AOM 12-2017

"Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy Hanukkah True Believers and welcome to the Age of Marvels December Solicitations!"

AVENGERS #39

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by JIM LEE

"The Two Clarks"

Tony Stark has decided how to manipulate and control Superman, but who's really playing who. Even though he has a brain like a computer, Superman has limited memories of who he is and where he's from. He knows his name is Clark and he was a journalist, now he has a last name..Stark! Plus Clark Stark has a new job at the Stark owned Daily Bugle...as Peter Parker's assistant. Thor, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Firestar and Black Panther secretly meet to discuss Superman.

Meanwhile, his doppleganger Clark Kent has been kidnapped from his family farm by S.H.I.E.L.D. They have him interrogated, tortured, analyzed and probed, but discover unlike his twin he's not godlike superman. This Clark Kent is only human. Nick Fury is determined to find out everything there is to know about Stark and the Avenger's new toy super-soldier and Clark Kent wants to help. Both S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers are alerted to an army of Hulks at war in Russia. This is a job for Superman! CONTINUED IN HULK #37!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

WEST COAST AVENGERS #5

Written by KEVIN SMITH

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by IVAN REIS

"influx"

Ms. Marvel, Hit-Girl and Shang-Chi have been chased from the East Coast to the West Coast by $#!+load of supervillains. What they want is a mysterious briefcase the 3 are transporting to the WCA. However, once Lady Swarm unleashes her army of killer bees, the content of the briefcase is revealed. It is one of most powerful sentient weapons on the multiverse...the STARBRAND.

Meanwhile, She-Hulk introduces Falcon, Micronaut, Captain Universe, Michelangelo and Goku to Brand New. That are an L.A. division of the Brand Corportion that specializes in superhero Public Relations and image. Spa treatment, plastic surgery, therapy, voice lessons and new costumes are just the beginning. The android Jocasta crashes the team with a warning of Ultron's latest and most deadliest creation. While she looks like an innocent little girl, this deadly android can destroy countries...meet Small Wonder!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

HULK #37

Written by WARREN ELLIS

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by LEINIL FRANCIS YU

"HULK WAR"

He believes Bruce Banner stole the love of his life, destroyed his reputation and ended his honorable military career in shame. Now Colonel Glenn Talbot has the ultimate revenge, destroying both the Banner and Hulk at the cost of his own patriotism, sanity and soul. Following his friend/mentor Gen. Thunderbolt Ross, Talbot became a Red Hulk. He destroyed the the city of Oakland and framed Banner/Hulk. He now leads an Russian army of Hulks and he just made it personal by killing Banner's Hulking Grandma aka Gam Ma. In the most visceral, primal, bestial fight imaginable it is Hulk vs Hulk. The ground shakes with every smash and the huddle masses of Hulks may cause an international incident of epic proportions....until HE arrives! Look up in the skies...it's SUPERMAN! CONTINUED!

40PGS./Rated T $3.99

LONG LIVE CAPTAIN AMERICA #5

Written by JEFF LEMIRE

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Art by ANDREA SORRENTINO

“GODFALL” Part 2 of 5 “INVASION OF ASGARD”

Theme Song: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

In order to free his fellow Pantheon from their eternal torment, ZEUS makes a ploy to invade Asgard bringing his brainwashed followers with him on a daring mission that involves taking a planet and crashing it into the heart of the Rainbow Bridge. With THOR occupied - there are few that can match ZEUS now that his full power has almost been gained. If he gets the Infinity Stone buried beneath Asgard all will be lost – but CAPTAIN AMERICA, JACK HARKNESS and their new ally CAPTAIN MARVEL have a plan to move it to a secure location. But what could be safer than Asgard? And how are they going to get the Stone out from under the nose of not only ZEUS – but also the Asgardians?

32pgs/Rated T…/$2.99

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MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 2

BLACK PANTHER #42

Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Art by ADI GRANOV

Plot by MARVELL2100

"ZULU NATION!" Part 4: League of Nations!

An alliance of nations presents a grave threat to the Black Panther and Wakanda! N'Gabo, Azani and Genosha have signed a pact to become the League of Nations and challenge Wakanda for supremacy as the world's most technologically advanced nation! But that is not the only challenge facing Wakanda as the United States has begun it's own "Wakandan Protocols" with the intent of taking on what it calls a state sponsor of terror( See All Winners Squad #12)! As T'Challa is in N'Gabo to confront the newly resurrected Markus Zulu, he is shocked when the fourth and final member of the League of Nations enters the presidential chambers: Niganda and it's ruler, his former lover Queen Zanda! Next Issue: Enter The Iron Man!

32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Audiences...$2.99

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #15

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Art by DAVID MARQUEZ

Plot by MARVELL2100

With Friends Like These

Bethany Cabe is in a fight for her life in the nation of Khymersk as she comes under attack by the Superior Iron Monger and the all-new Red Widow! She came to find out why Tony Stark has been accused of a horrible crime that saw the deaths of thousands but now finds herself facing death! Now that she knows exactly what happened and who is really responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent lives, will she live long enough to tell Tony? Speaking of Tony, he finds himself in in a very difficult position. Either help Trump build weapons to attack Wakanda and his Avengers teammate the Black Panther or watch as the government takes over his company! Tony calls Trump to set up a private meeting between the two long time friends. Trump smugly awaits as he expects Tony to fall in line and pledge his loyalty. Tony gives Trump an envelope and as soon as he opens it, Trump turns pale as a ghost as he staggers back. Tony tells him that he won't interfere in any U.S./Wakandan war but if Trump ever comes after him or his company again, this information will be released to the press. Tony walks out knowing that he has put Trump in check for now but his world is about to turn upside down! Pepper Potts has called to tell him that he needs to come back to Stark Towers! One of his closest friends is dead!

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

THE MIGHTY THOR: Watcher on the Wall

Written by BRIAN Q. MILLER

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by DALE EAGLESHAM

The Demon Watcher is stirring! There was a young Watcher who was assigned to watch all of the great events in all of the Hell's. This great being witnessed all the eternal suffering and all the evil deeds committed by demons and devils alike and soaked all of that in. He was changed and corrupted and it took the entire race of Watchers to stop him from collapsing all of existence into Hell. It was then that they realised that they had quite literally sent him to hell and it had driven him insane! Kept in the Prison Realm of all Monsters he remembers all of the suffering and everything he learnt, he must show this to someone else and Solomon Kane's soul looks like it can carry the burden! Thor must somehow stop the Demon Watcher from infecting Solomon with all of the evil he has witnessed without becoming a vassal for eternal suffering himself!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SHE-HULK, ATTORNEY AT LAW #36

Written by CHARLES SOULE

Plot by EXCITER

Art by JOE MADUIERA

“YOU’RE A MEAN ONE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY”

The law firm of Mason & Walters, LLP, sincerely wishes you, but cannot guarantee, a reasonably Merry Christmas and/or festive period on or about the end of December! But when thousands of Christmas gifts and decorations go missing, the LAPD arrests a local inhuman malcontent - but Shulkie suspects he’s being targeted just because he’s green! The D.A. has offered a plea bargain with a “mere” twenty year sentence, but in our legal system, you’re nice until proven naughty! The sensational She-Hulk won’t allow anyone to be convicted based only on propensity evidence (her client, admittedly, is as cuddly as a cactus and as charming as an eel). She’ll have to track down the real culprit, but is the actual “grinch” also gamma-irradiated? His muscles will grow more than three sizes this day! Can She-Hulk save Christmas?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

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MARVEL GLOBAL! Part 1

CORPORATE AVENGERS #11

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Plot by EXCITER

Art by SKOTTIE YOUNG

3D Lenticular Variant Cover

Embossed Variant Cover

Colorforms® Design-Your-Own-Cover Variant Cover

Thermal Ink Variant Cover - Rub to reveal an important message about fire safety!

Scented Ink Variant Cover - Scratch to smell Pillsbury’s Grands Buttermilk Biscuits!

