The She-Devil Of The Sea who would be queen! Bêlit. The name alone conjures fear up and down the coasts of the Hyborian Age. And the sight of her ship, the Tigress, is an omen of despair for any town in the pirate queen's path! The Age of Conan kicks off with one of Conan's most formidable - and memorable - female compatriots, in an all-new story revealing how she became the undisputed Queen Of The Black Coast! The teenage Bêlit, obsessed with the sea - as well as the monsters and treasures she thinks are summoning her there - stows away on the ship of the dread Admiral Atrahasis into a deadly adventure even she could not predict! Plus: The first chapter in an all-new Bêlit prose novella, presented here for the first time!
First blood on the high seas! • Bêlit finds her first battle at sea! • But will her impetuous nature lead the crew to victory, or sink her ambitions before they've begun? • Either way, Captain Saturninus will need a new ship! • Plus: The next chapter in the all-new Bêlit prose novella!
• Bêlit has a plan to extort the rich cities along the coast... • ...but as she makes her name in the Hyborian Age, is she leading herself to a watery grave? • And who is the mysterious observer who is tracking her? • Plus: Part 3 of an all-new Bêlit novella, Bone Whispers!
Into the depths of Stygia! • Bêlit's mad quest takes her on a new course • But will the sea monsters she's been hunting prove to have a deeper connection to her future? • N'yaga returns! But what has he been up to since Bêlit last encountered him? • Plus: The next chapter in the all-new Bêlit novella, Bone Whispers as Bêlit learns the truth behind the mysterious King's treasure!
The spitfire who would be queen! Bêlit - the name alone conjures fear up and down the coasts of the Hyborian Age. And the sight of her ship, the Tigress, is an omen of despair for any town in the pirate queen's path! The Age of Conan begins with one of the barbarian's most formidable compatriots in a new story revealing how she became the undisputed Queen of the Black Coast! Teenage Bêlit is obsessed with the sea - as well as the monsters and treasures she thinks are summoning her there! But when she stows away on the dread Admiral Atrahasis' ship, it leads her into a deadly adventure even she could not predict! Will Bêlit's impetuous nature lead the crew to victory - or sink her ambitions before they've begun? Collecting Age of Conan: Bêlit, Queen of the Black Coast #1-5.
First there were three: Octavia, Charlotte, and Rosalyn, a trio of badass hit-women who picked up the slack when the going got too real for other so-called top-level assassins. But things happened. Octavia hung up her semi-automatic for a semi-lucrative kidnapping insurance scam. Charlotte chose expensive Chardonnay, love, marriage and, until recently, a baby carriage. And Rosalyn? There's a lot of conspiracies, but according to the federal government, she's simply M.I.A. When a kidnapping hits too close to home, Octavia is forced out of retirement and back into the bounty-hunting business. Down two partners, she recruits her son Dominic and his boyfriend Taylor to aid and abet her in a semester of murder-based work study, where she'll teach them everything she knows (if she can get them to put down the video games, stop making out, and actually focus on the mission already).
Barbie has explored many worlds and careers but none more out there than Para-Den, the strange alien planet where a girl named Barbie lives with her father and her flying pet, Pupcorn. But something is not right in Barbie's galaxy. One by one the stars are going out an no one seems to know why. Of course, no one is more surprised than Barbie when she is chosen by King Constantine to join a special mission to make the stars dance once again. Along with Prince Leo, hover board champion Sal-Lee and the colorful twins Kareena and Sheena, Barbie must solve the mystery of the creatures known as Whailens and find a way to bring the starlight back before the stars stop dancing forever! Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions.
Inspired by the all-new movie, Barbie: Video Game Hero, Barbie magically gets pulled into her favorite roller-skating video game. When her new friend Kris takes a shortcut in a race with Barbie and the roller-skating princess, Bella, he accidentally falls through a mysterious hole caused by a broken line of code and disappears! Barbie, Bella, and their friends must team up and work together to fix the code and power-up through the levels to track down Kris before the hole swallows up the entire game!
• During an advance scouting mission in World War II, Captain America and Bucky come across an old farmhouse where a group of concentration camp escapees are fending off recapture. • If they can hold the line, the Allies will come to the rescue. But it's going to be a long night • Rising star Tini Howard joins superstar Chris Sprouse for a powerful, gripping journey into Captain America's storied past!
