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MARVEL COMICS: January 2006 Collected Editions Solicits
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MARVEL MILESTONES SPECIAL: Written by JOHN WARNER, DAN ABNETT, ANDY LANNING, JACK KIRBY & ROGER STERN Penciled by MIKE VOSBURG, PAT BOYETTE, MICHAEL LOPEZ, JACK KIRBY & JOHN ROMITA JR. Cover by GIL KANE He has lived for untold centuries, but today is the day he may die! It's the fear-fraught first appearance of Ulysses Bloodstone from MARVEL PRESENTS #1 (October 1975). And proving that Bloodstone runs thicker than water, his daughter, Elsa, inherits the family business in BLOODSTONE #1 (December 2001). Plus: They made him in their own image, then condemned him to death for being too human! Machine Man, the Living Robot-hunted, hounded-fights to survive in a hostile world in MACHINE MAN #1 (April 1978). And finally, who's that lady? Presenting the exciting origin of the all-new, all-different, all-terrific Captain Marvel from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16 (1982). 104 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$4.99
HARDCOVERS MARVEL VISIONARIES: ROY THOMAS HC Written by ROY THOMAS Penciled by STAN GOLDBERG, GENE COLAN, DON HECK, JOHN BUSCEMA, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, MARIE SEVERIN, TOM SUTTON, GIL KANE, NEAL ADAMS, HERB TRIMPE, GEORGE PEREZ, ALAN WEISS, FRANK ROBBINS & JACKSON GUICE Watch Roy Thomas take the Fantastic Four from the sublime to the ridiculous as the team confronts racism, social injustice and the Impossible Man! Meanwhile, the Vision joins the Avengers! The Hulk finds his way to "Heaven," and Captain Marvel escapes the Murder Maze! The origin of the Invaders! Secrets of Doctor Strange revealed! Dracula in Salem and the X-Men in Japan! And who is Starr the Slayer? Plus: rarely seen stories from Marvel's Silver Age of humor and romance! Collects MODELLING WITH MILLIE #44, TALES OF SUSPENSE #73; AVENGERS #35, #57-58 and #100; SUB-MARINER #8 & #14; NOT BRAND ECCH #12; CAPTAIN MARVEL #19; X-MEN #64; CHAMBER OF DARKNESS #4; AMAZING ADVENTURES #8; INCREDIBLE HULK #147; FANTASTIC FOUR #119 and #176; DRACULA LIVES #1; GIANT-SIZE INVADERS #1; and DOCTOR STRANGE #9. 352 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$34.99
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES TO ASTONISH VOL. 1 By STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, JOHN BUSCEMA, AL WILLIAMSON, DON HECK, JOE SINNOTT & FRIENDS Cover by JACK KIRBY Marvel Masterworks have brought you classic stories from Marvel's Silver Age super-hero heyday and the start of it all with its Golden Age. Now thrill to the first offering of Marvel's Atlas Era! Before the dawn of the Marvel Age, the comics world sat astride the shoulders of Atlas Comics - a world full of gun-fighting outlaws, romantic heartbreak, death-defying heroism in battle, terrifying depths of horror, and visionary science fiction. In TALES TO ASTONISH return to the days when atomic monsters roamed the Earth and alien invasions were a daily occurrence. Marvel's classic creators will make you quake at the sight of the 9th Wonder of the World! You'll tremble before the Things on Easter Island! Beware the might of Mummex-King of the Mummies! Flee before the Giant from Outer Space! Dare defy the Floating Head! Prepare to be Astonished! Collects TALES TO ASTONISH #1-10 (1959-1960).
