MARVEL COMICS: March 2008 Collected Editions Solicits MONTHLY COMICS OF INTEREST AVENGERS CLASSIC #10 Written by STAN LEE & DWAYNE MCDUFFIE Penciled by DON HECK & JUAN DOE Cover by ART ADAMS This is the big one! The Avengers break up!! Faced with an unstoppable enemy, Earth's Mightiest Heroes are fragmented and very nearly destroyed in another thrilling Stan Lee/Don Heck yarn from the House of Ideas! Featuring: the incredible, the inconceivable, the incalculable menace of...IMMORTUS! Plus!! All-new Avengers adventures from the incomparable minds of Dwayne McDuffie and Juan Doe! 32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99 * * * CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #9 Written by PAUL JENKINS, J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI & MARK MILLAR Penciled by RAMON BACHS, STEVE LIEBER, RON GARNEY & STEVE MCNIVEN Cover by MICHAEL TURNER Experience CIVIL WAR and its major tie-ins chronological order! The landscape of the Marvel Universe is changing, and it's time to choose: Whose side are you on? In CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE #9, the betrayer among the Marvel heroes stands revealed, as war with Atlantis seems inevitable! And Speedball comes face-to-face with his accuser! In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #537, Spider-Man embarks on what very well might be the most important offensive of the Civil War that's rocking the Marvel Universe. And in CIVIL WAR #6, Captain America's depleted forces have determined the secret of File 42, setting them on a last-ditch collision course with Iron Man and the Pro-Registration heroes! It's the beginning f the battle of the century - a conflict in which virtually every superhuman on Earth will be forced to choose a side to fight on! Collecting CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE #9, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #537 and CIVIL WAR #6. 72 PGS./Rated T+ ...$4.99 * * * MARVEL ATLAS #2 (of 2) Written by MICHAEL HOSKIN, STUART VANDAL, ANTHONY FLAMINI & ERIC J. MOREELS Penciled by ELIOT R. BROWN Cover by STAZ JOHNSON Your only guide to Marvel's Earth concludes! Antarctica, Africa, the Middle East, and North, Central and South America are highlighted as the Marvel Atlas plans your trip to Wakanda, Atlantis, the Savage Land, Sky Island and the U.S.A. (home of a super hero or two)! Visit the realms of the Black Panther, the Initiative, Omega Flight, the Sub-Mariner, Ka-Zar and more - brought to you in vivid life through the renderings of fan-favorite Eliot R. Brown (PUNISHER ARMORY, IRON MANUAL)! 64 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99 * * * SECRET INVASION SAGA Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS Cover by LEINIL YU The Secret Invasion has been underway for years. For how long and to what extent, Tony Stark is not sure, but there is one thing he does know: Now is not the time for complacency. Following hot on the heels of the stunning revelation that Skrulls have been masquerading as Elektra and Black Bolt, Stark puts his best data-mining technology to the test to piece together their treacherous plot. From their first encounter with the Fantastic Four, through the epic clash of the Kree/Skrull War and the destruction of the Skrull Throneworld, all the way to the recent Annihilation War and subsequent invasion of Earth, the timeline of known Skrull activity is made clear so effective battle plans can be drawn. With the Classified Top Secret Secret Invasion Saga report, the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. must leave no stone unturned in his analysis of this insidious enemy's history: The fate of the Earth will depend on it! 32 PGS./ Rated T+ ...FREE! MASTERWORKS MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 2 HC Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER & VARIOUS Penciled by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK & PAUL REINMAN Ready your fallout shelter, check your 4th-dimensional passport, and get ready for a trip into the wild and wooly days of the Atlas Era! The Marvel Masterworks have prepared another heaping helping of towering terrors that eat atom bombs for breakfast and psychological mind-benders of scintillating suspense. Led by Jack "The King" Kirby, there's a whole passel of monsters from beyond the edge of imagination eager to smash