AOM 08-2014

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MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 1

AVENGERS #2 \*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-in\*\*\*

 Written by GRANT MORRISON

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by JIM LEE/ JEROME OPENA

 "Man of Steel" Part 2 of 3

 CONTINUED FROM MASTERS OF KUNG-FU #2.

•Thor, Angela, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Orson Randall, Prime and Loki (?!!?)...the Avengers. After a confrontation with Thor over Loki's membership, Captain America has taken leave from the team. However, the team is joined by the all-new, powerhouse aka Wasp. Janet Van Dyne/Wasp has super-strength, powerful wings, extra-sensory, power-blast, size-changing and most importantly her scientist supreme fiance communicating through cyber-link..okay that could get annoying. The team is soon in an epic battle with a superman from the Middle-East who calls himself Super-Sapien, but his true identity leads to more questions than answers.

•Captain America believes Loki is major threat being on the Avengers and has formed his own New Avengers: Squirrel Girl, Falcon's falcon Redwing, Miraclewoman and...Kick-Ass(?!?) Can Cap lead this "Kooky Quartet" to take down Loki, even if it means destroying the Avenger?!?

•Finally, the devil Mephisto arrives and makes the Avengers an offer they can't refuse: "No More Super-Villains!"

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

 IRON MAN #2

 Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by BRYAN HITCH

 "The Architect" Part 2 of 3

•They are some of the most powerful people on the planet, they convene at an undisclosed, highly secured location that does not exist. They control technology, energy, communication and the future. Tony Starks meets with Ezekiel Stane, Bill Gates, Sunset Bain and Jock and J.R. Ewing. While Stark knows how to party with the rich and famous, what is at stake here is the blueprint for the 21st century and beyond. However, they are not alone the terrorist organization the Ten Rings strikes. Can Tony Stark remotely pilot his drone Iron Man to take out his enemies while protecting his guest? Well he's good a multi-tasking and loves a challenge.

•Meanwhile Shang Chi aka Iron Man 2.0 is joined by Rescue and War Machine as they confront a weapon of mass destruction named Lady War Machine. Little do they know that against her they have NO CHANCE.

•On Earth 17, Anthony Stark is preparing for his honeymoon with his longtime partner and now newlywed. However, like many Tony Starks before him he's is marked for death and his killer dons a very familiar red and gold armor! An ARMOR WAR is coming!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

 CAPTAIN AMERICA #2

 Written by JAMES ROBINSON

 Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER

 Plot by RED FALCON

 "Origins, Part 2"

 The newly empowered Steve Rogers must chase down the man who assassinated Dr. Abraham Erskine before he escapes. But what he discovers about the man's true motives will shock him. .

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

SPIDEY #2

 Written by JOSS WHEDON

 Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

 Art by GREG CAPULLO

 "All Washed Up"

•Morris Bench aka Hydro-Man is terrorizing New York City and destroyed the 34th Street Macy's in his most recent battle with Spider-Man that left the web crawler bruised and battered, and Santa's favorite Big Apple stopover a soaked mess, not to mention missing a multi-million $ diamond collection. The Daily Bugle has labeled them both Public Menaces!

•But just what is Hydro-Man after (besides diamonds)? At the company lunch table, Miguel O'Hara informs Peter and Gwen that he witnessed the liquified larcenist snooping around Alchemax after hours. He mentioned this to their supervisor, Doctor Octavius, but the resident genius didn't seem concerned. Does anyone else find that strange?

•Peter does some snooping of his own as your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and discovers that Alchemax after dark is quite the happening place: Octavius working on a secret project involving tentacle thingies...weird, there's Miguel dropping Gwen back off at her car...wait...what... and who the heck is that suspicious costumed intruder on the rooftop? Introducing Cardiac!

•Spider-Man confronts Cardiac. Is he friend or foe? One things is clear, he isn't letting anyone stop him from getting inside the building and he's sending some bad vibrations our way. And just when things couldn't get worse, Hydro-Man makes his big splash. It's Spidey vs. Cardiac vs. Hydro-Man inside the city's top scientific research facility. What could possibly go wrong?

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 2

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF THE DEAD #2

 Written By CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By ADI GRANOV

 "Raise the Dead" Part 2: Past Sins

 Kiber returns from the dead with accusations of genocide against Wakanda! Did Wakanda really wipe out Kiber Island and 20 million people? Shuri gathers her Security Council together to prepare for war against the madman even if it means sinking the Island again! She also has a special mission for Hunter, The White Wolf and the Hatute Zeraze, find a way onto the island and kill Kiber before things begin to escalate! T'Challa goes on a fact finding mission of his own as he plans to confront Kiber himself! What will he find in a nation returned from the dead? Meanwhile, events are being monitored from afar by a mysterious duo who have designs on both Kiber Island and Wakanda! Are they friend, foe or both?

 32 PGS./Rated M...$2.99

THOR & THE WARRIORS THREE\*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-in\*\*\*

 Written by BRIAN Q. MILLER

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by DALE EAGLESHAM

 "GODS AND DEMONS"

 The Maestro delivers his prize to the demon Nazi scientists, Thor's DNA! The perfect Nazi soldiers soon start to roll out across the land, half demon half God they begin to light up Europe with sulfuric blasts of Hell-fire lightning. Thor needs allies and luckily they arrive in one of the Skull's own super tanks. The Warrior's Three and Sif unite once more with Thor to face an army the world hoped never to see! Can these three God's take down an entire army backed up with the power of Hell itself? Well let's just say they intend to go down swinging if they can't.

 Meanwhile Odin continues to twist time and reality to create the Twilight Crown, the Ending of every race of God's tied into one unique object. The destruction of every Pantheon combined in one moment. Who dares wear the Crown and suffer all the Twilight's?

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 BLACK KNIGHT #2

 Written by PAUL CORNELL

 Plot by WHITORO

 Art by TRAVIS CHAREST

 The Unshaper Part II

 The Cult of the Kill obtains control over the Unshaper, the engine of destruction. As the legend goes, the ancient doomsday weapon can “destroy all things that have shape”, but can only be activated on a specific day… this day. Dane Whitman fights off the members of the cult, trying to deactivate the abominable mechanism when suddenly, a new opponent shows up on the battle field. He slaughters the members of the Cult in a second flat, brandishing the Ebony Blade, just like Dave. He’s the Black Knight of Tomorrow, and the battle between the two warriors is finally about to commence.

 32PGS./Rated T 2.99$

 MASTERS OF KUNG-FU #2\*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-in\*\*\*

 Written by CHUCK DIXON

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by MARK SILVESTRI

 "A Tale of Two Cities" Part 2 of 2

•New K'un-Lun. Formerly New York City, formerly the mystical hidden city of K'un-Lun. The leader of K'un-Lun, Master Khan has made a deal with the devil aka Mephisto. He now sits in the penthouse of an ivory tower as the Mayor and ruler of the greatest and most powerful city in the world. Orson Randall, Abe Brown and Shang-Chi know they have to cut off the head of the snake to return things back to normal. To do that they have to enter the dragon and face overwhelming odds. A gauntlet of K'un-Lun ninjas are led by the the Judas Lotus Shinchuko, the rival the Cat, the dark-chi artist Steel Serpent and the toy-like robot assassin Brynocki. It is wall-to-wall nonstop mixed martial arts action with a hint of Orson's Chi-powered pistols. Just wait until the team sees who's at the Boss level.

