AGENT 47 BIRTH OF HITMAN #5
CVR A LAU
(W) Christopher Sebela (A) Ariel Medel (CA) Jonathan Lau
As the only remaining survivor of the Institute, 47's role as Dr. Ort-Meyer's weapon is put to use one last time on an impossible contract against a shadowy foe who controls their fates. The blowback against Diana pushes her to finally track down the last name on her list, triggering a series of disasters that sets her on her collision course with the Hitman.
AGENT 47 BIRTH OF HITMAN #5
CVR B GAMEPLAY
(W) Christopher Sebela (A) Ariel Medel (CA) Gameplay
As the only remaining survivor of the Institute, 47's role as Dr. Ort-Meyer's weapon is put to use one last time on an impossible contract against a shadowy foe who controls their fates. The blowback against Diana pushes her to finally track down the last name on her list, triggering a series of disasters that sets her on her collision course with the Hitman.
AGENTS OF ATLAS TP COMPLETE COLLECTION #1
(W) Jeff Parker (A) Leonard Kirk (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
The spy. The spaceman. The goddess. The robot. The gorilla. During the 1950s, FBI Agent Jimmy Woo forged a handful of unlikely heroes into a team of espionage operatives. Now, half a century later, the Agents of Atlas return to take the Marvel Universe by storm! Woo, Marvel Boy, Venus, the Human Robot and Gorilla Man battle the Yellow Claw, face down Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, and encounter Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men! Plus: The Agents' amazing Atlas Era debuts! Collecting AGENTS OF ATLAS (2006) #1-6; X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2006) #8; WOLVERINE: AGENT OF ATLAS #1-3; AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #1-5; WHAT IF? (1977) #9; AGENTS OF ATLAS: MENACE FROM SPACE; and material from SPIDER-MAN FAMILY (2007) #4, SECRET INVASION: WHO DO YOU TRUST?, DARK REIGN: NEW NATION, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #82, VENUS #1, MARVEL BOY (1950) #1, MEN'S ADVENTURES #26, MENACE #11 and YELLOW CLAW #1. Rated T+
AKASHIC RECORDS OF BASTARD MAGICAL INSTRUCTOR GN #3
(W) Tarou Hitsuji (A) Aosa Tsunemi (CA) Aosa Tsunemi
Sisti is a young magic-user in training who attends prestigious magical academy where she hopes to be trained by the best of the best. However, when her instructor suddenly retires, his replacement is anything but what Sisti had hoped for - lazy, incompetent, and always late! Can Sisti still learn magic and unravel the mystery of Sky Castle with such a terrible teacher to lead her?
ALICE & ZOROKU GN #4
(W) Tetsuya Imai (A) Tetsuya Imai (CA) Tetsuya Imai
A group of young girls possesses a mysterious power known as "Alice's Dream," which gives them the ability to turn their thoughts into reality. Detained and experimented upon, these youths are locked away in secret until one of them manages to escape. Her name is Sana, a girl with the power to ignore the very laws of physics. When this willful powerhouse crosses paths with a stubborn old man named Zoroku, his carefully-ordered life will never be the same again!
ALICE ADV IN WONDERLAND ILLUS BY JENNY FRISON TP (PROSE)
(W) Lewis Carroll (A) Jenny Frison (CA) Jill Thompson
Whisking readers away into a world of the weirdly wonderful, these enduring tales of a young girl's journey to the heart of imagination have been named among some of the greatest books of all time for children and adults. Whether she's shrinking, learning poetry from a caterpillar, running from the Red Queen, or chasing that elusive White Rabbit, every strange situation Alice encounters is incomparably surreal to her and immediately familiar to us. Collects Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Jenny Frison's art captures elements of fantasy, fairy tales, and wonder with its use of color and style to complement the classic prose of author Lewis Carroll.
ALISIK FALL #2 (OF 2)
CVR A STAFFORD
(W) Hubertus Rufledt (A) Helge Vogt (CA) Mark Stafford
Will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman, and Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas!
ALISIK FALL #2 (OF 2)
CVR B HARDING
(W) Hubertus Rufledt (A) Helge Vogt (CA) Abigail Jill Harding
Will appeal to fans of Neil Gaiman, and Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride and The Nightmare Before Christmas!
ALL NEW WOLVERINE #32
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(W) Tom Taylor (A) Djibril Morissette-Phan (CA) David Lopez
THE ORPHANS OF X RETURN! • The last time we saw the Orphans of X, they were hunting Laura and other Wolverines for revenge. • And now they've returned. But for what purpose? And will WOLVERINE be able to survive this encounter with her deadliest enemy yet? Rated T+
ALONE GN #8
ARENA
(W) Fabien Vehlmann (A) Bruno Gazzotti (CA) Bruno Gazzotti
Captured by a mysterious army just as they escaped a Campton overrun with "zombie" children, Dodzi's group, along with what's left of the Clan of the Shark, discover an entire civilization, ruled over by children who have been in the In-Between-World for a long, long time. Strict rules, a caste system, bizarre superstitions - all new obstacles for the group to overcome, although Saul is being treated like a messiah. And over it all hangs the threat of the sinister Midnight Child!
