AOM 08-2015

ANT-MAN BEYOND #2

Written by JAMES ROBINSON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by BRYAN HITCH

"lost and found"

Scott Lang aka Ant-Man has met his soul mate on a chance encounter on the subway. For a brief frozen moment in time, it was love at first sight. Their short conversation, dialogue and jokes were the stuff of classic movies until life dictated they part ways. However, things never work out for Scott Lang. The beautiful lady anxiously awaits Scott for their first date, but he never shows. Where is he? Well he's at his cousin Lana's apartment and for the last 24 hours he's been stuck at the size of an insect. So far no one has been able to help him not Hank, Reed or T'Challa and Tony is M.I.A. Maybe it's time to visit his old frenemies at A.I.M. or maybe try even more desperate measures!

32PGS./Rated T... $2.99

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by JOSS WHEDON

Art by GREG CAPULLO

“WATCHING THE DETECTIVES” \*\*\*Introducing The Blacklist’s Raymond Reddington\*\*\* Theme Song: Watching the Detectives, Elvis Costello

Spider-Man only cameos in an issue that puts the attention on MJ! J Jonah Jameson has gone to drastic measures to find out the identity of Peter Parker and this time around he’s certain that he’s succeeded, and employed the resident consultant of the NYPD – Elementary Sherlock Holmes! However, Sherlock Holmes has problems of his own, and a sober companion, in the form of Mary Jane Watson, who doesn’t know Spider-Man’s identity! How long can Peter Parker keep his secret hidden now... or will his game be up? And once Sherlock knows the truth... what will he do with it? However, Spider-Man may have something else to consider. He’s just about to be taken hostage by the FBI – who don’t know that he is Spider-Man, and taken to a secret Blacksite where they are holding one of the ten most wanted criminals – Raymond “Red” Reddington from NBC’s The Blacklist! Red says he has a dossier on Marvel’s supervillains – a list that he’s been acquiring for over 20 years, but will only talk to Peter Parker. The Amazing Spider-Man’s life is about to get very interesting indeed.

32PGS/Rated T.../$2.99

NEW AVENGERS #14

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by JIM LEE

"ASSEMBLY REQUIRED"

Tony Stark, arguably the most important man on planet has lost...everything (see IRON MAN). Due to his fall the Avengers are now un-sanctioned team and he has been missing for weeks. The "Silent Avenger" Snake-Eyes has fluidly traversed Tony Stark security and has invaded his former penthouse. What he discovers is a trashed household, with rambling notebooks, trash, food and alcohol throughout all of the rooms. There's no sign of Stark and it's almost as if someone else has lived here, maybe several. Snake-Eyes every move is being watched.

Meanwhile the Avengers Thor, Spider-Man and new member Hulk are facing the Asguardian-tech beast the Destroyer. With both Captain America and Iron Man missing, Hulk and Thor fight for leadership. It may be up to Spidey to play peacemaker as they try to stop the invincible goliath. However help arrives, as the Destroyer has never faced Wakanda-tech and the Black Panther. Nor has he every faced the Phoenix aka an all-grown up Rachel Summers back from the future and a spitting image of her mother. The biggest surprise is the arrival of gun-ho, cocky, Iron Man in his Hulk-Buster Armor and with a killer laugh! Who is in the armor? The Destroyer is dealt with by what may be the most dangerous team of AVENGERS...ever! They are all being watched by a very familiar looking group of mercenaries from our future that are dedicated to stop the most destructive period of time in history..the "AGE OF THE AVENGERS"!

32PGS./Rated T... $2.99

THE MIGHTY THOR #1

Written by BRIAN Q. MILLER

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by DALE EAGLESHAM

The plague sweeps through Nidavellir, home of the secretive Dwarves. Loathe to ask for help from the other Realms they have allowed the parasites which spread the plague to grow in great numbers until Nidavellir faces but one choice, evacuation. The Lord of Vanaheim opens the borders to his lands but the act is not altogether merciful. The Dwarves must pay for their salvation through hard work. They have produced great weapons for the Asgardians during the Great Schism now they will do the same for the Vanir! The hordes of Muspelheim are massing and the Treaty which ties the Realms together hangs in the balance. The Vanir will not go quietly into the night when the demons march! The Blood Ravens are dispatched to Nidavellir by the Council. Captain of the Guard, Thor leads an investigation behind the origins of the plague before it can spread. It seems this is no ordinary plague, the land itself demands blood and in it's thirst it is reaching up! How can Thor fight the land itself? How can he find out who controls such eldritch might? He must turn to his brothers who are well versed in such arts, Loki and Malekith, each Captains of the Guard in their own right. This cursed land though has a particular longing when it comes to it's taste for blood. It smells it in Thor, a brother in blood, the perfect meal! Mountains themselves walk against the Thunder God and the sea rolls across the land as it comes for it's prey.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

A-FORCE #2

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by FIONA STAPLES

"REFUGEES"

Captain Marvel gets to know A-Force's new members: Spider-Gwen, Jackpot and Power Girl. The parrallel Earths 617's Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson revisit their heroic origins and the destruction of their world by Galactus. They are dedicated to not have this Earth share the same fate. Danielle Cage aka Power Girl tells about her life growing up the in public eye and as the daughter of Luke Cage and Jewel. They are all determined to stop the world-wide cult of Galactus, Ascension. After leaving a trail of broken bodies and decimated crime syndicates all over t world A-Force's covert agent Lara Croft arrives and she has an artifact that is Ascension's holy grail. Too bad they think the "tomb raider" is an enemy and they it's about to be fight! TO BE CONTINUED!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

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MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 2

SHE-HULK, ATTORNEY AT LAW #8

Written by CHARLES SOULE

Plot by EXCITER

Art by JOE MADUIERA

“A TREATISE ON INTERNATIONAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, DIVORE, AND MOGWAI REARING”

* + - Hail Storm\*\*\*

Don't you just hate it when your elderly and ornery paralegal turns out to be a legendary covert operative who has been spying on you for the length of her employment? Jen "She-Hulk" Walters sure does! Shulkie never suspected that administrative assistant Louise "Weezy" Grant Mason was actually "the Blonde Phantom," elder stateswoman of S.H.I.E.L.D. - nor did she anticipate Louise would break cover to ask for her help! It seems "the People's Republic of HYDRA" has been formerly recognized as a sovereign state, and Director Fury knows that only She-Hulk has the requisite “power of attorney” needed to get that recognition revoked and to have the HYDRA High Council declared international criminals!

Tasked with bringing forth litigation that might save the world from this "hail storm," Jen really doesn't have time to deal with an unexpected gift from an ex-husband looking to reconcile their irreconcilable differences. Worse still, ex John Jameson is an eccentric astronaut, so he can't just gift a puppy. No, his "gift" is a high-maintenance mogwai named Gizmo, who came with a list of rules she was too busy reading the U.N. Charter and international law books to remember. Something about get him wet food at midnight? How important could that be??

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

THE FALCON & NOMAD #14

Written By NICK SPENCER

Art By MARCO CHECCETO

Plot BY MARVELL2100

"The Killing Fields" Part 1

Months have passed since the events of Dimension Z and the death of Team America leader Honcho. Even more painful for Sam is the death of Jet and his unborn son. And then there's Raven, his other son, who was raised to be a tyrant in Dimension Z and vowed to kill his father. Burying his thoughts deep within his mind, the Falcon and his new partner Rikki Barnes begin to work on a case left cold for far too long. The serial killer known as Scourge has left a trail of superhuman bodies across the country and authorities have yet to learn his identity or motives. They begin to look into bizarre unsolved murders and the trail leads them into bayou country in Louisiana just outside Shreveport. A series of superhuman deaths over the past few months all have the markings of the serial killer. As they search the last few murder scene for clues, they begin to discover connections between all the victims. Just at that moment, they are both rendered unconscious by a powerful gas. When they awake, they are surprised to learn that their assailant is the mutant terrorist John Wraith! Next Issue: ASSASSINS CREED: SYNDICATE!

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

YOUNG AVENGERS #2

Written by ALAN MOORE

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by STUART IMMONEN

"Action Figures" Part 2 of 3

Kick-Ass' explosive arrival in 1972 has unintentionally killed the new hero Shogun Warrior. While currently Howard Stark is unable to return the young vigilante back to the future, he may have found the perfect candidate to don the gigantic suit of armor. Meanwhile, Avengers Hercules and Arcanna appear on the Tonight Show to promote the their new team. However, Johnny Carson is more interested in duos partying and swinging ways. Finally, the "Six-Million Dollar Man" Steve Austin is on the trail of volatile urban legend that has been whispered in inner cities throughout the country. She is a foxy, no jive taking, bad sister who's been taken down criminals like one-woman army. Some call her the Gospel, but she's better known as Sally Mahogany!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #14

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by JAMES ROBINSON

Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER

“1945” Part Four of Four “DEJA VU.”

Theme Song: All Along The Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix

History is back on its natural course in an alternate dimension and the Allies are winning the war, leaving Steve free to return to his home Universe at last. However, with the Red Skull boarding a plane that will drop Nuclear Bombs on every major city on the West Coast of the USA, Captain America finds himself about to board it again – fully aware that history might just be about to repeat itself. But if he can avoid putting the ship down in the ice this time – it might be a very different story! Namely because he has an entirely different direction in mind, and with the help of Captain Jack Harkness, this ship might be his ticket back home! However, even when Captain America does get back to his own world, he may soon learn that the fight isn’t over, because there’s a very big price on his head. And things are about to get ugly.

