AOM 04-2021

AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #29

Plot by NX01A

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

Theme Sound: Stylized Sound Of A Jail Cell Locking by Mike Post

”AoA: AVU”

•In the karmic justice system, magic-based offenses are considered especially heinous. On the material plane, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Arcane Victims Unit. These are their stories.

•177A Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, New York City

Detectives MAXIMOFF and VISION look around the home of STEPHEN STRANGE after an attempt was made on his life using eldritch wasps. Wanda confirms something tried to breach the wards protecting Stephen's sanctum sanctorum, and Aarkus notices a smiling neighbour watching them too intently.

•Benjamin Franklin Parker Memorial Hospital

Doctor DRUMM and Nurse BLOODSTONE believe they've stabilized Strange's arcanaphylaxis but the next 24 hours will be crucial.

•666th Precinct

Captain RASPUTIN interrogates friendy neighbourhood witch AGATHA HARKNESS and her service cats, Ebony and Señor Scratchy. The smiling old woman thinks this reality is twisted somehow, and Illyana calls in station psychologist SALLIS for a consult. Is Agatha senile or mentally ill, is something deeply wrong with existence, or has it been Agatha all along?

•To Be Continued!

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

AGENTS OF FURY #8

Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Artist: STEFAN CASELLI

Plot: MARVELL2100

“I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE!” Part 7

Has Jack Munroe betrayed his fellow agents? That's the question Nick asks himself when he learns that Scorpio and Roz Solomon have been captured by Viper! He calls Diamondback and tells her to pullout from Sen Kelly's staff but Rachel tells Nick that Jack hasn't betrayed the team and that they need to keep the operation going. Nick orders her to end the assignment, that Jack is lost to them but Rachel refuses and hangs up. An angry Nick makes another call and tells the person on the other end to go after Viper to free Roz and Scorpio. As for Jack, well Nick had someone else undercover in Sen Kelly's organization long before Rachel and Jack. He sends out a text with a simple message: Kill Agent Nomad aka Jack Munroe! Next Issue: War of the Bucky's!

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

AMAZING FANTASY #16

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by PAUL GULACY

“THE CAROUSAL BEFORE CAROUSEL” based on the world of LOGAN’S RUN

All who dwell in the domed city know of Carousel, the seminal event deciding each person’s fate in either death or crossing their personal Rubicon and experiencing the wonders of renewal! Those whose lifeclocks are blinking on Lastday will be tested body, mind, and soul during Carousel.

Join Rod 6, Peter 9, Dick 12, Kitty 36, Cherry 24, and Peaches 36 as they assemble on Lifeday eve to bond together and enjoy each other’s company. Stress relief and the quest to end this lifespan happily is foremost in their thoughts, hopes, and dreams. The group visits Holly 13 at the New You Shop where they examine a variety of changes to enhance their already considerable talents.

They then visit Bacchus 9 and Dionysus 6, two androgenous green lifeclock individuals with a fetish for blinkers. They share their historic relic, an item called “Twister” with our crew and all submit to the commands of the all-wise, omnipotent spinner device. Fear gripping tales of Sandmen and the mysterious creature known only as “Box” are told to increase the hormonal levels of the blinkers.

Who will experience the wonders of Carousel and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes? The secrets of Carousel are great and many and only experienced once in a lifetime.

32 Pgs./ Rated M...$3.99

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA #21

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by ADI GRANOV

“STURM AND DRANG!” Part 5: BORN IN THE USA!

Black Panther has just taken out an elite squad of soldiers as he makes his escape from a U.S. military compound and hot on his heels is America's premiere star-spangled soldier, U.S.Agent! Above Denver, CO. a cloaked Wakandan heli-carrier sits low, anxiously awaits for their king to return when suddenly they're fired on by F-18 fighter jets. Okoye orders the helicarrier to leave as she leaps out into the open air, landing softly on top of a skyscraper with the aid of the Vibranium soles on her shoes. She races back into the facility to find T'Challa when she runs into another squad of soldiers, this time lead by the psychotic super-soldier Nuke! Gimme a red! Next Issue: Star-Spangled Smasher!

