Yes, true believers, it’s that time again! Marvel Comics has released their full list of solicitations for the month of April, 2016. All the gorgeous artwork, plot synopses and other product info of more that 140 titles — brought by way of the beautiful people over at CBR — can be viewed below.
What can we expect in April from the house of Marvel? Why, The Unbelievable Gwenpool, of course! Taking off from the popularity of last year’s variant cover series — a parody of Marvel’s new beloved addition Spider-Gwen — and spring boarding from subsequent appearances in Howard The Duck, Gwenpool is getting an ongoing series of her very own;
“2015’s overnight internet sensation takes center stage in her own ongoing series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic book reader just like you…until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But they can’t be, right? This must all be fake, or a dream or something, right? And you know what that means…NO CONSEQUENCES! Could Gwenpool truly be Marvel’s least responsible and least role-modely character to date? She can if she tries!”
Also in April, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and artist Brian Stelfreeze brings a brand new Black Panther series, with variant covers by Oliver Coipel and Sanford Greene. Writer Jeff Lemire and artist Greg Smallwood come with an all-new Moon Knight.
More still, titles intended to garner buzz and excitement for the upcoming Marvel films. 20th Century Fox’s (thus far spectacularly received) attempt at bringing everyone’s favorite Merc with the Mouth into the spotlight, Deadpool. Also, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a launcher title for Captain America: Civil War, which kicks off “Phase Three” of the MCU on May 6, 2016, with Deadpool being released months prior on February 12.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: ROAD TO WAR #1
WILL CORONA PILGRIM (W) • ANDREA DI VITO (A) COVER BY RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY FRANCESCO MATTINA
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• CAPTAIN AMERICA and BLACK WIDOW must train the new Avengers recruits to work together as a team.
• Their first mission: stop the giant robot, ULTIMO!
• Featuring SCARLET WITCH, VISION, FALCON and WAR MACHINE!
• Bonus TALES OF SUSPENSE #58 included.
48 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MIKE DEODATo (A/C)
“THE WAR MACHINES” PART 3!
• Spider-Man, War Machine and Iron Man team up to stop a brand new threat to the Marvel Universe… like only they can. All this plus more hints to next summer’s insane Marvel blockbuster event.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
INTERNATIONAL IRON MAN #2
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • ALEX MALEEV (A/C)
Variant Cover by Kamome Shirahama
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• The mystery of Tony’s real parents reveals some truths behind the history of the Marvel Universe that have been kept hidden for decades.
• Can Tony unravel the mystery before deadly history repeats itself?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
BLACK PANTHER #1
TA-NEHISI COATES (W) • BRIAN STELFREEZE (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS
VARIANT COVER BY OLIVIER COIPEL
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY BRIAN STELFREEZE
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY SANFORD GREENE
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY BRIAN STELFREEZE
BLACK PANTHER 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY FELIPE SMITH
VARIANT COVER BY RYAN SOOK
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
GAME VARIANT COVER BY KABAM
BLANK COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
A new era for the Black Panther starts here!
Written by MacArthur Genius and National Book Award winner TA-NEHISI COATES (Between the World and Me) and illustrated by living legend BRIAN STELFREEZE, “A Nation Under Our Feet” is a story about dramatic upheaval in Wakanda and the Black Panther’s struggle to do right by his people as their ruler. The indomitable will of Wakanda — the famed African nation known for its vast wealth, advanced technology and warrior traditions — has long been reflected in the will of its monarchs, the Black Panthers. But now the current Black Panther, T’Challa, finds that will tested by a superhuman terrorist group called The People that has sparked a violent uprising among the citizens of Wakanda. T’Challa knows the country must change to survive — the question is, will the Black Panther survive the change?
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
STAR WARS: POE DAMERON #1
CHARLES SOULE (W) • PHIL NOTO (A/C)
VARIANT SKETCH COVER BY PHIL NOTO
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
VARIANT COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY
VARIANT SKETCH COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
BB-8 VARIANT COVER BY Joe Quinones
PARTY VARIANT COVER BY TBA
PARTY SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY TBA
BLANK COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
MOVIE PHOTO VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES SPINNING OUT OF STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS!
