Courtesy of Marvel, ComicsAlliance brings you an advance look at new periodical comic books going on sale in December, 2012 from the publisher's mainline Marvel, Ultimate Comics and Icon imprints. All of the following books can be purchased at finer comic book shops, where you can also pre-order your selections to ensure you'll get a copy before they sell out.THUNDERBOLTS #1 & 2

DANIEL WAY (W) • STEVE DILLON (A)

Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO

Variant Cover by Billy Tan

Variant #2 cover by TBA

Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG

Blank Cover Variant Also Available

Red Hulk, Venom, Elektra, Deadpool, the Punisher. Forget the courts, the jails, the system - this team of Thunderbolts fights fire with fire, targeting the most dangerous and lethal players in the Marvel Universe with extreme prejudice. Led by General "Thunderbolt" Ross, AKA the Red Hulk, this hand-picked team of like-minded operatives is going to make the world a better place...by all means necessary.

32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory ...$2.99 (EACH)

AVENGERS #1 & 2

JONATHAN HICKMAN (W)

JEROME OPEÑA (A)

Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER (SEP120526)

Variant Cover By Esad Ribic (SEP120529)

Issue #1 Sketch Variant by TBA (AUG128012)

Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG (SEP120530)

Blank Cover Variant Also Available (SEP120527)

ISSUE #2 Variant cover by John Romita Jr.

The greatest heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team! Now shipping twice a month, the Avengers "go large," expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call - who will answer? Big threats, big ideas, big idealism - these are the Avengers NOW!

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ ...$3.99 (EACH)

CABLE AND X-FORCE #1 & 2

DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)

Variant cover by JOE QUESADA

Variant Sketch Cover by Joe Quesada

Variant Character Sketch Cover by Salvador Larroca

Variant Cover by Mike Deodato

Blank cover variant also available

Variant Cover (#2) by TBA

Cable is back! NOW! with a new X-Force at his side, he must tackle the threats that nobody else can know about. But just who are Cable's new recruits, and why is his team public enemy number one? Caught red-handed at the scene of a terrorist attack on a major American corporation whose CEO has expressed anti-mutant views, the X-Force is the run, with none other than the Uncanny Avengers in hot pursuit.

32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory ...$3.99 (EACH)

AVENGERS ARENA #1

DENNIS HOPELESS (W)

KEV WALKER (A)

cover by DAVE JOHNSON

Variant cover by MIKE PERKINS

Young Baby Variant by SKOTTIE YOUNG

Blank cover variant Also Available

Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman young adults (including cult faves like members of the Runaways, The Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World, where the secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive? The rising star team of Dennis Hopeless (X-MEN: SEASON ONE) and Kev Walker (THUNDERBOLTS) dare you to tune in to your new favorite comic NOW!

32 PGS./Rated T ...$2.99

AVENGERS ARENA #2

DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • KEV WALKER (A)

Cover by CHRIS BACHALO

Variant cover by MIKE OEMING

• ANNIHILATION's Cammi vs. Deathlocket!

• AVENGER ACADEMY's Hazmat vs. Deathlocket!

• Who the heck is Deathlocket? And who dies in this issue?

• Plus: Who are the students of the Braddock Academy?

32 PGS./Rated T ...$2.99


A+X #3

CHRIS BACHALO & JAMES ASMUS (W)

CHRIS BACHALO & BILLY TAN (A)

Cover by CHRIS BACHALO

• Chris Bachalo writes and draws a teamup of two of the biggest Marvel movie ladies –

BLACK WIDOW AND ROGUE VS. SENTINELS!

• James Asmus and Billy Tan bring together the stars of the two biggest new Marvel series –

GAMBIT AND HAWKEYE SAVE LIVES!

32 PGS./Rated T ...$3.99

UNCANNY Avengers #3

RICK REMENDER (W)

John Cassaday (A/C)

Variant cover by TBA

• Red Skull is using his new powers to incite violence against mutants across the globe!

• Scarlet Witch and Rogue make a terrible discovery that will haunt them forever!

• The UNCANNY AVENGERS feel the full might of Red Skull's S-Men.

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

ALL-NEW X-MEN #3

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)

STUART IMMONEN (A/C)

Variant cover by TBA

• The flagship X-Book marches on!

• The original 5 X-Men are back, but that's not all that's happening.

