AOM 01-2022

AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #38

Plot by NX01A

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

Theme Song: Tonic - Flower Man

“INFINITIVE GAUNTLET” Part 1 “BOG BOY”

•As MAN-THING deals with having given birth to a healthy son able to shift from flesh and blood to muck and back, psychic outrage from GHAUR of the DEVIANTS makes MAGIK realize she's put off fully embracing her role as Queen of Earth & Limbo far too long.

•A being calling itself THANATOS attacked Found Lemuria, taking a meteoric Star Stone from the Deviants to integrate into the Gauntlet of Shuma-Gorath, and the resultant chaos may plunge the Deviants into civil war! (See Deviant #1 on sale now!) The ruler of Earth and Limbo was supposed to protect the sacred Star Stones, and now someone has begun collecting them.

•Magik and DOCTOR STRANGE send off their forces to secure the other Star Stones while trying to figure out who this Thanatos is.

•DOCTOR VOODOO and ELSA BLOODSTONE teleport to the Nordic cairn of Sharkosh the Shaman to secure the Star Stone entombed within but find renegade K'un-Lun mystic QUAN-ST'AR and succubus illusionist DREAMQUEEN already there.

•And on the edge of the Sol system, a green planet rolls in its horror unheeded toward Earth.

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

AGENTS OF FURY #17

Plotter: MARVELL2100

Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Artist: STEFANO CASELLI

“SLINGS AND ARROWS!”

New York City: SHARON and KASPER are sitting in separate detention cells at one of the newly formed ARROW facilities. The new division was formed by the U.S. gov't to replace the now defunct SHIELD and in the wake of nearly going to war with WAKANDA. Using the genius of former AIM leader and Scientist Supreme ANDREW FORSOM, they have developed highly advanced tech and weaponry along with state of the art facilities. They have totally erased all STARK tech that was being used before.

Both SHARON and KASPER are being interrogated about why they were at the abandoned station in the Arctic and they continue to give the same answer. The agents questioning SHARON in particular are becoming frustrated by her smugness and her lack of feeling intimidated by them. After a few more hours of getting nowhere, a door opens and a voice tells agents to get out and SHARON is shocked to see who enters. Former SHIELD Director CLAY QUARTERMAN runs ARROW and he wants SHARON to tell him what Don Quixote' crusade is NICK FURY on this time! Next Issue: Agents of Something.

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

AMAZING FANTASY #25

Starring Beavis and Butthead; Ren and Stimpy; Rocko

“CRISIS ON INFROGINITE EARTHS”

Written by JOE MURRAY and MIKE JUDGE

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by ALEX ROSS

Backup by JIM STERANKO

The Egyptian goddess Heqet is pissed. She has noticed in many versions of planet Earth where frogs are abused, tortured, killed, and otherwise disrespected. As a result of mankind’s deeds, she has decreed that their worlds must perish and be reborn. For she is goddess of fertility and rebirth and either has a full frog body or a frog head. Only one hero remains to stop her. Throg, Frog of Thunder and wielder of the hammer known as Frogjolnir. Once a human named Simon Walterson, he was cursed to become a frog. This also angered Heqet as being a frog is NOT a curse. Throg was unable to save his planet and it was destroyed by Heqet. Barely escaping with his life, Throg was able to locate one of many dimensional transference devices resembling frogs, known on many worlds as King Solomon’s Frogs.

Unable to stop the onslaught, Throg was face with only three Earths surviving.

Earth B&B: where delinquent boys known as Beavis and Butthead play baseball using frogs to hit with bats.

Earth R&S: where a chihuahua named Ren Houk and a cat called Stimson J. Cat used to abuse frogs in their youth, although that was mostly Ren.

And the worst Heqet will save even longer than she saves the previous two.

Earth RML: where a family of frogs known as the Bigheads suffer due to the petty beliefs and hatreds of Ed Bighead. His friend Rocko, a wallaby has been ineffectual in bringing Ed to a more righteous path.

Heqet has sworn vengeance and she will have it unless Throg can assemble a team from the aforementioned characters to thwart her scheme and convince her to recreate the Earths. By the way, your Earth is gone as well. This solicitation is a memory in your soul as it faces final judgment. Luckily there’s a long line of deceased so there still may be time to reed the book before you perished forever. It may all come down to Ed Bighead’s children Ralph and Rachel Bighead, actually the same frog from two points in their life together for the first time anywhere. Can Ed’s child, pre and post transition come together and convince a goddess that we are worth saving?