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

THE MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL #2

Written by G. WILLOW WILSON

Plot by MYETCHE

Art by ADRIAN ALPHONA

"A MODERATELY-SIZED MATTER" (2 of 3)

Kamala is still in the middle of rescuing Naja's sister from all the robots and mechanical traps left in the warehouse, but while this situation has all the earmarks of her old adversary The Inventor, he is nowhere in sight. On the other side of Kamala's life, Nakia is getting more suspicious as to where her friend is going all the time, especially since Bruno refuses to elaborate. When her search of the Circle Q's upper floors reveals a makeshift superhero lair in one of the empty rooms, she demands answers... just as Kamala herself comes through the window. Busted!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

POWER PACK #2

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by MARK BAGLEY

"Hit-Girl"

Earth has been invaded by the brutal reptilian aliens called the Snarks. They have already captured young sibling superheroes Power Pack and their parents, but they have never met Hit-Girl. She knows 1,000 ways to kill and some with one hand behind her back. Once she invades the alien ship, one girl whirlwind of blades, bats and bullets. However, her objective is to get answers and that means torture. Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie better cover their eyes this is going to be rate R...not PG!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

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MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 3

IRON MAN #14

Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN with CHUCK PALAHNIUK

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Art by OLIVIER COIPEL

Variant Cover by LEE BERMEJO

"Iron Demon (Part 2)"

Chicago's Stark Tower (This would be Gregory's mile high skyscraper, Tony is broke and towerless these days) was destroyed in a horrific explosion (see last issue) but miraculously, thanks to the groundbreaking technology the Stark Brand has engineered, no human casualties to report. Thank Heaven for modern Robotics! So was it Corporate Espionage? Eco-Terrorism? Worker's Unions who have been replaced by advanced machines? It seems like any number of Gregory Stark's rivals and enemies (and he has quite a list) could be a suspect. For a man who has much to hide and very little trust in his fellow man, there was only one person he could turn to to solve this volatile mystery - family! Tony Stark is a desolate man, having lost nearly everything in recent months, but now he finds himself useful again, an opportunity to right a wrong, to be the hero, even if it means working with his silver-tongued kin. Tony & Gregory - together again. Welcome to Chi-Town, Cuz!

Tony is on the case, with a little help from the only friend he has confided in since going into self-exile - JARVIS 1.0. But Stark is no Sherlock, or is he? An enigmatic group calling themselves "The Rising Tide" are taking credit for the attack over social media platforms, but no one seems to know who they are, their motivations or cause. Instead, Tony is following other breadcrumbs. The clues dear Jarvis: something called "Project Mayhem" and an invitation to "Flight Club."

In a dilapidated hangar on the edge of town:

"Welcome to Flight Club, Mister Durden. We have been waiting to celebrate."

"I think you have me mistaken for someone else. Don't you recognize my face? You know me, Tony Stark, Billionaire-Playboy-Philanthropist-Avenger...sorta. Who is in charge here?"

"Is this a test? You are in charge, Tyler. You're the reason we're all here. We just put the mindless, consumerist civilization on watch, so what is our next homework assignment, Boss?"

"JARVIS, what's going on?"

"You really don't know do you, Sir. You don't know who you are."

To Be Continued....

Next Month: The greatest fight a man will ever face, is the one within himself.

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF THE DEAD #14

Plot BY MARVELL2100

Written By CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Art By ADI GRANOV

"Attack on Mars!" Part 2:

Queen Divine Justice and the newly reformed Hatut Zeraze have tracked down Klaw and the others responsible for the death of Hunter, the White Wolf! In the ensuing battle, Klaw and Armless Tiger-Man have escaped but the Hatute Zeraze have managed to capture Thundra who be brought to Wakanda to stand trial! In the mountains of Greece, Shuri clashes with the Immortal Weapon Bride-of-Nine-Spiders as they both search for the Mars Twins and the Armor of Mars! Meanwhile, the Panther follows different trail of clues. A recent string of murders have convinced him of a grave threat to Wakanda and the rest of the world is on the horizon! In the African nation of Khajim, the Prime Minister has been found dead. He is the fourth political leader around the globe that his been killed in as many weeks. T'Challa is in the capitol seeking clues to the killers identity when he is attacked by an assailant who is as skilled and lethal as he is! His name is Nemesis and his next target is The Black Panther! Next Issue: ASSASSIN'S CREED: ROGUE!

32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

SNAKE EYES: REAL AMERICAN HERO #6

Written by CHUCK DIXON

Plot by EXCITER

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

“SNAKE'S ON A PLANE”

* + - Hail Storm\*\*\*

The Secret Empire began as the financiers of HYDRA before splitting from the organization, but now Baron Strucker has invited them back into the fold. After having his Chicago tower very publicly destroyed (see IRON MAN #13 -Ed.), it might just be an offer that the Secret Empire's Secret Emperor, Gregory Stark, cannot refuse... It might also be the best opportunity Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow will ever have to expose the corrupt billionaire! When the two ninjas sneak on to Stark's private plane en route to HYDRA Island, they come face to face at 30,000 feet with Stark's bodyguard and Snake Eyes' treacherous former protege, Ikari! Find out the truth behind Ikari's resurrection, the reasons behind his betrayal of the Arashikage clan, and the lengths he will go to in order to kill the “Real American Hero” who trained him in ninjitsu!

Meanwhile, desperate and doggedly pursued by the anti-American Liberators, Jake Fury turns to the only man he believes can help him - his brother and Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury! And as always, Nick has a plan. He's going to get the band back together... It's time to reunite America's most elite counter-terrorist unit - Fury Force!

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

MAN WITH THE IRON FIST #2

Written by FRANK MILLER/CHUCK DIXON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by FRANK MILLER

"LOST BOYS"

The Flying Devils. They are unrelenting predators of the night. Their bodies are living weapons, darkness is their playground and their surroundings are their allies. They are blind, but they "see" more than people with vision. Like their role model Daredevil, they are fearless and their remaining senses are almost super human. Unlike Daredevil, they do not value the lives of others and anyone that is in their way is the enemy. Orson Randall has 2 guns, an iron fist and immortal warrior's resolve. Some say he has a deathwish, however you will have to kill him first and in over a century walking the Earth no one has succeeded in that. It is the original Iron Fist against a legion of psychotic Daredevils and some will not walk away from this fight. From a distance a beautiful deadly watches the carnage with a smile on her face, she's finally found him. Her name is Jade and she's brought friends! NEXT:MORTAL KOMBAT!!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

WASP: AGENT OF A-FORCE #2

Plotter: POWR TORCH

Writer: MARJORIE LIU

Artist: DION HAMILL

"Wasps are not part of the Zodiac!" Part 2

Wasp enters what HQ believes to be the new hide out for the Zodiac, shrinking down she easily sneaks in, but when she gets there she is knocked out cold by what looked to be a centaur? As she wakes up she discovers that she is locked away, and no longer small. The man looking up at her is The Jackel, and behind him is a new Dragon Man and the Centaur that hit her. Jackel tells her that he made this brand new Dragon Man, as well as the Centaur and that he has some fun plans for her. What is Jackel doing with the Zodiac? Is he the new leader and what is his plan for her? Also how did they know she was coming? So far, Wasp’s new goal for herself is not working out as planned.

Marjorie Liu and Dion Hamill take this new series to the next level, as Wasp is in for a shock and a change!

32 PGS./Rated T...$2.99

HAIL STORM #0

One Shot!

Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK

Plot by EXCITER

Art by BECKY CLOONAN

“HAIL STORM”

The official kick-off for the rebirth of MARVEL GLOBAL!

A politician embraces a judge he helped get appointed to the bench. A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange kneels over an asset manager. A university dean calls his teaching staff into his office. A regional warlord in a third world country telephones his arms dealer. They all whisper the same thing... "Hail HYDRA!"

After years of scheming in secrecy, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker has reinvigorated the ranks of HYDRA and is ready to make his triumphant return to the world stage! His welcome home party begins at the United Nations – which, against the advice of S.H.I.E.L.D., has agreed to formally recognize “The People's Republic of HYDRA,” located on the Pacific atoll known as HYDRA island, as a sovereign nation! Now, with its new-found legitimacy, at last HYDRA can enact its long-term plan for global domination: covertly destabilize already unstable nations, using both terrorism and political influence, send in HYDRA or affiliated forces to restore order, and slowly watch the population place more trust in HYRDA than in their own governments... until the arms of the HYDRA strangle the globe!

With already politically volatile countries ready to fall to him like dominoes, Strucker has a proposal for the leaders of radical organizations from around the world: simply pledge allegiance to HYDRA, and gain access to their vast network of resources! Particularly powerful leaders may even be appointed to the HYDRA High Council, a position of true authority in their forthcoming global hegemony. The offer is made at a secret assembly on HYDRA island, and the guest-list includes the leaders of A.I.M., the Hand, the Secret Empire, ULTIMATUM, and many others. Who will accept Strucker's offer? Who dares refuse?

Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't going to just sit idly by and let HYDRA win. It's time for Nick Fury to talk to some people about some initiatives...

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SECRET AVENGERS #1

Written by MATT FRACTION

Plot by EXCITER

Art by DANIEL ACUNA

“SECRET ASSEMBLY”

* + - Hail Storm\*\*\*

Have you heard the whispers? HYDRA is resurgent and their glorious leader, Baron Strucker, has returned with an insidious plan to unite the world's most infamous terroristic organizations under one banner. Who will pledge their allegiance? All hail the great HYDRA hegemony!

But Strucker isn't the only one making a comeback. The greatest agent the world has ever known, Nick Fury, Sr., is once again in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Director's Chair and he's assembling a secret team of his best operatives to cut the heads off the HYDRA snake! Field leader and unparalleled spy, Black Widow! World's greatest archer and family man, Hawkeye! HYDRA experiment gone good, Spider-Woman! British badass, Union Jack! Untouchable mutant, Rogue! And the literal howling commando, Werewolf by Night!

The team's priority is the identification, location, and elimination of the HYDRA High Council – the heads of the proverbial snake. Most High Council members remain out of reach and protected on HYDRA Island, now a sovereign State recognized by the U.N. as the “People's Republic of HYDRA.” But necessity demands that some of them leave to oversee the organization's global operations. “The Iron Nail” Ran Shen has been seen in Thailand, near the Shadaloo border, and Fury won't waste the opportunity to strike. But the mission to take out Ran gets considerably more complicated when the team learns that Ran has captured wheelchair-bound S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Robert O'Bryan - the man who controls the titanic alien monstrosity, It, The Living Colossus! And Ran is about to figure out how he does it...

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS! #1

Written by MATT FRACTION

Plot by EXCITER

Art by DANIEL ACUNA

“CRIMINAL. JUSTICE... LIKE LIGHTNING!”