You know what they saysome of them are gonna love you, and some of them are gonna hate youbut it doesn't matter as long as they need you. Black Mask wants to be the dirty little secret of the Gotham underworld, but Catwoman's even better at being a secret when she needs to be. Thankfully she's not afraid to have a little helpfrom Valmont, Onyx, and the newly minted Tomcat... exactly the kind of guy to let her in the house.
Harley Quinn and Catwoman get their gals' out-of-town trip at the roller derby crashed when some mysterious creep runs them off the road...and then follows them around at the derby! But this is Catwoman and Harley Quinnyou stalk them, and you'll pay for it...maybe with a limb or two. Meanwhile, there seems to be more than one lurker in the shadows, because Red Claw is on scene looking for the girls too...but you'll have to pick up the issue to find out why!
Roman Sionis has been brought to his knees, but enough is enough. Catwoman's vacation is over and it's time to get back to work. But Selina has never been Gotham's only protector, and she'll have to contend with a well-meaning family of bats... What's that old saying? The enemy of my enemy... should back off and let me handle it!
Lines are blurred as Eiko Hasigawa and Catwoman start playing too nice with one another and each lets their guard downand in a ruthless city like Gotham, you can't trust anyone but yourself to watch your back. And Catwoman should know better than to let an old flame get into her head againthat's her job.
Things start to heat up between Valmont and Catwoman when the handsome devil in white shows Catwoman a grand gesture by taking her on a trip out of Gotham. How many high-roller cities can these two cat burglars hit for a score in one night? A crow in white and a bat in blackif only there was a moral gray zone for this one cat.
Don't you just hate it when your current and former lovers meet accidentally? That's definitely the case here for Catwoman, as Valmont and Batman cross paths! Is Batman jealous or just concerned that Selina is dating an international criminal who is also a murderer? There are some lines you just don't cross, Cat, and not all attention is good attention.
With Batman out of the picture, Catwoman would be wise to remember that there are more than bats in Gotham's belfries. Speaking of bats, Onyx returns to her home city to bat cleanup and make sure Catwoman's not letting any strays into her city...and with no big Bat in the shadows, those pesky no-killing rules are off the table. Let's see if Catwoman and Onyx can agree on a target...
Meow, Catwoman is bored of Alleytown and has returned to Gotham City proper for bigger fish to fry and to go back to doing what she does best...stealing crime bosses' secrets for blackmail and looking damn sexy while doing it, of course. Catwoman's first blackmail heist finds her disguised as a pole dancer at Gotham's most secure underground club! Oh, Catwoman, hiding in plain sight in five-inch platform heels at a gathering of Gotham's criminal elite while surrounded by all the beautiful women and other shiny things to look at...what could possibly go wrong? Collects CATWOMAN #39-44.
Rising stars Tini Howard & Kei Zama take on Marvel UK's hottest character, Death's Head, in a new miniseries! When a job goes wrong, intergalactic mech merc Death's Head wakes up half-assembled at a punk show! And if the crowd full of deodorant-eschewing youths wasn't enough, the Young Avengers show up! Well, half of them anyway. Hulkling and Wiccan face down the best freelance peacekeeping agent in this universe!
Renegade upgrade! Billy Kaplan's been keeping a secret - and this time, there'll be no wishing away the consequences. What's a younger, upgraded version of Death's Head doing in Wiccan and Hulkling's apartment?! Death's Head goes on a shooting spree for answers - but he just might find himself outmatched this time.
Just a bot and his will to survive! Dr. Evelyn Necker has been stalking the streets, looking for the recipe for a perfect Death's Head. And just when she managed to build one, Wiccan whisked him away. But now she's about to get her hands on the original Death's Head himself - and it's gonna be a dream of a fight.
Number four is always a problem! Death's Head and his fri-err, associates-are trapped in Dr. Necker's robot graveyard. Tensions are high, but batteries are low. Will this team-up all sign on together, or log off separately? What does the mysterious Dr. Necker want? And how will Death's Head learn to text with those big robot hands? Find out in our final issue!