Included is the Jim Steranko’s sequel to Frogs, Frogs 2

96PGS/$2.99 TVMA

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA! #30

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by ADI GRANOV

“ENEMIES AT THE GATE”

The situation with N'Gabo is becoming increasingly intense! Wakandan spies have learned that President Markus Zulu, with the secret help of Moses Magnum is pushing the country to become a tech super-power! But what they don't know is that Zulu is trying to develop his country's first super-soldier program as well! Does Wakanda strike first against N'Gabo, re-igniting the Three Month War?

Elsewhere, The White Queen Adrienne Frost and her counterpart Gorgon are plotting to kill Medusa, the newest addition to the Inner Circle and an ally of T'Challa. They have to be discreet so that it doesn't trace back to them. But Gorgon tells her that T'Challa will sense their hand in this so they shouldn't wait! Their next move should be to kill the Black Panther!

Elsewhere in the Wakandan Royal Gardens, T'Challa and his son T'Zari walk through rows of flowers and the sound of trickling streams. He wants to teach his son about the history of Wakanda and The Panther Clan, his ancestors. Suddenly he gets a message from Shuri. She tells him that everything is in place and she has contacted the people he requested. All is ready and awaiting his orders. T'Challa tells her to proceed with the plan and to make sure that they bring him the prize!

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

CAPTAIN AMERICA #38

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“SOW THE SEEDS”

Tossed through time after a temporal spell was interrupted (see last ‘ish and AOM HOLIDAY SPECIAL #3), Steve Rogers lands in the year 1215. Then, the cruel King John of England was an absolute monarch and secretly enforced his rule through super-humans such as Philip Marc, a hyper-swordsman who become the “Sheriff of Nottingham.” John seeks to crush an uprising whose goal is to make him sign a bill that gives others a say in legislation and taxation - and by his crown, this so-called “Magna Carta” will never be signed! Cap has other ideas. Can he team up with a band of rebel outlaws to force King John’s hand and plant the seeds for governance by the people? “Merry Men, Assemble!”

Meanwhile, in the current year, with Arkady Rossovich as the new Captain America and his dark cronies inspiring chaos in the Far East, Middle East, and at home, most of Steve’s allies remain imprisoned in the Vault (see CAPTAIN AMERICA #33). The Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Mockingbird, and Bonebreaker all languish, without counsel or clear charges, held in the ultra-secure facility designed to contain super-terrorists. America Chavez, however, remains “free” but is still blackmailed into assisting “Omega Cap” and his dark teammates. But when she’s tasked with indoctrinating other super-youths with Arkady’s radical philosophy, has she reached her breaking point?

Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd, “Madripoor: Why Chancellor Tyger Tiger’s Insistence on Independence Puts the World at Risk.”

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK INTELLIGENCE #8 Feb

Writer: ED BRUBAKER

Artist: STEVE EPTING

Plotter: MARVELL2100

“SOMETHING EVIL THIS WAY COMES. PART IV”

16th Century London: Lord Percival Stroud was one of the most powerful men in the king's court. He owned land in Britain, Scotland and France and was a man of great influence along with his wife, Lady Catherine. Lord Stroud was also a man who liked to indulge in all manner of earthly delights. And unknown to him, Lady Catherine indulged in her own carnal pleasures. In fact, one such night with a common street beggar resulted in the birth of a son. Years later, Stroud would learn of his wife's indiscretion and could not bear the humiliation. So, his wife soon died under mysterious circumstances and the boy who was 10 years old at the time and living in an orphanage was found by Stroud's guards, beaten and buried alive.

The present, just past midnight at a graveyard near a small town outside of London, a grave is being dug. However, it's not to put a body in the ground but rather to bring one out and this isn't the first time this particular body has been unearthed. DISTURBIA, CARRION, BARONESS BLOOD and MAD MAX along with one other look on as the diggers nervously rush to complete their task. Once the body has been taken out of the grave, the two men are violently attacked by the BARONESS, their blood drained out of their bodies. The corpse pulled out of the ground is gently unwrapped and beings to stir, his eyes open to reveal...nothing! The man who arrived with the others looks and kisses him on the forehead and tells him, "...welcome back, THE CRYING MAN lives again!"

Next Issue: Guess Who's Back!

32 PGS./Rated M For Mature...$3.99

DEADPOOL #6

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art by JUAN CABAL

Plot by FFJAMIE94

It’s Deadpool vs Deadpool in the fight of the century. But why are there two Deadpools? And can Wade truly overcome himself?

