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CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #1
NICK SPENCER• JESUS SAIZ (A/C)
Cover by JESUS SAIZ
VARIANT COVER BY STEVE EPTING
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Paul Renaud
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY TBA
CAPTAIN AMERICA 75TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBA
He’s back! The original Sentinel of Liberty returns, with a new shield, a new team, and a new mission! And he’s not the only one who’s back! Like the saying goes– cut off one LIMB, two more will take its place! HAIL HYDRA!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Well this was bound to happen and it at least takes advantage of the : setting up that anyone’s name could follow. I’ll be passing on this.
THE PUNISHER #1
BECKY CLOONAN
Cover by Declan Shalvey
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY TIM BRADSTREET
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY ALEX MALEEV
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Chris Stevens
BLACK PANTHER 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY PHIL NOTO
CAPTAIN AMERICA 75TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBA
FRANK CASTLE LOSES CONTROL!
A by-the-numbers drug bust is about to take Frank Castle by surprise…and he HATES surprises. The horrible fallout threatens to send The Punisher into the heart of darkness, but Castle won’t make that journey alone: A DEA agent is on his trail and attempting to get into his head…but what horrors will she find there, and will she survive the experience? First-time Punisher writer Becky Cloonan and quintessential Punisher artist Steve Dillon are forcing Frank Castle out of his comfort zone and taking him to the edge of the world he thought he knew!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
This is another one that makes sense with Punisher being the main adversary in the Netflix Daredevil series. I’ll also be passing on this series.
THUNDERBOLTS #1
Jim Zub
VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY TONY PIPER
FROM THE ASHES OF AVENGERS: STANDOFF!
They’re a renegade team rampaging across the Marvel Universe under the direction of the Winter Soldier! But are the Thunderbolts heroes or villains—and do even they know for sure?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
I do like that homage cover to the original and great series cover. I’ll be passing on this series as well.
NIGHTHAWK #1
DAVID WALKER
Cover by DENYS COWAN and BILL SIENKIEWICZ
VARIANT COVER BY Rafael Albuquerque
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY BILL SIENKIEWICZ
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
Straight from the pages of SQUADRON SUPREME comes one of the most brutal super heroes of the Marvel Universe. Nighthawk is Chicago’s dark protector, dispensing swift, decisive justice to those that truly deserve it. When the city’s shadiest power brokers turn up murdered in gristly ways, the apparent work of an inventive serial killer, Nighthawk must ask himself, Does this predator deserve to be caught? Who is the killer? What is he after? What does he want from Nighthawk? To answer these questions, Nighthawk must first look in the mirror.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
I didn’t know that there were going to be all of these number ones, that I wouldn’t be interested in.
CIVIL WAR II #0
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
VARIANT COVER BY ESAD RIBIC
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY KIM JUNG JI
CHARACTER VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
From the creative team that brought you House of M and Siege comes a blistering first chapter in Marvel’s new explosive event. Watch as the players are introduced and the table is set for a storyline that fans will be talking about for years.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
So if these crossovers get worst – House of M, then the very missable Siege, does that mean that Civil War II will be even more passable? Here is hoping the X-Men have some reason to be involved in this, if they want me to buy this series.
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #9
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• Tony and Rhodey are best friends on and off the battlefield but their friendship is tested in ways it never was before as the new power players in the Marvel Universe reveal themselves in a bloody and dangerous fashion that threatens everything they stand for. A Civil War II prologue story!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
I like Mary Jane Watson being in the Iron Man armor, always fun when she was in a Spider-Man costume.
ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS #9
MARK WAID
Cover by ALEX ROSS
VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Khoi Pham
New Story Starts NOW!
• Introducing the all-new Wasp! Who is she? What is she? And what does she intend to do about Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
I wonder who is the new Wasp? Also, whatever happened to Jan?
THE VISION #7
TOM KING
COVER BY MIKE DEL MUNDO
A NEW STORY STARTS NOW!
