DEADPOOL: GAMES OF DEATH
Written by MIKE BENSON
Penciled by SEAN CRYSTAL
Cover by GREG LAND
"GAME$ OF DEATH"
"Pain Factor" -- the reality TV game show so controversial, it's been banned around the world! Today, eleven desperate men will travel to a desert island to compete in a series of outlandish challenges that will leave one of them rich and the rest of them dead. Among the competitors, a certain "Merc with a Mouth," who's been hired to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire's son. The trail ended here for Junior, but will it for Deadpool? Not if he has anything to say about it. After all, nothing brings out Wade's competitive streak like cold, hard ca--I mean, justice.
48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+…$3.99
DARK AVENGERS #3
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by MIKE DEODATO
Young Guns Variant Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
The phenom that is the Dark Avengers continues. BATTLEGROUND LATVERIA as Morgana Le Fey attacks with all the power
at her disposal. Meanwhile these new Avengers discover all the dirt and hidden secrets of their notorious pasts.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
MOON KNIGHT #28
Written by MIKE BENSON
Penciled by JEFTE PALO
Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
“DOWN SOUTH,” PART 2
Marc Spector may be dead, but Moon Knight is very much alive -- and in a world of trouble. After rescuing a land baron’s daughter from corrupt Federales, the fugitive vigilante is suddenly thrust into the crosshairs of Mexico’s deadliest assassins looking to collect the bounty on the girl’s head. But there are other predators prowling the dark underbelly of Mexico City, and not all of them have their sights on the innocent. The Punisher has traveled down south on the trail of some Russian mobsters, and he’s just stepped onto blood-soaked turf that bears the unique signature of another killer. His name is Toltec, and if you’ve seen him, you’re dead.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
PUNISHER #3
Written by RICK REMENDER
Penciled by JEROME OPENA
50/50 Covers by MIKE MCKONE
King Variant by TBA
“LIVING IN DARKNESS,” PART 3
The only thing standing between the new king of crime and his dark reign of New York is a lone soldier doing what none of the capes will: taking out the bad guys permanently. Frank Castle has torn open an artery of the most feared crime family in the history of New York, and it will not go unanswered. A lesson must be taught -- a bloody, public lesson. How can the Punisher possibly contend? With an arsenal of the most powerful weapons in the Marvel Universe -- and a smile.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
THUNDERBOLTS #130
Written by ANDY DIGGLE
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by FRANCESCO “MATT” MATTINA
Variant Cover by CLINT LANGLEY
“MAGNUM OPUS,” PART 2 OF 4 -- CROSSOVER WITH DEADPOOL
Everyone’s favorite Merc with a Mouth has the Thunderbolts in his crosshairs – but don’t expect this murderer’s row of
butt-kickers to lay down! The nastiest fight of ’09 has begun, and you’ve got the front row seat for all the ultra violence that
Andy Diggle (DARK REIGN: HAWKEYE) and Roberto De La Torre (IRON MAN: DIRECTOR OF S.H.I.E.L.D.) can dish up!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #34
Written by DANIEL WAY
Pencils & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
King Variant by TBA
“WEAPON XI”
A DARK REIGN TIE-IN! Daken battles the X-Men for possession of the deadly Muramasa Blade! Can Wolverine stop him, or is Daken’s fate sealed? Is he, like his father, destined to become...a weapon? Part (2 of 5)
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #507
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by TERRY DODSON
The secret of the Cooperstown Massacre goes worldwide and anti-mutant hysteria explodes nationwide. If Scott and Emma don't trust each other, how can mutantkind keep it together? Beast and the newly-assembled science team fight for their lives on Hokkaido Island...and the Angel's deepest, darkest secret is revealed to all present. Uh-oh. Innocent lives are trapped between the Russian mob and everybody's favorite heartbroken mutant Colossus, fighting along against old-world horrors that have followed him here. Oh! And the Sisterhood is finally assembled and ready to destroy the X-Men once and for all.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR #41
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by VALENTINE
DE LANDRO
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
Maru. Mr. Tryp. X-Cell. The Isolationist. Madrox has gone against his fair share of unseemly and unfamiliar antagonists of late, but some villains never go out of style. Like Sentinels. Big, honking Sentinels. Oh yes, this is going to be fun!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FORCE #13
Written by CRAIG KYLE
& CHRISTOPHER YOST
Pencils & Cover by
CLAYTON CRAIN
PRELUDE TO WAR! The Leper Queen is creating weapons out of mutants, and using them against humanity to stir the fires of hate against mutants. But as X-Force tracks her down, they don’t realize how close to home she’s struck. Meanwhile, Wolfsbane is still dealing with the return of , and Cyclops prepares to send X-Force on the most important
mission of their lives...whether they like it or not. You MUST NOT miss this ending, leading directly into X-FORCE/CABLE:
MESSIAH WAR .
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
X-MEN: LEGACY #222
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by LEE BERMEJO
King Variant by TBA
“Salvage”
Rogue’s past comes back to haunt not only her, but Professor X and Gambit. The horrors of the past are brought here by a mysterious villain who has a beef with the X-Men that they plan on settling here and now. You may not believe it, but the
villain CAN win. Part 3 (of 5)
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
