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Marvel Comics June 2013 Solicitations
Comics
Here are the Marvel Comics June 2013 solicitations for their comic book releases.
Age of Ultron #9 (of 10)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
BRANDON PETERSON & CARLOS PACHECO (A)
Cover by Carlos Pacheco
Variant cover by JORGE MOLINA
Ultron Variant by ROCK-HE KIM
To save the planet Earth – and maybe the entire galaxy! – the heroes of the Marvel Universe made the most controversial decision of their lives. The results have brought disaster the likes of which they have never seen before. And now, with one final chance…can they make it right?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AGE OF ULTRON #10 (OF 10)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
BRANDON PETERSON, CARLOS PACHECO& JOE QUESADA (A/C)
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
Variant cover by MARK BROOKS
Ultron Variant by ROCK-HE KIM
Spoiler Variant also available
Spoiler Sketch Variant Also Available
THE FINALE!
The biggest secret in comics will be revealed to you! An ending so confidential…even the artists of this book don’t know what lies on the final pages…! A surprise so big that comic book legend Joe Quesada himself returns to the pages of Marvel Comics to draw a sequence that people will be talking about for years.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
*All covers of Age Of Ultron #10 will be polybagged
Age Of Ultron #10A.I.
MARK WAID (W) • ANDRE ARAUJO (A)
Cover by SARA PICHELLI
Variant cover by PAOLO RIVERA
• One of Marvel’s most classic characters, Hank Pym, stands at the crossroads!
• Faced with a dilemma only he can solve, Pym gambles his past and his future!
• Some men are beyond redemption! By story’s end, Hank Pym will have an entirely new role in the Marvel Universe!
32 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+…$3.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS #9
RICK REMENDER (W) • DANIEL ACUÑA (A)
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
Ragnarök Now continues!
• A team divided. The Apocalypse Twins triumphant.
• Wolverine discovers The Midnight City and soon wishes he hadn’t.
• The Horsemen of Death shatter the Avengers body and soul!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS #13
JONATHAN HICKMAN & NICK SPENCER (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A)
Cover by Leinil Yu
“EVOLUTIONARY LEAP”
• The High Evolutionary stakes his claim on the Children of the Sun.
• Hyperion learns the true cost of the decisions he’s made at the Origin Site in the Savage Land.
• The Return of techno-titan Terminus.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS #14
JONATHAN HICKMAN & NICK SPENCER (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A)
Cover by Leinil Yu
50th Anniversary Variant COVER by Daniel Acuna
“THE SIGNAL” – Prelude to Infinity
• All of the Origin Sites go active as the Earth begins to communicate with something much more ancient than human civilizations.
• The Terror scientists of A.I.M. unveil the S7 program.
• Prelude to INFINITY: Part One.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ALL-NEW X-MEN #12 & 13
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • STUART IMMONEN (A/C)
Issue #12 – Wolverine Costume Variant By Leinil Yu
• The All-New X-Men find themselves face-to-face with the UNCANNY AVENGERS!
• Young Cyclops meets the adult version of the little brother he thought he may never see again.
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #11
DAN SLOTT (W) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A/C)
“No Escape” Part 1 of 3
• The Spider-Slayer is scheduled for execution and Mayor J. Jonah Jameson is leaving nothing to chance. To ensure that everything goes according to plan, Jameson’s called in the one man he can trust to oversee everything—the Superior Spider-Man.
• Since the startling events of Superior Spider-Man #9, will anyone realize that things have changed…?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #12
DAN SLOTT (W) • GIUSEPPE Camunicoli (A/C)
“No Escape” Part 2 of 3
• The Raft is complete shutdown. Which means that Spider-Man, Jonah, Glory, and Norah are trapped inside with practically ALL the villains that the Superior Spider-Man has brutalized over the past 12 issues!
• It’s time for a little payback for the Spider-Slayer, Scorpion, Boomerang, and the Vulture!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
NOVA #5
JEPH LOEB (W) • ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)
Variant cover BY Mr. Garcin
• The origin of the most talked about new character of the year comes to a shattering conclusion.
• Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, two of the most popular creators in comics, bring you an Infinite-ly dramatic turning point in the life of Nova as he discovers that something out in the galaxy is threatening everything he knows.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #4
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • Sara Pichelli (A/C)
Variant by Adi Granov
Variant by J. Scott Campbell
Movie Variant Also Available
• The biggest surprise hit of the year continues as critically acclaimed artist Sara Pichelli (Ultimate Spider-Man) climbs aboard!
