MARVEL COMICS: September 2008 Collected Editions Solicits MONTHLY COMICS OF INTEREST GENE COLAN TRIBUTE BOOK Offered With Three Covers In conjunction with the Hero Initiative, Marvel's top creators select their favorite stories featuring the groundbreaking artwork of Gene Colan - reprinted here in their entirety - and offer commentary on his prolific contributions to the comic-book industry, from TOMB OF DRACULA to DAREDEVIL to HOWARD THE DUCK! The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need. Hero creates a financial safety net for yesterdays' creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. Net proceeds from sales of this book by The Hero Initiative will benefit Gene Colan. 96 PGS./Rated T+ ...$9.99 MONTHLY COMICS OF INTEREST HULK CHRONICLES: WWH #3 Written by GREG PAK & JEFF PARKER Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR. & LEONDARD KIRK Reprints INCREDIBLE HULK #108 and WORLD WAR HULK #2 72 PGS./Rated T+ ...$4.99 * * * THE TWELVE 1/2 Written by JOE SIMON, JOE CAL CAGNO & STAN LEE Penciled by JOE SIMON, AL CARRENO & BASIL WOLVERTON Cover by CHRIS WESTON This special edition features early appearances of Golden Age greats Fiery Mask, Mister E and Rockman - stars of J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston's bestselling, critically acclaimed epic THE TWELVE! Collecting material from DARING MYSTERY COMICS #1-2 (January-February 1940), HUMAN TORCH COMICS #2 (Fall 1940) and USA COMICS #2 (November 1941). 48 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99 DIGITAL COMICS HULK: DVD DIGITAL COMIC BOOK ARCHIVES 1 Written by STAN LEE & GARY FRIEDRICH Penciled by JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, MARIE SEVERIN, GIL KANE, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, JOHN ROMITA, DICK AYERS, MIKE ESPOSITO & BOB POWELL Slipcase Art by ALEX ROSS DVD Case Art by JACK KIBRY CONTAINS THE FIRST FIFTY ISSUES OF HULK COMICS! Dr. Robert Bruce Banner may have the appearance of a mild-mannered scientist, but after being caught in gamma bomb explosion, he became the unstoppable engine of destruction know as the Incredible Hulk! Marvel is proud to present the tales of the everyone's favorite man-monster from the very beginning: From the earliest Stan Lee and Jack Kirby issues that put an irradiated angle on the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde complex to the Steve Ditko's psychological slobbernockers in TALES TO ASTONISH and the Jade Giant's return to his solo series, this DVD-ROM collection is the foundation for every purple-pants'd adventure ever! Featuring artwork by a who's who of Marvel Age luminaries and scripts by Stan "The Man" Lee, they'll introduce to you to General Thunderbolt Ross; the tortured woman who loves both the man and the monster, Betty Ross; the Leader; the Abomination; and a series of earth-shaking fights between the Hulk and the Silver Surfer, Thor, Giant-Man, Namor, Hercules and more! Including the exclusive Marvel Digital Comics Reader versions of INCREDIBLE HULK #1-6, TALES TO ASTONISH #59-101 and INCREDIBLE HULK #102 - plus bonuses galore! ALL AGES...$29.99 * * * IRON MAN: DVD DIGITAL COMIC BOOK ARCHIVES 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 Slipcase Art by ADI GRANOV DVD Case Art by JACK KIRBY CONTAINS THE FIRST FIFTY ISSUES OF IRON MAN COMICS! 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, this DVD-ROM collection 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 go-to volume for the Iron Man fan. Including the exclusive Marvel Digital Comics Reader versions of TALES OF SUSPENSE #39-88 and TALES TO ASTONISH #82, plus bonuses galore! ALL AGES...$29.99 MASTERWORKS MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 11 Written by STAN LEE with ARCHIE GOODWIN Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA with JOHN ROMITA & JACK KIRBY The World's Greatest Comic Magazine marches forward with a new great artist, Big John Buscema, and the same great man - Stan "The Man," 'natch - in A fresh set of epic adventures as only mighty Marvel can make 'em! It all begins when Johnny Storm's ladylove, Crystal, must leave the polluted human world for the Inhumans' sanctuary, but within her lies the secret solution to freeing the Thing from his rocky prison. Then, as Benjamin Grimm emerges with the power to change into the Thing at will, Reed Richards must descend into the dark of the Negative Zone to face entropic Annihilus and the mysterious Janus, the Nega-Man. But what good is controlling your powers, when you're losing control of your mind? The Thing goes on a rampage and New York City better look out because it can only end in the biggest, the baddest, the best fist-pounding, building-toppling, earth-shaking slobbernocker in Marvel history! The ever-lovin', blue-eyed Thing goes toe-to-toe with the gamma-powered goliath, the Incredible Hulk, and only one will walk out alive. That's not all, though! Before the FF collect themselves, the all-powerful Over-Mind descends on the planet Earth - and you know it ain't gonna be good for real-estate values when the Watcher shows up, too. It's a menace so great that even the evil Doctor Doom joins forces with the FF, so reserve your copy today, True Believer - there's plenty more classics to come! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR #105-116. REGULAR EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $54.99 VARIANT EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $54.99 * * * MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA HEROES VOL. 3 - Featuring Sub-Mariner Written by VARIOUS with STAN LEE Penciled by BILL EVERETT with DICK AYERS, MORT LAWRENCE, HOWARD POST & VARIOUS Cover by SYD SHORES The Atlas Era Heroes hits the high-water mark of the 1954 revival with the sovereign of the seven seas, the Sub-Mariner! Collected for the first time ever, the Atlas SUB-MARINER series showcases Bill Everett's most lavish, most manic and most exciting interpretation of his undersea creation. Supported by Namora, Princess Fen and intrepid love interest Betty Dean, Namor faces off against the nefarious Prince Byrrah, his own doppelganger, giant crocodiles and Communists a-plenty in issue after issue of pre-Code action and marine adventure. From all-out invasions of the surface world to the perils of exile from Atlantis, these pages define the Sub-Mariner in a way never before, and perhaps never since, captured in any comic series! Along with Dick Ayer's Human Torch and backup stories featuring the terrors of the deep, you'll also be treated to Everett's tales of the young Namor and how he came to be the hot-headed protector the kingdom beneath the Antarctic ice. Collecting SUB-MARINER #33-42. REGULAR EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $59.99 VARIANT EDITION: 272 PGS./Rated A $59.99 OVERSIZED HARDCOVERS PUNISHER BY GARTH ENNIS OMNIBUS HC Written by GARTH ENNIS Penciled by STEVE DILLON, DARICK ROBERTSON, TOM MANDRAKE, CAM KENNEDY, JOHN MCCREA, DOUG BRAITHWAITE & JOE QUESADA Cover by TIM BRADSTREET The bodies of drug dealers, murderers and the scum of the Earth litter the streets...the Punisher is back - courtesy of writer Garth Ennis! The critically acclaimed creator that brought you Preacher restores one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Universe to his former glory and ultra-violent roots. Stripped of sidekicks, spiritual directives and other excess baggage, the vengeance-crazed vigilante hits the mean streets of New York City with a renewed sense of purpose! Lawbreakers beware: Frank Castle is locked, loaded and waiting for you to slip up! Collecting PUNISHER (2000) #1-12, PUNISHER KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, MARVEL KNIGHTS DOUBLE SHOT #1, and PUNISHER (2001) #1-7 and #13-37. 1192 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$99.99 * * * IRON MAN: THE ART OF IRON MAN THE MOVIE HC Movie Cover A comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the blockbuster IRON MAN movie - featuring exclusive content from concept art to armor design to unreleased stills to a look at the creative process. It's everything you wanted to know about the making of the movie from all the key players - including Jon Favreau, Stan Winston, Marvel's Kevin Feige and more! 200 PGS. /No Rating ...$49.99 Trim size: 11 5/16" x 10" Note: This title will have a limited print run. * * * ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 5 HC Written by MIKE CAREY Penciled by PASQUAL FERRY, MARK BROOKS & TYLER KIRKHAM Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC This deluxe hardcover collects ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 9: SILVER SURFER and ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 10: GHOSTS, plus extras. In SILVER SURFER, young scientist Reed Richards has pierced the barriers of a hundred universes in an attempt to harness the power of the mysterious Cosmic Cube! And falling through the opening into our unsuspecting reality is the keeper of the Power Cosmic: the Silver Surfer! The arrival of this enigmatic alien on Earth triggers worldwide panic and a string of crises for the beleaguered Fantastic Four. The silver herald claims he has only our best interests at heart, but can you believe anything an extraterrestrial riding a surfboard tells you? And in GHOSTS, Susan Storm - the Invisible Woman - is headed toward a science conference in Siberia when her airplane is mysteriously shot out of the sky! With her survival in doubt, Reed Richards must abandon his completion of the equally enigmatic Cosmic Cube at its most crucial time to confront none other than the Ultimate Crimson Dynamo AND the Ultimate Red Ghost! Who shot down Sue - and can she survive the horrors hiding in the snow? Plus: Ultimate Thanos returns! What has placed the Baxter Building - and a huge chunk of New York City - under siege? Aliens are among us, hunting the greatest force in existence: the Cosmic Cube! And in the race to command this deadliest of weapons, treachery and overkill are the order of the day...even from former friends! Collecting ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #42-53. 