AOM 06-2022

FEAR ITSELF #2

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“NONE BUT THE BRAVE”

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

As the world is gripped by Fear Itself, with nations being divvied up amongst the invading Horror Gods, it’s defenders continue to fall before Chthon’s onslaught. Our only hope may lie… with Balder the Brave!

Chthon’s greatest weakness has always been hubris. He recorded all of his spells in the accursed Darkhold. All of them, including the one that could reseal the borders of K’Lay and return the Realms of the Horror Gods back to their eternal prison in the Dark World Tree. That means, to prevail… Balder must obtain the Darkhold. The skull of Malekith tells him that the damnable grimoire is currently in the possession of an ancient lich, Thulsa Doom, and protected by the Darkholders cult (plus who knows how many newly arrived vampires, werewolves, Frankensteins, lagoon creatures, and invisible men) in the ever-dark, subterranean kingdom of Abysmia. To steal and use it, Balder will need mystically inclined help…

Sorcerers are absolutely required. When Earth is invaded by nightmares, who better than the Son of Satan, Damian Hellstrom, and the succubus queen, Shiklah, to answer the call?

Muscle is also a necessity. That will come in the form of the magically empowered unstoppable Juggernaut!

But to truly defeat the Horror Gods, Balder will need to use their own against them. The werewolves already mobilized, bringing Werewolf by Night and his Uncanny Wolfmen into the fold. Blade and Morbius, too, did not wait to take the fight to the vampires. With them in tow, Balder also drafts the one-man amphibious assault team, Manphibian, and his most unpredictable recruit - a Frankensteined composite of severed Deadpool parts known as… ahem… Evil Deadpool!

Can Balder lead this unlikely assemblage - these Brave Midnight Sons - to victory? Or is the mission cursed?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #43 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

Theme Song: Bobby Pickett - Monster Mash

'INFINITIVE GAUNTLET' Part 6 'MONSTER TRASH'

•DOCTOR STRANGE, Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, isn't willing to trade dozens of innocent human lives to SHUMA-GORATH for information on the mysterious entity collecting Star Stones.

•CLEA, Sorceress Supreme of the Dark Dimension, is.

•As the victrix of the Soulsword fight between MAGIK and WITCHFIRE goes to receive her rightful title as ruler of Limbo, the sentient world beneath her feet shudders. Saprotrophic extensions of K’Lay try to wrest control of the plant part of KATHULOS the Living Planet's plant-animal-mineral gestalt! Will the Queen of Limbo help the assembled Dimensional Lords fight off the Dark World Tree or will she throw in her lot with its darkness?

•MAN-THING searches for toddler BOG BOY after the little tyke teleports through the wood of his crib into the hedge maze outside, beyond the sanctum wards of AGATHA HARKNESS. In the midst of a monstrous invasion, the power of black lagoon Yacuran infuses many Earth creatures who frequent morasses, sumps, and fens. Some of these monsters wouldn't mind getting their hands on a young elemental for their new masters... or for dessert.

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

AGENTS OF FURY #22 \*\*Fear Itself Tie-In\*\*

Plotter: MARVELL2100

Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Artist: STEFANO CASELLI

“AGENTS OF FEAR!”

Who's afraid of Howard Stark? Nick Fury should be, especially after he has begun looking into Howards' mysterious return from the dead! Could Stark's return be linked to the rise of the dark god Chthon? Howard would do anything to protect his secrets so it should come as no surprise when he reaches out to another target of Fury, Presidential candidate Sen. Sharon Kelly! Stark proposes an alliance between the two to deal with a common problem as well as him becoming a donor to her campaign. An alliance between Howard and Sen. Kelly poses a major threat to Nick and his team, especially the two closest to the Kelly presidential campaign, Nomad and Diamondback! Meanwhile, Nick meets with Scorpio and Roz, the agents investigating Howard. While they, haven't come up with any new clues about Stark, they have uncovered evidence of something else! Someone has been looking into an old, defunct SHIELD program: The DELTA Project!

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

AMAZING FANTASY #29

“WHAT IF… THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ WAS ON THE PLANET OF THE APES?”

