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Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by PETER VALE & MICHAEL RYAN Cover by PAUL RENAUD 90s DECADE VARIANT BY TBA A no-holds barred gamma-irradiated slugfest as the all-new, all-different SHE-HULK throws down with the DARK AVENGERS -- which is fine with her, as one of their members is the object of her quest in this time period! Can you guess who -- and what the true nature of her mysterious mission is? The final pieces of the puzzle fall into place this issue! Plus, reprinting the new She-Hulk""s first solo appearance from the pages of HULK FAMILY by Paul Tobin and Benton Jew! 40 pages. /Parental Advisory
Canada's premier super-team returns to action! The original Alpha Flight reunites to face a threat unlike any other, as the impact of FEAR ITSELF is felt in Canada! Resurrected from the dead, Guardian, Vindicator, Shaman and Marrina rejoin Sasquatch, Snowbird, Northstar and Aurora in defense of the Great White North. But the Canada they return to looks a lot different than the one they left as a new political regime rises to power and brands Alpha Flight traitors! Betrayed from within, Canada's champions are hunted by the government as they battle to release their fellow citizens from the grip of fear and win back the True North, strong and free! Collecting ALPHA FLIGHT (2011) #0.1 and #1-4. [(W) Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente (A) Ben Oliver, Dale Eaglesham (CA) Phil Jimenez]
Classified until 6/22/09 ISSUE #604 - 32 pages. Rated A ISSUE #605 - 48 pages. Rated A
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by JAVIER PULIDO Cover by PAOLO MANUEL RIVERA A locked room mystery! A string of brutal murders! A missing girl! One of Peter Parker's closest friends on the brink of ruin! This looks like a job for the Amazing Spider-Sleuth... and all clues point to the sinister SANDMAN! But all of Spidey's classic villains are being reinvented as part of ""THE GAUNTLET"", and Sandy is no different -- so nothing is what it seems!. 32 pages. /Rated A
It's a globetrotting quest for the Valiant Universe's greatest secrets, from the New York Times bestselling team of Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Zombies) and Clayton Henry (Uncanny X-Men)! Obadiah Archer was born and raised to cherish three things above all else: the faith of his parents, the love of his 22 brothers and sisters, and his lifelong mission to defeat the ultimate evildoer. Now, after years of training, Archer has been dispatched to the heart of America's festering modern day Babylon, aka New York City, to root out and kill this infamous Great Satan. Unfortunately, dying has never been easy for Archer's target -- the hard-drinking, 10,000-year-old immortal known as Armstrong. Together, this unlikely pair of heroes is about to stumble headfirst into a centuries-old conspiracy that will bring the whole of ancient history crashing down on the modern day Valiant Universe. And that's going to mean one Hell of a hangover. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A/CA) Clayton Henry]
In the Valiant Universe, even secrets have secrets. Have you heard the one about The Michelangelo Code? Inside a Masonic crypt beneath Wall Street, The 1 engineer a financial apocalypse that will save the dollar, but could destroy the world. Within the secret archives of the Vatican, The Spirituali shelter a secret that could crack history in half. And - in a bar somewhere - Archer & Armstrong are all that stands between the ancient conspiracy that binds these two group together. But can Archer survive a terrible betrayal from his own family - and the shocking revelation of Armstrong's closest ally? Get ready for a spreadsheet-shattering, kung-fu gripping action epic that will set the Valiant Universe aflame! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Arturo Lozzi]
Fnord! Those email forwards Grandma sends you? ALL TRUE. Every lurid cover of every supermarket tabloid? ALL TRUE. That impossible-to-read GeoCities site rambling on about truthers, birthers and black ops alien greys working for the U.N.? ALL TRUE. The Sect has dragged a curtain of confusion across the inner workings of your world, but fear not, the conspiracy-busters Archer & Armstrong are here to deliver Truth in the form of ass-kicking! (And ass-kicking in the form of ass-kicking.) Our heroes' newfound friendship will face its greatest test as they battle The Sisters of Perpetual Darkness - the Nunjas (""ninja"" + ""nun"") who guard Rome's blasphemous secrets. Obadiah Archer thought he had been betrayed by his family before, but nothing can prepare him for this! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Arturo Lozzi]
The all-new Geomancer must battle the Wrath of the Eternal Warrior! Throughout all of human history, the sacred lineage of the Geomancers has protected the Earth from all who would seek to do it harm. But, now, a new Geomancer has been chosen - and she's stuck keeping Archer & Armstrong out of harm's way! But why has Kay McHenry been selected to wield this exceptional power? And just what is her connection to the Eternal Warrior's blood vendetta? Only the Warrior knows for surebut won't be answering until he's left Archer & Armstrong bloodied, broken and brutalized by his own fist and steel. Plus - more of the Eternal Warrior's exploits throughout history revealed! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A/CA) Emanuela Lupacchino]
Who shoots The Shootist?! What would an Eternal Warrior be without an immortal enemy? For centuries, The Shootist – the Sect's most feared assassin – has been a pivotal player in world events. Now he has Archer & Armstrong in his sights! With Gilad and the new Geomancer's help, can they stop the man who only fires shots heard 'round the world? [(W) Fred Van Lente (A/CA) Emanuela Lupacchino]
Nothing is forever. So say the Null. The Wrath of the Eternal Warrior gears up for its universe-shattering penultimate issue! Nothing is Forever. That is the motto of the Null, the enemies of the Geomancers for centuries. Now, at last, the Null have found the key to the utter destruction of all that is -- and his name is Obadiah Archer! Can Aram and Gilad set aside their differences long enough to team up against Armstrong's best friend -- and will any of them survive the final battle? [(W) Fred Van Lente (A/CA) Emanuela Lupacchino]
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #4 (NEW) (PEARSON COVER) - Full Color. Creators: (W) Fred Van Lente (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Jason Pearson Description: Archer & Armstrong make their last stand against The Sect high in the Himalayas! Every clan of The The full Sect has gathered together s for the first time in millenniaa to harness with the unthinkable, sanity-shattering destruction of the mythical Boonin their grasp. But one piece is still missing - and Obadiah Archer has it! If he turns it over, The Sect will give him back his family. If he refuses, the man called Armstrong dies! PLUS: The true nature of Archer's powers revealed! AND, on top of everything else, witness the debut of ANOTHER Valiant Universe's next superstar hero - only in this issue! 32 pages. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Jason Pearson]
The true story of the Epic (Fail) of Giglamesh! Original series artist and Harbinger Wars superstar Clayton Henry returns to tell a tale of the early days of the man known as Armstrong! How early? How's ancient Ur sound? For the first time, the 100 true story behind the Epic of Gilgamesh can be told? A tale of three warrior brothers, the Anni-Padda - or as you may know them, ARMSTRONG, the ETERNAL WARRIOR and TIMEWALKER - on a quest to the mysterious Faraway to bring back its immortal Boon. What they find is a lost land full of danger, excitement - and the greatest secret of the Valiant Universe! Plus: this issue tees up the next arc of A&A, beginning this June in issue #10! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Lee Garbett]
Caught in the jaws of the Faraway! General Redacted has laid claim to the greatest secret in a time-lost dimension that's practically built on 'em. Must be a doozy, huh? Well, it's big enough that Redacted and his army of alien greys (they're small but feisty!) are laying waste to anyone and anything approaches their occupied lands of the Faraway. Now, it's down to Archer & Armstrong to run the greatest infiltration / liberation / inebriation mission history has ever known, which would be a cakewalk if it wasn't for all the UFOs, hostile natives and, of course, the dinosaurs. Yup, could definitely do without those dinosaurs. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Pere Perez (CA) Emanuela Lupacchino]
Caught in the jaws of the Faraway! General Redacted has laid claim to the greatest secret in a time-lost dimension that's practically built on 'em. Must be a doozy, huh? Well, it's big enough that Redacted and his army of alien greys (they're small but feisty!) are laying waste to anyone and anything approaches their occupied lands of the Faraway. Now, it's down to Archer & Armstrong to run the greatest infiltration / liberation / inebriation mission history has ever known, which would be a cakewalk if it wasn't for all the UFOs, hostile natives and, of course, the dinosaurs. Yup, could definitely do without those dinosaurs. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Pere Perez (CA) Juan Doe]
No one in the Valiant Universe is more dangerous or more experienced in the art of war than the undying Eternal Warrior. After thousands of years on the battlefield, he's a master of strategy and weaponry, an unrelenting force of nature capable of dismantling entire armies with little effort and less conscience. His brother Armstrong, on the other hand, likes to read poetry and drink beer. Maybe that's why they had such a bad falling out? But now - after years apart - the Eternal Warrior has a new mission: destroy young Obadiah Archer, Armstrong's best-est new buddy and teammate in the war against The Sect. And, like it or not, Valiant's history-smashing adventure duo are about to feel the brunt of the Eternal Warrior's fist and steel. Collecting Archer & Armstrong #5-9 by New York Times best-selling author Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man) and critically acclaimed artist Emanuela Lupacchino (X-Factor), the second volume of the series that IGN calls hilarious and action packed slams into high gear with a savage manhunt straight through the heart of the Valiant Universe. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A/CA) Emanuela Lupacchino]
It's history in the breaking! After years of meditation and training, 18-year-old Obadiah Archer has been dispatched to New York City to carry out the sacred mission of his family's sect - locate and kill the fun-loving, hard-drinking immortal known as Armstrong! But as this naive teenage assassin stalks his prey, he'll soon find that both hunter and hunted are just pawns in a centuries-old conspiracy that stretches from the catacombs beneath Wall Street to the heights of the Himalayas. And Archer & Armstrong will have to work together if the future is to stand any chance of surviving the past's greatest threat! From the New York Times best-selling creative team of writer Fred Van Lente (Marvel Zombies) and Clayton Henry (Incredible Herc), this volume collects Archer & Armstrong #1-4! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Clayton Henry (CA) Mico Suayan]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by LUKE ROSS & NEIL EDWARDS Cover by PAOLO RIVERA The official comics prequel to the Marvel Studios summer blockbuster begins here! As Captain America, Steve Rogers is the inspiration for millions during the dark days of World War Two - but where did he get his inspiration from? How did he meet his best friend, ""Bucky"" Barnes? And what set him on the path to becoming the First Avenger? New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and star artists Luke Ross (CAPTAIN AMERICA) and Neil Edwards (FANTASTIC FOUR) take you on an all-new adventure to the European battlefields before the movie hits theaters! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIRST VENGEANCE #1-4 and material from CAPTAIN AMERICA SPOTLIGHT. 104 pages. /Rated A
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KHOI PHAM Cover by DAN PANOSIAN It's the end of ALL things! The Marvel Universe's shattered pantheons fall from the skies! King Chaos marshals his forces for the final assault with every Marvel hero as his target! Hercules, Thor and the God Squad embark upon one last, mad scheme to save existence itself, but what terrible conflicts wrack the heroes and gods of Earth when Hercules learns the true price of their deliverance? Bonus: Hell comes to Hawaii! (Yes, Hawaii.) 32 pages. /Rated T+
Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KHOI PHAM Cover by BRANDON PETERSON THIS IS IT!! THE MARVEL UNIVERSES LAST STAND! The Chaos King unleashes his ultimate attack against reality as we know it -- and our survival depends on a boy, his god, and their ragtag band of allies: The Mighty Thor! The Incredible Hulks! The Dead (and Living?) Avengers! The X-Men! Alpha Flight! But are they enough to stand against THE ANTI-ETERNITY ... The force that seeks to negate all existence itself? In this issue, the universe dies and everyone wins! What? 32 pages. /Rated T+