• Gamora is one the galaxy’s greatest warriors…with a deadly secret that could bring down the entire team.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SAVAGE WOLVERINE #6
ZEB WELLS (W) • JOE MADUREIRA (A/C)
Variant Cover by J. Scott Campbell
Variant Cover by Humberto Ramos
X-Men 50th Anniversary Variant Also Available
Blank Cover Also Available
Wolverine Costume Variant By Mike Perkins
• A NEW ARC STARTS HERE!
• (WOLVERINE + ELEKTRA + SPIDER-MAN) x (WELLS + MADUREIRA) – RULES = PAIN.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
IRON MAN #11
KIERON GILLEN (W) • DALE EAGLESHAM (A)
Cover by GREG LAND Wolverine Costume Variant Also Available
“THE SECRET ORIGIN OF TONY STARK” CONTINUES!
• The Price.
• The Deal.
• The Consequences.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
THANOS RISING #3 (OF 5)
JASON AARON (W) • SIMONE BIANCHI (A/C)
• The Mad Titan flees his home in search of true love.
• But how many lives will he have to take to find it?
• The book so blood-soaked you’ll be glad it’s a mini-series.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #7
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
FRAZER IRVING (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By Ronnie Del Carmen
• Dormammu’s machinations have pulled all of the UNCANNY X-MEN into the hellish dimension LIMBO!
• Can Magik match the evil demon’s lord’s sorcery? Is she even on the X-Men’s side anymore?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
YOUNG AVENGERS #6
KIERON GILLEN (W) • KATE BROWN (A)
Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE
Wolverine Costume Variant By Mike Del Mundo
• Ever wonder what the super hero equivalent of a terrible soul-sucking talent-wasting temp job is? You haven’t? Oh go on. Actually, don’t. We’ve done it for you and written a story about it. This one.
• Wonder what Tommy (aka Speed) has been up to? Discover herein.
• Wonder why mutant David Alleyne (aka Prodigy) hasn’t been even in the background in any one of the eight thousand X-books? Discover that herein too.
• Existential horror turns cosmic horror as something emerges from the shadows of the past. It seems the Young Avengers have yet one more thing to worry about.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
Secret Avengers #5
NICK SPENCER (W) • LUKE ROSS (A)
Cover by TOMM COKER
Variant Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Wolverine Costume Variant By Paul Renaud
“Barbuda”
• Showdown on AIM Island: The Secret Avengers vs. The New High Council of AIM!
• S.H.I.E.L.D. will never be the same!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
NEW AVENGERS #7
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By Terry Dodson
“WHY NOT WAR?”
• The cold war between Atlantis and Wakanda heats up.
• Who is the secret member of the Illuminati that many of the members do not know about?
• How does Black Bolt lie?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
X-MEN #2
BRIAN WOOD (W) • OLIVIER COIPEL (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY AMANDA CONNOR
• The school is on lockdown…but if the bad guys can’t get out, neither can the X-Men!
• John Sublime is back, but is one of the X-Men’s scariest villains not who we should be afraid of?
• Who or what is Arkea?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Order using this code: MAR130639
FANTASTIC FOUR #9
MATT FRACTION (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant Also Available
• Did a good-natured prank-gone-wrong mean Ben Grimm caused the accident that led Victor Von Doom down his wicked path?
•As the sickness spreads to the other members of the family, their attention turns to righting this past wrong — could saving Victor be the only way stop Dr. Doom?
• Before they answer that, however, they have to deal with the Council of Dooms who treat the day of the Incident as a kind of nativity — and dozens of Dooms from dozens of realities have come to witness the birth of the Alpha Doom… oh boy that dorm room is gonna get crowded fast.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
FF #9
MATT FRACTION (W) • MICHAEL ALLRED (A/C)
WOLVERINE COSTUME VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
• What happens? POOL PARTY.
• Who do they fight? POOL PARTY.
• What do we get? POOL PARTY.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
THUNDERBOLTS #10-11
DANIEL WAY (W) • PHIL NOTO (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
Wolverine Costume Variant By Jung-geun Yoon
• RED MENACE, parts 5 & 6!
• All the secrets are bared, as the TBOLTS conclude their second arc.
• Will the team overcome their mistrust to takeout the supplier of gamma-powered Crimson Dynamos?
