AOM 09-2015

ALL-NEW AVENGERS AND LEGO AVENGERS #15

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by JIM LEE"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE"

They arrive from an Earth very similar to our own accept a lot more..square. Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Hulk...the LEGO AVENGERS. Their world is dying and they must cure the disease...our world! Every time someone in our collects, snaps together or takes apart Legos their world suffers and is now on cusp of destruction. The 2 Earths are connected, but are worlds apart. AoM Earth must be destroyed so Lego Earth can live. However, they never met the NEW AVENGERS and they are the most powerful opposition they have ever faced. After an attempt at a peaceful agreement it's WAR! Black Panther's new vibranium nanotech weaponry is beyond the Legos comprehension. Hulk smashes the Lego Hulk beyond recognition. The mysterious Iron Man 2.0 has his own mini Ultimate Nullifier built in his armor and uses it against these foreign Avengers with zeal. Finally, Phoenix gets a little bit darker. In the end there's only 1 Avengers team standing in a show of force unlike the world has never seen. The total destruction of their Lego counterparts heralds the beginning of a new era...THE AGE OF THE AVENGERS and the world will never be the same! TO BE CONTINUED!!

32PGS./Rated T... $2.99

IRON MAN #15

Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN with CHUCK PALAHNIUK

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Art by OLIVIER COIPEL & JUAN GEDEON (Iron Man vs. Mega-Man Backup Story & Variant Cover)

"Iron Demon (Part 3 of 3)"

Tony Stark's life, his ego, his psyche break and crash like shattered glass in the instant the horrifying realization sets in (see the end of last issue.) His only trusted ally these hard few months, JARVIS 1.0, has just revealed that Tony himself has been behind Project Mayhem, causing the wanton destruction of Gregory Stark's Tower. Tony Stark IS Tyler Durden! And now his devoted followers hang on to his every word, waiting for his "go" signal to launch Flight Club's next project - an aerial attack on the Chicago Financial District itself. He looks around the Hangar headquarters to notice six small quinjets he obviously designed under his alter ego. So this is what you have been doing Mister Stark since losing it all? You lost yourself!

Now! Tony tries to fight back and cancel the assault on the city but JARVIS 1.0 has ideas of his own. Haven't we warned you about artificial intelligence!?! JARVIS exposes Tony as a cracked actor and takes command of the mission as the Flight Club subdue Stark and board their jets on kamikaze missions to permanently disrupt the heart of America in the place that matters most - its pocketbooks!

Tony must find himself, collect his senses, repair his mind, take out JARVIS and stop those Quinjets and his own misguided anarchist legion before they execute a catastrophic terrorist attack. He is responsible for this disaster and only he can stop it. That is of course with a little help from the very friends he left behind months ago. Calling War Machine, Falcon, Rescue, Black Widow, Snake-Eyes and The New? Avengers (who the heck is that guy in the Armored suit?) ... ASSEMBLE to save this city!

And you won't want to miss the dramatic conclusion. Tony Stark turns himself in to his former teammates, confessing to being the mastermind behind the attack on StarkTower and Project Mayhem. A man must pay for his sins and now Tony Stark is officially what so many have accused him of being in the past - a criminal. Perp-walked by his friends into the Vault as inmate 616. NEXT MONTH: Behind Iron Bars! What is life in super-villain prison like for an ex-Avenger?

Backup Story "Game Over" featuring Mega Man: Iron Man and Mega Man must team up to save AOM from an invasion of Reaverbots and Dr. Wily's menacing minions one level at a time through the Savage Land, Wakanda, Latveria, Atlantis and finally New York City before the mad scientist turns all of the AOM Universe into his private evil toy box. Is that a HulkBot???

42 PGs./Rated T...$3.99

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN vs. HARRY POTTER #15

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by JOSS WHEDON

Art by GREG CAPULLO

“MAGICAL MAYHEM”

Theme Song: Magic Bus, The Who

What if Peter Parker was a Hogwarts student? When a young Peter Parker joins Harry Potter in the hunt for the Chamber of Secrets and gets bitten by a radioactive spider, he embraces new powers of his own as the new Spider-Man emerges as a hero within the walls of Hogwarts Castle, solving mysteries of his own, the arrivals of the likes of the Lizard and the mysterious Green Goblin. And to make things even more interesting, Albus Dumbledore has just decided to employ an American based British non-magical consultant Sherlock Holmes as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher! However... Holmes is more interested in working out Spider-Man’s identity than providing an education for students, making things very interesting indeed...

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

THE MIGHTY THOR/SKYRIM #2

Written by BRIAN Q. MILLER

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by DALE EAGLESHAM

It seems the Lands are still not settled. A new Realm has appeared out of nowhere, Tamriel. And with a new Realm comes new races and new problems. The race of Snow Elves seems to be an affront to the Frost Giants and Jottenheim immediately declares war under the pretense of this being an invasion. The dragons that flow from the new Realm to others only strengthen their case and the Blood Ravens must beat them back. Thor and Loki lead the charge against an army of airborne giant dragons while Malekith rides into Tamriel to discover the truth behind these matters. Landing in a part of the land called Skyrim he discovers the Nords and a great conspiracy that could rock the very lives of everyone in all of the Realms. But how has the Forbidden Realm, Midgard done this? And who would have the power?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE FALCON & NOMAD vs ASSASSIN'S CREED#15

Written By NICK SPENCER

Art By MARCO CHECCETO

Plot BY MARVELL2100

ASSASSIN'S CREED: SYNDICATE

"The Killing Fields" Part 3

The Falcon and Nomad learn the truth about the recent string of murders in the Southwest part of the country and it's not what they think! These killings weren't the work of Scourge but a murderous guild of assassin's known as The Templars! The mutant terrorist John Wraith as been tracking them for months and informs Sam that the Templars have been killing superhumans since the beginning of history! They are tasked with culling the human race of undesirables and potential threats to humanity. And now there is a new danger that threatens to tear the word apart that they must eliminate!

Meanwhile, in an undisclosed location, two men sit chained to a chair as one of them screams in pain. He, like the dead person beside him is a Nuhuman. His torturer, the serial killer Scourge takes no joy in his work, he only seeks answers for his master. As the battered subject continues to writhe in agony, someone enters the chamber. John Apostle wants to know more about the mysterious leader who's been uniting various superhuman factions around the world! He tells Scourge to rest and allow his brother to take over. Suddenly, another imposing figure looms over the room. The NuHumans eyes grow wide with fear as The Crying Man enters the room! Soon his screams grow louder and louder!

32 PGS./Rated T+..$2.99

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF THE DEAD vs ASSASSIN'S CREED #15

Plot BY MARVELL2100

Written By CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Art By ADI GRANOV

ASSASSIN'S CREED: ROGUE

"Red Planet"

The Black Panther vs Nemesis! T'Challa battles the rogue Templar assassin Nemesis who just killed the Prime Minister of the African nation of Khajim! Nemesis has been responsible for many political deaths over the past few months and the Panther has yet to figure out why and what the connection is! What is the purpose of their death? T'Challa suddenly finds himself surrounded by more assassin! But he was smart enough not to come along and brought his own back-up: Kasper Kole, the American Panther!

Elsewhere, Shuri and Bride-of-Nine-Spiders have put aside their differences and teamed up to track the Mars Twins and the Armor of Mars to their corporate headquarters in New York! This is it, the final showdown! Can Shuri and Bride-of-Nine-Spiders take on a being with the power of a god?

Far away on the other side of the world, an enigmatic figure stands before a throng of ten of thousands! As they all chant is name in unison, he feels their sound cascade over him like waves of power! As he motions them to silence, he casts his gaze over them, inspired by what he sees. Finally, he breaks the silence with a single word that echoes throughout the room: "VENGEANCE!!!"

32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA vs. L.A. NOIRE #15

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by JAMES ROBINSON

Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER

“SIN CITY”

Theme Song: Trouble Man, Marvin Gaye

LA Noire fans, you think you know what happened to Cole Phelps? Think again.

Captain America has spent a year under the Ice, and Howard Stark has given up all hope. However, Peggy Carter has finally moved on, establishing the SSR – which will one day go onto become SHIELD – and their first assignment takes them to Los Angeles where they find themselves teaming up with Detective Cole Phelps, an ex War Hero who fought side by side with Captain America – and the ever-reliable, newly immigrated, Captain Jack Harkness – to investigate rumours of a resurfacing HYDRA. Can they cut off the head before it even grows? Also, in the present day, at the last request of Peggy Carter, the immortal Captain Jack teams up with Captain America as he attempts to solve the truth behind Cole Phelps’ mysterious death and close the longest unsolved case in the LAPD.

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

A-FORCE vs TOMB RAIDER #3

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by FIONA STAPLES

"Why I Quit A-Force"

A-Force is having a covert war with Ascension. Ascension is a world-wide organization that has parasited it's way into every aspect of society and it's primary goal is to prepare the Earth for and aid in the arrival of their God...Galactus! Primary to A-Force efforts against Ascension are their secret members including the "Tomb Raider" Lara Croft. She had uncovered long hidden scrolls and documents of the organization as well as clues to it's leaders. However, the key to good relationship is communication and no one but A-Force leader Captain Marvel knows Lara is is part of A-Force and the Captain isn't here. She-Hulk, Squirrel Girl, Killraven and new members Spider-Gwen, Jackpot and Power Girl (Danielle Cage) consult their A.I. intel HQ about this intruder and it's advises of her international theft and vigilantism. You would think Lara Croft is completely overmatched, but Lara has overcome unbelievable odds countless times and she has a dangerous analytical mind. One by one with mindgames, home-made traps, bows and bullets she takes down the less experience members. However, with one hit from She-Hulk it's all over. When the locked up Tomb Raiders awakens and escapes she has explosive parting shot for her now former team. Just wait to see what the returning leaders Captain Marvel and Wasp have to say as well as their newest member..Xena, the warrior princess?!? CONTINUED..!

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

SHE-HULK, ATTORNEY AT LAW #9

SHE-HULK is wanted DEAD OR ALIVE!

Written by CHARLES SOULE

Plot by EXCITER

Art by JOE MADUIERA

“BOUNCETOWN”

She's an Avenger. A lawyer. A responsible mogwai owner. And the chairwoman of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation. When she hears that some of her superhuman wrestler employees have received solicitations from the Dead or Alive Tournament Executive Committee, she needs to protect her investments. Who is the DoATEC, and what's the deal with their tournament?

