Marvel Comics December 2016 Solicitations

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Mathieu Leblanc

From tropical birds, deadly clones of loved ones to new rainbow coloured duds, Marvel will give you a Sweet Christmas this December with these new titles coming in December, take a look below:

IVX #1 (of 6)

CHARLES SOULE & JEFF LEMIRE (W) • LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A/C)
THIS IS IT!

The X-Men and Inhumans have been on a collision course since the link was proven between the Inhumans’ precious Terrigen Mist and the sickness and death of many mutants. When Beast discovers that the mutants have only two weeks before the planet is uninhabitable for them, an Inhuman/mutant war is unavoidable. Co-written by Charles Soule (Uncanny Inhumans, Daredevil) and Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-Men, Moon Knight), IVX delivers sensational set pieces, gargantuan grudge matches, all drawn by the sensational Leinil Francis Yu! Whether you’re for the X-MEN or the INHUMANS, IVX promises to shatter the Marvel Universe as you know it!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #17

JEFF LEMIRE (W) • ERIC KODA (A)

INHUMANS VS. X-MEN TIE-IN!
• The X-Men have just learned that the Terrigen Mist—the source of the Inhumans’ powers that through a cruel twist of fate is lethal to Mutants—has reached an irreversible saturation point, rendering Earth uninhabitable to their kind.
• And now they see no other option than to strike against the Inhumans to ensure their own survival.
• But one X-Man doesn’t take the decision lightly.
• STORM has literally led the X-Men through hell and back, but will she lead them against their longtime friends and allies?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #16
CULLEN BUNN (W) • EDGAR SALAZAR (A)
Cover by KEN LASHLEY

INHUMANS VS. X-MEN TIE-IN!
• Since the discovery that the Terrigen Mists—the key to unlocking an Inhuman’s hidden potential and powers—are LETHAL to mutants, the X-MEN and INHUMANS have been locked in a cold war.
• But as the Terrigen seeps into the Earth and reaches an irreversible tipping point, the X-Men are spurred into action to ensure the future of their species!
• And for Jean Grey and Fantomex, this means taking out of commission the Inhumans’ deadliest weapon: Karnak!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

U.S.AVENGERS #1
AL EWING (W) • PACO MEDINA (A/C)

In a world beset by danger, the United States of America needs a team of heroes they can rely on. Welcome to… American Intelligence Mechanics! A.I.M. will dare any danger – no matter how awesome that danger might be – to save their nation from the wildest, weirdest threats of all! The most patriotic super-group ever is here to save the day. And they’ll do it all looking tried and true in the red, white & blue! Can you live without… the U.S.Avengers?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

The Mighty Captain Marvel #0
MARGARET STOHL (W) • RAMON ROSANAS (A)
Cover by ELIZABETH TORQUE

Behold the mightiest, fightiest super hero there is! Captain Marvel returns to her helm as Alpha Flight commander with the world cheering her on. She’s the biggest hero in the world – but has Captain Marvel become someone Carol Danvers no longer recognizes? New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures, Black Widow: Forever Red) makes her comics series debut in a blockbuster Marvel story decades in the making.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HULK #1
MARIKO TAMAKI (W) • NICO LEON (A) • Cover by JEFF DEKAL

JENNIFER WALTERS has survived the Civil War…barely…and having risen from the rubble, she re-enters the world a different kind of hero. Fueled by a quiet rage, she is determined to move forward, to go on with her life, but the pain of the past and all she’s lost is always there – an undercurrent, a pulse, waiting to quicken and trigger Jen’s transformation into the one thing she doesn’t have control over…
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

HAWKEYE #1
KELLY THOMPSON (W) • LEONARDO ROMERO (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO

Remember Hawkeye? No not that Hawkeye, our favorite Hawkeye, the chick who puts the hawk in Hawkeye, the butt-kicking hero who had to save the other Hawkeye’s butt all the time. Yup, you know her, it’s the dazzling Kate Bishop making her solo comics debut! Kate is heading west and returning to Los Angeles, with her bow and arrow and P.I. badge in tow. There are crimes to solve and she’s the best archer to handle ‘em! The City of Angels has a new guardian angel.
The talented duo of Kelly Thompson (A-Force, Jem) and Leonardo Romero (Squadron Supreme, Doctor Strange) bring you a Kate Bishop like you’ve never seen her before, in a brand-new ongoing series that really hits the mark!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SLAPSTICK #1
REILLY BROWN & FRED VAN LENTE (W) • DIEGO OLORTEGUI (A)
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA

Steve Harmon was an average teenager who had an average job as your average clown, living in average New Jersey. But after being zapped by weird and mysterious extradimensional energy, Steve became Slapstick, a living, breathing cartoon! Now, after joining, and then quitting, Deadpool’s Mercs for Money, Slapstick is striking it out on his own terms! Sure he’s gotta move back in with his parents, but these new business ventures take time. And anyways, he gets to team-up with the Amazing Spider-Man in his first issue. That seems like he’s doing pretty well to me!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

NOVA #1
JEFF LOVENESS & RAMÓN PÉREZ (W) • RAMÓN PÉREZ (A/C)

CLASSIFIED IS BACK!
CLASSIFIED makes his roaring return to the Marvel Universe! How will Sam Alexander cope with this unfathomable homecoming? It’s the return you’ve all been waiting for. Or is something…else? Strap in True Believer, you’ve never seen a NOVA book like this before!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #15
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
GROUNDED!
• The Guardians of the Galaxy are stuck on Earth!
• They’re also not necessarily a team anymore.
• What’s an urban spaceman supposed to do?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

ROCKET RACCOON #1
MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • JORGE COELHO (A)
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA

GROUNDED!
From the pages of Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket has found himself stuck in the LAST place he wants to be—the backwards, no-class, pit of a planet called Earth. It’s where those dumb furry things people say he looks like are from! One thing is clear—it doesn’t matter who or what gets in his way…he’s gotta get off this mudball, NOW. Easier said than done.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

STAR-LORD #1
CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • KRIS ANKA (A/C)

GROUNDED!
Peter Quill might have been born on Earth, but he’s been away a LONG time. How does a man go from soaring through the stars as the legendary Star-Lord to living with his feet planted firmly on the ground? What kind of job options are available for a guy whose CV mostly consists of “guarding the galaxy”? One thing is certain, Earth has a new guardian. Also, a new bartender.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GAMORA #1
NICOLE PERLMAN (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO (A)
Cover by ESAD RIBIC

Before the Guardians…there was Gamora!
From screenwriter Nicole Perlman—co-writer of the Guardians of the Galaxy screenplay—and Marvel superstar artist Marco Checchetto comes a killer new ongoing series! Once upon a time she was Thanos’ heartless pet assassin and favorite daughter. Today, she is the backbone of the Guardians of the Galaxy, putting her life on the line to defend the innocent. What was it that transformed her from being used as a tool of her oppressor, to a champion of the powerless? Embark on a journey of revenge and redemption, and witness how Gamora earned her reputation as the Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

THE CLONE CONSPIRACY #3 (of 5)
DAN SLOTT (W) • JIM CHEUNG (A)
Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
THE CLONE CONSPIRACY CONTINUES!
• SPIDER-MAN is on the run from his resurrected rogues!
• The Jackal’s master plan is further revealed. Just how deep does it run?
• And why is Doctor Octopus playing second fiddle to the Jackal?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SILK #15
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • IRENE STRYCHALSKI (A)
Cover by HELEN CHEN
THE CLONE CONSPIRACY TIE-IN!
• In the midst of DEAD NO MORE: THE CLONE CONSPIRACY, SILK faces off against a SPIDER-WOMAN!
• NEW U has given J. Jonah Jameson his life back. First, his wife Marla was brought back from the dead, and now his adopted daughter, Mattie Franklin, a.k.a. SPIDER-WOMAN, is alive again as well!
• It should be a time for celebration, but Cindy Moon, a.k.a. SILK, is feeling anything but festive, especially since her boss’ entire family has been resurrected and is setting off her spider-sense!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

PROWLER #3
SEAN RYAN (W)
JAMAL CAMPBELL (A)
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Variant Cover by TBA
THE CLONE CONSPIRACY TIE-IN!
• Prowler continues to wrestle not only with the meaning of his existence, but also the underground army of unruly super villains the Jackal has created!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #22
DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A)
Cover by ALEX ROSS
CLONE CONSPIRACY TIE-IN!
• Miles Warren, a.k.a. the Jackal, has been a thorn in Peter Parker’s side since college.
• What spurred his latest rebranding and master plan? FIND OUT HERE!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

INFAMOUS IRON MAN #3
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • ALEX MALEEV (A/C)
Variant Cover by STEVE EPTING
• Some people from Tony Stark’s past have a VERY big problem with Victor Von Doom taking the mantle of Iron Man.
• One of those people is Pepper Potts, a.k.a. Rescue!
• She is back and she is pissed! Where has she been?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS #2
MARK WAID (W) • MIKE DEL MUNDO (A)
Cover by ALEX ROSS
VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE BIANCHI
XCI Variant Cover by TBA
• KANG WAR TWO! The Vision is hell-bent on revenge against Kang and if the Avengers can’t hold the synthezoid back, all of history is in jeopardy!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS #2.1
MARK WAID (W) • BARRY KITSON (A/C)
• More on the Secret History of the Avengers!
• A stranger has come to New York — and the Avengers may have to draft a new member to help them defeat him!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A/C)

