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ANITA BLAKE VH TP CIRCUS OF DAMNED BOOK 03 SCOUNDREL (MR)

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(W) Jessica Ruffner-Booth (A) Ron Lim (CA) Brett Booth

St. Louis' future hangs in the balance when master vampires Alejandro and Jean-Claude pit their dark forces against each other in a battle for control of the city's vampires! Only Anita Blake holds the key to turning the tide of this war, but can either vampire leader be trusted not to make her a slave of desire? And that's just her day job. Anita gets back in the game when she agrees to a date with science teacher Richard Zeeman, but this seemingly normal hunk is conspicuously cool with the dangers of Anita's profession and the horrific exploits of her associates like Jean-Claude. Will sparks fly, or is this regular guy too good to be true? Collecting ANITA BLAKE: CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED - THE SCOUNDREL #1-5.

BLACK PANTHER MAN WITHOUT FEAR TP FEAR ITSELF

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(W) David Liss (A) Jefte Palo, Francesco Francavilla (CA) Simone Bianchi

Collecting BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR #519-523 and BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #524.

DAREDEVIL BY BRUBAKER AND LARK ULT COLL TP BOOK 03

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(W) Ed Brubaker & Various (A) Various (CA) Marko Djurdjevic

Critically acclaimed, award-winning creators Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark conclude their explosive run! The Hand is back in New York, and Lady Bullseye is in league with them! The Kingpin has also returned, forging a surprising pact with Daredevil to target the ninja cult - but what is the former crime boss's true plan? Plus: An old friend brings Matt Murdock the last-minute appeal of a Marvel villain sitting on death row. What will he do when confronted with a convicted bad guy who's completely innocent? Nominated for three Eisner Awards: Best Continuing Series, Best Writer and Best Penciler-Inker Team! Collecting DAREDEVIL (1998) #106-119 and #500.

FEAR ITSELF TP UNCANNY X-MEN

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(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Greg Land

The world is in the grip of an ancient evil. The fallen Asgardian god known only as the Serpent holds Earth in a stranglehold of fear. Among his hammer-powered servants, the Worthy, is the X-Men's longtime foe, the Juggernaut - always nigh unstoppable, now infused with dark, godlike powers. What is one X-Man willing to sacrifice to keep the people of San Francisco safe? Plus: the end of the Uncanny X-Men and the return of Mr. Sinister! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) #540-544.

MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY HC

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(W/A/CA) Various

At long last! The best-selling Marvel Zombies franchise returns! ARMOR is called upon to rescue a reality where the Nazis won WWII... with zombies! Howard the Duck brings in Nazi-fighter extraordinaire Dum Dum Dugan, and takes a squadron of fighters known as Ducky's Dozen on a daring raid into the very heart of the zombie Red Skull's territory! But as our heroes learn the horrifying truth behind what happened to the Norse Gods, and how Asgard became zombie territory, an unlikely ally joins our heroes - the same mysterious force who caused the zombie plague! Who will live, who will die, who will... UNdie? THE CANNOT BE MISSED ZOMBIE BOOK! SERIOUSLY, YOU GUYS! NAZI ZOMBIES! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY #1-5.

MIGHTY THOR BY MATT FRACTION PREM HC VOL 03

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(W) Matt Fraction (A) Barry Kitson, Pepe Larraz (CA) Walter Simonson

His father in exile! His mother on the throne! Thor's world is upside down - and what the heck is Donald Blake doing here, too?! As Thor readjusts to life on Earth, all Broxton - and all Asgardia - begins having the same nightmare. What really happens in your room at night after you fall asleep? How can Thor fight a foe that's not there? As the Enchantress completes her latest masterpiece of madness and mayhem, her Keep is unleashed on a slumbering Asgardia - and Blake is transformed into the revenge-crazed Deconsecrator! How far will he go to regain what he's lost? And how can the Nine Realms escape a nightmare with no end? Collecting THE MIGHTY THOR #12.1 and #13-17.