* + - Hail Storm\*\*\*

Thunder. Thunder. Thunderbolts!

Hi, I'm the Merc with a Mouth, Wade Wilson, f.k.a. Deadpool! You may remember me from such AOM titles as "THE DEATH-DENYING DEADPOOL" or "DEADPOOL & FORCEWORKS" (Ah, good times in the Uncanny Line...). Anyway, my last gig kind of blew up (literally). Me and some of my more criminally inclined teammates got arrested - those friends being the unstoppable Juggernaut, the intangible Ghost, and Deadpool ("Painkiller" Jane Vasko; long story short, I was MIA and she took the name... for feminism! I feel your pain, Odinson!). But fear not! You see, ol' "Don't call me David Hasselhoff" Nick Fury is trying to combat a resurgent HYDRA, and he knows that sometimes, to fight really bad guys, you need slightly less bad guys! If we complete missions for him under the supervision of his lieutenant, Sharon Carter, then we get commuted sentences, expunged records, and (I'm told) a 401k. Welcome to the Thunderbolts work release program!

Meet the rest of the team: violent Amazonian feminist Zarda the "Power Princess"; master of mech-armor with an icing problem on her heart, "Detroit Steel" Sasha Hammer; psychiatrist turned Captain Marvel with antisocial personality disorder, Karla "Moonstone" Soften; and the super-creepy, six-armed, spit drippin' Spider-Man Doppleganger, who Moonstone seems to have trained to be her personal attack dog (ruff!). Over the fists and through the guns, look out terrorists, here we come!

Our first mission is a routine (yet covert!) seek and destroy on a HYDRA facility in rural Wyoming, but when things go wrong, we might inadvertently attract the unwanted attention of a powerful player in the U.S. Government. Who is this “Mr. Morez,” and why does he want to destroy America?

WARNING: This book contains intense bad guy on bad guy violence. Proceed accordingly!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

TAKE A.I.M.! #14

Written by DENNIS HOPELESS

Plot by EXCITER

Art by SEAN MURPHY

“THE BIG HEAD OF THE SNAKE”

* + - Hail Storm\*\*\*

Cut off one head, two more will grow in its place. But what if instead of two heads, it was just one really big one?? M.O.D.O.K., and the AIM organization he has finally managed to take control over, have been invited to align with HYDRA. That alliance sounds like a match made in hell and a pants-soiling nightmare for just about any super-heroic do-gooder or tree-hugging global peacekeeper, so M.O.D.O.K. is all too happy to shake Baron Strucker's hand and sign on the dotted line. Of course he wants a seat on the HYDRA High Council.... for now. But just a seat won't satisfy him forever. Emboldened by his recent success in taking complete control of his own organization, why couldn't he do the same with HYDRA??? After all, he's not a mental organism designed only for conferencing or consulting...

Meanwhile, M.O.D.O.K.'s kill squad of Whiplash, Living Laser, the Spot, and Yelena “Black Widow” Belova pursue the escaping U.S. Agent, Kavita Rao, and Curt “the Lizard” Connors across the Russian border and into the Principality of Lichtenbad. How long can the targets hide from A.I.M. amongst the populace? How long until U.S. Agent wants to inflict punishment on Connors for unwillingly turning him into U.S. Iguana? And how long until the Winter Guard arrives to keep them all from returning to Russia?

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

S.H.I.E.L.D. '60 #1 \*recommissioned\*

Written by ED BRUBAKER

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III

Variant Cover by EVAN "DOC" SHANER

"TRAIL OF SHADOWS"

Pre-Credit Intro: The legendary British Super Spy 007 makes his dashing escape from an exploding mountain fortress hidden in the Alps via Q Branch's latest modified Jet-Pack with his hands on a confidential microfilm containing the secret identities of espionage agents and costumed metahumans worldwide, landing safely to wrap his arms in the warm embrace of the only woman who has ever topped him in the seduction game. He knows her only as Contessa...

Parts Unknown - SHIELD Agents Gabe Jones and Joe Robards along with their CIA liason Alexander Pierce investigate a strange radio signal they have tracked to an uncharted island within the Bermuda Triangle. Weeks ago U.S. officials were alerted by French authorities that a Dassault Mirage fighter jet went missing in that mysterious region during a training exercise. But what they find is no lost plane, but rather a boot camp for....Hail HYDRA???

Stark Expo '65: Flushing Meadows, NY - Howard Stark demos the technology of tomorrow including clean energy innovations and a flying automobile. Other presenters are Richard and Mary Parker lecturing on advanced biomechanics and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own Peggy Carter who reluctantly shows off the military's latest hardware specialized for the female fighting force of the future. The show is a shining success until two hooded goons fly off with the hovercapable prototype aka "Lola." Grand Theft Aero?

Aboard the Helicarrier, hovering over Washington D.C. - Dum Dum Duggan fights with the telecom system to speak with Nick Fury who is in London. Fury informs him that SHIELD has a new agent, one whose spy license was recently revoked by the Prime Minister but his MI:6 equivalent M assures that he is the best man on the job, even if his tactics leave much to be desired. He is currently working rogue on unfinished business but Fury has a plan to keep him in line. Dum Dum asks how they will find him. Fury says he will be delivered promptly as Contessa already has her hands on the ball....

* Broken Transmission\* "Fury, Duggan...anyone. This is Agent Jones. We have been ambushed. I have activated my tracer. I am not sure where this is. Coordinates are all scrambled. I don't know how to describe it, these creatures of unknown origin. They captured Robards and Pierce. The island is swarming with....\*Transmission Ends\* \*Signal Loss\* \*Static\*

HYDRA? Island - Baron Zemo sits on his throne as a chained up Agent Robards is lashed. A shiny red flying car lands before him, parked next to a French Fighter Jet. Robards refuses to divulge any information.

"I am not torturing you for intelligence. I am doing this for my own pleasure. You have no secrets I do not already know. Have you not figured that out yet, you American imbecile."

"You guys in HYDRA....all your schemes, \*moan\*.. they always fail. Even with these sick unholy monsters you have breeded, \*lash and scream\*... you won't get away with this Zemo, you never do."

"HYDRA is dead fool. As you will be soon along with your incompetent SHIELD allies. We are something far more dangerous, and what is even more frightening is that you do not even realize we exist.." Maniacal Laughter.....

To be continued...And Next Month: The Inglourious debut of a SHIELD Basterd!

Sixties-Sized 40 PGs./Rated T...$3.50

CONAN THE AGENT OF SHIELD #1 \*\*\*Limited Series\*\*\*

Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO

Plot by EXCITER

Art by TRADD MOORE

Adapted from an unpublished story by ROBERT E. HOWARD!

“THE SNAKE BENEATH THE SKIN” Part One “HYBORIANS ASSEMBLE”

“Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet... And for a time, to act as an AGENT OF SHIELD!”

- The Nemedian Chronicles

The Brotherhood of the Shield arose in the Pictish Isles some months prior. It was a secret fraternity, then twelve men strong, composed of those brave enough to protect humanity from forces that would prevent it from becoming what it might be. Its indomitable founder was known only as the Shield-Bearer, and in his heart he knew that if he wanted to truly make a difference in this savage time, his next recruit could only be one man... Conan the Barbarian! Unpersuaded by speeches appealing to his altruism, Conan had other ideas about what was best in life. And so it was that Conan became a mercenary for the Brotherhood of the Shield, paid in gold and glory, and given a quest for which he would need to assemble his allies: the hulking warrior from Vanaheim with a demon's arm grafted where he lost his own to sepsis, Fafnir Hellhand; healer and priest of the god Asura, Hadrathus, and the Darfarian fighter educated in the ways of sorcery who reads from the mystical Darkhold, Zula. Together, they were some of the first agents of the Brotherhood of the Shield, and their first task was to slay a cadre of Kothian invaders. Yet unbeknownst to Conan's band, the Shield-Bearer had not fully disclosed the true nature of their mission. He knew they would not believe until they bore witness themselves. The Kotians were not the true enemy. The true enemy was the Kotian leader's adviser – Ssith, an adherent of the Snake Cult and one of the progenitors of an insidious evil that, unless stopped now, would plague mankind for 20,000 years. In fierce battle, Conan would discover Ssith's grim secret...

Experience the unbelievable Hyborian Age genesis of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA!

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

AGENTS OF SHIELD #3

Written by MATT FRACTION

Art by OLIVIER COIPEL

"SPIRIT IN THE SKY"

* + - Introducing Doctor Who's Kate Lethbridge-Stewart\*\*\*

Enter the Unified Intelligence Taskforce! Phil Coulson and his group have emerged from the Catacombs from beneath Paris without Captain America but that hasn't stopped UNIT from entering the game on behalf of France's Capital to deter two splinter groups of SHIELD and HYDRA from duking it out with their three Helicarriers. Their solution? Bring one of their own - The Valiant, into play and hope that Kate Lethbridge-Stewart can act as a negotiator to prevent an all out conflict! Prevention of an all out conflict is exactly what Coulson and his group are also trying to do - the problem is - he's everyone's number one target! Can Coulson and Lethbridge-Stewart prevent anarchy in Paris... and at the same time, beat HYDRA and the Real SHIELD from getting to Captain America, who has just - for real this time - sent a distress call from Cardiff, Wales - Torchwood territory. With seemingly every organization involved in the Paris Incident they never once considered that Steve Rogers could be somewhere else entirely.... and it's a mistake that might just cost them everything!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON #8

Written By CULLEN BUNN

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By EMMA VICELLI & NICK DRAGOTTA

"THE LONG DARK ROAD" Part Two

* + - HAIL STORM!\*\*\*

After attending her mother's funeral in Seoul, White Fox and Misty Knight head to London to learn more about the mystery surrounding her death and her connection to MI-5. They learn that she was involved in an investigation of Mys-Tech, a company with ties to HYDRA and possible attempts to recreate the Super Soldier Serum that created Captain America! After breaking into one of Mys-Tech's highly secured facilities, they discover that the company's past research had gone beyond the SSS and begun working on something far more comprehensive! There were 12 experiments involving combinations of human, mutant and Inhuman DNA combined with the Terrigen Mists! All of the experiments were a success and plans were made to use them as field operatives. However in a bizarre twist, all of the subjects were killed save one: Project Orphan Black! What is Orphan Black and more importantly, who or what killed the other 11 subjects?

