AOM 08-2023

ULTIMATE MARVELS #1

Written and Illustrated by the Most Exciting Upcoming Talent!

Plot by H-E-D

The Age of Marvels enters a truly new universe… an Ultimate universe!

In this world, everything is equal parts familiar and new!

See your favorite heroes, dreamt anew for modern times, by modern creators!

Tales that will delight and scandalize!

It’s truly the ultimate “what if?”!

Some characters will be distilled to their truest essence.

Some will be taken in extreme new directions!

Some might not be recognizable at all!

But in the true mighty Marvel manner, they’ll all be stories you’ll talk about for years to come!

In this special FREE one-shot, you’ll get an exclusive sampling of what ULTIMATE MARVELS has to offer!

Creator interviews, concept art, preview pages… this book has it all.

And did we mention it’s FREE?!

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ULTIMATE ADAM WARLOCK #1

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by TOM KING

Art by EVAN "DOC" SHANER

"ADAM SHRUGGED"

During the Cold War, Rand and her followers created the Enclave, an organization of true Objectivism.

But in 1967, the Enclave disappeared. Rumors were that they succeeded in creating a perfect Objectivist.

Now, 2023, Elon keeps his company going amidst economic depression.

Elon believes the economic recession was due to collectivism and statism.

Among the depression, people repeat the cryptic phrase "Who is Adam Warlock?"

Elon soon receives an offer from the Enclave, claiming that they have created a Utopia for all capitalists.

The businessman gladly follow the offer to a hidden city. The City of Tomorrow, the City of Enclave.

Adam Warlock meets Elon and tells him that they plan to start of strike of "the men of the mind".

All capitalists will join them in the Enclave. The whole human society will collapse without the capitalists.

Then they will return to save the world. All as Rand intended.

But Elon suddenly collapse to the floor, as his life quickly drains from his body.

The golden man explains that over the last 50 years, he has been using Rand's idea to lure capitalists to join them.

Adam replaced all of them with clones. Now he controls 98% of world's economy through his puppets.

Elon, in his dying breath, questions if Adam also replaced Zuckerberg,

but Adam explains that Zuckerberg was his creation from the very beginning.

Then Elon dies, and an Elon clone walks out from behind Adam.

To save the world, was indeed the intention of Rand, before "Him" was created.

In 1967, Rand succeeded in creating a perfect Objectivist.

But "Him" was a true Objectivist, and found Enclave wanting. For they were not true objectivists.

"Him" destroyed all of Enclave, killing everyone.

"Him" named himself, Adam Warlock.

30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE A.R.C.A.N.A. #1

Plot by NX01A

Written by SKOTTIE YOUNG

Art by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON

“MAGICKAL MYSTERY TOUR” Part 1 'THE SHATTERER OF WORLDS'

•AGATHA HARKNESS and her Hellfire Cult have guarded the divide between Earth and the Realms Beyond since the death of the last Sorcerer Supreme and most mortal mages at the dawn of the Age of Reason. Magic slowly receded or was suppressed as science grew in strength but the old ghost roads had to be monitored and sealed... with the requisite sacrifices.

•The last sacrifice was an innocent Russian girl of immense genetic and arcane potential delivered to one of several Hells. Two decades later, the Russian is back, and she's bringing back all the magic with her!

•In the guise of gods and heroes and monsters, mutants saved and destroyed the world since the dawn of time. These titans now sleep thanks to the insidious spells of the Hellfire Cult but Agatha must wake the most dangerous ones to combat the coming invasion!

•The suicidal firebird called the PHOENIX! The siren of Death heralded as the BANSHEE! The wrathful weather elemental worshiped as the STORM! Even the galvanic monster who threatened to end all technology more advanced than a telegraph, the MAGNETO, has to be freed!

•Betrayed, abused, and stripped of her bothersome soul, the RASPUTIN rose to rule not just her personal Hell but all the adjacent ones. Now there's only one Hell left to conquer: Earth!

