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DR STRANGE PREM HC SEASON ONE

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Greg Pak (A) Emma Rios (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco

A window-crashing, high-flying, globe-traveling, ghost-battling adventure from the earliest days of Doctor Strange's training in the mystic arts! Part Indiana Jones, part Lord of the Rings, thrill to this new tale of how a selfish, arrogant surgeon collided with a hot-headed martial artist to become the greatest team the mystic arts have ever seen! If only they can stop hitting each other and figure out how all this magic stuff works anyway. Also featuring DEFENDERS (2012) #1, by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson.

ESSENTIAL PUNISHER TP VOL 04

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(W/A) Various (CA) Michael Golden

Frank Castle's war on crime continues as Microchip returns! The Punisher takes on rapists, drug lords, serial killers, Neo-Nazis, Yakuza, kidnappers, baby-snatchers and more - and even ends up embroiled in a Middle Eastern conflict! But when the Kingpin sets his sights on the Punisher, Frank Castle ends up sentenced to 30 years in prison - right next to old foe Jigsaw! A prison break becomes a nightmare when Jigsaw takes his revenge by slicing up Frank's face - and Microchip's solution for patching up his pal leads to the strangest change of all! Guest-starring Nick Fury, Daredevil and Captain America! Collecting PUNISHER (1987) #41-59 and ANNUAL #4-5.

FEAR ITSELF TP SECRET AVENGERS

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(W) Nick Spencer, Cullen Bunn (A) Scot Eaton, Peter Nguten (CA) Adi Granov

Collecting SECRET AVENGERS #12.1 and #13-15, and FEAR ITSELF: BLACK WIDOW.

MMW IRON FIST HC VOL 02

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Chris Claremont (A/CA) John Byrne

Before they made X-Men the No. 1 hit of its time, Chris Claremont and John Byrne brought their storytelling magic to the adventures of Iron Fist. It's kung-fu action in the Mighty Marvel Manner - and here, in the pages of the Masterworks, you'll enjoy their classic run collected and fully restored for the first time. Joined by ladies of action Misty Knight and Colleen Wing, Iron Fist has his skill in both mind and body tested by radioactive horrors, martial-arts masters, New York's kung-fu kingpin and even his closest confidantes. Plus: an assault on Avengers Mansion; the first appearance of Sabretooth; an early guest-appearance by the All-New, All-Different X-Men; and the final showdown with the Steel Serpent. Its '70s Marvel at its most exciting! Collecting IRON FIST (1975) #3-15 and MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #63-64.

MU AVENGERS EARTHS HEROES DIGEST TP

MARVEL COMICS

(W) Christopher Yost (A) Adam Dekraker (CA) TBD

Face front, action fans! The Marvel TV smash is coming to comics! Jam packed full of huge tales that catch you up on all the action of the hit series. Don't tell your parents because when Earth's Deadliest Villains meet Earth's Mightiest Heroes, no one's goin' to bed early! Collecting MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES #1-4.

NEMESIS TP (MR)

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(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) Steve McNiven

The writer and artist behind CIVIL WAR and OLD MAN LOGAN return with a tale of one man with a plan for vengeance! Who is Nemesis? He is a son of privilege, an inheritor of billions from his deceased parents. He owns a fleet of the finest cars and a hangar full of planes, and has countless technological gadgets at his command. Donning a mask and long flowing cape, he's a man in white fighting relentlessly for a cause in which he believes. But if you're thinking Mark Millar (KICK-ASS, Wanted) and Steve McNiven (CIVIL WAR) are telling a story you've already heard before, think again: You'll know you've got something completely different by the turn of the first page. Nemesis tracks the violent fantasies come to life of the villain to top all villains in an in-your-face, unapologetic tour-de-force of action, ultraviolence and over-the-top humor! Collecting NEMESIS #1-4.

NEW MUTANTS TP VOL 05 DATE WITH DEVIL

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(W) Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning (A) David Lopez (CA) Jason Pearson

Repercussions from the infighting among the X-Men's old guard reach the tight-knit New Mutants: Cannonball, Sunspot, Magma, Cypher, Warlock, Karma and Dani Moonstar all must make life-defining choices in the wake of Schism. Who stays, and who leaves? Is there a third choice that could redeem the team? Meanwhile, Blink is back, and the New Mutants are on her trail - made obvious by the mayhem and destruction that follow wherever she goes! And as Dani leads a mission to bring Blink out of exile, Mephisto lurks in the background - waiting to collect on a bargain struck with Magma during the throes of Fear Itself. At the risk of her very soul, will Amara go on a date with the devil? Collecting NEW MUTANTS (2009) #33-37.

OZ HC DOROTHY AND WIZARD IN OZ

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(W) Eric Shanower (A/CA) Skottie Young

When an earthquake swallows Dorothy, her kitten Eureka and cousin Zeb, and Zeb's horse Jim, they're captured by the Mangaboos! The Wizard of Oz must win a magic contest to save them - using only his wits and nine tiny piglets. Then, watch out for the Invisible Bears, who devour anyone they catch! Dorothy and her friends race across the Invisible Valley, trying to reach the spiral staircase inside Pyramid Mountain. But halfway up the mountain lives the strange Braided Man! Plus: Dorothy meets her old friends: the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion and more! And Eureka is charged with murder for eating one of the piglets! The Wizard has a secret plan to save Eureka, but can it possibly work? Don't miss this thrilling installment in the critically acclaimed Oz adaptations! Collecting DOROTHY & THE WIZARD IN OZ #1-8.

POWERS HC VOL 05 DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (MR)

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(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Michael Avon Oeming

The deluxe hardcover collections continue! This volume combines POWERS VOL. 11: SECRET IDENTITY and POWERS VOL. 12: THE 25 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES OF ALL TIME, plus all the extras you expect to see in a beautiful oversized collection! Walker and Pilgrim have been homicide detectives and partners for years, but secrets they've kept from each other are now too big and too dangerous to remain secrets for long. One shall rise, and one shall fall! It's a story that will blow the roof off everything you know about crime comics and superhero comics! Collecting POWERS (2004) #19-30 and POWERS ANNUAL 2008.

UNCANNY X-MEN BY KIERON GILLEN TP VOL 01

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(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Various (CA) Carlos Pacheco

Earth's mightiest mutants! In the wake of Schism, Cyclops leads a team of X-Men whose express purpose is to deal with extinction-level events. Meet the X-Men's "Extinction Team": Storm, Emma Frost, Magneto, Namor, Colossus, Danger, Magik and Hope. And the team's formation hasn't come a moment too soon, for longtime X-Men nemesis Mr. Sinister has brazenly taken possession of the massive alien Dreaming Celestial - an act of open hostility designed to put the X-Men in their place, but also an offensive that will draw the attention of the godlike Celestials themselves. Now, the planet's fate hangs in the balance as Cyclops and the X-Men fight a war on two fronts! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (2012) #1-4.

WOLVERINE ROT PREM HC

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(W) Cullen Bunn, Ivan Brandon (A) Paul Pelletier & Various (CA) Chris Samnee

Dr. Rot is back! Discover the secret behind Rot's twisted family - and what Wolverine's connection is. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Wells is circling closer to the truth behind the brutal murders he's investigating. And Wolverine is his lead suspect! It's Wolverine vs Dr. Rot for control of Wolverine's brain, but can Wolverine destroy the last vestiges of Weapon X's programming? Plus: An untold tale of Wolverine as he takes former X-Force member Elixir under his wing. After M-Day, not all depowered mutants found their way in the world, and one of them comes back for Logan! Collecting WOLVERINE (1988) #305-309.