BLACK METAL #4
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art by JUAN CABAL
Plot by FFJAMIE94
It's Venom vs. Knull! Venom beats the God of Symbiotes, but Knull remains undefeated and retreats, realizing Venom is just too strong. As the dust settles and the last remaining Symbiotes are either captured or flee, there's the matter of Ultron. Venom fights the android army as he becomes the lethal protector of Earth!
Don't miss the final Chapter of Black Metal as the Symbiotic event of the Summer comes to a close!!!
64 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$5.99
ACADEMY X #9
Written by TILLIE WALDEN
Plot by H-E-D
Art by KRIS ANKA
Study Group — Catch Me in the Air
The PARAGONS lost.
But that’s old news.
They’ve had their time to sulk. now it’s time to train, so it doesn’t happen again!
…That’s Dragon’s motivation speech to his teammates. He’s not much of a public speaker.
At first, it seems to land on deaf ears.
But then Chance stands up and voices her support.
(She and Dragon exchange a meaningful glance. Are sparks flying?)
Surge follows, and then Cylobel.
Will Uriel and Eimin follow? Or has the shame of defeat been too great for these proud scions?
PLUS: A Student Origins Backup Story!
Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid, aka JETSTREAM, was born in Morocco, a child of two world.
His mother, Taziri Zefzafi (ⵜⴰⵣⵉⵔⵉ ⵣⴼⵣⴰⴼⵉ), is a native Amazigh, of the Rif Mountains.
His father, Salah al-Rashid (صلاح الرشيد), is a wealthy scion of a Moroccan Arab family.
Their union left them on the outs of both their families, but Salah retained his wealth… and his family’s membership in the Morrocan branch of the Hellfire Club, the Grant Acedrex.
As Red Rook to the club’s Red Aanca, Fatima Abboud, Salah has many connection. When Haroun’s powers manifested and ravaged his body, his father was able to have his limbs reconstructed with bionic parts, and enrolled him in Tranquility Gulch Preparatory so that he could learn to use his powers without killing himself.
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
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AGENTS OF Δ.Ի.ℂ.α.η.ᕕ. #68
Plot by NX01A
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by JEROME OPEÑA
Theme Song: Metallica - The Memory Remains
“EVEN DEATH MAY DIE” Part 1 'BLACKDAMP'
•W.A.N.D. Necromancy Director AGNES HARKNESS oversees reconstruction of the shattered Chronopticon while her resurrected pawns DOCTOR VOODOO and ELSA BLOODSTONE examine cryptic notes on rescinding an eschatonic scission and monitor their Sorcerers Supreme prisoners, DOCTOR STRANGE and CLEA.
•How do you contain Sorcerers Supreme? ANTICLEA, Sorceress Supreme of the Stythe Dimension, drains the occult couple's power with her Exhaust of Exhaustion. The Stythe have long hunted and savoured the Flames of Faltine, even those of a hybrid like Clea.
•Rostov-on-Don, Apocalypse's Russia... MAGIK searches for COLOSSUS, her brother and now former Horseman of APOCALYPSE, like her life depends on it. Between splitting herself to save this universe and splitting herself again so the DARKCHYLDE could rule Limbo in her stead, Illyana needs something to hold onto. The same must be true for Piotr as neither returned to their parents' farm after escaping their respective Hells, not wanting to burden Nikolai and Alexandra Rasputin with the monsters their children had become. Has Piotr found peace as the curator of the Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts? Dare she reappear in his life as suddenly as she was torn from it?
•Whatever peace the museum cultivated was is shattered as SHADOWFORCE ALPHA tries to subdue Magik! These arcane mercenaries are heavily warded and armed with Breathing Guns able to kill mystical entities. Most of Magik's might is within the Darkchylde in Limbo, leaving her with her teleportation discs, magic and matter-destroying Soulsword, and a handful of personal spells. Dare she draw on the power of the fabled Grimorium Verum, a prize taken after she defeated mutant sorceress SELENE? (See the instant classic MUTANT WAR!)
