Here is a list of Marvel’s comic book solicitations for January 2012.

FEAR ITSELF: THE FEARLESS #6 & #7 (OF 12)

CULLEN BUNN WITH MATT FRACTION & CHRIS YOST (W)

MARK BAGLEY & PAUL PELLETIER (A)

COVERS BY ARTHUR ADAMS

• Guest-starring the Avengers!

• Wolverine vs. Crossbones!

• Battle for the hammers on Project Pegasus!

32 PGS. (each)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (each)

AVENGERS ACADEMY #24

CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • TOM GRUMMETT (A)

COVER BY RODIN ESQUEJO

• X-23 and the all-new White Tiger go wild…but why?

• Who is the killer hiding amidst the newly expanded student body and their new campus?

• Welcome new artist Tom Grummett (INCREDIBLE HULKS)!

32 PGS./Rated T…$2.99

INCREDIBLE HULK #4

JASON AARON (W) • WHILCE PORTACIO (A)

COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The fight everyone’s been waiting for: HULK VS. BANNER!

• Banner unleashes an army of Hulked-out monsters!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3 .99

BATTLE SCARS #3 (OF 6)

CHRISTOPHER YOST WITH MATT FRACTION & CULLEN BUNN (W)

SCOT EATON (A)

COVER BY CARLO PAGULAYAN

• Deadpool joins the hunt for Marcus Johnson!

• The greatest secret in the Marvel Universe begins to unravel.

• Taskmaster knows more than he’s saying…and Marcus Johnson wants answers!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #7

ED BRUBAKER (W) •ALAN DAVIS (A/C)

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Cap struggles to find his faith while the new Hydra makes their first deadly moves.

• Best-selling Cap writer Ed Brubaker and superstar artist Alan Davis bring you action-packed espionage in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #633

COVER BY STEPHANIE HANS

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The Son of Satan guest-stars!

• Fallout from Fear Itself leaves thousands trapped in deadly fever dreams around the world.

• Why is it Loki’s fault? Again.

• And Leah of Hel discovers the wonder and consequence of milkshakes…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE MIGHTY THOR #10

MATT FRACTION (W) • PASQUAL FERRY (A/C)

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• TANARUS VS. HEIMDALL!

• THOR struggles to free himself before the DEMOGORGE consumes him and a starship full of other fallen gods!

• What did Loki and the Surfer find in the desert and how can it help a god no one can remember?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEFENDERS: TOURNAMENT OF HEROES #1

DAVID ANTHONY KRAFT (W)

SAL BUSCEMA & DON PERLIN (A)

COVER BY JOHN ROMITA JR.

• Who wants to be a Defender for a Day?

• When the gregarious Dollar Bill takes out an ad for new Defenders, heroes from all walks of life heed the call!

• The real Defenders are swamped — but they might just need all the extra muscle to defeat the hordes of villains that have come out of the woodwork!

• Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #62-65.

72 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$5.99

DEFENDERS #2

MATT FRACTION (W) • TERRY DODSON (A/C)

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

I AM A DEFENDER VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

• First mission – first fatality?

• What is the secret of Wundagore Mountain?

• The Defenders vs. the Breaker of Worlds!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #512

MATT FRACTION (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Can Tony Stark be trusted to pilot the Iron Man?

• The wave of super villain attacks by reinvented classic rogues continues!

• Bethany Cabe on the hunt for Spymaster!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS #21

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • RENATO GUEDES (A)

COVER BY DANIEL ACUÑA VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

•Storm is now an Avenger!

• How can the Avengers battle the combined forces of Hydra, AIM, the Hand, and H.A.M.M.E.R. under the leadership of Norman Osborn?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99 OF NORMAN OSBORN?

32 PGS./RATED T …$3.99

NEW AVENGERS #20

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A/C)

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The New Avengers vs. the Dark Avengers!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SECRET AVENGERS #21 & #21.1

ISSUE #21 WARREN ELLIS (W) • STUART IMMONEN (A)

#21 COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

SAVE THE WORLD.