ALTER EGO #152
(W) Various (A) Various (CA) M Nodell G Kane; T Austin
Alter Ego presents Larry Ivie, maybe the most important Silver Age comic book artist/writer you never heard of! He conceived (and named!) the Justice League of America, he helped develop the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, he brought EC art greats to the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs. and he created Monsters and Heroes, one of the first magazines ever to bridge the gap between fan and pro! Artist/friend Sandy Plunkett chronicles this unsung star's career, with art by Wood, Frazetta, Crandall, Krenkel, Doolin, and others, plus rarely-seen and never-seen Ivie art and story pages spotlighting Justice League, Hawkman, The Atom, Sandman, and Superman!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #797
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(W) Dan Slott (A) Stuart Immonen (CA) Alex Ross
GO DOWN SWINGING Part 1 The Green Goblin is back - and scarier than ever! Dan Slott has saved his most harrowing Spider-Man story for last as he and Stuart Immonen kick off the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN story ten years in the making. Osborn got his crazy back and has a plan that'll make all his past plans look like child's play. Peter Parker and the people he loves (ALL of them) are in deep trouble. And who or what is the RED GOBLIN?! The only way Spider-Man survives is to GO DOWN SWINGING! Rated T
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #797
CONNECTING VAR LEG
(W) Dan Slott (A) Stuart Immonen
GO DOWN SWINGING Part 1 The Green Goblin is back - and scarier than ever! Dan Slott has saved his most harrowing Spider-Man story for last as he and Stuart Immonen kick off the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN story ten years in the making. Osborn got his crazy back and has a plan that'll make all his past plans look like child's play. Peter Parker and the people he loves (ALL of them) are in deep trouble. And who or what is the RED GOBLIN?! The only way Spider-Man survives is to GO DOWN SWINGING! Rated T
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #17
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(W) Jody Houser (A) Nathan Stockman (CA) Nathan Stockman
FAST TIMES AT MIDTOWN HIGH Part 2 • Between AP high school classes, extracurriculars at the X-Mansion and saving the New York streets from the most sinister of villains, it's easy to say Annie May Parker has a tight schedule. • But when two schoolmates mysteriously obtain super-powers, she takes it upon herself to keep them in line...despite her parents' best wishes. Rated T
AMERICA TP #2
FAST AND FUERTONA
(W) Gabby Rivera (A) Joe Quinones (CA) Joe Quinones
It begins with the story you've been waiting for: the origin of America Chavez! But everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse soon meets her match - in the form of the deadly and exotic Exterminatrix! Can America stand against this vile villainess, backed by the full power of the ominous Midas Corporation? America gains all-new but untested abilities - and she'll need them against the oncoming horde! But what does Exterminatrix want with Sotomayor University? With America in lockup, it's up to Prodigy to find out - and that won't be easy when campus queen X'Andria is working for the enemy! As the Midas Corporation reignites a decades-old danger, America's newly discovered home comes under threat - but they're about to learn that you don't mess with a Fuertona. And you definitely don't mess with a Chavez! Collecting AMERICA #7-12. Rated T+
(W) John Ridley (A) Georges Jeanty (CA) Georges Jeanty
Academy Award-winning author John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Three Kings) presents an alternate U.S. history with the Civil Defense Corps, a team of superheroes, and their handlers, the FDAA (Federal Disaster Assistance Administration). The FDAA stages showdowns between "superheroes" and "super-villains," but in reality they are little more than superpowered actors that front for the public. What will these manufactured superheroes do when real danger arrives at the door? Collects THE AMERICAN WAY #1-8 in a new anniversary edition that includes bonus material! MATURE READERS
(W) John Ridley (A) Georges Jeanty (CA) Georges Jeanty
It's been a decade since the Civil Defense Corps was exposed as a fraud created by the U.S. Government for propaganda purposes. While most of the heroes who survived the catastrophe have retired or disappeared, the New American still carries on, trying to keep communities safe amid the social turmoil of the 1970s. Some of the American's former colleagues are on opposite sides of the law: Amber Waves joined a group of domestic terrorists, while Missy, a.k.a. Ole Miss, has thrown her hat into the political ring. As the ground shifts beneath his feet and new threats arise, which side will the American choose? Collects THE AMERICAN WAY #1-6.