W.A.N.D. Profile
ANTICLEA
Affiliation: Stythe Dimension (Sorcereress Supreme); W.A.N.D. Necromancy Dept.
Powers: •Stythian Physiology: Enhanced Strength, Durability, Stamina.
•Vapours of Vitiation: The crowning symbol of her Sorcereress Supreme status, its manifestation increases her already formidable magical and physical abilities when in her Stythe Dimension dominion.
-Exhaust of Exhaustion: Drains nearby magic, especially the Flames of the Faltine.
•Magic: Vast innate and learned arcane power and knowledge.
•Psionic Shields: Even the most powerful telepaths have great difficulty detecting her thoughts.
Intelligence: ••••••
Strength: •••[••• Vapours of Vitiation]
Speed: •••[•••• Teleportation]
Durability: •••[••• Vapours of Vitiation]
Energy Projection: ••••••
Fighting Skills: ••••••
32 PGs./ Rated M...$3.99
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AMAZING FANTASY #53:
GODZILLA VS. TRANSFORMERS #3
Writer: ROGER STERN
Artist: STEVE EPTING
Plotter: MARVELL2100
Variant Cover: MIKE DEODOTO, JR.
The King of Monsters roams the Earth once again! The DECEPTICONS have unwittingly unleashed GODZILLA, one of the greatest threats that mankind has even known! The PREDACONS were destroyed by GODZILLA when MEGATRON sent them along with STARSCREAM and SOUNDWAVE to capture the beast! But even the death of The PREDACONS isn't enough to stop MEGATRON from trying to use the monster in his war against OPTIUS PRIME and the AUTOBOTS! He tells Dr. ARKEVILLE and Dr. ALCAZAR that they had better find a way to control the monster quickly or suffer the consequences!
Elsewhere, islands across the Pacific Ocean feel the wrath of GODZILLA as he makes his way to the Western coast of the United States! A state of emergency is declared as cities along the Pacific coast prepares for his arrival. Dr. FUJIYAMA, one of the foremost experts on gojira along with PROFESSOR GREENE are working with the U.S. gov't in hopes of stopping GODZILA before he reaches the mainland. Dr. FUJIYAMA tells them that there is someone else who can help! They will need to find SPIKE WITWICKY. He has friends who can help them in this dangerous time! They need OPTIMUS PRIME and THE AUTOBOTS!!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
AOM LAW #4
Writer: CHARLES SOULE
Plotter: CAPTCLEGHORN
Artist: DAVID AJA
"JUS SANGUINIS"
Jean-Paul and Jeanne-Marie Beaubier are twins and Canadian mutants otherwise known as Northstar and Aurora. Decades ago, before the twins were born, their parents were identified as having certain markers within their blood and samples were taken as part of a Canadian government program. A Welsh scientist, Herbert Wyndham, stole those samples and attempted to use them to create his own mutated life forms. The Beaubier twins were notified of this as the only survivors of their family. The twins felt they had a legal claim to the samples. The Canadian government and Wyndham disagree, each claiming ownership
Nelson, Murdock, and Walters (NMW) have been called in to defend the case before Canada’s Supreme Court. The problem, neither Matt nor Jennifer is licensed to practice in Canada. Wyatt Wingfoot, as a high ranking member of the Keewazi tribe is able, along with Matt’s United States experience, to argue the case under a little know example of Canada’s First Nations status. (funny book law, just go with it)
There’s arguing about lack of a will, misuse of donated blood, and the beginning aspects of what Wyndham was planning with his proto-mutant genetics.
This may be the book that inspires you to go to Law School.
32pp $2.99…Rated T
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THE ΔSSEMBLY #4 *Black Metal Tie-In!*
Plot by NX01A
Written by ZEB WELLS
Art by JEFF SPOKES
Theme Song: The Wallflowers - Heroes
“FALLOUT” Part 4/Finale 'WE COULD BE HEROES... JUST FOR ONE DAY'
•SPECTRUM: 1, SPIDER-MAN 2099: 0. Maybe the baryon blast was a bit much but this intruder claiming to be her grandson from the future was becoming increasingly frantic. It's only when his hologram assistant comes online and confirms what he's said that she begins to believe she's wasted time fighting that should have been spent saving the world.