Marvel UK's hottest character returns! When a job goes wrong, the intergalactic mech merc called Death's Head wakes up half-assembled at a punk show! And if a crowd full of deodorant-eschewing youths weren't enough, the Young Avengers have shown up! Well, half of them, anyway. Now, Hulkling and Wiccan will face down the best freelance peacekeeping agent in this universe! But why is there a younger, upgraded version of Death's Head in Billy and Teddy's apartment? Death's Head's search for answers leads to a shooting spree - but he just might find himself outmatched this time! Dr. Evelyn Necker is out there, stalking the streets, looking for the recipe for a perfect Death's Head - and when she gets her hands on the original, it'll set up one heck of a death match, yes? Collecting Death's Head (2019) #1-4.
There's nothing worse than someone coming into your life and solving all your problems. The mess of inheritance burdens Thalia with the ghosts of Mercy's past while Indigo presents the future. Saga meets The Sandman in a series that explores death, dynasties, and psychonautic mindspaces. Don't miss a special enhanced RI variant cover from Jen Bartel (Jem & the Holograms)! Process pages, letters column, behind-the-panel secrets and more!
A new dawn is forged! The Otherworld is rocked by war! It is a new era for mutantkind as a new Captain Britain holds the amulet, fighting for the Kingdom of Avalon with her Excalibur at her side - Rogue, Gambit, Rictor, Jubilee...and Apocalypse.
The green earth trembles! The hard truth of the Captains Britain! Captain Britain must face the truth about her brother and choose her path forward as MI-13 and the agents of the crown become aware of her ascension. As the lighthouse grows, Apocalypse and Rictor must master the earth beneath their feet.
THE WOMAN ON THE SHORE! As the Council makes moves to protect mutants in the Otherworld, Excalibur must determine the fate of Betsy Braddock.
THE CALL OF DOOM! As guardians of the gate, Excalibur has sworn to safely escort those who quest to the Otherworld within, but their duties are tested to their limits when DOOM returns to Avalon. ♦ Includes part of a new 9/11 memorial story by Joe Quesada, John Romita Jr, and Scott Hanna, as a backup strip. The new story The Four Fives sees Spider-Man and Captain America revisiting Ground Zero, now the pools that replace it and a tower of light rising from each. Featuring Spider-Man and Captain America, the backup will appear in select Marvel Comics published on the 8th of September, 2021: including Amazing Spider-Man #73, Daredevil #34, Excalibur #23, Ka-Zar: Lord of The Savage Land #1 and X-Force #23.
THE ONE TRUE KING RETURNS! And he's here to exterminate the witchbreed! King Arthur and his army turn Otherworld into a battlefield-again. Backed into a corner, Betsy Braddock makes a desperate choice that will reshape the realm-and mutantkind-forever. The fate of the Starlight Citadel is at stake, and if the Citadel fallsso falls all reality.
OTHERWORLD FALLS! Merlyn and King Arthur have taken the Starlight Citadel. Saturnyne still lives but not for long. Betsy Braddock must decide once and for all where her loyalties lie. It's all been building to this the fantasy ends here and reality rushes in. There is no haven for the witchbreed. Can they hold on to their champion, here at the twilight of an age?
Betsy Braddock is Captain Britain, but a citizen of Krakoa. With Rogue's condition a mystery, the team heads to the one place that has always been the seat of Excalibur's power - the Lighthouse.
The secret of Rogue's coffin! Locked in her mysterious coffin, Rogue dreams. Meanwhile, Apocalypse performs a ritual, and the throne of power changes hands. The reign of mutantkind reaches the Otherworld at last.
Hark! The hunt for truth. Excalibur emerges from the woods with a journey before them. Their destination: Starlight Citadel.
Rictor hates parties. Even the nice ones. And with Captain Britain's return to a changed world, this one is looking to be not so nice. Excalibur's Earth-shattering Hellfire Gala issue will change Krakoan diplomacy forever.
Two swords. Two cups. Two must answer.
X Of Swords part 9.Opposition. Despair. The dark night of the soul. [((w) Tini Howard /(a) R.B. Silva /(ca) Mahmud Asrar)]
A game abandoned, but a great gamble remains. A Tower answers.
Captain Britain, Gambit, Rogue, Jubilee and Rictor are the new Excalibur! Together they're about to face an old foe! Only this time they are the hunters - and the Warwolves are the game! The team has just been baptized by fire in a bloody and brutal struggle against Morgan Le Fay - and though Otherworld, the source of Captain Britain's power, has been liberated from Morgan's magical clutches, many threats remain! Excalibur begins a journey to the mystical Starlight Citadel - but why is London burning behind them? When the Citadel commits an act of war, Excalibur must respond! Torn between Otherworld, Britain and Krakoa, Betsy Braddock will make her hardest decision yet. And deep in Otherworld, Apocalypse forges ahead toward his ultimate goal. Collecting Excalibur (2019) #7-11.
