AOM 02-2023

WORLD WAR ZEMO #2

Written by ALEX DE CAMPI

Plot by H-E-D

Art by CARMEN CARNERO & GABRIEL HARDMAN

WELCOME TO THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTION!

Captain America leads the charge to rescue his homeland from itself!

He needs to rescue the President of the United States if he’s going to have a chance of breaking Doctor Faustus’ mind control. But there’s a major obstacle in the way.

Can the Vibranium-Steel Shield hold up against the Adamantine Axe of Ares?

Steve Rogers takes on the God of War on the steps of the White House!

Even if he succeeds, the Revolution needs more than just a president – it needs boots on the ground. And Steve’s allies have a lead on a good source. They join up with Karma’s “Silver” X-Men to liberate one of Sct. Cameron Hodge’s mutant detention camps — which happens to be where the former Thunderbolt ARCHANGEL is being kept!

If that sounds too good to be true, well, it is. WARBIRD and SCARLET SPIDER were on-hand to transfer Archangel to the personal custody of Sct. Hodge. Time for the former Thunderbolts to clash!

Where is Zemo while this is happening?

Well, as a veteran soldier himself, he felt some nostalgia for the frontlines.

Zemo trusts U-Man to handle Atlantis, while Amora and D.O.A. are handling the Asgard-Vanaheim side of the conflict. The situation in Madripoor is too volatile at the moment, with concerns the Mandarin might intervene on behalf of China.

Where does that leave Zemo, then?

That’s right, Zemo has touched down on Sharzhadi territory — where Dagan Shah, the SULTAN MAGUS, grants refuge to the turncoat Agent Dallas Riordan!

Empowered by the extraterrestrial technology he unearthed beneath the desert, Dagan Shah is practically a demigod.

Against the Sultan Magus in a fair fight, Zemo doesn’t have a chance.

But like any fascist… Zemo doesn’t fight fair.

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #51 \*New Creative Team! Shocking New Direction!\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by TODD McFARLANE

Art by MARC SILVESTRI

Theme Song: Onslaught - A Perfect Day To Die

'HEROES REBURN' Part 1 'YEAR OF HELLS'

•It didn't work.

•The eschatonic scission failed to banish SOH'CAH'TOA, the Great Old One summoned the rest of the Outer Gods to Earth, and the other Dimensional Lords have sealed off the mortal plane to contain the madness!

•ELSA BLOODSTONE's corpse serves as the vessel for the abominable ARCEXCOSEC while her dead lover DOCTOR VOODOO is animated by HACOVERCOS! Neverending waves of chaos and gibbering mania overtake humanity, and not every Agent is going to make it out of the former basement of AGATHA HARKNESS alive!

•Welcome to the murder of the Old World and the stillbirth of the New.

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

AGENTS OF FURY #30

Plotter: MARVELL2100

Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Artist: STEFANO CASELLI

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: PART VI

They've been trying to kill each other for months and now they've agreed to meet face-to-face! Fury and Sen. Sharon Kelly have waged war against each other over a secret that Kelly's husband was murdered for! And it was Fury who pulled the trigger! The two are meeting to put an end to their hostilities over the one thing that they have in common, the secret. So after hours of talking through their differences, they have agreed to a truce and call off their private war!

Fury watches at the Senator gets in her car and drives away. As he gets into his own vehicle, he hears footsteps behind him. He turns to see a face he thought he'd never see again before he slumps onto the hood of his car with four slugs in his body! As the figure walks to the corpse and removes items from the body, he makes a phone call and tells the person on the other end that stage one is complete, another obstacle has been eliminated. Half a world away, on the other end of the line, a figure hangs up and looks at a digital chessboard and removes a piece. T'Challa thinks to himself, contemplating what needs to be done next! The die is cast and the time has come for him to end the lie! Continued in Black Panther #43!

