MARVEL COMICS: January 2008 Collected Editions Solicits MONTHLY COMICS OF INTEREST AVENGERS CLASSIC #8 Written by STAN LEE & DWAYNE MCDUFFIE Art by JACK KIRBY & MICHAEL AVON OEMING Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS See the mighty Avengers trapped! See the Teen Brigade in action! See action, drama, thrills as only Marvel can present them! Can you think of any one man whose power is greater than that of the Avengers? Don't answer that! Not until you meet Kang, the Conqueror, who's destined to rank as one of the most unique villains of all time! Reprinting the classic Avengers #8 by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, fully restored and recolored, plus an all-new Avengers adventure! 32 PGS./Rated A $2.99 * * * THE TWELVE #1 (of 12) Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Penciled by CHRIS WESTON Wraparound Cover by KAARE ANDREWS Yesterday's Men of Tomorrow - Today! Thought lost to the pages of time, a dozen Mystery Men from the "greatest generation" of World War Two find themselves thrust into the morally-gray world of the 21st century! Now, Captain Wonder, Dynamic Man, Mastermind Excello, Mister E, the Laughing Mask, the Witness, the Black Widow, the Phantom Reporter, the Fiery Mask, Rockman, the Blue Blade and Electro the Marvel of the Age must seek a place for themselves in the modern Marvel Universe - while a silent killer seeks to eliminate them, one by one! 32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99 * * * CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #7 Written by PAUL JENKINS Penciled by RAMON BACHS & STEVE LIEBER Cover by ADI GRANOV Experience CIVIL WAR and its major tie-ins from CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE. The landscape of the Marvel Universe is changing, and it's time to choose: Whose side are you on? In "Embedded": There's a truth buried deep in the heart of every war, and reporters Sally Floyd and Ben Urich will be there, uncovering that truth in the midst of the biggest conflagration in the Marvel Universe! And in "The Accused": The lone survivor of the team that caused the Stamford tragedy has been found. But living through one of the worst superhuman disasters in history may be the worst thing that could happen, as this vilified hero is placed under arrest for the deaths of an entire town. Unfortunately, the trouble's just beginning. Collecting CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE (Embedded/Accused) #6-8. 72 PGS./Rated T+ $4.99 MASTERWORKS MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SILVER SURFER VOL. 1 HC Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA & JACK KIRBY Back-to-press and fully restored by popular demand! The soaring Sentinel of the Spaceways makes a Marvel Masterworks splash with his unmatched solo series. Illustrated by the master of man, menace and motion, the one-and-only John Buscema, and featuring some of Stan Lee's most inspired and socially-charged scripts of the Silver Age, the adventures of Norrin Radd rank among the definitive tales of all Marveldom! Not only will you be awed beyond imagination by the Surfer's origin, you'll also face alien invasions, be torn down to the depths of hell by the utterly evil Mephisto, struggle against the Stranger, and face galaxy-conquering barbarians set on the destruction of, well, everything! Lest we forget what many consider the most beautifully rendered story in Marvel history: the Surfer's tête à tête with the mighty Thor! These double-length stories of drama and despair are a must-have for any and every Marvelite, and to prove we mean it, we're including the Surfer's first-ever solo adventure from the pages of Fantastic Four Annual #5 as a bonus! Collecting SILVER SURFER #1-6 and FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5. REGULAR EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $54.99 VARIANT EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $54.99 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE DARING MYSTERY VOL. 1 HC Written & Illustrated by JOE SIMON, WILL HARR, MAURICE GUTWIRTH, MIKE ROBARD, SAM COOPER, DEAN CARR, BEN THOMPSON, LARRY ANTONETTE, RAY GILL, BOB WOOD, CHARLES PEARSON, JOE CAL CAGNO, FRED SCHWARZ, GREGORY SYKES, RUSSELL A. BANKSON & PHIL STURM Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG Following the phenomenal success of Marvel Comics #1, Timely released its second superhero anthology Daring Mystery Comics, in January 1940. This hardcover collection remasters and restores these early adventures that introduce