And what’s the best way to defeat to Deadpool? That’s right, by kidnapping Chip Zdarsky and forcing him to write an issue where our Hero loses. (Wait! Chip didn’t sign up for this! What’s going on?).

Meanwhile, Impossible Man wakes up to find himself surrounded by Impossible Men, all of them asking one question, “Who are you?”.

Don’t miss such whacky shenanigans in the latest issue of Deadpool. (Seriously, what did Chip do to deserve this?).

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

DEVIANT #1

Plot by NX01A

Written by AL EWING

Art by JOSÉ LADRÖNN

Theme Song: Deviant - Anthony Vincent

"NONSTANDARD DEVIATION"

•1 million years ago, space gods made angels and demons from men then abandoned them all.

•Yesterday, a being calling itself THANATOS attacked Found Lemuria, ancestral home of the reunited Deviant nation, killing hierophant gene-priests and stealing a meteoric Star Stone. In the wake of such an attack, the tenuous political coalition ruling Found Lemuria may fracture and plunge the DEVIANTS into civil war!

•GHAUR often wishes he was mind controlling his subjects like the old days but he must admit that his triumvirate with BROTHER TODE and WARLORD KRO has made ruling his people far less stressful. Now, however, having them all bent to his will might be simpler. The Star Stone was the power core of their nation's defense system, the only thing the masses believed was keeping the ETERNALS from wiping them out... though Kro knew that his occasional lover THENA and her perfectly immortal family only cared whether or not his eternally mutating family threatened Earth's other inhabitants.

•Brother Tode's faction and many within Ghaur's call for preemptive strikes against Titanos, Celestia, and the other Eternal cities. Ghaur's guile never fails, and his telepathic broadcast to the masses that Kro will retrieve an ancient power source to replace the stolen one catches Brother Tode and Kro by surprise.

•There is a cursed place on the sunken, blasted continent of Mu where Eternal and Deviant long ago agreed never to return. In that place lies a power so great that even immortals fear it, and that which must not be still yearns to be free.

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

F² #5

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by JAMIE MCKELVIE

“A PIECE OF THE SUN”

On the journey from Earth to the opposite side of the sun, there is something in the way. The sun itself. The mysterious problem spoken of last issue is one many readers who understand the structure of the Solar System already have pointed out. There is not enough loose mass to create another Earth inside planetary orbits. This is when Hank Pym enlarges and offers the solution he and Franklin Hall had discussed. Hall would grab gravitationally, a large piece of the Sun, dragging it our 93,000,.000 miles. Pym would use his Pym particles to INCREASE the size of the mass while Hall crushes it with gravity to create Earth elements, not just hydrogen.

Can our heroes (and villain) manage to actually create a planet?

“POWER BALANCE”

In a bonus second story (we couldn’t stand to go back and forth with these epic developments), the Baxter Building sees the collection of Jenn Walters, Johnny Storm, Wyatt Wingfoot, Ben Grimm, and “Paste Pot” Pete Petruski. While Ben tries to get used to the new folks (“Paste Pot Pete? Are U f’g serious?”), he and Jenn both have doubts about Johnny’s leadership abilities. And as Johnny tries to gain control over the staff meeting, they are interrupted by young Franklin and his robot buddy, H.E.R.B.I.E. who is seen by others for the first time.

32 PGs/ Rated T...$3.99

GHOST RIDER: DAMNATION #6

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by DAN WATTERS

Art by CASPAR WIJNGAARD

“IRON GHOST”

Johnny Blaze is transformed by the medallion into a demonic spirit. With Johnny in control, Danny Ketch become the Ghost Rider once again!

But what good is a rider without his ride? And this time, it’s not just a bike. Satana teleports them into an old Stark warehouse where they steal a really old Iron Man armor. Johnny transforms the armor into their new ride. A mechanic armor powered by hell fire, will hell fire weapon system! The Ghost Rider becomes the Iron Ghost!

But the crazy Frank Castle from another timeline has found them.

The Iron Ghost VS the Cosmic Ghost Riser! Rematch!

Will this new upgrade be enough to stop the most powerful Ghost Rider in the universe? Or is he truly the most powerful Ghost Rider?

The evil entity in Johnny Blaze’s body finally reveals its true face!

And it’s The Void! Wait what?

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #4

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by JEROME OPENA

Plot by FFJAMIE94

“THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING”

It’s an evening off for Clint and Jessica as they both meet at a small Bar and prepare to drink the Night away, awaiting their next mission.