Written by Eric Shanower

Art by Skottie Young

Plot by CaptCleghorn

The Wicked Witch of the West is dead. As a reward for her brave assistance to the Emerald City and the land of Oz as a whole, Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto have been allowed to use the magic ruby slippers to take them home to Kansas. But Oz has another crisis brewing. The Witch of the West had kept a population of flying monkeys under her control and after her death, the monkeys are now free. They also wish to go home.

Far to the East, there is a land where science changed the landscape. Where Oz was shaped and changed by magic, those areas had three species of ape gain intelligence and take control over man. It is there that the monkeys fly and where they ask for help in wrecking vengeance over Oz. The Ape Cities arose when dogs and cats were wiped out and man became mute as Apes took control. A talking girl and her dog certainly attract attention.

The Scarecrow and his newfound intelligence negotiate with the scientific orangutangs.

The Tin Man and his heart seek to gain the trust of the Chimpanzees.

But the greatest challenge may be a Talking Lion with his newfound courage trying to control an army of warlike gorillas.

Can the flying monkeys and their quest for vengeance be halted?

32 pp $2.99 Rated T for teen (13+) audiences

ANNIHILATORS #4 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by SCOTT SNYDER

Art by GREG CAPULLO

“AGE OF THE LIVING DEAD”

Thanos is on his farm when an alert goes off. He teleports to his secret base and encounters a Zombie Mar-Vell. Their fight is brief as Thanos almost destroys Mar-Vell but the Zombie escapes.

The Mad Titan discovered that the Soul Gem in his keeping has been stolen. And from his monitor, Thanos can see there is a Dark World Tree growing in the heart of the universe.

Nova tries to control his new form as the Anti-Nova when the Nova Corps is called into action. The Dark World Tree has unleashed armies of nightmare into the universe.

Thanos travels in his Space Chair to enlist the help of Gamora, Silver Surfer and Nebula, who are all under attack from a bunch of alien vampires from a vampire planet. Thanos destroyed all vampires with one blast.

The Mad Titan believes one of the Lords of Negative Zone is responsible for this theft.

Meanwhile, in the Negative Zone, an army of the dead from Negation gathers around a planet. A zombie Mar-Vell flies through the army and brings the Soul Gem before his master-Syphonn.

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA! #34 \*\*Fear Itself Tie-In\*\*

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

“FEAR AND LOATHING IN WAKANDA!”

While most Wakandans agree that their King did the right thing in dealing with the traitor N'Jadaka, The Desturi believe that T'Challa exceeded his authority when he killed Kilmonger. They wanted him brought before the Wakandan Council to face judgement for his crimes. But they think that T'Challa became judge, jury and executioner and usurped their power. In fact, many of them have been seeking ways to gain more than just political clout. Some have turned to the dark god Chthon for power, not only to deal with T'Challa but the Panther god Bast as well! As The Desturi plot their next moves, another figure with a vendetta against The Panther has been working behind the scenes, secretly supplying tech to Wakandas' enemies! But the threat is much larger than just bringing down Wakanda. A Cabal has formed and they intend to wreak havoc, destruction and death in the lives of T'Challa, Tony Stark, Nick Fury and everyone else connected to them!

32 PGS./Rated Mature Audiences.... $3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #43 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“DARK PLACES”

Steve Rogers continues to be unstuck in time, now thrown farther back than ever before to when the ancient, prehistoric kingdom of Valusia was ruled by fabled Kull the Conqueror. In this long-forgotten age of sword and sorcery, Cap finds himself confronted with a cult from pre-cataclysm Atlantis that had gained possession of the accursed Darkhold, authored by Chthon. They used spells perfected in Dhampiraj to transform one of their own number into the first earthly vampire: Varnae! Can Steve stop the blood-sucking scourge before it begins?

In the current year, the Agents of Allograft failed to harvest body parts from the heroes detained in the Vault - but the attempt did facilitate escape! The original Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Mockingbird, and Bonebreaker are free and picked up by Ulysses S. Archer in his enhanced big rig - but the U.S. 1’s other outlaw passenger, Kraven the Hunter, is already working overtime: there are werewolf invaders aplenty, and Kraven plans on making a new vest from their hides!

