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This episode, while a little ‘off’ (in our host’s opinion), is chock full good stuff starting with new releases for the week, followed by the Mighty Marvel Movie Minute by Mike Sims, Bring ’em Back with Backwards Dave (and son), and a call from Carlos, who has my back. So there.

Titles talked about include Daredevil, Mighty Avengers, Ms. Marvel, New Avengers, Ultimate Human, Ultimate Spider-Man, Wolverine: First Class, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Legacy, the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and Punisher.

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Comics

Black Panther #35, $2.99

DAREDEVIL #106
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS: PAUL AZACETA
INKS: PAUL AZACETA
MATT MURDOCK FACES A LONG NIGHT OF THE SOUL!
Reeling from the events of last issue, Matt Murdock struggles to come to grips with all the things we can’t tell you about because they would spoil the ending of the previous arc. Drifting into anger and depression, Daredevil stalks the streets of Hell’s Kitchen, looking for bad guys to take it out on…but is he really just taking it out on himself? By Harvey and Eisner-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker and special guest artist Paul Azaceta (CAPTAIN MARVEL, Grounded, Talent)!
Rated T+ …$2.99

Hulk #2 (2nd Printing Ed McGuinness Variant Cover), $2.99
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #34, $2.99
Marvel Adventures Iron Man #11, $2.99
Marvel Atlas #2 (Of 2), $3.99
Marvel Illustrated Picture Dorian Gray #4 (Of 6), $2.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #11
COVER BY: MARK BAGLEY
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: MARK BAGLEY
INKS: DANNY MIKI with ALLEN MARTINEZ
Get ready to see an Avengers/Doctor Doom knock-down drag-out! And we promise an ending you’ve never seen in the history of Doom! All this and the Secret Invasion is upon us! Marvel Comics says sayonara to longtime penciler Mark Bagley with this bombastic storyline!
Rated A …$2.99

MS. MARVEL #25 (and DODSON VARIANT)
COVERS BY: GREG HORN and TERRY and RACHEL DODSON
WRITER: BRIAN REED
PENCILS: ADRIANA MELO
INKS: MARIAH BENES
The record-setting 25th issue is here, and it’s super-sized! Is Ms. Marvel on the front lines of the Secret Invasion… or is she part of the invasion?! Brian Reed (CAPTAIN MARVEL) welcomes new series artist Adriana Melo onboard as Ms. Marvel begins her third year of action and adventure!
Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW AVENGERS #39
COVER BY: DAVID MACK
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: DAVID MACK
The Secret Invasion is here! Award-winning artist David Mack brings his amazing talent to NEW AVENGERS to illustrate a major story in the life of Echo! Have the Skrulls infiltrated the Avengers? Is Maya Lopez the only one with proof? Will she live to tell the tale? All this and a major Avengers hook up!
Rated A …$2.99

New Warriors #10, $2.99
Power Pack Day One #1 (Of 4), $2.99
She-Hulk 2 #27, $2.99
Spider-Man With Great Power #3 (Of 5), $3.99
Ultimate Fantastic Four #52, $2.99

ULTIMATE HUMAN #3
COVER BY: CARY NORD
WRITER: WARREN ELLIS
PENCILS: CARY NORD
Continuing the ultimate collision between Iron Man and the Hulk! Who is Peter Wisdom, and what does he want with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner? And why can’t either hero tap into the powers of their alter egos? Be there as Warren Ellis (ULTIMATE GALACTUS) and Cary Nord (Conan) unleash the fireworks at Ironworks!
Rated T+ …$2.99

Ultimate Iron Man II #4 (Of 5), $2.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #120
COVER BY: STUART IMMONEN
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: STUART IMMONEN
INKS: WADE VON GRAWBADGER
Guest starring the X-Men! Now that one of Peter Parker’s fellow students has been outted as a mutant, the struggle for their heart and mind is on! Magneto, Master of Magnetism, claims the new mutant as his own, but the X-Men aren’t about to let that stand! It’s a battle royale that rages across the city with the web-slinger caught in the middle! The dream tag-team of Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen deliver the finale to “Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!”
Rated A …$2.99

Ultimate X-Men #92, $2.99

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #1
COVER BY: SALVADOR ESPIN
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
PENCILS: ANDREA DI VITO
INKS: ANDREA DI VITO
Return with us again to the early days of the all-new, all-different, X-Men for all-new solo adventures of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde! The next generation of students has arrived at Xavier’s School–Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, and the mysterious Wolverine–and with them, new teaching methods. Professor X pairs up green recruit Kitty Pryde with the been-everywhere, done-everything vet Logan, and neither of them are all that happy about it. But unless they learn to work together, neither of them will come back from their first mission together alive!
Rated A …$2.99