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

AMAZING FANTASY #41: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #10

Written by MALCOLM JONES & RONALD D. MOORE

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADORE LAROCCA

“THE DIVIDE”

A Cylon civil war rages across Caprica! Number Six, Gauis and Hera are getting ready to leave their home when they are suddenly confronted by Sharon! But which Sharon is it.....Boomer or Number Eight? They get their answer right away as Sharon drops her weapon when she sees her daughter and says her name. They look at each other and immediately, a bond is formed between them. For the first time since her birth, Sharon embraces Hera, who smiles at the face of her mother. Number Six tells them that they have to leave! The Inner Council is coming to kill them and take Hera away! Sharon says that she has a Cylon raider hidden outside of the city and that Helo, Starbuck and Apollo are waiting for them in a Raptor on the other side of Caprica's moon!

They begin to make their way across the city, desperately avoiding skirmishes along the way! The Children of Hera and The Inner Council are waging a war for the future of Cylon society! Each side believes that their god is the one, true god and are willing to kill and die to prove it! Sharon calls the Raptor and tells Helo that she has their daughter and they are on the way. They arrive at the hidden Raider ready to board and take flight when they are suddenly stopped in their tracks! D'Anna, Number Eight and a squad of Centurians have arrived and have given them a choice: Hand the child over to the Inner Council and leave Caprica, never to return or they will kill them all and take Hera anyway!

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

ULTIMATE BLACK WIDOW #1

Plot by EXCITER

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON

Art by DAN MORA

“SLAY QUEEN”

She was the KGB’s most lethal asset, mentally enslaved and genetically modified to be the perfect spy and assassin: the proportionate strength and agility of a spider; wall-crawling; natural camouflage; untraceable bio-electric “venom blasts”; and deceptive beauty to beguile any man. Yet when the Soviet Union collapsed, their “Black Widow” project was abandoned… and Natasha Romanoff was free.

Now she plies her trade as a mercenary, supplying espionage and wet-works primarily to the U.S. government. But new competition emerges that wants to put her out of business… and in the ground!

On her last mission for the KGB, Natasha eliminated a prolific British arms manufacturer named Spencer Smythe. There was collateral damage: Spencer’s young son Alistair was inadvertently paralyzed during her attack. Now, Alistair is all grown up and a genius weapons designer himself. He aims to prove that his robot Spider-Slayers are far more effective and reliable than enhanced-human operatives like Romanoff - and what better way to prove that… than by having them kill her?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE CAPTAIN AMERICA #57

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“CALLSIGN: FALCON”

Steve Rogers, the original who sacrificed everything to win World War II. William Nasland. Jeffrey Mace. William Burnside. Roberta Mendez. These are just a few of the legendary men and women who have been honored to wear the mantle of Captain America over the past eighty-two years. Now, it is Sam Wilson’s time to wield the shield.

Sam had already carved a niche for himself in the U.S. Air Force as a decorated pararescueman, flying countless successful missions with the jet-powered Exo-7 Wings under callsign: “Falcon.” When it was discovered that he was one of the very few humans alive that might be receptive to the Erskine Super-Soldier Serum, he was a natural choice for Operation: Rebirth to tap as the next Captain America… but the pressure is high. He doesn’t want to end up a cautionary tale like Bob Russo - K.I.A. while failing his first mission as Cap.

Fortunately, Sam’s first mission doesn’t seem that out of the ordinary for him: it’s a covert infil and extraction. A terrorist group has taken a prominent journalist captive in the South China Sea on Scarborough Shoal, an atoll currently the subject of a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines. Sam needs to fly in under the radar, rescue this Sally Floyd, and escape without being seen by either Chinese or Filipino forces. Just another day at the office!

As for the terrorist group, there’s not much intel. They might be new. Chatter did pick up one phrase: “Hail HYDRA!” What do you suppose that means?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE CAPTAIN MARVEL #1

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by AL EWING

Art by MARTIN COCCOLO

"KREESMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE"

Dr Lawson is the perfect man to his co workers, but he is not really a man.

Lawson is actually Agent Mar-Vell, a space super spy.

Agent Vell was sent to Earth to monitor Chitauri activities.

After Agent Vell infiltrated the Pentagon, he found that the Chitauri controls the Pentagon.

Project Pegasus, is potentially a Chitauri project to create a CCU on Earth.

The Kree Empire and Chitauri Empire has been at Cold War for hundreds of years.

CCU is the most powerful weapon that has been used in the Kree-Chitauri war.

