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ANNIHILATORS EARTHFALL TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning (A) Tan Eng Huat, Timothy Green (CA) Alex Garner
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by TAN ENG HUAT, TIMOTHY GREEN II
Cover by ALEX GARNER
From the fallout of ANNIHILATION and the end of the Guardians of the Galaxy, an all-too-familiar cosmic threat has returned, this time with Earth as his beachhead. His followers span a thousand worlds, awaiting only the word to begin new wars in his name...unless Gladiator, Quasar, Ronan, Ikon and Beta-Ray Bill - the all-new Annihilators - can silence him first! So why are the Avengers standing in their way, and what are the true stakes if either side fails? Plus: It's Mojo versus Rocket Raccoon and Groot onstage for a high-stakes campy cosmic free-for-all! Collecting ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL #1-4.

ASTONISHING X-MEN WHEDON CASSADAY ULT COLL TP BOOK 02
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Joss Whedon (A/CA) John Cassaday
Written by JOSS WHEDON
Penciled by JOHN CASSADAY
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
The chart-topping super-team of Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios' The Avengers, RUNAWAYS) and John Cassaday (Planetary, CAPTAIN AMERICA) return! Things go from peculiar to just plain bizarre as Emma Frost's erratic?behavior sends the X-Men into a non-stop downward spiral, and the new Hellfire Club makes its move! Plus: the X-Man destined to destroy the Breakworld stands revealed! Who is it? And will the X-Men be able to protect Earth from certain destruction at the hands of the Breakworld? When it's all over, nothing will ever be the same! No, really, we mean it! Whedon and Cassaday's complete saga - acclaimed as "Series of the Year" by Wizard magazine and a "Must Have Gift" by TV Guide - is collected across two softcover volumes. Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) #13-24 and GIANT-SIZE ASTONISHING X-MEN #1.

AVENGERS WEST COAST LOST SPACE TIME PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Steve Englehart & Various (A) Al Milgrom & Various (CA) Al Milgrom
The West Coast Avengers find themselves flung throughout time in this classic tale featuring everything from Marvel's Wild West to ancient Egyptian despots! Witness the "Wackos" as they find themselves face-to-face with such legends as the Two-Gun Kid, the Phantom Rider and the Rawhide Kid - along with the time-tossed villainy of Rama-Tut and Immortus. With the Fantastic Four and Dr. Strange along for the ride, what other help could the West Coasters need to set things straight? How about Marvel's modern-day Western heroes, the Texas Rangers! Collecting WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #17-24, FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #19 and DOCTOR STRANGE (1974) #53.
240 PGS./Rated T

ELEKTRA ASSASSIN PREM HC (MR)
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Frank Miller (A/CA) Bill Sienkiewicz
Written by FRANK MILLER
Penciled by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Covers by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Good ninjas never die, let alone the baddest one of all! Fan favorite Frank Miller ushers his awesome assassin through good and evil and life and death and rebirth and more! Who is the otherworldly entity in pursuit of the presidency? When has Elektra met her greatest triumphs and tragedies? Why did she die, and how did she return? Collecting ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN #1-8.
272 PGS./Explicit Content

FEAR ITSELF DRACULA PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Victor Gischler (A) Ryan Stegman & Various (CA) Gabriele Dell
Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by RYAN STEGMAN, GORAN PARLOV, DALIBOR TALAJIC & GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Cover by GABRIELLE DELL'OTTO
Collecting FEAR ITSELF: HULK VS. DRACULA #1-3,
TOMB OF DRACULA PRESENTS: THRONE OF BLOOD
and DEATH OF DRACULA.

FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W/A) Various (CA) Marko Djurdjevic
Written by CHRIS YOST, CULLEN BUNN,
CHRISTOS GAGE, JEFF PARKER, JEN VAN METER, FRANK TIERI, GREG PAK & TOM DEFALCO
Penciled by MIKE MCKONE, TOM GRUMMETT, ELIA BONETTI, DECLAN SHALVEY, CLAYTON HENRY, ERIC CANETE, LEE WEEKS
& MARIO ALBERTI
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Manhattan is gripped in violent panic. Peter Parker hasn't slept in days. Spider-Man cannot - WILL not - stop if there are people to be saved. But as the opening salvos of FEAR ITSELF take their toll, will Spidey be able to fight his own doubts? Plus: Ben Grimm, one of Marvel's most beloved heroes, is now an avatar of the Serpent, cutting an unstoppable path of destruction through the heart of New York! How did the Serpent's Hammer seduce him? And can he be stopped before he levels the entire city in the name of his dark master? And finally, the secrets of FEAR ITSELF's Hammer-wielders are revealed! Get up to speed on the origins of the Worthy, the foes shattering the Marvel Universe's very core! Collecting FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #1-3, FEAR ITSELF: FF and FEAR ITSELF: THE WORTHY.

INCREDIBLE HULK PAST PERFECT TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Paul Jenkins & Various (A) Kyle Hotz & Various (CA) John Romita
Written by PAUL JENKINS, SEAN MCKEEVER, FABIAN NICIEZA, CHRISTOPHER PRIEST & ERIK LARSEN
Penciled by KYLE HOTZ, JOHN ROMITA JR., JOE BENNETT, JON BOGDANOVE & JORGE LUCAS
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
The Hulk's tortured soul is pushed to its limits when one of his oldest and deadliest foes kills the person dearest to him. After seeking revenge in the only way he knows how, the Hulk attempts to find peace. But just when it seems he's found it, an old pal named Joe Fixit makes him realize all is not as it seems. But wait - isn't Joe Fixit the same person as the Hulk? Featuring the Abomination, Jarella, Doc Samson, Rick Jones, the Fantastic Four, Captain America and more! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (2000) #21-33 and ANNUAL 2001.

INCREDIBLE HULKS WORLD WAR HULKS HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W/A) Various (CA) John Romita
The Hulks go to war! Everything Bruce Banner knows has been turned upside-down - and everything he's ever desired may be just a heartbeat away. Don't miss the insane action as Skaar faces his most brutal battle, and Bruce his greatest temptation - and the identity of a certain scarlet smasher is finally revealed! Plus: Brace yourself for the coming of Hulkpool! And see what the other hulked-out heroes are up to as the gamma-god of thunder and a not-so-friendly neighborhood Spider-Man tear up Washington, D.C., and Wolverine and Bucky Barnes square off! And what path has led the Savage She-Hulk called Lyra the Wizard's Frightful Four? Collecting WORLD WAR HULKS #1, FALL OF THE HULKS: SAVAGE SHE-HULKS #1-3, HULKED-OUT HEROES #1-2, WORLD WAR HULKS: SPIDER-MAN VS. THOR #1-2, WORLD WAR HULKS: CAPTAIN AMERICA VS. WOLVERINE #1-2, and INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #312 and #609-611.

MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS UNITED DIGEST TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Paul Tobin & Various (A) Ronan Cliquet & Various (CA) Aaron Lopresti
The Mad Thinker has taken over Iron Man's armor, forcing Hawkeye to team up with Tony Stark to bring down the most sophisticated and deadly weapon in the world! Meanwhile, the lovely and lethal Black Widow must protect a secretive mystery man from the world's greatest assassins! Then, join three of Earth's Mightiest Heroes on a quest unlike any other: Hawkeye, Ant-Man and Captain America think they have a day off from Avengers' duty, but unseen dangers wait for them at Manhattan's Museum of Natural History. And on Asgard, Odin decides to have a little fun and switches up his sons' weapons. Is Loki worthy of Thor's hammer? Also featuring the villainy of Ultron and the Leader! Collecting SUPER HEROES # 17 and #19, and MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #1-2.