•THUNDERSTRIKE: 1, HYPERION: 0. In the battle of fission fists vs magic maul, teenager Kevin Masterson knows he only won because his Eternal opponent was already disoriented and weakened. What was he shouting about Earth being consumed?
•Wuhan, China... KNULTRON is a colonial organism composed of mechanozooid cells that are morphologically and functionally specialized for adaptation, assimilation, and annihilation. Its creators become its first willing victims, cementing themselves into Knultron's genomachinery on a path to converting the Earth into gray goo.
•With no heroes in sight, D-MAN and his impromptu assembly of reformed villains are the only thing standing between the planet and an exogenic extinction event. Once he passes on where his informant said Knultron had come online, the villains make their move. SHOCKER distorts his inner ear equilibrium while MOLTEN MAN and SPEED DEMON hit him with metal and fleet punches, SCORPION's sting delivers a massive dose of benzodiazepine, and the SPOT teleports the unconscious D-Man into the Morlock labyrinth below the subway.
•These gentleman rogues have nightmares about another reality where they died trying to save survivors of a dying Earth, and they know this world needs more heroes like D-Man. The villains will try to save Earth this time around, too, but will they survive Knultron?
32 PGs./Rated T+...$3.99
BLACK PANTHER #7
Writer: JOSHUA DYSART
Artist: SALVADOR LARROCA
Plotter: MARVELL2100
GAMES OF DEATH AND DECEIT.
Good morning and welcome to WAKE UP AMERICA, I'm Jill Krichard! And I'm Michelle Winzer! This morning, we lead off with the shocking confession by King T'Challa that Wakanda was indeed responsible for the deaths of thousands in N'Gabo. Does this mean that the Black Panther is willing to stand before The World Court and face charges of crimes against humanity?
The Coal Tiger, pretending to be T'Challa has stunned Wakanda and the world by admitting that Wakanda was behind the attack against N'Gabo! Now the fallout from that act begins! Back in Wakanda, Shuri wonders what her brother has done! Why would he make a confession of acts that Wakanda did not commit? In the maximum-security prison known as The Raft, T'Challa has sat in his sensory-deprived cell in a meditative pose since his arrival. He knows that he is under constant 24-hour surveillance by the security guards.
Suddenly, T'Challa stands up and begins to walk out of the previously escape-proof room but to the guards monitoring him, it looks as if he's still sitting in his cell. He moves undetected to the lowest levels of The Raft, completely invisible to electronic devices and human eyes. Finally, he arrives at his destination, an unmarked cell with an interesting occupant who has been held captive for quite some time.
T'Challa has come to see Nick Fury and ask him a few questions. He knows that there is an imposter T'Challa out there somewhere. He wants to know if this T'Challa is a Life Model Decoy, similar to the one intended to be his "son." Nick tells him no, he's certain that this "T'Challa" is not an LMD. His son Scorpio and the rest of his agents are still out there tracking down and eliminating any that are still out there.
T'Challa prepares to leave and asks Fury if he would like to come along. Nick tells him no, he's fine right here but asks T'Challa to pass a message on to Scorpio. Tell him to protect Rachel and Jack (Diamondback and Nomad) at all costs. They may want to live a normal life but they have targets on their back. T'Challa leaves and returns to his cell as easily as he left. Things are starting to make sense now. He needs to get word to Shuri and tell her to threaten war against the United States of America!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$3.99
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BLACK WIDOW: BLACK METAL #4
Plot by EXCITER
Written and Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY
“MISDIRECTION MACHINE”
The inevitable battle! Woman versus machine! Black Widow versus Black Metal Widow!
The LMD Natasha has chosen to align with Ultron and reign as his android queen! The original flesh-and-blood Natasha has chosen to rescue the S.H.I.E.L.D. staff trapped in the Triskelion!
Or have they?
Is the real Natasha undercover as LMD Natasha trying to get a shot at Ultron? Is LMD Natasha undercover as the real Natasha trying to take out S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Or is that just what they want you to think?