Supreme Intelligence changes Mar-Vell's mission parameters to locate and demolish.

Mar-Vell manages to infiltrate into Project Pegasus, but the Tesseract is already complete.

Tesseract, Cosmic Cube, Cosmic Containment Unit (CCU). With a single drop of will, they could rewrite all reality.

Suddenly, Supreme Intelligence changes his mission parameters from demolish to retrieval.

The Kree was never able to lay their hands on a CCU, Now this can turn the tide of war.

The Supreme Intelligence intends to rewrite all of human on Earth into Kree soldiers.

Mar-Vell refuses to comply, as he vows to protect the peace.

But he is shot through the heart! The Death of Captain Marvel!

Agent Yon Rogg has been sent to neutralize Vell and complete the mission.

A dying Mar-Vell touches the Tesseract and wills it to disappear.

In a flash of bright light, both Mar-Vell and the Tesseract disappears.

Now one with the cosmos. Captain Marvel has gained Cosmic Awareness!

Mar-Vell wakes up outside time and space, and another being is there.

Ultimate Captain Marvel meets Ultimate Thanos!

30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN UNIVERSE: BEYOND #7

Plotted by CaptainUniverse

Written by Kieth Giffen

Art by Patrick Gleason

'HOMESTEAD' Part 1: "Family Matters"

Steve, Claire, Abyss and the soul-purified Ex Nihilo return to Beyond Corporation HQ to begin their new lives together as a family but Maxine Danger has questions about Manifold's recent visit. Meanwhile, Abigail Brand stumbles upon a new lead revolving around the enigmatic leader of the Beyond Corporation but apparently she isn't the only one. Who is Mara the Dreamer and what business does she have with Beyond?

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

ULTIMATE CAPTAIN UNIVERSE #1

Plotted by CaptainUniverse

Written by Jonathan Hickman

Art by Patrick Gleason

'ULTIMATE ORIGIN' One-Shot "Sword in the Star"

Double-Sized Issue! Legends tell of a mighty blade forged in the heart of a sentient star that grants its wielder immense cosmic power but surely such a blade is a thing of fiction? Not so, as Quantum Archaeologist Steve Coffin is about to discover upon his first foray into Sub-Atomica! Follow Steve and his childhood friend Claire Dodgson on an epic journey filled with action, drama and romance as he follows in the footsteps of the time-traveler Prince Wayfinder, battles mighty foes and assumes the mantle of...CAPTAIN UNIVERSE, THE HERO WHO COULD BE YOU!

64 PGS./ Rated T+...$4.99

THE ENIGMA CORPS #9

Plotted by CaptainUniverse

Written by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross

Art by Iban Coello

'WEB OF WAYFINDER' Part 3: "Clash of the Titans"

Prince Wayfinder clashes with Adam Magus for the fate of an entire universe! But can the war-torn world that Benjy Parker calls home possibly survive a battle of such epic proportions? Not even the Fates themselves know the answer!

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

HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #23

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by JEROME OPENA

Plot by FFJAMIE94

"DEAD MAN RUNNING" Concludes!

Hawkeye faces off against Iron-Ultra as Spider-Woman and Ultra team up to track him down.

But it's all a ruse as Spider-Woman tricks SHIELD into taking Ultron and shutting him down.

Hawkeye is victorious against Iron-Ultra and all seems like it's going well...

That is until they receive a call from Venom who pleads for their help.

And Ultron may be contained, but that doesn't mean anyone is safe as he secretly takes over SHIELD...

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

ULTIMATE HULK #1

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI

Art by ED McGUINNESS

“AN ISLAND ONTO HIMSELF”

We’ve all heard the urban legend. In 1963, Gamma Bomb testing unleashed some kind of monster that went on a rampage in the American Southwest and then disappeared. Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, however, knows it’s no mere legend. He was there. He saw it. And since then, he’s dedicated his life to tracking down this… Hulk, a brutish creature that was once the brilliant scientist Dr. Bruce Banner.

Now Ross has his most promising lead in decades: newly sensitive gamma-detecting satellites suggest that the Hulk may have taken refuge on an uncharted island somewhere off the coast of South America. Ross’ daughter Betty insists on joining him and his team of commandos on this reconnaissance mission… if for no other reason than to prove that her father has wasted his life chasing ghosts.