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

AMAZING FANTASY #35: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

Written by MALCOLM JONES & RONALD D. MOORE

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADORE LAROCCA

THE MESSIAH

Gaius Balter and Number Six have rescued the child Hera and are raising her as their own on the new Cylon home world of the original Caprica! But they are learning that being parents is not easy, especially when some Cylons see the hybrid Human/Cylon offspring as their savior! Centurians have begun to worship Hera and have built temples and statues across the planet in her name! They see her as their messiah, someone who will lead them to the next stage of machine evolution! D'Anna, Brother John and others are against the Centurians, believing they have turned away from their god, worshipping a false idol But, there are others who also see the child as the messiah!

The humanoid Cylons, Number Two and Number Four are also believers! The have joined with the Centurians in their worship and are calling themselves The Apostles of Hera! There is a new religion brewing on Caprica and the Apostles want to be the harbingers of a new age of enlightenment! A rift grows among the Cylons and for the first time ever, there is talk of dissension. Can D'Anna, Brother John and the Inner Circle work thru their differences with The Apostles of Hera or will dissension turn into something far worse...civil war?

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

ATLANTIS ATTACKED #2

Written by TORUNN GRØNBEKK

Plot by H-E-D

Art by R. B. SILVA

Atlantis is in chaos as Vyrra, aka Doctor Dorcus, unleashes one of his many traps!

He transforms Namorita into the violent KYMAERA, activating the same genes with which he created the deadly Redeemer Mako!

Namor will do whatever is necessary for Atlantis — will his family pay the price?

As Namor and Aquaria face a monster inside the city, defense of Atlantis’ boarders is left to ATTUMA and KRANG!

Will these two, frequent enemies of not just Namor but each other, be able to repel a new assault by TIGER SHARK and MAKO?

The oceans are already thick with blood spilled, and the sharks are circling.

But Namor is no fool — he has the alien Tamara Rahn and the fearsome Andromeda infiltrating U-MAN’s command vessel!

Can they cut off the head of the snake?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA! #43

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by ADI GRANOV

HEIR TO THE THRONE! PART II

Niganda: T'Challa is visiting with his son T'Zari when he receives a mysterious phone call (See: Agents of Fury #30!). After the call ends, he asks Queen Zanda, T'Zari's mother to come with him that they may speak in private. Zanda looks at T'Challa and sees the sadness in his eyes. She asks him what's wrong and if there is anything that she can do. T'Challa looks at her and says yes, there is something that she can do. She can tell him who helped her.

Stunned, Zanda says that she's not sure what he's talking about. He asks her again, who helped her with this lie. With panic beginning to show in her voice and tears in her eyes Zanda denies knowing anything about a lie. T'Challa looks at her and then he looks into the room where T'Zari is playing and tells her "That is the lie, T'Zari is not my son.". T'Challa tells her that he does not blame her for the deceit but he knows the truth and he wants answers!

T'Zari is one of the most advanced synthetic lifeforms that he has ever seen, one that would make you believe that he is flesh and blood. He fooled all biological sensors and DNA tests. But there was one person that T'Zari could not fool...Bast! When all who wore the mantle of Black Panther would have children, Bast would appear at some point with her blessings. T'Challa waited for weeks but Bast never appeared. He played along to find the answers he was looking for and hoped that Zanda would tell him the truth. There are millions of lives at stake and the time for lies is over!

32 PGS./Rated T+...3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #51 \*World War Zemo tie-in\*

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“GIVE ME LIBERTY….”

Steve Rogers is back! And he’s storming the White House to free POTUS from Zemo’s mind-control! But to do that he’ll need to defeat the man - neigh, the god - who has bastardized his name. “Captain America, God of War”: Ares!

But Ares isn’t the only one to have wielded a shield in his absence. Damon Hellstrom (Son of the Great Satan) and Big Bertha (American as extra-helpings of Apple pie) both assumed the mantle of Captain America for different reasons - and he respects them both. He asks if they’ll join him in his mission. Will they?