brand-new characters into the Marvel mythos (several of whom will be appearing in The Twelve by J. Michael Straczynski & Chris Weston). See the startling introduction of the Fiery Mask where he faces the fantastic thriller of the walking corpses. Soldier of fortune John Steel sneaks behind enemy lines. The Phantom Bullet, scourge of the underworld, faces off against a dastardly band of Head Hunters. District Attorney Dennis Burton decides to take the law into his own hands as the Laughing Mask and then later as the Purple Mask. Meet the Phantom Reporter - cub reporter by day - scourge of the underworld by night. Plus: The Texas Kid; Monako, Prince of Magic; Flash Foster, Phantom of the Underworld, Barney Mullen, Sea Rover; Zephyr Jones and his rocket ship; Trojak the Tiger Man; Captain K-4 and his Sky Devils; Mr. E; Dale of the FBI; Breeze Barton in the Miracle City; Marvex the Super-Robot; Captain Strong of the Foreign Legion; Whirlwind Carte of the Interplanetary Secret Service; and more! REGULAR EDITION: 280 PGS./All Ages $59.99 VARIANT EDITION: 280 PGS./All Ages $59.99 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 6 Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, DAVE COCKRUM & BRENT ANDERSON The X-Men return for another milestone Marvel Masterworks of beginnings, endings and maybe even the beginning of the end! Chris Claremont and John Byrne raised a rag-tag group of mutants from a burning ember to an all-out firestorm that topped the world of comics. And they'll ride out that flame with one of the most influential X-Men stories of all - "Days of Future Past!" Feared, hated and now on the road to extinction, Marvel's Children of the Atom face a bleak future of mutant concentration camps and a world where heroes are a thing of days gone past. Only by leaping back through time can Kitty Pryde's future self hope to stop the events that created this dystopian nightmare! Claremont and Byrne close out their classic run together with a fan-favorite Kitty Pryde holiday tale, but things only pick up from there with the return of the man who first delineated the all-new, all-different X-Men - Dave Cockrum! Cockrum and Claremont put their team in a slow-pressure cooker with Arcade, Dr. Doom, Garokk and then blows its top with the return of Magneto in a double-sized anniversary extravaganza! Featuring guest-appearances by Spider-Woman, Dazzler, not to mention the debut of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, there's no question this one's for the ages! Collecting X-MEN #141 and UNCANNY X-MEN #142-150 REGULAR EDITION: 256 PGS./All Ages $54.99 VARIANT EDITION: 256 PGS./All Ages $54.99 OVERSIZED HARDCOVERS THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, ROY THOMAS, ROBERT BERNSTEIN, DON RICO & AL HARTLEY Penciled by DON HECK, GENE COLAN, JACK KIRBY & STEVE DITKO Cover by JACK KIRBY Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV Variant Cover FEATURING IRON MAN MOVIE IMAGE As the Marvel Age of Comics exploded on the pop-culture scene, super hero after super hero that redefined the genre leaped forth from the imagination of the Marvel Bullpen. Adventurers and innovators, scientists and high-school bookworms, they were amazing men and women with all the failings and foibles of you and me. And there are none that touch both that adventurer ideal and human reality as Tony Stark, the Invincible Iron Man. A jet-setter, playboy, and brilliant scientist, Tony is cut down to Earth when a battlefield explosion rips into his heart. Only by creating the amazing Iron Man armor can he stay alive! Packed with the debonair and debutantes, Cold War monsters and sultry super-spies, the Iron Man Omnibus presents the stories of one of comics' most intriguing characters from the very beginning! Featuring the first appearances of such classic Marvel characters as the Mandarin, the Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Crimson Dynamo and the Titanium Man in lushly-illustrated stories by "Dazzling" Don Heck, Gene "The Dean" Colan and scripted by no less than Stan "The Man" Lee himself, this is the go-to volume for the Iron Man fan. Including every page, every pinup, and every letters column. Not to mention unused covers, critical essays, and bonuses galore! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #39-83 & TALES TO ASTONISH #82 REGULAR EDITION: 720 PGS./All Ages $99.99 VARIANT EDITION: 240 PGS./All Ages $99.99 MOVIE VARIANT EDITION: 240 PGS./All Ages $99.99 * * * X-MEN: ENDANGERED SPECIES HC Written by MIKE CAREY, CHRIS YOST & CHRISTOS GAGE Penciled by SCOTT EATON, MARK BAGLEY, MIKE PERKINS & ANDREA DI VITO Cover by MARC SILVESTRI With three little words, an entire race was nearly obliterated. Every mutant who dies is one number closer to zero. Now, the Beast races against the clock to save this once-thriving race. Collecting the X-MEN: ENDANGERED SPECIES one-shot and Chapters 1-17. 136 PGS./Rated T+ $19.99 * * * HOUSE OF M HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils & Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL THE MARVEL EVENT OF THE DECADE IS COLLECTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HARDCOVER! The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? Well, this time believe it, buster! NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN! Collects HOUSE OF M #1-8, THE PULSE SPECIAL EDITION and the SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF M handbook - plus all-new extras handpicked by Brian Michael Bendis. 312 PGS./RATED T+ ...$29.99 * * * YOUNG AVENGERS HC Written by ALLAN HEINBERG Penciled by JIM CHEUNG & ANDREA DIVITO Collecting the complete first series in one deluxe hardcover! In SIDEKICKS, in the wake of AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED, a mysterious new group of teen super heroes appears. But who are they? Where did they come from? And what right do they have to call themselves the Young Avengers? And in FAMILY MATTERS, the newly reconfigured Young Avengers prepare to make their public debut - but first they have to face a threat more powerful than Kang the Conqueror, more dangerous than Mr. Hyde and more cunning than the Masters of Evil: their parents. For these brand-new super heroes, fighting super villains is child's play compared to maintaining their alter egos! Plus: The Young Avengers meet a familiar-looking teenage super human who just may be the key to their uncovering the truth about Wiccan's parentage and secret origin. Meanwhile, Hulkling's quest to discover the exact nature of his tie to the Avengers is interrupted when the Young Avengers finds themselves at war with one of the oldest and most powerful alien races in the Marvel Universe. And finally, discover the secret history of the Young Avengers when Jessica Jones and Kat Farrell investigate the kids' origins for a special issue of The Pulse. Who were they and what were their lives like before they met Iron Lad? And what is the future of the team without him? Collecting YOUNG AVENGERS #1-12 and YOUNG AVENGERS SPECIAL. 312 PGS./RATED T+ ...$29.99 * * * ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST BOOK 1 HC Written by KEITH GIFFEN, CHRISTOS GAGE, DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING Penciled by TIMOTHY GREEN, MIKE LILLY & MIKE PERKINS Cover by ALEKSI BRICLOT The next sci-fi epic blasts off here! In the grim aftermath of the Annihilation War, a devastated universe struggles to rebuild. Gripped by fear and paranoia, civilizations have collapsed and entire worlds are now smoking ruins. What is next for the battle-weary heroes known as Nova, Peter Quill and Quasar? What are Ronan's plans for the once-mighty Kree Empire? Which cosmic characters of the past are about to return? Who is the new hero approaching on the horizon? And what is the new threat that no one suspects? Collecting ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST PROLOGUE; ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST - QUASAR #1-4; ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST - STARLORD #1-4; and ANNIHILATION SAGA. 272 PGS./Rated T+ $29.99 PREMIERE EDITION HARDCOVERS NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & BRIAN REED Penciled by JIM CHEUNG The Illuminati is a secret organization comprised of several of the world's most powerful heroes: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme; Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans; Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men and mutant-rights activist; Reed Richards, founding member of the Fantastic Four; Namor the Sub-Mariner, king of Atlantis; and Iron Man (Tony Stark), founding member of the Avengers. These six men have worked together to mold and shape the status of the superhuman world and the world around it. How and what they have done together has remained a mystery...until now! Writers Brian Michael Bendis (NEW AVENGERS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN) and Brian Reed (MS. MARVEL) have joined together with Jim Cheung (YOUNG AVENGERS) to reveal this untold story of the Marvel Universe and how the Illuminati's actions