272 PGS./All Ages ...$49.99
272 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INCREDIBLE HULK VOL. 3 Written by STAN LEE & GARY FRIEDRICH Penciled by JACK KIRBY, BILL EVERETT, JOHN BUSCEMA, GIL KANE & MARIE SEVERIN Cover by MARIE SEVERIN Brace yourself, True Believer, Hulk is smashing his way into another marvelous monster-sized Masterworks! The batty bullpen declareth that you'd better hide behind a Hulk-Buster because it's not a happy Hulk who faces off against the likes of bombastic Boomerang, the android Hulk-Killer and the one and only Abomination in his classic first appearance by Stan "The Man" and Gil Kane! That's only the warm up, though! The cosmos itself shudders when the strongest man-like being in the Marvel U. goes toe-to-toe with the Silver Surfer, Prince Namor and the Mighty Thor himself! Grab a crash helmet, bunker down and prepare yourself to be Hulk-inued this January! Collecting TALES TO ASTONISH #80-101 and INCREDIBLE HULK (Vol. 2) #102. 288 PGS./All Ages ...$49.99 VARIANT EDITION:
288 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99 NEW AVENGERS VOL. 2: SENTRY PREMIERE HC Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils & All-New Cover STEVE MCNIVEN THE MYSTERY OF THE SENTRY REVEALED! The Avengers try to help the most powerful super hero in the world figure out who he is and where he came from! But will this knowledge destroy the man they're trying to help? Collects NEW AVENGERS #7-10, and the New Avengers Most Wanted Files. 152 PGS./RATED A ...$19.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL. 5 HC Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Penciled by BRANDON PETERSON, ANDY KUBERT & STUART IMMONEN Cover by BRANDON PETERSON This deluxe hardcover collects ULTIMATE X-MEN VOLS. 9-11, plus a hefty helping of DVD-style extras! In THE TEMPEST, the death of one of their own leaves the remaining X-Men struggling to deal with the loss. And even before a moment of silence can pass, the mysterious Mr. Sinister arrives, intent on giving the X-Men a lot more to mourn! In CRY WOLF, Gambit's back, but where's he been - and what does he want? The Fenris twins threaten to expose the Ragin' Cajun's past sins - and they are legion - unless he obeys them. But with Rogue on the other side, to whom will Remy finally lend his loyalty? And what decision does Rogue make that will affect her budding relationship with Bobby Drake, Iceman? And in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, mutants convicted of capital crimes are being released on an island where contestants hunt them down. Longshot has survived longest, and the X-Men are sent to rescue him - until they become part of the game themselves! With one of their teammates a captive on the island of Krakoa, the malevolent media mogul called Mojo demands the X-Men return Longshot to his headquarters or Angel will soon have a harp to go with his wings! Collects ULTIMATE X-MEN #46-57.
296 PGS./Rated T+ ...$29.99 TRADE PAPERBACKS NEW AVENGERS VOL. 1: BREAKOUT TPB Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils & Cover DAVID FINCH In the wake of the systematic destruction of the original Avengers, just what sort of threat to the world could persuade Captain America to assemble an all-new team? And following the events of AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED, who could possibly be on this team? How does Cap, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Wolverine sound? Fate has brought them together, and now Captain America wants to make it permanent! Who will take his hand and join the new Avengers? And will they be strong enough to fight the mysterious forces at play around them? Collects NEW AVENGERS #1-5. 152 PGS./Rated A ...$14.99
ULTIMATE ANNUALS VOL. 1 TPB Written by MARK MILLAR, BRIAN K. VAUGHAN & BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by JAE LEE, TOM RANEY, MARK BROOKS & STEVE DILLON Cover by BRYAN HITCH The Ultimate Inhumans debut, two lives are forever changed, Ultimate Juggernaut returns, and everyone guest-stars in the first-ever Ultimate Annuals! In ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1, it's the first appearance of the Ultimate Inhumans! From a hidden race, she came to steal the heart of the FF's youngest member: the beautiful elemental called Crystal! In ULTIMATE X-MEN ANNUAL #1, Juggernaut makes a play for the Gem of Cyttorak, the jewel that will make him truly unstoppable. Only two small things stand in his way: Rogue and Gambit, the new prince and princess of thieves! In ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1, Spidey goes toe-to-toe with some old foes - and winds up with a new girlfriend! Who is she? Let's just say she has a familiar face. And in THE ULTIMATES ANNUAL #1, if you thought the Ultimates were the only team S.H.I.E.L.D. was creating - you were wrong! Get ready for the next wave of super-soldiers designed to protect America's vital interests. But is this all Director Nick Fury is up to, or is there much more to this ultra-clandestine program? And can even S.H.I.E.L.D. keep all these super-people under control? Collects ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1, ULTIMATE X-MEN ANNUAL #1, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 and THE ULTIMATES ANNUAL #1. 160 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$13.99