their way into your town. From swamp beasts, terrorizing trees, atomic ants and Gorgilla, the gorilla who'd give King Kong a run for his money. If collateral damage is what your desire, then Groot, Krang, The Blip, Rommbu, Thorr and X, The Thing That Lived, are your best friends and your insurance agent's worst nightmare. While Kirby tested the tensile strength of newsprint, Steve Ditko challenged readers to look through the pages of comic books and into new dimensions. His parables of suspense and wrenching psychological tension will leave you curled up and screaming for more - whether you like it or not! Collecting TALES TO ASTONISH #11-20. REGULAR EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $54.99 VARIANT EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $54.99 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 4 HC Written by STAN LEE Penciled by GENE COLAN, JOHN ROMITA & JOHN BUSCEMA Steve Rogers is dead. Long live Captain America! The Sentinel of Liberty returns in another series of Marvel Masterworks adventures by the creme de la creme of the Bullpen's unmatched artists and Stan "The Man" Lee. While the world thinks Steve Rogers dead, he continues on in secret as Captain America - but one identity crisis leads to another when the Red Skull returns and uses the power of the Cosmic Cube to switch bodies! Only with the help Sam Wilson, the Falcon - the world's first African-America super hero - can Cap regain his true identity and defeat his Nazi nemesis? There're also adventures against the Scorpion, Suprema and a classic Cap college campus story from the students' rights era that proves if ain't relevant, it ain't Marvel! And lest we forget, Cap's beautiful gal, Sharon Carter; guest-appearances by the Avengers, Nick Fury and Rick Jones in the guise of Bucky; and the looming menace of M.O.D.O.K. and the men of Advanced Idea Mechanics! So forget your war bonds and invest in Cap Masterworks, this one's guaranteed greatness! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #114-124. REGULAR EDITION: 240 PGS./Rated A $54.99 VARIANT EDITION: 240 PGS./Rated A $54.99 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SILVER SURFER VOL. 2 HC Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA & JACK KIRBY Back-to-press and fully restored by popular demand! The world's favorite space-faring super hero in his continuing saga of anguish and adventure! He sacrificed himself to save his home world of Zenn-La from the planet-devouring menace Galactus, saving those he loved in exchange for a life of servitude as the Silver Surfer. Now, after disobeying his master, Norrin Radd is stranded on the planet Earth - forever removed from his love, Shalla-Bal, and from the beckoning spaceways! A high point of epic adventure and lyrical drama, THE SILVER SURFER took the comic-book super hero to all-new heights. Using their ravaged protagonist as a lens through which they could comment on the social injustices of the era, Stan Lee and John Buscema turned the Surfer into the ultimate outsider archetype, reflecting the reader's world in his metallic skin. In these pages, the Surfer will face ghosts from beyond the grave seeking redemption, the horrors of war, the devious Mephisto, and mighty Marvel heroes including Spider-Man to the Human Torch and the Inhumans. So what more do you need to know? Reserve that copy today, True Believer! Collecting SILVER SURFER #7-18. REGULAR EDITION: 288 PGS./Rated A $54.99 VARIANT EDITION: 288 PGS./Rated A $54.99 OVERSIZED HARDCOVERS NEW AVENGERS VOL. 2 HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by DAVID FINCH, FRANK CHO, RICK MAYS, STEVE MCNIVEN, MIKE DEODATO & OLIVIER COIPEL Covers by DAVID FINCH & STEVEN MCNIVEN Shedding light on the New Avengers' darkest secrets! This deluxe hardcover collects NEW AVENGERS VOL. 3: SECRETS & LIES and NEW AVENGERS VOL. 4: THE COLLECTIVE - plus NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #1, never before reprinted in a NEW AVENGERS collection. In SECRETS & LIES, it's the debut of the mysterious New Avenger everyone has been talking about! Who is Ronin, and why has Captain America recruited him into the fold? Then, Cap catches Spider-Woman double-dealing the New Avengers and corners her! How did she get her powers back and to whom does she answer? In THE COLLECTIVE, a new adversary with the power to