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UNCANNY AVENGERS #24
RICK REMENDER • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
The MARCH to AXIS continues!
• Havok and his team defeated at the hands of the sinister S-Men!
• A dark secret in Genosha!
• The Red Skull’s revenge is now unstoppable.

From everything that I’m reading about AXIS, I am pretty sure that I am skipping out on that event as Cyclops’ side is not going to be represented.

 

DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1-4
CHARLES SOULE • STEVE McNiven (A/C)
*Issue #1 only
IT’S THE BEGINNING OF THE END – 3 MONTHS TO DIE ENDS HERE!
• The beginning of the end is now here … THE DEATH OF WOLVERINE!
• THREE MONTHS TO DIE, the loss of Wolverine’s healing factor–all led to this, the single most important X-Men event of the decade.
• Logan has spent over a century being the best there is at what he does…but even the best fade away eventually.
• Over the years, Logan has been a warrior, a hero, a renegade, a samurai, a teacher—and so much more. But now, the greatest X-Men hero will play a role he’s never played before in this special weekly event brought to you by industry superstars Charles Soule and Steve McNiven.
Issue #1 – 48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Issue #2-4 – 40 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+…$4.99 (EACH)

 

I’m also going to let the Internet tell me if I have to buy any of these issues.  The Internet has spoken with Kitty being on the cover to issue three.  So I’m tempted to only get that issue and call it good.  My instincts tell me that I should get issues two and four but I’ll see how expensive that entire ordeal will be.  Also, if I’m willing to get two and four, then I might as well get the first issue so I can follow it.  Five dollars each is silly though.

 

EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #1 (of 5)
David Hine with Fabrice Sapolsky RICHARD ISANOVE (A/C)
SPIDER-MAN NOIR RETURNS!
• The Peter Parker of the 1930’s finds himself not only up against Mysterio, but knee-deep in the Spider-Man event of 2014!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

I am super interested in Spider-Verse but ooof, does it look like a commitment that I am not ready to make. Maybe I will get the trade later down the road.

 

THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN #15
NICK SPENCER • STEVE LIEBER (A/c)
Still not CANCELLED!
• GANG WAR begins here. You know it’s a big deal because we put it in caps!
• Everyone gets in a big fight over the head of Silvio Silvermane. Lives are lost, feelings are hurt, and car keys get misplaced!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

That is a fun solict with the “still not cancelled” line.

 

MILES MORALES: THE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #5
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • DAVE MARQUEZ (A/C)
REVIVAL!
• One of the most defining stories in the ULTIMATE UNIVERSE explodes in a way no one saw coming!
• Only one of the two ULTIMATE SPIDER-MANS shall rise!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

Is Ultimate Peter Parker really returning? Or is it a clone? Or someone else completely? Curious.

 

ALL-NEW ULTIMATES #8
MICHEL FIFFE • GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS (A)
• The ALL-NEW ULTIMATES face off with super-powered mercenary crew the FEMME FATALES!
• Is this the end of CLOAK & DAGGER as a couple and a crime fighting duo?
• The team’s ultimate nemesis makes his first deadly play and Miles & Co. won’t be the same when it hits!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

A female dominated team fighting a female group of villains? Seems a little close to Brian Wood’s X-MEN but I do like the concept. Are Cloak and Dagger dating? I had not picked up on that.

 

LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #3
SAM HUMPHRIES • PACO MEDINA (A/C)
• The Badoon have captured the Star-Lord!
• Sharing a jail cell with a Spartax criminal and a Badoon child aren’t exactly Peter’s idea of a good time…
• Luckily, Peter’s got an ace up his sleeve—an ace named Kitty Pryde!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

 

See? This is how you write a solict that has a guest appearance by Kitty Pryde! You put her on the cover and you put it in the solict. Which is nice as the way I type these, I have to delete the image as soon as it comes up in my Word document. Secret style!

 

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #19
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)
AN ORIGINAL SIN TIE-IN!
• Last we checked, Star-Lord, Thanos, and Nova were trapped in the Cancerverse…
• But Star-Lord and Thanos seem to be running around just fine.
• So what exactly happened to Richard Rider?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

 

I have decided to give up on Kitty ever showing up in this title again now that Star Lord has his own ongoing. Though how awesome would it be if she was in both?

