AOM 08-2022

FEAR ITSELF #4

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“THE FUTURE OF FEAR”

Chthon is dead. Yet, the fear lingers…

There is a prevailing truism about artists: that their work increases in value after their death. And what is black magic if not the quintessential “dark art”? The Darkhold - Chthon’s unrivaled repository of arcane knowledge, the blackest of grimoires, and the universe’s most accursed spellbook - is now invaluable. Whosoever obtains it may shift the balance of power in the Age of Marvels Universe going forward…

Will it be the Son of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom? Or the succubus Queen Shiklah? Or another member of the Midnight Sons? Is it Morbin’ time?

What about other earthly spellcasters? A member of the Agents of A.R.C.A.N.A.? Or perhaps the Spellbinder herself? Or a Sigil-bearer? A dark intellectual? A sorcerer of the stars? A king? Perhaps someone… more fantastic? Could it possibly be the moment that the supernaturally stout Darkhold Dwarf has awaited his entire life?

Or will it be those who carry on Chthon’s legacy more directly… one of the Horror Gods who were so recently - and now, permanently - freed from imprisonment and unleashed upon our universe?

This is the final scramble. The future of fear will be determined here. But Balder the Brave has been planning for this since he first discovered the Dark World Tree, K’Lay… and he’s not afraid to act!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ADVENTURE INTO FEAR ITSELF #3

Written by VITA AYALA

Plot by H-E-D

Art by HAEMI JANG

FINAL GIRL

The DARKHOLD REDEEMERS are under attack!

As Jennifer Kale and Jinx sought the secrets of the Darkhold Dwarf, Victoria Montesi had to defend them from the frightening DIABOLIQUE with the assistance of Modred the Mystic and Yuvraj Singh.

(Louise Hastings gave advice from the sidelines.)

All of this, unfortunately, gave the Dwarf the perfect opportunity to walk right in the front door to the Redeemer’s sanctuary unopposed.

Or should that be, nearly unopposed. There’s one final girl left to oppose him: Victoria’s girlfriend.

She might not have a mystical bone in her body – but Nash Salvato is a certified martial arts instructor.

How is martial arts going to stack up to the dread might of an eldritch being?

Not well… but what choice does she have?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #45 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

Theme Song: Jinkx Monsoon - Strange Magic

'INFINITIVE GAUNTLET' Part 8 'QUEEN SAVE THE GODS'

•There's one Queen of Limbo... and she's MAGIK! Illyana now wields both her own Soulsword and a Soulsword she carved from the twisted essence of BELSACO's daughter, WITCHFIRE! Magik is also the Queen of Earth, and those invading it from the dark realms of K’Lay will fall before her spirit scythes!

•CLEA shocked DOCTOR STRANGE when she gave innocent souls to SHUMA GORATH in exchange for information about mad mage ABDUL ALHAZRED. What Stephen didn't know was that the souls were already taken. Her part-Faltine nature showed Clea the aetheric ties binding the souls to another plane, to another god, and Shuma Gorath won't be able to consume them unless the other entity relinquishes ownership. While Shuma Gorath and the other god wrangle, Clea and Stephen still have a chance to save the innocents!

•After too many trials at the hands of the Dark World Tree's monsters, most of AGATHA HARKNESS' mystic marshals return to her sanctum sanctorum. The SCARLET WITCH, AARKUS the VISION, DOCTOR VOODOO, and ELSA BLOODSTONE find Agatha, MAN-THING, and newly rescued BOG-BOY watching Batgirl on HBO Max. Agatha wanted to watch a funny B movie. Considering the horrors outside, who can blame her?

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

AGENTS OF FURY #24

Plotter: MARVELL2100

Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Artist: STEFANO CASELLI

CASTLES MADE OF SAND

Somewhere in Kansas: After months of being embedded in the Presidential campaign of Sen. Sharon Kelly, Nomad and Diamondback find themselves on the run for their lives! Somehow, their cover has been blown (Last issue thanks to Howard Stark! Why, Howard? Why?) and now they're being pursued by a team of armed assailants! To make matters worse, they have no communication and no way of reaching Fury! No cover, no back-up, no hope? No chance!

In Washington D.C., Sen. Kelly and Sue Storm are meeting with Force Works owner and CEO Joe Broke-It, an associate of Howards' and the newest contributor to their campaign. But they aren't here to discuss politics and strategy. Kelly and Storm want Broke-It to uses his resources to find Fury and the rest of his team and then kick the sandcastle, (She can't come right out and say kill them. Plausible deniability.).