288 PGS./Rated A ...$34.99 * * * ANNIHILATION CLASSIC HC Written by TODD DEZAGO, LARRY LIEBER, MARV WOLFMAN, MARK GRUENWALD, BILL MANTLO, DOUG MOENCH, SCOTT EDELMAN & ROY THOMAS Penciled by DEREC AUCOIN, JACK KIRBY, JOHN BUSCEMA, JOE SINNOTT, PAUL RYAN, MIKE MIGNOLA, TOM SUTTON, MIKE ZECK & GIL KANE Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA, PAUL RYAN, GIL KANE & MIKE MIGNOLA Space may be a vacuum, but Annihilation didn't pull its heroes out of nowhere! Journey through time, space and continuity with the sensational space saga's stars! The re-making of Adam Warlock and the first look at his nemesis Thanos! See the origin of Nova and the origin of Quasar, while Bug watches the origins of >tik< EVERYBODY! Monsters, mammals and more! Collecting BUG #1, TALES TO ASTONISH #13, NOVA #1, QUASAR #1, ROCKET RACCOON #1-4, MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #6, LOGAN'S RUN #6 and MARVEL PREMIERE #1. 232 PGS./Rated A...$29.99 PREMIERE EDITION HARDCOVERS LORDS OF AVALON: SWORD OF DARKNESS HC Written by SHERRILYN KENYON & ROBIN GILLESPIE Penciled by TOMMY OHTSUKA In a world where Camelot is ruled by Lord Kerrigan, the peasant Seren has become a pawn between the rulers of light and the rulers of darkness. But the talented seamstress faces a dilemma after Lord Kerrigan kidnaps her: Is Kerrigan truly the demon others portray him to be, or is he her savior in disguise? Jump into this new twist on Arthurian legend, adapted from bestselling author Kinley MacGregor. MacGregor, known for her historical romance novels, is the pen-name of Sherrilyn Kenyon, the bestselling and award-winning American author known for her supernatural romance and vampire novels. Collecting LORDS OF AVALON: SWORD OF DARKNESS #1-6. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99 LORDS OF AVALON: SWORD OF DARKNESS HC - DIRECT MARKET ONLY 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99 * * * SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY VOL. 3 PREMIERE HC Written by DAN SLOTT & BOB GALE Penciled by MARCOS MARTIN & MIKE MCKONE The DB, New York's trashiest tabloid, has just hired the sleaziest, most muckraking, lowlife paparazzi of them all...PETER PARKER?! Say it ain't so, True Believer! Also, J. Jonah Jameson finds inner peace and harmony...(Hey, it could happen! Maybe.) All this and the first-ever live-streaming super-villain: Screwball! Plus: It's web-slinger vs. wall-crawler as we answer the question - who is "The Other Spider-Man?" It ain't comin' down to another clone saga, is it? Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #559-563. 120 PGS./Rated A ...$19.99 * * * CABLE VOL. 1: MESSIAH WAR PREMIERE HC Written by DUANE SWIERCZYSNKI Penciled by ARIEL OLIVETTI Spinning out of the decade's biggest X-Men event! The future of mutantkind starts here! Messiah CompleX changed the X-Men forever. But no one's world has been rocked as hard as Cable, the time-traveling mutant from the future. He's been charged with the one mission that could save all of mutantkind - or, if he fails, damn it to extinction. And hot on his trail is a relentless enemy who won't stop until blood is spilled. No matter where...or when...Cable runs. Collecting CABLE #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * WOLVERINE: ORIGINS VOL. 5 - THE DEEP END PREMIERE HC Written by DANIEL WAY Penciled by STEVE DILLON Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI He's a born killer, highly trained in the art of violence. He's a man out of time, living without fear of death. He's the best there is at what he does, and he's about to do it to Wolverine. Enter: DEADPOOL! Collecting WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #21-25. 