AOM 06-2014

ALPHA FLIGHT #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL GLOBAL\*\*\*

 Words & Art by BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY and TY TEMPLETON

 Plot by SUPERCOOPER

 “THE GOVERNMENT ”

 15 years from now…..amongst the wreckage of Parliament Hill, a resilient Alpha Flight stands prepared to face off against a shadowed beast that has tormented the country for the last decade. They are: Walter Langkowski, furless but hulking; Marrina, dressed in alien Plodex battle armour; Puck, possessed by a raging spirit from the netherworld; Shaman, frail and draped in the cloak of the absent Snowbird; and a new, female Guardian, with frigid powers. They stand alone against this threat. But…..today is not that day! No, in the present, Canada’s premier superhero squadron have far more pressing things on their mind…like being handed the keys to Department H, the nation’s scientific-supernatural-extraordinary crimes division! Hold on to your toques as two fan favourite creators kick off the story of Vindicator, Guardian, Sasquatch, Marrina, Puck, Snowbird and Shaman, who’ll learn that the pitfalls of bureaucracy can be just as dangerous as any supervillain!

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by KEN ROCAFORT

 “STUCK IN TRAFFIC”

 There’s a problem with illegal immigrants… in the Savage Land! Ka-Zar is none too happy about the massive influx of mutants who have taken up residence in “the place superheroes go to get eaten by dinosaurs,” particularly because they’ve turned Sauron’s Citadel into a kind of makeshift city… and their urban sprawl is bringing them into conflict with the natives! Maybe he can talk things out with their leader… the Scarlet Witch? Meanwhile, the faux-French rogue Fantomex takes it upon himself to inform Jean Grey of an underground mutant trafficking ring being run out of New Jersey by Vertigo. Jean, Angel, and Iceman resolve to personally resolve the situation, original X-Men style, but what they learn about these trafficked mutants will shock them…

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

AVENGERS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by GRANT MORRISON

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by JIM LEE/ JEROME OPENA

 They are the greatest assembly of superheroes ever: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Blue Marvel, Angela, Prime, the Hank Pym project: Wasp, Luke Cage aka Power Man and Orson Randall aka the original Iron Fist. What they lack is the criminal mind. The ruthlessness, deceptive nature and immorality Loki has plenty of. The other Odinson offers his membership and the promise that with his aid the Avengers will control, eliminate and Master all Evil! Keeping your enemy close may tear the Avengers apart and will lead to Thor making a monumental decision to take action. Plus meet the other new recruit...Squirrel Girl!

 40PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BIG HERO 6 #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL GLOBAL\*\*\*

 Words & Art by MIKE ALLRED & FELIPE SMITH

 Plot by PERSONAMANX

 Chapter #0 "THE HAND OF FATE: HEROIC ORIGINS REVEALED"

•Three years ago an eleven year old's father was killed in the most devastating Kaiju attack history has ever known. Today, fourteen year old genius Hiro Hamada and his robotic marvel Baymax join BIG HERO 6, the guardians of the Pacific and paragons of justice? With Hiro's assistance they will uncover the ancient conspiracy behind the Kaiju and protect the world from Lord Deathstrike and The Hand.

•In this issue learn the secret origins of the BIG HERO 6: The Bombshell secret agent Honey Lemon, Qi wielding sushi chef Wasabi-No-Ginger, Renegade rollerblade messenger Go-Go-Tomago, and San Francisco's own Fredzilla. To fight monsters you need not become them with the BIG HERO 6!

32 PGs./Rated A...$2.99

BLACK KNIGHT #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by PAUL CORNELL

 Plot by WHITORO

 Art by TRAVIS CHAREST

 The Ebony Blade calls, her voice a seductive breeze, a wonderful tune filling the air. She tells the story of a man, Dane Whitman. He was the Black Knight in the days of the Avengers and the SHIELD, the days of heroes and villains, the days where every battle was fought to decide the fate of the world. That was so long ago, so many centuries ago… the sword misses Whitman… he’s the only one of her owners who is worth of this privilege… the only warrior whose weapons weeps for him. Her current owner doesn’t listen to her cry, ignores her tears, as he stains the name of the Black Knight with his barbaric predisposition, his unsettling lust for death… but even if he ignores it, he is tired, tired of songs and tales about the greatness of this “Dane Whitman”. So, the Black Knight of Tomorrow moves with a mission. The time has come to meet this man. The time has come to get rid of him… The time has come to unravel time.

