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ALPHA FLIGHT BY PAK AND VAN LENTE PREM HC VOL 01
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Greg Pak, Fred Van (A) Ben Oliver, Dale Eaglesham (CA) Phil Jimenez
EXPLODING OUT OF FEAR ITSELF! ALPHA FLIGHT HAS LONG BEEN THE PROTECTOR OF AN ENTIRE NATION - BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT NATION NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FROM ITSELF? SASQUATCH, SNOWBIRD, NORTHSTAR AND AURORA HAVE BEEN JOINED BY THEIR REVIVED ALLIES GUARDIAN, VINDICATOR, SHAMAN AND MARRINA. BUT AS FEAR ITSELF TAKES OVER, THEIR OWN COUNTRY TURNS ON THE FLIGHT AND BRANDS THEM TRAITORS FOR THE SHOCKING ACTIONS OF ONE OF THEIR CLOSEST ALLIES. AS THE BORDERS CLOSE AND AN ENTIRE NATION HUNTS THEM DOWN, WILL THE NEWLY REUNITED ALPHA FLIGHT SURVIVE? COLLECTING ALPHA FLIGHT (2011) #0.1 AND #1-4.

AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 02
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(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) John Romita, Bryan Hitch (CA) John Romita
ONE OF THE GREATEST SECRETS IN MARVEL HISTORY IS LAID BARE - AND IT JUST MAY REIGNITE THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN TONY STARK AND STEVE ROGERS! THE ILLUMINATI THOUGHT THEIR DAYS AS THE WORLD'S PROTECTORS WERE OVER - UNTIL THE HOOD ESCAPED FROM PRISON AND EMBARKED ON A QUEST TO GATHER THE ALL-POWERFUL INFINITY GEMS, WHICH THE SUPER-SECRET BRAIN TRUST HAD TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFEGUARDING. NOW, IRON MAN, PROFESSOR X, MR. FANTASTIC, THE SUB-MARINER, DR. STRANGE AND BLACK BOLT WILL FACE A RECKONING LIKE NEVER BEFORE WHEN STEVE ROGERS LEARNS OF THEIR YEARS-LONG SUBTERFUGE. WILL EVEN THE COMBINED MIGHT OF THE AVENGERS, NEW AVENGERS, SECRET AVENGERS AND ILLUMINATI BE ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN A COSMICALLY POWERED HOOD? AND DID SOMEBODY SAY "THANOS"? PLUS: WHAT IS THE MYSTERY OF THE SPACEKNIGHT? COLLECTING AVENGERS (2010) #7-12 AND #12.1.

DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BATTLE OF TULL PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Robin Furth, Peter David (A/CA) Michael Lark
IN A SALOON IN THE TOWN OF TULL, THE LAST GUNSLINGER IS APPROACHED BY A BIZARRE FIGURE THAT HAS A MESSAGE FOR HIM. THE MESSAGE IS TERRIFYING. WHAT'S WORSE, IT IS DELIVERED BY A DEAD MAN NAMED NORT WHOSE CORPSE WAS ANIMATED TO SERVE THIS VERY PURPOSE. AND THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE HORRORS AWAITING THE GUNSLINGER IN THIS STRANGE PLACE DEEP WITHIN MID-WORLD AS ROLAND DESCHAIN CONTINUES HIS QUEST FOR THE MAN IN BLACK THAT HAS BECOME HIS OBSESSION. COLLECTING DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER - THE BATTLE OF TULL #1-5.

ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO IN ONE TP VOL 04
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(W) Tom Defalco & Various (A) Ron Wilson, Alan Kupperberg (CA) Ron Wilson
BEN GRIMM - THE EVER-LOVIN', BLUE-EYED THING - IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER IN THE FANTASTIC FINAL VOLUME OF ESSENTIAL MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE! THRILL TO SOME OF THE IDOL OF MILLIONS' WILDEST EXPLOITS EVER AS HE JOURNEYS AROUND THE GLOBE AND BEYOND! FROM THE SANDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT TO THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS, JOIN BEN AND HIS PALS FOR MICRO-WORLD MELEES TO CHAMPIONSHIP COSMIC BOUTS - AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. GUEST-STARRING SPIDER-MAN, ALPHA FLIGHT, THE SANDMAN, THOR AND MORE! COLLECTING MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #78-98, #100 AND ANNUAL #6-7.

FEAR ITSELF AVENGERS PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Chris Bachalo & Various (CA) Alan Davis
THE GOD OF FEAR HAS COME TO EARTH, AND THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN IT AND WORLD DOMINATION ARE?EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES! CAN THE AVENGERS POSSIBLY PREVAIL AGAINST AN EVIL OLDER THAN TIME ITSELF? OR WILL EVEN THE STRONGEST HEROES ON THE PLANET FALL? IT WON'T TAKE SOME OF THE AVENGERS TO FIGHT THE MADNESS OF FEAR ITSELF - IT WILL TAKE ALL OF THEM! THE NEW AVENGERS AND AVENGERS JOIN FORCES IN THE FACE OF TRUE FEAR! AND WHO WILL JOIN THE NEW AVENGERS FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER? STAY TUNED, TRUE BELIEVER! PLUS: AMID THE ASHES OF WHAT'S LEFT OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, AND DURING THE BOMBASTIC BATTLES THROUGHOUT NEW YORK, A NEW AVENGERS ROMANCE BLOSSOMS. COLLECTING AVENGERS (2010) #13-17 AND NEW AVENGERS (2010) #14-16.