Poe Dameron, former Republic flyer turned Resistance fighter, is the best pilot in the galaxy. Hand-picked for the resistance by General Leia Organa to lead a squadron on a top secret and vital mission…Poe sets off investigating sites of historical importance to the Force. Revealing backstory leading directly into the holidays’ greatest adventure, follow Poe and his X-Wing squadron on covert missions against the First Order brought to you by writer Charles Soule (Star Wars: Lando, Daredevil) and artist Phil Noto (Star Wars: Chewbacca, Black Widow)!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
Gwenpool #1
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (W) • GURIHIRU (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY FRANCISCO HERRERA
VARIANT COVER BY STACEY LEE
hip-hop variant COVER by WOO DAE SHIM
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
BLANK COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
2015’s overnight internet sensation takes center stage in her own ongoing series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic book reader just like you…until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But they can’t be, right? This must all be fake, or a dream or something, right? And you know what that means…NO CONSEQUENCES! Could Gwenpool truly be Marvel’s least responsible and least role-modely character to date? She can if she tries!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
MOON KNIGHT #1
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • GREG SMALLWOOD (A/C)
Variant Cover by ERIC POWELL
Hip-hop variant cover by RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
THE BOOK YOU’D BE INSANE TO MISS!
Marc Spector (a.k.a. Moon Knight/Jake Lockley/Steven Grant) has been fighting criminals and keeping New York City safe for years… or has he? When he wakes up in an insane asylum with no powers and a lifetime’s worth of medical records, his whole identity (indentities) are called into question. Something is wrong, but is that something Marc Spector himself? Jeff Lemire (EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN) and rising star Greg Smallwood are calling everything you know about Moon Knight into question.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
SPIDER-WOMEN ALPHA #1
Story by JASON LATOUR, DENNIS HOPELESS & ROBBIE THOMPSON
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • VANESA DEL REY (A)
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
VARIANT COVER BY STACEY LEE
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
SPIDER-WOMEN PART 1!
The Spider-Event of 2016 is here, bringing SPIDER-GWEN, SILK and SPIDER-WOMAN together for a story too big for any one of their books! Spider-Woman is taking a mentor-role with Silk and Spider-Gwen, and the three spider-heroes take a brunch break on Gwen’s Earth-65. But when the nefarious spy organization S.I.L.K. and their leader (Earth-65’s Cindy Moon) notice the interdimensional interlopers, all of Jessica Drew’s plans go wrong.
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$4.99
SPIDER-GWEN #7
JASON LATOUR (W) • BENGAL (A)
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
Variant COVER by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
SPIDER-WOMEN, PART 2!
• Trapped in Earth-65, Spider-Gwen, Jessica Drew and Spider-Woman search for a way to get Jessica home.
• Along the way, Jessica gets a tour of Gwen’s life and meets THE MARY JANES!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
SILK #7
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • TANA FORD (A)
COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI
VARIANT COVER BY HELEN CHEN
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER C BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
SPIDER-WOMEN, PART 3!
• Silk comes face-to-face with the Earth-65 Cindy Moon and her family.
• That’s not all she finds digging into S.I.L.K., and her discoveries change everything about this event!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
SPIDER-WOMAN #6
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • JAVIER RODRIGUEZ (A)
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER D BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
SPIDER-WOMEN, PART 4!
• Reeling from the revelations of SILK #7, Jessica Drew takes matters into her own hands, damn the consequences!
• And has Gwen found a way to get Jess and Silk home?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL #4
JOE KELLY (W) •ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)
• Double date, Deadpool style!
• Spider-Man finally agrees to hang out with Deadpool outside of adventures, but he might regret it when he discovers that his date is a friend of Deadpool’s wife, Shiklah, demon queen of Monster Metropolis.
