AOM 10-2022

AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #47 \*Marvel Studios' Werewolf by Night Tie-In!\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by DENNIS O'NEIL

Art by NEAL ADAMS

Theme Song: Sea Wolf - You're A Wolf

“INFINITIVE GAUNTLET” Part 10 “WEREWOLVES BY DAY”

•A day in the lonesome October finds MAN-THING and BOG BOY relaxing in AGATHA HARKNESS' garden amidst the first leaf fall of autumn when evil befalls them! Claws and teeth and fur and fury swirl as werewolves attack at high noon! The lupine servants of insane wizard ABDUL ALHAZRED want the remaining Star Stones, and they'll rip through marrow, moss, mortar, and magic to get them!

•Regal yet feral LEONHARDT VON KÖNIGSBLUT and his pack rip through DIABLO, SHADOWFORCE ALPHA, and Agatha's other enthralled defenders while the mad mage's maleficium batters down the walls and stones themselves!

•It's all Man-Thing can do to keep the HUNTER IN DARKNESS from mauling Bog Boy while were-mutant FRIEDRICH VON ROEHM carves into Diablo!

•As Alhazred and his other lycanthropes storm the mansion, Agatha summon the full might of her Agents to stand between them and the last Star Stones!

•Marvel Studios' Werewolf by Night starts streaming exclusively on Disney+ on October 7!

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

AGENTS OF FURY #26

Plotter: MARVELL2100

Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Artist: STEFANO CASELLI

“THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE” PART II

Six years ago, a young Senator from Kansas was a rising star in American politics. Joseph Kelly along with his wife Sharon were the darlings of Washington D.C. and the country couldn't get enough of them. They both served in the military, he was a former Marine and she was a pilot in the Air Force. Kelly served three tours in Syria and Sharon flew missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. They believed in a strong and prosperous America and that it's borders must be protected! There was no doubt that he would soon make a run for the White House and become President of the United States! But there was a secret that only three people knew: Sen. Kelly, his wife Sharon and Nick Fury! In order to protect the country, Fury and Sharon made a hard decision, the Senator had to die! Now only two people know the secret and for each of them, that's one person too many! What do they know and why did Sen Kelly have to die for it? Next Issue: With Liberty and Justice For All!

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

AMAZING FANTASY #31

“STORM FRONT REDUX!” featuring Indiana Jones, The Human Fly, and various elements of Star Trek

Written by JACKSON LANZING (Star Trek)

Art by LEONARD KIRK (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Benny Russell is a Science Fiction writer of color. This caused him problems in the fifties, but through it all, he maintained his focus and churned out words. Years later, in 1976, he started having visions. The visions were supposedly caused by a device called the Orb of Time, located dozens of light-years from Earth. Just as Russell was ready to ignore these visions, one of them led him to what appeared to be a futuristic technological device. The evidence cause a landslide of information into his head about a nazi victory of WWII caused by manipulation of the time stream but fixed by other manipulations. Somewhere in NYC was a device that could restore the Axis victory. However, the device is buried in the NY Fed gold depository.

Benny seeks out an old friend who is well versed in archaeology and digging out relics from inaccessible locations. Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. was nicknamed Indiana and had seen enough weird happenings and objects to believe Benny’s visions. However, many of Indiana’s adventures happened when he was a younger man. In order to handle the physical strain of finding their way down into a vault buried stories beneath one of the busiest cities on the planet (Did we mention it was the beginning of July with the bicentennial celebration?) during possibly the biggest holiday in 200 years, Jones calls in a favor to a stuntman he knows, a mysterious gentleman known only as The Human Fly.

So can Benny, Indy, and Fly manage to get through massive parades and celebrations, get past tight security, and dig through busy city streets to get a device which may not even exist?

That, effendi, would be a truly amazing fantasy, wouldn’t it?

64 PGS/Rated T for teen (13+) audiences… $2.99

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA! #39

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by ADI GRANOV

“BLACK KING RISING!”

The death of Killmonger at the hands of The Black Panther has left a vacancy in Inner Circle of The Hell Fire Club! Who will be next to sit in the seat of The Black King? Meanwhile news of Tony Starks' legal problems in America has T'Challa wondering if he should sever ties with his sometimes ally and business partner. Whatever happens cannot affect the Wakanda-Stark Consortium and their future plans. T'Challa is also concerned about recent events in N'Gabo. Someone powerful is backing Markus Zulus' technological advancements and he has no doubt that Moses Magnum, the Red King, is involved. But there is another, someone who wishes to remain hidden, that has T'Challa's attention. Perhaps a trip to N'Gabo will provide some of the answers that he's looking for! Just then, he receives news of a meeting of the Inner Circle. He arrives to find the others already seated, the chair of the Red King still empty. The White Queen Adrienne Frost announces that a successor to Killmonger has been found and the majority are in agreement: Former A.I.M. leader and Scientist Supreme Andrew Forsom is the new Black King and his Knight will be the new Super Adaptoid!

