FANTASTIC FOUR #562

Written by MARK MILLAR

Pencils & Cover by BRYAN HITCH

The story we had to call “A Fantastic Four Wedding And A Funeral”…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

FANTASTIC FOUR:TRUE STORY #4 (of 4)

Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by HORACIO DOMINGUEZ
Cover by NIKO HENRICHON

It's the end of the FF's adventure in the worlds of Fiction!  Will there be a happy ending?!  Are those wedding bells we hear?!  Can it really be that, as the title has it, Johnny Storm Saves Books?!  And there's this trick Reed pulls that made our eyes cross.  And the big villain who we can't reveal yet because you'll see this before he first appears, oh, he really gets hoist by his own petard!  But will the team get back to reality in time to save Billie Lumpkin?  All this and a talking badger!

32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #6

Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER
Cover by CLINT LANGLEY

A SECRET INVASION TIE-IN! 

Trapped on Knowhere, the Guardians desperately race to uncover their Skrull infiltration. But why are the Skrulls in the Guardians' bizarre HQ, and what exactly are they up to?  And even if the Guardians survive the danger, paranoia and intrigue, will the team itself be in one piece after all the cards are laid bare? Find out in the latest buzz-building issue of the series that Aint It Cool News calls “a damn fun comic…with highfalutin’ space action, and an anthropomorphic raccoon stealing the show.”

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ETERNALS #5

Written by CHARLES KNAUF & DANIEL KNAUF
Pencils & Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
Zombie Variant by ERIC NGUYEN

A spy revealed! A traitor’s machinations unleashed! A force so powerful that even the gods fear its return! As the Eternals continue their attempts to muster what defenses they can against the Horde, their problems are compounded to the tune of a god’s wrath! Gilgamesh the Forgotten One has awakened, and none shall be spared as he carves a bloody path through the ranks of the Eternals! What hope have mortals when even Eternals must fear annihilation?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS/INVADERS #5 (of 12)

Written by ALEX ROSS & Jim Krueger
Penciled by Steve Sadowski
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Variant Cover by MIKE DEODATO
Sketch Variant Cover by ALEX ROSS

The second act of the hit maxi-series begins as our three teams -- the Avengers vs. the Avengers vs the Invaders – face off in an all-out battle aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier! While battle rages, Dr. Strange attempts to solve the mystery of what ripped the greatest Heroes Of World War II to the present day, and how to put them back.  Will the combined might of three super-teams be enough to stop the cross-time devastation?  Match all of this with the return of one of the Avengers deadliest villains -- one with a particular interest in the Original Human Torch -- and you know, from what you've seen so far, the return of Captain America is only the tip of the iceberg!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #18

Written by DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS N. GAGE
Penciled by STEFANO CASELLI
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Zombie Variant by TBA

SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
THE EXPLOSIVE FINALE STARTS HERE!

Now that the KILL KREW knows Skrullowjacket's master plan, can they stop the TRUE purpose of the Fifty State Initiative? Plus:  It's THOR GIRL vs. ULTRA GIRL!  One is more than she appears to be... and the other's a Skrull. And, after fourteen issues, are we REALLY going to unmask MUTANT ZERO?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #19

Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Penciled by STEVE KURTH
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC

SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!

Before the Skrulls invaded the human race, they battled the noble Kree in a bloodwar that has lasted centuries. And in this special Secret Invasion tie-in, the lives of two of the most famous Kree, Captain Mar-Vell and Marvel Boy, will alter the events of the Invasion forever. This special issue will have very serious consequences for the future of Mighty Avengers.

32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

NEW AVENGERS #46

Written by Brian Michael Bendis
Penciled by BILLY TAN
Cover by ALEKSI BRICLOT

SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!

The notorious Hood and his gang of the most powerful super-villains of all time need a leg up on the Skrulls. But to get it, the Hood will have to find the true secret to his powers. Who is the demon behind the Hood? Find out in this very special Secret Invasion tie-in.

32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #125

Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE
Penciled by FERNANDO BLANCO
Cover by BILLY TAN

A SECRET INVASION TIE-IN! 

This is it -- the final battle between the Norman Osborn-led Thunderbolts and those no-good, stinkin’ Skrulls!  Will Venom, Bullseye and company emerge as heroes – or are they destined to remain villains? The answer will have major repercussions for the Thunderbolts...not to mention the entire Marvel Universe itself!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

NEW WARRIORS #17

Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Penciled by REILLY BROWN
Cover by NIC KLEIN

You fight. You pull together a team to fight alongside you. You make compromises with the trust they place in you, you betray them. You make deals on the side with enemies you’d want dead under any other circumstances. And why do you do it? What could be worth your word, your honor, and even your soul? Night Thrasher is willing to risk anything and anyone to complete his mission, willing to brave any peril…even a world crashing down around him, everything he stands against realized.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #6

