powers!! And the Mighty Avengers declare war on a foreign country!! All this and Mark Bagley too!!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #2
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Continuing directly from the pages of NEW AVENGERS #37: The Hood's gang of super-criminals takes the fight right to the Avengers' door!! Its wall-to-wall action and the end of an era for one Avenger and a major defection for another.
This double-sized issue ties into or wraps up threads from Civil War, World War Hulk, both Avengers titles and the upcoming Secret Invasion!! Avengers writer Bendis welcomes rising star Carlo Pagulayan on his Avengers debut...
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #1 (of 6)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils by PACO MEDINA
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
They're back at last! Patriot, Hulkling, Wiccan, Vision, Stature and Hawkeye! Where have they been and what is their place in this new post-CIVIL WAR Marvel Universe? It will take six issues by six top creative teams to tell the tale! In this first installment, featuring PATRIOT, the grandson of the black Captain America struggles with his unresolved feelings about the death of Steve Rogers, and seeks out the Winter Soldier hoping to find some guidance. But who he's looking for and who he finds may be two different things! By Eisner and Harvey Award-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker and rising star Paco Medina.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

NEW WARRIORS #8
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Penciled by JON MALIN
Cover by NIC KLEIN
While the rest of the team puts flights and tights on hold for a deserved night off, Night Thrasher decides to do a little solo work. But while he might be prepared for heavily-armed thugs and even a heated encounter with his former flame, Silhouette, can he handle coming face-to-face with his first and greatest adversary? Enter: Midnight's Fire!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

NOVA #10
Written by ANDY LANNING & DAN ABNETT
Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES
Cover by ADI GRANOV
A special standalone thriller trapping Nova and Gamora together! Allies, lovers, Phalanx puppets…and now the bitterest of enemies! Captured together by an alien menace, will the Human Rocket and the Deadliest Woman in the Universe work together to survive, or wind up killing each other instead? It's dark, cosmic action and a love-hate clash as hit series writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, and new penciling sensation Wellinton Alves, deliver what Wizard calls a "one-stop shop for sci-fi spectaculars, superhero drama and real humanity."
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #4 (of 10)
Written by JONATHAN LETHEM WITH KARL RUSNAK
Pencils & Cover by FAREL DALRYMPLE & PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER
The schooldays of Alex Island, Omega's youthful counterpart, take a swerve into teen tragedy, raising the question: What's worse, an invasion of interstellar robots intent on poisoning our nation's precious hamburger supply with nanotechnology or an ordinary day in a public high school in New York City? Plus, the robots don't give The Mink a hand—they take one.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE ORDER #7
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by BARRY KITSON
Following up on the shocking conclusion of THE ORDER #6: the United States military is on high alert. Civilians are being evacuated. S.H.I.E.L.D. has been mobilized. The eyes of the entire world are on southern California and the international crisis unfolding there...and standing between it and a happy ending is Henry Hellrung, the leader of the Order. In this special issue marking the midway point of THE ORDER's first year and revisiting several key moments in Marvel history, Henry—unproven, untested, and unaccustomed to operating on a global scale, especially when there are millions of lives on the line—finds himself alone in a room with a man that could end the world as we know it. If he wins, the Order might just have a chance to survive. If Henry fails—we're all doomed. No pressure there, guy. By Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST, Casanova) and Barry Kitson (Legion of Super-Heroes, Empire).
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #15
Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by Scott Wegener
Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
"HUNTER/HUNTED" comes to its jaw-breaking conclusion as the Punisher faces off against the all-new Kraven the Hunter. As the Hunter's menagerie ship bursts and burns in the New York Harbor, Frank has to fight his way tooth and nail to daylight as Kraven kills his way towards Frank... and in-between the two of them stands the Hunter's menagerie run rampant, out for blood, out of their minds, and looking to even the score. And who is the last piece of G.W. Bridge's puzzle? All hell breaks loose in the issue that re-defines "savagery."
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

PENANCE: RELENTLESS #5 (of 5)
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Pencils & Cover by PAUL GULACY
It's the endgame for Robbie Baldwin as he finds what he has been looking for in Latveria. Can Robbie defeat Nitro, the man who set him on the path to becoming Penance? Or does Penance have something other than just winning a fight in mind?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME #3 (of 4)
Written by SIMON SPURRIER
Penciled by TAN ENG HUAT
Cover by PAUL POPE
Phase-crucifixions! Astral squid-beasts! Conniving aristocrats! Tangled in all the obstacles and oddities of an exotic Empire, the Silver Surfer finds that his toughest test—to soothe the hatred of ancient enemies—is beyond even the Power Cosmic. But is he prepared to commit the ultimate atrocity to secure a chance for peace…? Cosmic craziness turns to darkness and death, as Spurrier and Huat's galactic extravaganza takes an unexpected turn with the surprise appearance of a looming figure from the Surfer's past…
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

SHE-HULK #25
Written by PETER DAVID
Pencils & Cover by SHAWN MOLL
THE WHOLE HERO THING Pt. 1
In a double-sized anniversary issue, an intergalactic bounty hunter has chased a highly prized Alien fugitive to Earth – and
She-Hulk and her new partner are caught in the crossfire! Plus, why exactly did Jen Walters leave the superhero life behind? Also, two extra special backups featuring the rise of malevolent Man-Elephant and the Jade Giantess visits the Marvel offices!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THUNDERBOLTS #119
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Penciled by MIKE DEODATO
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Tensions mount at Thunderbolts Mountain as the conflict between the prisoners and the T-Bolts worsens. Is there a plan at work? And with so many super-villains in one place, things won't stay peaceful for long!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE TWELVE #1 (of 12)
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Penciled by CHRIS WESTON
Wraparound Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Yesterday's Men of Tomorrow—Today! Thought lost to the pages of time, a dozen Mystery Men from the "greatest generation" of World War Two find themselves thrust into the morally-gray world of the 21st century! Now, Captain Wonder, Dynamic Man, Mastermind Excello, Mister E, the Laughing Mask, the Witness, the Black Widow, the Phantom Reporter, the Fiery Mask, Rockman, the Blue Blade and Electro the Marvel of the Age must seek a place for themselves in the modern Marvel Universe—while a silent killer seeks to eliminate them, one by one!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

WHAT IF? SPIDER-MAN VS. WOLVERINE
Written by JEFF PARKER & PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by CLAYTON HENRY
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Spider-Man is a killer.
In 1987, Peter Parker followed Wolverine to Russia, who was on the trail of a friend working for the KGB. Realizing that the KGB would eventually kill his friend, Wolverine wanted to put her out of her misery. Peter tried to stop him, but accidentally killed the friend instead. Haunted by his actions, Peter fled home into the waiting arms of Mary Jane.
But WHAT IF…Peter never went home? WHAT IF…the Spider never came out of the cold?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #494
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by BILLY TAN
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 10
The Marauders are back on the hunt for the messiah baby. They're a step ahead of the X-Men, but how will they fare against the new X-Force? Also, the traitor reveals his (or her) plan for the baby and alters the landscape of the battle dramatically. Who benefits from the actions of this wildcard, if anyone?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-FACTOR #27
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by JIM CHEUNG
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 11
The death of an X-Man reveals answers to some of the mysteries surrounding the new mutant, and creates a host of questions. The baby falls into the hands of a major player in the conflict, but things aren't always as they seem. And it's high noon for X-Force, the Marauders and the X-Men.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

NEW X-MEN #46
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
Penciled by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 12
Showdown. The X-Men vs. The Marauders vs. X-Force vs. The Acolytes vs. New X-Men vs. Predator X. Will the victor get the spoils and claim the baby? Whatever the outcome, the future of mutantkind begins here!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN #207
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO
Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by JIM CHEUNG
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 13
The stunning conclusion to Messiah CompleX. Everyone has an agenda, but do any trump the child's destiny? Mutant savior or mutant destroyer, the combatants may come to regret their roles in this fight. And what becomes of the X-Men in the wake of the biggest fight of their lives?
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE #61
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
"LOGAN DIES"
This is it. The final chapter! Logan battles Scimitar, Shogun and Lord Shingen for his very soul! Will he survive? Probably, but with an arc entitled "Logan Dies," you can never be sure. Part 5 (of 5).
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #21
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by STEVE DILLON
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
"THE DEEP END," PART 1 (OF 5)
He's a born killer, highly trained in the art of violence. He's a man out of time, living without fear of death. He's the best there is at what he does...and he's about to do it to Wolverine. Enter: DEADPOOL!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

CABLE & DEADPOOL #49
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Penciled by REILLY BROWN
Cover by SKOTT YOUNG
Deadpool and his ragtag group of cronies travel to the Savage Land in search of a device that will help rebuild the nation of Rumekistan in Cable's honor. But things go amiss when they discover that the device is already spoken for…and not even the swarthy KA-ZAR or his sabretooth sidekick ZABU have been able to intervene! Ferocious action and raucous hijinks ensue!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: EMPEROR VULCAN #5 (of 5)
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Penciled by PACO DIAZ LUQUE
Cover by BILLY TAN
The star-shattering conclusion! Everything has been building to this...Polaris versus the Imperial Guard. Marvel Girl versus Gladiator. And finally, brother versus brother. Havok makes his final stand against Vulcan, whose power dwarfs his own. Who will control the M'Kraan Crystal? Will the Shi'Ar Empire break apart, or unite? What is the fate of the Scy'ar Tal? And will any of the X-Men survive to tell the tale? The answers will surprise you.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #8
Written by JEFF PARKER
Pencils & Cover by ERIC NGUYEN
In the strangest swamp in the world, untold horrors await the young mutant team. Only one even stranger creature can walk this unfathomable realm intact. The X-Men face a nightmarish future... possibly the true one—when they JOURNEY INTO FEAR.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

EXILES: DAYS OF THEN & NOW
Written by MIKE RAICHT
Penciled by VARIOUS
Cover by FRANCIS TSAI
100 issues after the team was first assembled, the Exiles are launching into an all-new direction in this month's New Exiles, but in this exciting one-shot, the spotlight settles on one piece of unfinished business from their epic run. Quentin Quire's world is facing destruction that, by all rights, should never have happened. Sounds like a job for the Exiles…only they're nowhere to be seen. Now, it's up to Quentin to find the heroes, before his entire planet faces the consequences. Join him on a journey across a Multiverse of worlds saved by the original team in a tribute to the reality hopping series, written by Mike Raicht, the first editor of the original series!
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

NEW EXILES #1
Written by Chris Claremont
Penciled by Tom Grummett
Cover by GREG LAND
Variant Cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN
Beginning a new era for the Exiles — with a new team, and a new mandate, to safeguard the fate and future of the Omniverse. New leader, new members, new worlds, new adversaries. They've barely begun to get to know one another when they're thrust into their first mission — summoned to a world where the dawn of the historic Marvel Age turns out instead to be a prelude to global catastrophe. Meanwhile, back at the Crystal Palace, Sage struggles with a psychic curse that may well make her the new team's greatest liability.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

PUNISHER #54
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Penciled by GORAN PARLOV
Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
"LONG COLD DARK," PART 5
The wild conclusion to the bloodiest PUNISHER arc yet, as Frank Castle squares off against Barracuda for the final time! It ends here. No rule—or bone—will be left unbroken. And only one walks away.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$2.99

FOOLKILLER #4 (of 5)
Written by GREGG HURWITZ
Pencils & Cover by LAN MEDINA
"FOOL'S PARADISE," PART 4: "FOOLPROOF"
Move over Frank Castle, there's a new vigilante in town. The Foolkiller has been brutally introduced to the human joke, and he wants to make sure fools everywhere take note. "A fool thinks himself wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." Shakespeare said that. He also said, "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here." He was right both times. The devil is here, and he's got his sights set on the Foolkiller. His name is Sickle Moon, and he's not much to look at. But if you've seen him, you're probably dead.
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99

