CBRFiction Presents: Age of Marvels October 2017 Solicitations

[Marvell2100]

-"Hello True Believers and welcome to the Age of Marvels October's Spooktacular Solicitations!"

CBR PRESENTS: AGE OF MARVELS! YOUR COMICS YOUR WAY!
SIX INCREDIBLE LINES OF AWESOME COMICS!!

MARVEL ASSEMBLE!
MARVEL GLOBAL!
MARVEL KNIGHTS!
SCI-FI MARVEL!
MARVEL SUPERNATURAL!
UNCANNY MARVEL!

Age of Marvels is a diverse, fun-filled, fan created universe featuring stories told by you the Fans of ol' Marvel! AoM features stories from all genres including Marvel Assemble(Marvel Heroes),Marvel Supernatural(Magic and Mystics), Marvel Knights(Urban Heroes), Sci-Fi Marvel(Cosmic and Out-of-this-World Stories), Marvel Global(Spies, Wetworks, Black Ops and Espionage),and Uncanny Marvel(X-Men). Participation is easy and very much encouraged! Simply "buy" the titles you like and then vote for your favorite line of the month. The best part is that it costs you nothing and you get to enjoy great stories! Who could refuse a deal like this? We'd like to welcome anyone who wants to participate in our adventure and to contact our EIC or our Line Editors to pitch your ideas:

EIC: Marvell2100
Marvel Assemble Editor: Shaggydoo
Marvel Global Editor: Exciter
Sci-Fi Marvel Editor: Marvell2100
Supernatural Marvel Editor: Mcgaffer
Marvel Knights Editor: Global Honored
Uncanny Marvel Editor: BaneofKings

Also, checkout the Bullpen Thread for the latest news and gossip about AoM and the creators who bring you the stories. It also has information on what AoM is and how to join. Don't forget to go to the Fortress as well. It's a place we all go to hangout, kick back a few cold ones and just relax. The Fortress is run by our very own mcgaffer and his talented, if somewhat bizarre staff! We all would like to thank everyone who participates in AoM and enjoys these stories as much as we do. So scare yourself up some fun comics this month!

[Marvell2100]

MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 1

AVENGERS #37

Written by GRANT MORRISON
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by JIM LEE
"Look up in the skies!"
He came from a land of gods over the rainbow with one goal...the total annihilation of the AVENGERS! They couldn't keep up with his super-speed. They couldn't deflect all his intense laser beams. He was invulnerable to all their physical attacks and weaponry. He could sense their every move. Firestar, the Awesome Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America, Captain Marvel and Black Panther. One by one they fell to this "Destroyer" from Asgard, this Man of Steel....SUPERMAN. Tony Stark and his staff work feverishly to find a weakness...any weakness, but there is none on Earth. However, Stark has his own personal arsenal, witty dialogue and he never gives up. He knows there is an element somewhere in cosmos that can take down this alien god, he just needs more time. It comes in the form of the God of Thunder. His warrior resolve, almighty powers and enchanted living hammer can take down the mightiest of mortals and beasts. Once Thor senses Loki and Enchantress have corrupted Superman's heart and mind, he knows he must die by his hands. It is an epic battle of an unstoppable force and an immovable object, but only one will be left standing!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99


HULK #35

Written by WARREN ELLIS
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
"HULK WAR"
Russia. Hulk leads his team on a mission to stop another monster. They must find another Hulk. A customized living weapon of mass destruction, who leveled a major U.S city and framed Banner/Hulk. With information from Nick Fury they have 3 possible targets who may be responsible and and one is a being of super-human intelligence called Gremlin. SHIELD has knowledge of Russia's secret agenda to create division in the U.S. superhero community and to manipulate the perceptions and minds of it's citizens. Gremlin has his own team of "SUPER-SOLDIERS" called the WINTER GUARD including Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar, Red Guardian, Vangard, Ursa Major and the mystic Fantasia. Hulk has his own friends and family: "Awesome Hulk"(Amadeus Cho), his son Skaar, Red She-Hulk Betty Ross, A-Bomb Rick Jones, Bruce's gamma infused grandmother Gam Ma and a mysterious "hulk clone" who's also an mob enforcer Joe Fixit. They are accompanied by an annoying yet very capable robot with the A.I. of Reed Richards....H.E.R.B.I.E. Too bad H.E.R.B.I.E. also has been programmed with Reed's bad qualities like condescension, sarcasm, chauvinism and micro-managing EVERYTHING. Even if the "Agents of SMASH" can endure, both H.E.R.B.I.E and the Winter Guard, can they even have a prayer of surviving Gremlin's army of Hulks!!
40PGS./Rated T $3.99