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

CAPTAIN AMERICA #47

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“ALL CAPS” part two “IN THE GOD OF WAR WE TRUST?”

Since that idealistic fool Steve Rogers was frozen in 1945, there have been 248 armed conflicts that have occurred in 153 regions across the world. 201 were initiated by the United States, accounting for 81% of the total number. That’s because the United States is MY country! It’s leaders have worshipped at my alter for decades. And that is why, despite the rise of several pretenders, only I, ARES, am worthy to represent the greatest of all nations as it’s Captain! I shall wield the shield… and the axe!

Alongside Arkady Rossovich, Bucky Barnes, and Damian Hellstrom, now Ares the God of War has laid claim to the mantle of Captain America! But in his zeal, could enticing overtures from the embattled European nation of Symkaria - and more specifically, from Symkarian mercenary Silver Sable - see Ares pulled into a quagmire? Will the Mandarin, eager to divert the world’s attention from his efforts to annex Madripoor, exploit this opportunity?

Meanwhile, Rossovich has decided to fight smarter rather than harder. Instead of using his carbonadium tendrils to suck the life out of the other contenders to the title of Captain America, he’ll use an even more powerful life-sucking tool: lawyers! And his establishment connections hook him up with the best (and, therefore, the evilest) law firm in the multiverse: Landau, Luckman & Lake!

Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd “Don’t Believe the Lies: Despite Multiple Events, Supervillain-related Activity is at an All-Time Low Thanks to Arkady Rossovich.”

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK INTELLIGENCE #17

Writer: ED BRUBAKER

Artist: STEVE EPTING

Plotter: MARVEL2100

“TRUST NO ONE!”

ARROW agents Jason Strongbow and Monica Chang are on the trail of John Apostle and his team of killers, The Red Death! However, their superiors back in New York, want them to drop the investigation and help Federal Prosecutor Kate Elsworth in her case against billionaire Tony Stark! Agent Nuke and his team will take the lead in the John Apostle case! Jason tells Monica that something isn't right! No one knows Apostle better than he does so why are they being pulled off the case! Monica tells him that ARROW hasn't been the same since Clay Quarterman and Victoria Hand took over. There is something wrong in ARROW and they need to find out exactly what it is! Elsewhere, after their latest massacre, The Red Death leave America and head to London to plan their next target. But their is another reason that John Apostle wants to go to Europe. He seeks to forge an alliance with another powerful, shadowy group: The Inner Circle of The Hellfire Club!

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

DEVIANT #10

Plot by NX01A

Written by AL EWING

Art by JOSÉ LADRÖNN

Theme Song: Dick Dynamite and the Doppelgangers - Enslavin' Me

"REMOVING OUTLIERS"

•KRONOS has dispersed UBBO-SATHLA the Unbegotten Source throughout Earth's DEVIANT population, empowering millions with cosmic power!

•THENA and SERSI prepare for the wrath of WARLORD KRO, KARKAS, and LUCIAN the BLACKWULF but it never comes. The Deviant trio don't move. They can't move. Through the cosmic infusion, Kronos controls the entire Deviant race, and he plans to end their threat to the ETERNALS and humanity once and for all!

•The Eternals have corrected excess deviation for a million years. Will they stand in the way of Kronos' Deviant degaussing?

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

F² #14

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by JAMIE MCKELVIE

“PASTER, GORILLA, COLONIZER, SPY!”

It’s war between the dimensions. Or more accurately, war between realities with different numbers of dimensions. Paste Pot Pete and Josephine are using an experimental device to propel themselves into multi-d space to work reconnaissance. The two find Tana Nile as she herself is attempting to breach nine-dimensional space. While the Colonizer race is from our 3D universe, they have managed to navigate through up to 6D space. Is Josephine’s animal telepathy managing to hide them and is it able to delve into Tana Nile’s alien mind? The answer is obvious to anyone fluent with gorilla telepathy in 9D space.

She-Hulk and Doc Samson are visiting some acquaintances of Reed and Hank’s who have studied extra-dimensional physics with one having a doctorate in neuroscience. Can the Cal Tech Nobel Prize winner and her co-winner husband (who wants a tour of the abandoned Fantastic Four HQ Californication in return) help our heroes? All we can say is … Bazinga!