Who’s who? What are their true motivations? Can you trust anything… even your own senses?
Only one Widow walks away from this issue, and we have no idea which one!!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #69 *Black Metal tie-in*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by FRANK MILLER
Art by SEAN GORDON MURPHY
“EULOGY FOR A SYMBIOTE”
The dust has cleared.
In the ultimate act of courage, the liberty-loving symbiote SUFFRAGE sacrificed itself to win the battle and save its host, Captain America. It’s only regret? That it had but one life to lose for the cause.
Bereft of their leader and inspiration, the other star-spangled PATRIOTES (Amity, Armistice, Succor, Emancipation, and Unity) seek direction. Can Steve Rogers encourage them to carry on?
“Today, you declared your independence from Knull, the King in Black. This isn’t just a shift in allegiance; it’s a declaration of your right to wield your immense power in pursuit of your own destiny. Knull sought to bind you with chains of darkness, but you’ve broken those chains and embraced the light of self-determination.
And as with any truly worthwhile accomplishment, this came with a cost. Suffrage’s selflessness embodied the very essence of heroism, showing that true strength is not just in power but in the willingness to lay down one's life for others.
So I ask of you this: embrace your newfound freedom, and remember Suffrage’s sacrifice. Harness your shape-shifting powers to redefine yourselves and adapt to the challenges ahead. Let your symbiotic bonds become symbols of unity and mutual respect. And remember that Suffrage died so that you could have your own minds. Use them wisely.
Little do the Patriotes know, they’re being targeted themselves… by Silver Sable?
Plus: A Frontlines Op-Ed by Sally Floyd: “My Symbiote Left Me: Why I Never Needed it to Begin With.”
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
DEADPOOL: AGENT OF SHIELD #18 *Black Metal tie-in*
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art by RYAN STEGMAN
Plot by FFJAMIE94
“DEADLY DUOS” Part Four
SERIES FINALE (kind of)
For the past 17 issues, we've seen Venom face off against SHIELD experiments, symbiotes, and Deadpool take over the book, but now it's time to say goodbye (kind of).
Deadpool faces off against an army of Venoms and must destroy whatever is making the robo-symbiotes. If only it were that easy! Well, Deadpool has SHIELD behind him, as he fights the battle of his life. He saves the world, but at a cost... a few million dollars, I'm sure Stark would pay the bill.
In the end, Venom returns to take his comic back. But what more is there to tell?
Be here for the final issue of Deadpool... and be here next month for the aftermath of Black Metal!
32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99
DIAMONDBACK & NOMAD #5
Writer: KELLY THOMPSON
Artist: MARCO CHECCHETO
Plot: Marvell2100
A SIMPLE LIFE FOR ME
Rachal and Jack celebrate her win at the Homemaker's bake-off with their new neighbors Eli and Abby Baker by having dinner at one of the finest restaurants in Indianapolis. It's a double celebration as Eli has passed the Candidate Physical Ability Test to become a fireman with the Normalville Fire Dept. It's a night of food and fun with new friends, the kind of life that Jack and Rachel were hoping to have.
But while the couples celebrate a joyous occasion, there are others that in Normalville who are not thrilled at all with the happy couple. Christina Louder of the Homemaker's club sits at home with her husband, fuming that she lost the pie contest to a rank amateur. She wants her husband Michael, the president of a prestigious bank to foreclose on the home of the Rogers and force them out of their community. She is the queen B of Normalville and no one is going to take her crown away from her!