World War Hulk Aftersmash Damage Control #3 (Of 3), $2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #10
COVER BY: JOHN ROMITA JR.
WRITER: JEFF PARKER
PENCILS: CRAIG ROUSSEAU
“Hey Cyclops!”
“Huh?”
“Why’re ya so dang boring?”
“I dunno.”
“Well…if we give ya a whole issue of First Class, do you promise to be cool?”
“Ok.”
“Deal!”
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

X-MEN: LEGACY #209
COVER BY: DAVID FINCH
WRITER: MIKE CAREY
PENCILS: SCOT EATON and BILLY TAN
Xavier and Magneto face-to-face again! With Xavier comatose and Magneto depowered, these old soldiers appear sidelined. But neither man has abandoned his dream. With the future of mutantkind in flux, how far will these men go to reclaim their place as firsts among their people? And what will happen to those who get in their way? Fresh off their groundbreaking run on Messiah Complex, writer Mike Carey (X-MEN) and artists Scot Eaton (X-FACTOR) and Billy Tan (UNCANNY X-MEN) take on two of mutantkind’s most iconic figures as well as some of the most important moments in X-Men history.
Rated A …$2.99

Collections

ESSENTIAL OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE – MASTER EDITION VOL. 1
COVER BY: KEITH POLLARD
WRITER: LEN KAMINSKI, JAMIE TOST, MARK GRUENWALD, and GLENN HERDLING
PENCILS: KEITH POLLARD
Heroes, villains, gods, demons, sorcerers, scientists, monsters, mobsters and a talking duck: More than one thousand dynamic dossiers, collected in alphabetical order for the first time across three volumes! From mutants to martial arts, street crime to space opera, espionage to other dimensions, horror to humor, the past to the future, no corner of Marvel is left untouched! Super-team rosters and histories, alien race outlines and so much more! Get to know the Universe now! Collecting material from the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE – MASTER EDITION #1-36.
Rated A …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2730-7

GHOST RIDER: TRAIL OF TEARS
COVER BY: CLAYTON CRAIN
WRITER: GARTH ENNIS
PENCILS: CLAYTON CRAIN
Here it is – the prequel to Garth Ennis and Clayton Crain’s smash hit GHOST RIDER: ROAD TO DAMNATION! Travis Parham thought he’d seen hell. As a lieutenant in the Confederate Army, he stood neck-deep in muck and blood, surrounded by the whistle of hot shrapnel and the screams of dying men. Two years later, Parham has carved a new life for himself, doing his best to forget the depravity that lurks in the pits of men’s souls. Now, Parham’s tranquil world is about to be rudely interrupted. Up from the depths comes a force of nature that transcends his wildest dreams – a fiery wraith that knows a thing or two about evil and even more about vengeance. Collecting GHOST RIDER: TRAIL OF TEARS #1-6.
Parental Advisory …$14.99

IRON MAN VS. DOCTOR DOOM: DOOMQUEST PREMIERE HC (and DM ONLY)
COVERS BY: JOHN ROMITA JR. & BOB LAYTON
WRITER: DAVID MICHELINIE and BOB LAYTON
PENCILS: JOHN ROMITA JR and BOB LAYTON
When armors collide! Trapped in the time-lost land of King Arthur, Iron Man battles Doctor Doom in a classic clash of titans! And in the far-flung future of 2093 A.D., the Armored Avenger and Doom must team up…to save Camelot! Collecting IRON MAN #149-150 and #249-250.
136 PGS./Rated A …$19.99

MARVEL FANFARE/STRANGE TALES VOL. 1
COVER BY: MICHAEL GOLDEN
WRITER: CHRIS CLAREMONT, ROGER MCKENZIE, CHARLIE BOATNER, DAVID ANTHONY KRAFT, DAVID WINN, DAVID MICHELINIE, SANDY PLUNKETT, MIKE W. BARR, ROGER STERN, STEVEN GRANT, and BILL MANTLO
PENCILS: MICHAEL GOLDEN, PAUL SMITH, TREVOR VON EEDEN, DAVE COCKRUM, MARSHALL ROGERS, P. CRAIG RUSSELL, LUKE MCDONNELL, SANDY PLUNKETT, CHARLES VESS, JOE BARNEY, and GEORGE FREEMAN
One of Marvel’s most unique anthology titles had a strong start with a classic Spider-Man/X-Men team-up saga in the Savage Land, presented here in its entirety, with more than a half-dozen additional tales! Mister Fantastic, alone against Annihilus! Captain America faces a forgotten wartime legacy! The Hulk vs. the circus! Christmas with Daredevil! Deathlok, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Ian McNee of MYSTIC ARCANA fame and more! Collecting MARVEL FANFARE #1-7.
Rated T+ …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2702-

