Monday, April 30, 2012

5/2/12

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SECRET ORIGINS TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Stan Lee, Paul Jenkins (A) Steve Ditko & Various
Just in time for the upcoming cinematic blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man comes this volume spotlighting the web-head's colorful cast of characters and introducing the film's principal players! Swing along with Spidey as he gains new and frightening powers; honors the memory of his beloved Uncle Ben; and tangles with the likes of the Lizard, Electro and Captain George Stacey - not to mention perennial thorn-in-the-side Flash Thompson! Collecting AMAZING FANTASY (1962) #15; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #6, #82, #90 and material from #8; and SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (2003) #27.

AVENGERS ART OF AVENGERS HC SLIPCASE
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jason Surrell (A/CA) Various
Marvel Studios Takes Readers Behind The Scenes Of One Of The Most Eagerly Anticipated Films Of All Time In The Art Of The Avengers. This Keepsake Volume Is An Experiential Journey Through The Entire Film From Beginning To End - Featuring Stunning Concept Art, Full-Color Photographs From The Set As Well As The Finished Film, Excerpts From The Script, And Exclusive Interviews With The Cast And Crew - Including Writer/Director Joss Whedon, Producer Kevin Feige And, Of Course, The Avengers Themselves. From Costume And Production Design To Visual Effects And Creature Creation, The Art Of The Avengers Is A Lavish Showcase Of All The Artistry And Creativity That Brings The Marvel Cinematic Universe To Life Onscreen. Avengers Assemble!
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE TP VOL 03
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza (A) George Perez & Various (CA) George Perez
Earth's Mightiest Heroes Vs. Marvel's Most Wanted And More! The Crisis Of The Eighth Day Pits The Avengers Against The Unstoppable Force That Is The Juggernaut, While Triathlon's First Day As An Avenger Takes The Team South Of The Border And Back In Time Thousands Of Years! And How Does The Mystery Of Madame Masque Match The Curse Of Count Nefaria? Guest-Starring The Thunderbolts, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel And Patsy Walker, The Newly Resurrected Hellcat! Plus: Citizen V, The Crimson Cowl And Scourge! Collecting Avengers (1998) #24-34 And Annual 2000; And Thunderbolts #42-44.

AVENGERS KREE SKRULL WAR HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Roy Thomas (A) Sal Buscema & Various (CA) Neal Adams
A conflict of star-spanning proportions - with Earth caught in the crossfire! For those eternal intergalactic enemies, the merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls, have gone to war, and our planet is situated on the front lines! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, bring about an end to the fighting before humanity becomes a casualty of war? And what good are even a dozen super-powered champions against the vast military machines of two of the great empires of the cosmos? The key to victory lies with the expatriate Kree Captain Mar-Vell and his human host, honorary Avenger Rick Jones! Featuring the trend-setting artwork of Neal Adams, the Kree/Skrull War is universally acknowledged as one of the finest and most important sagas in the Marvel canon. Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #89-97.

AVENGERS X-SANCTION HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jeph Loeb (A/CA) Ed McGuinness
Cable Is Back! And He's Got Just 24 Hours To Wipe The Avengers From The Pages Of History! How Has Cable Been Reborn? Where Has He Been Since "Second Coming"? And What Dark Event Has Driven Him To Destroy The Avengers? The Answers Are Just The Tip Of An Iceberg That Threatens To Smash The Marvel Universe To Smithereens! This Crucial Story By The Creators Behind Superman/Batman And Hulk, Jeph Loeb And Ed Mcguinness, Setting Up The Status Quo-Shattering Epic Avx! Collecting Avengers: X-Sanction #1-4.

HULK RETURN OF MONSTER PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Bruce Jones, Brian Azzarello (A) John Romita & Various (CA) Kaare Andrews
Bruce Banner thought he'd finally tamed his inner beast - until the Hulk's latest rampage resulted in a child's death. His face plastered on news broadcasts nationwide, Banner is a man on the run. Hunted by police and a pair of deadly assassins - and aided only by the elusive "Mr. Blue" - will the beleaguered scientist resort to deadly force to escape his pursuers? Plus: What does it feel like to bear the guilt of responsibility for the death and devastation caused by the Hulk? Banner is finally prepared to end it all with a gun at his temple, but the mysterious, gamma-irradiated government operative Doc Samson wants justice for the Hulk's actions - and he's not about to let Banner slip away so easily. Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (2000) #34-39 and STARTLING STORIES: BANNER #1-4.

MARVELS AVENGERS PRELUDE TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Christopher Yost, Eric Pearson (A) Luke Ross, Agustin Padilla (CA) TBD
The Newest Installment Of The Official Marvel Cinematic Universe Tie-In Comics Is Here Just In Time For Marvel's The Avengers Movie! How Will S.H.I.E.L.D. Maintain The Status Quo In A World Full Of Gamma-Powered Rage Monsters, Hammer-Wielding Gods And Men In Iron Suits? What Exactly Is The Avengers Initiative? If You Thought You Knew Everything There Was To Know About Director Nick Fury And The Elusive Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Think Again! Collecting Marvel's The Avengers Prelude #1-4.



Monday, April 23, 2012

4/25/2012

ASTONISHING X-MEN EXALTED PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Greg Pak, Warren Ellis (A) Mike McKone, Adi Granov (CA) Mike McKone
Greg Pak (World War Hulk) And Mike Mckone (Amazing Spider-Man) Are Here To Put The Astonishing Back In The X-Men. Something Isn't What It Seems. Storm Needs Cyclops' Help With A Special Mission Against Sentinels, But It Ends Up Being Much More Than They Bargained For. Oh, And They Kiss. What?! Who Has Abducted Them, Who Are All The Familiar-Looking Mutants, And What Is The True Identity Of The Villain Saviour? The Biggest, Most Exciting X-Men Story In Years Is Here! Collecting Astonishing X-Men (2004) #44-47 And Material From Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1.


DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE BIG BREAK TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Rob Williams (A) Ron Garney & Various (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli
Daken Takes His Talents To The Sunset Strip! With His Takeover Of Madripoor's Underworld Complete, Daken Resolves To Step Out From His Father's Shadow And Create Something New. Like Many Others Before Him, The Son Of Wolverine Journeys To Los Angeles To Make A Name For Himself. But The City's Seedy Underbelly May Just Claim Him As Its Latest Victim Instead. Introduced To Tinseltown's Newest Designer Drug, Heat, Daken Gets An Unexpected Surprise: The Pills Nullify His Healing Factor And Give Him A Tremendous High. Exhilarated By The Feeling Of Vulnerability, Daken Quickly Becomes Addicted And Reckless, Putting His Plan To Take Over The City Of Angels At Risk. And When Dead Bodies Slashed To Pieces By Claws Begin To Appear Throughout?L.A., Fbi Agent Donna Kiel Has One Suspect: Daken Akihiro. Collecting Daken: Dark Wolverine #9.1 And #10-12.

DARK TOWER THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Robin Furth, Peter David (A/CA) Jae Lee
The World Has Moved On. Nine Years Gone Since The Gunslingers Protected The Land. Nine Years Gone Since The Fall Of Gilead, When The Good Man's Dark Army Brutally Took The Ancient City From Those Same Gunslingers And Pushed Them Into The Wilderness Beyond. With The Affiliation Busted, It's Been A Time Of Retrenchment For Roland And What Remains Of His Ka-Tet, Hiding And On The Run From Marauding Mutants And Farson's Mercenaries. But Now, With The Revelation That One Of The Beams That Support The Dark Tower Is Broken, Things Couldn't Possibly Be Any Worse: First Roland's Homeland, And Now Mid-World Itself, Are On The Brink Of Destruction. The Dark Tower's Thirty-Issue Run Concludes With A Final Showdown Between Darkness And Light At Jericho Hill! Collecting Dark Tower: The Battle Of Jericho Hill #1-5.
DARKHAWK CLASSIC TP VOL 01
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Danny Fingeroth (A/CA) Mike Manley
Begin The Saga Of The Darkhawk! Long Before War Of Kings, Teenager Chris Powell Began His Journey As A Dark Force For Justice. Thrill To The Earliest Adventures Of One Of Marvel's Hottest Heroes For The '90S As The Newborn Darkhawk Unravels The Mystery Of His Armored Avenging Alter Ego, And Encounters Some Of The Marvel Universe's Finest Heroes And Villains Along The Way. From Alliances With Spider-Man, Captain America And Daredevil To All-Out Brawls With The Hobgoblin, Portal And The U-Foes, Darkhawk Soars To Unparalleled Heights! Collecting Darkhawk #1-9.

FEAR ITSELF WOLVERINE NEW MUTANTS PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Abnett & Various (A) Roland Boschi & Various (CA) Jorge Molina
Amid The Unstoppable Force Of Fear Itself, The Mercenary Black-Ops Group S.T.R.I.K.E. Has Taken Advantage Of The Chaos And Activated Sleeper Agents For One Final, Deadly Mission - And It's Up To Wolverine To Stop Them! But In Leaving His Enterprising Girlfriend, Melita Garner, To Report From The Ground, Will His Choice Prove Fatal? Plus: The New Mutants Fight The Scariest Beings You Never Knew Existed! When Strange Forces Snatch Hel From Its Ruler Hela, It's Up To Dani Moonstar To Fulfill Her Role As Valkyrie And Save The Day. Her Teammates Are Afraid Of What Will Happen If Dani Goes It Alone, But Will They Abandon The X-Men As Juggernaut Lays Waste To San Francisco? Collecting Fear Itself: Wolverine #1-3 And New Mutants (2009) #29-32.

 
INCREDIBLE HULK PARDONED TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Bill Mantlo (A) Sal Buscema, Mark Gruenwald (CA) Ed Hannigan
One Of The Most Unique Chapters In The Life Of Marvel's Mightiest Mortal! The Hulk Battles The "Hulk Hunters" And The Galaxy Master, Embarking On An Adventure In Space That Partners Him With Rocket Raccoon And Introduces Him To A New Alien Love Interest! Rick Jones' Guilt-Ridden Attempt To Become Another Hulk Backfires Badly! Bruce Banner Gains Control Of The Hulk's Brain, But Finds He Must Tap Into His Alter Ego's Savagery To Stay Alive When His Enemies Attack! Jade Jaws Saddles Up With His Old Team, The Avengers, To Fight The Leader! And The Hulk Is Granted Amnesty, Finally Lauded The World Over As A Hero! Collecting Incredible Hulk (1968) #269-285.