• Who’s Deadpool’s date? Guest-star THOR!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 & #11
DAN SLOTT (W) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A)
CoverS by ALEX ROSS
ISSUE #10 – CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• The 13th sign of the Zodiac is THE SPIDER?!?!?!
• Scorpio is on the verge of controlling the future and Spider-Man’s fight will take him on both sides of the English Channel.
• But when Scorpio compromises Parker Industries, what will this mean for Peter moving forward?!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T …$3.99 (EACH)
WEB-WARRIORS #6
MICHAEL COSTA (W)
DAVID BALDEON (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
• With the threat of the ELECTROVERSE sated (for now), what’s an average day in the life of an interdimensional Spider-Man or Spider-Woman really like?
• Could it involve… MURDER?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SPIDER-MAN 2099 #9
PETER DAVID (W) • WILL SLINEY (A)
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
• Miguel and Tempest – reunited! But Miguel isn’t about to get a happily ever after…
• The mysterious organization called FIST makes their next move, and Spider-Man 2099 gets a helping hand investigating what they’re up to.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
SPIDER-MAN #3
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY MIKE PERKINS
• Miles finds himself face-to-face with his toughest villain yet- HIS GRANDMOTHER!!!
• And an Avengers-study session (date?) with Ms. Marvel goes horribly wrong!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.5
JOSE MOLINA (w) • SIMONE BIANCHI (a)
COVER BY SIMONE BIANCHI
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• The final battle with the villain whose power trumps death!
• You know their foe is dangerous if they have Spider-Man and the Santerians on the ropes!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
SPIDER-MAN & SILK: THE SPIDER(FLY) EFFECT #2 (OF 4)
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W)
TODD NAUCK & TOM GRUMMETT (A)
COVER BY Stacey Lee
• Spider-Man & Silk have gone back in time…
• …and accidentally stopped their own origins from happening!
• Thankfully, a friendly Forest Hills local is there to help out…
• …A nice man named BEN.
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
CARNAGE #7
GERRY CONWAY (W) • MIKE PERKINS (A)
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
• Carnage has evolved to the next level and the world is in deep trouble.
• Powered up, Carnage has set his sights far wider than ever before and with this new power and his general psychopathic tendencies, the oceans are going to be red with blood.
• Can Man-Wolf, Toxin and crew possibly contain him?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SPIDEY #5
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)
• Spidey and Iron Man take on THE VULTURE!
• The most refreshing book in comics hits you right in the gut with this one!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON #8
NICK SPENCER (W) • PAUL RENAUD (A/C)
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• Captain America Unite! Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers, and Bucky Barnes team up for a heroic stand against the evil that lurks in Pleasant Hill.
• Continues the blockbuster spring Avengers event, STANDOFF!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
NEW AVENGERS #9
AL EWING (W) • Marcus To (A)
Cover By Leinil Yu
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• Up from the depths! Thirty stories high! He salutes the flag and eats apple pie!
• Corporal Todd Ziller is the AMERICAN KAIJU – America’s ultimate weapon against renegade super-science!
• And he’s going to get the Whisperer back in custody – if he has to break Avengers Island in two!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
NEW AVENGERS #10
AL EWING (W) • Marcus To (A)
Cover by Declan Shalvey
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• What could possibly hold its own against the American Kaiju? None other than – AVENGER FIVE!
• Five New Avengers in the ultimate ultra-vehicle – fighting to save A.I.M.! But are they giving up their freedom – or their lives?
• Plus: The traitor revealed! Sunspot’s secret schemes! And the guest-star reveal you’ve been waiting for!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
UNCANNY AVENGERS #8
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• It only took 8 issues, but the Uncanny Avengers have lost their minds.