AMORY WARS GOOD APOLLO #11 (OF 12)
(W) Claudio Sanchez (A) Rags Morales (CA) Rags Morales
As Claudio and Ambellina's assembled army nears a victory against Wilhelm Ryan, Chase enables the Crowing to enter the Willing Well to face the Creator for the first time.
ANIMOSITY #13
(W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Rafael de Latorre (CA) Rafael de Latorre
The sins of the past bite at Sandor's heels, as the rage of the swarm and the wrath of the flood rise to a fever pitch! Jesse races against time and the mob who is hunting her down to return the queen to her hive before war erupts across the valley!From creator/writer Marguerite Bennett (Insexts, Bombshells and Batwoman) with artwork by Rafael De Latorre (SuperZero).
ANIMOSITY EVOLUTION #5
(W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Eric Gapstur (CA) Eric Gapstur
Murder, intrigue, and men playing God in the seedy underbelly of the City by the Sea-a hapless refugee hunts for the truth in a noir crime world... From the brilliant mind of creator/writer Marguerite Bennett (INSEXTS, Bombshells and Batwoman) with artwork by SHIPWRECK's Eric Gapstur-ANIMOSITY: EVOLUTION is an exciting new series that expands upon this already amazing world! "AfterShock has earned their reputation for putting out some of the most diverse and entertaining comics in the industry. Animosity is a prime example of this." - Steve Gustafson of 411mania.com
ANNIHILATION TP #1
COMPLETE COLLECTION
(W) Keith Giffen (A) Mitch Breitweiser (CA) Gabriele Dell'Otto
The explosive outer-space epic that revitalized Marvel's cosmos! Drax the Destroyer gets a new look, a fresh purpose - and a surprising friend. But when Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone, unleashes his monstrous Annihilation Wave on our universe, the galaxy's greatest heroes - and some you might call villains - must brace for war! Annihilus' opening salvo devastates the Nova Corps, and Richard Rider's life is changed forever! Can he carry the Corps' powerful Worldmind alone without going mad? Silver Surfer unites with his fellow heralds to protect Galactus, but what dark bargain must he strike? And a personal mission takes Super-Skrull to the Negative Zone -where he faces betrayal! Plus: Quasar takes on Annihilus, and only one will survive! Collecting DRAX THE DESTROYER #1-4, ANNIHILATION PROLOGUE, ANNIHILATION: NOVA #1-4, ANNIHILATION: SILVER SURFER #1-4 and ANNIHILATION: SUPER-SKRULL #1-4. Rated T+
ANNIHILATION TP #2
COMPLETE COLLECTION
(W) Simon Furman (A) Jorge Lucas (CA) Gabriele Dell'Otto
The cosmic epic concludes, and the Marvel Universe will never be the same! Exiled and on the run, Ronan the Accuser faces the deadliest women in the galaxy - including Gamora! As war rages across the universe, Richard Rider, the new Nova Prime, must marshal a united front against Annihilus and his lethal Annihilation Wave! Drax the Destroyer, Peter "Star-Lord" Quill, Moondragon and Phyla-Vell join the fight to guard the galaxy - but what chilling plan does Annihilus have for Galactus? Whose side is Thanos on, and what will happen when he faces down Drax? Can Ronan save the Kree Empire from Annihilus' forces? And how can Nova's ragtag team possibly defeat the Annihilation Wave, stop the war and save the galaxy? Collecting ANNIHILATION: RONAN #1-4, ANNIHILATION #1-6, ANNIHILATION: HERALDS OF GALACTUS #1-2 and ANNIHILATION: THE NOVA CORPS FILES. Rated T+
ANONYMOUS NOISE GN #7
(W) Ryoko Fukuyama (A) Ryoko Fukuyama (CA) Ryoko Fukuyama
Nino takes the stage at the school festival, ready to deliver the message held fast in her heart. Both Yuzu and Momo have composed songs for her, but which piece of music will be the one to awaken her? Meanwhile, Kuro's secret feelings seem to have reached a turning point as well... And is In No Hurry fi nally ready to take things to the next level professionally?
(W) Dan Abnett (A) Mirko Colak (CA) Andy Kubert
"King Rath: Secret Origin"! Even after a decisive victory is won by Aquaman and the resistance, King Rath tightens his grip on Atlantis by unleashing an ancient magic that has not been seen for thousands of years. But little is known about the true origin of the man who calls himself king...until now! Witness the shocking origin of the nefarious King Rath in this special issue!
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(W) Dan Abnett (A) Mirko Colak (CA) Joshua Middleton
"King Rath: Secret Origin"! Even after a decisive victory is won by Aquaman and the resistance, King Rath tightens his grip on Atlantis by unleashing an ancient magic that has not been seen for thousands of years. But little is known about the true origin of the man who calls himself king...until now! Witness the shocking origin of the nefarious King Rath in this special issue!