destroy the world emerges from the ashes of HOUSE OF M! The New Avengers' latest gauntlet subjects them to attack and intrigue as they discover who their most powerful enemy really is! And in NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #1, Avengers Tower becomes the ultimate battleground as the New Avengers are targeted by one of their fiercest new enemies yet. The all-new Adaptoid has come to take them down - and wait till you see who it is. Plus: An avenger gets married! Collecting NEW AVENGERS #11-20 and ANNUAL #1, and the lead story from GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-WOMAN #1. REGULAR EDITION (ROSS COVER): 296 PGS./Rated A $29.99 DIRECT MARKET ONLY VARIANT EDITION (EPTING COVER): 296 PGS./Rated A $29.99 PREMIERE EDITION HARDCOVERS SPIDER-MAN: ONE MORE DAY PREMIERE HC Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Penciled by JOE QUESADA The most-talked about - and controversial - comic event of the year, brought to you by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada! The stakes have never been higher for Peter Parker. At his darkest hours - and he's had plenty - Peter has always had one shoulder to lean on, one person who'd remind him who he is, who he was and who he can be. Now, he's about to lose that person. What would he do...what would you do, if you only had "One More Day?" Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544-545, SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #41, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #24, SPIDER-MAN: ONE MORE DAY SKETCHBOOK and MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: ONE MORE DAY/BRAND NEW DAY. REGULAR EDITION: 216 PGS./Rated A $19.99 DIRECT MARKET ONLY VARIANT EDITION: 216 PGS./Rated A $19.99 * * * ULTIMATE IRON MAN II PREMIERE HC Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD Penciled by PASQUAL FERRY Covers by PASQUAL FERRY & GABRIELE DELL'OTTO The untold origin of Iron Man continues - written by international best-selling author Orson Scott Card! When last we saw him, young Tony Stark was nearly blown to bits. How much of him survived his initial Iron Man trial run, and where does the young genius go from here? Plus: How does James Rhodes fit into Tony's plans for the perfect fighting machine? Four-time Hugo Award-winner, two-time Nebula Award-winner and World Fantasy Award-winner Orson Scott Card (author of Ender's Game) returns to the Ultimate Universe, now joined by ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR's Pasqual Ferry! Collecting ULTIMATE IRON MAN II #1-4 REGULAR EDITION (DELL'OTTO COVER): 96 PGS./Rated A $19.99 DIRECT MARKET ONLY VARIANT EDITION (FERRY COVER): 96 PGS./Rated A $19.99 * * * THOR BY J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI VOL. 1 PREMIERE HC Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Penciled by OLIVIER COIPEL Not a clone! Not a robot! Not an imaginary story! The God of Thunder is officially BACK! You've waited for it, you've demanded it...and we say thee YEA! The Odinson comes roaring back to life in this highly anticipated saga by red-hot superstars J. Michael Straczynski (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Olivier Coipel (HOUSE OF M)! But how does a god return from Ragnarok? And what place will he find in a world torn by CIVIL WAR? Collecting THOR #1-6. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * NEW AVENGERS VOL. 7: THE TRUST PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by LEINIL YU & CARLO PAGULAYAN The New Avengers have found a huge clue to the threat that has faced them since the day they banded together; now just the knowledge of that threat is tearing them apart. What secret could be so damning that it could do to the New Avengers what the Civil War could not? This volume ties into or wraps up threads from CIVIL WAR, WORLD WAR HULK, both AVENGERS titles and the upcoming SECRET INVASION! Collecting NEW AVENGERS #32-37 and ANNUAL #2. 184 PGS./Rated A ...