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Courtesy of Marvel here are preview pages for Wolverine: First Class #15, Wolverine #72, Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #6, Wolverine: Origins #36 and X-Force #15 all scheduled to ship next week (5/28/09).

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #15
COVER BY: DENNIS CALERO
WRITER: PETER DAVID
PENCILS: SCOTT KOBLISH
INKS: SCOTT KOBLISH
COLORED BY: ULISES ARREOLA
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA

THE STORY:
Kitty Pryde’s got a crush, and she’s depending on Wolvie to help her get the hook-up. But what can she really expect him to do when that crush is THOR?
Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE #72
COVER BY: Steve McNiven
WRITER: Mark Millar
PENCILS: Steve McNiven
INKS: Dexter Vines
COLORED BY: Morry Hollowell
LETTERED BY: VC – Cory Petit

THE STORY:
Logan and Hawkeye have finally reached their journey’s end, made it to New Babylon, and delivered Hawkeye’s secret cargo. But the completion of their mission has come with a great price…and Logan is out for revenge on the man responsible for the annihilation of the world’s super heroes, the President of the United States! Don’t miss the penultimate issue of the greatest Wolverine story ever told by modern masters MARK MILLAR and STEVE MCNIVEN! Part 7 (of 8). Parental Advisory …$2.99

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS. HULK #6
COVER BY: STEPHEN SEGOVIA
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
PENCILS: DOUG BRAITHWAITE
INKS: BILL REINHOLD
COLORED BY: ANDY TROY
LETTERED BY: VC – CORY PETIT
THE STORY:
“WEAPON XI”
Wolverine races to stop Daken from undergoing the procedure that will turn him into the ultimate weapon! But will saving his son’s life cost him his own? Nothing lasts forever… Part 4 (of 5)
Parental Advisory …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #36
COVER BY: STEPHEN SEGOVIA
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
PENCILS: DOUG BRAITHWAITE
INKS: BILL REINHOLD
COLORED BY: ANDY TROY
LETTERED BY: VC – CORY PETIT

THE STORY:
“WEAPON XI”
Wolverine races to stop Daken from undergoing the procedure that will turn him into the ultimate weapon! But will saving his son’s life cost him his own? Nothing lasts forever… Part 4 (of 5)
Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-FORCE #15
COVER BY: CLAYTON CRAIN
WRITER: CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
PENCILS: CLAYTON CRAIN
INKS: CLAYTON CRAIN
COLORED BY: CLAYTON CRAIN
LETTERED BY: VC – CORY PETIT

THE STORY:
“X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR”
The War heats up! As Stryfe gets even closer to learning the secret of Hope Summers, Bishop has no choice but to make his move. X-Force has split into two strike teams… but only betrayal and death await them. And the choice Archangel makes will change everything. Plus, the battle a millennia in the making… CABLE vs. STRYFE. Part 5 (of 7)
Parental Advisory …$2.99

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Some quick hits from our host, the second part of Steve’s DeFalco and Ryan Fantastic Four run, Tom talks Kree, and…

Don’t forget: Listen to the conclusion of The Specialist, the second episode of the Feedback – A Hero’s Calling‘s second season.

Titles mentioned include Avengers: The Initiative, Wolverine: First Class, New Avengers, Dr. Strange: A Separate Reality, and Agents of Atlas.

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Items shipping March 11, 2009:

Adam Legend Of The Blue Marvel #5 $3.99
Agents Of Atlas Vol 2 #1 2nd Ptg Carlo Pagulayan Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $3.99
Astonishing Tales Vol 2 #2 $3.99
Black Panther Vol 5 #1 2nd Ptg Ken Lashley Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $3.99
Captain Britain And MI 13 #11 $2.99
Ghost Rider Vol 5 #33 $2.99
Essential Power Man And Iron Fist Vol 2 TP $19.99
Franklin Richards Not-So-Secret Invasion TP Digest $9.99
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 #11 $2.99
Immortal Iron Fist #23 $2.99
Invincible Iron Man #10 2nd Ptg Salvador Larroca Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Invincible Iron Man #11 (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #49 $2.99
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #9 $2.99
Marvel Apes Speedball Special $3.99
Marvel Illustrated Odyssey #7 $3.99
Marvel Spotlight Wolverine $3.99
Official Index To The Marvel Universe #3 $3.99
Punisher Frank Castle #68 $3.99
Secret Invasion Inhumans TP $14.99
Secret Invasion Who Do You Trust TP $19.99
Secret Invasion X-Men TP $14.99
Secret Warriors #1 2nd Ptg Claudio Caselli Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $3.99
Skaar Son Of Hulk #7 2nd Ptg Butch Guice Variant Cover $2.99
Stand American Nightmares #1 Incentive Lee Bermejo Variant Cover – [PI]
Stand American Nightmares #1 Incentive Lincoln Tunnel Variant Cover – [PI]
Stand American Nightmares #1 Incentive Mike Perkins Sketch Variant Cover – [PI]
Stand American Nightmares #1 Regular Mike Perkins Cover $3.99
Stand Vol 1 Captain Trips HC Book Market Lee Bermejo Cover $24.99
Stand Vol 1 Captain Trips HC Direct Market Mike Perkins Cover $24.99
Wonderful Wizard Of Oz #4 $3.99
X-Men Manifest Destiny Nightcrawler $3.99
X-Men Noir #4 Regular Dennis Calero Cover $3.99
X-Men Noir #4 Variant Dennis Calero Cover $3.99