Some things that have been lost cannot be replaced! In the explosive aftermath of the Otherworldly battles of X OF SWORDS, the team is left changed. But who is the woman on the shore? And who isQueen Elizabeth III?! As the Krakoan Council makes moves to protect the mutants that remain in Otherworld, Excalibur must determine the true fate of Betsy Braddock! Plus: An invisible threat is loose on the island of Krakoa - unseen, unheard, undetectable by anyoneexcept Excalibur. Can the team hunt it down before the Hellfire Gala kicks off? This all-out mutant event is already shaping up to be somewhat less than pleasant, and Excalibur's actions at the Gala just might change Krakoan diplomacy forever! Collecting Excalibur (2019) #16-21.
True to the name she's been called throughout history, the War-Monger knows how to get a good fight going among even the best of friends. The outcome of the battle never mattered to her - at least, not until she fell head over heels for the Mongol Empire's most fearsome warrior. She can poison hearts against one another...but can she win one for herself?
One of Valiant's deadliest villains continues to wage war wherever she goes! Heartbreak and violence as the woman known as War-Monger meets her match in the deserts of Mongolia. Seeking vengeance, Vexana the War-Monger finds a kindred spirit in the man who would become known as Dracula - Vlad Tepes, warlord of Wallachia! Great for fans of historical fiction and invulnerable supervillains.
Long ago, the mighty generals of the Mongol Empire rode from Siberia to Carpathia and conquered all who stood in their way. Legends tell of a witch who walked with them, who could infect the hearts of any warriors in her midst with an unquenchable thirst for battle and bloodshed a War Monger. And now she is walking again. This winter, an ancient evil will stir as rising star writer Tini Howard (Captain America Annual #1, Assasinistas) and powerhouse artist Amilcar Pinna (Generation X) unleash hell in a brand-new saga of honor, love, and savagery that's centuries in the making!
An immortal, so-called witch who can infect those around her with a thirst to kill - a War-Monger - returns to wreak havoc once again. From rising star Tini Howard (Assassinistas) and powerhouse artist Amilcar Pinna (Generation X) comes a brand-new saga of honor, love, and savagery that's centuries in the making! Collecting the complete The Forgotten Queen limited series, #1-4.
It's time for the main event! The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are turning heel for one night only-but just like any good wrestling match, nothing is quite as it seems! Will the Star Primas come out on top? Or will GLOW come out swinging with a surprise upset?!
The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are ready to take on the world-or at least L.A.-in this graphic novel based off the hit Netflix series! When the unthinkable happens and the women of GLOW find themselves ahead of schedule, Sam ruins the promise of a wrestling-free weekend with... more wrestling! Robbed of blissful relaxation and forced to raise money to fund their way to the event, the GLOW team is less-than-prepared for their opponents: real gorgeous lady wrestlers. What could possibly go wrong?! Zoya the Destroya, Liberty Belle, and the rest of your favorite Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling take to the pages for new fights, new tights, and new drama! Season 3 premieres on Netflix in 2019! From executive producers and series creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch.
The fan-favorite title returns with hot new writer, Tini Howard! Cassie Hack has been living off the grid, but when a new monstrous threat arises to torment the kids at Camp Indigo River, it's time for Cassie to pick up the baseball bat once again! Gory, sexy, twisted, and funny...Hack is back! Collects Hack / Slash Resurrection #1-6.
After a team-up with Cat Curio and Pooch of Cat & Dog Investigations, Cassie and Vlad are drawn back to the ideal little town of Haverhill except it's been turned into a stinking hellhole and it's chock full of vampires. As Cassie discovers a link between Haverhill and her past, Vlad reconnects with one ally who may be able to save them: Vampirella! Collects Hack / Slash: Resurrection #7-12.
Boobs, butts, blood and guts: Cassie and Vlad encounter a killer obsessed with censoring all the things that makes horror comics so great!
No time to celebrate! Wiccan and Hulkling are freshly off the marriage altar and overdue for a proper celebration. So when the Shi'ar invite them for an all-expenses paid vacation at their glitziest beach resort, you know Wiccan's already got their bags packed. But they'll have to hold the champagne - because Knull and his symbiote army are expanding across the galaxy! Tini Howard and Luciano Vecchio give everyone's favorite Young Avengers a honeymoon to die for!
