Marvel Comics for December 2004
Ralf Haring
Written by Mark Millar
Pencils & Cover by Bryan Hitch
PART 1 (OF 5)
The ULTIMATES return in this BLOCKBUSTER first issue! It’s been one
year since they stopped an alien invasion, and now things get hard.
New members, new costumes and 12 months of gossip to catch up on!
Who's getting married? Who's divorced? Who's gone nuts since we last
saw them? Why, just in this first arc we see Ultimate Hulk, the secret
origin of Ultimate Thor, and we get a look at the entire Ultimate
Universe as drawn by Bryan Hitch! It’s guest-stars galore, with
everyone from the X-Men, Daredevil, Captain Britain and even The
Defenders. Why are you reading this? Go reserve a copy NOW!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR+ …$2.99
ULTIMATE SECRET #1
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist STEVE MCNIVEN
PART 1 (OF 4)
A new propulsion system devised by the U.S. government puts Mars just
days away. It creates interplanetary opportunities unprecedented for
the human race. But someone — or something – wants Earth’s progression
into space to STOP. Let’s see what that means to the ULTIMATES and the
ULTIMATE FF! And who is that mysterious white and green figure on the
cover above? Find out this December!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.99
ULTIMATE NIGHTMARE #5
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils by Young Guns Artist TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover by Young Guns Artist JIMMY CHEUNG
PART 5 (OF 5)
The final chapter. The explosive conclusion as the Ultimates take on
Ultimate X-Men in the wastes of Tunguska. But beyond the battle is the
dreaded final secret hidden in this awful place for decades. It will
be worth the wait.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
[I am very much looking forward to the trades of these Ellis Ultimate
books.]
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #70
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils & Cover by Mark Bagley
In the midst of Peter’s bizarre dreams and flashbacks, he goes to see
the one man who might be able to help him – Dr. Stephen Strange –
Master of the Mystic Arts! Special appearance by the Ultimates, too!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
ULTIMATE X-MEN #54
Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Penciled by STUART IMMONEN
Cover by Andy Kubert
"LONGSHOT" PART 1 (OF 3)
The introduction of Ultimate Longshot! It's the ultimate reality show
as mutants convicted of capital crimes are released on an island where
they're hunted down by contestants. Longshot has survived longest and
the X-Men are sent to rescue him—until they become part of the game
themselves.
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
[Longshot is the mystery X-Man!]
ULTIMATE ELEKTRA #5 (of 5)
Written by Mike Carey
Pencils & Cover by Salvador Larroca
The battle lines have been drawn—but will Elektra find herself on the
same side of the law as Matt Murdock? The two ex-lovers come
face-to-face with Wilson Fisk and his mysterious assassin, with the
fate of more than just Elektra’s family hanging in the balance. Don't
miss the stunning conclusion!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #14
Written by Warren Ellis
Pencils & Cover by Adam Kubert
“NEGATIVE” PART 2 (OF 5)
Young Reed Richards leads his three friends into the unknown depths of
the N-Zone with an attempt to find a way to reverse the consequences
of the accident that made them what they are. But will they find a
cure for their genetic alteration or will the trip end in a tragedy
none of them could foresee?
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
ASTONISHING X-MEN #8
Written by Joss Whedon
Pencils & Cover by John Cassaday
"DANGEROUS" PART 3 (OF 6)
Did you miss the return of Colossus last August? Were you the guy who
said, "This book’s never going to stay on schedule, so you waited for
the trade paperback? Are you insane?! How can you wait!? Folks, if
you’re missing this, you’re missing the best comic in comics right
now! But, it’s not too late to jump on board.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR #1
Written by Akira Yoshida
Pencils & Wraparound Cover by Pat Lee
PART 1 (OF 5)
The X-Men and the Fantastic Four team up with the help of Pat Lee and
Dreamwave Studios in this heart-pounding limited series! Can the X-Men
and the Fantastic Four put their differences aside to stop a creeping
menace from outer space that threatens our planet’s very existence?!
Join megawatt creator Pat Lee and writer Akira Yoshida (THOR: SON OF
ASGARD) for the – I mean THE – crossover event of 2005! And it’s not
even January yet!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$3.50
X-MEN #165
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Pencils by SALVADOR LARROCA
Cover by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
Chris Claremont & Salvador Larroca bring you a self-contained holiday
blowout, X-Men style!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
UNCANNY X-MEN #453
Written by Chris Claremont
Penciled by ANDY PARK
Cover by GREG LAND
"CHASING HELLFIRE" PART 2 (OF 3)
The X-Men, hot on the trail of Sage, find themselves in the sewers of
Paris. But who’s really hunting whom?
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
X-MEN: THE END: DREAMERS AND DEMONS #6
Written by Chris Claremont
Penciled by Sean Chen
Cover by Greg Land
BOOK ONE: PART 6 (OF 6)
It's Pearl Harbor for the mutants as the forces arrayed against them
strike from space—dealing the X-Men a mortal blow from which they may
not be able to recover! The stunning conclusion to Book One of the
X-Men: The End thrillogy! Is there even a next month for these
mutants? Find out, as all bets are off in this last X-Men tale by
legend and keeper of the X-Men canon, Chris Claremont, and star artist
Sean Chen!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
X-FORCE #5
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Pencils & Cover by Rob Liefeld
PART 5 (OF 6)
Cable, Shatterstar and the crew make an uneasy alliance with figures
from their past as Skornn strikes N.Y.C.! Domino uncovers a terrible
revelation that threatens to destroy the team and her relationship
with Cable! Guest-starring the Fantastic Four!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
EXCALIBUR #8
Written by Chris Claremont
Pencils & Cover by Aaron Lopresti
"SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" PART 1 (OF 3)
Brand New Story Arc! Great jumping-on point! Professor X continues to
bring order and justice to Genosha, but will the citizens be willing
to follow him after they discover his terrible secret?
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
SABRETOOTH #4
Written by Daniel Way
Penciled by Bart Sears
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
PART 4 (OF 4)
The mystery of who – or what – massacred the innocent civilians living
on the Isle Dupree is revealed! Has Sabretooth lost his mind… or is
someone else responsible for the chaos?
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
X-MEN UNLIMITED #6
Written by TONY BEDARD and PAUL BENSON
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER and ALEX SANCHEZ
Cover by PAT LEE
This month's issue is devoted entirely to the ladies of the X! Tony
Bedard (EXILES) and Paul Pelletier (SHE-HULK) bring you a tale of some
of the X-women's worst dating experiences...with an unexpected twist.
Paul Benson and Alex Sanchez (MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN) weave a story of
Rogue's encounter with a soul not unlike herself.
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
WOLVERINE #23
Written by Mark Millar
Art & Cover by John Romita Jr. & KLAUS JANSON
"ENEMY OF THE STATE" PART 4 (OF 6)
Brainwashed by the Hand, an evil Wolverine is wreaking havoc all over
the country. Elektra's tracking his trail of destruction...and
tracking her are a couple dozen Hand ninjas... Sitting back and
watching with glee is Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker...whose work and
personal lives are about to get a little too close for comfort, thanks
to The Gorgon.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
CABLE/DEADPOOL #10
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Pencils & Cover by Patrick Zircher
“PASSION OF THE CABLE” PART 4 (OF 6)
The ultimate throwdown -- CABLE vs. THE SILVER SURFER -- and guess who
determines the winner? DEADPOOL holds the key to saving the world...
or saving Cable's life... which choice will he make? The lives of
Cable and Deadpool will never be the same as the X-MEN and
S.H.I.E.L.D. guest-star in the action-packed, tragic conclusion to the
"Burnt-Offering" arc (formerly known as "The Passion of the Cable,"
until the lawyers, clearly unable to understand the concept of the
Fair Use Law, got all kinds of nervous).
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
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MYSTIQUE #22
Written by Sean McKeever
Penciled by Manuel Garcia
Cover by Mike Mayhew
"QUIET" PART 3 (OF 5)
Can Mystique really go through with her murderous mission? Her
decision might just surprise ya!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
NEW X-MEN #8
Written by NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS & Christina Weir
Penciled by Michael Ryan
Cover by RandY Green
"HAUNTED" PART 2 (OF 3)
Something beyond comprehension is happening to the children on this
street, in this school of mutants. One group of kids has taken it upon
themselves as a last resort to try and stop it. Those kids are: The
New Mutants.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
NIGHTCRAWLER #4
Written by
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Penciled by Darick Robertson
Cover by Greg Land
"THE DEVIL INSIDE" - CONCLUSION!
Will Nightcrawler be able to save young Seth from the evil thing that
killed his thirteen young friends? Is this the one new X-book you
can’t afford to miss? I’m only giving you one answer, and it begins
like this: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is gaining heat from Marvel Knights
4, and Darick is already a star. And don’t forget that Greg Land is
doing covers. “Bamf” and you’ll miss it!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
GAMBIT #5
Written by John Layman
Penciled by Georges Jeanty
Cover by Greg Land
"HOUSE OF CARDS" PART 5 (OF 6)
What Gambit expected to be an easy job for fun and profit has taken a
tragic turn for the worse. But he may be getting a little help from
his friends, the X-Men…
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
ROGUE #6
Written by Rob Rodi
Penciled by Cliff Richards
Cover by RODOLFO MIGLIARI
"GOING ROGUE" - CONCLUSION!
Rogue must make some difficult choices…about her family, about the man
she loves, and about who she really is! Don’t miss this pivotal moment
in the life of the Southern Belle!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
EXILES #55, #56, & #57
Written by Tony Bedard
Pencils & Cover by James Calafiore
"BUMP IN THE NIGHT" PARTS 1, 2 & 3 (OF 3)
The Exiles enter into a world of swords and sorcery that any true
X-fan will enjoy! Guest-starring the villainy of Kulan Gath!
32 PGS. (each)/Marvel PSR (each) …$2.99 (each)
[Triple shipping? Yikes.]
YOUNG GUNS 2004 SKETCHBOOK
Special Previews of upcoming projects by JOHN ROMITA JR. & GREG LAND!
Pencils & sketches by Young Guns Artists OLIVIER COIPEL, JIM CHEUNG,
DAVID FINCH, ADI GRANOV, TREVOR HAIRSINE and STEVE MCNIVEN
Since being anointed as THE up-and-coming artists to watch for over
the next few years, interest in Marvel’s Young Guns has reached a
fever pitch! Each artist has a major project coming from the House of
Ideas in 2005, and each is guaranteed to be hotter than a smoking gun!