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF THE DEAD #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

 PLOT BY MARVELL2100

 ART BY ADI GRANOV

 "Raise The Dead" Part 1

 Starting a bold new direction for the Black Panther! Following the events that led the team to break into the maximum security prison known as The Cube, The Crew have disbanded and T'Challa has been reborn as Bast's champion, King of the Dead! With new abilities comes new responsibilities as the threats against Wakanda and the world grow stronger and bolder! An old nemesis brings up a horrific event from Wakanda's past that could reveal an ugly secret and take Wakanda on the brink of war! What is this secret and can T'Challa prevent more bloodshed as Wakanda's past rushes into it's present! Next Issue: Remember Kiber!

 32 PGS./Rated M...$2.99

BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by CHRIS YOST

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by MIKE CHOI

 Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

 “WELCOME TO THE BROTHERHOOD”

 Cyclops, Mystique, Magik, Emma Frost, Havok, Bishop, Blink and Sunfire. What could draw these X-Men, heroes and villains alike, together to create a team? In this special zero issue, learn the origins of the Brotherhood of Mutants - and experience their very first mission - which, all too predictably - doesn't go as planned.

 32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

CABAL #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by DANIEL WAY

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by FRANK CHO

 “The Once and Future Führer”

 Memories of an existence that he couldn't of lived still flash across Mephisto's mind. He has seen glimpses of himself wielding the power of his realm on Earth. It seems that becoming part of an Earthly group of power unlocked that potential...but...a problem. He senses that his freedom was still bondage, How? He cannot glimpse. He merely see's a green cloak and a metallic face, but he hears a woman’s voice, a voice that screams in his own Hell. So a different leader is needed, one that Mephisto can push in the right direction and abandon easily when the time comes. Which is why he now finds himself in an ancient Tibetan temple, one corrupted by the Thule Society. Morgan Le Fay, the Enchantress and Dracula stand around the pit in the temple and summon their new leader, out of the pit comes a hand wielding a spear - the Spear of Destiny - and pure evil follows it back into the world. Johann Schmidt returns and he will create a Cabal of deadly intentions!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by JAMES ROBINSON

 Plot by RED FALCON

 Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER

 The origin of the original enemy of Captain America: The Red Skull! Witness how their paths intertwine. A German scientist named Dr. Abraham Erskine is kidnapped by Johann Schmidt (the man who will become the Red Skull) during World War II, and is forced to create a serum that will turn him into the most powerful man on Earth. But what Johann didn't expect was that he would become deformed, and that the good doctor fled from Germany to go to the United States. . . To be continued in the First Issue.

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DARK AVENGERS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by WARREN ELLIS

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by MIKE DEODATO JR

 "Reports of My Death..."

 I have lived for hundreds of years, but never has the world been so close to the abyss. I have to find them, the group of Avengers that silence the invisible darkness that surrounds us all. The Daywalker, the dead man walking, the spider, the femme fatale, the monster, the "superman", the devil's own and then there are the twins. The witch and speedster, children of a lesser god whose leadership is the key to our salvation. We must find the devil who walks amongst us, the dragon who deceives us and her. To speak her name says it all as she spawned most powerful and destructive king ever to walk earth. How she survived her own damnation is the stuff of darkest legend. Her return marks the beginning...of the end!

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

DEADPOOL & FORCE WORKS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by JASON AARON

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by MATTEO SCALERA

 “GET ZAPATA”

 Whoa! Lots has changed since we last spoke, eh? Where were we before the big “Crisis of the CBR Forums” event? Oh yeah, yours truly just became a small business owner. Move over Blackwater, there’s new hotness in the private security sector and its name is Force Works! With the trademark acquired because U.S. Agent forgot to register it, I’m taking applications! It’s just me and the Zapata Brothers for now, safeguarding the world (or at least certain parties that live in the world) for modest fees! What could possibly go wrong?

 So yeah, things go completely wrong. But prior to getting into all that, let me drop some knowledge! Did you know that certain plants, when smoked or ingested, can have radical, mind-altering effects on otherwise normal, law-abiding citizens? Oh yeah! They can totally turn you into a criminal overnight! And nobody knows this better than Blackheath, the photosynthesizin’ Plantman! Every bad guy on AOM’s available character list is out to get the not-so-jolly green man for what he can grow, but Force Works won’t let that happen! The first contender: a jacked red alien calling himself Axeman Bone! While that’s a wicked name for either a lead guitarist or a male pornstar, I can’t have him jeopardizing my profit margins! The team and I engage, and everything’s going heroically until I suffer the greatest betrayal I’ve ever experienced: The Zapatas turn on me! I CAN’T EVEN! What would Mil Máscaras think?