THE QUEST REVEALED! Betsy Braddock has assembled her Knights of X! Their mission: to save Otherworld from Merlyn and his powerful henchmen...by finding the holy grail of mutantkind. But Otherworld is vast, and innumerable armies stand in their way. When Merlyn targets the Crooked Market, a safe haven for mutantkind, the Knights must split up. Will Captain Britain find the grail? Will Gambit lead the others into a deadly trap? Death looms over the Knights - in more ways than one. RATED T+
THY CUP RUNNETH OVER! Merlyn has finally tipped into full-blown madness: He's sent his Furies on a campaign across the realm to burn everything in sight, and only those who swear fealty to the mad king will be spared. But there is still hope! A bargain between a powerful new ally and the Knights of X may just secure the Siege Perilous and the future of Avalon. Elsewhere, Saturnyne forges an alliance with a former enemy. But trust is a fickle thing. Will these new allegiances bring triumph or ruin for the mutants of Otherworld?
THE QUEST BEGINS HERE, WHERE MUTANTS ARE HATED AND FEARED ONCE AGAIN! The gates to Otherworld are closed - and Captain Britain is trapped on the wrong side! Usurpers Merlyn and his right-hand man, King Arthur, are now in control of Lunatic Citadel. Furies the size of Sentinels raze villages to the ground in their hunt for the witchbreed. Cut off from Krakoa, Betsy Braddock is Otherworld's only hero - and to save her people, Betsy must recruit a round table of her own. The Knights of X gather to restore the rightful order and rescue desperate mutants - but their quest is about to get so much bigger than that. This is the era of destiny... and the fate of Otherworld lies at the center of mutantkind's future. Don't miss this essential piece of the new Krakoa!
THE FALL OF THE KNIGHTS OF X! Gambit and his team gain a momentary victory over the Furies in Crooked Market, but as the group is hit by another wave of attacks by Merlyn's army, Rachel Summer's connection with Captain Britain is severed before she can call in reinforcements. In Sevalith, the Captain and her team face off against blood thirsty vampires as they seek out a lethal potential ally. Their quest required ten knights to begin, but no one said anything about the end. A knight dies here - and the hateful quest goes on. [(W) Tini Howard (A) Robert Quinn (CA) Miguel Mercado]
Talent Hunt winning writer TINI HOWARD and artist AILEEN ORACION challenge the legend of the Spear of Destiny as sins of omission come to light in this one shot special! Detective Sara Pezzini reveals a lost manuscript that speaks of a bright young martyr and the dark acts she eclipses in this tale of an all-new Magdalena.
FROM THE PAGES OF IXth GENERATION! Journey to Triton, where luxury is a cyborg's reward for worship of their God-King Poseidon. But in blue oceans lurks a sleeping terror-from before the Ascension, before even civilization as we know it!
Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It is the fan-favorite comic book miniseries based on the popular Adult Swim television series and inspired by the Pocket Mortys mobile game! Morty is on a quest to free himself (and all the other Mortys) from the clutches of Ricks, who collect Mortys and force them to battle one another for schmeckles and glory. Along the way, he'll discover the grisly history of Morty battling, the dastardly lengths that Ricks are willing to stoop to in order to win, and perhaps the strength in himself that's needed to free the Mortys once and for all?
No compromise. No mercy. From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet -- and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can't bring the Avengers in on this -- not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness -- a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!
The devil's children in the city of sin! Something is very wrong with Daimon Hellstrom. And that's saying something for the son of Satan. The only one who might be able to help is Daimon's sister, Satana - but she's no angel. Demons, debauchery and decapitation abound as Asgard's X-Force takes on Las Vegas!
Moonstruck monstrosity! Ghost's secretive ally is revealed - Moonstone, a.k.a. the psychotic psych Karla Sofen! But what does a manipulator of minds want with a hospital full of the dead and dying - and can this divisive team keep off the edge of death themselves?
No compromise. No mercy. From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet -- and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can't bring the Avengers in on this -- not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness -- a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!