Next Issue: ASSASSIN'S CREED: BLACK FLAG!

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NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS #14

Written by DAVID LISS

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by STEFANO CASELLI

"RETURN OF THE ENEMY" Part Two

* + - HAIL STORM!\*\*\*

HYDRA'S resurgence has Gyrich on edge! He puts together a special ops team lead by Marcus Johnson (Fury Jr) to assess their threat level. Meanwhile, Madame Hydra and The American have gone undercover to join an under the radar group whose mysterious leader has united dozens of NuHuman clans under his rule! They notice that its membership consists of nationalities and races from all over the world, but what's shocking is how a group of superhumans this large could go relatively unnoticed...

In the city of Waco TX, American Eagle, Ana Kraven and Romany Wisdom have finally tracked down the serial killer The Crying Man and have begun to close in on him in an old meat factory. Upon entering, they discover dozens of dead bodies littering the entire facility. But instead of finding The Crying Man, they find themselves surrounded by a group of mysterious figures wielding ancient weapons shrouded in crimson and white robes!

Next Issue: ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY!

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

ALPHA FLIGHT #13

Written by BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by TY TEMPLETON

“THE TELEPHONE GAME” Part 1 of 3 “HOUSE CALLS”

Secrets…lies…potential destruction…just another day in the political world. And as the Alphans bounce back from Guardian’s revelation, of a potential government overhaul led by sinister cybernetic beings, they’ll have to roll up their sleeves and dive head first into bureaucracy! Heather and Mac Hudson sit down with every member of Parliament to discuss their history and potential motives, Shaman and Sasquatch begin sifting through old Department H records dating all the way back to Canada’s formation, and Puck, Snowbird and sole Beta Flight recruit Strongarm take a phone call from Montreal…and fall into the sights of crime lord and death-dealer DEADLY ERNEST! And when Ernest states his knowledge of the robotic revolution, he and the Alphans will find themselves confronted by a foe long thought destroyed…Jerome Jaxon’s former accomplice, the android DELPHINE COURTNEY!

32pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

INVADERS INITIATIVE #13

Written by FRED VAN LENTE

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by JEFTE PALO

“PITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN” Part 1 of 4 “OVER”

It’s the most expected of betrayals…as Zemo stands with the SHOCKER and BLACK TARANTULA before him, vibratory gauntlet and eye beams at the ready! And the Invaders’ former command, and current head of the UN’s espionage operations, isn’t going down without a fight, as he reveals his own vibration technology…set to kill! Meanwhile, over Geneva, Switzerland, Invaders SABRA and JIM HAMMOND provide air support for GREY GARGOYLE and OMEGA SENTINEL, faced with an army three thousand strong composed of the innocent, the United Nation’s task force, and their enemies, U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.! And when former Invader, the SCARAB, makes her appearance, the tide may turn in favour of Zemo…until Scarab reveals her single-minded intention to have Zemo fulfill his promise, and unleash the ancient god, Set!

32pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

CAGE & FINCH: NORTHERN LIGHTS #8

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by ALES KOT

Art by SARA PICHELLI

WELCOME TO NEOTECH Part Two of Two “TOMORROW TODAY.”

Sebastian Carmichael is actually a ruse and Neotech Advancement is a front for the Machine’s backup storage facility, which is why Decima desperately want their hands on the technology that they can use to kickstart a new Samaritan even though the old one is currently locked away and forbidden from going offline. With John Greer in a secure location it’s up to Harold Finch and Luke Cage to find out the new ringleader of Decima, before things spiral completely out of control. Meanwhile, Anya Corzon's identity may be compromised as she finds herself at the mercy of Decima's Mercanaries, who now know that there is a someone working at Neotech who shouldn't be there, and she may have to evacuate the building before it's too late.

32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

THE BUGLE #14

Written by DAN SLOTT

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED & SUPERCOOPER

Art by DAVE JOHNSON

“FRENZY”

- It’s been a wild time for the media in New York City…DAREDEVIL revealing himself as Matt Murdock (he looks good in red)! Mister Magenta’s attack on the American News Directory building (and they’re still filming)! The death of J. Jonah Jameson (and Spider-Man didn’t wear his black suit? Shame)!

- Through it all, the BUGLE has stood strong…Robbie Robertson now sits behind the Editor-in-Chief desk, Norah Winters has hit the streets with her new informant, Lou ‘the NIGHTCRAWLER’ Bloom, and Betty Brant and Ethan Edwards have made amends and turned in three dozen stories each within the last week!

- But what the Bugle’s most popular pairing haven’t revealed is that Ethan’s secret identity, the TILLER, has a new partner in heroics, as Betty dons the reclaimed and reinvented Skrull-Slayer suit as…EXO!

- Villains…you won’t even have time to beware, because New York’s newest hero is on the job…and when her early outing ends in four criminals being sent to the burn ward, the media will be in a frenzy…again!

32pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

DAREDEVIL #14

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by GREG RUCKA

Art by BILLY TAN

“EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR NAME” Part Two of Two "ELEKTRA vs. HANNIBAL LECTER"

With Matt Murdock’s identity being exposed to the public, he now takes weekly sessions with a physiatrist, who happens to be none other than Hannibal Lecter. Naturally being paranoid about his sinister new friend, Matt sends Elektra to investigate his past as a favour. However, Hannibal himself is waiting for Elektra... but can he stop her before she gets the information of his true nature back to Matt? And back at home, now that Matt’s friends know about his secret life, the consequences are about to be worse than they’ve ever been before, as Lecter senses to capitalise on this mistrust and turn Nelson against Murdock.

32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

RALPH G. FAKE: THE LEGAL EAGLE #7

Written by CHARLES SOULE

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by MARCIO TAKARA

“FLIGHT OF THE EVERYTHING”

The good: Harvey Birdman has formally dropped his malpractice case against Ralph, after having his life and his clients’ lives saved by the Legal Eagle! The bad: Ralph G. Fake and the Wrecking Crew have made a deal with the devil…’s longstanding nemesis, THE JUDGE, and have to provide him with an army of disgruntled souls! The ugly: the Wrecking Crew want nothing to do with it, and have hit the road to drive as far away from New York City as possible! It’s just another Wednesday for the city’s most lovable loser lawyer, who calls in his B-Team: Quicksand, to help him retrieve the Crew, and Crossfire to start targeting…uh, particular individuals who may be of use. Not ‘use’ use, more like, ‘undead’ use. But you know who hates murder? Oh yeah…MOON KNIGHT, that’s who! And he’s enlisted the BLACK CAT, CLOAK and DAGGER with him to bring the Wrecking Crew and Crossfire in!

32pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

AVENGERS 4 HIRE #8

Written by ANDY DIGGLE and QUENTIN TARANTINO

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by IAN CHURCHILL

"I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" Part 3 of 3

It's a 'Three the Hard Way' team-up unlike any you have seen before. It is two men and a baby as Shang-Chi, Luke Cage and 2yr old Danielle Cage are taking on Mr. Fish, Cockroach, Black Mariah, Commanche and Big Brother. These enemies from Luke's past each want payback and wont stop until they get it. Even if the heroes beatdown these Mofos, they still have to face Cage's sadistic former warden and baddest sister from prison Latanya Steel. She happily volunteered to have the same experiment as Cage had and she's been waiting to tear him apart for years!

Dollar Bill and Eric O'Grady hold a meeting with the other A4H members (Firestar, Machine Man and Miraclewoman). They are being introduced to their newest member Spider aka Miles Morales. However, a 'Hitman' arrives and with one Bang, someone is DEAD!?!

32 PGS/Rated T…$2.99

MS. AMERICA #8

Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by DUNCAN FEGREDO

“INHALE EXHALE REPEAT” Part 2 of 3 “THE UTOPIA”

She’s been to countless worlds, lands ruled by lizards and even decades into the future, but Ms. America finds herself on the in the one place she never thought she’d see again…her birthplace tethered outside of the Multiverse…the UTOPIAN PARALLEL! But when she hits the streets of her childhood realm, she’ll find a changed society: panicked by the encroaching demon, the Utopians seek to remove themselves from reality, for good! Riots, rabbling, and roughhousing have taken over, and Ms. America’s back to show her people what it means to be a hero! And, back in the 616, Power Man and Komodo will welcome back Sylvie Lushton from her training in 2099…only to be ambushed by the demon possessing both her and the future’s Sorcerer Supreme, Strange!

32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

THE PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #14

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by NATHAN EDMONDSON

Art by STEVE EPTING

“HARLAN COUNTY LINE” Part Two of Four \*\*\*Introducing The Bride\*\*\*

Theme Song: "Woo Hoo", The 5.6.7.8s

Decima have hired someone to kill Frank Castle, and if Raylan Givens wasn’t a hard enough opponent for The Punisher, he’s now going to have to face Quentin Tarantino’s creation THE BRIDE, in a three-way battle that you won’t want to miss. It’s THE PUNISHER vs. THE BRIDE vs. RAYLAN GIVENS and unless these three can come to a peaceful conclusion before the final bullet is fired, there can only be one winner – DECIMA!

32pgs/Rated T...$2.99

THE PROWLER #14

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI

Art by KERON GRANT

“THE BAD DREAM”

Midnight…when many are sleeping, and many are awake…when Hobie Brown, Lauren Gilden, and Robert Farrell face their worst fears! Stuck in the Raft with his former foe, the power hungry, hate-filled CRIPPLER, Hobie will find himself on the edge of a breakdown…until the disgraced police commander voices his intention to finish Hobie once and for all, leading to a brawl that the guards aren’t about to stop! Meanwhile, at the Brown residence in the Bronx, Lauren watches over her sleeping friend and new roommate Mindy Brown and her daughter Abigail…only to receive a phone call from her brother, the criminal GOLDBUG, who wants her to suit back up as LADY STILT-MAN! But when she confronts her brother and his new partner-in-crime, former business mogul JUSTIN HAMMER, Lauren will claim the suit as her own…as the mostly-new, full-time heroic LOOKOUT! And Robert Farrell, the ROCKET RACER, will find himself once more at odds with the authorities, when Child Services come for his younger siblings…and his brother activates the Rocket equipment!

32pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

VENOM #4

Written By ZEB WELLS

Plot By SHOCKDINGO

Art By CLAYTON CRAIN

“Rising Tide: Part 4 - Vindication”

-Mr. Thompson, Mr. Brock, it's time to prove your worth as a team, the stakes have never been higher!

-As the deadly duo make their way to Dr. Yesenofsky's base they'll have to figure out how to dispatch Dr. Yes' forces – more innocents turned into monsters! Even if victory is to be had on this day, it may come at a terrible price. Nothing is more terrifying that a mad scientist with nothing left to lose!

-The first arc comes to an explosive fight-to-the-finish! You wont believe how it all ends true believers!

32pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

THE INFINITY EFFECT #5 \*An Event of Cosmic Proportions!\*

Written By JOSHUA DYSART

Plot By MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100

Art By DAVID MARQUEZ

"The Last Days of Death"

Lord Mar-Vell's quest to kill death draws closer as he has now collected five of the seven Infinity Gems! However, there is still a challenge before him! The Abstract Beings(Living Tribunal, Lord Order/ Master Chaos, Oblivion, Galactus, Celestials)have gathered to confront Mar-Vell about his plans to kill Death. The power of the Gems makes him nearly invincible! But instead of fighting him, the Abstracts will let him pass. They know that if they fought, it could tear the multiverse asunder. Now with nothing left in his way, his mission to kill Mistress Death can be complete! Did we say nothing? Quasar, Nova and the rest of the cosmic heroes may have something to say about that. Next Issue: Heroes Last Stand!

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

WAR OF KINGS #14 \*Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*

Written BY JOSHUA DYSART

Plot BY MARVELL2100

Art By DAVID MARQUEZ

Lord Mar-Vell's forces have all been defeated but the galaxy isn't safe yet! The madman still has five of the Infinity Gems and there is another danger out there! The Annihilation Horde has been stopped but Annihilus and the deadly Annihilation Wave are still a threat to the universe. The galactic powers convene as Queen Adora and SHIELD agent Gail Runciter layout their plan to use the Wave as a weapon against Lord Mar-Vell. The powerful Jack-of-Hearts will battle Annihilus and will lead him to a portal created by the Worldmind which will be directed straight at Mar-Vell! Meanwhile, the rest of the races will join with the Nova Corps, Infinity Watch and Guardians to make one final stand against the madman!

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

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14 \*\*\*New Direction!\*\*\*

Written By MALCOLM JONES

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By AARON LOPRESTI

Infinity Effect Tie-In!

No longer "Behind Enemy Lines", Star-Lord and the rest of the Guardians join with the other cosmic forces on Xandar to find a way to stop Lord Mar-Vell and his quest to kill Death! With the Annihilation Horde defeated and Mar-Vell Revengers all beaten, they can all concentrate their efforts to stopping the madman. But while Nova, Adora, Quasar and the others make their plans, Mantis receives a strange premonition! The battle against Lord Mar-Vell will not go well and all of the heroes won't becoming home alive!

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

NOVA CORPS #14 \*An Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*

Written By CARLOS PACHECO

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By MIKE MCKONE

"No More Borders"

Nova Prime and the Nova Corps have found the Infinity Watch and they all gather on Xandar to plan their next move against Lord Mar-Vell! In a meeting of the Galactic Illuminati, Queen Adora and SHIELD agent Gail Runciter tell Richard, Crystal, Ronan and the others of their plan to use the Annihilus and the Annihilation Wave to stop Mar-Vell! But the rest of their forces will have to provide a distraction before he realizes what their up to! This may be their last chance to stop a madman with the power of the Infinity Gems before he kills Death!

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

SECRET WARS #8 \*\*\*Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*\*\*

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by KEV WALKER

"The Art of War"

From a distance, they have been watching it all. They have seen the warring factions go at it on the living planet called Battleworld. They have seen the rise of the mother of Doom, the arrival of lost "Scarlet Speedster", the journey of the greatest Spaceknight, the shocking reveal of the original Dr. Donald Blake along with the Starbrand and now Death. She walks gracefully over the corpses of Wasp, War Machine, Spider Ham, Legacy (Phyla-Vell), Red Hulk, Demolition Man, Thor (Red Norvell), Starfox and many others. They watch as the alien healer/life giver Zsaji works tirelessly to bring the heroes back to the land of the living and in doing so discovers that she may be one of the keys to the "Infinity Effect". The heroes were struck down by Death as she determined there is only a worthy suitor, a deathmate amongst villains. Is it Darth Vader, the god of War or Lady Doom? Will they all form an unholy alliance that may lead to total destruction? They now watch as the legendary 5 lions of iron land on the world of war and their union as Voltron the defender of the multiverse! They have been only voyeurs, but now they want to come out and play. They are Ratchet and Clank. They have known the art of war for most of their existences, however they don't color within the lines. TO BE CONTINUED!!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

SURREAL SPACEWAYS #1

featuring the Rebirth of Adam Warlock

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Ploy by GLOBAL HONORED

Art & Cover A by FRANK QUITELY

"A Cocoon Grows in Scotland"

Special Cover B: Alternate Rock n' Roll Spaceman Variant by MIKE & LAURA ALLRED featuring ADAM & THE WARLOCKS "In a Galaxy Far Out"

RNAD Coulport in Argyll, Scotland (Earth 0.) A rebellious laddie from Glasgow hops the fence as his da did many years ago. An aspiring comic book writer..nae...a graphic novelist, for whatever that means, he is. See this is where they house all those Trident Nuclear Missles. Blow up damn civilization from here to the moon. What is the point? But no one is here. No missles. No soldiers. No balding mad scientists in stark white lab coats. The place is empty. Nothing to be feart of but that honkin' smell. And then he sees it. He must be pished. That's the biggest butterfly cocoon he's ever laid eyes on.

Same Earth. Same Queen. Different Country. Canada, eh. He's the biggest movie star on the planet. His latest super-hero film, DEADPOOL 4: STEALING CABLE just racked up $225M (CAN) on its opening weekend and is hitting 97% rating on RottingPotatoes, catapulting him up as the favorite for his third straight Genie Award (also Canadian) for best actor. Let's just call him Ryan. Life couldn't be better. He is single again. Human Magazine named him "Sexiest Dude of the Decade." His upcoming stand-up tour sold out in minutes, and his debut album went straight platinum. Critics Love him. His peers admire him. Producers fall over themselves to hand him loads of cash and the primo scripts. The kids adore him and on this day he was scheduled to do a surprise screening in costume for Vancouver's School of the Deaf. That is when this other guy showed up, real strange looking fella, crazy hair and digs, in a flying car no doubt. All part of the show, right? The extremes these studios will go to....except, it wasn't. Ryan has been kidnapped! But why?

(Insert language decoder) "Wow, It is so great to finally meet you. I have seen all your adventures back on my planet. But they stole it, my blu-ray player, my projectorix, my Infinity gem, all my stuff, those nayfrags! But you can get it all back for me. You're Deadpool, the hero that can't be killed! Oh yeah, my name is Taneleer Tivan, my friend calls me Tan, everyone else goes with Kid Collector. Hold on tight, we have one more stop to make."

An actor and an alien zoom over an abandoned nuclear weapons hub in Scotland, a small tree dances in the wind below, and a writer watches as HE begins to hatch....TO BE CONTINUED!

Join the mind-bending, legendary team of Morrison & Quitely for their greatest trip yet. It has to start somewhere, might as well be here, might as well be AOM Now!

Digital Exclusive: Get the Plotter Approved "Scots Fowk" Edition of this Issue (by our very own kilt-wearing Highwayguy!)

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

QUASAR & THE INFINITY WATCH#8

Written by ROGER STERN

Plot by MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100

Art by KAARE ANDREWS

"THINGS TO DO IN THE UNIVERSE WHEN YOUR DEAD"

This issue take place prior to INFINITY EFFECT #5

The universe is defeated! Lord Mar-Vell's overwhelming forces have steamrolled over everyone in their path and with Lord Mar-Vell armed with an almost complete Infinity Gauntlet there is no hope left. So what do you do when your just counting down the hours to the horrifying conclusion? The failed Infinity Watch, well those that haven't been killed, decide that they might as well hit the bar and enjoy their final moments, after all they tried to face him down with all six Gem's and failed. What could they possibly do with just the Power and Mind Gem's? According to Mistress Death, plenty! Death herself crashes the Infinity Watch's "End of Everything" party and offers them a simple choice, stand up and fight to the last or discover that there are still plenty of worse things out there. Like her for example!

Sonath stands among the ruins of the Council's debating chambers as Lord Mar-Vell's forces make their devastating move against the Intergalactic Council. Sonath smiles at the utter destruction of the order he has helped create, everything is going to plan.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HIGH EVOLUTIONARY#8

Written By DOUG MOENCH

Plot By MCGAFFER

Art By PAUL GULACY

The High Evolutionary finds himself the centre of his own experiments. He feels himself being assimilated into the Phalanx collective and finds it....fascinating! Rom knows that he must rescue Wyndham before the worst can happen, the High Evolutionary as a serving member of the Phalanx conducting his experiments on their behalf. The Shaper of Worlds provides the Knights of Wundagore with the most powerful weaponry at his disposal and sends them straight to the incursion point. These parasites managed to survive in the void between oblivion and reality but how could they reproduce if they were all that was in that inky nothingness? These questions must be answered! The universe barely survived the Phalanx's last attack, in fact they were only defeated by their own greed in wanting to assimilate everything that has ever existed. There was no stopping them until they foolishly time-traveled back to the start of everything and inadvertently caused the birth of the Living Tribunal!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #15

Written By JONATHAN HICKMAN

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By NICOLA SCOTT

FOUR vs SEVEN surrounded by ONE!