FEAR ITSELF GHOST RIDER PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Rob Williams (A) Matthew Clark & Various (CA) Adam Kubert
THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE GETS A NEW LEASE ON DEATH! THE HOTTEST, MOST ROCKING THING ON TWO WHEELS RETURNS! WITNESS THE VIOLENT BIRTH OF THE NEW GHOST RIDER - COME TO CLEANSE THE EARTH IN A FIRESTORM OF BLOOD, OIL AND VENGEANCE! JOHNNY BLAZE HAS BEEN CHAINED TO HELL LONG ENOUGH. WITH THE WORLD THROWN INTO CHAOS IN THE EVENTS OF FEAR ITSELF, HE'S GIVEN A CHANCE TO RID HIMSELF OF THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE FOREVER - AND HE TAKES IT. THE CURSE IS PASSED ONTO A NEW HOST, BUT BLAZE HAS NO IDEA WHAT NIGHTMARES HIS ACTION HAS WROUGHT UPON THE WORLD. WILL THE NEW SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE BRING US SALVATION - OR SEND THIS WORLD OF SINNERS TO A FLAMING DEATH? COLLECTING GHOST RIDER (2011) #0.1 AND #1-5.

GHOST RIDER BY DANIEL WAY ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Daniel Way (A) Javier Saltares & Various (CA) Mark Texeira
ONCE UPON A TIME, JOHNNY BLAZE MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL - AND TO NO ONE'S SURPRISE BUT HIS OWN, HE GOT SHAFTED. NOW TRAPPED IN HELL, WITH THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE BONDED TO HIS IMMORTAL SOUL AND WEIGHING HIM DOWN, JOHNNY MAY HAVE FINALLY FOUND A WAY OUT. BUT AT WHAT COST? FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL TO THE GLITTERING SPIRES OF HEAVEN, THE GHOST RIDER RIDES AGAIN, BLAZING NEW TRAILS AND DISPENSING FIERY VENGEANCE IN HIS WAKE. THE DEMONIC TEAM OF DANIEL WAY, MARK TEXEIRA AND JAVIER SALTARES REUNITE TO PUT OL' FLAMEHEAD BACK IN THE SADDLE WHERE HE BELONGS. READY OR NOT, HERE HE COMES! COLLECTING GHOST RIDER #1-19.

GHOST RIDER OFF INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE GN TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Roy Thomas & Various (A) Mike Ploog, Javier Saltares (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE FROM HIS EARLIEST APPEARANCES TO THE PRESENT DAY! THIS FACT-PACKED VOLUME CHRONICLES EVERY CHARACTER, TEAM, PLACE AND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT - AND PROVIDES VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THINGS GHOST RIDER! COLLECTING THE GHOST RIDER MATERIAL FROM WOLVERINE, PUNISHER & GHOST RIDER: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1-6.

MMW CAPTAIN MARVEL HC VOL 04
MARVEL COMICS

Written by STEVE ENGLEHART & AL MILGROM with JIM STARLIN,
MIKE FRIEDRICH & CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by AL MILGROM with JIM STARLIN & ALFREDO ALCALA
Cover by GIL KANE
Steve Englehart and Al Milgrom take the good Captain to the next level. Beginning with Nitro's pivotal first appearance and the fight for Compound 13, the action jumps into the Negative Zone where Annihilus confronts Marv's other half, Rick Jones. Then, it's off to the Blue Area of the Moon for a fight that will forever change our Nega-Band-bound combo. Next comes a trip to the Watcher's homeworld for the trial of Uatu. A return to Hala reveals the Supreme Intelligence's master plan for Cap and Rick, and the residents of Earth aren't going to like it one bit. Topped off with menaces including Ronan the Accuser, Drax the Destroyer and the Stranger; team-ups with Ant-Man and the Wasp; and appearances of cosmic Marvel lynchpins the Universal Church of Truth and the Soul Gem. Collecting CAPTAIN MARVEL (1968) #34-46.

MYSTIC TENTH APPRENTICE TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) David Lopez (CA) Amanda Conner
EISNER AWARD-NOMINATED WRITER G. WILLOW WILSON (AIR, SUPERMAN, CAIRO) AND SUPERSTAR ARTIST DAVID LOPEZ (HAWKEYE/MOCKINGBIRD, CATWOMAN) JOIN FORCES TO BRING YOU THE STORY OF TWO SEEMINGLY ORDINARY ORPHAN GIRLS WHOSE LIVES ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN BY MAGIC. ONE OF THEM WILL FIND HERSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING THE WORLD - AND THE OTHER WILL BECOME HER MORTAL ENEMY! COLLECTING MYSTIC (2011) #1-4.