WEST COAST AVENGERS #3
Written by KEVIN SMITH
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by IVAN REIS
"CITY OF ANGELS" Part 3 of 4
The Westcoast Avengers remain on the set the popular sitcom "That's What She Said". They have exposed that idiotic father, the smart-mouth mother, the wise-cracking grandpa, the rebellious oldest son and know-it-all daughter are all actually shape-shifting SKRULLS. Only the youngest son is actually human and he's a spoiled brat and may be worst than the Skrulls. Angela leads Micronaut, Kick-Ass, Michelangelo, Spider Ham into a volatile battle, but when one of them falls the whole team might come aparts! It's time for the arrival of one of the powerful forces in the multi-verse Captain Universe. However for the first time due to the allure and illusion of Hollywood the entity is confused. Instead of finding one host of it's incredible powers, it has two: Kevin Hart and Ryan Reynolds. While they both got jokes, can super-powered duo work together to stop the Skrull takeover of La La Land.

Meanwhile WCA lawyer Jennifer Walters aka She-Hulk is very busy. She has made a deal to place her powerful new client Goku into her custody, but can he survive the alien world that is Hollywood? She also makes an offer to recent graduate Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel an offer of internship. She also discovers the Steve Austin, the bionic Six-Million Dollar Man has actually joined the West Coast Avengers only to spy on them for SHIELD. Although the 2 had a flirtation going on and mad chemistry, this revelation makes She-Hulk want to SMASH.. but not that way your thinking if you have a dirty mind! Halloween in New York, after a night of destructive and pain inducing vigilantism, Hit-Girl comes across a brief case of mysterious content that EVERYONE WANTS.
32PGS./Rated T $2.99

BLACK PANTHER #40
Written byCHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art by ADI GRANOV
Plot by MARVELL2100
"ZULU NATION!" Part 2
T'Challa confronts Killmonger with questions about the sudden return and rise to power of Markus Zulu! Zulu was a young lieutenant in Killmonger's army when he waged war against Wakanda. Now Zulu leads N'Gabo, just to the North of Wakanda and now there is news of unrest in the nation of Azani as civil war is fomenting there. T'Challa knows that all of these cannot be coincidences and that these are coordinated moves by someone pulling powerful strings. Killmonger laughs and tells T'Challa that Africa is rising, with powerful nations that are emerging after centuries of the yoke of colonialism and imperialism have been removed! A new Africa is beginning to emerge and it will not be denied!
The troubled nation of Azani! Civil unrest has gripped this country that has struggled with democracy for the past few decades. The current President, Mukabe Asuso has struggled with his reforms and the nation has become divided. An opposition leader has emerged, a leader who has promised to make Azani the great nation that it is destined to be. The majority of the population has begun to sway towards this leader, someone who knows T'Challa well! Moses Magnum has come to Azani and pledged to make this nation proud again! No longer will Wakanda be considered the greatest nation on the continent of Africa!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Audiences...$2.99

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MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 2

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #13
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by DAVID MARQUEZ
Plot by MARVELL2100
Trump Card!
President Trump's agenda is revealed! He is seeking to have a governmental takeover of Stark Enterprises and force Tony to make weapons for America again! With potential threats from North Korea and Iran, Trump wants America to be ready! But many in his administration see Wakanda as the true threat to American superiority! Tony finds himself in a very difficult situation: either help Trump and begin making weapons again or become a target of the United States government! Trump has also made a another very controversial move by naming Norman Osborn Junior Ambassador to the United Nations. Tony clearly sees that Osborn will be the one to lead the charge against Wakanda!
Epilogue 1: Rhodey meets with a shadowed figure to make an important exchange that will become vital in the days to come.
Epilogue 2: Marc Ellis paces the floor with intensity. It's been weeks since he has donned the Iron Monger armor. He can't wait any longer, Stark must pay for his crimes! A voice speaks softly and tells him to be patient. Tony Stark will get everything he deserves and more. Now...go kill Bethany Cabe!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

LONG LIVE CAPTAIN AMERICA #4
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Art by ANDREA SORRENTINO
"THE OTHER THUNDER GOD" PANDORA'S BOX
Theme Song: John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads
STEVE ROGERS is back in America, working with MR. THUNDER, the man who he trusts with his life. However, Mr. Thunder might not be all that he seems, and as he navigates Steve to New Orleans in a country that hates Captain America, Steve begins to suspect there is more to the man than meets the eye. Mr. Thunder has told Steve that he needs something for his survival, an artefact buried in New Orleans known as Pandora's Box, but Steve will have to go up against not just THE RED SKULL, but also THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS and THOR, THE GOD OF THUNDER - to get the Box, and soon finds himself asking whether the contents of the box are worth his friendship with the superhero community, who are still keen to support him despite his exile. As Steve takes the Box back to Mr. Thunder however, the more he learns about the man - something that connects him to an ancient religion. That religion is one that used to be worshipped by the Greeks, who believed in their own god of Thunder... Zeus! Will Captain America and Thor be able to put their newfound differences aside to stop Mr. Thunder from achieving what he wants - or will he be able to deceive Steve one more time?
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