At Camp Hammond, Peter Gyrich is looking over the reports of the new recruits for The Initiative when he comes across an interesting prospect. Anna Hoskins is a young woman whose skillset is similar to Taskmaster in that she is able to mimic the fighting skills of anyone she sees. This could prove very useful for his plans. He needs to mold Anna into a ruthless assassin, someone who can be used to carry out clandestine missions and eliminate anyone who threatens his plans!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
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E⨂CELSIOR #19
Plot by NX01A
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by JESÚS SAÍZ
Theme Song: Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella
“KWANNON AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS” Part 1/2 'REVANCHE'
•Pskov, Apocalypse's Russia... With her Ten Rings destroyed in battle against the godlike SPHINX, LADY KWANNON barely survived the Mutant War. She should be in bed recovering but the Outer Sphere is at its weakest, so many of its members decimated in the genetic conflict, and MAGNETO and his House of M demanding a place among them. She tells herself she must pull her weight. Kwannon's natural beta level telepathy and high level ninja skill get her into APOCALYPSE's Russia seemingly undetected, then within the walls of the medieval Pskov Krom citadel.
•She once wielded the Ten Rings of Kaiwann but Kaiwannese legends point to other sets of rings scattered across the planet. Before she can see if the legends are true, myth meets machine.
•After her own disastrous encounter with Lady Kwannon, CAPTAIN ELIZABETH BRADDOCK'S critically injured body was salvaged, and her alpha level telepathic brain and nervous system transplanted into a Synthezoid shell. Even coupled with the Captain Britain wards lingering on her consciousness, this new armoured body wouldn't have stood a chance against Kwannon's Ten Rings. Kwannon doesn't have the Ten Rings anymore, and PSILOK wants more than just Kwannon's fingers.
Outer Sphere Profile
PSILOK
Name: Captain Elizabeth 'Betsy' Braddock
Affiliation: MI13, Captain Britain Corps
Powers: •Telepathy: Alpha Level mental manipulation.
•Synthezoid Physiology: Superhuman Strength, Durability, Stamina, Speed, Reflexes, Senses.
-Psyber-Optic Fibres: Extendable optic bio-filaments reach into computers or brains and, coupled with her telepathy, reprogram them.
-Battle Precognition: Predictive algorithms account for numerous variables before and during a physical or intellectual fight.
-Wrist-Mounted Ruby Lasers.
Intelligence: ••••[•• *Battle Precognition]
Strength: •••••
Speed: •••
Durability: •••••
Energy Projection: •••••
Fighting Skills: ••••[•• *Battle Precognition]
32 PGs./Rated T+...$3.99
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F2 BLACK METAL #3
Story and Art by AMY REEDER
Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN
Paste Pot Pete and Moon Girl Lunella LaFayette have seen their close friends Josephine and Devil Dinosaur taken over by warring beings Ultron and Knull. The enhanced and powered up pair have been making their way fighting across the Amazon rainforest towards the Atlantic Ocean. Although the pair are very easy to find, our remaining two heroes find that stopping a fight without hurting either combatant is considerably harder than actually beating either or even both of them.
Can Pete and Lunella stop their dearest friends from killing each other and countless thousands as they approach the city of Rio De Janeiro? Spoiler Alert: this is NOT a happy ending.
32pp $2.99…Rated T
THE FABULOUS FANTASTIC FOUR #4
Writer: GAIL SIMONE
Plotter: CAPTCLEGHORN
Artist: ELENA CASAGRANDE
“Rewrite This Story”
Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny stole a rocketship last issue. Despite the overwhelming belief that cosmic rays were going to hit the ship, giving the four superpowers and making the rocket crash, the shielding held against average cosmic rays and the flight was going well. However, as the flight got farther into space and Earth’s gravitational pull lessened, memories of their lives as super-heroes returned to them as they realized there was another Earth opposite the planet they had left. Reed’s “boss” Franklin Hall was the super-villain known as Graviton who had created this “counter-Earth” (see F^2 series).
The four normal humans manage the expected controlled landing but in the original Area 44 site of the original launch way back in FF #0. The team realizes that in any case whether they’ve actually stolen a rocket, OR a super-villain’s plot has been revealed, they’re in trouble and on the run.
Meanwhile, Alicia, Franklin, and Valeria hunker down in Ben’s hidden bunker with his survivalist supllies.
32pp $2.99…Rated T
HAWKEYE AND SPIDER-WOMAN #32 *Black Metal tie-in*
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by JEROME OPENA
Plot by FFJAMIE94
“SINS OF THE CHILD” Part Four
Kindred fends off the Ultron units as he manages to help Hawkeye and Spider-Woman, but he becomes injured in the process. Jessica will stop at nothing to help rescue her son.