MMW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 02

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(W) Stan Lee, Don Rico (A) Don Heck (CA) Jack Kirby

The Marvel Masterworks bring you Iron Man's Silver Age adventures, crafted in the mighty Marvel manner by Stan "The Man" Lee and "Dashing" Don Heck! There's the return of Iron Man's arch-nemesis, the Mandarin, and said vile villain's origin. Then, witness the first appearance of the Avenger-to-be Hawkeye - but he's not playing on the side of angels here. No, he's teamed up with the Black Widow against Iron Man! And if that's not enough for ya, Iron Man must test his mettle against no less than Captain America and his own Iron Man armor as the new Iron Man fights the old! It's a slam-bang barrage of Marvel classics with drama galore and a little '60s Russkie "Red Scare" that can't be beat. Reserve your copy today! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) #51-65.

SPIDER-MAN LIZARD PREM HC NO TURNING BACK

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(W) Kurt Busiek, Dan Slott (A) Giuseppe Camuncoli, Ron Frenz (CA) Stefano Caselli

Spider-Man must wrangle the reptilian rage of one of his greatest foes! Spidey finds himself stuck between two monsters when Morbius the Living Vampire attempts to cure the Lizard and restore Curt Connors. But if Connors is cured, who or what is that new Lizard creature? It's definitely someone Spider-Man knows, and he might notice - if only he wasn't so busy trying to save everyone from a crazed Morbius! Plus: new developments for the Kingpin, Madame Web, Horizon Labs and the Hobgoblin! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #688-691 and UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN #9.

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY NICK SPENCER TP

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(W) Nick Spender (A) Paco Medina, Carlo Barberi (CA) Kaare Andrews

The human race has taken drastic steps to solve "the mutant problem" in the aftermath of Magneto's Ultimatum: An executive order to shoot unregistered mutants on sight. Prison camps. And worse. Mutantkind is scattered and hiding. Iceman and Kitty Pryde have taken refuge with the Human Torch in the subterranean Morlock tunnels. Karen Grant and Ultimate X are on the run. Quicksilver has taken the offensive, brokering a deal with none other than the president. But when the world discovers the true history of the X-gene, the decades-old secret threatens to destabilize the planet - and the divide between mankind and mutantkind grows wider than ever before! It's a brave, new world for the X-Men. Will they survive the opening salvo? Collecting ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN (2011) #1-6.

WOLVERINE AND X-MEN BY JASON AARON PREM HC VOL 03 AVX

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(W) Jason Aaron (A) Chris Bachalo, Nick Bradshaw (CA) Chris Bachalo

AVX tie-in! Wolverine is torn between two teams! Cyclops comes to the Jean Grey School to extend an olive branch, but will Wolverine's X-Men join their estranged ex-teammates against the Avengers? And even if they do, will the students follow their lead? After seeing the events of AVX, the kids have a choice to make - but it may not be what you expect! Plus: Iceman vs. Red Hulk! Kid Gladiator goes after the Avengers single-handedly! The Shi'ar Death Commandos take on the Phoenix! And the secret history of Warbird! Collecting WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #9-13.

X-MEN WAR MACHINES TP

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(W) Victor Gischler, Stan Lee (A) Will Conrad & Various (CA) Adi Granov

Domino has discovered a dark secret in the heart of Eastern Europe. A border dispute threatens to spread into an international incident. The leaders of Puternicstan have an army of black-market Sentinels, and they're ready to take the fight to neighbors Latveria and Symkaria! Storm leads a strike team of Utopia's most powerful mutants - Warpath, Psylocke, Colossus and Jubilee - to rescue Domino and scuttle the Sentinels. But standing between the X-Men and their mission is the iron man known as War Machine. NATO seeks to block the team's incursion - sparking a three-way war between the mutants, War Machine and a Sentinel army dangerously close to igniting World War III! Plus: a classic X-Men tale featuring the origins of the Sentinels! Collecting X-MEN (2010) #20-23 and X-MEN (1963) #14.