• What happened to the Phoenix 5 from AVENGERS VS. X-MEN?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

ALL-NEW X-MEN #4

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • STUART IMMONEN (A/C)

Variant cover by TBA

• The Original 5 X-Men come face to face with their counterparts...and it isn't a peaceful meeting!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #2

MATT FRACTION (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A)

Cover by Mark Bagley

Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT

• The First Family leaves time and space!

• How long can Reed hide his motivations from his family?

• What undiscovered places, what amazing things, and what incredible people are out there waiting to meet the FANTASTIC FOUR?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

FF #2

MATT FRACTION (W) • MICHAEL ALLRED (A/C)

Variant cover by MIKE ALLRED

• Ant-Man! She Hulk! Medusa! And, um -- Ms. Thing?

• How does the rest of the Future Foundation react to the new team?

• What classic Fantastic Four super-villain can't wait to get their hands on the new FF?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


DEADPOOL #3

GERRY DUGGAN & BRIAN POSEHN (W) • TONY MOORE (A)

Cover by GEOF DARROW

Variant Cover By DANIEL ACUÑA

• Deadpool vs. Dead Presidents...this time, TRICKY DICK NIXON!

• Can even Doctor Strange help the M w/the M?

• This is the Deadpool series you will marry someday!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #2

RICK REMENDER (W) • JOHN ROMITA JR (A/C)

Variant cover by TBA

Dimension Z continues!

• "Remember their faces, their families. Remember what they love. Learn how to turn it against them. "

• Arnim Zola's ambitions leave Captain America stranded in the upside-down territory known as Dimension Z.

• Steve has saved the life of Zola's son, but can he keep him alive?

• Who are the barbarians of Phrox and what are their intentions for Steve and his new ward?

32 PGS./Rated T ...$3.99

X-MEN LEGACY #3

SIMON SPURRIER (W) • TAN ENG HUAT (A)

Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO

Variant cover by TBA

• Legion must keep his inner demons in check long enough to help newly-manifested mutant twins who are being exploited by a criminal cartel in Japan.

• But the twins may just have plans of their own.

• As do Legion's inner demons...

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


IRON MAN #3

KIERON GILLEN (W) • GREG LAND (A&C)

Design Variant cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN

Variant cover by GREG LAND

• The new Iron Man stealth armor debuts! The most subtle Iron Man armor of all time!

• Deep in Columbia the daughter of a cartel boss is "modified" by EXTREMIS.

• Will villains VIBRO, FIREBRAND and THE LIVING LASER stop Tony from doing what he must to save the world from the deadly nano-virus?

• An all-new era for Tony Stark from the best-selling UNCANNY X-MEN team of Kieron Gillen and Greg Land!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

IRON MAN #4

KIERON GILLEN (W) • GREG LAND (A&C)

Design Variant cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN

Variant cover by MIKE DEODATO

• The new Iron Man heavy-duty battle-suit debuts. The least subtle Iron Man armor of all time!

• Tony's hunt for Extremis takes him to the ancient Catacombs of Paris where absolute horror awaits!

• Things man was not meant to know Vs. the man who wants to know everything.

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #2

MARK WAID (W) • LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A/C)

Variant Cover by Mike Deodato

• Guest starring IRON MAN!

• While Bruce Banner and Tony Stark are friends, Hulk and Iron Man are anything but!

• Eisner Award winning writer Mark Waid (DAREDEVIL) and superstar artist Leinil Yu continue to take the Hulk in an all-new direction!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99


THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #3

JASON AARON (W) • ESAD RIBIC (A/C)

Variant Cover By DANIEL ACUÑA

• Following the bloody wake of murdered gods across the depths of space, Thor tracks the God Butcher into the present!

• Discovering a forgotten cave on earth that echoes with the cries of tortured gods...the Thunder God is shocked to find himself among them...!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #647

KATHRYN IMMONEN (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A)

Cover by JEFF DEKAL

Variant Cover by TBA

ASGARDIANS GONE WILD!

• Newly minted with an ancient version of the Berzerker spell, Sif returns to an unsuspecting Midgard...and with no patience for relative peace, she starts putting out fires with gasoline..!

• When the All-Seeing Heimdall pulls big brother rank...will Sif find herself in the ultimate time-out?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #10

KELLY SUE DECONNICK (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A)

COVER BY GREG LAND

Variant Cover by TBA

• Did you know that there's a theory that the bacteria in our bodies actually controls our moods and may even be responsible for elements of our personalities? TONY STARK and BRUCE BANNER did.

• What happens when a 20 million-year-old evolutionary catalyst infects a HULK? Could it be a cure?

