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It’s that time again. Thanks to Marvel, we have previews from Iron Man #28, Annihilation: Conquest #6, Incredible Hercules #116, Avengers Classic #11, and Powers Annual #1. This is the third of three preview installments for titles shipping next Wednesday.

You may find some spoilers in the following images. You have been warned.

Powers Annual contains explicit content.

IRON MAN #28
COVER BY: GERALD PAREL
WRITERS: DANIEL KNAUF & CHARLES KNAUF
PENCILS: ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
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!
Rated A …$3.99

ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST #6
COVER BY: ALEKSI BRICLOT
WRITER: DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
PENCILS: WELLINTON ALVES and TOM RANEY
INKS: SCOTT HANNA
This is it: Marvel’s rag-tag group of sci-fi heroes vs. Ultron – in a double-sized finale! The surviving warriors face-off on the battlefield, with the fate of the entire Kree Empire – and perhaps the Earth itself – at stake! Who will fall? Who will rise to become a legend? It’s an extra helping of adventure, humor, drama and eye-candy that IGN.com calls “one of the best event books of the year.”
Rated T+ …$3.99

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #116
COVER BY: JOHN ROMITA JR.
WRITERS: FRED VAN LENTE and GREG PAK
PENCILS: RAFA SANDOVAL
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!
Rated A …$2.99

AVENGERS CLASSIC #11
COVER BY: ART ADAMS
WRITERS: STAN LEE and TOM BELAND
PENCILS: DON HECK and JUAN DOE
INKS: CHIC STONE and JUAN DOE
The mighty Avengers meet Spider-Man! And the only blurb we can write is “WOWEE!” Also re-introducing the mysterious KANG! Yes, it’s another classic spectacular story by Stan Lee with incomparable illustrations by Don Heck…plus an all-new masterpiece from the peerless minds of Tom Beland and Juan Doe!
Rated A …$2.99

POWERS ANNUAL #1
COVER BY: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
WRITERS: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS and MICHAEL AVON OEMING
PENCILS: MICHAEL AVON OEMING
ALL NEW! A crime in the present opens up clues to another chapter in Walker’s colorful epic past! Award-winning writer and POWERS co-creator Mike Oeming steps out from behind the drawing table and joins Brian Bendis as writer of this epic self-contained story that also fits as a piece of the large puzzle being unveiled in the ongoing series!
48 PGS./Explicit Content …$4.95
POWERS is TM & © 2008 Jinxworld Inc. All Rights Reserved.

It’s that time again. Thanks to Marvel, we have previews from Iron Man: Legacy of Doom #1, X-Men: Divided We Stand Book 1, Ghost Rider #22, Avengers: The Initiative #11, and War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle #2. This is the second of three preview installments for titles shipping next Wednesday.

You may find some spoilers in the following images. You have been warned.

War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle is a MAX title, and contains mature themes and language.

IRON MAN: LEGACY OF DOOM #1
COVER BY: RON LIM
WRITER: DAVID MICHELINIE
PENCILS: RON LIM
INKS: BOB LAYTON
“A Knight in Hell”
Dr. Doom returns to menace Iron Man in the chilling and long-awaited conclusion of The Camelot Trilogy! Mephisto has apparently found a way to bring about The End Of Days and Tony Stark and Victor Von Doom must form an uneasy alliance to try and stop him. But all may not be as it seems. And it takes a journey to Hell itself before the shocking truth is revealed! Iron Man legends David Michelinie and Bob Layton are joined by penciler supreme Ron Lim to bring you the first part of an epic literally decades in the making!
Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: DIVIDED WE STAND BOOK 1
COVER BY: BRANDON PETERSON
WRITERS: MIKE CAREY, MATT FRACTION, CRAIG KYLE, CHRISTOPHER YOST, and SKOTTIE YOUNG
PENCILS: BRANDON PETERSON, JAMIE MCKELVIE, SANA TAKEDA, and SKOTTIE YOUNG
In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men. But where does that leave the mutants that WERE X-Men? Some of the industry’s hottest creators bring you stories of your favorite mutants. Mike Carey (X-MEN, ULTIMATE FF) and Brandon Peterson (ULTIMATE EXTINCTION) bring you a tale of Cannonball and Husk. Matt Fraction (PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL, IRON FIST) and Jamie McKelvie (Suburban Glamour, Phonogram) tell a story about Nightcrawler. Craig Kyle & Christ Yost (X-FORCE) and Sana Takeda (Drain) take you to Wakanda for a tale of Storm, Black Panther and Neznho. And Skottie Young (NEW X-MEN) writes and draws a story about your favorite New X-Man Anole.
Rated T+…$3.99

