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MARVEL COMICS

STRIKEFORCE #3

(W) Tini Howard (A) German Peralta (CA) Andrea Sorrentino

DOOM'S OWN DEMIURGE! The changeling creatures known as Vridai have lodged their fey claws into one of the most powerful men on Earth - Doctor Doom! And when Wiccan falls under their spell as well, the changelings have all the ingredients for a world-ending the likes of which you've never seen. Rated T+

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TP #2

OTTO-MATIC

(W) Christos Gage (A) Lan Medina (CA) Mike Hawthorne

Like the rest of America, the West Coast has been overrun with Frost Giants! But Otto Octavius doesn't settle for chaos - he plans to win the War of the Realms single-handedly. Well, maybe not single-handedly. He needs minions. Super-minions! So he recruits...the West Coast Avengers?! Will Otto Octavius and Quentin Quire become BFFs? If they can somehow work together and save San Francisco, Otto will be due a parade - but any celebrations might be short-lived, because someone dangerous is coming. Otto calls himself the Superior Spider-Man? Norman Osborn, the Spider-Man of Earth-44145 you met in SPIDER-GEDDON, begs to differ - and has some very creative ways to prove his true superiority! Norman is out to destroy everything. Does Otto stand a chance of stopping him? Does he even stand a chance at living through this?! Collecting SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2018) #7-12. Rated T+

SWORD MASTER #5

(W) Shuizhu (A) Gunji (CA) Gunji

MAGICIANS AND GODS! •  LIN LIE'S magic sword draws the attention of his greatest opponent yet -- BARON MORDO! •  And when Mordo hits the scene, can the SORCERER SUPREME himself be far behind? •  Meanwhile, in our second story, can SHANG-CHI and Sword Master overcome their suspicion and pride in time to thwart the threat of the GODS OF MADRIPOOR? Rated T+

THANOS TP ZERO SANCTUARY

(W) Tini Howard (A) Ariel Olivetti (CA) Jeff Dekal

Thanos is dead! The Mad Titan has been executed by the deadliest assassin in the galaxy: his adopted daughter, Gamora! But long before their twisted familial relationship came to a bloody end, how did it begin? Travel back to Gamora's childhood and the day her life changed forever. What kind of a father figure was the brutal and merciless Thanos of Titan? And did he mold her into what she became, or was Gamora born to be one of the most ferocious warriors in the cosmos? As Thanos' unholy Black Order forms, Gamora's training begins in the face of an oncoming war! But as the threat of mutiny grows, Thanos will do anything to keep his power - no matter the cost. A chain of events will spawn bloodshed and betrayal across the galaxy...but what does the Magus have to do with it? Collecting THANOS (2019) #1-6. Parental Advisory

TIGRA COMPLETE COLLECTION TP

(W) Linda Fite (A) Marie Severin (CA) Howard Chaykin

Marvel's feline fury is on the prowl! Before Greer Grant Nelson became Tigra, she was the Cat - a costumed hero taking on foes like the Owl and the Man-Bull. But an encounter with the mystical Cat People soon unlocked her full potential - and Greer became Tigra, the Were-Woman! Transformed into a feline fighting force, Tigra soon made her mark on the Marvel Universe - clashing with Werewolf by Night, Kraven the Hunter, Red Wolf and more - and leaping into action alongside the Thing and Spider-Man! Plus: Join Tigra on the trail of a killer in a moody crime drama illustrated by Mike Deodato Jr.! Collecting THE CAT #1-4, MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #8 and #67, GIANT-SIZE CREATURES #1, MARVEL CHILLERS #3-7, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #19, MARVEL PREMIERE #42, TIGRA #1-4 and material from MONSTERS UNLEASHED (1973) #10 and MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #125. Rated T+

TOMB OF DRACULA #10 FACSIMILE EDITION #0

(W) Marv Wolfman (A) Gene Colan (CA) Gil Kane

Step inside the Tomb of Dracula, if you dare - and meet the deadliest enemy of the Prince of Darkness! His name is Blade, and he's a vampire hunter like no other - because he's part-vampire himself! The stakes are always high when Blade and Dracula clash, and that's never been more true than in their very first encounter! But what will fellow vampire hunters Quincy and Edith Harker make of Blade and his methods? This momentous issue of Dracula's classic series introduced the Daywalker - and set him on the path toward multimedia superstardom! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting TOMB OF DRACULA (1972) #10. Rated T

TONY STARK IRON MAN #18

(W) Dan Slott (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Alexander Lozano

"THE ULTRON AGENDA" continues! Chapter 3: Inner Conflict While Rhodey and friends fight the robot war topside... ...a literal war rages on INSIDE Tony Stark! It's the Wasp and a remote piloted Nano Iron Man versus a shrunken Ultron/Pym inside Tony's physical body! Rated T+

TONY STARK IRON MAN #18

2099 VAR

(W) Dan Slott (A) Valerio Schiti

"THE ULTRON AGENDA" continues! Chapter 3: Inner Conflict While Rhodey and friends fight the robot war topside... ...a literal war rages on INSIDE Tony Stark! It's the Wasp and a remote piloted Nano Iron Man versus a shrunken Ultron/Pym inside Tony's physical body! Rated T+

UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #50

(W) Ryan North (A) Derek Charm (CA) Erica Henderson

FINAL ISSUE! •  This is it! After 58 issues (comics numbering is, dare we say: nuts), an OGN and a whole bunch of both eating nuts AND kicking butts, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl reaches its 50th and final issue! •  When we say "The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl's final issue" though, we mean the *comic book*, not the character. Doreen Green will be fine! She's fine! •  ...OR IS SHE? Because in our previous issue it really seemed like things WEREN'T fine and since it's our last issue maybe we're feeling that since anything COULD happen then anything SHOULD happen! •  There's only one way to find out, and you're looking at a solicit text for it! •  Friendship, explosions, and friendships forged during explosions: it all comes down to this! Rated T

UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #50

RAHZZAH VAR

(W) Ryan North (A) Derek Charm (CA) Rahzzah

FINAL ISSUE! •  This is it! After 58 issues (comics numbering is, dare we say: nuts), an OGN and a whole bunch of both eating nuts AND kicking butts, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl reaches its 50th and final issue! •  When we say "The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl's final issue" though, we mean the *comic book*, not the character. Doreen Green will be fine! She's fine! •  ...OR IS SHE? Because in our previous issue it really seemed like things WEREN'T fine and since it's our last issue maybe we're feeling that since anything COULD happen then anything SHOULD happen! •  There's only one way to find out, and you're looking at a solicit text for it! •  Friendship, explosions, and friendships forged during explosions: it all comes down to this! Rated T

UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL GN TP POWERS OF A SQUIRREL

(W) Ryan North (A) Erica Henderson (CA) Gurihiru

Eating nuts. Kicking butts. No ifs, ands or buts. Thanos. Fin Fang Foom. Deadpool. They have all fallen to her squirrel-based might - all completely, indisputably in canon. Now the Sciuridae super hero is about to face her biggest challenge yet: majoring in computer science at Empire State University! Oh, and also Galactus. But that college thing is the really hard bit. Can the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed Doreen Green balance her studies with battling bad guys like Kraven the Hunter, Whiplash and - yes! - the Devourer of Worlds? And can she pull it all off without her new comp-sci friends seeing through her seemingly foolproof secret identity? With furry pal Tippy-Toe by her side and the best theme song in comics burrowing into your head, you're about to find out why you just can't beat Squirrel Girl! Collecting THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL (2015A) #1-8. Ages 10 & Up

UNCANNY ORIGINS GN TP MYTH & MAGIC

(W) Bill Rosemann (A) Marc Campos (CA) M. C. Wyman

Explore the origins of Marvel's most iconic characters, retold in action-packed animated style! Witness the teleporting mutant called Nightcrawler go from circus freak to world-saving X-Man! Then, join Storm to discover how a girl worshipped as a goddess became a wind-riding hero! See Felicia Hardy, the thieving Black Cat, cross Spider-Man's path! And follow the bloodline of Dane Whitman, the Avengers' sword-wielding Black Knight! Arrogant surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange learns his lesson - and more - to become Earth's Sorcerer Supreme! But what inspires blind Matt Murdock to become Daredevil, the Man Without Fear? Finally, young Daniel Rand is orphaned in the mystical city of K'un-Lun, where he's raised to become its champion: the Immortal Iron Fist! Collecting UNCANNY ORIGINS #8-14. Ages 10 & Up

UNCANNY X-FORCE BY REMENDER OMNIBUS HC NEW PTG

(W) Rick Remender (A) Jerome Opena (CA) Esad Ribic

Rick Remender puts the Uncanny into X-Force in an epic, critically acclaimed run! Psylocke, Archangel, Deadpool and Fantomex sign up for Wolverine's secret squad of assassins, but their first mission - to find and deal with the reborn Apocalypse - casts a long shadow. As the members of X-Force struggle to come to terms with their actions, one among them unravels in what could only be called the "Dark Angel Saga." Startlingly familiar Deathloks, a return to the Age of Apocalypse, a warring Otherworld and a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants await in Remender's extraordinary exploration of the ethics of execution. Featuring the stunning art of Jerome Opeña, Esad Ribic, Phil Noto and more! Collecting UNCANNY X-FORCE (2010) #1-35, #5.1 and #19.1; and material from WOLVERINE: ROAD TO HELL and ALL-NEW WOLVERINE SAGA. Parental Advisory

UNCANNY X-MEN #266 FACSIMILE EDITION #0

(W) Chris Claremont (A) Michael Collins (CA) Andy Kubert

Gambit enters the world of Storm and the X-Men! Ororo, stripped of her memories and transformed into a child by unknown means, is trying to get by as a thief on the streets of Cairo, Illinois. But her latest score at an art collector's mansion lands her in a trap led by the Shadow King! Luckily, Storm isn't the only mutant thief burgling the mansion that night...but can even the man called Gambit help her escape the Shadow King's deadly Hounds? And elsewhere, the chilling Nanny and the Orphan-Maker have their own plans for Ororo... Relive the beginning of a partnership that revitalized the X-Men, in the landmark issue that introduced X-fans to the ragin' Cajun! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #266. Rated T