Shulkie travels to the mysterious Zack Island, and when she crosses paths with an ornery female ninja named Kasumi, only one thing can happen... beach volleyball game! But the DoATEC isn't just looking to have a spirited fighting competition. No, they're working on the Omega Project, which will hybridize the most powerful fighters on the island into an unbeatable clone. If the volleyball players want to take down their whole operation, they'll need help from their allies – She-Hulk's paralegal assistant and super-spy, the Blonde Phantom, and Kasumi's ninja boyfriend, Ryu Hayabusa!

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

POWER PACK vs TWISTED METAL #3

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by MARK BAGLEY

"STUDENT DRIVER"

It all begins when a psychotic killer clown with a deadly ride called Sweet Tooth arrives in town. He's determined that the area is perfect playground for a deadly game of kill of be killed on wheels of the fastest and most furious. The lineup includes Minion, Spectre, Grasshopper, Warthog and Outlaw. However, they've never met Hit-Girl and she wants to play. Hit Girl's partner in crime Kick-Ass (Dave Lizewski) has been missing for weeks (see YOUNG AVENGERS). She has decided it's time for a new Kick-Ass and she thinks one the Power Pack kids could be a perfect replacement. Enter Alex Powers formerly Gee and then Destroyer now the new Kick-Ass. Now she just has to teach him how to fight, fight dirty and drive fastest. Hit-Girl's riding shotgun with a shotgun and a bunch of nasty modified projectile toys left to her by dead father. The winner meets the organizer of the competition, a mysterious man named Calypso, who will grant the winner a single wish, regardless of price, size or even reality. Hit-Girl will win by any means necessary, claim the prize and what she does with it will change the game! After his ride-along, Alex Power will never be the same.

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

ANT-MAN vs CENTIPEDE #3

Written by JAMES ROBINSON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by BRYAN HITCH

"TREMORS"

It came from outer space. A gigantic Centipede that wants to make Earth it's b!$#h. It see Earth as it's feeding ground as well as it's new residence, but first it has to eliminate or consume those meddling humans. Ant-Man Scott Lang and his cousin Lana are at ground zero as the creature burrows it's way through downtown Chicago. It devastates and destroys everything in it's path from the "Loop" to "Magnificent Mile". Now it's friends arrive in form of giant spiders, scorpions and fleas. However, Ant-Man has a few tricks of his own. Although it's something he not proud of Scott has stolen more than office supplies from every group he's been apart of. Now it's time break out his artillery including A.I.M. Tech, Stark Tech, Pym Particles and even S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicles. Too bad he's stuck at the size of an insect, fortunately he has a superhero daughter called Stature who can become ginormous at will and is not squeamish about squashing bugs!

32PGS./Rated T... $2.99

YOUNG AVENGERS vs SUPER MARIO BROS #3

Written by ALAN MOORE

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by STUART IMMONEN

"Action Figures" Part 3 of 3

It begin as just another wild 70s party, but this time it's celebrating the Avengers: Hercules, the Six Million Dollar Man, Arcanna, Ezekiel, Orson Randall and Howard Stark. The guest list included recruit Sally Mahogany, Asguardians, Cheech and Chong, Mick Jagger, Richard Pryor, John Lennon, Bob Marley, some Kennedy's, some of Brady Bunch, the Village People, Donna Summers, King T'Chaka and Queen N'yami of Wakanda and mysterious Princess Toadstool. Hercules also has several barrels of "pale ale from the gods" After wild night the Avengers awaken on the set of Brady Bunch with no idea how they got there and massive hangovers. King T'Chaka is missing, Steve Austin is missing his bionic arm and Howard the Duck's feathers are everywhere. Hercules finds himself in bed with a Frost Giant, Princess Toadstool and the Queen N'Yami! The Princess has a secret, she's been on the run from a turtle like sorcerer called "Bowser, King of the Koopa" and has been protected by her boyfriend Mario and his brother Luigi. Once they discover Hercules with the Princess, the brother's power-up using their illegal stash of "super" flowers and mushrooms. Although their power's are temporary and Hercules is a demi-god, he's also very drunk. When Bowser arrives it takes the combined might of Avengers and Super Mario brothers to take down the beast. However, repercussions may last for a long time.

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

THE MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL #3

Written by G. WILLOW WILSON

Plot by MYETCHE

Art by ADRIAN ALPHONA

"A FULLY-EMBIGGENED MATTER" (3 of 3)

So what has Kamala Khan been up to since the night when she got gassed with Terrigen Mist and came out as a magnificent shapeshifter? Nakia demands to know (or else), and so Kamala is forced to come clean with her longtime friend. From that night on the waterfront when the T-Bomb went off to her early experiences with The Inventor and the Inhumans and even some of her recent antics with the New Warriors, Kamala recaps her life's story to Nakia. If you don't know her story by now, you will.

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

SECRET AVENGERS #2 TURBO

SECRET AVENGERS versus STREET FIGHTER!

Written by MATT FRACTION

Plot by EXCITER

Art by DANIEL ACUNA

“BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE SHADALOO”

Years ago, with arms and support provided by HYDRA, the eastern part of Burma was violently occupied by a tyrannical criminal syndicate. Christened “Shadaloo,” but never formally recognized in the international community, the new nation was ruled with an iron fist by the megalomaniacal General M. Bison. Now, emboldened by the “Hail Storm” and with clandestine support from HYDRA's own “Iron Nail” Ran Shen, the forces of Shadaloo prepare to march east on Thailand... and Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't about to let that happen! Secret Avengers - assemble!

But this particular mission is going to require some special and hand-picked reinforcements: U.S. Air Force Colonel William F. Guile; MI6's Cammy White; and Interpol's Chun-Li Zang – all uniquely motivated and prepared to avenge the loss of someone close to them at Bison's hands. Street Fighters - assemble!

The mission: infiltrate Shadaloo and capture or eliminate Bison and his top lieutenants with extreme prejudice! But Shadaloo is prepared for the assault. Too prepared... Is there a leak in the Secret Avengers?

In this issue: Hawkeye versus Balrog: will there be a boxing glove arrow involved? Werewolf by Night versus Sagat: who will win, the tiger or the wolf? Union Jack versus Birdie: will it be anarchy or the U.K.? Plus Dee Jay versus Spider-Woman; Rogue versus Juri; and Black Widow versus M. Bison himself... There will be casualties!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS! #2 TURBO

THUNDERBOLTS versus STREET FIGHTER!

Written by MATT FRACTION

Plot by EXCITER

Art by DANIEL ACUNA

“BANGKOK (EXTREMELY) DANGEROUS”

Hey kids, ya boi Wade Wilson here, and I'm pumped because Nick Fury has declared it open season on the HYDRA-sponsored Shadaloo regime! That means me and half the T-Bolts crew are heading to the Thailand border with instructions to violently cut off an invasion from M. Bison's goon squad! (I'm thinking the M. stands for Maurice. Yeah... he's totally a Maurice). Leading the opposition is a dude named Vega. He wears a mask because he's pretty and I wear a mask because I'm ugly - we're natural enemies! Read us throwing down! Also in this issue, Power Princess wrestles a hirsute speedo-clad Russian named Zangief! (Hot!). Ghost gets into a philosophical debate with sumo champion, E. Honda! (less hot!). And when a mysterious warrior enters the fray claiming to be a master of the dark energy called Satsui No Hado (I take mine with brown rice please), Cain Marko decides to see him off. It's the Juggernaut versus Shin Akuma!

But that's not all, because the Thunderbolts fight for freedom wherever there's trouble! (Or wherever our parole officer Sharon Carter tells us to!). The new Deadpool, Painkiller Jane, leads the Thunderbolts beta squad (don't call 'em Underbolts) of Moonstone, Doppleganger, and "Detroit Steel" Sasha Hammer on a mission to cut off Shadaloo's finances by crushing their drug smuggling operations in South America. When they run into a savage green mutant named Blanka, will they cut each other apart, or will I get a new teammate? Are any of them prepared to throw down with Shadaloo's “synthetic human,” Seth?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

AGENTS OF SHIELD #4

AGENTS OF SHIELD vs. TELLTALE'S THE WALKING DEAD!

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by MATT FRACTION

Art by OLVIER COIPEL

“DON’T CALL THEM ZOMBIES”

Theme Song: When The Shit Hits The Fan, Circle Jerks

What happens if you address a Walker as a Zombie? Fitz is about to find out! A zombie Walker outbreak hits home on the Bus when one of their infected patients breaks free from his confines and an army breaches the Helicarrier's doors! Can Melinda May, Quake, Phil Coulson, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Maria Hill buy enough time for FitzSimmons to create a cure for the infected or will it be too little, too late? And when UNIT show up to asses the situation in their own Helicarrier - The Valiant, the situation only starts to escalate! For the citizens of Atlanta caught beneath the struggle, things are about to get interesting.

32 PGs/Rated T...$2.99

NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS #15

Written by DAVID LISS

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by STEFANO CASELLI

"RETURN OF THE ENEMY" Part Three

ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY!

* Jason, Romany and Ana battle the Templars Assassin's Guild in a facility full of dead bodies! They've been on the trail of The Crying Man for months but instead of the elusive serial killer, the find themselves fighting for their lives against the ancient assassins! Both sides are convinced that the others are responsible for the murders until they realize that they're after the same killer!
* Jimmy Woo and Jason's brother Ward Strongbow have been following clues of their own about the return of John Apostle and what they've learned has them afraid! Both The Crying Man and Scourge are disciples of Apostle and that all of them have been around for more than a millennia and Apostle possibly even longer!
* In the jungles of South America, archaeologist James Dawes and his team make a remarkable find! They discover the ruins of a civilization older than humanity with possible ties to alien life! The jungle grows still as a hissing sound is heard from all around. Suddenly the site erupts in violence as Dawes and his entire team have been brutally killed. A scroll rolls from his bloody hand with a name written in Latin: Serpentor!
* Back in D.C., Atlas Director Gyrich continues try to see if there is a connection between the resurgence of HYDRA and the new superhuman movement that he's been tracking. He hears a soft padded shoe enter his office. As he wheels around armed with his gun, a sword is shoved through his heart! Gyrich recognizes his killer, the ronin, Afro Samurai who whispers a phrase to the dying Gyrich, "Hail HYDRA!"