“WORLD WAR DOUGH”

Press Release: The Battles of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, and the the Super Team® has emerged victorious! But our heroes cannot rest - for the holidays are nearly upon us, and there are horrific fiends out there who desire nothing more than to end the season of giving! And there’s no greater horror than when you accidentally burn your Pillsbury’s Crescent Rolls!

Real Talk: The team is exhausted after “Joe Camel” launched two major attacks during the biggest shopping days of the year. The timing is suspicious... but there’s no time to investigate. Years ago, Arnim Zola’s creation, the bioform known as Doughboy, was literally molded into “Poppin' Fresh.” But instead of joining the Super Team®, he was recruited by Joe Camel (see CORPORATE AVENGERS #3). After being defeated, the Control Group - the agency that handles superhero-based advertising - decided to blast Doughboy into space! He landed on the fiery realm of Muspheheim - but Doughboy refused to burn! Instead, he gathered a “Biscuit Battalion” and now he’s returned to Earth to claim revenge! Can Colonel Sanders, Tony the Tiger, Flo, and the Skinny Cow possibly stop his flaky warpath?

Meanwhile, Joe Camel’s masters are pleased. Everything is going according to plan, and soon the Super Team® will be forced into the most dangerous fight they’ve ever had - and it will be during the half-time show at the Super Bowl!

Soon: Conspicuous Wars!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ALL-WINNERS SQUAD #13

Written by DENNIS HOPELESS

Plot by EXCITER

Art by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL

“WAR ON CHRISTMAS”

The Ctrl-Left alliance of the Controller and Flag Smasher has a plan to force others to serve their radical ideology - and it starts with saying “Happy Holidays!” The seasonal cups at Starbucks not only don’t say “Merry Christmas,” but now contain miniaturized versions of the Controller’s slave discs! (“I’d say these bad hombres deserve coal for Christmas, but clean coal is too valuable a national resource.”). With coffee connoisseurs brainwashed into becoming BUCkies (Bold Urban Commandos) and rioting in the streets, it’s up to U.S. Agent, Tigra, Red Hulk, and the Squad to contain the threat! But to do that, they’ll have to recruit Ulysses Archer, a.k.a. U.S. Ace the space trucker, to deliver safe “Merry Christmas” cups to every Starbucks around the world! (“It’s hard-working, blue collar men who drive 18-wheelers that are really spaceships like U.S. Ace that are the backbone of our country!”).

Meanwhile, instead of fighting the government and the All-Winners Squad, Tony Stark has acquiesced to Trump’s power of eminent domain. (“Selfish Tony finally saw the value in sharing tech to protect our troops. About time!”). But has Stark really changed his tune, or does he have a trick up his iron sleeve?

Plus, as Silver Sable and Harry Osborn attempt to flush out the Hatute Zeraze - a Wakandan espionage network operating on American soil - Trump goes public with allegations that the African nation interfered in the 2016 election! (“Pussy Cat meddled in the election to help Crooked Hillary and little boy blue McCoy. McCoy even wanted Pussy Cat’s ex-wife as Secretary of the Interior. Obvious collusion!”). The pressure to find and arrest the Hatute Zeraze just intensified - and Punisher 2099 has some extreme options to suggest!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

AGENTS OF ATLAS #42

Written by DAVID LISS

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by STEFANO CASEL

“FALLOUT!”

Jimmy Woo is brought before a congressional committee to face tough questions! What happened to Senator Muster? How did he let HAMMER become compromised and fall into the hands of Cobra? How did he allow Destro to come back to life? More importantly, where is the fractured Cube? Woo looks at the stern, angry faces all staring at him and quickly realizes why he is here. They are looking for a scapegoat, someone to blame for everything that has happened. As the Senators continue to drill Woo, the other members of ATLAS wait in the outside chambers, each lost in their own thoughts. Finally after many long hours, Woo emerges from the committee chambers a wide grin upon his face. The team gathers around him waiting for their next assignment. He smiles and tells them that there will be no more assignments. As of this moment, this is the end of the road! ATLAS is dead! Next Issue: Rebirth!

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

AGENTS OF A.R.M.O.R. #2

Written by MARK MILLAR

Art by KANO

Plot by GEEK MANGACOMIC

“INFESTATION” part two

The city of San Diego is infested with Zombies, Marshall Law has been enforced, and due to a containment field around the city, nobody can leave!

But one ragtag team of heroes will enter. And to save the world from a legion of the undead, Death's Head, Old Man Logan, Taxi Taylor, Howard the Duck, and the Captain are going to have to enter the city! But before they save the city (and the world), they have to travel into the San Diego zoo and battle a zombie version of Sabretooth and his army of undead zoo animals! And in their darkest hour, the Agents of A.R.M.O.R. find aid in a team of Zombie Avengers... led by War Machine?

32 PGs./Rated M: Mature Audiences...$2.99

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MARVEL GLOBAL! Part 2

AGENTS OF SHIELD #23

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by MATT FRACTION

Art by OLIVIER COIPEL

"12 ANGRY REINDEER"

Theme Song: Bob Dylan - Little Drummer Boy

It's Christmas Eve and the SHIELD team are celebrating on a helicarrier somewhere over the North Pole on their route home from an important mission, until the calm is interrupted by 12 talking Reindeer who have crash-landed on the runway, lost and directionless without their leader, SANTA CLAUS. Apparently someone has kidnapped him on the most important day of the year, and PHIL COULSON, DAISY JOHNSON, LEO FITZ, JENNA SIMMONS, BLACK WIDOW, MELINDA MAY, MOCKINGBIRD and HAWKEYE have to put aside their disbelief in an attempt to find out who kidnapped Santa Claus in time!

32 PGs./Rated T../$2.99

DEADPOOL & THE THUNDERBOLTS #29

Written by JASON AARON

Plot by EXCITER

Art by MATTEO SCALERA

"FUNERAL HOME ALONE”

You always knew I was a little crazy, but you never suspected my diagnosis was seasonal affective disorder! I’m the Merc without a Merry Christmas, Deadpool, because my wife is stuck over in the New Dawn Universe (::Elvis voice:: “I’ll have a blue (balls) Christmas without you...”). Even worse, my chestnuts are about to get roasted over an open fire. See, somebody’s trying to muscle in on Arcade’s “Murderworld” business and has constructed an elaborate and sophisticated series of death-traps disguised as a suburban home decorated for Christmas! That somebody? A fiend who got his first taste for sadistic booby traps when he brutalized two would-be burglars as a boy. His name... is Kevin McCallister (Oh my god, we forgot Kevin!). Now he’s in his late 30s and is perfecting unique ways of killing heroes so he can sell his services to eccentric villains - and he’s testing his lethal traps on me! Over. And over. I’ve got to escape somehow, put an end to this unethical experiment, and kill this party monster...

But I won’t have to do it all alone because I’m sure the rest of the Thunderbolts will realize I’m not with them on the team’s holiday getaway and come looking for me very soon. Right? ...right?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99 (Keep the change, you filthy animal!)

SECRET AVENGERS #29

Written by MATT FRACTION

Plot by EXCITER

Art by DANIEL ACUNA

“OLD SAINT NICK”

Nick Fury, Sr. was never much of a father to his son. Despite this, Nick Fury, Jr. became an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. just like his (very) old man. This year, the two actually intend to spend Christmas together for the first time... but they’ll have to do it with weapons hot! Nick Norris, the Son of Santa, has come to S.H.I.E.L.D. for help containing the otherworldly being that slew his father - the Anti-Claus has returned, and this time he commands a legion of Dark Elves from Svartalfheim! The three Nicks will need their flying cars and reindeer to bring the supernatural fiend down before he kills again! But his elven minions are targeting many entities important to Midgard...

In Russia, the Black Widow and Union Jack must protect Ded Moroz, a Slavic wizard of winter. In China, Chun-Li and Snake Eyes must protect the ancient dragon Hēilóng (黑龍), the essence of Winter.

