AOM 01-2023

WORLD WAR ZEMO #1
Written by ALEX DE CAMPI
Plot by H-E-D
Art by CARMEN CARNERO & GABRIEL HARDMAN
ALL HAIL PRESIDENT ZEMO!
He might not officially have the title… but make no mistake about who’s calling the shots in Washington D.C.!
Defense Secretary Zemo’s lust for power brought him to the mind-control expertise of DOCTOR FAUSTUS. Now all of the United States government marches to his tune!
Faustus has become White House Chief Strategist. Wolfgang von Strucker heads up DHS, his son Werner leading ICE. Arnim Zola is in charge of Health and Human Services. Swarm leads the USDA. Kraken chairs the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Department of Mutant Affairs has been established. Tadzio de Santis gives dictates propaganda in the Press Room.
Fascists, white supremacists, neo-Nazis and their ilk are now insinuated into the government at the deepest levels.
But it’s not enough. Never enough. Zemo wants it all!
And what he wants first is the head of those who defy him. The international fugitives / refugees formally known as the THUNDERBOLTS!
When the nations providing them sanctuary refuse to extradite them, Zemo declares WAR!
MADRIPOOR.
ATLANTIS.
VANAHEIM.
SHARZHAD.
These nations face the full might of the USA — and more! Zemo’s personal superhuman army, the REDEEMERS, have swelled in size and rank!
Not to mention that Zemo has hosts of EKO Scorpion mercs hopped up on MGH and armed with experimental tech.
There’s one more nation at war with Zemo — the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA itself!
With Zemo’s forces divided around the world, the time has come for the domestic resistance to strike!
There’s one man at the head of the resistance… and you might say he’s the expert on punching Nazis!
That’s right — Steve Rogers has returned, and he doesn’t like what he sees!
Is Captain America a bad enough dude to save the President?
And with what Zemo has up his sleeves… will that even be enough
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
ADAM WARLOCK #1
Plot by GUANLISHABI
Written by JIM STARLIN
Art by RON LIM
“SECOND COMING”
In a flash of Light, Everything changes. Not an end, but a new beginning, crossing all of time and space
Then, at the end of the great war, Adam Warlock sacrificed himself to break the God Seal and unleashed an uncanny energy wave. The energy wave crossed the cosmos and reached the cocoons sitting a dark corner of the galaxy. And they began to crack.
Now, Adam Warlock has been ressurected from his Cocoon many cycles ago, but he is still not sure why.
There are rumors of other Golden Boy sightings just like Adam Warlock across the galaxy.
Most of them are described as less civilized, even savages, perhaps more like "Him"self during his earliest days.
A distant world of swords and magic, "Him" attacks the ancient city and takes the princess.
Another world at the edge of the galaxy, "Him" selflessly defends the weak villagers from the monsters.
On a world ruled by the Universal Church of Truth, "Him" is worshipped as a god, followed by a great church army.
Bathed in blood and wine, "Him" is celebrated as the best gladiator in the rebuilding Shi-ar Empire.
And Adam wakes up from his dreams.
He received a prophecy before in the Infinity Well in the realm of death, what could these premonitions mean?
It's time to find out!
30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #50 *Grimoire-Size Milestone Issue!*
Plot by NX01A
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by JEROME OPEÑA
Theme Song: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
'INFINITIVE GAUNTLET' Part 13/Finale 'SPLITTING THE INFINITIVE'
•Mad Mage ABDUL ALHAZRED has succeeded in releasing SOH'CAH'TOA, a Great Old One bent on destroying Earth! No last ditch auguries show a future free of Soh'Cah'Toa wrath! It has to happen... but where?
•There must be a future where Soh'Cah'Toa destroys Earth, so why not create one? The only hope is to perform one of the most powerful spells in any dimension: an eschatonic scission. Once cast from the legendary chronopticon, a quantum divergence will duplicate the timeline and branch it away from the original, taking the inevitable world-ending threat with it. Soh'Cah'Toa will destroy an Earth, just not this Earth.
•There is no time to question the morality of creating eight billion people only to foist what would be your madness and suffering and death upon them. Will DOCTOR VOODOO, DOCTOR STRANGE, CLEA, AGATHA HARKNESS, the SCARLET WITCH, and MAGIK open the chronopticon and cast the spell?!