120 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99 * * * X-FACTOR: THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN PREMIERE HC Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by PABLO RAIMONDI & VALENTINE DE LANDRO Following the events of Messiah CompleX, X-Factor Investigations is in shambles. Jamie is a basket case from his trip to a nightmarish future, Layla's fate is completely in the air, and Wolfsbane has to leave the team to join X-Force, though none of her friends can know about it. What will Wolfsbane tell the X-Factor team? What are they going to do about Layla? How is Jamie coping with his guilt? Get onboard here for X-Factor's brand-new direction! Collecting X-FACTOR #28-32 and X-FACTOR: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * X-MEN: MAGIK - STORM & ILLYANA PREMIERE HC Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT Penciled by JOHN BUSCEMA, RON FRENZ & SAL BUSCEMA Covers by JOHN BUSCEMA & BRET BLEVINS Illyana Rasputin, little sister of the X-Men's Colossus, entered Limbo as a child and left as a young woman...on the same day! In that one day, she spent seven years learning magic from the best of the worst, the blasphemous Belasco! The X-Men escaped him, but they're still there nonetheless - some dead and some even worse off! Which fellow mutants can Illyana befriend, which will she have to fight - and is there even a difference between the two? Also featuring the New Mutants! Collecting MAGIK #1-4. 104 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99 X-MEN: MAGIK - STORM & ILLYANA PREMIERE HC - DIRECT MARKET ONLY VOL. 16 104 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99 * * * IRON MAN: LEGACY OF DOOM PREMIERE HC Written by DAVID MICHELINIE Penciled by RON LIM & BOB LAYTON Dr. Doom returns to menace Iron Man in the chilling and long-awaited conclusion of the Camelot Trilogy! Mephisto has apparently found a way to bring about the End of Days, and Tony Stark and Victor Von Doom must form an uneasy alliance to try and stop him. But all may not be as it seems. And it takes a journey to Hell itself before the shocking truth is revealed! Iron Man legends David Michelinie and Bob Layton are joined by penciler supreme Ron Lim to bring you an epic literally decades in the making! Collecting IRON MAN: LEGACY OF DOOM #1-4. 112 PGS./Rated T+...$19.99 * * * DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVIL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION PREMIERE HC Written by KEVIN SMITH Penciled by JOE QUESADA A tragic accident took his sight - but in return, enhanced Matt Murdock's remaining senses far beyond human limits. An accomplished attorney by day, by night Murdock seeks justice outside the law as Daredevil, the Man Without Fear. When Marvel Knights took hold of this classic Marvel Comics character 10 years ago, the fledgling imprint redefined Daredevil for a new generation. In famed filmmaker Kevin Smith's series debut, a scared teenager on the run places her baby in Matt Murdock's hands. She claims her infant is humanity's newborn savior, a true miracle child. Yet an elderly stranger soon confronts Murdock with some shockingly different news about this infant. While Daredevil attempts to separate fact from fiction, the deadly assassin Bullseye enters the fray, determined to capture the baby and leave the hero dead in the process. Fans and critics alike rated Smith's eight-part saga as one of Daredevil's greatest storylines ever - a tale of surprising twists and turns that leaves the Man Without Fear facing the tragic loss of one of his closest friends. Collecting DAREDEVIL #1-8. 232 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVIL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION PREMIERE HC - DIRECT MARKET ONLY 232 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * MARVEL BOY PREMIERE HC Written by GRANT MORRISON Penciled by J.G. JONES FIRST TIME IN HARDCOVER! Meet Marvel Boy - a.k.a Noh-Varr of the Kree Empire, last survivor of a doomed starship. He's seen good friends killed by sheer ignorance and hate, and his welcome to Earth consisted of imprisonment and torture. Now he's angry - and if necessary, he'll take on our entire planet in the name of love, justice and the freedom to ride in his spaceship. Collecting MARVEL BOY #1-6. 160 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 MARVEL BOY PREMIERE HC - DIRECT MARKET ONLY 160 PGS./Rated T+ ...$24.99 * * * OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN PREMIERE HC Written by JONATHAN LETHEM & KARL RUSNACK Penciled by FAREL DALRYMPLE & PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER The story of a mute, reluctant super hero from another planet, and the earthly teenager with whom he shares a strange destiny - and the legion of robots and nanoviruses that have been sent from afar to hunt the two of them down. Created in 1975 by Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes, the original Omega the Unknown lasted only ten issues, but was a legend to those who recall it - an ahead-of-its-time tale of an anti-hero, inflected with brilliant ambiguity. One of Omega's teenage fans was award-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem, who has used the original as a springboard for a superbly strange, funny and moving graphic novel in ten chapters. Collecting OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #1-10. 