MMW DAREDEVIL TP VOL 03
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Stan Lee (A/CA) Gene Colan
The Man Without Fear's Next Hot Masterworks Installment Is Barreling Your Way With Action-Packed Art By No Less Than "Gentleman" Gene Colan And The Sensational Stories Of Super-Scribe Stan Lee. Let Me Tell Ya, True Believer, These Cats Pull No Punches!  Hold On To Your Hats As Ol' Hornhead Goes Toe-To-Toe With The Tri-Man And Gladiator, Laughs It Up At Leap Frog, Sticks It To Stilt Man And Then Marches Through A Marathon Of The Masked Marauder, Mr. Hyde And Cobra! And Just When Your Thought We'd Cut Him A Break, All The Baddies Go Union As Electro's Emissaries Of Evil! If Even That's Not Enough For Your Frantic Fingers, Don't Forget Guest Appearances From Spider-Man, The Mighty Thor And Ka-Zar! And Before We Leave Let's Not Forget Matt Murdock's Swingin' Twin Brother Mike Murdock. Twin Brother?! Collecting Daredevil (1964) #22-32 & Annual #1

SPIDER-MAN FLYING BLIND PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Slott, Mark Waid (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli & Various (CA) Giuseppe Camuncoli
It's A Brave New City! As The Costs Of Spider-Island Continue To Mount, One Of Spidey's Oldest Enemies Returns! The Vulture Is Back And Making Kids Do His High-Flying Dirty Work For Him. Can Spidey Be Able To Stop This Flying Fagan From Twisting Young Runaways Before Another Boy Falls From The Sky? Then, The Sinister Six Returns! Find Out What Everyone's Favorite Sextet Of Super Villains Has Been Up To While New York Was Spidered Out. It's All Leading Up To Doc Ock's Master Plan To - Well - You'll Have To Wait And See! Plus: Spidey And Daredevil Team Up!?When Black Cat Is Arrested, Matt Murdock Is The Only Lawyer Who Will Touch Her (Her Case, We Mean). The Next Great Love Triangle Of The Marvel Universe Debuts Here! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #674-677 And Daredevil (2011) #8.

ULTIMATE COMICS X ORIGINS TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jeph Loeb (A/CA) Arthur Adams
The world was on the brink of destruction. Countless heroes died. The Fantastic Four have disbanded. The X-Men are gone. Mutants Are Hunted As Criminals. But there is hope - in the form of an unlikely group of young heroes gathered together to save tomorrow. Who, or what, is Ultimate X? Collecting Ultimate Comics X #1-5.
WOLVERINE WOLVERINE'S REVENGE TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Renato Guedes, Goran Sudzuka (CA) Jae Lee
Wolverine Dishes Out Bitter Retribution! James Howlett, Logan, Weapon X, Patch. In His Many Lives, Wolverine Has Known Great Pain - But Never Did He Suffer More Than At The Hands Of The Devil Himself In The Depths Of Hell. Now, He Takes On The Cult That Sent Him There To Burn: The Right Red Hand. And In Doing So, Wolverine Will Experience A New Kind Of Agony. Witness The Bloody Carnage As The Feral X-Man Dishes Out Vengeance In A Gauntlet Of Hand-To-Hand Battles With The Right Red Hand's Lethal Enforcers, The Mongrels. And Unravel The Conspiracy That Will Change His Life Forever As He Fights To Uncover The Mysteries Behind The Red Right Hand And Its Ages-Old Plan To Defile His Soul. Collecting Wolverine (2010) #10-16.

X-FORCE TOY SOLDIERS PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Fabian Nicieza (A) Mat Broome & Various (CA) Tony S. Daniel
AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS AND MANIACAL REIGNFIRE BREAKS THE MUTANT LIBERATION FRONT OUT OF PRISON, CABLE AND COMPANY MUST DEAL WITH THE MLF'S KIDNAPPING OF GOVERNMENT LIAISON PETER HENRY GYRICH. AND JUST WHEN THINGS COULDN'T GET WORSE, THE MADCAP ARCADE MAKES HIS PRESENCE KNOWN, CAUSING MORE MURDEROUS MAYHEM THAN YOU CAN BELIEVE! FEATURING JUGGERNAUT, BLACK TOM CASSIDY, BANSHEE, NOMAD, THE SIX PACK AND MORE! COLLECTING X-FORCE (1991) #26-31 AND ANNUAL #2, AND NOMAD (1992) #20.
X-MEN WAR MACHINES PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Victor Gischler (A) Will Conrad (CA) Adi Granov
Guest Starring Iron Man 2.0! The Fallout Of Schism Pushes The X-Men And War Machine Against Each Other In Eastern Europe As Sentinels Are Being?Traded On The Black Market. But Things Aren't As?They Seem, And The X-Men And Rhodey Will Have To Work Together To Stop A Genocidal Plot.

Monday, April 16, 2012

4/18/12

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Stan Lee (A) John Romita & Various (CA) Humberto Ramos
THE STAN LEE/JOHN ROMITA ERA STARTS HERE! LEE AND ROMITA TRANSFORMED THE WEB-SLINGER INTO MARVEL'S TOP TITLE WITH STORIES THAT RAISED YOUR SPIRITS, TORE AT YOUR HEARTSTRINGS AND KEPT YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. FROM THE REVELATION OF THE GREEN GOBLIN'S SECRET IDENTITY TO THE UNFORGETTABLE ENTRANCE OF MARY JANE WATSON, THESE CLASSICS DEFINE SPIDEY TO THIS DAY - WITH STAR-STUDDED DEBUTS INCLUDING THE KINGPIN, THE RHINO AND CAPTAIN STACY; SPIDEY'S DISASTROUS FIRST TRYOUT WITH THE AVENGERS; THE ICONIC "SPIDER-MAN NO MORE!" ISSUE; THE TRUE STORY OF PETER PARKER'S PARENTS; AND AN EPIC BATTLE AGAINST THE GREEN GOBLIN! COLLECTING AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #39-67 AND ANNUAL #3-5; SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE (1968) #1-2; AND MATERIAL FROM NOT BRAND ECHH #2, #6 AND #11.