64 PGs./ Rated M...$5.99
AGENTS OF FURY #29
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Artist: STEFANO CASELLI
“THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE” PART V
Alarms shatter the quiet night as armed squads scramble throughout the complex where Diamondback and Nomad are being held! Sen Kelly, with the assistance of Joe Broke-It and Howard Stark, is using them as bait to get Nick Fury! Roz Solomon, Jack Flagg and Rikki Barnes have infiltrated the complex and initiated an attack, drawing the attention of the gunman!
The sound of gunfire echoes ring out as Rachel and Jack sit with four guards in the room with them! Suddenly, as if out of thin air, Scorpio and Agent-13 appear in the room and quickly take out the guards! They free their fellow agents and vanish as quickly as they entered the room! Alerting their teammates that they've freed Diamondback and Nomad, the agents make their escape and radio Fury that everyone is home!
Sen Kelly, angry that her hostages have escaped, goes into a rage! She is so close to becoming the next President of the United States and now things are falling apart! How did this happen? How did Fury's agents get in and out of her trap so easily? Panic begins to set in when she gets a call on her private phone? Fury is calling and wants to set up a private meeting so they can settle things once and for all!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
AMAZING FANTASY #34: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Written by MALCOLM JONES & RONALD D. MOORE
Plot by MARVELL2100
Art by SALVADORE LAROCCA
I, CYLON
While searching for the missing child Hera, Sharon, Helo, Apollo and Starbuck encounter a Cylon Raider! As they scramble to prepare for an attack, they're stunned to see the Raider just sitting there, not doing anything. A scan reveals that the Raider is damaged, its' weapons system disabled. Starbucks thinks that it's a drone on a scouting mission and that they should destroy it and get the hell out of there! But before they can do anything, they get a message. It's Brother Cavil, one of The Ten. He tells them that he knows why they are out here and that he has information for them: The child is alive. Hera, the hybrid child is alive and the Cylons have her!
Elsewhere, Kat, Racetrack, Hotshot and Redwing have just found a planet rich in mineral and natural resources, much needed supplies for the fleet! The only problem is that they've also found Cylons on the planet! But these are no ordinary Cylons, they say that they have evolved beyond their programming, they no longer wish to harm humans. They call themselves The People and they have lived on this planet for years. And to show them that they pose no danger, they call for the rest of their group to show themselves, a group made up entirely of humans!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
ATLANTIS ATTACKED #1
Written by Torunn Grønbekk
Plot by H-E-D
Art by R. B. Silva
ANUBIAS
As King of Atlantis, Namor has come to expect stupidity from the surface world… but Zemo’s declaration of war surpassed even his expectations.
He’s not sure what’s more embarrassing — that Zemo is declaring war over somebody who isn’t even in Atlantis anymore… the fact that America has been taken over by white supremacists.
After all… once upon a time, he put a lot of effort into helping the Americans beat the Nazis.
History repeats itself in more ways than one as Zemo sends Meranno, the vile U-MAN, to lead his attack on Atlantis!
U-Man delusionally believes that Atlantis is the heir to a lost Aryan utopia — one he is destined to restore!
And he’s brought REDEEMERS like Doctor Hydro, Mako and Tiger Shark with him to topple Namor’s regime!
Even with trusted allies, like Tamara Rahn and Andromeda, and beloved family, Namora and Namorita (no longer the gestalt being called Namorella, don’t worry about it), at his side, Namor’s advisor Vashti urges him to take Meranno’s threat seriously.
Namor makes some dangerous alliances — can Attuma and Krang be trusted?
And what is Meranno planning with the turncoat known as Vyrra, better known on the surface as Doctor Dorcus?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA! #42
Written by MALCOLM JONES
Plot by MARVELL2100
Art by ADI GRANOV
HEIR TO THE THRONE!
T'Challa informs Shuri to check the intel gathered by Okoye from their trip to N'Gabo. They confirmed that Zulu and Magnum are working together to create a Super Soldier program, no doubt to use against Wakanda and the rest of the world. But there were other, mysterious readings, readings somehow related to...T'Challa? Suddenly, T'Challa thinks back to something earlier, something that maybe connected to this new threat! But that while have to wait as he prepares to leaves for Niganda to see his son T'Zari!