CHAOS WAR tie-in! The Vision. Captain Mar-Vell. Yellowjacket. Deathcry. Swordsman. Dr. Druid. All lost their lives in the line of duty...or in disgrace. When Earth's Mightiest Heroes are themselves laid low in the carnage of the CHAOS WAR and the graves give up their dead, these six find themselves mysteriously returned, to RE-ASSEMBLE against the CHAOS KING's most fearsome ally -- one of the Avengers' greatest foes! It’s a final chance at redemption, a second life, and most importantly, to prove -- once and for all -- that they are worthy of the name... AVENGERS. 32 PGS./Rated T+
For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Hergé, Osamu Tezuka -- and more! Collects Comic Book Comics #1-6. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A/CA) Ryan Dunlavey]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by GIANLUCA GIGLIOTTA Cover by JAE LEE Spider-Man""s most mysterious new enemy takes center stage in a 3-issue mini-series by Official Amazing Spider-Man Web-Head Fred Van Lente and newcomer Gianluca Gigliotta. One-half benevolent philanthropist/One-half underworld mastermind, Mr. Negative has carved out a substantial slice of the big apple for himself over the past year. But when the super-villain mastermind The Hood strikes at the heart of Mr. Negative""s criminal operations with a whole horde of classic Arachno-Foes (including The Scorcher, Speed Demon, The Squid and the long awaited return of the White Rabbit), Spider-Man is left to clean up the mess between these two violent nemeses. 32 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by GIANLUCA GUGLIOTTA Cover by JAE LEE The streets of Chinatown run red with blood as The Hood sends in his entire villain army to take out the Last Villain Standing who refuses to submit to his rule, Mister Negative! The only thing that can save him is the latest ruthlessly violent enforcer he's converted to his cause: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! Wha-huh? Plus: as Betty Brant gets ever closer to uncovering the terrifying secret behind Mr. Negative's origin, is she unwittingly sealing her own doom? 32 pages. Rated T+.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils by DALIBOR TALAJIC Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS MERC WITH A MYTH! Stop rubbing your eyes, fanboy, they don't deceive you! Everyone's favorite Merc with a Mouth stars in a third on-going series, hacking and wisecracking his way across the Marvel Universe with a new guest-star every month! First up: when master assassin ARCADE and NIGHTMARE, Lord of the Dream Dimension, join forces to destroy Wade Wilson and THE INCREDIBLE HERCULES, they get more than they bargain for, taking on two of the MU's most irresponsible heroes! Drunken mayhem, bad jokes, and billions of dollars of property damage ensue! 32 pages. /Parental Advisory
It's more all-ages action in the mighty Marvel manner as two super-powered families team-up in this Power Pack adventure! Featuring Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the ever-lovin' Thing! Can Power Pack stand up to the FF's rogues gallery including Wizard, Trapster and the dangerous Dr. Doom?! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #1-4. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Gurihiru / Cover by Gurihiru]
Jack Power has competition for B.M.O.C. of N.Y.C.'s P.S. 616 ... the new kid in school, FRANKLIN RICHARDS, Son of a Genius! But when two older kids swipe the gear of WIZARD and the TRAPSTER and target both Frank and Jack, the FF and Power Pack have to team up to stop the ""Attack of the Super-Bullies!""
[Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils and Cover by GURIHIRU]
Stop! Read this! Have you seen these missing children? JACK POWER, brown hair, brown eyes, can expand his density into a cloudy mass or shrink down to a fraction of his size, also answers to ""MASS MASTER."" He is probably with FRANKLIN RICHARDS, blond hair, blue eyes, wearing a t-shirt with a ""4"" on it, also answers to ""SON OF A GENIUS."" They've run away from home together to make careers as solo heroes, and Power Pack has to track them down before KRAVEN THE HUNTER does! [Written by Fred Van Lente / Pencils and Cover by Gurihiru]
DR. DOOM has captured FRANKLIN RICHARDS and brought him back to Latveria to use the boy as a pawn in his latest fiendish plot against the FF - but he's accidentally captured POWER PACK along with Frank! Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie have to fight their way through Castle Doom to rescue their friend and defeat their most formidable foe yet . but . could that be exactly what Doom wants?
[Written by Fred Van Lente Pencils and Cover by Gurihiru]
Courtney Krieger had it all ... fame, fortune, beauty, a whirlwind life spent jetting from one exotic locale to the next. Why did she give it all up to become the G.I. JOE team member known as COVER GIRL? Her deadliest secret will be revealed here-as well as the connection between it and COBRA'S MAD MONK, who has returned to turn New York City into an island of terror! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Jamal Igle (CA) Steve Kurth, Jamal Igle]
COBRA TAKES MANHATTAN! It was inevitable once the G.I. JOE team relocated that COBRA COMMANDER would put the Big Apple squarely in his sights - and now THE MAD MONK is in charge. But the BARONESS and DESTRO are cooking up some schemes of their own the question is: will those schemes make them allies to DUKE and company? [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Steve Kurth (CA) Steve Kurth, Jamal Igle]
HOMEFRONT! The G.I. Joe team battles Cobra to the death on American soil! COVERL GIRL, DOC, and the newest member, HASHTAG (yes, HASHTAG) have been separated from the rest and have to fight their way through hundreds of kill-crazy Cobra sympathizers-with a teammate's life hanging in the balance! Plus: The BARONESS has DUKE in her clutches. So why isn't DESTRO happy about that? [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Steve Kurth (CA) Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey]
HOMEFRONT! DOC has only precious minutes to save a teammate's life as the forces of COBRA close in-and her injuries prevent her from performing the operation herself. Is another G.I. JOE member ready for a crash course in battlefield surgery? Plus: Can ROADBLOCK & Co. convince the people of Warrenton to turn against COBRA? All this and the return of SCRAP IRON! WHO DOESN'T LOVE SCRAP IRON?!!? [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Steve Kurth (CA) Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey]
HOMEFRONT reaches its explosive conclusion-and we do mean explosive: If BARONESS can't hold the city of Warrenton, no one will! And the fate of the entire G.I. JOE team rests in the hands of its newest-and most inexperienced- member, HASHTAG. What will she decide? Plus: The return of a fan-favorite Cobra character YOU'VE been clamoring for since he first appeared! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Steve Kurth (CA) Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey]
G.I. JOE #1 (VARIANT 11-COPY SET) (COMICS HISTORY INCENTIVE COVER) - Full Color. Creators: (W) Fred Van Lente (A) Steve Kurth (CA) Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey Description: YO JOE! The truth is out: the world knows the G.I. JOE team is real. Now Duke leads his squad directly into the public eye, confronting COBRA on American soil! The best of the best just got better, as Fred Van Lente and Steve Kurth lead the charge and we roll out one new G.I. Joe title a month for the next three months! 32. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Steve Kurth (CA) Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey]
The truth is out: the world knows the G.I. JOE team is real. Now Duke leads his squad directly into the public eye, confronting COBRA on American soil! Fred Van Lente and Steve Kurth lead the charge taking G.I. JOE in a new direction. Collects issues #1 - 5 of the new series! [(W) Fred Van Lente (A/CA) Steve Kurth]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Art & Cover by FRANCIS PORTELA Based on the Best-Selling X-Box Game! Blood Line is the top-secret unconventional warfare unit of the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence, engaging in sabotage and assassination missions deep inside Covenant space. But when this quartet of super soldiers is shot down over a desolate moon along with a Covenant cruiser, humans and aliens will have to forge an uneasy alliance against a common foe before an eons-old threat destroys them both! 32 Pgs./17& Up ©2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Halo, the Halo logo, the Microsoft Game Studios logo, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Bungie and the Bungie logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bungie, LLC.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils & Cover by FRANCIS PORTELA ""Greetings! I am the monitor of Line Installation 1-4. I am 6-8-6 Ebullient Prism. My function is to collect and inspect any and all specimens captured within this sector for evidence of immunity to infestation by The Flood. I require your assistance. Please do not move while you are dissected and all your tissues are properly analyzed and cataloged."" From the smash hit video game series that has sold over 25 Million Copies!!!! 32 pages. /17 & Up.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils & Cover by FRANCIS PORTELA The Elites and Spartans"" uneasy alliance to rescue their captured comrades from the depths of the ancient complex is pushed to the breaking point when a traitor is revealed in their midst. But is the turncoat human, Covenant...or something even more terrifying? BASED ON THE BESTSELLING XBOX GAME SERIES! 32 pages. /17 & Up
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA Cover by FRANCIS PORTELA Based on the Best-Selling X-Box Game! Blood Line is the top-secret unconventional warfare unit of the United Nations Space Command's Office of Naval Intelligence, engaging in sabotage and assassination missions deep inside Covenant space. But when this quartet of super soldiers is shot down over a desolate moon along with a Covenant cruiser, humans and aliens will have to forge an uneasy alliance against a common foe before an eons-old threat destroys them both! Collecting HALO: BLOOD LINE #1-5. 120 pages. /17 & Up [Francis Portela]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA Cover by FRANCIS PORTELA The prospecting vessel Long Time Coming is more than your average explorer ship. Underneath the grit and grime, it's part of the Office of Naval Intelligence, and its crew and ""prospecting equipment"" are en route to the front lines. That is, until the ship encounters a strange phenomenon in slipspace that sends the vessel plummeting toward an unknown planet. But they're not the only ones shipwrecked on this world - a world that's more than just an anonymous hunk of rock. Critically acclaimed comics scribe Fred Van Lente (INCREDIBLE HERCULES, X-MEN NOIR) teams with up-and-coming artist Francis Portela (BLACK PANTHER) to bring you HALO: BLOOD LINE - a story of war, survival and, above all else, a family of Spartans who will never let each other down. Collecting HALO: BLOOD LINE #1-5. 120 pages. /17 & Up © 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.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by NEIL EDWARDS Cover by MICHAEL KALUTA FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN As FEAR ITSELF continues to rage across the Marvel Universe, escaped super villains make their way to Brooklyn where they are faced only by...not Herc? A villain not seen since the days of ""Dark Reign"" and accidentally resurrected by Herc during ""Chaos War"" has arisen to challenge Herc's role as the borough's protector -- but what sinister purpose lies behind his so-called heroism? Swords and sorcery clash in the heart of modern-day New York City! 32 pages. /Rated T+
A bold new era for the Lion of Olympus! Hercules is back, minus his powers - but when mythic evil stalks the streets, what is the son of Zeus to do? He takes 3000 years of combat experience, raids Ares' armory for the most fearsome weapons of legend, and gets medieval! But what chance does a mere mortal have against FEAR ITSELF's army of monsters and super villains? Plus: when Spider-Island erupts, Hercules finds himself ""infested"" with spider-powers of his own. Can you handle the Incredible Spider-Herc?! Then: Zeus decides to move in with his wayward son after an angry Hera de-powers him. Herc teams up with the assassin Elektra to take on some powerful foes but will Zeus muck everything up? You bet he will. Collecting HERC #1-6, #6.1 and #7-10. [(W) Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente (A) Neil Edwards & Various (CA) Chris Stevens]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils and Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI ATLAS backup by PAUL TOBIN & REILLY BROWN Hercules, the Lion of Olympus has fallen. And now his best friend Amadeus Cho must fight to prevent the takeover of the Olympian pantheon by the most terrifying god on the planet! With Banner, Skaar, Thor, and Namor swept into the conflict, immortals choose champions and the destiny of Marvel's mighty world of mythology plunges towards irrevocable change! The next and most shocking era in the saga of ""Incredible Hercules"" begins here! Plus, a backup tale of Venus, the enchanting siren from the Agents of Atlas! 40 pages. /Rated T+.