• SOMETHING IS DANGEROUSLY AWRY IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY (O*N*E)…

32 PGS./RATED T+ …$3.99



ISSUE #21.1

RICK REMENDER (W) • PATCH ZIRCHER (A/C)

• CAPTAIN AMERICA AND HAWKEYE UNDERTAKE A MISSION TO THE RED LIGHT NATION, A COUNTRY RUN BY CRIMINALS FOR CRIMINALS!

• RICK REMENDER TAKES OVER AS THE NEW REGULAR SERIES WRITER WITH THIS INTRODUCTORY POINT ONE ISSUE.

32 PGS./RATED T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS 1959 #5 (OF 5)

HOWARD CHAYKIN (W/A/C)

• NICK FURY and his 1950s AVENGERS in a final confrontation with the AGENTS OF ICON!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS: SOLO #4 (OF 5)

JAN VAN METER (W)

WITH JIM MCCANN (W)

ROGER ROBINSON (A) WITH CLAYTON HENRY (A)

COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER MOVIE VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

• Hawkeye’s racing against time to clear the Avengers’ names!

• In his last-ditch effort to save his friends, Hawkeye must team with the very man he’s been charged with capturing!

• Meanwhile, the Avengers Academy vs. The West Coast Avengers!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE #9 (OF 9)

ALLAN HEINBERG (W) • JIM CHEUNG(A/C)

• The big climax that sets the stage big time for what is to come in 2012!

• Deaths and departures!

• The funeral of an Avenger.

• The final fate of the Scarlet Witch.

• A new lineup and a new direction for the Young Avengers.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS: X-SANCTION #2 (OF 4)

JEPH LOEB (W) • ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU

VARIANT COVER BY STEPHEN PLATT

• Cable toe-to-toe with Iron Man as his mission of annihilation continues!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS: ANNUAL #1

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • GABRIELE DELL’OTTO (A/C)

• Simon Williams and his Revengers believe the Avengers’ time is up and they’ve taken the fight right to the Avengers’ front door.

• From the creative team behind SECRET WAR.

48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T …$4.99

ALSO AVAILABLE:

NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #1

SECOND PRINTING VARIANT

ORDER USING THIS CODE: JUL118236

JOHN CARTER: A PRINCESS OF MARS #5 (OF 5)

ROGER LANGRIDGE (W)

FILIPE ANDRADE (A)

COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

• The thrilling climax to John Carter’s first Martian adventure!

• Families reunited! Regimes overthrown! And the final fate of John Carter revealed!

• The Wedding of Princess Dejah Thoris – but to whom?

• And the greatest danger Mars has ever faced – a threat to the very air itself!

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

JOHN CARTER: THE WORLDS OF MARS #4 (OF 4)

PETER DAVID (W)

LUKE ROSS (A)

COVER BY MICO SUAYAN

• The conclusion of the gripping four issue story featuring the popular Edgar Rice Burroughs characters in the Official Prequel to the greatly anticipated Disney film “John Carter of Mars.”

• The vital backstory of iconic characters Dejah Thoris and Tars Tarkas that ties directly into the film’s storyline continues here!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

TRADEMARKS ‘JOHN CARTER’, JCM DESIGN, ‘BARSOOM’ AND ‘PRINCESS OF MARS’ OWNED BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, INC. AND USED BY PERMISSION

HALO: FALL OF REACH – INVASION #1 (OF 4)

BRIAN REED (W) • FELIX RUIZ (A/C)

• The relentless Covenant has begun the invasion of the planet Reach!

• As their forces begin to overwhelm the UNSC, it becomes apparent that it is not a question of IF the Covenant will destroy Reach… but WHEN.

• Brian Reed and Felix Ruiz begin the final chapter of the Halo: Fall of Reach comic series!