Arriving in Niganda, T'Challa is greeted by Queen Zanda and her royal court but surprisingly, he doesn't see T'Zari. Zanda tells him that their son is training, honing his skills so that he can be like his father. She takes him to a room so that he can see T'Zari take on various challenges, from human opponents to robots to wild beasts. He will soon be ready one day to pick up his father's mantle. T'Challa watches his son move as his father T'Chaka once watched him. Zanda looks at T'Challa noting a moment of sadness on his face and asks if there is something wrong. After a long pause he tells her no, everything is perfect, he could not ask for a better son.
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #50 *World War Zemo tie-in*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by FRANK MILLER
Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY
Historic 50th issue marks the return of Steve Rogers!
“BACK IN RED, WHITE & BLUE”
As the clock ticks over from the year 2099 to the year 2100, Steve Rogers, Jake Gallows, and the Free Radicals have finally toppled the corporate oligarchs that usurped control of the nation! After the “New Year’s Revolution,” Google Android lies in pieces, the Amazonian is trapped in her own fourth-dimensional warehouse, and the people of the United States are set to elect a new president - instead of a board-appointed C.E.O. - for the first time in decades! The spirit of 1776 has returned to the future, and Steve Rogers is pleased at a job well done!
Until it all changes.
Suddenly, the United States is a fascist and totalitarian regime in a constant state of expansionist war. Literal Nazis are in power, with a fortress on Wall Street and a “Captain Axis” spouting their virtues. This is all horrifyingly shocking until Steve sees the man in charge - a führer with a supposedly grand lineage named Heinz Zemo - and then he knows exactly what happened. Helmut Zemo did something to change the past - and, since Cap is from the past, he’s the only one that notices!
Steve’s been a man out of time for two years by our counting (since CAPTAIN AMERICA #27!), but it’s been so much longer from his perspective. He formed the Brotherhood of the Shield with Conan in the Hyborian Age, defended nascent democracy in Ancient Athens from Ares, fought with Robin Hood to save the Magna Carta, battled superhuman redcoats alongside the Founding Fathers, and struggled against Frankenstein monsters during World War II, to name just a few of his temporal exploits, before ultimately returning to save 2099 (see previous issues!). But no other distractions can keep him away. Steve can wait no longer. He must go back in time 77 years and stop whatever Zemo did! He just needs to figure out how to do that…
Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd, III from the pre-Zemo’ed year 2100: “If the Corporate Overlords are Defeated, Who Is Going to Tell Me What My Opinion Is?”
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
DARK INTELLIGENCE #20
Writer: ED BRUBAKER
Artist: STEVE EPTING
Plotter: MARVEL2100
K.O.S. (KILL ON SIGHT)!
Monica Chang and Jason Strongbow are on the run their lives! A dark secret has been uncovered, a secret with huge ramifications for the country and maybe the entire world! They've learned the hidden truth about Presidential candidate Sen. Sharon Kelly's past but they can't trust anyone with what they know! Kelly has turned to Joe Broke-It to use his hired guns to kill them before the truth is exposed. Monica and Jason have one chance, get out of the country and make it to Europe to meet an old acquaintance of Jason's, The Hellfire Clubs' White Queen Adrienne Frost! If they can make it to Europe, then it brings them one closer to their ultimate destination: Wakanda!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
THE ENIGMA CORPS #2 *World War Zemo Tie-In.*
Plotted by CAPTAINUNIVERSE
Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS
Art by IBAN COELLO
'FUTURE'S END' Part 2: "The City on The Edge of Forever"
Not even those lost in time are unaffected by WORLD WAR ZEMO! When Helmut Zemo's operatives inside A.R.M.O.R. Headquarters take total control of the facility, Captain Jill Harper and her newly-established Enigma Corps prepare themselves for all-out war as THE REDEEMERS come a calling, but what is it they truly seek and does it have anything to do with the Nexus of All Realities?
32 PGS./ Rated T+...$3.99
EXCELSIOR #1 *Extra-size First Issue*
Plot by NX01A
Written by BRANDON THOMAS
Art by JESÚS SAÍZ
Theme Song: Empire Of The Sun - DNA
'IN THE RED' Part 1 'ECONOMIC SUPERPOWERS'
•The Amaterasu Array: thousands of Hinomaru Corp. satelittes absorbing and converting solar energy into high frequency radio waves to beam to rectifying antennae on Earth which convert them into electricity. The Array's creator is Shiro Yoshida, also known as SUNFIRE, so he knows a thing or two about solar power. Shiro is openly a mutant, part businessman, part socialite, part Japanese national superhero, part environmental activist, and he intends to help change the way many humans view mutants.