• To escape a trap, one Avenger is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
• The Wrecker returns! AND SO DOES…?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS #8
MARK WAID (W) • ADAM KUBERT (A)
Cover by ALEX ROSS
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MAYHEW
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• Trapped in Pleasant Hill, the Avengers can’t tell the heroes from the villains — and, worse, they don’t even recognize each other! How can the Avengers act like a team when they have no memory of one another?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ILLUMINATI #6
JOSH WILLIAMSON (W) • MIKE HENDERSON (A)
Cover by RILEY ROSSMO
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• S.H.I.E.L.D. has trapped Absorbing Man in a new prison and only the Hood and Titania can save him…
• But does he want to be saved?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #4
MARC GUGGENHEIM (W) • GERMAN PERALTA (A)
Cover by MIKE NORTON
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. take on the New Avengers!
• Plus, the world’s craziest Wolverine cameo continues! • Check out the book that everyone has been raving about!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS STANDOFF: ASSAULT ON PLEASANT HILL OMEGA #1
NICK SPENCER (W) • DANIEL ACUñA (A/C)
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY ART ADAMS
WRAPAROUND VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEODATO
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• This is it! The explosive finale to the spring’s blockbuster Avengers event!
• Lost heroes return, new threats emerge, and the stage is set for major upheavals all throughout the Marvel Universe!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
SQUADRON SUPREME #6
JAMES ROBINSON (W) • LEONARD KIRK (A)
Cover by ALEX GARNER
CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY TBA
STORY THUS FAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
VARIANT COVER BY LEONARD KIRK
“Through The Lens” STARTS NOW!
As the Squadron gets closer to the answer—who is the cabal of alien races on Earth and what threat do they pose to the planet? – things get personal for Doctor Spectrum as she confronts the man who helped destroy her Earth and save her life…BLACK BOLT! Also, the Squadron’s Nighthawk vs. the Nighthawk of the Marvel Universe??
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
HYPERION #2
CHUCK WENDIG (W) • Nik Virella (A)
Cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEODATO
IT’S HYPERION VERSUS THE CARNIVAL!
• Hyperion has shown his true atomic hero self to the hitchhiker, Doll, and now he and her are right in the crosshairs of a crew of hell-powered freaks and deviants.
• Throw in a murder mystery, a crime syndicate and a stray dog and it all adds up to an unholy heap of trucker trouble.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
A-FORCE #4
G. WILLOW WILSON & KELLY THOMPSON (W) • JORGE MOLINA (A/C)
• Does defeating Antimatter mean the end of Singularity? As Singularity faces Antimatter on her own, prepared to sacrifice her own existence, A-Force rallies behind her. With Tempest Bell’s help, SHE-HULK, CAPTAIN MARVEL, MEDUSA, and NICO MINORU make a final bid to save Singularity from destruction while still saving the world from Antimatter’s ever-growing threat. But every action has a cost, and what will these actions cost A-Force?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
THE ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #7
NICK SPENCER (W) • RAMON ROSANAS (A)
COVER BY MARK BROOKS
CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY TBA
STORY THUS FAR VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS SAMNEE
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY GREG HORN
“Small Time Criminal” STARTS NOW!
When The Power Broker hits Ant-Man where he’s most vulnerable, he’ll respond the only way he knows how: That’s right. By breaking the law. Lots of laws, actually. The secret of how Scott landed back in jail is revealed here. (Because that’s what happens when you break a bunch of laws, genius.)
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #6
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • Ramón Pérez (A/C)
• A young Kate Bishop understands the kind of man her father truly is.
• A wiser Clint Barton gives his all to prove that he’s someone Kate can trust.
• This climatic story forever redefines what it means to be a part of Team Hawkeye.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
THE MIGHTY THOR #6
JASON AARON (W) • RAFA GARRES (A)
COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
THROWBACK THOR’S DAY!
• A special tale of young Thor adventuring in the age of Vikings!
• Meanwhile, LOKI conjures up a dark and powerful new enemy: VIKING HULK
• Guest artist RAFA GARRAS brings SAVAGE NORSE ACTION because YOU DEMANDED IT!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
THE ULTIMATES #6
AL EWING (W) • CHRISTIAN WARD (A)
COVER BY KENNETH ROCAFORT
VARIANT COVER BY CHRISTIAN WARD
• Once he was the Devourer of Worlds — but now, at long last, his endless hunger has been cured.