Can even the newly liberated “All-Winners Squad” make a difference against the Horror God invasion? The invisible squadron following them says no!

Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd, “Misinformation Itself: No, the Current Captain America hasn’t been Turned into a Werewolf, he Just Hasn’t Shaved Due to a Razor Shortage.”

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK INTELLIGENCE #13 ##Fear Itself Tie-In\*\*

Writer: ED BRUBAKER

Artist: STEVE EPTING

Plotter: MARVEL2100

“FEAR THE RED DEATH!”

Yuma AZ: As the death totals increase across the Southwest U.S. and even into Mexico, Jason Strongbow and Monica Chang are no closer to finding out who or what is behind all of the gruesome murders! The ARROW agents know that there is a link to all of the killings, but they can't make it out just yet! However, Jason can't shake the feeling that somehow, he is connected, that that there is something from his past that is tied into all of this! Just then, Monica tells him they have to go, there has been another massacre in a small town along Mexico's Pacific coast! Elsewhere in a faraway location, John Apostle sits alone in a darkened room. Suddenly, an eerie glow fills the room and the dark god Chthon appears. He looks at Apostle and tells him that he is impressed with what he has done and offers him a place by his side if he agrees to serve him. Apostle tells Chthon to leave, he has no need of the dark lord or any other "master". Whatever Chthon is promising, he has no need. He will appear before his true lord and answer for his many sins. But until that time, he will bring as much terror and death to mankind until he breathes his final breathe!

32 PGS./Rated Mature Audiences... $3.99

DEADPOOL #11

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art by JUAN CABAL

Plot by FFJAMIE94

This is it People! The last two issues of this Legendary Deadpool run.

But that doesn't mean we are going to slow down, in fact things are just heating up.

Our Hero finds where the Impossible Man, only to be greeted by Chip and Juan themselves... with an army of Deadpools behind them.

Not only that, but Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza also join the Party.

Here all is revealed... Deadpool, as he is, will die, and a new Deadpool will take his place.

History is made as he prepares himself to go through the door labelled "TFA" which stands for "The Final Adventure"

Yes, Deadpool will literally walk into the next issue to come face to face with the ultimate enemy... Kingconuity.

Also Impossible Man gets a call... from Shield. What is happening here? No one knows... But I'm sure it's not important...

48 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$4.99

DEVIANT #6 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by AL EWING

Art by JOSÉ LADRÖNN

Theme Song: SongsOfTheCVLT - Dagon's Chosen: Hymn of the Deep Ones

'REVELATION OF THE ABYSS'

•RANSAK the REJECT is brain dead, his consciousness slain by LUCIAN the BLACKWULF in a battle for dominance.

•The UNI-MIND is peaceful. KARKAS prays for his fallen, foolish friend. SERSI finally awakens, her energy draining link to the Δσ apparently severed. Warlord KRO asks his sometimes lover THENA what they'll find once the Uni-Mind reaches the center of the island. She remembers now, she remembers everything about Ωσ but the knowledge shames her.

•The tall, transparent silver Ψσ encircle ground zero of the Great Experiment which forced Sunken Mu to be chronal locked half a million years ago. Whatever the cosmic energy-spewing entity they worship is, it exists on multiple Lagrangian submanifolds at once so a time dilation field on Earth only slowed down some of its evolution.

•The Deviant ruins surrounding Ωσ reveal the greatest secret of the Eternals: Deviant gene-priests first isolated the cosmic energy that empowered the Eternals, not the Eternals' first leader KRONOS! An accident much like the one which would drastically enhance the Eternals' powers obviously happened on Sunken Mu, an accident Kronos covered up while stealing Deviant knowledge to try to perfect the cosmic energy infusion technique.

•Deviants could have been godlike, beautiful, eternal... but Eternals stole their fire.

•The emotional stability of the Uni-Mind is shattered.

•Meanwhile... DEEP ONES from Yacuran's blackest lagoon Y'ha-nthlei continue their slow march to the heart of Sunken Mu. One of the dimensions touched by Ωσ is that of K’Lay, the Dark World Tree, and the Deep Ones know Ωσ as UBBO-SATHLA, the Unbegotten Source. With everything from the Dark World Tree running free on Earth, Ubbo-Sathla must be free, too!

