Showing posts with label marvel illustrated. Show all posts
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Friday, April 18, 2008

Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 4.23.08 (Part III)

Thanks to Marvel, we have the following previews from Thor #8, Uncanny X-Men #497, Young Avengers Presents #4, Wolverine: First Class #2, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #35, and Marvel Illustrated: Picture of Dorian Gray #5. These titles are scheduled to be in shops next Wednesday.

You may find some spoilers in the following images. You have been warned.



THOR #8
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
PENCILS: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
INKS: DANNY MIKI and CRIMELAB STUDIOS
The God of Thunder keeps sizzling off the stands! Part two of a two-part arc by writer J. Michael Straczynski (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) with sumptuous art by DAREDEVIL cover artist Marko Djurdjevic sees the mighty Thor ruling over a newly glorious Asgard and all its people! But what danger has risen on the horizon of its American heartland surroundings? And how will Thor equip himself to face it??
Rated T+ …$2.99


UNCANNY X-MEN #497
COVER BY: MICHAEL CHOI
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS and INKS: MICHAEL CHOI
“DIVIDED WE STAND”
In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men…Something strange is going on in San Francisco and Archangel gets pulled into the middle of it. Can Cyclops and Emma Frost save him and get out alive? And Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler’s road trip takes a turn for the dangerous.
Rated T+ …$2.99


YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #4 (of 6)
COVER BY: JIM CHEUNG
WRITER: PAUL CORNELL
PENCILS: MARK BROOKS
INKS: JAIME MENDOZA
The Vision is going through changes. He's a passionate man. And an impulsive one, if his decision to go and visit Stature at her Initiative training camp is anything to go by. He's got some important things to tell her. But will getting intangibly stuck halfway through her body while A.I.M. are attacking put a damper on his ardour?
Rated T+ …$2.99


WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #2
COVER BY: LEONARD KIRK
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
ART: ANDREA DI VITO
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!
All Ages …$2.99



MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #35
COVER BY: GRAHAM NOLAN
WRITER: PAUL TOBIN
PENCILS: DAVID NAKAYAMA
INKS: CORY HAMSCHER
A MODEL DAY: 75% of the Fantastic Four positively agree that it's GREAT to judge an international beauty pageant, but what's Sue to do during the festivities? Well, how about unearthing that the pageant is actually sponsored by A.I.M. in order to smuggle high tech battle robots into the country? Or how about teaming up with a certain long lost model from Marvel's past, and then picking a fight with those battle robots? Yeah, Sue keeps busy in this one.
All Ages …$2.99


MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY #5 (of 6)
COVER BY: GERALD PAREL
WRITER: ROY THOMAS and OSCAR WILDE
PENCILS and INKS: SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
Dorian is now leading a bizarre double life with his daytime demeanor at dire odds with his nightly existence of decadence and debauchery. But events may be catching up to Dorian as he is stalked through the foggy London streets…by a man out for vengeance. It's the penultimate chapter of Wilde's strange and compelling masterpiece.
Rated T+ …$2.99



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