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BLACK PANTHER #12 Written by REGINALD HUDLIN Penciled by SCOT EATON Cover by MIKE DEODATO “Two the Hard Way” The Panther continues his guest-star parade when he’s called down the bayou to assist Blade, the Vampire Slayer! Do we need to say more? Jump on board here, True Believer, as BLACK PANTHER revs up to an event of cataclysmic proportions. Part 3 of 4 32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP...$2.99 GHOST RIDER #5 (of 6) Written by GARTH ENNIS Art & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN “The Road to Damnation” Hell has come to Texas. Literally! Kazaan has gone and done it. He’s unleashed the cream of the Inferno, the greatest fiends of the Pit, onto the mortal soil. How does the Ghost Rider hope to contend with an endless swarm of demons? 32 PGS./ PARENTAL ADVISORY ...$2.99 MARVEL ZOMBIES #2 (of 5) Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN Penciled by SEAN PHILLIPS Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM From the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four! On an Earth inhabited by zombified versions of Marvel’s greatest heroes, a ray of hope has appeared—the space-born Silver Surfer! Still, can even a being wielding the Power Cosmic long survive among the denizens of this undead world? 32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99 AMAZING FANTASY #17 Written by SIMON FURMAN & STEVE NILES Penciled by JAMES RAIZ Cover by LUCIO PARILLO It’s one hundred years in the future and the now-benevolent organization known as AIM has been fighting a non-violent conflict with the fascist government it wishes to change. But there’s a splinter group that’s ready to return to its violent roots with DEATH’S HEAD 3.0. Problem is, the killer robot isn’t sure what side it wants to be on. PLUS: BONUS 8-PAGE BACKUP STORY, Starring Morbius and written by Steve Niles! 32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99 FANTASTIC FOUR/IRON MAN: BIG IN JAPAN #4 (of 4) Written by ZEB WELLS Pencils & Wraparound cover by SETH FISHER Guaranteed Chock Full’O Monsters! There’s trouble in more than just Tokyo now! With the mother of all monsters, the Apocalypse Beast, tearing its way across the globe, the Fantastic Four and Iron Man join forces in a tenuous team-up with the Mole Man! It’s a last ditch effort on Monster Island to save the world from getting squashed—literally! 32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP...$3.50 MARVEL MILESTONES SPECIAL: BLOODSTONE, X-51 & CAPTAIN MARVEL II Written by JOHN WARNER, DAN ABNETT, ANDY LANNING, JACK KIRBY & ROGER STERN Penciled by MIKE VOSBURG, PAT BOYETTE, MICHAEL LOPEZ, JACK KIRBY & JOHN ROMITA JR. Cover by GIL KANE He has lived for untold centuries, but today is the day he may die! It’s the fear-fraught first appearance of Ulysses Bloodstone from MARVEL PRESENTS #1 (October 1975). And proving that Bloodstone runs thicker than water, his daughter, Elsa, inherits the family business in BLOODSTONE #1 (December 2001). Plus: They made him in their own image, then condemned him to death for being too human! Machine Man, the Living Robot–hunted, hounded–fights to survive in a hostile world in MACHINE MAN #1 (April 1978). And finally, who’s that lady? Presenting the exciting origin of the all-new, all-different, all-terrific Captain Marvel from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16 (1982). 104 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$4.99 NEXTWAVE #1 (of 12) Written by WARREN ELLIS Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN RRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! Action! Excitement! Explosions! The Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, or H.A.T.E. (a subsidiary of the Beyond Corporation©) put NEXTWAVE together to fight Bizarre Weapons of Mass Destruction. When NEXTWAVE discovers that H.A.T.E. and Beyond© are terrorist cells themselves and that the BWMDs were intended to kill them, they are less than pleased. In fact, they are rather angry. So they make things explode. Lots of things. Starring Monica Rambeau (formerly Captain Marvel and Photon), Aaron Stack (Machine Man), Tabitha Smith (X-Force’s Meltdown), monster-hunter Elsa Bloodstone and The Captain! Guest-starring Fin Fang Foom!!! If you like anything, you will LOVE NEXTWAVE!!! BOOM!! 32 PGS./ PARENTAL ADVISORY ...$2.99 NICK FURY’S HOWLING COMMANDOS #4 Written by KEITH GIFFEN Penciled by EDUARDO FRANCISCO Cover by ERIC CANETE Trouble in Monsterdise! The evil Merlin is approached by Damien Hellstrom with a deal he can’t refuse: form an unholy alliance heck-bent on destroying the Howling Commandos! And you’ll never believe who’s changing sides to help them! It’s action, betrayal, romance, grossness and the strangest group of superhero monsters this side of the apocalypse! 32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 1 By STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JOHN BUSCEMA, AL WILLIAMSON, DON HECK, JOE SINNOTT & FRIENDS Cover by JACK KIRBY Marvel Masterworks have brought you classic stories from Marvel’s Silver Age super-hero heyday and the start of it all with its Golden Age. Now thrill to the first offering of Marvel’s Atlas Era! Before the dawn of the Marvel Age, the comics world sat astride the shoulders of Atlas Comics – a world full of gun-fighting outlaws, romantic heartbreak, death-defying heroism in battle, terrifying depths of horror, and visionary science fiction. In TALES TO ASTONISH return to the days when atomic monsters roamed the Earth and alien invasions were a daily occurrence. Marvel’s classic creators will make you quake at the sight of the 9th Wonder of the World! You’ll tremble before the Things on Easter Island! Beware the might of Mummex–King of the Mummies! Flee before the Giant from Outer Space! Dare defy the Floating Head! Prepare to be Astonished! Collects TALES TO ASTONISH #1-10 (1959-1960). 272 PGS./All Ages ...$49.99 ISBN: 0-7851-1889-6 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 1 – VARIANT EDITION 272 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99 ISBN: 0-7851-1890-X ESSENTIAL GODZILLA VOL. 1 TPB Written by DOUG MOENCH Penciled by HERB TRIMPE, JIM MOONEY & TOM SUTTON Cover by HERB TRIMPE “You have your fear, which might become reality. And you have Godzilla, which IS reality.” – From Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) And what a reality it was! For two years, Japan’s greatest export was one of Marvel’s biggest stars, and the King of the Monsters upheld his title against some of the best and worst the House of Ideas had to offer – including the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and Nick Fury and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Godzilla shrinks, goes West, travels through time and hosts one of Spider-Man’s most gratuitous guest-shots ever! Plus: aliens, mutants, mad Scientists and almost a dozen MORE giant monsters! It’s so big, you can’t miss it! Collects GODZILLA #1-24. 432 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$19.99 ISBN: 0-7851-2153-6 MH