•The Masters of Kung-Fu new protege Kick-Ass meets his idol Captain America and he has an offer that he can't refuse! CONTINUED IN AVENGERS #2!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 3

FALCON: BIRD OF PREY #2

 Written by CHUCK DIXON/DARWYN COOKE

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by DARWYN COOKE

 "Frequent Flyer" Part 2 of 2

 It is wildest and most frenetic big-screen fight sequence in the skies...EVER. On one side is a flock of dangerous winged super-villains each calling themselves Vulture. On the other side is the Avenger Falcon. He may be out-numbered, but he has the upperhand. He's been trained by the greatest soldier on Earth, can see everything from a bird's eye view and has hidden weapons. One is his arsenal of weapons made for air-assault and the other is his trained hunting falcon Redwing. Besides having a telepathic link with Falcon, Redwing has a sharp beak and talons and right at this moment has a rabid fixation on flying criminals named Vulture.

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

AVENGERS INTERNATIONAL #2

 Written by BRYAN Q MILLER

 Plot by ROZEN

 Art by FIONA STAPLES

 With Silver Sable's life on the line, and assassins and mercenaries coming out of the woodwork, she has no choice but to turn to Avengers International...all two of them. Escaping onto a spare, beaten Quinjet, the three are left to catch their breath, but doubts soon arise. Captain Marvel and Aurora may be powerful, but they can only last for so long on their own. Their plan? Form the team, and now. Their next stop? Latveria. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure watches on as the failing Quinjet lands, plotting out his own agenda...

 32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

NEW WARRIORS #2

 Written by Alan Moore

 Plot by SUDO NIMM

 Art by Mark Bagley

 "Friday the 13th"

 Nighthrasher, Namorita, Second Nova, Reptil, Ms. Marvel and the other Warriors – are young heroes with amazing powers and strong personalities. They have learned through strength of friendship to endure many hardships. But will they survive their first trip to the Negative zone? Second Nova is summonded to the mysterious region to monitor a rip in time/space. One that leads to the zombieverse. When they discover who orchestrated the violation all may be lost.

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

MARVEL GLOBAL! Part 1

LADIES OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #2

 Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK

 Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

 Art by OLIVIER COIPEL

 "IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MADRIPOOR WORLD"

•The field team is in position. Welcome to Madripoor, Ladies!

•Operation Spider's Web: Agents Romanova & Drew have infiltrated the Madripoor Grand Hotel where Lucia Von Bardas and her private guardsmen occupy the top floor. Intel indicates this is where a meeting between the world's most dangerous rogue agencies and terrorist organizations will take place, with Von Bardas as the central figure. SHIELD needs to be in that room. Can Jessica and Natasha make it through 30 towering floors of resistance? It will take more than their legendary fighting skills to get through those doors. Thankfully in this land of sin, these ladies have seduction down to a science. Well hello boys, I just love a man in uniform. Is that Latverian?

•Speaking of Sin...look who just showed up to the party. Daughter of the Red Skull herself, long missing and right now Agent 13 has eyes on her in the sweaty central market. Don't lose her, Carter. We haven't pinpointed Sin and her whereabouts for more than a year. The market is packed. There must be 12,000 dealers hocking stolen goods from around the globe here and ten times as many buyers. Rolex, Oakleys, Gucci, Picassos, designer drugs, smut, Barry Bonds MVP Trophies...you want it, you can get it dirt cheap. We need to break up this crowd. Something to scatter the masses and identify who is with Sin. You're on Agent Quake!

•Meanwhile, Cavalry and Mockingbird set up on a neighboring rooftop. Morse is rigging up the latest SHIELD tech (thanks to Fitz/Simmons) on high frequency sonar surveillance. They should be able to identify where and how many combatants Black Widow and Spider-Woman may be dealing with if and when they reach the penthouse. While Cavalry is meticulously putting together one mean looking, high-powered sniper rifle. Unfortunately, no one informed Morse and May that they were atop the same place that Madame Masque and her entourage were staying. And it just happened to be time for her smoke break. Small world, huh?

32PGs./Rated T...$2.99

ALPHA FLIGHT #2

 Written by BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY

 Plot by SUPERCOOPER

 Art by TY TEMPLETON

 “RECRUITS AND REGRETS” Part 2 of 3 “A TOWN CALLED WENDIGO”

 The Wendigo curse has spread…..what was once a plague on humans has turned the entire town of Bear Brook, Alberta, into carnivorous, bloodthirsty beasts! Cats and dogs, jeans and cars, nothing and no one is safe! Not even Alpha Flight’s Shaman, who’s come face-to-face with the town’s de facto leader (and only one not transforming) Pastor Carl Orcinus. And when the pastor reveals the town’s dark past as a Wendigo breeding ground, Shaman, Snowbird, Puck, Marrina and new recruit Wild Child will have a difficult decision to make: destroy the town and the curse for good, or let them run wild and free? This is one case of mystical mayhem that you’ll have to see to believe!

 32PGs./Rated T...$2.99

BIG HERO 6 #2

 Words & Art by MIKE ALLRED & FELIPE SMITH

 Plot by PERSONAMANX

 Chapter 2 - "UNEXPECTED BETRAYAL: GO-GO-NO-GINGER?"

 As HIRO HAMADA and FREDZILLA return to base after their run in with LORD DEATHSTRIKE and the vigilantes YUKIO and AMIKO KOBAYASHI they find troubling news from HONEY LEMON. GO-GO-TOMAGO has gone rogue and WASABI-NO-GINGER has gone after her. Why is GO-GO so invested in this scientist's death and why did she leave with the group of Ninja who attacked the 6? BAYMAX may hold the answers but will the BIG HERO 6 like what they hear?

 Will any of this matter when the legendary category Five Kaiju is unleashed by THE HAND?

 Find out in the next BIG issue of BIG HERO 6!

 32PGs./Rated A...$2.99

HYDRA NATION #2

 Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO

 Plotted by WHITORO

 Art by DANIEL ACUNA

 "THE IMPERIAL MARCH"

 Nomi Blume, now Mach Two, is recruited within the ranks of the newly formed HYDRA national army. Her magnetic powers catch the attention of glorious minister of war, Viper, who decides to put the young mutant in a strike team of the deadliest warriors the island can afford: Nuke, the Strucker siblings, the supersoldier Codename Bravo. This team will guarantee the preservation of the island, and it couldn’t be put together sooner: the freedom of the newborn nation is already at stakes! The Parliament of HYDRA has been taken over. The man once call the Imperial Hydra looks at it like a proof they’re moving on the wrong way: as HYDRA is the living embodiment of prevarication and survival of the fittest, why do they need a parliament, a corrupted, pointless and bureaucratic organ, bastard child of Democracy? If this is the road their once glorious organization is taking, then they might as well all die! The HYDRA Nation will burn with the intensity of a thousands nuclear suns, as the Imperial prepares to detonate every single atomic bomb on the island!

 32PGs./Rated T...$2.99

MARVEL GLOBAL! Part 2

INVADERS INITIATIVE #2

 Written by FRED VAN LENTE

 Plot by SUPERCOOPER

 Art by JEFTE PALO

 “ULTIMATUMS” Part 2 of 2 “BREATHE”

 All of his life, Paul Pierre Duval, the GREY GARGOYLE, has strived for one thing: Immortality. And after waking up to find a bullet lodged between his eyes, and ULTIMATUM leader Flag-Smasher standing over him with his gun still warm, he may have just reached his goal….and he’s ready to thank Flag-Smasher personally for the revelation! Meanwhile, in the heart of Geneva, Switzerland, second-in-command Sabra and master strategist Black Tarantula work their way through the swarm of enemy agents to reach the cluster of bombs that are minutes away from going off! But when the duo reach the explosives and have no way of deactivating them, they’ll have to call in some help….like Herman Schultz, your not-so-friendly neighbourhood SHOCKER, who’s ready to put his techno-knowhow to the test!

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

MI-13 #2

 Written by PAUL JENKINS

 Plot by RED FALCON

 Art by ALAN DAVIS

 "A TALE OF TWO ENGLANDS"

 Pete Wisdom is transported to an alternate universe where MI-13 never existed and England is ruled by Mad Jim Jaspers! Now, he must team up with that world's version of Captain Britain to make it out in one piece. Meanwhile, on the mainstream Earth, the rest of the team struggles to defeat the real Jim Jaspers.