32 PGs./Rated T+...2.99

DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON #9

Written By CULLEN BUNN

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By EMMA VICELLI & NICK DRAGOTTA

"THE LONG DARK ROAD" Part Three

ASSASSIN'S CREED: BLACK FLAG

* Misty Knight and White Fox begin to unravel the mysteries of "New Man" and Project: Orphan Black when they are attacked by the Templar Assassin Black Lotus! After a brief battle, they call a truce to find out what's going on here and what these experiments are about. Black Lotus tell them about New Man, Mys-Tech's attempt to create their own superhumans. She also tells them that she is the one who destroyed all of the subjects of Mys-Tech's New Man Project except one - Orphan Black, who managed to escape!
* In Tacoma, Colleen, Leiko Wu and Paladin have uncovered Cyber-Tek's plans! They learn about multiple attempts by the bio-nanotech company to create a race of superbeings! Most if not all of the subjects were deformed or died and were discarded like so much waste. However, Cyber-Tek learned that many of them survived by faking their deaths and going into hiding. They were awaiting the arrival of the one who would unite them and help them destroy all who had a hand in their creation! Nimrod was created by Cyber-Tek to protect their assets and to kill this unknown superhuman. The only thing they knew is that he would come from the future and lead a revolution that would change the face of the world!

32 PGs./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

TAKE A.I.M.! #15

A.I.M. harnesses the METAL GEAR!

Written by DENNIS HOPELESS

Plot by EXCITER

Art by SEAN MURPHY

“THESE F'N SNAKES”

The Principality of Lichtenbad is now occupied by A.I.M. Their unduly elected leader is M.O.D.O.K., and he's appointed the small nation's new secret police: Whiplash, Living Laser, the Spot, and Yelena “Black Widow” Belova, a squad designed only for killing the enemies of A.I.M. hiding within the borders! To survive, U.S. Agent is going to need to call in backup for an extraction. When he reaches Director Nick Fury, Nick agrees to send the best... the legendary operative from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s clandestine FOXHOUND special forces unit, Solid Snake! Can Solid rescue the fugitives and prevent A.I.M. from using Lichtenbad's resources to mass produce the bipedal nuclear weapon armor mecha called M.G.D.O.K. - Metal Gear Designed Only for Killing!?!? And although Solid had long ago defeated his brother, the genetically modified super-solider Liquid Snake, nobody expected that the “Les Enfants Terribles” project that produced them would be leveraged and repurposed by A.I.M. to unleash Solid's other brother and the deadliest agent yet – Gaseous Snake!

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

CONAN THE AGENT OF SHIELD #2 \*\*\*Limited Series\*\*\*

Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO

Plot by EXCITER

Art by TRADD MOORE

Adapted from an unpublished story by ROBERT E. HOWARD!

“THE SNAKE BENEATH THE SKIN” Part Two “A HISTORY OF HYDRA”

When Conan's blade drank the blood of the Kothian raiders, their lifeless bodies revealed a secret none in his party were prepared to uncover. He fought not men, but heinous reptilian monsters disguised as men! The Brotherhood of the Shield hired him to slay these fiends, and the world-weary Conan suspected that the Brotherhood's leader, the mysterious Shield-Bearer, knew exactly who his targets were. Answers would be demanded, and truths long thought lost would be imparted...

The Serpent Men worshiped their creator, the many-headed snake, the Elder God Set. Ancient beyond description, these creatures witnessed the coming of the First Host of Celestials, who rebuked them in favor of humanity. Since then, they have been possessed of a seething hatred for mankind. Harassing them at every turn, the primitive humans rose in defiance and used their superior numbers to slaughter the Serpent Men to the point of near extinction. The Serpents quickly realized that open war was not their path to success. No, their victory would be attained secretly. They formed the Snake Cult and slowly attracted human followers. They festered in the world's dark places, growing two heads to replace every one cut off until the cult had a massive power-base in Stygia under their leader, the so-called Son of Set, Damballah. Channeling the power of their god, they forged the immensely powerful Cobra Crown. The Cobra Crown, which grants the ability to usurp the minds of others. The Cobra Crown, the most powerful tool in their campaign to usurp humanity's control of the Earth. The Cobra Crown.... which Conan and his band have been hired to steal!

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

HYDRA-COBRA WAR #1 \*\*\*Limited Series\*\*\*

Written by LARRY HAMA & NICK SPENCER

Plot by EXCITER

Art by JAMIE McKELVIE

“OPENING SALVO”

During the "Hail Storm," all the terrorist organizations capitulated to an alliance with a resurgent HYDRA. All, save one. COBRA! Refusing anything but absolute world domination on exclusively his own terms, Cobra Commander shunned Baron Strucker's offer. Now there's bad blood between the two, and there's only enough room on the block for one snake-themed super-terror group!

Like all great modern conflicts, the proverbial first shots are fired in corporate offices. HYDRA's Echidna Capital Management seeks to purchase controlling interest in M.A.R.S. Industries, the military arms research syndicate operated by COBRA's Destro. In retaliation, Extensive Enterprises, run by COBRA's Tomax and Xamot, initiate a hostile takeover of HYDRA's big pharma front, the Typhon Group. This incites Strucker to declare open war on his upstart rivals! He orders his second in command, Viper, to invade Trans-Carpathia. But if Viper wants to take the Silent Castle, COBRA's center of power in the region, then she'll have to go through Anastasia DeCobray – the Baroness!

Who will take the first round in the battle of the bad guys?

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

S.H.I.E.L.D. '60: CONFIDENTIAL

Presents James Bond in "The Beautiful Killer"

Written by CHARLIE HIGSON

Plot by HIGHWAYGUY

Art by KEV WALKER

Cover Art by GARY ERSKINE

They say if you can remember the 60’s you weren’t there. For Bond, James Bond, operative of Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the 60’s was classified, for your eyes only. But 1965 was such a turbulent time for even the most hardened of secret agents to consign to oblivion. His loyalty to the Crown brought into question, serving a foreign agency until politics can be unraveled, and the brutal murder of Bond's most trusted friend and supporter, MI13 operative Brigadier Nicholas Alistaire Sandsbridge-Stuart!

Nick Fury sends a hostile Bond on "compassionate leave" to take care of his affairs. (But only with Peggy Carter and Alexander Pierce in tow. A personal vendetta is one thing but possible links to international terrorism is another.) Cracked skulls, bullet holes and interrogations outside humanity uncover a name. Whispered gibberish of fear. "The Ghost with Infinite Heads" A killer with a dark reputation and little background. The trail of the fabled assassin takes Bond from swinging London to the sleepy Saronic islands of Greece. There, he is aided by an old friend and lover, Rada Rokovoy, to unearth the truth. But beware the truth as it may not be best pleasing. The Ghost of Infinite Heads, the Beautiful Killer, is revealed to be Rada herself. And a contract on Bond's head, lured away from the shelter of any agencies, is high stakes to play for!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INVADERS INITIATIVE vs. KATAMARI DAMACY #14

Written by FRED VAN LENTE

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by JEFTE PALO

“PITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN” Part 2 of 4 “ALL OF THE PIECES”

It looks like it’s falling apart…the Invaders pushing back against ULTIMATUM in the streets of and above Geneva…BLACK TARANTULA and the SHOCKER set to kill and aiming straight at your head…and the former servant of the deposed Set, SCARAB, with her hands wrapped around your throat offering her compliance in exchange for the old god’s return. But Zemo plans, Zemo prepares, and BARON ZEMO will claim this world as his own, no matter the cost. And he won’t have to lift a finger: as an old Invader turned new again appears with unheard of power! It’s the return of the supposedly destroyed BLACK TOM CASSIDY, burnt to cinders by JIM HAMMOND, yielding the matter absorbing abilities of the Katamari (claimed from the ancient power Omoikane back in #8)! And as Black Tom brings all things inorganic and living within his orbit to increase his strength, the Invaders will have to fight for their lives to dismantle this new force! As their teammates tackle the deformed and raging Cassidy, Black Tarantula, Shocker and the Scarab will be reintroduced to Baron Zemo’s ultimate plan…a rejuvenated and vengeful nuclear weapon, THE PRESENCE!

32 pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

ALPHA FLIGHT vs. VIEWTIFUL JOE #14

Written by BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by TY TEMPLETON

“THE TELEPHONE GAME” Part 2 of 3 “REALITY, FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH”

It’s the most chaotic of confrontations, and confusing of collaborations, yet as Alphans Puck and Snowbird, alongside Beta Flight member Strongarm, team up with Montreal’s most dangerous criminal mastermind, DEADLY ERNEST! And it’s only a foe from the past which could call for such an occasion….namely the villainous sidekick-turned-renegade android DELPHINE COURTNEY! But as the real world gets a whole lot stranger, Courtney will subject the heroes and Ernest to a dose of virtual reality…where they’ll have to face off against her computerized construct, the agile, energetic, combo-stacking VIEWTIFUL JOE! He’s not malicious, vicious, or evil, he just wants to win. And if he does, it means game over for our heroes! Meanwhile, back in Ottawa, Sasquatch and Shaman will unfurl plans reaching beyond Canada’s borders…poring over the schematics of ROGER BOCHS, they’ll discover just how wide this cybernetic threat stretches! And when they get a sudden distress call from Bochs warning them that the plan is already in place (see INVADERS INITIATIVE #14), they’ll have to move fast to save…well, it all!

32 pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

S.H.I.E.L.D. '60 #2 \*recommissioned\*

Written by ED BRUBAKER

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED

Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III

Variant Cover by DAVID AJA

"The Most Dangerous Game"

Last month we brought you James Bond, the rogue MI6 super-spy given a new license by S.H.I.E.L.D. Now we introduce you to his handler, an old war buddy of Fury's with a penchant for hunting the world's nastiest villains. And his game just got much bigger. Fresh from the jungles of Brazil (by way of Maynardville, TN), he is known as "The Apache," former head of the most vicious commandos ever deployed behind enemy lines during the war, the Boss Basterd himself... Lt. Aldo Raine! Intel indicates an increasing espionage threat on a global scale with links to shadowy organizations such as SPECTRE, the rumored revival of HYDRA, as well as whispers of an upstart group with intentions for world domination going by the name COBRA. Aldo has his own intuition, "I smell me a Nazi!"

Howard Stark and Peggy Carter follow the trail of the missing Lola, the hovercapable '62 Cherry Red Corvette (stolen from Stark Expo, see last issue) with Stark's prototype tracking device and his own private flying machine, the old fashioned kind - a Piper Colt personal aircraft. The trail crash lands them on a secret island within the Bermuda Triangle, where they unexpectedly rendezvous with Agents Gabe Jones and Alexander Pierce. But now they all need rescue from a pack of half-man, half-beast creatures that inhabit the island, the result of a mad science experiment gone heinously wrong. Thankfully Peggy brought along some of her "female fighting force of the future" artillery (again last issue, such was feminism in the sixties) and Howard knows a thing or two about engineering with raw materials, like creating big explosions with little coconuts. (S.H.I.E.L.D. CLASSIFIED: Who did you think was the inspiration for The Professor on "Gilligan's Island?")