There’s one man Steve doesn’t have to ask. His best friend, Bucky Barnes, is already fighting Zemo. Bucky’s remade his World War II unit - the All-Winners Squad - into freedom fighters: Black Widow; Mockingbird; the reformed Bonebreaker; plus Ulysses S. Archer and his big rig the U.S. 1. He’s also already made contact with the “Silver” X-Men, the Raksha of Madripoor, Israel’s Sabra, and Valarie Cooper’s loyalists from the now defunct Office of National Emergency. He’s ready for war! Steve sees in Barnes a man that deserves to be called Captain America… but Bucky feels otherwise! Will Bucky keep the name, or refuse it now that Steve is back?

And despite all this, will Steve need to assemble more help?

Plus: A Frontlines Guest Op-Ed by Doctor Arnim Zola, Secretary of Health and Human Services: “Any Report that our New Vaccine Causes Doughboy Monster Transformations is Dangerous Misinformation.”

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN UNIVERSE: BEYOND #1

Plotted by CaptainUniverse

Written by Keith Giffen

Art by Patrick Gleason

'ELECTRIC BLUE' Part 1: "Whatever Happened to The Hero Who Could Be You?"

The Enigma Force. It is a mysterious and mystical cosmic energy source from the far future that, in times of crisis, turns chosen individuals deemed worthy to wield its power into the cosmic superhero known as CAPTAIN UNIVERSE! Alas, no one has seen the cosmic superhero or its last known host, Steve Coffin, in ages...until now. But where exactly has he been all this time and why has he now aligned himself with the mysterious Beyond Corporation? That is what investigative journalist and Steve's childhood friend Clare Dodgson intends to find out!

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

CRUX #2

(CROSSGENESIS #11)

Written by Vita Ayala

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Haemi Jang

WE SINK

Imagine, if you will, slumber. Pure, dreamless, uninterrupted. Imagine waking from that slumber to a world changed.

Before the cataclysm, the Crux were the acolytes of Zhered-Na, keepers of Atlantis’ traditions!

Now, their home has sunk beneath the waves, transformed beyond recognition.

Last issue, Jennifer Kale and Namor did their best to calm down the awakened ancients, though more than a few blows were exchanged.

Will the Crux find a new home in this new Atlantis?

And what ancient enemy has followed them from the past?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK INTELLIGENCE #20

Writer: ED BRUBAKER

Artist: STEVE EPTING

Plotter: MARVEL2100

“TRUST NO ONE!” PART II

The events here take prior to Black Panther #42!

With the help of The White Queen Adrienne Frost, Jason Strongbow and Monica Chang have managed to safely make it out of Europe and onto the continent of Africa and specifically the country of Wakanda! There they hope to enlist the aid and protection of an old acquaintance, the Black Panther! Jason and Monica have uncovered a dark secret at the highest levels of gov't from around the world! A secret that many are willing to kill to keep and will likely kill more!

T'Challa agrees to meet with them in the Necropolis a place hidden deep beneath the Golden City. He listens as Monica tells him what they have uncovered and who is involved. They didn't know who to trust and believe that the Black Panther is the only person that they could turn to for help. T'Challa turns for a moment to contemplate their story when suddenly Jason pulls out his hidden gun and aims it at T'Challa's heart!

"So, you would be an assassin Jason", T'Challa calmly says. "But before you pull the trigger, there is someone I think you should meet." A hidden panel slides open to reveal....another Jason Strongbow who kills the Jason standing next to Monica! T'Challa helps her to her feet and tells her that he will explain everything. But she needs to know that this is the real Strongbow. He brings her over to the body of the corpse and shows her how to tell it apart from a real human.

The Panther tells them both that this is widespread and they are only a handful of people who know the truth! He provides them with special gear and weapons designed specifically to detect and kill the enemy. Monica asks, what enemy, what's going on? T'Challa tells her that there is a Quiet War, a war that no one knows about that is being waged in the shadows. The enemy is cunning and smart. And the weapons they uses are easy to hide. They can blend in and become anyone, anywhere!

