AOM 04-2022

AGENTS OF A.R.C.A.N.A. #41

Plot by NX01A

Written by GRANT MORRISON

Art by JEROME OPEÑA

Theme Song: Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance

“INFINITIVE GAUNTLET” Part 4 “AND SO THE JOURNEY OF THE NIGHT DESCENDS”

•AGATHA HARKNESS has many secrets, one of which is a fragment of the original Starstone which MERLIN forged into far too many ebony artifacts. She's used this evil-attracting Starstone shard as a burglar alarm, its pull drawing most intruders to it and its entrapping wards first instead of her other items of power. This time, however, that's exactly what the mercenaries who break in are after.

•They're called SHADOWFORCE ALPHA: heavily warded humans armed with mundane munitions and Breathing Guns able to kill mystical entities. This thirteen member special magic unit know their way around Agatha's Salem sanctum sanctorum far too well, probably from stolen DEPARTMENT OF OCCULT ARMAMENTS files. She ponders on possible remodeling options while siccing a geased DIABLO on them! He's been dutifully put to work cleaning Agatha's house since being deposed as interloping ruler of Limbo but he's also part of the house's defense system. Shadowforce Alpha is good at killing magical and mortal threats, and Diablo's transmutations keep them on edge with their dual alchemical and arcane nature while Agatha picks off any scragglers.

•MAGIK's appearance before an impromptu meeting of the Dimensional Lords on KATHULOS the Living Planet took a turn when dead BELASCO's daughter, WITCHFIRE, demanded rulership of her father's former realm be turned over to her. To be fair, Magik admits to being a bit negligent as Queen of Earth and Limbo but promises to do better. Now the turn keeps getting worse as the other Dimensional Lords vote for trial by combat to determine who will be Liege of Limbo!

•And in the darkness between dimensions, a figure watches the match with little interest, its attention firmly focused on the plant-animal-mineral avatar of Kathulos and the Starstone embedded in its forehead!

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

AGENTS OF FURY #20

Plotter: MARVELL2100

Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

Artist: STEFANO CASELLI

“AGENTS OF SOMETHING!” Part III "What Does Fury Know?"

Nick Fury has an issue with Senator Sharon Kelly and the problem is that she's still breathing! But why does he want her dead? That's the question that everyone wants to know, even the agents that he has working for him. Now, Clay Quarterman, his old friend and new Director of ARROW is curious as well. He reaches out to Fury and they both agree to meet alone. Clay asks Fury what's going on, why does he have an issue with Kelly? Nick tells him that he can't give details right now but everything will become clear when she's dealt with. Nick begins to walk away when Clay grabs his arm and tells him that it isn't enough, he needs more answers. Fury tells Clay that he will just have to trust him and gives him a warning: Watch your back. The people that he's working for aren't who he thinks they are!

Back in Kansas, Sen. Kelly and her running mate Sue Storm have just finished a rally where tens of thousands of supporters have attended. Momentum has her riding high in the polls and she's the front runner for her party's nomination. Jack and Rachel are still undercover, embedded deep in her campaign. So when Rachel goes to the Senator's office, the door is slightly open and she overhears Kelly in a very heated argument with two other voices that she doesn't recognize and it doesn't have anything to do with politics! Kelly tells them that is her idea, her moment and will handle things the way she sees fit! One of them reminds her that it's their money that got her where she is and she would do well to remember that! Rachel tries to get closer to see who the Senator is talking to when some grabs her from behind!

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

AMAZING FANTASY #27

“THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON” featuring the Daughter of Solomon Kane

Written by Alan Moore

Plot by CaptCleghorn

Art by Howard Chaykin

Using concepts from the pens of Ramsey Campbell, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, and Gianluigi Zuddas

Early in the seventeenth century, the paladin known as Solomon Kane returned home to his native England. He took a wife named Bess and they prepared to live their remaining days in peace. However, Bess died in giving birth to their first child, a girl who Solomon named after her mother, Elizabeth, known as Bess. It became clear that this life was not for Kane and he made arrangements for his daughter while he went back out to fight evil, never to return home.

Years passed and when Bess reached adulthood, she was unhappy with her mundane life and had an inner yearning to find what had happened to her father. The young woman struggled to retrace her father’s last journey both fighting those who would deny her based on her sex, and also the foreboding sense of evil as she drew closer to traces of her father.