• But is there a hidden price? What does it mean to wring new life from death? What does it mean to be…Galactus?
• Special guest artist Christian Ward (ODY-C) takes us into the life of the Lifebringer — for the most cosmic issue yet!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
CAPTAIN MARVEL #4
MICHELE FAZEKAS & TARA BUTTERS (W) • KRIS ANKA (A/C)
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• As the situation with the Eridani delegates escalates, Captain Marvel and her crew struggle to make sense of what happened on the mysterious alien craft
• But between her powers failing and Wendy’s character being called into question, Carol’s command of Alpha Flight is slowly slipping from her grasp.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Amadeus Cho: GENIUS AT WORK
GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE (W) • TAKESHI MIYAZAWA, GARY FRANK & RODNEY BUCHEMI (A)
Cover by GARY FRANK
• Get to know Cho! That’s teen genius Amadeus Cho, the seventh smartest person in the world — but who’s counting?
• When Cho is declared “Mastermind Excello” by an intelligence contest, his life suddenly spins out of control — and now he’ll need all his smarts just to stay alive!
• Luckily, Cho — and his adorable coyote pup, Kirby — quickly meet and befriend two of the Marvel Universe’s strongest powerhouses: Hercules and the Incredible Hulk!
• When Cho investigates his sister’s fate, a complex web begins to unravel. Who has been manipulating him? And why?
• Can the seventh smartest person on the planet solve the riddle of his own past and future?
• Collecting material from AMAZING FANTASY (2004) #15; INCREDIBLE HULK (2000) #100; and INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126, #133, #135 and #137.
104 PGS./ One-Shot/Rated T+ …$7.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90101-1
THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #5
GREG PAK (W) • MIKE CHOI (A)
Cover by FRANK CHO
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• Amadeus Cho loves being the Hulk — and he’s determined to be the greatest hero the world’s ever seen.
• But if the Hulk is driven by rage, what lies within Amadeus? Unfortunately for him, the Enchantress, Amora of Asgard, is hell-bent on finding out!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
SCARLET WITCH #5
JAMES ROBINSON (W) • JAVIER PULIDO (A)
COVER BY DAVID AJA
• WANDA’S journey takes her to Spain!
• There she finds an old vineyard converted from a haunted church where witches used to be burned at the stake.
• But to unravel the mystery of the hauntings, she must first fight off the ghosts of the SPANISH INQUISITION!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
THE VISION #6
TOM KING (W) • GABRIEL HERNANDEZ WALTA (A)
Cover by MARCO D’ALFONSO
• The book everyone is talking about.
• The first arc of this acclaimed series comes to its frightening climax. The bodies will not stay buried. The truth will not remain hidden. And The Vision will never be the same.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE — MARVEL’S IRON MAN 3/MARVEL’S THOR: THE DARK WORLD
Written by MIKE O’SULLIVAN & THE OHOTMU TEAM
Covers by MARCOS MARTIN
The MCU Guidebooks launch into Phase 2 of the Cinematic Universe, and Avengers mainstays Iron Man and Thor lead the charge as our comprehensive coverage of the fan-favorite Marvel Studios films and Marvel Television shows continues! Featuring fact sheets, movie-to-comic comparisons and production stills, this issue is packed with profiles and updates on heroes including Iron Man, Thor, Iron Patriot, Sif, Odin and the Warriors Three; stalwart allies including Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, Jane Foster, Erik Selvig and Darcy Lewis; and deadly foes including the Mandarin, Aldrich Killian, A.I.M., Loki and Malekith! Plus: Extremis! The Aether! President Ellis! Frigga! Bor! Heimdall! The Collector! And more! Relive the big-screen thrills of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World right here, and continue building your indispensable library of Cinematic Universe reference books!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
BLACK WIDOW #2
Chris Samnee & Mark Waid (W) • CHRIS SAMNEE (A/C)
Variant Cover by ANNIE WU
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
IT’S S.H.I.E.L.D.’s FUNERAL
• As S.H.I.E.L.D.’s top brass gather to bury one of their own, they make an attractive target.