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

THE ENIGMA CORPS #3 \*World War Zemo Tie-In.\*

Plotted by CaptainUniverse

Written by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross

Art by Iban Coello

'FUTURE'S END' Part 3: "Ride or Die"

As WORLD WAR ZEMO rages in the present and Cosmic Ghost Rider attempts a daring escape from the holding cells at A.R.M.O.R. Headquarters, the war for the future erupts across all timelines as Mephisto and The Magus make significant gains in their bid for more territory across the Multiverse. With an army of time-lost heroes and villains at his side, Immortus takes the fight directly to the true villains in an alternate time-twisted 2099 that was forever shaped by the will of THE REDEEMERS! But when all is said and done, will there even be that much left? The battle for the future begins here! Don't miss it!

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

EˣCELSIOR #2

Plot by NX01A

Written by BRANDON THOMAS

Art by JESÚS SAÍZ

Theme Song: This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren

'IN THE RED' Part 2 'MARKET PENETRATION'

•The roof deck of Madripoor's exclusive Sovereign Hotel has become a war zone as Outer Sphere Crimson King SUNFIRE and Crimson Queen SIRYN face a techno-organic army composed of hotel staff and guests! Strangely, there are no Hexus Corp. representatives around despite it being their soirée. Luckily, when you have shady executives from shadier businesses like Roxxon, Da Costa International, Alchemax, Brand Corporation, Frost International, and Stark Industries, they bring their own special brand of protection.

•Mandroids! Life Model Decoys! Iron Man drones! Spider Slayers! Attack Flora! Henchmen wielding Kree Universal Beam pistols! Can Siryn channel the Celtic goddess Spéirbhean's healing power through her sonic scream and purge the techno-infection from its victims? She'll take her time, though. A few less hedge fund managers, chief financial officers, private equity brokers, and their ilk can only make the world a better place... and that's what the Outer Sphere is all about.

•Crimson Knight PENANCE phases along with twin and fellow Crimson Knight M into Amaterasu Earth Station X in Fukushima, Japan, the source of Hexus Corp.'s data trail. The congealed mass of technokinetic mutant-machine madness that confronts them is HEXUS, it isn't of this world, and it very much wants all on Earth to part of its business expansion!

Outer Sphere Profile

SIRYN

Name: Theresa Maeve Rourke Cassidy

Affiliation: Outer Sphere (Crimson Queen)

Powers: •Sonic Scream

•Flight

•Spéirbhean Magic (Clairaudience, Healing Voice)

Intelligence: •••

Strength: •••

Speed: ••••

Durability: •••

Energy Projection: •••••

Fighting Skills: •••

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

F² #18

Written by Kieron Gillen

Plot by CaptCleghorn

Art by Jamie McKelvie

“Getting to the Point!”

Our cast is trapped in a zero dimensional point. No width, no depth, no length, and time may no longer exist. Along with combatants from four, five, and six dimensional realms, they are desperately trying to escape. Johnny Storm comes up with the idea of “Hey, remember the big bang? All of the universe exploding from a single point? Why can’t we do that?” And although recreating the universe from another big bang is a trope, the team tries it and fails by page four.

How will how heroes and villains escape? Or do the other dimensions still exist even though everyone is trapped? Oh, and have we mentioned that the characters fighting the Dimension War aren’t alone and others are trapped with them? We haven’t? Consider it mentioned then.

And if there’s an escape, can the hostilities be resolved, or will we be caught in an infinite time loop. Or, more likely, just continue fighting. Although Reed and Hank are kinda thinking a time loop would be interesting.

The Dimension War FINALLY concludes.

32 PGs/ Rated T...$2.99

HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #17

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by JEROME OPENA

Plot by FFJAMIE94

In the aftermath of the failed Symbiote Invasion, Spider-Woman must deal with the consequences of the Death of Hawkeye. But with no body, can there really be a funeral.

The search for his body begins as SHIELD begins a man hunt.

Meanwhile, Jessica learns that she is pregnant... with Hawkeye's baby...

The shocks begin here in "Hawkeye: Dead or Alive?"

