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Courtesy of Marvel here are preview pages for Dark Reign: The Hood #1, Dark Reign: Elektra #3, Ghost Rider #35,  The Immortal Iron Fist #26 and Moon Knight #30 all scheduled to ship next week.

DARK REIGN: THE HOOD #1
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: JEFF PARKER
PENCILS: KYLE HOTZ
INKS: KYLE HOTZ
COLORED BY: FRANK MARTIN
THE STORY:
Straight from the pages of NEW AVENGERS and DARK REIGN: THE CABAL—go deep into the cutthroat world of The Hood! You may know him as the tough-talking crime boss who’s organizing the villains of NYC while wheeling and dealing with the likes of Loki and Dr. Doom. But what about his pregnant girlfriend, addict cousin and institutionalized mother that we met back in his debut mini? And what price is he paying for his rapid climb up the ranks of crime and power? Writer Jeff Parker (AGENTS OF ATLAS) and Kyle Hotz (THE HOOD: BLOOD FROM STONES) invite you to spend a week in the life of Parker Robinson, one of the key characters in Dark Reign, as he struggles to keep his professional and personal lives from destroying each other!
Parental Advisory …$3.99

DARK REIGN: ELEKTRA #3
COVER BY: LEE BERMEJO
WRITER: ZEB WELLS
PENCILS: CLAY MANN
INKS: MARK PENNINGTON
COLORED BY: MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
THE STORY:
A fatigued and badly wounded Elektra is out of H.A.M.M.E.R. custody and on the run, and Norman Osborn wants her
neutralized. Nothing for it but to send his best anti-Elektra operative – the Dark Avengers’ own…HAWKEYE! He killed her once when he was Bullseye. Does a wounded Elektra even stand a chance? From Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Clay Mann (DAREDEVIL)!
Rated T+ …$3.99

GHOST RIDER #35
COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: JASON AARON
PENCILS: TONY MOORE
INKS: TONY MOORE
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
THE STORY:
“TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS,” PART 3
Johnny Blaze has come to a monastery in Japan, just wanting to be left alone as he waits patiently for the end of the world. But when a local biker gang begins terrorizing the town, Blaze realizes that his work as Ghost Rider isn’t quite done yet.
Parental Advisory …$2.99

THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST #26
COVER BY: PATRICK ZIRCHER
WRITER: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
PENCILS: TRAVEL FOREMAN
COLORED BY: MATT MILLA
LETTERED BY: NATE PIEKOS
THE STORY:
Danny’s escape from Hell gets down to the wire! Trapped in the mystical and secret eighth city of monsters, Danny and the Immortal Weapons have to make the prison-break of a lifetime…with Davos waiting to meet them outside! But will he help them run…or shove them back to their deaths?! By Duane Swierczynski (CABLE) and Travel Foreman (ARES)!
Rated T+ …$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #30
COVER BY: GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
WRITER: MIKE BENSON
PENCILS: JEFTE PALO
COLORED BY: LEE LOUGHRIDGE
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
THE STORY:
“DOWN SOUTH,” PART 4
The little Mexican town of El Paso Del Norte is getting crowded. First, there’s Moon Knight, whose current alter ego, Jake Lockley, is playing bodyguard to a young woman who’s in the crosshairs of virtually every assassin South of the Rio Grande. Then, there’s the Zapata Brothers, a duo of outlandish assassins that’s determined to collect the bounty. And then there’s the Punisher, who’s crossed the border on the trail of some Russian Mobsters. Oh, and did we forget to mention the phantom predator known as Toltec, who’s got his sights on everyone?
Parental Advisory …$2.99

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The war for Heaven is over and the archangel Zadkiel and his army are now in control.  Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch have parted ways and the Caretaker is dead.  Now a new Caretaker is taking up the mantle and it is up to her to reunite the Spirits of Vengeance and help reclaim the kingdom of Heaven.  But there’s more than an army of angels ready to stand in their way!  Get ready for all hell to break loose with Ghost Rider #33, featuring the new story arc from writer Jason Aaron and artist extraordinaire Tony Moore !