 So now I’m down and out. Who can I call upon to in my hour of need? Axeman is a Hulk-level powerhouse, so how about my old frenemy Cain Marko – the Unstoppable Juggernaut! And to take out the mexi-mercs, here comes the gun-slingin’ simian, Hit-Monkey, and the intangible, ectoplasmic (at least I hope that’s ectoplasm) hacktivist, Ghost! Force Works is back, baby!

 Every issue comes with a one-size-fits-most replica Zapata Brother Luchador Mask… complete with actual bullet holes!

 32 PGs./Rated T+ $2.99

THE DEFENDERS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by MIKE MIGNOLA

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by SALVADOR LARACCO

 “NON-STANDARD DIMENSIONS” Prelude: “THE MARCH”

 An event beyond understanding has somehow “reset” reality, causing chaos on a multiversal level. With the walls between dimensions weakened, the all-seeing Eye of Agamotto beholds a terrifying site: the heinous hordes of the Dark Dimension, under the command of the dread Dormammu, march again! Jarella, Queen of the magical realm of K’ai, can feel the evil gathering at the bounds of her reality. Desperate to prevent the genocide of her people, she reaches out to the man peering through the Eye – Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange! Her message is simple, as she believes only one man can help her. “Please Stephen, find and bring the great love of my life back to K’ai. Find… the Hulk!”

 32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DEMOLITION MAN #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by GARTH ENNIS

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by STUART IMMONNEN

 It's 5:40am on June 4th and Dennis Dunphy's aka Demolition Man alarm awakens him to 70's R&B. As a recent recruit to the A.T.F. (Alcohol Tobacco Firearms) meta-human task force he and Wonder Man are on assignment to take down a dangerous super villain. Nitro is a human bomb and today has robbed and destroyed several grocery stores leaving a trail of carcasses and wreckage behind. The awkward Demolition Man and the charismatic Wonder Man can't stand each other, but they work together to save who they can from the psychotic killer. A hostage situation leads to standoff, a John Woo level action sequence and a fade to black. It's 5:40am on June 4th and Dennis Dunphy's aka Demolition Man alarm awakens him to 70's R&B..again and Dennis says "WTF"?!?

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

DOOM #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by NEIL GAIMAN

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by CLAYTON CRAIN

 “Vitruvian Man”

 Heaven burned as Doom finally faced him, The One Above All. The multiverse was collapsing into itself as Doom, powered by the energies of thousands of harvested universes, unleashed his might on TOAA. He didn't even blink, he merely looked sadly at Doom and a second later Doom ceased to exist. The plan had worked perfectly. Doom had grown increasingly frustrated with the faults of the Creator. If Doom had truly been made in the image of the Creator then Doom would show Him how it was really done. The second that TOAA took to look at Doom in pity was all Doom needed to create a life, a new body for himself. He let TOAA erase the mistake he had made and gladly excepted his new existence, he would show the Creator how it was truly done, Doom made in the image of Doom! But things still aren't perfect, true he is, but their are other Doom's out there in alternate realities who now are inferior copies. TOAA's creations, Doom can not allow this insult to continue, there is only one Doom!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUNSLINGER #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by STEPHEN KING

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by LEINAL FRANCIS YU

 “First Steps”

 The hot desert sun glints of the blue steel of the heavy Sandalwood guns. They sit comfortably on her hips, despite their comically large size, and she knows how to use them better then all but save maybe one. This teenage girl has inherited gifts from her mother and all three of her fathers. She has her mother's mimicry abilities, if she she's it she can do it, which is how she became a Gunslinger at such a young age as her last father Roland Deschain taught her everything he knew. From her second father, Bruce Banner, comes her intelligence, an innate ability to absorb knowledge. And from her biological father, the one she never knew comes the unwelcome gift of the supernatural. The child of Victor Von Doom has become a prized must have Familiar and the mystical world is intent on dragging her to hell. But as long as she has her fathers guns at her side she knows she has more then a fighting chance. Her dusty well worn boots enter the ghost town of ghouls and demons, her fingers itching at the handles of the guns, her green cloak billows around her in the hot air and her wide brimmed hat casts a shadow over her face as she faces the damned "The names Eve! Any y'all got a problem with that!"