Meanwhile, in the People’s Republic of Hydra, Hydra (formerly Cobra) Commander has declared the nation’s first official holiday: Hydranalia! It’s a time for everyone to exchange presents and reaffirm their allegiance to HYDRA for another year. The Commander even created HYDRA’s version of Santa: Baron Giftersnake! The story goes that Mighty ol’ Giftersnake uses sorcery to observe HYDRA’s youth all year round, and if you’re loyal and strong, he rewards you with toys! The Commander found a member of the Serpent Men race to represent the fictional character, but now the Anti-Claus’ elves seek to eliminate him just like the others! Can Sin and Crossbones prevent a major loss to HYDRA’s propaganda machine?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE GHOST WARRIORS #19

Written By ROBERT VENDITTI

Art By SALVADOR LAROCCA

Plot By MARVELL2100

“INTERLUDE”

The death of White Fox and the betrayal by former teammate John Wraith (see last issue) have left the Ghost Warriors devastated! This is the second team member to have died on a mission (Ward Strongbow died in issue #7), further illustrating the high-stakes risks that they all face! Colleen and Lotus make arrangements for White Fox's body to be returned to her family as they contemplate their future. But none of that matters to Afro Samurai! He finally has the Prism in his possession and can complete the debt he owes from long ago! With one call he makes the deal to hand over the Prism to it's true owner and potentially put the entire world in grave danger!

32 PGs./Rated M: Mature Audiences...$2.99

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MARVEL KNIGHTS! Part 1

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #37

Written by JOSS WHEDON

Plot by BANEOFKINGS

Art by GREG CAPULLO

Variant Optimus Spider Cover by NICK DERINGTON

“GO, GO, POWER RANGERS” Part 3 of 4 “THE POWER RANGERS MUST DIE”

Theme Song: The Killers - Cowboys Christmas Ball

A brainwashed OPTIMUS PRIME (Transformers) has returned from the ruins of Cybertron hellbent on destroying the Earth and he believes that in order for it to be destroyed, The Power Rangers Must Die! Can MIGUEL O’HARA, AMERICA CHAVEZ, HELION, VALERIA & FRANKLIN RICHARDS put aside their differences and embrace their new suits of armor in order to stop the Autobot from making the Power Rangers’ first mission their last? They decide to lure Optimus into a trap in the Savage Land – a place far away from civilization – in a bid to defeat him – but navigating the Savage Land comes with its own unfortunate consequences and they soon find themselves forced into a desperate last stand. Meanwhile, PETER PARKER must prove to his girlfriend LIV MOORE (iZombie) that he’s the Peter that she knows, which is quite hard, when they’re locked in a building full of dozens of other different versions of Peter Parker. And one of them is a murderer. And oddly enough, that murderer is not HARRY OSBORN – the Spider-Man fresh out of DARKWORLD who believes he knows which Peter is responsible for the crime – and how to tell them apart before he strikes again!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

ULTIMATE F'N RUSSELL #3 (of 3)

Written by JOHN CARPENTER & NICK SPENCER

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Art by GEOF DARROW

Variant Snake Plissken Cover by TIM BRADSTREET

"You tell 'em I'm coming, and hell's coming with me"

Recap: Snake Plissken, Jack Burton and R.J. "Mac" MacReady with the help of old friends Egg Shen and Brain are headed to Chinatown, Manhattan in a weaponized Pork Chop Express to take down an alien invasion of "Things" as well as a resurrected Lo Pan. Also, since this is the futuristic world of 1997, New York City itself is a prison colony full of America's most dangerous criminals, so there's that...and so so much more....

The streets of NYC have always been a dangerous place, but these days it isn't the taxis and buses you have to watch out for, it is the four wheeled killing machines that own the roads. To make it to chinatown, our heroes must first survive Broadway's unbeaten and baddest wheelman. Word on the street is he's death proof. Make way for Stuntman Mike!

When our favorite Kurts finally come face to face with Lo Pan, one of their own shows his...er its true form. Mac wasn't human after all!?! (Well, that answers that debate!) MacThing has been waiting 15 years for the chance to shed his frostbitten body and bond with a creature truly worthy of hosting it. Today he has found that vessel and together they may rule this planet. The Thing meets Lo Pan!

Snake, Jack and friends quickly find themselves overpowered by this new terrifying predicament. It's going to take more than magic potion and a six-demon bag to make it out alive this time. The Kurts must retreat, regroup and recruit some back up before taking Lo Pan, and his alien possessed Lords of Death's best shot. Luckily, the NYC of this comic is filled with qualifying candidates...

Meet the Kurt backup squad: Gabe Cash, a supercop assigned to work undercover on this prison island but later abandoned by his handlers. He has been quietly investigating the alien rumors from the shadows. He's more than ready to shoot it out with the otherworldy invaders and get back to the mainland to make the men who burned him PAY. And he's got a new partner....Elvis Presley. Could this be the real King who faked his death 20 years ago or is he just some gun-toting impersonator who robbed a casino once? Either way, they'll need this Hounddog's help. There's the ferryboat captain who sneaks men on and off the island in the dark of night, Captain Ron, who knows an alien takeover would really kill his business. Down in the village there's an old gunfighter who runs the White Horse Saloon, goes by the name Wyatt. And their secret weapon, wonderkid Dexter Riley, the strongest man in the world with a brain that runs like a 1970s IBM Mainframe and a tricky knack for turning himself invisible. Oh, and they also have the help of an ageless antiques dealer that just happens to be in New York for something called The Gathering, wait what...Kurt Russell wasn't in that cult sci-fi classic you say, well our answer: now he is and an immortal head-chopping McKurt makes it epically more Awesome-R!

It's the Ultimate Kurt Russell Team-Up battling for the world itself against ancient alien warrior wizards. So just sit tight, hold the fort, keep the home fires burning and buy this comic!

Trust me, it’ll be good for your Ego.

36 PGs./Rated T+...$3.25

ELEKTRA: THE HAND #11

Written by CHUCK DIXON

Plot by EXCITER

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

Variant The Hand Christmas Party Cover by BILQUIS EVELY

“WELCOME TO PLANET NINJA” part two “ENTER THE DRA’GUN”

Pagon, the Skrull who impersonated Elektra, has stolen his way onto “Planet Ninja,” a.k.a. Halana, a world founded long ago by silent assassins opposed to the Kree Empire. With pilfered knowledge of their ancient traditions, Pagon has issued a formal call for “Kreelago Dra’gun,” a fighting tournament to decide who is most fit to lead the planet. The elders of Halana are honor-bound and powerless to decline the challenge once issued... and so the tournament begins!

Pagon is a deadly competitor - he possesses all the combat prowess of Elektra, whom he spent years training to mimic, plus shape-shifting physiology that he has learned to weaponize. He aims to win the tournament and claim leadership of the galaxy’s largest and most diverse group of ninja. To ensure this does not happen, his opposition must enter the Dra’gun: Echo, deaf combatant with photographic reflexes; Zen the intergalactic ninja, a Rigellian genetic experiment trained by the Mystic Masters of Om; and Elektra, leader of the Hand and Earth’s deadliest assassin! But these are only the ninja you know. Many others, from many other worlds with many other fighting disciplines, also answer the call. Can our heroes even escape the preliminary rounds?

Meanwhile on Earth, with Elektra away the demonic ninja Deathwatch and his deathspawn ninja attempt to conquer the Hand. Severely out-powered, will acting-shogun Storm Shadow be forced into utilizing the black magics of the Hand that Elektra has forbidden?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

All-New BULLSEYE #10

Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by JACEN BURROWS

Variant Paladin Costume Cover by RAY FAWKES

"Paladin's Temptation”

How many thoughts can fit into a head? What's the right thing to do? What do you truly desire? The insane whispering of the devil quite literally playing with your mind....Mephisto has been sent by Doom to pay Bullseye a visit. Doom requests that the Red Skull be interred most soon. But the devil can't quite find Bullseye. There's a Paladin insisting he runs this body, a wannabee hero? What if the devil whispered the words in your ear that would make Dr. Kafka weak at the knees for you permanently? Is that a bead of delicious sweat running down your head? Tastes tempted. So full of desire, weak and desperate to simply nod and take what's on offer. No soul to barter, no favor owed, just a gift. Don't you want those magic words?

