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This week Pat has the new releases, Carlos makes a call, Rick smashes through another tale, Steve’s solo in the bunker, and Derek talks about Ultimate Comics X #1!  All this and our host talks about the good (Mighty Avengers #33) and the bad (Mighty Avengers #34).

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Shipping March 31, 2010:

Amazing Spider-Man By J Michael Straczynski Ultimate Collection Book 3 TP $34.99
Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 #627 $2.99
Captain America Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection TP $24.99
Cloak And Dagger Vol 4 #1 $3.99
Dark Wolverine #84 (Siege Tie-In) $2.99
Doomwar #1 2nd Ptg John Romita Jr Variant Cover $3.99
Essential Rampaging Hulk Vol 2 TP $19.99
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #577 $2.99
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 War Of Kings Book 2 TP $19.99
Incredible Hulk Vol 3 #607 2nd Ptg Paul Pelletier Variant Cover (Fall Of The Hulks Tie-In) $3.99
Iron Man Extremis HC Premiere Edition Book Market Cover $24.99
Iron Man Extremis HC Premiere Edition Direct Market Adi Granov Cover $24.99
Iron Man I Am Iron Man TP $16.99
Iron Man Official Index To The Marvel Universe TP $19.99
Marvels Greatest Comics Punisher MAX #1 $1.00
New Mutants Vol 3 #11 (Siege Tie-In) $2.99
Nomad Girl Without A World TP $14.99
Prelude To Deadpool Corps #5 $2.99
Punisher Vol 7 #15 $2.99
Realm Of Kings Inhumans #5 $3.99
She-Hulk Sensational #1 $4.99
Spider-Man Complete Clone Saga Epic Book 1 TP $34.99
Spin Angels HC $24.99
Thunderbolts #141 2nd Ptg Variant Cover (Siege Tie-In) $2.99
Wolverine Origins #46 $2.99
Wolverine Origins Romulus TP $14.99
X-Force Vol 3 #25 Incentive Clayton Crain Variant Cover (X Necrosha Finale) – [PI]
X-Force Vol 3 #25 Regular Clayton Crain Cover (X Necrosha Finale) $2.99
X-Men Forever Vol 2 #20 $3.99
X-Men Second Coming #1 Incentive David Finch Variant Cover (X-Men Second Coming Part 1) – [PI]
X-Men Second Coming #1 Regular Adi Granov Cover (X-Men Second Coming Part 1) $3.99

Marvel is pleased to announce that after an overwhelming response, Ultimate Comics X #1 will return with Ultimate Comics X #1 Third Printing Variant! The most acclaimed new launch marks the first time an issue from the Ultimate Comics line has reached a third printing! The superstar creative duo of Jeph Loeb and Arthur Adams have everyone asking “Who—or what—is Ultimate X?” Ultimate Comics X #1 Third Printing Variant will sport a stunning black & white version of the original cover by Arthur Adams!

Fans and critics agree, Ultimate Comics X is a hit!

“The book lives up to its opening promise of a more hopeful and optimistic story, providing a very human character portrait of a new Ultimate character”—Dave Wallace, ComicsBulletin.Com

“This is the archetypical comic story that some readers will one day point back to and say, ‘That was the single greatest issue I ever read.’…Adams turns in phenomenally detailed yet buoyantly composed art as only Arthur Adams can deliver it”- Doug Zawisza, ComicBookResources.Com

“I enjoyed it…It’s cool to see an alternate universe in which anything can happen and now it finally does.”– Chad Derdowski, Mania.Com

“This is Loeb at the top of his game”—Lee Newman, BrokenFrontier.Com

Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on Ultimate Comics X as the series’ first issue has now sold out twice! Ultimate Comics X continues to impress and has no plans of stopping. Ultimate Comics X #1 Third Printing Variant has answers to the questions everyone has been asking. With Captain America, Wolverine and the Fantastic four out of the picture, who will answer the call?