• Riri Williams has new armor technology that just might change the face of the Marvel Universe forever… if she survives the experience. The biggest story in comics starts to unfold right here.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #13
GREG PAK (W) • LUKE ROSS (A)
Cover by BERNARD CHANG
GUEST STARRING BROOKLYN NETS’ JEREMY LIN!
• Amadeus Cho can calculate parabolas all day…but can he hit one from downtown?
• A classic Hulk villain returns, but not like you remember: Meet QUASI/MO/DO!
• Hulk’s on fire! Boom Shakalaka!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

CHAMPIONS #3
MARK WAID (W) • HUMBERTO RAMOS (A)
COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS
• What began as an idea and an ideal has now become a movement! But the problem with movements is that not even the Hulk can control them!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

THE MIGHTY THOR #14
JASON AARON (W) • STEVE EPTING (A)
Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
• The War of the Realms has spread to every branch of the World Tree!
• Thor and the new League of Realms have fought valiantly to restore the peace, but the road is fraught with challenges they’d not anticipated.
• Malekith has formed a wicked union of his own, calling on Loki and the all-new KURSE to take down Thor and her band of heroes!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

THE UNWORTHY THOR #2 (of 5)
JASON AARON (W) OLIVIER COIPEL (A/C)
• The Realm of Old Asgard has vanished, taking with it Odinson’s hope for redemption.
• But good tidings from Beta Ray Bill might breathe new life into the quest. For Bill knows the fate of the Realm Eternal.
• To win back Odinson’s honor, the brothers in arms must infiltrate the fortress of THE COLLECTOR.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON #16
NICK SPENCER (W) • PAUL RENAUD (A/C)
• Do NOT call her a sidekick: Misty Knight takes matters into her own hands.
• #takebacktheshield takes things a little too far.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #8
NICK SPENCER (W) • JESUS SAIZ (A/C)
TEASER VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEODATO
• The trial of Maria Hill begins here.
• As Hydra rises, S.H.I.E.L.D. collapses from within.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GREAT LAKES AVENGERS #3
ZAC GORMAN (W) • WILL ROBSON (A/C)
Variant Cover by ERICA HENDERSON
• With Mister Immortal back from the grave (literally), the team finds themselves in a real pickle (figuratively) while trying to decide on a new team leader.
• Things go from bad to double bad when the GLA gets shut down by the city right when they’re needed the most!
• Also, fighting…finally! And a special look into Flatman’s secret origin!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

OCCUPY AVENGERS #2
DAVID F. WALKER (W) • CARLOS PACHECO (A/C)
Variant Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
• Clint Barton wasn’t looking for trouble, but trouble found him. Caught in the clutches of the enemy, Clint and Red Wolf face certain death — which is too bad, because they would’ve made a great team.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

UNCANNY AVENGERS #17 & 18
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • PEPE LARRAZ (A)
COVERS BY STEVE McNIVEN
CIVIL WAR II AFTERMATH!
Issue #17 –
• The former Avengers fight a rampaging zombie Hulk and ninjas in Japan.
• It’s brother versus brother! Voodoo takes on his scheming brother in a climactic battle.
• And for 17 issues the Red Skull has plotted, lurked and waited for the time to destroy the Unity Squad. His wait is over…
Issue #18 –
• The Unity squad is on the verge of collapse after their wars with Ultron and The Hand…
•…but they won’t get a vacation because The Red Skull springs his trap and turns The Avengers Mansion into a house of horrors.
• Plus, Rogue gives Deadpool an order that is without question the hardest thing he will ever have to do.
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T …$3.99 (EACH)

SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL #12
PAUL SCHEER & NICK GIOVANNETTI (w) • TODD NAUCK (a)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
• A special guest-issue while Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness prime the grand climax of their first uber-arc!
• It’s the holidays and both our heroes are alone…
• …which means they’re the only ones who can SAVE CHRISTMAS!
• That’s right, the holiday is under attack…from the least likely of places!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN #11
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A/C)
• The untold history of MILES MORALES’ FATHER!
• What was life like for Jefferson Davis before his son was born…
• …When he was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #2
GERRY CONWAY (w) • RYAN STEGMAN (a/C)
VARIANT COVER BY J. Scott Campbell
• The Mole Man attacks NYC and only the Spider-Family can stop him!
• Mary Jane Watson Parker gets her first real test as a full-fledged super hero!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-WOMAN #14
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • VERONICA FISH (A)
Cover by JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
SCARE TACTICS CONTINUES!
• Jessica Drew is in the fight of her life against THE HOBGOBLIN!
• Jessica is pushed to the absolute brink physically, mentally and emotionally, as Hobgoblin does the unthinkable…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