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

CAPTAIN AMERICA #29

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“мокрое дело”

The new Captain America continues his mission to redefine the title’s meaning and erase his predecessor’s legacy. Arkady Rossovich isn’t prone to giving speeches like Rogers was, but when he does do press, the questions are pre-screened thanks to complicit media facilitated by M.O.D.O.K. Just as Sally Floyd is lobbing him a softball about his favorite type of dog (Siberian Husky, obviously), a glint of light catches his eye - and he raises his carbonadium shield fast enough to deflect the sniper’s bullet. The shooter is quickly identified... as Bucky Barnes!

The two former Soviet assets are no strangers. In fact, the Winter Soldier, Omega Red, and the Black Widow were once part of an empowered wetworks unit affiliated with the KGB’s Spetsbureau. Neither one has forgotten that...

The Brezhnev Doctrine was that any threat to socialist rule in a Central or Eastern European state was a threat to them all, and therefore justified intervention. The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia had just succeeded, but the Soviets wanted a... quieter solution to a similar problem in nearby Symkaria. The Soviet Super-Soldiers were sent to the capital, Aniana, to remove the sitting government. Their only real opposition? A group of Symkarian “enhanced” specialists backed by the CIA’s Operation: Pack Animal. The Soviets weren’t prepared for the desperation of the Wild Pack, and Omega Red’s actions that night still haunt the Winter Soldier...

Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd, “A Buck Short: How I Survived an Attack from Bucky Barnes, Radicalized Ex-Military Extremist.”

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE COLD-BLOODED LIZARD OMNIBUS

Plot by EXCITER

Written by MIKE COSTA

Art by RYAN STEGMAN

The complete collection of one of the first Age of Marvels Series plotted entirely by EXCITER, launched in 2013!

Once one of the world’s foremost scientific minds, Dr. Curt Connors' disastrous self-experimentation re-grew his lost arm, but indelibly transformed him into the Cold-Blooded Lizard! The Lizard destroyed Curt's family before he managed to establish control again. Now, Curt uses his mind and empowered body to try and make up for the damage he's done in the past – doing good and fighting evil while evading the authorities who relentlessly pursue him for the Lizard’s crimes.

On his journey, the Lizard faces South American death-squads in San Diablo, a reborn “Quetzalcoatl,” memories of how he lost his arm in the Middle East, and a grim possible future where repto-sapiens conquer the Earth!

Reprints The Cold-Blooded Lizard issues 1-8.

256 PGs./ Rated T...$9.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #29

Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by TOM GRUMMETT

Two Invisible Women battle in a story that can only be called…

“CHESHIRE CATFIGHT!”

As some of you may have guessed Susanne Storm isn’t our Sue. How can we tell the difference between them? Evil Susanne has a beard 😊 No, Susanne HATES being called Suzie. Susanne has been travelling through dimensions using technology created by her deceased husband travelling to those worlds which had survived the Gamma Ray Burst.

Susanne: “You are so much like the other weak versions of me, depending on your family foursome to support you. I use all of you to strengthen my control. Your minor political achievement is interesting and I shall take advantage of it to increase my power. You, a pale imitation cannot stop me.”

Sue Storm: “Hold my daughter.”

The controversy regarding future nazi Thundra and the Invisible Woman she finally allies herself with is resolved.

And before we forget to mention it, the Mad Thinker Rhona Burchill and her awesome android manage to break into the base at Californication to humiliatingly kill our beloved heroes. I wonder if she ‘ll be able to tell the Storm women apart.

This arc is based heavily on an idea from whitecrown.