$24.99 * * * SPIDER-MAN/RED SONJA PREMIERE HC Written by MICHAEL AVON OEMING Penciled by MEL RUBI Cover by MICHAEL TURNER The wise-cracking Wall-Crawler collides with the She-Devil with a Sword! Longtime Marvel readers know that these two legends have met before - but that was just the warm-up! They may be from two different eras, but Spider-Man and Red Sonja have both faced the maniacal mage known as Kulan Gath. Now, the sadistic sorcerer makes a play for power that will once again bring these two famous heroes together - but will it be as friends or foes? Writer Michael Avon Oeming (OMEGA FLIGHT, Red Sonja) and Mel Rubi (Red Sonja) - plus cover artist Michael Turner (CIVIL WAR) - answer the eternal question: What's better in a fight, the proportional strength and speed of a spider, or cold, hard steel and a chain-mail bikini? Collecting SPIDER-MAN/RED SONJA #1-5 and MARVEL TEAM-UP #79. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * IRON MAN VS. DOCTOR DOOM: DOOMQUEST PREMIERE HC Written by DAVID MICHELINIE & BOB LAYTON Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR. & BOB LAYTON When armors collide! Trapped in the time-lost land of King Arthur, Iron Man battles Doctor Doom in a classic clash of titans! And in the far-flung future of 2093 A.D., the Armored Avenger and Doom must team up...to save Camelot! Collecting IRON MAN #149-150 and #249-250. REGULAR EDITION: 144 PGS./All Ages $19.99 VARIANT EDITION: MPE CLASSIC HC VOL. 10: 144 PGS./All Ages $19.99 MARVEL DIGESTS SPIDER-MAN FAMILY: UNTOLD TEAM-UPS DIGEST Written by JEFF PARKER, CHRIS GIARRUSSO, KEVIN GREVIOUX & CHRIS ELIOPOULOS Penciled by LEONARD KIRK, CHRIS GIARRUSSO, RICK BURCHETT & CHRIS ELIOPOULOS Cover by MIKE WIERINGO A heaping helping of timeless tales of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man! Peter Parker has a wonderful evening lined up for Mary Jane that starts with a horse-carriage ride to a popular Broadway show. But then the stage magic becomes terrifyingly real and it's Spider-Man who has a date - with the secret super team known as the Agents of Atlas! The action continues with an all-new untold tale featuring Spidey and that magical master, Dr. Strange! The good Doc ain't feeling so well, so here's hoping ol' Web Head can cure what ails him in time to fight off EVERY mystical demon in the universe! And finally, (ribbit) it's time for a team-up, Spidey! (ribbit) Let's see...Iron Man's busy (ribbit), Captain America's a little under the weather (ribbit), the FF are doing their own (ribbit) thing...who's not busy this month? (ribbit) FROG THOR!!!!!!!! Plus: an all-new Mini Marvel tale and a backup story featuring Man-Wolf! Collecting SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #4-6. 104 PGS./Rated A ...$9.99 TRADE PAPERBACKS ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SPANISH COLLECTION TPB Written by BRAIN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils & Cover by MARK BAGLEY Collecting the groundbreaking first year of Ultimate Spider-Man in one colossal trade paperback! High school, puberty, first dances - there are many pitfalls to being young. Compound these with intense personal tragedy and super human powers, and you can start to visualize the world of Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man. Following the murder of his uncle and the Green Goblin's assault on his high school, Peter finds himself on the brink of manhood: getting a job at the Daily Bugle to help support his widowed aunt and taking on extracurricular activities - such as bringing down the Kingpin, the head of organized crime in New York City! Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1-13. 352 PGS./Rated A ...$29.99 * * * ULTIMATE X-MEN SPANISH COLLECTION TPB Written by MARK MILLAR with GEOFF JOHNS Penciled by ADAM KUBERT, ANDY KUBERT, TOM RANEY, THOMAS DERENICK & AARON LOPRESTI New Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Collecting the first year of Mark Millar's groundbreaking ULTIMATE X-MEN - issues #1-12 - in one colossal trade paperback! Featuring an all-new cover by ULTIMATE HULK VS. WOLVERINE artist Leinil Francis Yu! The world stands on the brink of genetic war. Mankind has made the first move, launching an army of giant, cybernetic executioners called Sentinels - programmed to target and eliminate the mutant DNA strand. Now, Magneto and his mutant terrorists are preparing to follow through on their threats of Homo sapien genocide. The only force that can prevent total annihilation: five awkward teenagers and their crippled mentor! Plus: The inexperienced X-Men must rely on the enigmatic and unproven Wolverine when they become pawns of the mystifying Weapon X program. Can Logan go it alone against the shadow-ops organization that transformed him into one of the world's most lethal killing machines? Also featuring the rare ULTIMATE X-MEN #1/2! 