Critics and fans agree that X-Men Forever is a hit:

“Great, very enjoyable, and I’m interested to see just what will end up coming next for the X-Men in this book. Recommended.” – Adam Chapman, Comixtreme.com

“Fantastic…both fluent and exciting.” – Daniel Crown, IGN.com

Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on all X-Men Forever issues as the series continues to generate significant praise and sell outs. What does Kitty Pryde have up her sleeve? What is Wolverine’s true fate? Catch all the shocking answers in X-Men Forever #3 Second Printing Variant and X-Men Forever #4 Second Printing Variant!

X-MEN FOREVER #3 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JUN098479)
X-MEN FOREVER #4 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (JUN098480)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Pencils & Covers by TOM GRUMMETT
Rated A …$3.99 (each)
FOC—8/20/09, On-Sale—9/9/09

To find a comic shop near you, call 1-888-comicbook or visit www.comicshoplocator.com

Mass Assembly, Down and Away (http://www.massassembly.org/)

Voicemail: (206) 312-5239
Email: marvelnoise@comicbooknoise.com
FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/davidaprice
Facebook Marvel Noise Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12732697211
Facebook Comic Book Noise Extended Family Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5309074819
Podcast Alley: http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=51305
ComicSpace: http://www.comicspace.com/marvelnoise/
Digg: http://digg.com/podcasts/Marvel_Noise
League of Comic Book Podcasts: http://leagueofcomicbookpodcasts.blogspot.com/
Comics Podcasts Network: http://www.comicspodcasts.com/

Shipping July 1, 2009:

Agents Of Atlas Vol 2 #7 Incentive 70s Decade Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) – [PI]
Agents Of Atlas Vol 2 #7 Regular Leinil Francis Yu Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Amazing Spider-Man Family #8 $4.99
Astonishing Tales Vol 2 #6 $3.99
Cable Vol 2 #16 $2.99
Captain America Fighting Chance Vol 2 Acceptance TP $19.99
Captain America Poster Book $5.99
Captain America Reborn #1 Incentive John Cassaday Sketch Cover – [PI]
Captain America Reborn #1 Incentive John Cassaday Variant Cover – [PI]
Captain America Reborn #1 Regular Alex Ross Cover $3.99
Captain America Reborn #1 Regular Bryan Hitch Cover $3.99
Daredevil Father TP $19.99
Daredevil Noir #4 Regular Tomm Coker Cover $3.99
Daredevil Noir #4 Variant Dennis Calero Cover $3.99
Deadpool Merc With A Mouth #1 Incentive Ed McGuinness Variant Cover – [PI]
Deadpool Merc With A Mouth #1 Regular Arthur Adams Cover $3.99
Destroyer (Marvel MAX) #4 $3.99
Exiles Vol 4 #4 $2.99
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #568 $2.99
Invincible Iron Man #15 (Dark Reign Tie-In) $2.99
Marvel Divas #1 Incentive 70s Decade Variant Cover – [PI]
Marvel Divas #1 Regular J Scott Campbell Cover $3.99
Marvel Your Universe #6 $5.99
New Avengers #54 Incentive Chris Bachalo Variant Cover (Dark Reign Tie-In) – [PI]
Official Index To The Marvel Universe #7 $3.99
Planet Skaar Prologue 2nd Ptg Dan Panosian Variant Cover $3.99
Runaways Rock Zombies HC Book Market Edition $19.99
Runaways Rock Zombies HC Direct Market Edition $19.99
Scourge Of The Gods The Fall #1 Regular Cover $5.99
Scourge Of The Gods The Fall #1 US Variant Cover $5.99
Spider-Man Election Day HC Book Market Barack Obama Cover $29.99
Spider-Man Election Day HC Direct Market Menace Cover $29.99
Trojan War #3 $3.99
Ultimates By Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch Omnibus HC $99.99
Uncanny X-Men #513 Incentive Simone Bianchi Variant Cover (Utopia Part 2) – [PI]
Uncanny X-Men #513 Regular Terry Dodson Cover (Utopia Part 2) $3.99
USA Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special Incentive Marcos Martin Variant Cover – [PI]
USA Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special Regular Clint Langley Cover $3.99
War Of Kings #5 Incentive Mike Choi Variant Cover – [PI]
War Of Kings #5 Regular Brandon Peterson Cover $3.99
Wolverine Vol 3 #72 2nd Ptg Steve McNiven Variant Cover $2.99

Product Updates:

• Amazing Spider-Man Family #8 (MAY090488D, $4.99; FOC 06/11/09) will be 56 pages, not 64. Also, the solicited Swiney-Girl and Spider-Ma’am stories will be replaced with “Marvel ‘Why Not?’” by Tom Peyer & Stephanie Buscema, and “Walk the Talk”, an 11-page peek into J. Jonah Jameson’s life after his career at the Bugle but before his ascendance to the Mayor’s office, by Joe Casey & Chad Hardin.
• Captain America: Fighting Chance TP Vol. 2 (MAY090598D, $19.99; FOC 06/11/09) will now be subtitled Acceptance.
• Reborn (#1: MAY090412-13D; APR098376D; #2: JUN090439D; #3: JUL090458-60D; $3.99 EA.) has been retitled Captain America Reborn.
• Reborn #1 (Reg.: MAY090412D, Cassaday Var.: MAY090413D, $3.99 ea.; FOC 06/16/09) will run 40 pages, not 32.
• Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #1 (MAY090544D, $3.99; FOC 06/11/09), originally solicited to contain a bonus reprint of New Mutants #98, will now contain a bonus reprint of Deadpool #4 (1997) instead.
• Marvel Divas #1 & #1 Variant (MAY090514-5D, $3.99; FOC 06/11/09) was incorrectly listed in the May PREVIEWS Order Form as being part of a five-issue limited series. In fact, the limited series runs four issues, as solicited in Marvel Previews #69.
• Scourge of Gods: Fall #1 (MR) (MAY090436D, $5.99; FOC 06/11/09) will be 48 pages, not 56.
• Spider-Man: Election Day Premiere HC (APR090427D, $29.99; FOC 05/07/09) will be 192 pages, not 216 pages.
• Spider-Man: Election Day Premiere HC (APR090427D, $29.99; FOC 05/07/09) will be 184 pages, not 192.
• The solicited covers for War of Kings #5 (MAY090529D, $3.99; FOC 06/11/09) and War of Kings #6 (JUN090569D, $3.99; FOC 07/14/09) will be switched so that the cover solicited for issue #5 will now be the cover for issue #6, and vice versa.

DEADPOOL: SUICIDE KINGS #3
COVER BY: Mike McKone
WRITER: Mike Benson
PENCILS: Carlo Barberi
INKS: Sandu Florea
COLORED BY: Marte Gracia
LETTERED BY: VC – Cory Petit

THE STORY:
“SUICIDE KINGS,” PART 3: DEAD MAN’S HAND Deadpool’s been framed. No, really! This time, Wade didn’t do it — and he’s determined to prove his innocence and find the person responsible. But first, he’s got to stay alive or out of jail. And with the Punisher and Spider-Man both hot on his trail, that’s not going to be easy. Even if he’s got the help of a certain Man Without Fear. Parental Advisory …$3.99

EXILES #3
COVER BY: Dave Bullock
WRITER: Jeff Parker
PENCILS: Salvador Espin Casey Jones
INKS: Salvador Espin
COLORED BY: Tony Washington
LETTERED BY: Simon Bowland

THE STORY:
Maybe a new untested team isn’t what you want to throw against an island of united X-Men and Brotherhood mutants, all looking to protect Magneto. Then again, maybe it’s the perfect solution! And maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to stay on this world longer, given what the NEXT one has waiting. Parental Advisory …$2.99

NEW MUTANTS #2
COVER BY: Adam Kubert
WRITER: Zeb Wells
PENCILS: Diogenes Neves
INKS: Cam Smith|Edgar Tadeo
COLORED BY: John Rauch
LETTERED BY: VC – Joe Caramagna

THE STORY:
“RETURN OF LEGION” One of the most dangerous X-Villains of all time is back and he’s targeted the New Mutants. Last time Legion reared his head, he created the Age of Apocalpyse. Do Cannonball, Karma, Magma, Moonstar and Magik have much hope of stopping him now? Part 2 (of 4) Rated T …$2.99

X-MEN FOREVER #1
COVER BY: Tom Grummett
WRITER: Chris Claremont
PENCILS: Tom Grummett
INKS: Cory Hamscher
COLORED BY: Wil Quintana

THE STORY:
BE HERE FOR THE BEGINNING! Comics icon and New York Times bestselling writer Chris Claremont returns to his legendary run with X-MEN: FOREVER! The shockwaves after the death of Magneto are still reverberating all over the world. Attempting to heal the rift between man and mutant kind, Professor Xavier volunteers his X-Men to go on a mission to capture Magneto’s sole remaining Acolyte, Fabien Cortez! But with Nick Fury—and the entire world—watching over their shoulders, the stakes have never been higher for Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Gambit, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Storm, Beast, and Professor X. With Tom Grummet bringing Claremont’s vision to the page, this landmark series is packed with enough surprises and twists to shake the X-Men mythos to its very core! Rated A …$3.99

To find a comic shop near you, call 1-888-comicbook or visit www.comicshoplocator.com

Picking up where he left off in X-Men #3, Claremont will leave jaws on the floor as he teams with Grummett and sends the X-Men on an all new, all different mission in X-Men Forever!

X-MEN FOREVER ALPHA #1 (MAR092607)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by JIM LEE & TOM GRUMMETT
50/50 Covers by JIM LEE
Rated T+ …$4.99
FOC—4/30/09, On-Sale—5/20/09

X-MEN FOREVER #1 (APR090540)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Pencils & Covers by TOM GRUMMETT
Rated A …$3.99
FOC—5/20/09, On-Sale—6/10/09

X-MEN FOREVER #2 (APR090541)
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Pencils & Covers by TOM GRUMMETT
Rated A …$3.99
FOC—6/4/09, On-Sale—6/24/09

To find a comic shop near you, call 1-888-comicbook or visit www.comicshoplocator.com