Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 4.23.08 (Part I)

Thanks to Marvel, we have previews from Mighty Avengers #12, Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Clash, Ultimate Spider-Man #121, New Exiles #5, and She-Hulk #28. These titles are scheduled to be in shops next Wednesday.

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


MIGHTY AVENGERS #12
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: ALEX MALEEV
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
The Eisner-award-winning team of Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev (NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI, HALO: UPRISING) reunite to answer the question that has been on every comic fan's mind for years...WHERE THE HELL HAS NICK FURY BEEN?? Rewinding the clock to Fury's time in SECRET WAR, follow Fury as he puts together the pieces of his life and starts finding clues to a Secret Invasion that makes him TARGET NUMBER ONE. A major Skrull reveal happens in these pages!
Rated A …$2.99

HULK VS. HERCULES: WHEN TITANS CLASH
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITERS: GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
ART: KHOI PHAM, PAUL NEARY, DENNIS CALERO, ERIC NGUYEN, REILLY BROWN, CARLOS CUEVAS, TERRY PALLOT, and CHRIS SOTOMAYOR
"32 PAGES!? BAH! HULK NEED BIGGER BOOK! HULK SMASH PUNY BEARD SKIRT MAN!"
Calm down, big fella. You're going to need your strength when you go up against the Lion of Olympus, the INCREDIBLE HERCULES!
We're bringing you a BRAND NEW story with THE most SMASHING, CRASHING, BASHING, MASHING and LASHING you've EVER witnessed, and THEN we're giving you some of the greatest HULK and HERC stories from yesteryear!
BRING ON THE FIGHT!
Parental Advisory …$3.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #121
COVER BY: STUART IMMONEN
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: STUART IMMONEN
INKS: WADE VON GRAWBADGER
The return of Omega Red! The deadly assassin is out for blood-J. Jonah Jameson's blood to be exact! Why does he want to slice the Daily Bugle's publisher to ribbons? And what can Spider-Man do about it? Find out in another action-packed issue of the series IGN.com calls "a wonderfully enjoyable read."
Rated A …$2.99

NEW EXILES #5
COVER BY: ALAN DAVIS
WRITER: CHRIS CLAREMONT
PENCILS: ROBERTO CASTRO
INKS: SCOTT HANNA
Double the alternate reality action this month as two issues of New Exiles bring us two tales from two different universes! First, in issue 4, Sabretooth, Psylocke, Rogue, and new ally Gambit are caught in the middle of a war between the Atlanteans, Queen Ororo, and the Black Panther. Plus, whatever happened to Mystiq? Find out in the conclusion to the series' first arc! Then, in issue 5, a new tale begins as we see the trouble Morph, Sage, and Cat run across in a world of royalty and dragons!
Reality-hopping action as only the New Exiles can deliver!
Rated A …$2.99

SHE-HULK #28
COVER BY: MIKE DEODATO
WRITER: PETER DAVID
PENCILS: VAL SEMEIKS
INKS: DAVE MEIKIS and VICTOR OLAZABA
"Here Today"
Tracking down the mysterious bomber who attacked her in New York City, She-Hulk finds herself in prison – and the story of why she left her legal career behind finally begins to come to light.
Rated T+ …$2.99

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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 4.2.08 (Part II)

Marvel has yet again been kind enough to provide previews of some of next week's titles. In the second installment for the week, we have the opening pages of Young X-Men #1, Omega: The Unknown #7, Moon Knight #17, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #38, and New Exiles #4.

Be warned, there may be some spoilers below.


YOUNG X-MEN #1
COVERS BY: TERRY DODSON and BRANDON PETERSON
WRITER: MARC GUGGENHEIM
PENCILS: YANICK PAQUETTE
INKS: SERGE LAPOINTE
In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men and young mutants Rockslide, Blindfold and Dust are alone and directionless. Until the day Cyclops recruits them to hunt the new incarnation of the Brotherhood – and kill them. Joined by a pair of new recruits, the young X-Men learn a hard truth about the world post-Messiah CompleX: sometimes old allies make for deadly enemies.
Rated A …$2.99

OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #7
WRITERS: JONATHAN LETHEM and KARL RUSNAK
PENCILS: FAREL DALRYMPLE and GARY PANTER
INKS: FAREL DALRYMPLE
You know a super hero's in trouble when he resorts to drawing a comic book to try to solve his problems! Omega The Unknown #7, on top of the usual stellar array of talent, features special guest-star creator Gary Panter, known for his work on a legendary children's show, Frank Zappa's album covers, and RAW Magazine -- but he's never been between Marvel's covers before. Tune in!
Rated T+ …$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #17
COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: MIKE BENSON and CHARLIE HUSTON
PENCILS: JAVIER SALTARES
INKS: MARK TEXEIRA
“GOD AND COUNTRY,” PART 4
In the age of the Superhuman Registration Act, the only good hero is one that plays by the book -- which the card-carrying Moon Knight most assuredly does not. Indeed, with Moon Knight fast becoming the poster child for recklessness and brutality, the question of the day is just how he got a Registration Card in the first place! As Tony Stark's investigation unearths the ugly truth, Marc Spector braces himself for the consequences, unaware that an equally grave threat is preparing to strike. Carson Knowles -- a.k.a. the Black Spectre -- is back and he wants payback.
Parental Advisory …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #38
COVER BY: SKOTTIE YOUNG
WRITER: CHRIS KIPINIAK
PENCILS: DAVID NAKAYAMA
INKS: GARY MARTIN
Bzz. (ow.)
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. (Ow!)
BBBBBBBBZBZZZZZBZZZBZZZZZBZZZZ (OW! OW! OW! OW!)
A baddy built of bees is bugging our boy! Can our swell sweaty Spidey swat the swindler swiftly?
All Ages …$2.99

