Marvel Comics May 2016 Solicitations Highlights

Marvel Comics have released details of all of their May comic book releases. Here are the highlights:

Headlining the solicitations is Captain America: Steve Rogers #1 which sees Steve Rogers return as Captain America after over a year out of the role.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #1
NICK SPENCER (W) • JESUS SAIZ (A/C)
Cover by JESUS SAIZ
VARIANT COVER BY STEVE EPTING
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Paul Renaud
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY TBA
CAPTAIN AMERICA 75TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBA
He’s back! The original Sentinel of Liberty returns, with a new shield, a new team, and a new mission! And he’s not the only one who’s back! Like the saying goes– cut off one LIMB, two more will take its place! HAIL HYDRA!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

A new ongoing series is also beginning for The Punisher.

THE PUNISHER #1
BECKY CLOONAN (W) • STEVE DILLON (A)
Cover by Declan Shalvey
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY TIM BRADSTREET
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY ALEX MALEEV
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY Chris Stevens
BLACK PANTHER 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT BY PHIL NOTO
CAPTAIN AMERICA 75TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBA
FRANK CASTLE LOSES CONTROL!
A by-the-numbers drug bust is about to take Frank Castle by surprise…and he HATES surprises. The horrible fallout threatens to send The Punisher into the heart of darkness, but Castle won’t make that journey alone: A DEA agent is on his trail and attempting to get into his head…but what horrors will she find there, and will she survive the experience? First-time Punisher writer Becky Cloonan and quintessential Punisher artist Steve Dillon are forcing Frank Castle out of his comfort zone and taking him to the edge of the world he thought he knew!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

The Thunderbolts are also returning to an ongoing series with Thunderbolts #1 which is being written by Jim Zub, who also wrote Figment.

THUNDERBOLTS #1
Jim Zub (W) • Jon Malin (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY TBA
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY TONY PIPER
FROM THE ASHES OF AVENGERS: STANDOFF!
They’re a renegade team rampaging across the Marvel Universe under the direction of the Winter Soldier! But are the Thunderbolts heroes or villains—and do even they know for sure?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Yet another ongoing series begins in Nighthawk #1 which spins out of the popular Squadron Supreme.

NIGHTHAWK #1
DAVID WALKER (W) • RAMON VILLALOBOS (A)
Cover by DENYS COWAN and BILL SIENKIEWICZ
VARIANT COVER BY Rafael Albuquerque
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY BILL SIENKIEWICZ
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
Straight from the pages of SQUADRON SUPREME comes one of the most brutal super heroes of the Marvel Universe. Nighthawk is Chicago’s dark protector, dispensing swift, decisive justice to those that truly deserve it. When the city’s shadiest power brokers turn up murdered in gristly ways, the apparent work of an inventive serial killer, Nighthawk must ask himself, Does this predator deserve to be caught? Who is the killer? What is he after? What does he want from Nighthawk? To answer these questions, Nighthawk must first look in the mirror.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

This year’s blockbuster summer event, Civil War II, begins with an oversized issue #0.

CIVIL WAR II #0
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • OLIVIER COIPEL (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY ESAD RIBIC
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY KIM JUNG JI
CHARACTER VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
From the creative team that brought you House of M and Siege comes a blistering first chapter in Marvel’s new explosive event. Watch as the players are introduced and the table is set for a storyline that fans will be talking about for years.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

The Spider-Women crossover comes to a conclusion in May with Spider-Women Omega #1. You can see below where you can find the other chapters of the story.

SPIDER-WOMEN OMEGA #1
JASON LATOUR, DENNIS HOPELESS, ROBBIE THOMPSON (w) • NICO LEON (a)
COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
THE TITANTIC CONCLUSION TO THE SPIDER-EVENT OF 2016!
• Silk is out of commission and Spider-Woman and Spider-Gwen return to Earth-65 for an impossible final battle.
• They are out-gunned, out-manned, out-numbered and out-planned. But it’s a fight they have to fight.
• Don’t miss this conclusion that will shake all three Spider-Women to the core!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

SPIDER-WOMEN CHECKLIST
APRIL:
PART ONE – SPIDER-WOMEN ALPHA #1
PART TWO – SPIDER-GWEN #7
PART THREE – SILK #7
PART FOUR – SPIDER-WOMAN #6
MAY:
PART FIVE – SPIDER-GWEN #8
PART SIX – SILK #8
PART SEVEN – SPIDER-WOMAN #7
PART EIGHT – SPIDER-WOMEN OMEGA #1

Grant Ward is making his Marvel universe debut in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #5.