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

THE NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS #2

 Written by DAVID LISS

 Plot by MARVELL2100

 Art by STEFANO CASELLI

 "THE HUNT FOR THE COSMIC CUBE" Part 2

 Cloud-9 and 3D-Man search for clues that could lead them to her old group Athena Inc, an all-female terrorist organization whose goal is for women to rule the world! And that means finding the group's former leader and Cloud's ex-lover Madame Hydra who disappeared month's ago. Meanwhile, the other Atlas agents, Jason, Romany, Anna and Kasper track Victorius and the still dormant Cosmic Cube to an abandoned military facility in upstate New York. Once inside, they find Victorius standing before dozens of heavily armed men holding the Cube up high. He tells them that victory is within their grasp and that a new world order will be created from the death of the old! And it will all begin here in a newly recreated America! Then it will be time for the rest of the world to feel the power of the Kube Kult!

 32 PGS./Rated T...$2.99

ROGUE AGENT #2

 Written by MATT FRACTION

 Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

 Art by TRADD MOORE

 "TWO FEET HIGH AND RISING"

•Special Agent Rogue is sent on her first official mission to investigate a private island in the Caribbean that SHIELD satellites have picked up suspicious activity on. No southern hospitality here as her greeting party is led by the villain Crossbones and a dozen heavily armed henchman. These guys are tough but let's face it sugah, Anna Marie is out of their league. Not to undermine the element of surprise and them boys were indeed caught with their pants down but this mission seems to be going over a lil' too easy. As if this place meant to be found. Lots of fancy looking equipment too. Hmmm...what is THE RISING TIDE?

•Back in the States, Project Rogue team member Leo Fitz continues to be plagued with migraine headaches and bouts of vertigo. As co-creator and expert on Rogue's new tech upgrades, he is vital to the mission. They need Fitz healthy and clear headed. Luckily SHIELD has assigned him a world class neurological team, headed by psychiatrist Karla Sofen. The first few sessions have gone oh so well....

32 PGs./Rates T...$2.99

MARVEL GLOBAL! Part 3

SHIELD’60 #1 \*\*\*NEW ONGOING SERIES\*\*\*

 Written by LEE CHILD

 Plot by WHITORO & GLOBAL HONORED

 Art by MICHAEL LARK

 Variant Cover by MIKE ALLRED

 "TRUST AMONG KILLERS"

•The Party - 1965. An old castle in the French mountains, a fancy party for the powerful and the elite. A guest that doesn’t want to be there: the young countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. A guest that shouldn’t be there: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. This is their fateful meeting. In another world, songs an novels could have been written retelling their love. But they both share a world of death and secrets, of pain and misery… a world of spies and terrorists…

•The party host… for many his names is Albert Malik, the philanthropist, the savior, that poured countless millions in technological and humanitarian researches… that’s a façade, both Valentina and Nick knew it. Because the true face of Albert Malik is the one of the second Red Skull, building a network of spies in the west under the paycheck of the Soviet Union. But apparently, he isn’t the biggest fish in the pond… who’s HYDRA?

•Terror at 900,000 Feet - Gemini 3 Mission. A sunny spring morning in Cape Canaveral, FL. Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young are scheduled for a historic manned space mission aboard the "Molly Brown." There's a problem. SHIELD Agent Gabe Jones has just intercepted a message from the KGB that rogue agents are planning a sabotage. They are not responding to Moscow's request to abandon mission. The countdown is about to begin and the only operatives in the area are there for research purposes only. That means the fate of the space race is up to...intelligence analyst Peggy Carter and engineer/entrepreneur Howard Stark?!?

•Peggy & Howard hop aboard a rocket aimed for orbit, they have exactly 90 seconds to take out a pair of armed and costumed saboteurs and diffuse a bomb that will send them all to the heavens of a different kind. It's not exactly what they are trained for, but heroes are made and not born!

•The Beginning - Welcome to the Silver Age of Espionage. The decade that changed AOM forever. It all began...here!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

SPYMASTER #2

 Written by SCOTT SNYDER

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by J H WILLIAMS III

 "SPYGAME" (Part 1 of 4)

 Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Matt Murdock, Steve Rogers, Nick Fury..Spymaster knows all of their secrets. In the spy-game information is invaluable and the ultimate leverage. It also marks you for death. After years of a covert existense, super-spies Richard and Mary Parker have been sighted and super spy Chameleon wants them. The Spymaster will protect his mentors with his life. It's Spy vs Spy, but no one can be trusted and nothing is what it appears to be.

 32PGS./Rated T...$2.99

 S.T.I.C.K. #2 (of 4)

 Written by G WILLOW SMITH

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by AMANDA CONNER

 "AMATEUR HOUR"

 The world doesn't end in flames or in pestilence, the world ends in reincarnation. The spirit of the deceased Stick was reincarnated into a body of the Hand's chosing and Stick will lead them to the ultimate victory. The reincarnation of Gaea herself as a servant of the Hand and the corruption of the entire Earth in a single moment. Stick points towards the stars and the Hand will follow! The nightmare keeps playing across Stick's blind eyes as he directs SHIELD's rejects in arts long abandoned by the wise and powerful. How to go about this? Well these men and women, considered inferior and to be thrown away by the echelon's of their organisation, find themselves facing the avatars of the Beast as the Hand's demonic benefactor starts a new clan in Hawaii. This isn't about saving the world this day, they must learn the skill's which even Stick cannot predict so that they can take him down before he destroys the world. He will teach the Rejects the Art of Unpredictability and to embrace the uncertainty chaos can inflict on the future.

 32 PGS./Rated T…$2.99

TAKE A.I.M.! #2

 Written by: DENNIS HOPELESS

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by SEAN MURPHY

 “iMODOK: EVOLVE BEYOND”

 M.O.D.O.K. is the Mental Organism Designed only for Killing, though he was born the simple-minded George Tarleton. His transformation was the result of a super-secret process developed by A.I.M. to make him M.O.D.O.C., the Mental Organism Designed only for Computing (It’s his body! He’ll change what he was designed for if he wants!). How crass, then, is it that an American tech company is planning to mass market the electronics and software that made Tarleton the “man” he is today? If that happens, classic M.O.D.O.K. would soon become an outdated laughing stock! The flip-phone of super villainy! The Commodore 64 of mad science! He’s not about to let that happen. The Take A.I.M. team will attack the place where all of America’s greatest technology is manufactured… China! With the Living Laser, Whiplash, the Lizard, and the Spot at his side, M.O.D.O.K. promises to raze the iModok factory to the ground! But the tech company’s CEO has other plans and contacts China’s premiere superhero for assistance. Up and atom, it’s the Radioactive Man!

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

MARVEL KNIGHTS! Part 1

THE PROWLER #2

 Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI

 Plot by SUPERCOOPER

 Art by KERON GRANT

 “SAVE THE DAY”

 What do you do when Lady Stilt-Man attacks your favourite Loco Luchador’s Burritos, and you’ve only got a dozen packets of extra-spicy chili sauce, two sporks and a graduate-level understanding of physics on hand? If you’re Robert Farrell and Eugene Patillo, you save the day. But when the police arrive and the armored no-goodnik has disappeared, the two young engineers-in-training will be hauled away for questioning! And only their boss, Hobie Brown, can bail them out, if he can get out of an argume…ahem…business meeting between Justin Hammer and mysterious upstart investor Thomas Fireheart first! Meanwhile, at the Brown residence in the Bronx, Mindy gets a surprise visit from none other than her co-worker LAUREN GILDEN, financial advisor, with a few unexplained nicks and bruises! Wait….why’d we capitalize that?