240 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN PREMIERE HC - DIRECT MARKET ONLY 240 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 * * * MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: MOBY DICK PREMIERE HC Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY HERMAN MELVILLE) Penciled by PASCAL ALIXE Cover by JOHN WATSON Melville's seafaring masterpiece is brought to stirring life in the pages of the Marvel Illustrated line. Young sailor Ishmael signs onto the whaling ship, Pequod. Soon, he comes to question his judgment as the vessel sets sail and he meets the strange crew sailing with him. Strangest of all is the mysterious Captain Ahab, whose obsession with the great white whale who once bit off his leg may lead them all to a watery doom. It's been called the Great American Novel. And they weren't kidding. Collecting MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: MOBY DICK #1-6. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99 MARVEL DIGESTS MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL. 10: IDENTITY CRISIS DIGEST Written by MARC SUMERAK & CHRIS KIPINIAK Penciled by ALE GARZA, DAVID NAKAYAMA & RYAN STEGMAN Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER The all-new, all-ages, all-action fun continues! It's wall-to-wall mayhem in the Mighty Marvel Manner with four original tales of everybody's favorite teenage wall-crawler! Featuring the Taskmaster, a baddy built of bees, the Fantastic Four and the Mighty Thor. Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #37-40. 96 PGS./All Ages ...$7.99 * * * POWER PACK: DAY ONE DIGEST Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by GURIHIRU & COLLEEN COOVER Cover by GURIHIRU Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie Power are just four regular kids - but in twenty-four hours, they're going to have to escape alien abduction, learn how to use their bizarre new super powers, rescue their parents from an intergalactic tyrant and save Earth from total destruction! The origin of Marvel's premier kid super-team establishes a new continuity for the Pack! Collecting POWER PACK: YEAR ONE #1-4. 104 PGS./Rated A ...$7.99 * * * SPIDER-MAN FAMILY: ITSY-BITSY BATTLES DIGEST Written by TODD DEZAGO, MARK WAID, KEVIN GREVIOUX, NATE PIEKOS & PAUL TOBIN Penciled by KARL KESEL, RAY HEIGHT, ZACH HOWARD & DEREC AUCOIN Cover by SALVA ESPIN A heaping helping of timeless tales of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man! First up, the Looter! This guy found a meteorite that gave him enhanced speed and strength, and the misconception that he's a genius. (He's actually dumber than dirt). So WHY is he such a pain to Spidey and the FF? Well, obviously it...oh, wait. I can't tell you why. Read and find out! Also featuring Iron Man, Iceman, Nick Fury, Marvel Girl, Dr. Octopus and the Hulk! Collecting SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7-9. 104 PGS./Rated A ...$9.99 TRADE PAPERBACKS MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS TPB Written by ROY THOMAS (based on the novel by JAMES FENIMORE COOPER) Penciled by STEVEN KURTH & DENIS MEDRI Cover by JOHN WATSON The first great hero in American fiction - in the first true American epic! Across the Eastern Wilderness rages the French and Indian War - with only a handful of English and Colonial troops standing in the path of the relentless army of General Montcalm and his fierce Iroquois allies. But arrayed against the invaders are Hawkeye, the fabled frontier scout, and his noble friends Chingachgook and Uncas, the only two survivors of the Mohican tribe. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS is a tale of bravery and barbarism - of heroism amid the horrors of the final great war fought between the British and the French - and their Indian allies - for a land destined one day to seize its freedom in its own hands. James Fenimore Cooper's famous novel has been adapted with all its legendary excitement intact by award-winning writer Roy Thomas, and artists Steven Kurth and Denis Medri. Collecting MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: LAST OF THE MOHICANS #1-6. 184 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$14.99 * * * IRON MANUAL TPB Written by ELIOT R. BROWN, MICHAEL HOSKIN, STUART VANDAL, DAVID WILTFONG, CHAD ANDERSON, RONALD BYRD, MIKE FICHERA, ANTHONY FLAMINI, JACOB ROUGEMONT, AL SJOERDSMA, SEAN MCQUAID, MARK O'ENGLISH & SCOTT BENSON Penciled by ELIOT R. BROWN, CARLO PAGULAYAN, RON LIM, JASON C. CHRISTIANSEN & VARIOUS These are the chronicles of Tony Stark: the playboy, the genius inventor, the philanthropist, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the futurist, the hero. This handbook is the definitive resource to the world of Iron Man, featuring Tony's closest allies (Happy and Pepper Hogan, War Machine, the Order) and deadliest foes (Justin Hammer, Mandarin, Obadiah Stane)! Includes a complete gallery of the Iron Man armors, and all-new schematics of key armors and the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier! Also featuring 1993's original Iron Manual, plus unrevealed armor concepts from the Iron Man/Force Works Collector's Preview. Collecting THE IRON MANUAL, THE ALL-NEW IRON MANUAL and Material from THE IRON MAN/FORCE WORKS COLLECTOR'S PREVIEW. 