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HEROES FOR HIRE #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL KNIGHTS\*\*\*

 Written by ANDY DIGGLE

 Plot by HIGHWAYGUY

 Art by MARCO CHECHETTO

 "THE END OF BROMANCE"

 Power Man & Iron Fist! Luke Cage & Danny Rand! Heroes For Hire… NO MORE! With Luke Cage, the original Hero For Hire, being called up to the big leagues, Danny Rand is left to contemplate his future. In the Gem Theatre, New York, the Immortal Weapon watches homemade footage of their early adventures. That collar. Those “kung-fu slippers”. That silk shirt. The tiara. Good times. Past times. Things will never be the same. But Misty Knight & Colleen Wing have other ideas. What next for HEROES FOR HIRE!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HULK #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by MARK WAID

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by ANDY KUBERT

 "Tandem"

 They are the most powerful 'Dyanamic Duo' on the planet...Dr. Bruce Banner and the Hulk. A beautiful mind and an unstoppable monster. The "nerd" becomes the "bully" and the results is a Marvel-Two-In-One that can defeat gods. His only weakness is his own insecurities, paranoia and bi-polar nature of his duality. As a blackout takes out power throughout the east-coast dark forces descend like vultures scavenging carcasses. It is up to the Hulk to find the cause of endless darkness. It's name is Zzaxx and it's path of destruction is just the beginning of a downward spiral..for everyone.

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

INVADERS INITIATIVE #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL GLOBAL\*\*\*

 Written by FRED VAN LENTE

 Plot by SUPERCOOPER

 Art by JEFTE PALO

 “PRISON RULES”

 Welcome to the Raft…a floating prison located a few miles out from the shoreline of New York City, a hi-tech, ironclad box where the Shocker, convicted of murdering/disintegrating two civilians, is imprisoned. But if you thought that was bad, you’ve got some sight-seeing to do. Join the UN’s newest heroes, android war veteran Jim Hammond, Israeli super spy Sabra, and reformed crime lord Silver Samurai as they travel across the globe recruiting criminals for the INVADERS INITIATIVE. From Chile’s Jaula de Hierro Patagonia, where the Black Tarantula has been in solitary confinement for the last year after a botched coup, to Britain’s Crossmore Prison, as arms/drug/people dealer Black Tom Cassidy has faced supernatural abuse from overzealous guards. From China’s man-made volcano Huǒshān Fēng, where mutant dissident Nuwa is being held, the city-wide Le Arrondissement in France containing thief Grey Gargoyle, to Egypt’s underground holding cell Absentia, where over-powered criminals are kept in suspended animation, like Scarab-of Set, wanted on three dozen counts of murder. Get your passports ready, fans, because this is one globe-trotting trip you won’t want to miss!

 32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

IRON MAN #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by BRYAN HITCH

 Stark Tech is everywhere and is the leader in the world's technology. However, Tony Stark is surrounding by family and rivals who all want to takeover Stark Industries. At the same time the most efficient terrorist organization the Ten Rings is everywhere. They have one main goal, to eliminate Tony Stark and wipe his tech off the planet. To do so they have reprogrammed Starks A.I. virus aka Technovore to infect all things Stark Tech. Meanwhile Pepper Potts aka Rescue meets the man Tony Stark has hand-picked to replace him as the new Iron Man...Shang-Chi!?!

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by JEFF LEMIRE

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by DECLAN SHALVEY

 “THE IRON WILL TO WIN”

 It was in 1845 that young James and Victor fled the Howlett estate in Alberta. By the night of April 16, 1863, they were Union soldiers under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant preparing to take the city of Vicksberg and break the Confederacy’s hold on the Mississippi River. Cut off from supply lines, can even the men who would one day be known as Wolverine and Sabretooth bring the Union Army the victory it needs to turn the tide of the Civil War? On the other side of the fight, the unkillable vampire-like Bloodscream continues his desperate search for the blood of another immortal – the blood he needs to break his own curse. Has he finally found the right battlefield?

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

MAGIK #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by KIERON GILLEN

 Plot by SUNOFDARKCHILD

 Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

 “Survival of the Fittest”

 Heroes, villains, and antiheroes are not born. They are molded. Before she was Magik, she was just an innocent child. Before training her in the dark arts, Belasco has decreed that Illyana Rasputin must prove herself by surviving in the wilderness of Limbo for a month by herself. Armed with nothing but her bare hands, this small child must harden her heart and sharpen her mind if she is to overcome the extreme environment and ferocious monsters of Limbo. It's kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, in this heart-wrenching prequel to the exiting new Age of Marvels series!