THE ZOMBIE: SIMON GARTH #3 (of 4)
Written by KYLE HOTZ
Art and Cover by KYLE HOTZ
We're no food critics, but we knows what we likes: delicious living flesh! Warm, gushing blood! Organs and brains rich in nutrients! The zombie horde grows bigger, and the odds grow longer for the innocents caught in the eye of the undead storm. But the living dead have problems of their own! Lost in the woods, hunted by very human predators…and the only person who can save them from the living dead and from themselves is…a zombie?
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN FAMILY
(OCT072159)
96 PGS./ALL AGES…$4.99

AVENGERS: MISHIEF
(OCT072160)
96 PGS./ALL AGES…$4.99

FANTASTIC FOUR: COSMIC THREATS
(OCT072161)
96 PGS./ALL AGES…$4.99

SPIDER-MAN BACK IN BLACK
(OCT072162)
96 PGS./ALL AGES…$4.99

X-MEN FIRST CLASS: NEW BEGINNINGS
(OCT072163)
96 PGS./ALL AGES…$4.99

SPIDER-MAN CLASSICS: POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY
(OCT072164)
96 PGS./ALL AGES…$4.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SILVER SURFER VOL. 1 HC
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA & JACK KIRBY
Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA
Back-to-press and fully restored by popular demand!
The soaring Sentinel of the Spaceways makes a Marvel Masterworks splash with his unmatched solo series. Illustrated by the master of man, menace and motion, the one-and-only John Buscema, and featuring some of Stan Lee's most inspired and socially-charged scripts of the Silver Age, the adventures of Norrin Radd rank among the definitive tales of all Marveldom!
Not only will you be awed beyond imagination by the Surfer's origin, you'll also face alien invasions, be torn down to the depths of hell by the utterly evil Mephisto, struggle against the Stranger, and face galaxy-conquering barbarians set on the destruction of, well, everything! Lest we forget what many consider the most beautifully rendered story in Marvel history: the Surfer's tête à tête with the mighty Thor!
These double-length stories of drama and despair are a must-have for any and every Marvelite, and to prove we mean it, we're including the Surfer's first-ever solo adventure from the pages of Fantastic Four Annual #5 as a bonus!
Collecting SILVER SURFER #1-6 and FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5.
272 PGS./Rated A …$54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-1187-0
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SILVER SURFER VOL. 1 HC VARIANT EDITION VOL. 15
272 PGS./Rated A …$54.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-1272-3

X-MEN: ENDANGERED SPECIES HC
Written by MIKE CAREY, CHRIS YOST & CHRISTOS GAGE
Penciled by SCOTT EATON, MARK BAGLEY, MIKE PERKINS & ANDREA DI VITO
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
With three little words, an entire race was nearly obliterated. Every mutant who dies is one number closer to zero. Now, the Beast races against the clock to save this once-thriving race. Collecting the X-MEN: ENDANGERED SPECIES one-shot and Chapters 1-17.
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3012-3
Trim size: oversized

HOUSE OF M HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
THE MARVEL EVENT OF THE DECADE IS COLLECTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HARDCOVER!
The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? Well, this time believe it, buster! NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN! Collects HOUSE OF M #1-8, THE PULSE SPECIAL EDITION and the SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF M handbook – plus all-new extras handpicked by Brian Michael Bendis.
312 PGS./RATED T+ ...$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2466-5
Trim size: oversized

YOUNG AVENGERS HC
Written by ALLAN HEINBERG
Penciled by JIM CHEUNG & ANDREA DIVITO
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Collecting the complete first series in one deluxe hardcover!
In SIDEKICKS, in the wake of AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED, a mysterious new group of teen super heroes appears. But who are they? Where did they come from? And what right do they have to call themselves the Young Avengers? And in FAMILY MATTERS, the newly reconfigured Young Avengers prepare to make their public debut—but first they have to face a threat more powerful than Kang the Conqueror, more dangerous than Mr. Hyde and more cunning than the Masters of Evil: their parents. For these brand-new super heroes, fighting super villains is child's play compared to maintaining their alter egos! Plus: The Young Avengers meet a familiar-looking teenage super human who just may be the key to their uncovering the truth about Wiccan's parentage and secret origin. Meanwhile, Hulkling's quest to discover the exact nature of his tie to the Avengers is interrupted when the Young Avengers finds themselves at war with one of the oldest and most powerful alien races in the Marvel Universe. And finally, discover the secret history of the Young Avengers when Jessica Jones and Kat Farrell investigate the kids' origins for a special issue of The Pulse. Who were they and what were their lives like before they met Iron Lad? And what is the future of the team without him?
Collecting YOUNG AVENGERS #1-12 and YOUNG AVENGERS SPECIAL.
312 PGS./RATED T+ ...$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2466-5
Trim size: oversized

ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST BOOK 1 HC
Written by KEITH GIFFEN, CHRISTOS GAGE, DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by TIMOTHY GREEN, MIKE LILLY & MIKE PERKINS
Cover by ALEKSI BRICLOT
The next sci-fi epic blasts off here! In the grim aftermath of the Annihilation War, a devastated universe struggles to rebuild. Gripped by fear and paranoia, civilizations have collapsed and entire worlds are now smoking ruins. What is next for the battle-weary heroes known as Nova, Peter Quill and Quasar? What are Ronan's plans for the once-mighty Kree Empire? Which cosmic characters of the past are about to return? Who is the new hero approaching on the horizon? And what is the new threat that no one suspects? Collecting ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST PROLOGUE; ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST - QUASAR #1-4; ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST - STARLORD #1-4; and ANNIHILATION SAGA.
272 PGS./Rated T+ …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2782-6
Trim size: oversized

NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & BRIAN REED
Penciled by JIM CHEUNG
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
The Illuminati is a secret organization comprised of several of the world's most powerful heroes: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme; Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans; Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and mutant-rights activist; Reed Richards, founding member of the Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner, king of Atlantis; and Iron Man (Tony Stark), founding member of the Avengers. These six men have worked together to mold and shape the status of the superhuman world and the world around it. How and what they have done together has remained a mystery...until now! Writers Brian Michael Bendis (NEW AVENGERS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN) and Brian Reed (MS. MARVEL) have joined together with Jim Cheung (YOUNG AVENGERS) to reveal this untold story of the Marvel Universe and how the Illuminati's actions affect today! Collecting NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1-5.
120 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2437-5
Trim size: standard

HULK: THE END PREMIERE HC
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by DALE KEOWN & GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by DALE KEOWN
Chronicling the final days of the Green Goliath! Peter David and Dale Keown, creative team on some of the Hulk's most memorable tales, reunite to produce this searing vision of the future in which Bruce Banner, the Incredible Hulk, is the last man on Earth. It's the Hulk's final battle, as "The Last Titan" wrestles his inner-demons in order to discover his place in a dying world – if only he can survive! Plus: The testing of the first Gamma Bomb thrust upon Robert Bruce Banner led to what he would come to believe would be his greatest nightmare: his unwilling transformation into the Incredible Hulk. He believed wrong. Now, having been dragged into the future – into a post-holocaust, dystopian world – Bruce Banner discovers that his nightmare has a whole new name: the Maestro. This is a nightmare that only Hulk can end; for he knows that he himself is responsible for the presence of the evil Maestro. The future, our future, and the Incredible Hulk will never quite be the same. And neither will you. Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK: THE END and INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT #1-2.
152 PGS./Rated T+….$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3026-0
Trim size: standard
HULK: THE END PREMIERE HC – DIRECT MARKET ONLY VOL. 8
152 PGS./Rated T+….$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3030-7

X-FACTOR: MADROX – MULTIPLE CHOICE PREMIERE HC
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by PABLO RAIMONDI
Cover by DAVID LLOYD
The miniseries that launched the all-new X-FACTOR, available for the first time in hardcover! Jamie Madrox, stabbed, staggering off a bus. Jamie Madrox, setting up a detective agency in the heart of Mutant Town. Jamie Madrox, a peaceful Shaolin priest.
Which is the real Jamie Madrox? In this noir-esque thriller, it's possible that even Madrox doesn't know anymore. Peter David, acclaimed for his run on X-FACTOR, reunites several of that title's most popular and whimsical characters — Jamie Madrox, Wolfsbane and the aptly named Strong Guy — and sends them on an adventure of light and darkness. Collecting MADROX #1-5.
120 PGS./Rated T+….$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3031-4
Trim size: standard

FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK: FAVORITE SON DIGEST
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by GURIHIRU
Cover by GURIHIRU
It's more all-ages action in the mighty Marvel manner as two super-powered families team-up in this Power Pack adventure! Featuring Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the ever-lovin' Thing! Can Power Pack stand up to the FF's rogues gallery including Wizard, Trapster and the dangerous Dr. Doom?!
Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #1-4.
96 PGS./All Ages …$7.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2491-7

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL. 8: FORCES OF NATURE DIGEST
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by POP MHAN
Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER
All-new, all-ages, all-action fun featuring the Grey Gargoyle and – glub blub blub blub – HYDRO-MAN!!!!!!! Plus, it will be awfully hard for our resident Wall-Crawler to crawl said walls when Whirlwind's blowin' 'em down!
Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #29-32.
96 PGS./All Ages …$7.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2525-9

ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL. 17: SENTINELS TPB
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Penciled by BEN OLIVER, PASCAL ALIXE & YANICK PAQUETTE
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
The X-Men are no more. Long live the X-Men! The man from the future, Bishop, completes his own team of mutants, ready to carry on the legacy of Charles Xavier. And their first task is to stop the attacks of the deadly Sentinels against their kind. And you'll never guess who's behind the attacks…or who the new Ultimate X-Men are! Collecting ULTIMATE X-MEN #81-88.
192 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2549-5

STORM TPB
Written by ERIC JEROME DICKEY
Penciled by DAVID YARDIN & LAN MEDINA
Cover by MIKE MAYHEW
The epic, untold love story between Marvel's two pre-eminent black super heroes – Storm and the Black Panther – is finally told, as only New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey can do it! An orphaned street urchin, living by her wits on the unforgiving plains of Africa, struggles to harness her slowly developing mutant powers. A warrior Prince, embarking on his rite of passage as he ponders the great responsibility in his future. And a crew of ruthless mercenaries who'll stop at nothing to capture an elusive creature of legend: the fabled wind-rider. What sparks occur when their paths intersect? Don't miss out on this prelude to the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther! Collecting STORM #1-6.
160 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99
ISBN: 0-7851-1956-6

BEYOND! TPB
Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
Penciled by SCOTT KOLINS
Cover by SCOTT KOLINS
An indescribably powerful cosmic being gathers nine of Marvel's most mismatched super beings for purposes beyond their comprehension. Can Spider-Man, Gravity, Venom, Henry Pym, the Wasp, Medusa, Kraven, Firebird and the Hood keep from killing each other until they must face the dangers of their destination, the deadly artificial planet known as Battleworld?
144 PGS./RATED A ...$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2013-1
Trim size: oversized

NEW WARRIORS VOL. 1: THE NEXT RIGHT THING TPB
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Penciled by PACO MEDINA
Cover by NIC KLEIN
Someone is gift-wrapping super-villains for the police. Someone is defacing Super Human Registration posters. Someone is raising eyebrows all around town – from City Hall to Tony Stark's war chamber. And the only clue to their identity…two spray-painted letters: N.W. Who are these mysterious young upstarts that have dared to fight the powers-that-be? And what do they want from a de-powered mutant named Sofia? Are the New Warriors truly back from the dead? Or has something new risen from the ashes of Stamford? Collecting NEW WARRIORS #1-6.
144 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2674-4

ONSLAUGHT REBORN TPB
Written by JEPH LOEB
Penciled by ROB LIEFELD
Cover by ROB LIEFELD
Marvel's greatest heroes sacrificed themselves to save the world from the deadliest threat they had ever faced: Onslaught! The lives of the Fantastic Four and the Avengers were saved only when Franklin Richards created a parallel universe, where we found those heroes, reborn! But this world has long since merged back into our own, and the evil Onslaught – forged from the most vile parts of Magneto's and Professor X's psyches – has been presumed long dead. But now, he…is reborn – and he's bringing fragments of the other universe with him! Join comic superstars Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld in this no-holds-barred, all-out action extravaganza – celebrating the 10th anniversary of the event that changed Marvel history – as Onslaught, the Marvel Universe and the Heroes Reborn Universe collide in this massive crossover! Collecting ONSLAUGHT REBORN #1-5.
120 PGS./Rated T+ …$13.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-1982-1