32 PGS./17 & Up …$3.99

© 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, 343 Industries, the 343 Industries Logo, Halo, the Halo logo, Xbox, Xbox 360, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

NORTHANGER ABBEY #3 (OF 5)

NANCY BUTLER (W)

JANET LEE (A)

COVER BY JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO

• The gothic inspired Jane Austen masterpiece continues!

• It’s time for some soul searching as Catherine attempts to detach herself from the oafish John and strengthen her connection to Henry by meeting — and impressing — his family.

• Who are the mysterious Tilneys?

32 PGS./All Ages …$3.99

FORMIC WARS: SILENT STRIKE #2 (OF 5)

ORSON SCOTT CARD (W) & AARON JOHNSTON (W)

GIANCARLO CARACUZZO (A)

COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

• All-new prequel to the multiple award-winning best-seller, Ender’s Game!

•Victor fights for his life aboard the alien mothership!

•Captain O’Toole and his squad take on the Formic death squads!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

THE STAND: THE NIGHT HAS COME #6 (OF 6)

ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA (W) • MIKE PERKINS (A)

COVER BY TOMM COKER

• It’s the FINAL CHAPTER of Marvel’s epic adaptation of Stephen King’s horror masterpiece!

• The dust from Flagg’s last stand in Vegas has finally begun to settle, yet someone’s life still hangs in the balance…

• Frannie’s newborn baby, the great hope of the Boulder Free Zone, is infected with the super-flu, and there’s nothing Frannie and the others can do but wait…and pray…and hope.

• Trust us, True Believers, there won’t be a dry eye in the house as this critically acclaimed, fan-favorite saga draws to its close!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory…$3.99

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER – THE WAY STATION #2 (OF 5)

PETER DAVID (W) • LAURENCE CAMPBELL (A/C)

• The second chapter of our gunslinger’s adventures crossing the deadly Mohaine Desert!

• When Roland wakes in the Way Station, he finds a young boy who has lost his memory.

• But are those lost memories about Roland’s world . . . or ours?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory…$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #6

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • CHRIS SAMNEE (A)

COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY

• NEW ARC STARTS HERE!

• Miles must learn how to be a hero from Peter Parker!

• The new Ultimate Scorpion is introduced!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #6

NICK SPENCER (W) • PACO MEDINA (A)

COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

• The New X-Men make their valiant last stand against Stryker!

• Valerie Cooper struggles to fight back Quicksilver’s growing influence on the President.

• The Nimrod Sentinels make their move, exacting a deadly toll on mutantkind.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #6

COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

• Ultimate Falcon makes his triumphant return!

• The Ultimates are attacked from all sides!

• Nick Fury turns to the one man who can save the Ultimates!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SCARLET SPIDER #1

CHRISTOPHER YOST (W) • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN

VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

• Spinning out of Spider-Island, The Secrets of the Brand New Scarlet Spider stand revealed in 40 Pages!!

•Who is the new webbed wonder – and why has he come to face corruption in Houston, Texas?

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CARNAGE U.S.A. #2 (OF 5)

ZEB WELLS (W) • CLAYTON CRAIN (A/C)

• THE AVENGERS HAVE FALLEN TO CARNAGE!

• Only Spider-Man remains – but can he stop Carnage before the United States Government make a devil’s pact…with symbiotes?!

• Zeb Wells & Clayton Crain continue one town’s fight to survive madness in POPULATION: DIE!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #3

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY TBA

• The HOTTEST book of the Fall continues!

• Red Hulk is dead!

• Only Spider-Man stands in the way of the Subterranean invasion of Manhattan!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #677

MARK WAID (W) • EMMA RIOS (A)

COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS

VARIANT COVER BY LEE BERMEJO

• Spider-Man and Daredevil team up – Part One!

• When Black Cat is arrested, Matt Murdock is the only lawyer who will touch her (her case… we mean).