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

 THE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #2

 Written by JIM ZUB & KURTIS J. WIEBE

 Plot by PERSONAMANX

 Art by ADRIAN ALPHONA

 "WEB DESIGN"

 MILES MORALES, Having put together that LANA BAUMGARTNER, and BOMBSHELL are one and the same with the assistance of MILLIE COLLINS, and GANKE LEE now have to decide what to do with this information. BATTLIN' JACK MURDOCH might just have an idea that will work to everyone's benefit. But will anything be able to help Miles and the gang when they get stuck in PROFESSOR BECK's tablet breaking GDMD class?

 While all of this is going on just what information is QUENTIN QUIRE feeding to DR. NOAH BODY, and what is he getting out of this tomfoolery?

 Also read on as RIO MORALES must confront the PROWLER in his secret lair. What will the siblings in law have to discuss?

 Find out in the ongoing adventures of Brooklyn's finest web-slingin' super Spider!

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

 THE BUGLE #2

 Written by DAN SLOTT

 Plot by SUPERCOOPER

 Art by DAVE JOHNSON

 “I HATE LONG GOODBYES”

• It’s time to make some cutbacks at the Bugle, and J. Jonah Jameson is doing it personally! But he’ll be in for more than he bargained for when he hands a pink slip over to the last remaining mail room operator, and has the dusty basement all to himself…as he discovers hundreds of letters by obsessed reader and newspaper fanatic Gordon Thomas, who’s holding a grudge against everyone’s favourite (?) editor!

• Ace reporter Betty Brant and secretly-a-super-powered-Skrull Ethan Edwards find themselves cornered on the streets of Brooklyn by the Death-Stalker, who makes them an offer: find his missing death-grip technology, and he’ll grant them unfettered access to OsCorp. They have twelve hours before…

• On SuperZeroBazaar.com, the online auction site for super villain technology and weapons, Gloria Grant discovers a pair of cybernetic gloves for sale…and a winning bid made from within the Bugle itself!

• A young ViewTube star announces to the world that he is the one and only Spider-Man, from the comfort of his living room in…Hoboken, New Jersey?! But when gossip gawker Norah Winters and Spidey investigator Ben Urich confront the teenager on his charade, he’ll create an even bigger sensation than before, by holding two of the Bugle’s top reporters hostage!

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

SHADOWLANDERS #2

 Written by ED BRUBAKER

 *THE HEIST PART I"*
 • In the fall-out of MOON KNIGHT's fight against BULLSEYE, he is heavily wounded.. but the show goes on!

 • #1 SUSPECT: The KINGPIN! Watch as Moon Knight assembles an unexpected team throughout this issue in preparation of something big..

 • But.. whose side are CODE BLUE really on?

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL KNIGHTS! Part 2

VENOM: THE LAST DAYS OF EDDIE BROCK #2

 Words & Art by TODD MCFARLANE

 Plot by CLARK\_KENT

 "YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN"

 Part 3

 From the Journal of Eddie Brock:

•Day 3 of our roadtrip / reunion. We're not comfortable yet - this thing and I - but we're getting there. Christ, it's like getting back together with your old lady. Awkward, but familiar all at once.

•We relied on being able to smell Flash in the city. Since he and "it" were together for a while, and all. But he had split already. S'okay. We'll catch him later. On the flipside, we did catch a gang of losers slingin dope by a school...pretty sure they won't be doing that anymore. Five-O oughta find the duffel bags full of parts by tomorrow.

•Day 4. The cancer's getting worse. Practically coughed up a lung today, while "it" swallowed it back down. Sick bastards, we are. The sicker I get, the stronger he becomes. It occurs to me I never named him before. Hmmm. Better get to it, I don't have much time left...

28PGs./Rated M...$2.99

 FLASH #2

 Written by GREG RUCKA

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE

 "Flash of Two Worlds"

 Flash Thompson and Venom are living an Odd-couple symbiotic life as Agent Venom. Sent on missions by a clandestine government faction to various hotspots around the world and beyond. Today he is sent tothe constant trouble spot, the Negative Zone. His objective is to destroy all of the relentless threats that crawl out of this region. He's accompanied by brawling meta-human named Jackpot, who is spitting image of Mary Jane Watson. He's also joined by a team of disposable imprisoned supervillains referred to as the Red Shirts. They are on suicide mission as the Venom is unleashed in ways never seen before and the team faces the deadliest threat ever from the dark dimension....the Negative Zone version of the Avengers!?!

 32PGs./Rated T...$2.99

DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVILS #2

 Written by GREG RUCKA

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by BILLY TAN

 "THE TALE OF TWO DAREDEVILS..." Part Two of Three

 Matt Murdock calls upon Elektra for help against the new Daredevil, who’s making his presence known in New York City. However, Elektra and Daredevil quickly discover they’re not the only one after the mysterious newcomer.

 Enter Kingpin.

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #2

 Written by NATHAN EDMONDSON

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by STEVE EPTING

 "WELCOME TO CHICAGO, FRANK CASTLE..." Part Two of Five

 A Subway Car racing out of control in the underbelly of Chicago – and one of its occupants is Frank Castle! But why is the Punisher on board the car – and even if he does manage to prevent the crash, he’ll have to deal with a list of enemies so numerous that would cause most street level vigilantes to call for backup.

 But not The Punisher. No, Frank Castle is going to take down The Howling Commandos, the mysterious DIVISION H, and Jigsaw – who is still reeling after their last encounter, all by himself.

 But first, he’s going to get out of the out of control subway car. Good luck, Frank. You’re going to need it.

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

COSMIC MARVEL! Part 1

FANTASTIC FOUR #3

 Written By JONATHAN HICKMAN

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By NICOLA SCOTT

 "The First Four" Part 2: The Ones Who Came Before

 Nathaniel tells the FF about a 17th century group of scientists and explorers know as the Brotherhood of the Shield. They were a secret group dedicated to protecting Earth from threats that most people at that time couldn't dream of. One of their missions pitted them against a threat so powerful that it defied all logical belief! It was a World Devourer! The Brotherhood sent four of its finest into space to take on the enormous being. They were Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo, Madame Curie and Charles Darwin, the first Fantastic Four ! They somehow managed to defeat the Devourer but were driven mad with power in the process. Upon their return, they battled the rest of the Brotherhood who managed to trap them into the gravity well of a collapsing Black Hole! Now the four have escaped and are headed to Earth to take revenge on the Brotherhood who they felt betrayed them!

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

WAR OF KINGS #2

 Written By JOSHUA DYSART

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By DAVID MARQUEZ

 Tensions over territorial issues rise between the Spartax and the Kree threatening to erupt into war! Kree leader Ronan accuses the Spartax of encroaching into Kree space stealing valuable resources. Newly appointed Earth representative Gail Runciter appears before the Intergalactic Council to press Earth's interests in the galaxy and to condemn the Spartax occupation of Shi'ar space! However, there are some who feel that the Terrans have no place among the galactic powers. One among them is the Skrull Queen Veranke who still harbors bitterness over past Skrull defeats at the hands of these Terrans! And she has plans to make Earth's presence here a very short one. Meanwhile at a remote Kree outpost, an attack has left the entire base dead! Is it the handiwork ofthe Spartax and could this be the spark that ignites an interstellar war?

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

NOVA CORPS: THE BORDER WARS #2

 Written By CARLOS PACHECO

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 ART BY MIKe MCKONE

 The Corps maintains a fragile peace in a very tense galaxy while seeking to bolster their ranks. Each race, with the exception of the Spartax, has agreed to send candidates to join the Corps as a sign of cooperation. Mari, Pyo and Sam Alexander meet with the Alpha Centauri, the newest member of the intergalactic community, to search for new candidates. Nova Prime Richard Rider travels to Hala to meet with his closest allies, Kree leaders Ronan the Accuser and his wife Crystal of the Inhumans. There he seeks to enlist their aid in helping the Shi'ar rebels against their Spartax occupiers. Meanwhile, Robbie Rider and Samara lead a Centurian Squadron on a secret mission deep into parts unknown. Far away on the planet Zargos, Darkhawk and the Fraternal Raptors make a discovery that could shake the universe to it's very core!