NEW AVENGERS/TRANSFORMERS TPB
Written by STUART MOORE
Penciled by TYLER KIRKHAM
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
It's time to Assemble–and Roll Out! What in the world could unite Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Autobots? Maybe the Decepticons and Dr. Doom know! War is about to break out on the border between Latveria and Symkaria – unless two unique teams of heroes can unravel a dark mystery…that is, if they don't destroy each other first! Stuart Moore (WOLVERINE, PUNISHER X-MAS SPECIAL) and Tyler Kirkham (X-MEN: PHOENIX WARSONG) bring together fan-faves like Wolverine, Megatron, Spider-Man and Optimus Prime in this all-new widescreen adventure! Collecting NEW AVENGERS/TRANSFORMERS #1-4.
96 PGS./Rated T+ …$10.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2790-1

UNCANNY X-MEN: RISE & FALL OF THE SHI'AR EMPIRE TPB
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by BILLY TAN & CLAYTON HENRY
Cover by BILLY TAN
A brand-new era for UNCANNY X-MEN begins here! Fresh off X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS, Ed Brubaker takes the helm of Marvel's mighty mutants. Young Guns Reloaded artist Billy Tan and Clayton Henry join Ed for a story that won't just affect Earth, but will rock the foundations of the entire galaxy! Vulcan is out for revenge and has his sights set on the Shi'Ar Empire! Get ready for the ride of your life! A perfect starting point for any new reader! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN #475-486.
312 PGS./Rated T+ …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-1800-8

X-MEN: PHOENIX - WARSONG TPB
Written by GREG PAK
Penciled by TYLER KIRKHAM
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
The sequel to the best-selling X-MEN: PHOENIX – ENDSONG! The Phoenix is back! Or is it? Something's not quite right with the Stepford Cuckoos, and the X-Men better figure out what it is...and fast! Also, what does Weapon Plus have to do with all this? Collecting X-MEN: PHOENIX - WARSONG #1-5.
128 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-1931-9

THUNDERBOLTS BY WARREN ELLIS VOL. 1: FAITH IN MONSTERS TPB
Written by WARREN ELLIS, PAUL JENKINS & MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by MIKE DEODATO, STEVE LIEBER, MARC SILVESTRI & LEINIL YU
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Venom, lethal protector! The enigmatic Moonstone! Bullseye, the man who never misses! Songbird, mistress of sound! Chen Lu, the Radioactive Man! Swordsman, master of the blade! The mystery man called Penance! And Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin! They're America's newest celebrities, ready to take to the skies at a moment's notice in pursuit of those secret, unregistered super humans hiding among us! They're the All-New, All-Deadly Thunderbolts – making the world a safer place for ordinary people…one would-be costumed hero at a time! In the wake of Civil War, Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato present a dark and disturbing take on Marvel's Most Wanted, where the line between hero and villain is difficult to find – if it exists at all! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS #110-115 and DESPERATE MEASURES, and T-Bolts stories from CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE and CHOOSING SIDES.
192 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2566-2

NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. VOL. 2 - I KICK YOUR FACE TPB
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Penciled by STUART IMMONEN
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
What? You haven't been reading NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E.? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? Here's a quick rundown of what you missed: SuperheroesfightingexplosionsexAvengersF inFangFoomgiantflyingsubmarinemonstrosit iesformerX-ForcebabeexplosionskickingMachineManpunc hinggiantevilcoprobotshotEnglishchicksec retterroristorganizationsEXPLOSIONS! Whew! And that's only the beginning! But don't worry! It's never too late to join the party! Next up, the Nextwave Squad faces an army of Mindless Ones!!! Yes, insanely powerful stone men without faces! You cannot miss it! Collecting NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. #7-12.
144 PGS./Parental Advisory …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-1910-4

GHOST RIDER VOL. 3: APOCALYPSE SOON TPB
Written by DANIEL WAY & STUART MOORE
Penciled by JAVIER SALTARES, MARK TEXEIRA & BEN OLIVER
Cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO
Johnny Blaze has—against the will of the Ghost Rider bonded to his soul—decided to try to help the people of New York City against the unstoppable juggernaut that is the Hulk…by attacking the Hulk, head-on! Johnny just wants to do some good…but isn't that what he always says before he does something ultimately catastrophic? Also, there is an important new character in Ghost Rider's world. A powerful player with a unique place in the battle between Heaven and Hell appears, known only as Mister Eleven, but whose side is he on?
Collecting GHOST RIDER #12-13 and ANNUAL #1.
96 PGS./Rated T+….$10.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2556-3

FANTASTIC FOUR: THE END TPB
Written by ALAN DAVIS
Penciled by ALAN DAVIS
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Alan Davis writes and pencils the final story of Marvel's first family! Even the strongest family can be torn apart by tragedy – and in the futuristic world of tomorrow, the members of the once-Fantastic Four are divided and vulnerable to opponents from their past. What events could have caused the FF to go their separate ways, and how does their disbanding set the stage for a conflict that will send shockwaves across the galaxy and beyond? Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR: THE END #1-6.
144 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-1945-6

MS. MARVEL VOL. 3: OPERATION LIGHTNING STORM TPB
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE & AARON LOPRESTI
Cover by GREG HORN
A new beginning for Ms. Marvel! Carol Danvers made herself a promise to be "the best of the best" – but after the events of Civil War, has Ms. Marvel lost her way? As the stress mounts and Carol finds herself less and less sure about what she's doing or why, a crossroads is reached and a decision is made – a decision that will change the course of Ms. Marvel's life – and possibly the Marvel Universe! Brian Reed (New Avengers: Illuminati) and Roberto De La Torre – plus guest-stars Iron Man, Araña and Wonder Man – kick-off the new era! Collecting MS. MARVEL #11-17.
160 PGS./Rated A …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2890-8

AVENGERS WEST COAST: DARKER THAN SCARLET TPB
Written by JOHN BYRNE, ROY THOMAS & DANN THOMAS
Penciled by JOHN BYRNE & PAUL RYAN
Cover by JOHN BYRNE
The Witch is back! The shocking truth about her children revealed, the Scarlet Witch suffers a nervous breakdown and descends into madness. Manipulated by her father, the mutant terrorist Magneto, Wanda faces her teammates – and her brother, Quicksilver. Can they rescue her from the clutches of Immortus – and save her very sanity? Plus: the return of Iron Man, and the reunion of wartime allies Captain America and the Human Torch. Also featuring the villainy of the Mole Man, Loki, the U-Foes, Master Pandemonium and Hydro-Man! Collecting AVENGERS WEST COAST #51-57 and #60-62.
232 PGS./Rated T+….$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3027-7

THOR VISIONARIES: WALTER SIMONSON VOL. 5 TPB
Written by WALT SIMONSON
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA & WALT SIMONSON
Cover by WALT SIMONSON
Whom the gods would destroy, they first work over pretty darn well, and deadly blows fall like rain as the Thunder God runs a gauntlet set by Loki and Hela! With the Absorbing Man, the gruesome Grendell and the Midgard Serpent in his path, Thor's survival may force him to become one of his own worst enemies – namely, the Destroyer! Featuring the Avengers, the Warriors Three and X-Factor!
Collecting THOR #375-382.
208 PGS./Rated A….$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2737-6

HULK VISIONARIES: PETER DAVID VOL. 5 TPB
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by JEFF PURVES, DALE KEOWN, SAM KIETH & ANGEL MEDINA
Cover by DALE KEOWN
The latest collection for David devotees starts off with a crisis countdown that takes the gray Hulk from one fight to another against the Abomination, the Fantastic Four and a Madman who can't decide if he's Bruce Banner's biggest fan or worst enemy! Then, it's a reunion with Doctor Strange and Namor the Sub-Mariner when the Hulk joins his fellow founding Defenders against an invasion from a universe even stranger than they are! Plus: the fate of Betty Brant Banner! Also featuring Mister Hyde and the mutants of Freedom Force! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK #364-372 and ANNUAL #16.
248 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2757-4

ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1 TPB (NEW PRINTING)
Written by STAN LEE
Penciled by JACK KIRBY
Cover by JACK KIRBY
Eager to serve his country during World War Two, Steve Rogers was transformed into a physically perfect man by the government's Super Soldier Program. Armed with an indestructible shield and the physical prowess of an Olympic athlete, Rogers fought valiantly to uphold the ideals and principles of democracy until frozen in a block of ice where he was preserved for decades.
Discovered by the Avengers and revived, Steve Rogers is a man out of time, who remains vigilant in his battle to protect the innocent and uphold the American ideals of truth, justice and honor.
In this fully updated re-issue of ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1, Marvel's Sentinel of Liberty renews his mission and fights the good fight, facing off against Baron Zemo, the Red Skull, Power Man, the Swordsman, Batroc the Leaper and the Super-Adaptoid! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #59-99 and CAPTAIN AMERICA #100-102.
528 PGS./All Ages …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3006-2

Pop Artifact! G.I. Joe Halloween costume

Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 16, 2007

See DC Comics January 2008 solicitations, DC Direct January 2008 solicitations.

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One of the most suprising items on DC's solicits list is the Teen Titans Swingin' Elseworlds Special. Comics fans may recall this was supposed to appear way back in 2003 but was torpedoed by DC execs who felt Bob Haney's script was "too weird" (Zany Haney, oldsters will remember, created the original Teen Titans back in the 1960s). Apparently, there's been a change of heart, of which I'm glad. As, not only does the one-shot have the Haney script, but also art by the great Jay Stephens and Mike Allred all under a cover by the fabulous Nick Cardy, who drew the Titans back in Haney's heyday.

Should be lots of silly, swingin' 60s-style fun. And, if that's "too weird," bring it on...

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Also, on the DC solicits front again, artist Mike Ploog will be drawing The Spirit, following on from Darywn Cooke's run. And, as mentioned here earlier, Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier are doing the scripts. Sounds like an obvious must-read.

Marvel Comics January 2008 solicitations will be posted here later today.

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Via Flog: Comics great Marie Severin reportedly suffered a stroke last weekend.

Severin started out as a colorist and later went on to work as an artist for both DC (on Aquaman and other titles) and Marvel (Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner).

You can send good wishes here:

Marie Severin, patient
c/o Huntington Hospital
270 Park Ave.
Huntington, NY 11743

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Reruns of "Lost" will air on the Sci Fi Channel next fall.

Sci Fi is planning to "stack" the drama in a weekly four-hour primetime block, possibly on Monday nights, and also has obtained the right to stream a limited number of episodes at SciFi.com.

Best "Lost" Sites.

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Actor Chris Pine ("White Jazz") will play Cpt. James T. Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek film.



Best Star Trek Sites.

CD new releases Oct. 16, 2007

Ooh La La by The Faces

First Step by The Faces

Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse by The Faces

Chrome Dreams II by Neil Young

R.E.M. Live 2CD/1DVD by R.E.M.

Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul by Aretha Franklin

Live at Monterey by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

More upcoming CDs

New DVD releases Oct. 16, 2007

Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series

That '70s Show - Season 7

Medium - The Third Season

Icons of Horror Collection - Sam Katzman (The Giant Claw / Creature with the Atom Brain / Zombies of Mora Tau / The Werewolf)

The Hoax

Ironside - Season 2

Mythbusters: Collection 2

More upcoming DVDs

Educational comics

DC Direct January 2008 solicitations


BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE STATUE
BASED ON THE ART OF BOB KANE
SCULPTED BY JACK MATTHEWS
The popular BATMAN BLACK & WHITE line of artist-inspired statues continues! This original design, based on the art of Bob Kane, the creator of BATMAN, is certain to be another sought-after addition to DC Direct’s line of BATMAN BLACK & WHITE statues. Painted in monochromatic tones, this limited-edition statue reflects the style of Batman from his earliest appearances and the classic origin story from Detective Comics #33.
The statue measures approximately 8” tall x 5.25” wide x 5.25” deep. It features a logo-shaped base and is packaged in a black-and-white box.
Advance-solicited
On sale June 4, 2008
Statue • $69.99 US


BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE COLLECTOR SET
Based on the art of Brian Bolland
This collector set features newly sculpted versions of legendary foes Batman and The Joker as they appear in this classic story, as well as the 48-page Prestige Format Special, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Brian Bolland! It’s everything Killing Joke fans could want!
Packaged in a 4-color window box.
Advance-solicited; On sale June 4, 2008 • Collector Set • $34.99 US
--BATMAN 6.75”
--THE JOKER 6.75”
Includes 48-page prestige format comic book!