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

PURE VENOM #6

Written by STEVE ORLANDO

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Art by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON \*New Artist!\*

Variant Most Wanted Poster Cover by TRADD MOORE

"Sins of the Father, Part I: The Killing"

Eddie Brock survived his dance with ancient vampires and purified himself of their curse (with a little help from a guy named Blade, see the last 2 issues) but when he returns home, he'll discover a whole new bloody nightmare!

Police have cordoned off his apartment, the body of the missing Daily Bugle journalist Ethan Edwards was discovered inside, having been bound, tortured and dismembered, but perhaps the most shocking and sensational aspect of the crime - Ethan it turns out was a skrull! Talk about headlines, the papers will jump all over this one - alien reporter heinously butchered by jealous coworker. Now Eddie Brock is on the run as NYPD's most wanted and, with his past, who will ever believe his innocence? Sure he may have kidnapped Ethan and kept him de-powered and locked in a closet thanks to stolen tech from the Baxter Building (see previous issues) and he may have even stolen Edwards' lead to scoop the vampire story...but kill him, that he did not do. Someone set him up, a classic frame job! Could it have been payback from his previous battle with the Skrulls? Why would Skrulls kill one of their own? That doesn't make sense. But who, how? And who anonymously called it in? Now Eddie Brock has to swallow his pride and ask for help from someone who may not be willing to offer it. Can Eddie convince Flash Thompson that his hands are clean and that the real killer is still on the loose, even if technically he may have been a bloodthirsty vampire over the past few days? And even if so, can they stop the murderer from striking again? News Flash (and spoiler alert - no, they can't): Bugle reporter Ralfie Markarian murdered in his home, with his body scattered over various rooms! They're now calling it "The Bugle Murders." Bugle employees are asked to seek immediate police protection while the NYPD, the super hero community, and even the Skrulls hunt for Brock. Oh Eddie, who did you seriously piss off this time!?!

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

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MARVEL KNIGHTS! Part 2

WILSON FISK: DAREDEVIL #3

Written by GREG RUCKA

Plot by BANEOFKINGS

Art by BILLY TAN

Variant Santa Fisk Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN

“A WORLD WITHOUT DAREDEVIL” Part 3 of 4 “SWEET CHRISTMAS”

Theme Song: The Killers ft. Toni Halliday - A Great Big Sled

WILSON FISK has his first victory. The Crime Lord SNYDER MASON is behind bars. CLAIRE UNDERWOOD (House of Cards) has been saved from an assassination attempt but the assassin responsible for claiming her husbands’ life hails from the previously abandoned WINTER SOLDIER project, and is someone’s attempt at creating another BUCKY BARNES. But things have reached a tipping point between the new DAREDEVIL and his partner, IRON FIST, who has witnessed Fisk’s methods up close and personal and has decided that, not knowing who is behind the mask, it will be a good idea to bring the pretender in. Teaming up with his old buddy LUKE CAGE, the two attempt to cut Fisk off. But Fisk knows New York about as well as Luke does, and he has more than a few favours to call in to throw the two superheroes off his sleeve. And Fisk might just get the chance to celebrate his first Christmas as DAREDEVIL.

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THE PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #37

Written by ED BRUBAKER

Plot by BANEOFKINGS

Art by DAVID AJA

Variant Punisher/Star Wars Mash-Up Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD

“CROOKED GAME” Part 3 of 5 “WHERE’S WALDO?”

Theme Song: The Killers - Joel The Lump of Coal

THE PUNISHER managed to plant a tracking device on HARRISON FORD so even though the veteran STAR WARS actor has been kidnapped, FRANK and EGGSY now have a way to find him! Tracking his jacket to a location in the alps using a Christmas Skiing party as cover, FRANK is determined to get Ford back and complete the contract, but time is running out and it may only be a matter of time before the mysterious villain operating behind the scenes makes himself known.

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KNIGHTS OF THE EMPIRE CITY #4

Written by TOM KING

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Art by OLIVIER COIPEL

Variant "The Great White Whale's NYC" Cover by PAUL LOUISE JULIE

"GAME-CHANGER"

Our rag tag team of heroes (Kasper Cole, Dakota North, Jessica Jones and Misty Knight along with the assistance of their reluctant but compliant informer Turk Barrett) have located the whereabouts of the missing teens, concocted an impromptu plan and now must make an assault on The Great White Whale's skyrise fortress. Inside the building they will discover an army of heavily armed thugs. In order to get to the top to where the kids are held and the big boss is waiting, they have no choice but fight through the gangsters' gauntlet, one deadly floor at a time.

Meanwhile, on the top floor where the brilliant youngsters are connected to a human mainframe, Miles Morales continues to play the role of helpless victim. He allowed himself to be caught so that he could track the kidnapped kids but now that he's found them in a catatonic state, their minds linked to some sort of cyberbio interface, is it time to show the bad guys just who they're messing with, Spidey style?

Just before Miles reveals his powers, our busted up heroes bust through the door. The Great White Whale is...Noah Black?!? Noah recklessly orders the last of his goons to take out Kasper, Misty & co., basically leading them to slaughter, while he attempts to make a crafty getaway, for Noah Black always has a contingency plan in place. But poor Noah did not account for this scenario - as he opens his "secret" escape hatch he sees his hired hand Cottonmouth flying off to freedom. Cottonmouth ain't playing the sucka for nobody, you dig!

Noah Black, aka The Great White Whale, and his dream of creating a super-villain's version of Amazon and Google all rolled in to one off the unwilling minds of tomorrow's visionaries, has been foiled. Even in defeat, Noah refuses to cooperate with our heroes, and warns them that shutting down his machine could prove fatal for the kids attached to it. Luckily, one of the captives, a bright kid named Miles from Brooklyn is conscious, clever and capable of figuring out how it all works, successfully shutting down the program and releasing the other brainiacs. Hey thanks, kid, you really saved the day!

Epilogue: Kasper Cole is hanging out at the Marvelous Ladies Detective Agency when guess who drops in. "I was just swinging by and thought I'd introduce myself, I am the new Spider-Man around here and I have heard good things about you. Saving those kids was good hero..ing...and stuff. Anyways, I think maybe we can help each other out, crime fighter to crime fighter and all. Anyways, just give me a call sometime when you need help...here is my cell phone number. See you."

Jessica Jones seems to recognize the voice and winks, "Sure thing kid, see you around."

Next Month: ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE IN THE CITY!

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PROWLER AND THE OUTLAWS #5

Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI

Plotted by SUPERCOOPER

Art by FILIPE ANDRADE

Variant Secret Santa Cover by PHIL NOTO

"TOWERING OVER ALL"

The vicious, parasitic, magical might of the Puma run amok! Fuelled with rage, Puma, the formerly friendly FROG-MAN, and leader of the Outlaws (and usually easy going guy) (oh, and also parolee) PROWLER storm the streets of the Bronx leaving destruction in their wake! And when the Outlaws' Shocker, Jackpot, and Porcupine fail to stop the terrifying trio, it'll be up to the team member who's got her head in the clouds...former Lady Stilt-Man, occasional corporate accountant, and currently babysitting Abby Brown, the one and only LOOKOUT! And, across town, an old friend of Frog-Man and the Prowler will keep the police away from his friends. Get your headphones on and your decks tricked out, because the ROCKET RACER is back!

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MARVEL KNIGHTS! Part 3

MARVEL KNIGHTS: MAX

PUNISHER MAX: BORN IN THE GRAVE #1 \*A New Knights MAX Limited Series\*

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by EMILIO LOPEZ

Variant Lone Gunman & Cub Cover by TAKASHI OKAZAKI

HUMAN WASTELAND

It's 10 past Midnight and the long, dark road to vengeance has led Frank Castle to the small town of Winnow, a blip on the map on the outskirts of Chicago. Leads on a human trafficking ring have brought him to a trucker's pit stop full of misery and despair. He waits patiently as his target arrives in an unremarkable nondescript car. The driver gets out to survey the area as his partner in the passenger seat pulls out a young girl no more than seventeen from the rear of the car. A meeting has been set-up between the traffickers and a buyer of human commodities. The girl struggles to escape but the two men quickly overpower her as another car arrives. A third target steps out of the vehicle and opens a brief case full of money. The deal has been closed, the property paid for and another successful transaction has been made. The men would have enjoyed a good night if not for the bullets that splatter each of their brains like eggs on a sidewalk. One young life has been saved as Frank makes sure that she safely makes it to the police station. As he prepares to leave, his instincts have him whirl with guns raised as he hears a sound from a nearby alley. He approaches cautiously to hear a muffled sound and movement inside a dumpster. As he opens the lid, he's surprised by what he finds when he moves the trash and debris: a newborn baby only a few weeks old. Frank cradles the babe in his arms, looking to see if the mother or anyone else is in the area. Another soul saved this night and another target to hunt down. The person who threw out a baby like so much trash! Next Issue: Sex, Lies and Bullets!

