Learn your ABCs with Jack Kirby's most monstrous creations! From the legendary behemoths that stalked a world before super heroes to the titans that terrorized the Marvel Universe, 26 of Marvel's most memorable monsters have been rounded up in alphabetical order - from the Awesome Android to Zetora - including fan favorites like Devil Dinosaur, Fin Fang Foom, Groot, Mangog and Xemnu! They all star in awesome comic cover tributes from stellar talents including Arthur Adams, Mike Allred, Chris Bachalo, John Cassaday, Chris Samnee and Walter Simonson! Plus: original Kirby-drawn tales to astonish featuring the likes of the Blip, Elektro, Kraa and Thorr! Collecting the Kirby Monster Variant Covers - plus material from Tales To Astonish (1959) #15-16 and #22; Tales Of Suspense #13, #18 and #23; and Journey Into Mystery (1952) #57 and #62.
Step over the edge of Spider-Verse! In the year 2099, the Superior Spider-Man lives on - but how? Otto takes the fight to Karn, the man working his way through the multiverse leaving a trail of dead spiders in his wake, but finds himself hopelessly overpowered. Will the time-lost Superior Spidey find enough allies to make a dent in Karn's plans? Meanwhile, the real Spider-Man teams up with the all-new Ms. Marvel in a highflying (high-stepping in Kamala's case) adventure! Can Ms. Marvel get Spidey out of a jam? Plus: MC2's Spider-Girl and the Spider-Man of 1602 find themselves under attack from the mysterious forces behind Spider-Verse! And who is Spider-UK? The road to Spider-Verse starts here! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #7-8, Superior Spider-Man #32-33 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians of The Galaxy) #1.
• Betrayal! Secrets! Murder! Shock follows shock in the stunning conclusion to our first story arc! • Who will win the race to the suppliesand what are they willing to do get there first? • Who is not what they seemand which player will draw first blood? [(W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Kev Walker (CA) Mike Del Mundo]
IMAGINE WAR • Mer-z-Bow approaches civil war - its first in over seven hundred years. Is Winter Soldier the catalyst? • Bucky Barnes fights for his life. Crossbones sets the plan in motion. Quake and Ventolin join forces. • The other Bucky Barnes came to the 616 part of the Multiverse to help. But did the man who helped end war just cause it in another universe?
The second terrifying arc of Carnage starts now! Jabulile van Scotter is a 16-year old South African girl sailing around the world! But she didn't plan on a stoway in the form of the deadly serial-killer CARANGE. The titanic events of the first arc have sent the symbiotic psycho across the globe with the team trying to catch him far in his rear-view.
Civil War II's main player takes center stage, and its seismic effects are felt across the Marvel Universe! First, in a sensational prequel to the main event, experience the odyssey of Ulysses! What incredible journey leads him to join the Inhumans? And in the wake of a truly terrifying vision, why won't Karnak help him prevent disaster? Then, feel the full implications of the hostilities in a trio of tales. When a heroic icon is slain, those who knew him best remember the fallen legend - and the Avenger who killed him stands accused of his murder! But when the war is over, rivals Tony Stark and Carol Danvers turn to the one man they know they can trust - Steve Rogers, Captain America! Uh-oh? Collecting Civil War II: Ulysses #1-3, The Fallen #1, The Accused #1 and The Oath #1.
MINISERIES FINALE The battle builds to its climax with the beleaguered Legions facing thousands of Germanic warriors fighting to free their homeland. Honoria races back to Rome, duty in her heart above Arminius. With victory finally within his grasp, Arminius wonders what a throne is worth when you're left to sit alone.