•What the world doesn't know is that Sunfire is also Crimson King of the Outer Sphere: mutant royalty who leverage their political, financial, and genetic powers to make the world safer for mutants. And the world needs them now more than ever.
•When one of the Amaterasu earth stations temporarily went gone dark after an uusual energy surge in the solar transfer beam, there was no cause for concern.
•When a memo reassigned Hinomaru Corp.'s top mutant technopaths and technokinetics to that earth station, one or two eyebrows were raised. When a decent chunk of Japan's internet capacity began flowing through that earth station, no one realized since BLACK BOX, FRANCISCO MILAN, HIJAK, and PARADIGM were doing their new jobs. When the previously unknown corporation HEXUS is on the cusp of simultaneous hostile takeovers of Roxxon, Hinomaru, Da Costa International, Alchemax, Brand Corporation, Frost International, and even Stark Industries, the Outer Sphere turn their attention to the problem.
•While Crimson Knight M searches through petabytes of data, her twin and fellow Crimson Knight PENANCE dimensionally shifts from shell location to shell location in search of the Hexus nexus.
•And what corporate takeover is complete without a dinner party? With the heads or representatives of the compannies at stake invited to the roof deck of Madripoor's exclusive Sovereign Hotel, Sunfire and Teresa Cassidy, the Crimson Queen SIRYN, decide to face their adversaries directly. They didn't expect the entire hotel staff and many guests to be techno-organic monstrosities bent on either assimilating them or dismembering them!
•Hack faster, M. Hack faster!
Outer Sphere Profile
SUNFIRE
Name: Shiro Yoshida
Affiliation: Outer Sphere (Crimson King), Hinomaru Corp. (C.E.O.)
Powers: •Atomic Flame
•Radiation Absorption
•Flight
•Survival in Space
Intelligence: •••
Strength: ••
Speed: ••••
Durability: •••
Energy Projection: •••••
Fighting Skills: ••••
48 PGs./Rated T+...$4.99
F² #17
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN
Art by JAMIE MCKELVIE
“!”
Diablo the Demon from the Fifth Dimension is defeated and the heroes of the F² Foundation stand ready to stand with or fight whoever in the battle between the 4 dimensional TVA and the invaders from five and six dimensional realms. The consensus from the team is to hold back and wait to pick a side.
Henry Pym is not playing that game, though. He goes in, makeshift guns blazing, adding and subtracting mass from the 4, 5, and 6 D beings battling. His Pym Particles which allow him to take or send eight dimensional dark matter into or from his body are weaponized and fired into this foes.
At first, the attack appears to work as the armies are caught and feeling the effects of growth and shrinkage. But it’s painful and although it works smoothly for a 3D being, using it on 4 or greater D beings is like putting a flat sticker onto an irregular three dimensional object. Wrinkles and no smooth fit.
Desperate to stop the pain, the TVA and their attackers use a doomsday device. Once there were realities with up to 11 dimensions. Now there is only a point. The only zero dimensional construct.
The Dimension War concludes next issue.
32 PGs/ Rated T...$3.99
HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #16
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by JEROME OPENA
Plot by FFJAMIE94
SYMBIOTIC DESTRUCTION REACHES ITS CONCLUSION!!!
Jessica takes he revenge on Necrid as she unleashes her full fury after the death of her beloved Clint.
All may be lost however as she allows the rage to consume her, killing the man behind the symbiote as he losses the War.
With their leader gone, the Symbiotes retreat for now...
But Jessica still has her Symbiote...
With the People saved for today, will their hero be a threat for tomorrow?
And where has Hawkeye's body gone?
32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #42
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Plot by MARVELL2100
Art by SALVADOR LARROCA
“THE TRIAL OF TONY STARK: PART V!”
