Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 5.21.08 (Part III)

With big thanks to Marvel, here are some preview pages for Incredible Hercules #117, Marvel Adventures The Avengers #24, Avengers Classic #12, American Dream #2, Marvel Illustrated: The Iliad #6, and Ultimate Fantastic Four #54. These titles are scheduled to ship next Wednesday.

This is the third of three Sneak Peeks for the week.

Be warned, there may be some spoilers on the following pages.


INCREDIBLE HERCULES #117
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
The Greek Goliath gathers the most powerful super-team ever assembled to counter-attack the Skrull gods! Face front, True Believers, and prepare for the pantheon-pounding premiere of... THE GOD SQUAD!
Rated A …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #24
FAN FAVE JEFF PARKER RETURNS!
Giant-Girl hates Spider-Man. Spider-Man hates Ant-Man. Ant-Man hates Iron Man. Iron Man hates... everyone. Where is all this hate coming from? Some kind of... MONGER, perhaps?
All Ages …$2.99

AVENGERS CLASSIC #12
“THIS HOSTAGE EARTH!” In which the mighty Avengers battle to save their beloved planet from a fate so deadly that none but the macabre Mole Man could have devised it! A timeless Marvel tale of most compelling excellence by Stan Lee and Don Heck! PLUS! An astonishing all-new Avengers adventure chockablock with madcap mayhem from masters of mirth Bob Burden (Flaming Carrot Comics) and Juan Doe (FANTASTIC FOUR: ¡ISLA DE LA MUERTE!)!! And MORE all-new material in this double-sized final issue!
Rated A …$3.99

AMERICAN DREAM #2
As the star-spangled splendor struggles to find a balance between her personal and superhero lives, a hunt for a missing fiancée unexpectedly leads American Dream into a battle with an unstoppable new super-foe and terrifyingly new kind of terrorist.
Rated A …$2.99

MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: THE ILIAD #6
While the epic battle continues to rage, Patroclus pleads with Achilles to wear the hero’s armor in combat. With Achilles’ blessing, Patroclus sallies forth with the fearsome Myrmidons at his back. Guided by the god Apollo, the Trojan warrior Hector joins the disguised Patroclus in combat, the outcome of which will seal the fates of these two great civilizations!
Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #54
CAPTAIN AMERICA’s Mike Perkins jumps onboard for a new story filled with supernatural surprises and all-out action! When the FF help out with the excavation of the Mole Man’s underground city, they awaken something that should have been left sleeping! Who is Agatha Harkness? What are Salem’s Seven? New Ultimate characters! A new artist! All this – plus, someone has the hots for the Human Torch!
Rated A …$2.99

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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 5.21.08 (Part II)

With big thanks to Marvel, here are some preview pages for Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #29, X-Men: Divided We Stand #2, Black Panther #36, Fantastic Four #557, Ghost Rider #23, and Ultimate X-Men #94. These titles are scheduled to ship next Wednesday.

There is one more batch of Sneak Peeks to come. This is the second of three.

Be warned, there may be some spoilers on the following pages.


IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #29
Beginning “WITH IRON HANDS,” a four-part epic! When an unseen terrorist throws a struggling nation into chaos, Tony Stark’s past as a munitions manufacturer collides with his present role as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Is Tony himself responsible? And what’s his connection to the deadly menace growing within S.H.I.E.L.D. itself?
Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: DIVIDED WE STAND #2
Exploring the fallout of Messiah CompleX, the second part of this collection of short stories follows some of our favorite mutants as they make their way in a world without the X-Men. And only those who adapt will survive. Featuring Beast, Dark Beast, Havok, Vulcan and Surge!
Rated T+ …$3.99

BLACK PANTHER #36
BACK TO AFRICA, PART 2
Back in Wakanda, the Royal Couple’s troubles continue, as one of T’Challa’s greatest foes makes his power move.
Rated T+ …$2.99

FANTASTIC FOUR #557
“World’s Greatest” concludes! It’s the ultimate engine of peace pitted against Reed Richards’ most lethal invention, for all the marbles! And a shocking final page that’ll have you feeling every minute of the thirty-day wait until the next issue!
Rated T+ …$2.99

GHOST RIDER #23
"Hell-Bent and Heaven Bound," the first arc by the exciting new team of Jason Aaron and Roland Boschi, comes to its explosive conclusion. Ghost Rider has faced off against machine-gun-toting nurses, flesh-rending spirits and hungry cannibals, but has that brought him any closer to an answer in his quest for vengeance? Big things are brewing for Ol' Flamehead in '08, and the madness starts here, with what must surely be the most shocking last page in Ghost Rider history. Hint: He's back!
Parental Advisory …$2.99