NOW, as excitement builds, Marvel is pleased to offer this special
edition sketchbook preview featuring just a sampling of art so good,
it’s making the entire industry sit up and notice.
And if that’s not enough, this sketchbook gives you a glimpse at two
upcoming projects from two of Marvel’s WMDs, John Romita, Jr. & Greg
Land! This is THE ONLY PLACE you’ll see these pages in all their
penciled glory, so don’t miss it!
48 PGS. / B&W / MARVEL ALL AGES …$3.99
NEW AVENGERS #2
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
"THE RAFT" PART 2 (OF 5)
It’s high-octane Avengers action from the ongoing creative team that
makes you trade your aunt Betty to Johnny down the block if you miss
an issue! Think you saw it all in Disassembled? As Doom would say,
"bah, fool!"
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils & Cover by STEVE EPTING
Cap is awakened in the dead of the night by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who
need the kind of help only he can provide. But the corpse he finds on
the Heli-carrier brings him face-to-face with the unthinkable, and
opens doors to terror and manipulation that he never dreamed possible.
Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker and phenomenal artist Steve Epting
kick it into high gear, and fans will be stunned!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
IRON MAN #2
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist ADI GRANOV
"EXTREMIS" PART 2 (OF 6)
What abomination of technology has been unleashed on the world by an
old friend of Tony Stark's – and is it even something that the power
of Iron Man can combat?
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
TALES OF SUSPENSE: CAPTAIN AMERICA & IRON MAN #1 COMMEMORATIVE EDITION
Written by ED BRUBAKER & WARREN ELLIS
Art & Cover by STEVE EPTING & Young Guns Artist ADI GRANOV
Commemorating the November launch of CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 and IRON MAN
#1, Marvel is pleased to release this very special collection of
Captain America and Iron Man. These tales of suspense are perfect for
any fan of either Cap, Iron Man, Avengers, or anyone interested in the
mad machinations at Marvel!
64 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$5.99
NEW AVENGERS #1 DIRECTOR’S CUT
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art & Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
Everything, and we DO mean EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about
New Avengers is in this incredible edition featuring previously unseen
artwork by David Finch and a special look at the scripts of Brian
Michael Bendis. Crammed full of all the extras we could find, cram
your copy into your collection this December.
48 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$3.99
AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST #3 & #4
Written by JOE CASEY
Pencils & Cover by SCOTT KOLINS
PARTS 3 & 4 (OF 8)
Continuing this all-new, bi-weekly look at the early days of the
Avengers! As Captain America struggles to reconcile his past with the
present, new threats arise... like the Masters of Evil and Kang the
Conqueror! And while Iron Man and Co. solidify their tenuous
relationships with both the government and the general public, how
will the Avengers' more visible profile affect the team's future?
BI-WEEKLY / 32 PGS.(each) / MARVEL PSR (each) …$3.50 (each)
MARVEL WHAT IF?
WHAT IF THERE WERE SEVEN MORE COMICS YOU HAD TO BUY??
What if we could say, "due to popular demand" and mean it? Well, True
Believer, we ain’t lyin’! You wanted the craziest, most far-out What
If extravaganzas we could find, so we sent some interns up to the
attic of this old House of Ideas and we never heard from them again!
So, we warned the industry’s BEST CREATORS we’d send THEM to the attic
next if they didn’t come through. And they did! Look at this all-star
lineup, gang, and you’ll notice the only What If missing is the one
about Forbush Man becoming EIC!
WHAT IF JESSICA JONES HAD JOINED THE AVENGERS?
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by MICHAEL GAYDOS
Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
Ripped from the pages of the Avengers and fan-favorite Alias – Jessica
Jones, ex-superhero private eye was once tapped to join the Avengers,
but chose not to and gave up being a super-hero altogether. But what
if she had taken the job? The events that followed shake up both the
Avengers and Jessica's life in ways no one could have guessed. Could
Jessica have saved the Avengers from the disasters of Disassembled?
For the first time ever Avengers' writer Brian Bendis reunites with
Alias artist Michel Gaydos, with a special cover by Avengers’ artist
David Finch.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
WHAT IF KAREN PAGE HAD LIVED?
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & KEVIN SMITH
Art by ALEX MALEEV
Cover by JOE QUESADA
The worst thing that ever happened to Daredevil was watching his one
true love Karen Page die in his arms after a brutal attack by his
archenemy Bullseye. The events that followed spiraled Matt Murdock's
life out of control and he has never recovered.The award-winning team
behind DD's monthly book join DD legends Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada
in this shocking once-in-a-lifetime look at Daredevil.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
WHAT IF AUNT MAY HAD DIED INSTEAD OF UNCLE BEN?
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Art by ANDREA DIVITO
Cover by ANDY BRASE
We all know that Spider-Man's heroic career was inspired by Uncle
Ben's death after his speech about great power and great
responsibility... But what if Uncle Ben WASN’T the one who died? What
if Peter's mother figure, Aunt May had been the one in the path of
that bullet? How different would Peter's life have been?
32 PGS. / MARVEL PSR …$2.99
WHA... HUH?
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, STAN LEE, MARK MILLAR, J. MICHAEL
STRACZYNSKI, GARTH ENNIS, BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, PETER DAVID and everyone
else we could get our hands on!
Art & Cover by JIM MAHFOOD
Because clearly Bendis doesn't have enough books to write this month,
the big baby bullied Marvel's upper management into green-lighting
this ridiculous pile of silly nonsense! In the great tradition of NOT
BRAND ECHH and the old humor issues of WHAT IF?, WHA...HUH? asks the
questions that no one really cares about...
What if the Identity Crisis happened in the Marvel Universe?
What if Modok has an itch?
What if Kevin Smith finished his books?
Bendis reteams with hilarious Clerks artist Jim Mahfood and all the
best Marvel scribes—Mark Millar, JMS, Garth Ennis and a ton of
others—to make the dumbest comic published this year. No one is safe!
This comic WILL NOT feature seventeen variant covers of Wolverine.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
WHAT IF DR. DOOM HAD BECOME THE THING?
Written by KARL KESEL
Pencils & Cover by PAUL SMITH
How could the Fantastic Four's strongest member also be their
deadliest enemy? A seemingly minor decision made long before the FF
even existed could have changed everything for the World's Greatest
Super-Team, Victor Von Doom... and even the Incredible Hulk! And
that's just for starters...
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
WHAT IF MAGNETO HAD FORMED THE X-MEN WITH PROFESSOR X?
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Art by CULLY HAMNER
Cover by Young Guns Artist JIM CHEUNG!
X-Men legend Chris Claremont joins with the hotshot artistic team of
Cully Hamner (inside) and Jim Cheung (outside) to ask a question that
MUST be answered only with speculation. Imagine a world where the
Master of Magnetism had chosen a different path. Or perhaps he could
have swayed Xavier from his own beliefs? These two legends stalk the
halls of X-Men Canon, and at last the question is asked, "What if
things had been different?"
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
WHAT IF GENERAL ROSS HAD BECOME THE HULK?
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by BART SEARS
Cover by GARY FRANK
Meet again, for the first time, General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross...
a veteran army officer who believes that the time for talk is long
past, and all that matters is his country's ability to develop weapons
that will annihilate its enemies. Experience with him what happens
when he himself becomes the mightiest weapon on two legs...but is
trapped within that weapon, unable to communicate with former allies
who only want to destroy him.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
NEW THUNDERBOLTS #3
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA with KURT BUSIEK
Pencils & Cover by TOM GRUMMETT
"ZEROES TO HEROES" PART 3 (OF 6)
After last month's explosive conclusion, the United Nations building
is going to collapse -- unless the new Thunderbolts trapped inside are
willing to risk their lives to stop it. Does this new team have the
backbone to support the hopes and dreams of an entire city?
Guest-starring Spider-Man, who knows a thing or two about heavy
burdens! Meanwhile, Fathom 5 strikes again! Baron Strucker gets the
point! Our final team member makes a radioactive entrance! And we
debut the All-New... no, that would be telling...
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
MARVEL TEAM-UP #3
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art & Cover by SCOTT KOLINS
Something is going on. Something mysterious, mystical... magical. Reed
Richards doesn't know what to do. Luckily, Doctor Strange is able to
lend a helping hand, or spell or two. Will it be enough? Or will the
threat be too great for the combined might of the Fantastic Four and
Doctor Strange?! And what does it have to do with Latveria...and a man
called DOOM?
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
FANTASTIC FOUR #521
Written by MARK WAID
Pencils & Cover by MIKE WIERINGO
"GALACTUS" Part 2 (of 5)
Galactus's worst Herald ever – coincidentally a member of the FF – is
running out of time. So far, the mystery Herald has been able to stall
Galactus from sating his cosmic hunger -- but that luck won't hold
forever. What planet will be chosen as Galactus's next victim?
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
WARLOCK #4
Written by GREG PAK
Penciled by CHARLIE ADLARD
Cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
Created by the unparalleled scientific minds of the Enclave, and set
to usher the world into a new age, Adam Warlock is the salvation of a
world on the brink, but can this man-god grapple with the world’s
woes, or will his judgment be the end of everything?
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
ALPHA FLIGHT #10
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Pencils & Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
"DAYS OF FUTURE PRESENT, PAST PARTICIPLE" PART 2 (OF 4)
It’s the Attack of the Boxes! Alpha Flight’s foray into the
time-stream has only made things worse, and it is up to Centennial to
set things right! But will his time-jumping only make things even more
worse? Yeah, it probably will!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
SHE-HULK #10
Written by DAN SLOTT
Penciled by JUAN BOBILLO
Cover by MIKE MAYHEW
"TITANIA" PART 1 (OF 3)
Out of all of She-Hulk’s enemies, no one hates her more than TITANIA!
So what’s her beef? Where did all this hostility come from? What made
little Skeeter MacPherran into the angry Amazon she is today? And
what’s about to make her one of the deadliest threats in the Marvel
Universe? Special appearances by: THE ABSORBING MAN, SPIDER-WOMAN
(Julia Carpenter), and DOCTOR DOOM!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE FALCON #10
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Pencils by JOE BENNETT
Cover by HOWARD PORTER
"BROTHERS & KEEPERS (ADELPHOITE PHYLAXES)" PART 3 (OF 5)
The Falcon's increasingly erratic behavior has created sharp conflict
between Captain America and himself. While Cap works with S.H.I.E.L.D.
agent Ali Morales and S.H.I.E.L.D. commander Nick Fury to track down
the deadly A.I.M. leader M.O.D.O.K. and ferret out MODOK's connection
to rogue Naval Intelligence Admiral "Jimmy" Westbrook, Falcon proceeds
on his own track, unleashing the newly-restored and re-powered
Anti-Cap to help destroy the Rivas drug cartel, and, hopefully, bag
Admiral Jimmy and MODOK at the same time.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
[Close readers will note that Bennett is listed as the new ongoing
artist on HAWKMAN as well this month, which got people wondering what
would become of CAF. According to Priest's website, he will apparently
stay the regular artist on both series.]