Elsewhere in a hidden location, Fury is very concerned about the news from Scorpio and Roz. If someone is trying to revive The DELTA project, that can have serious ramifications! They would have the ability to create LMDs, life-like, undetectable copies of anyone on the planet! But before Fury can wrap his head around this problem, another one is dropped in his lap! Agent 13 and Kasper Kole arrive to tell him that they've lost all contact with Nomad and Diamondback, they don't know where they are or what's happened to them! Next Issue: Behind Enemy Lines!

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

AMAZING FANTASY #30

“THIS IS IT!” featuring Alf, Buckaroo Banzai, and Sledge Hammer

Written by PAUL FUSCO (Alf)

EARL MAC RAUCH (Buckaroo Banzai)

ALAN SPENCER (Sledge Hammer)

Art by KEITH GIFFEN (layouts)

KEVIN MAGUIRE (finishes)

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Gordon Shumway is an extraterrestrial from the planet Melmac, colloquially known as Alf (Alien Life Form). His planet was destroyed by nuclear war while he was space bound, causing his ship to crash on Earth. He spent time hiding with an Earth family but was captured by a rogue faction of the US military. Released from custody and finding his Earth family unavailable, he heads to San Francisco to give the visiting POTUS warnings about nuclear war.

In San Francisco, newly promoted SFPD Lieutenant Dori Doreau is responsible for handling security for the visiting President. She assigns Inspector Sledge Hammer to search for a reported alien creature wandering the streets. However, unknown to them at this time, a band of attractive bikini clad terrorists are in the process of hijacking a nuclear device and using it to ransom the city when POTUS is there. If this sounds familiar, it’s because our officers have encountered the gang led by fitness guru Jill Taylor. They failed and San Francisco was destroyed in a nuclear blast sending Doreau and Hammer back five years which they have relived (relax, it’s sitcom time travel). Can they get it right this time?

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai has detected a disturbance in the time stream and excessive radiation. This supposed disruption of spacetime affects a planet in the Aldente Nebula in the Andromeda Galaxy which was destroyed due to nuclear conflict. Buckaroo believes he can save both planets, Earth and Melmac, but he will have to make sure that the San Francisco blast is averted by the human police and their Melmac helper while Buckaroo flies into another dimension to link both planets, saving both from nuclear Armageddon.

Can they do it? Don’t worry, they know what they’re doing.

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

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA! #37

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by ADI GRANOV

“WHO IS...THE COAL TIGER?”

Markus Zulu, leader of N'Gabo, has teamed up with Moses Magnum, Black King of the Hellfire Club to destroy Wakanda! But there is another among their group, one who looks surprisingly just like T'Challa! His name is The Coal Tiger and he is Emperor of the Intergalactic Empire Wakanda from an alternate universe! But unlike the Black Panther, this T'Challa was a despot, who conquered his world, Earth512 and half the universe before a failed Vibranium experiment destroyed everything in existence!

Mysterious circumstances allowed him to escape the destruction where he met other exiles like himself - the Earth616 sentient LMD Max Fury and Toni Stark, the Iron Woman of Earth818! The trio arrived on Earth616 in the not too distant past and agreed to work together against their counterparts on this Earth! To The Coal Tiger, Zulu and Magnum are just pawns in a much larger game. He has no problem with killing the Black Panther but why would he want to destroy Wakanda? After all, once he becomes the new king, he will need all of its resources to conquer this galaxy and begin the new Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda!

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

CAPTAIN AMERICA #45 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“OUT OF TIME”

It was Gaea all along.

In the time before time, in the Age of the Elder Gods, a time-displaced Steve Rogers is thanked by Mother Nature herself. It was Gaea who was responsible for bouncing him around the timestream, placing him exactly where, or rather, when he was most needed. Now, Steve’s work is done and, as a reward, he is returned from whence he came… The year 2099?!?

It wasn’t where he expected to end up, but nonetheless there’s work to be done! Punisher 2099 and the Free Radicals are engaged with Earth’s wealthiest heroes: the Corporate Avengers!!! They need help! Can Steve take our future back?