affect today! Collecting NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated T+ $19.99 * * * HULK: THE END PREMIERE HC Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by DALE KEOWN & GEORGE PEREZ Chronicling the final days of the Green Goliath! Peter David and Dale Keown, creative team on some of the Hulk's most memorable tales, reunite to produce this searing vision of the future in which Bruce Banner, the Incredible Hulk, is the last man on Earth. It's the Hulk's final battle, as "The Last Titan" wrestles his inner-demons in order to discover his place in a dying world - if only he can survive! Plus: The testing of the first Gamma Bomb thrust upon Robert Bruce Banner led to what he would come to believe would be his greatest nightmare: his unwilling transformation into the Incredible Hulk. He believed wrong. Now, having been dragged into the future - into a post-holocaust, dystopian world - Bruce Banner discovers that his nightmare has a whole new name: the Maestro. This is a nightmare that only Hulk can end; for he knows that he himself is responsible for the presence of the evil Maestro. The future, our future, and the Incredible Hulk will never quite be the same. And neither will you. Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK: THE END and INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT #1-2. REGULAR EDITION: 152 PGS./All Ages $19.99 VARIANT EDITION: MPE CLASSIC HC VOL. 8: 152 PGS./All Ages $19.99 X-FACTOR: MADROX - MULTIPLE CHOICE PREMIERE HC Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by PABLO RAIMONDI Cover by DAVID LLOYD The miniseries that launched the all-new X-FACTOR, available for the first time in hardcover! Jamie Madrox, stabbed, staggering off a bus. Jamie Madrox, setting up a detective agency in the heart of Mutant Town. Jamie Madrox, a peaceful Shaolin priest. Which is the real Jamie Madrox? In this noir-esque thriller, it's possible that even Madrox doesn't know anymore. Peter David, acclaimed for his run on X-FACTOR, reunites several of that title's most popular and whimsical characters - Jamie Madrox, Wolfsbane and the aptly named Strong Guy - and sends them on an adventure of light and darkness. Collecting MADROX #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated T+ - .$19.99 * * * MARVEL DIGESTS FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK: FAVORITE SON DIGEST Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by GURIHIRU It's more all-ages action in the mighty Marvel manner as two super-powered families team-up in this Power Pack adventure! Featuring Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the ever-lovin' Thing! Can Power Pack stand up to the FF's rogues gallery including Wizard, Trapster and the dangerous Dr. Doom?! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #1-4. 96 PGS./All Ages $7.99 * * * MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL. 8: FORCES OF NATURE DIGEST Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by POP MHAN Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER All-new, all-ages, all-action fun featuring the Grey Gargoyle and - glub blub blub blub - HYDRO-MAN!!!!!!! Plus, it will be awfully hard for our resident Wall-Crawler to crawl said walls when Whirlwind's blowin' 'em down! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #29-32. 96 PGS./All Ages $7.99 TRADE PAPERBACKS ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL. 17: SENTINELS TPB Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN Penciled by BEN OLIVER, PASCAL ALIXE & YANICK PAQUETTE Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE The X-Men are no more. Long live the X-Men! The man from the future, Bishop, completes his own team of mutants, ready to carry on the legacy of Charles Xavier. And their first task is to stop the attacks of the deadly Sentinels against their kind. And you'll never guess who's behind the attacks - or who the new Ultimate X-Men are! Collecting ULTIMATE X-MEN #81-88. 192 PGS./Rated T+ $17.99 * * * STORM TPB Written by ERIC JEROME DICKEY Penciled by DAVID YARDIN & LAN MEDINA Cover by MIKE MAYHEW The epic, untold love story between Marvel's two pre-eminent black super heroes - Storm and the Black Panther - is finally told, as only New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey can do it! An orphaned street urchin, living by her wits on the unforgiving plains of Africa, struggles to harness her slowly developing mutant powers. A warrior Prince, embarking on his rite of passage as he ponders the great responsibility in his future. And a crew of ruthless mercenaries who'll stop at nothing to capture an elusive creature of legend: the fabled wind-rider. What sparks occur when their paths intersect? Don't miss out on this prelude to the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther! Collecting STORM #1-6. 