WEAPON X: DAYS OF FUTURE NOW TPB Written by FRANK TIERI Pencils Cover by BART SEARS Weapon X is back! The War of the Programs is over; now, Director Malcolm Colcord is ready to take his plans to the next level! It's the Weapon X you love - only now, all bets are off. Witness the beginning of the end of Frank Tieri's Weapon X saga! Starring Agent Zero, Fantomex, Sublime, Chamber and, of course, Wolverine! Collects WEAPON X: DAYS OF FUTURE NOW #1-5. 120 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$13.99
X-MEN: KITTY PRYDE - SHADOW & FLAME TPB Written by AKIRA YOSHIDA Pencils Cover by PAUL SMITH A deadly mystery draws Kitty Pryde and her fire-breathing friend Lockheed from ASTONISHING X-MEN to the shores of Japan. Ninjas and dragons will be the least of their worries! Featuring art by legendary X-Men illustrator Paul Smith and written by Age of Apocalypse scribe Akira Yoshida! 120 PGS./Rated A ...$14.99 X-MEN/BLACK PANTHER TPB Written by PETER MILLIGAN & REGINALD HUDLIN Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA & DAVID YARDIN Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA Investigating a sudden outburst of strange, mutated wild animals in Africa, the X-Men - led by Storm - come face to face with something worse: mutant bio-organisms the likes of which the world has never seen. The key to unraveling their secret - and defeating them - may lie in that region's protector: the Black Panther! Collects X-MEN #175-176 and BLACK PANTHER #8-9. 96 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$11.99 DAREDEVIL VS. PUNISHER TPB Written by DAVID LAPHAM Pencils & Cover by DAVID LAPHAM It's wall-to-wall David Lapham (Stray Bullets) as the Eisner Award-winner and indy sensation writes, pencils and inks two of Marvel's biggest icons! Daredevil and the Punisher vie for the soul of Hell's Kitchen as half the East Coast's underworld - in chaos since Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime, was deposed-scramble for a shot at the big chair. And as the city descends into chaos-as murder and intimidation become the staples of the day-Daredevil and the Punisher each seek to restore order in their own unique way. For Daredevil-who's anointed himself the city's new "Kingpin"-this means dispensing justice at the end of a billy club. But for the Punisher, justice at the end of a billy club isn't justice at all. For the Punisher, justice for these animals is at the end of a shotgun. Featuring more Marvel villains than you can shake a stick at-including Hammerhead and the return of the nefarious...Jackal! Collects DAREDEVIL VS. PUNISHER #1-6. 144 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$15.99 CAPTAIN UNIVERSE: UNIVERSAL HEROES TPB Written by JAY FAERBER, JEFF PARKER, CRAIG KYLE & CHRISTOPHER YOST Penciled by CARLOS MAGNO, PAUL SIQUEIRA, FRANCIS PORTELA & JAMES RAIZ Cover by DANIEL ACUNA Captain Universe is known as the name for the recipient of the mysterious Uni-Power, a special kind of energy that endows an individual with superhuman powers during a time of crisis. How it has determined its hosts in the past remains a mystery. Now, the unraveling of one of the greatest enigmas in the universe begins as the Uni-Power must possess a handful of Marvel heroes-Hulk, Daredevil, X-23, Invisible Woman and Silver Surfer-to save itself form an enemy hell bent on its destruction! Collects AMAZING FANTASY #13-14, CAPTAIN UNIVERSE/HULK, CAPTAIN UNIVERSE/DAREDEVIL, CAPTAIN UNIVERSE/X-23, CAPTAIN UNIVERSE/INVISIBLE WOMAN, and CAPTAIN UNIVERSE/SILVER SURFER. 136 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$13.99
MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 VOL. 4: Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA Penciled by VALENTINE DE LANDRO Cover by MIKE ALLRED Four tales of the Four! First, when two Inhuman children seek asylum with the Fantastic Four, old alliances are threatened and friends stand now as enemies! Next, when Reed forget their anniversary yet again, it's up to Sue's best girlfriends -- Alicia, Crystal and the Sensational She-Hulk -- to cheer her up with a night out on the town... Marvel style! Then, on Yancy Street, someone -- or something -- is putting the hurt on the neighborhood's tough guys. Ben Urich, Jessica Jones and the Thing are on the case, but what exactly is the nature of the threat they're facing? And finally, one of the Marvel U's most powerful entities -- the reality-bending Impossible Man -- pops up to cause havoc in this offbeat tale that blurs the line between fact and fiction, men and myth! Collects MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 #19-24. 144 PGS./ Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$14.99 MARVEL 1602: NEW WORLD TPB Written by GREG PAK Penciled by GREG TOCCHINI Cover by SERGIO TOPPI Return to the world of 1602! Rising stars Greg Pak (X-MEN: PHOENIX -- ENDSONG) and Greg Tocchini (THOR: SON OF ASGARD) pick up where the best-selling story by Neil Gaiman left off: America, the New World! When Captain America was thrust back in time, it changed reality as we know it. Dinosaurs still roam the earth, and the Marvel super heroes we know came to exist 500 years early. Witness David Bruce Banner and Peter Parquagh become the Hulk and Spider-Man in the most eagerly-awaited event of the year! Collects MARVEL 1602: NEW WORLD #1-5. 