In 2022, Bucky’s crew of outlaw patriots (which includes Black Widow, Mockingbird, Bonebreaker, Ulysses S. Archer, and the unlikely addition of Kraven the Hunter) works to oust the remaining forces of the invading Horror Gods from America… a task also being undertaken by what remains of the official, yet fractured, “Dark” Avengers: “Winter Soldier” (Steel Serpent), “Black Widow” (Deadly Nightshade), “Hulk” (Red Hulk), and “Spider-Man” (Tarantula). Call them legacy heroes or identity thieves, but they’ve been trying to fight the good fight since their field leader “Captain America” (Omega Red) was infected with lycanthropy and taken off the board (see Fear Itself: Uncanny Wolfmen #1-4). Can these two groups work together against a common enemy? After what happened the last time they tried during the Negation event… most definitely not!

Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd, “No Invisible Men: Why the ‘Technical’ Definition of Invisible as ‘Unable to be Seen’ Must be Abandoned for a More Holistic Approach.”

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK INTELLIGENCE #15

Writer: ED BRUBAKER

Artist: STEVE EPTING

Plotter: MARVEL2100

HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND

ARROW agents Monica Chang and Jason Strongbow have spent the past few months investigating what the media has called "La Muerte Roja", The Red Death! The murders seem to only have two things in common: random and grisly! There is no particular pattern - all ages, all races, affluent and poor alike are victim. Here in the town of Lyle, OK., Monica's talks with the locals have revealed very little except, that there was one survivor. Sixteen-year-old Coryn Wake was at her high school with her family enjoying a basketball when suddenly, they came out of nowhere.

It happened quickly, so much blood, so much death, the screams of the dying and those not yet dead. She doesn't know why she is still alive thru all the chaos, she only managed to catch a fleeting glimpse of them. But Coryn does remember something. The one who led them all, they called him by a name that sounded almost biblical, a name that brings back haunting memories for Jason - John Apostle!

Next Issue: Restless Dreams!

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

DEVIANT #8 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by AL EWING

Art by JOSÉ LADRÖNN

Theme Song: Aviators - Can You Hear It?

'DEVIANTS vs. X-MEN' Part 3 'NON-LOCAL VARIABLE'

•Mutants, Deviants, and Eternals fight side by side against Yacuran DEEP ONES intent on freeing UBBO-SATHLA the Unbegotten Source to ravage Midgard!

•The rift between WARLORD KRO's Deviants and Eternals THENA and SERSI is temporarily forgotten but little do they know that the CELESTIALS' other experiment, the mutants, want the Unbegotten Source to become their space station's new power core.

•A desperate possible suicide mission calls for a mutant strike force to use Ubbo-Sathla as a portal to enter the horrific Realms of K’Lay and sever the cosmic conglomeration's connection to the CHTHON! Among this X-Force is the mutant called AXE, and he's ready to hack down the Dark World Tree!

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

F² #12

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by JAMIE MCKELVIE

“WHY WAS SIX MAD? SEVEN ATE NINE!”

Tana Nile is a colonizer, one of a race out to spread themselves as far across the universe as possible. To do this, they have mastered using extradimensional space to travel great distances almost instantaneously. Bolo and Xemu are beings living in five dimensional space, and Tiboro is a six dimensional life form. These four have come together to stop the Time Variance Authority (TVA) for exercising authority over other dimensional spaces.

The F² foundation is fully assembled as the assault is made on the TVA realm. Because the TVA had kidnapped the Richards children and Moon Girl, the foundation took the side of Tana Nile’s group. The battle is hard-fought, but our heroes manage to make it back to their own three dimensional (3D) home. That is, all but Hank Pym, Ant Man who is taken by Tana Nile. Remember that tana Nile was especially focused on Hank. Dr. Doom has also left on his own.

Reed and Samson look at Nadia Pym, wondering what could Hank have or be that would make him important to 5D and 6D beings.

A holographic image appears of a TVA agent stating that the Dimension War has begun.

32 PGs/ Rated T...$3.99

FEAR ITSELF: EVEN MORE THUNDERBOLTS #4

Written by ALEX DE CAMPI

Plot by H-E-D

Art by TRAVEL FOREMAN

The HAUSU of Ideas!

While Ichisumi Worthington is awaiting trial... her children are under the care of her family.

Eimin is... dissatisfied with the situation. On a lark, she arranges for a summer trip with her friends — to her widow aunt’s home for a summer vacation!

And they’re escorted there by her aunt’s cat, Shiro. How charming!

Only... Eimin doesn’t really have an aunt.

From the Dark Worlds of Chthon, a mind-warping spirit ONRYŌ, has lured them to her den... her HOUSE.