• Lucky for Maria Hill, the agency’s persona non grata, Black Widow, is still watching over them.
• But that could mean Natasha will have a hard time watching her own back!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
NOVA #6
SEAN RYAN (W) • CORY T. SMITH (A)
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
• Sam Alexander learns the truth about the man who’s been masquerading as his father…
• … and it’s going to send him back into space!
• The seeds of Nova’s next cosmic adventure are planted right here!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
STAR-LORD #6
SAM HUMPHRIES (W) • JAVIER GARRON (A)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY TBA
STORY THUS FAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
STAR-KITTY ‘TIL THE END OF THE UNIVERSE! (OH, WAIT, THAT HAPPENED…)
The engagement of the galaxy is over! But Peter Quill and Kitty Pryde still have to share a ship, and work, and friends, and…yeesh. This is going to get awkward, isn’t it? Well, fortunately they’re surrounded by caring, communicative teammates like…Drax…and Groot…and Rocket…Hoo boy. This is going to be VERY awkward.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
DRAX #6
C.M. PUNK & CULLEN BUNN (W) • SCOTT HEPBURN (A/C)
CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY TBA
STORY THUS FAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
“THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE” STARTS NOW!
Annihilus. Ultron. Fin Fang Foom. They were all pieces of cake. Now, Drax prepares to take on the toughest challenge of his life… a gaggle of (partially traumatized) alien children who need to get back to their home planets. Don’t worry! Drax will find other stuff to destroy. Like maybe…nap times? Homework? Poo poo diapies?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ROCKET RACCOON & GROOT #4
SCOTTIE YOUNG (W) • AARON CONLEY (A)
Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY TBA
STORY THUS FAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS STARTS NOW!
It’s the best of times when Rocket and Groot are recruited as replacements in an intergalactic football league. These little giants might engage in some necessary roughness, but if they can learn all the right moves these leatherheads might be invincible!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #5
DAN ABNETT & JEFF KING (W) • CARLO BARBERI & FLAVIANO ARMENTARO (A)
Cover by GARY CHOO
CALLING ALL GUARDIANS!
• Hermetikus’s evil ambitions are tremendous—you could say they’re GALACTIC in scale!
• Does this villain hold a strange connection to the Guardians 1000?
• Even though Rocket, Drax and Groot have joined a GUARDIANS SUPERGROUP, they might be in over their heads!
• Plus! Writer JEFF KING (White Collar) and artist FLAVIANO ARMENTERO show you what happens when Rocket and Kitty act as bodyguards for an interplanetary whistleblower!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #7
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• BEN GRIMM: SPACE BARBARIAN!
• The Thing might miss some things about Earth, but he does admit that space has its perks. Riding alien horses into epic battles is one of them!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #6
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • ARIEL OLIVETTI (A/C)
CAN A SYMBIOTE TRULY CHANGE ITS INKY BLACKNESS?
Flash and Pik Rollo cleverly penetrated Mercurio’s defenses…by getting captured and thrown in his dungeon. Can Mercurio corrupt the symbiote to serve as his suit and partner in atrocities? Is this the return of the big bad Venom?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
HOWARD THE DUCK #6
CHIP ZDARSKY & RYAN NORTH (W) • JOE QUINONES & ERICA HENDERSON (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY JOE QUINONES & PAOLO RIVERA
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY TRADD MOORE
THE CONCLUSION OF “ANIMAL HOUSE,” A CROSSOVER WITH THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL!
• WATCH! Howard show Squirrel Girl how to be a REAL hero for a change, for which she is eternally grateful!
• LEARN! what happened in last month’s UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #6 from the recap page!