• Once upon a time a robot and a witch fell in love. What followed was a tale of the dead and the dying, of the hopeful and the lost, of the wronged and the avenged. And in the end, after both had fallen, the witch and the robot rose from their dirt and eyed each other across a field of blood and bone.
• Forty-five years in the making, this is the story of Scarlet Witch and the Vision. Before family, there was love. And war.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
I am a sucker for the Vision / Wanda relationship, I may have to give this issue a read.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12
DAN SLOTT
Cover by ALEX ROSS
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Jamal Campbell
• POWER PLAY begins here!
• The Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man, Spider-Man and the rest of the All-New All-Different Avengers come together for this huge story!
• The most dangerous foe from SECRET WARS, REGENT makes his true intentions known – and it will take the greatest heroes of the Marvel Universe to stop him.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
I must not have read Secret Wars 2015 that closely as I don’t recall seeing the name, Regent, anywhere.
SPIDER-WOMAN #7
DENNIS HOPELESS
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY Javier RODRIGUEZ
SPIDER-WOMEN: PART 7!
• What’s happened in the Marvel Universe during Jessica’s time on Earth-65?
• What’s happened in HER HOME?!
• WHO’S THAT WITH HER BABY?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
This is part of the Spider-Women crossover but I didn’t know she had her baby. Has the baby daddy’s identity been revealed? I can only imagine Newsarama would spoil that for me but they haven’t yet.
SPIDER-MAN #4
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
• Miles is just finding his feet in the all new marvel universe; the media is growing obsessed with his skin color and now he has to share his own book with a hot new mutant who goes by the name of… wait for it…
• All this and the Queenpin of New York, the Black Cat, has set her sights on this new Spider-Man. She has put out a hit on his head and now no one is safe!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
The mutant must be Goldballs, right? Bendis hinted at that letter he wrote in Uncanny X-Men 600’s letter. When did the Black Cat become the Queenpin of Crime? What happened to Fisk, or did she realize that there was a title that she could claim and took it?
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #5
MARC GUGGENHEIM
Cover by MIKE NORTON
• Coulson captive! Simmons dying! The Amazing Spider-Man marked for death! And if that wasn’t enough… the Marvel Comics Universe debut of GRANT WARD.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Great, the worst character on Agents of SHIELD is now in the comic!
Art by Mike Hawhtorne
STAR-LORD #7
SAM HUMPHRIES
Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE
NO FIGHTING ON A MISSION, YOU GUYS!
• STAR-LORD VS. STAR-LADY!
• Turns out working with your ex might not go super smooth. Who knew?
• Will Peter and Kitty be able to make it out of this mission alive? Who is more dangerous, their enemy…or each other???
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Kitty clearly wears that outfit better! So glad to see her in this title, finally! Even if they are broken up now.
GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #6
DAN ABNETT AND ERIC PALICKI
Cover by GARY CHOO
ONE GUARDIAN, INFINITE TROUBLE
• Newcomer god Hermetikus has captured all the Guardians, possibly to turn them into unwilling brain donors!
• Just one hero manages to slip away: Nikki Gold must find her way through the Structure, with nothing but her wits and her guns.
• AND ERIC PALICKI (writer FAKE EMPIRE, ORPHANS) and artist PAOLO VILLANELLI (G.I. JOE, CLIVE BARKER’S HELLRAISER) team up Kitty Pryde and Gamora to figure out if there’s more than ONE Most Dangerous Woman in the Universe!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
Kitty gets her second backup feature! So great and her teaming up with Gamora has to be fun!
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Dale Keown
VENOM AND GROOT VERSUS: SKRULLS!
• Venom and Groot get in WAY over their heads fighting against SKRULLS!
• Last time this writer wrote those aliens it changed the Marvel Universe. This time he’s thinking even bigger!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Hopefully Kitty still has a role in this issue!
ULTIMATES #7
AL EWING
KENNETH ROCAFORT (A/C)
– On the road to CIVIL WAR II!