VENOM #2
MIKE COSTA (w) • GERARDO SANDOVAL (a/C)
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• Venom was doing so well as a cosmic hero…
• …but now he’s back on Earth in the gutter.
• Who has taken possession of the symbiote and turned him back into the slathering, fanged monster?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN 2099 #18
PETER DAVID (W) • WILL SLINEY (A)
Cover by FRANCESCO Mattina
• With Elektra’s help, Spidey has made some headway in tracking down THE FIST, an extremist anti-government off-shoot of THE HAND, responsible for placing Miguel’s girlfriend in a coma.
• But little do they know, that the Hand has upped the ante, calling in an ANCIENT evil to help them bring about the end of the entire world!
• How can Spidey save the world from certain doom when Armageddon is in written in the cards?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CARNAGE #15
GERRY CONWAY (W) • MIKE PERKINS (A)
Cover by MICHAEL WALSH
• It’s all been leading to this…Chthon rises!!
• Carnage’s odyssey has finally taken him to the mother of all dark gods. Will he survive long enough to meet the maker of the Darkhold?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SPIDER-GWEN #15
JASON LATOUR (W) • ROBBI RODRIGUEZ (A/C)
ICX VARIANT BY TBA
• It’s time for Gwen Stacy to stop running from Matt Murdock.
• After all, Earth-65’s Kingpin of Crime might have a thing or two to teach the budding Spider-Woman…
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

UNCANNY INHUMANS #17
Charles Soule (W) • R.B. Silva (A)
Cover by Jeff Dekal
• Their mother’s resurrection was a dream come true for Auran’s daughters.
• Though mother seemed different, their family was finally whole. And that’s what matters, right?
• But the cost of cheating death is high, and now all of New Attilan must pay for the pure intentions of two girls.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MOSAIC #3
GEOFFREY THORNE (W) • KHARY RANDOLPH (A)
Cover by KERON GRANT
Variant Cover by Mike Del Mundo
XCI Variant Cover by TBA
• The newest Marvel super hero continues to learn what he can do.
• Mosaic’s personal life comes crashing down in the wake of his Terrigenesis.
• And don’t miss Mosaic’s first takeover of a MAJOR Marvel character!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #11
DAVID F. WALKER (W) • SANFORD GREENE (A/C)
THE FUNKY DRUMS OF WAR!
• Luke and Danny make headway in healing the civilian wounds of CIVIL WAR II.
• But war is coming to Harlem, and there may not be anything our heroes can do to stop it!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

POWER MAN AND IRON FIST: SWEET CHRISTMAS ANNUAL #1
DAVID F. WALKER (W) • SCOTT HEPBURN (A)
COVER BY JAMAL CAMPBELL
YOU BETTER NOT POUT, YOU BETTER NOT CRY!
• ’Cause you’re getting an extra helping of POWER MAN AND IRON FIST! This Christmas will be sweet, indeed!
• But not for Luke Cage, who is feeling neither holly nor jolly.
• Surely Danny can change that! Or maybe these demonic toys will! Wait, demonic toys?! OH, NO!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

CAGE! #3 (of 4)
GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY (W) • GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY (A/C)
Variant Cover by BILL PRESING
• Trapped with Misty Knight, Iron Fist and a bevy of guest stars on the Island of No Return, Cage and his cohorts are forced to battle strange beasts who walk like men! It’s outasight!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

JESSICA JONES #3
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MICHAEL GAYDOS (A)
Cover by DAVID MACK
Variant Cover by NEN CHANG
VARIANT COVER BY STEPHANIE HANS
XCI Variant Cover by TBA
• Jessica Jones’ new secrets start to unfold. How far did Jessica go to uncover a deadly secret in the Marvel Universe?
• From the original creators comes an all new chapter in the world-famous private eye’s ongoing adventures.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

BLACK PANTHER #9
TA-NEHISI COATES (W) • BRIAN STELFREEZE (A/C)
Connecting Variant Cover A by PAOLO RIVERA
XCI Variant Cover by TBA
THE BEGINNING OF THE END!
• Regular artist BRIAN STELFREEZE returns!
• Ramonda’s bombing injuries worsen and recovery is starting to seem like an impossibility…
• Plus: Shuri returns from the Djalia…but is she still herself? Or something more?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BLACK PANTHER: WORLD OF WAKANDA #2
ROXANE GAY & TA-NEHISI COATES (W) • ALITHA E. MARTINEZ (A)
Cover by AFUA RICHARDSON
Variant Cover by TREVOR VON EEDEN
Variant Cover by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
TRAINING DAY!
• Ayo and Aneka are given their first assignments as Dora Milaje: protect Queen Shuri at all costs!
• Meanwhile, T’Challa the former king lies with bedfellows so dark, disgrace is inevitable.
• See a major plot point from Hickman’s NEW AVENGERS run from a completely new point of view: one that changes everything…
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