NEW INVADERS #5
Written by ALLAN JACOBSEN
Penciled by C. P. SMITH
Cover by SCOTT KOLINS
"BLOOD" PART 2 (OF 2)
Journey into darkness with the INVADERS as they storm the subterranean
stronghold of the deadly BARONESS BLOOD to save the lives of
SPITFIRE's family! If you only buy one comic this month, make it two
and try NEW INVADERS, one of Marvel’s best new titles! By
superstar-in-waiting C.P. Smith and King of the Hill producer Allan
Jacobsen.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE: GOLDEN AGE MARVEL 2004
Written by RONALD BYRD & MICHAEL HOSKIN
Cardstock Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA & CHRIS SOTOMAYOR
The House of Ideas celebrates 65 years with a timely return to the
Golden Age of comics! OHOTMUGAM04 includes in-depth bios on more than
40 of Marvel’s most venerable heroes — from Angel to Yellow Claw!
Plus: an all-new cover by superstar artist Salvador Larroca, digitally
painted by Chris Sotomayor!
48 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #515
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Penciled by MIKE DEODATO, JR. & MARK BROOKS
Cover by GARY FRANK
"SKIN DEEP" PART 1 (OF 4)
When a former classmate of Peter Parker botches an ambitious
scientific experiment, it's Peter Parker who just might pay the
ultimate price, and learn a valuable lesson about great power and
great responsibility… Sound familiar? Don’t bet on it!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
SPIDER-MAN: INDIA #2
Written by Jeevan J. Kang, Suresh Seetharaman & Sharad Devarajan
Art & Cover by Jeevan J. Kang
As Pavitr Prabhakar comes to grips with his new powers--and the murder
of his Uncle Bhim--he learns a terrible piece of news that shatters
his life even further. Meanwhile, demon-possessed millionaire Nalin
Oberoi has set his sights on young Pavitr--and his plans include a
certain eight-armed doctor…
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #22
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Pencils & Cover by TALENT CALDWELL
PART 2 (OF 2)
Once he was the Mindworm, arch-nemesis of Spider-Man! But now he's a
lonely, forlorn beggar, trapped in an infernal triangle of poverty,
booze and dementia. How can Peter Parker help his one-time foe--and is
Spidey himself responsible for his pitiable condition?
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN #17
Written by TODD DEZAGO
Plot by STAN LEE and STEVE DITKO
Penciled by LOGAN LUBERA
Cover by ROGER CRUZ
"THE END OF SPIDER-MAN!"
Spider-Man Quits?! Following Spidey’s hasty exit from a battle with
the Green Goblin, J. Jonah Jameson has all of New York wondering if
our favorite Web-Slinger has indeed given up. And it’s a situation
that leaves Peter Parker wondering if in fact he should turn in his
web-shooters to stay at home and take care of his ailing Aunt May. All
this and the return of the Sandman, eager to take revenge on
Spider-Man for capturing him last time!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN #18
Written by TODD DEZAGO
Plot by STAN LEE and STEVE DITKO
Penciled by LOGAN LUBERA
Cover by ROGER CRUZ
"SPIDEY STRIKES BACK!"
Featuring The HUMAN TORCH!
With much of New York thinking that Spidey is washed up, and worse, a
coward, the Wall-Crawler has to put his best web forward to
re-establish himself as a hero and crime fighter. But before he can,
the Sandman, joining forces with The Enforcers, makes plans for the
biggest robbery ever--easier now that there’s no Spider-Man around to
stop them! But when the Human Torch gets in their way, it’s up to
Spidey to find and free his fiery pal before the bad guys can get away
with the loot!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #4
Inspired by GERRY CONWAY & ROSS ANDRU
Written by TODD DEZAGO
Penciled by RON LIM
Cover by RANDY GREEN
"OUT OF TIME"
Featuring SPIDER-MAN and THOR!
When a horde of trolls freezes time to launch surprise attacks on both
Earth and Asgard, Spider-Man and the mighty Thor find themselves the
only ones left to stand against the armies of Krillk the Conqueror!
It’s a battle of epic proportions as Spidey and the thunder god try to
figure out how to defeat the trolls--and restore the flow of time
itself!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$1.75
MARVEL AGE HULK #4
Written by MIKE RAICHT
Penciled by UDON COMICS’ RYAN ODAGAWA
Cover by SHANE DAVIS
Someone is framing the Hulk for destruction in Texas... and there's
only one other big green monster that could fit the bill! That's
right! It's the brawl you've been waiting for! The Hulk versus the
Abomination in a drag-out, knock-down, green-fisted fight! How do
these two monsters know each other?
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$1.75
SPIDER-GIRL #81
Written by Tom DeFalco
Pencils & Cover by Ron Frenz
When his daughter's crime spree leads to another confrontation with
Spider-Girl, Electro comes out of retirement to seek the help of his
old enemy Spider-Man.
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.99
JUBILEE #4
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Penciled by DEREC DONOVAN
Cover by CASEY JONES
Can you say, "She’s a firecracker?" You can if the "she" in question
is Jubilee -- one of Marvel’s mainstay X-Men mutants, at last in her
own series! Don’t miss a single explosion!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.99
MARVEL AGE FANTASTIC FOUR #9
Written by MARC SUMERAK
Penciled by ALITHA MARTINEZ
Cover by MAKOTO NAKATSUKA
The Fantastic Four face off against their most unusual foes
yet—bankruptcy and reality TV! (Oh, and that Namor guy is back, too!)
It's a new twist on a Lee & Kirby classic for the modern Marvel Age!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
MARVEL AGE FANTASTIC FOUR #10
Written by MARC SUMERAK
Penciled by ALITHA MARTINEZ
Cover by MAKOTO NAKATSUKA
The Fantastic Four's most dangerous foe finally returns! How did Dr.
Doom survive his exile in space...and what secrets has he brought back
with him that could destroy his sworn enemies once and for all? Find
out in this modern day retelling of a Marvel classic!
32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
EMMA FROST #18
Written by Karl Bollers
Penciled by Carlo Pagulayan
Cover by GREG HORN
"BLOOM" PART 6 (OF 6)
Say it ain’t so! With the love of her life on trial for his job, what
is Emma willing to do to save him? Also, don’t miss the ultimate
telepathic catfight!
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
THOR: SON OF ASGARD #11
Written by AKIRA YOSHIDA
Penciled by GREG TOCCHINI
Cover by JO CHEN
"WORTHY" PART 2 (OF 3)
When Sif is kidnapped by Frost Giants, Odin instructs Thor to stay and
guard the palace. But given his feelings for Sif, Thor would travel to
the gates of Hel itself to save her... and he just may have to!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
ELEKTRA: THE MOVIE
Written by SEAN MCKEEVER
Pencils by MIKE PERKINS
Photo Cover of JENNIFER GARNER
Jennifer Garner explodes onto the silver screen January 14, 2005! This
official adaptation of the movie is far more than the average comic,
as it’s chock-full of all the extras we could muster, including
interviews, pinups, handbook entries, elektra checklists and more.
Beat the crowds by close to two months with this special edition, just
in time for the holidays!
72 PGS. / MARVEL PSR…$5.99
MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #9
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by TERRY DODSON
"THE LAST STAND" PART 1 (OF 4)
In this 4-part conclusion to the super-story, the identity of Aunt
May’s abductor is finally revealed. But is that the villain who really
pulls the strings? The roller-coaster ride that is MARVEL KNIGHTS
SPIDER-MAN picks up speed, riding a corkscrew to its conclusion!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
BLACK WIDOW #4
Written by RICHARD K. MORGAN
Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ (Layouts by GORAN PARLOV)
Cover by GREG LAND
The Widow comes home to Moscow for the first time in ages -- and what
she finds there ain't pretty. The Motherland has changed a lot in the
years since Natasha left the KGB. Picking up the pieces of her lost
past leads her straight back to the elite black-ops training academy
known only as the Red Room..or what's left it. The secrets she
discovers about her training there will shatter her past and send
shockwaves deep into her future.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
BULLSEYE: GREATEST HITS #4
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by STEVE DILLON
Cover by MIKE DEODATO, JR.
PART 4 (OF 5)
Bullseye relives his crowning achievement, revealing a new wrinkle in
his tumultuous relationship with a certain female assassin.
Guest-starring Daredevil and Elektra!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR+ …$2.99
MADROX #4 (OF 5)
Written by Peter David
Penciled by Pablo Raimondi
Cover by David Lloyd
PART 4 (OF 5)
A stunning revelation about his ladylove shocks Madrox as he seeks to
discover the nature of Vance's "final solution for the mutant
problem." But as a trap is sprung in a blazing warehouse, Madrox finds
his greatest opposition may be closer than he suspected. Meanwhile,
Rahne squares off against a cheating spouse who will do whatever it
takes--including killing Rahne--to cover his tracks.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
DISTRICT X #8
Written by DAVID HINE
Penciled by LAN MEDINA
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
"UNDERGROUND" PART 2 (OF 6)
As the mystery of the creature underneath the streets deepens, a more
personal matter threatens Bishop and Ismael’s friendship. THE sleeper
hit of X-Men Reload – District X rolls on, now adorned with beautiful
Rodolfo Migliari covers!
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
ELEKTRA: THE HAND #5
Written by AKIRA YOSHIDA
Penciled by CHRISTIAN GOSSETT & JIM CHUENG
Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
PART 5 (OF 5)
Betrayed by the very group he helped create, Yoshioka and Eliza take
on The Hand in this pulse-pounding climax. Do these two warriors stand
a chance against the most powerful samurai in all Japan? And what
impact will this fateful battle have on the Marvel Universe, and The
Hand's place in it? The stunning conclusion that ties the past to the
present!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
DAREDEVIL #68
Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Art & Cover by Alex Maleev
"GOLDEN AGE" PART 3 (OF 4)
The epic Daredevil anniversary storyline continues, traversing three
different eras in Daredevil's life. As Matt Murdock's past catches up
with him, the original Kingpin is there to deal the punishment!