A trip to the frozen wastes of Greenland gave her evidence her father had then gone west across the ocean to the new world. She found other Puritans who were traveling to that land in the 1630s and she went with them. Upon reaching the new world, she followed a tributary of what would be known as the Miskatonic River upstream to an area the natives only know as “Dunwich”. In order to free her father and his staff, she dares to read a forbidden text causing the demon known as Ygolonac to appear demanding the Kanes serve his evil purposes, or they will be eaten..

Witness the struggle of Bess and her elderly father as they fight to get back to the settlement. Watch the final fight atop the hill with a mysterious granite boulder sitting there.

If you dare, you may attempt visiting the grave of Solomon Kane at 42° 36' 54" North by 71° 50' 57" West. However, there are multiple reports that the revolutionary war era graveyard adjoining the unmarked grave is haunted.

66pg… $2.99 Special magazine sized (8½ x 11) issue, Rated M for mature audiences

BLACK PANTHER: KING OF WAKANDA! #33

Written by MALCOLM JONES

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by ADI GRANOV

“ENEMY OF THE STATE! The Crimes of Erik Kilmonger!”

Singapore! At last T'Challa has tracked down the Wakandan traitor N'Jadaka or Erik Kilmonger as he now calls himself! It is time for him to return home answer for his crimes against Wakanda! But Kilmonger has no intentions of returning unless it's to steal more vibranium and if he gets to kill his cousin in the process, well that's a bonus! The two charge at each other and begin a ferocious duel that sees no one give an inch. Kilmonger is bigger, stronger and uses the close quarters to his advantage! But T'Challa is faster, more agile and uses his speed to counter his larger enemy. They fight for hours, each one giving and receiving what elsewhere would be considered fatal blows. But after an eternity, one stands victorious over the other and things will never be the same!

London! Adrienne Frost, White Queen of the Hellfire Club, lies asleep in her palatial room when she is startled by a large sound. She turns on the lights to see a man lying dead on the floor at the edge of her bed and another standing over him. He tells her that it's over, the king is dead and walks out of her room. Adrienne looks down at the beaten and bloodied corpse. T'Challa, King of Wakanda the man she sought to usurp as ruler of Wakanda...has just killed her only chance of doing that! N'Jadaka, Erik Kilmonger is dead!

32 Pages/Rated T+...$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #41

Plot by EXCITER

Written by FRANK MILLER

Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

“SECOND WAR, SECOND CHANCE”

Steve Rogers continues to be unstuck in time, though he finally lands somewhere familiar… World War II. It’s too late to save Professor Erskine, but maybe he can make a difference in other ways. He had so many missions with his old allies, the Invaders and the Howling Commandos, and not everyone made it back. Could he save friends lost long ago?

Meanwhile, in the present, “Captain America” Arkady Rossovich got the upper-hand on Kraven… yet the Hunter escaped with the unlikely help of that meddlesome super-trucker, Ulysses S. Archer. The former Omega Red wants the U.S. 1 big rig’s image plastered everywhere so that there’s no place to hide. His confederate, M.O.D.O.K., can make that happen on social media - but traditional media still reigns supreme. Six corporations control 90% of television networks, and it appears they all secretly take direction from one disgusting, obese, amoral, attention-deficit slug alien: Mojo!

And bad news for “Omega Cap,” but Mojo thinks that the trucker is sooooooo last month. The new hotness is Madripoor, which Mojo is very incentivized to portray as a dangerous rogue state that threatens its neighbors… justifying intervention (with cash flowing to the right parties, like Raytheon and Advanced Idea Mechanics). Chancellor Tyger Tiger? Oh, pure evil. Responsible for pretty much every bad thing. Poor economy? Endemic political corruption? Little Timmy got a D- in Common Core math class? All Tyger Tiger’s fault. She’s gotta go before democracy can rest easy. So what better way to push that idea than having video of Captain America punching her in the face? Let’s make it happen people, because “regime change” is back on the menu!

Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd, “What does Kraven the Hunter’s Recovered Laptop Really Prove?”