– The Ultimates deal with the fallout from their journey Outside – and the return of the Anti-Man!
– Meanwhile, Project: Pegasus holds the key to humanity’s survival… or destruction…
– …and THANOS is coming for it!
Is there a third unaccounted for Ant-Man? I guess there is the Irredeemable one.
HOWARD THE DUCK #7
CHIP ZDARSKY
COVER BY KEVIN MAGUIRE & JOE QUINONES
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Bobby Rubio
• When a case takes Howard and Tara to the SAVAGE LAND, they need all the help they can get! But instead, they make do with SPIDER-MAN, SHE-HULK, DAREDEVIL and STEVE ROGERS!
• Join Chip and special guest artist KEVIN MAGUIRE (!!!!) for an issue we like to call “Howard the Duck Volume Six, Issue Seven!”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Such a fun solict ending!
GWENPOOL #0
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS
DANILO BEYRUTH & GURIHIRU (A)
Cover by DANILO BEYRUTH
VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS BACHALO
• “Who is Gwenpool, and where did she come from?” Ever since she made a splash in her first cover appearance, those have been the questions on everyone’s lips as they lounge about, sipping from a tropical beverage!
• Now, get all three of the original Gwenpool backup stories from HOWARD THE DUCK #1-3 featuring Ms. Poole’s first appearance and her battle alongside our favorite private duck in one convenient package!
• Plus: See Gwen’s first Xmas in the Marvel Universe, and the guy she killed to mark the occasion!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
This would be helpful for any questions I have, after reading the third chapter of her backup story. But I’m sure I will forget this is coming out, once it does come out.
DAREDEVIL/PUNISHER #1 (OF 4)
CHARLES SOULE
SZYMON KUDRANSKI (A)
Cover by REILLY BROWN
A simple change of venues for one of Matt Murdock’s cases becomes more complicated when THE PUNISHER attempts to send the defendant away…permanently! If DAREDEVIL and BLINDSPOT want to get this mobster his day in court, it will take every ounce of wit and wile they have. All Frank needs to get what he wants is a bullet. The race is on!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Another clever miniseries to tie in with the second season of Daredevil.
DAREDEVIL #7
CHARLES SOULE
Cover by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• Marvel’s most deadly assassin is back in the Big Apple and has just dropped a bombshell of secret.
• Now, Matt Murdock is forced to consider the true cost of being the Man Without Fear.
• And now, with Elektra raising hell in Hell’s Kitchen, Daredevil may have to give up his biggest secret…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
This makes sense too, with Elektra being in season two of Daredevil. I imagine she gets her own ongoing soon, as well.
ILLUMINATI #7
JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Shawn Crystal (A/C)
AVENGERS: STAND-OFF AFTERMATH!
• It’s recruitment day! The villains of the Marvel Universe are pissed off after the events of Stand-Off, so naturally the Hood sees a perfect opportunity to enlist them into the Illuminati. But what he has planned next could sicken even the most hardened of criminals…
• But will Titania continue working with The Hood or focus on saving her marriage to Absorbing Man?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Hey, there actually is fallout from non-event crossover, Avengers Stand Off – that’s pretty impressive.
DOCTOR STRANGE #8
JASON AARON
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC STORY CONTINUES!
• All of Doctor Strange’s magic has been destroyed and our world is on the edge of disaster.
• What on Earth can Stephen do?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Strange should recruit Magik! That’s what he should do!
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #8
AL EWING
COVER BY PACO MEDINA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
ULTIMATE FIGHTING” continues!
• Here come… THE SYMBIOIDS! Half Venom – half Void – and all deadly!
• Are the Ultimates a match for the cosmic critters? And can they knock the Maestro off his throne?
• Plus – Battleworld breakout! Which contestant returns to Earth – and which one leaves in a box?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
I wish I knew the characters better to take a guess but I imagine it will be the one that doesn’t have a proper counterpart, who is already in the limelight.
THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #8
RYAN NORTH
NEW STORY STARTS NOW!
• In this story, Squirrel Girl faces off against a giant monster, AND a gross old man, AND goes on some dates!
• So that’s three challenges right there
• Whether you’re a fan of seeing a squirrel lady punch someone OR a fan of seeing a squirrel lady struggle to make an online dating profile that isn’t weird and embarrassing, this is an excellent comic for you to purchase!
• EVERYONE IS ONE OF THOSE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE — search your heart and you will find it is true
• Oh P.S., the story is called “I KISSED A SQUIRREL AND I LIKED IT” — how amazing is that?
• Answer: very
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
So silly but I do like the energy of her solicts.
ALL-NEW X-MEN #9
DENNIS HOPELESS
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER C BY KEN LASHLEY
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Pasqual Ferry
“APOCALYPSE WARS” CONTINUES!
The ALL-NEW X-MEN’s entry into “APOCALYPSE WARS” starts here! The ALL-NEW X-MEN are on a mission to step out of the shadows of their predecessors and write their own futures. And none are more determined to forge their own way than Evan Sabahnur, who is allegedly destined to one day become the genocidal villain APOCALYPSE. But now, by way of an unintentional intervention by his teammate Beast, Evan is brought face-to-face with Apocalypse himself…and also brought face-to-face with the question he’s been running from: Can you escape your destiny?
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99UNCANNY X-MEN #7
CULLEN BUNN
Cover by Greg Land
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Ryan Sook
“APOCALYPSE WARS” CONTINUES!
• Fearing their teammate Archangel has once more fallen under the sway of the villainous Apocalypse, Psylocke and Magneto have embarked on a mission to save his life.
• But they’re about to make a discovery that will make them doubt everything they thought they knew!
• Meanwhile, Sabretooth and M make a horrifying discovery of their own in the Morlock Tunnels beneath New York City…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #10
JEFF LEMIRE
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Reilly Brown
“APOCALYPSE WARS” continues here in “OMEGA WORLD”: Part 3!
• Trapped a thousand years in the future, the X-Men are literally mutantkind’s last hope!
• Not only has Apocalypse deemed the mutant race obselete, but he’s also claimed one of the X-Men as his newest Horseman.
• Can the X-Men survive a trip across the perilous landscape of Omega World to restore mutantkind’s future and rescue their teammate?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
I’m getting the impression, from the covers, that I won’t be following this crossover that closely as Magik has yet to appear in these three solicts or on the covers. I imagine she will be in the background of at least two of these titles and really be in the issue of Extraordinary X-Men.
DEADPOOL & THE MERCS FOR MONEY #4 (OF 5)
CULLEN BUNN
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY MIKE HAWTHORNE
• Ever wanna see Deadpool and company on a long haul in a big rig?
• How about if it’s driven by an immortal, demonic trucker?
• I cannot hear your response — but I hope it was a yes.
• Because that happens in this issue!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
Another fun solict!
DEADPOOL: LAST DAYS OF MAGIC #1
GERRY DUGGAN
COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
From the pages of Doctor Strange…the Empirikul are waging a war on magic with the goal of wiping the fantastical from the pages of existence. This concerns Deadpool, because some of his best friends are magic. As the Empirikul forces batter the defenses of the Monster Metropolis ruled by his demonic wife, Deadpool wades into battle alongside his most spell-casting-est friends. And you know the old saying “Nothing ever goes wrong in a war.” That’s a saying, right?
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/PARENTAL ADVISORY…$4.99
Look at Doctor Strange’s comic getting a Deadpool oneshot! That seems impressive! Especially has Duggan is writing it.
X-MEN: WORST X-MAN EVER #4 (OF 5)
MAX BEMIS
• Bailey has never fit in with the X-Men…
• …but Magneto wants him for a very special mission.