Ben, Johnny and Wyatt along with Agatha Harkness head to the Colorado Mountains to save Reed and Sue from the wrath of her son Nicholas Scratch and the Salem Seven! But when they get to the mountains, they find no trace of their family or Scratch! Harkness determines that Scratch has transported Reed, Sue and the children to the original Salem settlement in Mass to face their execution! They arrive in Salem just in time to see Reed, Sue and the children bound to stakes as Nicholas begins to incite an ancient incantation which causes mystical flames to erupt around them! As Ben and the others rush in to save their teammates, they are quickly confronted by Salem's Seven! Can the remaining members of the FF defeat Salem's Seven in time to save the others or will they all be burned alive by Nicholas Scratch!

32 PGS./Rated +...$2.99

SILVER SURFER: HERALD OF DEATH #14 \*Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*

Written By CHRISTOS GAGE

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By DUSTIN WEAVER

After the Surfer and the other Heralds have defeated the Imperialist Guard, Norrin Radd begins his search for Mistress Death to protect her from Lord Mar-Vell who has acquired enough Infinity Gems to kill her! The other Abstracts have gathered to confront Mar-Vell but chose not to stand in his way! However, Galactus has made other plans to aid Death and it involves one of his long forgotten Heralds! Meanwhile, Mistress Death awaits for the arrival of Lord Mar-Vell. She knows that it is only a matter of time before Mar-Vell acquires all of the Infinity Gems and will become near omnipotent! But she shows, no sign of fear or worry! She has put her pieces into place and now awaits the finale where we will soon find an answer to the question: Can Death truly die?

32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

FUTURE IMPERFECT #8

Written By DAN ABNETT

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By KHARI EVANS

"All My Futures Destroyed!"

M'Baku's discovery of Doom 2099's battered mask in the Savage Land confirms Victor's worst fears! He's arrived to late to change his own future and the war that nearly destroyed his planet! A superhuman war is imminent and it's up to Doom 2099 and his Black Cabinet to stop it from happening. He tells M'Baku to gather Hippolyta and prepare for another mission. He needs to find one last member for the Black Cabinet, someone who can help turn the tide in his favor. Meanwhile, he has Attuma and Thane travel to the Himilayans, site of former home of the Inhumans to retrieve an artifact that may change things in Victor's favor. In the meantime, he ad Alyssa Moy work on probable outcomes of a superhuman battle and how they can change the outcome to prevent the destruction of everything! Faraway in hidden section of space/reality, Aron,the Rogue Watcher makes his case before a forum on why Doom 2099 is a danger to our universe and that he must be stopped. After a few minutes of debate, the forum has come to a decision. The Council of Reeds agree that Doom 2099 is a threat and that he must die! Next Issue: ASSASSIN'S CREED: PROJECT LEGACY!

32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

THE INHUMANS #14

Written By ROBERT VENDETTI

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By MARK BROOKS

Return of the King! Part 5

Medusa and the Royal Family form an uneasy alliance with the Unforgotten, the first Inhuman King to battle a Kree Black Ops team lead by Galen Kor! Their mission: to bring the Inhumans back to Hala to be used as weapons by the Supreme Inteligence in his bid to kill the current Kree rulers, Ronan, the Accuser and his wife Crystal who also is an Inhuman! As powerful as the Inhumans are, the Kree have come prepared, using tech that affects the Inhuman physiology which prevents them from attack the Kree! However, Galen Kor and his team didn't account for the Unforgotten, who's far more powerful than the average Inhuman and isn't affected by the tech. He single-handedly defeats the Kree and sends them retreating back to Hala! With the alien threat eliminated, the Unforgtten returns his focus to Medusa and the Royal Family who he still intends to kill and reclaim his throne! But anyone can make a move, the former Inhuman king is struck by a powerful blast, his body falling to the ground, soon followed by his blood-splattered head! Who or what is powerful enough to kill an Inhuman this powerful? Next Issue: ASSASSIN'S CREED: BLOODLINES!

DOOM #15

Written by NEIL GAIMAN

Art by CLAYTON CRAIN

Plot by MCGAFFER

* + - Supernatural:Survival\*\*\*
		- Dr. Doom has committed the unthinkable - he has sacrificed an entire world to burn away the curse of the Dark Con! The unnatural destruction of Counter-Earth sends shockwaves throughout existence! Billions of souls destroyed in one instance to sacrifice one being, all of the Hell's combined never dreamed of such an act but all of their Lord's were not Doom. Heaven itself granted him power to lead the fight against the Dark Con for they realised he would damn himself where others wouldn't but this...
		- As expected the burning of Counter-Earth through a worldwide storm of hellfire has created two problems. A wave of unimaginable force created from a dying planet races towards Earth, utter destruction is mere moments away but Doom has foreseen this and this Earth is his prize! He once dissected a captive Galactus and learned secrets no man should know, such as how to absorb the energies of a dying planet. Latveria has been taken from him so he needs a new home and as always he see's opportunity everywhere.
		- Doom has seeded the moon with terraforming machines designed to capture the wave of energy from Counter-Earth and transform the Moon into his new Realm. The new Doomstadt will orbit the Earth and everyone will fall under his gaze.
		- Billions of souls destroyed in an instance! An act of unimaginable evil warps the laws of magic, corrupting and twisting it into a deadlier force. In essence a new Hell is cast into being by this act and on the Astral Plane Rachel Van Helsing watches on in captive horror as Doom's Crucible captures this new Hell and begins to shape it into what it's new Master desires. Doom has saved the world and taken his prizes by ruthless force. A new world and a throne to sit on, and the power of a Hell Lord! Rachel will be the unwilling warden of this new Hell, which will power his new Doom Riders, and waits to see which unfortunate souls will be the first to burn for Doom!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CABAL #14

Written by DANIEL WAY

Art by FRANK CHO

Plot by MCGAFFER

* + - Supernatural:Survival\*\*\*

The Red Skull's eyes look up to the heavens and he witnesses the incredible. The moon absorbing and converting a wave of destruction that should have blown the Earth away as though mere dust in a storm. He knows the significance of this, Doom has fooled them all! The Cabal though have benefited from the Dark Con's war and now sit on thrones of their own in the new Continent of United Europe! Each member now has his own conquered country and shapes it to his or her own will. What will be the world's reaction to this? The Red Skull cares not, they will deal with them in due course.

Germany - The new Reich Land and throne of the Red Skull.

France - Now named Avalon and the throne of Morgan Le Fay. The land and people are now corrupted back to a mythical medieval fiefdom.

Spain - The throne of the Maestro who will recreate the future from which he came. A future where he ruled with the fist!

Italy - Gifted to the Devil himself, Mephisto! Devoid of the power of his own Realm he must recreate Hell step by slow step...unless his whispers have been heard? The newly crowned Cabal's first fight might be sooner then they think!

Switzerland - .....Owen Reece, took his throne in silence. He could of demanded, nay, taken much more but the small man disappeared into Switzerland and immediately threw up borders. The Skull is not best pleased about this isolation, this will be looked into.

Dracula took the throne of Eastern Europe and immediately cast his shadow across it. A new land of shadow and menace.

The absent Enchantress.....the Skull has a place intended just for her as soon as she shows herself.

This broken world has seen nothing yet!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUNSLINGER #14

Written by STEPHEN KING

Art by LEINAL FRANCIS YU

Plot by MCGAFFER

Eve finds out that her father's name is quite handy for bartering passage through Hell Realms. Her boots pound the dusty paths between worlds as she tries to find her way back and she has found that carrying the name of Doom is sometimes helpful. Some demons themselves will not dare bar her path, some try to help her in the desperate hope that they will earn her father's favour! Damned fools don't realize that her father doesn't even know that she still exists. The last he saw of her was her falling through the Gate into Nothing itself as a babe. He turned his back and never saw the bloodied and beaten Roland Deschain save her from the void and carry her into a new life. Still, daddy's finally proving useful. Even if it is in Hell! Jack O' Lantern is still moaning about the lack of a body as they stroll into something unsettlingly familiar. A wild west town? In hell? She enters the saloon and see's a picture of the once Sheriff of this spit of a hellhole. A hombre with a large hat and a purple face, seems this Kang fella left here a long time ago and the people have been looking for a new Sheriff to take up his old guns. Apparently there's a posse on their way, the bounty hunters of hell itself the Black Rose Colts! Finally, something that makes sense to Eve. A hot sun, a dusty road and the cold steel of her guns in her hands and a colder beating heart in her sights. Seems Hell ain't so bad afterall.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GOD SQUAD #14

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by STEVE DILLON

Shou-Lao the Undying witnesses the birth of the new God's in the sky and then witnesses their immediate death. The Demogorge has activated the Awakening! New God's waiting to be born and serve and guide this world now ripped from their sleep and devoured by the God-Eater! Shou-Lao will not allow this to continue and launches into a ferocious fight unaware that Bast has already fallen to this beast. Bast may of fallen but he is far from inactive. He finds himself in a dangerous place, a land of dead Gods crying out for vengeance and a shadow standing tall over them all, a shadow called Mikaboshi! It seems that the Demogorge has been working for a God all along!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MIDNIGHT SONS #13

Written by MIKE RAICHT

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by CLAY MANN

* + - Supernatural:Survival\*\*\*

Brother Voodoo falls unconscious as the screaming souls of an entire world wash over him in a blaze of white hot agony. Amanda Sefton feels the unnatural surge of energy and looks on in horror as a world dies. The Son's stand by helplessly as across the void of space they realise the battle has been won and lost. The Dark Con is gone but at what cost? And now they find themselves confronted by a new problem, the Doom Riders have come demanding their fealty to their saviour Lord Doom! He has spared this world from the tyranny of the Dark Con and now they will bend the knee in gratitude. The Son's though have a different plan of action, outrage at the murder of a planet boils over and this fight is on. Of course though, the Doom Riders expected nothing less...

