BLACK PANTHER #36

Written by REGINALD HUDLIN
Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by ALAN DAVIS

BACK TO AFRICA, PART 2

Back in Wakanda, the Royal Couple’s troubles continue, as one of T’Challa’s greatest foes makes his power move.

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA #37

Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils by STEVE EPTING & JACKSON Guice
Cover by JACKSON GUICE

ACT THREE OF "THE EPIC THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA" STORY BEGINS!

With a new Cap now established, things go from bad to worse as the Red Skull makes an unexpected move for the very soul of America! And what was it that Sharon Carter saw at the end of the last issue? Act Three - The Man Who Bought America - begins here! By the most popular Cap team in years - Brubaker and Epting!

DAREDEVIL: BLOOD OF THE TARANTULA

Written by ED BRUBAKER & ANDE PARKS
Penciled by CHRIS SAMNEE
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC

“Blood of the Tarantula”

Carlos LaMuerto, a.k.a. Black Tarantula, is finally doing something good with his life. Well, at least it ain’t all bad. Lying low after getting out of prison and wiping out an entire gang, Carlos has become a low-key Robin Hood -- cleaning up the neighborhood he used to run as a gang lord. But he’s about to discover that leaving his past behind isn’t as simple as a change of attitude…as ghosts from his former life haunt him, Carlos turns to his friend/adversary, Matt Murdock. Now Black Tarantula and Daredevil must work together to save the streets of Hell’s Kitchen from a powerful new gang from Carlos’ homeland.

 

 

HULK #4

Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & 50/50 Covers by ED MCGUINNESS

This is it.  The one you've been SMASHING for. The Green Hulk RETURNS!  It's Green Hulk Vs. Red Hulk --but the real loser is the Planet Earth.  There have been knock-down-dragger-outters in the Marvel Universe -- but nothing like this!  Plus, who gave the Watcher such good seats???  If you read ONE comic book this month, it's gotta be HULK -- or SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #14

Written by MATT FRACTION
& ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by DAVID AJA
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS

This is it, kids--the skull–busting, chest–punching, punch–kicking conclusion to THE SEVEN CAPITAL CITIES OF HEAVEN. Seven practitioners of super kung fu, champing at the bit to bloody each other to a pulp. A rogue Hydra cell, intent on destroying K'un-Lun from Earth, loads its terror train full of explosives and prepares to fire it through a warp in space-time. A schism in the leadership of K'un-Lun threatens to tear the city in two. The original Heroes for Hire, outgunned, outmanned, and out of time somewhere in Tibet. And Davos, the arch-rival of Iron Fist, intent on exploiting all this chaos, wants to assassinate Danny Rand once and for all. When was the last time a comic melted your face off? When was the last time you read
THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST?

 

GHOST RIDER #22

Written by JASON AARON
Art by ROLAND BOSCHI
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC

HELL TO PAY Part 3 of 4

Do you like gigantic running battles involving man-eating ghosts, machine–gun nurses and motorcyclists with flaming noggins? If so, then boy, have we got the book for you.  It's Ghost Rider versus a haunted stretch of roadway in what we just had to call "Deathrace on Ghost Cannibal Highway." And did we mention that ol' flamehead is swinging a scythe this time around? Good luck, ghost cannibals.

 

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #116

Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS JANSON & DEAN WHITE

Is Hercules a Skrull? Maybe. But is he an Eternal? Ikaris and Thena certainly think so, and they may just kill Herc to prove it!

 

 

HULK VS. HERCULES: WHEN TITANS CLASH

Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC

“32 PAGES!? BAH! HULK NEED BIGGER BOOK! HULK SMASH PUNY BEARD SKIRT MAN!”
Calm down, big fella. You’re going to need your strength when you go up against the Lion of Olympus, the INCREDIBLE HERCULES!
We’re bringing you a BRAND NEW story with THE most SMASHING, CRASHING, BASHING, MASHING and LASHING you’ve EVER witnessed, and THEN we’re giving you some of the greatest HULK and HERC stories from yesteryear!
BRING ON THE FIGHT!

IRON MAN #28

Written by DANIEL KNAUF & CHARLES KNAUF
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by GERALD PAREL

Tony Stark is losing his mind and his freedom.  Maya Hansen is becoming a pawn in the Mandarin’s genocidal game.  And the leaders of S.H.I.E.L.D. are under house arrest, unable to take any action.  With the international community about to decide their fate, Iron Man and his allies are in deep…so deep, we’ll need a double-sized issue to reveal what happens next!

 

IRON MAN POSTER BOOK

Cover by ADI GRANOV
Thirty-six powerful posters featuring Marvel’s newest movie star, the Invincible Iron Man!

 

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: IRON MAN MOVIE

Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS

Marvel's Armored Avenger takes his turn in the klieg light glare of Hollywood, in a film extravaganza that has every indication of being a massive hit! Bringing the life and times of Tony Stark to the silver screen is a cast and crew that is as A-list as A-list gets: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges – Academy Award winners or nominees all led by director Jon Favreau (Swingers, Daredevil). Besides insider access to the movie that will also include chats with the technical crew, this special issue of SPOTLIGHT catches readers up on Iron Man in the comics, too! We revisit Iron Man's earliest tales, all the way to his origins, and check in with living Iron Man le gends Bob Layton and David Michelinie for more on their favorite super hero! Plus a bevy of other current and past creators! It's 48 pages of love for Ol' Shellhead, and required reading before you buy your Iron Man movie ticket!