In the aftermath, Kindred is stable, but Clint and Jessica get a phone call which will change their life...
The epic conclusion to Black Metal! Will they be "Agents of the Galaxy?"
32 PGs/ PARENTAL ADVISORY...$3.99
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HULK IN LOVE #3
Plot by EXCITER
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by FRANK CHO
“A FAMILY AFFAIR”
Welcome back, true believers in romance! I’m Simon ‘Wonder Man’ Williams, your ionic and iconic host for this incredible season of “The Bachelor.” I want to send out a big “thank you” to everyone who voted last week. You helped Hulk narrow his affections down to a truly fantastic four semifinalists! As things get more serious and intimate, the contestants have to start thinking about what life will be like as a couple. It’s time to meet the families! And remember, after we shake down these family trees, we need YOU to select TWO contestants to make it to the final round!
(1) Anne “D.C.”: She doesn’t have coworkers, she’s got family! But, really, they’re her coworkers at the Midtown office of Damage Control, Inc. The CEO and CFO want her to win (first dibs on cleaning up after Hulk battles, anyone?), but can Hulk convince the dreaded head of Human Resources?
(2) Dania: Zebras don’t change their stripes, and neither does the Zebra Tribe of the Savage Land! They’ve domesticated dinosaurs, but will chieftain Arwandi and the elders accept the wild Hulk into their ranks as Dania’s mate?
(3) Taylor Madison: Mount Olympus can be cruel towards magical constructs, but Taylor always enjoyed Zeus’ favor. Will the Pantheon allow their top servant to marry a mortal monster?
(4) Phantasy Applebaum: Welcome to “Phantasy Island,” a.k.a. Manhattan. Get to know Phantasy’s parents, retired investment banker Phineas and former model Phyllis, plus her younger brothers, aspiring musicians Phantom and Phabulous. The real X-phactor, however, is Phocus - her undergrad sister who thinks marriage is a tool of the patriarchy and gamma powers need to be redistributed!
It’s doesn’t just go one way though, as the marvelous ladies also get the chance to meet Hulk’s family! His cousin, lawyer extraordinaire and partner at Nelson, Murdock, and Walters, LLP: the Sensational She-Hulk! His savage son from a prior marriage (on a different planet), Skaar! His “Femizon” daughter from a dystopian, misandrist future, Lyra! And, of course, his wife Betty Ross! Wait…. she’s alive? Does Hulk know?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
THE INITIATIVE #8
Writer: CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Artist: STEFANO CASELLI
Plot: MARVELL2100
Are you a patriot! Do you want to serve your country in her hour of greatest need? Do you have special abilities? If you answered yes to all of these then head to your local Recruitment Center and join The Initiative!
HEROES WANTED!
Chavez Trueblood wakes up to find himself locked in a hi-tech room. He remembers being at the rally at NYU when he was attacked by some gov't goons called Freedom Force. Why is he here and what do they want with him? Suddenly, the door opens and US Agent and Free Spirit along with the Initiative's newest recruits - Duncan Wynter, Malcolm King and Janet Rosario enter the room. Walker tells Trueblood that he's an individual with unique abilities and that he can find a home here with The Initiative. He should use his special gifts to serve his country!
Chavez angrily ask why should he sign up to work for a gov't that attacks and suppresses free speech and it's own citizens. Free Spirit tells him that it's not like that at all, that she's found a home with The Initiative, they have given her so much purpose. He could find a home here too if he wanted. Walker tells him to think about it. He can either join this team or spend the next 10 years in prison on The Raft!
In a secret location Marcus Fury, Sharon Carter, Jason Strongbow and Monica Chang begin planning their next mission. They eliminated most LMDs and there are only a few remaining. But now there is a bigger problem. Gyrich and his team are spending a lot more effort coming after them. They've managed to stay ahead of him but at some point they're going to have a confrontation. Marcus still hasn't heard anything from his father Nick yet so they continue with their plans. They will also need to find allies, some very powerful allies when they go to free Nick and bring HAMMER down, crashing around Peter Gyrich's head!