• The next great love triangle of the Marvel Universe begins!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

DAREDEVIL #8

MARK WAID (W) • KANO (A)

COVER BY PAOLO RIVERA

VARIANT COVER BY LEE BERMEJO

• Spider-Man and Daredevil team up – Part two!

• Picking up where ASM #677 left off, the next great love triangle of the Marvel Universe continues!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #678

DAN SLOTT (W) • HUMBERTO RAMOS (A)

COVER BY MICHAEL DEL MUNDO

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• NEW YORK CITY IS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF SPIDER-MAN!

• A glimpse of the future leaves Spider-Man with 12 hours to figure out how to stop it from happening.

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

VENOM #12

RICK REMENDER (W) • LAN MEDINA (A)

COVER BY TONY MOORE

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Pushed to his limits, Venom goes head to head with Jack O’Lantern!

• The Arch-foes fight through Vegas brings them face-to-Face – with Toxin?!

• Meanwhile, the Red Hulk closes in on public enemy number one – Venom!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #626

ED BRUBAKER & JAMES ASMUS (W)

FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (A/C)

• Captain America battles Bucky Barnes!

• Who is this uncanny twin to Cap’s first sidekick, and where did he come from?

• The deadly legacy of the original Human Torch and the mad android Adam II revealed!

32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

ALPHA FLIGHT #8

GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE (W)

DALE EAGLESHAM (C)

COVER BY CARLO PAGULAYAN

VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU

• THE FINAL ISSUE!

• The big showdown between Alpha Flight and the Master of the World!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #528

DAVID LISS (W)

SHAWN MARTINBROUGH (A)

COVER BY FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

• Kingpin vs. T’Challa for the fate of Hell’s Kitchen and Wakanda!

• Guest-starring: Lady Bullseye! Typhoid Mary! Falcon! Luke Cage!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SIX GUNS #4 (OF 5)

ANDY DIGGLE (W)

DAVIDE GIANFELICE (A)

COVER BY BUTCH GUICE

• Gunslingers close in on Tarantula, the renegade femme fatale!

• Powerful forces conspire to bring war to San Diablo…

• Only one misfit band of guns can prevent it… if they don’t kill each other first!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

LEGION OF MONSTERS #4 (OF 4)

DENNIS HOPELESS (W)

JUAN DOE (A/C)

• Elsa Bloodstone and the Legion discover the true monster!

• The world is at stake as the team faces an unkillable enemy!

• Horror, humor, heart, blood, and guts!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HULK #47

JEFF PARKER (W) • ELENA CASAGRANDE (A)

COVER BY CARLO PAGULAYAN

• RED SHE-HULK shows up to confront big daddy!

• The return of the villainous villainess, ZERO/ONE!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

FF #14

JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • JUAN BOBILLO (A)

COVER BY MIKE CHOI

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• ALL HOPE LIES IN DOOM, PART 3

• Find out why “All Hope Lies in Doom”!

32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #602

JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • BARRY KITSON (A)

COVER BY MIKE CHOI

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• FOREVER PART 3

• The Kree Empire vs. the Annihilation Wave… with Earth’s heroes in the middle!

• Galactus returns to judge the world!

32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

THE PUNISHER #7

GREG RUCKA (W) • MICHAEL LARK (A/C)

• One long ago night, as the Punisher battled Daredevil, one cop’s life was forever changed

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #9

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • ALEX MALEEV (A/C)

• MOON KNIGHT throws down with the KINGPIN OF LOS ANGELES!

• The Battle for LA’s Soul claims a life – one that will be felt throughout the Marvel U, all the way to Avengers Tower!

• Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev continue the adventures of Marvel’s Psyche-Splitting Superstar!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GHOST RIDER: CYCLE OF VENGEANCE #1

GARY FRIEDRICH, HOWARD MACKIE & DANIEL WAY (W)

MIKE PLOOG & JAVIER SALTARES (A)

COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU

• The demonic debuts of the original Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, and his grim successor, Dan Ketch!