32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$2.99 (EACH)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #8
RICK REMENDER (W) • JOHN ROMITA JR (A & C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By Alex Maleev
THE MAIN EVENT!
Steve Rogers has one chance to set any of this right! Broken, beaten and near dead he must defeat Zola or all is lost!
Plus, the reveal of the year! A character you never expected reemerges.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #653
KATHRYN IMMONEN (W)
VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by JEFF DEKAL
• After the devastation of last issue, death and destiny come crashing down in deep space.
• Can the burly Beta Ray Bill and the scorching Sif deny their fiery past?
• Do they want to?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
RED SHE-HULK #66
JEFF PARKER (W)
CARLO PAGULAYAN & WELLINTON ALVES (A)
Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
“ROUTE 616” CONTINUES WITH A NIGHTMARE AT THE NEXUS OF REALITIES!
• Betty needs to save the future, but THE MAN-THING stands in her way!
• The Mad Thinker retools the ECHELON soldiers!
•Red She-Hulk versus Green She-Hulk!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #9
JASON AARON (W) • ESAD RIBIC (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By Julian Totino Tedesco
GODBOMB Part Three of Five
Three Thors, side by side at last, united in battle! But will even that be enough, as Gorr the God Butcher’s grand plan nears completion and his powers grow beyond anything we’ve seen before…?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS ARENA #10 & 11
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • RICCARDO BURCHIELLI (A)
Issue 10 Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Issue 11 Cover by MICHAEL DEL MUNDO
IT’S HUGE MOMENTS FOR YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS IN PARTS 3 & 4 OF “GAME ON!”
• Issue #10 = Nico’s valiant stand…against Sentinel?
• Issue #11 = Hazmat’s new romance…with Reptil?
• Featuring the debut of guest-artist Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ)!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (EACH)
WOLVERINE #4 & 5
PAUL CORNELL (W) • Issue #4 – ALAN DAVIS (A)
Issue #5 – MIRCO PIERFEDERICI (A)
Issue #4 – Cover by ALAN DAVIS
#4 Variant Cover By TBA
Issue #4 – Wolverine Costume Variant By Pascal Campion
Issue #5 – Cover by TBD
#5 Variant Cover By TBA
Issue #4 -
• The conclusion of Hunting Season!
• New York City is under biological attack. Can Wolverine save it before it’s too late?
• Guest starring Nick Fury!
Issue #5 -
• “Drowning Logan” starts here!
• SHIELD agents everywhere, but not a comrade in sight!
• Wolverine finds himself trapped on a helicarrier – and it’s plunging into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$3.99 (EACH)
CABLE AND X-FORCE #9 & 10
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By John Tyler Christopher
Guest starring the Uncanny Avengers!
• Hope goes on the run, determined to help Cable whether he wants it or not…
…but the Uncanny Avengers have been keeping tabs on Hope and they’re not about to let her get tangled up with Cable’s band of fugitives!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$3.99 (EACH)
UNCANNY X-FORCE #6 & 7
SAM HUMPHRIES (W) • TBA (A)
Cover by KRIS ANKA
Issue #6 – Wolverine Costume Variant By Dale Keown
• Secrets from the future and the past come to haunt Uncanny X-Force!
• What does Fantomex want from Betsy?
• What does Betsy want from Cluster?
• What does Cluster want from Fantomex?
• What does Bishop want from the 21st century? A body count or a good burger?
• And Los Angeles, lock up your humans: there’s a new mutant on the loose!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$3.99 (EACH)
X-MEN LEGACY #12
SIMON SPURRIER (W)
PAUL DAVIDSON A)
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
• To shut down the anti-mutant science cult known as “Darwyn’s Martyrs,” Legion is on the verge of making a tremendous sacrifice: forfeiting his mutant powers!
• Little does he know, his girlfriend, young X-Man Blindfold, is rushing to his aid…and she’s recruited her own ragtag team of X-Men to help her!
• And another thing Legion may not know? The mastermind behind Darwyn’s Martyrs may just be the villain in possession of his deceased father’s brain…(If you’re reading this, Legion: Watch out! It’s THE RED SKULL!)
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
MORBIUS: THE LIVING VAMPIRE #6
JOE KEATINGE (W) • VALENTINE DELANDRO (A)
Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
Wolverine Costume Variant By Pat Zircher
“CURE EVERYTHING,” Part One
• Morbius has laid low long enough. After the Battle of Brownsville, he escapes to Manhattan, to Horizon Labs, to finally cure his vampirism.