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: BEHIND ENEMY LINES #2

 Written by MALCOLM JONES

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By AARON LOPRESTI

 "Rebels Without A Pause"

 The Spartax control Shi'ar space and the Guardians have been branded Public Enemy #1! The Spartax have unleashed the Imperial Guard led by the powerful Gladiator to hunt them down and bring them former Shi'ar Majestrix Lilandra! Star-Lord and the rest of the Guardians continue to elude the Spartax but they know that it's only a matter of time before they are captured! They have to find allies within the new empire that they can trust and Lilandra has an idea on who one of them could be. Gray'ven, leader of the Spartax/Shi'ar Republic appears before the Intergalactic Counsel accusing other races of helping the rebels and sow insurrection within the Republic! He also accuses Senate member Sonath VI Lla of providing financial aid to the rebels, an accusation in which Sonath denies! Meanwhile, Bug, Magdalene, Mantis and Drax head on a mission to the planet Turgeni, close to the Skrull/Spartax border to gather supplies from rebel supporters when suddenly Spartax warships appear out of nowhere! Can Bug and his team escape or will the Guardians lose half their members?

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

QUASAR #2

 Written by ROGER STERN

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by KAARE ANDREWS

 "TIME OF DEATH..."

 The frayed edges of the universe tear further as the past begins to impact on the present. Someone is illegally time travelling and the effects are devastating after the other universe invasion. Sonath VI Lla leads the Council in instructing Quasar to find the time travelers and bring them back to face justice. But how can a dead man face justice? And what the hell is an Ivory King? The dead body of the Ivory King crashes into the universe and riding it is a Black Swan. Quasar must somehow solve this riddle whilst repairing the massive hole in time and space, that the body has created, before it turns into the largest Reality Hole in existence.

 On the other side of the Reality Hole he watches....he who killed an Ivory King....he who wields the quantum energy of a thousand dead realities....the Necropoli prepares to harvest once again!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

COSMIC MARVEL! Part 2

ANDROMEDA: BOUNTY HUNTER #2

 Written By DEVIN GRAYSON

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By KHARI EVANS

 "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"

 Dedicated to making amends for her past sins, Andromeda along with Vance Astro hunt down those who served both Death and Abraxas during the Heart of Darkness! She's killed thousands of Helgan and Brood warriors but it's still not enough to was away the stains of her own crimes while serving Abraxas. Now they are on the trail of a Brood cluster that has wiped out entire civilaztions in the Villagro Region of the Nexus, the place where galaxies all meet. However there is another on the trail of Andromeda, a person who wants to take out Andromeda before she learns of their existance. Meanwhile the Helgan have found a new leader since the death of Oblivion, someone far more powerful and far more ruthless!

 32 PGS./Rated M...$2.99

SILVER SURFER: HERALD OF DEATH #2

 Written By CHRISTOS GAGE

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By DUSTIN WEAVER

 "Death Has A Bargain" Part 2

 The new Herald of Death adjusts to his new life and the hard decisions he must make! As the servant of Galactus, the Surfer often found uninhabited worlds for his master to feed upon. But he no longer has that option with Mistress Death as it is life itself that she wishes to end! Enter the cosmic being Eternity, who asks the important question, can the Surfer do what is necessary? As always with Death, nothing is ever as it seems. However, the Surfer's new status quo hasn't gone unnoticed by the other cosmic powers either! Lord Order and Master Chaos believe that the universe has become unbalanced because of the new order and they will do what's necessary to make things right again! Even if it means the death of the Surfer!

 32 PGS./Rated M...$2.99

ADAM WARLOCK #2

 Written By JIM STARLIN

 Plot BY MARVELL2100

 Art By MIKE PERKINS

 "The Gospel According To Magus"

 The word of the Magus begins to spread throughout the galaxies with many flocking to see the charismatic speaker. Soon temples are built to honor him and what started with thousands has quickly grown into hundreds of millions of followers. Some might call them fanatics as they abandon family, friends and wealth to devote themselves to the Magus. And with this small spark, The Universal Church of truth is born! Woe to all non-believers! Adam Warlock has observed the events of the past few months and takes note ofthe Magus' meteoric rise. A voice interrupts his thoughts, a voice belonging to the enigmatic Starhawk! He asks Adam what he intends to do about the Magus. Adam replies, "Nothing." There are other players on the board who have yet to play their part. Stakar tells himthat it is a wise move. Billions must die before the universe can be saved!

 32 PGS.Rated M...$2.99

THE INHUMANS #2

 Written BY ROBERT VENDITI

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By MARK BROOKS

 "One Nation Under Medusa" Part 2

 Tebrane, head of the Inhumans Genetic Council challenges Medusa for leadership of the Inhumans, citing her and Black Bolt for the destruction of Attilan and the loss of the Terrigan Mists. His accusations are gaining support among the different families and the worker class. There are even some among the Royal family who are beginning to doubt her, one of them being Karnak who also opposed the war with the Shi'ar. With the pressure beginning to mount against her along with the heartache of losing Black Bolt, she begins to feel doubt about her ability to lead the Inhumans out of the darkness that has befallen them. Will a visit from her sister Crystal and Crystal's husband Ronan, rulers of the Kree empire help Medusa make a decision about her own future?

 32 PGS./Rated M...$2.99

MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 1

DOOM #2

 Written by NEIL GAIMAN

 Art by CLAYTON CRAIN

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 \*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-In\*\*\*

 'TWO SIDES OF THE COIN'

 Doom is going to war, with himself! Mephisto doesn't take rejection lightly and has opened the way for the League of Doom's to come to this Earth. Advanced alternate universe Doom's who have teamed up for a greater cause, theirs! Doom would of been welcomed into their ranks but Victor's newly constructed being after his battle with TOAA has been deemed unnatural by the League. To be fair Doom also considers the League to be inferior copies of himself. The League of Doom's have been promised the Earth itself by Mephisto if they take down Doom. Doom though is not unprepared, he has gained new allies recently, the Black Host! Doom leads the rebel angels against his alternate self's, which Doom will inherit the Earth?

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CABAL #2

 Written by DANIEL WAY

 Art by FRANK CHO

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 \*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-In\*\*\*

 'HELL TO PAY'

 Dracula has said "No!" to the Devil. He knows the costs of such Faustian Deals and besides he knows he needs the help of but one man to achieve his goals, Owen Reece. Dracula will show Owen the life he deserves to have but what is the Prince of Darkness's price? Meanwhile the Red Skull directs the Cabal in paying his agreed price with Mephisto. They target various Hell Lords to take them out, there will be only one Lord of Hell and he will spread his rule over the star's themselves. Europe is in turmoil as the undead Nazi's roll across the continent and the hell-fire fueled airships cross the Atlantic towards America, all this happens as the Skull raises the Spear of Destiny and prepares to execute yet another Hell Lord in the name of Mephisto. But not all evil is pleased with what is happening, Nightmare will not give up his realm easily and begins to whisper his own bargains in the terrible dreams of the desperate!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUNSLINGER #2

 Written by STEPHEN KING

 Art by LEINAL FRANCIS YU

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 \*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-In\*\*\*

 'D'SPAYRE YE NOT'

 Eve will not despair, Roland taught her better then that. She falls once again onto the hot sand of the Mojave and once again she rises. Her shadow laughs cruelly as she struggles back to her feet. She can feel the weight of her own twisted shadow as it spreads her arms in mock imitation of a scarecrow. D'Spayre twisted her shadow and now she must carry it's gross weight out across the desert, it will not let her rest. But she has been offered salvation, the Devil is back and all she has to do is say yes to Mephisto and he will save her life! Eve's inherited genius from her biological father, Victor Von Doom races through her options and she knows what she must do, she will make the Devil scream, she will whisper "Ovoid" and trust in her father's brilliance. And if this works then D'Spayre going to have one HELL of a shock soon!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE WATCH #2

 Written by JAMES O'BARR

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by ESAD RIBIC

 "SALVATION OR DAMNATION?"