 

ROCKET RACCOON #3
SKOTTIE YOUNG (W/A/C)
• Everyone’s favorite pistol-packin’ procyon* finally finds himself face-to-face with the intergalactic imposter.
• It’s macho ado about everything as Macho Gomez guest-stars and the Ex-Terminators are hot on Rocket’s tail!
*Procyon is the scientific term for raccoon, obviously.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

 

Another fun solict!

 

 

 

FANTASTIC FOUR #10
JAMES ROBINSON • MARC LAMING (A)
THE FALL OF REED RICHARDS!!!
• A savage and strategic attack on REED RICHARDS!
• Can WYATT WINGFOOT save a self-destructive JOHNNY STORM?
• SUE RICHARDS goes to Latveria to reclaim her daughter…and she’ll take on DR. DOOM if she has to (continuing straight into this month’s FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL)!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

 

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1
JAMES ROBINSON • TOM GRUMMETT (A)
• SUE RICHARDS goes to Latveria to confront DR. DOOM for the safety and welfare of her daughter VALERIA.
• See the majesty of Dr. Doom’s sovereign country blown apart as he and the Invisible Woman turn Latveria into a battlefield in one of the most savage battles in FF history!
• And when it’s over and the smoke has cleared whose side will Valeria be on?
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

 

I like the idea of the annual coming out of the ongoing proper and using the extra pages to tell an epic story. Sue v Doom, now that is awesome!

 

DAREDEVIL #8
MARK WAID • CHRIS SAMNEE (A/C)
• Matt Murdock takes on his first big case in his new hometown–and the opposition is killer!
• Daredevil is faced with a menace he has no idea how to fight–the Purple Children!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

I wonder where Murdock is calling home, these days? Also, how he is going to explain him living there and how Daredevil shows up too? As a simple Google search in the Marvel Universe must have Matt Murdock and Daredevil rumors and press coverage all over the Internet.

 

NEW WARRIORS #9 & 10
CHRISTOPHER YOST • MARCUS TO (A)
Issue #9 – SPECIAL ISSUE!
• It’s the anti-buddy movie as odd couple JUSTICE and SCARLET SPIDER hit the road together, heading for HOUSTON, TEXAS.
• Scarlet Spider never wanted to be on a team, with… people. And this issue, he shocks no one by QUITTING!
•Can Justice convince him to stay? No! Can they dude-bond by fighting a hundred foot tall guy in a bear suit? Probably not!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Issue #10 – “ALWAYS AND FOREVER” PART 1 (of 3)
• The New Warriors take the fight to the High Evolutionary! For the fate of all things not human, the war is on!
• But wait! Who is behind the High Evolutionary’s plans? Can anyone trust the Evolutionaries?
• The biggest arc in the All-New New Warriors begins here, and not everyone will survive it.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

Whoever is writing these needs to get their name out there! I heard once that it is the writer of the comic that does it, which may be true from time to time. Issue nine sounds like a bunch of fun.

 

FIGMENT #4 (OF 5)
JIM ZUB • FILIPE ANDRADE (A)
REVEALING THE ORIGINS OF ONE OF DISNEY’S MOST IMAGINATIVE CHARACTERS!
• An all-new steampunk fantasy story exploring the never-before-revealed first adventure of the inventor known as Dreamfinder and his famous dragon Figment!
• Clockwork Control invades London while Blair and Figment are trapped within the Nightmare Nation! Our intrepid explorers must find the power to escape or be lost inside their deepest fears forever!
• Acclaimed creators Jim Zub (Skullkickers) and Filipe Andrade (CAPTAIN MARVEL) give a Marvel spin to the mind-expanding attraction Journey Into Imagination!
32 PGS./All Ages …$3.99
Elements based on Figment © Disney

 

When will this title finally come to an end!?! One more issue, I suppose.

 

UNCANNY X-MEN #26
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • CHRIS BACHALO (A/C)
• Scott Summers has swiftly become one of the world’s most wanted men.
• With one simple act, he destroyed the life he knew and must now remain constantly vigilant in case of attack.
• But is the greatest threat to his safety lurking within the dark recesses of his own mind?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

Buying this for sure!