THE MIGHTY THOR: Watcher on the Wall
Written by BRIAN Q. MILLER
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by DALE EAGLESHAM
Being a prison warden is no fun, especially when your brother Thor rules with an Uru hammer! It took a couple of ill-advised riots (advised by Loki) but Thor showed them why his first name is Mighty! But not...the shadows that dwell right at the very bottom of everyone's darkest imaginations. Even Thor and the other monsters know to venture into this smothering darkness is to drown, screaming for eternity. Solomon Kane has cast spells to stop them from snaking up from the depths but the shadows are always probing for a weakness. How can Loki free these shadows? Just to relieve the tediousness a little. Perhaps by creating a war with the Angel Realm....that does sound like fun!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99


SHE-HULK, ATTORNEY AT LAW #34
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by JOE MADUIERA
"NO SAVE NOVEMBER"
In order to raise awareness for Skrullovoria Induced Skrullophobia, the superhero community in Los Angeles is being encouraged not to save anyone during the month of November.
If this "No Save November" goes too viral then those who ignore the pressure will be shamed online, and a social-media backlash could cause bad P.R. for She-Hulk's fledgling law firm, Mason & Walters LLP. Little does Shulkie know, this awareness campaign was the brainchild of her new rival, super-villain lawyer Janice Lincoln - the Beetle! With heroes more reluctant to act, her clients will pillage the city of angels with greater impunity! Can She-Hulk discover the roots of this conspiracy before chaos descends on the town at the end of the month?
Plus, a new client courts She-Hulk’s partner Perry Mason - and it's one he successfully litigated against in the past. But now Mephista needs someone to handle a "special" divorce proceeding where marital assets are scattered throughout multiple realms of reality (see THE DEFENDERS #37). Will Perry help the devil herself take Dr. Strange to the cleaners?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

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MARVEL GLOBAL! Part 1

CORPORATE AVENGERS #9
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Plot by EXCITER
Art by SKOTTIE YOUNG
3D Lenticular Variant Cover
Embossed Variant Cover
Colorforms® Design-Your-Own-Cover Variant Cover
Thermal Ink Variant Cover - Rub to reveal how to get a free car insurance quote from Esurance!
Scented Ink Variant Cover - Scratch to smell Chef Boyardee's Beefaroni!
"WELCOME BACK, ERIN"
Press Release - Unlike perennial do-gooders Colonel Sanders and Tony the Tiger, some heroes cannot maintain a life of virtue. While Erin Esurance once stood for affordably protecting people's homes and vehicles, she fell into depravity and now needs to be put away for good! This sounds like a job for the reunited Super Team®!
Real Talk - Lynn Michaels is a vigilante. She once called herself Lady Punisher and was a one-woman-war on organized crime. More recently, she dyed her hair pink and adopted the identity of "Erin Esurance" for the Super Team®. But when a bunch of perverts on the internet forced the insurance giant to drop Erin as it's mascot, that meant Lynn got dropped as well. This left her embittered towards the Control Group, who handles most corporate superhero sponsorships, but with a lingering desire to eliminate mafiosos. That's why she listened to information provided by her former enemy, Joe Camel. It seems the Control Group had another failure on its hands when they inadvertently selected a mob enforcer named Caesar "Big C" Cicero to become "Chef Boyardee," mascot of the eponymous canned pasta company. Instead, Cicero took the resources allocated to him and started what is unofficially being called the Boyardee Crime Family. Lynn isn't going to let that stand, and bullets will fly on the streets of New York City! Can "Colonel Sanders" and "Tony the Tiger" talk sense to their former teammate, perhaps finding her a new corporate hero identity, or will they get caught in the crossfire?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

