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CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #1 & 2 (of 5)
JEPH LOEB• TIM SALE (A/C)
ISSUE #1 – Variant cover by TIM SALE
ISSUE #2 – Variant Cover by TBA
THE SUPERSTAR CREATIVE TEAM OF SPIDER-MAN: BLUE, HULK: GRAY, AND DAREDEVIL: YELLOW BRING THEIR MAGIC TO AMERICA’S #1 HEROISSUE #1 –
• From his re-awakening in the present day to his days on the battlefield during World War II, follow CAPTAIN AMERICA as he recalls a special mission during THE BIG ONE!
• It’s 1941 and the HOWLING COMMANDOS are just looking to kick back and relax….
• But CAP and BUCKY are about to make their night a whole lot worse!
• The EISNER AWARD-WINNING team of JEPH LOEB and TIM SALE reunite to tell a shocking story of CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY!
• Extra-sized issue featuring CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE #0
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
ISSUE #2 –
BULLETS! BOMBS! EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS!
• CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY are ready to lead the HOWLING COMMANDOS, but are the HOWLING COMMANDOS ready to follow?
• Things go from bad to worse and only Bucky can save the day!
• Will a shocking appearance from an old ally turn the tide of battle?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
I can’t believe that I was just thinking about this the other day and now it is here! Also, I can’t believe that Marvel listed this above the Secret Wars 2015 solicts! I’ve been wanting some new Tim Sale work but if it isn’t Batman, I’m going to pass. Unless they want to do an X-Men story.
SECRET WARS #7 (OF 8)
JONATHAN HICKMAN
Cover by ALEX ROSS
THE GREATEST SACRIFICE!
56 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Of course, someone is going to die in this – and most likely be present in one of the 60 titles that are going to launch in November! Though, with all of the splintered regions, are not a lot of characters going to see their ends?
ULTIMATE END #5 (of 5)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (a) • MARK BAGLEY (a/C)
ULTIMATE NO MORE!
• 2000 – 2015
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Since, of the first two issues, I’ve only collected one of them, I’m not sure how many more I can expect. The Ultimate Universe will continue, at least with Miles Morales, in his thoughts.
HOUSE OF M #3
DENNIS HOPELESS & Cullen Bunn
ARIO ANINDITO (a)
COVER BY KRIS ANKA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• In order to retake everything he has lost, MAGNETO, the rightful patriarch of the House of Magnus, must ally himself with those he has sworn to rule—LUKE CAGE and the rest of the human resistance!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
This definitely seems like this will be strictly about Magneto and the humans, with some various mutants.
AGE OF APOCALYPSE #4
FABIAN NICIEZA
Cover by GERARDO SANDOVAL
• The philosophy of Apocalypse has always been “let the fittest survive,” but by its ultimate extension, that would only leave one person standing! As mutants fall from the shocking release of a devastating plague, who will live and who will die? And if Apocalypse falls, who will rule in his place…?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
Here is hoping for some Shadowcat in this, as the Star Lord & Kitty Pryde series doesn’t seem to be on the docket anymore.
Art by Skottie Young
GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVEL: AVX #4
SKOTTIE YOUNG
• Avengers vs. X-Men vs. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!?
• Marvel’s most mini heroes are pulling out all their toys to compete for the ultimate honor – whose crew is coolest!
• It’s a bombastic backyard brawl like you’ve never seen before!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
Been loving Magik’s Soulsword making the rounds on these covers! The X-Men have to be the winners of who is the coolest.
E IS FOR EXTINCTION #4
Chris Burnham & Dennis Culver
Cover by IAN BERTRAM
• CYCLOPS and his OLD – ahem, CLASSIC – X-MEN continue to resist the idea that they are outclassed in every way by MAGNETO and his newer, younger, and more attractive team of X-MEN.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
I imagine Cyclops’ classic team is still Morrison’s team, which I’m not sure actually fits the ‘classic’ definition. Though seeing Cyclops and Emma together, again, will be nice.