• The X-citing X-mini from Say Anything frontman Max Bemis continues!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
I have heard that the first few issues were fun but I haven’t received any and the character list on issue three hasn’t been updated. I guess the title has had some delays though, if issue four is just now being promoted.
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS: CRIME NOIR OMNIBUS HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & MARC ANDREYKO
Penciled by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Cover by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
A compendium of classic, character-driven drama written and drawn by the king of crime, Brian Michael Bendis! What brings David Goldfish, an enigmatic grifter with a heart of gold, back to his old haunts — where his old flame practically runs the city’s underbelly, and his ex-partner-in-crime is now a police detective? Who is the bounty hunter Jinx Alameda, and what treasure is she hunting? How will she get drawn into Eliot Ness’s real-life pursuit of one of America’s most notorious serial killers? Plus: Bendis draws from real life in a compelling exploration of the complex world of international intelligence! For fans of powerful, modern takes on pulp fiction and true-world crime stories, it doesn’t come any better than Bendis! Collecting AKA GOLDFISH: ACE, JACK, QUEEN, KING and JOKER; JINX #1-5; FIRE #1-2; and JINX: TORSO #1-6.
1152 PGS./Mature …$125.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-90159-2
Trim size: oversized
Goldfish, Jinx and Torso are such great comics!
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by ED MCGUINNESS, VALERIO SCHITI, DAVID LOPEZ & FRANK CHO
Cover by ALEX ROSS
The Guardians continue their cosmic odyssey in a volume filled with revelations and recriminations! Discover how Star-Lord, Drax and Thanos really escaped the Cancerverse — and learn the true fate of former Nova, Richard Rider! After Venom leads the team to an entire world teeming with alien symbiotes, will they ever trust Flash Thompson again? Then, the Guardians and the X-Men are caught in the pull of the Black Vortex! With the Slaughter Squad hot on their tails, the two groups have to find somewhere to stash their precious cargo…but will the temptation of the Vortex’s unknown power be too much for this band of misfits? Rocket leaps into action! Gamora is more deadly than ever! Ronan is deposed! And Peter Quill meets his destiny — but does he want it? Collecting GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2013) #18-27 and ANNUAL #1.
264 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90008-3
Trim size: oversized
Kitty Pryde is in this volume, so that should be all that needs to be written for the sale!
DEADPOOL MINIBUS HC (NEW PRINTING)
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Penciled by DALIBOR TALAJIC, MATTEO LOLLI, SALVA ESPIN
& RAMON ROSANAS
Cover by MICHAEL DEL MUNDO
Deadpool’s wildest adventures, collected in one blood-soaked volume! What if Deadpool decided to kill everyone and everything that makes up the Marvel Universe? What if he followed that up by slaughtering the most famous fictional characters in classic literature? And what if he finally took aim at the ultimate target: himself? You’d have the fan-favorite “Deadpool Killogy,” that’s what! But when Deadpool battles Deadpool, will he win or perish? Yes! Then: Deadpool wakes up from a food coma to find…the zombie apocalypse has occurred! Can the Merc with a Mouth avoid becoming the Merc in their Mouths?! And when Deadpool takes on Carnage, good-crazy battles bad-crazy, blood will flow — and Deadpool will literally go to pieces! Collecting DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1-4, DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED #1-4, DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL #1-4, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL #1-4 and DEADPOOL VS. CARNAGE #1-4.
480 PGS./Parental Advisory …$75.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-90192-9
Trim size: oversized
Minibus is a clever turn of a phrase!