• Meanwhile, on the outside, CAPTAINS MARVEL AND AMERICA must find the missing scientist before he unleashes said bacteria on the world.

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

RED SHE-HULK #60

JEFF PARKER (W)

CARLO PAGULAYAN & WELLINTON ALVES (A)

Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN

Variant COVER By Chris Stevens

• VS. THE AVENGERS!!!

• Red She-Hulk = National Threat!

• What shocking discovery does Machine Man make about the future of super-humans?

32 PGS./Rated T+... $2.99

Secret Avengers #35

RICK REMENDER (W) •MATTEO SCALERA (A)

COVER BY ARTHUR ADAMS

• Contagious Robotic Evolution is go and the remaining Secret Avengers are the only ones left! But how do you stop a plague that has already begun to spread?

• Torch, Venom and Valkyrie infiltrate the rebel robot base In The Core, but are Lord UltraVision and Monarch Machine Man friend or foe?

• Torch must choose between mankind and the perfect future Father will create for all automatons

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

HAWKEYE #5 & 6

MATT FRACTION (w) • Issue 5 - JAVIER PULIDO (a)

Cover by DAVID AJA • Issue 6 - David Aja (A/C)

Issue 5 -

• THE TAPE CONCLUDES!

• Someone has a deadly secret will change the course of Hawkeye's relationship with the Avengers.

Issue 6 -

• David Aja returns to the most critically acclaimed comic of 2012!

• The Ace Archer Clint Barton faces DVR-MAGEDDON!

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ ...$2.99 (EACH)

DARK AVENGERS #184

JEFF PARKER (W) • NEIL EDWARDS (A)

COVER BY JOE QUINONES

DARK AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!

• What force on this planet – nay, this universe – can turn Earth's deadliest villains into into heroes?

• Brought to you by the titanic team of Jeff Parker and Neil Edwards, this Winter – Evil is our only hope!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #699

DAN SLOTT (W) • HUMBERTO RAMOS (A)

COVER BY PAOLO MANUEL RIVERA

• This is the MUST READ issue that turns over all the cards and reveals secrets that have been set as far back as ENDS OF THE EARTH, SPIDER-ISLAND, and 99 issues ago in ASM #600!

• Doctor Octopus has hours left to live. He knows Peter Parker's secret. He has no master plan-all he wants is vengeance. Which members of Spider-Man's rogues gallery will heed Ock's call to arms?

• Special appearances by the Lizard, the Spider-Slayer, Morbius the Living Vampire, and some surprising Spidey Foes!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #699.1

Dan Slott & Joe Keatinge (W) • Al Barrionuevo (A)

COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI

• As Doctor Octopus' schemes take shape, MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE returns with a Vengenace!

• Will he be able to resist the siren song of blissful bloodsucking or will Spider-Man sling him straight back into the slammer?

• Your first look at next month's all-new Morbius ongoing series.

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #15.1

CHRISTOPHER YOST (W) • PACO MEDINA (A)

COVER BY PAOLO MANUEL RIVERA

EPILOGUE to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FINALE (#700)!

• Coinciding with the end of Amazing Spider-Man, a look back at the greatest conflict in comics history: Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700

DAN SLOTT (w) • HUMBERTO RAMOS (a)

Plus stories by JM DeMatteis & Giuseppe Camuncoli and Jen Van Meter & Stephanie Buscema

COVER BY MR. GARCIN

Steve Ditko (Unused Amazing Fantasy 15 Art) Variant Cover

ASM 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT - Marcos Martin

Martin Variant

WRAPAROUND VARIANT - Humberto Ramos

COIPEL VARIANT

QUESADA VARIANT

LAST ISSUE!

All New! 104 PGS./Rated T+ ...$7.99

VENOM #28

CULLEN BUNN (w) • THONY SILAS (a)

Cover by SHANE DAVIS

VENOM'S BRINGING HIS GAME TO THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE!

• A rash of sudden disappearances bring Flash Thompson and Katy Keirnan to Philadelphia – what do the U-Foes have to do with it?!

• Thony Silas returns to Venom as he and Cullen Bunn give the world's most dangerous hero a new home!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #15

CULLEN BUNN (W)

GABRIELE DELL'OTTO (A/C)

• Dell'otto drawing Devil Dinosaur? Done!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

SCARLET SPIDER #12

CHRISTOPHER YOST (w)

REILLY BROWN (a)

Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

MERRY CHRISTMAS, SCARLET SPIDER. HOPE YOU SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE!

• Kaine goes head to head with the Hand and Bruiser!