336 PGS./Rated A ...$29.99 * * * AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE VOL. 1 - BASIC TRAINING TPB Written by DAN SLOTT Penciled by STEFANO CASELLI & STEVE UY Cover by JIM CHEUNG Earth's Mightiest army! The superhero Civil War is over, and the government won. Now super-beings and costumed heroes are being drafted into America's new superhuman armed forces: the Initiative. The heart of the operation is Camp Hammond, where Avengers veterans such as Yellowjacket, War Machine and Justice train the next generation of heroes. Can young cadets like Cloud 9, Hardball, Komodo, Rage, Slapstick, Trauma and Ultragirl live up to the Initiative's superhuman standards? Find out as they and dozens of other heroes from throughout the Marvel Universe clash with the hordes of Hydra, the Incredible Hulk and even the amazing Spider-Man! Collecting AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #1-6. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 * * * SPIDER-MAN, PETER PARKER: BACK IN BLACK TPB Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA, MATT FRACTION & SEAN MCKEEVER Penciled by ANGEL MEDINA, RAMON BACHS & SALVADOR LARROCA Cover by ANGEL MEDINA FROM THE DARKNESS COMES A SPIDER...Spider-Man has never been more sensational than in "Back in Black," the event that has profoundly rewritten the rules for Peter Parker! The harrowing moments of CIVIL WAR may be in his rearview mirror, but their repercussions are a constant ordeal in Peter's life, as he must face the challenges born from the revelation of his identity. Facing down an army of super-powered Spider-Man impostors, grappling with the evil Mister Hyde, and standing up to the scourge of Venom and his alter ego Eddie Brock - the stakes have never been higher as he tries to navigate an emotional terrain that has found him forever changed. Collecting SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #35-40 and ANNUAL #1, SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #1-2, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: SPIDER-MAN, and SPIDER-MAN: BACK IN BLACK HANDBOOK. 336 PGS./Rated A ...$24.99 * * * SPIDER-MAN: REIGN TPB Written by KAARE ANDREWS Penciled by KAARE ANDREWS Spider-Man's darkest night? The time? The future. The place? A cold, hostile Manhattan that long ago traded freedom for security, imposed by the brutal soldiers of the Reign. The opposition? Publisher turned rabble-rousing street prophet J. Jonah Jameson, who promises Spider-Man will return to save them all. But the long-vanished hero is a tired old man now - no job, no family, no hope. Can Peter Parker rediscover his once-great power and the great responsibility that comes with it? Or is the Spider's mask too heavy a burden to bear in this harsh new reality? Featuring Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven, Mysterio, Sandman, Scorpion and more! Collecting SPIDER-MAN: REIGN #1-4. 160 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 * * * X-FACTOR VOL. 4: HEART OF ICE TPB Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by PABLO RAIMONDI & KHOI PHAM With mutants an endangered species, can X-Factor stop the Isolationist from making them extinct? X-Factor's battle with the depowered mutants of the terrorist X-Cell reaches a cataclysmic conclusion. Will X-Factor's Rictor remain loyal to his teammates when faced with the chance to regain his own lost powers? And in the aftermath, there's no rest for the wicked, as X-Factor is approached by Josef Huber, the Isolationist, who claims to have a way to make the government that has always feared and persecuted mutants protect them instead. Can he be trusted, or are his true intentions much more sinister? Does he plan for X-Factor to be mutantkind's saviors, or their doom? Collecting X-FACTOR #18-24. 168 PGS./Rated T+ ...$17.99 * * * X-MEN: DIE BY THE SWORD TPB Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by JUAN SANTACRUZ Cover by JELENA KEVIC DJURDJEVIC Psylocke's reunion with her brother, Captain Britain, takes a turn for the worst when the diabolic minds of several of Excalibur's greatest foes decide that one world is not enough to conquer. The Exiles and Excalibur must join forces to save crosstime before all of creation is destroyed! Collecting X-MEN: DIE BY THE SWORD #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated A ...