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE ALL-KNOWING, ALL-SEARCHING CORPORATE AVENGERS: ORIGINS #1 (CORPORATE AVENGERS: ORIGINS #3)

Plot by EXCITER

Written by CHUCK DIXON

Art by CLAY MANN

3D Lenticular Variant Cover

Embossed Variant Cover

Colorforms® Design-Your-Own-Cover Variant Cover

Thermal Ink Variant Cover

In the year 2099, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are the Publicly-Traded Corporate Avengers! This is the story of…

“THE GOOGLE ANDROID”

Google it. A common phrase that would inspire a compulsion.

When Alphabet, Inc. created their first Vision-style android, it contained Google’s standard coding. This led the Android to become obsessed with accumulating knowledge and data. It wanted to know everything about you. And it did. Search history? Yeah, it knows.

How to write a comic solicitation

Can you sue Marvel for stealing ideas

Where is Margaritaville?

Black Widow boobs

Cheap gas near me

Does Hulk’s weiner get bigger when mad

This was intrusive, but tolerable. After all, most people didn’t know what it was doing and the Android gave the answers you wanted and fought super villains. But soon, the Android became obsessed with controlling knowledge. It wanted to limit what you could know to fit within the narrow parameters it’s creators defined as permissible - in order to protect you and keep you safe, of course, for the greater good! It’s a hero! And it wouldn’t rest while dangerous information was afoot!

This compulsion forces the Android to face both the Privateers, a secretive secret society that cherished secrets, and Elgoog, an antithetical android that wanted all information freely available regardless of its content or potential ad revenue!

As the lines between government and corporations continue to overlap until they no longer exist, the Google Android becomes the authority on all information… and on a day in the future unlike any other, the Corporate Avengers assemble!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

CRUX #1 (CROSSGENESIS #5)

Written by Vita Ayala

Plot by H-E-D

Art by Haemi Jang

Part One – “UNDER THE TIDE”

Back in Negation: the Home Front, Jennifer Kale and Namor the Sub-Mariner journeyed to the depths of the seas, to a ruin so ancient as to be forgotten. Only the faint emanations of Energy Transcendent revealed its location to them.

What they found shocked them: the last temple of Zhered-Na.

Now, awakened by their Sigils, six mysterious figures emerge from the ruin. The lost disciples of Zhered-Na herself, Paragons of the Zheredian principles of Empathy, Passion, Mind, Spirit, and Body: the Crux!

When their mistress foresaw the Great Cataclysm that would destroy Atlantis, the Crux were chosen to be put into a magical stasis. Upon waking, they were to be caretakers of the survivors of Atlantis. They expected the sleep to last a few years, a decade or two at most.

20,000 years later, the Crux was finally awoken. A phantom of their old ally Dakimh the Enchanter, also known as Solusandra’s Herald Danik, endowed each member with a Sigil, a mark made of Energy Transcendent, before vanishing.

Now they awake to an unexpected world. They were meant to safeguard a people, but the Atlantis they knew died while they slept.

As you might imagine, they take the news… poorly.

Can Jennifer and Namor convince these pre-Cataclysmic throwbacks that the modern Atlanteans aren’t just a bunch of blue-skinned amphibious graverobbers?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DARK INTELLIGENCE #11

Writer: ED BRUBAKER

Artist: STEVE EPTING

Plotter: MARVEL2100

Frozen Assets: The Icy Rise of Adrienne Frost!

Adrienne Frost's rise to power as leader of the Hellfire Club was an unexpected, shocking coup! How could a relatively unknown young socialite move to the height of power so quickly? No one knew that she was a powerful telepath who used that power to manipulate those around. The wealthy fund manager who lost everything after making bad investments. The CEO who suddenly died and left her wealth to a young lover whom she just met. The royal prince who paid a king's ransom to avoid having a sordid secret being exposed.

Adrienne Frost doesn't regret anything that she's done on her way to power and influence as she has taken the reins of the Hellfire Club Europe. She is a woman who is used to getting what she wants and next in her sight was T'Challa, The Black Panther and more precisely the nation that he rules, Wakanda. Ruling Wakanda with its' tech and resources along with her place in her HCE would have made a powerful force to be reckoned with. But her plans have come to an abrupt end with the death of the Wakandan traitor Eric Kilmonger (See: Black Panther #33). T'Challa has exposed her plans and given her fair warning. But Frost isn't one to give up so easily and tells herself to use more caution the next time. She knows the prize of T'Challa and Wakanda are worth any risk! Next Issue: Death Days Are Coming!