AVENGERS SERPENT CROWN PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Steve Earnhart (A) George Perez (CA) Gil Kane
IT'S TWIN THREATS TO TIME AND SPACE AS CAMPAIGNS BY KANG AND THE CROWN COINCIDE! THE AVENGERS FIGHT THE?SET-SERVING SQUADRON SUPREME IN A CLASH BETWEEN EARTHS AND HEAD FOR THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO KEEP THE WEST FROM GETTING WILDER! CONTINUITY QUESTIONS CONTINUE AS KANG AND IMMORTUS MIX IT UP! PLUS: THE MENACE OF...PRESIDENT NELSON ROCKEFELLER?! COLLECTING AVENGERS (1963) #141-144 AND #147-149.

EMMA GN TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Nancy Butler (A/CA) Janet Lee
Jane Austen's Classic Tale Of Mischief And Romance Comes To Life! In The Village Of Highbury, Young Emma Woodhouse Is An Expert In Romance. Believing Herself A Matchmaker, She Employs Her Knack For Pairing People At Every Opportunity, And The Mere Thought She Could Ever Be Wrong Is Quite Preposterous. When A Single Young Lady - Harriet Smith - Arrives In Highbury, Emma Is Determined To Find Her A Suitable Gentleman Caller. Between Card Parties, Suppers And Carriage Drives, Everything Seems To Be Going According To Plan. However, Love Has Other Intentions! With Her Schemes Backfiring In Ways She Could Not Anticipate, Emma Finds Her Meddling Is Leading To Heartbreak - Her Own! Award-Winning Writer Nancy Butler Brings You Another Enduring Jane Austen Classic, Retold In The Mighty Marvel Manner With The Beautiful Illustrations Of Janet Lee! Collecting Emma #1-5

FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W/A) Various (CA) Marko Djurdjevic
While Doing Charity Work In Disguise, Speedball's True Identity Is Exposed To The People Of Stamford - Where Many Still Blame Him For The Deaths Of Six Hundred Innocents. As Fear Itself Looms, Can Speedball Rally Stamford Against The Serpent - And Forgive Himself For Past Mistakes? Plus: Super-Agent Jimmy Woo Confronts His Deepest Fears In An All-New, All-Action Adventure! And When The Teen Analogues Of Your Favorite Avengers - X-23, Spider-Girl, Power Man And Thunderstrike - Find Themselves Stranded On A Strange Island In The Middle Of The Pacific, Is It Their Greatest Fears Come To Life - Or The Birth Of A Powerful New Super Team? Plus, Marvel's Top Talents Spin A Series Of Globe-Spanning Adventures That Will Test The Mettle Of Hero, Citizen And Villain Alike! Collecting Fear Itself: The Home Front #1-7.

FEAR ITSELF UNCANNY X-FORCE DEEP PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Rob Williams, Cullen Bunn (A) Simone Bianchi, Lee Garbett (CA) Simone Bianchi
As Fear Itself Hits The Marvel Universe, An Extreme Faction Of The Anti-Mutant Purifiers Believes The End Of The World Is Nigh - And That It's Up To Them To Save As Many Human Souls As They Can Before The Serpent Strikes. Can X-Force Stop Their Drive For Worldwide Suicide? Plus: Namor Is Targeted For Death By One Of The Hammer-Wielding Worthy! With The X-Men Under Siege And All Hope Seemingly Lost, The Sub Mariner Finds An Ally In His Old Friend Dr. Strange. Can Strange Recruit A Team Powerful Enough To Keep The Seas?Safe From The Spread Of Fear And Chaos Gripping The World? If He Can't, There May Just Not Be Any Hope?For The Rest Of The Marvel Universe! Collecting Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force #1-3 And Fear Itself: The Deep #1-4.

NEW MUTANTS DATE WITH DEVIL PREM HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning (A) David Lopez (CA) Jason Pearson
In The Wake Of The Events Of X-Men: Schism, The New Mutants Find Themselves At A Crossroads, And A Decision Will Be Made That Changes Their Lives Forever. Then, As The Shaken Team Gets Back To Their Unfinished Business, They Discover The Fugitive Mutant Blink Constantly Appearing At Natural Disasters. Is Blink Responsible For This Destruction, Or Is Something More Sinister Afoot? The New Mutants Investigate, But Soon Find Themselves Facing Off Against The Diskhord, A Band Of Chaotic Death Metal Rockers. Yes, You Read Right: It's The New Mutants Vs. The Awesome Power Of Metal! Plus: Magma Made A Deal With Mephisto To Go On A Date With Him If He Helped Save The Team, And He's Come To Collect! Collecting New Mutants (2009) #33-37.

RED HULK HULK OF ARABIA TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jeff Parker (A/CA) Patrick Zircher
When A Ghost From General Ross' Past Resurfaces, Embroiled In A Dangerous War In The Middle East, Red Hulk Goes Off The Grid On An Unsanctioned Mission That Puts Him At Direct Odds With The Secret Avengers And Steve Rogers, His Super-Hero Sponsor. Even Teamed Up With Machine Man, This Covert Op That May Be The Most Dangerous Of His Life! Jeff Parker Continues His Lauded Run, With Stunning Artwork By The Incomparable Patrick Zircher. Don't Miss The Biggest Red Hulk Story Yet! Collecting Hulk (2008) #42-46.