• Johnny reclaims the power of his birthright — just in time to face down Hell itself!

• Collecting MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (1971) #5, GHOST RIDER (1990) #1 and GHOST RIDER (2006) #1.

96 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$5.99

WOLVERINE, PUNISHER & GHOST RIDER: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #6

VARIOUS (W)

• Watch history unfold as Marvel’s official chronicles continue! Synopses for dozens of comics — covering heroes, villains, teams and equipment, and providing vital chronological and behind-the-scenes information!

64 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GHOST RIDER #8

ROB WILLIAMS (W) • LEE GARBETT (A)

COVER BY MATT CLARK

• GUEST STARRING HAWKEYE!

• Ghost Rider, Hawkeye and Johnny Blaze face the twin furies Steel Wind and Steel Vengeance.

• Can Alejandra learn to control the hellish power of the Spirit of Vengeance or will the whole planet be consumed in a cleansing firestorm?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #168

JEFF PARKER (W) • MATTHEW SOUTHWORTH (A)

COVER BY KEV WALKER

• Luke Cage takes center stage with the ‘Bolts still at large!

• With the Raft still a shambles, Luke finds himself a prisoner of Mr. Fear!

• Meanwhile, Songbird discovers a vital clue to catching the FugitiveThunderbolts!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #169

JEFF PARKER (W) • KEV WALKER (A)

COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

• Still on the lamb through time the Thunderbolts go medieval on King Arthur and his court!

• The Ghost gets ready to make his move as the chase through the past continues!

• Kev Walker returns!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

VICTOR VON DOOM #3 (OF 4)

NICK SPENCER (W)

BECKY CLOONAN (A)

COVER BY SEBASTIAN FIUMARA

• Victor Von Doom faces the perils of Hell!

• Doom suffers no demon gladly!

• As he enters the deepest fiery pits, how is the boy changed forever?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI – WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE #1

PETER B. GILLIS (W)

BRENT ANDERSON (A) & WHILCE PORTACIO (A)

COVER BY BRENT ANDERSON

• Heres your chance to get a taste of the smash 90’s hit STRIKEFORCE before the TPB comes out!

• For only 99 Cents see how a savage alien race invades Earth and who the superhuman soldiers

• Reprinting STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI #1.

32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$0.99

THOR: THE DEVIANTS SAGA #3

ROB RODI (W) • STEPHEN SEGOVIA (A/C)

• Thor invades Lemuria, home to the entire Deviant race!

• It’s Deviant vs. Deviant for the fate of their future, and ours!

• And the return of Gilgamesh, the Forgotten One!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



VILLAINS FOR HIRE #2 (OF 5)

ANDY LANNING (W)

RENATO ARLEM (A)

COVER BY RODOLFO MIGLIARI

• It’s a twisty and vicious super criminal clash as two of the nastiest crews go to war!

• Has Misty Knight finally gone bad?

• Featuring cult faves like Avalanche, Shocker, Tiger Shark and Scourge!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SPIDER-MAN #22

PAUL TOBIN (W)

MATTEO LOLLI & ROB DISALVO (A)

COVER BY ALE GARZA

• The AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is trapped in an underground fighting tournament, courtesy of THE MANDARIN!

• THEN! Spidey’s caught up in a calamitous caper with the BLACK CAT to capture the elusive FROG MAN!

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

SUPER HEROES #22

PAUL TOBIN (W)

MATTEO LOLLI (A)

• THIS REPRINTS Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #29

• The Fantastic Four v.s. The Hulk!

• And a lesson about team work.

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

DISNEY•PIXAR PRESENTS: CARS – ROUTE 66 DASH

ALAN J. PORTER (W)

ALLEN GLADFELTER (A)

• Featuring all of your favorite Cars characters including Lightning McQueen, Mater and more!

• Adventure abounds as the Cars crew pairs up and goes on a cross-country journey on Route 66 in a race from Radiator Springs to downtown Chi-Car-Go.