They discuss recent developments in their life as the pair grow closer.

Meanwhile, Eddie fights off against an army of mindless Ultrons all living in fear for what is yet to come.

Something is approaching Earth, and there may not be a single Person who is able to stop it. This is the Night that changes everything…

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

HULK IN THE RING #1

Plot by EXCITER

Written by MATT KINDT & CM PUNK

Art by RON GARNEY

Streaming LIVE this Saturday exclusively from Super-Fight Island, the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation presents…

“SUPERSLAM”

* + Main Event\*\*

Lumberjack vs. Slaughter Boy

The Pacific Northwest’s favorite son defends his UCWF World Heavyweight Championship against the alarmingly violent monster that’s been tearing through the competition!

* + plus\*\*

Caveman vs. Letha

The Neanderthal that suplexed a dinosaur takes on the leader of the undefeated all-female “Grapplers” squad!

* + also featuring\*\*

Super Smash Brother vs. Anabolicus

The hulking newcomer and protégé of Bone Saw McGraw makes his in-ring debut against the only fighter who injected Professor Trenbelone’s super steroid serum and survived!

It wasn’t so long ago, after the events of “Civil War,” that Banner believed he’d found peace with his dissociative identity disorder. Then he lost his powers, went to Hell (literally), got negated, and joined the mob. His role as mafioso ended when he smashed the Don of the Manfredi crime family. The “Joe Fixit” persona didn’t fix $&@#, succeeding only in getting him targeted by both the law and the criminals. Banner’s psyche needed a new beginning… and his increasingly fragmented mind found it in the form of a brash, cocky (and orange) hyper-athlete!

Although super-humans are banned from sporting events almost everywhere, UCWF owner Edward Garner and president Jim Jay McMayhew have capitalized on the public’s fascination with super-powered battles and chartered an isolated islet on which to host, promote, and broadcast the otherwise unlawful contests! It all goes down on Super-Fight Island - where the Athletic Licensing Commission is on the UCFW payroll!

Bone Saw McGraw is an ex-fighter that now trains up-and-coming UCFW super-competitors. You can be the strongest there is, but without proper technique you’ll still go down. When a massive Orange Hulk walked into his “Hey Freakshow” Gym, Bone Saw saw raw, unlimited potential. Can the newly-manifested persona of “Super Smash Brother” finally bring Banner peace… by letting him beat the snot out of others for cash, prizes, a Monster Energy sponsorship, and a chance to prove he’s the best?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #30

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

“ENDGAME”

The City: The undersea lair of The Maker!Tony and Howard fight their way through an army of monstrosities to get to The Maker! Monica Rappucini, Howards' former SHIELD colleague is the one responsible for the death of Maria and nearly killing Howard! He tells Tony to hold off their attackers while he goes after Monica. After what seems like an eternity, Tony races towards a chamber where he finds Howard standing over a fatally wounded Maker. He rushes to help her and as he kneels, she whispers something in his ear before she dies. Howard asks Tony what did she say. He tells his father that Monica was mumbling and he couldn't understand. Howard grabs Tony and hugs him and says the threat of The Maker is finally over!

Epilogue 1: At Tony's penthouse, Howard and Tony relax after the events of the past few days. Tony thinks to himself that he should be grateful. His father is alive and they avenged the death of his mother. But there's one thing he can't get his mind off. Those last words by Monica weren't mumbled, they were very clear: "Don't Trust!"

Epilogue 2: Two shadowy figures watch a monitor viewing the fight between The Maker and the Starks. Monica played her role well, although she had no idea she would die for her performance. And they even learned a major secret. One speaks, saying everything worked out well. The other turns to him, looking at him with contempt, and tells him to never doubt Kang the Conqueror or suffer the same fate as Monica Rappucini! Next Issue: New Story! New Villain!

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

THE MIGHTY THOR #38

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“RESPECT YOUR ELDER GODS”

Heed the words of the mother of Thor, progenitor of the younger gods, for Gaea shall reveal the extent of the threat posed by her brother Chthon and his challenge of “Immortal Combat”…

In the beginning, there were elder gods. Alliances formed amongst them, with Chthon emerging as leader of one faction and Gaea as leader of another. And as is often the way of gods, they and their proxies did war upon each other. And in those wars that often eradicated worlds, Gaea’s faction was losing. Gaea feared for the nascent life growing in Earth’s primordial oceans. To protect that life, from it Gaea birthed the first of the new generation of gods: Atum. So mighty were Atum’s deeds in Gaea’s name that he became known as Demogorge the God-Eater - the one being in all existence that could spark fear in Chthon’s black heart.