ULTIMATE COMICS X #1 THIRD PRINTING VARIANT (FEB108020)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Rated T+ …$3.99
FOC—4/01/10, On-Sale—4/28/10

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Marvel is proud to unveil your first look inside Ultimate Comics X #2, the series that’s redefining the Ultimate Comics Universe! Superstars Jeph Loeb and Arthur Adams continue their gripping story, answering the question everyone’s asking—who, or what, is Ultimate X?

Ultimate Comics X has critics raving:

“This is the archetypical comic story that some readers will one day point back to and say, ‘That was the single greatest issue I ever read.’…Adams turns in phenomenally detailed yet buoyantly composed art as only Arthur Adams can deliver it”- Doug Zawisza, ComicBookResources.Com

“The book lives up to its opening promise of a more hopeful and optimistic story, providing a very human character portrait of a new Ultimate character”—Dave Wallace, ComicsBulletin.Com

“This is Loeb at the top of his game”—Lee Newman, BrokenFrontier.Com

“I enjoyed it…It’s cool to see an alternate universe in which anything can happen and now it finally does.”– Chad Derdowski, Mania.Com

What’s the mystery behind Ultimate X? More answers arrive in Ultimate Comics X #2!

ULTIMATE COMICS X #2 (FEB100476)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Rated T+ …$3.99
ON SALE 4/7/10

ULTIMATE COMICS X #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (DEC098445)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Rated T+ …$3.99
ON SALE NOW

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Whilce Portacio Returns To Marvel To Begin The Fall Of The Hulks!

As Fall of The Hulks, the most important event in Hulk history, descends on the Marvel Universe, the man named Samson is either our last hope…or our greatest threat! In Hulk #18, a can’t-miss prologue to Fall of The Hulks, from superstar, Eisner Award-winning scribe Jeph Loeb, artistic legend Whilce Portacio, inker Danny Miki and colorist Dean White, the truth behind Samson is revealed! Whose side is he really on? What’s his connection to the coming Gamma-charged change in the Marvel Universe? And how does it set the stage for a shocking murder in Fall Of The Hulks Gamma? Find out in Hulk #18!

HULK #18 (OCT090512)
HULK #18 MCGUINNESS VARIANT (OCT090513)
HULK #18 MCGUINNESS SANTA VARIANT (SEP098250)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by WHILCE PORTACIO
Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Santa Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Rated T+ …$3.99
FOC—11/23/09, On-Sale—12/16/09

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Fall of the Hulks Goes Gamma And Smashes Your World To Pieces!

From Eisner Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning, New York Times best-selling scribe Jeph Loeb and legendary artist John Romita Jr, the man behind World War Hulk, comes one of the most important chapters in the Hulk mythos! Fall of The Hulks Gamma brings Marvel’s finest together to mourn a hero—but just who’s dead? And why are they murdered in the opening pages of this landmark special? It’s been building since World War Hulk and it’s bigger than any Hulk story you’ve ever imagined! Who is the Red Hulk? Who is Red She-Hulk? What’s the fate of Bruce Banner? The answers begin here!

This is the issue that changes everything—and you can’t miss the shocking ending as an unholy union may spell the end of the Marvel Universe as it ignites the most incredible of wars! And if that wasn’t enough, just which long thought dead characters—yeah, plural—are back? Loeb and Romita Jr rock, smash and rearrange your world in Fall of The Hulks Gamma!

Retailers, please note that this issue features a Santa Variant, by superstar artist Ed McGuinness, for which ordering instructions are available in this week’s Marvel Mailer.