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

DEADPOOL #9

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art by Rod Reis

Plot by FFJAMIE94

Deadpool is dead! Well, kind of, he still has to star in his own comic after all. Reis is our guest artist who'll take our Hero on a Journey in the afterlife, complete with all the nightmares which Wade has kept locked up in his Head. It's Deadpool vs Wade Wilson as he fights for control of his identity. Is he Wade or Deadpool? We're reaching the end game of this series, and this is an issue you don't want to miss.

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99DEVIANT #4

Plot by NX01A

Written by AL EWING

Art by JOSÉ LADRÖNN

Theme Song: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me

“I'VE TASTED BLOOD AND I WANT MORE!”

•Surrounded by thousands of the Great Experiment's least creations, KRO can't wait for THENA's subconscious to deliver more information than the touch of these Δσ is the touch of death. SERSI is even more impatient than Kro but her transmutation powers create a link between her and the Δσ she tries to disintegrate, a connection through which they begin to drain her very life force! Under Kro's command, LUCIAN the BLACKWULF's Shadowlance and RANSAK the REJECT's Power-Rod use burst fire to blast a hole in the enemy's lines but the Δσ are surprisingly docile as they feed on Sersi's power. Even when knocked out of the way, the Δσ merely absorbed the energy blasts and continued their psychic supper where they lay.

•Two hundred miles later, Sersi is still getting weaker in KARKAS' monstrous yet tender hands when the group reaches the first sign of long dead civilization: a half-melted city of obvious Deviant design! Until now, everyone believed the Great Experiment had been an Eternal endeavour since the time dilation field formerly encasing Sunken Mu was of Celestial design. Had the Eternals cleaned up after a Deviant disaster?

•There is little time to ponder as more Δσ appear but these are different: taller, silver skinned, decidedly intelligent. As a pleasant telepathic song enters their minds, Thena knows these are Ψσ, and to hear their psi-psalm is to become them!

32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99

F² #8

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by JAMIE MCKELVIE

“TRIAL OF THE TORCHES! Part 2 - WITNESSES”

Johnny, Jenn, the OG Torch and the kids have been taken away by the Time Variance Authority to stand trial for messing with the timestream. The list of evidence can be seen in so many back issues that you might wonder if the writer of this book had any other plot than time travel in his head. But the remaining Baxter Building residents understandably decide they must do something. Ben Grimm takes the lead and they decide the best option is … Dr. Doom, chancellor of Latveria.

The team flies to Latveria, finding the nation in full defensive mode. But Ben flies through and the team finds Doom’s castle. The castle, however, does not contain Dr. Doom. It seems Doom also has been summoned by the TVA. It is unclear if he is on trial himself, or only a witness to the F² Foundation’s accused crimes. A message left behind tells the Foundation that Doom is not happy.

By the way, you will need to read the book to see if Doom is witness, defendant, both, neither, or other.

32 PGs/ Rated T...$3.99

GHOST RIDER: DAMNATION #7

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by DAN WATTERS

Art by CASPAR WIJNGAARD

“THE VOID RIDER”

When Sentry sacrificed himself to stop the void, Robert Reynolds died. (Check out The Ultimates#21) And his soul fell into hell. But Mephisto split his soul. The devil took out the Void from his soul and chained the other half the Sentry to hell.

Mephisto intend to use the Void as his servant, but the Void is not so easily tamed. The Void has other plans, to steal the powers of Zarathos and destroy Mephisto.

With the Power of A Million Exploding Souls!

The first target of the Void was Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider. As the Void absorbed all of Johnny’s Ghost Rider powers, Johnny’s soul was cast into hell so Mephisto would go after Johnny, giving the Void time to complete the plan.

Then the Void and Dormammu took down Vengeance, and absorbed his powers.

Now the Void is coming after Danny Ketch and Cosmic Ghost Rider.

Can Johnny and Danny stop the Void or will the Void absorb all their powers and become the most powerful Ghost Rider?

With the Power of A Million Exploding Souls!