Aboard the Hellicarrier, a distress call comes in from Stark with coordinates to his location, an uncharted island in the North Atlantic. An extraction mission is formed. But then a package arrives by courier jet. A frightened man wearing a French military uniform (see last issue for clues) and a bomb strapped to his chest. How did he know where to find SHIELD's hidden HQ in the sky?

(in brokenEnglish) "He sent me. He sent me with this. [Hands Fury a square box]"

"Who is he, Soldier?"

"He..Zemo...Zemo..."

Fury opens the package with horror.....

Contessa: "What's in the box?!?!?

(Hint: It's Robards' head. See that one coming?)

Next Month: Assault on the Island of Doctor Zemo!

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

SNAKE EYES: REAL AMERICAN HERO #7

SNAKE EYES versus DOUBLE DRAGON!

Written by CHUCK DIXON

Plot by EXCITER

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

“COMMUNITY OUTREACH”

Snake Eye's trecherous apprentice Ikari has betrayed everything his master ever taught him, sharing the secrets of Arashikage ninjitsu with fiends like Gregory Stark, the Hand, and perhaps worst of all, the Black Warriors street gang! With their newfound techniques, the Black Warriors seek revenge on the two men who have single handledly prevented them from ruling the streets of Los Angeles... the masters of "Sou-Setsu-Ken," Billy and Jimmy Lee! When the Double Dragon Dojo is beseiged, can Snake Eyes teach the twins the techniques they need to survive? Will he learn something himself in the process?

Meanwhile, Storm Shadow is summoned to Badhikistan's Monolith Base and tasked with a mission. COBRA is going to war with HYDRA, and Cobra Commander needs Storm Shadow to lead the Night Creepers against HYDRA'S ninja contigent – the Hand! Will an ancient rivalry be rekindled?

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

UNION JACK & SPITFIRE #1

Written by PAUL GRIST

Plot by HIGHWAYGUY

Art by PAUL GRIST

"THE INFERIOR RACE"

Dawn in the Smoke. A time-ravaged church in the East End of London, its doors long closed to the public, shelters a grizzly scene. Dai Thomas, Inspector of Scotland Yard, can only scratch his head and regret his bacon breakfast as he surveys the layered pile of smouldering bones and charred flesh. A smell of ripe death. He could see the morning's headlines. A devilish massacre. A terrorist conspiracy. Police incompetency, as they like to say. Always the same. But the details of this case would need to stay out of the tabloids. For the dozens of victims at the scene had something in common. Fangs. Union Jack, the British hero synonymous with vampire hunting, is summoned (no "Jack Signal" required as Inspector Thomas is aware that Joseph Chapman is the man behind the mask) but even this is beyond him. Their investigation going nowhere, Union Jack and Inspector Thomas visit Falsworth Manor hoping the extensive library left by Lord Montgomery Falsworth, the original Union Jack of WWI and supernatural expert, could shed light on the matter. However, they find only a mansion of screams. Jacqueline Falsworth-Crichton, the vampiric heroine known as Spitfire, fights and defies the bonding to a… a… Vampire-Symbiote hybrid. Her skin burns and welds to ooze. An ear-piercing sonic screech from a thing that should not be. Finally, Inspector Thomas loses his bacon breakfast!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GIANT-SIZED SHADOWLANDERS/STREETS OF RAGE #1

Written by ED BRUBAKER

Plot by HIGHWAYGUY

Art by MATTEO SCALERA

"POWERCUT" A MARVEL KNIGHTS/SEGA GAMES CROSSOVER

November 25th, New York City, the city that never sleeps. Glamorous heels sashay upon red carpets. Ramshackled soles escape through alleys. Just another night in a proud and diverse society. November 26th, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade nears its close, and the city descends into anarchy. A darkness blackens minds with shadows and ignites souls with rage. A city lashes out in fear… and it does not know why. NYPD officers Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding and Adam Hunter witness the riotous scenes, training and instinct keeping them focused. Their combined efforts barely ensuring their own survival, deadly hands reeled back, battling rich and poor alike. Madness.

The Goodman Building. The superheroes of New York ply their trade. Moon Knight, Black Cat, Cloak and Dagger seek to end the criminal tyranny of the enigmatic Mr. X. However, endless hordes of ruthless street-thugs, led by X's most trusted henchmen, the silent storm Shiva and the double-impact of Mona & Lisa, stand in their path. They battle on tirelessly until the shadows of rage descend upon them also. Cloak is the first convulse before erupting into a funnel of darkness, his fate unknown. Then all hell breaks loose.

The epicentre of the darkness, a hollow room in a towering dead building, a young man carries his head in his hands. A pursuit of power. A corrupting presence. He rues the day he donned the mask of darkness. And even as a motorcycle of flames engulfs the room and Johnny Blaze, the shamed Ghost Rider, seeks to cast his tainted soul to the beyond, the young man is devoured by shadows and bubbles into a pool of black blood. The Ghost Rider knows what has been unleashed. He knows he must face it to atone for his past sins. But he cannot do it alone. Looking to the New York skyline, he senses those fighting the creeping night. The badges. The masks. United they MUST stand. Divided they WILL fall. Discover the darkness within in SHADOWLANDERS #1 next month!

64 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

CAGE AND FINCH: NORTHERN LIGHTS vs. WATCH DOGS #9

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by ALES KOT

Art by SARA PICHELLI

“WHEN TWO VIGILANTIES WALK INTO A BAR...”

Theme Song: When Things Explode, UNKLE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYllKEkAtYU)

When the Number of Vigilante Aiden Pearce comes up in the Machine leading Luke Cage and Harold Finch to Chicago, where they soon find themselves involved with a terrifying new kind of conspiracy. However, first – Cage must work out whether to help or hinder Pearce in his investigations against the mysterious Blume Corporation! Meanwhile, Spider-Girl tackles a separate number, Dedsec member Clara Lille! There could be more to Clara and Aiden than first meets the eye... the question is, are they the victims of a crime that is about to happen - or are they the perpetrators?

32 pgs/Rated T...$2.99

RALPH G. FAKE: THE LEGAL EAGLE VS PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY #8

Written by CHARLES SOULE

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by MARCIO TAKARA

“SHOUTING AND POINTING AND LAWYERS AND STUFF”

“Murder. Muuuurder. Muh muh muh murder. There’s no nice way of saying it, fellas, and we are in deep for this one. We tell the jury, what, ‘We were tasked to bring damned souls to hell, they had no luck anyway?’ How about we show ‘em your big ol’ crowbar, or your t-ball there, T-Ball? I know this guy, he’ll use it as evidence anyway. One of the best. THE BEST, maybe. Phoenix Frickin’ Wright, the valedictorian to my snoozing-at-the-back-of-class guy, literally. So we did our job, we killed a few people, and now here I am, once more, representing myself. He’s going to yell, watch out for that, mind you. Really loud too, louder than that time you burnt yourself on the grill, Dirk, and it’ll punch you in the face. He’s gonna make us do one o’ those flashbacks, some security camera, surround sound video showing us offing a buncha guys. But will he have proof we sent them to the Judge to be…no, not that judge, pay attention Brian. Listen, I normally get a better feeling than this, fellas. We’ll come outta this though, clean up our act, and it’ll be a brand new day with a brand new stack o’ bologna…”

Next: A brand new stack o’ bologna, courtesy of HIGHWAYGUY!

32 pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

DAREDEVIL vs. ARKHAM CITY #15

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by GREG RUCKA

Art by BILLY TAN

“WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE”

Theme Song: Nightcrawl, Kavinsky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV\_3Dpw-BRY)

In a special standalone issue, The Man Without Fear finds himself at the mercy of Hugo Strange’s Arkham City! Can Daredevil fight his way through one member of Batman’s Rogues Gallery at a time – starting with the Mad Hatter, and working his way right up the top to the likes of Ra’s Al Ghul, Bane and the Joker! All the while, Matt Murdock finds himself under the watchful gaze of the Caped Crusader – and of course, you all know what happens when two different superheroes meet for the first time...

However, Batman’s own attentions are diverted, as Bruce Wayne finds himself attending sessions with a mysterious new psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter!

32 pgs/Rated T...$2.99

LI'L FRANK #12

Written By JOE CASEY

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By SKOTTIE YOUNG

"DISNEY WORLD IS A JOKE!!!!!" Part 1: I Ain't No Mouseketeer!

School's out for Summer(A nod to Alice Cooper)! It' summer vacation and the Castle Family is headed for Disney World! And he's invited his friends G Dub, Li'l Patsy and Li'l Whitney along for the ride! It's all about family, friends and fun at the House that the Mouse built! But the excitement for Li'l Frank and friends is quickly washed away when the gang arrives at a sanitized, child proof theme park with a way too happy Mickey and Minnie Mouse! Who can have fun at such a wholesome, clean place like this? Not this crew and they're gonna do something about it! Break out the super-soakers and the water-balloons as these Brooklyn Badasses declare war on DISNEY WORLD!!! They're armed to the teeth and loaded for dwarves as the assault begins at the palace of SNOW WHITE! You thought you saw a rotten apple? You ain't seen nothing yet!

32 PGS./Rated All Ages...$2.99

MAN WITH THE IRON FIST/MORTAL KOMBAT #3

Written by FRANK MILLER/CHUCK DIXON

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by FRANK MILLER

"FIGHT"

Orson Randall is marked for death and is surrounded by killers. He always been a unstoppable fighter, he has 2 guns and an "Ironfist" and he's cool. Sub-Zero, Kitana, Sonya Blade, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Goro, Reptile and Raiden attack with relentless assaults and complexed martial arts moves. Orson is forced to unleash his Chi power to it's limit as he direct it's through both is guns and channels his inner strength super human levels. If he dies, he will take some of his enemies to Hell with him. At best he can only avoid certain death as he just dodges the various kill strikes as Jade watches from a distance with smile on her face. His battered, near death form struggles into an abandoned building where he's confronted by Jade. She wants a one on one fight, between ex-partners and ex-lovers, but who's side is she really on? CONTINUED..!