Ghost Rider #33 features a look back at the history of the Spirit of Vengeance throughout time.  The story is told from the point of view of Sara, the new Caretaker and granddaughter of the previous one.  Jason Aaron has done a wonderful job of creating some very different Ghost Riders from days past, along with a couple from the future.  Though some of the riders feel like they were added for laughs, there were a few that I thought would make for some really interesting stories on their own, such as the Ghost Flyer and a Ghost tank crew from World War II.  Having not read very much Ghost Rider in recent months, I was a little worried picking this issue up that I may be lost on what was going on.  However, I found the story to be very accessible and thought it to be a good jumping on point for the series.  Aaron’s writing is very solid and he seems to do a great job of mixing humor with serious, with some slightly off the wall moments that approach over the top without crossing the line (two words: nun chucks).

The real draw for me to this issue was Tony Moore.  I’ve been a huge fan of Moore’s work since the Walking Dead and Fear Agent.  The moment I heard he was going to be drawing this arc, I knew I would be picking this book up.  And folks, he doesn’t disappoint!  Moore’s style seems to be the perfect fit for this title.  Each panel is wonderfully illustrated and the detail he puts into his pages is amazing.  I love the look he gave to each of the Ghost Riders, with each one being completely unique from the last.  Plus, the way he draws demons and the undead reminds me alot about what I loved with his work in the Walking Dead.  The man is truly a top notch talent and I pray we will get to see more of his work at Marvel in the future!

In conclusion, if you are looking for an excuse to start picking up Ghost Rider than here it is!  Marvel has got an A+ team with the combination of Jason Aaron and Tony Moore.  Miss out on this book, and I can quarantee you will be sorry you did!

COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: JASON AARON
PENCILS: TONY MOORE
INKS: TONY MOORE
COLORS: DAVE MCCAIG
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
EDITOR: AXEL ALONSO
PRICE: 2.99

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Another week, another chance to talk Marvel comic books!  Tom runs down mutants, Steve returns with another DeFalco/Ryan Fantastic Four installment, the Besenyodis team up, and Carlos calls!  All this and some ramblin’ from our host.

Titles mentioned include Ghost Rider, X-Men: First Class Finals, Black Panther, Captain Britain and MI13, and Secret Warriors.

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Amazing Spider-Girl #30 $3.99
Amazing Spider-Man Extra #3 $3.99
Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 #588 $3.99
Avengers Disassembled Iron Man Thor And Captain America HC $49.99
Dark Avengers #3 Incentive Daniel Acuna Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) – [PI]
Dark Avengers #3 Regular Mike Deodato Jr Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $3.99
Deadpool Games Of Death $3.99
Deadpool Vol 1 Secret Invasion HC $19.99
Enders Game Battle School #4 $3.99
Eternals Vol 4 #9 $2.99
Marvel Adventures Avengers #34 $2.99
Marvel Illustrated Picture Of Dorian Gray TP $14.99
Mighty Avengers Vol 3 Secret Invasion Book 1 TP Book Market Mighty Avengers Vol 3 Spine $14.99
Mighty Avengers Vol 3 Secret Invasion Book 1 TP Direct Market Secret Invasion Mighty Avengers Spine $14.99
Moon Knight Vol 5 #28 $2.99
Ms Marvel Vol 6 Ascension HC $19.99
New Mutants Classic Vol 4 TP $24.99
Powers Vol 12 25 Coolest Dead Superheroes Of All Time TP $24.99
Punisher Vol 7 #3 Target Green Goblin Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Punisher Vol 7 #3 Target Hobgoblin Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Punisher War Journal Vol 4 Jigsaw TP $16.99
Runaways Dead Wrong HC Book Market Edition $19.99
Runaways Dead Wrong HC Direct Edition $19.99
Samurai Legend Vol 1 HC $24.99
Scourge Of The Gods #3 $5.99
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Sophomore Jinx HC Book Market Edition $19.99
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Spider-Man Noir #4 Regular Patrick Zircher Cover $3.99
Spider-Man Noir #4 Variant Dennis Calero Cover $3.99
Squadron Supreme Power To The People TP $16.99
Squadron Supreme Vol 1 Pre-War Years TP $16.99
Ultimate X-Men #100 Incentive Ed McGuinness White Variant Cover (Ultimatum Tie-In) – [PI]
Ultimate X-Men #100 Regular Ed McGuinness Cover (Ultimatum Tie-In) $3.99
Ultimatum #3 Incentive Ed McGuinness Sketch Cover – [PI]
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Ultimatum #3 Regular David Finch Cover $3.99
Uncanny X-Men #507 Incentive Michael Golden Variant Cover – [PI]
Uncanny X-Men #507 Regular Terry Dodson Cover $2.99
Wolverine Origins #34 (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Wolverine Vol 3 #71 $2.99
X-Factor Vol 3 #41 $2.99
X-Force Vol 3 #13 (Messiah War Tie-In) $2.99
X-Men First Class Wonder Years TP $19.99
X-Men Legacy #222 $2.99
Young X-Men #12 $2.99