• But he’s not aware Horizon’s not the same as it once was — it’s different, it’s better, it’s SUPERIOR.
• HOLD ONTO YOUR BUTTS! IT’S TIME FOR MORBIUS VS. SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
DEADPOOL #11-12
GERRY DUGGAN & BRIAN POSEHN (W) • MIKE HAWTHORNE (A)
Issue #11 – Cover by TONY MOORE
Issue #12 – Cover by TRADD MOORE
Issue #11 – Wolverine Costume Variant By Amanda Conner
• Concluding the 2nd arc of MARVEL NOW! Deadpool!
• Can Wade trust hell to keep their side of his contract?
• Will all of Deadpool’s new friends end up dead because of him?
• Are turkey sandwiches better than ham?
• 2 of these 3 questions will be answered!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$2.99 (EACH)
FEARLESS DEFENDERS #5
CULLEN BUNN (W) • WILLIAM SLINEY (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
VARIANT BY AMANDA CONNOR
WOLVERINE COSTUME VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
• All the fearless ladies on this cover are actually in this issue!
• Plus: Valkyrie v.s. She Hulk!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #9
MARK WAID (W) • Matteo Scalera (A)
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Wolverine Costume Variant Also Available
“BLIND RAGE” PART 1!
• Guest-starring Daredevil!
• The secret of the friendship between Matt Murdock and Bruce Banner!
• Hulk–on the witness stand?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
A+X #9
GERRY DUGGAN & ADAM WARREN (W)
SALVADOR LARROCA & ADAM WARREN (A)
Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
• SPIDER-WOMAN & KITTY PRYDE (with Lockheed in tow, of course) investigate some unfinished alien business!
• Adam Warren returns to Marvel with an amazing short story so chock full of awesome that we can’t even attempt to sum it up in one sentence!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
VENOM #36
CULLEN BUNN (W)
Pepe Larraz (A)
Cover by DECLAN SALVEY
The next Venom chapter starts here!
• In the aftermath of his encounter with Toxin, Agent Venom hits the town for some old fashioned crime-busting!
• But this kind of crime busts back!
• Introducing Lord Ogre… a leader in Philly’s criminal underbelly!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
ALPHA: BIG TIME 5 (OF 5)
JOSHUA FIALKOV (W)
NUNO PLATI (A)
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
The greatest superhero story ever told comes to a startling conclusion!
Alpha and the Superior Spider-Man team up to fight ZETA!
The Marvel Universe ends HERE*!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
* Marvel Universe may not actually end.
AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #22
CHRISTOPHER YOST (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO (A)
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
• The Punisher and Spider-Man have never seen eye to eye, but this is the Superior Spider-Man! What does Frank Castle think about Spider-Man’s new, hard edged attitude?
• Plus, Mysterio is BACK! Or is he? The Superior Spider-Man has a few questions for ol’ fishbowl head, but the Punisher has something else for him: bullets.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SCARLET SPIDER #18
CHRISTOPHER YOST (W) • CARLO BARBERI (A)
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
“WRATH” PART TWO of THREE
• Kaine and Logan… best friends? Or deadliest enemies? Find out as a thousand assassins descend upon them.
• What are the world’s greatest killers afraid of? Who is the Red Death?
• Chris Yost and Carlo Barberi continue the Scarlet Sentinel’s journey!
32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99
WINTER SOLDIER #19
JASON LATOUR (W)
NIC KLEIN (A)
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
Variant cover by JASON LATOUR
• High above Earth, the ELECTRIC GHOST has set a plan in motion that tears at the very fabric of reality. As the universe threatens to unravel, only THE WINTER SOLDIER can stop it – But does he even want to?
• Writer Jason Latour (Loose Ends, Wolverine) and artist Nic Klein (Dancer, Viking, Doc Savage) bring you the fiery conclusion to THE WINTER SOLDIER’S latest deadly mission!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #27 & 28
BRIAN WOOD (W) • MAHMUD ASRAR (A)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Issue #27 – THE EARTH-SHATTERING CONCLUSION TO “NATURAL RESOURCES”
• The big battle for Utopia is here!
• Finally, some answers about Psylocke…
• When the dust clears, who will lead the mutant nation?
Issue #28 – “NATURAL RESOURCES” AFTERMATH
• The Kitty Pryde/Jean Grey showdown begins here!
• Utopia or Tian? Make your choice.