• When rivals Chick Hicks and Bubba show up, will they play fair or are they up to no good as usual?

96 PGS./One-Shot/All Ages…$5.99 NOT FINAL COVER

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #4

JASON AARON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)

• Two new students join the school. Who could it be?

• The future comes back to haunt the school.

• And who is PREGNANT?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN ALPHA & OMEGA #1 (OF 5)

BRIAN WOOD (W) • MARK BROOKS & ROLAND BOSCHI (A)

COVER BY MARK BROOKS

• DEBUT ISSUE BY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR BRIAN WOOD (DMZ, Demo, DV8, Northlanders)

• It’s Wolverine versus Kid Omega for dominance of the Jean Grey School.

• Wolverine will discover that the hardest prison to escape can be his own mind.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #4

KEIRON GILLEN (W) • BRANDON PETERSON (A/C)

• GUEST ARTIST BRANDON PETERSON!

• The Phalanx return for a special one-shot issue of UNCANNY X-MEN.

32 PGS./R

ated T+ …$3.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #5

KIERON GILLEN (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)

• NEW ARC! Spinning out of events of UNCANNY X-FORCE.

• The X-Men investigate a new Marvel Universe area called TABULA RASA!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99



WOLVERINE #300

JASON AARON (W) • ADAM KUBERT (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY JIM CHEUNG

WRAPAROUND VARIANT COVER BY GEOF DARROW

BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

• EXTRA-SIZED 300th ISSUE EVENT!

• An all-new, soon-to-be-classic Wolverine story starts here!

• Wolverine travels to Tokyo to confront his most dangerous enemy yet.

• And a new Silver Samurai rises to take his place…along with Wolverine’s daughter!

56 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

X-MEN #23

VICTOR GISCHLER (W) • WILL CONRAD (A)

COVER BY ADI GRANOV

VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The pulse-pounding conclusion to “Machines of War”!

• The fate of an oppressed people in the hands of War Machine and the X-Men!

• So many Sentinels they blot out the sky!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #19 & #20

ROB WILLIAMS (W)

MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A – ISSUE #19) & ALESSANDRO VITTI (A – ISSUE #20)

COVERS BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

ISSUE #19

• The conclusion of the Claws Killer saga!

• Daken has his final battle with the villainous Marcus Roston!

• Guest starring the Runaways!

ISSUE #20

• The Kingpin of L.A. revealed!

• A standalone issue featuring Daken and FBI agent Donna Kiel

• Can Daken be redeemed?

32 PGS.(each)/Parental Advisory …$2.99 (each)

X-23 #20

MARJORIE LIU (W)

PHIL NOTO (A)

KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY (c)

• Guest-starring Jubilee!

• X-23 goes back to Utopia to decide once and for all what side she falls on in the Regenesis

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

UNCANNY X-FORCE #19.1

RICK REMENDER (W) • BILLY TAN (A)

COVER BY MIKE DEODATO

• Return to the Age of Apocalypse as the AOA X-Men make their final stand against Weapon X!

• Introducing new Age of Apocalypse super hero team The X-Terminated!

• The stage is set for Age of Apocalypse #1, the new ongoing series set in the Age of Apocalypse!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

UNCANNY X-FORCE #20

RICK REMENDER (W) • GREG TOCCHINI (A)

COVER BY LEINIL YU

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The TRIAL OF FANTOMEX begins! Part 1 of 4

• The X-FORCE team journey to OTHERWORLD!

• Guest starring CAPTAIN BRITAIN and the CAPTAIN BRITAIN CORPS!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

NEW MUTANTS S #36

DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING (W) • DAVID LÓPEZ (A)

COVER BY JORGE MOLINA

• Final chapter of the arc guest starring BLINK!