ULTIMATE X-MEN #94
New scribe Aron Coleite jumps aboard, fresh from his stint as one of the top writers on the hit NBC show Heroes! Regrouping after the devastating battle against Apocalypse, the X-Men encounter a new adversary which seems unstoppable. To fight it, the young mutants must ask themselves: how far are they willing to go and what are they willing to take to raise their game? The answer will test the bonds and shake the team to its very core.
Rated T+ …$2.99

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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 5.21.08 (Part I)

With big thanks to Marvel, here are some preview pages for Captain America #38, Mighty Avengers #14, War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle #3, Avengers: The Initiative #13, Wolverine: Origins #25, and X-Factor #31. These titles are scheduled to ship next Wednesday.

There are more Sneak Peeks to come. This is the first of three.

Be warned, there may be some spoilers on the following pages.

War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle is a MAX title and contains mature content.


CAPTAIN AMERICA #38
THE SAGA OF THE NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA CONTINUES!
Bucky Barnes never wanted to be Captain America, but he's doing his best to carry on the legacy of Steve Rogers, in his own way, while trying to save Sharon Carter from the Red Skull and his minions. But maybe he's not the only one running around in a Captain America outfit!
Part Two of "The Man Who Bought America" by the acclaimed team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting.
Rated T+ …$2.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #14
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
Where has Nick Fury been and who are the new Howling Commandos? It’s the debut of all-new characters and some surprising revelations about some classic ones as Nick starts to put his plan to stop the Invasion together. But will it be enough?
The Eisner award-winning team of Bendis and Maleev bring this very important Secret Invasion issue to life.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

WAR IS HELL: THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE #3
An unfortunate ailment aids Kauffman in battle, but his celebration is short lived, as the unit is running low on airworthy planes and pilots alike. Kauffman has seen more action than he ever dreamed, but still can’t reconcile his fantasies with the horrors around him. There’s no glory on the battlefield, no chivalry in the air and no end in sight for this war. Can Kauffman make it through alive? And if so, what will he sacrifice for the sake of survival?
Cardstock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #13
There's a contract out on The Taskmaster, and no shortage of villains willing to fulfill it. But what'll kill him first -- the bad guys, or his latest class of recruits? Welcome Annex, Prodigy, Gorilla Girl, Sunstreak and Batwing to the Initiative. But are they -- is anyone -- ready for the coming of...Butterball??
Rated T+ …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #25
“The Deep End,” Part 5 (of 5)
The trap has sprung. Wolverine is Deadpool’s prisoner. But Deadpool isn’t getting paid to deliver a prisoner—he’s getting paid to take Logan out, once and for all. Is that even possible? Deadpool has found a way, but just as he’s about to pull the trigger (so to speak)…the other trap springs! Be here for the completely twisted conclusion! Plus: Celebrate the 25th issue of WOLVERINE: ORIGINS with a special BONUS: the very first appearance of Deadpool, from NEW MUTANTS #98, plotted and penciled by ROB LIEFELD and scripted by FABIAN NICIEZA!
Parental Advisory …$3.99

X-FACTOR #31
Never has a title said it all quite like "The Middle East Side is Burning." X-Factor's battle with Arcade may be over, but the former Mutant Town is now paying the price. Walled in, cut off from any possible aid, the residents of the Middle East Side are hemmed in by flames on all sides, and their only hope of survival are the embattled members of X-Factor.
Rated T+ …$2.99

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Running Just a Little Behind

Due to delays in obtaining the pages and real life getting in the way, Sneak Peeks is going to be a tad
late this week. I will have a few teases from titles shipping next week and they should be up Friday during the day.

Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 5.7.08 (Part I)

Another week, another batch of Sneak Peeks! With many thanks to Marvel, we have the pages from Invincible Iron Man #1, Young X-Men #2, Moon Knight #18, Logan #3, Thunderbolts: Reason In Madness #1, and Omega: The Unknown #8 all scheduled to be in stores next Wednesday!

Be warned, you may find some spoilers in the following images.