After a long and exhausting battle, War Machine and Bethany Cabe have beaten the Iron-Busters sent by The Hammer Girls! However the win didn't come without a high cost as much of Stark Enterprises has been damaged during the fight! After Rhodey and Beth have tended to their own wounded, they decide it's to to take the fight to Hammer Industries! But Rhodey won't be the only one who will be wearing a suit as Beth unveils a new, more powerful Rescue armor!
Back in the courtroom, Howard Stark begins his testimony against Tony, his own son! Howard tells the court that he had a long-standing contract with the U.S. gov't that says that they would produce capable weapons no matter who was in charge of the company. He says that Tony breached the contract when he made weapons far too advanced for the gov't to use and possible put American lives at risk! Gasps, can be heard in the courtroom as the judge calls for order! Has Howard's testimony put Tony in legal jeopardy and more importantly, destroyed their relationship?
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
THE MIGHTY THOR #50
*World War Zemo tie-in*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ALAN MOORE
Art by MIKE MIGNOLA
Historic 50th issue marks the return of Thor!
“ON MIDGARD, AS IT IS IN HEL”
Baron Zemo has not only usurped control of the United States, he’s also usurped custody of Magni and Modi Thorson!
As Zemo sees it, the Teutonic Gods were once the patron deities of conquering vikings and berserkers. They brought strength and power to every region that worshipped them. Then weak Latin Christianity spread like a creeping disease throughout Europe. Ironically, this caused even the gods themselves to lose their way and become feeble. Odin could not even maintain control over the Nine Realms, and his shameful heir Thor granted them each independence. Pathetic! Zemo will personally remind the gods what it means to be Aryan. With the Enchantress (or is that the “Emerald Witch”?) by his side, he will raise Thor’s twins to be true heroes - like the Baron himself!
In Valhalla, a thunderous cry shakes the very foundations of the afterlife: “ZEMOOOOOOOO!!!!” The All-Father King Thor fell in battle nine months ago (see THE MIGHTY THOR #41) and Asgard has been attempting to pick up the pieces ever since. Yet now the unthinkable has happened. A mad villain has kidnapped his beloved sons and plots to warp their young, impressionable minds with a vile and corrupt ideology. Thor says thee nay! He will defy death itself to ensure this does not happen!
Seeing no other choice, Thor seeks audience with the ruler of Hel: the goddess of death, Hela! Fortunately for Thor (or perhaps unfortunately), Hela is eager to bargain and more than willing to restore Thor to life so that he can combat Zemo on Midgard. In return, she has but a few “small” demands. What does she want - and is Thor willing to pay the price?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
THE MAESTRO IN WORLD WAR ZEMO
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by ED McGUINNESS
“CURRENT IMPERFECT”
Professor Hulk continues to teach at Empire State University, having purged the Controller’s influence from the faculty and student body. Things are going pretty well for a change! It would be a shame if an evil future incarnation of the Hulk came along and ruined everything, wouldn’t it?
Steve Rogers is back from the 2099 (see WORLD WAR ZEMO #1, CAPTAIN AMERICA #50), but unbeknownst to him someone else hitched a ride on the time platform… the Maestro! He’s got a plan to forge his own perfect future - and he’s willing to help even Baron Zemo to do it!
Meanwhile, General Thaddeus Ross has been the “official” Hulk for some time now. Yet Zemo has rejected all of Ross’ non-Aryan Avengers teammates. Thaddeus, however, Zemo is willing to keep… provided that he pledges his loyalty. But Thunderbolt Ross’ father Alexander Ross fought Nazis during World War II, and Thaddeus will be damned if he’ll help their descendants conquer America now! Red Hulk smash!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
MISTRESS OF KUNG FU season 2: “Brothers and Sisters” #7 *World War Zemo tie-in*
Plotter: CAPTCLEGHORN
Writer and layouts: CYNTHIA VON BUHLER
Artist: NICOLA SCOTT
Helmut Zemo has become US Secretary of Defense. Fu Manchu long time villain with a powerful interest in his own success and safety has noticed this and is developing a plan to keep this development from hurting him at all. He finds the chip in Zemo’s armor to be Wolfgang von Strucker, now Secretary of Homeland Security. Strucker has three children, none of whom hew cares about. While one of them is also serving in the US Government under Zemo, there are two others, Andreas and Andrea, known as the Fenris Twins with powers. Although killing the twins may not matter to Strucker, knowledge that he doesn’t care about them could hurt the popularity of the Zemo movement.