Product Updates:

• Adam: Legend of The Blue Marvel #5 (JAN092494D, $3.99; FOC 02/19/09) will have a new cover by Juan Doe that is different than what was originally solicited.
• Essential Power Man and Iron Fist TP Vol. 02 (JAN092612D; FOC 02/05/09) will be $19.99, not $16.99.
• X-Men: Quitting Time (JAN09 2550, $3.99) has been retitled X-Men: Manifest Destiny — Nightcrawler One-Shot.
• X-Men: Manifest Destiny – Nightcrawler One-shot (JAN092550D, $3.99; FOC 02/19/09), which was solicited without an artist, will have art by Jorge Molina.
• X-Men: Manifest Destiny — Nightcrawler One Shot (JAN092550D, $3.99) will be 40 pages, not 32 pages, and consist of 32 all-new story pages.

DAREDEVIL #114
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS: MICHAEL LARK
INKS: STEFANO GAUDIANO
COLORED BY: MATT HOLLINGSWORTH
LETTERED BY: CHRIS ELIOPOULOS
With Lady Bullseye on his trail, Daredevil must protect an old blind man who holds the key to the Hand’s destruction! It’s an all-out kung-fu ninja battle in the heart of New York City, and everyone who can kick is invited! By Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark.
Rated T+ …$2.99

GHOST RIDER: DANNY KETCH #3
COVER BY: CLINT LANGLEY
WRITER: SIMON SPURRIER
PENCILS: JAVIER SALTARES
INKS: TOM PALMER
COLORED BY: DAN BROWN
Rats! Rampages! Revelations! With the mystery and madcappery ratcheting up a spike-encrusted notch, Danny Ketch finally receives some of the answers he’s been hunting. What’s the true origin of the Spirit of Vengeance? What’s its true history? What pointy-toothed terror is back from death to gnaw at his soul? And what the hell is he doing one mile beneath the Antarctic icecap with only a talking magpie for company? Saltares and Spurrier serve-up a history lesson that’ll shake the way you see the Ghost Rider mythos forever. Vvvveeeengeaaance!
Parental Advisory …$3.99

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #21
COVER BY: JUAN DOE
WRITER: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
PENCILS: TRAVEL FOREMAN
LETTERED BY: DAVE LANPHEAR
Danny Rand was not the first Immortal Iron Fist…and he won’t be the last! The year – 3099. The place – a distant planet first colonized a millennium ago by the People’s Republic of China. Now, a humanity oppressed by a totalitarian technological tyrant has just one hope for salvation – the kung-fu freedom-fighting of the Immortal Iron Fist! But his coming is nothing more than a prophecy and a silent prayer…and even if the Iron Fist does arrive, he must first defeat the most powerful weapon the evil robot empire has…Robo Fat-Cobra! Hot off the heels of Duane Swierczynski and Travel Foreman’s rip-roaring “MORTAL IRON FIST” arc comes an all-new look at the future legacy of the Immortal Iron Fist…with a jaw-dropping cover by Juan Doe!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

PUNISHER: WAR ZONE #3
COVER BY: TBA
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