DOCTOR STRANGE #15
JASON AARON (W) • CHRIS BACHALO (A/C)
Cover by Kevin Nowlan
ICX Variant Cover by TBA
• “Blood in the Aether” continues as Doctor Strange’s Rogues’ Gallery all take their shot at a weakened Sorcerer Supreme!
• Back during ORIGINAL SIN, the Watcher was killed and his eyes were removed. One eye fell into the hands of the Orb!
• With that immense power, the Orb has set his sights on Doctor Strange!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE SORCERERS SUPREME #3
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • JAVIER RODRIGUEZ (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY Declan Shalvey
• One of the Sorcerers Supreme dies at the hands of the Forgotten!
• The biggest magical threat to the world is on the rise, and none of the Sorcerers have ever felt this weak before!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DOCTOR STRANGE/PUNISHER: MAGIC BULLETS #1 (of 4)
JOHN BARBER (W) • ANDREA BROCCARDO & JASON MUHR (A)
Cover by MICHAEL WALSH
Variant Cover by TBA
The team-up to end all team-ups is here, as two of the most different Marvel characters worlds’ collide! What new mafia threat is so great that the Punisher needs Doctor Strange’s help? Find out as the Sorcerer Supreme teams with the One Man War on Crime!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

THANOS #2
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A/C)
Variant Cover by Dustin Nguyen
• Thanos is pure evil.
• Thanos is unstoppable.
• It’s time to take him down.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

GWENPOOL, THE UNBELIEVABLE #9
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (W) • GURIHIRU (A)
Cover by David Lopez
• Gwen has found herself in serious trouble with M.O.D.O.K.’s mysterious client.
• But not just that, the authorities are after her, too!
• And what’s this about a flashback to the early days of the Marvel Universe?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix-up
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS, RYAN NORTH, NICK KOCHER, KARLA PACHECO, CHYNNA CLUGSTON-FLORES (W)
CHYNNA CLUGSTON-FLORES, Myisha Haynes, Nathan Stockman & More (A)
Cover by SALVA ESPIN
Variant Cover by Ron Lim
Variant cover by Chip Zdarsky
Variant by Erica Henderson
It’s the holidays yet again, and that means it’s time to join EVERYONE’S FAVORITE GWEN (take that, Stacy!) and celebrate good times, come on! Only problem is…somehow this year’s festive traditions seem to be a little…off…and Gwen’s the only one who notices. FEATURING: Gwenpool (duh), Spider-Man, Red Skull, Punisher and even Deadpool! This is one present you know you gotta buy yourself!
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

THE PUNISHER #8
BECKY CLOONAN (W) • STEVE DILLON (A)
Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS…
• Frank gets help from an unlikely source.
• But trouble’s not far behind!
• If you go out in the woods today, you’re sure for a big surprise…
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

GHOST RIDER #2
FELIPE SMITH (W) • DANILO BEYRUTH (A)
Cover by FELIPE SMITH
Variant Cover by TBA
Variant Cover by TBA
MONSTER SQUAD!
• The all-new fanfare following the Ghost Rider heats up!
• Robbie Reyes isn’t exactly a team player, so what’s he supposed to do with Amadeus Cho, a.k.a. the HULK, following him around?
• And who’s that hot on their heels? None other than the WOLVERINE!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THUNDERBOLTS #8
JIM ZUB (W) • JON MALIN (A/C)
Things that will be broken this issue: • A jail
• Bones inside the human body
• A promise
• (And maybe, just maybe, your heart)
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

FOOLKILLER #2
MAX BEMIS (W) • Dalibor TALAJIC (A)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
TEASER VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEODATO
• Foolkiller versus a bunch of skinheads!!
• Alone with an arsenal of weapons against an army of Red Skull sympathizers…what could be more fun??
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

PATSY WALKER, A.K.A. HELLCAT! #13
KATE LETH (W) • BRITTNEY L. WILLIAMS (A/C)
• Hellcat’s had enough bad luck with Black Cat crossing her path, but now that Felicia’s got a whole girl gang in her claws, how can Patsy possibly win this cat fight?!
• Especially with her best friend on the fence, and distracted by an old flame…
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