120 PGS./ Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$14.99 NEW WARRIORS: REALITY CHECK TPB Written by ZEB WELLS Pencils & Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG The return of the New Warriors! When Night Thrasher strikes a mysterious deal with a Reality-TV producer, the team moves out of New York to help the villain-plagued denizens of small-town America. But will their filmed exploits be uplifting, or just exploitative? And is heartland America ready for Big City Super-Heroics? Collects NEW WARRIORS #1-6. 144 PGS./ Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$14.99 SPIDER-MAN VS. SILVER SABLE VOL. 1 TPB Written by TOM DEFALCO & PETER DAVID Penciled by RON FRENZ, BRETT BREEDING, ALAN KUPPERBERG & RICK LEONARDI Cover by TODD MCFARLANE He's a wall-crawling wonder; she's a mercenary marvel! Together, they...well, get on each other's nerves, mostly - but they make a great team, as long as they're not matching blows and ideologies themselves! See their lives intertwine both in shared adventures and apart, as Spidey faces the ability and ego of Silver's ex, the Foreigner, while Silver herself squares off against that hot-headed Hobgoblin-to-be, Jack O'Lantern! Plus: the gathering of the Sinister Syndicate and the reformation of Sandman! Guest-starring Daredevil and the Black Cat! Collects AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #265 and #279-281, and PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #128-129. 144 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$15.99 AVENGERS: ABOVE AND BEYOND TPB Written by KURT BUSIEK, STEVE ENGLEHART, ROGER STERN & ROY THOMAS Penciled by ALAN DAVIS, IAN CHURCHILL, STEVE EPTING, TOM GRUMMETT, KLAUS JANSON, JOHN PAUL LEON, JORGE PEREIRA LUCAS, JOHN MCCREA, PAT OLLIFFE, IVAN REIS, PAUL SMITH & JIM STARLIN Cover by ALAN DAVIS The Avengers learn what too much of a bad thing can be when they face a city of robots and a village of Hulks! And in other international news, Blood Wraith has a BIG problem with Ultron's extermination of Slorenia! Meanwhile, Silverclaw shines and Triathlon triumphs in Kurt Busiek's penultimate Avengers saga! Featuring the villainy of Ultron, Diablo and Kang the Conqueror! Collects AVENGERS #36-40, #56 and ANNUAL 2001; and AVENGERS: THE ULTRON IMPERATIVE. 232 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$24.99
DIGESTS SPIDER-GIRL VOL. 5: ENDGAME DIGEST Written by TOM DEFALCO & PAT OLLIFFE Pencils & Cover by PAT OLLIFFE The daughter of Spider-Man vs. the son of Wolverine! And that's only one of the fights Spider-Girl faces when her deadliest enemies join forces as the Savage Six (or is it Seven?)! But even with the help of rival/critic heroes like Darkdevil and the Buzz, can she deal with the sudden loss of her super-powers? Featuring A-Next, the Fantastic Five and more! Collects SPIDER-GIRL #22-27. 144 PGS./All Ages ...$7.99
ESSENTIALS ESSENTIAL GODZILLA VOL. 1 TPB Written by DOUG MOENCH Penciled by HERB TRIMPE, JIM MOONEY & TOM SUTTON Cover by HERB TRIMPE "You have your fear, which might become reality. And you have Godzilla, which IS reality." - From Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) And what a reality it was! For two years, Japan's greatest export was one of Marvel's biggest stars, and the King of the Monsters upheld his title against some of the best and worst the House of Ideas had to offer - including the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and Nick Fury and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Godzilla shrinks, goes West, travels through time and hosts one of Spider-Man's most gratuitous guest-shots ever! Plus: aliens, mutants, mad Scientists and almost a dozen MORE giant monsters! It's so big, you can't miss it! Collects GODZILLA #1-24. 432 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$19.99 ESSENTIAL AVENGERS VOL. 5 TPB Written by ROY THOMAS, HARLAN ELLISON, CHRIS CLAREMONT, STEVE ENGLEHART & STEVE GERBER Penciled by BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, RICH BUCKLER, JOHN BUSCEMA, GEORGE TUSKA, JIM STARLIN, DON HECK, BOB BROWN, DAVE COCKRUM, SAL BUSCEMA, SAM KWESKIN & SYD SHORES Cover by BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH From the Sentinels and the Savage Land Mutates to Loki, Dormammu and Thanos, the Avengers prove the universe's worst are no match for their best! Magnetic mayhem and nuclear nostalgia! Featuring Golden Age guest stars, mythic menaces and more! Plus: the Avengers-Defenders War and Hawkeye vs. Daredevil! Includes rare Marvel work by best-selling author Harlan Ellison! Collects AVENGERS #98-126, DAREDEVIL #99, DEFENDERS #8-11 and GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #1. 600 PGS./All Ages ...$16.99 ESSENTIAL OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE VOL. 1 TPB Written by MARK GRUENWALD, PETER SANDERSON, ELIOT R. BROWN & MORE Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, DAVE COCKRUM, BOB LAYTON, JOHN ROMITA JR. & MORE Cover by JOHN BYRNE A picture's worth a thousand words, and there have always been top supplies of both in the ever-moving manuals of marvels and miscreants! Now, witness first-hand the series that started it all in Mark Gruenwald's original fifteen issues worth of secrets, super-powers and schematics! About the best, by the best! Collects OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1-15. 544 PGS./All Ages ...$16.99
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