VALKYRIE JANE FOSTER #5

(W) Jason Aaron (A) CAFU (CA) Mahmud A. Asrar

INTO THE ETERNAL DARKNESS! Valkyrie's enemy finally reveals themself to teach the guardian of the fallen an important lesson: Not every life can be saved. It's the explosive end of the first arc as Valkyrie faces the death that's been stalking her since issue #1! Rated T+

VALKYRIE JANE FOSTER #5

2099 VAR

(W) Jason Aaron (A) CAFU

INTO THE ETERNAL DARKNESS! Valkyrie's enemy finally reveals themself to teach the guardian of the fallen an important lesson: Not every life can be saved. It's the explosive end of the first arc as Valkyrie faces the death that's been stalking her since issue #1! Rated T+

VENOM #20

AC

(W) Donny Cates (A) Iban Coello (CA) Kyle Hotz

• It's the final tie-in to ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, but that doesn't mean superstars Donny Cates and Iban Coello are easing up off the gas! •  You want to know what happens in this one, True Believers? You're going to have to read it! Rated T+

VENOM #20

PHAM 2099 VAR AC

(W) Donny Cates (A) Iban Coello (CA) Khoi Pham

• It's the final tie-in to ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, but that doesn't mean superstars Donny Cates and Iban Coello are easing up off the gas! •  You want to know what happens in this one, True Believers? You're going to have to read it! Rated T+

VENOM #20

CODEX VAR AC

(W) Donny Cates (A) Iban Coello

• It's the final tie-in to ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, but that doesn't mean superstars Donny Cates and Iban Coello are easing up off the gas! •  You want to know what happens in this one, True Believers? You're going to have to read it! Rated T+

WEB OF BLACK WIDOW #3 (OF 5)

(W) Jody Houser (A) Stephen Mooney (CA) Jung-Geun Yoon

WIDOW UNDERWATER! When her secretive enemy gets the best of her, Natasha calls the one person who understands just how tangled a widow's web can get: Yelena Belova. But a fellow Black Widow can't save Natasha from the chains of her past... Rated T+

X-FORCE #1

DX

(W) Ben Percy (A) Joshua Cassara (CA) Dustin Weaver

THE HIGH PRICE OF A NEW DAWN! X-Force is the CIA of the mutant world-one half intelligence branch, one half special ops. Beast, Jean Grey and Sage on one side, Wolverine, Kid Omega and Domino on the other. In a perfect world, there would be no need for an X-Force. We're not there...yet. Rated T+

X-FORCE #1

BAGLEY EVERY MUTANT EVER VAR DX

(W) Ben Percy (A) Joshua Cassara (CA) Mark Bagley

THE HIGH PRICE OF A NEW DAWN! X-Force is the CIA of the mutant world-one half intelligence branch, one half special ops. Beast, Jean Grey and Sage on one side, Wolverine, Kid Omega and Domino on the other. In a perfect world, there would be no need for an X-Force. We're not there...yet. Rated T+

X-FORCE #1

DAUTERMAN YOUNG GUNS VAR DX

(W) Ben Percy (A) Joshua Cassara (CA) Russell Dauterman

THE HIGH PRICE OF A NEW DAWN! X-Force is the CIA of the mutant world-one half intelligence branch, one half special ops. Beast, Jean Grey and Sage on one side, Wolverine, Kid Omega and Domino on the other. In a perfect world, there would be no need for an X-Force. We're not there...yet. Rated T+

X-FORCE #2

DX

(W) Ben Percy (A) Joshua Cassara (CA) Dustin Weaver

THE HIGH PRICE OF A NEW DAWN! X-Force is the CIA of the mutant world-one half intelligence branch, one half special ops. Beast, Jean Grey and Sage on one side, Wolverine, Kid Omega and Domino on the other. In a perfect world, there would be no need for an X-Force. We're not there...yet. Rated T+

X-FORCE EPIC COLLECTION TP X-CUTIONERS SONG

(W) Fabian Nicieza (A) John RomitaJr (CA) Terry Austin

Stryfe strikes! First, Cable dives headfirst into his own explosive limited series as secrets from his past are revealed! Then, when Professor X is attacked - and Cable is the prime suspect - X-Factor and the X-Men hunt down X-Force! Mister Sinister, the Horsemen of Apocalypse and the Mutant Liberation Front are all embroiled in the epic conflict as Cable's archenemy Stryfe orchestrates his vengeance on the world! Can the combined X-teams rescue Cyclops and Jean Grey? Will Apocalypse save Professor X's life? And what is the shocking connection between Stryfe and Cable? In the battle's aftermath, X-Force must decide its own fate. It's time for new costumes, new purpose and a new direction! Collecting CABLE: BLOOD & METAL #1-2, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #294-296, X-FACTOR (1986) #84-86, X-MEN (1991) #14-16, X-FORCE (1991) #16-19, STRYFE'S STRIKE FILE and NEW WARRIORS (1990) #31. Rated T