 \*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-In\*\*\*

 Blackheart screams as he finds that the Shiver Man's burns can hurt even himself, but he will not fall so easily to the Watch. Solomon Kane and Amanda Sefton try to ensnare him as the Shiver Man keeps him distracted but he is no mere demon! The Son of Mephisto will carve his own slice of Hell out of what his father is creating and these insects will not stop him. Meanwhile Ian McNee continues to try and mystically cancel deals gone wrong, the problem is that word is spreading and now he is being worshiped as the second coming of Christ. Ian feels the world's desperation as they look to him for impossible miracles and worse. Not allbelieve he is the Son of God returned, some believe him to be another trick of the Devil. And unfortunately they've got tanks and helicopters. The Watch is spread out and the people threatnen to tear Ian apart for both salvation and damnation.

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 2

MAGIK #2

 Written by KIERON GILLEN

 Plot by SUNOFDARKCHILD

 Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

 "GAMES OF HELL" Part 2

 Illyana continues to hide Doug from Belasco, but both have far bigger problems. With Hella, Blackheart, and Sattanish all unleashing their armies against Limbo, Belasco has no choice but to seek the aid of the one hell lord that has stayed out of the war, Mephisto. With Limbo's armies being overwhelmed, one question remains unanswered: why do all of these Hell Lords want Illyana dead so badly?

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE DEFENDERS #2

 Written by MIKE MIGNOLA

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by SALVADOR LARRACA

 “NON-STANDARD DIMENSIONS” Part Two “POLEMACHIAN GLADIATORS”

 As negotiated by Dr. Strange, the fate of the realm of K’ai hangs in the balance as the Hulk prepares to battle the hate-fueled Mangog. If Mangog wins, K’ai belongs to Dormammu! If Hulk wins, the hordes of the Dark Dimension cease their efforts to invade K’ai and Queen Jarella continues to rule. But can Dormammu be trusted? The Silver Surfer explores the world of Polemachus, the last realm Dormammu offered his challenge to. There, he encounters their champion: Arkon the Magnificent! As Imperion (leader), the arrogant Arkon chose himself to battle Mangog… and though he survived, he was resoundingly defeated. Now Arkon leads what remains of his barbarian warriors in a futile resistance campaign. Can the Surfer convince them to abandon their world before it’s too late? And even if he could, is there anywhere the warlike Polemachians could go?

 Meanwhile, Namor deals with an evacuation of his own as refugees from K’ai preemptively flood into Atlantis. Things get more complicated when Mephista arrives in the undersea kingdom looking for her husband. Her bargain with Mephisto is revealed… she’s now the bride of Stephen Strange!

 32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

NEXTWAVE #2

 Written by MARV WOLFMAN

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by MATEUS SANTOLUOCO

 "BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!!!"

 NextWave have a new mission. Take out Dirk Anger's most recent insane experiment gone bad. The Necro's are here, soldiers exposed to and now hooked on experimental drugs. Drugs formed from the spinal and brain fluid of zombies! That's right highly trained killers getting even higher on undead juice. Which means that Motormouth and Killpower are having the time of their lives. Backs against the wall and holding off insane zombies while the Captain and Tom Thumb infiltrate Necro headquarters...well if exposing Bamfs to stolen Pym Particles and throwing giant blue furry creatures at the walls counts as infiltration that's exactly what they're doing. But are they prepared for where the zombie juice is coming from? The hell they are but if they want their paychecks this month they're going to have to deal with it!!! People think I'm running a goddamn charity round here! Have you seen the bill for the cheese sandwiches alone? CHEESE SANDWICHES! We're spending more on cheese then we are on bullets!!!...What do you mean rambling? Get out there and kill something!

 32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

* + - SUPERNATURAL-MINI\*\*\*

 1900 #2

 Written by PETER MILLIGAN

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by ART ADAMS

 3rd January 1900

 The Mud Maids and mermaids started it, as Ascalon's shadow continued to fall over the land, the faeries and paranormal creatures attacked the country en masse. Hobgoblins and trolls dragged people screaming into the woods and the witch faeries spread curses across entire towns. Welcome to the twentieth century! The Bow Street Runners need a starting point to end the madness and Ascalon's grave will do, which is how the Runner's find themseves at Bedd-yr-Afanc. Unfortunately they're also about to find out that the grave has become a pilgrimage site for the paranormal of Britain. You know the creatures that they've spent a lifetime hunting down. There's about to be some sacrificing! But what is Kirstie, Matt's half-human half-faerie daughter doing there?

 32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 3

GOD SQUAD #2

 Written by KURT BUSIEK

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by STEVEDILLON

 "CELESTIAL VOID"

 \*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-In\*\*\*

 The pantheons find themselves cut off from Earth, Venus's wish that Mephisto would not go to war with the Gods has been granted. Hercules team find themselves unable to oppose Kly'bn's forces as he prepares to bring destruction down on Earth's pantheons, the only option left is to have Mephisto lift his spell. Bast is charged with hunting down the real Mephisto amongst the billions currently on Earth whilst Hercules team try to contain the growing hysteria amongst the people of Earth. Meanwhile Ares wields his axe as he rides Shou-Lou the Undying straight into an army of Harpies that have started collecting the souls of the deceased wish makers.

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

TALES FROM THE CRYPT #2 \*\*\* Dawn of the Devil Tie-in\*\*\*

 Written by PETER MILLIGAN

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by ART ADAMS

 “BEGINNINGS....”

 Power, love, money, fame mankind's wishes are pathetically predictable the only problem is scale! There's so damn many of them. Offering the entire world what they most desire should be impossible, and it is. The only way to truly offer the entire world what they want is to make them all want the same thing. One wish and the entire world is yours. How to make them want that one thing, offer them everything. Knowledge is power and finally Mephisto has enough knowledge to pull off the greatest con known to man. The only problem is can HE pay the price for where the power will come from? Can he control the being that will provide it all? Mephisto's first deal is made in the darkest shadow of his realm, and even his hand trembles as it reaches out to grasp his....

 32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK AVENGERS #2\*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-in\*\*\*

 Written by WARREN ELLIS

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by MIKE DEODATO JR

 "FANG"

 The Devil walks amongst us. Mephisto has appeared all over the world and he can grant your wish. He is not an absentee deity or just a voyeur, he's right in your face and he's here to help. Everyone has a decision, accept a deal with the Devil and live with consequences or reject the demonic temptation. The world's population is divided and the world becomes a chaos of civil-war. Blade can end vampires scourge, Black Widow can finally bring true peace between her homeland and adopted homeland, Hyperion can silence the voices in his head, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch can end mutant hatred and Kaine can have the life of Peter Parker. Who will accept these offers..the answers will shock you!! Daimon the son of Satan has another agenda to tear a new one in both Mephisto and his pet dragon Fin Fang Foom!

 After years of searching, monster hunter Ulysses Bloodstone finally confronts the mysterious hooded woman who has secrets of both Dr. Doom and Mephisto..Cynthia Von Doom and things get volatile!

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

HULK #2\*\*\*Dawn of the Devil Tie-in\*\*\*

 Written by MARK WAID

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by ANDY KUBERT

 "Imaginary Friend" Part 2 of 3

 The imprisoned energy being Zzaxx asked to see his daughter Betty Ross to reveal his true identity Gen. Thunderbolt Ross. However, Betty reveals to him she is the Red Hulk! How did this happen, why ask the Mephisto?!??