X-TINCTION AGENDA #4
MARC GUGGENHEIM
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
•Everything comes to a head in this Secret Wars sequel to the classic X-Tinction Agenda!
•With the emergence of a repowered Cameron Hodge all the X-Men must band together to take down their resurgent foe.
•But even with their combined might, not everyone may be walking away from this fight.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
Kitty Pryde and Lockheed were in the first issue, so I imagine they will be part of any battle that involves all of the X-Men.
X-MEN ‘92 #4
CHRIS SIMS & CHAD BOWERS
Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
Variant cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
• Professor X—Face to faces with the X-Sentinel!
• Can the X-Men overcome Cassandra Nova’s “rehabilitations”?
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
Seems odd that the X-Men 92 series will go out of their way to include Morrison motifs as I would imagine the E is for Extinction does that already. I’m sure Chris Sims is just looking for an excuse to play in that sandbox.
Art by Art Adams
YEARS OF FUTURE PAST #5
MARGUERITE BENNETT
Cover by ART ADAMS
• The hour of judgment crashes down with the ruins of New York City as the traitor is revealed
• The last hope of mutantkind must survive the humans, the Sentinels–and the rage of the X-Men
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
You know me, I love any and all homages to Uncanny X-Men 141! Great use of the children of Howlett and Pryde! I should have known to expect a homage cover but it caught me by complete surprised. Hopefully the final cover doesn’t state Kate Pryde is dead, she’s avoided that fate on every one of these!
Glad this title is getting the five issue treatment. I imagine they all can’t be eight issues but six seems to be a decent enough length, it will fill a trade nicely but it will leave Marvel with nothing really else coming out by the time Secret Wars 2015 8 comes out. Unless 8 came out and then Marvel starts releasing the 60 new titles, starting the week after that. Hopefully they are all titled “All New All Different” as that is a lot of words!
FUTURE IMPERFECT #5
PETER DAVID
ARE YOU A GOD?
• With all things conquered and every foe crushed, MAESTRO attempts the only challenge left: “Deicide” the killing of a god!
• Finally… MAESTRO VERSUS DOOM …
• But will there be anything left of BATTLEWORLD to rule?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIESI like the idea of someone going after Doom, outside of the proper Secret Wars 2015 title, that just makes sense. Especially as we’ve seen, like in X-Tinction Agenda 1, that it apparently is easy to get to him.
OLD MAN LOGAN #5
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
• Logan has climbed the walls and broken the barriers between the domains of Battleworld.
• He has seen the horrors of the Post-Apocalypse world. Been hounded by this worlds thundering police force.
• But his ignorance of this world’s laws will not protect him from its justice.
• This Old Man is haunted by the dead. Let us see how he fairs with the “un” variety.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
I also like the idea of people learning of the true nature of Battleworld. It also makes sense, now that we know some things about Post Secret Wars 2015 Marvel, that Old Man Logan makes it to what will be the Proper Marvel Earth.
Art by Javier Garron
INFERNO #5
DENNIS HOPELESS
• Darkchild’s Demon Horde, The Goblin Court and Sinister’s Boom Clones all battle for power!
• Who will rule the new Inferno?!
• The city is lost, but can Colossus defeat the Darkchild in single combat?
• Illyana’s soul hangs in the balance!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
*SECRET WARS SERIES
I know the Uncanny X-Cast posed this question before but how long could a fight with Magik and Colossus actually last? I say, barely a page. I can’t wait to see her take out her silly older brother. Though, I imagine it ends with him stabbing her with her own soulsword and reverting back to her eight year old self.
TRUE BELIEVERS
The Women of Marvel are taking over in September! That’s right, Marvel’s blockbuster female-led titles are returning to comic shops this month for ten new TRUE BELIEVERS titles. Specially priced at $1, these can’t miss introductory issues provide the perfect window into some of Marvel’s critically acclaimed female-led titles! From the high stakes espionage action of Black Widow to the out of this world adventure of Princess Leia. From the larger than life Ms. Marvel to the irresistible charm of Spider-Gwen – these fan-favorite premiere issues offer perfect entry points into the Marvel Universe. Hang on tight and see what you’ve been missing with these exciting TRUE BELIEVERS titles coming to comic shops in September!