SIX GUNS TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Andy Diggle (A) Davide Gianfelice (CA) Jackson Guice
"Don't Set Them Up If You Can't Take Them Down!" Times May Have Changed Since The Days Of The Old West, But The Law Of The Gun Still Holds Sway In The War-Torn South American State Of San Diablo. When Former Hero-For-Hire Maria Vasquez, Alias Tarantula, Finds Herself Wanted For Murder South Of The Border, Texas Rangers Division Lawman "Tex" Dawson Is Assigned To Bring Her In. But They're On A Collision Course With The Outlaw Black Riders Biker Gang, Who Plan To Make Sure She Never Makes It To Trial Alive. Classic Marvel Gunslingers Tarantula, Tex Dawson, Black Rider, Matt Slade And The Two-Gun Kid Are Given A Modern-Day Makeover In This Hard-Bitten Tale Of Blood And Bullets By The Daredevil: Reborn Team Of Andy Diggle And Davide Gianfelice. Five Heroes, Six Guns...Against Six Hundred! Collecting Six Guns #1-5.

ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN Vol 04 Death of Spider-Man TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Mark Bagley (CA) Joe Quesada
Almost From The Moment He Became Spider-Man, Peter Has Been Haunted By The Memory Of His Beloved Uncle Ben - Murdered By A Common Thief, A Man The Headstrong Teen Had Refused To Stop When He Had The Chance Just A Few Days Earlier. With Uncle Ben's Death, Peter Learned Dearly The Valuable Lesson That With Great Power, There Must Also Come Great Responsibility. Now, Can Peter Summon The Necessary Power, And Bear The Weight Of Responsibility For One More Battle? As Spider-Man Fights On With A Seemingly Mortal Wound, The Lives Of His Aunt May And Girlfriend Mary Jane Hang In The Balance. Can Spidey Succeed Where He Failed Before? Will He Have To Give His Life To Earn Redemption? Uncle Ben Is Dead. What Will Peter Do To Keep Aunt May Alive? Collecting Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #156-160.

ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS BY MARK MILLAR OMNIBUS HC
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Mark Millar (A) Carlos Pacheco & Various (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
ALL OF SUPERSTAR MARK MILLAR'S ULTIMATE AVENGERS SAGAS, COLLECTED IN ONE VOLUME!
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA GOES ROGUE TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RED SKULL, AND S.H.I.E.L.D. COMMISSIONS A NEW TEAM TO BRING HIM IN!
  • A 7-FOOT-TALL BIKER WITH A FLAMING SKULL HAS BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERING THE RICH AND POWERFUL, AND THE WHITE HOUSE ORDERS THE AVENGERS TO TAKE DOWN THE GHOST RIDER!
  • THE VARIOUS VAMPIRE CLANS HAVE UNITED UNDER A CHARISMATIC NEW LEADER ENCASED IN A SALVAGED IRON MAN SUIT. CAN BLADE AND THE AVENGERS WORK TOGETHER TO STEM THE BLOOD-RED TIDE?
    COLLECTING ULTIMATE AVENGERS #1-6, ULTIMATE AVENGERS 2 #1-6, ULTIMATE AVENGERS 3 #1-6 AND ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS VS. NEW ULTIMATES #1-6.

  • WOLVERINE AND X-MEN BY JASON AARON VOL 01 PREM HC
    MARVEL COMICS
    Spinning Directly Out Of X-Men: Schism, The X-Men Are Split In Two. Rejecting Cyclops' Isolationist Stance, Wolverine Takes Half The X-Men Back To Westchester To Start Over Again With A New School, A New Student Body And A Lot Of Surprises Up His Sleeve. But When The New Hellfire Club Decides They Don't Like What The Ol' Canucklehead Has Started And Decides To Burn The Place To The Ground, Will The All-New, All-Different Jean Grey School For Higher Learning Even Outlast Its First Day? Plus: Quentin Quire Goes Back To School, The Bamfs Invade, And Krakoa The Living Island Rears Its Leafy Head! Collecting Wolverine & The X-Men #1-4.

    X-FACTOR TP VOL 13 HARD LABOR
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Peter David (A) Paul Davidson & Various (CA) David Yardin
    Forgive Me, Father - For I Have Killed! Rahne Sinclair Has A Baby On The Way - But Instead Of A Calm And Peaceful Birth, There's A Hard Labor Coming. Haunted By Her Actions As A Member Of Wolverine's X-Force, Rahne Returned To X-Factor In Search Of Peace, Friendship And Spiritual Convalescence. Instead, She Finds Powerful Forces Determined To Steal Her Unborn Child. Their First Gambit Is To Separate Her From Her Friends; Their Second Is Too Horrible To Contemplate. With Rahne Alone And On The Run, And X-Factor Desperately Trying To Find Her, A Pair Of Mysterious Wolfenkind Emerge From The Shadows - But Do Feral And The Werewolf By Night Want To Help Her, Or Are They Part Of The Pack Seeking To Do Her Harm? Collecting X-Factor (1986) #220-224.

    X-MEN FATAL ATTRACTIONS HC
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A) Various (CA) John Romita
    THE THRILLING SAGA THAT COMMEMORATED THE X-MEN'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN ITS ENTIRETY! AS MAGNETO'S ACOLYTES AMP UP THEIR ATTACKS ON HOMO SAPIENS EVERYWHERE, THE X-TEAMS JOIN FORCES TO PUT AN END TO THEIR MAD CRUSADE AGAINST HUMANITY ONCE AND FOR ALL. AND AS A MYSTERIOUS DISEASE BEGINS CREEPING THROUGH THE MUTANT COMMUNITY, CLAIMING THE LIVES OF HATED FOE AND DEAR FRIEND ALIKE, WHICH X-MAN WILL BUCKLE UNDER THE STRAIN? MATTERS COME TO A HEAD IN THE MOST SHOCKING WAY POSSIBLE, CULMINATING IN A SHOCKING ATTACK ON WOLVERINE - AND A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PROFESSOR X AND MAGNETO THAT MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED! COLLECTING UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #298-305, 315 AND ANNUAL #17; X-FACTOR (1986) #87-92; X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #1-2; X-FORCE (1991) #25; X-MEN (1991) #25; WOLVERINE (1988) #75; AND EXCALIBUR (1988) #71.