•Next month: DvX!

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

F² #10

Written by Kieron Gillen

Plot by CaptCleghorn

Art by Jamie McKelvie

“Trial of the Torches! Part 4 – The Defense”

Jennifer Walters, attorney for the F² Foundation, is taking her turn stating her case for the defense. She is surprised by Victor Von Doom declaring himself her co-council. Doom, of course, is licensed to practice law in Latveria. Since Von Doom is on trial with the Torches and the kids, the TVA accepts his “request”, leaving our heroes a bit flummoxed. Can Jenn and the team trust their newly ordained co-counsel? Will Doom throw them under the bus for his own personal benefit, or will his ego urge him to win and show his supremacy?

On the proposed escape attempt with the rest of the team, Reed, Hank, Ben, and company listen to a proposal from the strange “colonizer” Tana Nile about how to get to the TVA. Tana Nile introduces her allies, Bolo, Xemu, and Tiboro. Those three are from a five-dimensional realm and they are a bit … unusual. Tiboro is a sixth dimensional being. Can Ben and Wyatt snap Reed and Hank out of their scientific fanboy gawking to see if this is a workable solution, and if it is, will it work?

32 PGs/ Rated T...$3.99

FEAR ITSELF: EVEN MORE THUNDERBOLTS #2

Written by ALEX DE CAMPI

Plot by H-E-D

Art by TRAVEL FOREMAN

A well timed vacation saved Melissa Gold, aka SONGBIRD, from the mummified menace of Khufu.

But unfortunately, it’s plunged her right into another nightmare:

THE WYOMING CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

Mel thought she would go home to Cheyenne for a weekend in the idyllic pastures of Wyoming.

When she joined up with a group backpacking trip, she thought it would be fun!

Unfortunate complication: Chthon’s nonsense has unleashed a freakish family of cannibals. Most imposing among them is the behemoth known only as FEATHERFACE.

Now, Songbird may only be Melissa’s sobriquet, but Featherface isn’t going to let that deter him.

Can Melissa manage to survive to be the Final Girl?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: FEAR AND LOATHING IN ALLOGRAFT #2

Writer: WARREN ELLIS (Transmetropolitan)

Artist: RALPH STEADMAN (Rolling Stone)

Gardening Editor: CaptCleghorn

“Reed's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Superhero Gangs!”

The realm of Allograft has opened to the planet. Those who deal fear with their attempts to use science untampered by common decency have a new enemy. His name is Reed Richards and he is not going to stop them, but out do them. It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear.

In a land where Gods and Monsters were the goal, Richards wanted angels to serve and build him up. A man who has blown all his options can’t afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can’t afford to admit — no matter how often he’s reminded of it — that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley…

Those angels would seemingly be from Hell. Reed gets them from anywhere he can and brings them to the Edge, giving them power. The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there.

40 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: THE INSATIABLE HULK #2

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art by MATTEO SCALERA

“HULK SMASH TRANSYLVANIA”

The Hulk is now a thrall to the patriarch of the vampire gods, All-Sire Vanthirius. This insatiable Hulk has been commanded to bring Transylvania to heel and force Count Dracula to kneel in both submission and reverence to his kind’s deities: the Ampir. Yet, after centuries as lord of all creatures of the night, the defiant Dracula has become accustomed to bowing to no one! It’s a fang-smashing throw-down as Hulk battles Dracula for vampiric supremacy!

Yet Drac has two very unlikely allies - individuals whom, under normal circumstances, are his mortal enemies: Blade, the Day-Walker, and Morbius, the Living Vampire! Can this trio of acrimonious nosferatu work together to prevent the fall of the entire planet? It’s Morbin’ time!