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #43

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

THE TRIAL OF TONY STARK: PART VI

Howard Stark's stunning testimony last week against his own son has rocked the courtroom and shocked the entire world! Now the fate of Tony and his company lies in the hands of a jury. Tony's top attorney, Denny Crane calls Tony and tells him that a verdict has been reached! They return to the courtroom to hear the jury's decision: Anthony Stark and Stark Industries has been found guilty of defrauding the U.S. gov't! The room erupts in gasps as the judge calls for order!

Since this is a civil case and not a criminal one, there is no jail time involved, only a decision on the amount of damages that Tony must pay. And with that, the judge has ordered Tony to pay the gov't...$1.00! One single dollar. The lead prosecutor, SDNY's Kate Elsworth objects to the amount that Tony has been ordered to pay! The judge tells Elsworth that he is not finished. The U.S. gov't has been ordered to pay Stark and Stark Industries $1.75 billion dollars for services rendered.

Tony returns home jubilant where Maria is waiting for him. Now that the trial is over she asks him what will be his next move. But before he can answer, he gats a call on his private secured line. A voice tells him to turn on his TV and watch the other news of the day: Nick Fury has been found dead! The voice on the other side of the phone is T'Challa, The Black Panther. He tells Tony that he and their other ally have made their moves. The Quiet War has begun and the time has come to confront the enemies hiding in their midst!

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

THE MAESTRO IN WORLD WAR ZEMO #2

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ROBERT VENDITTI

Art by ED McGUINNESS

“OLD DOGS”

From an imperfect future comes the Maestro, a Bruce Banner turned merciless and aggressive by time and loss. He’s convinced Baron Zemo that he should be “the Hulk” of the Redeemers, though in actuality the Maestro sees Zemo as only a means to an end. The only true supremacy is green supremacy.

Of course, this has brought him into conflict with another elder statesman turned Hulk: Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, the Red Hulk. Maestro remembers wanting to kill Ross for years as a younger man, but being too constrained by childish “morality” and “love” to do so. He is no longer so constrained… and he accepts Zemo’s request to personally put the old dog down!

Unfortunately, Ross has friends. He and a crew of punks had been masquerading as heroes before Zemo made it cool. “Captain America” Omega Red, “Black Widow” Deadly Nightshade, “Winter Soldier” Steel Serpent, and “Spider-Man” Tarantula all have Red Hulk’s back. This will make Maestro’s fight all the harder…

And what’s the current year Bruce Banner (Professor Hulk of Empire State University) going to do when he learns of Zemo’s “Hulk”?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE MIGHTY THOR #51 \*World War Zemo tie-in\*

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“BRING ME ZEMO!!!”

After making a bargain with Hela, a vengeful Thor has returned to Midgard to save his children from Baron Zemo! And woe be unto those who stand in his way… the first of whom being the Redeemer “Brawn” - a beefy brick with an attitude named Daniel Axum! Beware, Axum, for this time, Thor’s going for the head!

The god of thunder, however, is not alone in attempting to rescue the Thorson boys: their mother, Queen Sif, is personally questing to save them! But when she encounters Thor, she learns an unpleasant truth: their vows were “to death do we part,” and Thor died…Her marriage is over, and the vile Hela made sure of that by demanding Thor impregnate her with a worthy heir in exchange for returning him to Midgard! Can the bonds of the Asgardian royal family survive this dramatic turn of events?

Meanwhile, Zemo and his “Emerald Witch” Amora continue their indoctrination of the young Magni and Modi. They’ve been teaching the Asgardian kids how to fight and slay their enemies without mercy… and now they’ve arranged a test!

“Mockingbird” Bobbi Morse was captured by the Redeemers. She now finds herself, a mere peak-human, locked in an arena with the three-year-old gods of strength and wrath - both of whom have been instructed by Zemo and Amora to kill her! Can she save both herself and Magni and Modi’s souls before they cross a line from which they cannot return?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

MISTRESS OF KUNG FU season 2: “Brothers and Sisters” #8 \*World War Zemo tie-in\*

Plotter: CaptCleghorn

Writer and layouts: Cynthia Von Buhler

Artist: Nicola Scott

Andreas and Andrea Strucker, known as the Fenris Twins see how their father toils to aid Zemo. From their birth, their father Wolfgang Von Strucker had talked of the superiority of the Strucker line. The baron serving as a lackey is unacceptable. Zemo has some basic thoughts correct, but he accepts too many into his supposed elite class. The Fenris Twins with their Aryan makeup and their super powers are far superior to any mere blond and blue-eyed nazi. Zemo finds one of his facilities attacked and destroyed with the word SCHWINDLER burnt into the earth in 10 meter tall letters.