160 PGS./Rated T+ $14.99 * * * BEYOND! TPB Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE Penciled by SCOTT KOLINS An indescribably powerful cosmic being gathers nine of Marvel's most mismatched super beings for purposes beyond their comprehension. Can Spider-Man, Gravity, Venom, Henry Pym, the Wasp, Medusa, Kraven, Firebird and the Hood keep from killing each other until they must face the dangers of their destination, the deadly artificial planet known as Battleworld? 144 PGS./RATED A ...$14.99 * * * NEW WARRIORS VOL. 1: THE NEXT RIGHT THING TPB Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX Penciled by PACO MEDINA Cover by NIC KLEIN Someone is gift-wrapping super-villains for the police. Someone is defacing Super Human Registration posters. Someone is raising eyebrows all around town - from City Hall to Tony Stark's war chamber. And the only clue to their identity - two spray-painted letters: N.W. Who are these mysterious young upstarts that have dared to fight the powers-that-be? And what do they want from a de-powered mutant named Sofia? Are the New Warriors truly back from the dead? Or has something new risen from the ashes of Stamford? Collecting NEW WARRIORS #1-6. 144 PGS./Rated T+ $14.99 * * * ONSLAUGHT REBORN TPB Written by JEPH LOEB Penciled by ROB LIEFELD Marvel's greatest heroes sacrificed themselves to save the world from the deadliest threat they had ever faced: Onslaught! The lives of the Fantastic Four and the Avengers were saved only when Franklin Richards created a parallel universe, where we found those heroes, reborn! But this world has long since merged back into our own, and the evil Onslaught - forged from the most vile parts of Magneto's and Professor X's psyches - has been presumed long dead. But now, he - is reborn - and he's bringing fragments of the other universe with him! Join comic superstars Jeph Loeb and Rob Liefeld in this no-holds-barred, all-out action extravaganza - celebrating the 10th anniversary of the event that changed Marvel history - as Onslaught, the Marvel Universe and the Heroes Reborn Universe collide in this massive crossover! Collecting ONSLAUGHT REBORN #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated T+ $13.99 * * * NEW AVENGERS/TRANSFORMERS TPB Written by STUART MOORE Penciled by TYLER KIRKHAM Cover by JIM CHEUNG It's time to Assemble–and Roll Out! What in the world could unite Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Autobots? Maybe the Decepticons and Dr. Doom know! War is about to break out on the border between Latveria and Symkaria - unless two unique teams of heroes can unravel a dark mystery - that is, if they don't destroy each other first! Stuart Moore (WOLVERINE, PUNISHER X-MAS SPECIAL) and Tyler Kirkham (X-MEN: PHOENIX WARSONG) bring together fan-faves like Wolverine, Megatron, Spider-Man and Optimus Prime in this all-new widescreen adventure! Collecting NEW AVENGERS/TRANSFORMERS #1-4. 96 PGS./Rated T+ $10.99 * * * UNCANNY X-MEN: RISE & FALL OF THE SHI'AR EMPIRE TPB Written by ED BRUBAKER Penciled by BILLY TAN & CLAYTON HENRY A brand-new era for UNCANNY X-MEN begins here! Fresh off X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS, Ed Brubaker takes the helm of Marvel's mighty mutants. Young Guns Reloaded artist Billy Tan and Clayton Henry join Ed for a story that won't just affect Earth, but will rock the foundations of the entire galaxy! Vulcan is out for revenge and has his sights set on the Shi'Ar Empire! Get ready for the ride of your life! A perfect starting point for any new reader! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN #475-486. 312 PGS./Rated T+ $29.99 * * * X-MEN: PHOENIX - WARSONG TPB Written by GREG PAK Penciled by TYLER KIRKHAM Cover by MARC SILVESTRI The sequel to the best-selling X-MEN: PHOENIX - ENDSONG! The Phoenix is back! Or is it? Something's not quite right with the Stepford Cuckoos, and the X-Men better figure out what it is...and fast! Also, what does Weapon Plus have to do with all this? Collecting X-MEN: PHOENIX - WARSONG #1-5. 