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1
COVERS BY: SALVADOR LARROCA, JOE QUESADA, BOB LAYTON, BILLY TAN, MARKO DJURDJEVIC, and MOVIE VARIANT
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: SALVADOR LARROCA
INKS: SALVADOR LARROCA
A bold new ONGOING TITLE for the biggest hero of 2008!
IRON MAN! You know you love him! And as the summer’s most anticipated movie boot-jets its way into theaters, here’s the perfect jumping-on point for new readers and Iron Man fans alike! Tony Stark – Iron Man, billionaire industrialist and director of S.H.I.E.L.D. – faces the most overwhelming challenge of his life. Ezekiel Stane, the son of Tony’s late business rival and archenemy Obadiah, has set his sights, his genius and his considerable fortune on the task of destroying Tony Stark and Iron Man. What’s worse, he’s got Iron Man tech, and he’s every bit Iron Man’s equal and opposite…except younger, faster, smarter…and immeasurably evil. Rising star writer Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and superstar artist Salvador Larroca (UNCANNY X-MEN) join forces to repulsor-ray your comic books to a cinder!
Rated A …$2.99

YOUNG X-MEN #2
COVER BY: TERRY DODSON
WRITER: MARC GUGGENHEIM
PENCILS: YANICK PAQUETTE
INKS: RAY SNYDER
COLORED BY: STEPHANE PERU
LETTERED BY: DAVE SHARPE
Who are the New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and what do Dani Moonstar and Magma have to do with it? Whatever their plan is, Cyclops has put together the Young X-Men to stop them. But can they survive?
Rated A …$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #18
COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: MIKE BENSON
PENCILS: MARK TEXEIRA
INKS: MARK TEXEIRA
COLORED BY: DAN BROWN
LETTERED BY: VC - JOE CARAMAGNA
The Superhuman Registration Act: Membership has its privileges. And Moon Knight’s about to get his revoked. Personally. By Tony Stark himself. Meanwhile, Black Spectre’s hatched a plan to put the final nail in Moon Knight’s coffin. Years ago, Moon Knight destroyed Carson Knowles’ life -- now he’s about the return the favor.
Parental Advisory …$2.99

LOGAN #3
COVER BY: EDUARDO RISSO
WRITER: BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
PENCILS: EDUARDO RISSO
INKS: EDUARDO RISSO
COLORED BY: DEAN WHITE
LETTERED BY: VC - RUS WOOTON
The Story: In the gut-wrenching conclusion to Vaughan and Risso's epic story, Wolverine must make the single most difficult decision of his long and bloody career.
Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory …$3.99

THUNDERBOLTS: REASON IN MADNESS #1
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: CHRISTOS GAGE
PENCILS: BEN OLIVER
INKS: BEN OLIVER
COLORED BY: JOSE VILLARRUBIA
LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT
Who's crazier - Venom or Norman Osborn? The Thunderbolts are about to find out, as one of Venom's old partners in crime makes him an offer he can't refuse…and all he has to do is betray Norman. But bad things happen when you cross the man who was the Green Goblin….
Rated T+ …$2.99

OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #8
COVER BY: FAREL DALRYMPLE
WRITERS: JONATHAN LETHEM & KARL RUSNAK
PENCILS: FAREL DALRYMPLE
INKS: FAREL DALRYMPLE
COLORED BY: PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER
LETTERED BY: FAREL DALRYMPLE
The Overthinker sings The Ballad of The Bearded Superhero, while the Fonziebot takes a short walk off a tall skyscraper, and Alex meets the real Nowhere Man and battles his robotics professor on the Columbia University quad -- all this and more, as the story of Jonathan Lethem and Farel Dalrymple's OMEGA THE UNKNOWN saga approaches its mad climax!
Rated T+ …$2.99

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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 4.30.08 (Part III)

Another week, another batch of Sneak Peeks! With many thanks to Marvel, we have the opening pages of Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula, The Order #10, and Avengers: The Initiative #12; and the first couple pages of the four stories that can be found in Giant-Size Avengers/Invaders #1, all scheduled to be in stores next Wednesday!


Be warned, you may find some spoilers in the following images.


DAREDEVIL: BLOOD OF THE TARANTULA #1
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: ANDE PARKS (from a story idea by ED BRUBAKER and ANDE PARKS)
PENCILS: CHRIS SAMNEE
INKS: CHRIS SAMNEE
“Blood of the Tarantula”
Carlos LaMuerto, a.k.a. Black Tarantula, is finally doing something good with his life. Well, at least it ain’t all bad. Lying low after getting out of prison and wiping out an entire gang, Carlos has become a low-key Robin Hood -- cleaning up the neighborhood he used to run as a gang lord. But he’s about to discover that leaving his past behind isn’t as simple as a change of attitude…as ghosts from his former life haunt him, Carlos turns to his friend/adversary, Matt Murdock. Now Black Tarantula and Daredevil must work together to save the streets of Hell’s Kitchen from a powerful new gang from Carlos’ homeland.
Rated T+ …$3.99