 

MS. MARVEL #26

Written by Brian Reed
Penciled by Adriana Melo
Cover by GREG HORN

Out–gunned and on the run!  With S.H.I.E.L.D. convinced she’s a Skrull impostor, Ms. Marvel must fight for her identity and her life against her very own Lightning Strike Force!  But when the Strike Force has a Ms. Marvel of their own, even Carol can’t be sure she’s Carol anymore!  SECRET INVASION: The Infiltration continues here from Brian Reed (Captain Marvel) and Adriana Melo (Witchblade).

 

MOON KNIGHT #17

Written by MIKE BENSON (WITH CHARLIE HUSTON)
Art by MARK TEXEIRA (With Layouts by JAVIER SALTARES)
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM

“GOD AND COUNTRY,” PART 4

In the age of the Superhuman Registration Act, the only good hero is one that plays by the book -- which the card-carrying Moon Knight most assuredly does not.  Indeed, with Moon Knight fast becoming the poster child for recklessness and brutality, the question of the day is just how he got a Registration Card in the first place!  As Tony Stark's investigation unearths the ugly truth, Marc Spector braces himself for the consequences, unaware that an equally grave threat is preparing to strike.  Carson Knowles -- a.k.a. the Black Spectre -- is back and he wants payback.

 

NOVA #12

Written by ANDY LANNING & DAN ABNETT
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER
Cover by ALEX MALEEV

The New Mutant Warlock returns in an issue that propels Nova back into ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST! Still threatened by his deadly Phalanx virus, Richard Rider finally reaches Kvch, the never-before-seen Technarchy homeworld. But are the “parents” of the Phalanx still there – and can Nova even reach them? And are you ready for the comeback of the former New Mutant know as Warlock? Join writers Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning and new ongoing penciler Paul Pelletier (FANTASTIC FOUR) for another chapter of the saga that has Wizard saying “If you’re a fan of out-there sci-fi with a superhero twinge, you should strap yourself in for a ride with the Human Rocket’s series.”

 

SHE-HULK #28

Written by Peter David
Penciled by VAL SEMEIKS
Cover by Mike Deodato

“Here Today”   

Tracking down the mysterious bomber who attacked her in New York City, She-Hulk finds herself in prison – and the story of why she left her legal career behind finally begins to come to light. 

 

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #18

Written by MATT FRACTION
Art by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Cover by ALEX MALEEV

One word: JIGSAW. In this prelude to the next major story-arc in PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, we get to spend a little time with the man, the myth, and the monster that's earned the right to call himself the Punisher's arch-nemesis. What is it about Frank Castle that makes this otherwise sane, if a little sinister, gangster go absolutely and completely insane whenever he's around? What buttons can Frank possibly push that pushes Jigsaw over the edge of sanity? Find out straight from the horse's mouth, kiddies: JIGSAW starts here, ends in blood, and features a whole lot of violence in-between. By Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST, casanova) and Howard Chaykin (WOLVERINE).

 

PUNISHER #56

Written by GARTH ENNIS
Penciled by GORAN PARLOV
Cover by TIM BRADSTREET

“VALLEY FORGE, VALLEY FORGE,” PART 2

Garth Ennis concludes his seminal run on PUNSHER -- in style.
Eight men who know exactly who Frank Castle is…and how to fight him.  Eight men who know that, no matter what they throw at him, he won’t fire back.  The Punisher has faced many threats in his day, but never one like this.  A Special Forces Squad has been tasked to bring him down, by all means necessary, and his only hope for survival might be crossing a line he swore he’d never cross.

MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #10

Written by PAUL BENJAMIN
Penciled by STEVE SCOTT
Cover by SEAN GORDON MURPHY

He’s big. He’s angry... and he’s not green. He’s the unstoppable Juggernaut! Bruce Banner’s looking for the mystical amulet of Cyttorak, said to be capable of chaining a mighty behemoth. But Bruce doesn’t know that his guide is none other than the Juggernaut himself, out to destroy the artifact. What happens when an unstoppable force meets another unstoppable force? Do the words “Hulk smash!” mean anything to you?

 

MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #12

Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by GRAHAM NOLAN
Cover by FRANCIS TSAI

At long last, Iron Man is reunited with his missing father in the heart of Africa--but he has to free him from the clutches of Kiber the Cruel!

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MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #8

Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM, IVAN BRANDON, ANDY SCHMIDT
& RICH KOSLOWSKI
Penciled by FRANCIS TSAI, NIKO HENRICHON, MARCO TURINI
& ANDREA DIVITO
Cover by BRANDON PETERSON

Aaron Stack has been drinking again…drinking to keep the ghosts of his past at bay. It wouldn’t be a problem if he was just a man—but he’s MACHINE MAN, and his past has a way of coming alive! Join 24/7 creator Ivan Brandon and Pride of Baghdad artist Niko Henrichon for the debut of an all-new 5-part Machine Man tale! Plus: CYCLOPS & WOLVERINE go hunting, WEAPON OMEGA battles U.S. Agent, and VANGUARD reveals the truth about the murder of John Doe.