Our host gets down to business this week with the run down of Marvel's new releases, Pick of the Week, and Bring 'Em Back! Carlos drops a line kicking off SkrullWatch and Pat's back with Current Events!
There's brief talk about Marvel Saga, Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect, Madrox, The Twelve, The Hulk, and X-Factor.
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Comics
Amazing Spider-Girl #16, $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #547
COVER BY: STEVE MCNIVEN
WRITER: DAN SLOTT
PENCILS: STEVE MCNIVEN
INKS: DEXTER VINES
AMAZING! AMAZING! AMAZING!
In this premiere month, Spidey's new status quo gets a swift punch in the gut as Dan Slott (SHE-HULK; AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE) and super-star artist Steve McNiven (CIVIL WAR) hit the ground running with new villains, new friends, and some familiar faces that promise to make Peter's life messier than ever before. This is where it's all happening.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: Same Old Power. Same Old Responsibility. Brand New Day.
Rated A …$2.99
Avengers Classic #8, $2.99
Cable Deadpool #49, $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #12
COVER BY: KAARE ANDREWS
WRITERS: MATT FRACTION and ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS: DAVID AJA
THE SEVEN CAPITAL CITIES OF HEAVEN continues ever onwards. The kicking intensifies. The mysteries intensify. And the answers Danny Rand has so desperately sought begin coming faster and faster. What if he's been asking the wrong questions all this time? What does Hydra have planned for the mystical city of K'un-Lun? Who is the Prince of Orphans, and what is his connection to the Randall fortune? How can Danny stop an army on Earth when he's being forced to fight in a heavenly kung fu tournament? Read the book ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY gives an A- and calls a MUST!
Rated T+ …$2.99
Incredible Hercules #113, $2.99
Iron Man Power Pack #3 (Of 4), $2.99
Marvel Adventures Avengers #20, $2.99
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #35, $2.99
Marvel Adventures Two-In-One #7, $4.99
Marvel Comics Presents #5, $3.99
Marvel Illustrated Iliad #2 (Of 8), $2.99
NEW EXILES # 1 (and VARIANT)
COVERS BY: GREG LAND and MICHAEL GOLDEN
WRITER: CHRIS CLAREMONT
PENCILS: TOM GRUMMETT
INKS: SCOTT HANNA
Beginning a new era for the Exiles — with a new team, and a new mandate, to safeguard the fate and future of the Omniverse. New leader, new members, new worlds, new adversaries. They’ve barely begun to get to know one another when they’re thrust into their first mission — summoned to a world where the dawn of the historic Marvel Age turns out instead to be a prelude to global catastrophe. Meanwhile, back at the Crystal Palace, Sage struggles with a psychic curse that may well make her the new team’s greatest liability.
Rated A …$2.99
NEW X-MEN # 46 (and VARIANT)
COVERS BY: DAVID FINCH and MARC SILVESTRI
WRITERS: CHRISTOPHER YOST and CRAIG KYLE
PENCILS: HUMBERTO RAMOS
INKS: CARLOS ALBERTO CRUZ CUEVAS
MESSIAH COMPLEX PART 12
Showdown. The X-Men vs. The Marauders vs. X-Force vs. The Acolytes vs. New X-Men vs. Predator X. Will the victor get the spoils and claim the baby? Whatever the outcome, the future of mutantkind begins here!
Rated T+ …$2.99
Penance Relentless #4 (Of 5), $2.99
Ultimates 3 #1 (of 5) 2nd Ptg Wraparound Var, $2.99
Uncanny X-Men #493 2nd Ptg Var, $2.99
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS # 21
COVER BY: SIMONE BIANCHI
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
ART: STEVE DILLON
“THE DEEP END,” PART 1 (OF 5)
He’s a born killer, highly trained in the art of violence. He’s a man out of time, living without fear of death. He’s the best there is at what he does...and he's about to do it to Wolverine. Enter: DEADPOOL!
Parental Advisory …$2.99
World War Hulk Aftersmash Warbound #2 (Of 5), $2.99
X-Men #205 2nd Ptg Var, $2.99
Collections
ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1 TPB (NEW PRINTING)
COVER BY: JACK KIRBY
WRITER: STAN LEE
PENCILS: JACK KIRBY
Eager to serve his country during World War Two, Steve Rogers was transformed into a physically perfect man by the government’s Super Soldier Program. Armed with an indestructible shield and the physical prowess of an Olympic athlete, Rogers fought valiantly to uphold the ideals and principles of democracy until frozen in a block of ice where he was preserved for decades. Discovered by the Avengers and revived, Steve Rogers is a man out of time, who remains vigilant in his battle to protect the innocent and uphold the American ideals of truth, justice and honor. In this fully updated re-issue of ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1, Marvel’s Sentinel of Liberty renews his mission and fights the good fight, facing off against Baron Zemo, the Red Skull, Power Man, the Swordsman, Batroc the Leaper and the Super-Adaptoid! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #59-99 and CAPTAIN AMERICA #100-102.
All Ages …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3006-2
ESSENTIAL MARVEL SAGA VOL. 1
COVER BY: RON FRENZ
WRITER: PETER SANDERSON
See for yourself how the Marvel Age of Heroes began as one of comicdom's coolest chroniclers follows the FF, Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil and others from origins into adventure! Recounting the first appearances of Marvel's greatest menaces—including Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom, Magneto and Loki! The awakening of the Sub-Mariner and Captain America! Ancient enigmas, wartime wonders and more from the first years of the House of Ideas! Collecting MARVEL SAGA #1-12.