Rather than continue a war that had lasted millions of years and cost both sides dearly, Gaea and Chthon came to an agreement: a tournament of martial prowess among divine beings was to be held. Gaea’s spawn against Chthon’s, winner take the universe!

In the end, of all the competitors, Gaea’s champion Atum was the final warrior standing. K’Lay, Chthon’s Dark World Tree, was banished with its master into a hidden dimension, to remain forevermore unless Gaea’s offspring ever transgressed and set foot upon K’Lay’s soil. If that should occur, another Immortal Combat tournament would be held.

It occurred when Thor was accidentally sent to K’Lay during the Negation event (see THE MIGHTY THOR #32).

Now, a new tournament of fighting gods is to be held… but Atum is missing. Can Thor and Hercules find and recruit him in time?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

MISTRESS OF KUNG FU #2

“MAKING NEW FRIENDS”

Plotter: CAPTCLEGHORN

Writer and Layouts: CYNTHIA VON BUHLER

Artist: NICOLA SCOTT

Fah Lo Suee is now on her own for the first time. While her training was tough and harsh, she at least had an idea where her next meal was coming from. After her breaking away from her father, Fu Manchu last issue, she has found herself back in England, on the steps of MI 6. They, of course, are rather curious as to the woman who just was part of an unsuccessful attempt to kill a former agent, and his wife, a turned asset. Fah Lo Suee spends days being questioned by Clive Reston, MI6 agent about her and her life as Fu Manchu’s daughter. And although the star of the book is doubting much of what her father taught her, his warning about “the enemy of your enemy isn’t necessarily your friend” is valid advice she heeds.

Anastasia Kravinoff is a woman who breaks into MI6 and frees Fah Lo Suee from custody. Conversation between the women show that Anastasia is also the daughter of a villain and is dealing with the problems associated with that. So what now? Do they become BFFs or something else?

32 pgs Rated T+/ $2.99

THE NEW ANNIHILATORS #2

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by KENNETH ROCAFORT

“PROTEGE OF CHARON”

After Negation, Charon’s essence was stranded in this universe. The God Emperor need Force Opposite to return to his full power, but this universe only has Power Cosmos. But a new body would solve that problem!

The original Protege has the power to replicate super powers, even those of Beyonder and Living Tribunal. With the power of the Protege, Charon will finally be able to feed in this reality and return to his prime form.

Silver Surfer finds the Lawbringer fortress and summons Galactus.

Nova and Warlock are unwilling to kill an innocent child, Nebula is willing to do so but is stopped by the Lawbringer when the Lawbringer discover the New Annihilators! Gamora finally gets the chance to kill Protege but she hesitates and Charon awake.

At this moment, Galactus arrives, and Charon begins to copy powers of Galactus using Protege’s body. In all the chaos, Warlock uses the Soul Gem on Protege. Right before Galactus delivers the killing blow and destroys the Protege!

But Charon still has the Cosmic Cube! As he absorbs all the power in the Cosmic Cube to transform back into his cosmic form to challenge Galactus once again!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12

Written by J.M.DEMATTEIS

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by SARA PICHELLI

“WE’RE GOING TO THE SOUTH POLE!”

Dr. Margo Damian’s team (Pete, Gwen, MJ, Hank Pym, Nadia Pym, and Rognar, caveman from a tangential species of man) is on their way to Antarctica to search for any remnants of Rognar’s civilization or society. While Dr. Damian and Hank Pym are talking with Antarctica Base staff making arrangements for the expedition further away from the base, Pete, Nadia, and Gwen chat with some of the others working and start to network.

Meanwhile, back in the good ol’ US of A, Curt Conners has accompanied his visitor to a mysterious location where he comes face to face with a prospective new sponsor, Wilson Fisk. Fisk gets down to business, wanting to utilize Conners to his greatest advantage.

And back in Antarctica, the team reaches its goal, the entrance to a relatively unknown (and classified) area within the frozen continent, the jungle known only as The Savage Land. Finally we discover where the base gets its fresh fruit supply.

32 Pgs./ Rated T...$3.99

SCION #1

(CROSSGENESIS #2)

Written by TINI HOWARD

Plot by H-E-D

Art by MARCUS TO

Sevelith. Hothive. The Crooked Market. Otherworld has many kingdoms. But when it comes to Earthly affairs, none are more involved than Avalon.