    X-MEN HIDDEN YEARS TP VOL 01
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A/CA) John Byrne
    The First Twelve Issues Of John Byrne's Fan-Favorite X-Project Are Collected For The First Time In One Titanic Tome! This Fan-Favorite Series Chronicles The Adventures Of Marvel's Original Team Of Merry Mutants After Their Silver Age Saga Had Run Its Course And Before The Launch Of The All-New, All-Different X-Men. Thrill To Their Explosive X-Ploits In The Savage Land, As Well As Guest Appearances By Ka-Zar, Magneto, Sauron, The Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants And Namor! Collecting X-Men: The Hidden Years #1-12 And Material From X-Men (1991) #94.

    Monday, April 9, 2012

    4/11/12

    AVENGERS VS X-MEN ITS COMING TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A/CA) TBD
    After The Scarlet Witch Brings The Mutant Race To The Brink Of Extinction, The Avengers, X-Men, Young Avengers And X-Factor Fight A Four-Way Battle To Determine Her Fate! The X-Men Are Split Down The Middle As Cyclops And Wolverine Go Their Separate Ways! The Seemingly Reformed Magneto Is Caught On Video Slaughtering Anti-Mutant Activists! Cable Returns From The Future With Hope - Who Just May Be The Key To The Mutant Race's Survival - So Why Does He Try To Eliminate The Avengers After Seeming Sacrificing Himself To Ensure Her Safety? A Gruesome Discovery In Deep Space Might Provide The Answer - Even As It Pits The X-Men And Avengers Against One Another In A Head-To-Head War! Collecting Avengers: The Children's Crusade #7, X-Men: Schism #5, Magneto: Not A Hero #1, X-Men: Second Coming #1, House Of M #8, Avengers: X-Sanction #1 And Material From Point One #1.

    BLACK PANTHER MDMA KINGPIN OF WAKANDA TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) David Liss (A) Jefte Palo & Various (CA) Patrick Zircher
    With Daredevil Gone From Hell's Kitchen, The Hand's New Leader Makes His Move For Ultimate Power. But Why Is Wilson Fisk Targeting Wakandan Citizens, And Can T'challa Save The One Woman Who Holds The Key To Unlocking The Kingpin's Plans? And When The Deadly Lady Bullseye And Typhoid Mary Take Aim, It's Time For The Panther To Call In Allies Of His Own: Falcon And Luke Cage! Ever Since T'challa Agreed To Take Over For Dd, You Knew This War Was Coming. Now, Here It Is!?The Former King Of Wakanda And The Former Kingpin Of Crime Wage War In A Deadly Game, With The?Panther's Homeland As The Prize! Collecting Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive #523.1 And #525-529.

    DAREDEVIL SEASON ONE PREM HC WITH DIG CDE
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Antony Johnston (A) Wellington Alves (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
    Written by ANTONY JOHNSTON
    Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES
    Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
    Meet Matt Murdock, one of New York's finest attorneys by day and swashbuckling crime-fighter Daredevil by night! Discover the dark secrets behind his first days in the costume, as the man without sight became the man without fear-and one of the greatest heroes in comic history. Daredevil faces off against the Owl, Purple Man and Mr. Fear for the first time...but it's not what you remember! Also features DAREDEVIL #1 by Mark Waid, Paulo Rivera and Marcos Martin!

    ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 08
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A) Various (CA) George Perez
    The Space-Opera Era Of The Avengers Hits Its Stride In The Stories Presented Within This Collection Of Cosmic Chronicles! Among The Highlights Of This Tantalizing Tome: Nothing Less Than The Fate Of Every Living Thing Is At Stake When Thanos, The Nastiest Nihilist This Side Of The Nearest Nebula, Wages Interstellar War Against The Mighty Avengers And Their Allies Captain Marvel, Warlock And A Host Of Other Galactic Gladiators! Featuring Korvac, The Guardians Of The Galaxy, The Absorbing Man, The Squadron Sinister And More! Collecting Avengers (1963) #164-184 And Annual #7-8, And Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2.

    GOLDFISH GN HC (MR)
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A/CA) Brian Michael Bendis
    An Enigmatic Grifter With A Heart Of Gold Returns To His Old Haunts To Find His Old Flame Practically Running The City's Underbelly, And His Oldest Friend And Ex-Partner In Crime A Police Detective. But Goldfish Has Come Back For One Reason, And One Reason Only: His Son. This Completely Redesigned, Reformatted And Reworked Hardcover Is Perfect For Both New Readers And Old! Collecting A.K.A. Goldfish: Joker, Ace, Jack, Queen And King.

    MMW CAPTAIN AMERICA HC VOL 06
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Stan Lee, Gary Friedrich (A) John Romita & Various (CA) John Romita
    IT DOESN'T COME MUCH MORE CLASSIC THAN A COLLABORATION BY STAN LEE AND JOHN ROMITA, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE! AND TO SWEETEN THE POT, THEY'RE BY KICKING IT OFF BY TEAMING CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON WITH SPIDER-MAN! THEN, CAP TAKES A GIG AS A NEW YORK POLICEMAN TO UNRAVEL THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CITY'S BOYS IN BLUE. LEST WE FORGET, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF LARGER-THAN-LIFE VILLAINS: FROM THE GREY GARGOYLE TO HYDRA TO THE RED SKULL, THERE'S PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CAP TO SWING THAT SHIELD! AND SPEAKING OF S.H.I.E.L.D., NICK FURY'S SPY SHOP IS HERE, ALONG WITH SHARON CARTER AND FEMME FORCE! BEFORE IT'S OVER, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE DEBUT OF THE FALCON'S NEW DUDS AND THE FIRST CAP STORY BY SAL BUSCEMA! COLLECTING CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #137-148.