32 PGs./ Rated T...$3.99

FANTASTIC FOUR volume 4: “Civil War”

Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by TOM GRUMMETT

With special pages from writer ROY THOMAS and STEVE RUDE

Captain America and Thor are at odds when the USA and the Aesir go to war. Sue, a member of the US Senate sides with cap and the USA. Johnny and Josephine side with her. Meanwhile Victor Von Doom, chancellor of Latveria, presents evidence to Reed Richards that Thor and the Aesir must win this fight and Latveria joins with the Aesir in war against the USA. Reed and Ben Grimm are very doubtful, but side with Doom.

Emotions boil over and blood is spilled. No one gets out undamaged.

Also featuring…

FRANKLIN RICHARDS – SON OF A GENIUS: “CEREAL KILLER”

Written by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS

As a normal (well, kind of, just go with it) four year old boy. Franklin Richards has few problems as great as finding and eating the right breakfast cereal. When he finds his Uncle Johnny’s diary in his mother’s dresser, he learns a lot of new words but also of the existence of a breakfast cereal called “Purple Power” which turns the milk purple and grape flavored. Plus, there was a toy inside!

When you’re the son of a genius, being able to go back in time is less of a problem than finding where your mother has put the BIG mixing bowl that Franklin needs to dump the cereal into in order to get the prize inside.

Reprints Fantastic Four issues 19-24 with an all-new Franklin Richards story.

160 PGs./ Rated T...$4.44

HULK IN HELL #4

Plot by EXCITER

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by RON GARNEY

“I SMASHED THE DEVIL”

“And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” - Revelation 12:9

The Hulk vs. Mephisto! ‘Nuff said!

...or is it?

This is the ultimate confrontation that’s been building since the soul of the Hulk was first sent to Hell! One would think that not even the green Goliath could smash the devil himself in his own sulfur and brimstone-filled realm... but something strange is afoot. Mephisto traditionally has ultimate power over the damned souls in Hell. He doesn’t have any power over the Hulk though, and he doesn’t know why. But the real villain here, the one who instigated all of this, does.

The damned father, Brian Banner, knows that the Hulk who has smashed every demonic entity in his path for the last several issues is not a complete soul. He’s just part of his son’s soul, and as long as Bruce Banner is tethering the Hulk to Earth, his soul-form is unbeatable in the underworld! He’ll kill Mephisto and leave an empty throne... upon which Brian Banner intends to sit!

Meanwhile, the Ghost Rider, with a Hulk-free Bruce Banner in tow, blazes a path towards the nearest Hellmouth. His plan? Liberate the soul of the Hulk and reunite it with Bruce’s. But is he about to inadvertently damn them both?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

INFINITY WATCH #7

Plot by KALAI

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by FRANK QUITELY

“THE STARHAWK NATION” part three

3021 AD, After Eros and Aleta subdues the Dark Starhawk in his palace.

Starhawk, Aleta Ogord, realizes that the Dark Starhawk is in fact Stakar Ogord.

This Stakar came from further in the future 4621AD, he traveled back in time to create his own Starhawk Nation in 3021AD.

Eros realizes this means Thane will become a threat greater than anything the universe has ever seen.

Their team is put together to end any threat to the universe.

This means if they want to see it through, they must kill Thane.

Starhawks from all the different timelines have constructed a gate into the Library of Worlds,

and inside the nexus of realities, a War between the Swans and Hawks begins.

Genis-Vell and Pip make it to the ruins of old Hala,

but they are attacked by a mysterious hooded figure, it turns out to be Mar-Vell, but how is this possible?

In the city of Attilan, Hyperion and Angela find the remnant of Terrigen Crystal,

but they are also stopped by a Silent King, the King of All Inhuman, Black Bolt?!