 Fortune favors the merciless....

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MASTERS OF KUNG-FU #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by CHUCK DIXON

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by MARK SILVESTRI

 K'un-L'un is a mystical alien city that intersects with Earth. The 2 worlds have collided as K'un-L'un is spiritually tied to it's sister city New York. The leader of K'un-L'un is Master Khan, he has an army of followers and he wants NYC..by any means necessary. Only three men stand in his way. One is the master of Kung-fu, one is the master of gung-fu and one is a badass MF who is also a M.M.A. champion. Shang-Chi, Orson Randall and Abraham Brown have been friends, rivals, frenemies and enemies. Orson Randall/Iron Fist has lived a very long life thanks to his mastery of chi and these men a 2 he can trust in war. He is also a man of both worlds. He knows the required fighting disciplines, the sacrifices needed and most important he knows the art of war!

 32PGS./Rated T $2.99

NEW MUTANTS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by ANDREA SORRENTINO

 “FATHERS”

 It's 2014 and technology is now at Jetson's level. This includes the latest in Sentinels...Drones. The remote controlled robot mutant hunters are now "piloted" by some of greatest bounty hunters and trackers on the planet. They descend on Wakanda, London, New York City (above and below), the Highland Islands of Scotland, the Savage Lands and even a poor small town in Kentucky. They are relentless predators determined that none of their mutant targets survive. Two men are just as determined to protect them in ways they couldn't do their own families. One is Christopher Summers aka Corsair and the other is Brian Xavier...Charles Xavier's father!?!

 32PGS./Rated T …$2.99

THE PROWLER #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL KNIGHTS\*\*\*

 Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI

 Plot by SUPERCOOPER

 Art by KERON GRANT

 “THE MEANING OF LIFE”

 After months spent as a two-bit cat burglar, struggling to help with his shrinking pay cheque from Hammer Industries, engineer extraordinaire Hobie Brown has decided to turn over a new leaf. Saving the life of rookie detective Carlie Cooper, Brown dons his costume with a new purpose…to protect the Bronx as its hero, the PROWLER! But no one ever said do-goodery was a full time gig. As persnickety CEO Justin Hammer places two eager young interns, Robert Farrell and Eugene Patillo, in Brown’s office, his time spent surveying the streets will be cut short…and even more so when his wife Mindy gives him a surprise announcement: Congratulations, Prowler, you’re going to be a father!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL KNIGHTS\*\*\*

 Written by NATHAN EDMONDSON

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by STEVE EPTING

 Frank Castle, aka The Punisher – has just set himself a challenge. He’s boarding the next flight to Chicago – but before that plane takes off, he’s going to eliminate as many mobsters left in New York as he can! How many bad men can one man kill within five hours? Spoiler Alert: A lot.

 32 pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

SPYMASTER #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL GLOBAL\*\*\*

 Written by SCOTT SNYDER

 Plot by SHAGGYDOO

 Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III

 "SHHH"

•"It is like my second home as if a judas traveler could ever be "home" anywhere. I have unlimited technology at my fingertips. Access to worldwide secrets and scandals. Surveillance on all my "friends", enemies and accomplices. I read all his encrypted files, his communications with world leaders both on Earth and beyond and even his Avengers Protocol. As always, I have to leave everything as it was and as if I was never there. I visited Tony Stark's penthouse many times, but I have never been invited."

•Introducing the world's most covert operative. The spy of spies. Discover the secret side of AOM with the one and only SPYMASTER!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

TAKE A.I.M.! #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL GLOBAL\*\*\*

 Written by DENNIS HOPELESS

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by SEAN MURPHY

 “ABSOLUTE ZERO”

•M.O.D.O.K. is a big head with a big head. He used to be the leader of Advanced Idea Mechanics, and he’s having a real hard time adjusting to playing a supporting role to the new Scientist Supreme, Dr. Monica Rappaccini. So what’s a mental organism designed only for killing supposed to do? Naturally, he’s going to TAKE A.I.M.!