Written by PAUL CORNELL
Penciled by LEONARD KIRK
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
Zombie Variant by DAVID YARDIN

“Hell Comes To Birmingham”

As the team is rocked by confusion in their ranks, they're called into battle on their first official mission.  All hell has broken loose in Birmingham and MI 13 agent Captain Midlands in the middle of it.  It's super heroes vs. the supernatural, full on.  What has Dr. Plokta offered the residents in return for their immortal souls?  And why are the Mindless Ones starting their assualt from Birmingham?  The team lost one member in their first adventure… can they all survive this? Part 1 (of 4)

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SQUADRON SUPREME #4

Written by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Penciled by MARCO TURINI
Cover by GREG LAND

“PERSONAL BEST”

Distant rumblings in the Mojave Desert signal a new age is at hand, as more and more superhumans emerge…and begin to do battle. As Ultimate Nick Fury assembles his new Squadron Supreme, the four mutated Icarus One astronauts go to…Las Vegas? Meanwhile, even as the mystery of the disappearance of the original team deepens, teen misfit Arachnophilia comes face-to-face with one of the missing Squadron members…

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #29

Written by JEFF PARKER & PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by IG GUARA & MATEO LOLLI
Cover by SEAN MURPHY & GURU eFX

It's just a cat, right? I mean, the Avengers SHOULD be able to rescue a cat from a tree, right? Unfortunately, when both cat and tree are in an overlapping universe, giving them a very ghostly, and very INTANGIBLE presence, that does make it a puzzler. And it's doubly hard for the Avengers when their efforts attract a deadly interdimensional monster! Plus, the somewhat scintillating menace of...Hammerhead!

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

 

MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #41

Written by PAUL TOBIN
Art by DAVID HAHN
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY

Volunteering for some heavy-duty landscaping at the city zoo, the Thing and the Human Torch run across the zoo's top secret new exhibit: Devil Dinosaur! But the Fantastic Four soon find out that it isn't all fun and games to find a dinosaur at a zoo, and between the mystery of the zoo's recent plague of nighttime break-ins, and having the cosmically powered Collector show up to claim the dinosaur he won on an interstellar auction website, the price of admission to THIS particular zoo is a world of hurt.

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS VOL. 7: WEIRDER AND WILDER DIGEST

Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by IG GUARA
Cover by LEONARD KIRK

Facing the foes no single super hero could withstand! When global threats surface, they must contend with the combined might of: Captain America! Storm! Iron Man! The Hulk! Giant-Girl! Wolverine! Spider-Man! It's all-ages action in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Featuring the Hate-Monger, Arnim Zola, M.O.D.O.C. and more! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #24-27.

96 PGS./All Ages …$8.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS VOL. 2: VENOM BOMB TPB

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY
Cover by MARK BAGLEY

Monsters, monarchs and madmen! The CIVIL WAR may be over, but the SECRET INVASION has just begun! Iron Man’s new government-backed, handpicked Avengers roster — Ms. Marvel, Wasp, Black Widow, Wonder Man, Sentry and Ares — is a success. But when their outlaw ex-teammate Spider-Woman shows up with evidence that shape-shifting Skrulls have infiltrated Earth, Iron Man faces a harrowing dilemma: Who can he trust when any one of his allies might be an undetectable alien invader? There’s no time to figure it out, though, when a bio-weapon transforms New York’s populace into Venom-like monsters. Plus: the New Avengers, a time-travel quest and an earth-shaking confrontation with Doctor Doom — courtesy of the legendary ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley! Collecting MIGHTY AVENGERS #7-11.

128 PGS./Rated A …$14.99

YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS TPB

Written by ED BRUBAKER, BRIAN REED, ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA, PAUL CORNELL, KEVIN GREVIOUX & MATT FRACTION
Penciled by PACO MEDINA, HARVEY TOLIBAO, ALINA URUSOV, MARK BROOKS, MITCH BREITWEISER & ALAN DAVIS
Cover by JIM CHEUNG

They’re back at last! Patriot, Hulkling, Wiccan, Vision, Stature and Hawkeye! Where have they been and what is their place in this new post-Civil War Marvel Universe? Today's top creators tell the tale in six chapters! Collecting YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #1-6.

144 PGS./Rated T+ …$16.99

THE LAST DEFENDERS TPB

Written by JOE CASEY
Penciled by JIM MUNIZ
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN

At long last, the team book you've been waiting for! The return of the Defenders! (No trademark infringement here!) And look who's on the team: The mutant Colossus! The sensational She-Hulk! The unpredicatable Blazing Skull! An all-new lineup led by the enigmatic Nighthawk! Injected into the heart of the modern Marvel Universe, the Defenders have been reformed to serve a specific policital
purpose — but is there a greater destiny in store for this crew? It's hi-octane superheroics mainlined right into your fanboy brain!
Collecting THE LAST DEFENDERS #1-6.

144 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99