• Can Mach Two rejoin the fold? Will she?
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #24
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • DAVID MARQUEZ (A/C)
“SPIDER-MAN NO MORE” CONTINUES
• Can Miles return to Spider-Man after everything that’s happened?
• There’s a new band of superheroes in town!
• What is Ultimate Power Pack?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #25 & 26
JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV (W) • CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO (A)
Cover by MICHAEL KOMARCK
Issue #25 – Variant by GREG LAND Issue #25 – ULTIMATES DISASSEMBLED BEGINS!!!
• All-new creative team and direction!
• The search for the Infinity Gems brings disaster to the Triskellion’s doorstep!
• Is this the end of the Ultimates?
Issue #26 – ULTIMATES DISASSEMBLED PART TWO!!!
• A new dark force has taken the reigns of the world
• The Ultimates are no more. Long live the XXREDACTEDXX
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)
STAR-LORD: THE HOLLOW CROWN
STEVE ENGLEHART & CHRIS CLAREMONT (W)
STEVE GAN, JOHN BYRNE & MICHAEL GOLDEN (A)
Cover by Ed McGuinness
• As a child, Peter Quill spotted a flying saucer — and it ruined his life forever!
• Now a withdrawn, embittered adult, Quill strives to become an astronaut — so he can return to space and take revenge!
• How does a fateful encounter with the Master of the Sun change his destiny — and transform him into the intergalactic policeman known as Star-Lord?
• And can even the newly empowered Star-Lord triumph over a sadistic group of alien slavers?
• Collecting material from MARVEL PREVIEW #4, MARVEL PREVIEW #11 and STAR-LORD SPECIAL EDITION.
104 PGS./Rated T+ …$7.99
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #16
KELLY SUE DECONNICK (W) • MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A)
Cover by JOE QUINONES
Variant cover by AMANDA CONNOR
THE ENEMY WITHIN: PART 2 OF 5
- Who wants YOU for dinner? The Brood!
- Spider Woman & Captain Marvel declare war on the Magnetron! (Who?)
- Hawkeye has a bright idea!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL #13
KELLY SUE DECONNICK (W) • SCOTT HEPBURN (A)
Cover by JOE QUINONES
Variant Cover by AMANDA CONNER
THE ENEMY WITHIN: PART 3 OF 5
• A villain revealed! Magnitron’s sinister plans are finally unveiled!
• What is the link between Captain Marvel and Magnitron?
• PLUS: Kree Sentries?!
• The Avengers Assemble in the most pivotal event in Captain Marvel’s history!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
DAREDEVIL #27
MARK WAID (W) • CHRIS SAMNEE (A/C)
• RED. DEAD. REDEMPTION.
• Two years of the most critically acclaimed series in comics…and it’s all been leading to this moment.
• ‘Close your eyes, Matt Muirdock. Take a deep breath. And feel everything you know slowly close in on you.’
32 PGS./Rated T+…$2.99
DAREDEVIL: DARK NIGHTS #1 (OF 8)
Lee Weeks (W/A/C)
• A gorgeous new series featuring the greatest talents in comics brings you the rest of the Man Without Fear’s story
• Legendary artist Lee Weeks returns to his favorite hero for “Angels Unaware!”
• A blizzard brings New York to a stand still — and a young patient lies on death’s door unless Daredevil can get to him in time!
32 PGS./Rated T+…$2.99
HAWKEYE #12
MATT FRACTION (W) • Francesco Francavilla (A/C)
• The sleeper hit of 2012 is now the can’t miss book of 2013 (and probably the overhyped book you’re sick of people talking about in 2014!)
• Reeling from the events of the last issue, even Hawkeye wants to know what his new status quo is. Who’s with him? Who’s against him? Who’s trying to kill him and why? So many dang questions!
• And just when Clint’s rock bottom couldn’t arrive fast enough… “Then Came Barney”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #31
JASON AARON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By Ryan Stegman
HELLFIRE SAGA PART 1!
• Welcome to the Hellfire Academy, there’s little chance you’ll survive the experience.
• The most villainous school you’ve ever seen has its grand opening. With teachers like Mystique, Sauron, Mojo, Wendigo and Master Pandemonium there’s no limit to the terrible things you’ll learn.
• Can Wolverine and the X-Men find the school before their kidnapped students are turned into villains?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #32
JASON AARON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)
HELLFIRE SAGA PART 2!