 

ALL-NEW X-MEN #32
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • MAHMUD ASRAR (A)
• Dimension-hopping is something of an X-Men rite of passage and it’s about time the All-New X-Men took the plunge!
• I guess you don’t always have to travel Miles away to visit a new place…
• But will the web they find themselves tangled in Ultimately bring about their end?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

 

Really excited to see how this plays out with Kitty meeting Miles, he has to tell her about the ultimate version of herself and her relationship with that world’s Peter Parker. Which, of course, he would have to tell her Spider-Man’s real name. So disappointed that Proper Peter Parker didn’t immediately seek out Kitty once he came back to his universe but he had a lot going on shortly after that with dying and all.

 

 

SAVAGE WOLVERINE #23
DAVID MORRELL • JONATHAN MARKS (A)
• Wolverine versus the Wild West!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

 

ooof, this title’s go to story idea is to just show Logan in the past. Give me some present day stories to at least tempt me buy.

 

 

X-MEN #19
MARC GUGGENHEIM • HARVEY TOLIBAO (A)
• With S.W.O.R.D.’s orbital headquarters, the Peak, literally hanging in the balance, the X-Men race into deep space to find the source of the new threat that’s emerged from the abyss.
• But little do they suspect that lurking in the shadows of the Acanti Skunkworks, a conspiracy is waiting to entangle them…
• And what’s worse is that it’s a conspiracy that has connections to the deaths of Rachel Grey’s family!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

How cool would it be, when the X-Men showed up at SWORD, that Lockheed would be in the background or something like that.

 

ORIGINAL SIN COMPANION HC
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN, GERRY DUGGAN, BRIAN POSEHN, AL EWING, JAMES ROBINSON, MARK WAID, KIERON GILLEN, JASON AARON, DAN SLOTT, BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU, JOHN LUCAS, GREG LAND, MARC LAMING, STEVE PUGH, DAVID BALDEON, PACO MEDINA, MARK BAGLEY, LUKE ROSS, SIMONE BIANCHI, LEE GARBETT, LEONARD KIRK, JAVIER RODRIGUEZ, HUMBERTO RAMOS, KRIS ANKA, CHRIS BACHALO, FRANK CHO & JAVIER PULIDO
Cover by The shockwaves from the release of the Watcher’s secrets are felt across the Marvel Universe! The Avengers face their future as the Invaders struggle with their past! Deadpool has a daughter! Luke Cage investigates the Mighty Avengers from 1972! Learn truths about Nova’s father and Daredevil’s mother! How is Iron Man connected to the Hulk’s origin? How is Angela connected to Thor and Loki? Can the Thing handle the truth about the Human Torch? Can Spider-Man cope with Silk? And could Professor X’s will destroy the X-Men? Collecting AVENGERS (2012) #29-34, DEADPOOL (2012) #29-34, MIGHTY AVENGERS (2013) #10-12, ALL-NEW INVADERS #6-7, NOVA (2013) #18-20, ORIGINAL SIN #3.1-3.4 and #5.1-5.5, FANTASTIC FOUR (2014) #6-8, DAREDEVIL (2014) #6-7, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2014) #4-5, UNCANNY X-MEN (2013) #23-25, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ANNUAL (2014) #1, and material from POINT ONE #1.
856 PGS./Parental Advisory …$125
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9212-1

I do wonder if they purposely make these modern crossovers with so many tie ins just for these extremely expensive trades? $125 seems way way to much!

 

DEADPOOL & CABLE OMNIBUS HC
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA, REILLY BROWN & DAN SLOTT
Penciled by MARK BROOKS, PATRICK ZIRCHER, LAN MEDINA, REILLY BROWN, RON LIM, STAZ JOHNSON & NELSON DECASTRO
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Wade Wilson is Deadpool, the mentally disturbed Merc with a Mouth and a healing factor that just won’t quit! Nathan Summers is Cable, the messianic mutant from the future who plans to save us all — whether we want him to or not! And now, this disparate duo has just become Marvel’s oddest couple — because they’re stuck with one another! Can two grown men armed to the teeth with high-tech weaponry coexist without driving each other crazy?! It’s action, adventure, time travel, dimension-hopping, black humor, black ops, Bea Arthur, chimichangas — yes, that whole thing started here — and lots of gunfire as two of Marvel’s fan-favorite antiheroes take on each other and everyone else! Guest-starring the X-Men, Spider-Man, Captain America, the Fantastic Four…and the Great Lakes Avengers! Collecting CABLE & DEADPOOL #1-50 and DEADPOOL/GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR.
1272 PGS./Rated T+ …$125
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9276-3
Trim size: oversized

 

Such a fun series but at $125, who is going to buy this? At least at DCBS’s In-Stock Trades sister site, it is half off on initial release.