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

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #21

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

SUPERIOR IRON MAN: FINALE! EVERYBODY HURTS

Tony vs Arno! A fight that has been building since they were kids! A fight that will happen on the graves of their parents Howard and Maria Stark! Tony has loved his brother all his life and Arno has loved Tony since he first saw his little brother. But for these two, there can only be one Iron Man and it will have to be settled in blood. They battle in the night sky, two shining stars that light up the heavens. But while Tony fights with a reluctant heart, Arno fights with resolve, believing himself to be the true inheritor of their father's legacy. He unleashes his most powerful blast, knocking Tony to the ground and his armor offline. Arno stands over Tony telling him that it's over, that he will carry the Stark legacy and everything that Tony built, everyone he's ever cared for will have to be destroyed to remove the stain on their name. Tony talks to Arno, begging him to stop but as he looks into Arno's eyes, he can see that his brother isn't there any more. So just as Arno aims a repulsor blast for the kill, Tony uses his own armor to overload his brother armor which sends a huge electrical charge thru Arno's armor that fries his brain and causes mass hemorr\*\*\*\*\*g, effectively making him brain dead. After years of trying, Tony has finally beaten his big brother. Don't be too hard on him if he doesn't feel like celebrating. Next Issue: A Death In The Family.

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

THE MIGHTY THOR #29

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“THE TRIAL OF THE ALL-MOTHER” part three “VERDICT”

The jury has deliberated and the verdict is in. The former All-Mother Freyja... is guilty on all counts! Now, it falls upon King Thor to issue a sentence upon his wicked stepmother. But what will it be? Banishment? Imprisonment? ...Death? Surely Freyja’s treasonous coup merits no less than the ultimate penalty.

As Thor contemplates retributive justice, he’s visited by an unexpected guest offering sage advice; the kind only a mother can provide. One of the few remaining Elder Gods, progenitor of pantheons and Mother Earth herself: Gaea arrives in Asgard to beg her bastard son for leniency. Thor, however, has little affection for his absentee parent, especially as she now advocates mercy towards the fiend who started a war in which she did not fight.

Gaea makes points he already considered: the fear of creating a Vanir martyr, the mitigating circumstances attendant to historical injustices Freyja suffered, the fact that she raised him, etc. Yet one point, her real point, grabs Thor’s attention. They’ll need the Realms that fought with Freyja as allies - for the Götterdämmerung War weakened Yggdrasil, creating certain vulnerabilities that another Elder God might exploit...

Elsewhere, Balder the Brave emerged from the rubble that his half-brother Thor buried him under (see THE MIGHTY THOR #26). Yet having fought on the losing side of a war, he has nowhere to go and no friends left to turn to - none, save the severed head of Malekith the Accursed. The elven skull has taken to talking to him, telling him things that even the living Malekith couldn’t know. Things like, how to complete the (almost) invulnerability spell that his mother Freyja cast upon him. Balder is told he his answers lie within a certain book... a book called the Darkhold... a book authored by the Elder God Chthon! With nothing else to quest for, Balder sets out to find it...

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

NEW GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #5

Plot by KALAI

Writer MARK MILLAR

Artist GREG CAPULLO

“E FOR EVOLUTION”

Ex Nihilo and Abyss are charged with one duty, the evolution of the human race,

now, they set their eyes on a bigger goal, evolution of the universe.

New Guardians believes they should move the universe forward, they can change the status quo.

They start by offering the refugees in the galaxy with food and shelter in the Builder System in the Superflow.

The team took down the corrupt officials around the galaxy, freeing the oppresses,

but this doesn't sit well with the establishment, the power that be.

The Krees and Skrulls are putting together a team, the Dark Guardians.

The Krees informed High Evolutionary, that Ex Nihilo and Abyss are interfering with natural evolution.

Kree believes they are incapable of evolution anymore,

but if the New Guardians can show them a new way forward, it both means evolution and revolution.

High Evolutionary decides to send a team of his vision of Kree evolution.

The Ruuls, the Kree evolved by the Forever Crystal,

led by the Legendary Kree Warrior of Ancient, Bro-Lar, Kree Eternal.