NEW X-MEN OMNIBUS HC (NEW PRINTING)
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Penciled by FRANK QUITELY, ETHAN VAN SCIVER, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, IGOR KORDEY, JOHN PAUL LEON, PHIL JIMENEZ, KERON GRANT, CHRIS BACHALO & MARC SILVESTRI
Cover by FRANK QUITELY
Grant Morrison’s wildly innovative X-Men saga returns! The X-Men, re-imagined with a new look and a new mission, must face weird new threats including evil twins, organ harvesters, sentient bacteria, rebellious mutant youth, power-enhancing street drugs and living weapons! Joined by wicked telepath Emma Frost and mysterious powerhouse Xorn, the X-Men go public — expanding Xavier’s school to train a new generation of mutants including the insect-like Angel, the bird-boy Beak, the living sandstorm Dust and eerie telepathic quintuplets the Stepford Cuckoos. And as secondary mutations alter familiar mutants, the team is tested when Emma Frost sets her seductive sights on Cyclops, the all-consuming Phoenix threatens to rise again, and shocking traitors plot the destruction of everything the X-Men have accomplished! Featuring the Shi’ar Imperial Guard, the X-Corporation, Fantomex and more! Collecting NEW X-MEN (2001) #114-154 and ANNUAL 2001
1120 PGS./Rated T+ …$125.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-90196-7
Trim size: oversized
I own the first version of this. The stories are pretty good.
DEADPOOL MINIBUS 2 HC
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI, GERRY DUGGAN, PETER DAVID & CULLEN BUNN
Penciled by PEPE LARRAZ, MATTEO LOLLI, JACOPO CAMAGNI, SCOTT KOBLISH & NIK VIRELLA
Cover by SHANE DAVIS
Back up the minibus, it’s time for a second trip into the crazy world of the Deadpool limited series, where anything can happen — and probably will! Everything you knew about Deadpool and Cable was wrong — find out why in a time-hopping showdown with the original X-Force! When Wade crosses paths with the avenging archer Hawkeye, it’s merc against marksman! Sun Tzu? Sun who?! DEADPOOL’S ART OF WAR is the only masterwork of military strategy Loki needs to conquer Earth! What’s worse than a plague of the walking dead? A plague of walking Deadpools! And three decades after SECRET WARS, discover how Deadpool waged the most secretive warfare of all on the original Battleworld! Collecting DEADPOOL VS. X-FORCE #1-4, HAWKEYE VS. DEADPOOL #0-4, DEADPOOL’S ART OF WAR #1-4, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL #1-4 and DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARS #1-4.
512 PGS./Parental Advisory …$59.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90197-4
Trim size: oversized
A tad awkward that this isn’t listed right after the previous one above. The other one is only a new printing but still, they should be right next to each other.
DOCTOR STRANGE OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Written by STAN LEE & STEVE DITKO with ROY THOMAS & DENNIS O’NEIL
Penciled by STEVE DITKO
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Direct Market Cover by STEVE DITKO
Vain, greedy and prideful, Dr. Stephen Strange was a world-renowned surgeon until a car accident crippled his hands. Broken and destitute, he journeyed to Tibet in search of a legendary healer. He found not a man of medicine, but the venerable Ancient One — and the path to the mystic arts! From Doctor Strange’s eerie house on a Greenwich Village corner, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko unleashed new dimensions and otherworldly terrors — stories that remain as influential today as they were on 1960s counter-culture. Now, Marvel is proud to offer this Omnibus collection of the complete Lee/Ditko Doctor Strange run! In one beautifully restored hardcover volume, experience the iconic first appearances of Baron Mordo, Eternity, Dormammu and the Mindless Ones, as well as Wong and the lovely Clea! Collecting material from STRANGE TALES (1951) #110-111 and #114-146, and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #2.
456 PGS./All Ages …$75.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9924-3
Trim size: oversizedDOCTOR STRANGE OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC VARIANT (DM ONLY)
456 PGS./All Ages …$75.00
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9925-0
Trim size: oversized
Ditko on Strange is mind-blowing! $75 is a bit much but not really for the high production value that I’m hoping this has. Is this all of the Ditko issues, I wonder?