No compromise - no mercy! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet - and the more people who know about it, the more powerful it becomes. Blade can't bring the Avengers in on this - not just for their own safety but also for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness - a Strikeforce! Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join the Daywalker to fight the fights no other Marvel team can take on! But something is very wrong with Daimon - and the only one who can help is his devilish sister, Satana! The crew storm Castle Doom - where secrets, and swords, will fly! But who is tinkering with the boundaries between life and death, between human and machine - and why?! Collecting Strikeforce #1-5.
Nature vs. Nurture! • Did Thanos make Gamora who she is, or was she always the deadliest assassin in the galaxy? • Plus, see the origins of Thanos' Black Order!
• Gamora's training starts now! • But will this new bond between them grow in the face of an oncoming war? • Meanwhile, Thanos' proto-Black Order plots a mutiny!
• Mutiny aboard Zero Sanctuary! • As Butcher Squadron launches a rebellion against the Mad Titan, will Thanos be able to quell their revolt? • Or will he have to turn their space station into a bloodbath in order to hold onto power?
The grand finale of this cosmic epic! Thanos has set into motion the chain of events between him and Gamora that will inspire loyalty, bloodshed and betrayal across the galaxyâ¦but what does the Magus have to do with it? And more importantlyâ¦are you ready to witness the beginning of Thanos' end?
Thanos is dead! The Mad Titan has been executed by the deadliest assassin in the galaxy: his adopted daughter, Gamora! But long before their twisted familial relationship came to a bloody end, how did it begin? Travel back to Gamora's childhood and the day her life changed forever. What kind of a father figure was the brutal and merciless Thanos of Titan? And did he mold her into what she became, or was Gamora born to be one of the most ferocious warriors in the cosmos? As Thanos' unholy Black Order forms, Gamora's training begins in the face of an oncoming war! But as the threat of mutiny grows, Thanos will do anything to keep his power - no matter the cost. A chain of events will spawn bloodshed and betrayal across the galaxybut what does the Magus have to do with it? Collecting Thanos (2019) #1-6.
The most expansive Wolverine story of all time! Logan. James Howlett. Weapon X. The mutant known as Wolverine has lived many lives under many identi[1]ties, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with his past! To prevent a terrible
KRAKOA IS FOR CLOSERS! The deals have been made. Mutantkind is safe on Krakoa. As the Reign of X continues, what are the wants of the mutants who have everything? Leading the charge is X-CORPORATION, headed by CXOs Monet St. Croix and Warren Worthington, a duo as cutthroat and ruthless in the boardroom as they are on a battlefield. But X-Corp needs more than just its figureheads. As Monet sets out to staff their team with some of the brightest and most deviant minds in mutantkind, Warren finds himself in a tense meeting with one of Krakoa's first allies who wants to know the truth: on Angel's wings, will X-Corp crash or soar?
MULTIPLE MEN, MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS! • He's everywhere you want to be. He's never not in the office. And his direct reports always fall in line. How does X-CORP meet their nearly impossible quotas with maximum synergy and minimal bandwidth? They've got Dr. Jamie Madrox, and he's the world's best boss.
SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE! When a deal doesn't go as expected, it's important to be open to new investors. Enter Selene and Mastermind: two potential stakeholders who stand willing to prove their worth. Everyone loves you when you're on top, but who comes through in the clutch?
A SHARK IN THE WATER! After X-CORP's shocking debut, they've got fences to mend, hands to shake and most importantly - a board to staff. With Dr. Jamie Madrox's top-class dupes staffing the HELLFIRE GALA, CXOs Monet and Angel must stalk the dance floor and hope they don't get preyed on themselves.
HOSTILE TAKEOVER! It's impossible to succeed in business without making a few enemies. Noblesse Pharmaceuticals sends their most cutthroat team against X-CORP once and for all, and they've come to collect.
Krakoa is for closers! The deals have been made. Mutantkind is safe on its new island nation. But who safeguards the interests of the mutants who have everything? Leading the charge is X-Corporation, headed by CXOs Monet St. Croix and Warren Worthington - a duo as cutthroat and ruthless in the boardroom as they are on the battlefield. But X-Corp needs more than just its figureheads. And as Monet sets out to staff their team with some of the brightest mutant minds available - including Dr. Jamie Madrox, who provides maximum synergy with minimal bandwidth - new investors come calling, including Selene and Mastermind! But as business deals begin to bear unexpected fruit, Warren finds himself in a tense meeting with one of Krakoa's first allies, who wants to know the truth: On Angel's wings, will X-Corp crash or soar? Collecting X-Corp #1-5.