ULTIMATES 2 #2
AL EWING (W) • TRAVEL FOREMAN (A)
Cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
Variant Cover by MARCO RUDY
• It’s deep, dark December. A time for long nights, jingle bells…and ghost stories.
• Now imagine the Ultimate Ghost, haunting the largest house of all. A specter that haunts a whole reality.
• The Shaper’s Ghost is at the door of Taa II — and the Ultimates have to catch it!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SILVER SURFER #10
DAN SLOTT (W) • MICHAEL ALLRED (A/C)
“Unheralded”
• There’s only one reason the Silver Surfer would ever serve Galactus again…
• …if the Universe itself hung in the balance!
• Will this be the final straw that breaks up Marvel’s most cosmic couple?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #14
AMY REEDER & BRANDON MONTCLARE (W) • NATACHA BUSTOS (A)
Cover by AMY REEDER
Teaser Variant Cover by MIKE DEODATO
“THE SMARTEST THERE IS” PART TWO!
• Lunella Lafayette has always been the smartest person in the Marvel U, but now she’s gotta prove it!
• There used to be another guy at the top of the list, but he’s traveling apparently…
• Good thing his best pal BENJAMIN J. GRIMM’s here to defend his pole position!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SQUADRON SUPREME #14
JAMES ROBINSON (W) • LEONARD KIRK (A)
Cover by ALEX GARNER
• BLUR and THUNDRA may be the prisoners of JIM HAMMOND and S.H.I.E.L.D., but their rescue seems imminent when NIGHTHAWK reappears to free them. But how will the resurrection of NAMOR affect their bid for freedom? Will he be friend or foe to the SQUADRON SUPREME?
• Plus: HYPERION and DOCTOR SPECTRUM each make decisions about their futures with the Squadron.
• And as one hero returns from the dead, will another fall? The startling fate of Jim Hammond.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #15
RYAN NORTH (W) • ERICA HENDERSON (A/C)
• When the TASKMASTER comes to town – and brings with him his ability to DUPLICATE ANYONE’S SWEET MOVES – who stands between him and total domination?
• See, I can tell you’re glancing at the title of this comic and whispering “Well, it’s PROBABLY Squirrel Girl,” but guess what? This time it’s actually Nancy’s cat Mew, who has NO POWERS WHATSOEVER!
• THRILL as Mew loafs around the house! GASP as Mew chases a mouse and then has a nap! BOGGLE as you wonder how we possibly managed to pitch “an issue entirely from the cat’s point of view” to Marvel, a multinational corporation with a LOT invested in our comic continuing to star a squirrel and/or girl!
• They knew the risks when they let Hawkeye have that Pizza Dog issue though, so this was clearly inevitable.
• MEW ISSUE, BRING YOUR TISSUES!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

MOON KNIGHT #9
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA, GREG SMALLWOOD, JAMES STOKOE, WILFREDO TORRES (A)
Cover by GREG SMALLWOOD
A MEETING OF THE MOON KNIGHTS!
• The many iterations of Marc Spector converge!
• In the clash of personalities, who will emerge victorious?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SOLO #3
GEOFFREY THORNE & GERRY DUGGAN (W) • PACO DIAZ (A)
Cover by MIKE HAWTHORNE
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• Solo’s caught in the middle of a civil war!
• No, not THAT civil war…but it’s a fight to the death between two rival biker gangs, and if Solo doesn’t get his act together, they might turn their attention toward him!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

BLACK WIDOW #9
CHRIS SAMNEE & MARK WAID (W) • CHRIS SAMNEE (A/C)
THE RETURN OF BUCKY BARNES!
• Natasha’s living in a world without secrets, and Bucky’s got a pretty big one…
• You can’t go home again…particularly when there’s a deadly killer targeting you!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DAREDEVIL #14
CHARLES SOULE (W) • RON GARNEY (A)
Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
THE CONCLUSION OF “DARK ART”!
• Muse’s sadistic art installations strike close to home and there’s nothing Matt Murdock can do about it!
• Daredevil’s mentee Blindspot is forever changed…
• The darkest chapter begins here.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

A YEAR OF MARVELS: THE UNCANNY #1
JEREMY WHITLEY, TODD CASEY & ELLIOTT CASEY (W)
LAURA BRAGA & PAUL DAVIDSON (A)
Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
• It’s Halloween in the Marvel U! What does that mean for KATE BISHOP, A.K.A. HAWKEYE? Well, I can’t tell you here but I CAN guarantee it involves a haunted house, some witty one-liners, and a bad guy shot full of arrows…
• Then it’s time to give thanks for…THE PUNISHER?! When an op goes south, Frank Castle finds himself in a subterranean game of cat and mouse! It’s a life or death tale that’ll satisfy more than any turkey dinner!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