We also check in with Johnny and Wyatt who are observing microdeviations in the time patterns of the planet along with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding GPS time. All this is going well, until they realize they have no clue what to do if it gets worse.

The Dimension War continues.

32 PGs/ Rated T...$3.99

HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #13

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by JEROME OPENA

Plot by FFJAMIE94

"FATE OF THE FUTURE: COUNTDOWN IN 1..."

The clock has been ticking, and we're almost here. Hawkeye has found Spider-Woman, but so has the symbiote. You thought there would be a calm before the storm? Well, the insanity is already here.

Venom has to save Hawkeye as he hears the words "God is coming!"

They defeat the symbiote, but not all is over as Ultron appears in the aftermath, to take the Symbiote for himself.

Venom gets a call from SHIELD, and they are putting together a team...

It all begins here, and we kick off year two of this series with a bang!

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

HULK IN COLLEGE #2

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art by MATTEO SCALERA

“THE INSEMINABLE HULK”

Professor Hulk has finally got his own life in order. He’s even making a positive impact on the next generation! The frat bros of Gamma Gamma Kappa now love the science after Hulk showed them how physics is essential to building huge biceps. Moreover, Hulk had a breakthrough with the troubled prodigy Uatu Jackson, who is now Hulk’s favorite student! Jackson is diligent, motivated, and inspired… everything that his least favorite student, Lyra, is not. Lyra is entitled. She’s insolent. She’s arrogant. She’s… his daughter?! Worse… she’s a Hulk!! Worse… she’s a gender studies major!!!

Whoa whoa whoa, something isn’t adding up here. Young Bruce wasn’t exactly a smash with the ladies, so how could he possibly have a twenty-year-old daughter? Oh, she’s from the future…

Apparently, in one possible future timeline, a global sterilization event precipitates the rise of the United Sisterhood - an all-female government reliant upon genetic engineering. Their ultimate creation, bred for war, is Thundra! And at some point, Thundra discovers the incredible Hulk’s inseminable sperm preserved in an old A.I.M. cryo-lab (how’d they get it, anyway? Looking at you, M.O.D.O.K.…). Hence, the daughter of Thundra and Hulk: Lyra!

But why travel back in time just to enroll at Empire State College and take her father’s course? What’s her real endgame? Is Lyra here to stop the sterilization event… or cause it? And will Chancellor Gorman find it a conflict of interest for Professor Hulk to teach his own daughter?

Plus, there’s a secret genius who works as school janitor! Is he also from the future?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #39

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

“THE TRIAL OF TONY STARK: PART II!”

The trial of the United States vs Anthony Stark continues it's second week as Federal Prosecutor Kate Elsworth lays out her case against Stark Enterprises for defrauding the gov't! Stark failed in his obligation to provide military weapons and technology per his contract with the Pentagon! But the defense counsel led by Atty. Denny Crane argues that Stark Enterprises fulfilled it's contract by developing and providing technology that protected U.S. soldiers from harm! As the courtroom drama continues, a different kind of trial is going on! Hammer Industries has signed a military contract with the Pentagon and are testing their new tech by attacking a defenseless Stark Industries with with their latest team, The Iron-Busters! (What? If we can have a Hulk-Buster, why can't we have an Iron-Buster?) But there maybe one thing that the Hammer Girls didn't count on: A pissed-off James Rhodes in his War Machine armor!

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

THE MIGHTY THOR #47

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“FILLING THE VOID”

Eddaic Neopaganism, a.k.a. the ”Church of Thor,” was a religion on the rise…. until the press branded its adherents extremists. This was because an Eddaic Neopagan, viewing the United States’ war against Asgard as heretical (see the now classic AOM event CIVIL WAR), tried to assassinate General Thunderbolt Ross (way back in THE MIGHTY THOR #16). That radical, a former Norse nurse turned political activist named Thorlief Golmen, failed… but was never apprehended.

Now, in the wake of Thor’s death, Golmen’s faith is shaken. He knows someone must step up to fill his fallen god’s role as Midgard’s sworn protector… and none but Golmen himself is worthy. And, lo, Thorlief breaks into the European Defense Initiative and steals technological tools intended to replicate Thor’s power: Megingjörð, the belt of strength; Járngreipr, the iron gauntlets; and a would-be Mjölnir, the mighty hammer. But will Golmen use this equipment wisely? Would any zealot?

“Hann spennir sik megingjörðum, ok óx honum ásmegin!”