Deadpool has already killed every hero in the Marvel Universe, but he isn't through. This time?Deadpool's gonna take down the most famous characters in classic literature! Why read a book when you can watch a book die?! Tom Sawyer gets slashed in TWAIN! The Little Women's throats MAY get ALL-CUT! Scrooge gets a visit from THREE BULLETS! Gulliver gets a SWIFT DEATH! The Three Musketeers are all for DONE! Sherlock Holmes gets to the bottom of HIS OWN GRAVE! And more book-related puns! Can Deadpool rid the universe of the scourge of classical literature? Throw away your library card and buy this book! You never knew how badly you needed this! Collecting Deadpool Killustrated #1-4. [(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Matteo Lolli (CA) Mike Del Mundo]
THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE DEMON DAYS SAGA! At the end of the road, Mariko Yashida finally meets the one who's been hunting her: a silver-clad swordswoman named Ogin, who's also Mariko's sister! Will Mariko have to cross blades with her own flesh and blood, or will Ogin's giant, green bodyguard smash Mariko to pieces first? The stakes are high and the emotions are higher in this epic conclusion to the DEMON DAYS SAGA by STORMBREAKER PEACH MOMOKO! One-shot!
Evil is everywhere, and the world needs the Sorcerer Supreme more than ever. But the Sorcerer Supreme is nowâ¦Loki?! Say hello to the Master of the Mischief Arts! The Norse lord of lies has the cloak, the spells - he's even got Zelma Stanton as his assistant. (And possibly more?) Is this the chance Loki needed to become a hero at last, or is the trickster god dangerously close to unlimited power? And what happened to Stephen Strange, the former Sorcerer Supreme? Down but not out, Stephen may just have one last play left in him - one that could shake the Marvel Universe to its core! But will it be enough to take back his title, with the life of someone he loves hanging in the balance? Collecting Doctor Strange #381-385.
The damnation of Doctor Strange! To restore Las Vegas to glory, the Master of the Mystic Arts bet big on his abilities - but his prize came with some satanic strings attached! Now he's going double or nothing to set things right. But how did Strange get back to full power? And will it be enough when he's gambling for his life? With Strange held captive in Mephisto's Hotel Inferno, the odds aren't good - because the house always wins. Can Wong and the Midnight Sons help Strange find a way to triumph? And with the souls of the living and the dead on the line, is the Sorcerer Supreme actually willing to follow his former assistant's lead? Damnation transforms the magical landscape for Strange and the entire Marvel Universe! Collecting Doctor Strange (2015) #386-390.
The official prequel to the groundbreaking Dune continues in the first-ever graphic fiction adaptation of the New York Times best-selling Dune: House Atreides. Leto Atreides brings news of the revolt brewing on Ix, but the city's leaders make a decision that may threaten everyone, while Crown Prince Shaddam plots to overtake it. Adapted & scripted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, authors of the eponymous prequel novel based on Dune creator Frank Herbert's notes, and illustrated by artist Dev Pramanik (Paradiso). Collects Dune: House Atreides #5-8.
Our comprehensive coverage of the fan-favorite Marvel Studios films and Marvel Television series rolls on! This second issue, in fantastic flipbook format, shines a spotlight on the Hulk's gamma-charged feature film and Iron Man's return to the silver screen! With fact sheets, movie-to-comic comparisons, behind-the-scenes art and production stills, this issue features profiles of the ever-incredible Hulk and a comprehensive Iron Man update - plus these future Avengers' friends and family including Betty Ross, Samuel Sterns, War Machine, Black Widow and Howard Stark; enemies including Abomination, Thunderbolt Ross, Whiplash and Justin Hammer; high-tech devices like Iron Man's new RT and the Hammer Drones; and updates on Nick Fury, Phil Coulson and more! Relive the big-screen thrills of 2008's The Incredible Hulk and 2010's Iron Man 2, and continue building your indispensable library of Cinematic Universe reference books!
Written by JESSE BLAZE SNIDER Penciled by STEVE KURTH Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO It's a beatdown of literally monumental proportions when the Hulk and the Wrecking Crew wage war in our nation's capitol! And when the dust settles, what of Washington DC will remain unsmashed?! All this plus rocking extras giving YOU the goods on WORLD WAR HULKS - the upcoming Hulk mega-event!! 40 pages. /One-Shot/Rated T+.