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE WATCH #13

Written by JAMES O'BARR

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by ESAD RIBIC

* + - Supernatural:Survival\*\*\*

Gandalf the Grey slumps to the ground beside the defeated Blackheart. He feels his heart stop for a second then he looks towards the sky to watch what he can never forget. How have the Talis Clan fallen so far as to let this happen? They thought they were winning this war, Roland Deschain was enroute with the powerless Mephisto to try and assassinate the Dark Con on his throne. Ian McNee was gathering an army of faerie creatures for the final assault on the Cabal and now...

The Cabal sit on thrones all around them as the world turns darker, the sky is ruled by Doom as he orbits the Earth on a new kingdom! A world has died and a new hell has been born. There is only one thing left to do. Gandalf picks himself up and summons the Watch, it's time for a new Watch for a new fight. And the first place that Gandalf will go recruiting is the new world of Doomstadt. It's time to go knocking on Doom's door.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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THE DEFENDERS #14

Written by MIKE MIGNOLA

Plot by EXCITER

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

“PREEMPTIVE WARFARE” Part Four “THEY CAME FROM THE DARK DIMENSION!”

A massive hellfire explosion has jettisoned an incalculable amount of dark energy into the magical boundaries that lie between Earth and adjacent realms (see DOOM #14), and none are more adept at harnessing that dark energy than the Lord of the Dark Dimension himself, the Dread Dormammu! Finally, after over a year of effort, Dormammu has succeeded in opening a portal to the idyllic world of K'ai, and the mindless hordes of the Dark Dimension begin to swarm through! Queen Jarella has no choice but to call on her lover Hulk and his allies to do what the do best – Defend the world! But with Mangog and Illidan Stormrage leading the invasion, can even the Hulk and the Silver Surfer stand against such odds?

Dr. Strange believes that the answer to defeating Dormammu lies in the paranormal/quantum science of the man he recently rescued from Dormammu's assassins, Egon Spengler, Ph.D.! For Strange's plan to work, Prince Namor must call upon the factories of Atlantis to mass produce Egon's innovative weapons – the only weapons that can defeat Dormammu's supernaturally empowered mindless ones: the Defenders must arm the people of K'ai with proton packs! But before they can do that, Namor and Strange will have to defend Atlantis' industrial sector against an attack lead by Tiger Shark and Baron Mordo!

The Defenders played at preemptive warfare, and they failed. Now, open war is upon them. The depowered Beyonder, still conspiring with Mephisto, smiles and laughs. Everything was going according to plan...

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

BATMAN VS THE RED SKULL #2\*\*\*mini-series\*\*\*

Written by NEIL GAIMAN

Art by STEVE EPTING

Plotted by MCGAFFER

* + - The confrontation did not go well. Clearly the Red masked intruder that fell from the skies is more then he seems. Batman was not expecting such skill and most definitely not such brutality and ferocity. the Red intruder had the early advantage but the Bat soon fought his way back into the brutal fight atop of Arkham Asylum. A german accent. A nazi uniform. Incredible skill and strength. Impossible as it sounds it seems that a Nazi super-soldier experiment has fallen through gaps in time. Bruce can't remember reading about the Nazi's having a super-soldier like this though. Luckily too he thinks, as his head whips back from another powerful attack, what state would the world be in if this monstrosity had risen to prominence. But what to do with him? Send him back? If he hasn't heard of him maybe it's because he was always meant to come to this time. What damage could he do by sending him back? It's as he's pondering these thoughts that the Red devil suddenly grasps the glowing cube. The next thing that Batman remebers is pulling himself out of the river barely alive. What demon has come to Gotham now?
		- Johann Schmidt decided that he had enough of this foolery and cast the dark cloaked man down with the Cube. And now it was time to decide where he was. It didn't take him long to find potential new followers. Indeed the building he was standing on was full of people desperate for a slice of the Cube's power and a share in the mayhem to follow. It seems that the Red Skull has found the very sadistic team that he needs to finally put the Howling Commando's in the cold graves they so desperately deserve. One small trip to the past with these individuals and the future is the Red Skull's.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MAGIK #14

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by SUNOFDARKCHILD

Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

After her battle with her ancestor, Grigory Rasputin, Illyana returns to her home village looking for the parents she barely remembers. However, the Russian branch of the anti-mutant Purifiers hate group has set up shop in her hometown, and her parents are prominent members! They blame mutants for the loss of their daughter years ago. Can Illyana convince the Rasputins that she is indeed their daughter? Does she even want to anymore? They may be dead, but the curses of Grigory and Belasco live on.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HULK #13

Written by MARK WAID

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by ANDY KUBERT

"LOSE YOURSELF"

A gamma explosion. A life is saved. A monster is born. Simple right? Well not quite. there is more to this story. At the movement of impact Bruce was split at cellular level and replicated. While the real Bruce spent long periods of time in intensive care, the burn unit as well as reconstructive surgery and grafting. His "twin" became an unstoppable beast, then an Avengers and has stolen his fiance. Banner believes this is the true story and he wants his life back?

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance # 5

Written by GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Art by JAE LEE

Plotted by JUMPOFF AKA JOHNNYBLAZED

* + - Supernatural: Survival\*\*\*

Marvel Vampires Part 2

The Ghost Riders Stuck in alternate universe over run by super- vampires!

After last issues shocking turn of events a traitor stands revealed as the master vampire Tony Stark’s plan comes to fruition. The Red Skull (shocking we know) has betrayed the resistance and has destroyed the mystically enhanced energy field which kept the super powered vampires out of the last few human populated cities has been destroyed . Across the globe the former heroes and villains cursed with vampirism wage an assault on the few reaming heroes and villains. The Iron Vampire pulls out all the stops as the Avengers are dispatched to deal with what’s left of resistance and bring him the head of Mr.Fantastic. Can Deadpool, Luke Cage, Songbird, Nova and Speedball stand against Sam Wilson: Captain America, Wolverine, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, She Hulk and the Invisible Woman aka The Avengers! Meanwhile The Thing is locked in battle for the final time against the killer of Alisha Masters and Johnny Storm, The Incredible Vampire Hulk! For the last five years the vampire plague has taken almost everything from Reed Richards. His wife was one of the first heroes turned, his children along with his brother in law the Human Torch killed. Richards stands a broken man with a more than personal vendetta against the Vampires than most, and he is more than willing to give up his soul to stop this madness. Through his research he has learned of the passage in the Darkhold called the montesi formula, a spell that would rid the world of all vampires. The book resides in Avengers Tower, with a spell protecting it from being moved by any non-supernatural entity and is being guarded by Tony Stark himself. The book also is the Riders ticket back to the regular Marvel Universe, which is being in danger of being taken over by the dark con as we speak! As time is running out for both worlds the ghost riders launch an all-out attack on Tony Stark’s strong hold but they won’t find him alone. He’s joined by his Illuminati the vampire Barons of earth; Shuri the Black Panther: Queen of Wakanda , Namor :Prince of Atlantis, Cyclops :Ruler of the Mutants, Medusa: Queen of the Inhumans and Captain Britain Lord of London. Can the riders retrieve the Darkhold in time to help the resistance defeat the vampire horde or will eternal night reign forever?

Back on the regular Earth the Spirits of Vengeance have extracted the information for the location of the Sword of the Demogorge, one of the few things on earth that can completely destroy a Spirit of Vengeance. Just a few problems as the dark con’s forces have completely out gunned and surrounded, while Dr.Doom’s new found control over the Spirits of Vengeance have started to corrupt them. With no other option Baron Skullfire makes a deal with the one thing more evil than the dark con, Mephisto lord of lies!

Also in the sleepy town of Derry, Panic and fear has started to set in as tensions run high as yet another child has gone missing bringing the total to six. The graves of Eddie Kaspbrak and Stanley Uris have been has been desecrated as five black envelopes have been mailed to five former residents of Derry. Its times for the Losers club to reunite one last time as Pennywise lives again!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SATANNA: DAUGHTER OF HELL #2

Plotter: POWER TORCH

Writer: NANCY A. COLLINS

Artist: JAE LEE

"To Hell and Back!" Part 2

Satana and Kale keep on fighting armies of vampires with no end in sight. Kale noticed the orb back inside the house glowing and they head back inside. Santana touches the orb and the light of it burns her skin. Just then the orb glows brighter and goes into Satana. Kale being to feel a magic growing inside Satana like none she has felt before. Satana is surrounded in light and without a word heads outside and beings to blast each vampire one by one, killing them at an extremely fast rate. The Vampires begin to run way and Satana passes out. She awakens in a place she has never been before surrounded by light as a phrase is repeated over and over again. “Ab incunabulis ad finem”. She awakens again inside Kale’s house not remembering anything other than the dream. As Kale begins to explain what happned, Satana is left with a lot more questions than before. The only course of action her is to go back to where is started, as she and Kale head back to the underground temple where she found the orb.

Writer Nancy Collins and artist Jae Lee take on the most powerful woman in Hell in this series of magic, power, and mystery! You would have to be crazy to miss this exciting new series!

32 PGS/Rated T...$2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #14

Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO

Plot by NX01A

Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III

“THE ODYSSEY” Part One “ALL THESE WORLDS”

Theme Song: Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon

* + - New Creative Team!\*\*\*

•The Cancerverse was not kind to the X-MEN and APOCALYPSE, least of all the SCARLET WITCH and the dearly departed FANTOMEX. Wanda's probability altering abilities are out of control, causing malfunctions across their Celestial ship, Ship. Barely able to warp to Jupiter before engines, communications, and life support fail, Ship is pulled by a powerful psychic force to one of the gas giant's moons, Europa.

•Welcome to the underwater city of Pwyll, a utopia populated by powerful mutants from the mid-20th Century and their descendants! While names like Tad Carter, Roger Carstairs, Ted Lestron, Vincent Farnsworth, and Gloria Hammond may have been forgotten on Earth, their powers have created a thriving community under Europa's methane ice... but every Eden has its snake. Wanda's presence causes Pwyll's systems to break down, too, including the stasis pods where the most dangerous mutant of all is kept asleep: a young man named MATTHEW MALLOY! Can even EN SABAH NUR, JEAN GREY, and ICEMAN stop him from destroying Europa and the solar system?

•What other powers have been awoken in Europa's watery depths?

•And why does Jean keep seeing Mistress Death smiling at her?