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #10
COVER BY: DAVID WILLIAMS
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
PENCILS:
INKS:
COLORED BY:
LETTERED BY: SIMON BOWLAND
Even a man with a healing factor, adamantium claws and enhanced senses to get him through a fight may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and need the help of Jack Russell, WEREWOLF-BY-NIGHT!
Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #31
COVER BY: MIKE DEODATO
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
PENCILS: YANICK PAQUETTE
INKS:
COLORED BY: RAINIER BEREDO
LETTERED BY: VC – CORY PETIT
THE FAMILY BUSINESS” Part 1 (of 2)
After the stunning revelations of last issue, Daken now knows that he is merely a pawn and that his hatred of his father, Wolverine, is based upon a lie. Now, Daken and Wolverine—father and son—unite to track down the most fearsome being Daken has ever known. But they’re not the only ones looking for him…
Parental Advisory …$2.99

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Since you’re probably going to stuff yourself silly this week (and have some shopping to do), this should help while away the time. Pat has your new releases, Steve reminisces on 1991, Tom returns with the next part of his history lesson on the Avengers, and Mike is back! But not with the segment you might think… We also have voicemails! And the host mentions Marvel’s recent mutant offerings!

Titles mentioned include Uncanny X-Men, X-Men: Legacy, Wolverine: Origins, Deadpool, X-Men/Spider-Man, Young X-Men, Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel, and Amazing Spider-Man

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Marvel items on sale, 11.26.08:

Avengers The Initiative Vol 2 Killed In Action TP $19.99
Captain America Death Of Captain America Vol 3 Man Who Bought America HC $19.99
Captain America Vol 5 #44 Regular Steve Epting Cover $2.99
Captain America Vol 5 #44 Variant Sal Buscema Cover $2.99
Daredevil Vol 2 #113 $2.99
Ghost Rider Danny Ketch #2 $3.99
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 #7 Incentive Jim Valentino Variant Cover (War Of Kings Tie-In) – [PI]
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 #7 Regular Clint Langley Cover (War Of Kings Tie-In) $2.99
Hulk Vol 2 #8 Regular Arthur Adams Cover $2.99
Hulk Vol 2 #8 Regular Frank Cho Cover $2.99
Hulk Vol 2 #8 Variant Sal Buscema Cover $2.99
Incredible Hercules #123 $2.99
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #42 $2.99
Marvel Adventures Iron Man Armored Avenger TP Digest $8.99
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #5 $2.99
Marvel Masterworks Golden Age All-Winners Vol 3 HC Regular Dust Jacket $59.99
Marvel Masterworks Golden Age All-Winners Vol 3 HC Variant Dust Jacket $59.99
Ms Marvel Vol 2 #33 $2.99
New Avengers Vol 8 Secret Invasion Book 1 HC $19.99
New Warriors Vol 4 #18 $2.99
Nova Vol 4 #19 $2.99
Runaways Vol 3 #4 $2.99
Secret Invasion Inhumans #4 $2.99
Secret Invasion X-Men #4 $2.99
She-Hulk 2 #35 $2.99
Skaar Son Of Hulk #5 $2.99
Thor Man Of War $3.99
True Believers #5 $2.99
Ultimate Hulk vs Iron Man Ultimate Human TP $15.99
Ultimate Spider-Man #128 (Ultimatum Tie-In) $2.99
Ultimate X-Men #98 (Ultimatum Tie-In) $2.99
Wolverine First Class #9 $2.99
Wolverine Origins #30 (Original Sin Part 5) $2.99
X-Force Vol 3 #9 $2.99
X-Men First Class Band Of Brothers TP $14.99
X-Men Legacy Vol 1 Divided He Stands TP $15.99
X-Men Legacy Vol 2 Sins Of The Father HC $24.99

Product Updates:

• Ms. Marvel #33 (SEP082356D, $2.99; FOC 11/06/08) will have art by Adriana Melo, not Paulo Siqueira.
• New Warriors #18 (SEP082370D, $2.99; FOC 11/06/08) will have art by Casey Jones, not Reilly Brown.
• Skaar: Son of Hulk #5 (SEP082379D, $2.99; FOC 11/06/08) will have art by Jackson Guice and Ron Garney.
• Wolverine: First Class #9 (SEP082407D, $2.99; FOC 11/06/08) will have a cover by Roberto De La Torre, not Salva Espin.

Courtesy of Marvel, we have some preview pages for titles shipping Wednesday, November 26th.