Sir Denis Nayland Smith of MI-6 and Phil Coulson of ARROW are puzzled at this development and are unsure of if this is the work of friend, enemy, or enemy of our enemy. Coulson is feeling pressure from factions of the US Government to select the right path. Smith takes a meeting with the Beaubier twins from Canada where they give him a startling breakdown of the potential Canadian responses.

Shang Chi is following his father’s wishes and hunting the Strucker twins. Shen Qi stays close to her “brother” (still unresolved) as Fu Manchu’s wishes have occasionally been in the world’s best interest as was seen in the second world war.

32 PGs/ Rated T...$2.99

SPELLBOUND #14

Written by Vita Ayala

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Peach Momoko

“God-Jewel” – Part Two

BY THE THROAT

The planes of reality itself shudder at the awakening of XORR!

Jennifer Kale, the SPELLBINDER, has finally uncovered her mother’s lost treatise on Xorr, but it’s too late. Xorr lives.

Glimpses of the gleaming god are glimpsed seemingly at random across the universe, for Xorr moves through six-dimensional space, beyond mortal comprehension.

With every Bio-Gem that Xorr reincorporates, its godhead becomes more absolute.

Jennifer knows she has to do something. At her side are TOPAZ, empathic enchanter, Ika the CRYSTALLINE CONJUROR, and Kimberly Vesco, the NECROMANCER.

Each are masters of their own field… but to fight this enemy, they’ll need something more. Something… infernal.

An old frenemy of Jen and Topaz’s springs to mind.

Enter: Satana! But is she actually willing to help?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #25

Written by J.M.DEMATTEIS

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by SARA PICHELLI

“525,600”

It’s been exactly one year since the day Peter Parker’s life changed forever. He was skipping school to attend a presentation of some of Reed Richards’ (do we need to explain who he is?) work at the science museum. A spider was irradiated, and it bit Peter. Peter developed analogous abilities that a spider possesses; he started wearing a costume and fighting crime while managing to maintain a somewhat normal existence as a high school student.

We see Pete’s morning then (awkwardly trying to skip school) and his morning now finalizing his decision to attend Sotomayor University and going through the acceptance process.

48 Pgs./ Rated T...$2.99

TYGER TIGER, CHANCELLOR OF MADRIPOOR: WORLD WAR ZEMO #2

Plot by EXCITER

Written by CHUCK DIXON

Art by JONBOY MEYERS

“惩前毖后”

Zemo may have awakened a sleeping dragon! The island nation of Madripoor is small but incredibly tough, as its wartime Chancellor Tyger Tiger is proving. Her conventional defense force is doing well at holding back the American advance - but Zemo has unconventional forces at his disposal…

The Fantastic Force (f.k.a. The U-Foes) are the first “family” of the Redeemers. They bring substantial and lethal powers to the battlefield. Fortunately, Tyger Tiger had been working on a Madripoorian superhuman team of her own! Enter the Raksha: Gazing Nightshade, who can induce fear with a look; Hexadecimal, technopath with the ability to control machines; and Whisper Doll, power nullifier. Can these homegrown heroes hold the line against an evil F²?

Meanwhile, Tyger is personally keeping an eye on Chen Lu, the Radioactive Man. He is, after all, Zemo’s target. But not just Zemo’s… The Mandarin wants Chen Lu dead for embarrassing the People’s Republic of China. To that end, he sends his finest assassin to subtly, quietly eliminate Chen while Madripoor is distracted. Li Hua, an immortal weapon better known as Tiger’s Beautiful Daughter, has an ability to manipulate “chi” energy that makes her both a deadly combatant and largely immune to radiation. She’s sworn to slay Chen Lu, but in a battle of tigresses, can Tyger Tiger keep the Radioactive Man alive?