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

PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3

Written by J.M.DEMATTEIS

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by SARA PICHELLI

“MAKING THINGS HAPPEN”

Sometimes it’s personal. Spidey’s fight with crooks out to force Flash Thompson into throwing a game has led to nothing much happening. So Peter decides to become a detective and use Daily Bugle computers to dig into the history of the thugs threatening Flash. Helping him is Gwen Stacy, a woman with amazing (no, spectacular) hacking skills. Our HS sleuths follow the trail to a gourmet food company, Fisk Spices and Essentials, whose slogan is “Making Things Happen”. Peter and Gwen harness their inner Scooby Gang talents to crack this mystery.

Meanwhile, Dr. Margo Damian and Mary Jane Watson have been falling more and more under the spell of mysterious caveman Rognar who is getting an excellent handle on 21st century America.

And Aunt May’s Uber has taken her to Ryker’s Island where she has an audience with celebrity villain Adrian Toomes, the Vulture and May considers her entrance into the world of senior activism.

32 Pgs./ Rated T...$3.99

SORCERERS OF THE STARS #21

Written by JEFF PARKER

Plot by H-E-D

Art by DUSTIN WEAVER, MARCO RUDY and FRAZER IRVING

“STREAMLINE”

TWENTY-FIFTH ISSUE EXTRA-SIZED FINALE

(please, count the Civil War tie-in mini in your issue count!)

In her quest for revenge against Hybrid and the Dire Wraiths, Heather Douglass has been consumed by the Dragon of the Moon. Moondragon takes her revenge and slays Hybrid — but the Dragon isn’t done with her yet.

If she can’t get herself under control, Hybrid isn’t going to be the only casualty! All of Lemista is at stake, not to mention her teammates. Is this the end of the Sorcerers of the Stars? Hopefully not, because with Anti-Magic spreading exponentially, the universe is going to need them. Not to mention, the Kyln just went offline.

Surprise, this is a PRELUDE TO NEGATION!

The last time the Kyln went offline, the Annihilation Wave struck. Xandar died. Kree-Lar died. Millions of worlds and trillions of lives, lost.

The Intergalactic powers that be would see history not repeat itself. And so the armadas of dozens of empires converge of the Crunch, prepared for attack. Or so they think.

Meanwhile, in a jail cell on Ciress, Adam Warlock starts screaming.

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

STAR WARS: LEGACY #1

Plot by RANDOMIDEAGUY

Written by CLAUDIA GRAY

Art by TERRY DODSON

“WHILL OF THE UNKNOWN” Part 1

We open on a well decorated desert planet on the edge of the galaxy. A young man chases an alien across the tribal themed town. He's got a lot of tricks and even a bit of the force on his side, but ultimately the alien gets away.

Luckily he runs smack into the hairy arm of a Wookie. Thanks for the assist, Uncle Chewie. Han locks down the informant - turns out he's here to talk to Han, he just got spooked because he thought the "First Order was here to finish the job". Han gets some more details but asks for Ben (Solo, the young man from before) to wait outside the room.

Ben's a little mad that he's getting sidelined. This is made worse when Han asks him to travel back to the capital and give a holocron to Leia. What's Han to do? Well he's going to recruit a team right here for a mission into First Order space.

We have something of a heist style set up as Han interviews the sorry lot that occupies this far flung space gas station. Some of the interviews are funny, some are serious. We eventually zero in on three candidates: Finn, Rey, and Poe. They're hired to be the Muscle, the Mechanic, and the Co-Pilot respectively.

Han arrived to this planet on the Millenium Falcon, but it's too conspicuous. The informant tricks them out with a new ride for the mission - THE DAWN TREADER. Han and co head out to the wreckage of the ship the informant was on when his crew got wiped out by the FIRST ORDER.

What does Ben do? Well, he's not about to be sidelined. He's a bit impetuous like that. So he forges a fake identity as a spice trader named "Kylo Ren", joins up with a crew of ne'er do wells, and "suggests" they head to the wreckage site that Han is already headed to.

What could possibly go wrong?