TRUE BELIEVERS: THOR #1
JASON AARON • RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
Collecting THOR (2014) #1.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: SPIDER-GWEN #1
JASON LATOUR • ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Collecting SPIDER-GWEN #1.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: BLACK WIDOW #1
NATHAN EDMONDSON • PHIL NOTO
Collecting BLACK WIDOW (2014) #1.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
KELLY SUE DeCONNICK • DAVID LOPEZ
Collecting CAPTAIN MARVEL (2014) #1.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: MS. MARVEL #1
G. WILLOW WILSON • ADRIAN ALPHONA
Collecting MS. MARVEL (2014) #1.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: SHE-HULK #1
CHARLES SOULE • JAVIER PULIDO
Collecting SHE-HULK (2014) #1.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: SILK #1
ROBBIE THOMPSON • STACEY LEE
Collecting SILK #1.
32 PGS./Rated T …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: PRINCESS LEIA #1
MARK WAID • TERRY DODSON
Collecting PRINCESS LEIA #1.
32 PGS./Rated T …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS: SPIDER-WOMAN #1
DENNIS HOPELESS • JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
Collecting SPIDER-WOMAN (2014) #5.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00TRUE BELIEVERS:
THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1
RYAN NORTH • ERICA HENDERSON
Collecting UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1.
32 PGS./Rated T …$1.00
I really like the idea of the True Believers initiative and I may end up buying these, just to support it. Now that we know what these look like, I know that Kitty Pryde, Lockheed nor Magik appear in any of these titles. But still, ten dollars for ten comics, that is an unbeatable deal! Who knows how much the Hastings discount will be, probably not as low as DCBS’ sixty cents per issue. I’ve read some of Squirrel Girl and that title is very fun. I also like these True Believers months having a theme. This one is more focused than the various Battleworld Regions, but that makes sense. I wonder what the next one will be? I am surprised that they are doing another one so close to the previous one. Marvel must have seen a real jump in trade sales. Curious about how this helps the Post Secret Wars 2015 Marvel, but some of these trades shouldn’t be all that complicated by the big event, as most were done by the time it started.
DAREDEVIL #18
MARK WAID
• The final chapter in the Autobiography of Matt Murdock is written by someone who may surprise you.
• Not everyone survives this phase in Daredevil’s life.
• Find out who lives, who dies…and who is changed forever.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
If I’m keeping track correctly, this is one of those Pre-Secret Wars 2015 titles, so everybody dies at one point. Just months later.
DEADPOOL VS. THANOS #1 & 2 (of 4)
TIM SEELEY
Covers by TRADD MOORE
• We all know Thanos—the man who single-handedly made bejeweled gloves into THE deadly weapon of choice for mass murder. But did you know he shares an ex with Deadpool? No, not Vanessa—I refer to the cosmic “lady” known as DEATH.
• And when everyone in the universe stops dying, both of her former beaus take an interest. Can the pair overcome one’s overwhelming hatred of and annoyance by the other? Or will Thanos finally let Deadpool die once and for all?
32 PGS. (each)/Parental Advisory …$3.99 (each)
So this title must be replacing Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars, a series I really dug the first issue of. I do like the idea of Thanos giving Deadpool a beat down for distracting Death.
FIGMENT 2 #1 (of 5)
JIM ZUB
Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
CLASSIC DISNEY IMAGE VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
THE LEGENDARY DREAMFINDER AND FIGMENT RETURN IN AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE!
• Figment and Dreamfinder have saved the world…but now find themselves in a time and place not their own!
• Out of time for over 100 years…old friends reunite, new challenges are met, and a brand new mystery unfolds.
• Dreamfinder’s greatest challenge lies ahead…but will his own legacy be his undoing?
• Don’t miss the sequel to the fan-favorite, sold-out Figment miniseries based on Walt Disney World’s beloved ‘Journey Into Imagination’ attraction.