Featuring stunning artwork by Alex Maleev in a style you've never seen
before!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
HULK & THING: HARD KNOCKS #4
Written by BRUCE JONES
Art & Cardstock Cover by JAE LEE
Thing…fight…dirty…Hulk…smash! It’s the final round of the ultimate
slugfest, courtesy of Bruce Jones and superstar artist Jae Lee. Think
you know everything about the unique relationship between this pair?
Guess again.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$3.50
TOMB OF DRACULA #3
Written by ROB RODI
Penciled by JAMIE TOLAGSON
Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
PART 3 (OF 6)
As Dracula undergoes a violent physical transformation that might
result in the extermination of the human race, Blade and his team of
vampire hunters race toward Castle Dracula only to find themselves
under assault by the first wave of alpha-vampires who are sworn to
protect their master.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR+ …$2.99
STOKER'S DRACULA #2
Written by ROY THOMAS
Art and Cardstock Cover by DICK GIORDANO
PART 2 (OF 4)
The horror continues as Dracula makes his way to England and sets his
sights on Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker. This issue finishes
reprinting the previously serialized B&W ink-wash adaptation of Bram
Stoker's Dracula, and continues with the first pages of all-new
artwork in almost 30 years! Every 6 weeks another issue will arise.
B&W/48 PGS./ MARVEL PSR ...$3.99
STRANGE #3 (of 6)
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI & SAMM BARNES
Pencils & Cardstock Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
PART 3 (OF 6)
Brash young surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange is on a collision course with
destiny – a journey that will force him to search the deepest corners
of his own heart…and the outer reaches of the cosmos!
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$3.50
[Always a miniseries? Series of miniseries? Cancelled ongoing? Take
your pick...]
MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 #13
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by JIM MUINEZ
Cover by FRANK CHO
"EYES WITHOUT A FACE" PART 1 (OF 2)
It’s good news all around-not just for the FF, who have reclaimed
their status as New York’s premiere super hero team-but for their
friend and ally Alicia Masters. After a lifetime of darkness, the
blind sculptress’s eyesight has been restored by her father Philip
Masters-the seemingly reformed villain Puppet Master-but at what cost?
Either all is as it seems…or darker forces are at work.
32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$3.50
SUPREME POWER #14
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Pencils & Cover by GARY FRANK
"THE SQUADRON" PART 2 (OF 6)
It's high noon as Hyperion, Nighthawk and The Blur have a long-overdue
showdown with the super-powered serial killer that has been
terrorizing the nation. Find out here if the newly formed squadron
makes it out of this fight alive!
32 PGS./PARENTAL ADVISORY …$2.99
PUNISHER #15
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Penciled by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover by TIM BRADSTREET
"MOTHER RUSSIA" PART 3 (OF 6)
Frank Castle cuts a bloody swath through Russia, where a lot of bad
men need to be punished…
32 PGS./PARENTAL ADVISORY …$2.99
PUNISHER: RED XMAS
Written by JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY
Art & Cover by MARK TEXEIRA
'Tis the season... for revenge. Following an eight casket funeral, a
group of vengeful mob widows go holiday shopping for the perfect
assassin to take down the man responsible -- and enlist the services
of the lovely and lethal Sicilian assassin known as Suspiria.
48 PGS. / PARENTAL ADVISORY . . . $3.99
POWERS #7
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art & Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
BRAND-NEW STORY ARC! One of the great defenders of the city's dark
streets has been murdered... by a cop. And how does this affect the
burgeoning career of the new Retro Girl? Cops, capes and super hero
mayhem from the writer of the Avengers and Daredevil. A perfect
jumping-on point!
• Nominated for the Eisner for Best Writer of the Year!
32 PGS./MATURE …$2.95
powers is TM & © 2004 Jinxworld Inc., 2004. All Rights Reserved.
ULTIMATES V.2 #1 POSTER
Art by Bryan Hitch
24” x 36” / FC ...$5.95
MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL TPB
Written by ROBERT AGUIRRE-SACASA, TOM DEFALCO, ROY THOMAS, CHRIS
CLAREMONT, DAVID MICHELINIE & PETER DAVID
Penciled by ROSS ANDRU, JOHN BYRNE, TODD MCFARLANE, BILL JAASKA & MORE
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
In the merry Marvel tradition comes a holiday special featuring three
brand-new stories, including a riff on "A Christmas Carol" starring
Spider-Man! Plus: Treat yourself to a hardy helping of yuletide yarns
from holidays past…
"Have Yourself a Sandman Little Christmas," Marvel Team-Up #1 (1971) –
Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four’s Human Torch tackle the Sandman on
Christmas Eve!
"Demon," Uncanny X-Men #143 (1980) – Home alone on Christmas Eve,
Kitty Pryde – the X-Men’s newest and youngest member – finds her
training tested by an inhuman pursuer!
"Down and Out in Forest Hills," Amazing Spider-Man #314 (1988) – Peter
and Mary Jane are evicted from their apartment – just in time for
Christmas!
"Rhino Plastered," Incredible Hulk #378 (1990) – What happens when a
lonely super-villain scores a job as a department-store Santa? Two
words: "Hulk smash!"
144 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$15.99
UNCANNY X-MEN: THE NEW AGE VOL. 1: THE END OF HISTORY TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Pencils & Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Beloved X-Men writer Chris Claremont returns to the title he made
famous, joined by frequent collaborator Alan Davis — no stranger to
UNCANNY X-MEN himself, having written and drawn the series several
years ago. New alliances are forged as old friendships are rekindled,
but one thing is certain: The X-Men will never be the same! With the
team split in two, the Uncanny X-Men must face the unbridled force of
the Fury on two sides of the globe! Will the villain’s
"divide-and-conquer" plan prove to be the X-Men’s ultimate undoing?
Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN #444-449.
144 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$12.99
NEW X-MEN: ACADEMY X VOL. 1: CHOOSING SIDES TPB
Written by NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS & CHRISTINA WEIR
Penciled by RANDY GREEN & STAZ JOHNSON
Cover by RANDY GREEN
The children at the X-Mansion thought they had it tough when Professor
X was running things – but now that Cyclops and Emma Frost have taken
over the reins of the school, they're wishing for the simpler times of
yesterday! As a new semester begins at the Xavier Institute, the
X-Men-in-training are just getting comfortable with one another as the
devastating news hits: The teachers plan to separate them into
different squads! What happens when best friends are torn from one
another in the name of school policy? And what do the New X-Men do
about it?
144 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$14.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL. 1: GIFTED TPB
Written by JOSS WHEDON
Pencils & Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
Dream-team creators Joss Whedon (TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and
John Cassaday (Planetary, CAPTAIN AMERICA) present the explosive,
all-new flagship X-Men series – marking a return to classic greatness
and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men! Cyclops and Emma
Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the
world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly
hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get
started? As demand for the "mutant cure" reaches near-riot levels, the
X-Men go head-to-head with the enigmatic Ord, with an unexpected ally
– and some unexpected adversaries -- tipping the scales! Collects
ASTONISHING X-MEN #1-6.
144 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$14.99
X-MEN: DREAM'S END TPB
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, JOE PRUETT & ROBERT WEINBERG
Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, THOMAS DERENICK &
MICHAEL RYAN
Cover by IAN CHURCHILL
The death of Colossus, reprinted here for the first time! For too long
mutants were threatened by the twin specters of the Legacy Virus and
anti-mutant politics. Now, the X-Men hope to end both threats, but at
what cost to their oldest and dearest? Are there deaths from which
even the X-Men can't return? Featuring Mystique, Cable and the last
issue of Bishop's solo series!
192 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$17.99
MYSTIQUE VOL. 3: UNNATURAL TPB
Written by SEAN MCKEEVER
Illustrated by MANUEL GARCIA
Cover by MIKE MAYHEW
When everyone's favorite shape-shifting secret agent is sent to Europe
to investigate a biotech company rumored to be using mutants as guinea
pigs, she discovers a mystery far greater than anything she'd
imagined! As Mystique and Shortpack get closer to their objective,
they must confront a new revelation: that someone is selling transient
mutants as guinea pigs, slaves and worse! Will Mystique go after this
mutant-selling scum, or will she allow her personal crisis to tear her
apart first?
120 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$13.99
WOLVERINE: THE END TPB
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Pencils & Cover by CLAUDIO CASTELLINI
Marvel’s critically acclaimed THE END line continues with a look at
the final days in the life of Logan – the man called Wolverine! It’s
the distant future, and a series of strange events sends the aging
Wolverine on a globe-spanning quest to find the final truths behind
his origin. But when he encounters a mysterious figure from his past,
everything he thought he knew is turned upside-down! It’s the end of a
legend, written by the man who brought you the beginning of the story,
Paul (ORIGIN) Jenkins!
144 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$14.99
AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED: THOR TPB
Written by MIKE AVON OEMING
Illustrated by ANDREA DIVITO
Ragnarok appears to have come for the gods of Asgard, and only Thor
and his Avengers allies might be able to stave off that fate – but
will the Thunder God be Asgard’s savior, or the architect of its
downfall? In search of new wisdom, Thor must repeat the ordeals of
Odin – and the price may be too terrible for even an immortal to pay!
Beset on all sides by treacherous foes from his past, the God of
Thunder leads the tattered remnants of the forces of Asgard on a
desperate quest, as the Realm Eternal burns. Collects THOR #80-85.
144 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$14.99
AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED: CAPTAIN AMERICA TPB
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN & PRIEST
Illustrated by SCOT EATON & JOE BENNETT
Cover by STEVE EPTING
Captain America and Diamondback are reunited after all these years –
but their reunion is bittersweet, as Cap is consumed with remorse over
recent cataclysmic events involving the Avengers. Meanwhile, all is
not right within the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. How is it that Nick
Fury is completely unaware? And what does all this have to do with a
certain Red-Skulled villain who’s been lurking in the background?
Plus: Finding himself a fugitive from justice, the Falcon must battle
his way past elite naval operatives – even as Cap is forced to choose
between his partner and his principles while suffering an enigmatic
battle fatigue that replays his worst failure and presents the Scarlet
Witch as his only refuge. Collects CAPTAIN AMERICA #29-32 and CAPTAIN
AMERICA AND THE FALCON #5-7.