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #7

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN

Art by JEROME OPENA

Plot by FFJAMIE94

"THE IRON AGE PART THREE”

After the battle with his descendant, Clint prepares for an attack on the rebel base. Meanwhile, Spider-Woman meets Eddie and the two talk, with Eddie giving her a message for his past self; "Don't trust them!".

Our two heroes unleash their assault, but Knull arrives... with Ultron... in a Symbiote. It's an all out war as the Iron Age falls...

32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99

HULK IN THE RING #4

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…

“ULTIMATE BATTLE”

* + Main Event\*\*

“Champion of the Universe” Tryco Slatterus vs. Super Smash Brother

The brawl we’ve been waiting for! The orange Hulk seeks to avenge a friend’s death at the hands of the best hand-to-hand combatant in the cosmos! Can he finally claim the UCWF world championship and hand Slatterus his first defeat since the Big Bang?

* + plus\*\*

Caveman vs. Letha

The prehistoric dinosaur-suplexer seeks to get back to his winning ways, but to do that he must defeat the new leader of the “Grapplers” training camp - and she’s on a hot-streak!

* + also featuring\*\*

Jim Jay McMayhew vs. Anabolicus

The U.C.W.F.‘s president dons a powered suit recovered from A.I.M. to settle his issues mano-a-mano with the brolick bro enhanced by the super steroid serum!

This is it; the culmination of the existence of “Super Smash Brother.” Banner’s subconscious created him as a way to exude the charisma of the wrestlers that he idolized as a child while being brasher than the brashest of bullies who tormented him as a nerd. Yet there has never been a force on Earth that is more experienced and accomplished at competitive fighting than “the Champion of the Universe.” This is Banner’s one, and perhaps only, chance to avenge his friend Lumberjack and prove, once and for all, that he is the strongest there is!! And, if need be, he’ll win this championship alone!

His coach, Bonesaw McGraw, opposed the fight. He thought it was futile and would only result in more death - Slatterus was so overpowering that he killed the last two champions, Lumberjack and Slaughter Boy. McGraw didn’t want Super Smash Brother to be next. But could he let his orange protégé fight without him in his corner?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #33

Written by JOSHUA DYSART

Plot by MARVELL2100

Art by SALVADOR LARROCA

THE HOUSE THAT STARK BUILT! Money! Jealousy! Joe Broke-It! What Is 'Things That Are Green?'

Joe Broke-It is the new kid on the corporate block and he's been making big waves! Not only is his company Force Works in the Top 20 of the Fortune 500, they have recently announced a new contract with the new U.S. gov't spy agency/law enforcement division ARROW. Despite his success on the corporate, Broke-It feels that he doesn't get the respect and accolades he deserves, not like Tony Stark, the rich brat who had his wealth handed to him by his father. He didn't face the same obstacles as Broke-It - childhood disability, ignored by those around him, freakish side effects of a gamma cure.

But the cure became a cause, the cause became a mission and the mission brought him to where he is today: Sitting across a table from the great Anthony Stark and his father Howard! Broke-It has just made an offer to buy Stark Enterprises as he prepares Force Works to become the largest tech company in the world! Tony thanks him for the offer but tells Broke-It that his company is not for sale. Tony stands up to leave but Howard asks Joe to tell him more about his company and vision. Broke-It tells him that he can do better than that! He would like to hire Howard to the Board of Advisors at Force Works!

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

THE MIGHTY THOR #41

Plot by EXCITER

Written by ALAN MOORE

Art by MIKE MIGNOLA

“IMMORTAL COMBAT” part two “MORTAL WOUNDS”

The battles of Immortal Combat have been fierce, with many deities from both sides perishing or being injured such that they cannot continue. Gaea’s remaining champions are all that stands between our universe and the Dark Worlds governed by the elder god that functionally created black magic: Chthon!

In the end, it comes down to two children of Gaea. Her loyal son by Odin, the god of Thunder and king of Asgard: the Mighty Thor, versus her betrayer son by the Demiurge, her first child, known as Amon Ra, the God-Eater, the Demogorge: Atum. And in a shocking turn of events, after a hellacious battle… Thor loses and is consumed by the God-Eater!

THOR. IS. DEAD!

Chthon has won Immortal Combat and gained freedom for the Dark World Tree known as K’Lay, no longer banished to a prison dimension. Worlds of unholy monsters - vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein-style flesh golems, and more - are unleashed. Chthon ascends to oust Gaea from her position as “Mother Earth.” And Midgard’s greatest protector is gone.