When Humbug discovers that insect members of Hulk's Warbound have plans of their own for Earth, the Heroes for Hire infiltrate their great stone starship. But can Humbug be trusted, or is he being seduced by visions of a bug-friendly future? Go behind the battle lines of WORLD WAR HULK in the second part of this exciting crossover! Plus: a special backup tale featuring a top-secret S.H.I.E.L.D. plan to assassinate the HULK!
[Written by ZEB WELLS & FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by CLAY MANN Cover by TAKESHI IYAZAWA]
The Heroes for Hire find themselves in the middle of World War Hulk when their mission to Hulk's stoneship leaves them on the Warbound's death list! It's divide-and-conquer as each hero is hunted by a member of the Jade Giant's band of alien soldiers. [Written by Zeb Wells & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Clay Mann & John Bosco / Cover by Sana Takeda]
Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by REILLY BROWN Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE The Lion of Olympus has fallen. And as the Heroic Age dawns, the Golden Mace of Hercules passes to a new Prince of Power...who just happens to be Herc's best friend, Korean-American kid genius, Amadeus Cho. But when Amadeus finally reveals what he plans to do with his new power, the heavens themselves may shatter as Marvel's mightiest pantheons are shaken to the core! And wait a minute...what's THOR doing on the cover of this book? Fan fave writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente and beloved ""Thorcules"" artist Reilly Brown bring the thunder with the next essential chapter in the mind-blowing, heart-wrenching, and gut-busting epic that is the ""INCREDIBLE HERCULES"" experience! [(w) Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (a) Reilly Brown (ca) Humberto Ramos]
Collecting four tales of gamma-powered adventure! Witness the destruction as the Green Goliath goes toe-to-toe with the Champions, Thundra and the Lion of Olympus himself, the Incredible Hercules. Plus: Classic Hulk writer Roger Stern shows you what it's like to survive an encounter with the Hulk, all seen through the eyes of former sidekick Fred Sloan. Collecting GIANT-SIZE HULK #1 (CHAMPIONS STORY), GIANT-SIZE INCREDIBLE HULK #1, HULK: RAGING THUNDER and HULK VS. HERCULES: WHEN TITANS COLLIDE. [Written by Greg Pak, Peter David, Roger Stern, Greg Land & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Juan Santa C]
New York Times bestseller Fred Van Lente (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and acclaimed artist Tom Fowler (VENOM) retell the beginnings of the green goliath for a new generation! This is the definitive origin of the Hulk - as well as Betty Ross, now Red She-Hulk; and General ""Thunderbolt"" Ross, now the avenging Red Hulk! Plus: Gamma Base, Rick Jones and the introduction of a new Hulk villain that will continue to haunt both him and his alter ego, Dr. Bruce Banner, in present continuity! Also includes INCREDIBLE HULK (2011) #1. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Tom Fowler (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco]
CLASSIFIED. [Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by KHOI PHAM / Cover by ART ADAMS]
In the wake of WORLD WAR HULK, the Mighty Avengers are hot on the heels of unrepentant renegades Hercules and Amadeus Cho. Driven into a mindless berserker rage by Ares, Herc has become the critical piece of Cho's plan to utterly destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. What is Cho's master plan to wipe out the spy agency...and is he willing to get Herc killed to do it? Guest-starring the Champions of Los Angeles! Yes, seriously. [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Khoi Pham / Cover by Art Adams]
Hercules vs. Ares, locked in final combat! Amadeus Cho vs. all of S.H.I.E.L.D.! And the bad news is...Amadeus Cho is winning! [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Khoi Pham / Cover by Art Adams]
Is Hercules a Skrull? Maybe. But is he an Eternal? Ikaris and Thena certainly think so, and they may just kill Herc to prove it! [Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL / Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS J]
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN! The Greek Goliath gathers the most powerful super-team ever assembled to counter-attack the Skrull gods! Face front, True Believers, and prepare for the pantheon-pounding premiere of... THE GOD SQUAD! [Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL Cover JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS JANSON]
A SECRET INVASION TIE-IN! The ""SACRED INVASION"" continues! In order for Hercules and his divine allies to attack the realm of the Skrull gods, they first must pass out of our own Earthly pantheons -- with a fear-fraught voyage through the dimension of NIGHTMARE! What could possibly terrify a god? The Dark Lord of Dreams knows -- and he'll use it to destroy the last, best hope of stopping the Skrull invasion before it even starts! [Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL / Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS J]
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN! ""SACRED INVASION"" reaches its cosmos-shattering climax! Hercules leads the ragged remains of his God Squad into desperate battle with the unimaginably powerful Skrull pantheon -- and if they lose, Earth dies! [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Rafa Sandoval / Cover by John Romita Jr., Klaus J]
""LOVE AND WAR,"" Part 1 The Greek Goliath is looking for some R&R after the events of ""Sacred Invasion,"" and hopes to find it in the arms of ex-Renegade NAMORA. But there's no rest for warriors when the AMAZONS declare war on Atlantis! And these ain't your mama's Amazons-- is that why Amadeus Cho sides with them instead of Herc? Plus: ARES returns! Available with a monkey variant cover by Roger Cruz which is only available as part of a set of 11 (10 regular covers + 1 variant) [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Clayton Henry / Cover by Arthur Sudyam Monkey Var]
LOVE AND WAR (Part 4)-Hercules, Namora and Athena rush to Washington, D.C., to stop the Mad Amazon Artume from shifting the Axis Mundi and placing the whole world under her control. But now Artume has both Amadeus Cho and the mightiest of the Titans, ATLAS, at her beck and call - and Atlas hasn't forgiven Herc for ripping him off during the Eleventh Labor! A variant cover by TBA is available as part of a set of 11 copies (10 regular covers and 1 variant) [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Art by Clayton Henry & Salva Espin / Cover by Bob Layton & Gu]
LOVE & WAR - Conclusion! MS. FANTASTIC! X-23, the WOLVERINE! Mary-Jane Parker, the Spectacular SPIDER-WOMAN! Emma ""WHITE PHOENIX"" Frost! These are the AVENGERS of the United States of Amazonia now that the World Axis has shifted -- and they've got the last fighter for men's liberation, Hercules, in their sights! [Written by Fred Van Lente & Greg Pak / Penciled by Salva Espin & Clayton Henry / Cover by Ed McGuinn]
A special DOUBLE-SIZED issue that is the perfect jumping-on point for new readers! Proudly presenting, for the first time in Marvel continuity ... the ORIGIN OF HERCULES! How did the young man who becomes the Lion of Olympus learn of his divine heritage? In what battle did he earn the title ""Prince of Power?"" And, most importantly, why does the goddess HERA hate him so, now that her DARK REIGN begins to fall across New Olympus? PLUS: In the aftermath of the Skrull invasion, AMADEUS CHO goes on ""The Quest for Kirby!" [Written by Fred Van Lente & Greg Pak / Penciled by Rodney Buchemi / Cover by Ed McGuinness]
CLASSIFIED. [Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by KHOI PHAM]
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #114 - A 32 page comic published by Marvel Comics. [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Khoi Pham / Cover by Art Adams]
LOVE AND WAR, Part 2 - What's an Atlantean/Amazon war without the Avenging Son himself? For the first time since ""World War Hulk,"" Hercules, Prince of Power, faces off against Namor, Prince of Atlantis! Meanwhile, an infatuated Amadeus Cho dances on the edge of doom with a deadly Amazonian princess -- and loves it, baby! Cover by CLAYTON HENRY & GURU eFX and a Zombie Variant by TBA. [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Art by Clayton Henry]
In the wake of WORLD WAR HULK, the Mighty Avengers are hot on the heels of unrepentant renegades Hercules and Amadeus Cho. Driven into a mindless berserker rage by Ares, Herc has become the critical piece of Cho's plan to utterly destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. What is Cho's master plan to wipe out the spy agency...and is he willing to get Herc killed to do it? Guest-starring the Champions of Los Angeles! Yes, seriously. Collecting INCREDIBLE HERCULES #112-115 and Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide. [Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by KHOI PHAM, REILLY BROWN, ERIC NGUYEN & BOB LAYTON]
From Hulk to Herc and still Incredible! WORLD WAR HULK is over, the man-monster Hulk defeated and imprisoned following an earth-shaking battle that left both allies and enemies struggling to pick up the pieces. Having sided with the Hulk, legendary demigod Hercules and boy genius Amadeus Cho are now outlaws, a situation further inflamed by Cho's grudge against the super-spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and Herc's feud with his estranged half-brother - Ares, god of war, who isn't above abusing his new federal clout for the sake of sibling rivalry. It's Marvel's mightiest manhunt, guest-starring Wonder Man and the Black Widow - plus an untold tale pitting Hercules against the Incredible Hulk! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK 112-115 AND HULK VS. HERCULES: WHEN TITANS COLLIDE. [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Khoi Pham, Eric Nguyen, Reilly Brown & Bob Layton]
The Greek Goliath is looking for some R&R after the events of ""Sacred Invasion,"" and hopes to find it in the arms of ex-Renegade NAMORA. But there's no rest for warriors when the AMAZONS declare war on Atlantis! And these ain't your mama's. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Clayton Henry & Salva Espin / Cover by Bob Layton & Guru Efx]
The Greek Goliath gathers the most powerful super-team ever assembled to counter-attack the Skrull gods! Face front, True Believers, and prepare for the pantheon-pounding premiere of...THE GOD SQUAD! Collecting INCREDIBLE HERCULES #116-120. Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.. [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Rafa Sandoval /.]