• LISTEN! to a nice audio file of nature sounds made by Chip & Ryan while you read this VERY good story!
• LOVE! all the guest stars! Like one of the blue guys from X-MEN! And a pretty cool van!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
SILVER SURFER #4
DAN SLOTT (W) • MIKE ALLRED (A/C)
• Massive fallout from the events of Silver Surfer’s 50th Anniversary issue.
• There is a price to pay for what Norrin Radd has done.
• Some actions can never be taken back…or forgiven.
• Will any of Earth’s heroes stand by the Silver Surfer’s side in this, his greatest moment of need?
• A mythic tale in the Mighty Marvel Manner! Guest starring The Avengers, The Thing and major characters from around the Marvel Universe.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
MS. MARVEL #6
G. WILLOW WILSON (W) • Nico Leon (A)
Cover by David Lopez
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• A problem of plenty becomes a problem of many as the Kamala Khan doppelgangers get out of control.
• Kamala always wanted to be the biggest super hero there ever was… but she didn’t mean it literally!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ALL-NEW INHUMANS #6
CHARLES SOULE (W) • ANDRE ARAUJO (A)
Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
• Something in the mysterious SKYSPEAR has changed Crystal from the Inhumans leader to their greatest threat!
• Can The Amazing Spider-Man and the rest of the Inhumans stop a woman who controls the four elements?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
UNCANNY INHUMANS #7
CHARLES SOULE (W) • BRANDON PETERSON (A)
Cover by STACEY LEE
• Inhuman investigator Frank McGee tracks down the jilted ex-leader of Ennilux who’s trying to regain his fiefdom.
• Meanwhile, Prince Ahura makes a surprising vie for power.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
KARNAK #6
WARREN ELLIS (W) • GERARDO ZAFFINO (A)
Cover by DAVID AJA
• The end of “The Flaw In All Things.”
• Karnak has it in his lethal hands to save humanity – or end it. And nobody knows what he’s going to do.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #6
AMY M. REEDER & BRANDON MONTCLARE (W) • NATACHA BUSTOS (A)
COVER BY AMY M REEDER
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THIS UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP COMES TO AN EPIC CONCLUSION!
• The KILLER FOLK have the NIGHTSTONE, the key to curing Lunella’s INHUMAN gene!
• DEVIL DINOSAUR is trapped in the MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY!
• LUNELLA LAFAYETTE must decide between saving her new best friend…or saving her own humanity!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
DOCTOR STRANGE #7
JASON AARON (W) • CHRIS BACHALO (A)
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
LAST DAYS OF MAGIC, PART 2
• As all of his magic dissipates, Doctor Strange is at the mercy of THE IMPERATOR!
• The powerless sorcerer is no longer supreme and can’t possibly best a super-powered foe hell-bent on his destruction.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DOCTOR STRANGE: LAST DAYS OF MAGIC #1
JASON AARON, GERRY DUGGAN & JAMES ROBINSON (W)
MIKE PERKINS, DANILO BEYRUTH and AFU CHAN (A)
Cover by MIKE PERKINS
VARIANT COVER BY KEVIN MAGUIRE
VARIANT COVER BY SHANE DAVIS
This companion to the “LAST DAYS OF MAGIC” epic! THE EMPIRIKUL, led by The Imperator, are destroying all magic and magic users in the Marvel Universe. Jason Aaron brings you Doctor Strange and Wong’s secret history and the ultimate sacrifice that Wong makes! Gerry Duggan shows Brother Voodoo’s stand against the evil magic-eaters. James Robinson introduces a new magic figure in the Marvel U just in time for her last stand!
56 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$5.99
A YEAR OF MARVELS: THE AMAZING #1
RYAN NORTH, AMY CHU (W) • DANILO BEYRUTH, RYAN BROWNE (A)
COVER BY JAMAL CAMPBELL
• Join us in a brand new Marvel comics adventure as your favorite heroes journey through the calendar year one month at a time!