SECRET INVASION: X-MEN #4
COVER BY: TERRY DODSON
WRITER: MIKE CAREY
PENCILS: CARY NORD
LETTERED BY: VC – JOE CARAMAGNA
The X-Men’s guerrilla tactics force Commander H’Kurrek to take ruthless measures against the people of San Francisco. Thousands of lives are at stake, and there are only minutes in which to ask: but are the X-Men prepared to descend to the same tactics as their enemies, and target the innocent in order to win a war?
Rated T+ …$2.99

ULTIMATE X-MEN #98
COVER BY: MARK BROOKS
WRITER: ARON E. COLEITE
PENCILS: MARK BROOKS
INKS: KARL STORY
COLORED BY: STUDIO F – EDGAR DELGADO
LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT ALBERT DESCHESNE
EDITOR: MARK PANICCIA
Ultimatum tie-in! The unthinkable has happened as the X-Men find themselves reeling from the devastating events of Ultimatum. As Xavier’s pupils prepare to retaliate, one X-Man is conspicuously left off the roster. As her time as part of Weapon X is counted against her, how can Rogue prove her loyalty? How far will she go? And just what is her mysterious connection to Vindicator of Alpha Flight?! His identity finally revealed!!!
Rated T+ …$2.99

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #9
COVER BY: ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
PENCILS: TERRY PALLOT
LETTERED BY: SIMON BOWLAND
Flashing claws versus fists of fury! That’s right — Wolverine takes on SHANG-CHI, MASTER OF KUNG-FU! ‘Nuff said!
Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #30
COVER BY: MIKE DEODATO & RICHARD ISANOVE
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
PENCILS: MIKE DEODATO
INKS: MIKE DEODATO
COLORED BY: RAINIER BEREDO
LETTERED BY: VC – CORY PETIT
EDITOR: JOHN BARBER
ORIGINAL SIN
Continued from X-MEN: LEGACY #218! Searching for his kidnapped son, Wolverine will let nothing stand in his way—not even The Hellfire Club! Meanwhile, what dark secrets will Professor X unearth inside the scorched battlefield that is Wolverine’s mind? And what will it tell him about his own past deeds? Find out here in the mind-shattering—literally mind-shattering—conclusion to ORIGINAL SIN! Part 5 (of 5)
Parental Advisory …$2.99

X-FORCE #9
COVER BY: MIKE CHOI
WRITER: CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
PENCILS: MIKE CHOI
COLORED BY: SONIA OBACK
LETTERED BY: VC – CORY PETIT
EDITOR: JOHN BARBER
“OLD GHOSTS”
As Warpath fights for his life and very soul in the American Southwest, Wolverine gets lucky in Japan. Because you demanded it, DOMINO joins X-Force as they continue to hunt down the . Vanisher has begrudgingly led the team right to the abandoned labs of recently deceased MISTER SINISTER, but X-Force’s enemies are right on their heels. PLUS: What’s happening to Wolfsbane? Part 3 (of 4)
Parental Advisory …$2.99

Thanks to Marvel, we have the following previews from Thor #8, Uncanny X-Men #497, Young Avengers Presents #4, Wolverine: First Class #2, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #35, and Marvel Illustrated: Picture of Dorian Gray #5. These titles are scheduled to be in shops next Wednesday.

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

THOR #8
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
PENCILS: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
INKS: DANNY MIKI and CRIMELAB STUDIOS
The God of Thunder keeps sizzling off the stands! Part two of a two-part arc by writer J. Michael Straczynski (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) with sumptuous art by DAREDEVIL cover artist Marko Djurdjevic sees the mighty Thor ruling over a newly glorious Asgard and all its people! But what danger has risen on the horizon of its American heartland surroundings? And how will Thor equip himself to face it??
Rated T+ …$2.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #497
COVER BY: MICHAEL CHOI
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS and INKS: MICHAEL CHOI
“DIVIDED WE STAND”
In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men…Something strange is going on in San Francisco and Archangel gets pulled into the middle of it. Can Cyclops and Emma Frost save him and get out alive? And Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler’s road trip takes a turn for the dangerous.
Rated T+ …$2.99

YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #4 (of 6)
COVER BY: JIM CHEUNG
WRITER: PAUL CORNELL
PENCILS: MARK BROOKS
INKS: JAIME MENDOZA
The Vision is going through changes. He’s a passionate man. And an impulsive one, if his decision to go and visit Stature at her Initiative training camp is anything to go by. He’s got some important things to tell her. But will getting intangibly stuck halfway through her body while A.I.M. are attacking put a damper on his ardour?
Rated T+ …$2.99