•Calling Dr. Connors , Dr. Ohnn, Dr. Parks, and Dr. Vanko – better known as the Lizard, the Spot, the Living Laser, and Whiplash! Enticed into M.O.D.O.K.’s inner circle by promises of implausible gadgetry, radical theories, and slightly ridiculous superweapon programs, the plan is to work against Rappaccini’s administration from the inside while ostensibly impressing her with wins for A.I.M…. and M.O.D.O.K.’s going to need a big win to justify the expenditures of his recruitment!

•How about seizing a derelict Soviet-era Nuclear Missile Silo and super-science lab? Easy, right? Well, it’ll be harder than it sounds because Russia’s premiere superhero team the Winter Guard doesn’t intend to let A.I.M. have its way. Will M.O.D.O.K. have to pull out his super-secret secret weapon? (It’s a secret!). He just might! Find out what it is here! (maybe!).

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

THE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL KNIGHTS\*\*\*

 Written by JIM ZUB & KURTIS J. WIEBE

 Plot by PERSONAMANX

 Art by ADRIAN ALPHONA

 "INTRODUCTION TO ARACHNOLOGY"

 Eight months ago 14 year old MILES MORALES was bitten by a genetically engineered spider acquired by his uncle AARON DAVIS. Ever since that day Miles has used his powers for the greater good to protect the citizens of Brooklyn, his home. Today Miles is 15 and starting his first year of school at the BROOKLYN VISION ACADEMY, but not all is how it appears.

•Live the origin of THE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, and see what's in store for Brooklyn's wall-crawler in the coming months.

•Who is DR. NOAH BODY And what does he want with Miles?

•Will MILLIE COLLINS, and GANKE LEE be able to keep the secret of Miles' identity?

•Is the PROWLER done with Miles or is their conflict only beginning?

 Find out in the adventures of THE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN!

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

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by RICK REMENDER

 Plot by EXCITER

 Art by CHRIS BACHALO

 “INSECTICIDE” Prelude: “POWERLESS”

 With the horrific hematic power to turn his own blood into a weapon, he called himself “Clot.” Then he was stung by a bee. With the explosive ability to make combustible copies of herself, she was called “Gangbang.” Then she was stung by a bee. With the capacity to completely collapse his body and travel through any pipe, he was known as “Drain-o.” Then he was stung by a bee. Somehow bee stings are causing mutants to lose their powers, and the problem has become serious enough that U.S. Secretary of Mutant Affairs Henry McCoy, better known as the big-brained, blue-furred Beast, is launching a formal investigation. Although Senator Robert Kelly denies knowledge, Beast believes the foremost proponent of the Sentinel Program has something to do with it. With Colossus and Kitty visiting Washington D.C., the three X-Men launch an unofficial investigation of their own. But what happens when they uncover the involvement of the human/Sentinel hybrid Bastion? And is it too late for the other Uncanny X-Men when Bastion’s new ally targets the X-Mansion? Enter the living hive… Swarm!

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

VENOM: THE LAST DAYS OF EDDIE BROCK #0 \*\*\*ALL-NEW MINI SERIES\*\*\*

 Words & Art by TODD MCFARLANE

 Plotted by CLARK\_KENT

 "YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN"

From the journal of Eddie Brock:

•"I'm Edward Brock, Jr. Maybe ya heard'a me, maybe ya haven't. Don't really care. If you're reading this, that means I'm either dead in the ground or dying in a cell. See, my cancer is eating me up from the inside. No way out. I think about the people that screwed me in this life...Jameson at the Bugle (fired me). Peter Parker (we'll get to that). My ex wife (who left me...so I strangled her)."

•"But worse than any of them, this damn...thing. This #%$&ing parasite. When we met, it promised me everything. Gave me power. Shared my hatred for, well, everybody. And one day, it left. I see later on the tv some schmuck that bonded with it. Flash-something. Can you believe it? I gave that thing everything I had! And what did it do? IT #%&@ing FORGOT ABOUT ME! But now I can take it back. Make it remember. Make it love me again. And go out on a high note. Starting with my dead wife..."

•VENOM: THE LAST DAYS OF EDDIE BROCK continues next month with an all new #1 issue for an all new CBR Age of Marvels. Don't miss it or Eddie will come for you next!

32 PG./Rated M...$3.99

X-FACTOR #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by PETER DAVID

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by MITCH GERADS

 Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

 “THE PRISON JOB”

 Jamie Madrox receives a mysterious message in the middle of the night, and he’s drawn to a holding cell in a high-tech security prison just outside New York where he runs into mutant thief, Gambit! But what’s Gambit doing behind bars, and how will this lead to the new X-Factor?