    NEW MUTANTS TP VOL 04 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning (A) Leandro Fernandez, Michael Ryan (CA) Marko Djurdjevic
    After One Disastrous Mission Too Many, The New Mutants Have Been Torn Apart. But Rather Than Disband The Team, Cyclops Gives Them A New Leader And A New Mission: To Settle The X-Men's Unfinished Business - The Lost Mutants And Threats That Have Slipped Through The Cracks. Now Led By Dani Moonstar, The Revitalized New Mutants Are Ready For Anything - Or So They Think. But Their First Assignment - To Track Down Nate Grey, The Reality-Warping Mutant Known As X-Man - Will Test Their Mettle Against One Of The Most Dangerous Creatures On Two Worlds! Collecting New Mutants (2009) #25-28.

    PUNISHERMAX FRANK TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Jason Aaron (A) Steve Dillon (CA) Dave Johnson
    For The First Time In His Long And Bloody Career, Frank Castle May Be Beaten. After Facing The Kingpin's Hired Gun Bullseye, The Punisher Has Suffered More Than Just Broken Bones: Bullseye's Attack On His Psyche May Have Hurt Him The Most. Frank Is Questioning His Mission, And That Doubt Has Crippled Him. Locked Away In Prison, Frank Can Do Nothing But Stew In His Own Thoughts Of Failure. Word Has Spread Of The Punisher's Incarceration, And Whole Cellblocks Are Polishing Their Shivs To Greet Him. As His Enemies Draw Near,?Frank Has Two Choices: He Can Fight Until He Drops,?Or He Can Lie Down And Die. Does This Old Soldier Have One Last Battle In Him? Collecting Punishermax (2010) #12-16.

    PUNISHERMAX HOMELESS PREM HC
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Jason Aaron (A) Steve Dillon (CA) Dave Johnson
    The Punisher Is At His Lowest Point - Homeless, Penniless, Gun-Less. But None Of This Changes The Fact That He's Got His Sights Aimed Squarely On The Most Powerful Man In The Country: Wilson Fisk, The Kingpin Of Crime. Fearing For His Life And Paranoid, The Kingpin Brings In A New Bodyguard, The Best Money Can Buy: A Hard-As-Nails Woman Going By The Name Of Elektra. But Can Elektra Really Shield Him From What The Punisher Is Planning, Especially When Fisk Seems More Interested In Trying To Get Her Into His Bed? The Punisher Begins His Final Assault On The Kingpin - And Only One Of Them Will Walk Away Alive. Then, As Jason Aaron And Steve Dillon's Seminal Run Comes To An End, Do Not Miss The Punisher Story You'd Never Thought You'd Read! Collecting Punishermax #17-22.

    SPIDER-MAN COMPLETE BEN REILLY EPIC TP BOOK 04
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A) Kurt Busiek, Various (CA) Dan Jurgens
    Just As Ben Reilly Settles Into His New Life As The Amazing Spider-Man, A Shadow From The Past Casts Doubt Upon His Identity. Is He Or Is He Not The Real Deal? As Ben Attempts To Discover The Ultimate Truth Surrounding This Mystery, Peter Parker Continues To Adapt To A Life Without Powers. It's The Continuing Saga Of Not One But Two Spider-Men! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #411-413, Daredevil (1964) #354, Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #4-6, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #234, Spider-Man (1990) #68-70, Spider-Man: Redemption #1-4, Spider-Man Team-Up #3 And Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #12.

    UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A) Various (CA) Pat Olliffe
    Join acclaimed tale-spinner Kurt Busiek as he weaves an intricate web of "lost" stories from Peter Parker's earliest days as the Amazing Spider-Man! Swing along with Spidey during a series of untold gems in which he encounters the likes of the Human Torch, Dr. Octopus, the Vulture, Sandman and more classic characters - along with some new ones like Batwing and Bluebird - on his way to becoming Marvel's premiere super hero! Collecting AMAZING FANTASY (1995) #16-18; UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN #1-25, #-1, ANNUAL 1996-1997 and STRANGE ENCOUNTER; and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #37.

    X-MEN DARK PHOENIX SAGA TP NEW PTG
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Chris Claremont, Joe Duffy (A) John Byrne & Various (CA) John Byrne
    An Epic Tale Of Triumph And Tragedy! When The Dark Phoenix Rises, Suns Grow Cold And Universes Die! The X-Men Embark On An Adventure That Will Span The Cosmos As One Of Their Own, Jean Grey, Has Unwittingly Attained Power Beyond Conception - And Been Corrupted, Absolutely. The X-Men Must Decide: Is The Life Of The Woman They Cherish Worth The Existence Of An Entire Universe? This Touching Tale Of Ultimate Power And The Triumph Of The Human Spirit Has Been A Cornerstone Of The X-Men Mythos For More Than Three Decades. Now, Relive The Dark Phoenix Saga With This Deluxe Collection, Bursting At The Seams With Extra Stories That Illuminate New And Different Facets Of The World Of The Phoenix! Collecting X-Men (1963) #129-137.