• Come celebratethe conclusion of Scarlet Spider's First wonderful year with Chris Yost and Reilly Brown!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

SCARLET SPIDER #12.1

CHRISTOPHER YOST (w) • PAULO SIQUEIRA (a)

Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

SCARLET SPIDER'S DARKEST HOUR BEGINS HERE!

• Kaine's investigation brings him face to face with the Hand and Bruiser!

• What does Kingpin want with Houston?

• Chris Yost and Paulo Siqueira (The Amazing Spider-Man) will bring you the answers as a brand new year of Scarlet action awaits!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


ULTIMATE COMICS

IRON MAN #3 (of 4)


NATHAN EDMONDSON (W)

MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A)

Cover by FRANK STOCKTON

• Tony and Rhodey against a sky full of Stark drones!

• What secret lies in Howard Stark's past, and what does Tony know about it?

• Iron Man comes face to face with THE MANDARIN!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99


ULTIMATE COMICS

X-MEN #20


BRIAN WOOD (W)

CARLO BARBERI (A)

COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON

• The RESERVATION X arc continues as STORM helps teraform the reservation

• Rogue gets an unexpected visitor

• Mach Two's play for power takes a new turn

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99


ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #18

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • DAVID MARQUEZ (A&C)

• The world is at war and Miles Morales is miles from home!

• Miles has joined the Ultimates but that decision may have cost him his family.

• Our young super hero has to make some big decisions and he has to make them now!

• Guest-starring the ULTIMATES!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #18.1

SAM HUMPHRIES (W) • DALE EAGLESHAM (A)

COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

• Can America recover after the dramatic events of United We Stand?

• President Cap takes charge!

• Thor's momentous decision!

• Perfect jumping on point for new readers!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #19

SAM HUMPHRIES (W) • SCOT EATON (A)

COVER BY ADI GRANOV

• After United We Stand, AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION begins!

• Can the United States ever be truly reunited?

• President Cap comes face to face with a painful reality!

• The debut of the IRON PATRIOT!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #3 (of 5)

GREG RUCKA (w)

Carmine Di Giandomenico (a)

Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO

• The Punisher vs. Thor.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$2.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL #8

KELLY SUE DECONNICK (w) • DEXTER SOY (a/C)

• DEEP SEA DANGER!

• What lurks below the ocean's surface? And can Captain Marvel stop it before she gets ship-wrecked?

• Guest-starring Monica Rambeau!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


MARVEL'S IRON MAN 2 ADAPTATION #2 (of 2)

CHRIS GAGE & WILL PILGRIM (w)

RAMON ROSANOS (a)

• The official adaptation of Marvel Studios blockbuster film Iron Man 2 concludes!

• H.A.M.M.E.R drones attack the Stark Expo!

• With Rhodey under Vankov's control, will War Machine kill Iron Man before they can stop the drones?

• PLUS: What is the Avengers Initiative?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BLACK WIDOW #640

CULLEN BUNN (w)

FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (a/c)

• FINALE ISSUE! GET READY TO HAVE YOUR FACES PUNCHED CLEAN OFF!

• Captain America and Black Widow lead the multiverse's finest in a final assault on Venemma Multiversal!

• Black Widow vs. Black Widow...to the death!

• Forget 11...on a scale of 1 to AWESOME this eye-popping, senses-snapping, jaw-dropping final issue goes to 12!

32 PGS./Rated T ...$2.99

SPACEKNIGHTS #3 (of 3)

JIM STARLIN, CHRIS BATISTA, DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING (w)

CHRIS BATISTA & MIKE PERKINS (a)

Cover by CHRIS BATISTA

• This is it! The final battle between the Spaceknight squad and the Dire Wraiths!

•Tristan's future visions have revealed his fate, but can it be changed?

• Collecting SPACEKNIGHTS (2000) #5 and material from ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST PROLOGUE.

48 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

DAREDEVIL #21

MARK WAID (W) • CHRIS SAMNEE (A)

COVER BY PAOLO MANUEL RIVERA

• The final showdown with Coyote!

• Big clues to a mystery building since issue 3!

• Daredevil – wanted by the NYPD!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


DAREDEVIL: END OF DAYS #3 (OF 8)

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & DAVID MACK (W)

KLAUS JANSON & BILL SIENKEWICZ (A)

COVER BY ALEX MALEEV

variant cover by David Mack

• The Deadly Tale of Daredevil's Defining hour continues!

• Ben Urich tracks down Matt Murdock's past loves to discover the secrets behind his death – but who is the new Daredevil tracking him?