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BULLSEYE MAX: YOU HAD ONE JOB #1 \*A New Knights MAX Limited Series\*

Written by JOSEPH ILLEDGE

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by KHARI EVANS

Variant Miami Vice Inspired Cover by KYLE BAKER

CONTRACT KILLERS

Bullseye travels down South to take on a new job! Miami's top drug kingpin, Manny "Maximus" Estrada has contracted the prolific hitman to discreetly take down his biggest rivals! Maximus wants to unite the various crime families under his rule and the easiest way to do this is if all the other family heads are dead! To Bullseye, it's an easy job for an easy paycheck. The challenge will be coming up with creative ways for the kill! But word of Maximus' plan has reached one of the more powerful drug lords, Maria Volstov, who is the biggest threat to Maximus. She has her own plan to deal with him and his new toy. Let Bullseye kill all the others to eliminate the competition. She will then bring in her own "fixer" to take care of Bullseye and then Maximus himself, clearing the way for her to become the new undisputed crime lord of Miami! Next Issue: Men At Work!

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THE REJECTS: THE GREATEST TEAM NOBODY WANTED! #1 \*A New Knights MAX Limited Series\*

Written by BRANDON THOMAS

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by JAMAL IGLE

Variant Rejected Team Profiles Cover by GLENN FABRY

"And There Came a Day...That No One Will Remember!"

D-Man: The Human Dynamo! The Mighty Leap Frog! The Bombastic Bombshell! The Mystifying Mrs. Jones! The Magnificent Mr. Immortal! The Legendary Lady Stilt-Man! This rag-tag, unlikeliest collection of heroes find themselves joined together to solve a mystery that will have huge ramifications that no one will ever know about! There have been a string of murders in the small, sleepy town of Hyde Pointe, just outside of the Catskills of New York. At first glance, the murders appear to be random, the victims having nothing in common. They range from every race, religion, gender and age. But upon closer inspection, there are two things that connect all of these murders together! First, all of the victims are former superheroes that few if any people have ever heard of. Second, each of the victims have had their eyes violently removed from their head! Does this sound familiar! These six heroes must get to the bottom of this mystery before more dead heroes turn up! Next Issue: Who is Mrs. Jones?

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SCI-FI MARVEL! Part 1

FANTASTIC FOUR #43

Written By JONATHAN HICKMAN

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By NICOLA SCOTT

* Johnathan Hickman's greatest and final FF arc begins here!\*

War of the Councils!

Sue, Spock, Ben and John Sunlight came to another universe to save an alternate Earth but instead have come face to face with the reasons they are being destroyed: The Council of Reeds! The council is made up of Reed Richards from alternate universes who have joined together become judge jury and executioners of what they see as failed Earths! They have visited many universes and if they find an Earth that has failed to live up to it's potential, they judge it unworthy and destroy it! Sue nor Ben can believe that any Reed would so callously end any life and want to know why they would do something like this! One of the many Reed replies that this is the same question that his Sue asked...before he killed her! Elsewhere on Counter-Earth, a Watcher looks on as Reed, Johnny, Hippolyta and Johnny have discovered an Ultimate Nullifier which was used to destroy life on this Earth. Reed looks stunned when he examines the device to discover that it bears his signature technology, something that only he would use. Nearby, Johnny and Hippolyta make another discovery: this world's version of Doom, barely hanging on to life. With his last breath he names his killer, looks directly at Reed and blames him for the death of this world! Next Issue: World Killers!

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EXCELSIOR #20

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS

Plot by Exciter

Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE

"CHRISTMAS ON CHANDILAR”

The U.S.S. Excelsior is tasked with lending humanitarian aid to Chandilar, the Shi’ar throneworld, which is still recovering from being ravaged by Thanos’ hordes (see EXCELSIOR #8-10). They happen to arrive during the Great Roost, the annual celebration of when Shi’ar deities Sharra and K’ythri escaped the frigid cold of the universe by roosting together in a cosmic tree that would eventually become the Shi’ar’s royal nest. The planet desperately needs something like the holiday to boost morale, but can Ava'Dara Naganandini, a.k.a. Warbird, host the celebration despite having lost her faith in Sharra and K’ythri? Can Beta Ray Bill and Spider-Woman help her discover what is better - a comforting lie or a bitter truth?

Meanwhile, Colonel Jameson is concerned that his recently-widowed father will end up spending Christmas alone. Longshot, Spiral, Hiro, and Baymax see this and decide to bring his father to the Excelsior for the holidays! But is the Kirby-class starship ready for J. Jonah Jameson? And is J.J.J. ready when the ship is attacked by the Grad Nan Holt, a race of arachnid-like aliens long subjugated by the Shi’ar? Threats and menaces... in space!

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NOVA CORPS #42

Written By CARLOS PACHECO

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By MIKE MCKONE

Empire of the Skrulls

The Skrulls and The Black Priests have seized large sections of the crumbling Shi'ar empire as they aggressively try to expand their reach and influence throughout the galaxy. Only the combined efforts of the LGTO and the Nova Corp have prevented their home world of Chandilar from falling into Skrull hands. A makeshift gov't holds the few remaining Shi'ar worlds together while former Majestrix Lilandra travels with a team of Guardians to rescue the children of The Aerie(GotG #41). The Skrull Queen Veranke will not stop until she has complete control of the Shi'ar! With the threat of the Skrulls and Universal Church of Truth, Richard knows that the Corps face serious challenges to safeguard the galaxy. But there is one thought that continues to plague his mind: what happened to The Imperial Guard? Next Issue: Imperial Conquest.

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #42

Written By MALCOLM JONES

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By AARON LOPRESTI

Only The Magus Can Save You!

Half a universe away, an uneasy alliance forms between Lilandra's team of Guardians and Gray'Ven, leader of the Spartax. Meanwhile, Star-Lord and his team have gone undercover to infiltrate a Universal Church of Truth Indoctrination Center on Cyrus-IV. There, they learn that the head interrogator is Moondragon, a former Guardian! Now the group has been split with Quill, Gamora and Mantis being taken of-world while Drax, Rocket and Bug remain behind to face inquisition at the hands of their former teammate. These three have been judged unworthy to serve in the Church and the sentence has been passed down. There is no place for heretics or the un-pure in the Church! They must be purged and the sentence is death! Next Issue: Lost Souls!

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SCI-FI MARVEL! Part 2

QUASAR & THE INFINITY WATCH#36

Written by ROGER STERN

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by KAARE ANDREWS

Astral beings of light are trying to take over the bodies of the people on the revised Argonaut project. The lost souls who weren't reincarnated when the universe was reborn after the war with the Infinity King! They've heard that the Argonaut Project is meant to protect everyone and they say that includes them. Quasar feels responsible and vows to find these beings of light a planet of their own. A planet of the dead so to speak. With the power of the lost Space Gem at his command it should take no time at all, unless of course he bumps into the Avatar of Power Darth Maul with his captive, Anwen Bakien who he recognises as his sister - Reality! Speed vs Power!

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HIGH EVOLUTIONARY#36

Written By DOUG MOENCH

Plot By MCGAFFER

Art By PAUL GULACY

The High Evolutionary finds himself summoned to account for his actions. A supporter of the Mad Titan and player of forces beyond his understanding the High Evolutionary finds himself before a Council of Cosmic forces and forced to explain himself. What these Cosmic forces did not anticipate was that the HE saw this coming from the very start! Evolution applies to everything and he knows what all of his actions and deeds will evolve towards and now he has all of these Cosmic forces right where he wants them.