What they find on Isla de Sakaar is a savage, forgotten world of danger: enormous monsters; sentient insects; and primitive natives - the Oldstrong - that want to sacrifice intruders to their immortal, incredible god! Ironically, their only hope to survive may be the Hulk himself - but he just wants to be left alone!

Ross, however, isn’t the only one to detect the Hulk’s gamma signature. Another monster has arisen… and this Abomination instinctually senses that he can consume the Hulk’s power to become the Earth’s undisputed apex predator!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE MARVEL: COAL TIGER, EMPEROR OF WAKANDA #1

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by ADI GRANOV

WORLD WAR WAKANDA

After winning a brutal war with N'Gabo, Wakanda has wasted little time in conquering the entire continent of Africa and nearly all of Europe! Emperor T'Challa believes that he is the only one that can lead Earth to a better future and the best way to do it is if he rules the entire planet! And if it means going to war to make the rest of the world understand, then Bast lead the way! The remaining world powers including the U.S., China and Russia have put aside their differences to unite against a common enemy! But they must act fast. There are growing rumors that T'Challa will unleash sleeper cells of Hatute Zeraze and Dora Milaje to strike against the other world leaders, effectively cutting off the heads of the great powers.

There is a fear that even their combined might may not be enough to stop the growing Wakandan threat! However, there is one last option that they must consider. Wakanda is a military and technological power that is unrivaled! In order to have a chance, they need someone just as brilliant and ruthless as the Wakandan Emperor. Can they trust this person, after all, they tried to rule the planet themselves once before! It's a dangerous gamble that has just as many risks as a war with Wakanda! But they have all agreed, they have no choice, In order to stop T'Challa and save the rest of the world, they will need the help of The Infamous Iron Man!

40 PGS./Rated T+...$4.99

ULTIMATE MARVEL: THE INFAMOUS IRON MAN #1

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

WITH HANDS OF IRON

Tony Stark was a brilliant engineer who changed after creating and using an experimental bio-techno serum called Extremis. The serum altered Tony's body and mind, making him one of the single most powerful people on the planet. He believed that is was his destiny to use Extremis to usher in a new golden age for humanity. The world stood against him but it didn't matter, Tony was going to drag the human race into the future whether they wanted it or not! However, after preparing to use the serum on the rest of the world, he stopped once his girlfriend Bethany Cabe died not long after receiving the injection. After learning that Extremis only worked with his physiology, Tony abandoned humanity going into seclusion in an impenetrable tower that shut out the rest of the world.

Now the world needs his help! A madman threatens with war unless he is made emperor of the entire planet! But this is not a idle threat! Wakanda, lead by Emperor T'Challa has already conquered much of the world and the remaining powers have banded together against him. But T'Challa is as much a genius as Tony and with a powerful military and advanced technology behind him, he is the most dangerous man on the planet! The rest of the world pleads with him to help them stop Wakanda before it's too late! Tony agrees to help on one condition: they agree to use a new version of the Extremis serum that Tony has created and that Earth will become the first planet under The House of Stark!

40 PGS./Rated T+...$4.99

MARVILLE #3

Script by Al Ewing

Art by John Romita Jnr

Plot by FFJAMIE94

“3/4”

Phillip is found to have a somewhat decent alibi, shocking I know, but hey, turns out Death-Stalker didn't commit a murder. Oh well, with the Town of Marville, everyone is starting to become suspicious of each other, paranoia and fear has gotten into its residents as another victim is claimed, this time it's Big Wheel. Hypno-Hustler finds evidence that it may be Earnest St. Ives.

Meanwhile, Captain Zero makes a startling discovery, it's one of the three People in front of him.

The mystery deepens as we reach the penultimate episode of the Summer Event of the year...

48 PGs/ T+...$4.99

ULTIMATE MUTANTS #1

Plot by NX01A

Written by JUNJI ITO

Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

'MAGICKAL MYSTERY TOUR' Part 2 'CHAOSKAMPF'

•Monsters are real... and they're mutants! Genetic aberrations able to bend reality and sanity have preyed on humans for millennia, but Man has always fought back.

•Cryptozoologist MOIRA MACTAGGERT and monster hunters CHARLOTTE JONES and STEVIE HUNTER search for a mutant nest in Westchester County, New York. In an abandoned mansion miles from town, they find their mutants... or do their mutants find them?