All the while, from his battle blimp, the Mandarin prepares his version of the Avengers: 中国队, pronounced "Zhōngguó duì,” which translates roughly to “China Force”…

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ULIK THE TROLL: WORLD WAR ZEMO #2

Plot by EXCITER

Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST

Art by RYAN OTTLEY

“FOR TROLLHEIM”

“The Builders,” f.k.a. “the Wrecking Crew,” are human goons empowered by Asgardian magic that wield ensorcelled construction equipment as devastating weaponry. Now they’re part of Zemo’s Redeemers and leading a massive incursion into Vanaheim, which includes magical and undead units from the Department of Occult Armaments, in pursuit of the fugitive ex-Thunderbolt, Gunna. Between them and their target - the city of Zanadu in the Mystic Mountain - is a band of trolls…

Ulik and his company marched to offer Gunna a home amongst her father’s people… now they’re defending her life after Midgard brazenly violates the Treaty of Brooklyn Heights that ended the Civil War (see CIVIL WAR #4)! Shouts of “For Trollheim!” ring out as Ulik, Horth, Ulla, Askella, Gaark, and Ud charge into battle where the numbers are overwhelmingly against them!

Within Zanadu’s walls, the Warriors Three rally aid for the trolls - but the city’s bizarre warlord, Mogul, refuses! The “beasts” are not his concern, and he needs all his warriors to defend against Zemo’s assault from behind his ramparts. But Hogun’s niece, Gunna, refuses to listen… is she starting a civil war of her own?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #51 \*World War Zemo tie-in\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by STUART IMMONEN

Captain Americop Variant by MICHAEL NELSEN

Theme Song: KRS-One - Sound of da Police

'X-BOX' Part 2 'PATROLLIN' ALL THE NATION'

•ZEMO's America uses threats, force, violence, and murder to suppress detractors and consolidate power. There's one kind of power he doesn't control yet: mutant power. And the hundreds of American mutant refugees from X-Isle flooding back in are housed in new HEXUS CORP.-run detention centers for 'processing'.

•Hong Kong investigator LEE LI barely made it into the US before border crossing became truly dangerous, and her mission to solve the murders of a mutant family leads her to the sprawling Westchester estate of CHARLES XAVIER. With the X-Men still recovering from their odyssey into space and godhood, there is little Li can learn from them but her timing continues to be horrible.

•In addition to its Zemo-sponsored anti-mutant propaganda, Hexus Corp. also employs private security wearing vibranium body armour and wielding Z'Noxx energy torches and photonic shields. The AMERICOPS run the mutant detention camps and respond across the country to mutant-related incidents, one of which happens to be STORM's out of control powers shutting down power across upstate New York. Now they're at Xavier's door, too, and they don't need a warrant to come in.

•And the small box in Xavier's safe continues to glow brighter and brighter...

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

VENOM: AGENT OF SHIELD #4

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art by JUAN CABAL

Plot by FFJAMIE94

SHIELD is calling! And something bad is happening at Weapon X. Venom and his partner Deadpool go to the quarantined base as experiments are running amok. It's Venom vs the prisoners of Weapon X in a brand new story arc.

Don't miss the start of "Horrors of X" Part One!

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

WAYFINDER & ALETA: WORLD WAR ZEMO #2 (OF 4)

Plotted by CaptainUniverse

Written by Jim Krueger & Alex Ross

Art by Iban Coello

'WORLD WAR ZEMO' Part 2: "Mission Improbable"

After the senses-shattering conclusion of last issue, where our intrepid heroes managed to successfully infiltrate Helmut Zemo's new "superhero" team The Redeemers, Aleta finds herself dispatched to Madripoor to aid in The Redeemers efforts to bring the nation to its knees but will she be able to keep her cover from being blown by both sides? Meanwhile, Wayfinder ventures to A.R.M.O.R. Headquarters under the pretense of familial ties to take Mayday Parker and her brother Benjy into his custody, but when Cosmic Ghost Rider makes a daring escape, he is forced to hunt down his new ally lest his cover be blown as well! Can things possibly get any worse? Yes. Yes they can. And Star Splendor of The Redeemers is going to personally see to it that things do!