FALL OF THE HULKS GAMMA (OCT090516)
FALL OF THE HULKS GAMMA ROMITA JR VARIANT (OCT090518)
FALL OF THE HULKS GAMMA MCGUINNESS SANTA VARIANT (SEP098263)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Variant Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Santa Variant by ED MCGUINNESS
Rated T+ …$3.99
FOC—12/3/09, On-Sale—12/23/09

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Marvel is proud to uncover the Hulk #16 Deadpool McGuinness Variant by fan-favorite artist Ed MGuinness! In Hulk #16, Emmy & Eisner Award winning superstar writer Jeph Loeb and red-hot artist Ian Churchill go into Code Red as Red Hulk recruits a team of lethal heroes including Deadpool, Punisher, Elektra and more to capture Domino. But what secret has Domino discovered regarding the Red Hulk that would lead him to recruit this powerhouse team? Luckily, Domino isn’t on her own as she’s enlisted her friends in Wolverine and X-Force to even up the score! And if this titanic throw-down between two teams of Marvel’s heaviest hitters wasn’t enough, Red She-Hulk makes her thunderous debut! But just whose side is this wildcard on?

Don’t miss the series that ComicBookResources.com calls, “classic Marvel fun.” Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on Hulk, as it continues to garner buzz with the current “Code Red” storyline featuring a plethora of guest-stars from Deadpool to Wolverine and X-Force! Who is the Red She-Hulk? How will the X-Force fare against the Red Hulk and his A-list squad!? Find out in Hulk #16!

HULK #16 (AUG090471)
HULK #16 MCGUINNESS VARIANT (AUG090472)
HULK #16 DEADPOOL MCGUINNESS VARIANT (AUG098052)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by IAN CHURCHILL
Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Deadpool Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Rated T+ …$3.99
FOC—10/8/09, On-Sale—10/28/09

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A segment from Steve and a call from Rick add some power to an episode that starts off with talk about Dead of Night: Devil Slayer.

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Shipping August 26, 2009:

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Laughing Corpse Book 2 Necromancer #4 $3.99
Avengers The Initiative #27 Incentive 70th Frame Variant Cover – [PI]
Avengers The Initiative #27 Regular Matteo De Longis Cover $2.99
Avengers The Initiative Vol 4 Disassembled HC $24.99
Beta Ray Bill Godhunter #3 $3.99
Cable Vol 2 Waiting For The End Of The World TP $14.99
Captain America Vol 5 #601 2nd Ptg Gene Colan Variant Cover $3.99
Dark Avengers #7 2nd Ptg Luke Ross Variant Cover (Utopia Part 3) $3.99
Dark Avengers #8 Incentive 70th Frame Variant Cover (Utopia Part 5) – [PI]
Dark Avengers #8 Incentive Simone Bianchi Variant Cover (Utopia Part 5) – [PI]
Dark Avengers #8 Regular Mike Deodato Jr Cover (Utopia Part 5) $3.99
Dark Reign Elektra #5 $3.99
Dark Reign Sinister Spider-Man #3 $3.99
Dark Tower The Fall Of Gilead #4 Incentive David Lafuente Variant Cover – [PI]
Dark Tower The Fall Of Gilead #4 Incentive Richard Isanove Sketch Variant Cover – [PI]
Dark Tower The Fall Of Gilead #4 Regular Richard Isanove Cover $3.99
Dark Wolverine #77 Incentive 70th Frame Stephen Segovia Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) – [PI]
Dark Wolverine #77 Incentive Young Guns Rafa Sandoval Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) – [PI]
Dark Wolverine #77 Regular Leinil Francis Yu Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Dark X-Men Beginning #3 (Utopia Tie-In) $3.99
Deadpool Vol 3 #14 $2.99
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #570 Incentive 70th Frame Variant Cover – [PI]
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #570 Incentive Dale Eaglesham Mr Fantastic Variant Cover – [PI]
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #570 Incentive John Cassaday Sketch Cover – [PI]
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #570 Incentive John Cassaday Variant Cover – [PI]
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #570 Regular Alan Davis Cover $2.99
Ghost Rider Trials And Tribulations TP $12.99
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 #17 Incentive 70th Frame Mike Perkins Variant Cover (War Of Kings Tie-In) – [PI]
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 #17 Regular Daniel Acuna Cover (War Of Kings Tie-In) $2.99
Halo Helljumper #2 $3.99
Hulk Vol 2 #14 Incentive Ed McGuinness Deadpool Variant Cover – [PI]
Hulk Vol 2 #14 Incentive Ed McGuinness Red She-Hulk Variant Cover – [PI]
Hulk Vol 2 #14 Incentive Ian Churchill Variant Cover – [PI]
Hulk Vol 2 #14 Regular Ian Churchill Wraparound Cover $3.99
Immortal Iron Fist Vol 5 Escape From The Eighth City HC $24.99
Incredible Hercules #133 Incentive 70th Frame Salva Espin Variant Cover – [PI]
Incredible Hercules #133 Regular Rafael Albuquerque Cover $2.99
Incredible Hulk Vol 3 #601 Incentive 70th Frame Michael Golden Variant Cover – [PI]
Incredible Hulk Vol 3 #601 Incentive Ed McGuinness Variant Cover – [PI]
Incredible Hulk Vol 3 #601 Regular Ariel Olivetti Cover $3.99
Lords Of Avalon Knight Of Darkness HC $19.99
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #54 $2.99
Marvel Masterworks Incredible Hulk Vol 1 TP Book Market Edition $24.99
Marvel Masterworks Incredible Hulk Vol 1 TP Direct Market Edition $24.99
Mary Jane And Friends Poster Book $5.99
Ms Marvel Vol 2 #44 (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
New Avengers #56 Incentive 70th Frame Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) – [PI]
New Avengers #56 Regular Stuart Immonen Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $3.99
New Avengers Vol 11 Search For The Sorcerer Supreme HC $19.99
New Mutants Vol 3 #4 Incentive 70th Frame Variant Cover – [PI]
New Mutants Vol 3 #4 Incentive Benjamin Variant Cover – [PI]
New Mutants Vol 3 #4 Regular Adam Kubert Cover $2.99
Nova Vol 4 #28 Incentive 70th Frame Mike Perkins Variant Cover (War Of Kings Tie-In) – [PI]
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Riftwar #3 $3.99
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Secret Warriors #7 Incentive 70th Frame Variant Cover – [PI]
Secret Warriors #7 Regular Jim Cheung Cover $2.99
Skaar Son Of Hulk #14 Incentive 70th Frame Mitch Breitweiser Variant Cover – [PI]
Skaar Son Of Hulk #14 Regular David Palumbo Cover $2.99
Skrull Kill Krew Vol 2 #4 Incentive Top Cow Variant Cover – [PI]
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Spin Angels #1 Regular Pierre-Mony Chan Cover $5.99
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Timestorm 2009-2099 #4 $3.99
Ultimate X-Men Ultimate Collection Vol 3 TP $29.99
Uncanny X-Men Sisterhood TP $14.99
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X-Force Vol 3 #18 Regular Mike Choi Cover $2.99
X-Men Forever Vol 2 #6 $3.99

Product Updates:

• Anita Blake LC: Necromancer #4 (MAY090428D, $3.99) will have a new cover by Ron Lim.
• Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #2 (MAY090491D, $3.99; FOC 06/25/09) and #3 (JUN090522D, $3.99; FOC 08/04/09) will be 48 pages, not 32, with no change in price.
• Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #3 DKR (JUN090498D, $3.99; FOC 08/04/09) will have a new cover, which was originally solicited as the cover for issue #4.
• Incredible Hulk #601 (JUN090541D, $3.99; FOC 07/28/09) will be Rated A, not T+.
• Ultimate X-Men Ultimate Collection TP Vol. 3 (JUN090642D, $29.99; FOC 07/09/09) will be Rated T+, not A.

It’s the final curtain call for the Ultimate Universe as you know it in Ultimatum #5, ON SALE NOW! From Emmy & Eisner award-winning superstar writer Jeph Loeb and superstar artist David Finch comes the shocking conclusion to the Ultimatum event that has everyone buzzing! Will the X-Men settle the score with Magneto once and for all, or will the master of magnetism have the last laugh? And what is Doctor Doom’s role in all this madness? As some of the Ultimate Universe’s greatest heroes take their final bows, how will this world-ending event conclude? Don’t miss the exciting variant cover editions of Ultimatum #5 from superstars David Finch, Gabriele Dell’Otto, and Ed McGuinness!