32PGS./Rated T...$2.99

THE PROWLER VS TONY HAWK’S UNDERGROUND #15

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI

Art by KERON GRANT

“FAIR WEATHER”

The secret origin of Robert Farrell! Before he became the reliable young vigilante ROCKET RACER, he was part of an upstart team of wannabe skaters! Before his fellow skateboarders could hit the heights, he left them to pursue a more stable career and future in engineering! Before this night is over, the UNDERGROUND will have their revenge on him…and Rocket Racer’s known accomplice, Hobie Brown, the PROWLER! But with Child Services seizing custody of his younger brothers and sisters, his house blown apart by his own gear, and his mentor locked away in prison, Robert will pull no punches. And after refusing help from his new mentor, the mystically savage PUMA, and long-time friend FROG-MAN, he’ll go in alone…and break every skateboard, and skateboarder, in sight. Meanwhile, in the Raft, Hobie and his visiting wife Mindy will come face-to-face with the Underground’s incarcerated members, and be strong-armed into making them identical Rocket Racer equipment! But when Mindy reveals the Prowler gear she stashed away for her husband, their demands won’t be met!

32 pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

MS. AMERICA VS PORTAL #9

Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by DUNCAN FEGREDO

“INHALE EXHALE REPEAT” Part 3 of 3 “GLAD TO BE HERE”

Madness reigns…with an unstoppable force of demonic energy approaching their home, the citizens of the Utopian Parallel have descended into chaos! And the lone voices of sanity do not call this place their home…wayward daughter of the Parallel MS. AMERICA CHAVEZ, and the Parallel’s artificial intelligence cobbled together from the robotics of ten million worlds, GLADOS! But when the two come face to electronic blinking interface, hostility will rise! With the electromagnetic aura of the multiversal demon surrounding her, Ms. America will be forced to prove herself to the machine: using her teleportation powers to cross dozens of realities, and create a diversion to draw the demon away from the Parallel! And as GLaDOS chatters away in her ear, Ms. America will land amongst the ruins of worlds she’s too familiar with…GLaDOS has led her to the future, where Earth-616 and the Utopian Parallel have collided, to a parallel of the Parallel which has crossed over into the multiverse and disintegrated, and back to the present day 616…where the possessed Sylvie Lushton stands over the bodies of her friends and allies! (Still alive, though!)

32 pgs/Rated T...$2.99

THE PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL vs. WARHAMMER 40,000: DAWN OF WAR #15

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by NATHAN EDMONDSON

Art by STEVE EPTING

“THERE IS ONLY WAR”

Theme Song: God's Gonna Cut You Down, Johnny Cash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc)

The Punisher, JUSTIFIED’S Raylan Givens and KILL BILL’S The Bride are forced into a team-up as they find themselves at the mercy of an Ork Waaagh! On an abandoned planet in a grimdark new future! Due to their status as unlikely time travellers they’re unable to go to the intervening Space Marines of the Blood Ravens Chapter for help – because they’re just as likely to take them out as the Orks are, especially when they claim to be time travellers from the 21st Century – so this unlikely alliance has to embrace a new kind of weaponry to defeat a new kind of enemy lest they never make it back to the present alive.

32 pgs/Rated T...$2.99

THE BUGLE VS BALLOON FIGHT #15

Written by DAN SLOTT

Plot by GLOBAL HONORED & SUPERCOOPER

Art by DAVE JOHNSON

“ONWARD AND UPWARD”

- It’s an unbelievable attack from on high, as the skies of New York City become clogged with helium-filled latex…the Balloon Fighters are here, and they will rob this city, one birthday party at a time!

- Precision strikes! Hasty exits into the clouds! Incredible hand-to-hand skills! And one heck of a birthday party held at the Bugle for star reporter Norah Winters!

- But the Bugle’s own heroes, the TILLER (Skrull-in-hiding ETHAN EDWARDS) and EXO (the armor-wearing BETTY BRANT) are holding the line, as hundreds of balloons head towards the newspaper’s headquarters! But the reason for this mass target remains a secre-

- TYPEFACE is back! The font-covered madman leads this new wave of Fighters against his former favourite newspaper, vowing vengeance for the death of J. Jonah Jameson!

- Grab your staplers, letter openers, pencils, and pens! The Tiller and Exo stand side-by-side with NORAH WINTERS, GLORIA GRANT, BEN URICH, ROBBIE ROBERTSON…they are the BUGLE, and they do not go down without a fight!

- And next month…stop the presses! It’s the return of HIGHWAYGUY!

32 pgs/Rated T+...$2.99

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AVENGERS 4 HIRE VS HITMAN #9

Written by ANDY DIGGLE and QUENTIN TARANTINO

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by IAN CHURCHILL"PLAY AGAIN"

He's Agent 47, he is known as Hitman.He's an assassin-for-hire, whose flawless record places him in high demand among the wealthy and elite. Like the "Avengers For Hire" money is major factor in using his unique set of skills. Unlike the Avengers he's not for the people, he's all for himself. Today he's just killed a team of Avengers..no seriously. The Spider, Miles Morales was easy, he may be fast and heals quickly, but he's not bulletproof and Agent 47 has ALOT of bullets. The same reason holds for Eric O'Grady and Shang-Chi, although the latter sure was a good fighter. Machine Man and Firestar don't work well when someone set off the sprinklers and then decimates the building they are presiding. Miraclewoman may seem difficult unless she's taken out in her regular human form..done. Luke Cage was tricky as he is bulletproof. That is he hard to kill externally and that's the beauty of micro-nanotech that contains exploding shells. The "A4H" is dead, but Agent 47's biggest flaw is his kills are never permanent. He has "unfortunate", uncontrollable mutant ability to reset his life occurrences and accomplishments. He's starts over in the same place as if his kills have never happened. It's almost as if his life is a video game.

32 PGS/Rated T…$2.99

THE INFINITY EFFECT #6 \*An Event of Cosmic Proportions!\*

Written By JOSHUA DYSART

Plot By MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100

Art By DAVID MARQUEZ

"Heroes Last Stand!"

The demi-god Lord Mar-Vell is now closer than ever to completing his ultimate mission! The other Abstracts have decided not to interfere on behalf of Mistress Death and give him a free pass! With five of the Infinity Gems in his possession, he believes that he has more than enough power to challenge her! But the cosmic heroes haven't given up yet! Quasar and the Infinity Watch along with the Guardians and the Nova Corps have rallied the other races to make one last stand against Mar-Vell! With 2 of the Gems still in his possession, Quasar hopes that they can overwhelm him with enough force and use those Gems to wrest control of the others from the madman! The cosmic forces unleash a powerful barrage against Mar-Vell, enough to shatter solar systems! But when the smoke and debris clears, Mar-Vell still stands unfazed! With a wave of his hand, he draws the last two gems to himself and makes the cosmic forces simply vanish! His enemies have finally been defeated and the Gems are now complete! All that awaits is a date with Death!

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

WAR OF KINGS vs SPACE INVADERS #14 \*Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*

Written BY JOSHUA DYSART

Plot BY MARVELL2100

Art By DAVID MARQUEZ

SPACE INVADERS: REALM OF KINGS!

After their defeat at the hands of Lord Mar-Vell, the cosmic races find themselves transported back to their respective realms! There, they find their worlds under attack by Space Invaders, an overwhelming, unrelenting alien force bent on galactic conquest! Many of their outerworlds have been destroyed and millions are dead as the Invaders begin to advance to the home planets of each race! On Xander, Queen Adora convenes with Crystal and Ronan of the Kree, the Skrull Queen Veranke and Starshine of Galador along with other galactic representatives to find away to stop the invasion! Even the Terran Gail Runciter is present as Earth and the Milky Way Galaxy is likely to become a target as well! After a brief discussion, they all have come to the same conclusion. They only way to stop the invaders is to use the weapon they planned to use against Mar-Vell! In order to save all of their worlds and maybe the universe itself, they must unleash Jack of Hearts and the Annihilation Wave! Next Issue: Ready, Aim, Fire!

32 PGS.Rated T+...$2.99

NOVA CORPS vs SPACE INVADERS #15 \*An Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*

Written By CARLOS PACHECO

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By MIKE MCKONE

SPACE INVADERS: HARD CORPS!

The Corps has been teleported back to their star base headquarter by Lord Mar-Vell after a joint attack by the combined cosmic powers failed to stop him! There, they find their base under attack by a large armada of alien battleships that threaten to overrun the Corps and wipe them out! But there is one Nova missing, their leader Nova Prime! With little time to ponder his whereabouts, Mari, Robbie and Samara take command of the Corps, rallying Centurions and Cadets alike to halt the invaders in their tracks and push them back! After a fierce space battle and what seems like an eternity, the Corps drives off the invasion fleet and secures their base. Mari and Samara receive reports from around the sector of similar attacks against other planets by alien invaders! As they prepare to send Nova Squads to assist the other worlds, Robbie asks the question that's on everyone else's mind! Where is Nova Prime? What happened to Richard Rider?

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

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY vs LOST PLANET #15 \*Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*

Written By MALCOLM JONES

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By AARON LOPRESTI

LOST PLANET: DAY OF FUTURE PAST!

E.D.N. III, a planet on the far side of the universe, is a frozen wasteland with temperatures as low as 50 degrees below zero! The Guardians have been transported to this barren planet by Lord Mar-Vell after their last attempt to stop his quest to kill Mistress Death failed! Within moments, they quickly notice that Star-Lord is nowhere to be found. Mantis tries to reach him with a psychic probe but there is still no sign of the Guardians leader! They have to find shelter soon before the weather freezes them in their tracks. They haven't gone a mile when they are suddenly attacked by the Akrid, alien insect-like creatures composed of highly volatile liquid energy! With no shelter from the harsh climate and weary from another battle, the Guardians are surrounded and about to be overwhelmed! Then without warning, energy blasts scatter the Akrid, killing many and causing the rest to scurry away! The Guardians are about to thank their rescuers when they hear a loud voice command them, "Come with me if you want to live!" They are all shocked when they see who their saviors are: Martinex, Nikki and Charlie-27! The Guardians from the 31st century!

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

SECRET WARS: RACTCHET AND CLANK #9

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by KEV WALKER

"The Art of War"

Like everyone on Battleworld they have been taken against their wills to the living planet to fight a war to end all wars. It is a deathmatch created and watched by the gods with the winner having ultimate power. Ratchet and Clank have watched the forces of Wasp, Red Hulk and now Voltron vs Lady Doom, Ares and Darth Vader. They feel they need to stop both sides and they have the weapons to do it. When it comes to arsenals they have it all including Bomb Glove, Pyrocitor, Walloper, Tesla Claw, Morph-O Ray, Devastator, Bouncer, Infector and a Glove of Doom. Ratchet and Clank's assault leads to unification of the 2 sides against their new common enemies. Hmm, maybe that was their plan all along.