Meanwhile, another battle rages… inside Hulk’s headspace. The Insatiable Hulk is a vampiric persona, an outside entity currently dominating the great green body. It’s a demonic disease that slyly claimed control after the shock of Vanthirius’ initial bite… but if it wants to retain that control, it’ll have to contend with the mental full house that already exists: Bruce Banner, Savage Hulk, Joe Fixit, and Super Smash Brother!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: TALES OF SUSPENSE #2

CHTHON in “HOMECOMING”

Plot by EXCITER

Written by GEOFF JOHNS

Art by SALVADOR LAROCCA

So many millions of years ago, there was a grand pantheon that came to be known as the Elder Gods. The darkest amongst them, Chthon, cared little for any of his peers. Instead he dedicated his eternal life to esoteric study and research. His primary drive was the pursuit of knowledge and the means to manipulate the natural world, bending it to his will. He became the first sorcerer and essentially discovered black magic.

While Gaea obsessed over her primitive Earthly mammals, Chthon instead explored how to transform them into sundry monsters. This was the root of their rivalry, an acrimonious feud that would last all eternity… until now!

Finally free and with a captive supply of humans that had multiplied exponentially, what new monsters will he create? And who could possibly stop him?

TILDA “BLACK WIDOW” JOHNSON in “POISON WAS THE CURE”

Plot by EXCITER

Written by GEOFF JOHNS

Art by SALVADOR LAROCCA

Her team of would-be Avengers may have fragmented early in the invasion, but the new Black Widow - Tilda Johnson, who you may know better as Deadly Nightshade - has resolved to prove that she can always get the job done. And if the job is to avenge, then she’s gonna do it!

Her go-to tools are biochemistry and engineering. Vampire enemies? Time to unleash chemical weapons with garlic, silver, and wood bases. Frankensteins? Fire and flame power, all the way. Werewolves? Hell, one of her first schemes involved a serum to make werewolves docile and obedient. Tilda intends to prove that her Black Widow is the most venomous of all and establish that she is never, ever going to rescind the mantle!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: THE UNCANNY WOLF-MEN #2

Plot by EXCITER

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL

“DOGFIGHT”

The hunt is on!

Werewolf by Night, Man-Wolf, Wolfsbane, Warwolf and the newly in (relative) control Cap-Wolf (Arkady Rossovich) have coalesced into the “Uncanny Pack”! Their mission? Defeat Alpha Prime of Varúlfur, the werewolf all-father, and claim leadership of an entire Realm of lycanthropes!

But to get to him, they’ll need to establish themselves as worthy. The Ripclaw Pack has been at the forefront of Earth’s invasion. They’ve terrorized Mexico and essentially annexed the country as their hunting grounds: La Tierra de los Lobos! If our heroes can take down Alpha Ripclaw, then they can gain Alpha Prime’s attention. But that’s a task that is easier said than done as every Alpha is the werewolf equivalent of a Norse god and they first have to fight through a werewolf-infested Tijuana to reach their target! ¡Ay, chihuahua!

And who among the Uncanny is Alpha anyway? They all seem to think it’s them!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

GHOST RIDER: DAMNATION #8 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by DAN WATTERS

Art by CASPAR WIJNGAARD

“BLACKOUT RISING”

The Dark World Tree enhances dark magic and dark creatures. And no one likes the dark more than Blackout.

With the Dark World Tree juicing him, Blackout comes after Danny Ketch. Danny was unprepared for this, and the Lilin Vampire rips out the Medallion of Power from him.

Without the Medallion connecting them, Johnny Blaze fell once again into Hell. Now in his demonic form, and with the ability to absorb souls. That mean he will come face to face with Mephisto real soon, and that’s a battle he can’t win. Unless he can find the Sentry first?

In New York, Blackout use the powers of the Medallion to further enhance himself and goes after the Void. The super juiced Blackout vs the Void. Who will win the fight and who will take all the powers of the Medallion?

As night falls around the world, Danny wakes up once more into the Ghost Rider, but will he be able to help the Midnight Sons and stop the Darkness?

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #9

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by JEROME OPENA

Plot by FFJAMIE94

THE IRON AGE CONCLUSION!!!

The Iron Age reaches its finale as Ironeye fights off against Knull's Army. He eventually finds Spider-Woman as the two fight their way to victory. But all is lost... except for the Hope that lies with Hawkeye and Spider-Woman for they hold the knowledge of what is coming. They return to the present with the future in ruins. Venom meets with the duo as he recalls his vision, and a message is passed. "Do not trust them!"