THE ORDER #10
COVER BY: BARRY KITSON WRITER: MATT FRACTION BREAKDOWNS: BARRY KITSON
PENCILS: JAVIER SALTARES
INKS: SCOTT HANNA, VICTOR OLAZABA & NELSON
Shell-shocked, shattered, and--worst of all—depowered, the men and women that were once the Order stand face to face with the big-bad that's toyed with them for 9 whole issues in various forms and guises and shapes and sizes. They might be broken--but can The Order be beaten? The end of a strange and vicious trip arrives, and God only knows if the Order will survive. As this is our last issue, y'know, you might think you know the answer. But you might be wrong! You don't know. You DON'T! Hooray! Goodbye! By Matt Fraction (PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, Casanova), Kaare Evans (Immortal Iron Fist) and Barry Kitson (Empire, Legion of Superheroes).
Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #12
COVER BY: STEVE UY
WRITERS: DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE
PENCILS and INKS: STEVE UY
"CHANGING OF THE GUARD"
Daddy's home. IRON MAN comes to Camp Hammond, and he's NOT happy.
The first year of the Initiative comes to a dramatic close as members are laid to rest, drummed out, declared AWOL, or...awarded their full Hero's License. See who graduates and find out what super-teams they'll be assigned to as the NEXT era of the Initiative begins! Plus: as a new 3-D MAN appears, the base is suddenly short one Skrull...but not how you'd think...
Also guest-starring MS. MARVEL!
Rated T+ …$2.99

GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS/INVADERS #1
COVER BY: SAL BUSCEMA
WRITER: ROY THOMAS
PENCILS: SAL BUSCEMA, FRANK ROBBINS, AL AVISON, ALEX SCHOMBURG, DON RICO, LEE ELIAS, and LEE WEEKS
INKS: SAM GRAINGER, FRANK SPRINGER, AL GABRIELLE, and JESSE DELPERDANG, MIKE PERKINS & LEE WEEKS
Whet your appetite for Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Steve Sadowski’s 12-part AVENGERS/INVADERS maxi-series with these classic tales! Witness the Invaders’ first appearance in AVENGERS #71 (1969), as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes encounter the wartime Captain America, Human Torch and Sub-Mariner – and experience the story from the Invaders’ point of view in INVADERS ANNUAL #1 (1977). Finally, the Invaders thwart a Nazi assassination attempt on President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in GIANT-SIZE INVADERS #2 (2005). Also featuring in-depth dossiers on both teams and AVENGERS/INVADERS preview pages!
Rated T+ …$3.99

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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 4.30.08 (Part II)

Another week, another batch of Sneak Peeks! With many thanks to Marvel, we have the opening pages of New Avengers #40, Thor: Ages of Thunder #1, Marvel Illustrated: Moby Dick #3, Marvel Adventures Iron Man #12, and Ultimate X-Men #93 all scheduled to be in stores next Wednesday!


Be warned, you may find some spoilers in the following images.


NEW AVENGERS #40
COVER BY: ALEKSI BRICLOT
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: JIM CHEUNG
INKS: JOHN DELL
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
Very special guest artist Jimmy Cheung returns to the pages of New Avengers for this very important tie-in issue. Spinning right off of events in NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1, find out exactly how the Skrull empire was able to infiltrate the Marvel Universe and who instigated the invasion and why.
Rated A …$2.99

THOR: AGES OF THUNDER #1
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: PATRICK ZIRCHER and KHARI EVANS
INKS: PATRICK ZIRCHER and VICTOR OLAZABA
As the Mighty Thor reclaims his rightful spot in the Marvel Pantheon, we join Matt Fraction and Patrick Zircher for a special examining the triumphs and tragedies that have befallen the God of Thunder across the eons. As the things he holds dearest are threatened by unimaginable forces of evil, Thor must rise up, again and again, to hold the line against terror and chaos as only the God of Thunder can!
Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: MOBY DICK #3
COVER BY: JOHN WATSON
WRITER: ROY THOMAS (and HERMAN MELVILLE)
PENCILS: PASCAL ALIXE
INKS: VICTOR OLAZABA
Ahab’s vessel, the Pequod, encounters the ship Samuel Enderby, whose captain lost an arm to Moby Dick and will hunt the whale no more. When Ahab learns where the monster was last sighted, he enlists his blacksmith to create a special harpoon: a harpoon that will ensure the destruction of the great white whale that haunts his fevered nightmares and gives him no peace.
Parental Advisory …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #12
COVER BY: FRANCIS TSAI
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
PENCILS: SCOTT KOBLISH
At long last, Iron Man is reunited with his missing father in the heart of Africa--but he has to free him from the clutches of Kiber the Cruel!
All Ages …$2.99