An all-new epic begins! Malekith the Accursed, lord of the Dark Elves, has a problem with Iron Man. Then again, Malekith the Accursed has a problem with pretty much everyone on Earth. And when Malekith the Accursed strikes, blood will flow and darkness will fallunless Iron Man can gain the upper hand! It's cutting-edge mortal science versus the most arcane Asgardian science imaginableall in a bath of blood. Plus: which classic Marvel UK character returns in a reinvented form after the events of Revolutionary War? And how do the Mandarin's rings factor into this crisis? Iron Man vows to get to the bottom of thingsassuming he lives! Collecting Iron Man #23-28. [(W/A) Various (CA) TBD]
Unstoppable force meets immovable object as Nathaniel Richards' mission to change his timeline slams into a horrible inevitability: the tragic fate of Kang's great love, Ravonna Renslayer. Can young Kang avert catastrophe and find his way to a better future? Or is he doomed to repeat the same cycle of tragedy and violence for all eternity?
Written by JONATHAN MABERRY Penciled by GIANLUCA GUGLIOTTA Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO Klaw, Master of Sound, is no more dead than he is human.The killer?composed of living sound is back with a new and deadly plan that will spill blood from the Savage Land to the streets of New York. Shuri, the new Black Panther, has already tried (and failed) to stop this monster - a defeat that owed as much to her own reckless rage as it did to Klaw's power. So this time, Shuri turns to some unexpected allies for help. Think you know the Black Panther? New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry and artist Gianluca Gugliotta show you just how wrong you are! Collecting KLAWS OF THE PANTHER #1-4 and material from AGE OF HEROES #4. 112 pages. /Rated T+
The son of Professor Charles Xavier, Legion is the world's most powerful and unstable mutant. Now, following the tragic death of Professor X, Legion will finally attempt to tame his fractured mind, conquer his inner demons and embrace his father's legacy! First, he tries to help newly manifested mutant twins being exploited by a criminal cartel in Japan. But the twins have plans of their own, as do Legion's inner demons! Then, two new villains have begun plotting Legion's demise. But little does he know one of them is lurking within his own psyche, and the other is hiding among the X-Men! Legion infiltrates the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning - but when he learns the demon in his brain has a horrifyingly familiar face, can he and the X-Men help one another overcome it? Collecting X-Men Legacy (2012) #1-6.
Refusing Wolverine's offer to join the X-Men, David Haller must now decide exactly how he will carry out his father's legacy. But upon venturing into the world on his own, will he be beckoned back to Westchester by his budding fascination with young X-Man Blindfold? And more important, how will their future together change the fate of mutantkind? Plus: Desperate to learn whether the predictions of his destroying mutantkind are true, Legion makes a deal with the devil in his own mind to find answers. But what terrifying truth would drive David to take extreme measures - and undergo a procedure that would remove his mutant powers? Collecting X-Men Legacy (2012) #7-12.
TRIAL BY SPIDER! SPIDER-MAN faces the strongest super-powered foes and most dangerous gauntlets the Multiverse can throw his way, and every time MILES MORALES falls, he rises again - stronger than before. Until now. There are some punches you don't get up from and a new villain isn't pulling a single one as they threaten everyone and everything Miles loves. Between school, home, his love life and battling super-charged and upgraded villains night and day - Miles is reaching his breaking point. And when this new foe is finished, Spider-Man's world will be changed forever. Guest-starring MAC GARGAN, A.K.A. THE SCORPION! Don't miss the next Marvel masterpiece from writer Cody Ziglar (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, SPIDER-PUNK) and artist Federico Vicentini (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, WOLVERINE)!
Witness the first meeting between the Inhumans and Mosaic!
Just as Maceo and Mezzy manage to find a touch of laughter and whimsy in the toxic hellscape they are traveling through, a gruesome encounter changes both of them forever. Even though Mezzy has been able to protect her naive companion so far, there is no shielding him from what comes next an encounter with the nightmarish WASTELAND RANGERS!
The Apocalympics begin, but it isn't fun and gamesthe Wasteland Rangers won't let Maceo, a rival suitor for Mezzy, go without competing to the death! The stakes are high as Mezzy's close connection with The Rangers' Chieftess is revealed and Maceo seems out of his league. But there's more than one way to save someone...
Maceo is determined to prove himself the only way he knows how, and his stubbornness brings Mezzy's ire. But the Wasteland Rangers prove too dangerous even for Mezzy, and Maceo will have to do more than a symbolic gesture if they want to make it out alive. Will love prevail at least for a while?