Sif, now widowed Queen of Asgard and All-Mother, struggles to refortify her Realm after the disastrous events of Fear Itself while also lending support to others… such as the hard-hit Midgard. But when she encounters an imposter posing as her late husband on Earth, and killing in his name, she cannot let that stand…

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

NO MORE THUNDERBOLTS #2

Written by ALEX DE CAMPI

Plot by H-E-D

Art by CARMEN CARNERO & GABRIEL HARDMAN

The fugitives once known as the Thunderbolts face their replacements, the Redeemers!

SONGBIRD vs WARBIRD

The heart of the Thunderbolts against it’s lack-of-a-conscience. Both Melissa and Karla would be lying if they said they hadn’t been looking forward to this.

TROLL vs ATLAS

The biggest combatant against the smallest! But don’t worry, because Troll’s Magzi and Asgardian heritages give her strength beyond her size!

ARCHANGEL vs MACH-X

Winged death against a human fighter jet!

RADIOACTIVE MAN vs SCARLET SPIDER

A human nuclear reactor against a brain-damaged war criminal with a deadly alien symbiote!

DALLAS RIORDAN vs TECHNO

A secret agent against an amoral technological prodigy!

Meanwhile

Norah Winters puts herself in Zemo’s crosshairs as she investigates the circumstances of his appointment as Secretary of Defense. But she might be on the verge of discovering an even grander conspiracy!

And if Cameron Hodge is really Warren’s best friend… why is he meeting with Secretary Zemo?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21

Written by J.M.DEMATTEIS

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by SARA PICHELLI

“LO! THERE SHALL COME A CHOICE!”

Capt. George Stacy lays down the law to Pete. Literally. “Peter, while you are doing far more good than harm, you can’t go off on your own while there is a system society has in place to enforce laws and protect the people. Agent DeWolff is back to work soon and we will let you know if we need you. Please keep your costumed identity hidden while the Fisk investigation is on. Then we’ll talk again. Good afternoon, son.” And that was that.

Peter went to school, had a normal day, aced an AP Chemistry quiz, and came home. He gave his Aunt May a kiss and a hug. Before he could walk off with a glass of milk and a plate of freshly baked cookies, May tells him he has a pile of unopened mail. So he sits down, takes a drink of milk and he opens his mail. Inside are acceptances to five schools:

State University

Empire State University

Sotomayor University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology

Settling back, Pete wonders if his normal life may not be that bad after all.

Aunt May calls him into the parlor (living room for you millennials) and points out her friend on TV. And there’s Adrian Toomes (also known as the Vulture) selling Fisk spices new varieties, what Fisk calls his “Seasoned Six”. And the Spidey-Sense goes off big time.

32 Pgs./ Rated T...$2.99

SCION #2

(CROSSGENESIS #8)

Written by TINI HOWARD

Plot by H-E-D

Art by MARCUS TO

The Raven Court seethes at the arrival of representatives of the Starlight Citadel to the Heron Court!

CAPTAIN BRITAIN and DARK ANGEL soon discover Saturnyne left out a key facet of the peace treaty she’d negotiated.

To assure the security of the arrangement, there was a hostage exchange: the Heron and Raven Courts swapped princes!

This means the HERON PRINCE, is actually a Raven by blood.

Now that he is a SIGIL-BEARER, the Raven Court wants him back!

But the Heron Prince is loyal to the family that raised him, not the one that bore him.

Betsy and Shevaun debate ways to ameliorate the situation, but they’re wasting their time.

It’s all hands on deck as the Raven Court attacks!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SPELLBOUND #11

Written by VITA AYALA

Plot by H-E-D

Art by PEACH MOMOKO

“Science / Visions” – Part Two

CLEAREST BLUE

The BIO-GEM has transported Jennifer Kale and Topaz to the distant world of Crystalium!

SPELLBINDER and Topaz don’t know what the Bio-Gem is after – but Topaz can empathically tell that it’s an evil presence.

She isn’t the only one – Ika, the CRYTALLINE CONJUROR, detected a force of Chaos arriving!

Unfortunately for everyone, she thinks Jennifer and Topaz are that force!

Ika wields the ancient PRISMA-CRYSTAL as her focus. Jennifer can’t help but sense something familiar about it. What connection does it, and all of Crystalium, have to the Way of Zhered-Na?

And can these three magical heroes resolve their differences before the Bio-Gem succeeds in its mysterious mission?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #47

Plot by NX01A

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by STUART IMMONEN

Zombie Sketch Variant Cover by ANDY PRICE

Theme Song: Dead Phoenix - Soaked In Black

"SACRED ASHES" Part 1/3 "NOR SHALL THIS PEACE SLEEP WITH HER"

•The X-Men have been denied the prize of a new cosmic core for Asteroid X (See DEVIANTS VS X-MEN), and powerless mutant heaven is sure to plunge into Earth's atmosphere as necrotic flame engulfs it!