168 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$17.99
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 4: DISASSEMBLED TPB
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Illustrated by MICHAEL RYAN & HUMBERTO RAMOS
Spider-Man's life is thrown into turmoil as he begins to undergo a
shocking transformation – one that may well leave the web-slinger
scarred forever! What is the cause of this strange mutation – and how
does it connect to the troubles plaguing the Avengers? Betrayed by his
body and suffering the painful effects of his slow transformation from
man to arachnid, Spidey must confront the architect of his
metamorphosis – the Queen! But only Captain America holds the key to
her defeat! Collects SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #15-20.
144 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$14.99
FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 5: DISASSEMBLED TPB
Written by MARK WAID & KARL KESEL
Illustrated by PACO MEDINA & MIKE WIERINGO
Manhattan is cut off from the rest of the world by a fleet of
miles-high alien spacecraft –and that's just the beginning! With the
Avengers in disarray, New York reluctantly turns to the
disenfranchised Fantastic Four, the only heroes in town, to save them
– but where to even start? And which member of the team will make a
decision that will radically change the Fantastic Four for some time
to come? Plus: Witness the genesis of an all-new, all-twisted
Frightful Four! Collects FANTASTIC FOUR #514-519.
144 PGS./ MARVEL PSR …$14.99
AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED: IRON MAN: TPB
Written by MARK RICKETTS & JOHN JACKSON MILLER
Illustrated by TONY HARRIS & JORGE LUCAS
Some think Tony Stark has lost his battle with the bottle. Others
think he can't control his violent temper. Some think he's a homicidal
maniac. Even his closest friends are beginning to doubt him, wondering
why he won't fend off these accusations. But Stark’s self-imposed
exile is cut short, as Iron Man must face off against his evil
doppelganger, which has embarked on a murderous rampage aimed at those
in charge of Stark Enterprises! Only one of them can remain standing.
And even the victor is under threat of extinction. Collects IRON MAN
#84-89.
144 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$14.99
FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES: JOHN BYRNE VOL. 3 TPB
Written by JOHN BYRNE
Pencils & Cover by JOHN BYRNE
Not since the days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the trailblazers of the
Marvel Universe, had someone so perfectly captured the intense mood,
cosmic style and classic sense of adventure of Marvel’s first family
of super heroes. Writer/artist John Byrne launched the Fantastic Four
into realms where few creators before had dared to go. Now, the
collection of his classic run continues! Featuring a four-part epic
deep within the Negative Zone -- and the death of…Reed Richards?!
Plus: Galactus devours the Skrull homeworld, and the Fantastic Four
say goodbye to the Baxter Building! Guest-starring the Avengers!
Collects FANTASTIC FOUR #251-257 and ANNUAL #17, AVENGERS #233, and
THING #2.
264 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$24.99
[Yeesh, had to be this month along with a bunch of other
collections... Luckily DC shot their wad last month leaving almost
nothing for them this month.]
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL. 2: DOOM TPB
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
After a bizarre experiment unexpectedly imbued them with extraordinary
powers, high-school genius Reed Richards and his fellow adventurers
must learn to adapt to their amazing new situation. But before they
can even begin to get accustomed, former classmate Victor Van Damme –
who was caught in the same experiment that gave the Fantastic Four
their superhuman powers – returns to exact his revenge!
144 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$12.99
IDENTITY DISC TPB
Written by ROBERT RODI
Penciled by JOHN HIGGINS
Cover by TONY HARRIS
Six of Marvel’s most violent and cunning villains – Sabretooth,
Bullseye, the Juggernaut, Deadpool, Sandman and the Vulture – are
forced to work together by a mysterious agent who somehow knows every
dark and dirty secret in their violent lives. Their mission: to
retrieve the nearly priceless Identity Disc – purported to contain the
true identities, the home addresses and even the credit reports of
every hero in the Marvel Universe! Collects IDENTITY DISC #1-5.
120 PGS./ MARVEL PSR …$13.99
VENOM VS. CARNAGE TPB
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Pencils & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
What’s worse than one mayhem-producing symbiote? Two. What’s worse
than that? Three. That’s right: Venom’s offspring, Carnage, is about
to have a baby itself – a creature of indescribable power and
appetites. Question is, who’s gonna bring up baby? Quick – someone
call Spider-Man! Guest-starring Black Cat!
96 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$9.99
WHAT IF? CLASSIC VOL. 1 TPB
Written by ROY THOMAS, JIM SHOOTER & DON GLUT
Penciled by JIM CRAIG, HERB TRIMPE, GIL KANE, FRANK ROBBINS, GEORGE
TUSKA & RICK HOBERG
Cover by RON WILSON
Because YOU demanded it: The first six awe-inspiring issues of the
most awesomely offbeat series of all time -- collected in one
sense-staggering volume...
WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #1 - What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?
WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #2 - What if the Hulk Had Always Had Bruce Banner's
Brain?
WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #3 - What if the Avengers Had Never Been?
WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #4 - What if the Invaders Had Stayed Together After
World War Two?
WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #5 - What if Captain America and Bucky Had Both
Survived World War II?
WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #6 - What if the Fantastic Four Had Different
Super-Powers?
Six titanic tales of triumph and tragedy in the mighty Marvel
tradition!
224 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$24.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 2
Written by Stan Lee
Pencils by Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, John Romita and more!
Cover by John Romita
Hulk-inued at long last! After fifteen years the time has come for
Marvel’s Green Goliath to grace his second Marvel Masterworks
collection! Kicking off with a Hulk/Giant-Man thrown down, and pulling
no punches straight into a toe-to-toe with the mighty Hercules, Dr.
Robert Bruce Banner’s mean, green alter ego battles General
Thunderbolt Ross, the Leader and his Humanoids, the Executioner and
more communists than you can shake a tank at in this earth-shattering
series of scintillating slobberknockers! With art by no less than
Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby and Gil Kane in his first-ever Marvel tale,
well we needn’t say more—reserve your copy today, True Believer!
Collecting Tales to Astonish #59-79.
256 PGS./ALL AGES…$49.99
SPIDER-MAN: MAXIMUM CARNAGE TPB
Written by Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Terry Kavanagh & David
Michelinie
Penciled by Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle & Alex Saviuk
The perennial fan-favorite collection, back in print! Carnage, the
spawn of Venom, has assembled an army of Spider-Man's criminally
insane adversaries to spread his message of hostility, chaos and
wholesale slaughter: Carrion, Demogoblin, Shriek and the Spider-Man
Doppelganger! Outmanned and overpowered, the wall-crawler must recruit
his own band of super-beings to combat the rising tide of evil: Black
Cat, Cloak & Dagger, Firestar, Captain America, Deathlok and ...
Venom?! Spider-Man's worst enemy becomes his uneasy ally in the battle
to halt Carnage's mad rampage. But when he finds himself at odds with
a number of his allies, who want to finish Carnage and his cronies
once and for all, Spider-Man must decide whether to violate his
personal code of honor to rid the world of pure evil. Can the
web-slinger find an alternative before it's too late? Either choice
carries dire consequences! Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Vol. 1)
#378-380, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #201-203, SPIDER-MAN #35-37,
SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED #1 and #2, and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #101-103.
336 PGS./Marvel PSR …$29.99
[Anyone complaining about everything being like it was in the 90s all
over again needs to read this trade paperback. This is *real* dreck.]
-Ralf Haring
"The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener,
the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less."
-Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon
Christian Smith
Haring) wrote
>
>X-MEN #165
>Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
>Pencils by SALVADOR LARROCA
PLEASE tell me this isn't a joke...
Christian
--
"The Dark Phoenix may have been a threat to all life in the universe...
But she had great taste in costumes." (Rachel Summers Excalibur #65)
Ralf Haring
<chri...@jasdigital.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:49:39 GMT,har...@SPAMBLOCK.preypacer.com (Ralf
>Haring) wrote
>>
>>X-MEN #165
>>Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
>>Pencils by SALVADOR LARROCA
>
>PLEASE tell me this isn't a joke...
It's probably just a one-off holiday story. The new X-MEN writer had
been previously announced as Peter Milligan.
mike avera
Sean Walsh
>
> ULTIMATE X-MEN #54
> Written by Brian K. Vaughan
> Penciled by STUART IMMONEN
> Cover by Andy Kubert
> "LONGSHOT" PART 1 (OF 3)
> The introduction of Ultimate Longshot! It's the ultimate reality show
> as mutants convicted of capital crimes are released on an island
where
> they're hunted down by contestants. Longshot has survived longest and
> the X-Men are sent to rescue him—until they become part of the game
> themselves.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.25
>
> [Longshot is the mystery X-Man!]
*Sean slaps head*
THAT'S how you introduce Ultimate Longshot! A friggin' reality show! I
feel so dumb for not having seen this before now....... :)
> ASTONISHING X-MEN #8
> Written by Joss Whedon
> Pencils & Cover by John Cassaday
> "DANGEROUS" PART 3 (OF 6)
> Did you miss the return of Colossus last August? Were you the guy who
> said, "This book’s never going to stay on schedule, so you waited
for
> the trade paperback? Are you insane?! How can you wait!? Folks, if
> you’re missing this, you’re missing the best comic in comics right
> now! But, it’s not too late to jump on board.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
My God, I'm so sold by this solicit and what it tells me about this
issue is about that I'm ordering 20 COPIES for myself! ;p
> GAMBIT #5
Hey BTW......is he blind in this like he is in Austen's X-MEN?
> EXILES #55, #56, & #57
> Written by Tony Bedard
> Pencils & Cover by James Calafiore
> "BUMP IN THE NIGHT" PARTS 1, 2 & 3 (OF 3)
> The Exiles enter into a world of swords and sorcery that any true
> X-fan will enjoy! Guest-starring the villainy of Kulan Gath!
> 32 PGS. (each)/Marvel PSR (each) …$2.99 (each)
>
> [Triple shipping? Yikes.]
Hey, it's a good book. Imagine if we had triple shipping of Liefeld's
X-FORCE. (I sure can make believe the craziest things, can't I?)
> NEW AVENGERS #2
> Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
> Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
> "THE RAFT" PART 2 (OF 5)
> It’s high-octane Avengers action from the ongoing creative team that
> makes you trade your aunt Betty to Johnny down the block if you miss
> an issue! Think you saw it all in Disassembled? As Doom would say,
> "bah, fool!"
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
Okay, getting real tired of these "funny" solicits.
> WHA... HUH?
> Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, STAN LEE, MARK MILLAR, J. MICHAEL
> STRACZYNSKI, GARTH ENNIS, BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, PETER DAVID and everyone
> else we could get our hands on!