32 PGS./All Ages …$3.99
Elements based on Figment © Disney
So, again, a Figment miniseries comes out and I imagine Lockheed will be nowhere to be found. Boycott this title, fellow space faring purple alien that resembles a dragon fans! Boycott, I say! I can’t imagine that the previous miniseries sold that well but it must have. Probably triple the sales of all of Lockheed’s appearances for the past few years.
QUAKE: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1
MATTHEW ROSENBERG & PATRICK KINDLON
DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (A)
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
• Family reunion!
• Learn why Quake makes the perfect agent for S.H.I.E.L.D….
• When a group of Inhumans get involved, Quake finds out exactly how far she’ll go to finish a mission.
32 PGS./ One-Shot /Rated T+ …$3.99
MOCKINGBIRD: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1
CHELSEA CAIN
Cover by PAUL RENAUD
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
• Mockingbird has always been one of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s best agents, but what happens when someone close to her is murdered?
• Forced to take matters into her own hands, someone is bound to pay!
• New York Times Bestselling Author Chelsea Cain joins the Marvel Universe to tell a story of bloody revenge!
• Plus! A special bonus story by superstar young adult author, Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures), writer for the upcoming YA novel, Black Widow: Forever Red!
40 PGS./One-Shot /Rated T+ …$4.99FURY: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1
DAVID F. WALKER
Cover by MIKE DEODATO
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
• A mission 50 years in the making!
• When a villain from the past shows up in the present day, Nick Fury is forced to team-up with Nick Fury Sr.!
• Will the Nick Fury of the present be able to work alongside his father?
32 PGS./One-Shot /Rated T+ …$3.99
THE CAVALRY: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1
JODY HOUSER
Cover by DALE KEOWN
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
• Discover the explosive secrets that are hiding in Agent May’s past!
• When Agent May leads a team of new recruits on a training mission, will she be able to save the day when everything goes wrong?
• Did someone say “cyber wolves”?
32 PGS./One-Shot /Rated T+ …$3.99
AGENT CARTER: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50TH ANNIVERSARY #1
KATHRYN IMMONEN
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
• Agent Carter is back in an all-new adventure that reveals her secret history with S.H.I.E.L.D.!
• When Dum Dum Dugan attempts to recruit her to S.H.I.E.L.D., will Peggy join up or go her own way?
• Operation S.I.N.’s crackerjack team of Kathryn Immonen and Rich Ellis return to the world of Peggy Carter!
32 PGS./One-Shot /Rated T+ …$3.99
From the covers, like Mockingbird’s, it looks like these take place within the Proper Marvel Universe and are not just comic adaptations. I like Marvel backing the television series, in print, but I’m not getting any of these.
AGE OF ULTRON COLORING BOOK
Penciled by BRYAN HITCH, BRANDON PETERSON, CARLOS PACHECO & MORE
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
Unleash your inner colorist on page after page of Ultron! The Avengers’ deadliest foe is back like never before — in glorious black and white! The Adamantium menace has ravaged Earth and imposed his ruthless robotic rule. Only a few of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are left standing as they mount a desperate bid to save the day. And it’s up to you to put the hue into humanity’s last hope! The most exciting pages of Age of Ultron — featuring the incredible line art of Bryan Hitch, Brandon Peterson, Carlos Pacheco and more — are assembled here, just waiting for you to decorate with pens, pencils and crayons. Spent your life waiting for a pink Ultron or a purple Hulk? Then feel free to paint the (destroyed) town red! Just be sure to stay within the lines…or perish!
72 PGS./All Ages …$7.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9524-5
I wonder if the one page from Age of Ultron 8, that Kitty is barely on, would make it to the coloring book? Seems like a fun concept but do I really want to throw eight dollars down on a novelty item?