ALL-WINNERS SQUAD #11
Written by DENNIS HOPELESS
Plot by EXCITER
Art by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
"WHAT HAPPENED?"
After their encounter with Flag Smasher, the man behind the Bold Urban Commandos, the Squad licks their wounds at their base, a remodeled Mar-A-Lago. The villain was impossibly strong, much moreso than they expected. ("Alt-left thug lied about his power level. Zero credibility."). This leaves U.S. Agent, Red Hulk, and the others scrambling to discover Flag Smasher's secret... that the radical "anti-fascist" has discovered how to leverage indignant political outrage to enhance his physical power level! Retreating to his Chamber of Echoes, Flag-Smasher is bombarded by endless extreme leftist rhetoric that amplifies his already impressive abilities! ("We've got to use the internet better to stop loser libs from becoming metahuman."). If the Squad don't find him soon, Flag Smasher may become too powerful to stop...
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has written a tell-all book from her prison cell in the Raft. Although she was exposed as a member of the malevolent Serpent Men and jailed for her part in a massive conspiracy to overthrown humanity (see SECRET AVENGERS #12-14 & All-WINNERS SQUAD #7), she still blames Bernie Sanders for her failure to claim the Presidency. The remaining Serpent Men heed their former leader's words and swear vengeance on the aging Senator. Now, it's up to Tigra and Punisher 2099 to protect Bernie, but it's an unpredictable mission! They have no idea at which of the socialist's three houses the reptilians will strike!
Plus, Arabian Night provides Silver Sable with intelligence about a foreign nation that has placed espionage agents within America's borders. But if she tells the president... it might start a war with Wakanda!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DEADPOOL & THE THUNDERBOLTS #27
Written by JASON AARON
Plot by EXCITER
Art by MATTEO SCALERA
"DEADPOOL LOVES HARLEY" part five "RED AND WHITE WEDDING"
So, you've heard of a "shotgun wedding," right? Well this is going to be more of a "bazooka civil union"! You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Wade Winston Wilson, Esq., and Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel - but you'd better do more than cover your seat, because you'll need to cover your ass!
This is the big finale of our crossover, so strap in! I've got a plan to allow me (the merc with a dowry, Deadpool) to stay in the New Dawn Universe against Batman's wishes (and why haven't I guest-starred in a "GOTHAM'S DAWN" book yet, huh? Am I not cool enough for you, "COLD JUSTICE"?). I'm going to marry Harley... for dimensional citizenship! Of course, this will lure her jealous ex-boyfriend the Joker to the ceremony (second worst wedding crasher after Owen Wilson). But I've got my groomsmen, the Thunderbolts, and when clown-shoes shows up I'm gonna bring him to justice and get a raise from Batman, Inc. (Maybe even open a franchise in the Age of Marvels?).
Problem is, he's not coming alone. Joker's entered a new ménage à trois with both Madame Masque AND Carmen Sandiego (no wonder nobody can find her, she's jumping through parallel universes). I've got to worry about more than just my poor geography skills though, because Carmen's plus-one is the recently stolen Crimson Gem of Cytorrak - and she's given it to the Joker, transforming him into the unstoppable Jokernaught! (See how the seemingly unrelated A and B plots tie together at the end? Beautiful.). Am I going to be left dead at the alter?
Please R.S.V.P. with your purchase by November 1st.
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SECRET AVENGERS #27
Written by MATT FRACTION
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DANIEL ACUNA
"THE LUNAR LASER CRISIS" part two "LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE"
It's a trap! There was never any HYDRA laser on the moon. The intelligence was planted by the master of espionage, the Chameleon, who used it as a distraction to scatter the Secret Avengers, infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D., and assume the identity of Dum Dum Dugan. Now the man Nick Fury thinks is his closest confidant is really his would-be assassin. Can Nick survive? And who is the Chameleon working for?
Meanwhile, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Union Jack, Snake Eyes, and Chun-Li remain the captives of Sin in HYDRA's Moon base. Hydra Commander, formerly Cobra Commander, plans to use their deaths to embarrass the United States, Russia, the U.K., and China - publicly executing them as spies and saboteurs, sending a message that the People's Republic of Hydra takes its domestic security seriously! The only one who can save them is their prodigal teammate Jack "Werewolf by Night" Russell, who left the Secret Avengers last issue and whose life has spiraled into intense craziness since (see MOON KNIGHT: PHASES OF THE MOON #1-2). Dare he attempt a rescue mission to the one place his lycanthropic nature will be the most pronounced- the moon itself?!? It doesn't get any more full than when you're on it!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