> Art & Cover by JIM MAHFOOD
> Because clearly Bendis doesn't have enough books to write this month,
> the big baby bullied Marvel's upper management into green-lighting
> this ridiculous pile of silly nonsense! In the great tradition of NOT
> BRAND ECHH and the old humor issues of WHAT IF?, WHA...HUH? asks the
> questions that no one really cares about...
> What if the Identity Crisis happened in the Marvel Universe?
> What if Modok has an itch?
> What if Kevin Smith finished his books?
> Bendis reteams with hilarious Clerks artist Jim Mahfood and all the
> best Marvel scribes—Mark Millar, JMS, Garth Ennis and a ton of
> others—to make the dumbest comic published this year. No one is
safe!
> This comic WILL NOT feature seventeen variant covers of Wolverine.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
Okay, I reverse my prior statement just for now and admit I really like
this. :)
> SHE-HULK #10
> Written by DAN SLOTT
> Penciled by JUAN BOBILLO
Actually, Juan's last issue is #8 as announced today (at Newsarama and
possibly other places). PAUL PELLETIER (Negation, Outsiders) takes over
and will be doing this ish, no doubt. :D
> [Close readers will note that Bennett is listed as the new ongoing
> artist on HAWKMAN as well this month, which got people wondering what
> would become of CAF. According to Priest's website, he will
apparently
> stay the regular artist on both series.]
When was the last time someone was a regular artist on a DC *and*
Marvel ongoing series? Sounds like
> OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE: GOLDEN AGE MARVEL 2004
WOW. And it doesn't sound like a shill for this Invaders series either.
(And like these other Handbooks it's written by some online folks too,
I do believe, so it's gonna be good) :)
> SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #22
> Written by PAUL JENKINS
> Pencils & Cover by TALENT CALDWELL
> PART 2 (OF 2)
> Once he was the Mindworm, arch-nemesis of Spider-Man! But now he's a
> lonely, forlorn beggar, trapped in an infernal triangle of poverty,
> booze and dementia. How can Peter Parker help his one-time foe--and
is
> Spidey himself responsible for his pitiable condition?
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
Mindworm?! Wowza. He hasn't been seen since, like, Spectacular Vol.1
#30 or so!
> EMMA FROST #18
Possibly the last issue, if the rumors are true? Solicit says nothing,
but that ain't new.
> STRANGE #3 (of 6)
> Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI & SAMM BARNES
> Pencils & Cardstock Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
> PART 3 (OF 6)
> Brash young surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange is on a collision course with
> destiny – a journey that will force him to search the deepest
corners
> of his own heart…and the outer reaches of the cosmos!
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$3.50
>
> [Always a miniseries? Series of miniseries? Cancelled ongoing? Take
> your pick...]
Too early to consider it a cancelled ongoing; #1 hasn't even shipped,
right? I suspect #1's gonna sell well but perhaps they (Marvel, the
creators, who knows) can't maintain the ongoing schedule or something
just yet.
> X-MEN: DREAM'S END TPB
> Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, JOE PRUETT & ROBERT WEINBERG
> Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, THOMAS DERENICK &
> MICHAEL RYAN
> Cover by IAN CHURCHILL
> The death of Colossus, reprinted here for the first time! For too
long
> mutants were threatened by the twin specters of the Legacy Virus and
> anti-mutant politics. Now, the X-Men hope to end both threats, but at
> what cost to their oldest and dearest? Are there deaths from which
> even the X-Men can't return? Featuring Mystique, Cable and the last
> issue of Bishop's solo series!
> 192 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$17.99
Bloody hell! These are the books I picked out of my X-Men collection to
keep as I sold the rest! Time to sell that now! :p
> FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES: JOHN BYRNE VOL. 3 TPB
> Written by JOHN BYRNE
> Pencils & Cover by JOHN BYRNE
Wait, has Vol.2 even shipped yet??
> SPIDER-MAN: MAXIMUM CARNAGE TPB
> Written by Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Terry Kavanagh & David
> Michelinie
> Penciled by Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle & Alex Saviuk
And I think a sign of the apocalypse is being unveiled before our eyes:
Maximum Carnage is being collected!
--
Sean
no_other
> ULTIMATES 2 #1
> Written by Mark Millar
> Pencils & Cover by Bryan Hitch
> PART 1 (OF 5)
> year since they stopped an alien invasion, and now things get hard.
> New members, new costumes and 12 months of gossip to catch up on!
> Who's getting married? Who's divorced? Who's gone nuts since we last
> saw them? Why, just in this first arc we see Ultimate Hulk, the secret
> origin of Ultimate Thor, and we get a look at the entire Ultimate
> everyone from the X-Men, Daredevil, Captain Britain and even The
> Defenders. Why are you reading this? Go reserve a copy NOW!
Uh, another try? Not big on this unless it comes out like monthly,
no sale unless the 'new characters' are really newer. Unlikely.
>
> ULTIMATE X-MEN #54
> Written by Brian K. Vaughan
> Penciled by STUART IMMONEN
> Cover by Andy Kubert
> "LONGSHOT" PART 1 (OF 3)
> The introduction of Ultimate Longshot! It's the ultimate reality show
> as mutants convicted of capital crimes are released on an island where
> they're hunted down by contestants. Longshot has survived longest and
> the X-Men are sent to rescue him?until they become part of the game
> themselves.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES ?$2.25
No sale.
>
> ASTONISHING X-MEN #8
> Written by Joss Whedon
> Pencils & Cover by John Cassaday
> "DANGEROUS" PART 3 (OF 6)
> Did you miss the return of Colossus last August? Were you the guy who
> said, "This book?s never going to stay on schedule, so you waited for
> the trade paperback? Are you insane?! How can you wait!? Folks, if
> you?re missing this, you?re missing the best comic in comics right
> now! But, it?s not too late to jump on board.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ?$2.99
Maybe, but I doubt it.
>
> X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR #1
> X-MEN #165
> UNCANNY X-MEN #453
> X-MEN: THE END: DREAMERS AND DEMONS #6
> X-FORCE #5
No, no, no, no, and.... no.
>
> EXCALIBUR #8
This horrid book isn't cancelled yet?? Worst of the X-Universe save
X-Force, maybe.
>
> NEW X-MEN #8
> Written by NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS & Christina Weir
> Penciled by Michael Ryan
> Cover by RandY Green
> "HAUNTED" PART 2 (OF 3)
> Something beyond comprehension is happening to the children on this
> street, in this school of mutants. One group of kids has taken it upon
> themselves as a last resort to try and stop it. Those kids are: The
> New Mutants.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ?$2.99
Maybe one to buy.
>
> EXILES #55, #56, & #57
> Written by Tony Bedard
> Pencils & Cover by James Calafiore
> "BUMP IN THE NIGHT" PARTS 1, 2 & 3 (OF 3)
> The Exiles enter into a world of swords and sorcery that any true
> X-fan will enjoy! Guest-starring the villainy of Kulan Gath!
> 32 PGS. (each)/Marvel PSR (each) ?$2.99 (each)
Hmmmmm. Maybe, likely not.
>
> YOUNG GUNS 2004 SKETCHBOOK
> Special Previews of upcoming projects by JOHN ROMITA JR. & GREG LAND!
> Pencils & sketches by Young Guns Artists OLIVIER COIPEL, JIM CHEUNG,
> DAVID FINCH, ADI GRANOV, TREVOR HAIRSINE and STEVE MCNIVEN
> Since being anointed as THE up-and-coming artists to watch for over
> the next few years, interest in Marvel?s Young Guns has reached a
> fever pitch! Each artist has a major project coming from the House of
> Ideas in 2005, and each is guaranteed to be hotter than a smoking gun!
> NOW, as excitement builds, Marvel is pleased to offer this special
> edition sketchbook preview featuring just a sampling of art so good,
> it?s making the entire industry sit up and notice.
> And if that?s not enough, this sketchbook gives you a glimpse at two
> upcoming projects from two of Marvel?s WMDs, John Romita, Jr. & Greg
> Land! This is THE ONLY PLACE you?ll see these pages in all their
> penciled glory, so don?t miss it!
> 48 PGS. / B&W / MARVEL ALL AGES ?$3.99
Maybe, see what else is said about this. Depends on what "new
projects". Another X-book, blah, Uncanny Alpha Flight better.
> ALPHA FLIGHT #10
> Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
> Pencils & Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
> "DAYS OF FUTURE PRESENT, PAST PARTICIPLE" PART 2 (OF 4)
> It's the Attack of the Boxes! Alpha Flight's foray into the
> time-stream has only made things worse, and it is up to Centennial to
> set things right! But will his time-jumping only make things even more
> worse? Yeah, it probably will!
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ?$2.99
Finally, one on my pull list already. Interesting storyline and not
dumb characters. The Anti-Excalibur (Or anti-Austen) in terms of
characters. Hope action isn't totally left out for humour, this
storyline has so much potential.
Grey Wolf
>
>ULTIMATE SECRET #1
>Written by WARREN ELLIS
>Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist STEVE MCNIVEN
>PART 1 (OF 4)
>A new propulsion system devised by the U.S. government puts Mars just
>days away. It creates interplanetary opportunities unprecedented for
>the human race. But someone — or something – wants Earth’s progression
>into space to STOP. Let’s see what that means to the ULTIMATES and the
>ULTIMATE FF! And who is that mysterious white and green figure on the
>cover above? Find out this December!
>32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES …$2.99
Hmm, is this the first Ultimate mini for the price of $2.99? I think
so. I know in the past I've lauded the Ultimate books at being pretty
darn good and still only $2.25... perhaps I spoke too soon. I'm gonna
have to pass on this one.
>EXILES #55, #56, & #57
>Written by Tony Bedard
>Pencils & Cover by James Calafiore
>"BUMP IN THE NIGHT" PARTS 1, 2 & 3 (OF 3)
>The Exiles enter into a world of swords and sorcery that any true
>X-fan will enjoy! Guest-starring the villainy of Kulan Gath!
>32 PGS. (each)/Marvel PSR (each) …$2.99 (each)
>
>[Triple shipping? Yikes.]
I have never read an issue of EXILES yet... but the presence of Kulan
Gath might be enough to entice me to check this out.
>NEW AVENGERS #2
>Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
>Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
>"THE RAFT" PART 2 (OF 5)
>It’s high-octane Avengers action from the ongoing creative team that
>makes you trade your aunt Betty to Johnny down the block if you miss
>an issue! Think you saw it all in Disassembled? As Doom would say,
>"bah, fool!"