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THE INHUMANS #42

Written By ROBERT VENDETTI

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By MARK BROOKS

Honor Thy Father!

Triton, Reader, Luna, Tom Corsi and Iso have come to the Himalayas and old Attilan to recover the Regenesis Matrix but have run into Triton's father Serpentor instead! The others are ready to attack but Triton tells then to hold and let his father speak. Serpentor tells them that he has no wish to fight, he just wants to talk to his son. Iso tells Triton that he can trust anything that he says but Serpentor makes an offer to show his sincerity. He will give them the Regenesis Matrix if Triton will come home with him! Elsewhere in a secret location, Medusa and Black Bolt meet for the first time since he left for Olympia(Eternals #12). The plans they have carefully laid out are unraveling and they have to decide whether it's time or not to tell Khan the truth. However, Black Bolt, in his own way, tells medusa that they may face another more serious issue. He suspects that his bride-to-be Athena of the Eternals has a secret agenda of her own and it may have to do with something very important to the Inhumans! Next Issue: Homecoming.

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SILVER SURFER #42

Written By CHRISTOS GAGE

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By DUSTIN WEAVER

The Celestial Madonna! Part 2

The Palace of the Magus! Shalla Bal has rejected her former lover Norrin Radd and embraced her role as the Celestial Madonna! She tells him to go now or she will be forced to destroy him. Adam Warlock convinces the Surfer that it is best that they leave, they are not yet prepared to face the Magus. However the Black Swan Yabbot Sumon refuses to leave as she pledges her loyalty to the Magus. The Surfer reluctantly agrees to leave but vows to return for Shalla Bal! Elsewhere, the Elder Gods gather to discuss the problem of Leviathan. The World-Eater has stepped in to fill the void left by the death of Galactus and has consumed planets at an increasingly high rate. With Galactus, the universe had balance but Leviathan does not care about keeping structure within the workings of the universe. They have to find a way to deal with him and his two Heralds before he becomes too powerful! Next Issue: Herald to Herald!

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ADAM WARLOCK HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2017

Words & Arts by MIKE & LAURA ALLRED

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Being an intergalactic messiah has it’s perks, but there’s also so much pressure and expectation that goes along with it. Each alien race wants their chosen savior to fit their unique ideal and frankly Adam just can’t be everything to everyone all the time. Pretending to do so makes HIM feel a little like a fraud. What he really needs is a little break before he snaps and goes all Magus again. Coincidentally (Not to get too metaphysical in an Adam Warlock comic but are there ever really coincidences?) his pal Pip the Troll has been pestering him about investigating a newly discovered pocket universe called the Holiday Zone, that advertises an existence of nothing but fun and recreation, a literal escape from one’s cosmic troubles, open for eternity. Sounds like paradise, right?

Just before arriving, Adam and Pip rescue a group of recent Holiday Zone tourists whose ship has broken down while reentering the galaxy, yet the stranded crew seem disinterested in working to repair it despite being perfectly capable of doing so, refusing to take responsibility for the accident that left them floating aimlessly in space, and angry that Adam and Pip took so long to arrive. They won't even offer a thank you. Maybe this group needs another holiday from their holiday, huh? Just wait until our heroes start their own vacay.

The holographic sign reads “Welcome to Holiday Zone, where you will forget all your worries, forever!” What they'll discover, what is really being sold isn't relaxation at all but rather an endless mind-numbing barrage of shiny attention grabbing distractions of feint importance that suck the minds and souls out of all visitors under the guise of BIG ENTERTAINMENT purporting to personalize the enjoyment for each life form while really depersonalizing the life form itself into hive mind mentality focused on interactive amusements, addicted to the next fix of FUN. You can really forget just who you are or what you stand for in a place like this. Meanwhile "The Planning Committee" that oversees Holiday Zone nefariously plots to shape the minds and motives of their guests before releasing them back to universe. Can Adam and Pip resist the urge to lose themselves permanently in time to perform a true Holiday miracle or will the puppet masters prevail once again? This story just might need a savior after all....

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 1

THE DEFENDERS #39

Written by MIKE MIGNOLA

Plot by EXCITER

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

"THE LIGHT DIMENSION" part two “PLANET OF NINE LIVES”

Free from the oppression of the now-dead Dormammu, the rocky hides of the seemingly endless legions of Mindless Ones have fallen away and revealed people - mostly very scared and confused people. In seeking to reclaim their lives so long taken from them, these “Re-Minded Ones” turn to the heroes responsible for their liberation - the Defenders!

The feline Thunderans seek to return to their world after its recent conquest at Dormammu’s hands (see THE DEFENDERS #22), but their mortal enemy Mumm-Ra refuses to allow any but the Ancient Spirits of Evil to claim dominion over the remains of Thundera! Can Hulk, Namor, and Dr. Strange help Cheetara and her people defeat the undead sorcerer and finally reclaim their home?

Meanwhile, the majority of realms ravaged by Dormammu have been rendered uninhabitable. For the Re-Minded Ones who lived on those worlds, there is no going back. Faced with the biggest refugee crisis in the history of the multiverse, the Silver Surfer must lean on his experience as a herald of Galactus. Where once he found worlds to be devoured, now he must find worlds to be settled by a massive displaced population! But worlds that at first blush seem idyllic often hold secret dangers beyond comprehension...

Plus, the recently slain Skeletor sells his soul to Mephista for the chance to live again! And Mephista plans on keeping his soul nice and safe in property she just acquired in her recent divorce - the Sanctum Sanctorum!

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DOOM #42

Written by NEIL GAIMAN

Art by CLAYTON CRAIN

Plot by MCGAFFER

Dracula, Mephisto and Morgan Le Fay have wisely accepted Doom's offer to stand by his side. The Molecule Man has vanished in another fit of madness. And the Maestro has fled with the Red Skull, but no matter, he is simply a Hulk at the end of the day and Doom is!!! The traitor will be flayed and scream for the mercy of death, which Doom will ultimately, graciously grant. First though he has a quest to complete and Dracula and Morgan Le Fay will accompany him. The moon is Doom's and he has been turning it into a new Hell for a purpose, now that the moon is saturated with energy it is ready for Doom's wishes. Doom will use the moon as an anchor and the energy as a lance with which to bridge reality with what does not exist anymore. Doom is one of the few that knows another reality existed before this and he left something behind, something he desires.

The bridge between reality and Not threatens to destroy the world below but Doom is not concerned, everything is as Doom wills it!

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MIDNIGHT SONS #39

Written by MIKE RAICHT

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by CLAY MANN

Volcano Gods! Never happy unless someone is being sacrificed to them! The Sons wanted a holiday, that was all. They'd earned one. And Daimon Hellstorm whisked the team off to Hawaii. It was going well, Red Sonja was getting a nice tan, Man-Thing was busy eating whatever else crawled on the beach and Ghost Rider was aceing the flaming surfboard! And then the grumpy volcano Gods turned up to try kicking sand in everyone's faces. Not on the Son of Satan's watch!!! Lucky he's brought his pitchfork.

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CABAL #41

Written by DANIEL WAY

Art by FRANK CHO

Plot by MCGAFFER

The Molecule Man saved the Red Skull and the Maestro from the wrath of Doom, but why? He's not saying at the moment and the Skull knows he cannot make him. The Skull not long ago had conquered Europe and took the Rheichland for his own. But of course heroes and villains conspired and he lost everything. But the Molecule Man has delivered them to the heart of the Thule. The Skull cannot hope that the Molecule Man is on his side in his war with Doom, he must take matters into his own hands. He must counter Doom's magic with the lore of the Thule and Doom's technology with the creative mind of the Maestro. A man all to happy to go and knock on the door of Hydra and remind them where their loyalties lie. Magic, Hydra, a Hulk or two? Banner's mind and his own iron will...The Skull has plans for this world and Doom that they cannot possibly survive!...And the Molecule Man watches and grins and weaves invisible worlds in-between his hands....