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 2
COVER BY: JACK KIRBY
WRITER: STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER
PENCILS: JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, and DON HECK
Ready your fallout shelter, check your 4th-dimensional passport, and get ready for a trip into the wild and wooly days of the Atlas Era! The Marvel Masterworks have prepared another heaping helping of towering terrors that eat atom bombs for breakfast and psychological mind-benders of scintillating suspense. Led by Jack “The King” Kirby, there’s a whole passel of monsters from beyond the edge of imagination eager to smash their way into your town. From swamp beasts, terrorizing trees, atomic ants and Gorgilla, the gorilla who’d give King Kong a run for his money. If collateral damage is what your desire, then Groot, Krang, The Blip, Rommbu, Thorr and X, The Thing That Lived, are your best friends and your insurance agent’s worst nightmare. While Kirby tested the tensile strength of newsprint, Steve Ditko challenged readers to look through the pages of comic books and into new dimensions. His parables of suspense and wrenching psychological tension will leave you curled up and screaming for more — whether you like it or not! Collecting TALES TO ASTONISH #11-20.
272 PGS./All Ages …$59.99

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE SILVER SURFER VOL. 2 HC (2ND EDITION(NEW PRINTING)) (and VARIANT)
COVER BY: JOHN BUSCEMA
WRITER: STAN LEE
PENCILS: JOHN BUSCEMA
Back-to-press and fully restored by popular demand!
The world’s favorite space-faring super hero in his continuing saga of anguish and adventure! He sacrificed himself to save his home world of Zenn-La from the planet-devouring menace Galactus, saving those he loved in exchange for a life of servitude as the Silver Surfer. Now, after disobeying his master, Norrin Radd is stranded on the planet Earth — forever removed from his love, Shalla-Bal, and from the beckoning spaceways! A high point of epic adventure and lyrical drama, THE SILVER SURFER took the comic-book super hero to all-new heights. Using their ravaged protagonist as a lens through which they could comment on the social injustices of the era, Stan Lee and John Buscema turned the Surfer into the ultimate outsider archetype, reflecting the reader’s world in his metallic skin. In these pages, the Surfer will face ghosts from beyond the grave seeking redemption, the horrors of war, the devious Mephisto, and mighty Marvel heroes including Spider-Man to the Human Torch and the Inhumans. So what more do you need to know? Reserve that copy today, True Believer! Collecting SILVER SURFER #7-18.
288 PGS./All Ages …$54.99

NEWUNIVERSAL: EVERYTHING WENT WHITE TPB
COVER BY: SALVADOR LARROCA
WRITER: WARREN ELLIS
PENCILS: SALVADOR LARROCA
Planet Earth. Inhabited by six billion people. People leading ordinary lives, coping with everyday struggles. But on a night like any other, the Earth is rocked by the most startling celestial event ever witnessed by the human race. The White Event. And from its wake, a handful of humans emerge as something more. Acclaimed writer Warren Ellis (NEXTWAVE: AGENTS OF H.A.T.E.) and superstar artist Salvador Larroca (X-MEN) bring you this new universe – a universe witnessing superhuman power for the first time. Collecting NEWUNIVERSAL #1-6.
Rated T+ …$14.99

PUNISHER MAX VOL. 9: LONG COLD DARK
COVER BY: TIM BRADSTREET
WRITER: GARTH ENNIS
PENCILS: HOWARD CHAYKIN and GORLAN PARLOV
Barracuda’s back. The most dangerous foe the Punisher has ever faced has found a chink in his enemy’s armor, one even Frank Castle himself doesn’t know about. Heart full of blackest hate and loving every minute of it, he’s out to crush the vigilante to pulp – and take his time over killing what remains. But Castle has a lifetime of slaughter behind him, and who knows how lethal he might yet become? Barracuda’s going to find out the hard way. In fact, he’s looking forward to it. Collecting PUNISHER MAX #50-54.
128 PGS./Explicit Content …$15.99