 Bruce Banner's dying grandmother requested to see her grandson one final time. However, the child she remembers is not the highly intelligent, yet socially awkward, introvert Bruce, but instead he was temperamental, spontaneous, an instinctive loose cannon similar to the Hulk! Becca reveals a long hidden truth about Bruce's scarred childhood, his concealed memories, hypnosis, heavy medication and therapy sessions. Is Hulk, Bruce's true persona and is the super-genius just an alternate personality?!? Mephisto knows, but only at a price. He can offer Becca Banner life, but it may cost Bruce Banner everything!

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 1

AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #2

 Written by JEFFREY DEAVER

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by NEAL ADAMS

 "PESTILENCE"

 S.H.I.E.L.D. Base Perception Tower - Project C.A.B.L.E. Update #8729 - Three days from now Bishop and the Winter Soldier die trying to prevent nuclear war! Which means they only have two days to avert it! Bishop and Bucky time travel ahead of their own deaths and straight into nuclear winter. They have two days to traverse this shattered dying world and find the reason for the destruction. They have one clue: the word "Bullroarer," which appeared in multiple military radio reports around the globe just before the bombs started flying. How to get around the broken world in the limited time that they have? Well, Bucky's idea is to take down a surviving Doombot and rewire it to act as a passive teleporter. It's not the best idea, but it's the only one the Earth has going for it right now!

 S.H.I.E.L.D. Base Perception Tower - 5450 AD - The Forgeries are ready! Obedient clones of Forge reactivate Perception Tower and begin the undoing of Earth's history. Sleeper agents are sent back to various points of time to create the chaos which will lead to only one ruler… and Stryfe nods in approval.

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #2

 Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by KEN ROCAFORT

 “X-PATRIATION AGENDA” Part Two “SAVAGE SECRETS”

 They call it the Savage Land for a reason. Although the Scarlet Witch believed she could turn the abandoned fortress erected by Charles Xavier and her father Magneto into a new mutant “Utopia,” as soon as Jean Grey and the Astonishing X-Men paid the city a visit, it was attacked. The terroristic Savage Land Mutates kidnapped several of Utopia’s new mutant citizens as well as the X-Men’s Angel! Impossible to track beneath the jungle’s thick canopy, Wanda knows of only one way to find them… so she introduces Jean to Utopia’s own functioning Cerebro! But they’re about to find out that humans aren’t the only species in the Savage Land that can develop an x-gene and an attitude… Jean and Iceman will team up with Moon-Boy and another unlikely ally to stomp the Mutates out of their hiding spots. Welcome to the Astonishing X-Men, Devil Dinosaur - Hope we survive the experience! But what could cause Angel to develop a case of Stockholm syndrome?

 Meanwhile, Fantomex sneaks through Deputy Mayor Karl “Sauron” Lykos’ personal files, and you will be startled by what he discovers…

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #2

 Written by JEFF LEMIRE

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by DECLAN SHALVEY

 “SPECIAL FORCES TEAM X” Part 1.0 “OMEGA”

 In 1965, in the midst of the Vietnam War, Victor Creed got himself and James Howlett dishonorably discharged after killing their commanding officer. Rather than languish in prison, they accepted an offer from Major William Stryker to join his CIA-sponsored Weapon X program and its black ops unit, Team X! The team’s ranks included Wade Wilson, John Wraith, and Kayla Silverfox and their first mission denied the Soviet Super Soldier Program the adamantium it needed to enhance Arkady Rossovich. Instead, the reds upgraded the mutant with carbonadium tentacles. Carbonadium, however, is an unstable alloy that is lethally poisonous. It forced Rossovich to steal the life of others just to survive! Desperate for a cure, Rossovich kidnapped Japanese scientist Kenji Oyama and demanded he craft a Carbonadium Synthesizer, which would regulate carbonadium in the immune system and render Rossovich all but invincible. Team X has orders not to let that happen. It’s August 3, 1967 in East Germany and Omega Red will fight Team X as if his life depends on it!

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 2

DEADPOOL & FORCE WORKS #2

 Written by JASON AARON

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by MATTEO SCALERA

 “SPECIAL FORCES TEAM X” Part 2.0 “REGRETS”

 Everybody into the ‘Pool! So as you know from DP&FW #1, Force Works is looking to put a stop to the Weapon X program. It’s not just about civic responsibility, I actually feel partly at fault for the nastiness they’ve perpetrated for the past 50 years. Back in the ‘60s, Silver Fox and I were on a spook team with some other schmucks (yes, I’m older than I look). Little did we know at the time that the adamantium we acquired or mutants we tagged and bagged would be used to make weapons… X weapons… for Weapon X!

 One particular mission in ’67 is coming back to haunt me. A scientist we re-kidnapped, Kenji Oyama, went on to father Yuriko Oyama, a.k.a. the princess of stab and current head of Weapon X, Lady Deathstrike! She carries on the proud legacy of brutally experimenting on “innocent” mutants to enhance them with adamantium or the powers of other mutants, and she’s shopping her process around the criminal underworld. Her first meeting is with the Gorgon, leader of the Hand! The last thing the world needs is a gaggle of super-ninjas wearing red (that’s totally my shtick!), so Force Works will make sure that exchange never happens – with gratuitous violence!

 •Issue comes with a free sample of Centrum Silver, the next best thing to a healing factor when you’re pushing 70!

 32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #2

 Written by RICK REMENDER

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by CHRIS BACHALO

 “INSECTIDIE” Part Two “REPPELLENT”

 U.S. Secretary of Mutant Affairs Hank “Beast” McCoy and his colleagues Kitty Pryde and Colossus have raced against time to find the source of Swarm’s new ability to negate mutant powers through bee strings: the innocent Morlock youth, Leech! Held in an underground bunker owned by the U.S. Government, the boy’s body is covered in hundreds, nay thousands, of stings. Swarm’s experiments were brutal – but he wasn’t acting alone! The human/sentinel hybrid Bastion orchestrated the scheme as part of “Operation: Zero Tolerance,” an anti-mutant initiative he’s manipulated politicians like Robert Kelly into supporting! With Bastion’s government lackeys on his back, even if Beast can liberate Leech, can his keen scientific mind possibly deduce how to neutralize Swarm before his bees make sure there are… no more mutants?

 Meanwhile, Swarm’s surrounding hive still has the rest of the X-Men trapped in the Mansion. Going stir crazy, Jubilee, who is totally an adult, decides to finally act on her attraction to teammate Nightcrawler and resolves to discover if those rumors about him are true…

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

X-S.C.A.P.E. #2

 (X-Men/SHIELD Coalition Assistance Protection & Extraction Team)

 Written by GAIL SIMONE

 Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

 Art by MIKE DEL MUNDO

 "OCCUPY DARKMOOR"

•The X-S.C.A.P.E. team is sent to Northern England - Darkmoor! S.H.I.E.L.D./MI13 intel is reporting that a group of mutant ecoterrorists have overtaken the Darkmoor Energy Research Centre and are currently involved in a hostile standoff with the Centre's militarized security branch. Casualties have been reported, but not yet verified.

•Psylocke and her squad are to assess the situation and extract/apprehend the mutants peacefully. Unfortunately, no one is playing along. The Security firm (highly compensated mercenaries) will not back down and want revenge, claiming one of their own was killed during the opening confrontation trying to negotiate terms. The Mutant group refuses to surrender, shouting that their own kind have been abducted and taken to the centre in the past year, never to be heard from again. They want answers. And finally, Betsy's own brother is on the scene and insists that he take command of any rescue operation, should things turn south. This is his soil after all. That's right...Captain Britain is here!