Product Updates:

• Amazing Spider-Man Extra #3 (JAN092463D, $3.99; FOC 02/19/09) will have art by Yanick Paquette and Fabrizio Fiorentino in addition to Phil Jimenez.
• Avengers Disassembled HC: Iron Man/Thor/Captain America (JAN092570D, $49.99; FOC 02/05/09) will be 456 pages, not 448 pages.
• Deadpool: Games of Death (JAN092543D, $3.99; FOC 02/26/09) will carry a Parental Advisory, not a T+ rating.
• Deadpool: Game$ of Death (JAN092543D, $3.99; FOC 02/26/09) will be 40 pages, not 48 pages. No content has been changed.
• Deadpool Premiere HC Vol. 01: Secret Invasion (JAN092586D, $19.99; FOC 02/05/09) will be 136 pages, not 120 pages.
• New Mutants Classic TP: Vol. 04 (JAN092610D, $24.99) will have 232 pages, not 224 pages.
• The Powers TP Vol. 12: Coolest Dead Superheroes (OCT082490D, $19.95; FOC 12/18/08) will have 240 pages, not 200 pages.
• The Powers TP Vol. 12: Coolest Dead Superheroes (OCT082490D, FOC 01/08/09) will be $24.99, not $19.95.
• Punisher War Journal TP Vol. 04: Jigsaw (JAN092606D; FOC 02/05/09) will be $16.99, not $15.99.
• Runaways Premiere HC: Dead Wrong (JAN092575D, $19.99) will have 136 pages, not 144 pages.
• Soleil Samurai HC Vol. 01: Legend (JAN092585D, $24.99; FOC 02/05/09) will be 192 pages, not 200 pages.
• Ultimate X-Men #100 White Brooks Variant (DEC082347D, $3.99; FOC 02/05/09) will have cover art by Ed McGuinness, not Mark Brooks.

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Courtesy of Marvel, here are previews of Dark Avengers #2, Guardians of the Galaxy #10, Ghost Rider #32, and Ultimate Fantastic Four #60.

DARK AVENGERS #2
COVER BY: MIKE DEODATO
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: MIKE DEODATO
INKS: MIKE DEODATO
COLORED BY: RAINIER BEREDO
LETTERED BY: DAVE LANPHEAR
The Dark Avengers have made themselves known to the world and as the world takes them in, Morgana le Fey comes looking for blood!! Once you learn who the Dark Avengers are you’ll see why this is the buzz book of the year!! The Dark Reign is here!!
Rated T+ …$3.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #10
COVER BY: CLINT LANGLEY
WRITERS: DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
PENCILS: BRAD WALKER
INKS: RICK MAGYAR
COLORED BY: WIL QUINTANA
LETTERED BY: JOE CARAMAGNA
The drums of battle thunder in the Negative Zone – building to WAR OF KINGS! Rocket Raccoon and the Guardians face down Blastaar’s barbarian horde as Star-Lord fights for his life in 42, the besieged Initiative prison! And if our cosmic misfits fall – Earth is next! Penciler Brad Walker (Action Comics) joins the fun for another episode of the series that IGN.com calls “right on par with Marvel’s very best titles.”
Rated T+ …$2.99