MARVEL: THE HIP-HOP COVERS VOL. 1 HC
Watch creative worlds collide like never before in the ultimate fusion of hip-hop and the House of Ideas! With an introduction by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates — a National Book Award winner, a recent MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and the writer of Marvel’s BLACK PANTHER — this stunning volume showcases 70 comic-book covers inspired by some of the most iconic albums in music history. Experience page after page of incredible artwork featuring the heroes of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Universe — from A-Force to the X-Men — by an unbelievable roster of talent including Adam Hughes, Brian Stelfreeze, Jim Cheung, Mike Del Mundo, Sanford Greene, Jenny Frison, Phil Noto, Mahmud Asrar, Damion Scott, Tim Bradstreet, Keron Grant and Ed Piskor. Their finished covers sit side-by-side with behind-the-scenes sketches, showing the process of rendering some of the most famous images in hip-hop, Marvel style. Straight outta comics — and on to your bookshelf!
168 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90233-9
How is this $35 for 70 pages of material? Shouldn’t that be somewhere between $15 and $25?
DRAX VOL. 1: THE GALAXY’S BEST DETECTIVE TPB
Written by CM PUNK & CULLEN BUNN
Penciled by SCOTT HEPBURN
Cover by SCOTT HEPBURN
You know him as the heavily tattooed muscle for everybody’s favorite spacefaring super-team, but what does Drax do when he’s not Guarding the Galaxy? Pursue his own bloodthirsty quest to achieve his destiny and slay Thanos, of course! Determined to find and kill the Titan once and for all, Drax is ready to take on the universe, one heavy hitter at a time! When Drax the Destroyer and Terrax the Tamer walk into a space cantina, it’s no joke. Then there’s the Temple of Foom! Fin Fang Foom, that is. But you know Drax’s motto: The bigger they are, the harder they die screaming. It’s Drax the Destroyer, rampaging through the cosmos on a starship named the Space Sucker. You just know, whatever happens, this one is gonna be epic! Collecting DRAX #1-5.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9662-4
The first issue was pretty good and I’ve flipped through the other issues at Hastings.
STAR-LORD VOL. 1: FIRST FLIGHT TPB
Written by SAM HUMPHRIES
Penciled by JAVIER GARRÓN
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
The stirring story of Star-Lord begins here! Before Peter Quill traversed the universe, before he was a Guardian, before he was legendary, he was…an astronaut! Well, he wanted to be, at least. But as NASA’s biggest washout, it looked like the future Star-Lord was destined to stay grounded on Earth forever. Now, discover how Marvel’s scoundrel of the spaceways finally journeyed out into the galaxy, with a death to avenge! But getting off-world is one thing — surviving is another. When Yondu’s crew finds him, Peter will have to get on board with their pillaging lifestyle — yes, it’s a space pirate’s life for him! But will he be so merciless as to betray his species and steal the mysterious Asterion One? Witness the unlikely origins of a legendary hero! Collecting STAR-LORD (2015) #1-5.
112 PGS./Rated T …$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9624-2
The second trade should be spectacular!
BLACK KNIGHT: THE FALL OF DANE WHITMAN TPB
Written by FRANK TIERI
Penciled by RAFFAELE IENCO, LUCA PIZZARI & KEV WALKER
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
What do you do when it’s your destiny to be damned? For centuries, thats the grave question that has plagued each wielder of the Ebony Blade — and all of them ultimately succumbed to the sword’s curse. Now, as his own addiction to the weapon grows ever stronger, this shocking truth is laid bare to its current owner, the former Avenger Dane Whitman. Will this revelation be the reason he ends up in the strange and dangerous realm known as Weirdworld? Or are there other forces at work? When the Uncanny Avengers hunt him down, will Dane’s past actions finally catch up with him? And in the ensuing battle, will his stay in Weirdworld come to a premature end? It’s swords, sorcery and one man’s struggle to not lose his soul! Collecting BLACK KNIGHT (2015) #1-5 and material from ORIGINAL SINS #2.
120 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90031-1
This was the first ANAD Marvel title to be cancelled so I’m not sure how good this trade could be. I did like Frank Tieri being back at Marvel though.