• The New Mutants and Blink face off against the Diskhord, the chaos-sowing metal band!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #46

GREG PAK (W) • MIKE MCKONE (A/C)

• Cyclops teams up with alternate versions of your favorite X-Men

• What is the identity of the villain Saviour?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MAGNETO: NOT A HERO #3 (OF 4)

SKOTTIE YOUNG (W)

CLAY MANN (A/C)

• Magneto faces off against his clone Joseph (yes, the one from the 90’s) and an all new Brotherhood!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99



X-CLUB #2 (OF 5)

SIMON SPURRIER (W)

PAUL DAVIDSON (A)

COVER BY RODIN ESQUEJO

• The X-Club races the clock to stop a mutagenic eco-disaster!

• Danger turns on her fellow X-Men! But why?

• Also featuring: A telepathic starfish, a holographic lesson in seduction, and flashbacks to events in AVENGERS history that are key pieces to solving the mystery of who’s behind it all…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN LEGACY #260.1 & #261

CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • DAVID BALDEON (A)

COVER BY MARK BROOKS

ISSUE #261 VENOM VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• REGENESIS tie-in! A new creative team and a new status quo for X-MEN: LEGACY…

• Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Frenzy and Rachel Summers take up their posts as teachers and protectors of Wolverine’s School…just in time to defend it from invading N’Garai demons!

• AND IN ISSUE #261, classic X-Villain EXODUS returns! And he intends to mend the divide between the X-Men…by any means necessary.

32 PGS. (each) /Rated T+ …$2.99 (each)

GENERATION HOPE #15

JAMES ASMUS (W) • TIMOTHY GREEN III (A)

• Sebastian Shaw publicly returns to Utopia setting off old grudges and new divisions between the X-Men!

• Generation Hope clash with a gang of mutant villains living on the island!

• Romance blossoms between Marvel’s most unlikely couple!

32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

X-FACTOR #230

PETER DAVID (W) • EMANUELA LUPACCHINO (A)

COVER BY DAVID YARDIN

VARIANT COVER BY NICK BRADSHAW

• REGENESIS tie-in, guest-starring Wolverine!

• The team is shattered by recent events, including the death of a key member in #227.

• The highly-publicized return of two fan-favorite classic X-Factor characters: HAVOK & POLARS!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

DEADPOOL #49.1

DANIEL WAY (W) • JOHN MCCREA (A)

COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN

• Get caught up before “DEAD” launches next month!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

DEADPOOL #49

DANIEL WAY (W) • SALVADOR ESPIN (A)

COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN

• The conclusion of EVIL DEADPOOL!

• Guest-starring Captain America!

• Surprise ending, kicking off next month’s “DEAD” storyline!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

PUNISHERMAX #21

JASON AARON (W)

STEVE DILLON (A)

COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON

• The final brutal confrontation between the Punisher and the Kingpin!

• Only one of these men is going to walk away alive.

• Final chapter of the HOMELESS arc.

32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

DEADPOOL MAX 2 #4

DAVE LAPHAM (W)

KYLE BAKER (A/C)

• Deadpool’s got a price on his head. And AGENT X is about to cash in!

• Featuring the triumphant return of CRAZY INEZ, Deadpool’s sane-again, insane-again girlfriend!

32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99

SCARLET #7

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • ALEX MALEEV (A/C)

The revolution is happening NOW. Scarlet takes City Hall with her list of demands, and the city’s reaction will surprise you. The creator-owned hit of the year is back and bolder than ever!

From the Eisner Award-winning team of Maleev and Bendis!

40 PGS./Mature …$3.95 © 2011 Jinxworld Inc. All right reserved.

BRILLIANT #4

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)

VARIANT COVER BY DAVID MACK

VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL AVON OEMING

It’s the real world, and the most unlikely of characters have invented super powers. Now, sides are being drawn about how best to exploit them. How will the world react to the idea that powers exist?

From Bendis and Bagley, creative team of the best-selling ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN!

40 PGS./Mature …$3.95 © 2011 Jinxworld Inc. All right reserved.

– The Comic Book Critic