The only thing deadlier than AUNTIE and her pet MONSTER CAT may be the HOUSE itself!

Will the girls survive it?

No.

No, they won’t.

40 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: FEAR AND LOATHING IN ALLOGRAFT #4

Writers: ANITA THOMPSON (The Gonzo Way)

WARREN ELLIS (Transmetropolitan)

Artist: RALPH STEADMAN (Rolling Stone)

Gardening Editor: CAPTCLEGHORN

“Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star Crossed Child at the End of the American Civilization”

Dr. Reed Richards has climbed to the pinnacle of the pile of his defeated adversaries and rivals. Few others have become involved in these battles since Richards was believed to be the least of the many evils represented by the madmen from Allograft. This is no longer the case.

Because Reed is now the biggest threat and he has left many of his teammates defeated in is wake, the authorities take a drastic step and call in Dr. Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman, on leave from F² due to her VP campaigning.

Sue and Dr. Leonard Samson, psychiatrist extraordinaire, team up to stop the power mad Richards from bringing the Fear of the realm of Allograft worldwide. Is a person’s spouse the only person capable of stopping them? You really need to buy this concluding chapter to find out, pilgrim.

Or, in the words of series inspiration Hunter S. Thompson:

“I like this book and I especially like the title. Only a fool or a whore would call it anything else.”

“Weird behavior is natural in smart children, like curiosity is to a kitten.”

“This is the fast lane, folks...and some of us like it here.”

40 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: THE INSATIABLE HULK #4

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Art by MATTEO SCALERA

“BITE ME”

Hulk got vamped… but he’s better now.

He lead the Fangtastic Four (Blade, Morbius, Dracula, and himself) into All-Sire Vanthirius’ sprawling gothic Keep on Dhampiraj. Together, they defeated the vampiric pantheon, “the Court of Blood,” and helped “the Harvest,” the humanoids of Dhampiraj whom the vamp gods farmed for their blood, to overthrow their masters! Most importantly, Hulk managed to use the black science kept in the Keep’s alchemical wing to expunge the vampirism from his system - freeing his mind from Vanthirius’ corrupting influence (and allowing him to go into the sun again!).

Now, it all comes down to a rematch: the green Goliath, Hulk, versus the god of all vampires himself, Vanthirius! Last time they faced off, Vanthirius bit deep and turned the Hulk into his thrall. This time, the Hulk plans to put a Sequoia-sized wooden stake through Vanthirius’ heart! Hulk Slay!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: TALES OF SUSPENSE #4

“DISMEMBERS ASSEMBLE”

Plot by EXCITER

Written by GEOFF JOHNS

Art by SALVADOR LAROCCA

They say the Avengers were formed to fight the foes that no single superhero could withstand… but why didn’t they think of just combining parts and making a single superhero that could withstand anything? That’s the Allograft way!

Dr. Demogag’s Monster is just that: a masterpiece of necrology. They say it was made from parts stolen from the God Quarry itself - bits and pieces of the most powerful beings from across the multiverse - fused into one, perfect whole. As the pinnacle of Allograftian black science, the Monster rules the Realm and serves as a twisted form of inspiration for its denizens. It is kinda their version of a Captain America… so, without Chthon to interfere, why shouldn’t it have its own team of Frankenheroes - where each member is a one-person-team?

Dismembers, assemble!

Wintery-Mix Soldier: he’s got Bucky’s missing arm… plus two extras that he picked up from Armless Tiger Man! The perfect soldier!

Blackest Widow: all the best parts of slain Red Room assassins!

Eagle-eyes: composite archer that literally has an eagle’s eyes! Six of ‘em! Wings too.

Ironman-Man: wearer of an invincible suit of armor made from other super-people!

And the only person who can disassemble the Dismembers is a newly-minted Midnight Son made from all the parts of Deadpool that got cut off over the years: Evil Deadpool! Will he thwart the Dismembers’ first mission on Earth… or join them?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

FEAR ITSELF: THE UNCANNY WOLF-MEN #4

Plot by EXCITER

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL

“GOD LOVES, MAN-WOLFS”

Freed from Chthon’s “domestication,” the wolf packs of Varúlfur are wild once more!