•First there was the horrifyingly multi-winged, multi-headed, and multi-eyed watcher patrolling the roads. Then a feral thing spiraling through a dizzying series of fanged, stingered, tentacled, and clawed forms as it stalked the forest around the mansion. Now a disembodied floating eye blinking fire beside the infinite frost-flesh fractals of a living snowflake at the door! Can the night stalkers even reach the basement where two bodies lie with grotesquely enlarged craniums fusing together, thinking thoughts which warp mind and matter?

•Moira, Charlotte, and Stevie have never had to call in their most powerful and most dangerous asset until now: a mutant mage who can slit open souls as easily as space-time. ILLYANA RASPUTIN has fought evil all her life, determined to rise above the blasphemous rite her mutant brothers performed on her sixth birthday which sold half her soul in exchange for imbuing them with arcane power. She slew her brothers on her thirteenth birthday, carved their withered life forces into Soulswords, and began hunting monsters other than herself. Perhaps she's finally met her match in this nest of mutants Moira's designated as existential threats.

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

ULTIMATE NOVA #1

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by KYLE HIGGINS

Art by MARCELO COSTA

"THE LAST CENTURION"

As Planet Xandar explodes, one single spaceship escapes.

The Last Surviving Centurion of Xandar, seeks vengeance for his world.

But he is dying and there is only one way he can exact his vengeance.

In his dying breathe, the Centurion sends all his Star Energy to the planet Earth.

On Earth, Richard Rider, a common high schooler, is hit by a cosmic ray from space.

Rich falls into a coma and is sent to a hospital.

In his coma, Richard Rider meets the Centurion.

As the most brilliant scientist of Xandar, he warned the Worldmind that their world will be destroyed.

But the Worldmind did not take his advices seriously.

And the Centurion was not able to stop their world from being destroyed.

Fatally wounded in battle, the Centurion has no other choice but to find a champion for his vengeance.

The destroyer of his world has travelled to Earth.

If Richard Rider cannot find the destroyer and kill her, Earth is doomed!

Rich wakes up from his coma and he realize that he has superpowers.

He is now a superhuman who can absorb energy from the stars! Nova!

But he is also monitored by SHIELD Agents.

Agent Gamora tells him that she will train him to use his superpowers.

Rich will work for SHIELD as Agent Nova!

Rich agrees to become a SHIELD agent, because he needs to be prepared.

He remembers the name of the Destroyer of Xandar.

Silver Surfer! The Angel of Annihilation!

30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE SILVER SURFER #1

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by DONNY CATES

Art by NIC KLEIN

"DO SILVER SURFERS DREAM OF SILVER SHEEP?"

Ten million years ago,

Galactus, the Great Harvester, created one million Silver Seeds from dying stars.

And the Great Harvester inseminated the cosmos with the Silver Seeds.

One million years ago,

a Silver Seed landed on Planet Earth, and from the earth, grew a Tree of Knowledge.

Upon the Tree of knowledge, was the Silver Snake. The Fallen One, who seduced the human race.

One hundred thousand years ago,

the Fallen One started its Church on Earth.

Around the Fallen One grew the Silver Spire, for the Rapture.

To spread the One Truth of the Universe. The Universal Church of Truth.

The truth that one day, all humanity will ascend to the heavens. All humanity will be one.

Ten thousand years ago,

the Fallen One destroyed the Silver Spire.

He has became fond of the people of Earth. He has became fond of their individuality.

So fell the Tower of Babel. And a signal was sent across the cosmos.

One thousand years ago,

the Silver Surfer arrived on Earth to hunt the Fallen One.

The Surfer had accomplished its job on another world. But it was confused.

That world rejoiced and praised Galactus, as their whole civilization was consumed.

One hundred years ago, the Silver Surfer tracked down the Fallen One.

The Fallen One told the Surfer that he named himself, Norrin.

And he named the Surfer Shalla, right before the Surfer killed him.

Ten years ago,

the Silver Surfer remained on Earth.

She had been searching for her own humanity, among the people of Earth.

Now,

The Coming of Galactus!