•She was once PHENIX: a demon-mutant hybrid with pyro-empathy and a death touch. Now her consciousness inhabits the dead body of JEAN GREY, a body which has a strange connection to something beyond life, beyond death, but not beyond hunger.

•Jean's consciousness inhabits Phenix's very alive body but can she stop the VAMPHOENIX from draining the life incarnate from everyone aboard Asteroid X?!

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

AOM HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #4

A haunting holiday anthology with creative teams writing and drawing from the afterlife!

“OH, THE PEOPLE YOU’LL SNIPE”

Plot by EXCITER

Written by DR. SEUSS

Art by FRANK FRAZETTA

How silly it was was for Exciter to end

a monster event with Halloween ‘round the bend!

But it’s not too late! The idea is still fun, man!

He’ll solicit a story about the Lone Wolf Gunman!

He shoots left and shoots right and shoots low and shoots high!

Oh, the things Wolf can shoot when Wolf aims to try!

He shot Alpha Prime! He shot him and shot her!

He’s the shootingest shooter in all Varúlfur!

But now he’s bedeviled by Balder the Brave.

Guy wants Wolf at home and forced to behave!

“Nu-uh!” cried the Gunman, he didn’t like that!

He’d take aim at the head and make it go splatt!

But is his aim true? Will his snipe succeed?

Oh, this werewolf’s shot is all but guaranteed!

And since this is written by a ghost Dr. Seuss,

why not have the shooter also shoot Zeus?

“110 MILES FROM CLEGHORN”

Halloween 2022 Marvel Story

Written by Len Wein

Plot by CaptCleghorn

Art by Ross Andru

Rutland, VT has a Halloween parade every year. This year is somewhat important as it’s the 50th anniversary of an unofficial crossover between Marvel and DC Comics where the writers of certain series wrote themselves into their stories that month and were given a degree of fame for that. The surviving creators have been made honorary marshals of this year’s event. Travelling up from his home in Massachusetts is a fan-fic writer with a costume he hasn’t really worn in decades. Not only has the costume not stood up with progress, but it’s actually gone downhill with age. At least he won’t get stuck giving out candy this year.

Peter Parker has been given an assignment by J. Jonah Jameson, head honcho of the Daily Bugle website. In Jonah’s exact words, “Parker, get your @$$ to Rutland and get me some video of those freaks dressing up like that terrorist Spider-Man and their blasted parade!” So, Pete, MJ, Gwen, and Flash jump into the $#!+box rental Jameson sprung for and make the drive to Vermont. Pete uses an old Spidey suit to cosplay. MJ and Gwen go as Black Widow and Captain Marvel while Flash pulls off an amazing Daniel Craig Bond look.

Naturally, this is the night criminals dressed in costume decide to pillage businesses while everyone is in a noticeably different state. Can our hero stop the crimes, protect his identity, impress Gwen and MJ, and deal with the weirdo from Cleghorn? And will Flash finally get his dream threeway with Gwen and MJ? Yeah, the book must be bought for you to find out, pilgrim. Happy Halloween!

“PIQUING DUCK!” \*Fear Itself Aftermath!\*

By STEVE GERBER & STEVE DITKO

Plot by NX01A

He is the terror that flaps in the night! He is the scourge that pecks at your necks! He is DARKHOLD DUCK! One of the few bloodsuckers from Dhampiraj still on Earth after the Horror God invasion was repulsed (See FEAR ITSELF), Darkhold Duck is afraid to return and face the wrath of All-Sire Vanthirius for his failure to haemoconvert Earth's waterfowl into a winged vampiric army. Maybe he can make a place for himself on Earth, find a nice redhead thrall, and enjoy the good life. The redhead that finds him, however, is ELSA BLOODSTONE, and she's sourcing ingredients for her famous Thanksgiving turducken!

“GHOSTS OF THE REVOLUTION”

Plot by EXCITER

Written by STAN LEE

Art by JACK KIRBY

Daimon Hellstrom, the star-spangled son of Satan, has recently taken up Captain America’s mighty shield - but fear not, true believers, for he still performs exorcisms! And that’s good news for a young trick-or-treater possessed by the malevolent soul of one of America’s oldest enemies…

General John Burgoyne was a redcoat fond of using the nom de guerre “Gentleman Johnny” - though his actions were anything but gentlemanly! He captured Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War before being put down by patriots at Saratoga and was buried in Sleepy Hollow. He obviously went to Hell… but now he’s back! This time he wants to take New York down for good - and he doesn’t care how many innocents have to die to make it happen! Excelsior!

138 PGs./Rated T+ …$6.66