 32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

X-FORCE #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by JEPH LOEB

 Plot by LOREC

 Art by ED MCGUINNESS

 “NEVER SEE IT COMING”

 For centuries, the Hellfire Club has represented the richest of the rich, the elite of the elite, the most influential people in the world. Now, the Hellfire Club is comprised of some of the most dangerous mutants in the world. Sebastian Shaw is the Black King, their leader. He has reformed the Inner Circle for his own dark purposes.

 But things aren't always as they seem. Sebastian Shaw is but a puppet is a larger scheme. The real question is, who can control a man as powerful and ambitious as Shaw? Whoever that person is, they are very, very dangerous and no one will be safe.

 32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

 Plot by BANEOFKINGS

 Art by MITCH GERADS

 Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

 “WELCOME TO THE 1950s”

 Wait, wasn’t this title meant to be set in the 1960s? Well yes, it was – but in this special zero issue, take a glimpse even further into the past in these two separate one shots! In England, Professor Charles Xavier, a mutant telepath - receives a frightening message left for him in his study – causing him to embark on a quest for answers that will draw him to a young, shapeshifting girl known only as Raven! And in Germany, a young Erik Lensherr finds himself hell-bent on a mission of revenge that will one day see him become the Master of Magnetism!

 32pgs/Rated T../$2.99

X-S.C.A.P.E. #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by GAIL SIMONE

 Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

 Art by MIKE DEL MUNDO

 "GRADUATION DAY"

•Jimmy Hudson was a fairly typical high school senior from the outside. A bit quiet. Kept to himself. Didn't exert himself in sports or even academics for that matter. His classmates thought of him as a loner. Always had those headphones on and his head down. Until that fateful day in the cafeteria. "The fight." He'd had enough. A group of bullies had picked on the strange looking girl, aka Mary the Mutie, all year. This time they took it too far. Can you say Berzerker Mode!?! Made the news. Got him expelled. Sent the bullies to ICU. They lived.

•His future left uncertain. His parents always treated him fair, but never truly understood his...uniqueness. How could they? They are so...normal. And he is so different.

•Then an old man with an eye patch and a cigar came to the house. He brought along someone who did understand him. The lady in purple looked right into his mind and calmed his uncertainty, his anger, told him it was okay, that he wasn't alone in the world anymore. The old man had a job offer. They were going to help people like him. And that he had just the kind of skills needed for the job.

•Now Jimmy Hudson has purpose. So begins the journey to unlock his potential and discover just what he is, who he is. The mission begins. Welcome to X-S.C.A.P.E., Agent Hudson.

•Next Month: Get initiated into the program and meet the full team in X-S.C.A.P.E. #1

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL UNCANNY\*\*\*

 Written by JEFFREY DEAVER

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by NEAL ADAMS

 "FORTHCOMING"

 S.H.I.E.L.D. Base Perception Tower - Project C.A.B.L.E. Update #3492 - Forge has completed the dome but Madam Webb and her allies still refuse to participate. However, we have located a willing telepath/precog whose real identity will only be accessible to Level 40 agents and above. For now, she goes by the codename Blindfold. Initial test runs of the dome with Blindfold have identified several possible agents whose profiles and potential have been filed for possible future incursions. Two targets are to be approached by the support team with the possibility of taking the project to a live status. The selections, however, are not without controversy. We request the recruitment of Special Division officer Bishop who we believe to already have extensive knowledge of the project requirements. We also request the release of prisoner #00000. We are aware that knowledge and information of the detainee has been kept purely to the Commander in Chief and the Security Council, but Blindfold and the Dome identified him almost immediately. We must request the Winter Soldier for the project.

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GOD SQUAD #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by Kurt Busiek

 Plot by Mcgaffer

 Art by Steve Dillon

 "EVOLUTION OF THE GODS"

 The bonds and laws of Godhood are crumbling. The order of things are skewed, a war is brewing between all the races of the Gods. A last chance at peace is made by the most unexpected source. Hercules and Ares lay out their plans for the God Squad, Ares will try to maintain the fragile peace in the heavens, for as much as he loves war this would be the last and the end for him, whilst Hercules and his team will search for answers on Earth. Meanwhile Ray Harryhausen entertains his guest Gaea as he takes a break from sculpting Gods and monsters, he usually closes his eyes while he works but his hands have been doing something unnatural and he was compelled to watch the clay take shape. Gods evolve, and mostly the new race sweeps the old race away before commencing their rule. Some are allowed to stay like Gaea who has come to look on Ray's latest works, the next step of divine evolution. The old Gods will be feeling uneasy, their replacements are being born and they cannot survive the coming war.