Jason Aaron and Alexandre Tefenkgi's fable of a bleak future continues in Maceo and Mezzy's childhood years, with nothing but Mezzy's guidebook and her skills as a wastelander to get them through their dangerous, post-apocalyptic journey. As time passes and they endure the horrors of plastic tornadoes and frozen sludge, Maceo proves to be more than just a burden, and they make a connection where none seemed possible at first. But to their unexpected peril, they might not be as alone as they thoughtâ¦
Love in the Wasteland kicks off the first arc of this epic trilogy that spans a lifetime as the dark mysteries of a ruined world and their own stark differences tear at the threads holding Mezzy and Maceo together. As they endure the horrors of plastic tornadoes and frozen sludge, Maceo proves to be more than just a burden, and they make an unlikely connection. But to their peril they might not be as alone as they thought New York Times bestselling, Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Jason Aaron launches his most ambitious original series to date with three distinct artistic partners Eisner Award-winning artist Alexandre Tefenkgi, acclaimed artists Leila del Duca, and Nick Dragotta to take on a vision of the end of the world that's brutal and nostalgic, whimsical and grounded and ultimately, timeless. Collects Once Upon A Time At The End Of The World #1-5.
In this epic post-apocalyptic tale, Maceo and Mezzy have never met anyone like each other, and they'll need all the help they can get to survive a planet ravaged by environmental catastrophe. This epic trilogyeach issue overflowing with 30 story pagesspans a lifetime as philosophical differences tear at the threads holding Maceo and Mezzy together. Will they, and the earth beneath their feet, ultimately be torn apart? New York Times bestselling, Eisner and Harvey Award-winning, and Marvel flagship writer Jason Aaron (Thor, The Avengers, Southern Bastards) launches his most ambitious creator-owned series to date with the first of three unique artistic partners Eisner-winning artist Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian) - to take on a vision of the end of the world that's brutal and nostalgic, whimsical and grounded and ultimately, timeless
MINISERIES PREMIERE Information can be one of the most valuable resources in the world. It can also be one of the most difficult to obtain. Luckily for Spawn, he has the FREAK. The Freak is a master of getting what he needs out of a subject. But as the Freak works at extracting the whereabouts of File F, Al witnesses an act of senseless VIOLENCE-one that he can't ignore. The writing of TODD McFARLANE meets the incredible art of MIKE DEL MUNDO in SPAWN: UNWANTED VIOLENCE, a two-part miniseries that forces Spawn to confront the very nature of good and evil!
MINISERIES FINALE. As the force used by the police against Al Simmons continues to escalate to surprising levels, the Freak gets closer to discovering the information he was sent to find. The writing of TODD McFARLANE meets the incredible art of MIKE DEL MUNDO in the conclusion of SPAWN: UNWANTED VIOLENCE, a two-part miniseries that forces Spawn to confront the very nature of good and evil!
Spider-Man: the galaxy's greatest super hero? Spidey has just saved New York from disaster, it's a beautiful day, and the only thing on his agenda is enjoying it and wondering what comes tomorrow. Unfortunately, an out-of-control invention at Horizon Labs has given him a vision of tomorrow that includes the destruction of New York City! So much for that beautiful day! It's time to get to work to save the city - again! Then it's off to outer space with best pal Human Torch to rescue Col. John Jamesonwith Dr. Octopus waiting in the wings! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #678-681 and #679.1. [(W) Dan Slott, Christopher Yost (A) Humberto Ramos & Various (CA) Mike Del Mundo]
LIFE LIKE NEVER BEFORE! MARC BERNARDIN brings us along with Vader on a mission you won't soon forget! PLUS: The penultimate chapter of JASON AARON & LEONARD KIRK's Vader deconstruction!
• The last temptation of Green Goblin Phil Urich! • As Goblin Nation consumes New York, the Superior Spider-Man's world is in flames! • Who will rise? Who will fall? NO ONE will be the same after this! [(W) Christos N. Gage (A) Various (CA) Mike Del Mundo]
PETER DAVID AND GREG LAND DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN! • After three sense-shattering series, Peter David, Greg Land, Jay Leisten and Frank D'Armata the entire SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN crew RETURN! This time, they're taking Spider-Man down the road less traveled to the supremely psychedelic CROSSROADS DIMENSION! In their most ambitious series yet, the SYMBIOTE team puts Peter Parker and his alien costume on a collision course with none other than THE INCREDIBLE HULK, in a story set just before Peter David's landmark run on the Hulk series!