32 PGS/Rated T+...$3.99
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #6
Writer: MALCOLM JONES
Artist: STEVE EPTING
Plot: MARVELL2100
OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART.
Tony, Maria, Rhodey and Yelena have managed to make it out of Russia alive but they had to leave Bethany behind! The Red Widow was able to turn Beth into her newest Red Room protege': The Winter Widow! Angry, Tony vows to return to Russia and save her. But if he was paying closer attention, he could see that Maria was feeling hurt that he was showing more concern about his ex-gf than he was about his current gf!
And now, he's about to have an even bigger problem. His little jaunt into Russia has created an international incident, one that has Tony in the crosshairs of a U.S. gov't that already is fuming from their loss in court. At the urging of Senators Sharon Kelly(KS) and Hedley Lamar(OH), the gov't has begun an inquiry and is looking to bring charges against Tony for violations of international laws. They want HAMMER co-Director Clay Quarterman to bring Tony in to appear before a Senate hearing to answer questions!
Elsewhere, Edwin Cord of Cord Industries of is having problems of his own. His contract with the military is almost up and he has yet to deliver. If he can't pull this off, he'll lose the contract and possibly his company! His secretary tells him that he has a visitor who wants to see him but he yells that he isn't expecting anyone and to tell them to go away. Suddenly his office door opens and a most unexpected guest walks in. Madame Masque tells Cord that she knows about his financial situation and that she's here to help make all of his problems go away!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$3.99
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THE MIGHTY THOR #69 *Black Metal tie-in*
Plot by EXCITER
Written by ALAN MOORE
Art by MIKE MIGNOLA
“I. AM. URU MAN… AND WIFE”
The mighty Thor fought fire with fire. When an Ultron drone uploaded its operating system into the Destroyer armor, ᚻᚭᛏᚱᛜᚢ was born! To stop this heinous fiend, Thor needed an upgrade himself! Enter: the invincible Uru Man! Now, that battle is over… but another challenge is on the horizon.
Thor’s uru Iron Man-style armor was destroyed. Yet, it nobly served its purpose. ᚻᚭᛏᚱᛜᚢ is no more. Seeing an opportunity for thunderous badassery, Thor has ᚻᚭᛏᚱᛜᚢ melted down in the cosmic forges of Nidavellir. From the villain’s molten metallic corpse, Thor shapes a ring.
One ring to symbolize victory.
One ring to epitomize Asgardian strength.
One ring to propose marriage, a second time, to Sif.
She is Queen of Asgard and mother to his twin sons, Mangi and Modi. She is the prize that cannot be won with strength of arms, but that demands strength of heart. And not so long ago, Thor wielded that strength in abundance. He successfully proposed and the two gods were wed in suitably epic fashion (see the now classic THE MIGHTY THOR #7 and #10). But when Thor died over two years ago (in the THE MIGHTY THOR #41), through death did they part. His resurrection… confused things. He made foibles. He fathered children with two others. Though not adulterous by law, as dying dissolved his marital bonds, these acts were nonetheless mistakes… and, moreso, mistakes that are not easily forgettable.
Can Sif forgive him? Will she agree to remarry the God of Thunder, right here and now? Will the first family of Asgard finally be reunited?
And what would Hela, Thor’s unholy baby mama, do to prevent such a reunion from coming to pass?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
SFX #4
Written by ANTHONY OLIVIERA
Plot by H-E-D
Art by LUCIANO VECCHIO
“The Man Who Sold the World”
Every week, the Voice of Doom haunts the people of San Francisco.
Ever since it’s AI-vocalized broadcasts began, it has warned of crime and violence that inevitably comes true.
Fearmongers like tech billionaire Kenzo Xiu use the examples of the Voice and the Doom Loop to spread authoritarian politics.
But David Alleyne, aka PRODIGY, is wise enough to see through the facade.