• It’s February and Peter Parker’s got a hot date, but the old Parker luck hits hard…and so does the bank-robbing villain The Vulture! It’s a tale of romance, adventure, and punching! From Ryan North (SQUIRREL GIRL) and Danilo Beyruth!
• When business is down in March, Scott Lang’s Ant-Man Security Solutions will take just about any job offered to them – including stealing back stolen goods! But all is not as it seems! Join writer Amy Chu (Poison Ivy) and artist Ryan Browne (SECRET WARS TOO) as they team together for this Spring Break themed heist!
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$4.99
PATSY WALKER, A.K.A. HELLCAT! #5
KATE LETH (W) • BRITTNEY L. WILLIAMS (A/C)
• Hellcat’s out of the bag! I guess she was never in one, but she IS trapped, along with her favorite shieldmaiden, VALKYRIE! Not only that, but she’s late for a very important meeting with the infamous HEDY WOLFE.
• Can Patsy and friends make it out of this one? Answer: NO! They all die and the series is over.
• APRIL FOOLS!
•…Or is it?!?!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #7
AL EWING (W) • Rhoald Marcellius (A)
Cover by Paco Medina
VARIANT COVER BY Ron Lim
“Ultimate Fighting” STARTS NOW!
After the cataclysmic events of last issue — Battlerealm will never be the same! But Earth’s ultimate superteam has discovered the Contest — and they don’t like it at all! Is this the end of Maestro’s dream of power? Or the start of a whole new Contest of Champions? Fan-fave writer Al Ewing combines two of his new series into one can’t-miss epic!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #7
RYAN NORTH (W) • ERICA HENDERSON (A/C)
CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY COLLEEN DORAN
VARIANT COVER BY SIYA OUM
STORY THUS FAR VARIANT BY DAN HIPP
a) This special issue, called “BE THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL,” puts YOU in control of THE MOST POWERFUL CHARACTER IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Will you fight crime and save the day? Or will you be a complete jerk and use her powers to tell everyone off?
b) I’m serious: these are actual choices, and you have to make them RIGHT NOW? To be Squirrel Girl and fight crime, turn to c). To be Squirrel Girl and be a jerk instead, turn to e).
c) Well, you’re in luck vis-a-vis crime-fighting, because Squirrel Girl is going to be facing off against SWARM, a bad guy made out of bees! And that’s not all. To learn more about the other bad guys she can face, turn to d)! But if INSTEAD you’d like to stop reading this and get excited about this book and maybe order it, please: feel free!
d) Nice try, but we’ve got to keep SOME surprises for the book! You decide to definitely buy this comic and see who they are. THE END.
e) What? No, why would you even want to be a jerk? Geez, man, maybe this ISN’T the comic for you. Turn to b) and answer better this time!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
HERCULES #6
DAN ABNETT (W) • Emilio Laiso (A)
Cover by JAY ANACLETO
• The newborn gods of the Uprising Storm have power over the world, and are about to destroy you all. Unless you’re Hercules, of course, in which case you’re going to fight back. You are going to gather a few old friends, gather your trusted weapons, channel the courage that once made you famous, and give the newborn gods a fight they will NEVER forget.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
RED WOLF #5
NATHAN EDMONDSON (W) • DALIBOR TALAJIC (A)
Cover by JEFFERY VEREGGE
WOLF VERSUS SNAKE!
• Red Wolf and Deputy Ortiz have tracked RATTLER to the rock he’s been hiding under.
• If their surveillance turns into a smack-down, can Red survive a venomous bite from Rattler’s weapon of choice?
• And how long can a man out of time avoid the notice of a dimension-hopping villain who desperately wants him dead?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
STARBRAND & NIGHTMASK #5
GREG WEISMAN (W) • DOMO STANTON (A)
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
• College is stressful, so Adam and Kevin hit the school gym for a little workout, a little flirting and a little confrontation with a cosmically-enhanced LIBRA, who’s weighing Starbrand and Nightmask’s ultimate val