SCARLET WITCH #13
JAMES ROBINSON (W) • Stephanie Hans (A)
COVER BY DAVID AJA
• In search of answers about her mother and her own past, Wanda (and Agatha Harkness) once more set foot on the Witches’ Road for a perilous journey to the very end of it and the heart and soul of witchcraft itself.
• Along the way Wanda must face friends and foes from her bizarre life – all of whom conspire to stop her in her quest!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #15
TOM TAYLOR (W) • NIK VIRELLA (A)
Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
Connecting Variant Cover C by BENGAL
“ENEMY OF THE STATE II” CONTINUES HERE!
• Welcome to beautiful MADRIPOOR! Home to white sand beaches, five-star cuisine and a bustling criminal enterprise…
• WOLVERINE sails on the high seas with pirates, heading to the seedy city to search for information on the slaughter in Daylesville.
• Will she find those who forced her to kill? Or will this tropical hellhole be the final nail in the All-New Wolverine’s coffin?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ALL-NEW X-MEN #16
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
• THE ALL-NEW X-MEN throw down with THE GOBLIN QUEEN!
• And when repressed Idie finally lets loose, there’s hell to pay!
• Plus: One X-Man will do the unthinkable to save the day…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

OLD MAN LOGAN #15
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • FILIPE ANDRADE (A)
Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO
WHEN IN ROMANIA, DO AS THE ROMANIANS DO – STAKE VAMPIRES!
• It’s up to LOGAN and the greatest supernatural hero squad the world has ever seen, the HOWLING COMMANDOS, to stop DRACULA from a dastardly plot that endangers the whole world.
• But when JUBILEE is in trouble, can the Commandos trust Logan to make the tough calls?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

X-MEN ‘92 #10
CHRIS SIMS & CHAD BOWERS (W) • ALTI FIRMANSYAH & Cory Hamscher (A)
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
• It’s an X-traordinary final issue!
• How will our favorite X-Men survive their biggest threat yet – Apocalypse?!
• And will Scott Summers and Jean Grey make it back from the year 2099?
• This is one giant-size finale you don’t want to miss out on!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

DEADPOOL & THE MERCS FOR MONEY #6
CULLEN BUNN (W) • Brian Level (A)
COVER BY IBAN COELLO
Variant Cover by TBA
Character Variant Cover by TBA
• There’s a new leader in the Mercs for Money and she goes by the name Domino.
• But that doesn’t mean Deadpool can’t still have a say on the team’s uniform!
• Rainbow Deadpool Squad is back – new and improved!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

DEADPOOL #23
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • MATTEO LOLLI (A)
Cover by TRADD MOORE
New Secret Comics Variant Cover by Scott Koblish
• Madcap’s web of revenge tightens around Deadpool…
• Deadpool takes matters into his own hands.
• TIME TO GET EVEN WITH THE EVEN GETTING.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

DEADPOOL: BACK IN BLACK #5 (of 5)
CULLEN BUNN (W) • SALVADOR ESPIN (A/C)
Variant Cover by RON LIM
• Deadpool’s adventures in the Venom symbiote conclude!
• Guest-starring…black costume Spider-Man?!
• That’s right – we’ve got everyone’s favorite symbiotic relationship…
• …and the symbiote is there, too!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

DEADPOOL: TOO SOON? #3 (of 4)
JOSHUA CORIN (W) • TODD NAUCK (A)
Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
Variant Cover by TBA
• Deadpool and Howard the Duck investigate why their friends keep losing their heads.
• Literally! Someone is chopping off their friends’ heads!
• Maybe Doctor Strange can sniff out the culprit with his magic?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

DARK TOWER: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE – THE SAILOR #3 (OF 5)
ROBIN FURTH & PETER DAVID (W) • Juanan Ramirez (A)
Cover by JAY ANACLETO
STEPHEN KING’S EPIC TALE CONTINUES WITH THIS MIND-BENDING ISSUE!
• The Gunslinger is the truth.
• The Lady of Shadows is the truth.
• The Prisoner is the truth.
• So where does JAKE CHAMBERS fit, and what do his visions mean?
• What are we talking about? Find out in THE SAILOR #3!
32 PGS./Mature …$3.99