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

WORLD WAR ZEMO: ON THE BATTLEFIELD #2

”ARCHANGELS IN AMERICA”

Written and Illustrated by Zoe Thorogood

Plot by H-E-D

Usually, money will buy you anything in Washington D.C. — but not when the city has been brainwashed by Doctor Faustus!

If you’re not down with the New Reich, then the law is stacked against you.

And, safe to say, ARCHANGEL is no collaborator!

Not even the political maneuverings of Perry Hammond, Attorney at Law, are enough to keep Warren Worthington III out of the clutches of Sct. Cameron Hodge’s mutant detention camps.

What long-secret enmity has turned the man Warren considered his oldest friend into the #1 Enemy of mutanity? Find out here!

”HOPPING MAD”

Written by ROY THOMAS

Plot by H-E-D

Art by KASIA NIE

At long last, the return of the Locust!

Though he’s going by the Wasp nowadays. Don’t tell Janet. Or Nadia.

Once upon a time, August Hopper was just a simple, brilliant biochemist.

When his genius insecticides were ignored, he took the only logical course of action to receive the respect he deserved.

He devised a way to grow insects to enormous size, the technology to control insects, and dressed up like a giant grasshopper!

Now he’s back! Now he’s dressed up like a giant hornet. But he’s still doing all that other stuff!

Now that Zemo has gotten the heroes of America occupied, there will be nobody to stop him from demonstrating the effectiveness of his inventions!

Nobody… except lawyers!

Monsanto has surreptitiously appropriated the patents on his insecticides!

There’s only one thing August Hopper can do to set this right.

If you guessed it involved Giant bugs, you’re right!

”BETTER DEAD THAN RED”

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

Omega Red’s plan to usurp first “Captain America” and then America itself from Steve Rogers has been completely upended by the even more ambitious national theft of Baron Zemo. Ares, the God of War, has now claimed the mantle and, with the might of the Redeemers, forced Arkady Rossovich to retreat from the Pentagon. Now he seethes with anger, for he remembers another encounter with another Zemo…

In his days as the Soviet Union’s super solider, before he was frozen, one of his primary tasks for exacting revenge. Heinrich Zemo has wrought havoc on the Eastern Front during World War II before escaping to South America. Omega Red was tasked to kill him. But things went wrong…

64 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: SILVER #2

Written by STEPHANIE WILLIAMS

Plot by H-E-D

Art by ARIELA KRISTANTINA

“OXYGEN”

After liberating ARCHANGEL from a mutant detention camp established by Sct. of Mutant Affairs Cameron Hodge, Karma and her X-MEN lead the mutants to a safe location agreed upon with Captain America himself.

Unfortunately, they’re followed by expert mutant hunters — the Sapiens League!

These people aren’t in fighting shape — they’re weak and hungry from the camp. Will the LEPER QUEEN and the HATE-MONGER extinguish the revolution before it even starts?

Not if the X-Men have anything to say about it!

Iceman maintains an ice wall, sheltering the crowd so that Cecilia Reyes and Triage can patch them up. Wallflower keeps the crowd from panicking with her pheromones.

Silhouette needs time to manifest the darkforce necessary for a mass-teleport to the Moon. Both Ricochet and Mercury help defend her — is this simple camaraderie, or is a love triangle brewing?

Back on the moon, Prodigy keeps the team informed, with Zero acting as their living instant communications network!

Once Silhouette has teleported everyone to Mons Esam, Karma thinks they’re safe.

Unfortunately, the Redeemers have some extraterrestrial members in their ranks, more than capable of assaulting a moon base!

Gravity, aka Blacksun, and Star Splendor, blow a hole in the side of Karma’s moonbase, blowing her out into the void of space!

Is this the end for Xuân?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99