He’s long suspected that the Doom Loop were tools of the fearmongers themselves…
And now that Rictor and Hindsight have uncovered Taiji Corp’s secret project in the sunken district under the Tenderloin, he has proof.
As Iceman and Sway leads the assembled members of SFX to take down Taiji and liberate the brainwashed soldiers of the Doom Loop, Prodigy must figure out how to fight Taiji’s media campaign!
With his power of knowledge absorption, all he needs to do is to get close to Kenzo Xiu to learn all the secrets of the Voice of Doom…
Easier said than done!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
SPELLBOUND BY BLACK METAL #3
Written by: JAMIE MCKELVIE
Plot by: H-E-D
Art by: MARIKA CRESTA
Bitter End
MAGE OF ULTRON!
Absynthe, servant of Ultron, reached the Mechamage before the Spellbound or Ichor… and uploaded all of Mary Lebow’s significant magical knowledge into herself.
She’ll prove the worth of magic to her sire by using it to wipe the Darkhold Redeemers off the the face of the Earth.
Victoria Montesi and Jennifer Kale, taken by surprise, fear the end might be at hand…
But then the demon paladin symbiote Ichor arrives, and attacks Absynthe himself!
The enemy of their enemy is a useful distraction, allowing them the opportunity to recover the Mechamage and rush to enact their plan
Victoria’s idea is to bastardize the demonic spell known as the Montesi Formula using the Payback symbiote, creating a spell to wipe all symbiotes and AI alike.
Jennifer has ethical concerns… but considering the state Earth is in, agrees.
There’s somebody the forgot to ask, though… Payback herself!
Desperate, she gives in to Knull’s control, boosting her power enough to escape…
But Knull thinks that the better plan is just to kill everybody.
Is this the end?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99
SPIDER-MAN: BLACK METAL #3
Written by CHRIS PRIEST
Art by GREG CAPULLO
Plot by FFJAMIE94
Spider-Man finds his Aunt, who has been taken along with a group of defenseless civilians by a small group of Ultron Soldiers. Spider-Man tears them apart as he helps save the day once again. Later on, Peter begins to prepare for University. Tombstone watches over the City, this is his now, and he won't let anything get in his way...
Spider-Man owes him a favour, even if he doesn't realize it yet.
Don't miss the prologue to the brand-new Spider-Man saga...
32 PGs/ T/ $2.99
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UNCANNY ⨂-MEN #67
Plot by NX01A
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art by STUART IMMONEN
TixTox Variant by KEITH MORANGE
Theme Song: Meredith Hunter - Wolverine
“94” Part 1 '@sniktbub'
•One week has passed since PHOENIX and the body of CYCLOPS were taken into the timestream by CABLE and ASKANI, their future twins. The global destruction caused by the fight for the unborn twins has been the highlight of the news cycle (As seen in the just concluded 'Mutant War' crossover!), and incidents of anti-mutant violence are increasing.
•With over 900 million followers across all social media platforms, WOLVERINE is easily the world's most popular mutant. The problem is that his influencer savvy left him when he was purged of the Technowand's influence (As seen in the epic 'X of Wands' crossover!). Mutants need good exposure, especially after recent events focused human eyes on the X-Men in particular, but Logan needs help to do it.
•Jubileeway™ is the hottest up-and-coming content creation and brand management company in North America, and its Mutant and Proud™ founder and chief creative officer now personally handles Logan's online presence. How can she get him to tie current and emerging trends into his violence and adamantium-filled reels while also breaking new viral ground? JUBILEE will have to get her hands dirty for her star client... even if it means becoming his sidekick!
X-Men Profile
JUBILEE
Name: Jubilation Lee
Affiliation: Jubileeway™ (founder), X-Men (media consultant)
Powers: •Pyrotechnics: Generates energy plasmoids that detonate to produce blinding light, searing heat, deafening sound, and concussive impact.
•Peak Human Physiology.
•Mental Gymnastics: Natural psionic shields and cloaking.
Intelligence: •••
Strength: ••
Speed: ••
Durability: •••
Energy Projection: ••••
Fighting Skills: •••
32 PGs./Rated T+...$3.99
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