NEW EXILES #4
COVER BY: MICHAEL GOLDEN
WRITER: CHRIS CLAREMONT
PENCILS: TOM GRUMMETT
INKS: SCOTT HANNA
Double the alternate reality action this month as two issues of New Exiles bring us two tales from two different universes! First, in issue 4, Sabretooth, Psylocke, Rogue, and new ally Gambit are caught in the middle of a war between the Atlanteans, Queen Ororo, and the Black Panther. Plus, whatever happened to Mystiq? Find out in the conclusion to the series’ first arc! Then, in issue 5, a new tale begins as we see the trouble Morph, Sage, and Cat run across in a world of royalty and dragons!
Reality-hopping action as only the New Exiles can deliver!
Rated A …$2.99

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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 3.12.08 (Part II)

Picking up where we left off from the last post, here are some more peeks at The Last Defenders #1, Mighty Avengers #10, New Exiles #3, Nova #11, and Thunderbolts #119. If there's anything here you'd like to talk about, stop by the Marvel Noise forum and let your voice be heard!

The Last Defenders #1
By Joe Casey (plotter/writer), Keith Giffen (plotter/breakdowns), Jim Muniz (pencils), and Cam Smith (inks)

Mighty Avengers #10
By "Boastful" Brian Bendis (writer), "Mighty" Mark Bagley (pencils), and "Devilish" Danny Miki & Amorphous Allen Martinex (inkers)

New Exiles #3
By Chris Claremont (writer), Tom Grummett (pencils), and Scott Hanna (inker)

Nova #11
By Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (writers), Paul Pelletier (pencils), and Rick Magyar (inks)

Thunderbolts #119
By Warren Ellis (writer) and Mike Deodato, Jr. (art)

Initial thoughts:

The Last Defenders is off to a great start. I'm along for this ride. If more comics were presented the way Mighty Avengers #10 is presented it would be a much better world. I was giddy when I saw Tom Orzechowski's name as the letterer of a Chris Claremont-written comic. And the team of Grummett and Hanna isn't anything to sneeze at. Nova continues to kick ass, and I'm glad Pelletier and Magyar are working on a book I enjoy. Thunderbolts is still just outside my grasp, but something I plan on reading one of these days.


All images copyright Marvel Entertainment, 2008.

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New Exiles #1 Sells Out, Returns With New Printing… And New Exiles #0!

Marvel is pleased to announce that New Exiles #1, from legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont and fan-favorite artist Tom Grummett, has sold out at Diamond! Introducing an all-new, all-different group of your favorite X-Men from different universes, New Exiles sets these guardians of reality on a quest that they may not survive! Just what world have they crashed on? And how is it connected to the failure of that world’s would-be Fantastic Four?

To meet the overwhelming demand for this issue, Marvel is going back to press with New Exiles #1 Second Printing Variant, featuring the interior art of Tom Grummett on a new cover!

But, True Believer… there’s more! Enter the double-sized New Exiles #0, reprinting key stories from Exiles #100 and Exiles: Days Of Then & Now, plus other bonus material! Perfect for fans new and old alike, this special provides a look into key moments from the Exiles’ past and sets the stage for a major story that will rock their world (and multiple universes) in 2008!

The New Exiles have finally come together as a team, but on their first mission, will they all make it back alive? Don’t miss a single issue of New Exiles as this team boldly launches into an all-new, all-different era!

NEW EXILES #0 (DEC078103)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & MIKE RAICHT
Pencils by TOM GRUMMETT, ZACH HOWARD, ARNOLD PANDER, WAYNE NICHOLS, MARIO GULLY, PAUL AZACETA & CARLOS FERREIRA
Cover by VARIOUS
Rated A …$4.99
FOC—2/7/08, On-Sale—2/27/08

NEW EXILES #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (DEC078102)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by TOM GRUMMETT
Cover by TOM GRUMMETT
Rated A …$2.99
FOC—2/7/08, On-Sale—2/27/08

NEW EXILES #2 (DEC072229)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by TOM GRUMMETT
Cover by MICHAEL GOLDEN
Rated A…$2.99
On-Sale—2/13/08

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