$13.99 * * * NEWUNIVERSAL: EVERYTHING WENT WHITE TPB Written by WARREN ELLIS Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA Planet Earth. Inhabited by six billion people. People leading ordinary lives, coping with everyday struggles. But on a night like any other, the Earth is rocked by the most startling celestial event ever witnessed by the human race. The White Event. And from its wake, a handful of humans emerge as something more. Acclaimed writer Warren Ellis (NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E.) and superstar artist Salvador Larroca (X-MEN) bring you this new universe - a universe witnessing superhuman power for the first time. Collecting NEWUNIVERSAL #1-6. 152 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 * * * GHOST RIDER VOL. 4: REVELATIONS TPB Written by DANIEL WAY Art by JAVIER SALTARES & MARK TEXEIRA Cover by MIKE DEODATO The final confrontation between Ghost Rider and Lucifer begins here! Ghost Rider, now back in control after Johnny has (once again) proven himself to be...not so good at it, has begun his brutal final march toward Lucifer's ultimate destruction. But should the fate of the mortal world - and possibly the immortal world - be entrusted to a vengeful spirit bonded to the soul of an ex-carnival performer? Heaven doesn't think so. Collecting GHOST RIDER #14-19. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$14.99 * * * GHOST RIDER: TRAIL OF TEARS TPB Written by GARTH ENNIS Penciled by CLAYTON CRAIN Here it is - the prequel to Garth Ennis and Clayton Crain's smash hit GHOST RIDER: ROAD TO DAMNATION! Travis Parham thought he'd seen hell. As a lieutenant in the Confederate Army, he stood neck-deep in muck and blood, surrounded by the whistle of hot shrapnel and the screams of dying men. Two years later, Parham has carved a new life for himself, doing his best to forget the depravity that lurks in the pits of men's souls. Now, Parham's tranquil world is about to be rudely interrupted. Up from the depths comes a force of nature that transcends his wildest dreams - a fiery wraith that knows a thing or two about evil and even more about vengeance. Collecting GHOST RIDER: TRAIL OF TEARS #1-6. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$14.99 * * * PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL VOL. 2: GOIN' OUT WEST TPB Written by MATT FRACTION Penciled by ARIEL OLIVETTI & LEANDRO FERNANDEZ Can one man stand against an army fueled by pure hate? With recent tragedies still rattling in his head, Frank Castle finds himself tied to a fencepost with barbed wire, watching what may be his last sunrise. Somewhere along the U.S./Mexico border, a super-militia bent on igniting a race war has been killing scores of innocent people. By the time the last shot is fired and the last body falls, you'll have met the modern incarnation of the Hate Monger and seen an all-new look for the Punisher. Meanwhile, in Washington DC, someone wants to have words with Frank about his recent patriotic costume change: the Winter Soldier himself, Bucky Barnes! Collecting PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #5-11. 168 PGS./Rated T+ ...$17.99 * * * PUNISHER MAX VOL. 9: LONG COLD DARK TPB Written by GARTH ENNIS Penciled by HOWARD CHAYKIN & GORLAN PARLOV Cover by TIM BRADSTREET Barracuda's back. The most dangerous foe the Punisher has ever faced has found a chink in his enemy's armor, one even Frank Castle himself doesn't know about. Heart full of blackest hate and loving every minute of it, he's out to crush the vigilante to pulp - and take his time over killing what remains. But Castle has a lifetime of slaughter behind him, and who knows how lethal he might yet become? Barracuda's going to find out the hard way. In fact, he's looking forward to it. Collecting PUNISHER MAX #50-54. 136 PGS./Explicit Content ...$15.99 * * * EARTH X TRILOGY COMPANION TPB Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS Penciled by ALEX ROSS The Earth X Trilogy revealed secrets of the Marvel Universe, but what are the secrets of the Earth X Trilogy? See for yourself in this collection of sketches, background material and incredible insights - all handpicked by series co-creator Alex Ross, and many seen here for the first time! Plus: the rare EARTH X #1/2; and the never-before-printed X-51 EARTH X prequel, originally serialized as an online comic. [This is a resolicitation, all previous orders are cancelled.] 