176 PGS./All Ages ...$19.99 * * * INCREDIBLE HERCULES: AGAINST THE WORLD TPB Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KHOI PHAM, ERIC NGUYEN, REILLY BROWN & BOB LAYTON Cover by ART ADAMS From Hulk to Herc and still Incredible! WORLD WAR HULK is over, the man-monster Hulk defeated and imprisoned following an earth-shaking battle that left both allies and enemies struggling to pick up the pieces. Having sided with the Hulk, legendary demigod Hercules and boy genius Amadeus Cho are now outlaws, a situation further inflamed by Cho's grudge against the super-spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and Herc's feud with his estranged half-brother - Ares, god of war, who isn't above abusing his new federal clout for the sake of sibling rivalry. It's Marvel's mightiest manhunt, guest-starring Wonder Man and the Black Widow - plus an untold tale pitting Hercules against the Incredible Hulk! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK 112-115 AND HULK VS. HERCULES: WHEN TITANS COLLIDE. 136 PGS./Rated A ...$14.99 * * * CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 2 - THE BURDEN OF DREAMS TPB Written by ED BRUBAKER Penciled by STEVE EPTING & BUTCH GUICE "Beloved comic book hero Captain America is back in action, armed and ready to fight for freedom in the 21st century." - abcnews.com Agent 13. Bucky Barnes. The Falcon. Black Widow. Iron Man. Steve Rogers was often the glue that bound these heroes together in common cause. Now, in the aftermath of his death, they come together again in a desperate attempt to keep his dream alive. But the collapse of Steve Roger's dream was just the first step in the wicked machinations of the Red Skull, who is determined to see the death of America follow soon after the death of the Captain. As the Skull's master plan kicks into motion, and chaos begins to take hold of the United States, only one man stands in its way - but is he up to the task? Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #31-36. 160 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 * * * X-23: INNOCENCE LOST TPB Written by CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST Penciled by BILLY TAN Now it can be told. The full story behind the origin of X-23 - who she is, where she came from and the exact nature of her relationship to Wolverine. You think you know, but you have no idea! Collects X-23 #1-6. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$15.99 * * * NYX: WANNABE TPB Written by JOE QUESADA Penciled by JOSHUA MIDDLETON & ROBERT TERANISHI Say hello to a pack of New York City gutterpunks, the likes of which the Marvel Universe has never seen! The X-Men's dream has always been one of creating hope from despair - in a young mutant's darkest hour, Charles Xavier will always be just around the corner, ready with open arms and a helping hand. But Xavier can't be everywhere at once. What becomes of a group of young mutants that have to rely on themselves for everything from food to shelter to love? Wayward angels with dirty faces who, instead of preparing for Magneto's next big assault, must learn to survive in the cold, harsh world of the city that never sleeps. The world of the X-Men is brought to the streets, and the struggle for survival has never been more uncertain! Collects NYX #1-7. 208 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$19.99 * * * ULTIMATE POWER TPB Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Jeph Loeb & J. Michael Straczynski Penciled by Greg Land "A treat of strong writing and excellent artwork." - ComicBookRevolution.com In a desperate attempt to help his friend, Reed Richards, the leader of the science adventurers known as the Fantastic Four, has accidentally punched a hole into an adjacent universe. Now something has come through the gateway from a realm known as the Supremeverse: the team of astonishingly powerful superhumans called the Squadron Supreme! Their mission: to arrest young Reed for high crimes against their world! What happens when the Squadron collides with the heroes - and villains - of the Ultimate Universe? All-out action, drama and spectacular eye-candy! Collecting Ultimate Power #1-9. 