•It is a Darkmoor standoff with X-S.C.A.P.E. caught in the crossfire. Don't miss this exciting issue. You could cut the tension with a psionic knife!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 3

X-FORCE #2

 Written by JEPH LOEB

 Plot by LOREC

 Art by ED MCGUINNESS

 “OUT OF THE SHADOWS” Part Two

 Facing off against the X-Cutioner, Everette and James decide to split up. Everette takes the students the opposite way while James prepares to cover their escape, but before Everette and the students can get far, another X-Cutioner shows up, trapping them! An instant later, Cable, Domino, and Warpath teleport to the scene and enter the battle. Initially shocked at seeing the X-Cutioner, Cable attacks the one near James with a vengeance that only Cable can muster, easily defeating him. The second X-Cutioner is also defeated by Domino and Warpath and is restrained. With the teenagers safe, Domino begins to unmask the first X-Cutioner Cable defeated, only to have him teleport away. However, Warpath manages to unmask the second X-Cutioner, revealing someone Cable thought he’d never see again…

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

NEW MUTANTS #2

 Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by ANDREA SORRENTINO

 "NEW MUTANTS" Part Two of Three

•On the outskirts of Metropolis, one of the greatest cities in the world, lies a large abandoned church with a spaceship hidden in its basement. Inside the church a group of unique teenager are welcomed by an elderly urban legend called Cerebro aka Brian Xavier. For decades he has been believed dead, but this genius adventurer and mutant powerhouse has been the greatest hero the mutant world has ever known. His associates, the space pirates Corsair and Hepzidah, have rechristened each teen based on their true mutant identities: Cannonball, Husk, Spyke, Gentle, Wolfsbane and Chamber. Their first task is stopping their hostage Skaar from escaping their hideaway, but can any of them stop the warrior son of the Hulk?!?...NOPE.

•Meanwhile the Sentinel-Drones descend on Metropolis on a relentless search and destroy mission of all the "New Mutants." They are happily piloted from a remote location by two of the best hunters on Earth: one is Ahab, a deadly mutant-tracker from the future, and the other is Anastasia Kravinoff, daughter of the legendary Kraven the Hunter. They have successfully slain Guthries, Summers, Maximoffs and even Greys, these New Mutants don't stand a chance!

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

BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #2

 Written by CHRIS YOST

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by MIKE CHOI

 “24 HOURS TO KILL...” Part Two of Three “WINDY CITY”

 The clock draws closer to 0, and the first attempt on Cyclops’ life has been made. However, he’s now on the run from the rest of his teammates with Magik in Chicago, the Windy City. But he’s unaware that he may be falling right into the midst of a trap set by the Human High Council – who has multiple assassins after him in search of the $1 million bounty! And to make matters worse, he and Magik are going to have to do it alone – because Havok, Blink and Sunfire are on the other side of the world and are about to walk into a trap of their own!

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #2

 Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by CHRIS SAMNEE

 "WAR CRIMINALS" Part Two of Three “FUTURE STARTS SLOW”

 Erik Lensherr finds himself cornered by a bunch of Nazi War Criminals who have evaded captivity - yet oddly, he's the only one that feels in control. Moria McTaggert deals with the aftermath of an assassination attempt in the CIA's HQ, and Charles Xavier finds himself on the same side of a bar fight as Darwin, a mutant who can adapt to survive.

 But there is something that links all of these seemingly random events, and as it stands, Erik's course of action is putting him closer and closer to the direction of one man: a certain Charles Xavier - who might just be the only person who can drag Erik out of the darkness that his current course will take him!

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

X-FACTOR #2

 Written by PETER DAVID

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by MITCH GERADS

 "THE VENICE JOB..." Part Two of Three

 Following last issue's twist ending, the teenager who they were ordered to protect – has died? Could the first mission of the new X-Factor team end in complete failure? Or was she really faking her death? Whatever the truth, team X-Factor are going to have to rob the most highly guarded bank in Venice to find out – something that happens to be Gambit’s specialty!

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

YOUNG X-MEN #2

 Written by MARJORIE LIU

 Plot by ROZEN

 Art by PHIL NOTO

 “YOUTH GONE WILD" Part One

 With Storm's Young X-Men fully formed and trained (and alive), Surge and others are ready to take on anyone that would threaten human and mutant alike. However, things have been quiet for the past few weeks, and everyone is becoming restless. Genesis is especially on the brink of backing out of fear, and Surge is having doubts about keeping things together. Will the team fall apart before they've even started? Meanwhile, news reports are displaying young mutants across the country terrorizing and killing humans left and right, leaving a crude letter Y their wake. Just what is this mysterious threat that the world is facing?

 32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

MARVEL WHAT IF...?

LUKE CAGE: THE AMERICAN #2

 Written By DAVID HINE

 Plot By MARVELL2100

 Art By SALVADOR LARROCA

 \*An Alternate Reality Series!\*

 "The Perfect Weapon"

 The Weapon X Program! A series of experiments that will turn an ordinary human into a Super Soldier! Science Minister Reed Richards has been working on this project his entire life and has failed every time. One experiment even cost him the life of his closest friend, Ben Grimm. Now with America on the brink of war, a new candidate is chosen, marine Lt Lucas Cage! Will he be the first to survive the Weapon X Program or is he simply another in a long list of failures? In the White House, President Fury reaches out to Canadian Prime Minister Heather Hudson to contemplate the idea of going to war with Doom and the Mandarin and how ill-prepared both nations are. PM Hudson does have some encouraging news however. Canada's Dept H has had success with their bio-development program! Black Ops agent Victor Creed has survived the process of Adamantium bonding and his enhancements are holding steady! Canada has created it's first Super Soldier, codename: The Wolverine!

 32 PGS./Rated M...$2.99

WHAT IF? : MARVEL 10,000 BC

 Written by Alan Moore

 Plot by SUDO NIMM

 Art by Leonard Kirk

 "Stone Age"

 Four exciting tales thought lost from the dawn of time. Marvel at the age wherein survival is the most cherished super power. Tribal leader Ka-Zor must lead his people through the treacherous Valley of Geysers(A stretch of land permeated with unspeakable monsters)in order to claim a mystic weapon left by ancient astronauts. The Nuwali. Tale Two--recounts the legend of Earth's first superhero, Adi the conqueror. The first human to rebel against the Alien Kree and their attempt to subjugate the human race millions of years ago. Tale three--The origin of FING FANG FOOM. Tale Four--(Censored) YOu will have to buy the issue to find out. And no Byrne reading (reading without paying) this issue, True Believers!

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

WHAT IF? :Blue Marvel rebelled against Exile?

 Written by Alan Moore

 Plot by SUDO NIMM

 Art by Kaare Andrews

 "Paradigm"

 Uatu, watcher of infinite probabilities--has observed countless realities. Very few have caused the eternal scribe to intervene. In one such case his friendship with the Earthling known as Adam Brashear would have taken a different path had he not interceded. Brashear, Cornell University grad, former Marine Corps was selected to lead a scientific attempt to harness anti-matter through the creation of a "Negative Reactor" a bridge between the Negative Zone and the positive matter universe itself. An explosion in the reactor fused Brashear's body with mutagenic radiation. The result of which endued Adam with metahuman powers. In 1962 Adam received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy on the day the President asked him to retire; it had been discovered by the public that he was an African-American. As the superhero, Blue Marvel, Brashear wore a full-face helmet - but when it was damaged in a battle, his identity was revealed. A massive controversy ensued, and the president asked Adam to retire to subdue racial tension. But what if he defied the President's wishes?

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

 WHAT IF? : Cyclops died instead of Phoenix?

 Written by Alan Moore

 Plot by SUDO NIMM

 Art by Mike Allred

 "Unintended Consequences"

 At the conclusion of the Dark Phoenix Saga, Jean Grey made the greatest sacrifice to ensure the safety of her friends,countless worlds and her lover Scott Summers. The result of which quelled the Phoenix Force. The Universe no longer in danger. All parties retreated to their home-worlds. But in this alternate reality tale--Scott Summers' life is taken and the repercussions tremble the Universe. Jean Grey now a mad goddess seeks vengeance. Can anyone stop her?

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99