128 PGS./Rated T+ $14.99 * * * THUNDERBOLTS BY WARREN ELLIS VOL. 1: FAITH IN MONSTERS TPB Written by WARREN ELLIS, PAUL JENKINS & MARC GUGGENHEIM Penciled by MIKE DEODATO, STEVE LIEBER, MARC SILVESTRI & LEINIL YU Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC Venom, lethal protector! The enigmatic Moonstone! Bullseye, the man who never misses! Songbird, mistress of sound! Chen Lu, the Radioactive Man! Swordsman, master of the blade! The mystery man called Penance! And Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin! They're America's newest celebrities, ready to take to the skies at a moment's notice in pursuit of those secret, unregistered super humans hiding among us! They're the All-New, All-Deadly Thunderbolts - making the world a safer place for ordinary people - one would-be costumed hero at a time! In the wake of Civil War, Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato present a dark and disturbing take on Marvel's Most Wanted, where the line between hero and villain is difficult to find - if it exists at all! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS #110-115 and DESPERATE MEASURES, and T-Bolts stories from CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE and CHOOSING SIDES. 192 PGS./Rated T+ $19.99 * * * NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. VOL. 2 - I KICK YOUR FACE TPB Written by WARREN ELLIS Penciled by STUART IMMONEN What? You haven't been reading NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E.? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? Here's a quick rundown of what you missed: SuperheroesfightingexplosionsexAvengersF inFangFoomgiantflyingsubmarinemonstrosit iesformerX-ForcebabeexplosionskickingMachineManpunc hinggiantevilcoprobotshotEnglishchicksec retterroristorganizationsEXPLOSIONS! Whew! And that's only the beginning! But don't worry! It's never too late to join the party! Next up, the Nextwave Squad faces an army of Mindless Ones!!! Yes, insanely powerful stone men without faces! You cannot miss it! Collecting NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E. #7-12. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory $14.99 * * * GHOST RIDER VOL. 3: APOCALYPSE SOON TPB Written by DANIEL WAY & STUART MOORE Penciled by JAVIER SALTARES, MARK TEXEIRA & BEN OLIVER Cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO Johnny Blaze has - against the will of the Ghost Rider bonded to his soul - decided to try to help the people of New York City against the unstoppable juggernaut that is the Hulk - by attacking the Hulk, head-on! Johnny just wants to do some good - but isn't that what he always says before he does something ultimately catastrophic? Also, there is an important new character in Ghost Rider's world. A powerful player with a unique place in the battle between Heaven and Hell appears, known only as Mister Eleven, but whose side is he on? Collecting GHOST RIDER #12-13 and ANNUAL #1. 96 PGS./Rated T+ - .$10.99 * * * FANTASTIC FOUR: THE END TPB Written by ALAN DAVIS Penciled by ALAN DAVIS Alan Davis writes and pencils the final story of Marvel's first family! Even the strongest family can be torn apart by tragedy - and in the futuristic world of tomorrow, the members of the once-Fantastic Four are divided and vulnerable to opponents from their past. What events could have caused the FF to go their separate ways, and how does their disbanding set the stage for a conflict that will send shockwaves across the galaxy and beyond? Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR: THE END #1-6. 144 PGS./Rated T+ $14.99 * * * MS. MARVEL VOL. 3: OPERATION LIGHTNING STORM TPB Written by BRIAN REED Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE & AARON LOPRESTI Cover by GREG HORN A new beginning for Ms. Marvel! Carol Danvers made herself a promise to be "the best of the best" - but after the events of Civil War, has Ms. Marvel lost her way? As the stress mounts and Carol finds herself less and less sure about what she's doing or why, a crossroads is reached and a decision is made - a decision that will change the course of Ms. Marvel's life - and possibly the Marvel Universe! Brian Reed (New Avengers: Illuminati) and Roberto De La Torre - plus guest-stars Iron Man, Araña and Wonder Man - kick-off the new era! Collecting MS. MARVEL #11-17. 160 PGS./Rated A $16.99 * * * AVENGERS WEST COAST: DARKER THAN SCARLET TPB Written by JOHN BYRNE, ROY THOMAS & DANN THOMAS Penciled by JOHN BYRNE & PAUL RYAN The Witch is back! The shocking truth about her children revealed, the Scarlet Witch suffers a nervous breakdown and descends into madness. Manipulated by her father, the mutant terrorist Magneto, Wanda faces her teammates - and her brother, Quicksilver. Can they rescue her from the clutches of Immortus - and save her very sanity? Plus: the return of Iron Man, and the reunion of wartime allies Captain America and the Human Torch. Also featuring the villainy of the Mole Man, Loki, the U-Foes, Master Pandemonium and Hydro-Man! Collecting AVENGERS WEST COAST #51-57 and #60-62. 