Who will live? Who will die? What will become of the Ultimate Universe? Find out these startling answers in Ultimatum #5!

ULTIMATUM #5 (OF 5) (MAR092515)
ULTIMATUM #5 (OF 5) FINCH GATEFOLD VARIANT (MAR92518)
ULTIMATUM #5 (OF 5) MCGUINNESS VARIANT
ULTIMATUM #5 (OF 5) MCGUINNESS SKETCH VARIANT
ULTIMATUM #5 (OF 5) DELL’OTTO VARIANT
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
Sketch Variant by ED MCGUINNESS
Gatefold Variant by DAVID FINCH
Rated T+…$3.99
ON SALE NOW!

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It’s another sell out for the most smash-ing, most incredible chart topping series- Hulk #10 has sold out at Diamond (though copies may be available at the retail level)! Eisner & Emmy winning superstar scribe Jeph Loeb and red-hot superstar artist Ed McGuinness (the team that launched Hulk) reteam for the battle you demanded—Hulk & his Defenders versus Rulk & his Offenders!

“This is probably the most pure fun you’ll have with a comic book all month. Jeph Loeb has created a ridiculously delightful scenario…It’s classic Marvel fun, wrapped up in a beautiful Ed McGuinness package.”—Timothy Callahan, ComicBookResources.Com

“Ed McGuinness returns as penciler for this book and it looks great. This book and it appears this story line will be the very definition of eye candy in comics. Every character looks slick and really flat out awesome.”—Ryan Broussard, Comixtreme.Com

With every issue of Hulk sold out, don’t miss Hulk #11, in stores now!

HULK #11 (FEB092538)
HULK #11 ADAMS VARIANT
HULK #11 WOLVERINE ART APPRECIATION VARIANT
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & 50/50 Covers by ED MCGUINNESS
Wolverine Art Appreciation Variant by ED MCGUINNESS
Variant Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Rated A …$3.99
ON SALE NOW!

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Marvel is pleased to announce that Hulk #9 has sold out at Diamond, shattering the previous Hulk sell out record set by… Hulk #8! That’s right True Believers, every issue and every printing of the gamma charged series by Eisner-winning, Emmy-winning, chart-topping, superstar scribe Jeph Loeb has sold out at Diamond and the series shows no signs of slowing down. Who is the Red Hulk, AKA Rulk? What is his — or her — connection to the green Hulk? One thing’s for sure — the hottest new series of 2008 is going to get even hotter in 2009!

“This has been the greatest ride ever,” said Loeb. “Having Arthur Adams and Frank Cho join us for those three issues (and for some surprises to come!) was not only a great pleasure, but it kept the HULK right on top! Be sure to come back next issue when Ed ‘Ed’ McGuinness returns!”

Augie De Blieck Jr, of ComicBookResources.com. gushes, “[Hulk is] just what I need these days… Hulk is a mystery, at its heart, but one dressed up in a high-octane action movie that plays to its artists’ strengths, and gives us all sorts of new and crazy scenes… Sit back, and enjoy. [Hulk] is lots of fun.”

Now, prepare for a titanic tussle that only the acclaimed team of Loeb and superstar artist Ed McGuinness could bring you — Hulk & The Defenders (NAMOR! SILVER SURFER! DOC STRANGE!) versus Rulk & The Offenders (TIGER SHARK! TERRAX! BARON MORDO!) in Hulk #10!

HULK #10 (DEC082373)
HULK #10 ADAMS VARIANT COVER (NOV088086)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & 50/50 Covers by ED MCGUINNESS
Variant Cover by ART ADAMS
Rated A …$3.99
FOC—2/5/09, On-Sale—2/25/09

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