Meet earth's newest defender: Roz Solomon! With S.H.I.E.L.D. gone, Roz Solomon has been left adrift in a world full of homeless gods and mislaid hammers. Now this Asgardian ally is about to take on a surprising new role - and make a million new enemies. For the War of the Realms is comingand the invasion of Earth may have already begun. Cue the Frost Giants!
War of the Realms tie-in! Fatherly love is not something with which Loki Laufeyson is terribly familiar. Still, you'd think that with the Frost Giants invading New York in Malekith's War of the Realms, he'd find some quality time to spend with dear old deadly Dad. And he will. But not in the way you'd think...
The myth-making climax of Jason Aaron's legendary run! The Odinson has regained his mantle - but Mjolnir has been destroyed! With conflict spreading through the realms, Thor will need new hammers. Lots of them! But will any amount of weapons be enough against such threats as the unstoppable Juggernaut and the Queen of Cinders? Valkyries, angels and more join the fight as the dark elf Malekith's War of the Realms spills into Midgard, engulfing Thor and all those he loves! Everything is about to change, for Thor and for Asgard. Then, at the end of time, witness the final fate of the ancient King Thor as he encounters a very old friend and faces his hated adopted brother Loki one last time! Jason Aaron and artist Esad Ribic reunite for the epic conclusion! Collecting Thor (2018) #1-16 and King Thor #1-4.
The stage is set for the War of the Realms! Thor has battled through Hel, but now finds himself a prisoner of the fearsome warriors of Heven! Can even the intervention of Valkyrie and Thor's deadly sister, Angela, help the Thunder God escape the inescapable prison of angels? Meanwhile, with S.H.I.E.L.D. gone, Roz Solomon has been left adrift - but she's about to take on a surprising new role...and make a million new enemies. For war is coming - and the invasion of Earth may have already begun! As Malekith targets all there is, will Odin be left as the All-Father of Nothing? Plus: Centuries ago, Odin was determined to keep a young Thor away from Midgard for good - and Loki knew just the way to do it! Collecting Thor (2018) #7-11.
Tales of the War of the Realms! Adopted by Odin as an infant, Loki never had a chance to bond with his birth people - the fearsome Frost Giants. Now, as the Frost Giants invade New York, Loki spends some quality time with his dear old dad, Laufey! But not the way you'd think Meanwhile, Odin sent his brother Cul, God of Fear, into the depths of Svartalfheim on a vital mission. Will Cul redeem himself at last? And as a young god, Thor pined for a hammer beyond legend. Now his destiny arrives at last - for the War of the Realms will reach even here, centuries in the past! Plus: When the war ends, what is left for Thor? The status quo is shattered in the beginning of the end of Jason Aaron's legendary run! Collecting Thor (2018) #12-16.
MINISERIES PREMIERE. A five-issue anthology series featuring Untold Tales based on Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG's bestselling comic, I HATE FAIRYLAND, with stories written and drawn by a stellar lineup of creators. BULLY WARS co-creators SKOTTIE YOUNG and AARON CONLEY pit Gert against an uncouth barbarian in Bruud the Brutal. And in Don't Trust the P.I.G. in Apartment 23, by DEAN RANKINE (Simpsons Comics, Invader Zim), Gert finds herself at the wrong end of a classic fairy tale.
Three Untold Tales based on Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG's I HATE FAIRYLAND! DAX GORDINE (Giant-Size Little Marvel, Fantastic Four) presents auhfriendly game of cards in Gameday. MORGAN BEEM (Swamp Thing, Wonder Woman: Black and Gold) delves into revenge in The Death and Rebirth of Cloudia. And DEAN RANKINE (Simpsons Comics, Invader Zim) treats us to The Hunchover.
After the stunning, heart-stopping events of Vision #1, the Avengers will never be the same. The Vision and his family attempt to cope with these events in their own, unique way. Though they put on a happy face, each of them can feel their anger growing, blistering, tearing them apart. Will the Visions be able to hold together, or will that anger destroy them and the world around them?