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

BROTERHOOD OF MUTANTS #14

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

“SON OF A PREACHER MAN” Part One of Four \*\*\*NEW ARC, NEW CREATIVE TEAM \*\*\*

HARLAN COUNTY. A mutant has been murdered, burnt at the stake in front of a town hall whilst its local people have done nothing. With Raylan Givens busy dealing with The Punisher it means that there’s nobody around to stop prime suspect Boyd Crowder, racist Neo-Nazi turned preacher turned leader of a criminal underworld – or at least, until Havok learns that the mutant used to be his friend as a child, and this naturally means that he has to put a stop to Boyd. However, the Crowders are a family not to be messed with, especially with the charismatic preacher Boyd capable of stirring up anti-mutant hatred in Harlan to increasingly hostile levels, meaning that the Brotherhood about to get a very frosty reception.

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #14

Written by JEFF LEMIRE

Plot by EXCITER

Art by DECLAN SHALVEY

“CAPTAIN CANADA AND THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN” Part Two “SCONFIGGERE I FASCISTI, EH”

By September 3, 1943, the Allies were moving from a captured Sicily into mainland Italy. The Grand Council of Fascism had turned upon their leader, Benito “Il Duce” Mussolini, and appointed Pietro Badoglio to replace him. Sensing inevitable defeat, Badoglio signed an armistice with the Allies. This enraged Hitler and instigated Operation Achse – the German takeover of Italy! Leading the Operation was none other than Baron Blood, who used his vampiric legionnaires to free Mussolini and place him back in power. Now, transformed into a creature of the night, Mussolini looks to crush the Italian traitors and Allied invaders of his homeland once and for all... and devour their blood like it was tomato sauce! Standing in his way is the 1st Canadian Division lead by none other than Captain Canada and his trusty sidekick, Runt! But when Victor Creed's more sadistic personality traits come to light and make it evident that he should not have been the man chosen to wear the colors of the great nation of Canada, can James “Runt” Howlett fight both his brother and an army of fascist vampires?

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

IMMORTAL X-MEN #5

Plot by NX01A

Writer: KIERON GILLEN

Artists: MIKEL JANIN & IBRAIM ROBERSON

Theme Song: Richard Wagner - Flight of the Valkyries

“RESURRECTION IS FOREVER” Part Five “AS ABOVE, SO BELOW” \*\*\*Resurrection Is Forever FINALE\*\*\*

•GABRIEL. The messenger. The CELESTIAL-winged herald of a new age without mutants. His message must not be heard. CANDY SOUTHERN just sliced him to ribbons. His angelic CHOIR has gone insane.

•To destroy angels, there must be an APOCALYPSE. Is ARCHANGEL ready to accept the full power, majesty, and terror of EN SABAH NUR screaming within him to be unleashed?

•CECILIA REYES, M, ELIXIR, BANSHEE, SIRYN, THUNDERBIRD, WARPATH, and DORIAN GRAY can only try to save as many innocents in Conakry, Guinea as possible before all fall to winged death from above!

•And what are VANISHER and ASTRA plotting at his Cuban hideaway?

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #14

Written by RICK REMENDER

Plot by EXCITER

Art by CHRIS BACHALO

“LORD, SEND ME AN ANGEL”

* + - Hail Storm\*\*\*

The Purifiers are insane Christian fundamentalists engaged in a holy war against mutants. But are they too extreme... for HYDRA? The new leader of the Purifiers, the Nazi man of bees Swarm, goes way back with Baron Strucker. An alliance could benefit them both. But the rank and file Purifiers are just hate-filled zealots without any greater ambition than to eliminate “God's Great Mistakes” from the genepool. Still, Swarm managed to trick them into thinking he was an angel named “Puriel,” so he's confident he can convince them that performing terrorist acts in service to HYDRA is in their best interest. But when spies Kitty and Nightcrawler overhear his plans, can they turn the Purifiers against him? Will they put themselves at risk to do it?

Meanwhile, Senator Kelly continues both his pursuit of the presidency and his vicious smear campaign against Democratic rival, Henry “Beast” McCoy. What if he knew that McCoy's colleagues Wolverine and Professor X were harboring a mind-wiped mass murderer, Freddy Krueger, at their School for Gifted Youngsters? Daken and his informant, the Shadow King, wonder how much Kelly's Super-PAC, the “Friends of Humanity,” would pay to find that out...

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

NEW MUTANTS #14

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by ANDREA SORRENTINO

"SUMMER SCHOOL" Part Two of Two

It's Summer School for the New Mutants. Going to school where you are very much in the minority and run by the dangerous mutants called the Hellions, will make it difficult for the New Mutants. The mean girls the Stedford Cuckoos keep on picking on Rayne, but they like Paige or is it all a setup? Empath wants to go out with May Parker, but that's Skaar's girl. However. Empath control all emotions and always gets what he wants. Berzerker and Spyke escape detention hall Hell and they meet Bling as well as his gang of Morlocks called the Underground. Deadgirl and Roulette just want to party with Sam and Jono under the bleacher seats. Outsider and Rebel just want to left alone from group of relentless bullies led Shinobi, Ink and Monster Mash. U Go Girl just want the "Newbie Mutants" to go and where she sends them..well you wont believe it! TO BE CONTINUED!!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

THE SECRET HISTORY OF MUTANTS #7

Written by JASON LATOUR

Plot by KINGKASARA

Art by CHIP ZDARSKY

“I ♥ NYC” Part Three – Finale!

Last issue, Maverick, mutant assassin, had cornered Strong Guy and Rebecca Kelly, ready to fulfill his contract, but then it was Petra to the rescue! Maverick recognized his daughter, even if she didn’t recognize him, and fled the scene. This ruined the plans of Cameron Hodge, Senator Kelly’s PR manager. Hodge wanted the Senator’s daughter dead, and mutants blamed for it! Maggot and Morph arrive with Armand Jacobs, NYC’s oldest mutant who reveals the truth. Senator Kelly fires Hodge on the spot for this, and Hodge responds by calling in the Right, his anti-mutant paramilitary. He aims to destroy the Kelly family and the entirety of District X along with them! Sage arrives just in time to lead her students into battle, and the citizens of District X rise up to protect their neighborhood as well!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #14

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by CHRIS SAMNEE

“FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE” Part Two of Three “THE BERLIN WALL.”

Deep inside the heart of Russia, 1961, Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr enter an abandoned asylum in the hunt for the man who hired the mercenaries to seize the X-Mansion. They now have a name – Sebastian Shaw – but they first have to escape a house of horrors before the long trek back to Western Civilization begins! And to make matters worse – Russian soldiers are actively looking for Charles and Erik – making their job all the more difficult when they eventually make it to East Berlin, where a wall has just been constructed around the West section of the Capital.

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

X-FORCE #14

Plotted by LOREC

Written by JEPH LOEB

Art by ED MCGUINNESS

“THE RECKONING” Part Two

Though few know it, Elias Bogan has returned to life. No longer an old man, Bogan has set his sights on reclaiming what appears to be the vacant Lord Imperial title of the Hellfire Club. With Sebastian Shaw firmly under his control, Bogan’s only real opponent is Quentin Templeton, current Black King of the London branch. A powerful man that is resistant to telepathy, the only way to get to him is through his lover, Emma Steed, the Black Queen of the London Branch. To that end, he calls in his own White Queen, Candra.

Cable, Domino, Warpath, Synch, and Ricochet converge on Magnum’s location in Morocco. But how can you fight a man who can control the very ground on which you stand? And with thousands of innocent people in the area, is there any way to take Magnum down without a lot of collateral damage?

In Cuba, Sebastian Shaw, Martinique Jason, Regan Wyngarde, and Selene put into motion the next part of Bogan’s plan. It’s time to find the man known only as The Kingmaker.

32 pages/$2.99

X-FACTOR #14

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by PETER DAVID

Art by MITCH GERADS

“THE UNDERWATER JOB” Part Two of Two

Deep Underwater, the battle for the future of Planet Earth is fought when a high stakes heist of a Nuclear Warhead goes horribly wrong leaving the X-Factor compromised and the mercy of the terrorist organization known as FEAR (We’re not sure what it stands for either, it just sounds cool). The only one who can get them out of their current situation is Quicksilver; however he himself has been lured into a problem of his own, and may fall victim to a trap of his own making.

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #11

Written by JEFFREY DEAVER

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by NEAL ADAMS

"WASTELANDS: TERRA-RIZING!"

The Winter Soldier desperately searches the myriad time-streams, directed by Blindfold, in the hunt for the team that can take down the Quietus! Unaware that the Zodiac have made their move too, Perception Tower has been infiltrated and now they wait for Bucky to unwittingly fetch them their army to take down the world. Meanwhile Bishop continues to take down the Forgeries as he tries to slow down the Waste Lands, unfortunately this hasn't gone unnoticed. The Quietus has killed everyone in his path and now it's Bishop's turn. Can Bishop stop his future former friend or is he destined to water the Waste Lands with his own blood? One look into the elderly Bucky's eyes and he knows that the Quietus won't stop until he has killed the entire world!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

EXCALIBUR #5

Plotted by PSYLOCKE1902

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art by STUART IMMONEN

Plot by Psylocke1902

"TRIPPING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE" Part Two

Presidential candidate Henry Mccoy has had a rough week. His polling is as low as ever and those lunatic Westboro Baptist Church fantastically crashed his fundraising dinner, and now his girlfriend aka Abigail Brand was found dead as a door nail. Hank has locked himself in his lab for days to find a way to bring her back. He has even called in resurrection expert, Candy Southern, for consultation but nothing works. But where hard science fails, magic can come in to save the day and Forge knows just the right spell for Hank's woe, though it would require some material gathering. This is where Psylocke and Meggan come in. Presidential Candidate Henry Mccoy has given them a top secret mission to another world where magic is ruled by the Ministry of Magic. They will have to infiltrate deep into the Ministry's HQ in London in order to obtain an artifact known as the Veil. After some brats infiltrated into the Ministry years ago, the security has been seriously beefed up. Can Psylocke be ninja enough to pass through waves of endless Trolls and Cerberus undetected?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99