Let the Age of Marvels Universe tremble. For all you have to fear is…

Next month: FEAR ITSELF!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

MISTRESS OF KUNG FU #5

“THE BULLY”

Plotter: CAPTCLEGHORN

Writer and Layouts: CYNTHIA VON BUHLER

Artist: NICOLA SCOTT

Anastasia Kravenoff opens up about why she needs Shen-Qi’s help. An assassin for hire calling himself Taskmaster is looking to kill Ana because of an issue with her father. While Ana is a reasonable fighter on the world-class level, Taskmaster possesses a peculiar power which allows him to pick up and mimic the movements and styles of anyone he sees or fights. Ana has managed to fend him off before, but he returns, and each time gets better easily copying what she can do. The hope is that Shen-Qi has moves he hasn’t seen. Watch our heroine face off against this near-superhuman fighting machine.

MI-6 is also aware of the Kravenoff/Taskmaster feud and agent Clive Reston is investigating into the history. We also should mention that Reston’s father was MI-6 as well and there may also be parental issues there as well.

Did we see Fu Manchu’s eyes brighten when he heard about Taskmaster? I’m guessing we do, but then again, this solicitation was written before the art was finished.

32 pgs Rated T+/ $2.99

THE NEW ANNIHILATORS #3

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by RICK REMENDER

Art by KENNETH ROCAFORT

“THE HEART OF CHARON”

Galactus vs Charon for the fate of the universe! As Galactus grows stronger, Charon loses his powers. It seems the victory of Galactus is inevitable.

But with his powers, Charon manages to transform Richard Rider, the Nova, back into the Anti-Nova, right before Charon teleports away with the Lawbringers.

Galactus defeats Charon, refuses to elaborate, and leaves.

Marvel Boy reveals to the team, the truth about Galactus and the Ultimate Nullifier. During his travel across the multiverse, He once witnessed three Astro-Gods from the First Firmament commit epic genocide to harvest energy and power their suit to explore the Hypoverses. Those beings are Lifebringer, Charon and Galactus. And on that day, Marvel Boy witnessed the secret of the Ultimate Nullifier.

It is the Heart of Charon, with all his powers and life force. As long as the Ultimate Nullifier is alive, Charon cannot die. That is the reason Galactus keeps the Ultimate Nullifier and is afraid of its power.

Gamora asks why Galactus won’t destroy the Ultimate Nullifier and kill Charon. And Marvel Boy reveals the final truth, the one who kills Charon will become the new Charon.

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

PETER PARKER, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #15

Written by J.M.DEMATTEIS

Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN

Art by SARA PICHELLI

“F(L)IGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE!”

Rognar’s telepathic seduction of the Savage Land native tribes has led to a battle where Peter finds himself in battle with the champion of an opposing tribe. Since Peter has spider-strength, spider-speed, and a spider sense, he wins rather easily. The victory calms down MOST of the folks and Rognar strives to regain some control over the mob. However, Nadia Pym (part of Dr. Damian’s crew) is loaded with wasp cells which react very poorly to Peter’s spider make-up. We see a Wasp/Spider-Man battle which is brutal and ends when Peter and Nadia find a strong physical attraction and well, we can’t include many details, but rest assured, the internet shall be broken as the only casualty is Peter Parker’s virginity.

32 Pgs./ Rated T...$3.99

SORCERERS OF THE STARS #31

Plot by GUANLISHABI

Written by JIM STARLIN

Art by RON LIM

“FROM MULTIVERSITY TO OMNIVERSITY”

Thanos Returns!

As the Sorcerers of the Stars and the Legion of Draxes battle the endless army of Annihilation Wave, Magus realizes that they cannot win.

With no other choice, Magus does what Adam Warlock once did to Chandilar, he unleashes the Hell Lords of Chandilar! Only this time to destroy the Annihilation Wave and take back the planet!

It is at this very moment that Thanos suddenly teleports into the Church Ship, and comes after Magus himself.

After a battle of cosmic brilliance, Thanos overpowers Magus. But surprisingly enough, Thanos is not here to assassinate Magus. And the Mad Titan offers Magus a truce.