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

QUASAR & THE INFINITY WATCH#9

Written by ROGER STERN

Plot by MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100

Art by KAARE ANDREWS

"TO DEATH US DO PART...."

* The final battle for the fate of Death and the Universe has arrived. Death has been abandoned by the Concepts but not the rest of creation. The lesser races have banded together in her defense and now the battle will rage.
* Moondragon uses the Mind Gem to enlist the aid of everyone who ever lived. With the aid of Mistress Death, Moondragon raises the spirits of the dead and let's all of their experiences wash over Lord Mar-Vell. Will the unfathomable depth of emotions, memories and thoughts that have ever existed and directed into one being bring this war to an end?
* Quasar isn't going to take a chance and gathers his will to bring everything that he can to this one last desperate stand. And on the periphery of the universe, before the cascading forces trying to annihilate each other, two figures pop into existence and witness the incredible.
* The Doctor did as the giant flying head said, I mean why not? When a giant flying head says fly around the multiverse and save reality it kind of makes sense. At least it did to the Doctor. Which is why he took this Phyla-Vell girl under his wing and started collecting all of those lost golden bands from devastated dead universes. She's a bit of a strange one this companion!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HIGH EVOLUTIONARY#9

Written By DOUG MOENCH

Plot By MCGAFFER

Art By PAUL GULACY

* The Phalanx have a new leader. The High Evolutionary is the very being that they have dreamed of and now his consciousness directs theirs in the linear pattern they have always desired! To take the stars themselves and make them theirs. The experiment will continue. The Phalanx will evolve past the confines of reality and into whatever lays beyond...
* Rom the Space Knight and the Knights of Wundagore attempt to create an army to try and hold back the Phalanx before they become too powerful but Cosmics are coming up short on the ground. Apparently there's some big war going on and everyone is a bit busy with that. So they'll have to make do with the retiree's - The return of "The Consortium of Extraordinary Cosmic Beings!" is the best they can do at this time....well it was a nice universe at one time!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

H.E.R.B.I.E. FOR HIRE VS ALIEN HOMINID #12

Written by CHRIS ELIOPOLOUS

Plot by SUPERCOOPER

Art by STUART IMMONEN

“U.F.O. (UNIFORMLY FIGURATIVE OBJECTIONS)”

Move over, HERBIE Alpha, there’s a new boss behind the desk! He’s small, yellow, carrying a green blaster of infinite energy, and he crashed his saucer into the Good Ship Franklin. He is…the ALIEN HOMINID! And when this extra-terrestrial runaway begins taking charge of the HERBIE operations, there will be nothing but trouble…for deposed CEO Alpha, whose former crew has taken a liking to the Hominid’s efficiency, tirelessness, and silence! But when HERBIE Alpha and his right hand robot, HERBIE 34, attempt to reclaim the ship from the alien, they’ll have to wait in line, as the government sends its own monstrous operatives into battle: the thirty foot tall PUDDING MONSTER, the IRON FIST (with apologies to Danny Rand) ROBOT, and the hulking ALIEN HOMINID CLONE! Alliances are formed and war is waged in the skies, as the HERBIEs defend their home one last time…because after this battle the Good Ship Franklin will be launched straight up! Look out, the universe, HERBIE for Hire is going intergalactic!

32 PGS/Rated A...$2.99

SILVER SURFER: HERALD OF DEATH #15 \*Infinity Effect Tie-In!\*

Written By CHRISTOS GAGE

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By DUSTIN WEAVER

"Death Race"

* The Surfer races across the universe to save Mistress Death from the madman Lord Mar-Vell who now possesses the power of all seven Infinity Gems! If Mar-Vell succeeds, then havoc and chaos will reign throughout the universe! However, Norrin Radd also remembers the words of his former master Galactus, who warned him to be wary of Death! She can be fickle and her ways are beyond even those of the World-Devourer! But the Surfer erases those thoughts from his mind! He must stop Lord Mar-Vell and save Mistress Death!
* The Dark Nebula! It is the abode of Mistress Death, a place that few have ever seen. As she awaits her would be killer, she convenes with another, someone with whom she has made a bargain. They both agree that the timing must be perfect for their plan to work. She again reveals the body of Shalla Bal, her trade in the bargain. The deal is cemented and not a moment too soon! Lord Mar-Vell has arrived for the head of Death and he will not be denied! Next Issue: Death Made A Bargain!

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

FANTASTIC FOUR #16 \*Infinity Effect Tie-In\*

Written By JONATHAN HICKMAN

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By NICOLA SCOTT

"Salem's End"

* The newly reunited Fantastic Four with the help Wyatt Wingfoot and Agatha Harkness battle Harkness' Nicholas Scratch and Salem's Seven in the historic town of Salem MA! Scratch planned to execute Reed and Sue for foiling his last attempt to resurrect the thousands of witches killed in witch trials more 250 years ago! But even at full strength, the FF are no match for Salem's Seven nor the magic being used by Scratch! Seeing no other way to stop her son, Harkness cast's a spell of molecular disruption that not only destroys her son and the Seven but herself as well! The FF mourns her passing as she has sacrificed her own life to stop her son and save the world!
* In a galaxy far away, Lord Mar-Vell has gained complete control of the Infinity Gems and uses them to create a spatial warp to wipe out the cosmic heroes! However, his actions have inadvertently caused beings from other realities and dimensions to appear throughout our universe! One such being has landed on Earth near the Arctic Circle. As he gathers himself, he looks to the sky to get his bearings and discern that he is over 400 years in the past! He can think of only one word to describe his situation: "Illogical!"

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

FUTURE IMPERFECT VS ASSASSIN'S CREED #9

Written By DAN ABNETT

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By KHARI EVANS

"All My Futures Destroyed!" Part 2

ASSASSIN'S CREED: PROJECT LEGACY!

* Everything has changed! The discovery of Doom 2099's battered mask in the Savage Land means that Victor has failed and his future will be destroyed! He has already been killed in his past by the Templar Assassins! Now his plans must change and he must recruit the one person who hates him most in the world! High in the Himalayans, Doom has Thane and Attuma search the former home of the Inhumans for the Aegis, an artifact that can help Victor alter the timeline and change his fate! But instead of the Aegis, what they find is far more dangerous! Corvus Glaize and Proxima Midnight, servants of the death-worshipper Thanos!
* On the far side of the moon, M'Baku and Hippolyta enter a vast complex that was once home to the Watcher. Now it is the home of another solitary entity, one with a burning hatred for Victor! The Black Swan Yumon Abbat was once a devoted follower of Doom 2099 who was worshipped as a god by her and her sisters. Then she learned the truth, Doom was no god, just a man obsessed with power and she quickly became disillusioned. So imagine her surprise when they tell her that her god requires her services again!
* 10:23 PM off the coast of Southern California. Naked, she emerged out of the Pacific ocean moments ago to shocked on-lookers. She came from over 1000 years in the future to end a legacy before it even begins. Her name is Number Six, part human, part Cylon and she is a Templar Assassin! Her mission? Kill Doom 2099...again!

32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

THE INHUMANS VS ASSASSIN'S CREED #15

Written By ROBERT VENDETTI

Plot By MARVELL2100

Art By MARK BROOKS

Blood of My Fathers

ASSASSIN'S CREED: BLOODLINES

His name is Achilles, a Templar Assassin from the future and he has just killed the former Inhuman king the Unspoken! Momentarily stunned, the Royal Family rallies around Medusa and prepares to defend their Queen! Karnak strikes the first blow but it proves ineffective against the stranger's armor! There is no weakness! The rest of the family stands ready to attack but they are shocked when Achilles stands before Medusa and kneels! He is an Inhuman from the future who is part of the order of Templar Assassins and has come not only to save his own people but the entire human race! War is on the horizon and they must be prepared! A madman has come back in time to destroy the Inhumans as well as humans, mutants and anything else that gets in his way! Achilles was sent to protect the Royal Family and to stop this threat once and for all! He knows very little about the man who would destroy the Inhumans except for one thing: he is one of their own, a NuHuman!

32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

DOOM/SILENT HILL

Written by NEIL GAIMAN

Art by CLAYTON CRAIN

Plot by MCGAFFER

The Order finally have the means to raise Samael and save mankind! The creation of a new Hell has opened the door to many possibilities but one thing will always remain the same, Silent Hill has called out for someone to save their loved one. The young gunslinger Eve has traveled through many Hell Realms only to arrive at the final barrier, Silent Hill. As the laws of physics vanish with the smooth transition to the "Otherworld" the monsters from Eve's mind come forth with the monstrous Pyramid Head leading them in the hunt. But desiring more victims Silent Hill sends out it's usual spiritual message to her father. We shall soon see if he can handle the monsters from inside his own head! Silent Hill knows not what it has summoned though! Victor von Doom steps down from his new throne and walks into the mists of the town with one thought on his mind. "You do not take what is Doom's!" It's time to unleash hell!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CABAL #15

Written by DANIEL WAY

Art by FRANK CHO

Plot by MCGAFFER

* + - The fallen angel Gabriel stands before the Red Skull's throne in the new Reich Land and applauds! But how would the leader of the New Continent of United Europe like a slice of a little more power? All he has to do is kill a few angels.
		- The Faerie Realm are now the overlords of the people of Avalon, formally France, and bring the transgressors of the land before it's benevolent ruler Morgan Le Fay for merciful justice. Which has been Ian McNee's plan all along! the fightback against the Cabal starts here! The Watch has infiltrated France and begun the revolution! Can Ian McNee succeed in taking down Morgan? If not it may be a very short uprising!
		- Gandalf the Grey and Roland Deschain plan to take their group through into Italy to face down Mephisto! There are rumours that the devil is still powerless, so they must be swift. There's just one problem, they planned to sneak in through Switzerland only to find it gone! The Molecule Man is up to something and with his fractured mind that can only be bad news for the rest of the world!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE WATCH #14

Written by JAMES O'BARR

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by ESAD RIBIC

* + - The Watch's secret base in the Catacombs of Paris is overrun. Overrun with refugee's desperately trying to escape what France has become under the Cabal's rule. Casey Kinmont tries to keep the mystical barriers to the base up but against the growing numbers of the Faerie Realm it is only a matter of time until they are discovered.
		- The Shiver Man has been successful in his quest for new recruits in the war but now he must guide Frankenstein's Monster and War-Wolf back to safety and there's a small case of an entire army hunting them! A deadly game of cat and mouse is about to be played in the streets of Paris tonight, but murderous mobs on a dark night is the Monster's specialty! Watch how a true master runs the streets of blood!
		- Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Amanda Sefton lead the new team of the Revolutionaries on a deadly quest into the almost deserted Faerie Realm. Almost deserted though means there's still plenty around with a taste for flesh and treading lightly is the order of the day. They look for Herne the Hunter, who Buffy has a history with, to try and convince him to join the fight against Morgan Le Fay. The prize on the table? The rule of the Faerie Realm with quite possibly Buffy at his side.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GOD SQUAD #15