GHOST RIDER #22
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: JASON AARON
PENCILS and INKS: ROLAND BOSCHI
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.
Parental Advisory …$2.99

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #11
COVER BY: STEVE UY
WRITERS: DAN SLOTT and CHRISTOS N. GAGE
PENCILS and INKS: STEFANO CASELLI
“Killed in Action” Part 4 of 4: Worst Case Scenario
By now you know who KIA is, what he wants, and who he’s killed.
Initiative regulars, new recruits, and big name characters: no one’s been safe. And that’s never been more true than here at the bitter end. Join what’s left of the Initiative as they and the MIGHTY AVENGERS try to stop their greatest threat.
Rated T+ …$2.99

WAR IS HELL: THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE #2
COVER BY: JOHN CASSADAY
WRITER: GARTH ENNIS
PENCILS and INKS: HOWARD CHAYKIN
The battle for the skies continues as young pilot Karl Kauffman takes the fight to the Hun. But as the missions continue and the body count rises, Kauffman learns quickly that combat isn’t as glamorous as he’d hoped. Meanwhile, his fellow soldiers begin to question the strange circumstances of his arrival. Kauffman must prove his worth before his past is uncovered. But doing so might cost the lives of his closest friends.
Cardstock Cover/Explicit Content …$3.99

It’s that time again. Thanks to Marvel, we have previews from Captain America #37, Wolverine: Origins #24, X-Factor #30, World War Hulk Aftersmash: Warbound #5, and Marvel Adventures The Avengers #23. This is the first of three installments for titles shipping next Wednesday.

You may find some spoilers in the following images. You have been warned.

CAPTAIN AMERICA #37
COVER BY: JACKSON GUICE
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS: STEVE EPTING and JACKSON GUICE
INKS: STEVE EPTING
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!
Rated T+ …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #24
COVER BY: SIMONE BIANCHI
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
PENCILS and INKS: STEVE DILLON
“THE DEEP END”
Wolverine and Deadpool have fought to a standstill and are now—literally—dead on their feet. Whose healing factor will reign supreme? And what horrible fate awaits the loser? The most over-the-top grudge match in recent memory continues! Part 4 (of 5)
Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-FACTOR #30
WRITER: PETER DAVID
PENCILS: VALENTINE DE LANDRO
INKS: ANDREW HENNESSY
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, PART 3 OF 5
As Rictor faces down death underneath a rapidly lowering, swinging blade, the rest of the team finds themselves in a Mutant Town transformed into the vicious Murderworld of the diabolical ARCADE! But who has hired the red-haired assassin to take out our heroes? This issue ends with an explosive finale that will literally change the landscape of New York City.
Rated T+ …$2.99

WWH AFTERSMASH: WARBOUND #5
COVER BY: JIM CHEUNG
WRITER: GREG PAK
PENCILS: LEONARD KIRK and RAFA SANDOVAL
INKS: LEONARD KIRK
Children of Gammaworld, remember their names! Korg the Kronan. Hiroim the Oldstrong. Elloe Kaifi. No-Name of the Brood. They survived the gladiator pits and battlefields of “Planet Hulk.” They withstood the titanic clashes and soul-searing revelations of “World War Hulk.” But today, under the deadly dome of Gammaworld, a hero falls — and the Warbound will never be the same!
Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #23
COVER BY: LEONARD KIRK
WRITER: MARC SUMERAK
PENCILS: KEVIN SHARPE
AVENGERS RE-ASSEMBLE! What happens when you take the “Earth” out of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? You end up with a bunch of Avengers that have mysteriously vanished off the face of the planet! Now Captain America and Spider-Man must call on some of their newest allies to help them rescue their missing teammates. But will this new roster of unpredictable heroes be able to work together long enough to save the day… or will they just end up making things even worse?
All Ages …$2.99