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #5
MARC GUGGENHEIM (W) • GERMAN PERALTA (A)
Cover by MIKE NORTON
• Coulson captive! Simmons dying! The Amazing Spider-Man marked for death! And if that wasn’t enough… the Marvel Comics Universe debut of GRANT WARD.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Gwenpool is getting an issue #0 which looks to consist of a reprint of her appearances in the back-up stories of Howard The Duck.

GWENPOOL #0
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (W)
DANILO BEYRUTH & GURIHIRU (A)
Cover by DANILO BEYRUTH
VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS BACHALO
• “Who is Gwenpool, and where did she come from?” Ever since she made a splash in her first cover appearance, those have been the questions on everyone’s lips as they lounge about, sipping from a tropical beverage!
• Now, get all three of the original Gwenpool backup stories from HOWARD THE DUCK #1-3 featuring Ms. Poole’s first appearance and her battle alongside our favorite private duck in one convenient package!
• Plus: See Gwen’s first Xmas in the Marvel Universe, and the guy she killed to mark the occasion!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

The Daredevil/Punisher miniseries is beginning and will consist of four issues total.

DAREDEVIL/PUNISHER #1 (OF 4)
CHARLES SOULE (W)
SZYMON KUDRANSKI (A)
Cover by REILLY BROWN
A simple change of venues for one of Matt Murdock’s cases becomes more complicated when THE PUNISHER attempts to send the defendant away…permanently! If DAREDEVIL and BLINDSPOT want to get this mobster his day in court, it will take every ounce of wit and wile they have. All Frank needs to get what he wants is a bullet. The race is on!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

Deadpool will be featuring in an oversized one-shot which ties into the Doctor Strange: Last Days Of Magic storyline.

DEADPOOL: LAST DAYS OF MAGIC #1
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • SCOTT KOBLISH (A)
COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
From the pages of Doctor Strange…the Empirikul are waging a war on magic with the goal of wiping the fantastical from the pages of existence. This concerns Deadpool, because some of his best friends are magic. As the Empirikul forces batter the defenses of the Monster Metropolis ruled by his demonic wife, Deadpool wades into battle alongside his most spell-casting-est friends. And you know the old saying “Nothing ever goes wrong in a war.” That’s a saying, right?
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/PARENTAL ADVISORY…$4.99

Speaking of the merc with a mouth, Deadpool: Masacre #1 is being published which promises to be a poorly translated version of the Deadpool: Tres Punto Uno story that was released entirely in Spanish.

DEADPOOL: MASACRE #1
GERRY DUGGAN & BRIAN POSEHN (W)
SCOTT KOBLISH (A)
Cover by FRANCISCO HERRERA
Months ago, we were proud to bring you DEADPOOL TRES PUNTO UNO — a tale told all in Spanish, revealing MASACRE, the Deadpool of Mexico! Due to popular demand (because apparently you were too lazy to translate it for yourself) Marvel has taken to an unspecified Internet translation site and is re-presenting the comic in POORLY TRANSLATED ENGLISH! Just in time for the “Fifth of May!”
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Haunted Mansion continues with its third issue.

HAUNTED MANSION #3 (of 5)
JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (W) • JORGE COELHO (A)
Cover by E. M. GIST
VARIANT COVER BY BRIAN CROSBY
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN T YLER CHRISTOPHER
HAPPY HAUNTS MATERIALIZE AND GRIM GRINNING GHOSTS SOCIALIZE!
• Amidst the singing and joyful ghouls, Constance lurks and the Captain’s evil plan materializes!
• Crypts creak and tombstones quake as dark forces within the mansion are unleashed!
• Danny’s fate hangs in the balance…but as a painful truth comes to light, is there anyone he can trust?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Elements based on Haunted Mansion © Disney

Meanwhile, a new story arc titled End Of Games is starting in Darth Vader #20, which will be an oversized issue.

DARTH VADER #20
KIERON GILLEN (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
COVER BY MARK BROOKS
New Story Arc! “END OF GAMES” begins this issue!
• Inspector Thanoth returns with some startling information.
• Vader may have passed his master’s tests…
• …but will his own schemes prove his undoing?
• PLUS: A bonus tale of Triple-Zero and Beetee!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
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You can check out Marvel’s entire solicitations for May 2016 here.

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