DC MINIMATES
Hold your favorite DC characters in the palm of your hand! DC Direct and Art Asylum team up to give your favorite superheroes the MiniMates makeover! Each intricately painted and fully articulated, many of the figures come with appropriately sized, character-specific accessories. These figures range in size from 2 1/8” to 2 1/2” tall. Each 2-pack is blister-carded on a 4-color card.
WAVE 8
IN STORES June 11, 2008 • PI
• GREEN LANTERN SALAAK & GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO
• SUPERMAN (RED SON) & WONDER WOMAN (RED SON)
• BATWOMAN (MODERN) & THE QUESTION (MODERN)
• CYBORG & RAVEN


SHOWCASE PRESENTS SERIES 1 ACTION FIGURES
Four DC characters are presented here as they were portrayed by some of their top artists! This inaugural series includes Superman by Curt Swan, Batgirl by Carmine Infantino, Hawkman by Joe Kubert, and Jonah Hex by Tony DeZuniga. Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base.
Advance-solicited; On sale June 18, 2008 • Action Figures • PI
--JONAH HEX 6.75”
--HAWKMAN 6.75”
--SUPERMAN 6.75”
--BATGIRL 6.625”

SUPERMAN INCLUDES ALTERNATE RED KRYPTONITE HEADS

See a complete list of DC Direct Action Figures

DC Comics January 2008 solicitations

See complete lists:
DC Archives
DC Showcase
DC Trade Paperbacks
Marvel Masterworks
Marvel Essentials
Marvel Trade Paperbacks


Click links to order discounted graphic novels from Amazon.

HIGHTLIGHTS:


ADAM STRANGE ARCHIVES VOL. 3 HC
Written by Gardner Fox
Art by Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson and others
Cover by Infantino & Anderson
Head to the far reaches of space in this volume collecting Adam Strange stories from MYSTERY IN SPACE #81-91, HAWKMAN #18 and STRANGE ADVENTURES #157 (1963-1967)!
Advance-solicited; on sale March 26 • 232 pg, FC, $49.99 US


SHOWCASE PRESENTS: SUPERMAN FAMILY VOL. 2 TP
Written by Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Leo Dorfman and others
Art by Curt Swan, Wayne Boring, Kurt Schaffenberger and others
The spotlight shines on Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane and pal Jimmy Olsen in this volume collecting stories from SUPERMAN’S PAL Jimmy Olsen #23-34, Showcase #10 and SUPERMAN’S GIRL FRIEND Lois Lane #1-7!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 27 • 520 pg, B&W, $16.99 US


SHOWCASE PRESENTS: ENEMY ACE VOL. 1 TP
Written by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert
Art by Kubert, John Severin, Howard Chaykin, Neal Adams and others
Take to the skies in this thrilling volume collecting OUR ARMY AT WAR #151, 153, 155, SHOWCASE #57-58, STAR-SPANGLED WAR STORIES #138-152 , 158, 181-183, and 200, DETECTIVE COMICS #404, MEN AT WAR #1-3, 8-10, 12-14, 19-20, THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER #252-253, 260-261, 265-267 and DC SPECIAL #26!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 13 • 552 pg, B&W, $16.99 US


JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 4 HC by Jack Kirby
Art by Kirby, Mike Royer, D. Bruce Berry and Greg Theakston
Cover by Kirby
This fourth and final volume collects the remaining issues of these classic series — THE NEW GODS, THE FOREVER PEOPLE and MISTER MIRACLE — in chronological order as they originally appeared! Also included in this volume are Kirby’s sequel to THE NEW GODS, plus the graphic novel THE HUNGER DOGS — featuring 25 pages restored to Mike Royer inks — and rarely seen Kirby art from DC’s WHO’S WHO series, all from the mid-1980s.
Advance-solicited; on sale March 26 • 424 pg, FC, $49.99 US


DIANA PRINCE: WONDER WOMAN VOL. 1 TP
Written by Dennis O’Neil & Mike Sekowsky
Art and cover by Sekowsky & Dick Giordano
In this volume, featuring stories that have never been collected before from issues #178-184 and SUPERMAN’S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #93, Wonder Woman faces Mars, god of war, the murderous Dr. Cyber, and more!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 6 • 176 pg, FC, $19.99 US


TEEN TITANS: THE LOST ANNUAL
Written by Bob Haney
Art by Jay Stephens & Mike Allred
Cover by Nick Cardy
Don’t miss the TEEN TITANS LOST ANNUAL, featuring the original Teen Titans: Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Speedy and Aqualad! Classic Teen Titans writer Bob Haney sends the Titans into space to rescue President John F. Kennedy in this story illustrated by Jay Stephens (The Land of Nod) & Mike Allred (Madman, X-Statix)! Meet new alien races, witness a startling betrayal, and more! It’s a secret space adventure that couldn’t be told…‘til now!
On sale January 9 • 64 pg, FC, $4.99 US


COUNTDOWN SPECIAL: THE NEW GODS
Written by Jack Kirby
Art by Kirby, Mike Royer & Vince Colletta
Cover by Ryan Sook
The newest 80-page Special revealing past tales related to the main characters of COUNTDOWN sheds light on the New Gods! Included here are the Kirby masterpieces MISTER MIRACLE #1, FOREVER PEOPLE #1, and NEW GODS #7!
On sale January 2 • 80 pg, FC, $4.99 US


THE SPIRIT #14
Written by Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier
Art by Mike Ploog
Cover by Jordi Bernet
Join the new SPIRIT creative team of writers Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier (Groo the Wanderer) and Mike Ploog (Abadazad) for a case of murder! A string of killings is plaguing Central City…and the Spirit — with Commissioner Dolan — is on the case!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US


BAT LASH #2
Written by Peter Brandvold & Sergio Aragones
Art by John Severin
Cover by Walter Simonson
The 6-issue miniseries by acclaimed Western novelist Peter Brandvold (Rogue Lawman, .45-Caliber Deathtrap) and Bat Lash co-creator Sergio Aragones (Groo, MAD) continues! Bat Lash must find Dominique once she’s discovered missing, but he should be very careful. This is bear country!
On sale January 9 • 2 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

And the rest:

COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS #17-13
Story by Paul Dini
Story consultant Keith Giffen
Scripts by Tony Bedard
Art by Pete Woods and Tom Derenick
Covers by Woods
It's all-out war as the Challengers find Ray Palmer — and so does everyone else! The fate of a universe hangs in the balance, as heroes and villains from across the multiverse face betrayal and death with Earth as their battlefield!
Plus, more DC Villains origin backup stories, including Harley Quinn!
COUNTDOWN 17 on sale January 2 • COUNTDOWN 16 on sale January 9
COUNTDOWN 15 on sale January 16 • COUNTDOWN 14 on sale January 23 • COUNTDOWN 13 on sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

TEEN TITANS: YEAR ONE #1
Written by Amy Wolfram
Art by Karl Kerschl & Serge Lapointe
Cover by Kerschl
Writer Amy Wolfram (Teen Titans animated series) joins rising star artist Karl Kerschl (ALL-FLASH #1, ROBIN) for a colorful reimagining of how the Teen Titans came together! See how these teammates bonded, and overcame the sheer awkwardness of being teenagers in this explosive 6-issue miniseries that guest-stars the Justice League of America! You may think you know Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash and Aqualad…but you don’t really know the original Teen Titans!
On sale January 2 • 1 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

TEEN TITANS #55
Written by Sean McKeever
Art by Eddy Barrows & Rob Hunter
Following up the epic “Titans of Tomorrow” storyline, we catch the Titans in a moment of quiet before the next storm. As one Titan leaves forever, Wonder Girl and Robin explore their newfound feelings for each other as Ravager enjoys herself by pitting Blue Beetle against Kid Devil.
And watch out for the introduction of the new Clock King, a modern-day Fagin out to create a villainous team of his own. Fan-favorite writer Sean McKeever continues to deliver his own special blend of excitement and angst sure to keep this book on the top of your must-read pile!
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #6
Written by Adam Beechen & Justin Gray
Art by Allan Goldman & Julio Ferreira and Fabrizio Fiorentino & Adam DeKraker
Cover by Eddy Barrows & Oclair Albert
The enigmatic Healers — aliens sent to Earth to stop the spread of Lady Styx's infection — have tagged Animal Man as patient zero. Can Starfire save him before they cut him open for dissection? Also, Forerunner's adventures continue as she runs afoul of the Thanagarian battle fleet.
On sale January 30 • 6 of 8 • 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US

COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #5
Written by Steve Gerber and Matt Sturges
Art by Justiniano & Walden Wong and Stephen Segovia
Cover by Mario Alberti
The return of Eclipso is bad news for the DC Universe…but it’s worse news for Bruce Gordon, the man who originally held the Black Diamond and terrorized the world as Eclipso! Plus, Dr. Fate continues to struggle with his new responsibilities!
On sale January 23 • 5 of 8 48 pg, FC, $3.99 US

CRIME BIBLE: THE FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD #4
Written by Greg Rucka
Art by Diego Olmos
Cover by John Van Fleet
The Lesson of Murder brings the new Question to the streets her predecessor once haunted. But in Hub City, learning the Lesson of Murder is the easy part — it's learning how to survive that'll kill you!
On sale January 23 • 4 of 5 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

COUNTDOWN PRESENTS: LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS #4
Written by Frank Tieri
Art by Liam Sharp & Rob Hunter
Cover by Sharp
A COUNTDOWN tie-in! Monarch makes an unexpected alliance with the Americommando and the Meta Militia in an effort to strongarm Lord Havok and the Extremists into joining his Multiversal Army. Plus, Dr. Diehard sees all he cares about vanish in an instant, and we learn the secret origin of the Extremist known as Dreamslayer.
On sale January 23 • 4 of 6 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

52 AFTERMATH: THE FOUR HORSEMEN #6
Written by Keith Giffen
Art by Pat Olliffe & John Stanisci
Cover by Ethan Van Sciver
The ultimate battle is at hand as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman lead the charge against the Four Horsemen of dread Apokolips! But can these monsters really be stopped?
On sale January 9 • 6 of 6 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #5
Written by Jim Starlin
Art and covers by Starlin & Matt Banning
A crazed Mister Miracle attacks Orion! Can Scott Free and the son of Darkseid come to terms before more blood is spilled? Plus, Metron discovers shocking secrets concerning the deaths of the New Gods.
On sale January 30 • 6 of 8 • 40 pg, FC, $3.50 US

SALVATION RUN #3
Written by Bill Willingham
Art and cover by Sean Chen & Walden Wong
The DCU’s most savage villains are stranded on a hostile planet. Lex Luthor and Gorilla Grodd now control the minds of many of the other castaways, forcing them to go along with the geniuses’ plan. But will this plan lead to escape, or something far more sinister?
On sale January 9 • 3 of 7 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #4
Written by Judd Winick
Art and cover by Cliff Chiang
The second story arc of this hit new series begins with a tragedy for Oliver Queen!
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BLACK ADAM: THE DARK AGE #6
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy
Cover by Mahnke
The stunning conclusion of the most important chapter of Black Adam's life! All will be revealed as the magic word that has eluded him for so long comes to light, and the final fate of Isis is revealed.
On sale January 30 • 6 of 6 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #5
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Art by Renato Arlem
Cover by Dave Johnson
This one has it all — betrayal, death and destruction! One of the Freedom Fighters takes a turn toward the dark side, and the Human Bomb is left vulnerable. Can the rest of the team stop him from going nuclear?
On sale January 23 • 5 of 8 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