Despite what the many famous tales of Avalon would have you think, this realm is not just King Arthur and the Court of Camelot.

For untold aeons, the Raven Court and the Heron Court have warred with each other, a bloody carnage that even Camelot could not solve.

A generation ago, the Starlight Citadel — with one Opal Luna Saturnyne as chief negotiator — managed to negotiate a ceasefire that, however tenuous, has lasted until the present day.

Now Omniversal Majestrix, Saturnyne would see her accomplishment preserved. The recent CROSSGENESIS event threatens to undo that peace: And so she sends forth her champion: Betsy Braddock, aka CAPTAIN BRITAIN!

Betsy isn’t going alone. Accompanying her is Shevaun Haldane, aka DARK ANGEL.

Betsy would welcome the backup... if not for the fact that she and Shevaun dated back at university. It was messy.

But as an agent of the Fabric of the Universe, Shevaun has her own reasons to investigate the SIGILS. And a Sigil is at the heart of the turmoil embroiling Avalon!

It seems that the young HERON PRINCE has become one of the SIGIL-BEAERS. The Raven Court, both covetous and fearful of this power, views this endowment as a violation of the terms of armistice.

Betsy attempts to maintain the peace between the Herons and the Ravens... but can she even keep the peace between herself and Shevaun?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SORCERERS OF THE STARS #30

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by JIM STARLIN

Art by RON LIM

“MULTIVERSAL CHURCH OF TRUTH”

There is an imbalance in Life and Death in the Multiverse, and Mistress Death decided to bring back her Champion.

The Annihilation Wave has taken over Chandilar, but the swarm is on the move again, they seem to have a new leader. Who could that be?

Magus visits Peter Quill and invites him to rejoin the Sorcerers of the Stars.

Magus explains to Peter that when Adam Warlock became a little shady, as the opposite side of Warlock, Magus has become more heroic.

Magus then takes Peter to their new base of operation, the Builder Superflow Structure, where Magus introduces Peter to the Multiversal Church of Truth, the Magus of other universes.

A team of Draxes created by Drax the Creator is sent to Chandilar to scout the planet, but they are ambushed by the swarm. The only surviving Drax is taken to the new leader of the Annihilation Wave.

Revelation! The new leader is Thanos! The Avatar of Death, the Infinity King, the Mad Titan has returned!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SPELLBOUND #4

Written by VITA AYALA

Plot by H-E-D

Art by PEACH MOMOKO

“ENTROPY” - Part Four

NEVER ENDING CIRCLES

It was no easy feat, but the SPELLBINDER has managed to earn the begrudging respect of APOCALEDON, the “Man-Thing of the North”.

(It involved beating the swamp monster half to death. She’s an aggressive type.)

At the base of the Pillar of Smoke, Jennifer Kale comes face to face with the GATEKEEPER, Kimberly Vesco. (“The Necromancer”, if you’re nasty.)

Having sensed the disruptions caused by the ENTROPIC MAN’s assault on the Nexus of All Reality, Vesco offers Jen a crash course in entropic magic. To do so, they must venture into the liminal space of the Pillar of Smoke itself.

Suspended between life and death, Jennifer learns much of necromancy.

But she also receives a cryptic warning from a surprising source... her mother!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #38

Plot by NX01A

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by PEPE LARRAZ

Theme Song: Seals and Crofts - Diamond Girl

“AD INFINITUM”

•X-23 and NIGHTCRAWLER atomized.

•X-23 and Nightcrawler ripped limb from limb.

•X-23 and Nightcrawler mind controlled into killing each other.

•X-23 and Nightcrawler aged to death in a time dilation field while helplessly watching JACK WINTERS the LIVING DIAMOND claim the sacred Kaiwannese Temple of Four Hells' pair of time diamonds.

•Time loops, Laura and Kurt die, Winters wins. How many times will he kill them for sport before he grows bored and sets his sights on murdering many, many more?

•Can the combined telepathic powers of LADY MANDARIN and EMMA FROST break through the Living Diamond's psychic shields? Winters created Emma's diamond form in his own image, and that insight into a crystalline mind might be the edge they need. If they succeed, Emma is wearing those time diamonds as earrings.

•And in space... Asteroid X is under attack from a swarm of strike drones and a small fleet of scarlet ships! Shields and structural integrity are failing but their attackers don't want to destroy the supposed mutant sanctuary floating between Earth and the moon. It's time for boarding parties!

•Next issue: X-MEN vs. CRIMSON PIRATES!

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