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

STAR WARS: TALES OF THE JEDI #1

Plot by RANDOMIDEAGUY

Written by DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER

Art by GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY

“INTERLUDE” Part 1 (3 Pages)

Luke Skywalker and a few conveniently masked friends arrive on the heavily fortified world of CORUSCANT, the center of the GALACTIC EMPIRE. The truth is much less clear here than one would expect, Imperial Moffs are meeting to discuss a post-Palpatine war effort. Many don't believe that he's even dead, or that rumors of this "Luke Skywalker" are more than hearsay. Regardless, Luke is not here for that - instead he works to quickly infiltrate the Emperor's vault and gain access to HOLOCRONS which contain the last known record of the HISTORY OF THE JEDI. Let's plug one in and see what we've missed.

“THE PHANTOM MENACE” Part 1 (29 Pages)

Obi-Wan Kenobi is an upstart young Jedi Knight just making his way in the world. We open with a transmission from Grand Master Yoda, who informs Kenobi that he was selected for this mission to "prove his detractors wrong." Apparently Kenobi has been labeled as a hot head and this mission gives him a chance to make his case for promotion to Jedi Master.

Obi-Wan boards a TRADE FEDERATION ship enforcing a blockade above important Republic resource world ALDERAAN. Obi-Wan is to meet with the trade federation representative and negotiate a cessation of the blockade.

He enters a board room and begins negotiations with federation representative MAUL, who appears via hologram. It turns out that the Federation (a "trade union" of sorts for non-human Republic worlds) believes that the human worlds are being unfairly favored in trade and deals.

The blockade is something of a "formal protest" and they refuse to move until they can make their case to the Chancellor. Obi-Wan agrees to help pass along these sort of communications, when he notices a strange smell - poison gas!

Obi-Wan must bust out of the room, cut his way through a small army of alien soldiers, and take an emergency landing pod down to the world below. What's a Jedi Knight to do?

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #9

Written by ALEX DE CAMPI

Plot by H-E-D

Art by CARMEN CARNERO & GABRIEL HARDMAN

Oh no, looks like the Ladykillers weren’t such a slam dunk for the Thunderbolts.

Rapid-onset adamantium poisoning from their weapons has shut down Cletus Kasady’s brain.

A brain dead Cletus means an out of control Carnage, rampaging through one of the world’s richest cities!

Granted, that’s not so different from a normal Carnage – only this one is putting just as much energy into killing Moonstone and Archangel as anything else!

Elsewhere, Radioactive Man’s EMP has disabled Zero/One’s army, with only a slight sprinkle of deadly radiation sprinkled in. Nothing Zemo’s lawyers can’t handle. Though he’s also completely fried all the technology in the Silicon Valley. Oops.

He’s rather spent from the effort, so he stays behind to take care of Troll while Songbird faces a down-but-not-out Zero/One, one-on-one!

Meanwhile, Norah Winters’ source, turns out to run a “personal development company”, AKKΔBA. It doesn’t take much research (at all) to learn it’s a likely front for the controversial organization known as Akkabalogy. Some would call it a cult, and by some, we mean pretty much everybody outside of AKKΔBA. Is Norah getting in over her head?

32 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

THE ULTIMATES #21

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by H-E-D

Art by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO & ARIELA KRISTANTINA

"DARK ULTIMATES" Part 3 – "TAKE A BOW"

TWENTY-FIFTH ISSUE EXTRA-SIZED FINALE

In a graveyard that was once a nation, the last three members of the Ultimates fight tooth and nail to defend what remains of its civilian populace from the so-called Dark Ultimates!

Even with powerhouses like Blue Marvel and Spectrum, there’s only so long they can hold out against the villains’ superior numbers – and especially the threat of the Void, Spellbreaker’s pet nightmare.

Just when all hope seems lost, the tide of the battle turns as the Void dissolves before their very eyes.

At just that moment, the true Ultimates find their numbers doubled as Karma, Spellbinder and Ond suddenly join the fray!