• Some of the finest creators to ever tell Matt Murdock's story continue the year's smash hit!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE VS. THE AVENGERS #3 (of 4)

JONATHAN MABERRY (w) • LEO FERNANDEZ (a)

Cover by AARON KUDER

• Earth's Mightiest Heroes have become the army of Earth's deadliest villain.

• The infection is spreading and it's time to make the hardest choices in a war of only hard choices.

• All hail Emperor Doom!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$3.99

CASTLE: A CALM BEFORE THE STORM #1 (OF 5)

PETER DAVID (w) • ROBERT ATKINS (a)

Cover by MICO SUAYAN

• An all new miniseries based on the hit ABC show Castle!

• The Derrick Storm adaptations continue!

• Who is The Fear and what does he want with Derrick Storm?

• Clara Strike returns!

32 PGS./13 & Up ...$3.99

Disney Junior Magazine #11

• This issue of Disney Junior Magazine includes stories, games, puzzles, counting and coloring activities.

44 PGS./AGES 3 – 6/$4.99

TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

Marvel Super Heroes #6

•Marvel Super Heroes Magazine invites families to bring home the "Mighty Marvel Universe"!

36 PGS./AGES 3 – 6/$4.99

TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

Cars Magazine #11

• This issue of the magazine contains brand new stories, classic adventures, puzzles, a pull-out poster, games and more.

44 PGS./AGES 3 – 6/$4.99

TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

Phineas & Ferb Magazine #15

• Phineas and Ferb is the official magazine of the hit TV show on the Disney Channel.

52 PGS./AGES 3 – 6/$4.99

TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in

Fairies Magazine #11

• This issue of Disney Faries Magazine is full of magical stories, a collectible pull-out poster, activities, games and much, much more. Great for any princess.

44 PGS./AGES 3 – 6/$4.99

TRIM: 8 X 10.8125 in.

MONSTERS, INC. #1 (OF 2)

Adapted by CHARLES BAZALDUA

Art by CLAUDIO SCIARRONE, ELISABETTA MELARANCI, ANNA MERLI, DAVIDE ZANNETTI,

SONIA MATRONE, MARA DAMIANI & ELENA M. NAGGI

Cover by SCIARRONE, MELARANCI, MERLI, ZANNETTI,

MATRONE, DAMIANI & NAGGI

Adapting the hit movie!

• Just in time for the 3D rerelease of the classic Disney•Pixar adventure!

• When they're not hiding under the bed or lurking in the closet, the monsters that scare human children live and work in the great city of Monstropolis.

• Monsters Mike and Sulley accidentally allow a human girl to sneaks into Monstropolis, and they must return her to her home before anyone notices - or they might lose their jobs at Monsters, Inc.!

32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99

Marvel Universe

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #9


KARL KESEL & CHRIS ELIOPOLOUS (W)

KARL KESEL & NUNO PLATI (A)

COVER BY KARL KESEL

• Peter Parker continues his quest to be the Ultimate Spider-Man from the Disney XD screen into your comic book pages!

• FIRST – No One can stop the ancient monster

GARDOOM THE GARGANTUAN terrorizes New York – no one but your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!

• THEN – a culinary caper as Simple Simon the Pie Man must be brought to justice by Spider-Man and the White Tiger!

32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99

Marvel Universe AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES #9

LOUISE SIMONSON &

JEN VAN METER (W)

CHRISTOPHER JONES & LUCIANO VECCHIO (A)

COVER BY KHOI PHAM

• Earth's Mightiest Action bounds off of Disney XD and into your hands!

• FIRST! Faced with a murderous meteorite zooming towards Earth, The Mighty Thor can't save the day – only the Mightier MS. MARVEL can!

• THEN - It's international espionage at it's finest as the Black Widow and the Wasp team-up to take down Dr. Doom!

32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #22

JASON AARON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)

• Frankenstein's Murder Circus is town and he's brainwashed the X-Men!

• Do the students stand a chance against their teachers?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

AGE OF APOCALYPSE #10

DAVE LAPHAM (w) • ROBERTO DE LA TORRE (a)

Cover by KRIS ANKA

• Jean Grey believes she can defeat Weapon Omega...

• Weapon Omega knows he can kill Jean Grey...

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$2.99

UNCANNY X-FORCE #35

RICK REMENDER (w) • PHIL NOTO (a)

Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TODESCO

Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi

FINAL ISSUE!

• FINAL EXTINCTION CONCLUDES AND SO DOES UNCANNY X-FORCE!