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 2

THE WATCH #40

Written by JAMES O'BARR

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by ESAD RIBIC

The return of Young Thanos threatens to reset everything...if people knew! Gandalf and Roland Deschain decide to keep his presence on Earth and in this time secret. The young teenager is powerful but not yet corrupted by desire. They could mold a hero for the entire of existence if they step carefully. Unfortunately Randall Flagg is a big fan of the Death obsessed Mad Titan and wants to show the youngster all the fun to be had in the multiverse. The adult Thanos managed to blink existence itself into oblivion and Randall wants to see a repeat! The Watch have their most important mission to date.

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GOD SQUAD #41

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by STEVE DILLON

Deacon Frost vs a Stone Giant! Herc could help but he feels like sitting back and enjoying this mismatch for a while. He didn't know that the Stone Giants were big fans of Hockey...The hunt for the Crown of Bones isn't going completely to plan. The Stone Giants have spirited it away to the Realm of the Dead across the Bridge of Swords and no matter what God you are payment must be made to cross. Ares is a little annoyed that Herc offered him to the spirits on the other side but he's sure that his brother can escape the clutches of the Shee!...Possibly!

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GUNSLINGER #41

Written by STEPHEN KING

Art by LEINAL FRANCIS YU

Plot by MCGAFFER

Eve von Doom faces the biggest mismatched gunfight of her whole, admittedly young, life! Sam and Dean Winchester along with Ichabod Crane, her posse, her possessions! Have been taken by the ghosts of Tombstone! The Cowboy Gang have risen up to reclaim the West for themselves again and Eve's going to need a little help. Jack's head is once again a font of wisdom as he gives the young deadly gunfighter some good advice, "Consult the ones who put them in the ground" So she's off to raise Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp for a personal tour of the OK Corral.

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Magik #42

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by SUNOFDARKCHILD

Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

Innocence Found

Magik meets a surprising discovery, a six year old blonde Russian girl named Illyana Rasputin. This child has never been kidnapped, never been to Limbo, and never had her soul manipulated by demonic sorcerers. This discovery shakes the grown-up Illyana to the core, for if this child is the real Illyana Rasputin, then who is the woman called Magik?[/QUOTE]

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 3

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS/NEXTWAVE: CHESTNUT ROASTING BASTERDS STYLE

Written By JIM STERANKO

Plot By MCGAFFER

Art By HERB TRIMPE

Santa Nazi is back! The Basterds were sure they'd put this bowlful of jelly in the freezer permanently...with a missile shoved where the treetops don't glisten for good measure! Rocket has a plan to take down the King of Coal but he's gonna need 12 reindeer, and where's he going to find that at this time of year...Meanwhile Squirrel Girl gets dressed up as Mrs Santa to infiltrate the Third Reich's Yuletide Ball and find out what the plan for the unjolliest fatman is! The Captain isn't as thrilled by being dressed up as an elf but perhaps he can find some fun with the other uzi-wielding little sprites.

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The LIVING MUMMY #1

"Next of Kin" Part One

WRITTEN by Neal Gaiman

ART by Clayton Crain

Plot by Zach

The LIVING MUMMY has moved to Arizona! After learning that he is listed as an ailing resident's next of kin N'Kantu has relocated to the Golden Sands Retirement Home. There he met Abilene Maycrux, a spirited 87 year old former actress and model, who claims to be his descendant!

Although his limited ability as a conversationalist proved to be an obstacle the pair quickly bonded. Abilene was happy for a new car for a lifetime's worth of stories of her time in show business, the mummy appreciated the company. The two sat in the park together, watched reruna of Abilene's movies, and even proved to be a formidable team in Bingo Night.

The mummy thought he had found a place to hang his wrappings, at least for a time, but fate had other plans. Another resident was recently found Dead, apparently strangled. It looks like foul play is afoot and all signs point to our hero. Can N'Kantu clear his name? Will He and Abilene finally wipe the smug grin off Myrtle's face in the next Bingo tournament? Find out in ... The LIVING MUMMY!

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Agents of S.T.A.K.E. #1

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art by Clayton Crain

Plot by GEEK MANGACOMIC

"Shuma-Gorath's Wrath" Part 1

The Howling Commandos are S.T.A.K.E.'s premiere operatives. War-Wolf! Blade! Man-Thing! Manphibian! Vampire by Night! And their two forced members, Fin Fang Foom and Azrazel! And when the Old One Shuma-Gorath starts his invasion of Earth in a quiet mountain town in Colorado, it's up to them to prevent the end of all things! And if that isn't difficult enough for them, the Howling Commandos have a traitor amongst their ranks!

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UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 1

ASTONISHING X-MEN #41

'Glory To The Newborn!'

Plot by NX01A

Written by CULLEN BUNN

Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III

Original Angel Variant Cover by ALEX ROSS

Theme Song: King's College Choir - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!

•PHOENIX stands trial for freeing the former PRIME SENTINELS without permission and for unlawfully entering the minds of the mayors of Utopia, DAVID the POSTMAN and ASTRID BLOOM. Having found no evidence that they used their mental powers to win the election or to incite anger and fear in Utopians, Jean may find herself and her increasingly unpopular X-Men eXiled!

•ARCHANGEL and CANDY 'SERAPH' SOUTHERN's twins are born on the solstice! Announcing the births of BELLE and WARREN WORTHINGTON IV! Mutant babies born of a human mother and mutant father, their DNA infused with CELESTIAL technology? Sounds like the messiahs the ACOLYTES' religious texts foretold! CLAN AKKABA, the cult of dead APOCALYPSE, also wants the newborns, and both sides will tear Utopia, each other, and anyone who gets in the way apart to get them!

•As KATU calls down destructive tentacles of cold plasma sprites from the upper atmosphere to blast the shapeshifting cultists, SENYAKA's psi-whips, VINDALOO's flaming napalm, and MELLANCAMP's claws tear through the PSI-COPS protecting the infirmary! Archangel and the twins' godparents, ICEMAN and Phoenix, may be the newborns' last line of defense!

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

X-CORPS Annual 2017

'Be Forgot'

Plot by NX01A

Written by NOAH HAWLEY

Art by JAMIE McKELVIE

Hounds Variant Cover by JIM LEE

Theme Song: Ravel/Russo/Rodrigo - Fauxlero

•Israel's Lake Hula Resort and Spa is one of the world's most exclusive... partly because it is staffed solely by and caters solely to mutants. DAVID HALLER finds himself drawn there but not for reiki and hydrotherapy: everyone at the resort is one of his escaped splinter personalities! They don't want to return to his mind for reintegration, and to ensure this, some of them plan to remove David's head!

•Someone or something is trapping David's psychic essences and making them HOUNDS: mutants with various powers transformed into vicious trackers and killers of other mutants! Aromatherapy deep cleanse facials can't be the cause of this. Or can they?

•With the help of the memory-manipulating splinter personality calling himself PTONOMY, can David free his other states of mind from the embrace of the mysterious dark queen perverting their temporary bodies?

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

X-CORPS #8

'Silent Reverie'

Plot by NX01A

Written by TA-NEHISI COATES

Art by KEN LASHLEY

Variant Excalibur Christmas Cover by DAVE COCKRUM

Theme Song: Sarah McLachlan - Angel

•X-Corps take comatose MEGGAN to the Muir Island mutant hospital and research station for DR. KEVIN MACTAGGERT to look after her. Pragmatic security chief BRIAN BRADDOCK and an uncharacteristically cold BANSHEE believe Meggan is too great a risk to be treated there... or to remain alive.

•The recently reawakened EMMA FROST takes stock of where and when she is and what she will do now. SIRYN worries about her father Banshee's post-resurrection attitude adjustment. DAZZLER prepares to sing at a rocking new year's eve party in Time's Square. And M, the PENANCE TWINS, and EMPLATE do what they've always done: pretend like nothing is wrong and enjoy X-Mas family dinner.