CLASSIFIED! [Written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente Penciled by Khoi Pham Cover by Art Adams]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils by STEVE KURTH 50/50 Cover by FRANCIS TSAI 50/50 Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA Variant Cover by RYAN MEINERDING MOVIE VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE The Armored Avenger's second on-going series kicks off with a bang as the WAR OF THE IRON MEN begins here! Tony Stark's worst fears are realized when stolen Iron Man technology is used for ethnic cleansing in a civil war-ravaged land. When he defies U.S. government orders to confront the armored assassins himself, Stark sets off an international conflagration that threatens his friends, his company, and his very life -- and sets him on a collision course with China and Russia, and their champions, Radioactive Man, Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo! Guest-stars galore! And a shocking last page reveal of the classic Shell-head villain behind it all you won't want to miss! 40 pages. /Rated T+.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by BRANDON PETERSON Heroic Age Variant by TBA WAR OF THE IRON MEN! Tony Stark wages a one-man invasion of Transia to hunt down and destroy the renegade Iron Men, setting off an international conflagration that threatens to engulf his friends, his company, and everything he's worked for! All this sets the stage for a jaw-dropping, no-holds-barred, heavy-metal armored slugfest the likes of which you've never seen! When the mysterious source behind the Iron Men is revealed on the last page, you won't believe your eyesand neither will Tony! [(w) Fred Van Lente (a) Steve Kurth (ca) Brandon Peterson]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by BRANDON PETERSON Did we say "War of the Iron Men?" We meant "WORLD War of the Iron Men"! Russia and China have gotten involved and sent their own super-powered champions TITANIUM MAN, CRIMSON DYNAMO and RADIOACTIVE MAN to bring Iron Man out of Transia -- dead or alive! It's all-out armored action, and whoever wins, turns out they lose: As the true Big Bad stands ready to swoop in and claim the spoils! 32 pages. /Rated T+ [Brandon Peterson]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN IRON MAN VS. DOCTOR DOOM, as you've never seen it before! ""War of the Iron Men"" reaches its epic climax! Latveria invades Transia with a Doombot army, and Shellhead only has a hastily formed alliance with Radioactive Man and the Crimson Dynamo to defend against it! Tony Stark learns who betrayed the secrets of his armor to the Transians -- and the revelation will change his life (and yours, we have no doubt) forever! 32 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by JUAN DOE The second action-packed story arc begins here! Come back with us to a time when Tony Stark lost his company and his fortune to his greatest enemy, Obadiah Stane. Forced to rebuild a new company from scratch, Tony arrives in a run-down Los Angeles neighborhood and brings the people jobs, hope, and a new beginning -- but unbeknownst to Tony, this district is under the iron thumb of the super-villain lords of L.A. -- THE PRIDE! The Runaways' super-powered parents will do everything they can to destroy this new enterprise, but this is Tony Stark they're messing with here. And he -- and the people he's inspired -- won't give up the streets without a fight! 32 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by JUAN DOE ""INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION"" continues! The now-destitute TONY STARK begins his climb back to the top of the financial heap by bringing hope to Los Angeles' impoverished Imperio neighborhood, but THE PRIDE, secret masters of LA, just as desperately want to keep the people in chains. So they've hired the SERPENT SOCIETY to kill Tony Stark at any cost, and it's a duel to the death between SIDEWINDER and his squad of snaked-themed super villains! SSSSSS! 32 pages. /Rated T+.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by JUAN DOE Caught between the SERPENT SOCIETY on one side and THE PRIDE on the other in his attempts to remake the impoverished Imperio neighborhood in Los Angeles, TONY STARK makes the daring move to take his case directly to the people themselves-but can anything make them stand up against the super villain masters of L.A.? One thing might, when IRON MAN makes an appearance-except at the moment it's JIM RHODES under the golden mask, and he's not too thrilled with what Tony is doing! Find out why here! 32 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by JUAN DOE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: Part 4 The residents of Imperio storm and occupy the factory TONY STARK needs to remake his fortune and prepare for a lengthy siege -- but even with JIM RHODES as IRON MAN backing him up, can they withstand what THE PRIDE can throw at them -- everything from super powers to the bought-and-paid-for LAPD? Tony may have to call in some backup -- from his allies in THE ILLUMINATI! 32 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by BRANDON PETERSON Heroic Age Variant by TBA WAR OF THE IRON MEN! Tony Stark wages a one-man invasion of Transia to hunt down and destroy the renegade Iron Men, setting off an international conflagration that threatens to engulf his friends, his company, and everything he's worked for! All this sets the stage for a jaw-dropping, no-holds-barred, heavy-metal armored slugfest the likes of which you've never seen! When the mysterious source behind the Iron Men is revealed on the last page, you won't believe your eyesand neither will Tony! [(w) Fred Van Lente (a) Steve Kurth]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA Special Variant by TBA The ""WAR OF THE IRON MEN"" escalates, but how! Captured by his enemies, stripped of the Iron Man suit, Tony Stark seems helpless, the way he was back in that cave in Afghanistan all those years agobut unlike that Tony, this Tony has been taught hand-to-hand combat by Captain America himself! Armor? We don't need no stinking armorBut with an old foe hot on his tail, he might want to rig up a brand-new weapon - and fast! 32 pages. /Rated T+
They're baaaaaaaaack! Spymaster! Jolt! Plantman! Blacklash! Some of the worst baddies ever to stain the pages of Marvel Adventures Iron Man have teamed up in this one-shot to destroy Tony Stark's armored alter ego once and for all in the most cunning, evil plan ever conceived by ... Tony's secretary, PEPPER POTTS?!? [Written by Fred Van Lente & Margot Blankier / Art by Juan Santacruz]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by JUAN DOE Come back with us to a time when Tony Stark lost his company and his fortune to his greatest enemy, Obadiah Stane. Forced to rebuild a new company from scratch, Tony arrives in a rundown Los Angeles neighborhood - and brings the people jobs, hope and a new beginning. But unknown to Tony, this district is under the iron thumb of the super villain lords of L.A.: the Pride! The Runaways' super-powered parents will do everything they can to destroy this new enterprise, but this is Tony Stark they're messing with here. And he - and the people he's inspired - won't give up the streets without a fight! Collecting IRON MAN LEGACY #6-11. 144 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by JUAN DOE Iron Man loses everything! Tony Stark's life is in a downward spiral. Obadiah Stane has taken his company and his fortune, leaving Stark to live on the streets of Los Angeles. He is even too destitute to fuel his armor, and his fellow heroes have decided not to help him to see whether the once-great man can build himself back up. Believing he can help the residents of his new neighborhood, the impoverished Imperio section of L.A., Tony begins to rebuild his company and his life with the help of some new friends. Unfortunately for Stark, nothing happens in the City of Angels without the group of villains known as the Pride's consent. And knowing Iron Man is a threat to their criminal empire, they quickly target Stark for destruction! Outnumbered and outgunned, powerless and penniless, Tony Stark has everything to fight for and nothing to lose! Collecting IRON MAN LEGACY #6-11.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by FRANCIS TSAI Tony Stark's worst fears are realized when stolen Iron Man technology is used for ethnic cleansing in a civil war-ravaged land. When he defies U.S. government orders to confront the armored assassins himself, Stark sets off an international conflagration that threatens his friends, his company, and his very life -- and sets him on a collision course with China and Russia, and their champions, Radioactive Man, Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo! Guest-stars galore! Collecting IRON MAN LEGACY #1-5 and IRON MAN: HARD RAIN. 136 pages. /Rated T+
The Armored Avenger blasts through the second arc of his solo title in the critically acclaimed, best-selling Marvel Adventures line! Tony Stark shows off some of the various incarnations of his armor, including the Deep Sea Armor and Space Armor as he fights the Techno-pirates, the Living Laser and more! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #5-8. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Rafa Sandoval, James Cordeiro & Graham Nolan / Cover by Skot]
A trio of priceless tridents has been stolen from Atlantis, and the prime suspect is ... the Invisible Woman! Can Mr. Fantastic trade his scientist's hat for a detective's and uncover the real culprits before the SUB-MARINER declares war on the surface world? [Written by Fred Van Lente Penciled by Clay Mann Cover by Carlo Pagulayan]
The Human Torch falls into a probability rift and finds himself flung across innumerable alternate realities, including: a world where a heroic Victor Von Doom, a.k.a. Doc Iron, battles against Mr. Devious, Monsterman, The Human Pyre, and The Unstoppable Woman ... a.k.a. The Frightful Four, a world where the Femmetastic Four defends a world completely depopulated of men (then Johnny shows up) and a world where Johnny's arch-nemesis runs the FF ... That's right, SPIDER-MAN! Can The Watcher help Torch get back to his timeline, or will he wander forever through ""The Worlds of What If?"" And a warm welcome to new cover artist PAUL SMITH! [Written by FRED VAN LENTE - Penciled by CORY HAMSCHER - Cover by PAUL SMITH]
And you thought meeting your girlfriend's parents was uncomfortable... The Human Torch invites his new heartthrob Crystal's family over to the Baxter Building for dinner with his family without realizing they're Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon, Triton, Karnak and Lockjaw ... The Inhumans! When agents of Maximus The Mad show up to capture them, you can be sure knowing which fork to use will be the least of the FF's problems... [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Cory Hamscher / Cover by Paul Smith]
All adventure, all action, for all ages! Join Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing for a wild ride of all-new, unforgettable exploits. Featuring the Mole Man, the Skrulls, Rama-Tut and the Sub-Mariner! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #21-24. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Clay Mann / Cover by Carlo Pagulayan]
The Armored Avenger blasts into the newest title in the critically-acclaimed, best-selling Marvel Adventures line! Who is Iron Man, the world-renowned symbol of mega-conglomerate Stark International? And what terrible secret from his past forces billionaire inventor Tony Stark to become the Golden Guardian? Find out here! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #1-4. [Written by Fred Van Lente Penciled by James Cordeiro and Ronan Cliquet Cover by Michael Golden]
The Armored Avenger blasts through the third arc of his solo title in the critically acclaimed, best-selling Marvel Adventures line! Featuring an army of gray Iron Man armor automatons; the Chameleon; the spectacular Spider-Woman; the Living Laser; Canada's greatest super heroes, Alpha Flight; Kiber the Cruel; and the return of Tony Stark's missing father! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #9-12. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Graham Nolan & Scott Koblish / Cover by Francis Tsai]
The Armored Avenger powers through more exciting, all-ages adventures! Featuring Hulk, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Jolt, Plantman and Backlash! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #13, IRON MAN: GOLDEN AVENGER #1, MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN& HULK - FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2007 EDITION, MARVELADVENTURES IRON MAN & HULK & SPIDER-MAN - FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2008 EDITION.
