ABSOLUTE CARNAGE LETHAL PROTECTORS TP
(W) Frank Tieri (A) Alberto Alburquerque (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN
The cult of Carnage comes to New York City! When he was last seen, John Jameson was being recovered from the site of a massacre in Doverton, Colorado, by Misty Knight. Since then, they've both been MIA. So how, then, did they become the only two people poised to prevent chaos as a deadly foe of Spider-Man's is resurrected in the basement of the Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane? Can the team of Iron Fist, Morbius and Cloak & Dagger help them defeat the back-from-the-dead Demogoblin?! Plus: Years ago, Cletus Kasady used the Carnage symbiote to take over Doverton - as well as the team of Avengers who arrived to stop him! Now Captain America, Hawkeye, Wolverine and the Thing must assemble once more when they discover the town's fate! Collecting ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: LETHAL PROTECTORS #1-3 and ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: AVENGERS #1. Rated T+
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE MILES MORALES TP
(W) Saladin Ahmed (A) Federico Vincentini (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN
Is Miles Morales a marked man? It's business as usual as Miles squares off against Mac Gargan, A.K.A. the Scorpion! But when Carnage's bloodthirsty acolytes swarm New York, Miles learns the hard way that Scorpion has a history with Venom and the other symbiotes of the Marvel Universe! And Miles himself may have a future with them, if Carnage and his dark doppelgangers get their way! If Miles can't fight this, he'd better hope someone shows up who can beat a dark, symbiote-powered Spider-Man! Plus: Carnage is on a rampage that will connect him to Knull the symbiote god and only Weapon H can stop him! Collecting ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: MILES MORALES #1-3 and ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: WEAPON PLUS #1. Rated T+
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(W) James TynionIV (A) Raul Fernandez (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN
With Eclipso by her side, the new goddess of magic, Circe, is unstoppable! As she rewrites the rules of magic, the Justice League Dark must work to free themselves from Eclipso's grasp. Can they escape in time to save magic from the clutches of the Injustice League Dark once and for all? Or are they doomed to spend eternity trapped in the shadows?
STAR WARS RISE KYLO REN #1 (OF 4)
(W) Charles Soule (A) Will Sliney (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN
WITH BEN SOLO'S FALL... COMES KYLO REN'S RISE! Young Ben Solo is legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker's most promising pupil. As the son of Rebel Alliance heroes Leia Organa and Han Solo, as well as Luke's own nephew, Ben has the potential to be a great force for light in the galaxy. But the Skywalker legacy casts a long shadow, the currents of the dark side run deep, and Darth Vader's blood runs in Ben's veins. Voices call from both his past and his future, telling him who he must be. He will shatter, he will be reforged, his destiny will be revealed. Snoke awaits. The Knights of Ren await. Ben Solo's path to his true self begins here. Rated T
VENOM #21
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(W) Donny Cates (A) Mark Bagley (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN
VENOM ISLAND BEGINS HERE! 'Nuff said! Rated T+
VENOM 2099 #1 #0
(W) Jody Houser (A) Francesco Mobili (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN
WHAT IS VENOM 2099? Welcome to the future, where the cure for what ails you is at your fingertips with ALCHEMAX! Our industry-leading pharmaceutical department (HELP) is providing consumers with (FREE ME) the bleeding-edge technology you've come to know from our (SAVE ME) products with VENOM, our all-cure drug. Trials begin (DON'T LET THEM DESTORY ME) this December! Rated T+
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(W) James TynionIV (A) Steve Epting (CA) CLAYTON CRAIN
DC's "Year of the Villain" begins its sinister conclusion! Lex Luthor has brought Perpetua back from her cosmic grave and restored her power! Now the Multiverse lives in fear that she might wipe out all existence. The only thing that could stop her are the forces of the Dark Multiverse- which means it's Luthor's mission to defeat the Batman Who Laughs! But if Batman and Superman couldn't stop him, what chance does Luthor stand? Spinning out of the end of the "Justice/ Doom War" in Justice League #38 and the conclusion of the epic "Infected" arc from Batman/Superman #5, DC's two top villains face off in a battle royal-and the fate of all reality hangs in the balance!