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #2
COVER BY: LEONARD KIRK
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
ART: ANDREA DI VITO
The good news: Kitty’s managed to figure out Wolverine’s birthday and has arranged a surprise candlelight dinner with the love of his life, Mariko Yashida, as his present. The bad news: The reason Wolverine never tells anybody about his birthday is that every year on that date Sabretooth shows up to dice him into cutlets. And Kitty has put Mariko within Sabretooth’s grasp!
All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #35
COVER BY: GRAHAM NOLAN
WRITER: PAUL TOBIN
PENCILS: DAVID NAKAYAMA
INKS: CORY HAMSCHER
A MODEL DAY: 75% of the Fantastic Four positively agree that it’s GREAT to judge an international beauty pageant, but what’s Sue to do during the festivities? Well, how about unearthing that the pageant is actually sponsored by A.I.M. in order to smuggle high tech battle robots into the country? Or how about teaming up with a certain long lost model from Marvel’s past, and then picking a fight with those battle robots? Yeah, Sue keeps busy in this one.
All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY #5 (of 6)
COVER BY: GERALD PAREL
WRITER: ROY THOMAS and OSCAR WILDE
PENCILS and INKS: SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
Dorian is now leading a bizarre double life with his daytime demeanor at dire odds with his nightly existence of decadence and debauchery. But events may be catching up to Dorian as he is stalked through the foggy London streets…by a man out for vengeance. It’s the penultimate chapter of Wilde’s strange and compelling masterpiece.
Rated T+ …$2.99

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Daredevil #106: Ed Brubaker continues to write a Matt Murdock that you feel for. How do you move on with your life when everything you smell reminds you of the woman you can’t see? It’s hard for people without enhanced senses. For Matt, it’s even harder to stay sane. Guest artist Paul Azaceta beautifully illustrates Brubaker’s story of three of Matt’s friends coping with his pain.

X-Men: First Class #10: Jeff Parker loves me. Okay, I’m sure he doesn’t. And until he posted this entry on his site, he most likely never even thought about me. But that’s okay. Because this issue tells the tale of a Cyclops solo adventure. Want to know why Cyclops is the leader? Reading this story will help in unerstanding the character’s origins. Craig Rousseau does an admirable job filling in for Roger Cruz this month.

Wolverine: First Class #1: Now this is a nice first issue. For someone like myself whose been an X-Men fan for a long time and remembers when Kitty joined the team (even if I wasn’t an active reader at the time, joining the faithful at the end of the Dave Cockrum run just prior to Paul Smith starting), this is a look ‘between panels’ at the beginning of the friendship she shares with Logan. And if you’re not familiar with Kitty Pryde and want to know why she would be teamed up with Wolverine, Fred Van Lente and Andrea Di Vito do an amazing job of answering that question, starting with this issue. You can’t go wrong with this one.

Ms. Marvel #25: SKRULLS!!

Ultimate Human #3: This has been a gorgeous story. Cary Nord and Dave Stewart do wonders bringing Warren Ellis‘ script to life. They make a great team. The only nitpick I have is the majority of this issue told the origin of the Leader. Problem is, the origin story takes place in the past and after being in the present day for the first two issues, it was a little jarring being thrown into what’s basically a flashback, cold, and at the beginning of the issue. But I guess I’m a little old-school where we would usually have the villain exclaim his triumph over our hero or heroes and we’d get the origin in a handful of panels. It still works here, don’t get me wrong. And if that’s the only thing I can bitch about, then really, this story’s firing on all cylinders.

Here are some pages from a few titles shipping next week, March 26, 2008. In this first batch we have Black Panther #35, Daredevil #106, X-Men: Legacy #209, Wolverine: First Class #1, Ultimate Human #3, Marvel Atlas #2, and New Warriors #10.

WARNING: There may be some spoilers in the following images.

A big thanks to Marvel for providing these previews.

BLACK PANTHER #35
WRITER: REGINALD HUDLIN
PENCILS: CAFU
INKS: FRANCIS PORTELA
BACK TO AFRICA
Out of the frying pan…into the fire! Their fantastic adventures in the interdimensional superhighway complete, the Wakandan Royal couple at last return to Wakanda — only to find home is anything but sweet. With serious strife tearing apart his court, and one of the Panther’s greatest foes waiting to strike, is it too late for T’Challa to regain control of his kingdom?
Rated T+ …$2.99

DAREDEVIL #106
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS: PAUL AZACETA
INKS: PAUL AZACETA
MATT MURDOCK FACES A LONG NIGHT OF THE SOUL!
Reeling from the events of last issue, Matt Murdock struggles to come to grips with all the things we can’t tell you about because they would spoil the ending of the previous arc. Drifting into anger and depression, Daredevil stalks the streets of Hell’s Kitchen, looking for bad guys to take it out on…but is he really just taking it out on himself? By Harvey and Eisner-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker and special guest artist Paul Azaceta (CAPTAIN MARVEL, Grounded, Talent)!
Rated T+ …$2.99