[Written by Fred Van Lente,Jeff Parker, Paul Tobin &Margot Blankier / Penciled by Scott Koblish,Alvin]
The all-new, all-ages, all-action fun continues! It's wall-to-wall mayhem in the Mighty Marvel Manner with four original tales of everybody's favorite teenage wall-crawler! Featuring Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin and Venom! Plus: Will Harry Osborn succumb to his family's evil legacy and don the guise of the Goblin? Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #33-36. [Written by FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by CORY HAMSCHER / Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA]
All adventure, all action, for all ages! Join Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing for a wild ride of all-new, unforgettable exploits. Featuring the Watcher, alternate-reality versions of Dr. Doom and Spider-Man, and more! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #25-28. [Written by FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by CORY HAMSCHER / Cover by PAUL SMITH]
The Marvel Universe — shot in noir! Hard-boiled, hard-drinking private eye Jim Logan is the best there is at what he does. And when Mariko Yashida saunters into his office, he knows she's trouble when he sees it. It's the case of Logan's career — if he survives. Meanwhile, discredited quack Charles Xavier rots in jail. He used to train desperate teens into canny grifters, but now one of his X-Men, Jean Grey, is dead — and corrupt police chief Eric Magnus is closing in on the rest. Then: Logan, Cyclops and the avenging Angel find the Gem of Cyttorak in the stinking jungles of Madripoor — but all it's done is put a target on their backs. And what kind of monster is Nightcrawler? Collecting X-Men Noir #1-4, Wolverine Noir #1-4, X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain #1-4 and Weapon X Noir #1. [(W) Fred Van Lente & Various (A) Dennis Calero, C. P. Smith (CA) Dennis Calero]
When the entire workforce of Stark China simply vanishes, Iron Man jets out to investigate. He soon discovers they've been shanghaied to build The Mandarin's latest technological horror: a thousand-foot-long dragon ship that lays waste to everything in its path - including the Armored Avenger! Plus: It's covered your car, it's smothered your house, and now it's crawling through the door after you! It's the Creeping Doom, and it's being controlled by the maniacal Plantman! Collecting Marvel Adventures Iron Man #2 and material from Marvel Adventures Iron Man #3. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) James Cordeiro, Ronan Cliquet (CA) Michael Golden]
Collecting Marvel Adventures Iron Man #4 and material from Marvel Adventures Iron Man #3. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Ronan Cliquet, James Cordeiro (CA) Skottie Young]
Board up Avengers Tower! Lock down the Baxter Building! The ravenous hordes of Marvel Zombies are invading ... the Marvel Universe! That's right, the next chapter of the MZ saga is a non-stop in-continuity gorefest with major implications for at least one Marvel hero! When the super-undead stumble into the MU from the Man-Thing's Nexus of All Realities, all of Florida is quarantined against the zombie plague. Time is quickly running out for a cure, so the Initiative sends a most unlikely group of heroes into the Zombieverse on a desperate mission to find the one item they need before the whole MU is consumed! The scream team of Fred Van Lente (INCREDIBLE HERCULES) and Kev Walker (ANNIHILATION: NOVA) unite for a Marvel Zombies story like you've never seen before! Cover by GREG LAND. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Kev Walker]
The monster hit shambles on! The intrepid robot heroes Machine Man and Jocasta have journeyed into the Zombieverse to secure the one item needed to save the Marvel Universe from undead infestation - but first they have to blast their way through the flesh-eating hordes of the Zombie Kingpin of New York! That's right, writer Fred Van Lente (INCREDIBLE HERCULES) and artist Kev Walker (ANNIHILATION: NOVA) are going to reveal what happened during the five-year gap at the end of the original MARVEL ZOMBIES!
[Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Kev Walker / Cover by Greg Land]
The epic battle of Zombie vs. Robot shambles on! All that stands between the flesh-crazed armies of the Marvel Zombies and the entirety of the Marvel Universe is...Aaron ""Machine Man"" Stack? And if he has to shoot, slice, explode, melt, dissolve, chop, crush, dismember, fry, electrocute, bludgeon, blast, harpoon, and, of course, insult every super-powered cannibal in the Zombieverse, well, that's just what he's gonna do. But unbeknownst to him, the Zombie Kingpin has already hatched a fiendish plot to ensure that all of the M.U. will be consumed by an undead apocalypse! [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Kev Walker / Cover by Greg Land]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KEV WALKER Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM Board up Avengers Tower! Lock down the Baxter Building! The ravenous hordes of Marvel Zombies are invading ... the Marvel Universe! That's right, the next chapter of the MZ saga is a non-stop in-continuity gorefest with major implications for at least one Marvel hero! When the super-undead stumble into the MU from the Man-Thing's Nexus of All Realities, all of Florida is quarantined against the zombie plague. Time is quickly running out for a cure, so the Initiative sends a most unlikely group of heroes into the Zombieverse on a desperate mission to find the one item they need before the whole MU is consumed! The scream team of Fred Van Lente (INCREDIBLE HERCULES) and Kev Walker (ANNIHILATION: NOVA) unite for a Marvel Zombies story like you"ve never seen before! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #1-4. 112 pages. /Parental Advisory .
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KEV WALKER Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM Run for your lives! The marvel zombies are invading our world! The flesh-eating inhabitants of a parallel world have come to Earth, aiming to spread their virus in a full-scale biological invasion. Interdimensional defense agency A.R.M.O.R. recruits Aaron Stack - the joke-spewing, multiple-weapon wielding Machine Man - to travel to the zombie-infested world with his long-lost robot love, the Mighty Avenger known as Jocasta. The squabbling duo only has eight hours to obtain the blood needed to create an anti-zombie serum and defeat the undead epidemic. But if they don't make it back in time, the Earth as we know it is doomed - especially as a zombie lurks within A.R.M.O.R.'s own secret headquarters! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #1-4. 112 pages. /Parental Advisory
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KEV WALKER Cover by GREG LAND Variant Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM The acclaimed creative team behind MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 returns...with another adventure that takes place in the Marvel U! The vampire. The witch. The werewolf. The muck-monster. The devil. They"re nobody's idea of heroes, but they"re all that stands between our world and an unstoppable apocalypse! They"re the new Midnight Sons, and their quest to track down the undead who escaped from A.R.M.O.R. will lead them around the globe-and right to a cruise ship overrun with undead undersea-dwelling cannibals! Can this monstrous team stop the "red tide" before it unleashes untold horror upon the mainland? Not if the Merc With Only a Mouth has anything to say about it! Yes, writer Fred Van Lente and artist Kev Walker-the guys who made IGN.com say "MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 may actually rank as the best in the series"-are back again, unleashing the flesh-eaters for another roller coaster ride of gore, action, gore, thrills, gore and gore! 32 pages. /Parental Advisory.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KEV WALKER Cover by GREG LAND 80s DECADE VARIANT BY TBA You""ve heard of Dark Reign, right? Well here comes the Dark Rain-a toxic cloud that zombifies everything in its path! The Midnight Sons can""t enter the deadly mist, so they call in a reserve member who can-the macabre Man-Thing! Can the muck-encrusted shambler of the swamps apprehend the undead before the Marvel Universe is totally infected? And will The Hood stop at anything in his mad goal to profit from the growing horror to his own gain? The acclaimed creative team of Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker continue the madness that CBR.com says ""takes the Marvel Zombies franchise in a brand new invigorating direction."" 32 pages. /Parental Advisory
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KEV WALKER Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM When you have a pair of escaped, flesh-eating monsters on the loose, who do you send after them? More monsters, of course! Assembled by A.R.M.O.R. (Alternate Reality Monitoring and Operational Rescue), the all-new, all-horrific Midnight Sons are tasked with hunting down a pair of escaped zombies that carry an infection capable of wiping out not only the planet Earth, but the entire universe! Yes, it's up to Morbius, the Living Vampire; Werewolf by Night; the witch Jennifer Kale; and the Son of Satan himself, Daimon Hellstrom, to hunt down and neutralize the rapidly spreading infection carried by the classic Zombie, Simon Garth, and the severed yet still talking head of Deadpool! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1-4. 112 pages. /Parental Advisory.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KANO Cover by LEONARD KIRK Heroic Age Variant by LEINIL YU MACHINE MAN and friends get medieval on the hindquarters of the walking dead as they travel to the land of Camelot and the original BLACK KNIGHT to thwart an invasion of Avalon by an army of dark...uh, deadi...Er...corpses possessed by the power of the DARKHOLD to devour human flesh! [(w) Fred Van Lente (a) Kano (ca) Leinil Yu]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KANO Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM MACHINE MAN IS BACK! Zombies of the multiverse, watch your rotting backs! To obtain a cure for the zombie virus for Morbius the Living Vampire, Aaron Stack, Agent of ARMOR, must traverse alternate realities hunting down the plague in all its myriad forms...with a most unusual (but somehow oddly appropriate) partner! First up: in the Alterniverse known as ""The Territory,"" the Old West never died. But when the greatest gunslingers of Marveldom - Two-Gun Kid, Phantom Rider, Kid Colt, and many others - rise from their graves in Boot Hill, the stage is set for a High Noon showdown with flesh-eating outlaws the likes of which you've never seen! Also featuring a trip to Camelot to battle the original Black Knight! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 #1-5. 120 pages. /Parental Advisory.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KANO, MICHAEL W. KALUTA, FELIX RUIZ, FERNANDO BLANCO & FRANK BRUNNER Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM Zombies on Infinite Earths! The zombie plague has been largely wiped out and the Earth spared from an undead apocalypse. But a cure to the virulent infection still proves elusive, due to the disease's ever-changing nature. To uncover an antidote, Machine Man and Howard the Duck have set out across the multiverse, in search of zombie samples to bring back to their laboratory base. Joining forces with the gunfighter known as Jacali Kane, they must travel to five distinct universes beset by their own unique zombie plagues. A universe stuck in the Wild West. A world overrun with malicious Martians. A land where Camelot is at its height. A cybernetic future megacity. And the world we call our own. Can Machine Man, Howard the Duck and Jacali Kane obtain the samples they need from each of these worlds?without becoming zombies themselves? Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 #1-5. 128 pages. / Parental Advisory
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencilled by NICK DRAGOTTA Cover and Variant Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM They're back! What happened to Spider-Man, Colonel America, Power Man, Giant-Man and Wolverine at the end of MARVEL ZOMBIES 2? Where were they transported to... and more importantly, when? A frightening five-part weekly event shambles to life here, penned by resident (evil) MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 and 4 scribe Fred Van Lente and three of today's hottest novelists of zombie fiction! In this first chapter, your friendly neighborhood undead arachnid arrived in the swingin' college days of his distant past, and when the Sinister Six threaten his loved ones, he siezes the opportunity to undo all the horror he's caused as a flesh-eating freak. But can a monster truly become a hero, no matter how guilt-ridden he is? Or will he learn the hard way that with great hunger also comes... great hunger?