Just north of the USA is a nation known as Canada. Canada, understandably, is somewhat concerned with the proliferation of pseudo-nazis in the US cabinet. Jeanne-Marie Beaubier aka Aurora and her twin brother Jean-Paul Beaubier aka Northstar are mutants summoned by the Canadian government to investigate the situation and take whatever steps are necessary to keep the nazis south of the border.
And our titular heroine, Fah Lo Suee, known as Shen Qi is still getting over the realization back at the end of season 1 (issue 6) when she was told she and Shang Chi weren’t brother and sister. At that time, Fu Manchu and Shang had left going back to their retreat deep in China. She is left alone until she discovers Sir Denis Nayland Smith of MI-6 and Phil Coulson of ARROW are actually working together to track her. They’re not concerned what she will do, but what her megalomaniacal father will do.
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
SILVER SURFER #1
Plot by GUANLISHABI
Written by RON MARZ
Art by CHRIS BACHALO
“FALLEN ANGEL”
The Silver Herald searches the cosmos in service of the Great Devourer of Worlds.
Norrin Radd arrives on a desert world, once a great civilization, destroyed in the great war.
During the great war, worlds were massacred, and now, Galactus hungers.
The only survivors on this planet are an old man and his grandchild, and they have not seen any water in many cycles.
The old man prays on his knees for rain just as the herald descends from heaven.
Silver Surfer tells them that this world will be a sacrifice at the altar of Galactus, to provide the need of the Great Devourer.
And he offers to take them to another world to live a better life.
The old man refuses to leave but prays for Surfer to take the child.
Surfer uses Power Cosmic to change the environment on the planet, rearranging the water molecules in the atmosphere ,creating one last rain as his mind reaches across the folds of reality and calls out to Galactus.
As Norrin leaves with the child in his arms to find a safe planet, rain pours from the sky onto the destroyed cities.
The old man weeps in joy as he sees flowers grow from the barren lands one last time.
After the rain, cometh the thunders of the almighty Galactus.
30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #24
Written by J.M.DEMATTEIS
Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN
Art by SARA PICHELLI
“THREAT OR MENACE?”
J Jonah Jameson, Jr. and May Parker are safe. After their rescue last issue, NYPD and the FBI made a raid on Wilson Fisk’s offices having evidence he was behind the criminal gang known as the Sinister Six. Originally one of the Six, it was discovered Adrian Toomes, alias the Vulture had been forced to act on Fisk’s behalf with May Parker as a hostage. Toomes joined forces with the vigilante known only as Spider-Man and an as yet unidentified hairy being (if you read the last issue, you’d know this is John Jameson, Man-Wolf and J Jonah’s son).
Jameson Jr., publisher of the daily Bugle website has obtained security footage of Fisk’s building where he and May were being held. The footage shows Spidey carrying Parker and Jameson out to safety. Jonah starts a campaign impugning Spidey as a coward which bothers Peter (May’s nephew and Spider-Man as well as a videographer for the Bugle.
Peter has one last visit to make to Capt. George Stacy, NYPD and father to Gwen, Peter’s hopeful GF. Pete is adamant about his appearance as Spider-Man in rescuing Fisk’s hostages. Luckily Stacy agrees with him based on the circumstances.
And, oh yeah, Pete decides on a college.
32 Pgs./ Rated T...$2.99
TYGER TIGER, CHANCELLOR OF MADRIPOOR: WORLD WAR ZEMO
Plot by EXCITER
Written by CHUCK DIXON
Art by JONBOY MEYERS
“BURNING BRIGHT”
Jessán Hoan was a banker before she became “Tyger Tiger,” a legend of the Madripoorian criminal underground. She was instrumental in ousting the cybernetic Reavers from power - a feat that made her so popular, she was elected Chancellor!
But heavy is the head that wears the crown. For months, she’s fended off indirect acts of hostility from a nation that lusts to acquire Madripoor’s assets: China (see NEGATION: THE HOME FRONT #4, CAPTAIN AMERICA #35). After Chen Lu helped expose China’s plan to frame Taiwan for a nuclear disaster (see THUNDERBOLTS #17-18), Tyger Tiger granted Lu asylum in Madripoor as an act of political oneupmanship. She could not have anticipated that her longtime ally, the United States, would subsequently be taken over by an insane zealot like Helmut Zemo - who would then declare war on her small southeast Asian island nation just to get revenge on the “Radioactive Man!”