The raw, primal emotion and exhilaration of unleashing the animal within… all werewolves know it. Nonetheless, they often fear shedding their humanoid social constraints, impeding themselves from fully adopting pack life. The Uncanny Pack - specifically Werewolf by Night, Man-Wolf, Wolfsbane, and Warwolf - are swayed by the charismatic Alpha Prime, who relishes his existence as part-man/part-wolf and wants them to do the same. They are finally embracing their animalistic natures when…

Betrayal! Cap-Wolf, the duplicitous Arkady Rossovich (formerly known as Omega Red and now masquerading as Captain America) slays Alpha Prime! He is the Alpha Prime now!

As wolves, Arkady sees the benefit of the pack. It is fertile ground for him to achieve a dream he’s had since being defrosted in the modern age: rebirthing the Soviet Union! Beware, a howling new threat to the universe: the Werewolf Men and Women of the new U.S.S.R.! Hammer and sickle, fang and claw!

Can the remaining Uncanny Wolfmen cure Arkady of his lycanthropy so the packs of Varúlfur reject him?

Plus, did you guess that last issue there was a second Lone Wolf Gunman?? What conspiracy have you just stumbled into?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #11

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by JEROME OPENA

Plot by FFJAMIE94

"FATE OF THE FUTURE: COUNTDOWN IN 3..."

Something is haunting in the night as random People all over New York are reported missing.

Detective Lewis arrives on the scene to investigate the missing Persons.

But he may be too over his head as the next victim appears to be Hawkeye.

See through the eyes of a detective and a mysterious, lurking symbiote as the hunt begins.

Meanwhile, Venom senses his other...

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #37

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST

They say that when it rains, it pours and right now Tony Stark is living under a severe storm alert! His father has joined forces with his latest business rival! His company is under investigation by the federal gov't! And now a pair of thorns in his side have returned, one of them a former love interest! Justine and Sasha Hammer are back! The mother-daughter duo inherited the family business after the mysterious death of Justin Hammer, one of Iron Mans' most dangerous foes! There was even a brief dalliance between Stark and Sasha but that ended quickly.

Now The Hammer Girls have returned and are a rising player in providing military weapons for the gov't. And as luck would have it, they just happen to run into Tony at a posh Chicago restaurant while he's out with his new L.I., Maria Bullski! As Tony tries to keep tempers from flaring, another old flame enters Tony's life again: SDNY Prosecutor Kate Elsworth is back (Remember her from issue #23?) and has just handed Tony a subpoena to appear before a federal grand jury! Next Issue: The Trial of Tony Stark!

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

THE MIGHTY THOR #46 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“MOTHER FEAR”

The sacrifice has been made. To save her son Atum from corruption after he consumed the evil elder god Chthon, Gaea agreed to be consumed herself. As perhaps the final elder god, Gaea’s death restored Atum’s internal balance forever. Yet there must always be a Mother Nature…

Before she went, Gaea transferred her power into a mighty artifact: the Earth Crown. Gaea’s final instructions were to place the crown on the head of her daughter-in-law, recently widowed in the wake of her son Thor’s death: the current All-Mother of Asgard, Sif. But during the transfer ceremony, a former All-Mother intervenes! Oops, maybe Loki miscalculated when he freed Freyja from imprisonment in the last issue - for now the Betrayer Queen may steal the power and become the new Mother Nature! Can Sif, Odin, and the other gods stop this from happening?

Meanwhile, the exiled Balder the Brave returns to Asgard (though perhaps at an inopportune moment, as his mother is currently battling the Royal Family…). Seeking redemption, he has a plan to liberate Asgard and the other godly spheres, Olympus and Heliopolis, from the grasp of the Dark World Tree’s vile branches forever… and to burn K’Lay down to its roots!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #19

Written by J.M.DEMATTEIS

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by SARA PICHELLI

“IN THE CLUTCHES OF … THE KINGPIN!”

If only super-heroing was as easy as using super-powers to beat up bad guys. Pete and Gwen, in using Bugle computers to hack into law enforcement systems have been caught and have confessed to Gwen’s dad Captain Stacy. It was only to help Flash Thompson from being pressured by gangsters to throw a game. What our intrepid teens have discovered is that a joint NYPD/FBI effort is being made to break a criminal organization. Special Agent Jean DeWolff lies in stable condition under guard after being shot as a message.

Although Pete found the low-level thugs threatening Flash, he only got clues to criminals farther up the line. He does some detective work and discovers at least two of his former foes have present ties to Wilson Fisk, a “humble” merchant dealing in fancy, premium, exotic spices. It should be no problem to investigate Fisk further and hopefully get some evidence to deliver to the police and FBI. Did we mention that Fisk often stays late in his Manhattan offices and is a physical powerhouse? Yeah, Peter didn’t know Fisk is a 400 pound mass of muscle either.