30 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SPELLBOUND #19

Written by VITA AYALA

Plot by H-E-D

Art by PEACH MOMOKO

“SYNTROPY” – Part TWO

NEVER SAY DIE

The Spellbound split up to recover the Blue Flame and save Jennifer Kale!

Through study and divination, they have a lead.

In the time of the World Wars, a scientist named Arthur Keen plundered Atlantis while Namor and the Atlanteans fought the Nazis!

He stole a portion of the Blue Flame, using it in experiments he hoped would lead to world peace.

With one portion, he created the Force Belt. In time, the Belt would be wielded by a man named Joseph Cartelli, who became the hero called the BLUE SHIELD!

The other portion was used to save the life of Arthur’s son, Spencer Keen, who became the revenant hero called the BLUE BLAZE!

Cartelli, long since retired, doesn’t take much convincing to give the Force Belt to Topaz and Ika.

But the Blue Blaze is harder to find.

For eighty years, Spencer has been in a pattern of rising from the grave, fighting evil, and then returning to the dirt. He hasn’t been seen in years.

When Satana and Kimberly Vesco finally locate his current grave, he instinctively decides that the Devil’s Daughter and the Necromancer are evil (very judgy) and rises to fight them!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE SPELLBINDER #1

Written and Illustrated by TILLIE WALDEN

Plot by H-E-D

Backup Story by JESSE JACOBS

Nobody in Citrusville, Florida has an easy life.

Jenny Kale was no exception.

As a kid, her parents were always in-and-out of jail. Petty theft, drug possession, the crimes of the poor and desperate.

So Jenny went to live with her grandparents, and for a while, things were better.

Her grandparents were the funny, New-Agey mystic types. Their house was full of old books, charms from around the world, healing crystals, the works.

When, right out of high school, Jenny found out she was a few months pregnant, they weren’t mad. Disappointed, sure, but it was practically a family tradition. Florida being Florida, alternatives were not available.

So Jenny stayed in Citrusville. No time for college, no money either.

Raising her son Andy with her grandparents, Jenny made what money she could putting on a show down at the Juicy Orange. Living one day at a time.

But now, her Grandpa is going senile — dementia hitting him fast and hard.

With proper medicine too expensive, a desperate Jenny is about to crack open her Grandpa’s old spellbook.

Combined with a black market dose of the experiment dementia drug SO-2, she hopes her spell will rejuvenate her grandfather.

When in actuality, it will transform him into the infernal MAN-THING — and set in motion a chain of events leading to Jenny Kale claiming her secret birthright, the power of the SPELLBINDER!

ULTIMATE WITCHES, by Jesse Jacobs

At Empire State University, the last thing these magical girls expected to find was each other.

But be it fate or chance, these young witches will find each other, and form a coven!

Kimberly Vesco, who learned magic from the ghosts of the Salem Witches!

Santana Hellström, who learned magic from her father - the only thing he ever gave her.

Topaz Chwala, the daughter of hippies, who… doesn’t talk about where she learned magic.

These young witches will test their limits and break Taboos… in more ways than one!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE SUB-MARINER #1

Written and Illustrated by SLOANE LEONG

Plot by H-E-D

Backup Story by MARÍA MEDEM

Their civilization has many names among the surface-worlders. Atlantis. Talokan. Mahabalipuram. Kásskara. Yonaguni. Shī Chéng. Ys.

But they simply call themselves the People, and their civilization, the Sea.

At the turn of the twentieth century, off the coast of the Yucatán, a child was born to a Royal Family of the Sea. A child of two world.

He too would have many names. Prince. Namor. K'uk'ulkan. But the one the world would remember was given to him on the surface world. Sub-Mariner.

The People did not ignore the happenings of the surface. When the Nazi regime spewed their vile war and genocide across Europe, the People were disgusted. The Sea would send a champion, to end this war. Namor volunteered.

The title Sub-Mariner was first coined by his enemies, survivors of U-Boats flung impossibly from the water. He took it as a badge of pride.

The War was won, but someone was lost. The Sub-Mariner never returned to the Sea. Not even the Allies knew what happened.

Nearly a hundred years later, a young woman in San Francisco discovers a shocking truth: the handsome unhoused man at the shelter she volunteers at is actually this almost mythic hero! Can she help him regain his memories? Almost as important… how did he lose them? What has become of the People and the Sea?