MAX RIDE: FINAL FLIGHT #4 (OF 5)
JODY HOUSER (W) • MARCO FAILLA (A)
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
JAMES PATTERSON’S HIT SERIES SOARS WITH A REVEAL THAT RENDS MAX’S WORLD ASUNDER!
• MAX RIDE is reeling from last issue’s shocker—but will she let this revelation shatter her world for good?
• And with the fate of the Earth at stake, can the Flock band together to prevent the launch of Itex’s BY-HALF PLAN?
• Or are they truly as obsolete as the DIRECTOR claims?
• Plus: the mystery of the Voice in Max’s head is finally revealed! Don’t miss it!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM #3 (OF 5)
JON ADAMS (W) • HORACIO DOMINGUES (A)
Cover by BRIAN KESINGER
VARIANT COVER BY TOM MORRIS
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY JASON GRANDT
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
THE MYSTERY WILL DEEPEN WHILE AGNES AIN’T SLEEPIN’!
• Can AGNES find her lost dog outside the Tiki Room at night? SPOILER: Nope. But what she does find will terrify her. And YOU!
• WALLY teaches himself to snorkel…with more success than when he taught himself to saw a woman in half. And also, with more soul-searching.
• PENELOPE reveals a big secret to her family. Will they forgive her? Will they turn on her? Will they emancipate themselves?
• Based on the fan-favorite Disney attraction, our tale hits a new high note with love in the air, danger around the corner and…JOSE’S new song!
32 PGS./RATED T …$3.99
Elements based on Enchanted Tiki Room © Disney.

STAR WARS: CLASSIFIED #1 & 2
KIERON GILLEN (W) • KEV WALKER (A/C)
Issue #1 – Cover by KAMOME SHIRAHAMA
Issue #1 – Variant Cover by Jamie McKelvie
Issue #1 – Variant Cover by Elsa Charretier
Issue #1 – Droids Variant Cover by Rod Reis
Issue #1 – CLASSIFIED STORY THUS FAR VARIANT COVER BY SALVADORE Larroca
Issue #1 – Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
Issue #1 – Blank Variant Cover also available
Issue #2 – VARIANT COVER BY Annie Wu
Issue #2 – Droids Variant Cover by Declan Shalvey
Issue #2 – VARIANT COVER BY DAVE DORMAN
An all-new, TOP-SECRET ongoing Star Wars series begins this December…
ISSUE #1 – 40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
ISSUE #2 – 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

STAR WARS: POE DAMERON #9
CHARLES SOULE (W) • PHIL NOTO (A/C)
Variant Cover by Mike Hawthorne
• Poe Dameron is on a secret mission from General Organa herself…
• …to escort none other than C-3PO on a dangerous mission to the planet Kaddak!
• Also: a sneak peek into Terex’s past…
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

STAR WARS #26
JASON AARON (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
Cover by STUART IMMONEN
BLACK AND WHITE VARIANT Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Action Figure Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
• With one of our rebel crew captured and imprisoned…
• …we turn once more to the journals of Ben Kenobi…
• …and a legendary adventure of Jedi Master…Yoda!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS: ULTRON REVOLUTION #6
Adapted by Joe Caramagna
ENTER THE THUNDERBOLTS!
• When JUSTIN HAMMER’s weapons factories threaten civilian lives, THE AVENGERS are ready to take him down…but our heroes weren’t expecting a SECOND hero team to show up to help! Who are the mysterious THUNDERBOLTS?
• And are they truly as good as they claim?
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #15
Adapted by Joe Caramagna
Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell…GROOT?!
• It’s the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY versus a superstitious despot in a Christmas Carol-esque con job! Caught on the wrong side of a bounty, the Guardians are determined to make things right – and to free some people while they’re at it!
• A heartwarming tale for all ages, chock full of the holiday spirit!!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VS. THE SINISTER SIX #6
Adapted by Joe Caramagna
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF AGENT VENOM!!!
• Ever wonder how mild mannered FLASH THOMPSON went from PETER PARKER’s best friend to SPIDER-MAN’s go-to guy?
• Well, read on, Dear Reader, and find out!!
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

POWERS #9
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MICHAEL AVON OEMING (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY DAVID MACK
If you love Marvel’s Jessica Jones, you will love POWERS! The secrets of Walker’s past keep pouring into the present. Find out his deepest, darkest secret right here! All on the road to the quadruple-sized POWERS 100th-issue spectacular. Miss the show? Read the comic!
32 pgs./Mature $3.99

POWERS COLORING BOOK
Penciled by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Cover by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
You’ve read the comics! You’ve watched the TV show! Now, experience POWERS like never before as you use your pens, pencils or crayons to color Michael Avon Oeming’s singular artwork! Oeming and writer Brian Michael Bendis have created a world like no other: As heroic capes do battle in the skies above, homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim pick up the pieces on the dirty streets below! Embrace the dark shades of crime noir, or brighten up Walker and Pilgrim’s lives like never before! In POWERS, there is no black and white — only shades of gray! Or orange, or blue, or yellow — it’s up to you!
120 PGS./Mature …$12.99
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