This adventure goes poorly for Spidey.

32 Pgs./ Rated T...$3.99

SORCERERS OF THE STARS #33 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by JIM STARLIN

Art by RON LIM

"BOOK OF REVELATION: THE GREAT RED DRAGON"

The Seal is broken, the Great Red Dragon of the Moon is free.

In the distant past, the Ariguan and Spartan fought a long and arduous war in the past. At the same time, the Masters of the Sun fought another war against the Sith Lords of Ariguan. The Ariguan Priests of the Moon.

But the ancient Masters of the Sun helped an ancient Eternal seal away the Great Red Dragon on a Moon of Titan. The Ariguan Sith Lords are stripped of their powers, the dark magic they channels from the Moon. The Masters of the Sun finally defeated the Sith Lords of the Ariguan and condemned them to the fiery pits.

Now, the Ariguans have become the Badoons, just as the Spartans have become the Spartax. Magique and Krugarr have failed to stop the Dragon from gaining more powers by feeding on the fear across the cosmos. And with that power, the Dragon arrives at the Home world of the Badoon and unleashes her ancient priests from the fiery pits, the Ariguan Sith Lords finally return! Peter Quill was trained by Ragnar, the Last of the Master of the Sun to become a new Master of the Sun. But time is against them. The Ariguan Sith Lords are on their way to the Spartax Empire. And Peter Quill stands alone!

The Beast walks the Counter-Earth.

The Man-Beast rises from the sea of New-Men unconsciousness. He has gathered a Legion of werewolves, and they march towards the domination of all New-Men. The Beast is now but the pure essence of what he once was. And Drax The Creator is brought to him, to use the pure clay that created Men to create a new body for the Mighty Beast. And Moondragon will be the Harlot of Babylon for the Beast, as their minds wage war in the astro plane.

Now let me ask you this, what happens when the Dragon gives the Beast all her authority and powers? What happens when the Dragon gives the Beast her Crown?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #45 \*Fear Itself Tie-In\*

Plot by NX01A

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by STUART IMMONEN

Theme Song: Danheim - Berserkir

'DEVIANTS vs. X-MEN' Part 4 'PERIODIC SUMMATION'

•With the defeat of CHTHON, his horrific DEEP ONES flee back to Yacuran! As they flee, a lone figure strides from within the submanifolds of UBBO-SATHLA the Unbegotten Source: the mutant AXE! Well, he was once Axe. Warped both by the cosmic power of Ubbo-Sathla and the Stygian sap of the Dark World Tree, Axe seethes with the power of mutant, Eternal, and Asgardian, and wields the enchanted Uru axe Hævateinn!

•His mission to dimensionally unshackle Ubbo-Sathla from K’Lay complete, Axe's mighty blade now severs the space-time bonds binding it on Earth!

•Even working together, containing a mad cosmic god is beyond the combined Deviant-mutant-Eternal alliance. Good thing a warning system was set up in case the Unbegotten Source ever got free. And who better to fight a mad cosmic god than another mad cosmic god?

•He is KRONOS! Long thought dead, the man responsible for drastically increasing the cosmic power of Eternals has slumbered in dimensions between virtual particles, and he's finally received the signal he was waiting for!

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

UNCANNY X-MEN: FEAR ITSELF #4

Plot by NX01A

Written by ZEB WELLS

Art by MARCO CHECCHETTO

Theme Song: Metallica - My Apocalypse

'HATED AND FEARED' Part 4 'DEATH'

•The Horror God-Putin Alliance is broken as the defeated forces of the Dark World Tree plan to scorch Russian earth! None will be left alive, all will become undead as the Þórólfr bægifótr and Þórgunna-led vampires of Dhampiraj descend on Moscow!

•War is Hell. The average human body contains 4 grams of iron, mostly in haemoglobin, and there's more than the average amount of blood in Þórólfr bægifótr and Þórgunna. With a casual thought, POLARIS pulls the blood from their veins and from the veins of every vampire in Moscow! In the battle of undead versus death, DEATH always wins!

•APOCALYPSE has won. With a smile at EMMA FROST, LADY MANDARIN, X-23, and NIGHTCRAWLER, he notes that his plans for Russia can benefit the OUTER SPHERE if they ally with him. En Sabah Nur graciously lets them leave to deliver his offer.

•Once the enemy of my enemy is defeated, the true apocalypse begins!

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