F$&@ it.. Madripoor isn’t giving Radioactive Man up. Tyger has been strengthening the nation’s defenses for months in preparation to counter a Chinese attack, and she has more than a few surprises up her sleeves. She’s prepared to handle this invasion like she would have handled a rival gang moving in on her turf back in the day. Any hostile entity who sets foot on Madripoorian soil will never leave. She’ll bury them here!
But does the Mandarin, to whom the apprehension of the treacherous Radioactive Man is already a priority, see Zemo’s invasion of Madripoor as a potential opportunity for China?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
ULIK THE TROLL: WORLD WAR ZEMO
Plot by EXCITER
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Art by RYAN OTTLEY
“ALL TROLLS WELCOME HERE”
Trolls. A once noble race that has long been manipulated by malevolent forces into conflicts with the gods themselves… conflicts that typically went poorly for the trolls. After their homeland was lost and their invasion of Asgard was halted, the trolls were placed in internment camps on Vanaheim by Odin(as revealed way back in the Mighty Thor #0 & 1!). One troll, however, never surrendered.
Ulik led his people to escape the camps, eventually teaming up with Thor against a rampaging Hulk and earning the god of thunder’s respect. The trolls were subsequently granted part of Vanaheim as their new homeland (see the Mighty Thor #4). “Trollheim” is now a haven for all trolls, regardless of tribe, and Ulik is their High Chieftain… and champion.
When Ulik learns that a half-troll named Gunna (codenamed, appropriately, “Troll”) seeks asylum in Vanaheim (see NO MORE THUNDERBOLTS #3), he takes interest. Having learned that Gunna magically arrived in the city of Zanadu in the Mystic Mountains just outside Trollheim’s borders, Ulik personally leads a “diplomatic” band to ensure her safety and offer her a homeland. This band consists of Ulik’s brother Horth, Ulik’s mate Ulla, the wise elder crone Askella, and the brave warriors Gaark and Ud. He can’t be too careful, for Ulik has heard many strange things about Zanadu…
However, Ulik isn’t the only one interested in Gunna. She’s only half troll. Her other half is Vanir. In fact, she is the lost niece of Hogun the Grim, member of the famed Warriors Three. Hogun was born in Zanadu and suspects his late sister told Gunna much about their birthplace, which is why she returned there. Accordingly, he returns alongside Fandral and Volstagg to claim custody of his wayward niece. And he’s quickly reminded of why he left…
Yet little do Ulik or Hogun know, Vanaheim is about to be invaded by Zemo’s forces from Midgard! They, too, want Gunna… but they want her dead!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #50 *Giant-Size Milestone Issue!*
Plot by NX01A
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art by STUART IMMONEN
Theme Song: Solomon Burke - Presents For Christmas
'X-BOX' Part 1 'THE UNOPENED PRESENT'
•It ain't easy not being a god. The X-Men lost their deific glory in exchange for freeing the PHOENIX, and the tension between them is palpable as they regroup and recover at XAVIER's Westchester mansion.
•MAGNETO and Charles are no longer joined in the ONSLAUGHT armour gestalt, and the old schism threatens to reappear and widen. Integration, separate but equal, rule? If they can't come to an understanding, there may be a Mutant War® coming.
•A STORM rages in Long Island Sound. Ororo's connection to Earth's weather is out of control, much like her emotions. To again master the elements, she must again master herself.
•WOLVERINE is in withdrawal. Worse than losing his enhanced abilities, Logan's lost almost all of his Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok following! No one wants to see a short, hairy man with angry issues. They want a god. The gods are gone. So are Logan's brand partners.
•CYCLOPS and JEAN GREY haven't been seen for a few days. They've barely left their suite except for food. The Phoenix seems to have ignited quite the fire within them.
•One of the few things left with any power aboard fallen Asteroid X (renamed X-Isle) was a small cube taken from the CRIMSON PIRATES. Safely tucked away in Xavier's safe, the box begins to glow.
•And on the other side of the world... Hong Kong police investigate the slaughter of a mutant family recently returned from X-Isle. Will an Interpol investigation lead authorities to Xavier's door?