SPIDER-MAN: ONE MORE DAY PREMIERE (and DM ONLY)
COVER BY: JOE QUESADA
WRITER: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
PENCILS: JOE QUESADA
INKS: DANNY MIKI
The most-talked about – and controversial – comic event of the year, brought to you by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada! The stakes have never been higher for Peter Parker. At his darkest hours – and he’s had plenty – Peter has always had one shoulder to lean on, one person who’d remind him who he is, who he was and who he can be. Now, he’s about to lose that person. What would he do…what would you do, if you only had “One More Day?” Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #544-545, SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #41, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #24, SPIDER-MAN: ONE MORE DAY SKETCHBOOK and MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: ONE MORE DAY/BRAND NEW DAY.
Rated A …$24.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN SPANISH COLLECTION
COVER BY: MARK BAGLEY
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: MARK BAGLEY
Collecting the groundbreaking first year of Ultimate Spider-Man in one colossal trade paperback! High school, puberty, first dances – there are many pitfalls to being young. Compound these with intense personal tragedy and super human powers, and you can start to visualize the world of Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man. Following the murder of his uncle and the Green Goblin’s assault on his high school, Peter finds himself on the brink of manhood: getting a job at the Daily Bugle to help support his widowed aunt and taking on extracurricular activities – such as bringing down the Kingpin, the head of organized crime in New York City! Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #1-13.

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ULTIMO COLLECIÒN LIBRO 1 TPB
Escrito por BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Dibujado por MARK BAGLEY
¡Reviva el primer año innovador de Ultimate Spider-Man en un libro colosal! La secundaria, la pubertad, primeros bailes – ser joven tiene muchas trampas. Componga éstos con intensa tragedia personal y super poderes humano, y usted puede empezar a entender el mundo de Peter Parker, tambien conocido como Spider-Man. Despues del asesinato de su tío y el asalto del Green Goblin en su secundaria, Peter se encuentra a punto de ser hombre: consiguiendo un trabajo en el Daily Bugle para ayudar su tía enviudada y actividades extracurriculares – y encuentros con el Kingpin, ¡el lider de el crimen organizado en la Ciudad de Nueva York! Incluyiendo libros #1-13 de Ultimate Spider-Man.
Rated A …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3024-6

ULTIMATE X-MEN SPANISH COLLECTION
COVER BY: LEINIL FRANCIS YU
WRITER: MARK MILLAR WITH GEOFF JOHNS
PENCILS: ADAM KUBERT, ANDY KUBERT, TOM RANEY, THOMAS DERENICK, and AARON LOPRESTI
Collecting the first year of Mark Millar’s groundbreaking ULTIMATE X-MEN – issues #1-12 – in one colossal trade paperback! Featuring an all-new cover by ULTIMATE HULK VS. WOLVERINE artist Leinil Francis Yu! The world stands on the brink of genetic war. Mankind has made the first move, launching an army of giant, cybernetic executioners called Sentinels — programmed to target and eliminate the mutant DNA strand. Now, Magneto and his mutant terrorists are preparing to follow through on their threats of Homo sapien genocide. The only force that can prevent total annihilation: five awkward teenagers and their crippled mentor! Plus: The inexperienced X-Men must rely on the enigmatic and unproven Wolverine when they become pawns of the mystifying Weapon X program. Can Logan go it alone against the shadow-ops organization that transformed him into one of the world’s most lethal killing machines? Also featuring the rare ULTIMATE X-MEN #1/2!

ULTIMATE X-MEN ULTIMATE COLLECIÒN LIBRO 1 TPB
Escrito por MARK MILLAR con GEOFF JOHNS
Dibujado por ADAM KUBERT, ANDY KUBERT, TOM RANEY, THOMAS DERENICK & AARON LOPRESTI
Nuevo dibujo LEINIL FRANCIS YU
El primer año de Mark Millar’s innovador ULTIMATE X-MEN – libros #1-12 – en un libro colosal. ¡Con arte nuevo, dibujado por el artista de ULTIMATE HULK VS. WOLVERINE Leinil Francis Yu! El mundo està al borde de una guerra genetica. La humanidad ha tomado el primer paso, lanzando un ejército de gigantes, cibernético verdugos llamados Sentinels—programado para encontrar y eliminar el hilo mutante de ADN. Ahora, Magneto y sus terroristas mutantes se estàn preparando para llevar hasta el fin sus amenazas de genocidio a los Homo sapiens. ¡La única fuerza que puede prevenir aniquilación total: cinco adolescentes y su mentor paralizado! Ademas: los X-Men inexpertos tienen que depender del enigmático e improbable Wolverine cuando lleguen a ser peones del misterioso programa Weapon X. ¿Podra Logan defenderse solo contra la organización secreta que lo transformó en uno de los hombres mas peligroso del mundo. ¡Tambìen contiene el raro ULTIMATE X-MEN #1/2!
336 PGS./Rated T+ …$29.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3025-3

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