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY NICK SPENCER PREM HC VOL 01
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Nick Spender (A) Paco Medina (CA) Kaare Andrews
Written by NICK SPENCER
Penciled by PACO MEDINA
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
The biggest mutant cover-up has gone public as the true history of the X-Gene is revealed. The U.S. government has been outed as the X-Gene's creator, and mutants have been branded terrorists. As an identity crisis rocks the mutant world, the mistrust between man and x-man gets deeper - and it is during this insanity that the X-Men emerge. Who are the X-Men? And how will they fare in a world in which they're criminals? Will these outlaw mutants be willing to defend mankind when all humanity cries out for their imprisonment? Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #1-6.

VENOM BY RICK REMENDER TP VOL 01
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Rick Remender (A) Tony Moore, Tom Fowler (CA) Joe Quesada
Written by RICK REMENDER
Penciled by TONY MOORE & TOM FOWLER
Cover by JOE QUESADA
A new Venom for a new era! Flash Thompson is Spider-Man's biggest fan. That hero worship inspired him to enlist in the Army, where he became a decorated veteran and war hero. And though he lost his legs, Flash never lost his dignity - or his desire to serve. Now, the government has offered him a chance to be a hero once again - to don the alien symbiote that grants its wearer powers similar to those of Spider-Man, but also puts them at risk of permanently bonding with the parasitic creature. Flash Thompson is Venom, the government's most lethal special operative - sent into the hottest of hot zones against the worst enemies of the state. He's fought tough foes before, but the toughest opponent he faces may just be himself. Collecting VENOM (2011) #1-5.

WOLVERINE AND NICK FURY SCORPIO TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Archie Goodwin & Various (A) Howard Chaykin & Various (CA) Howard Chaykin
Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN, JOHN BUSCEMA & SHAWN MCMANUS
Cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Wolverine and Nick Fury - as both allies and adversaries! When they embark on a mission to stop the criminal mastermind Scorpio, Ma Fury's favorite son has very personal reasons for wanting to bring in the villain alive. But what happens when Logan wants him dead? You just know sparks are gonna fly! Plus: Wolverine again clashes with Fury when he tracks down a child-abusing drug peddler - but finds Fury protecting him?! Thrill to the exploits of Marvel's two long-lived espionage experts in these extra-sized tales of intrigue guaranteed to deliver! Collecting WOLVERINE/NICK FURY: THE SCORPIO CONNECTION, WOLVERINE: BLOODY CHOICES and WOLVERINE & NICK FURY: SCORPIO RISING.

WOLVERINE GOODBYE CHINATOWN PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Ron Garney, Renato Guedes (CA) Ron Garney
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by RON GARNEY & RENATO GUEDES
Cover by RON GARNEY
Spinning out of the landmark events of X-MEN SCHISM! It's a new day for Wolverine, but first he has one last bit of old business to deal with in Chinatown. Journey to the stronghold of the world's newest, most powerful drug dealer - at the center of the earth. There, Logan finds two fierce and unlikely new allies: the Agents of Atlas' Gorilla Man and the Immortal Weapon Fat Cobra! Then, it's a prelude to the biggest Wolverine arc in years. War is brewing between Hand ninjas and Yakuza gangsters, and it brings Wolverine face-to-face with Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime. What mysterious former love interests have come along for the ride? And who's behind this war, anyway? Do you like surprises? If so, then don't miss this story - it offers up a doozy. Collecting WOLVERINE (2010) #17-20.

X-MEN FIRST TO LAST TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Christopher Yost (A) Paco Medina, Dakbor Talajic (CA) Ed McGuinness
Written by CHRIS YOST
Penciled by PACO MEDINA & DALIBOR TALAJIC
Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
The Evolutionaries have arrived to save mutantkind. All it will cost is the lives of all seven billion human beings on Earth! Charged with aiding emerging species and helping ensure their survival, the Evolutionaries have judged that mutants are genetically superior to humans. But since humanity has hunted mutants to near-extinction, all humans must now die so mutantkind can live. And so must Cyclops, an unfit leader who doesn't share the Evolutionaries' vision. Does the X-Men's past hold the key to their future - and that of humanity, as well? Collecting X-MEN (2010) #12-15 and X-MEN: GIANT-SIZE #1.