X-MEN: AGE OF APOCALYPSE VOL. 2 — REIGN TPB
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, FABIAN NICIEZA, LARRY HAMA, WARREN ELLIS, JOHN FRANCIS MOORE,
JEPH LOEB & TERRY KAVANAGH
Penciled by JOE MADUREIRA, ANDY KUBERT, TONY DANIEL, CHRIS BACHALO, ADAM KUBERT, ROGER CRUZ, KEN LASHLEY, STEVE EPTING, STEVE SKROCE & CARLOS PACHECO
Cover by JOE MADUREIRA
The world groans under the Darwinian conqueror Apocalypse’s rule. Under his thumb, America has become a dark and dangerous dystopia where mutants rule, humankind suffers, and survival of the fittest is all! But in the shadows, the freedom fighters known as the X-Men — following a tenuously thin thread of hope — continue their dangerous and multi-pronged plan to restore the true Marvel Universe. As the X-Men battle Holocaust and the Sentinels, Nightcrawler searches for the seer Destiny, Cyclops and Havok clash in the Dark Beast’s slave pens, and young Nate Grey meets his maker…literally! Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN (1995) #2-3, AMAZING X-MEN (1995) #2-3, GAMBIT AND THE X-TERNALS #2, GENERATION NEXT #2, WEAPON X (1995) #2, X-CALIBRE #2-3, FACTOR X #2-3, X-MAN #2-3, X-UNIVERSE #1 and material from X-MEN: YEAR OF THE MUTANTS COLLECTORS’ PREVIEW.
408 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9365-4
Again, if Marvel just printed a Generation Next trade (maybe they will once these collections are done) I would buy that!
DAMAGE CONTROL: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB
Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE
Penciled by ERNIE COLON, KYLE BAKER & SALVA ESPIN
Cover by ERNIE COLON
Galactus ate your apartment building? The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier crashed on your car? Aliens destroyed Manhattan…again? Call DAMAGE CONTROL! Meet the Marvel Universe’s No. 1 clean-up crew, the guys and gals with the bulldog badge who work tirelessly to put New York back together after every super-hero battle — from giant robots, to the devastation wreaked by ACTS OF VENGEANCE, to the coming of the cosmic clean-freak Edifice Rex! Not disastrous enough? How about their biggest challenges to date: Doctor Doom’s unpaid bill and the aftermath of WORLD WAR HULK! Collecting DAMAGE CONTROL (1989A) #1-4, DAMAGE CONTROL (1989B) #1-4, DAMAGE CONTROL (1991) #1-4 and WWH AFTERSMASH: DAMAGE CONTROL #1-3 — plus material from MARVEL AGE ANNUAL #4, MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #19 and IRON MAN ANNUAL #11.
392 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9790-4
I hadn’t realized that there were two Damage Control trades in 1989, I own the fourth issue of the first volume, and I liked it. I do like the concept of, Damage Control, and I wish they made more appearances but we don’t really have Aftermath issues anymore, where the team can show up in the background.
Surprised the few pages of Ultimate Spider-Man 86, wherein the Wrecking Crew are the Damage Control of the Ultimate Universe, in a fun twist of their names. Also missing, were they not involved in that Wolverine arc that tied into Civil War?
. . .
So my totals are –
Secret Wars 2015 7 $4
Ultimate End 5 $4
House of M 3 $4
Age of Apocalypse 4 $4
Giant Size Little Marvel AvX 4 $4
E is for Extinction 4 $4
X-Tinction Agenda 4 $4
X-Men 92 4 $5
Years of Future Past 5 $4
Old Man Logan 4 $4
True Believers (10 Titles) $10
Bringing my grand total to $51 and with ten proper titles, at a dollar each, that brings my total down to $41, just a dollar off my budget.
But really, I doubt I’m getting E is for Extinction, House of M, X-Men 92 and Old Man Logan, so my total could be as low as – $34 with the discount of $28, so that works out even better.
Nothing to add to my pull list, except for the individual True Believers titles but I might just wing that and buy whichever ones are on the stands. Heck, Hastings still has several from the first batch of these. Just can’t sell them, even at a dollar. Probably as people don’t know how inexpensive they are but I do my part to tell people about the price point.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 