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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 3/4/09 (Part IV)

Courtesy of Marvel here are preview pages for War of Kings #1, Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #1, New Avengers: The Reunion #1, and Dead of Night Featuring Werewolf by Night #3, all scheduled to ship next week.

WAR OF KINGS #1
COVERS BY: BRANDON PETERSON, RON LIM, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, and BRANDON PETERSON
WRITERS: DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
PENCILS: PAUL PELLETIER
INKS: RICK MAGYAR
COLORED BY:
LETTERED BY:
In the aftermath of the Secret Invasion, Black Bolt has led the Inhumans on a shockingly savage path to restore their strength and security. But that path has brought them into direct confrontation with the Shi’Ar Empire – and their mad ruler Vulcan! Who will get in the first strike? Who will fall on the bloody battlefield? Who will rule? The Imperial Guard, the Starjammers, the Inhuman Royal Family and more of your favorite sci-fi characters are locked on a collision course…and it all starts here! Join the acclaimed team of Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (NOVA) and Paul Pelletier (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) for a pivotal turning point in Marvel’s cosmic history!
Rated T+ …$3.99

DARK REIGN: FANTASTIC FOUR #1
COVERS BY: SIMONE BIANCHI and MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: JONATHAN HICKMAN
PENCILS: SEAN CHEN
INKS:
COLORED BY:
LETTERED BY:
Dark Reign strikes Marvel’s first family—in an explosive way! Prepared to be blown away as: HAMMER agents attack the Baxter Building. Reed changes everything. The Human Torch suffers a horrible loss and Franklin and Val go shopping. There’s Time travel, Alternate realities, Celestials, Eternals, Deviants and Doombots… and more important than all of that, we find out the answer to the question: What is the Bridge?
Rated A …$2.99

NEW AVENGERS: THE REUNION #1
COVERS BY: JO CHEN
WRITER: JIM MCCANN
PENCILS: DAVID LOPEZ
INKS: ALVARO LOPEZ
LETTERED BY: DAVE LANPHEAR
In the wake of SECRET INVASION, Mockingbird is alive and has returned to Earth after being held captive by the Skrulls. Ronin, her estranged husband, volunteers to help her adjust to her new life as a member of the new Avengers, but some old wounds run too deep. And what deadly secret did she bring back with her that could tear them, and the world, apart once more? It’s high-octane action and intrigue as the Mr. & Mrs. Smith of the Marvel Universe take on one of the biggest threats in the world…and each other!
Rated A …$3.99

DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #3
COVER BY: MICO SUAYAN
WRITER: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
PENCILS: MICO SUAYAN
COLORED BY: IAN HANNIN
LETTERED BY: NATE PIEKOS
Jack Russell follows the bloody trail behind the senseless attack that turned his life upside-down…and you won’t believe where it leads him! Shocking secrets, stunning betrayals, and answers to questions Jack never even knew to ask! All in a brutal, gory, outrageous splatter-fest of horror and suspense, by Duane Swierczynski (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and Mico Suayan (MOON KNIGHT)!
Explicit Content …$3.99

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Sneak Peeks: Titles Shipping 3/4/09 (Part III)

Courtesy of Marvel here are preview pages for Cable #12, Deadpool #8, X-Men/Spider-Man #4, and X-Men: First Class Finals #2, all scheduled to ship next week.

CABLE #12
COVER BY: ARIEL OLIVETTI
WRITER: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
PENCILS: JAMIE MCKELVIE
INKS: JAMIE MCKELVIE
COLORED BY: GURU-EFX
LETTERED BY: VC – TBD
PRELUDE TO WAR — “WASTELAND BLUES,” PART 2 OF 2
For more than seven years, Cable has focused on one thing: protecting the little girl who he believes will grow up to become the savior of mutantkind. But now they’ve timeslid into a barren, lifeless pocket of the future, where there’s no food, no water, and no way out. When Cable collapses from hunger and exhaustion, the girl faces the first challenge of her young life: saving her protector.
Rated T+ …$2.99

DEADPOOL #8
COVER BY: JASON PEARSON
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
PENCILS: PACO MEDINA
INKS:
COLORED BY:
LETTERED BY: VC
“MAGNUM OPUS,” PART 1 OF 4
SPECIAL CROSSOVER WITH THUNDERBOLTS! Deadpool unleashes his most insane plan yet: a full-on assault against Norman Osborn! As Deadpool storms his way to the top of Avengers Tower, Osborn is forced to pull out all the stops to save his own skin — and that means deploying the brand new Thunderbolts! Plug your ears, kids — this is gonna be loud!
Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-MEN/SPIDER-MAN #4
COVER BY: MARIO ALBERTI
WRITER: CHRISTOS GAGE
PENCILS: MARIO ALBERTI
INKS: MARIO ALBERTI
COLORED BY: MARIO ALBERTI
LETTERED BY: JARED FLETCHER
It all leads up to this! The past comes back to haunt the modern-day X-Men and Spider-Man–with a vengeance–as Sinister’s scheme reaches its fruition. A new evil is unleashed on the world…one with some all-too-familiar qualities…one that even the combined might of Spidey and the X-Men may not be able to fight! If you wondered how this mini-series would affect the present-day Marvel Universe, wonder no more, true believer! (Oh, and that Alberti guy, the one whose art has been knocking everyone’s socks off? He’s still here too.)
Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS FINALS #2
COVER BY: ROGER CRUZ
WRITER: JEFF PARKER
PENCILS: AMILCAR PINNA
INKS: ROGER CRUZ
COLORED BY: VAL STAPLES
LETTERED BY: NATE PIEKOS
Why are threats from the X-Men’s past coming back to haunt them, just as graduation looms? What kind of job could Cyclops hold out in the world? Why does Angel have to have costumes that his hair sticks out of nowadays? And does Professor Xavier even live here anymore? Come find more mysteries to ponder in the second part of FINALS!
Rated A …$3.99

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