• Wolverine has plans for the Bamfs…
• Meet the new Hellions!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN #63
MARJORIE LIU (W)
GABRIEL HERNANDEZ WALTA (A)
Cover by PHIL NOTO
• Over the course of his life, Bobby Drake, a.k.a. Iceman, has taken on and beaten the worst enemies the world — and the universe — can throw at him.
• But is the most dangerous villain yet to come? And could it be none other than…Bobby himself?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
GAMBIT #14
JAMES ASMUS (W)
DIOGENES NEVES (A)
Cover by STEPHANE ROUX
• Unable to go to his agents at MI13 for help, Pete Wisdom calls in his favor and tasks Gambit with recovering a stolen enchanted artifact.
• And if this cover is any indication, this task is right up the Ragin’ Cajun’s alley!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR #257 & 258
PETER DAVID (W) • Neil Edwards (A)
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
• The end begins here.
• THE END OF X-FACTOR, parts 1 & 2 of 6.
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (EACH)
Marvel Universe ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #15
Adapted by Joe Caramagna
Cover by TY TEMPLETON
• SPIDER-MAN VS. HULK VS. ZZZAX!
• The hit DisneyXD TV Show bursts off the screen and into your hands with this screen capture adaptation from Ultimate Spider-Man season 1!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99
Marvel Universe AVENGERS: EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES #15
Adapted by Joe Caramagna
Cover by Chris Jones
• Baron Zemo comes to the Avengers for help against the Enchantress!
• The hit DisneyXD TV Show bursts off the screen and into your hands with this screen capture adaptation from The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes season 2!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99
PRINCESS MAGAZINE #14
• This issue of Disney Princess 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.
PHINEAS & FERB #18
• 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.
DISNEY JUNIOR #14
This issue of Disney Junior Magazine features stories, games, puzzles and 
more!
44 PGS./Ages 3-6/$4.99
TRIM: 8 X 10.8125
Monsters University Movie Special
• Games, posters and a comic inspired by the new Pixar movie Monsters University!
Rated All Ages …$9.99
MARVEL’S THOR: THE DARK WORLD PRELUDE #1 & 2 (OF 2)
CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST (W) • SCOT EATON (A)
• An all-new adventure leading you directly into the upcoming Marvel Studios blockbuster THOR: THE DARK WORLD!
• What happened to your favorite Asgardians between the events of THOR and THE AVENGERS? What comes next? Find out here!
• Thor! Loki! Odin! Heimdall! Jane Foster! Sif! The Warriors Three! All this, brought to you by the powerhouse creative team of writers Craig Kyle (THOR: THE DARK WORLD executive producer) and Christopher Yost (THOR: THE DARK WORLD co-writer) and artist Scot Eaton (CAPTAIN AMERICA)!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (EACH)
FURY MAX #13
GARTH ENNIS (W)
GORAN PARLOV (A)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
FINAL ISSUE!
• Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov’s masterpiece comes to a climactic finish.
• Fury faces the consequences of his actions for the past 50 years and what he sees will chill you more than any comic you’ve ever read.
32 PGS./Explicit Content…$3.99
THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.
WOLVERINE MAX #8
Written by JASON STARR
Penciled by FELIX RUIZ
Cover Cover by JOCK
• Everyone wants a piece of Logan…and they’ll stop at nothing to get it
• In Hollywood, no one can hear you scream
• Part three of three
32 PGS./Explicit Content…$3.99
THERE IS A STRICT NO OVERPRINT POLICY ON ALL MAX TITLES.
POWERS: BUREAU #5
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MICHAEL AVON OEMING (A/C)
The Eisner Award-winning cops-and-capes mash-up continues! Walker is deep undercover in the most dangerous circle of super-criminal hell, while Pilgrim finds herself pregnant with something that may be killing her. The clock is ticking on the most dangerous case in POWERS history!
32 PGS./Mature …$3.95
© 2012 Jinxworld Inc.
KICK-ASS 3 #2 (of 8)
MARK MILLAR(W) • JOHN ROMITA JR. (A/C)
Sketch Variant by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown…and that goes double for the cowl! Kick-Ass is now leading the reformed superhero team Justice Forever…just in time to face some terrifying new foes. But there’s dissension in the JF ranks; will he be able to fend off a coup with Hit-Girl still in prison?
Meanwhile, a broken Red Mist gets some tough love from Mommie Dearest.
32 PGS./Mature …$2.99
- The Comic Book Critic