GOTHAM UNDERGROUND #4
Written by Frank Tieri
Art by J. Calafiore & Jack Purcell
Cover by Calafiore
Did Zsasz really kill Batman? This question and more are answered as the mad scramble for control of the Gotham Underground kicks into high gear! Plus, the Scarecrow turns on the Ventriloquist, Nightwing continues to gain the Penguin’s trust, and Robin gets surprise -attacked by someone wearing an extremely familiar costume!
On sale January 23 • 4 of 9 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BOOSTER GOLD #6
Written by Geoff Johns & Jeff Katz
Art and cover by Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund
“52 Pick-Up” concludes as Booster Gold journeys back in time to save the best friend he ever had – the Blue Beetle! But can Booster stop Maxwell Lord before someone else dies in Ted Kord’s place? And will Ted Kord let that happen?
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

INFINITY INC. #5
Written by Peter Milligan
Cover by Max Fiuamara
Art and cover by Max Fiumara & Matthew Southworth
In the conclusion of "Luthor’s Monsters," the deranged shape-shifter named Persona comes face to face with Kid Empty…who finally narrows down his dinner targets to Infinity Inc.! But as the team at last forgets its differences and unites, he’s going to find they’re not quite the superheroes he remembers.
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SUICIDE SQUAD: RAISE THE FLAG #5
Written by John Ostrander
Art by Javier Pina & Robin Riggs
Cover by John K. Snyder
Even as the team heads to the Mideast to take out the breathtakingly deadly weapon codenamed Scarlet Tears, bloodshed threatens to break out within their ranks!
On sale January 9 • 5 of 8 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BATMAN #673
Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Tony Daniel & Jonathan Glapion
Cover by Daniel
In the wake of Ra’s al Ghul’s recent resurrection, Batman’s body lies near death in a heart-stopped coma. Meanwhile, his delirious mind travels back to a defining adventure in the life of young Bruce Wayne…the hunt for his parents’ killer! This special flashback tale also revisits Batman’s life-changing Thogal ritual in the caves of Nanda Parbat!
On sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

DETECTIVE COMICS #840
Written by Paul Dini
Art by Dustin Nguyen & Derek Fridolfs
Cover by Nguyen
Fan favorite artist Dustin Nguyen (SUPERMAN/BATMAN) joins Paul Dini on DETECTIVE COMICS as new regular penciler! Still haunted by the specter of Ra's Al Ghul, Batman returns to Gotham to face a new threat in the form of The Globe, a map-obsessed mastermind who charts his crimes with deadly accuracy.
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

ROBIN #170
Written by Chuck Dixon
Art by Chris Batista
Cover by Freddie E. Williams II
With the return of new series writer Chuck Dixon (Robin, Nightwing, Batman) and art by fan-favorite Chris Batista (52, Legion of Superheroes), Robin #170 is the start of a new era no one will want to miss!
After a life-changing battle with Ra’s al Ghul in Nanda Parbat, Robin comes home to Gotham to find there’s a new girl in town, wearing a color he can’t ignore. The new vigilante calls herself Violet, and she steals from the rich to keep for herself…and Robin’s going to find out that’s not all she’s playing for. Plus, the return of an old friend with something to hide!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

NIGHTWING #140
Written by Peter Tomasi
Art by Rags Morales & Michael Bair
Cover by Michael Bair
Guest-starring Batman & Robin! A new era of Nightwing begins from writer Peter Tomasi (Black Adam: THE DARK AGE, Light Brigade) and the incredible art team of Rags Morales and Michael Bair (Identity Crisis)!
When the bodies of nefarious villains and fallen heroes begin to disappear from their final resting places, Dick Grayson is drawn into a mysterious, life-altering adventure!
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #13
Written by Tony Bedard
Art and cover by Rags Morales & Mark Farmer
Beginning the 4-part arc "Wrath Child,"with art by Rags Morales (IDENTITY CRISIS)! Batman and Nightwing become embroiled in the return of a major nemesis who was thought to be dead long ago: The Wrath has returned!
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SIMON DARK #4
Written by Steve Niles
Art and cover by Scott Hampton
“He looks scary and acts even scarier, but I’m not afraid of Simon at all…” writes Rachel, who’s new to Gotham City. She’s befriended the freakish gargoyle who protects her neighborhood and whom the locals call “Simon Dark”…but will she pay for getting too close to him?
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

CATWOMAN #75
Written by Will Pfeifer
Art by David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez
Cover by Adam Hughes
The Joker. The Rogues. The Cheetah. And they’re just the beginning of Catwoman’s problems.
The world’s most violent and dangerous villains have been sent to the Hell Planet from SALVATION RUN, and Catwoman’s just arrived! Selina Kyle’s got skills, cunning and craftiness, but she’s also going to need to make a deal with the devil in order to stay alive!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

ACTION COMICS #861
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank & Jonathan Sibal
Cover by Frank
Variant cover by Mike Grell
“Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes,” Part 4! Superman’s mission to reunite the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st century continues on the one planet more dangerous than Earth: the cold, knowledge-obsessed world of Colu! But what fate has befallen Brainiac 5? And what are the horrible secrets behind Earth’s “new" super-heroes — the Justice League?
Retailers please note: This issue will feature two covers that may be ordered separately. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (featuring a cover by Gary Frank), retailers may order one Variant Edition (featuring a cover by Mike Grell). See the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SUPERMAN #672
Written by Kurt Busiek
Art by Peter Vale & Jesus Merino
Cover by Vale
It's Superman versus the all-new Insect Queen on the Moon, for the life of Lana Lang. Meanwhile, Lana (on the Moon) makes a startling discovery that could transform LexCorp's future. And back in Metropolis (sadly, not the Moon), Chris Kent's power problems build to an explosive payoff.
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #45
Written by Michael Green
Art and cover by Shane Davis & Matt Banning
The Man of Steel’s and the Dark Knight’s quest to rid the world of Kryptonite hits a roadblock when they realize not everyone’s willing to hand over the deadly substance. One of those unwilling is Aquaman — and the result is a brutal undersea battle!
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SUPERGIRL #25
Written by Kelley Puckett
Art and cover by Drew Johnson & Ray Snyder
Supergirl and Superman must work together to defeat the nuclear menace of Neutron! But when Superman tries to teach her the hardest lesson of all, he learns that Supergirl has something to teach him! And wait until you see the startling new direction the book takes!
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #11
Written by B. Clay Moore
Art and cover by Phil Hester & Ande Parks
B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick) teams with Phil Hester & Ande Park (GREEN ARROW) to shed light on the origins of the Jimmy Olsen/Superman relationship in Part 1 of a 3-part story, in which Superman invents a way for Jimmy to signal him, and Metropolis deals with giant, murderous...toys?
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BIRDS OF PREY #114
Written by Sean McKeever
Art by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood
Cover by Stephane Roux
Oracle delves into the mystery of Misfit while Lady Blackhawk and Huntress hash out their differences!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

THE ALL-NEW ATOM #19
Written by Keith Champagne
Art by Jerry Ordway & Trevor Scott
Cover by Ladrönn
When a team of scientists goes missing, it’s up to the Atom to travel far below the depths of Ivy Town for the most dangerous rescue mission of his career! But the underground dwellers of Ivy Town don’t take kindly to strangers of any size!
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BLUE BEETLE #23
Written by John Rogers
Art and cover by Rafael Albuquerque
The Blue Beetle’s family and friends are targeted by an all-out supervillain assault — so why is he abandoning them in their darkest hour and leaving Earth?
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

CHECKMATE #22
Written by Greg Rucka & Eric Trautmann
Art by Chris Samnee
Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky
“Mademoiselle Marie” concludes! Will Black Queen’s Knight get her target safely out of Bialya, or will she become the latest Mademoiselle Marie to be laid to eternal rest?
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

THE FLASH #236
Written by Mark Waid and John Rogers
Art by Freddie Williams II and Doug Braithwaite
Cover by Williams II
The stunning conclusions of feature story arc “The Wild Wests” — with art by fan-favorite Freddie Williams II (ROBIN) — and the backup tale “Fast Life”! The newest Flash family faces a last stand in Keystone — but in this spectacular climax, we find they’ve been here before, once upon a time on the world that sheltered them!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

GREEN LANTERN #27
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Mike McKone and various
Cover by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert
The build-up to FINAL CRISIS continues in Part 2 of “The Alpha Lanterns”! In the aftermath of the Sinestro Corps War, a select few have been chosen to undergo a transformation that will leave them forever altered and forever committed to the Green Lantern Corps. But what other laws are the Guardians unleashing, and why do Hal Jordan and John Stewart want to stop them? Plus, a visit to Oa's Death Row!
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #20
Written by Peter J. Tomasi
Art and cover by Patrick Gleason & Prentis Rollins
Mongul is back! Destroying the JLA Watchtower wasn’t enough — now he’s more powerful than ever and ready to instill great fear!
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #17
Written by Dwayne McDuffie and Alan Burnett
Art by Ed Benes, Jon Boy Meyer and Sandra Hope
Cover by Ethan Van Sciver
Double trouble for the League! First, in the lead story written by Alan Burnett, a mysterious and familiar team from beyond time has infiltrated the Hall of Justice looking for a weapon.
Will Black Lightning be their first victim? And wait ’til you see who they are!
Plus, writer Dwayne McDuffie begins a very special back-up story exploring what’s wrong with Vixen's powers. And when her condition worsens, it leads to a new arc and major change for the Leaguer!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #12
Written by Geoff Johns & Alex Ross
Art by Dale Eaglesham & Ruy Jose
Cover by Alex Ross
Variant cover by Eaglesham & Jose
“Thy Kingdom Come” explodes as Jakeem Thunder returns! The Justice Society reaches out to the next wave of legacy heroes: the new Mr. America, Judomaster, Amazing Man and more! Plus, another face familiar to the Kingdom Come Superman makes his presence known.
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Alex Ross), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Eaglesham & Jose). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

JSA CLASSIFIED #34
Written by James Peaty
Art and cover by Freddie Williams II
Featuring kinetic art by Freddie Williams II (ROBIN)! A mysterious villain has captured Liberty Belle, and Hourman has just 60 minutes to traverse the dark underworld of the DCU to find her!
On sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

JONAH HEX #27
Written by Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti
Art and cover by Jordi Bernet
There’s a new hunter out for blood, one who only preys on lawmen. Jonah Hex must find this strange “Star Man” before he kills again!
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

JLA CLASSIFIED #50-51
Written by Roger Stern
Art by John Byrne & Mark Farmer
Covers by Joshua Middleton
The first two parts of a 5-part epic reuniting the legendary Roger Stern/John Byrne team! The Justice League faces a new foe who seems to remember them well enough to want revenge. But when have they faced off before? Meet a mysterious new foe again…for the first time!
Issue #50 on sale January 23
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #38
Written by Jim Shooter
Art and cover by Francis Manapul & John Livesay
Continuing Jim Shooter’s return to Legion of Super-Heroes! Saturn Girl, Timber Wolf and Star Boy’s mission on the moon of Triton goes awry as Invisible Kid leads them into a lethal predicament. Meanwhile, Lightning Lad’s duties as team leader aren’t going any easier as he’s forced to sit through a painful tryout session for new Legionnaires.
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

METAL MEN #5
Written by Duncan Rouleau
Art and cover by Rouleau
The saga of the Metal Men continues with a flashback to their rise to fame as America's darling robots. In the present, we see them face the horrors left over from 52. And in the future…there may be no Metal Men!
On sale January 2 • 5 of 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SHADOWPACT #21
Written by Matt Sturges
Art and cover by Tom Derenick & Wayne Faucher
How did the Unbound manage to take over Nightmaster’s beloved kingdom of Myrra? Can they survive against a population that’s been converted to a cult of black magic?
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

WONDER WOMAN #16
Written by Gail Simone
Art by cover by Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson
The intensity ramps up in the third chapter of “The Circle,” as the whole truth is revealed about the attempted murder of Diana on the night of her birth! And in the present day, Wonder Woman fights to prevent the destruction of not just her loved ones, but her entire culture. But whose standard is she wearing into battle, and does it mean she has abandoned the gods completely? No Wonder Woman fan should miss
this story!
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