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by KEV WALKER Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM The acclaimed creative team behind MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 returns...with another adventure that takes place in the Marvel U! The vampire. The witch. The werewolf. The muck-monster. The devil. They""re nobody's idea of heroes, but they""re all that stands between our world and an unstoppable apocalypse! They""re the new Midnight Sons, and their quest to track down the undead who escaped from A.R.M.O.R. will lead them around the globe-and right to a cruise ship overrun with undead undersea-dwelling cannibals! Can this monstrous team stop the ""red tide"" before it unleashes untold horror upon the mainland? Not if the Merc With Only a Mouth has anything to say about it! Yes, writer Fred Van Lente and artist Kev Walker-the guys who made IGN.com say ""MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 may actually rank as the best in the series""-are back again, unleashing the flesh-eaters for another roller coaster ride of gore, action, gore, thrills, gore and gore! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1-4. 112 pages. /Parental Advisory
A new Black Widow solo adventure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Before Natasha assembles with the Avengers Initiative, see her travel back to her homeland to match wits and fists with a deadly admirer in this hard-hitting espionage adventure set between the events of IRON MAN 2 and MARVEL's THE AVENGERS! Collecting MARVEL's THE AVENGERS: BLACK WIDOW STRIKES #1-3. [(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Various (CA) TBD]
(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Ryan Dunlavey The best-selling, award-winning comic book series that tells the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust in hip and hilarious fashion has been collected into a single volume! The stories from the original nine-issue run, plus four all-new stories only in this volume, have been placed in chronological order, making this the most complete comics history of ideas ever put on paper, beginning with the Pre-Socratics and ending with Jacques Derrida!
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES Covers by MIKE PERKINS Charging from the pages of SHADOWLAND comes the collector's item first ever POWER MAN & IRON FIST #1! When Danny Rand transformed his multinational corporation into a non-profit foundation, he thought he had left fighting behind - but with so many innocents wrongly convicted, the battle never ends! Their first case is Luke Cage and Danny Rand's former secretary Jennie Royce, imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit or did she? And Iron Fist isn't fighting alone - he's got a new partner with him: Victor Alvarez, the all-new Power Man, he of the exploding punches - and exploding temper! Can Danny train his new charge well enough to face returning foil El Aguila as well as new threats Don Pagliacci, the Commedia Dell""Morte, and the beautiful, deadly Noir? That's right, Marvel's original mismatched action duo begins a new era of greatness right here! 32 pages. /Rated A
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES Covers by MIKE PERKINS Charging from the pages of SHADOWLAND comes the collector's item first ever POWER MAN & IRON FIST #1! When Danny Rand transformed his multinational corporation into a non-profit foundation, he thought he had left fighting behind - but with so many innocents wrongly convicted, the battle never ends! Their first case is Luke Cage and Danny Rand's former secretary Jennie Royce, imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit or did she? And Iron Fist isn't fighting alone - he's got a new partner with him: Victor Alvarez, the all-new Power Man, he of the exploding punches - and exploding temper! Can Danny train his new charge well enough to face returning foil El Aguila as well as new threats Don Pagliacci, the Commedia Dell''Morte, and the beautiful, deadly Noir? That's right, Marvel's original mismatched action duo begins a new era of greatness right here! 32 pages. /Rated A
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES Cover by MIKE PERKINS Want super powers to make yourself a Black Ops wetwork specialist overnight? Need an ultra-tech weapon to take down the local government? If you have money to burn we have the ultimate illegal auction web site for you: TWILIGHT IDOL, where the equipment and DNA of great heroes of the Golden Age and today go to the highest anonymous bidder. Power Man and Iron Fist follow the clues to Crime-Buster's clues here, but to go any further they'll have to get past its owner, the world's greatest--and deadliest--gambler, POKERFACE! (Hold 'em like they do in Texas, please...) 32 pages. /Rated A
MEN OF MYSTERY, Part 4. Power Man and Iron Fist are ever closer to CRIME-BUSTER's murderer, but first that means revealing the secret of the beautiful, mysterious NOIR -- and Power Manis about to have his heart broken! Here you'll learn the shocking truth behind her origin and her vendetta against the neo-Nazi conspiracy known as the DIVINE RIGHT! And why is Iron Fist's old ally EL AGUILA seemingly allied with them? You won't believe your eyes!
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES & PERE PEREZ Cover by MIKE PERKINS Charging from the pages of SHADOWLAND comes the all-new POWER MAN & IRON FIST! When Danny Rand transformed his multinational corporation into a non-profit foundation, he thought he had left fighting behind - but with so many innocents wrongly convicted, the battle never ends! Their first case is Luke Cage and Danny Rand's former secretary, Jennie Royce, imprisoned for a murder she didn't commit - or did she? And Iron Fist isn't fighting alone. He's got a new partner: Victor Alvarez, the all-new Power Man, he of the exploding punches - and exploding temper! Can Danny train his young charge well enough to face returning foil El Aguila - as well as new threats Don Pagliacci; the Commedia Dell""Morte; and the beautiful, deadly Noir? That's right, Marvel's original mismatched action duo begins a new era of greatness right here! Collecting POWER MAN & IRON FIST (2011) #1-5. 120 pages. /Rated T
Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie Power are just four regular kids, but in twenty-four hours, they're going to have to escape alien abduction, learn how to use their bizarre new super powers, rescue their parents from an intergalactic tyrant, and save Earth from total destruction! The origin of Marvel's premiere kid super-team establishes a new continuity for the Pack! [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Gurihiru & Colleen Coover / Cover by Gurihiru]
Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie Power are just four regular kids - but in twenty-four hours, they're going to have to escape alien abduction, learn how to use their bizarre new super powers, rescue their parents from an intergalactic tyrant and save Earth from total destruction! The origin of Marvel's premier kid super-team establishes a new continuity for the Pack! Collecting POWER PACK: YEAR ONE #1-4. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Gurihiru & Colleen Coover / Cover by Gurihiru]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils by TBA Cover by ALEX GARNER From a world where society as we know it has crumbled and humanity has been irrevocably changed, she comes-the all-new, all-different SAVAGE SHE-HULK! But now, a deadly mission has brought her to current Marvel continuity. What terrible secret does this gamma-irradiated beauty bare? And is she friend or foe, Inhuman or mutant, Avenger, Defender...or Invader? Discover the mysteries surrounding this all-new superstar in the Marvel Universe as we proudly presents the all new SAVAGE SHE-HULK! Plus 8 pages of Director's Cut Extras! 40 pages. /Parental Advisory .