    X-MEN LEGACY LOST LEGIONS TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Mike Carey (A) Khoi Pham, Steve Kurth (CA) Mico Suayan
    Almost From The Moment He Became Spider-Man, Professor X's Son, Legion, Is One Of The Most Powerful Mutants On The Planet. He Also Suffers From A Crippling Mental Disorder, Leaving His Psyche Splintered In Thousands Of Distinct Personalities. Six Of Legion's Most Dangerous Personalities - Each With Its Own Unique Abilities - Have Gone Rogue, Manifesting Themselves In The Real World. To Track Them Down, Professor X Has Gathered A Team That Includes Rogue, Gambit, Frenzy And Magneto. But Can Even The Most Powerful And Experienced X-Men Save Legion From Himself? Collecting X-Men Legacy #250-253.

    Monday, April 2, 2012

    4/4/12

    AVENGERS HAWKEYE SOLO TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Jen Van, Jim McCann (A) Roger Robinson, Clayton Henry (CA) John Tyler Christopher
    Written by JEN VAN METER & JIM MCCANN
    Penciled by ROGER ROBINSON & CLAYTON HENRY
    Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
    The arrowed Avenger returns! When a stranger lies dead at the Avengers' doorstep, Hawkeye won't let his world be implicated in a grisly murder. But what seems to be a simple killing gives way to a gruesome conspiracy - one Hawkeye can't walk away from - and one that involves...the Trapster?! Jen Van Meter (BLACK CAT)?and Roger Robinson (Batman: Gotham Knights) bring Hawkeye with a vengeance! Plus: Hank Pym and the?students of Avengers Academy leave the school behind for a mystery too fantastic to believe! Collecting?AVENGERS: SOLO #1-5.

    AVENGERS LEGION OF UNLIVING TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A) Various (CA) Gil Kane
    Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, ROY THOMAS, DANN THOMAS, LEN KAMINSKI, TOM DEFALCO
    & KURT BUSIEK
    Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA, M.C. WYMAN, BOB HALL, JOHN ROMITA JR., KEITH POLLARD,
    MARSHALL ROGERS, JACKSON GUICE, RON FRENZ, DAVE COCKRUM, PAUL RYAN & GEORGE PEREZ
    Cover by GIL KANE
    It's been said that when there's no more room left in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth! And that's just what?happens when Earth's Mightiest Heroes come face-to-face with various hordes of dearly departed heroes and?villains! Featuring the original Human Torch, the Swordsman, the Monster of Frankenstein and Count Nefaria - plus more cantankerous cadavers than you can shake an Uru hammer at! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #131-132, #352-354 and ANNUAL #16; GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #3; AVENGERS WEST COAST #61; and AVENGERS?(1998) #10-11.

    AVENGERS MYTHOS HC
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W/A) Various (CA) Marko Djurdjevic
    Written by PAUL JENKINS, ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA, ADAM GLASS, MIKE BENSON,
    SEAN MCKEEVER, KATHRYN IMMONEN & KYLE HIGGINS
    Penciled by PAOLO RIVERA, STEPHANIE HANS, DALIBOR TALAJIC, MIRCO PIERFEDERICI,
    AL BARRIONUEVO & STEPHANE PERGER
    Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
    Avengers origins, updated and reimagined! It's a fully painted retelling of the earliest days of the gamma-powered Hulk! Witness Steve Rogers' transformation from a weakling with a heart of steel into Captain America! Revisit the unlikely courtship of the astonishing Ant-Man and the winsome Wasp! Can a lifetime of good deeds make up for Luke Cage's years spent on the other side of the law? See Pietro and Wanda Maximoff grow from children on the run to Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Tasked with destroying the Avengers, the android Vision must defy his creator. And finally, join Thor for a timeless family drama played out against a cosmic backdrop. Collecting MYTHOS: HULK and CAPTAIN AMERICA; and AVENGERS ORIGINS: ANT-MAN & THE WASP, LUKE CAGE, QUICKSILVER & THE SCARLET WITCH, VISION and THOR.

    AVENGERS WEST COAST AVENGERS ASSEMBLE TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Roger Stern, Bob Harras (A) Bob Hall & Various (CA) Bob Hall
    Written by ROGER STERN & BOB HARRAS
    Penciled by BOB HALL, LUKE MCDONNELL, AL MILGROM, CARMINE INFANTINO & DON HUDSON
    Cover by BOB HALL
    Earth's Mightiest Heroes head west! The bigger they are, the harder they hit - and the threats come big, bigger and biggest in this collection of the West Coast Avengers' early victories against Graviton, Goliath and Maelstrom! Featuring multiple Avengers from multiple rosters! And who was the West Coast Avengers' real first recruit? Find out here! Collecting WEST COAST AVENGERS (1984) #1-4, IRON MAN ANNUAL #7, AVENGERS (1963) #250 - plus material from AVENGERS (1963) #239, #243-244 and #246; and AVENGERS WEST COAST #100.

    SPIDER-MAN RETURN OF ANTI-VENOM TP
    MARVEL COMICS
    (W) Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli & Various (CA) Frank Cho
    Written by DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE
    Penciled by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI, RYAN STEGMAN & HUMBERTO RAMOS
    Cover by FRANK CHO
    Eddie Brock is back - and trying to be a hero. Now he just needs to prove it to Spider-Man. Thing is, he cuts a mean swath as Anti-Venom - that huge, hulking, monstrous persona with the sharp teeth and slathering tongue that scares the dickens out of criminals and civilians alike. So this new hero gig is going to be a tough sell. But as soon as Anti-Venom can convince Spidey they're after the same bad guy - the split-personality crime lord Mr. Negative - they'll have to figure out whether the second coming of the Wraith is a partner in their war on crime, or something more sinister. Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #663-665 and FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2011: SPIDER-MAN.