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #34 \*\*Fear Itself Tie-In\*\*

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

“THE HOUSE THAT STARK BUILT - PARENTAL GUIDANCE!”

No one is more shocked than Tony that his father Howard has decided to join his new rival Joe Broke-It and his company Force Works! How could Howard do this so soon after returning from his so-called death? This is sure to put a strain on an already tenuous relationship! His own father working with a man who is looking to become the new tech-king of the world! Broke-It already has a contract with the new gov't agent ARROW and is now looking to to the stars as he plans to build his own space station and Lunar base!

With so much happening so quickly, Tony decides to take a step back and take a long trip with Maria so that he plan his next move. If his father has decided to join the enemy, then he'll just have to treat him like an enemy! Elsewhere, Joe Broke-It is in his luxurious office, reveling in his newfound success and the newest addition of Howard Stark to his company. He will soon become one of the most powerful and influential people in the world! Suddenly the room goes dark and an unearthly glow fills the room! Enter the dark lord Chthon, who is here to remind Broke-It of who it is that owes all of his success to. After all, it was Chthon who found the broken mangled body of Broke-It, begging for anyone to help save him. It was Chthon who healed him, gave him his wealth and made it possible for his company to rise so quickly. Chthon wants Broke-It to continue developing his technology, tech that will allow him to corrupt the souls of everyone who uses his new social media app QuikTik. As long as Broke-It continues to serve him, he will have continued success. But if he should ever fail him, he'll return Broke-It to that mangled bag of flesh that was dying of gamma-radiation poisoning!

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

THE MIGHTY THOR #44 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“HELIOCENTRIC”

He is the slayer of Thor and the deity that made the liberation of Chthon and his Horror Gods possible. But why the first son of Gaea, Atum, turned on his own mother has been a mystery… until now!

Atum was born with a purpose: to stop the elder gods, most of whom had largely degenerated into corrupt, malevolent demons. Yet as he defeated and devoured them (the only sure way to kill a god), he metabolized their evil. He became… the Demogorge! He always lamented this change.

When the vast majority of elder gods were gone, Atum tried something new. Under the name Amon Ra, he begat and ruled a new generation of gods from celestial Heliopolis , worshipped in ancient Egypt and beyond. But still, he felt the compulsion to fulfill the purpose for which he was born. He eventually abandoned his throne and sought out more evil gods to consume. His quest lead him to… K’Lay. The Dark World Tree was a veritable smorgasbord, as Chthon had millennia to cultivate evil divinity therein. It was… overwhelming. Soon, his digestion changed his personality. It made him open to Chthon’s influence. As the ancient adage goes, “you are what you eat.”

And then he ate Thor, the greatest godly hero of our time. Was it enough for Atum to regain the perspective he lost? Within him, what little remains of Thor wages war against an ocean of godly villainy. Is it enough?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Guest Writer ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA (Afterlife with Archie, Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina)

Guest Artists STEVE BISSETTE (Swamp Thing, SpiderBaby Comix)

JOHN TOTLEBEN (Swamp Thing, Miracleman)

RICK VEITCH (Swamp Thing, Bratpack)

Plot by CaptCleghorn

“OVER A BARREL!”

In this special Fear Itself tie-in, a crack guest team creates a story of horror and fear to make your spines tingle.

Peter Parker is back in Queens after his Savage Land trip and life is kind of weird, even for NYC standards. Wanting to get some current video (media for his entire trip to Antarctica was confiscated by the government), he was going to go out on patrol but was asked by his Aunt May to check on one of her neighborhood friends, Carlo Rogell.

What Pete finds is a wide variety of fears from the man’s life. Rival spy agencies using the neighborhood as headquarters and a shooting gallery. Ghosts haunting his home, dog and all, and drinking his best liquor. Insane mad scientists versions of himself and worst of all, giant tarantulas lurking everywhere.

Can the Amazing Spider-Man address not one fear from a man’s life, but many?

32 Pgs./ Rated T...$3.99

SORCERERS OF THE STARS #32 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by JIM STARLIN

Art by RON LIM

“DARK OF THE MOON”

The Dark World Tree enhances dark magic through the universe, and a group of Set worshippers on Lemista tried to summon Set. The Great Serpent, an elder god just like Cthon.