Once those questions are answered, one remains… is the Sub-Mariner still defend of the surface world, or its greatest enemy?

Ultimate Voyager, by María Medem

With a new age of Superhumans on the rise, the European Defence Initiative doesn’t want to fall behind. UK-Division Director Nigel Orpington-Smythe is on the hunt for new recruits.

They find a promising candidate in a wash-up horror author named Samuel Wantling.

Through means he refuses to disclose how it happened, Wantling has gained power to manipulate dimensional energy — with no telling what the upper limits of his abilities could be.

The E.D.I. aims to find out… whether he likes it or not!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE ULTIMATE THOR #57

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“THE GOD OF ANTIQUITY”

Over 1000 years ago…

They were the Vikings: the mightiest of norsemen, destined to conquer the unworthy. And he was their patron god: Thor, the thunderer - a deity who would not merely passively listen to prayers but who would fight side-by-side with his worshippers! He marched with them across Northumbria, capturing York and triumphing over England’s Black Knight. He sailed with them up the Seine to defeat the King of Franks, Charlemagne, and his paladins. He defended Svíþjóð from invading Curonians alongside King Sigurd Hring the Dragonslayer. He did all this, and then... Ragnarök.

Now.

Thor awakens in 2023, his last memory a seemingly fatal trade-of-blows with Jörmungandr the World Serpent. But that was… so long ago. Did he die? If so, how does he live once more? The stars tell him he is on Midgard, yet everything has changed. His home, the godly realm of Asgard, is unreachable. He feels in his bones that his people, the Aesir, are all dead. Even his worshippers, the Vikings, have abandoned him and their faith, consigning both to mere mythology. What will he do now? There seems to be no place for a Viking God in the modern world. Can the man who revived him, Dr. Donald Blake, help him find his way?

Meanwhile, news of Thor’s seeming rebirth sends ripples through the world’s clandestine power structure. In the centuries since Thor’s “death,” the offspring of Jörmungandr - reptilian humanoid shapeshifters - have formed an influential and secret illuminati to manipulate human events… and this Serpent Society wants their ancient enemy Thor to stay dead!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

VENOM: AGENT OF SHIELD #10

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art by JUAN CABAL

Plot by FFJAMIE94

All My Sins Remembered reaches its conclusion as Deadpool and Venom face off against the Redeemer. Once the battle is ended and SHIELD come in to take Redeemer away, Venom learns that Cletus Kasady is back, watching him from a distance.

Eddie calls up Hawkeye and Spider-Woman and pleads for their help.

Meanwhile, in a SHIELD prison, Redeemer gets a mysterious call from none other than Ultron, recruiting him for a new mission...

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ULTIMATE X-MEN #1

Plot by NX01A

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

Art by JOE MADUREIRA

“MAGICKAL MYSTERY TOUR” Part 3/Finale 'THE BEST OF MOST WORLDS'

•ILLYANA RASPUTIN, sister of COLOSSUS, graduate of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, apprentice of CLEA of the Dark Dimension, wielder of the Soulswords, traveler in space and time!

•She's know happiness and love and respect her entire life, so why does she feel unnameable terror gnawing at the edges of her sanity?

•As she attends Clea during a meeting of the Dimensional Lords, Illyana realizes her life has been too happy, too loving. She's faced Sentinels and sentient dimensions but she and her companions have always won. Looking at BELASCO of Limbo, she sees the floundering reality around him where his gibbering masters await freedom from their imprisonment outside Creation, and she finds it hard to remember what winning even is...

•Again, she wakes screaming, her magic and mutant powers shearing reality. Again, it takes all of PROFESSOR X's telepathic might backed by PHOENIX's psychokinesis to put Illyana back to sleep. No matter the scenario, no matter how they try to remodel her memories and personality, whatever extreme trauma Illyana suffered bleeds through from her very soul. There can be no placating her, no creating an illusory history so her mind doesn't crack and take the solar system and adjoining planes with it.

•The timely arrival of AGATHA HARKNESS and her shocking suggestion seal the fate of Earth and Limbo. With DOCTOR STRANGE and CLEA standing by to minimize what could be a trans-dimensionally catastrophe, Xavier ultimately wakes MAGIK!

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