• Lost! Defenseless! No way home! Becca has no choice but to dive deeper into the chaos of Weirdworld! • Goleta the Wizardslayer is becoming increasingly suspicious that Becca has overrepresented her experience in slaying wizards... • Behold! The infernal winged majesty of Catbeast!
• Becca the Earthgirl! Goleta the Wizardslayer! Catbeast! A fellowship of adventurers who might kill each other. • Goleta's badass muscle car needs an enchanted gizmo, and the only person who has one isn't feeling generous. • Morgan Le Fay makes a move against Becca-- and triggers a war on Weirdworld!
Welcome to the wildest, most dangerous corner of Battleworld: Weirdworld, a realm of swords and sorcery, and strange perverted science. A realm where one barbarian walks alone, on a dark and savage quest though all things weird and fantastic from throughout Marvel history. His name is Arkon, a lost man in a lost world. Follow him if you dare! For Arkon must battle underwater apes, contend with a Crystal Warrior and traverse the swamp of the Man-Things - as evil sorceress Morgan le Fay and her army of Lava Men and gun-toting ogres lay siege to Arkon's home of Polemachus! Plus: Behold the coming of Skull the Slayer! What happens when a fugitive from the concrete jungle is thrust into a world of all things unimaginable? It's simple, really. He goes utterly insane. Collecting Weirdworld #1-5.
The strangest realm on Battleworld is now the most mysterious region of the Marvel Universe! And Earth girl Becca is stuck in this land of sword and sorcery - with no experience with either! She has only one mission: get home alive. But will becoming apprentice to Goleta the Wizardslayer aid that quest, or render it even more unlikely? In a land of myths, monsters andmuscle cars? Becca and Goleta will brave the Enchanted Village and Fang Mountains, seek aid from Catbeast and the Dog-Fighters, and find themselves in the middle of a war between Lava Men and Man-Things. But most dangerous of all is Morgan Le Fay - Becca had better hope she never falls into the sorceress's evil clutches! Join Becca's quest, and brave the dangers and uncover the secrets of Weirdworld! Collecting Weirdworld (2015B) #1-6.
X Of Swords part 11. A ritual. A parliament. A game begins. [(w) Tini Howard, Jonathan Hickman /(a) Pepe Laraz, Mahmud Asrar /(ca) Mike Del Mundo)]
Refusing Wolverine's offer to join the X-Men, David Haller must now decide exactly how he will carry out his father's legacy. But upon venturing into the world on his own, will he be beckoned back to Westchester by his budding fascination with young X-Man Blindfold? And more important, how will their future together change the fate of mutantkind? Plus: Desperate to learn whether the predictions of his destroying mutantkind are true, Legion makes a deal with the devil in his own mind to find answers. But what terrifying truth would drive David to take extreme measures - and undergo a procedure that would remove his mutant powers? Collecting X-Men Legacy (2012) #7-12. [(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Tan Eng Huat, Paul Davidson (CA) Mike Del Mundo]
Legion travels to the UK to preemptively extinguish a threat to the reignited mutant race - but Pete Wisdom, head of Britain's paranormal intelligence agency, won't stand for crimes in the name of mutantkind on his turf! Who will win this game of superhuman spy vs. spy? Then: Legion meets with his mother, Gabrielle Haller, to sort out their complicated relationship once and for all! How will this visit affect the monsters that haunt David's mind? Should some old memories remain buried? Finally, David and Blindfold confront the man who killed his father, Professor X - but Cyclops won't take their attack lying down! Can the son Xavier neglected and the man he adopted as his protégé find common ground? Or does the river of resentment between these two brothers run too deep? Collecting X-Men Legacy (2012) #13-18. [(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Tan Eng Huat (CA) Mike Del Mundo]
Legion, the most powerful and unstable mutant in the world and son to Professor Charles Xavier, has killed gods and reshaped the face of the universe. NOW! in the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men, Legion will finally attempt to conquer his demons and embrace his father's legacy! [(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Diogenes Neves (CA) Mike Del Mundo]