X-MEN: LEGACY #209
WRITER: MIKE CAREY
PENCILS: SCOT EATON
INKS: JOHN DELL
MINDSCAPE SEQUENCE ART: BILLY TAN
Xavier and Magneto face-to-face again! With Xavier comatose and Magneto depowered, these old soldiers appear sidelined. But neither man has abandoned his dream. With the future of mutantkind in flux, how far will these men go to reclaim their place as firsts among their people? And what will happen to those who get in their way?
Fresh off their groundbreaking run on Messiah Complex, writer Mike Carey (X-MEN) and artists Scot Eaton (X-FACTOR) and Billy Tan (UNCANNY X-MEN) take on two of mutantkind’s most iconic figures as well as some of the most important moments in X-Men history.
Rated A …$2.99

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #1
WRITER: FRED VAN LENTE
PENCILS: ANDREA DI VITO
INKS: ANDREA DI VITO
Return with us again to the early days of the all-new, all-different, X-Men for all-new solo adventures of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde! The next generation of students has arrived at Xavier’s School–Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, and the mysterious Wolverine–and with them, new teaching methods. Professor X pairs up green recruit Kitty Pryde with the been-everywhere, done-everything vet Logan, and neither of them are all that happy about it. But unless they learn to work together, neither of them will come back from their first mission together alive!
Rated A …$2.99

ULTIMATE HUMAN #3
WRITER: WARREN ELLIS
PENCILS: CARY NORD
Continuing the ultimate collision between Iron Man and the Hulk! Who is Peter Wisdom, and what does he want with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner? And why can’t either hero tap into the powers of their alter egos? Be there as Warren Ellis (ULTIMATE GALACTUS) and Cary Nord (Conan) unleash the fireworks at Ironworks!
Rated T+ …$2.99

MARVEL ATLAS #2
WRITERS: MICHAEL HOSKIN, STUART VANDAL, ANTHONY FLAMINI, and ERIC J. MOREELS
ART: ELIOT R. BROWN and VARIOUS
Your only guide to Marvel’s Earth concludes! Antarctica, Africa, the Middle East, and North, Central and South America are highlighted as the Marvel Atlas plans your trip to Wakanda, Atlantis, the Savage Land, Sky Island and the U.S.A. (home of a super hero or two)! Visit the realms of the Black Panther, the Initiative, Omega Flight, the Sub-Mariner, Ka-Zar and more – brought to you in vivid life through the renderings of fan-favorite Eliot R. Brown (PUNISHER ARMORY, IRON MANUAL)!
Rated A …$3.99

NEW WARRIORS #10
WRITER: KEVIN GREVIOUX
PENCILS: PACO MEDINA
INKS: JUAN VLASCO
What is Night Thrasher doing while the New Warriors are trussing up super-villains? Where is he when his teammates are training hard for their next mission? And why is their leader nowhere to be found when the team is evading the clutches of the N.Y.P.D. Costumed Division? Night Thrasher reveals his plan to the New Warriors, but after his frequent disappearances, do they trust him?
Rated T+ …$2.99

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Wolverine & Kitty Pryde Embark On Their First Solo Mission!

The next generation of X-Men have arrived at Xavier’s school, but will new student Kitty Pryde survive the tutelage of the mysterious Wolverine? Exploring the early days of the X-Men with the solo adventures of Wolverine & Kitty Pryde, Wolverine: First Class #1 kicks off a new ongoing series revealing secrets from the X-Men’s past! From rising star writer Fred Van Lente (Incredible Hercules) and fan-favorite artist Andrea Di Vito (Marvel Comics Presents), learn about Kitty Pryde’s first mission with Wolverine as the two enter a situation too deadly for any one mutant to handle! But can these two find a way to work together?

“The Wolverine and Kitty team up is one of the all-time great sidekick dynamics in recent comics history,” says editor Mark Paniccia. “WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS introduces that magic to a new generation of readers. Long-time fans will get sensational untold stories set in the one of the greatest eras of the X-Men.”

Exploring in-continuity tales from the X-Men’s past, Wolverine: First Class is a must read for all X-Men fans!

WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS #1 (JAN082189)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by ANDREA DI VITO
Cover by SALVADOR ESPIN
Rated A …$2.99
FOC—3/6/08, On-Sale—3/26/08