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by PETER VALE & MICHAEL RYAN Cover by ALEX GARNER From a world where society as we know it has crumbled and humanity has been irrevocably changed, she comes-the all-new, all-different SAVAGE SHE-HULK! But now, a deadly mission has brought her to current Marvel continuity. What terrible secret does this gamma-irradiated beauty bare? And is she friend or foe, Inhuman or mutant, Avenger, Defender...or Invader? Discover the mysteries surrounding this all-new superstar in the Marvel Universe as we proudly presents the all new SAVAGE SHE-HULK! Collecting SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1-4 and material from HULK FAMILY. 112 pages. Rated T+
The Greek Goliath gathers the most powerful super-team ever assembled to counter-attack the Skrull gods! Face front,True Believers, and prepare for the pantheon-pounding premiere of...THE GOD SQUAD! Collecting INCREDIBLE HERCULES #116-120. [Written by Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Rafa Sandoval / Cover by John Romita Jr]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR Cover by MIKE PERKINS Exploding out of the blood-strewn streets of Shadowland: the all-new, all-different Power Man! Who is he? Why is he one of the few heroes to oppose Daredevil's rule over Hell's Kitchen? And what is his connection to Daniel Rand's School of Thunder dojo...and the killer called Bullseye? That's what Luke Cage and Iron Fist must discover--before the vengeful swords of The Hand find this young mystery man first! All-out martial arts action begins here as Fred Van Lente (MARVEL ZOMBIES 3-5) and Mahmud Asrar (SIEGE: YOUNG AVENGERS) introduce a new star with a host of secrets! 40 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR Cover by MIKE PERKINS The war for New York's soul escalates big time when Luke Cage and Iron Fist take on the all-new, all-different Power Man! Who is the kid that can mop the floor with them both? And if that wasn't bad enough, the worst villains from Luke and Danny's past are crawling out of the woodwork en masse to take them on: Cockroach Hamilton! Comanche! Specs! Señor Muerte! Discuss! Stiletto! Why has this flash mob of colorful criminality suddenly swarmed against our heroes -- and what role does it play in the long-term schemes of The Hand? 32 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR Cover by MIKE PERKINS The Hand has discovered the new Power Man's secret identity! And for violating their edicts, he, his friends, and his family will now be dragged to Shadowland and put to the knife-unless Luke Cage and Iron Fist can save him in time! But does the new Power Man even want to be saved? 32 pages. /Rated T+.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR Cover by MIKE PERKINS Exploding out of the blood-strewn streets of Shadowland: the all-new, all-different Power Man! Who is he? Why is he one of the few heroes to oppose Daredevil's rule over Hell's Kitchen? And what is his connection to Daniel Rand's School of Thunder dojo - and the killer called Bullseye? That's what Luke Cage and Iron Fist must discover, before the vengeful swords of the Hand find this young mystery man first! It's all-out martial arts action as Fred Van Lente (MARVEL ZOMBIES 3-5) and Mahmud Asrar (SIEGE: YOUNG AVENGERS) introduce a new star with a host of secrets! Collecting SHADOWLAND: POWER MAN #1-4 and material from X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS SPOTLIGHT. 112 pages. /Rated T+
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR & RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT Cover by MIKE PERKINS Hey, Iron Fist - meet the new Power Man! From the rubble of a destroyed tenement in Hell's Kitchen, a new hero rises to protect the citizens of New York - for a price! Opposing Daredevil's reign, the brash young vigilante makes himself a target for the vengeful blade of the Hand. What connection does he share with Danny Rand, and how will Iron Fist and Luke Cage - the original Power Man - protect him from the most despicable villains of their past? It's a Power Man and Iron Fist story like you've never seen before as the battle for the soul of New York City brings new heroes and villains to the forefront of the Marvel Universe! Collecting SHADOWLAND: POWER MAN #1-4 and material from X-MEN: CURSE OF THE MUTANTS SPOTLIGHT.
The mysterious identity of the man (Earthling? Skrull? Kymellian?) behind the intergalactic imprisonment of Power Pack is revealed - but you won't believe why he's framed Marvel's premiere all-kids super-team! This is the beginning of a new era in Pack history - If you're any kind of a PP fan at all, you simply can't afford to miss ""THE PROPHECY""! Featuring MINI MARVELS! [Written by Fred Van Lente & Chris Giarrusso / Penciled by Cory Hamscher & Chris Giarrusso / Cover by]
Sssshh! There's this invasion, see, and it's a secret... No, no, not that one. I mean the one where dastardly SKRULLS impersonate Marvel's premiere all-kids super hero team, commit crimes around the universe in their form, so intergalactic bounty hunters capture and imprison Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie in Space Juvie...the dreaded reform-school planet Hadith-VI! And the only ones with any hope of springing them are FRANKLIN RICHARDS, H.E.R.B.I.E., and SMARTSHIP FRIDAY! Collecting SKRULLS VS. POWER PACK #1-4. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Cory Hamscher / Cover by Gurihiru]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI Cover by STEFANO CASELLI SPIDER-ISLAND TIE-IN! Jessica Drew and THE EVER-LOVIN"" THING go toe-to-toe over the one thing that can cure SPIDER-ISLAND ... Ben Grimm's old girlfriend, ALICIA MASTERS? What dark secret from Spider-Woman's past threatens to overwhelm her present -- and what old (insect-themed) foe is THE JACKAL bringing back and powering up to destroy the Dark Angel of the Marvel Universe?
Remember back in the day, when super heroes would fight other super heroes? What? That still happens? Civil...what? Well, ANYway...we're taking you back in time, when Spidey was pretty new at all this super hero stuff, and would make silly mistakes, like, oh, say..knocking out the Invisible Girl! I think her friends might want to have a talk with the web-crawler...Also! We've got a backup story featuring TWO Scorpions, Spider-Man J and classic Spidey archives ! [Written by PAUL TOBIN & FRED VAN LENTE - Penciled by PIERRE ALARY & LEONARD KIRK - Cover by PIERRE A]
The action begins with a feature-length tale starring Spider-Man's alien costume and guest-starring the Sandman! Peter Parker would love nothing more than to get a good night's sleep, but his sleek, symbiotic suit has plans of its own...and no one is gonna get in its way! Next, Venom is back in town, and he's on a rampage...but it has nothing to do with his vendetta against Spidey? What could be so important that Venom doesn't have the time to torture his nemesis? Peter Parker is determined to find out, but first he'll have to match journalistic wits with none other than Eddie Brock! And finally, remember back in the day, when super heroes would fight other super heroes? What? That still happens? Civil...what? Well, ANYway...we're taking you back in time, when Spidey was pretty new at all this super hero stuff, and would make silly mistakes, like, oh, say...knocking out the Invisible Girl! I think her friends might want to have a talk with the web-crawler. Plus: backup stories featuring the Lizard and TWO Scorpions! Collecting SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #1-3.
[Written by Sean McKeever, Paul Tobin & Fred Van Lente Penciled by Terrell Bobbett, Pierre Alary & Le]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE with BRIAN REED Penciled by BARRY KITSON, ROBERT ATKINS, JAVIER PULIDO, LUKE ROSS & YANICK PAQUETTE Cover by ADI GRANOV Who can forget MJ? Adored by many in the life of Peter Parker and cherished by the man himself, she's nonetheless been a stranger in these parts for some time now. But just when you'd given up hope, the red-headed stranger is back and looking better than ever! Mary Jane Watson returns in a tender story of reunion and rapprochement. But also returning to town is the Chameleon - and this master of disguise is creepier, more evil than ever before! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #602-605. [(w) Fred Van Lente & Brian Reed (a) Various (ca) Adi Granov]
While the heroes are away fighting World War Hulk, the villains can play...M.O.D.O.K., sick of being hunted and hounded by A.I.M., gathers together an eclectic team of Marvel's Most Wanted to pull off one last, big score. But news travels fast along the grapevine of villainy -- and pretty soon every bad guy in the Marvel Universe is gunning for the Big-Headed One's unspeakably powerful prize. Executing their heist may be the easy part, because getting away with their loot alive is going to be the real challenge for M.O.D.O.K.'s 11!
[Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA Cover by ERIC POWELL]
M.O.D.O.K. reveals the target of his heist to his handpicked team of Marvel's Most Wanted: the most powerful weapon in the universe, one that threatens the existence of all life on Earth. Meanwhile, Mentallo has figured out that one of M.O.D.O.K. 's team i [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Francis Portela / Cover by Marko Djurdjevic]
M.O.D.O.K.'s team executes its heist, penetrating the impenetrable fortress of THE INFINICIDE. And it goes off without a hitch! Psych! Actually, no. Pretty much everything that could go wrong does. Another traitor is revealed in their ranks. One of the 11 is stripped of his powers. A heretofore unknown mystery villain shows up out of nowhere to rip off their score. And did we mention the wave upon wave of unstoppable killer androids? No? Well, there are waves of them.
[Written by Fred Van Lente Penciled by Francis Portela Cover by Marko Djurdjevic]
Twist follows upon jaw-dropping twist as the greatest heist of this or any other century concludes! A.I.M. at last unleashes the full fury of the ULTRA-ADAPTOID against what remains of M.O.D.O.K.'s team. How can our ragtag gang of crooks possibly stand against a foe with the assembled powers of practically every hero in the Marvel Universe? Well, M.O.D.O.K. is smart enough to have more than one final trick up his sleeve. How smart is that? Really smart. Really, really smart. I mean, look how big his head is. [Written by FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA / Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC]
While the heroes are away fighting World War Hulk, the villains can play...M.O.D.O.K., sick of being hunted and hounded by A.I.M., gathers together an eclectic team of Marvel's Most Wanted to pull off one last, big score. But news travels fast along the grapevine of villainy - and pretty soon, every bad guy in the Marvel Universe is gunning for the Big-Headed One's unspeakably powerful prize. Executing their heist may be the easy part, because getting away with their loot alive is going to be the real challenge for M.O.D.O.K.'s 11! Collecting SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP/M.O.D.O.K.'S 11 #1-5. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Francis Portela / Cover by Marko Djurdjevic]
What could possibly be better than the latest collection of fear-filled tales introduced by the ever-punning Crypt-Keeper and his fellow GhouLunatics, the Old Witch and the Vault-Keeper? Well, how about even more stories than before? That's what you get when you combine the thrills and chills of Tales from the Crypt will the short and funny style of online videos! It's called U-Tomb, and it packs even more monsters, psychos, vampires, werewolves, and zombies into the pages of Tales from the Crypt than ever before! [Fred Van Lente, Mort Todd, John L. Lansdale & Jim Salicrup]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by JEFTE PAOLO Cover by ALEX GARNER The fan-favorite anti-hero from AVENGERS: INITIATIVE explodes into his own mini-series! Taskmaster has trained hench-thugs for every terrorist organization and criminal cartel in the Marvel Universe. So when the rumor starts that he's turned traitor and now works for STEVE ROGERS, a billion-dollar bounty is put on his head, and every cadre of costumed fanatics -- A.I.M., Hydra, Ultimatum, the Sons of the Serpent, everyone -- looks to collect. Now Taskmaster has to fight hordes upon hordes of his psychopathic students while at the same time figuring out who framed him -- which requires him figuring out who he really is! That's right, the man with the photographic reflexes has no memory of his true identity -- and you'll learn the unexpected truth along with him! The action-packed SECRET ORIGIN of Taskmaster begins here, courtesy of New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, INCREDIBLE HERCULES, MARVEL ZOMBIES) and acclaimed artist Jefte Paolo (DOCTOR VOODOO)! 40 pages. /Rated T+
Taskmaster has trained henchmen for every terrorist organization and criminal cartel in the Marvel Universe. So when the rumor starts that he's turned traitor and now works for Steve Rogers, a billion-dollar bounty is put on his head. Now, every cadre of costumed fanatics — A.I.M., Hydra, Ultimatum, the Sons of the Serpent and more — is looking to collect. Taskmaster must fight hordes upon hordes of his psychopathic students while at the same time uncovering who framed him — which requires him figuring out who he really is! That's right, the man with the photographic reflexes has no memory of his true identity — and you'll learn the unexpected truth along with him! The action-packed secret origin comes courtesy of New York Times bestselling writer Fred Van Lente (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and acclaimed artist Jefte Paolo (DOCTOR VOODOO)! Collecting TASKMASTER #1-4 and material from AGE OF HEROES #3.