TRIALS OF SHAZAM #11
Written by Judd Winick
Art & Cover by Mauro Cascioli
The trials continue with Freddy losing ground in his quest for the ultimate abilities and power of Shazam…to the now equally powered Sabina! To find Mercury he may need the help of Shadowpact and the Justice League!
On sale January 30 • 11 of 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

WONDER GIRL #5
Written by J. Torres
Art and cover by Sanford Greene & Nathan Massengill
Wonder Girl’s in for the fight of her life, and she won’t be able to handle it alone! She’s going to need a little help from her friends, including Supergirl, Robin, and others, to bring justice down on the people trying to kill her!
On sale January 9 • 5 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

BIRDS OF PREY: DEAD OF WINTER TP
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Nicola Scott & Doug Hazlewood
Cover by Stephane Roux
Collecting BIRDS OF PREY #104-108! In this volume, the Birds of Prey cross paths with the villainous group the Secret Six, just as Spy Smasher takes the dismantling of Oracle's operation into her own hands! Who will end up with control of the Birds of Prey?
Advance-solicited; on sale February 27 • 128 pg, FC, $17.99 US

BLUE BEETLE VOL. 3: REACH FOR THE STARS TP
Written by John Rogers
Art by Rafael Albuquerque
Cover by Cully Hamner
In this volume collecting issues #13-18 of the hot series, Jaime has his hands full when he learns the scarab’s alien owners are invading Earth — and no one will believe him! Plus, more adventures guest-starring popular Green Lantern Guy Gardner, the Teen Titans, the villainous Eclipso, Typhoon, Giganta and more!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 27 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US

CONNOR HAWKE: DRAGON’S BLOOD TP
Written by Chuck Dixon
Art and cover by Derec Donovan
In this volume collecting the 6-issue miniseries, an archery contest beckons Oliver Queen's bow-bending son Connor Hawke to the far end of the globe. Accompanied by his old pal Eddie Fyers, Connor accepts the invitation. But a much darker game is afoot, and Connor's life will never be the same!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 13 • 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC
Written by Alan Moore & Brian Bolland
Art and cover by Brian Bolland
The classic Batman tale by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland returns in an all-new special edition! This edition — celebrating the 20th anniversary of the landmark work — features all-new coloring by Bolland, and includes the story “An Innocent Guy,” previously featured in BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE!
Advance-solicited; on sale March 19 • 6.625” x 10.1875” • 64 pg, FC, $17.99 US

DC UNIVERSE: THE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE TP
Written by Alan Moore
Art by various
Cover by Brian Bolland
Collecting stories from ACTION COMICS #583, DETECTIVE COMICS #549-550, GREEN LANTERN #188, SUPERMAN #423, TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #2 & 3, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11 and VIGILANTE #17-18 and more!
On sale January 2 • 304 pg, FC, $19.99 US • Mature Readers • Relist

WATCHMEN TP
Written by Alan Moore
Art and cover by
Dave Gibbons
Reoffered to coincide with BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, this landmark volume is largely regarded as the greatest comics work of all time !
On sale January 2 • 334 pg, FC, $19.99 US • Relist

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 1 TP
Written by Alan Moore
Art and cover by Kevin O’Neill
Reoffered to coincide with BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, this imaginative volume collects the League's first adventure together, plus the illustrator's masterful sketchbook.
On sale January 2
176 pg, FC, $14.99 US • Relist

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 2 TP
Written by Alan Moore
Art and cover by Kevin O’Neill
Reoffered to coincide with BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE., this volume picks up one month after Vol. 1, as the League faces a Martian invasion of Earth!
On sale January 2 • 228 pg, FC, $14.99 US • Relist

ALAN MOORE: THE COMPLETE WILDCATS TP
Written by Alan Moore
Cover by Charest
Art by Travis Charest,
Mat Broome and others
Reoffered to coincide with BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE., this volume collects WILDC.A.T.S. #21-34, plus a story from issue #50, featuring the impressive art of Travis Charest and more!
On sale January 2
393 pg, FC, $29.99 US • Relist

ALAN MOORE: WILD WORLDS TP
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Various
Cover by by Michael Golden
Reoffered to coincide with BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE., this slam-bang title features a tale that pits the covert action team known as the WildCats against the demonic hero called Spawn! Plus, hard-hitting tales of Majestic, Voodoo, Deathblow and more.
On sale January 2
320 pg, FC, $19.99 US • Relist

PROMETHEA BOOK ONE TP
Written by Alan Moore
Art and cover by J.H. Williams III & Mick Gray
Reoffered to coincide with BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE., this volume begins the saga of Sophie Bangs, an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York who finds herself transformed into Promethea, the living embodiment of the imagination.
On sale January 2
160 pg, FC, $14.99 US • Relist

TOM STRONG BOOK ONE TP
Written by Alan Moore
Art and cover by Chris Sprouse & Karl Story
Reoffered to coincide with BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE., this volume introduces the foremost science hero Tom Strong and his remarkable exploits over a nearly century-long career.
On sale January 2
208 pg, FC, $17.95 US • Relist

CATWOMAN: CATWOMAN’S DEAD TP
Written by Will Pfeifer
Art by David Lopez & Alvaro Lopez
Cover by Adam Hughes
The identity that Selina Kyle built for herself to protect her baby daughter is being destroyed at the hands of Hammer and Sickle in this all-new volume collecting CATWOMAN #66-72! With supervillains and the Gotham police hunting for both Selina and her replacement, Holly, drastic measures are needed!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 20 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US

THE FLASH: BLOOD WILL RUN TP — NEW EDITION
Written by Geoff Johns
Cover by Brian Bolland
Art by Scott Kolins, Ethan Van Sciver, Prentis Rollins and others
The Flash races into adventure in this incredible new edition of a classic trade paperback collecting THE FLASH #170-176, plus stories from THE FLASH SECRET FILES and IRON HEIGHTS, written by Geoff Johns! Featuring art by fan-favorites Ethan Van Sciver (GREEN LANTERN), Scott Kolins (Beyond) and more!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 20 • 240 pg, FC, $17.99 US

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HC
Written by Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis
Cover by Maguire & Austin
Art by Kevin Maguire, Terry Austin and Al Gordon
A new hardcover collecting the classic JUSTICE LEAGUE #1-6 and JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #7 from the late 1980s! Can an unlikely new Justice League line-up work as a unit to stop terrorists at the U.N., a brigade of Rocket Reds, the Royal Flush Gang, and other threats — or will they succumb to in-fighting and bad jokes?
Advance-solicited; in stores March 12 • FC, 192 pg, $24.99 US

SUPERMAN CHRONICLES VOL. 4 TP
Written by Jerry Siegel
Art by Joe Shuster, Jack Burnley, Wayne Boring and others
Cover by Shuster
The Man of Tomorrow moves into the 1940s in this fourth volume, featuring stories from the pages of Action Comics #26-31 and Superman #6-7!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 6 • 192 pg, FC, $14.99 US

WONDER WOMAN: WHO IS WONDER WOMAN? HC
Written by Allan Heinberg
Art by Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson and Gary Frank & Jon Sibal
Cover by Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson
In this volume collecting WONDER WOMAN #1-4, plus WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1 by acclaimed writer Allan Heinberg (TV’s Grey’s Anatomy, Young Avengers) , the Amazon warrior Diana has gone missing, leaving Donna Troy to take up the mantle of Wonder Woman!
When Diana returns, she goes under her former alias Diana Prince, acting as a secret agent and member of the Department of Metahuman Affairs. Her first assignment is to save Donna Troy — but will she retake the role of Wonder Woman?
Retailers please note: This volume is resolicited. All previous orders are cancelled.
Advance-resolicited; on sale March 5 • 144 pg, FC, $19.99 US



TIME MASTERS TP
Written by Bob Wayne & Lewis Shiner
Art and cover by Art Thibert & José Marzan Jr.
Collecting the often-requested TIME MASTERS #1-8 and material from SECRET ORIGINS #43, featuring 52’s Rip Hunter! Hunter forges alliances with DC heroes including Cave Carson, Metal Men creator Doctor Will Magnus, Dr. Fate, the Viking Prince, Arion and others to stop the threats of immortal super-villains including Vandal Savage and his Illuminati.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 13 • 224 pg, FC, $19.99 US

THE BATMAN STRIKES! #41
Written by Russell Lissau
Art and cover by Christopher Jones & Terry Beatty
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy just want to have fun! But when your idea of fun is crime, catastrophe and chaos, Batman’s going to be right on your tail!
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #41
Written by Grace Randolph
Art by Dario Brizuela
Cover by Zach Howard
The Joker is tired of waiting for Batman to show up, so he’s taking the fight to the Watchtower! But just because Batman’s not there, it doesn’t mean it’s unguarded!
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES IN THE 31st CENTURY #10
Written by Matt Manning
Art and cover by Matt Stewart
An ancient legacy catches up with Brainiac 5 when he learns the terrible secret of his great-great-grandfather, Brainiac 1…one of Superman’s greatest enemies! To make it up to Superman, Brainy takes him on a trip to his home planet’s past — but an unexpected detour to the Phantom Zone could mean disaster!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

TEEN TITANS GO! #51
Written by J. Torres
Art by Todd Nauck & Lary Stucker
Cover by Nauck
Introducing Geo-Force! He's Terra's big brother and he looks like big trouble! What happens when he thinks the Teen Titans are the enemy? Find out in"The Secret Origin of Terra"!
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #21
Written by Robbie Busch and Tom Warburton
Art by Maurice Fontenot, the Iguana, Scott Cohn and Mike DeCarlo
Cover by Fontenot and the Iguana
Numbuh Four is menaced by that most insidious force — static electricity! Plus, an all-new Ben 10 story!
On sale January 9
32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #41
Written by Robbie Busch and Scott Cunningham
Art by Robert Pope, Christopher Cook, Mike DeCarlo andJeff Albrecht
Cover by Stephanie Gladden
Eduardo has lost his lucky penny. and he’s going to search Foster’s Home until he finds it, no matter what anyone else says! Plus, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and The Powerpuff Girls!
On sale January 30
32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

LOONEY TUNES #158
Written by Robbie Busch, Frank Strom and Sam Agro
Art by by Omar Aranda, Walter Carzon, Mike DeCarlo, Pablo Zamboni, Alberto Saichann, Ruben Torreiro and Horacio Ottolini
Cover by Scott Gross
Tweety is on the tail of that notorious art thief, Sylvester! And they’re headed straight for the Louvre!
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

SCOOBY-DOO #128
Written by Vito Delsante and Paul Kupperberg
Art by Tim Levins, Jeff Albrecht and Scott Neely
Cover by Ropert Pope & Scott McRae
Mysteries, mayhem and music abound at the house that Scooby built…the opera house, that is! Plus, there’s something strange happening in a little town called Vladsburg!
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.25 US

MAD #486
Written and illustrated by The Usual Gang of Idiots
Ring in the holidays with the greatest humor mag of all time!
On sale January 9 • 48 pg, FC/B&W, $4.99 US

CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL. 1
Written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui
CMX. The star of the hit late-night Adult Swim series comes to CMX. He’s rude, he’s crude, and adults tremble whenever he’s around. His inappropriate comments and obsession with body parts and bodily functions make life stressful for his struggling parents.
No one is safe from Shinchan’s verbal outbursts…and now, neither are you! Fans around the world have been following Shinchan’s offensive adventures for years, and now he’s enjoying wider exposure here in the USA. CRAYON SHINCHAN will appeal to fans of The Simpsons, South Park and Family Guy. CMX brings you the original manga in all its uncensored glory.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 27 • 5” x 7.375” • 128 pg, B&W, $7.99 US
MATURE READERS

DOKKOIDA?! VOL. 1
Written by Taro Achi
Art by Yu Yagami
CMX. Naïve 19-year-old Suzuo is in search of a part-time job when he runs into Tanpopo, a girl who is actually a humanoid alien. Claiming that she works for a toy company, she offers him a job testing a costume for the character Dokkoida. But she’s really working for the Galaxy Federation Police, an organization looking to test power suits for their own peacekeeping forces. Before he knows it, Suzuo beats up a giant robot and moves into an apartment building with other suit-testers — only none of them know they’re all doing the same job! DOKKOIDA?! is sure to appeal to fans of Dr. Slump and Hikkatsu!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 13 • 5” x 7.375” • 194 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN+

