AVENGERS #40
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Javi Garron (CA) LEINIL FRANCIS YU
ENTER THE PHOENIX! The infamous firebird of cosmic destruction and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force has returned to Earth to find a new avatar. So now the Avengers and some of the most powerful heroes and villains in the Marvel Universe are being called into a competition unlike anything they've ever seen. A globe-spanning battle that will transform them all and ultimately decide...who will be the all-new Phoenix. Rated T+
KING IN BLACK #1 (OF 5)
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(W) Donny Cates (A) Ryan Stegman (CA) LEINIL FRANCIS YU
DARKNESS REIGNS! After a campaign across the galaxy, Knull's death march arrives to Earth and, worse yet, he hasn't come alone! With an army of hundreds of thousands of symbiote dragons at his command, the King in Black is a force unlike any Earth's heroes have ever faced. EDDIE BROCK, A.K.A. VENOM has seen firsthand the chaos that even one of Knull's symbiotic monsters can wreak - will he survive an encounter with the God of the Abyss himself? From Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Frank Martin and VC's Clayton Cowles comes the definitive chapter in their two-year-long VENOM saga that changed everything you thought you knew about symbiotes! Rated T+
KING IN BLACK #2 (OF 5)
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(W) Donny Cates (A) Ryan Stegman (CA) LEINIL FRANCIS YU
HAIL TO THE KING! Rated T+
KING IN BLACK NAMOR #1 (OF 5)
(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Ben Dewey (CA) LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Spinning out of the KING IN BLACK epic comes a dark, chilling story of the birth of Atlantis's greatest villains. The players: Namor, Lady Dorma of Atlantis, the outsider Attuma - all still in their teen years - and The Swift Riders, the Atlantean Empire's greatest heroes. It begins with alliances and possibility, as Attuma's people may join the Empire...but what lies ahead is tragedy, betrayal, and the unleashing of dangerous, deadly magics. A deep dive into Marvel history...and the birth of a threat that will only grow in menace across time. Rated T+
KING IN BLACK NAMOR #2 (OF 5)
(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Ben Dewey (CA) LEINIL FRANCIS YU
The Young Namor, Attuma and Dorma get to accompany the Swift Riders on a mission, see them in action and learn from them. But the mission involves Russian alchemists in 1930s Murmansk, a dangerous mystic relic, and a catastrophe that brings to life the most menacing threat that Atlantis has ever faced! Now all of undersea civilization is imperiled, and only three youngsters can save it! Rated T+
X-MEN #16
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(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Phil Noto (CA) LEINIL FRANCIS YU
X OF SWORDS FALL OUT ! The Captain Commander of Krakoa made a fateful decision. There's no going back. Rated T+