Tommy Zhou, The Weapon, has to rescue his partner Megan, before the forest demons Lin Kui, find the secrets of the sacred scroll of Bohidharma and kill her off. But, does Tommy know everything about his new partner, or is she hiding a secret that could be more dangerous than the traps in the Shan-Tao temple? Find out all this and more when you spend your 2.99 for this heart-stopping conclusion!
[Writer: Fred Van Lente / Art Scott Kublish / Colors: Paul Mounts]
Collecting Wolverine: First Class #1 and material from Wolverine and Power Pack #1. [(W) Fred Van Lente, Marc Sumerak (A) Andrea Di Vito, Gurihiru (CA) Salva Espin]
Collecting Wolverine: First Class #2 and material from Wolverine and Power Pack #1. [(W) Fred Van Lente, Marc Sumerak (A) Andrea Di Vito, Gurihiru (CA) Skottie Young]
TONIGHT! On a brand-new ""When Teenage Mutant Girl Sleepovers Turn Deadly"": SIRYN and KITTY PRYDE get into a no-holds-barred throwdown of a catfight over COLOSSUS's love, with WOLVERINE caught in the middle! [Written by Fred Van Lente / Pencils & Cover by Salvador Espin]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by FRANCIS PORTENA, HUGO PETRUS, SCOTT KOBLISH & GURIHIRU Cover by DAVID WILLIAMS Flashing claws versus fists of fury! That's right - Wolverine takes on SHANG-CHI, MASTER OF KUNG-FU! Then, though a lycanthrope's bite has turned Wolverine into a true raging beast of the night, he may have at last found peace in his werewolf pack. But when he learns that the focus of the pack's vengeance is Kitty Pryde's father, only Jack Russell, the Werewolf-by-Night, may be able to stop him in time! Plus, CYCLOPS returns to the X-Men! Will Kitty Pryde continue her training with him, or with Wolverine? Scott Summers and Logan duke it out over the right to be her mentor! Collecting WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #9-12. 96 pages. /Rated A .
Return with us again to the early days of the all-new, all-different, X-Men for all-new solo adventures of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde! The next generation of students has arrived at Xavier's School--Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, and the mysterious Wolverine--and with them, new teaching methods. Professor X pairs up green recruit Kitty Pryde with the been-everywhere, done-everything vet Logan, and neither of them are all that happy about it. But unless they learn to work together, neither of them will come back from their first mission together alive! [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Andrea Di Vito / Cover by Salvador Espin]
The good news: Kitty's managed to figure out Wolverine's birthday and has arranged a surprise candlelight dinner with the love of his life, Mariko Yashida, as his present. The bad news: The reason Wolverine never tells anybody about his birthday is that every year on that date Sabretooth shows up to dice him into cutlets. And Kitty has put Mariko within Sabretooth's grasp! [Written by FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by ANDREA DI VITO / Cover by LEONARD KIRK]
The Last Knights of Wundagore (Part 2): Wolverine has been ""evolved"" out of his berserker instincts...Kitty Pryde has been mutated into a half-cat, half-human creature... And they are all that stands between an unsuspecting Earth and the ravenous hordes of the rampaging MAN-BEAST! [Written by FRED VAN LENTE / Art by SALVA ESPIN / Cover by ALAN DAVIS, MARK FARMER, & PAUL MOUNTS]
"TO ME, MY X-MEN! You must immediately pursue Wolverine into Canada! He has defected back to ALPHA FLIGHT...and taken Kitty Pryde with him!" [Written by FRED VAN LENTE / Penciled by CLAYTON HENRY / Cover by SALVADOR ESPIN]
TONIGHT! On a brand-new ""When Teenage Mutant Girl Sleepovers Turn Deadly"": SIRYN and KITTY PRYDE get into a no-holds-barred throwdown of a catfight over COLOSSUS's love, with WOLVERINE caught in the middle! Available with a Monkey variant cover which is only available in a set of 11 (10 regular covers + 1 variant) [Written by Fred Van Lente / Pencils & Cover by Salvador Espin]
The SOVIET SUPER SOLDIERS have kidnapped Kitty's flame Colossus, and she and Wolverine must brave the dangers of Russia's irradiated Forbidden Zone to save him! [Written by Fred Van Lente / Pencils & Cover by Michael Golden]
Kitty Pryde is dead ... and Wolverine holds the Soviet Super-Soldiers responsible! Logan unleashes the most ferocious berserker rampage Russia has ever seen -- is the hero lost to the beast forever? Cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Salvador Espin & Steve Cummings]
CYCLOPS returns to the X-Men! Will Kitty Pryde continue her training with him, or with Wolverine? Scott Summers and Logan duke it out over the right to be her mentor! [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Wil Quintana / Cover by David Williams]
Return with us again to the early days of the all-new, all-different, X-Men for all-new solo adventures of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde! The next generation of students has arrived at Xavier's School-Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, and the mysterious Wolverine - and with them, new teaching methods. Professor X pairs up green recruit Kitty Pryde with the been-everywhere, done-everything vet Logan - and neither of them is all that happy about it. Collecting WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #1-4, plus Wolverine's first appearance from INCREDIBLE HULK #181. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Andrea Di Vito / Cover by Salva Espin]
"TO ME, MY X-MEN! You must immediately pursue Wolverine into Canada! He has defected back to ALPHA FLIGHT...and taken Kitty Pryde with him!" Then, the SOVIET SUPER SOLDIERS have kidnapped Kitty's flame Colossus, and she and Wolverine must brave the dangers of Russia's irradiated Forbidden Zone to save him! Collecting WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #5-8 - plus learn how Kitty joined the X-Men in UNCANNY X-MEN #139-140 by classic creators Chris Claremont and John Byrne. [Written by Fred Van Lente / Penciled by Clayton Henry / Cover by Salvador Espin]
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils & Cover by DENNIS CALERO Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO 'The blue-garbed man of mystery known as The Angel plummeted like a stone out of the blazing firestorm! Death on the street below appeared to be his only destination! 'But suddenly, with a titanic effort, he managed to twist his red cape against the wind! Itself flickering with flame, the glider sent his muscular form hurtling through the windows of an office building's upper stories with a teeth-rattling crash...' 32 pages. Parental Advisory.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by DENNIS CALERO Cover by DENNIS CALERO ""The coroner""s men flipped the redheaded corpse over so Dukes and Magnus from Homicide could get a better look at her. ""Better"" being a relative term in this case, with the claw marks that slashed her face into a featureless, bloody mask and turned her guts into a butcher shop explosion. But the tattoo -- the simple, encircled ""X"" above the left shoulder blade -- remained intact, and Dukes pointed it out with the toe of his wingtip once Peter the rookie was done heaving up lunch. See this ink?"" he said. ""Means she did time at this reform school upstate, run by this shrink, Xavier..."" Collecting X-MEN NOIR #1-4. 112 pages. /Parental Advisory
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by DENNIS CALERO Cover by DENNIS CALERO The Marvel Universe you know - shot in noir! Peter Magnus is a rookie cop on the beat, unable to outrace the shadow cast by his big-shot cop father. His sister, Wanda, is a socialite in deep ten large to Creole Club proprietor Remy LeBeau - the kind of debt she'll be lucky to pay back with just cash. Their father, Eric Magnus, is chief of detectives, corrupting the Brotherhood of New York's Finest from the inside out. (All under the discretion of Boss Shaw, of course.) Anne-Marie Rankin has a special talent for being whoever you need her to be. And Magnus needs her, the better to get close to Unus is the Untouchable, a mob boss so good at staying alive it's driving his rivals nuts. And Xavier? That discredited shrink sits in a jail cell, wondering what in the world his little refugees from the 'Xavier School for Exceptionally Wayward Youth' are up to now. Other than staying one step ahead of Magnus, that is. But now Jean Grey is dead. And nobody is allowed to care - nobody that counts - because who cares about one of Xavier's dead grifters? It's not like there's an angel out there looking out for what's right. Or is there? Collecting X-MEN NOIR #1-4. 120 pages. Parental Advisory
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils & Cover by DENNIS CALERO Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO ""The Genosha Bay guards rolled Angel, gagged and shackled to the gurney, into solitary confinement, warden Emma Frost trailing close behind. From the ceiling and every wall bright, hot lights pounded a blinding glare onto the cell's only furnishing, an ominously solitary chair. ""Until you tell me what I want to know,"" Warden Frost said, ""You will never leave this room. Welcome to Project: Wideawake."" 32 pages. /Parental Advisory.
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils & Cover by DENNIS CALERO Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO """"Herr Wagner, here, started out in the circus before becoming the top second-story man in Europe. """"And don't let Comrade Rasputin's size fool you. It's his artistic talent the Bolsheviks want to ship him to Siberia for-an expert forger of artworks and official documents. """"And Ororo's skills at thievery are so renowned, even at her delicate age, that she is literally worshipped by the footpads of Cairo, if you can believe it. """"These are my all-new, all-different X Men,"" Professor Xavier said."" 32 pages. /Parental Advisory
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Pencils & Cover by DENNIS CALERO Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO ""In the dark and steamy jungles of Madripoor, the flashing claws of Logan, the blazing bullets of Cyclops, and the dashing fists of the Angel met with wave after wave of beserk headhunters, all willing to protect the secrets of the Temple-Tomb of Cyttorak with their lives! The ancient treasure map of mercenary Cain Marko, with its siren-song of the priceless gigantic ruby of the fabled god-king, had lured them only into the icy claws of Death!"". 32 pages. /Parental Advisory
Written by FRED VAN LENTE Penciled by DENNIS CALERO Cover by DENNIS CALERO Buried deep in the jungles of Madripoor, under the temple of the Juggernaut, is a jewel sought by many: the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak. But it's a team led by Logan, Cyclops and the Angel that will get to it first! Though once they claim the metaphysical power of the gem, how long will they be able to keep it? And what does the sinister Charles Xavier, leader of the gang of young sociopaths, the X-Men, have up his sleeve now that he's been released from Ryker's with Wanda Magnus by his side? Collecting X-MEN NOIR: MARK OF CAIN #1-4. 112 pages. /Parental Advisory
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