232 PGS./Rated T+ - .$24.99 * * * THOR VISIONARIES: WALTER SIMONSON VOL. 5 TPB Written by WALT SIMONSON Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA & WALT SIMONSON Whom the gods would destroy, they first work over pretty darn well, and deadly blows fall like rain as the Thunder God runs a gauntlet set by Loki and Hela! With the Absorbing Man, the gruesome Grendell and the Midgard Serpent in his path, Thor's survival may force him to become one of his own worst enemies - namely, the Destroyer! Featuring the Avengers, the Warriors Three and X-Factor! Collecting THOR #375-382. 208 PGS./Rated A - .$24.99 * * * HULK VISIONARIES: PETER DAVID VOL. 5 TPB Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by JEFF PURVES, DALE KEOWN, SAM KIETH & ANGEL MEDINA The latest collection for David devotees starts off with a crisis countdown that takes the gray Hulk from one fight to another against the Abomination, the Fantastic Four and a Madman who can't decide if he's Bruce Banner's biggest fan or worst enemy! Then, it's a reunion with Doctor Strange and Namor the Sub-Mariner when the Hulk joins his fellow founding Defenders against an invasion from a universe even stranger than they are! Plus: the fate of Betty Brant Banner! Also featuring Mister Hyde and the mutants of Freedom Force! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK #364-372 and ANNUAL #16. 248 PGS./Rated T+ $19.99 ESSENTIALS ESSENTIAL MARVEL SAGA VOL. 1 Written by PETER SANDERSON & VARIOUS Penciled by VARIOUS Cover by RON FRENZ See for yourself how the Marvel Age of Heroes began as one of comicdom's coolest chroniclers follows the FF, Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil and others from origins into adventure! Recounting the first appearances of Marvel's greatest menaces - including Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom, Magneto and Loki! The awakening of the Sub-Mariner and Captain America! Ancient enigmas, wartime wonders and more from the first years of the House of Ideas! Collecting MARVEL SAGA #1-12 448 PGS./RATED All Ages ...$16.99 * * * ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1 TPB (NEW PRINTING) Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JACK KIRBY Eager to serve his country during World War Two, Steve Rogers was transformed into a physically perfect man by the government's Super Soldier Program. Armed with an indestructible shield and the physical prowess of an Olympic athlete, Rogers fought valiantly to uphold the ideals and principles of democracy until frozen in a block of ice where he was preserved for decades. Discovered by the Avengers and revived, Steve Rogers is a man out of time, who remains vigilant in his battle to protect the innocent and uphold the American ideals of truth, justice and honor. In this fully updated re-issue of ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1, Marvel's Sentinel of Liberty renews his mission and fights the good fight, facing off against Baron Zemo, the Red Skull, Power Man, the Swordsman, Batroc the Leaper and the Super-Adaptoid! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #59-99 and CAPTAIN AMERICA #100-102. 528 PGS./All Ages $16.99 * * * ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 4 TPB Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, STEVE GERBER, TONY ISABELLA, MIKE FRIEDRICH & JOHN WARNER Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA, ALAN WEISS, FRANK ROBBINS & HERB TRIMPE Cover by JOHN ROMITA After gaining superhuman strength, the Living Legend learns he'll need every bit of it against such team efforts as the Crimson Cowl's Crimewave, the Serpent Squad and Nightshade's Werewolves! Alongside his crime-fighting compatriot, the Falcon, Cap discovers secrets in the shadows of eras past devised by Dr. Faustus, the Yellow Claw and the mysterious Phoenix - but a final battle with the Secret Empire throws Cap's future into question! But when Cap dons the cape of the Nomad, will the Falcon stick with him or stand by his replacement? It may be a question only the Red Skull can answer! Guest-starring the Avengers, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., the X-Men and Namor the Sub-Mariner! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #157-186. 520 PGS./Rated T+ $16.99