>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
Trade my aunt Betty to Johnny down the block? OK, is Stan Lee writing
these December blurbs?!?!?!?
>
>CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
>Written by ED BRUBAKER
>Pencils & Cover by STEVE EPTING
>Cap is awakened in the dead of the night by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who
>need the kind of help only he can provide. But the corpse he finds on
>the Heli-carrier brings him face-to-face with the unthinkable, and
>opens doors to terror and manipulation that he never dreamed possible.
>Award-winning writer Ed Brubaker and phenomenal artist Steve Epting
>kick it into high gear, and fans will be stunned!
>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
I was planning on picking up #1 due to the creative team, but this
blurb for #2 sounds interesting enough for me to consider ordering the
first four issues or so.
>WHAT IF JESSICA JONES HAD JOINED THE AVENGERS?
>Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
>Art by MICHAEL GAYDOS
>Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
>Ripped from the pages of the Avengers and fan-favorite Alias – Jessica
>Jones, ex-superhero private eye was once tapped to join the Avengers,
>but chose not to and gave up being a super-hero altogether. But what
>if she had taken the job? The events that followed shake up both the
>Avengers and Jessica's life in ways no one could have guessed. Could
>Jessica have saved the Avengers from the disasters of Disassembled?
>For the first time ever Avengers' writer Brian Bendis reunites with
>Alias artist Michel Gaydos, with a special cover by Avengers’ artist
>David Finch.
>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
Hmm, except for the link to Avengers Disassembled, this would probably
be a really good book (especially if you loved Alias).
>
>WHAT IF KAREN PAGE HAD LIVED?
>Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & KEVIN SMITH
>Art by ALEX MALEEV
>Cover by JOE QUESADA
>The worst thing that ever happened to Daredevil was watching his one
>true love Karen Page die in his arms after a brutal attack by his
>archenemy Bullseye. The events that followed spiraled Matt Murdock's
>life out of control and he has never recovered.The award-winning team
>behind DD's monthly book join DD legends Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada
>in this shocking once-in-a-lifetime look at Daredevil.
>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
Sure, how many suckers are going to sign up for this and wait for 3
years before it gets published? Not me.
>
>WHA... HUH?
>Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, STAN LEE, MARK MILLAR, J. MICHAEL
>STRACZYNSKI, GARTH ENNIS, BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, PETER DAVID and everyone
>else we could get our hands on!
>Art & Cover by JIM MAHFOOD
>Because clearly Bendis doesn't have enough books to write this month,
>the big baby bullied Marvel's upper management into green-lighting
>this ridiculous pile of silly nonsense! In the great tradition of NOT
>BRAND ECHH and the old humor issues of WHAT IF?, WHA...HUH? asks the
>questions that no one really cares about...
>What if the Identity Crisis happened in the Marvel Universe?
>What if Modok has an itch?
>What if Kevin Smith finished his books?
>Bendis reteams with hilarious Clerks artist Jim Mahfood and all the
>best Marvel scribes—Mark Millar, JMS, Garth Ennis and a ton of
>others—to make the dumbest comic published this year. No one is safe!
>This comic WILL NOT feature seventeen variant covers of Wolverine.
>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
I admit, this will get a glance-through from me at the comic shop.
>
>WHAT IF MAGNETO HAD FORMED THE X-MEN WITH PROFESSOR X?
>Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
>Art by CULLY HAMNER
>Cover by Young Guns Artist JIM CHEUNG!
>X-Men legend Chris Claremont joins with the hotshot artistic team of
>Cully Hamner (inside) and Jim Cheung (outside) to ask a question that
>MUST be answered only with speculation. Imagine a world where the
>Master of Magnetism had chosen a different path. Or perhaps he could
>have swayed Xavier from his own beliefs? These two legends stalk the
>halls of X-Men Canon, and at last the question is asked, "What if
>things had been different?"
>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
I will have to get this, not so much due to the X-Men or Claremont,
but because I love Hamner's work.
>
>SHE-HULK #10
>Written by DAN SLOTT
>Penciled by JUAN BOBILLO
>Cover by MIKE MAYHEW
>"TITANIA" PART 1 (OF 3)
>Out of all of She-Hulk’s enemies, no one hates her more than TITANIA!
>So what’s her beef? Where did all this hostility come from? What made
>little Skeeter MacPherran into the angry Amazon she is today? And
>what’s about to make her one of the deadliest threats in the Marvel
>Universe? Special appearances by: THE ABSORBING MAN, SPIDER-WOMAN
>(Julia Carpenter), and DOCTOR DOOM!
>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.99
I can't wait for this. By the way, whatever happened to Spider-Woman
(Julia Carpenter)? Wasn't she in West Coast Avengers or something
after Secret Wars? And I'm surprised Molecular Man wasn't tapped to
appear in this story.
>WHAT IF? CLASSIC VOL. 1 TPB
>Written by ROY THOMAS, JIM SHOOTER & DON GLUT
>Penciled by JIM CRAIG, HERB TRIMPE, GIL KANE, FRANK ROBBINS, GEORGE
>TUSKA & RICK HOBERG
>Cover by RON WILSON
>Because YOU demanded it: The first six awe-inspiring issues of the
>most awesomely offbeat series of all time -- collected in one
>sense-staggering volume...
>WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #1 - What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?
>WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #2 - What if the Hulk Had Always Had Bruce Banner's
>Brain?
>WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #3 - What if the Avengers Had Never Been?
>WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #4 - What if the Invaders Had Stayed Together After
>World War Two?
>WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #5 - What if Captain America and Bucky Had Both
>Survived World War II?
>WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #6 - What if the Fantastic Four Had Different
>Super-Powers?
>Six titanic tales of triumph and tragedy in the mighty Marvel
>tradition!
>224 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$24.99
Uh oh, I was looking forward to NOT buying a TPB this month. Looks
like I might have to splurge again!
David
Ralf Haring
wrote:
>Ralf Haring wrote:
>>
>THAT'S how you introduce Ultimate Longshot! A friggin' reality show! I
>feel so dumb for not having seen this before now....... :)
I'm still patiently awaiting a collection of the Art Adams LONGSHOT
miniseries.
>> GAMBIT #5
>
>Hey BTW......is he blind in this like he is in Austen's X-MEN?
I think I read that he was not blind in his title but was in his team
appearances.
>> EXILES #55, #56, & #57
>>
>> [Triple shipping? Yikes.]
>
>Hey, it's a good book. Imagine if we had triple shipping of Liefeld's
>X-FORCE. (I sure can make believe the craziest things, can't I?)
I bailed after Bedard's third issue. It didn't live up to my NEGATION
expectations. I'll still give his next series a look though.
>> [Close readers will note that Bennett is listed as the new ongoing
>> artist on HAWKMAN as well this month, which got people wondering what
>> would become of CAF. According to Priest's website, he will
>> apparently stay the regular artist on both series.]
>
>When was the last time someone was a regular artist on a DC *and*
>Marvel ongoing series?
Not many can manage two monthly books. Bagley and Romita have been
Marvel exclusive for a while. Perhaps John Byrne was doing something
with DC back when X-Men: Hidden Years was coming out?
>Sounds like
Sounds like .....? Here's the quote from Bennett:
"Some minutes ago, I received an email from Priest about me leaving
Cap&Falcon. My answer is NO." --Joe
>> FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES: JOHN BYRNE VOL. 3 TPB
>> Written by JOHN BYRNE
>> Pencils & Cover by JOHN BYRNE
>
>Wait, has Vol.2 even shipped yet??
On May 26.
>> SPIDER-MAN: MAXIMUM CARNAGE TPB
>> Written by Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Terry Kavanagh & David
>> Michelinie
>> Penciled by Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle & Alex Saviuk
>
>And I think a sign of the apocalypse is being unveiled before our eyes:
>Maximum Carnage is being collected!
*Re*-collected actually. They're just going back to print on this
trade.
Ralf Haring
wrote:
>har...@SPAMBLOCK.preypacer.com (Ralf Haring) wrote in message news:<41473d2...@news.optonline.net>...
>>
>> ULTIMATES 2 #1
>
>no sale unless the 'new characters' are really newer. Unlikely.
Hitch is supposedly working on the fifth issue now. They've already
almost solicited this series once and held back to give him even more
lead time. I think they'll get the first arc out monthly, but not the
rest.
Ralf Haring
<phony...@phonyemail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:49:39 GMT, har...@SPAMBLOCK.preypacer.com (Ralf
>Haring) wrote:
>
>>NEW AVENGERS #2
>>Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
>>Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
>>"THE RAFT" PART 2 (OF 5)
>>It’s high-octane Avengers action from the ongoing creative team that
>>makes you trade your aunt Betty to Johnny down the block if you miss
>>an issue! Think you saw it all in Disassembled? As Doom would say,
>>"bah, fool!"
>>32 PGS./MARVEL PSR …$2.25
>
>Trade my aunt Betty to Johnny down the block? OK, is Stan Lee writing
>these December blurbs?!?!?!?
It's code. Betty Banner and Johnny Storm are joining the team.
>>WHAT IF JESSICA JONES HAD JOINED THE AVENGERS?
>
>Hmm, except for the link to Avengers Disassembled, this would probably
>be a really good book (especially if you loved Alias).
I'm betting they'll collect all these What Ifs in one collection. I'll
skip them all now.
>>SHE-HULK #10
>
>I can't wait for this. By the way, whatever happened to Spider-Woman
>(Julia Carpenter)? Wasn't she in West Coast Avengers or something
>after Secret Wars?
She was with the team from about #75 through #100 and went on to be a
part of Force Works as well.
Mike Milley
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Ralf Haring wrote:
>
> ULTIMATE X-MEN #54
> Written by Brian K. Vaughan
> Penciled by STUART IMMONEN
> Cover by Andy Kubert
> "LONGSHOT" PART 1 (OF 3)
> The introduction of Ultimate Longshot! It's the ultimate reality show
> as mutants convicted of capital crimes are released on an island
where
> they're hunted down by contestants. Longshot has survived longest and
> the X-Men are sent to rescue him-until they become part of the game
> themselves.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL ALL AGES .$2.25
>
> [Longshot is the mystery X-Man!]