 

X-MEN: INFERNO PROLOGUE HC
Written by LOUISE SIMONSON, CHRIS CLAREMONT, TOM DEFALCO & MARK GRUENWALD
Penciled by WALTER SIMONSON, STEVE LIGHTLE, TERRY SHOEMAKER, RICK LEONARDI, MARC SILVESTRI, ARTHUR ADAMS, JON J MUTH, BO HAMPTON, BRET BLEVINS & JUNE BRIGMAN
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
The X-Men are dead! At least that’s what the world thinks — but Marvel’s mightiest mutants are secretly alive and well in the Australian Outback! How long will the X-Men’s self-imposed exile last when the Brood and the mutant-exploiting nation of Genosha come calling? Meanwhile, the New Mutants battle Freedom Force as they deal with Doug Ramsey’s shocking death, and X-Factor befriends Apocalypse’s Celestial ship and faces Infectia! But as all three teams fight the Evolutionary War, Limbo’s demons begin to pursue a sinister agenda — on Earth! A spark has been lit — and if the X-Men aren’t careful, the flames will fan into an all-out inferno! Collecting X-FACTOR (1986) #27-32 and ANNUAL #3, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #228-238, NEW MUTANTS (1983) #62-70 and ANNUAL #4, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #12, and material from MARVEL AGE ANNUAL #4 and MARVEL FANFARE (1982) #40.
824 PGS./Rated T …$125
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9273-2
Trim size: oversized

 

I didn’t realize Inferno had a Prologue. I suppose the title of “The Time Right Before Inferno” wouldn’t have worked. We lost Doug just recently in New Mutants and soon, Illyana. It was a tough few years there at Marvel.

 

ALL-NEW DOOP TPB
Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Penciled by DAVID LAFUENTE
Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
Living in the margins, Doop has freaked out X-Men and readers alike. But when he gets deeply involved in X-Men business — and Kitty Pryde’s personal life! — Doop will be thrust into the spotlight! Behind the scenes of BATTLE FOR THE ATOM, Doop’s unrequited love for Kitty forces him to drag Iceman into Doopspace for some highly unusual questioning. Doop soon discovers the shapeshifting Raze isn’t really Kitty Pryde from the future — but Raze has a dark secret that just might stop Doop from telling the other X-Men his true identity! Now, Doop must struggle to halt the craziness corrupting the real world! As Kitty and Doop find themselves in the middle of the scariest moment of their lives with no one to turn to, will Kitty finally accept Doop’s proposal of…marriage? Collecting ALL-NEW DOOP #1-5.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9042-4

 

I would recommend buying it. If you haven’t bought the individual issues – 5 issues at four dollars a piece, you are saving money waiting for the trade. 20 > 17

 

MARVELS COMPANION TPB
Written by MIKE BARON, MARIANO NICIEZA, DAN ABNETT, ANDY LANNING, CHUCK DIXON & WARREN ELLIS
Penciled by SHAWN MARTINBROUGH, BOB WAKELIN, IGOR KORDEY, BRAD PARKER, TRISTAN SHANE, VINCE EVANS, CLIFF NIELSSEN, TERESA NIELSSEN & MORE
Cover by CLIFF NIELSSEN & TERESA NIELSSEN
Delve deeper into the universe of Marvels as six fully painted masterpieces reveal the ordinary lives in the shadow of the extraordinary. What happens to innocents caught in the crossfire of a blockbuster Silver Surfer battle? Can a fish out of water, the amnesiac Sub-Mariner, conquer his inner demons among Manhattan’s homeless? Experience the wonder of Wonder Man through the eyes of his greatest fan, learn how one of New York’s Finest protects and serves in a city of miracles, and join a Daily Bugle reporter as he uncovers the conspiracy at the heart of…everything! And on another Earth, see how the Age of Marvels could so easily have gone wrong! Collecting TALES OF THE MARVELS: BLOCKBUSTER, TALES OF THE MARVELS: INNER DEMONS, TALES OF THE MARVELS: WONDER YEARS #1-2, CODE OF HONOR #1-4, CONSPIRACY #1-2 and RUINS #1-2.
512 PGS./Rated T+ …$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9059-2