APOTHECARIUS ARGENTUM VOL. 4
Written and illustrated by Tomomi Yamashita
CMX. Princess Primula and Prince Lorca set off to neighboring Navara to negotiate peace between their two kingdoms. When they arrive, they find the Navaran court in chaos. A young prince has been abducted, and the King is losing his mind under the control of a mysterious young woman. Twin whirlwinds of politics and intrigue on both sides of the border are about to engulf everyone!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 20 • 5" x 7.375"
200 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN

KEY TO THE KINGDOM VOL. 3
Written and illustrated by Kyoko Shitou
CMX. The next phase of the quest begins, with the search for “The Invisible Tower,” an elusive location that contains an important clue. A new competitor enters the ring: Fireheart, a man who is impervious to the flames of the Dragon Men. He welcomes Prince Asta and his protector Badd to his castle, where he shares with Asta an important family secret he learned from Asta’s father just before he died.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 27 • 5" x 7.375"
176 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN+

KING OF CARDS VOL. 3
Written and illustrated by Makoto Tateno
CMX. Manami’s math teacher thinks she is falling behind in her grades because of her dedication to the CHAOS card game. He threatens to tell her mother – unless she can beat him in a match! Later, a seemingly unbeatable player who actually hates CHAOS is gunning for Manami. Then the unthinkable happens: Manami loses her Sahgan card. Can she go on playing without her most powerful card?
Advance-solicited; on sale February 6 • 5" x 7.375"
192 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN

ORFINA VOL. 2
Written and illustrated by Kitsune Tennouji
CMX. With Princess Orfina captured by the invading forces of Granze, Fana takes her place and fights alongside the Princess’ bodyguards. The Imperial City has been captured, but the Granzian general is fuming because the King escaped. In an attempt to draw him out, the public execution of Princess Orfina is announced. It’s up to Fana to try and rescue her royal double, but a big surprise awaits her.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 27 • 5.5" x 8"
170 pg, B&W, $12.99 US • MATURE READERS

THE PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS VOL. 2
Written and illustrated by Nari Kusakawa
CMX. It’s Christmas time on the island of Opal, and a visiting young Prince introduces holiday traditions to its residents. What could be more festive than the powers of the color wizards? But Dr. Guell is jealous of the relationship between the Prince and Cello and adds a sour note to the celebration. Then, find out more about Cello’s family and learn how she first bonded with Yoyo, her special bird.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 20 • 5" x 7.375"
192 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • EVERYONE

SWAN VOL. 12
Written and illustrated by Kyoko Ariyoshi
CMX. Masumi manages to snap out of her intense insecurities and performs beyond her expectations with her dance partner, Leonhardt. She wins second place overall, beating out everyone except her archnemesis, the prodigy Lilliana. After the win, Masumi and Leonhardt receive invitations to dance from both Moscow and New York, the world’s two most prestigious ballet locations! Which will Masumi choose?
Advance-solicited; on sale February 6 • 5" x 7.375"
200 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • everyone

VENUS IN LOVE VOL. 2
Written and illustrated by Yuki Nakaji
CMX. Fukami is convinced that there’s chemistry between his friends Suzuna and Eichi, who just need a little push to become a couple. He doesn’t know that they both have a crush on him. But Fukami’s got his own romantic distraction with a girl he keeps running into. When Suzuna realizes that she has a new rival, she’s going to have to act fast. Can she finally tell Fukami how she really feels?
Advance-solicited; on sale February 13 • 5” x 7.375”
200 pg, B&W, $9.99 US • TEEN

WILDSTORM: REVELATIONS #1-2
Written by Scott Beatty with Christos Gage
Art by Wes Craig
Cover by Ivan Reis & Richard Friend
Exploding out of the pages of WildStorm Armageddon comes a biweekly 6-part adventure to save the WildStorm Universe by writers Scott Beatty (BATGIRL: YEAR ONE) & Christos Gage (STORMWATCH: PHD, WILDSTORM ARMAGEDDON) and rising-star artist Wes Craig (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE)!
The rogue Coda warrior Nemesis, following her harrowing post-apocalyptic vision, must find Backlash and Savant to help her unlock the secrets of the coming destruction. But can anything stem the tide of darkness? Step one to fitting together the pieces of the intricate puzzle: infiltrate the world’s most powerful and influential super-humans' headquarters and raid their database!
Issue #1 on sale January 2; issue #2 on sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

THE AUTHORITY: PRIME #4
Written by Christos Gage
Art and cover by Darick Robertson
Henry Bendix’s mysterious desert fortress is under assault by two of the world’s most powerful teams: The Authority and StormWatch Prime! But to crack the defenses, they’ll have to put aside their personal squabbles and do the impossible: work together! And how can Apollo and the Midnighter be fighting…Apollo and the Midnighter?
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

MIDNIGHTER #15
Written by Keith Giffen
Art by Jon Landry & Rick Burchett
Cover by Chris Sprouse & Karl Story
Midnighter’s battles with Anthem comes to a head as he must decide between a past he doesn’t remember and the complete annihilation of a town he doesn’t even like.
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

THE PROGRAMME #7
Written by Peter Milligan
Art and cover by C.P. Smith
The super-powered Soviet weapons of mass destruction known as the “Russian Dolls” have landed on U.S. soil, bringing their war against democracy to the very core of Western capitalism: Las Vegas. And they’re not taking any prisoners, as the blood begins to flow in Sin City! What hope does America have left?
On sale January 16 • 7 of 12 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

GEN13 #16
Written by Simon Oliver
Art by Sunny Lee & Drew Geraci
Cover by Carlo Barberi
Caitlin’s beginning to put together the pieces of the kids’ new friends and fortunes…and the bigger picture is coming into horrifying focus! Could Tabula Rasa still be manipulating the Gen-Actives from beyond the grave? Or is someone more sinister at the helm?
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

GEN13 VOL. 2: ROAD TRIP TP
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Carlo Barberi, Alvin Lee, Sunny Lee and Drew Geraci
Cover by Barberi & Geraci
Collecting issues #7-13 of the hit series! I.O. finally catches up with the rogue Gen13 kids, and they send in the heavy hitters to bring them down: the all-new, all-exciting Authori-teens!
Advance-solcited; on sale February 20 • 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US

GEN13 VOL. 1: BEST OF A BAD LOT TP
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Talent Caldwell & Matt "Batt" Banning
Cover by Caldwell
Resolicited to coincide with GEN13 VOL. 2, this volume collects the first six issues of the new series. Meet five outcast teenagers who must discover the secret to their newfound powers and what role the nefarious Tabula Rasa and International Operations play in their lives.
On sale January 2 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US • Relist

WILDSTORM FINE ARTS: SPOTLIGHT ON WILDCATS
Written by various
Art by Jim Lee, Travis Charest and others
Cover by Jim Lee
Here’s your chance to see WildStorm history emerge through depictions of the characters from WildCats creator Jim Lee, Travis Charest, Sean Phillips and Dustin Nguyen. No true fan will want to miss this issue!
On sale January 9 • 40 pg, FC, $3.50 US

WORLD OF WARCRAFT #3
Written by Walter Simonson
Art by Ludo Lullabi & Sandra Hope
Covers by Jim Lee and Samwise Didier
Rehgar takes Lo’Gosh and Broll to Thunder Bluff for a cleansing ritual. Unfortunately for the pair, lurking beneath the surface of the Pools of Vision is a force like nothing they’ve ever faced before! The future looks dark for Lo’Gosh as new threats mount against him in this epic title from Walter Simonson and Ludo Lullabi!
Retailers please note: This issue will feature two covers that will ship in approximately 50/50 ratio. Cover A is by Blizzard Art Director Samwise Didier, and Cover B is by Jim Lee. Please see the Previews Order Form for more details.
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH #4
Story by Jeff Katz
Written by James Kuhoric
Art by Jason Craig
Cover by Eric Powell
The ultimate bloodbath continues as Ash must face Freddy for the first time in the nightmare realm! Can even the Chosen One stop the Springwood Slasher now that he has the Necronomicon and has the power to warp reality outside the dream world? The Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash comics event rockets you along a rollercoaster ride of over-the-top horror and classic movie-monster murder! Hail to the horror kings, baby! Co-published with Dynamite Entertainment.
On sale January 23 • 4 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS

FRIDAY THE 13th: BAD LAND #1
Written by Ron Marz
Art by Mike Huddleston
Cover by Mike McKone
Crystal Lake was a cursed, bloody location long before the arrival of Pamela Voorhees and her son Jason. The history of the surrounding area is a roadmap of tragedy and death, but one particular moment in the lake’s history stands out above all...and that story will be told for the first time by Ron “Machete” Marz and Mike “Hockey Mask” Huddleston! Horror will have a new face in 2008!
On sale January 9 • 1 of 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
MATURE READERS

Y: THE LAST MAN #60
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Pia Guerra & José Marzan Jr.
Cover by Massimo Carnevale
It’s the dramatic conclusion you’ve been waiting for as Yorick and company reach the end of their journey in this very special 48-page issue.
On sale January 2 • 56 pg, FC, $4.99 US • MATURE READERS

100 BULLETS #87
Written by Brian Azzarello
Art by Eduardo Risso
Cover by Dave Johnson
As more members of The Trust fall, one family head reaches out to a semi-retired Minuteman for help and protection. But with blood in the water and Graves and his soldiers making a final push for total control, will this old-timer be able to stop the massacre?
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

AMERICAN VIRGIN #23
Written by Steven T. Seagle
Art by Becky Cloonan & Jim Rugg
Cover by Celia Calle
Don’t miss this incredible series finale! There are three things Adam Chamberlain has been waiting his whole life to experience: reunion, revenge, and consummation. Under the all-seeing eye of his Higher Power, Adam is offered these desires, but each comes with a price: betrayal, arrest, and damnation.
On sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
MATURE READERS • FINAL ISSUE

ARMY@LOVE #11
Written by Rick Veitch
Art and cover by Veitch & Gary Erskine
It's party time on the Mongrolian trail for rivals Loman and Flabbergast, but it's decision-making time back in Edgefield for Switzer, the woman they both love. Meanwhile, Magoon has been given the ultimate marketing tool by Big Finger, and it's Number One with a bullet.
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

DMZ #27
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Nathan Fox
Cover by Wood
“RANDOM FIRE” One wild night in the life of the DMZ! We follow DJ Random Fire as he spends a rough day — dodging bullets, ex-girlfriends, and rivals in the club scene — in preparation for a show that night.
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

CROSSING MIDNIGHT #15
Written by Mike Carey
Art by Jim Fern & Jose Villarrubia
Cover by J.H. Williams III
Toshi has finally caught up with Kai, and, with complete amnesia, she’s committed to fight him to the death. And regardless of the victor, one of the twins will cross a line from which there is no return.
On sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

CROSSING MIDNIGHT VOL. 2: A MAP OF MIDNIGHT TP
Written by Mike Carey
Cover by J.H. Williams III
Art by Jim Fern, Eric Nguyen and Mark Pennington
Collecting issues #6-12 of the acclaimed new Vertigo series! Toshi begins her hazardous training through a fairy-tale-gone-wrong world.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 13 • 168 pg, FC, $14.99 US
MATURE READERS

THE EXTERMINATORS #25
Written by Simon Oliver
Art by Tony Moore & John Lucas
Cover by Philip Bond
Of all the weird things Henry James has witnessed at Bug-Bee-Gone, the resurrection of his dead, drug-addled, demented partner, A.J., is the weirdest. Now, for the first time, the truth behind A.J.’s return to Earth goes public, in this special issue tracing A.J.’s twisted trip through an unreal version of the ancient Egyptian afterlife.
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

FABLES #69
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha
Cover by James Jean
“The Good Prince,” Part 9. All things considered, maybe Flycatcher should have remained a janitor. In the end, the heroic life turned out to be just too deadly. But how will the new Kingdom of Haven get along without Fly?
Will people fade back into ghosts without his magic to sustain them? Will the Emperor overrun the kingdom now that Fly isn't there to stop him?
On sale January 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