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MIDNIGHT SONS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by Mike Raicht

 Plot by Mcgaffer

 Art by Clay Mann

 "COLD LIGHT OF DAY"

 Hollywood is an unusual setting for a voodoo priest, let alone the red carpet of a movie premiere but that is where Brother Voodoo finds himself and he doesn't know why! The premiere of the film documentary called Midnight Sons has the world excited and on edge, as occult secrets and practices are revealed to the world and monsters existence proved beyond a doubt. True, the film shows them doing good deeds but the calls for them to be held accountable for vigilante actions have already started. Do monsters have rights? But at the heart and soul of all of this is how has it happened? None of them have any memories of making this film nor of who has made it? One day they rested and woke up on this red carpet. Something powerful is at play and the Sons must now operate in a theatre they know nothing about, the cold light of day.

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW WARRIORS #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by Alan Moore

 Plot by SUDO NIMM

 Art by Mark Bagley

 "So you say you want a Revolution"

 Night Thrasher assembles a new team after his former team disbands (between the fourth and fifth volume), but when his initial call to arms fails. Nova and Namorita arrive to cheer him up when they are called in to fight the Sphinx, and they are quickly aided by Ms. Marvel, Hit Girl, Hummingbird, Reptil, and Kid Gladiator. Shortly thereafter, they Namorita discovers she is not the only Atlantean to be cloned by the Eugenix group.

 32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

QUASAR #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL COSMIC\*\*\*

 Written by Roger Stern

 Plot by Mcgaffer

 Art by Kaare Andrews

 "FOR THE GREATER GOOD"

 The Universal Council was established in the aftermath of the Incursion, a universal attempt to reestablish order and peace. Issue supplies and aid where it was needed. But politics will always follow the same course and old rivalries die hard. The Armada surrounds the moon, more battleships then stars in the sky surround the Great Society. Death begins to welcome them when a figure fly's out of the nearest battleship and descends to meet them. The General of the Universal Council's forces has arrived with an offer he prays they will accept. Quasar has been given carte blanche to establish a strike team to support him and he must convince the Great Society to become that team before the Armada follows out the Council's order to eliminate all threats to peace and order.

 The Council meets in the Universal Chambers and the debates begin anew when Councillor Sonath stands "I wish to discuss the matter of the Inhumans...."

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THOR & THE WARRIORS THREE #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL ASSEMBLE\*\*\*

 Written by BRIAN Q. MILLER

 Plot by MCGAFFER

 Art by DALE EAGLESHAM

 "ABSENCE OF TWILIGHT "

 Ragnarok has come...or rather it hasn't! All of the prophesied signs have occurred but the Great Battle hasn't occurred and the Nine Realms threaten to crumble into the ether. Thor is sent to find what force could possibly prevent the Twilight of the Gods and his first destination will be Hel. Why have the dead not risen to do battle? Odin watches his son who he has sent forth and breathes a sigh of relief, once he has saved some select others then he will finally bring the Ragnarok to his own door. He has caused the signs to appear early and Ragnarok will occur on his terms, not as it is written, for he is Odin.

 The Warriors Three and Sif are sent to Midgard to determine the hiding place of the Midgard Serpent, what they weren't expecting was for their route back home to be severed. Stranded in the bowels of Midgard they will soon find that the center of the Earth is home to more then just the Serpent!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE WATCH #0 \*\*\*EXCLUSIVE TO MARVEL SUPERNATURAL\*\*\*

 Written by James O'Barr

 Plot by Mcgaffer

 Art by Esad Ribic

 "SUMMONS"

 A silent call has gone out, riders in the dark appearing to those who would heed the message. The masked riders on horseback speak no words but their message is plain. The shadows have been corrupted, the natural order is no longer working. There hasn't been a Watch since 1602 but a need has arisen and the ancient call goes out. Those who walk in shadow are asked once more to submerge themselves deeper. Roland Deschain, Ian McNee, Solomon Kane and Shiver Man enter the Catacombs from the North following the Red Riders whilst Caretaker, Amanda Sefton, Casey Kinmont and Mary LeBow follow the White Riders from the South. The Watch has been called and the vigil begins! The shadows must be healed before the unnatural covers all!

 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99