SPIDER-MAN COMPLETE BEN REILLY EPIC TP BOOK 03
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Todd Dezago & Various (A) Mark Bagley & Various (CA) Mark Bagley
THE MAN BENEATH THE MASK MAY LOOK LIKE PETER PARKER, BUT HIS NAME'S BEN REILLY, THE FORMER SCARLET SPIDER AND BRAND-SPANKING-NEW SPIDER-MAN! BUT THAT TYPICAL PARKER LUCK ISN'T SHY WHEN IT COMES TO NOVICES, AS BEN FINDS OUT WHEN HE COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE WEB-SLINGER'S MOST PSYCHOTIC FOE: CARNAGE! IN THE MEANTIME, PETER AND MJ FACE SOME MAJOR LIFE CHANGES, INCLUDING THE SHOCKING LOSS OF PETER'S SPIDER-POWERS! COLLECTING AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1962) #409-410, SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN (1996) #2-3, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #231-233, SPIDER-MAN (1990) #66-67, SPIDER-MAN: THE FINAL ADVENTURE #1-4, SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #2 AND SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED (1993) #11.

SPIDER-MAN SPIDER-ISLAND HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Slott & Various (A) Barry Kitson & Various (CA) Humberto Ramos
START WEBBING THE NEWS! NEW YORK CITY IS INFESTED, AND EIGHT MILLION NORMAL PEOPLE HAVE GAINED SPIDER-POWERS! BUT NOT ALL OF THEM REALIZE THAT WITH GREAT POWER, THERE MUST ALSO COME...YOU KNOW THE REST. OK, SURE, WE OFTEN SAY PETER PARKER'S LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. BUT LISTEN, PAL, WE'VE NEVER BEEN MORE SERIOUS. THIS WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR PETE, FOR SPIDEY - AND POSSIBLY FOR YOU! AS THE BRILLIANTLY FEARSOME JACKAL RISES FROM THE PAST AND BEGINS ORGANIZING AN ARMY OF SPIDER-POWERED SOLDIERS, HOW CAN THE HEROES OF NYC HOPE TO CONTAIN MILLIONS OF WALL-CRAWLING NEW YORKERS? PLUS: A DANGEROUS NEW ROLE FOR VENOM - AND, NEARLY 50 YEARS IN THE MAKING, THE STORY THAT MUST BE READ: J. JONAH JAMESON: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAYOR?! COLLECTING AMAZING?SPIDER-MAN (1963) #666-673, VENOM (2011) #6-8, SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY FOES, MATERIAL FROM SPIDER-ISLAND SPOTLIGHT AND THE INFESTED PROLOGUES FROM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #659-660 AND #662-665.

WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS BROKEN QUARANTINE PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charlie Huston (A) Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Bryan Hitch
COLLECTING WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS #7-12.

WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS CONTAGION TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charlie Huston (A) Juan Jose Ryp (CA) Bryan Hitch
WITH HIS UNBREAKABLE, ADAMANTIUM-LACED BONES AND CLAWS, AND SEEMINGLY LIMITLESS RECUPERATIVE POWERS, WOLVERINE IS VIRTUALLY UNKILLABLE - AND ONE OF THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST FIGHTERS. BUT IT'S THAT SAME HEALING FACTOR THAT MAKES HIM A TARGET FOR WINDSOR, A WALKING DISEASE FACTORY WHO EMPLOYS A SMALL ARMY OF HEALERS AND IMMORTALS. NOW, TO TEST THE LIMITS OF WOLVERINE'S HEALING ABILITIES, THESE VAMPIRES, DEMI-GODS AND MADMEN WILL PUSH LOGAN TO THE LIMITS OF HIS ENDURANCE IN WAYS MORE GRUESOME THAN HE'S EVER ENCOUNTERED. THESE KILLERS MIGHT HAVE POWERS SIMILAR TO WOLVERINE'S, BUT ONLY ONE CAN BE THE BEST THERE IS. COLLECTING WOLVERINE: THE BEST THERE IS #1-6.

X-MEN BY CLAREMONT AND LEE OMNIBUS HC VOL 02
MARVEL COMICS

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & MORE
Penciled by JIM LEE & MORE
Covers by JIM LEE
X-Men superstars Chris Claremont and Jim Lee bring their legendary run to an earth-shattering crescendo! The X-Men are shanghaied into outer space to outwit a Skrull infiltration and return Princess Lilandra to the throne - while back on Earth, X-Factor must contend with the return of Apocalypse and the loss of Cyclops' son, Nathan Christopher! Then, both teams unite to face the menace of the Shadow King, leading into an all-new era as the X-Men evolve once again - becoming more than merely Uncanny! And they'll need to be in full fighting form when Magneto gains a cult following, Omega Red returns to menace Wolverine, the time-traveling Bishop joins the team, and the alien Brood assimilate Ghost Rider! All this and Mojo, too - or is it Mojo II? - as the X-Men's most iconic creators catapult the team into the 1990s! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #273-280, X-FACTOR (1986) #63-70, GHOST RIDER (1990) #26-27, and X-MEN (1991) #1-9 and material from #10-11.