The Sentry sacrificed his life to give the TRUE Jennifer Kale the energy to transport herself, Karma and Ond back to the mortal realm, destroying his shadow-self in the process.

There’s no time for celebration or explanation, however, as Spellbreaker threatens to use the Aether to unleash a ritual to suffocate the entire planet in the same crystalline prison that once held her!

PLUS: The Ultimates have saved the day! Shocking, I know.

Erica Fortune, her connection to magic sundered climatically by Jennifer, is in custody. The rest of the Dark Ultimates have vanished into the wind.

With that threat ended, the Ultimates come to an agreement – they’re going to disband!

They acted in time to save the world – but not Jennifer Kale’s reputation. Thanks to Spellbreaker’s disguise, Jennifer has the most hated face in the world!

Meanwhile, after being separated from her body for so long, what Karma needs is time on her own.

Ond, on the other hand, is off to Asgard, for the first time in eons. Will King Thor welcome him with open arms?

Blue Marvel’s heart is in the lab, but Monica’s is in the field. The world needs defenders – and Spectrum just might be Earth’s mightiest hero!

Captain Marvel sets off to space! Less paperwork out there.

And a final, big, thank you to everybody who’s been reading and buying the series over the past two years!

64 PGS./ Rated T...$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #29

Plot by NX01A

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by PEPE LARRAZ

Theme Song: Evanescence - Bring Me To Life

”TRANSFIGURATIONS”

•The mad geneticist known as SINISTER merged hundreds of mutants with the fauna of Krakatoa for unknown reasons aka Science. Now his 'unwilling' right hand man, DR. HENRY McCOY aka the bouncing BEAST, is using what's left of Sinister's technology to reverse the XENTAUR process with varying levels of success. Some mutant-animal hybrids look human again but their minds remain largely bestial, some become even more animal but are mentally human, and even the most successful reversions still retain animal properties. With such a high failure rate, why is the Beast so happy?

•JEAN GREY's consciousness inhabits the body of demon-mutant psionicist PHENEX while her counterpart seems to have died in Jean's corpse. With MAGIK missing, what will Phenex's fellow demon-mutants do to retrieve her in mind and body?

•Jean's new body has a death touch which only fellow demon-mutants are immune to, so CYCLOPS can't even hug and comfort her. Or can he? Since the contest of wands, Scott's optic blasts channel energy from the Crimson Cosmos but can he use it to augment his strength and durability?

•A peaceful rally on the University of Virginia campus in support of pro-mutant Amendment XXX quickly turns violent when a dozen men and women with energy weapons open fire on the crowd! Operation Z-TOL has begun, and there may be no stopping FALCO and the SPLINTER SOLDIERS!

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

AOM QUARANTINE SPECIAL #13 (of ?????)

Written by MARY LEE and SUZANNE PERELMAN

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by WILLIAM JOHNSON

“YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE RAGE THIS YEAR? ...HATS.”

Did you ever wonder how Heather Douglas, known as Moondragon, gets her head to look so sleek and smooth? It’s an amazingly complex methodology but the current restrictions on salons, spas, and barbers with the COVID crisis have made getting hair professionally done problematic. See how she cares for her look here.

As for those who ask “But isn’t she a space faring hero? Surely (Don’t call us Shirley), other planets aren’t restricted for COVID. That is so, but frankly, Earth has the BEST hair care in this part of the universe.

Thanks to Bill Watterson (google him) for the title quote.

https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Hair-.../dp/0879320397

Plot by EXCITER

Writing and Art by DAN DIDIO

Dr. Fauci once stated that masks were unnecessary, but more recently recommended wearing two masks. Now, however, at his most recent press conference, he recommends wearing five masks! But is this really Fauci, or a master of disguise who loves masks more than anything. Has the Chief Medical Advisor been replaced… by the Chameleon?

32 PGs./Rated T... $One Roll of Toilet Paper