64 PGs./Rated T+...$5.99
VENOM: AGENT OF SHIELD #3
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY and JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by JUAN CABAL
Plot by FFJAMIE94
SYMBIOTIC DESTRUCTION ENDS HERE!!!
As Venom and Deadpool clear through Necrid's army, the unlikely duo form a partnership. As the invasion ends, Eddie gets a message... and a vision of Knull...
When the dust settles, the two help find survivors, and those who were not so lucky.
But where there was Hawkeye, there is now ash.
Where is Hawkeye? That's a story for another time as the two are called to a secret mission... to Weapon X.
32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99
WAYFINDER & ALETA: WORLD WAR ZEMO #1 (OF 4)
Plotted by CAPTAINUNIVERSE
Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS
Art by Iban COELLO
'WORLD WAR ZEMO' Part 1: "Where We Ran Together"
Following the takeover of A.R.M.O.R. Headquarters, Prince Wayfinder and Aleta Ogord of The Enigma Corps take advantage of their current status as unregistered extraterrestrial refugees to reinvent themselves as villains and go undercover as eager new members of The Redeemers in order to free their friends! The only question is will they have enough time between hunting down Baron Zemo's enemies at home and abroad to stage the jailbreak of the century without rousing the suspicions of their "fellow" Redeemers?
32 PGS./ Rated T+...$3.99
WORLD WAR ZEMO: ON THE BATTLEFIELD #1
SUNFLOWER
Written by SALADIN AHMED
Plot by H-E-D
Art by CHRISTIAN WARD
Long has the SULTAN MAGUS, Dagan Shah, looked up his domain in North Africa with pride. A flower blooming in the desert.
Now, war has come.
Dallas Riordan wonders if she’s made an error. How many innocents in Sharzhad will die because of her application for asylum?
The Sultan Magus aims to ensure the world understands the gravity of Zemo’s mistake.
But he’s never faced a threat like this before. Not even his vaunted defense can keep out the Redeemers!
If the Sultan Magus’ iron will is not enough… what will the future hold for Sharzhad?
ALPINE ROSE
Written by RUTU MODAN
Plot by H-E-D
Art by MARCO RUDY
When Melissa Gold, the SONGBIRD, decided to escort the young Gunna Sijurvald home to Zanadu in Vanaheim, she prepared herself for the bizarre.
But life has managed to surprise her even still.
She didn’t realize, for instance, that Zanadu was ruled by the despotic Mogul of the Mystic Mountain.
She didn’t know that Ulik the Troll ruled a different swath of territory.
And she certainly didn’t expect a neo-Nazi invasion to follow her across realms.
Melissa might not exactly be Orthodox… but she’s still Jewish. She doesn’t take that sort of thing lightly.
The enemy of an enemy is a friend… and there’s no confusion about who the villain is!
64 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-MEN: SILVER #1
Written by STEPHANIE WILLIAMS
Plot by H-E-D
Art by ARIELA KRISTANTINA
LUPIN
The chaos of WORLD WAR ZEMO thrust the Age of Marvel’s secret mutant heroes into the spotlight!
After retiring from the Ultimates, the telepathic KARMA was inspired by the Uncanny X-Men to form her own team of mutant defenders!
Recruiting the powerhouse ROGUE (been a long time since MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL!), the cryonic ICEMAN, the teleporting SILHOUETTE, the versatile MERCURY, and the disc-slinging RICOCHET, along with a top of the line support staff (fully salaried), Karma leads the team she calls X-MEN SILVER.
(She’s sure Charles Xavier would approve, but has copyright lawyers on hand just in case)
For a long time, they’ve operated under the radar, providing aid to mutants worldwide.
How have they stayed secret? Well, it helps when your benefactor is rich enough to build you a base on Mons Esam – a mountain on the moon
But with Zemo’s ascent in the United States has come an unprecedented wave of anti-mutant violence and legislation. Moon base or no, Karma’s X-Men can’t help be noticed!
Cameron Hodge, newly confirmed Secretary of Mutant Affairs, thought he was ready one team of X-Men.
But two? That’ll require outside help. And he’s found it in the form of the paramilitary SAPIENS LEAGUE, lead by the nasty power couple of the LEPER QUEEN and HATE-MONGER!
Welcome to Zemo’s America — hope you survive the experience!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
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