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

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #19

COVER BY: MARK BROOKS
WRITER: DAN SLOTT
PENCILS: STEFANO CASELLI
INKS: STEFANO CASELLI
COLORED BY: DANIELE RUDONI
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
SECRET INVASION Tie-In!
“V-S DAY”
It’s been leading to this since the Hank Pym Skrull first came up with the idea for a Fifty State Initiative. This is the final assault in the Secret Invasion, a nation-wide plan that will test the limits of 3-D MAN’S superhuman militia, THE KILL KREW ARMY! Join 3-D MAN, CLOUD 9, KOMODO, HARDBALL, and heroes around America in the battle that will decide the fate of the planet and the future of the Initiative program. Win or lose, there’s no turning back. After today, everything changes.
Rated T+ …$2.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8

COVER BY: SALVADOR LARROCA
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: SALVADOR LARROCA
INKS: SALVADOR LARROCA
COLORED BY: FRANK D’ARMATA
LETTERED BY: VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA
EDITOR: WARRREN SIMONS
In the aftermath of SECRET INVASION, Iron Man is no longer the hero he used to be, and Tony Stark’s entire life is torn apart. We can’t say much now, but…how bad does it get? Here’s a hint: Read WORLD’S MOST WANTED Part One! By the blockbuster INVINCIBLE IRON MAN creative team of Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca, lauded by fans and critics alike!
Rated A …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES: THE AVENGERS #31

COVER BY: CLAYTON HENRY
WRITER: PAUL TOBIN
PENCILS: IG GUARA
INKS: SANDRO RIBEIRO
COLORED BY: SOTOCOLOR
LETTERED BY: DAVE SHARPE
EDITOR: NATHAN COSBY
Good Things Come to Those Who Bait! With the Avengers vacationing on the sunny California beaches, Tigra hopes to finally conquer her fear of water, but things go sour when Iron Man challenges Luke Cage to a deep sea fishing contest and the two of them, ahem, bend the rules a bit. Iron Man sends a sonar pulse to stir up the really big fish, unfortunately rousing not only a monster from the deep, but also one seriously angry Prince of Atlantis…Namor, the Sub-Mariner! Lucky the Avengers brought the Hulk along! It’s the slugfest to end all slugfests, and it does nothing to help Tigra’s fear of water!
All Ages …$2.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #20

COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: LEE WEEKS, JIM CHEUNG & CARLO PAGULAYAN
INKS: LEE WEEKS, JIM CHEUNG & JEFFERY HUET
COLORED BY: DEAN WHITE AND JASON KEITH
LETTERED BY: DAVE LANPHEAR
EDITOR: TOM BREVOORT
SECRET INVASION Aftermath!
Shipping the week after Secret Invasion #8…the end of an era for the Mighty Avengers! Death and defeat at the hands of the Skrulls is just too much for even the Mighty Avengers. Watch the darkest day for the Avengers unfold before you and a shocking ending NO ONE will see coming. Guest-starring THOR!
Rated A …$2.99

THE AGE OF THE SENTRY #4

COVER BY: DAVE BULLOCK
WRITER: PAUL TOBIN & JEFF PARKER
PENCILS: NICK DRAGOTTA & RAMON ROSANAS
INKS: GARY MARTIN
COLORED BY: VAL STAPLES
LETTERED BY: DAVE LANPHEAR
EDITOR: MARK PANICCIA
What happens when our hero takes a good long look in the mirror…and sees The Golden Age Sentry! PLUS, It’s an invasion! No—not that kind of invasion; it’s a British music invasion. But the dance party grinds to a sudden halt when the Crick-Hits are kidnapped, and it’s all tunnels lead to Rome as the Golden Guardian of good teams up with the Blonde Phantom journeying deep within the Earth to do battle against a seemingly unstoppable army of monsters and their rather tyrannical leader, Marvel presents a story we just had to call— “I Wanna Hold Your Band!”
Rated A …$2.99

THOR GOD-SIZE SPECIAL #1

COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: DOUG BRAITHWAITE, DAN BRERETON & MARKO DJURDJEVIC
His name was Skurge, and men and god alike knew him as Executioner…and the legend of his life and death reverberate across the walls of Heaven itself. In Asgard, though…no one can quite remember WHAT happened to him. How did he live? How did he die? And why does everyone in Asgard remember it differently? There’s trickery at hand so vile even Loki joins Thor in trying to unravel it. Some comics are giant-sized. Some are king-sized. Only THIS comic can be called GOD-SIZED! By Matt Fraction (THOR: AGES OF THUNDER) and a roster of all-star artists including Doug Braithwaite (SECRET INVASION: THOR), Dan Brereton (IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL) and Marko Djurdjevic (THOR #7-8)!
Rated T+ …$3.99

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