RATED All Ages ...$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2727-7
FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK: FAVORITE SON
COVER BY: GURIHIRU
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
PENCILS: GURIHIRU
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.
96 PGS./All Ages …$7.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2491-7
HEROES FOR HIRE VOL. 3: WORLD WAR HULK
COVER BY: FRANCIS TSAI
WRITER: ZEB WELLS
PENCILS: CLAY MANN
The Heroes return to New York to find it the first battleground in WORLD WAR HULK. Will Humbug’s recently amplified powers be a factor against Hulk’s compatriots, Miek and Brood? Can the heroes salve the wounds of their adoptive city and still turn a profit? Both answers are “yes” if Misty Knight has anything to say about it! Collecting HEROES FOR HIRE #11-15.
Rated T+ …$13.99
HOUSE OF M
COVER BY: OLIVIER COIPEL
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: OLIVIER COIPEL
THE MARVEL EVENT OF THE DECADE IS COLLECTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HARDCOVER! The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? Well, this time believe it, buster! NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN! Collects HOUSE OF M #1-8, THE PULSE SPECIAL EDITION and the SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF M handbook – plus all-new extras handpicked by Brian Michael Bendis.
RATED T+ ...$29.99
HULK: THE END PREMIERE HC (and DIRECT MARKET VARIANT)
COVER BY: DALE KEOWN
WRITER: PETER DAVID
PENCILS: DALE KEOWN and GEORGE PÉREZ
Chronicling the final days of the Green Goliath! Peter David and Dale Keown, creative team on some of the Hulk's most memorable tales, reunite to produce this searing vision of the future in which Bruce Banner, the Incredible Hulk, is the last man on Earth. It's the Hulk's final battle, as "The Last Titan" wrestles his inner-demons in order to discover his place in a dying world – if only he can survive! Plus: The testing of the first Gamma Bomb thrust upon Robert Bruce Banner led to what he would come to believe would be his greatest nightmare: his unwilling transformation into the Incredible Hulk. He believed wrong. Now, having been dragged into the future – into a post-holocaust, dystopian world – Bruce Banner discovers that his nightmare has a whole new name: the Maestro. This is a nightmare that only Hulk can end; for he knows that he himself is responsible for the presence of the evil Maestro. The future, our future, and the Incredible Hulk will never quite be the same. And neither will you. Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK: THE END and INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT #1-2.
Rated T+….$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3026-0
KABUKI REFLECTIONS
COVER BY: DAVID MACK
WRITER: DAVID MACK
PENCILS: DAVID MACK
This square-bound art book acts as a tie-in to the DVD documentary on Mack’s work, THE ALCHEMY OF ART: DAVID MACK from Herovideoproductions.com. REFLECTIONS #9 features details and commentary on never-before-seen art and stories – including Mack’s new children’s book THE SHY CREATURES, which debuted from Holtzbrinck Publishing this September, and handmade books and paintings from the DVD. Also featuring step-by-step art techniques, and loads of art and extras you’ve never seen before. Ever wonder how David Mack does his artwork? How his pages and covers go from sketches and drawings to finished art? How he uses models and figure drawings? It’s all in here with lots of extras!
FC …$5.99
THUNDERBOLTS BY WARREN ELLIS VOL. 1: FAITH IN MONSTERS
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: WARREN ELLIS, PAUL JENKINS, and MARC GUGGENHEIM
PENCILS: MIKE DEODATO, STEVE LIEBER, MARC SILVESTRI, and LEINIL YU
Venom, lethal protector! The enigmatic Moonstone! Bullseye, the man who never misses! Songbird, mistress of sound! Chen Lu, the Radioactive Man! Swordsman, master of the blade! The mystery man called Penance! And Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin! They’re America’s newest celebrities, ready to take to the skies at a moment’s notice in pursuit of those secret, unregistered super humans hiding among us! They’re the All-New, All-Deadly Thunderbolts – making the world a safer place for ordinary people…one would-be costumed hero at a time! In the wake of Civil War, Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato present a dark and disturbing take on Marvel’s Most Wanted, where the line between hero and villain is difficult to find – if it exists at all! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS #110-115 and DESPERATE MEASURES, and T-Bolts stories from CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE and CHOOSING SIDES.
Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2566-2
X-FACTOR: MADROX MULTIPLE CHOICE PREMIERE
COVER BY: DAVID LLOYD
WRITER: PETER DAVID
PENCILS: PABLO RAIMONDI
The miniseries that launched the all-new X-FACTOR, available for the first time in hardcover! Jamie Madrox, stabbed, staggering off a bus. Jamie Madrox, setting up a detective agency in the heart of Mutant Town. Jamie Madrox, a peaceful Shaolin priest.
Which is the real Jamie Madrox? In this noir-esque thriller, it's possible that even Madrox doesn't know anymore. Peter David, acclaimed for his run on X-FACTOR, reunites several of that title's most popular and whimsical characters — Jamie Madrox, Wolfsbane and the aptly named Strong Guy — and sends them on an adventure of light and darkness. Collecting MADROX #1-5.
Rated T+….$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3031-4
Summer's not over, so it's more bare-bones goodness. Our host is in and out - toot sweet - and is followed by Pat Loika, who brings us the new releases and current events; Backwards Dave and Bring 'em Back, Mike and the Mighty Marvel Movie Minute, Adam and the latest Marvel Unbound, and Chris Chavez wraps things up with another hijacked Marvel Tales. What a crew. All this and some lame-ass fashion critique for Dallan.