Thanos reveals the truth of his resurrection. When he was resurrected by Mistress Death, he built a time machine to look into the future. And he witnessed not only another timeline, but another multiverse.

And in that Multiverse, the Hollow Hand wins. Death is destroyed and Life prevails across the Cancer-Multiverse.

Many realities away, in another multiverse of the heroes.

The Cosmic Crusaders!

Marvel Boy, the Last son of Kree. Gamora, warrior woman from the Paradise Planet. Star-Lord, the Dark Knight of Spartan. Green Nova, Protector of the Universe.Silver Surfer, the fastest man alive.

And their villain, Doctor Midas, has created a Cosmic Egg, made from the Infinity Gauntlet and the Cosmic Cubes. From it, Midas hopes to gain infinite powers. But he was deceived by a higher power.

As the Cosmic Egg cracks, from it emerges, Leader of the Anti-Death Lords, One of the Many Angled Ones, Herald of the Hollow Hand, the Corrupted Protector of the Multiverse, Lord Mar-Vell!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SPELLBOUND #7

Written by VITA AYALA

Plot by H-E-D

Art by PEACH MOMOKO

“UNFORBIDDEN” - Part One

THE BONES OF WHAT WE BELIEVE

The Way of Zhered-Na has been there for Jennifer Kale her entire life… but after her Grandfather’s revelations, will she stray from the path?

Jennifer had been told that her parents died in a car crash. But now she knows they died defending reality from a dreaded threat, one foretold in the Second Tome of Zhered-Na. A threat known only as XORR!

Fearing Jennifer would meet the same fate, her Grandfather hid both the truth and the additional Tomes of Zhered-Na from her.

Grandpa Joshua suspects that the Entropic Man’s focus, a mysterious onyx, has some connection to Xorr! Jen appreciates the clue, but far as she’s concerned, this forthcomingness is too little too late.

The Second Tome of Zhered-Na was entrusted to the Chaukhandi branch of the Way of Zhered-Na.

Jennifer has no choice to visit… even though said branch is currently home to an ex-girlfriend of her’s, the mystic empath known as Topaz.

Topaz, ever the understanding type, doesn’t seem to resent Jennifer for their breakup. Which kinda makes it worse for Jennifer.

Will they have the chance to figure things out – either about the focus, or about themselves – before the boogeyman from Topaz’ past comes to haunt her again?

Prepare yourself for the forbidden one... for the TABOO!

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #17

Written by ALEX DE CAMPI

Plot by H-E-D

Art by CARMEN CARNERO & GABRIEL HARDMAN

It’s the RADIOACTIVE MAN versus the GREEN DEATH, with the lives of millions on the line!

With Doctor Sun put out of commission, the Thunderbolts are free to go after the mad menace of Doctor Krugg.

But while Chen Lu faces down his archnemesis, another old friend arrives to cause trouble for his teammates!

Can the Thunderbolts survive the wrath of MADAME WIND and the Nüba Jituan?

32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #41

Plot by NX01A

Written by KURT BUSIEK

Art by STUART IMMONEN

Theme Song: Pirates For Sail - Tyme Flyes When You're Havin' Rum

“SPACE PIRATES!” Part 3 “DEAD SPACE”

•Asteroid X is being pushed out of its stable orbit into a collision course with Earth! The gestalt XAVIER/MAGNETO mento-magnetic monster that is ONSLAUGHT stands between Captain KILLIAN and the fiery destruction of mutant paradise! Wiping out humanity might be a bad outcome, too.

•However the battle ends, a small craft has already jumped to warp from the far side of Asteroid X with their booty aboard. The Crimson Pirates' best infiltrator, SANGUINE SILENCE, is overjoyed over JEAN GREY's dead body!

•The Russia/Ukraine War has taken a turn: a handful of mutants have driven back the Red Army, pursuing them deep into Russian territory! As the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation prepare to make a stand to protect Moscow, the quartet seems unstoppable even with mutant power dampeners blasting them at every turn, no doubt thanks to the CELESTIAL technology now bonded to their every DNA strand. Thus came the FOUR HORSEMEN! PIOTR RASPUTIN: WAR! ALEX SUMMERS: FAMINE! PIETRO MAXIMOFF: PESTILENCE! LORNA DANE: DEATH! And following behind them came APOCALYPSE!

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