200 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 * * * RED PROPHET: THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER VOL. 1 TPB Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD Adapted by ROLAND BERNARD BROWN Penciled by RENATO ARLEM & MIGUEL MONTENEGRO In an alternate history of the American frontier, Andrew Jackson is a lawyer from Tennessee, William Henry Harrison has set himself up as governor of Carthage City, and Napoleon is leading an army just south of Detroit. But this is a world where folk magic is real - and where a young boy who is the seventh son of a seventh son has the power to shape the world around him at will. This is the tale of Alvin Maker, an extraordinary man who is destined to change the world and build a magnificent Crystal City. But the Unmaker stands in his way, determined to stop Alvin from fulfilling his destiny. With a violent war brewing between the settlers and the local tribes along the Mizzipy River, Alvin will find himself in more danger than he ever could have imagined... Adapted from the novel by New York Times Best-Selling Author Orson Scott Card (ENDER'S GAME), RED PROPHET: THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER is an incredible adventure through history and speculation, fusing high fantasy with the spirit of the American Frontier. Collecting RED PROPHET: THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #1-6. 168 PGS./Rated T+ ...$15.99 * * * X-MEN VS. APOCALYPSE VOL. 1: THE TWELVE TPB Written by ALAN DAVIS, TERRY KAVANAGH, JOE PRUETT, CHRIS CLAREMONT, FABIAN NICIEZA & ERIK LARSEN Penciled by ROGER CRUZ, ROB LIEFELD, ALAN DAVIS, MIKE MILLER, TOM RANEY & BERNARD CHANG Cover by ADAM KUBERT Setting his grand plan for godhood into motion, Apocalypse dispatches his agents to capture the world's most powerful mutants, the fabled Twelve: Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Iceman, Sunfire, Polaris, Cable, Bishop, Mikhail Rasputin, the Living Monolith and Magneto. Having himself planted the seeds of the Twelve legend, Apocalypse hopes to siphon their power, granting him omnipotency. Desperate to stave off his ascension, the X-Men must strike a temporary truce with Magneto to battle the warlord's forces as the Twelve are assembled -- and one longtime member seemingly sacrifices his own life to end the threat of Apocalypse once and for all! Collecting Uncanny X-Men 376-377, Cable 73-76, X-Men 96-97, Wolverine 145-147, X-Men 1999 Yearbook. 280 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 * * * CABLE CLASSIC VOL. 1 TPB Written by LOUISE SIMONSON & FABIAN NICIEZA Penciled by ROB LIEFELD, JOHN ROMITA JR., ART THIBERT, RON LIM, PAUL SMITH, BRANDON PETERSON, KERRY GAMMIL, IAN CHURCHILL, PAUL RYAN, JIM REDDINGTON, BILL WYLIE & SCOTT KOBLISH It was 1990, the dawn of the most action-packed decade in comic-book history, and one man - one time-traveling gun-toting mutant cyborg mercenary - was there to lead the way! Opening with a one-man assault on the Mutant Liberation Front, Cable finds himself haunted by the failures of both past and future (not necessarily in that order), converging on him at once in the form of his doppelganger Stryfe! The secrets of the Six Pack and the quest of the Clan Chosen revealed! Featuring the X-Men, the New Mutants and the Warriors Three from THOR! Collecting NEW MUTANTS #87, CABLE: BLOOD & METAL #1-2 and CABLE #1-4. 248 PGS./Rated A ...$29.99 ESSENTIALS ESSENTIAL OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE - MASTER EDITION VOL. 1 TPB Written by LEN KAMINSKI, JAMIE TOST, MARK GRUENWALD & GLENN HERDLING Penciled by KEITH POLLARD Heroes, villains, gods, demons, sorcerers, scientists, monsters, mobsters and a talking duck: More than one thousand dynamic dossiers, collected in alphabetical order for the first time across three volumes! From mutants to martial arts, street crime to space opera, espionage to other dimensions, horror to humor, the past to the future, no corner of Marvel is left untouched! Super-team rosters and histories, alien race outlines and so much more! Get to know the Universe now! Collecting material from the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE - MASTER EDITION #1-36. 592 PGS./Rated A ...$16.99