232 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 * * * BLACK PANTHER: BACK TO AFRICA TPB Written by REGINALD HUDLIN Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA, LARRY STROMAN & KEN LASHLEY Cover by ALAN DAVIS Out of the frying pan...into the fire! Their fantastic adventures in the interdimensional superhighway complete, the Wakandan Royal couple at last returns to Wakanda - only to find home is anything but sweet. With serious strife tearing apart his court and one of the Panther's greatest foes waiting to strike, is it too late for T'Challa to regain control of his kingdom? Plus: It's 2057, and the Watcher's prediction came true - Wakanda is an imperial power steering the course for humanity's future. As T'Challa prepares the next Black Panther for the great responsibility ahead, he must first reflect on the road traveled - a long and winding journey filled with surprises. Collecting BLACK PANTHER #35-38 and ANNUAL #1. 136 PGS./Rated T+ ...$16.99 * * * UNCANNY X-MEN: DIVIDED WE STAND TPB Written by ED BRUBAKER Penciled by MICHAEL CHOI Reeling from the events of Messiah CompleX, the surviving mutants reassess Xavier's dream amidst the rubble of the mansion. Betrayed by one of their own, and mourning the loss of former allies, is peaceful coexistence still an option? The only thing that's certain is an uncertain future for mutantkind. Is anyone safe in a world without X-Men? Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN #495-499. 120 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 * * * WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS - THE ROOKIE TPB Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by ANDREA DI VITO Cover by SALVA ESPIN Return with us again to the early days of the all-new, all-different, X-Men for all-new solo adventures of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde! The next generation of students has arrived at Xavier's School - Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, and the mysterious Wolverine - and with them, new teaching methods. Professor X pairs up green recruit Kitty Pryde with the been-everywhere, done-everything vet Logan - and neither of them is all that happy about it. Collecting WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #1-4, plus Wolverine's first appearance from INCREDIBLE HULK #181. 120 PGS./Rated A ...$12.99 * * * X-MEN VS. APOCALYPSE VOL. 2: AGES OF APOCALYPSE TPB Written by KARL BOLLERS, ALAN DAVIS, TERRY KAVANAUGH, JOE PRUETT, ERIK LARSEN, BRETT BOOTH, MATT NIXON & JOSEPH HARRIS Penciled by JOE BENNETT, ADAM KUBERT, GRAHAM NOLAN, RICK LEONARDI, BERNARD CHANG, ROGER CRUZ, BRETT BOOTH, TOBY CYPRESS, ALAN DAVIS & TOM RANEY The Shi'Ar on the Moon, Cable and his wife in Egypt, Wolverine in the Negative Zone - what's wrong with this picture? Apocalypse has risen from the past to change timelines until he finds one he likes - but when the original X-Man looks him in the eye, both men are lost, leaving the X-Men to comb the world for friend and enemy alike! Will Cyclops literally become the thing he fears and hates the most, and vice versa? And where does the Red Skull fit into all of this? Anywhere he wants to! Guest-starring the Hulk, Machine Man, Deathlok and more! Collecting X-51 #8, UNCANNY X-MEN #378 and ANNUAL 1999, CABLE #77, WOLVERINE #148, X-MEN UNLIMITED #26, X-MEN #98 and X-MEN: THE SEARCH OF CYCLOPS #1-4. 288 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 * * * COUNTER X VOL. 2 TPB Written by WARREN ELLIS & BRIAN WOOD Penciled by STEVE PUGH, RON LIM & ALAN EVANS Cover by ART ADAMS Forget super-hero studies, the next generation of mutants may have to train just to survive - and one won't pass the final exam! Their secrets revealed, their school betrayed, Generation X can only adjust to their losses by rescuing kids in worse straits than theirs! Now, they're teaching their enemies a lesson - but the House of Correction's Warden Coffin thinks he already has all the answers...and he wants Generation X, too! Collecting GENERATION X #63-70. 192 PGS./Rated T+ ...$19.99 * * * ETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY BOOK 2 TPB Written by JACK KIRBY Penciled by JACK KIRBY A time of titans, terror and time travel - as only the King could conceive! Imagine a race of immortal beings possessed of seemingly limitless superhuman abilities including energy projection, strength and flight. Once worshipped as gods, this fantastic group left Earth to explore the stars after warring with the Greek, Roman and Norse pantheons for supremacy over mankind. In 1976, Jack Kirby introduced what was to be his final great Marvel Comics creation: the Eternals! With nearly four decades of experience creating iconic characters, Kirby stretched his imagination to the limit for his last tale. Looking beyond the familiar ground of super heroes, Kirby crafted a cosmic epic that took comic-book fans on a spectacular adventure every month. Since Kirby's groundbreaking work, the Eternals and their malevolent counterparts, the Deviants have become vital parts of the Marvel Universe. Awarding-winning creators such as Neil Gaiman have revisited the concept, finding new levels of meaning in Kirby's visionary work. Now, for the first time, Marvel proudly presents the entire ETERNALS series in two softcover volumes - further proof that Jack Kirby was truly the King. Collecting ETERNALS #12-19 and ANNUAL 1. 