*Sean slaps head*
THAT'S how you introduce Ultimate Longshot! A friggin' reality show! I
feel so dumb for not having seen this before now....... :)
> ASTONISHING X-MEN #8
> Written by Joss Whedon
> Pencils & Cover by John Cassaday
> "DANGEROUS" PART 3 (OF 6)
> Did you miss the return of Colossus last August? Were you the guy who
> said, "This book's never going to stay on schedule, so you waited
for
> the trade paperback? Are you insane?! How can you wait!? Folks, if
> you're missing this, you're missing the best comic in comics right
> now! But, it's not too late to jump on board.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR .$2.99
My God, I'm so sold by this solicit and what it tells me about this
issue is about that I'm ordering 20 COPIES for myself! ;p
> GAMBIT #5
Hey BTW......is he blind in this like he is in Austen's X-MEN?
> EXILES #55, #56, & #57
> Written by Tony Bedard
> Pencils & Cover by James Calafiore
> "BUMP IN THE NIGHT" PARTS 1, 2 & 3 (OF 3)
> The Exiles enter into a world of swords and sorcery that any true
> X-fan will enjoy! Guest-starring the villainy of Kulan Gath!
> 32 PGS. (each)/Marvel PSR (each) .$2.99 (each)
>
> [Triple shipping? Yikes.]
Hey, it's a good book. Imagine if we had triple shipping of Liefeld's
X-FORCE. (I sure can make believe the craziest things, can't I?)
> NEW AVENGERS #2
> Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
> Pencils & Cover by Young Guns Artist DAVID FINCH
> "THE RAFT" PART 2 (OF 5)
> It's high-octane Avengers action from the ongoing creative team that
> makes you trade your aunt Betty to Johnny down the block if you miss
> an issue! Think you saw it all in Disassembled? As Doom would say,
> "bah, fool!"
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR .$2.25
Okay, getting real tired of these "funny" solicits.
> WHA... HUH?
> Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, STAN LEE, MARK MILLAR, J. MICHAEL
> STRACZYNSKI, GARTH ENNIS, BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, PETER DAVID and everyone
> else we could get our hands on!
> Art & Cover by JIM MAHFOOD
> Because clearly Bendis doesn't have enough books to write this month,
> the big baby bullied Marvel's upper management into green-lighting
> this ridiculous pile of silly nonsense! In the great tradition of NOT
> BRAND ECHH and the old humor issues of WHAT IF?, WHA...HUH? asks the
> questions that no one really cares about...
> What if the Identity Crisis happened in the Marvel Universe?
> What if Modok has an itch?
> What if Kevin Smith finished his books?
> Bendis reteams with hilarious Clerks artist Jim Mahfood and all the
> best Marvel scribes-Mark Millar, JMS, Garth Ennis and a ton of
> others-to make the dumbest comic published this year. No one is
safe!
> This comic WILL NOT feature seventeen variant covers of Wolverine.
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR .$2.99
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR .$2.25
Mindworm?! Wowza. He hasn't been seen since, like, Spectacular Vol.1
#30 or so!
> EMMA FROST #18
Possibly the last issue, if the rumors are true? Solicit says nothing,
but that ain't new.
> STRANGE #3 (of 6)
> Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI & SAMM BARNES
> Pencils & Cardstock Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
> PART 3 (OF 6)
> Brash young surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange is on a collision course with
> destiny - a journey that will force him to search the deepest
corners
> of his own heart.and the outer reaches of the cosmos!
> 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR .$3.50
>
> [Always a miniseries? Series of miniseries? Cancelled ongoing? Take
> your pick...]
Too early to consider it a cancelled ongoing; #1 hasn't even shipped,
right? I suspect #1's gonna sell well but perhaps they (Marvel, the
creators, who knows) can't maintain the ongoing schedule or something
just yet.
> X-MEN: DREAM'S END TPB
> Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, JOE PRUETT & ROBERT WEINBERG
> Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, THOMAS DERENICK &
> MICHAEL RYAN
> Cover by IAN CHURCHILL
> The death of Colossus, reprinted here for the first time! For too
long
> mutants were threatened by the twin specters of the Legacy Virus and
> anti-mutant politics. Now, the X-Men hope to end both threats, but at
> what cost to their oldest and dearest? Are there deaths from which
> even the X-Men can't return? Featuring Mystique, Cable and the last
> issue of Bishop's solo series!
> 192 PGS./MARVEL PSR .$17.99
Marc-Oliver Frisch
: MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 #13
: Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
: Penciled by JIM MUINEZ
: Cover by FRANK CHO
: 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR .$3.50
Unless that's a typo, I guess this means that Marvel are now officially testing
the waters for another across-the-board price increase.
Count me out, folks.
--
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NedLeedsjr
>THAT'S how you introduce Ultimate Longshot! A friggin' reality show! I
>feel so dumb for not having seen this before now....... :)
Isn't that how he made his first post-mini series appearance? On Mojo's world
Reality TV game show?
Sean Walsh
> On 14 Sep 2004 15:14:34 -0700, "Sean Walsh" <mad...@comicboards.com>
> wrote:
> >Ralf Haring wrote:
> >>
> >THAT'S how you introduce Ultimate Longshot! A friggin' reality show! I
> >feel so dumb for not having seen this before now....... :)
>
> I'm still patiently awaiting a collection of the Art Adams LONGSHOT
> miniseries.
There was one done in the early '90s; had it, wasn't impressed. Since
Marvel seems to be reprinting some odd TPBs of late, there's always a
chance...
> >> EXILES #55, #56, & #57
> >>
> >> [Triple shipping? Yikes.]
> >
> >Hey, it's a good book. Imagine if we had triple shipping of Liefeld's
> >X-FORCE. (I sure can make believe the craziest things, can't I?)
>
> I bailed after Bedard's third issue. It didn't live up to my NEGATION
> expectations. I'll still give his next series a look though.
Well, Bedard's EXILES is living up to my EXILES expectations. Plus
it's working totally against the common practice of long storyarcs by
doing much shorter (and at times single-issue) stories.
> >> [Close readers will note that Bennett is listed as the new ongoing
> >> artist on HAWKMAN as well this month, which got people wondering what
> >> would become of CAF. According to Priest's website, he will
> >> apparently stay the regular artist on both series.]
> >
> >When was the last time someone was a regular artist on a DC *and*
> >Marvel ongoing series?
>
> Not many can manage two monthly books. Bagley and Romita have been
> Marvel exclusive for a while. Perhaps John Byrne was doing something
> with DC back when X-Men: Hidden Years was coming out?
>
> >Sounds like
>
> Sounds like .....?
"Something fairly historic" is what I was gonna say, I think. I've
seen people doing more than 1 monthly at 1 company, but more than 1 at
*2* isn't common place (especially these days when not many pencillers
can handle more than 1 regular book)
> >> FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES: JOHN BYRNE VOL. 3 TPB
> >> Written by JOHN BYRNE
> >> Pencils & Cover by JOHN BYRNE
> >
> >Wait, has Vol.2 even shipped yet??
>
> On May 26.
Wow, I sure missed that one by about a mile.
> >> SPIDER-MAN: MAXIMUM CARNAGE TPB
> >> Written by Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Terry Kavanagh & David
> >> Michelinie
> >> Penciled by Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, Ron Lim, Tom Lyle & Alex Saviuk
> >
> >And I think a sign of the apocalypse is being unveiled before our eyes:
> >Maximum Carnage is being collected!
>
> *Re*-collected actually. They're just going back to print on this
> trade.
Collected in the last couple years or (like LONGSHOT) something done
after it first came out?
--
Sean
W. Blaine Dowler
> no Essentials this month, eh?
Doesn't look like it. I'd heard that rumour earlier; it could be because
two are coming in October. (I hope it's not because they're ramping down
the program.)
--
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Christian Henriksson
har...@SPAMBLOCK.preypacer.com (Ralf Haring) sayeth thus:
>
>X-FORCE #5
>Written by Fabian Nicieza
>Pencils & Cover by Rob Liefeld
So, is the above true, or just another misprint?
Christian Henriksson
(christianhenriksson @ telia.com)
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Eat a pigeon every day."
Ralf Haring
wrote:
>
>> >> SPIDER-MAN: MAXIMUM CARNAGE TPB
>>
>> *Re*-collected actually. They're just going back to print on this
>> trade.
>
>Collected in the last couple years or (like LONGSHOT) something done
>after it first came out?
Oh yeah, old trade from the pre-Quesada
collect-random-crap-and-don't-keep-it-print school of thought.
Grey Wolf
Haring) wrote:
>>I can't wait for this. By the way, whatever happened to Spider-Woman
>>(Julia Carpenter)? Wasn't she in West Coast Avengers or something
>>after Secret Wars?
>
>She was with the team from about #75 through #100 and went on to be a
>part of Force Works as well.
>
Thanks Ralf.
Does anyone know if those issues of WCA or Force Works very good? I'm
curious if I should try to seek them out in the back issue bins, or
just wait for the recap.
David
jay
Ralf Haring
I only collected WCA intermittently past #75, but I don't remember
them being especially good. I was unimpressed by Thomas' work there
and on THOR at about the same time. You could probably pick up the
entire run really cheap on eBay.
David
The earlier issues in the WCA run weren't bad, particularly the arcs
that focused on Julia. It had pretty much fallen apart by the time
the title was axed, and the last few issues were kind of an abrupt
shuffle-off to set-up Force Works. And Force Works wasn't very good
at all, particularly for Spi. (She was reduced to the whiny,
mind-altered girlfriend by the end of the Crossing, ignoring her
daughter for Moonraker's sake.)
David
Nathan P. Mahney
I remember enjoying Force Works at the time, but I was roughly 14. I liked
the Clone Saga, so my opinion may not be valid.
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FabNic
>Lo and behold, on Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:49:39 GMT
>har...@SPAMBLOCK.preypacer.com (Ralf Haring) sayeth thus:
>
>>
>>X-FORCE #5
>>Written by Fabian Nicieza
>>Pencils & Cover by Rob Liefeld
>
>So, is the above true, or just another misprint?
>
Just a continuing misprint.
Rob = Everything But
Fabian = Words and Sound Effects
-- fabian
grinningdemon
I enjoyed the entire series but I think my favorite issues were #69
on...and I liked Julia as an addition to the team...I collected
Forceworks too but it didn't really impress me though I did like the
last few issues...but I liked the Crossing so...
Shawn H
: On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 04:31:10 GMT, har...@SPAMBLOCK.preypacer.com (Ralf
: Haring) wrote:
They were early Abnett and Lanning, and it was a strange version of the
team. A footnote, but some of it was cool (Wanda leading, for one;
their weird mountain base).
Shawn