 

I would say buy this just for Ruins 1 & 2, but they released a combine comic not that many years ago, so that is probably more affordable. I liked Code of Honor back in the day as well. Not as good as Marvels but that is a pretty high bar to try to reach for. I have not heard of these other storylines. I don’t see Kurt Buisk’s name on any of this, so be cautious!

 

NEW MUTANTS/X-FORCE: DEMON BEAR TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, JOHN FRANCIS MOORE, CRAIG KYLE & CHRIS YOST
Penciled by BILL SIENKIEWICZ, JIM CHEUNG & MIKE CHOI
Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
The visionary talents of legendary illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz bring the Demon Bear that has haunted Danielle Moonstar’s dreams to horrifying life! It took her parents, and now it has returned for Dani — and only the combined efforts of her fellow New Mutants can stop it from finishing the job! Sink your teeth into a true classic! Then, Dani’s nightmare returns years later as San Francisco — and her new team, X-Force — come under attack from a similarly unholy ursine! And when the Apache mutant Warpath faces his own Demon Bear, he must forge an unlikely alliance with Ghost Rider — and embrace his birthright — to discover the truth. It’s a trilogy of terror, featuring a threat far scarier than the average bear! Collecting NEW MUTANTS (1983) #18-20, X-FORCE (1991) #99 and material from X-FORCE (2008) #7-10.
144 PGS./Parental Advisory …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9001-1

 

I do like how this collects all things Demon Bear, that is a pretty cool trade. If you haven’t read it, $25 seems quite reasonable! Such an amazing arc!

 

 

MARVEL ZOMBIES: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 3 TPB
Written by KARL KESEL, FRED VAN LENTE, FRANK MARRAFFINO & PETER DAVID
Penciled by TODD NAUCK, ADAM DEKRAKER, ROBERTO DISALVO, KANO, FERNANDO BLANCO, MIRCO PIERFEDERICI, AL BARRIONUEVO, ALESSANDRO VITTI & MORE
Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Zombies on infinite earths! First, it’s monkey on the menu as the original Marvel Zombies invade the dimension of the Marvel Apes! Then, to uncover an antidote to the zombie plague, Machine Man and Howard the Duck set out across the multiverse — battling zombies in the Wild West, Camelot, a future megacity, during a Martian invasion, and on a world suspiciously similar to our own! But back home, undead clones of the Squadron Supreme have overrun Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S., and only a long-dead former Avenger can stop them! And when the Marvel Universe is targeted by a dimension of Nazi zombies, Howard the Duck must assemble a brigade of misfits to beat them back! Collecting MARVEL APES: PRIME EIGHT #1, MARVEL ZOMBIES: EVIL EVOLUTION #1, MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 #1-5, MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1-5, MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY #1-5 and MARVEL ZOMBIES HALLOWEEN #1.
464 PGS./Parental Advisory …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-8899-5

 

This may be the only way I read that Marvel Zombies Halloween story as I can’t find a copy to buy anywhere! Though I would never buy this trade – to be fair.

 

. . .

So September is going to be a pretty light month for me!

All New Ultimates 8 $4
Legendary Star Lord 3 $4
Uncanny X-Men 26 $4
All New X-Men 32 $4

$16.00 which with shipping and everything, shouldn’t be too bad – over at DCBS.

Not even really that tempted by anything this time.

I’m tempted to just do monthly shipping already as one comic a week, seems silly to me.

. . .

UPDATE July 9, 2014 –

So I placed my order, and this is what I have :

I had to e-mail DCBS to add Death of Wolverine 3 to my order for the previous month.  I must have missed it on their ordering form.  Dang it!

So with weekly shipping and with the four titles above (all for $2.39 each!) my grand total is $29.94!  I need more four comics only months!