188 PGS./All Ages ...$24.99 * * * SPIDER-MAN/RED SONJA TPB Written by MICHAEL AVON OEMING Penciled by MEL RUBI Cover by MICHAEL TURNER When Manhattan goes medieval, the most amazing heroes of the Marvel and Hyborian Ages must unite to save the day - that is, if they don't kill each other first! The first time the wicked Kulan Gath attempted to conquer modern-day Earth with his cruel magic, the unlikely duo of Spider-Man and Red Sonja teamed to stop him. But now the sinister sorcerer comes armed with a deadly plan to not only force these two mighty warriors to fight each other, but to also face a host of the web-slinger's deadliest enemies, including Venom! Collecting SPIDER-MAN/RED SONJA #1-5 - plus MARVEL TEAM-UP #79, the never-before reprinted tale by legends Chris Claremont and John Byrne that started it all! 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99 * * * MAGICIAN APPRENTICE VOL. 2 TPB Written by RAYMOND E. FEIST, MICHAEL AVON OEMING & BRYAN J.L. GLASS Penciled by RYAN STEGMAN Cover by BRETT BOOTH Adapted from the novel by New York Times best-selling author Raymond E. Feist, Magician: Apprentice is an exhilarating ride through a rich fantasy world that is hailed by fans and critics alike as "second only to The Lord of the Rings." The journey from Crydee to Krondor is wrought with peril, and an ambush by the dark elves known as the Moredhel has decimated Duke Borric's company of men. With the help of the Dwarven Chief Dolgan, what remains of the party must travel through the mines of Mac Mordian Cadal to find a new path to their destination. But the mines are anything but safe, and Tomas will discover something in them that will change his own path forever! Collecting MAGICIAN APPRENTICE #7-12. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$15.99 * * * RED PROPHET: THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER VOL. 2 TPB Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD & ROLAND BERNARD BROWN Penciled by MIGUEL MONTENEGRO In an alternate history of the American frontier where folk magic actually works, young Alvin Smith and his older brother Measure have been rescued from a violent tribe by Ta-Kumsaw, the leader of the Shaw-nee. And now Ta-Kumsaw and the man known as the "Red Prophet" have presented Measure with a difficult prophecy: He must leave his brother with the Shaw-Nee and return to their family alone or Alvin will die in three days. But the white men of Vigor Church aren't going to be happy when they hear that one of their own is in the charge of a man who may one day lead the war against them. Adapted from the novel by New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, this special collection continues Card's epic story of American fantasy, weaving magic, history and unparalleled storytelling together into an amazing and unique adventure! Collecting RED PROPHET: THE TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #7-12. 144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$15.99 ESSENTIALS ESSENTIAL OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE MASTER EDITION VOL. 3 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 OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE - MASTER EDITION. 576 PGS./Rated A ...$16.99 * * * ESSENTIAL THOR VOL. 2 TPB (ALL-NEW EDITION) Written by STAN LEE Penciled by JACK KIRBY Witness classic cosmic clashes between the God of Thunder and his evil stepbrother, Loki; the Absorbing Man, the Destroyer; and more of his most fearsome foes! Plus: Thor's first journey into the Black Galaxy and a reporter's firsthand account of Asgard! Guest-starring the Avengers and featuring the first appearance of Hercules! Collecting THOR #113-136 and ANNUAL #1-2. 584 PGS./All Ages ...$16.99 * * * ESSENTIAL IRON MAN VOL. 1 TPB (ALL-NEW EDITION) Written by STAN LEE, LARRY LIEBER, ROBERT BERNSTEIN, N. KOROK & AL HARTLEY Penciled by DON HECK, JACK KIRBY & STEVE DITKO Inventor, businessman, playboy...super hero! Gravely injured in combat, billionaire genius Tony Stark saved his own life by designing a life-sustaining shell - the hi-tech protective covering that transformed him into the Invincible Iron Man! Now, the world believes him to be Tony Stark's personal bodyguard. In this dual role, he faces boardroom intrigue and super-powered menaces. A modern-day knight in shining armor, he fights injustice wherever it rears its ugly head! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #39-72. 512 PGS./All Ages ...$16.99