• Rick Remender's landmark run comes to a conclusion with one of the most shocking moments in X-Force history.

• What will become of what's left of X-Force?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$3.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #57

MARJORIE LIU (W) • GABRIEL HERNANDEX WALTA (A)

Cover by PHIL NOTO

• Warbird takes Manhattan!

• What secret is she hiding, and will it endanger the team?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

WOLVERINE #317

CULLEN BUNN (W) • PAUL PELLETIER (A)

COVER BY MIKE DEL MUNDO

Variant Cover By Adi Granov

FINAL ISSUE!

• In order to save the Dreaming Maiden, Wolverine must face nightmares while asleep and while awake!

• But is the Dreaming Maiden too dangerous to be saved?

• And what will be the fate of the mysterious Covenant?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory...$3.99

FIRST X-MEN #5 (OF 5)

NEAL ADAMS & CHRISTOS GAGE (w)

NEAL ADAMS (a/C)

Variant Cover by Adam Kubert

• The action packed continuity-rocking mini-series comes to an end!

• Why do Wolverine and Sabretooth hate each other? FIND OUT HERE!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

X-FACTOR #248 & 249

PETER DAVID (w)

LEONARD KIRK (a)

Cover by DAVE WILLIAMS (#248)

Cover by KRIS ANKA (#249)

Issue #248 –

• A familiar face hovers between life and death.

• The only one who can save them is Monet...but it will require reliving the most horrific experience of her life.

Issue #249 –

• X-Factor investigates a series of eerie portents that leads them to a mysterious, previously unknown race of beings known as THE WARDERS.

• Their job? To prepare the world for its end.

32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ ...$2.99 (EACH)

GAMBIT #7

JAMES ASMUS (W)

DIOGENES NEVES (A)

COVER BY TERRY DODSON

• Gambit is on the lam as an enemy of the British Empire, hunted by Pete Wisdom and MI13!

• And to make matters worse, the criminal mastermind keeping Gambit on a leash now wants him dead.

• Can Gambit play the two sides against each other and save his own skin?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

X-TREME X-MEN #7.1

GREG PAK (W) • André Araújo (A)

Cover by STEPHANIE HANS

• JUMP ON HERE! If you haven't been reading, start here to find out what you've been missing!

• Dazzler and her team find themselves in a war against the Brood...but the dimension they land in

is a little too close to home.

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99


X-TREME X-MEN #8

GREG PAK (W) • PACO DIAZ (A)

Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY

• Meet the X-TREME X-FORCE!

• Dazzler is confronted with who she might turn into if she never gets home!

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

X-MEN #39

SETH PECK (w) • PAUL AZACETA (a)

Cover by DAVID LOPEZ

• Domino teams up with Daredevil to take down Armitage!

• Action! Adventure! Romance!?

• But whose side will Domino take in the end?

32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99


WOLVERINE MAX #3

JASON STARR (w)

CONNOR WILLUMSON AND ROLAND BOSCHI (a)

Cover by JOCK

• The shocking truth about Mariko revealed!

• Wolverine's memories are getting more vivid...and he's seeing some familiar faces in unexpected places.

• Meanwhile, the police are closing in and Logan is looking more and more like public enemy number one!

32 PGS./Explicit Content ...$3.99

THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.

FURY MAX #7

GARTH ENNIS (w) • GORAN PARLOV (a)

Cover by DAVE JOHNSON

• Col. Nick Fury gets an assignment that takes him to Vietnam.

• Frank Castle, before he became The Punisher, is tasked to help Fury assassinate a Viet Cong general.

32 PGS./Explicit Content ...$3.99

THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.

POWERS: BUREAU #3

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS

PenciLS & Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING

Another blockbuster chapter in the Eisner Award-winning cops and capes epic! Now that all powers cases are federal cases, agents Walker and Pilgrim must learn to live by the new rules. But how do you obey the rules when the bad guys ignore them?

40 PGS./Mature ...$3.95

SECRET SERVICE #6

Written by MARK MILLAR

PencilS AND COVER by DAVE GIBBONS

The conspiracy revealed! Gary and Jack begin to learn what's behind the celebrity kidnappings they've been investigating... but that knowledge comes at a price. A raid on Mount Everest begins; the clock is ticking, and the web is beginning to unravel. But who can be trusted when so many prominent figures seem to be involved? It all comes down to this moment, brought to you by legendary creators Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons and Mathew Vaughn.

48PGS/Mature...$4.99

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