GHOST RIDER #32
COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: JASON AARON
PENCILS: TAN ENG HUAT
LETTERED BY: JOE CARAMAGNA
This is it. The final chapter in the epic arc, “LAST STAND OF THE SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE.”
Johnny Blaze and the last remaining Ghost Riders from around the world make their final stand against the warrior hordes of the rebel angel Zadkiel, led by Blaze’s brother, the power-mad renegade Danny Ketch. This is a showdown for the ages, featuring more Ghost Riders than you can shake a stick at and an ending you won’t believe!
Parental Advisory …$2.99

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #60
COVER BY: ED MCGUINNESS
WRITER: JOE POKASKI
PENCILS: TYLER KIRKHAM
INKS: RYAN WINN
LETTERED BY: RUS WOOTON
SERIES FINALE! Ultimatum tie-in!
It all began when four teenagers got caught in an experiment gone fantastically wrong. Now, in a series finale you won’t believe, Reed, Ben, Sue, and Johnny will discover that nothing lasts forever — especially family.
Rated A …$3.99

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Welcome to the all-new, not-all-that-different Marvel Noise, now on Monday!  Our host feels chatty this week, tawkin’ an-thol-o-gees.  Plus: Pat Loika and new releases!  Steve Raker talks about 1962!  And we conclude the 2008 year in review courtesy of Backwards Dave and Carlos Cordova!

Titles mentioned include Hulk Family, Amazing Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, and Amazing Spider-Man Family.

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Items shopping, January 28, 2009:

Amazing Spider-Man Extra #2 $3.99
Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 #583 Variant Barack Obama Cover 3rd Ptg $3.99
Avengers The Initiative #21 (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Captain America Vol 5 #46 Marvels 70th Anniversary Variant Cover $2.99
Captain America Vol 5 #46 Regular Steve Epting Cover $2.99
Criminal Vol 4 Bad Night TP $14.99
Daredevil Vol 2 #115 $2.99
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Dark Tower Treachery #5 Regular Jae Lee Cover $3.99
Enders Shadow Battle School #2 Regular Timothy Green III Cover $3.99
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #563 $2.99
Ghost Rider Danny Ketch #4 $3.99
Incredible Hercules #125 $2.99
Marvel 1985 HC Book Market Tommy Lee Edwards Cover $24.99
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #44 $2.99
Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Captain America Vol 3 HC Regular Dust Jacket $59.99
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Marvel Previews #66 February 2009 $1.25
Marvels Eye Of The Camera #3 Black & White Version $3.99
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Ms Marvel Vol 2 #35 (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
New Avengers #49 (Dark Reign Tie-In) $3.99
New Avengers Vol 3 HC Book Market Edition $34.99
New Avengers Vol 3 HC Direct Market Edition $34.99
Nova Vol 4 #21 $2.99
Punisher War Zone Vol 2 #6 $3.99
Runaways Vol 3 #6 $2.99
Scourge Of The Gods #1 Regular Aleksa Gajic Cover $5.99
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Secret Invasion Fantastic Four TP $16.99
She-Hulk 2 #37 $2.99
Skaar Son Of Hulk #7 Regular Ed McGuinness Cover $2.99
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Ultimate Spider-Man #130 (Ultimatum Tie-In) $2.99
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 21 War Of The Symbiotes TP $15.99
Ultimatum March On Ultimatum HC $24.99
Wolverine First Class #11 $2.99
X-Force Vol 3 #11 $2.99
X-Men Original Sin HC $24.99
X-Men Worlds Apart #4 $3.99
Young X-Men #10 $2.99

Product Updates:

• Amazing Spider-Man Extra #2 (NOV082359D, $3.99, FOC 01/08/09) will no longer contain the Phil Jimenez Kraven story. Instead, the page count of the previously solicited Anti-Venom story will increase.
• The Marvel 1985 Premiere HC (NOV082446D, $24.99; FOC 12/18/08) will be 176 pages, not 144 pages.
• Ms Marvel #35 DKR (NOV082330D, $2.99, FOC 01/08/09) will have a cover by Ed McGuinness, not Stephane Roux.
• New Avengers #49 DKR (NOV082331D; FOC 01/08/09) will be $3.99, not $2.99.
• New Avengers HC Vol. 03 (Reg./DM Eds.: NOV082440-1D, $34.99 ea.; FOC 12/18/08) were solicited with the wrong covers.
• Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four (NOV082461D) – solicited as running 144 pages and containing Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #1-#3; Fantastic Four #300 and #357 at a price of $14.99 – will now run 192 pages and contain Fantastic Four #358, in addition to the aforementioned contents, at a price of $16.99.
• Secret Invasion TP: Fantastic Four (NOV08 2461, $16.99) will be 168 pages, not 192, with no change in editorial content.
• The previously unannounced cover artist for the Skaar: Son of Hulk #7 Variant (NOV082402D, $2.99, FOC 01/08/09) will be Sal Buscema.
• The Skaar: Son of Hulk #7 Variant (NOV082402D, $2.99, FOC 01/8/09) will be drawn by Tom Grummett, not Sal Buscema, as was stated in Marvel Mailer #133.
• Wolverine: First Class #11 (NOV082421D, $2.99) will have art by Hugo Petrus, not Francis Portena.

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Courtesy of Marvel, we have some preview pages for titles shipping Wednesday, December 17th.

DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING DEVIL-SLAYER #4

COVER BY: KAARE ANDREWS
WRITER: BRIAN KEENE
PENCILS: CHRIS SAMNEE
INKS: CHRIS SAMNEE
COLORED BY: JUNE CHUNG
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
Its a final showdown in the Garden of Eden as the Devil-Slayer faces off against both demons and angels in an effort to stop Armageddon! Everything is at stake if he doesn’t defeat the demon Belathauzer, the archangel Gabriel, the Bloodstone Group and the other Operation: Xenogenesis conspirators in time…in the terrifying conclusion to this much-talked-about reimagining, written by award-winning horror novelist Brian Keene (Ghost Walk, The Rising) and illustrated by Chris Samnee (DAREDEVIL: BLOOD OF THE TARANTULA)!
Explicit Content …$3.99

GHOST RIDER #30

COVER BY: GERALD PAREL
WRITER: JASON AARON
PENCILS: TAN ENG HUAT
COLORED BY: JOSE VILLARUBIA
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
“The Last Stand of the Spirits of Vengeance” kicks into high gear! With Zadkiel and his army on the verge of conquering heaven itself, a force is gathering to oppose them, a group unlike any we’ve ever seen. But will their ranks include Johnny Blaze or has he given up the fight once and for all? Find out for yourself in this exciting new ###-kicking installment of the red hot GHOST RIDER!
Parental Advisory …$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #25

COVER BY: ARTHUR SUYDAM
WRITER: MIKE BENSON
ARTIST: MARK TEXEIRA
LAYOUTS: JAVIER SALTARES
COLORED BY: DAN BROWN
LETTERED BY: VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA
CONCLUSION TO “THE DEATH OF MARC SPECTOR”
Norman Osborn ain’t fooling around no more. He’s brought out his big gun. It’s Moon Knight versus Bullseye — and only one will survive. For real.
Parental Advisory …$2.99

PUNISHER MAX #65

COVER BY: DAVE JOHNSO
WRITER: GREGG HURWITZ
PENCILS: LAURENCE CAMPBELL
INKS: LAURENCE CAMPBELL
COLORED BY: LEE LOUGHRIDGE
LETTERED BY: VC – CORY PETIT
CONCLUSION TO “GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES: JIGSAW”
The conclusion to the first of three story arcs written by three of the hottest writers in crime fiction starts here! Best-selling crime novelist Gregg Hurwitz (The Kill Clause, The Crime Writer) and Laurence Campbell (PUNISHER ANNUAL: THE HUNTED) bring you a tale of death, depravity and revenge south of the border. Frank Castle has never had less to lose…or more pain to dole out. He’s cut his way to the top of the criminal empire that’s been terrorizing the Mexican desert town of Tierra Rota, and now he’s ready to sever its head. It’s the Punisher versus Jigsaw, like you’ve never seen before.
Explicit Content …$2.99

PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #2

COVER BY: TBD
WRITER: GARTH ENNIS
PENCILS: STEVE DILLON
INKS: STEVE DILLON
COLORED BY: MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
LETTERED BY: VC – RUS WOOTON
“THE RESURRECTION OF MA GNUCCI,” PART 1
The latest offering from the red-hot Marvel Knights line reunites the seminal creative team of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon for a special, weekly-shipping 6-part limited sequel to their legendary story arc, “Welcome Back, Frank.” It all starts when two mobsters take a trip to the zoo and piss off the wrong monkey. Limbs are lost (the kind you can’t easily replace), vultures are fed (with said appendages), and then things get, like, really crazy. Like back-from-the-dead crazy. That’s right — she’s back and she wants payback. Ma Gnucci. Eighty-five pounds of hairless, armless, legless evil.
Parental Advisory …$3.99

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Danny Ketch Returns with a Vengeance!

Hell hath no fury like the Spirit of Vengeance, Ghost Rider! After Johnny Blaze squared off with the merciless Deacon last issue, a familiar face is about to return from Ghost Rider’s past in Ghost Rider #26! This is one high octane, supernatural issue you’re not going to want to miss, True Believers! Prepare for a double dose of the ghostly as Danny Ketch puts the pedal to the metal and furiously rides on again…but why is he opposing Johnny Blaze? Join red-hot writer, Jason Aaron (Wolverine, Scalped) as Danny Ketch makes his triumphant return to the Marvel U! With mind blowing interiors from rising artist Tan Eng Huat (Silver Surfer: In Thy Name), Danny has some surprises up his sleeve… and this is just the beginning!

“Ghost Rider is finally a book worth reading again…What Aaron does well is paint Blaze as a total badass… Aaron’s knack for gritty characters and gritty situations shine through,” proclaimed Jesse Schedeen of IGN.com.

“Aaron writes this book with fearless swagger and his chin out,” raves Paul Brian McCoy of ComicsBulletin.com. “The man can freaking write. His Blaze and Ghost Rider have definite anger issues and are driven like never before. I just can’t get over the energy here.”

Who has Danny Ketch brought to the party? Who is that yielding the hellfire shotgun? What will happen when Johnny Blaze confronts his long lost brother? Find out the answers to these questions and more as hell is about to be unleashed in Ghost Rider #26!

GHOST RIDER #26 (JUN082329)
GHOST RIDER #26 MONKEY VARIANT (JUN082330)
Written by JASON AARON
Art by TAN ENG HUAT
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Ape Variant by NIC KLEIN
Parental Advisory …$2.99
FOC—7/31/08, On-Sale—8/20/08

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GHOST RIDER #23 (MAR082179)
Written by JASON AARON
Art by ROLAND BOSCHI
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Parental Advisory …$2.99
FOC—5/01/08, FOC—5/21/08

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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

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Ghost Rider Rides The Twisted Road To Heaven!

Combine sadistic, gun-toting nurses with evil man-eating ghosts and you get one hell of a day for Ghost Rider! Writer Jason Aaron’s critically acclaimed “Hell To Pay” story continues in Ghost Rider #22, the penultimate chapter of the action packed ride that leads into the stunning return of a character than we can only call the most shocking last page in Ghost Rider history! With gritty art from Roland Boschi and a powerful cover by rising star Marko Djurdjevic, now’s your chance to find out why critics and fans can’t stop raving about Ghost Rider!

“Aaron’s knack for gritty characters and gritty situations shine through,” gushed Jesse Schedeen of IGN.Com. “Artist Roland Boschi draws a mean Ghost Rider to match.”

“This book has got guts,” exclaimed Bryant Frattalone of ComicsBulletin.Com. “Stick around for the ride.”

“Ghost Rider is one book that’ll get your heart racing past the redline in by the last page,” said Andy Serwin of WizardUniverse.Com

With Heaven in his sights and on his tail, Ghost Rider may just need some divine intervention to survive! Don’t miss Ghost Rider #22!

GHOST RIDER #22 (FEB082225)
Written by JASON AARON
Art by ROLAND BOSCHI
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Parental Advisory …$2.99
FOC—3/27/08, On-Sale—4/16/08

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