The Star-Lady Magique and the Sorcerer Krugarr tried to stop the summoning process but they were too late.

However, Set wasn’t summoned to Lemista, as this was a plot by the Dragon of the Moon, a spawn of Set. And using the ritual, the Dragon of the Moon is finally free from her prison of Titan.

At the same time, Drax and Moondragon is attacked by a Legion of Werewolves who took them to Counter-Earth.

On Lemista, The Dragon transforms into the Moon of the Dragon. Anyone who under the Moon of Madness will be transformed into Dracons. Can Magique and Krugarr to find a way to stop her?

On Counter-Earth, Drax and Moondragon, father and daughter, wakes up to a terrifying old foe. Werewolves have taken over Counter-Earth. And their leader is the nemesis of Adam Warlock. Fear the Man-Beast!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #43 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by STUART IMMONEN

Theme Song: David Bowie – Life On Mars?

'DEEP THOUGHT' part 2 'DEIMOS'

•The necromantic energies of extradimensional Allograft have reanimated JEAN GREY's corpse in the cargo hold of CRIMSON PIRATE extraction expert SANGUINE SILENCE's space ship. Worse, the corpse is controlled by the mind-swapped consciousness of demon-mutant PHENEX. Worse still, Phenex used Jean's telekinesis to damage the vessel's main systems, forcing Sanguine Silence to land on Phobos to run diagnostics. In her normal body, Phenex has a death touch. In Jean's zombie body, however, she feels an overwhelming hunger for thoughts, memories, and emotions.

•When plasma rounds and depleted uranium bullets can't breach Jean's telekinetic field, Sanguine Silence jumps ship in a escape pod. Zombie Jean doesn't need to breathe, and the last thing the Crimson Pirate sees is a skeletal bird of psionic prey engulfing her mind and the pod instants before it crashes into the other moon of Mars, Deimos.

•While they've stabilized Asteroid X, the X-Men discover another problem: its main neutrino-ion generator is destabilizing! With more patchwork undead SENTINELS heading their way from Earth, can they use the warp core to obliterate their oncoming enemies?

•And even if they do make it safely into Earth orbit, where will they find a new power source?

•Beginning in next month's Deviant #7: DvX!

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UNCANNY X-MEN: FEAR ITSELF #2

Plot by NX01A

Written by ZEB WELLS

Art by MARCO CHECCHETTO

Theme Song: Metallica - Cyanide

'HATED AND FEARED' Part 2 'PESTILENCE'

•The fight for Moscow between K'lay's horrors and the HORSEMEN of APOCALYPSE continues but what of elsewhere? The Soviet Federal Assembly has enlisted the fearsome forces of CHTHON to retake not only Moscow but also Ukraine. Surely the Horsemen can't be everywhere at once, and there are only four of them.

•Ethereal entities from Iping, the Realm Invisible, swarm Ukraine to murder its leaders and cripple its military and infrastructure. What you can't see can hurt you.

•War is Hell but at least you can sometimes see it coming. Bacteria, viruses, prions? Disease? Usually not. And what you can't see can still be touched by what cannot be seen.

•PIETRO MAXIMOFF doesn't run anymore. It is beneath him. He walks at Mach 20, his touch able to disintegrate anything he chooses but that is not how he uses it right now. He instead spreads an excruciatingly fatal meta-plague on contact which either kills almost instantly or very slowly. In this instance alone does Pietro prefer to take things slow.

•The invisible envoys of Iping are cloaked but they can be touched, and PESTILENCE finds and touches them all.

•While more sensible members of the mysterious OUTER SPHERE like EMMA FROST, LADY MANDARIN, X-23, and NIGHTCRAWLER watch the Horsemen take apart the Dark World Tree spawn, a few power-hungry members make a play against APOCALYPSE himself! MASTERMIND and his daughters, LADY MASTERMIND and MADAM MASTERMIND, believe their powers can wrap En Sabah Nur in a collective illusion and control him. The White Queen believes the Outer Sphere positions of Red King, White Knight, and Red Knight will soon be vacant.

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