COLOR YOUR OWN LITTLE MARVEL BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
Penciled by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Grab your pencils, crayons and pens, and go to town on Eisner Award-winner Skottie Young’s ever-adorable artwork! Loads of “Little Marvel” covers — together with indelible imagery featuring Rocket Raccoon, Young’s Avengers and plenty more — have been stripped down and rendered in crisp black-and-white, ready for your imagination to take over! Chaos or order, it’s up to you! You want an orange-and-purple Spidey? You got it! You’re turning Black Bolt pink? Fine! You like your Hulks green and red, only both at the same time? Polka-dot yourself out! But swapping Cap’s red, white and blues for yellow, indigo and ceruleans? Why, that’s downright un-American! Rediscover the pure, unadulterated joy of coloring — Marvel-style!
120 PGS./All Ages …$9.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9555-9
I may have to order this to see which covers are reprinted here. I bet they look great in black and white! $10 is worth the investment. Hastings leads me to believe that adult coloring books are selling like hot cakes as the store is lousy with them.
SPIDER-MAN: TOMBSTONE VOL. 1 TPB
Written by GERRY CONWAY
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA & MARK BAGLEY
Cover by SAL BUSCEMA
Spider-Man’s life takes a grave turn! He’s about to encounter Tombstone — the highest-priced killer in the business — and the whispering hitman will make a big noise in the wall-crawler’s life. Who is Tombstone? Why is Joe Robertson investigating him? What devastating action will Tombstone take to put a stop to that? And how will it all end with Joe on trial?! Whatever the answers, the albino assassin is about to get Spider-Man’s attention — and the Punisher’s, too! Meanwhile, Boomerang makes his comeback, “Evolutionary War” breaks out, “Inferno” rages, and the Hobgoblin goes demonic. Carrion is spooky enough, but which face from Spidey’s past makes a ghoulish return? And when the wall-crawler faces Tarantula, whose side will Captain America choose? Collecting SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #137-150 and material from ANNUAL #8.
368 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90064-9
Why are they printing this? If Sal Buscema is on art for Spectacular Spider-Man, then you know that you are in for a great read!
X-MEN: INFERNO VOL. 2 TPB
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, LOUISE SIMONSON, TERRY AUSTIN, JULIANNA JONES
& MARK GRUENWALD
Penciled by MARC SILVESTRI, ALAN DAVIS,
WALTER SIMONSON, ROB LIEFELD, BRET BLEVINS,
MIKE VOSBURG, JON BOGDANOVE & JIM FERN
Cover by MARC SILVESTRI
As Manhattan burns, S’ym, N’astirh and the Goblin Queen fan the flames! But the manipulative Mister Sinister may be the most incendiary threat of all! Madelyne Pryor’s secrets are revealed, while Colossus and the New Mutants learn the truth about Illyana Rasputin! While X-Factor hunts Cyclops’s baby son, Excalibur is drawn into the fray! One by one, his teammates fall, but Longshot’s luck holds out — will anyone else survive to join him in a last stand against Sinister? Meanwhile, Power Pack and Cloak & Dagger struggle with demons of their own! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #241-243, EXCALIBUR (1988) #6-7, X-FACTOR (1986) #37-40, NEW MUTANTS (1983) #73, CLOAK & DAGGER (1988) #4, POWER PACK (1984) #44 and material from X-FACTOR ANNUAL #4.
368 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9544-3
This should complete the Inferno epic. I would be tempted by a proper Omnibus.
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So I’ll be buying –
Star Lord 7 $4
Guardians of Infinity 6 $5
Maybes –
Guardians of the Galaxy 8 $4
All New X-Men 9 $4
Uncanny X-Men 7 $4
Extraordinary X-Men 10 $4
Six comics for a total of $25 minus six dollars for my total of $19, which is pretty great! I was worried the crossover issues would add up but that’s still not too bad.
No new titles to add except for the Color Your Own Little Marvels by Skottie Young, that I will probably end up ordering and maybe buying.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 