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by STEVE DILLON

Hercules, armed with the most powerful Godly weapons he could lay his hands on, takes on the Demogorge in a deadly battle which whips up storms that devastate the coast of West America. But two Gods doing battle is the least of the world's concerns! With Mikaboshi on his way the Olympians lead from the front in recruiting the other God races in the creation of an army, only the Asgardians are mysteriously absent. Their chosen battleground is Earth! After all why should their Realms be destroyed. Venus tries to sing some sense into them but Mikaboshi's song is louder! Let the battle commence!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUNSLINGER/RED DEAD REDEMPTION

Written by STEPHEN KING

Art by LEINAL FRANCIS YU

Plot by MCGAFFER

* + - Jack Marston stares down the barrel of the gun that's held before him. Beyond it are two sharp blue eyes, unblinking despite the harsh glare of the desert sun. It seems his father is still alive after all and this man wants him. Roland Deschain looks at the son of the man who has his adopted daughter and makes his bargain. A life for a life. He's going to exchange Jack for Eve.
		- Eve doesn't need anyone to save her! John Marston has finally convinced her that there's a need for her guns in Mexico. The old man is determined to take down the corrupt Abraham Reyes but first they've got to survive traveling through the deadliest parts of the Wild West. For some reason this fiery spitball of a girl can't stop grinning about the fact. She learns fast, as if she can copy anything she see's, and she ain't afraid of anything. Guess life will eventually teach her.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MIDNIGHT SONS/CASTLEVANIA

Written by MIKE RAICHT

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by CLAY MANN

Man-Thing finds himself caught in a web of Dracula's own design. The Nexus will be used to unleash Dracula's power and armies throughout the world. He will strike where he will and no one can stop him! Well unless the Belmonts can lead their new allies safely through Dracula's Castle to their friend that is. A mysterious priest named Brother Voodoo, a beast named Gargoyle and a warrior woman named Red Sonja. They call themselves the Midnight Sons! They claim though that is not Dracula, they know Dracula and this is a different creature. They will soon learn.

The Son's are not the only hunters in this Castle tonight. There is only room for one Dracula in this world and Dracula will not tolerate a rival. Two Dracula's will meet and to the winner, everything!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MAGIK AND BAYONETTA #15 Special Giant Sized Issue

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by SUNOFDARKCHILD

Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ

"Angels and Demons and Witches, Oh My!"

A meeting too huge for a normal issue to contain! Illyana finds herself caught in the middle of a heated battle between a group of Lumen Sages and the famed Umbra Witch, Bayonetta. With neither side backing down Illyana summons her own demon army to 'keep the peace.' It's an all out slugfest between the armies of Paradiso, Inferno, and Limbo. Skyscraper sized monsters! Extreme over-the-top action and raunchiness! Rodin and S'ym bonding over cigars! A 1-on-1 grudge match between our title characters! And dare we say, a little romance?

64 PGS./Rated MAX …$4.99

THE DEFENDERS #15

DEFENDERS versus DIABLO!

Written by MIKE MIGNOLA

Plot by EXCITER

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

“SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL”

The mindless hordes of the Dark Dimension continue to pour into the realm of K'ai. Queen Jarella has only one hope to repel them: the Defenders! But hope is fleeting, and Dormammu has a plan to turn Jarella's greatest champion against her...

Dormammu's disciples Baron Mordo, Illidan Stromrage, and Mangog traveled to the mythical realm of Sanctuary where they stole a legendary gem containing the essence of a vanquished Prime Evil – the Soulstone! When Mangog presses the Soulstone into the Hulk's chest, the jade giant is possessed by the spirit of the Lord of Terror himself. Hulk is now host to Diablo! If K'ai was doomed before, what hope does it have against “the strongest evil of all”?

Its up to Dr. Strange, Namor, Valkyrie, Egon Spengler, and the Silver Surfer to trap Diablo back in the Soulstone and destroy it forever – but Dormammu and his Offenders aren't about to let that happen. They have a Hulk, so the Defenders will need an army... Fortunately, on Sanctuary the archangel Tyrael has assembled a fighting force of barbarians, monks, sorcerers, paladins, and demon hunters dedicated to vanquishing Diablo no matter what realm he menaces! They're used to hack and slash, but could they possibly be prepared for hack and smash?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

BATMAN VS THE RED SKULL #3\*\*\*mini-series\*\*\*

Written by NEIL GAIMAN

Art by STEVE EPTING

Plotted by MCGAFFER

* + - The Red Skull has taken Bane, Hugo Strange, Mr. Freeze, Man-Bat and Victor Zsasz back to the past with him! Imbued by the energy of the cube the Skull unleashes his new allies on the Howling Commandos and smiles as he realises that victory finally looks to be at hand. Until the reappearance of the Bat man? Johann Schmidt knows he should of just killed this fool when he had the chance as he watches him side with the Howling Commandos against his new foot soldiers.
		- Batman leaps into the portal created by the strange glowing cube and finds himself in the midst of WWII. But not one he recognizes! Working it out that not only has this Red Skull? time travelled he's also reality jumped! How can this world resist the Nazi's when they have such power at their disposal. He hear's the troops that he rescues calling for backup! Apparently they're asking for some Captain or other to lend a hand. Hopefully he brings a very large army with him!
		- Joker watches Batman leap back into the past and realizes that Gotham is Bat free, imagine the chaos he can bring to the streets! The carnage he can rub in Batman's face on his return! The glorious...ah, the hell with it! The Joker knows where all the fun is and follows Batman through the portal...

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS/WOLFENSTEIN

Written By JIM STERANKO

Plot By MCGAFFER

Art By HERB TRIMPE

The Basterds have gotten wind of some Nazi super program called Operation Black Sun. Some special agent named Blazkowicz got a message out that the town of Isenstadt is crucial to the Nazi's victory and must be retaken at all costs. Which is why Gorilla Man is currently trying to take down a zeppelin all by himself while the allies follow Rocket's progress through the streets of Isenstadt, all they can see is the end of Rocket's gun as he mows down the incredible beasts that roam the streets, and of course hear him. "No one told me there was frikkin monsters here! This is costing you jerks double! And what the hell is the deal with those women raising the dead? I'm only getting paid to kill these idiots once! Unpaid overtime, what do you think I am, a frikkin hero or summat?"

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D. VS THE SUPERNATURAL LINE#1\*\*\*mini-series\*\*\*

Written By MIKE MIGNOLA

Plot By MCGAFFER

Art By MIKE MIGNOLA

* + - Nocturne never meant to bring them through with her, in fact all she'd done was teleport to the nearest deli for some food and stepping out of the smoke with her was six other figures! The big red demon really concerned her, until she was hit in the head!
		- The hunt for the fugitive is on, the B.P.R.D. need to take in the Slayer! After investigating the slaughter of three whole communities of monks the Bureau finally hit on a lead, one monk had lived long enough to leave a clue - "Find the Chosen Slayer" Well a clue generally meant it was time to start hitting people and blowing stuff up so Hell Boy was happy at least, the first person he interrogated less so. Blade spat blood and teeth onto the ground, so this demon wanted Buffy huh? Well he was going to have to go through him to find her!
		- Word has reached Gandalf the Grey of these strange hunters coming for Buffy, he needs to investigate this and possibly call in reinforcements. Meanwhile he needs a place for Buffy to hide. And so Gandalf ends up owing Magik a favour as Buffy reluctantly hides in Limbo, nothing can go wrong with that plan...can it?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HULK vs SONIC #14

Written by MARK WAID

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by ANDY KUBERT

"Blue and Green"

They are nicknamed the AGENTS of S.M.A.S.H. They are meta-human task force of S.H.I.E.L.D. consisting of Hulk, Red Hulk, Betty (Red She-Hulk), A-Bomb, Gam Ma (Bruce's gamma-powered grandma) and the newest member the mysterious Hulkman. They have been sent to capture an anomaly that has been sighted throughout small towns in the mid-west. It's called Sonic, a superspeed hyper-intelligent anthropomorphic hedgehog. He seems to be from another world and has only been seen in blurry videos and pictures, but he know Bigfoot...he's real. He somewhat a local legend. He helps seniors, stops petty crimes and saves people involved in accident. However, when the S.H.I.E.L.D. satellites pinpoint his location and patterns, the Hulks are ready to take him down. It's highspeed game of tag and cat and mouse as Sonic is untouchable as no one can catch him. That is unless say, Gen. Ross aka Red Hulk puts well placed explosive bullets in his furry kneecap. Well then it's Hulks SMASH! Good thing Sonic is rapid healer.

32PGS./Rated T $2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS vs. MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT #15

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by JUSTIN JORDAN

Art by CHRIS SAMNEE

“SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES”

Theme Song: Dark Night, The Blasters

THE CIA are stumped with a case when they find themselves pitted against the enigmatic, ritualistic Bell Killer of Salem, Massachusetts, so naturally, they enlist mind-reader Charles Xavier and metal manipulator Erik Lensherr to help out, but as Charles and Erik stumble deeper into the dark, twisted world of demons, witches, mediums and serial killers – they soon learn that their task might be far more complicated than they realise.

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

X-FACTOR vs. GRAND THEFT AUTO V #15

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by PETER DAVID

Art by MITCH GERADS

“THE BIG SCORE”

Theme Song: On Days Like These, Matt Monro & Quincy Jones

Welcome to Los Santos, X-Factor! We hope you enjoy your stay! The X-Factor find themselves called in by SHIELD to investigate when they learn that former criminal Michael Townley is back in the game. However, when Gambit learns of the possibility of one of the biggest scores in history of the criminal underworld – who is he to say no, especially when SHIELD learn that the “Big Score” also contains valuable SHIELD Intel previously kept hidden? However, they must first navigate the combined interests of the FIB and Merryweather as well as the initial hostilities of Michael’s partners in crime, the unhinged Trevor Phillips, and the young rookie Franklin Clinton!