JACK OF FABLES #19
Written by Bill Willingham & Matthew Sturges
Art by Russ Braun & Andrew Pepoy
Cover by Brian Bolland
Do you like mobsters? Do you like shootouts? Do you like frogs in top hats? What about Canadians? Do you like them? If so, then this is the story you've been waiting for your entire life. If you only like two or three of those things, you're still in luck, because there's also a witch trial, a rampaging lumberjack, and musical theater. Join us as Jack, Gary, Paul Bunyan, et al., hit the road in Part 3 of "Americana." Plus: Babe the Miniature Blue Ox!
On sale January 30 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
MATURE READERS

NORTHLANDERS #2
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Davide Gianfelice
Cover by Massimo Carnevale
Variant cover by Andy Kubert
After being left for dead by his corrupt uncle Gorm, Sven retreats to the farmhouse he was raised in and plots his next move. Now, with a small army out for his head, a strange and deadly half-wild girl living in the cliffs might be the lifesaver Sven needs — if she doesn't kill him herself!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Massimo Carnevale), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Andy Kubert). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

HELLBLAZER #240
Written by Andy Diggle
Art by Leonardo Manco
Cover by Glenn Fabry
Vertigo’s flagship title reaches its 20th anniversary issue with “The Laughing Magician,” Part 1 of 3! The streetwise, chain-smoking con-magician John Constantine finds himself in receipt of a most perplexing birthday gift: a memory wrapped up in a warning. As Constantine tries to figure out what it means, the brutal African war-mage known as Mako hits London — and he’s taking no prisoners...
On sale January 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

HELLBLAZER: JOY RIDE TP
Written by Andy Diggle
Art by Leonardo Manco
Cover by Lee Bermejo
In this volume collecting HELLBLAZER #230-237 by fan-favorite writer Andy Diggle, Constantine discovers that there is a supernatural cause for the violence, crime and drug abuse of South London's Hunger Hill housing estate, and he must bring this cycle of misery and violence to an end…at any cost.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 27 • 192 pg, FC, $14.99 US MATURE READERS

TESTAMENT #22
Written by Douglas Rushkoff
Art by by Liam Sharp & Mark Pennington
Cover by Liam Sharp
In the final issue of TESTAMENT, human beings, led by Jake and his father, rise to the level of their gods, exploiting the creative power of the nanos within them. But there's only room for one set of gods in this universe, and the Bible's deities will not go down without a fight. Finally, as a new reality emerges, a child waiting to be born, holds the key to humanity's next great story.
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS • FINAL ISSUE

THE UN-MEN #6
Written by John Whalen
Art by Mike Hawthorne
Cover by Tomer Hanuka
Don’t miss this special self-contained story, “Domestic Disturbances.” Years ago in a sleazy carnival sideshow, Agent Kilcrop lost his only brother — and the one true friend he ever had. Today, the scandal surrounding Kilcrop’s tragedy is something his bureaucratic bosses are only too happy to hold over his head.
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

SCALPED #13
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by R.M. Guera
Cover by Jock
“Dead Mothers” Part 1 of 5. The day after the grand opening of the Crazy Horse casino, the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation wakes to find that two women have been murdered during the night, leaving undercover FBI agent Dash Bad Horse to search for the killers and in the process perhaps come to grips with his own history and identity.
On sale January 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

SCALPED VOL. 2: CASINO BOOGIE TP
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by R.M. Guera
Cover by Jock
This volume, collecting issues #6-11 of the acclaimed new series by Jason Aaron (THE OTHER SIDE), explores Dash Bad Horse's troubled origin and chronicles his day-to-day life on The Rez working for Chief Red Crow.
Advance-solicited; on sale February 6 • 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US
MATURE READERS

SCALPED VOL. 1: INDIAN COUNTRY TP
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by R.M. Guera
Cover by Jock
Reoffered to coincide with SCALPED VOL. 2, this special low-priced volume collects the first five issues of the riveting Vertigo series SCALPED, an intense crime drama that mixes organized crime with current Native American culture.
On sale January 2 • 144 pg, FC, $9.99 US • MATURE READERS
Relist

THE VINYL UNDERGROUND #4
Written by Si Spencer
Art by Simon Gane & Cameron Stewart
Cover by Sean Phillips
As the trail of Joshua's killers gets hotter, magic nearly betrays Morrison, leading him to the darkest secret of his life.
On sale January 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • MATURE READERS

Pop Artifact! Fonzie Halloween costume

Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 15, 2007

How unfun is Fox TV? Well, we already now from their "news" programming that they're pretty much the spawn of Satan. But now they go and put the kibosh on sing-along screenings of the classic "musical" episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

Lawyers for Twentieth Century Fox Television, a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., told a licensing company that had given the green light for the sing-along events that it had gone beyond limits of the show's licensing agreements.

All future engagements of the show, including a three-night run scheduled to start Friday in St. Louis, have been canceled.

Chris Alexander, a spokesman for the studio, said that "significant payments" would have to be made to Hollywood unions for the show to be screened in movie theaters, which is a highly unusual arrangement anyway and usually reserved for situations like one-time charity events.


You suck, Fox.

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The Led Zeppelin catalog is going digital Nov. 13.

The digital release program is timed to coincide with the release that day of the 24-track, two-CD Atlantic/Rhino compilation "Mothership," which spans the band's 12-year career.

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Copies of Ray Davies' second solo album will be given away free with the Oct. 21 edition of London's Sunday Times newspaper.

In a statement, Davies claimed that his decision to give away the album was "about reaching as many people as possible. I'm incredibly proud of this LP and am truly excited that 1.5 million copies will be distributed to people who'll hear it organically, the way it was intended. It's an exciting opportunity I couldn't resist."

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The Aquaman Shrine interviews comics scribe/historian Bob Rozakis.

AMS: Your stories have a decidedly lighter tone than Aquaman was used to, especially since this was very soon after Black Manta murdered his child in Adventure Comics. Was this a conscious effort on your part to lighten him up a bit?

BR: I think I took a lighter approach to pretty much everything I wrote. There have been too many angst-filled heroes in comics. Surely there had to be some among them who were actually happy!


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January 2008 DC Comics Solicitations will be posted here later today.

The Fred Hembeck Archives Omnibus is a'comin!!!!

And now the best comics news of the year...!



Over the past several months, our pal Fred Hembeck has been working on a massive tome collecting pretty much all of his superhero 'toons from the past three decades. He was keeping the project semi hush-hush... until somebody spotted it in Amazon's upcoming books listings this past weekend and let the cat out of the bag.

I just want to go record, though, and say that I KNEW ABOUT IT MONTHS AGO!!!! SO THERE!!!! I was waiting until Fred was ready to provide official details and now, apparently, is the time! So, here you go, in Fred's own words:

Come February, 2008, Image Publishing will be gearing up to release THE NEARLY COMPLETE ESSENTIAL HEMBECK ARCHIVES OMNIBUS, featuring over 900 (!) pages of material written and drawn by cartoonist Fred Hembeck (who, in this particular instance of shameless self-promotion, is the actual individual typing in these very words), culled from the past three decades.

And all of this fun stuff will cost you (get ready) LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE BUCKS!!

(A single solitary penny less, true, but still, I'm thinking, a pretty gosh-darn good deal!...)

So, what exactly do we have to offer you in this massive volume?

Well, how about every single Dateline:@#$% strip EVER?

That's how this whole thing started out, y'see--my old buddy (and veteran comics embellisher) Al Gordon's suggested I put together a collection of each and every one of those old cartoons, including all the ones that had never been reprinted in a more permanent format previously. Al then proceeded to get his pal--and Image Publisher--Erik Larsen interested in the notion, and once things got rolling along, Erik encouraged me to expand the scope of the book to include a wide variety of additional material as well, some of which had never been seen before and some of which had turned up only in the most obscure of places.

So, divided into seven sections--each with a specially written explanatory introduction by yours truly--here's a quick rundown of the contents of THE NEARLY COMPLETE ESSENTIAL HEMBECK ARCHIVES OMNIBUS (or TNCEHAO for short, or maybe just THE HEMBECK OMNIBUS...):

Section One: "Little Freddy: Growing Up In The Silver Age of Comics". This is the shortest chapter--12 measly pages--but inasmuch as it best offers an origin story of the tome's main protagonist (again, that'd be me), it seemed like a good jumping off point for any uninitiated readers we manage to rope in.

Section Two: All seven of my early eighties Fantaco books, 276 pages worth: HEMBECK: THE BEST OF DATELINE:@#$%; HEMBECK 1980; ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE BRIDE OF HEMBECK; THE HEMBECK FILES; BAH, HEMBECK; JIMMY OLSEN'S PAL, FRED HEMBECK, and DIAL H FOR HEMBECK. People have been asking me for years for a reprint collection of these long out of print magazines--now, finally, those seven people will get their wish! Hey, we aim to please!...

Section Three: This is a hodge podge section bringing together all the Dateline:@#$% strips that failed to make the cut for the Fantaco collections, as well as ones that were done in the mid-eighties following the final Fantaco collection; work for other fanzines such as THE COMIC READER, COMICS SCENE and the like; some early commissions and spot illos, and all of my contributions to the once annual AMAZING HEROES SWIMSUIT SPECIAL (including The Thing in a thong!)--124 pages of art!

Section Four: A carefully selected 60 pages of material drawn from my four plus years as a member of the legendary comics apa, CAPA-alpha, back in the early eighties, including a few lengthy strips showcasing Cartoon Fred in a manner rarely seen in his other venues! Crazy stuff...

Section Five: Fifteen strips, ranging from a single page all the way up to ten, mostly--but not entirely--featuring original characters. Old favorites like The Dog and Mr. Mumbo Jumbo share these 80 pages with never before seen epics like 1985's 9 pager, "A Date With History" (a time travel farce) and "Chancy Encounter", a three pager done for a never published charity collection from around the turn of the millennium. Lotsa fun here, you betcha!

Section Six: The mid-nineties return of Dateline:@#$%! 210 pages collecting ALL the strips done during that period for THE COMICS BUYERS GUIDE, COMIC BOOK ARTIST, COMIC BOOK PROFILES, a special four pager done for AMAZING HEROES #200, and as many of the quarter page cartoons done especially for the CBG Fan Award winners as I could find!

Section Seven: From the nineties to today, another catch all, 64 page collection of goodies: Holiday cards, sketchbook strips, a few pages of KIDZ, several examples of my Classic Cover Redos, commissioned illos, internet art, and even three pages of nature illustration!

And besides all that, there's a Foreword by none other than Stan Lee, an Introduction by Jim Salicrup, and an Afterword by Al Gordon!! Now I ask you--isn't that worth almost twenty five dollars? (Although to paraphrase Jim S--do NOT attempt to read the whole thing in a single sitting, as your head will most surely explode!!)


You can pre-order the book now for $16.49 now from Amazon. However, Fred adds:

Those of you interested in getting a signed copy will be happy to know that I'll have copies for sale at cover price (plus a yet to be determined Postage and Handling fee), and likewise I'll be offering the option of purchasing a copy including an original, fully-inked, illustration of the character of your choice on an inside page for a fair (but also as yet to be determined) fee--more details as the publication date looms ever closer.

(And if you'd like to check out a larger scan of the book's front cover--as well as an alternate color scheme and the black and white version, follow this link...)

Needless to say, I'm pretty darn excited at the prospect of holding a copy of this massive collection in my sweaty little palms, and I'm sure hoping some of you out there are at least mildly thrilled with the idea as well!

THE NEARLY COMPLETE ESSENTIAL HEMBECK ARCHIVES OMNIBUS--ask for it by name!

And then stop and take a much needed breath...


Having grown up reading Fred's strips in my favorite DC and Marvel titles (yeah, Fred, you are that old... And so am!), this collection should be a blast. Along with the original Batman/Beatles Hembeck piece on my office wall, it'll have pride of place in my collection.

Visit Fred's site to stay up on the latest details.

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