•The armoured NANNY and her fearsome ORPHAN MAKER have been kidnapping mutant children with Down's Syndrome or other developmental conditions from notoriously impoverished, dangerous, and anti-mutant countries, to care for them at Boston's Sunset Orphanage. Will DR. CECILIA REYES, TRIAGE, and ELIXIR alert the authorities or can Nanny's activities be covertly sponsored by X-Corps? It could be just the X-Mas miracle these very special youngsters need.

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

AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #37

Written by JEFFREY DEAVER

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by NEAL ADAMS

1437 - King James I of Scotland has just been assassinated, but not by his Uncle as history believes. A symbiote possessed peasant has just eaten the King and the nobles of Scotland are ready to follow their new leader and be hosts for their own symbiotes. Never mind England, the entire world will fall to this symbiote army. Unless of course the Agents can put history back on course! Bucky and Bishop must come up with a plan to defeat hundreds, possibly thousands of symbiotes when normally one would be a fight too far. Of course if they don't this would soon become a Planet of the Symbiotes!

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UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 2

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #41

Written by RICK REMENDER

Plot by EXCITER

Art by CHRIS BACHALO

"CHRISTMAS MUSIK”

As Kitty lights the menorah and Nightcrawler decorates the tannenbaum, the team’s X-Mas celebrations are going to be anything but jolly!

Buenos X, formerly Buenos Aires before the detonation of a weapon of mass mutation, succeeded in declaring independence from the oppressive and anti-mutant Argentinian government. But Daken, son of Wolverine and former leader of the mutant terrorist organization MUSIK, was seen fighting the Weapon-X group for Buenos X’s independence (last ish - Ex.) and pictures have reached the White House! These “terrorist ties” cause the new city-state to be deemed a rogue nation by the U.S. President, who vows to take all necessary action to ensure MUSIK does not rise again! After consulting with former world leaders Hank “Beast” McCoy and Piotr “Colossus” Rasputin, Professor X believes the best option to avoid escalation is to hand Daken over to the All-Winners Squad to answer for his crimes. Problem is, Daken has vanished! It’s a mad dash for Wolverine, Storm, and the others to find Buenos X’s most wanted before America attacks - but in a city full of disgruntled mutants, Daken has radicalized some friends of his own! You just can’t stop the MUSIK!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #38

Written by MATT KINDT

Plot by BANEOFKINGS

Art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

“ONE, TWO, THREE, COME FLOAT WITH ME…” Part 1 of 4 “27 YEARS LATER…”

Theme Song: Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Twenty-Seven years after his first encounter with Pennywise the Dancing Clown, ERIK LEHNSHERR finds himself lured back to the small town where it all began, Derry, Maine. Erik this time has the Brotherhood of Mutants with him, but the now-adult kids who he worked with to defeat the Clown last time have failed to show, for whatever reason. And that’s probably a good thing, because this time, Pennywise isn’t going to hold anything back, and if the Brotherhood thought that New Orleans was challenging – they haven’t seen nothing yet! One by one, they start getting attacked by something that claims it has everything they desire. And for some of the younger Brotherhood recruits, tired of a life constantly on the run, PENNYWISE’s false promises may be to hard to ignore. Either way, regardless of Pennywise’s presence, The Brotherhood’s days may be numbered when they decide to take residence for the Christmas period at the abandoned hotel known only as The Overlook Hotel, a sister hotel with the same name – and a similar horrible past – to the one in the Rocky Mountains…

32pgs/Rated T…/$2.99

X-23: UNLEASHED #5

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by KELLY THOMPSON

Art by JOE QUINONNES

“CANADIAN NOWHERE” Part 1 of 3 “WAGES OF FEAR”

Theme Song: The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

GAMBIT and X-23 have escaped GIDEON MACE’s army of dedicated zealots and have arrived in Vancouver at Christmas time. X-23 remembers her first Christmas as the two unwittingly end up on the road – taking a valuable cargo that could explode at any minute across the Canadian wilderness to Alaska, all the while being tailed by not only GIDEON MACE, hungry for vengeance - but also a Detective named KIERA CAMERON (Continuum) who may be from the year 2077. But can X-23 and GAMBIT deliver their precious cargo – its contents unknown even to them – to its destination? And will Laura be willing to let PROJECT ZERO’s sacrifice be for nothing?

32pgs/Rated T... /$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #41

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Plot by BANEOFKINGS

Art by CHRIS SAMNEE

“ROAD TRIP” Part 2 of 3 “LIGHTNING ALWAYS STRYKES TWICE”

Theme Song: Nat King Cole - Christmas

1961 comes to a close as Charles celebrates the first year of his new school… where it is promptly obliterated in the wake of a Christmas Party that sends his new recruits to the hospital and leaves him devastated. You’re about to witness the first ever destruction of the X-Mansion at the hands of the ambitious WILLIAM STRYKER. With the kids in captivity, Charles is forced to team up with Erik for a mission of revenge that threatens to push him over the edge in order to get his students back before they can be experimented on. Luckily, Charles has help, in the form of a man looking to escape William Stryker’s captivity. A man who is known only by one word. “LOGAN”.

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AoM Proudly Presents Our Christmas Annual Special Edition!

LESSONS FROM THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE EDGE OF TOMORROW

Written by MATT KINDT

Plot by BANEOFKINGS

Art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

Three times during his lifetime on different Christmas Days, ERIK LEHNSHERR is visited by a mysterious man. He doesn't know the man's name, nor why he's visiting him, nor why he looks exactly the same each time he sees him despite several years passing between each visit whilst Erik only grows older. This man doesn't exist in the history books and nobody, not even Erik's oldest friend CHARLES XAVIER knows his name. There's only one thing that Erik does know about the man and that is that each time he visits, Magneto's life will change forever. Experience Erik's life in his teenage years, his middle age and the last day before he dies - the day where he finally learns the man's identity - as told from the perspective of the Master of Magnetism himself. "If you've ever wondered what an X-Men version of A Christmas Carol would look like, look no further!"

”HAIL HOLIDAYS”

Written, Plot, and Art by EXCITER

Cut off one reindeer, and eight more will take its place! It’s Christmas time in the People’s Republic of Hydra, but Hydra (Cobra) Commander has instituted a new cultural holiday for the blossoming nation: Hydranalia (see SECRET AVENGERS #29)! It’s time to celebrate! Join us as we regale you with incessant Hydranalia music, including “All I Want for Hydranalia is World Domination” by Mariah Scaley! Then sit back and enjoy the Hydanalia cinematic classic “Yes, Ophelia, There is a Baron Giftersnake!” - the stop-motion animation masterpiece where the seasonal hero conquers the Island of Misfit Toys! And if you’re very strong, and very loyal, at the end of the night Baron Giftersnake himself may teleport a special gift right into your home! Hail Holidays!

X-CORPS: FIN DE SIÈCLE

Story and Art by NX01A and ROB LIEFELD

•It's the most eXplosive mutant Old Year's Night ever! ADAM-X the X-TREME, MARROW, and MAGGOTT have been transported from December 31st 1999 to December 31st 2017 by an unknown force... and they don't like what they see. Calling themselves the MILLENNIALS, the truculent trio take the fight for mutant survival to speciest VARGAS and his anti-mutant DOMINION forces. Instead of ending the species war, these time lost radical rebels with a cause may have signed homo superior's eXtinction warrant at the stroke of midnight! Happy new year?!

Moon Girl and Valeria Richards: “Two Girls, One Sleigh”

A short story

Plot by CaptCleghorn

Written by Amy Reeder and Chris Eliopoulos

Art by Scottie Young

It’s a scientific experiment. The problem statement: How does an obese man riding in a flying sleigh drawn by eight flying reindeer travel around the world in a single night? Lunella Lafayette needs to discover the answer and when Lunella needs an answer, she finds it.

She knows science is unable to explain this, so her hypothesis is that magic must be involved somehow. For that she must seek out the second smartest there is, Valeria Richards, who has some experience with magic.

Can the two smartest people on the planet answer the question of how St. Nicholas does it? What’s the shortest route to every home on the planet? How does he get in and out of each home? How is his surveillance system and judgement software superior to even Val’s Uncle Victor’s? And most importantly, what happens to all those cookies and milk?