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

BROTERHOOD OF MUTANTS vs. FIFA 16 #15

Plotted by BANEOFKINGS

Written by MATT KINDT

Art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

“THE BEAUTIFUL GAME”

Theme Song: Wavin' Flag, K'NAAN

In an attempt to improve mutant relations with the rest of the world, Football (and we’re going to call it Football no matter what anyone else says)’s governing body, FIFA, issues a tournament that the Brotherhood of Mutants can participate in. Pitted against willing teams from around Europe – Barcelona, Arsenal, Juventus and Brussia Dortmund – the Brotherhood must not only beat the extremely testing gauntlet – but also stop the anti-mutant extremist Boyd Crowder from assassinating prominent members of the FIFA community and making it look like the mutants are responsible! Welcome to the most unexpected and tie-in of AOM’s Video Game Month! Get ready to find out how good the Brotherhood are at Football!

32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #15

X-MEN gets into the FINAL FIGHT!

Written by RICK REMENDER

Plot by EXCITER

Art by CHRIS BACHALO

“POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE”

As his campaign to win the U.S. Presidential Primary for the Democratic Party heats up, straw polls suggest that Hank “Beast” McCoy's status as a very visible mutant might be alienating to right-leaning swing voters in the general election. He'll need a more conservative running mate to balance the ticket, and he thinks he's found just the guy: Mayor Mike Haggar! He's so tough on crime that he personally beats up criminals on the streets of his jurisdiction, and he's so fiscally conservative that he does it with his bare hands! The only problem is that Haggar's daughter, Jessica, has been kidnapped (again) by the infamous Mad Gear Gang. Can Wolverine, Storm, Jubilee, and Colossus help with the rescue and score the political points they need before Beast's first debate? Can “Daydreamer,” a mind-wiped and mentally rewritten Freddy Krueger, help them?

Meanwhile, Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler continue to sew dissension in secret amongst the ranks of the zealous Purifiers. But why is the Purifiers' leader, the insidious Swarm, meeting with a Mad Gear Gangster named Rolento... who takes orders from a superior named Jessica Haggar? Are the Uncanny X-Men walking into a political scandal and a trap?

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

LEGENDARY WOLVERINE #15

WOLVERINE travels the OREGON TRAIL!

Written by JEFF LEMIRE

Plot by EXCITER

Art by DECLAN SHALVEY

“YOUNG MAN LOGAN: TRAIL OF FEARS”

Logan has died of dysentery. Again! Fresh from fleeing their estate in Canada, in 1848 Logan and Victor embark on the most perilous journey of their young lives – the Oregon Trail! But if they try to ford the Snake River, their oxen and party might die... and they don't have a healing factor that brings them back! Despite all the other dangers, the biggest threat is the buffalo. Slaughtered mercilessly by emigrants, their animal spirts have arisen again – to make sure that no one makes it to Oregon alive!

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

ASTONISHING X-MEN vs TETRIS #15.VID

"Wrong! Do It Again!"

Plot: NX01A

Guest Writer: PETER DAVID

Guest Artist: PEPE LARRAZ

Gameboy Variant Cover: Alex Ross

Theme song: Pink Floyd - Just Another Brick In The Wall

•JEAN GREY, SCARLET WITCH, ICEMAN, and APOCALYPSE are stuck on a rapidly decaying underwater mutant colony on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa, while fighting for their lives against MATTHEW MALLOY when... Oh, sorry. More on that next month! Back to our irregularly scheduled special issue!

•The Savage Land mutant Utopia is being surrounded by huge chunks of Cybertron technology materializing and falling from the sky! At least it's helping to keep the Tian mutant refugees at bay. Pity there's also Ghost Box tech in the falling tetrominoes that will teleport everything and everyone with its perimeter... somewhere else. Wherever that is, Devil Dinosaur, Moon Boy, and Legion don't want to go! They can't stop the falling blocks but Legion can manipulate them to fall into a different configuration and teleport the wall itself away instead of the town. But if even one piece is out of alignment, the entire Savage Land could be destroyed!

•Who could be behind such an advanced attack? And why are there Russian letters on the falling blocks of doom?

32PGS./Rated T/$2.99

IMMORTAL X-MEN vs RESIDENT EVIL #6.ZOM

'Told You I'll Be Here Forever'

Plot: NX01A

Writer: KIERON GILLEN

Guest Artist: KEV WALKER

Cover Artist: ARTHUR SUYDAM

Alice Variant Cover by upcoming series artist RUSSELL DAUTERMAN

Theme Song: Rihanna - Umbrella

* + - MUTANTS VS ZOMBIES DOUBLE-SIZED SPECIAL ISSUE\*\*\*

•Half a century ago, LORD OSWELL E. SPENCER and DORIAN GRAY were among the founders of bleeding edge biotech firm, the UMBRELLA CORPORATION. Lord Spencer has invited Dorian and guests to an oddly vacant country estate nestled in the foggy Arklay Mountains on the outskirts of bustling Raccoon City. This time, however, the fog is thick with a bioagent Spencer's scientists have created from Dorian's mutant DNA: the X-VIRUS!

•How can you fight undead that heal themselves by inflicting their rot and every injury they receive back onto you? The X-Men must find novel ways to keep the redneck zombies, Cerberus dogs, and plant monsters at bay!

•Dorian must decide whether or not to trust and release his old nemesis, ALBERT WESKER, to aid DR. CECILIA REYES in designing a cure for the X-Virus before they and Raccoon City's population get infected!!

•ELIXIR gets bitten and can barely slow down his necrotic transformation! ARCHANGEL may have to make a mercy killing but can even the heir to Apocalypse kill an undead biokinetic as powerful as Elixir?

•If all that wasn't enough, who is the psychokinetic woman in the short red dress and black boots? Why are there dozens of her? And why do they want to kill everything: zombies, Wesker, X-Men, and especially Dorian? Enter Gray's daughter/female clone: ALICE!

64 PGS./Rated PARENTAL ADVISORY/$4.50

X-FORCE #15

Written by JEPH LOEB

Plot by LOREC

Art by ED MCGUINNESS

"THE RECKONING" Part Three

From the lab of Dr. Gomez comes another mutant. This time the creation is a mutant tracker. Named Bloodhound, this mutant has the ability to track any person, once he gets their scent. Created to find The Kingmaker, Sebastian Shaw just happens to have something that once belonged to The Kingmaker, the sword Tizona. It’s off to Chile.

Nothing works against Moses Magnum. Telepathic attacks don’t work, projectiles are out of the question, and no one can get close enough to him to lay a hand on him. But when Synch decides to “sync” Magnum’s power to try to cancel him out, he finds he doesn’t have the usual level of control. In fact, he has no control at all. Now with uncontrollable seismic powers, Synch is even more of a threat to the people of Morocco than Magnum ever was.

Elias Bogan, more powerful than ever, makes Emma Steed and offer she shouldn’t refuse, her loyalty for her life. It’s an easy choice to make but to prove that loyalty, she must kill Margali Szardos. Next issue it’s the Black Queen vs. the White Queen and neither of them might survive.

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

NEW MUTANTS vs THE SIMS #15

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

Plot by SHAGGYDOO

Art by ANDREA SORRENTINO

"GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER"

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Welcome to the SimCity. A completely peaceful newly created community that is crime free, pollution free and most importantly mutant free. Big brother is literally everywhere, it hears/sees your every move, even your dreams. Every resident is either a plant or is scrutinized by the F.B.I., C.I.A, A.T.F. and S.H.I.E.L.D. The New Mutants have been transferred here accept that don't know who they really are. Sam, Rahne, May and the others have all been drugged and brainwashed to acclimate and conform just as everyone in SimCity. Wake up, go to school, come home, family time, sleep and do it all over again. That is until the first mutant in SimCity reveals herself and the immediate capture awakens the subconscious minds of the New Mutants. It's time to abandon their artificial, simulated, white-picket fence existence and be themselves. Once SimCity meets Cannoball, Wolfbane, Skarr, Spider-Girl, Spyke, Chamber and Husk the city goes in state of panic and Mutantphobia rears it's ugly head. Can the New Mutants escape an entire city and what happens when the face the Sims Sentinel-Drones? This doesn't end well for the city or our young mutants!

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

EXCALIBUR #6

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art by STUART IMMONEN

Plot by Psylocke1902

"Tripping down the Rabbit Hole" Part 3

Giant Tarantula? Gorgon? Death Eaters? Man-eating Warthog? This day is just simply too much for Betsy. But being the professionals of the game, they have snatched up exactly what they need, the Veil, the gateway between life and death itself. Now it's all up to Dani and Dazzler to go in and rescue Abigail's spirit out from there before it is too late. " We can all totally get out once we go in right?" asked Dazzler. "Yeah, Dani can easily get in or out since she's a Valkyrie and all, but for you, Ali, uh...yeah...Sure! You look a little hesitant there Ali. No worry, I'll just give you a little helpful push and OFF YOU GO!" answered Wisdom.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #12

Written by JEFFREY DEAVER

Plot by MCGAFFER

Art by NEAL ADAMS

"WASTELANDS: TERRA-RIZING!"

Stryfe returns triumphantly to the past and walks upon the Waste Lands! A thousand worlds reduced to dust and now this world will go the same way. Unless the Winter Soldier has something to say about it! Bucky leads a team of warriors from across the myriad timestreams and takes the fight to Stryfe and the Quietus! But can Bucky take down his older self, a being who knows his every move before he makes it? The fate of the world depends on the outcome. And a badly beaten Bishop is the only barrier between the Zodiac and their goal of total domination of the time-stream. It seems Stryfe has left the door unlocked to everything!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE SECRET HISTORY OF MUTANTS VS. FALLOUT

Written by JASON LATOUR

Plot by KINGKASARA

Art by CHIP ZDARSKY

“ATOMIC WARFARE” \*Video Game Month Crossover\*

Theme: "Until The Real Thing Comes Along" by The Ink Spots

During the Cold War, a company known as Vault-Tec planned for what seemed to be the inevitable nuclear holocaust. They built gigantic underground Vaults to house the population, supposedly for their own safety but actually to conduct sadistic experiments on the people within. Now, Sage and her students, Maggot, Morph, Petra, and Strong Guy investigate a Vault reputed to contain only mutants! Rumors and scraps of official documents indicate that Vault 87 outside Washington D.C. was meant to hold an entire population of “super-mutants!” Sage and her class find the Vault without trouble, but when they meet its inhabitants, it’s all-out war between Homo Superior and the products of the Forced Evolutionary Virus! Who will emerge to inherit the Earth?! Oh, and what are these references to an "Enclave" within the US Government?

32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99