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MARVEL GLOBAL! Part 2

AGENTS OF ATLAS #40
Written by DAVID LISS
Plot by MARVELL2100
Art by STEFANO CASELLI
Cobra Rising: Caught In The Coils!
Everything has been revealed! Sen. Muster has been dead for some time now, replaced by the chameleon Zartan! Cobra has been reborn under the guise of HAMMER! And with Destro resurrected as it leader, Cobra has been born again! Jimmy Woo and his team of ATLAS agents have been caught off guard as they gather themselves. Former friend and HAMMER Commander Jasper Sitwell is now a member of Cobra and offers Woo and his team a chance to be a part of a new world order! He tells Woo that America is corrupt under it's current administration and that Cobra is the future. They are the only organization that can take on HYDRA and bring them down! Jason, Delroy, Anna, Madame Hydra and Clay all gather around Woo who looks at the new Cobra leadership and promises that he will make it his life's mission to bring them all down! Destro, who has finally regained his senses turns to walk away and gives his first order since his return: kill every ATLAS agent, leave no one alive! Next Issue: The Weight of the World!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

ASSASSIN'S CREED: GLOBAL WARNING #6 *A Global Line Limited Series*
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by SALVADOR LAROCCA
Plot by Mad Marv Studios
Final Night.
It's been over a year since Assassin Creed members Emma Peel, Alexander Pierce and Orson Randall were sent undercover to assassinate HYDRA leader Lord Deathstroke for his senseless attack on the nation of Maltan, killing everyone! During that span, Pierce has managed to gain the trust of Deathstroke by killing Marcus Fury and Cloud-9, American Black-ops agents also sent to kill the HYDRA leader. Not only did Pierce kill the agents but he also betrayed his Creed teammates and turned them in. Over the months, Pierce has proved his loyalty to HYDRA time and time again but now comes the ultimate test. The time has come for Pierce to execute his former teammates and reveal the location of the Assassin Creed Guild's hidden lair!
Orson and Emma have been tortured for the past few months. They have held on to their secrets despite HYDRA's best efforts to break them. Now, they know the time is coming for it all to end. They've been together for a long time and have become quite close over the years. They don't speak with words, the looks that they give each other saying everything that needs to be said. As the two guards enter their cells to lead them to their execution, they give each other one final smile. If they have to die, then at least they will die together! Next Issue: The Killers Elite!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Audiences...$2.99


THE GHOST WARRIORS #17
Written By ROBERT VENDITTI
Art By SALVADOR LAROCCA
Plot By MARVELL2100
WRATH OF THE HOUSE OF YASHIDA! Part 4 "Til Death Do We Part!"
The Ghost Warriors arrive on the island compound of Clan Yashida to rescue their teammate John Wraith from certain death at the hands of his former lover Mariko Yashida! But instead of an execution, the Ghost Warriors find preparations for a wedding! Mariko intends to marry Wraith like they planned so many years ago before he ultimately betrayed her! Afro tells Colleen to take White Fox to see if they can find Wraith while he and Lotus search for another way off they island. However, Afro has an ulterior motive for splitting the team. There is an item in the possession of Clan Yashida, an item he gave to one of it's members for safe-keeping, the long sought after Prism! Elsewhere, Colleen and White Fox have finally located Wraith and are ready to help him escape! But in a surprise move, Wraith betrays his teammates to the guards who immediately capture the pair! He tells them that he is sorry but he must complete the wedding ceremony and marry Mariko Yashida! Next Issue: Death and a Wedding!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Audience...$2.99

HER MAJESTY'S AVENGERS #4


Written by ALAN MOORE
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by DALE EAGLESHAM
"ACROSS THE POND" part three

James Bond and "Tomb Raider" Lara Croft continue their escape from an army of HYDRA agents. As they now ride weaponized Q Aston Martin vehicle, they continue to playfully bicker while heavily pursued in a fast and furious car chase to Heathrow Airport. The rear-facing double-barreled gun and flamethrower, keeps their enemies at bay...in an action-packed Michael Bay style. However, it's the ejection seat that may save them after they encounter and army of HYDRA's men in stolen tech armored War Machines. The duo may be overwhelmed, but they are not alone. Bond has another Secret Avenger in his pocket....Scott Lang aka Ant Man. It's time for him to go full Giant Man mode. Only problem is he has to listen to both Wasp and the former Ant Man/Giant Man/ Yellow Jacket Hank Pym in his ear directing his every move, while simultaneously the ex-couple also argue nonstop!

Meanwhile, after purging England of Dire Wraiths, the Royal Family wants to make the U.K. Avengers honorary knights. While the universe's greatest Spaceknight Rom becomes their own personal knight joining Conan to protect the family. However, Rom has his own agenda as he knows things still aren't what they seem. Captain Britain wants to test the limits of Miracleman's powers and he feels there's no better way to do this than goading him into a fight. However regardless of who wins, they both lose and then there is sudden appearance of WIDGET!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

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MARVEL KNIGHTS! Part 1

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35
Written by JOSS WHEDON
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by GREG CAPULLO
“GO, GO, POWER RANGERS!” Part 1 of 4 “HOUSE ON HORRORVILLE”
Theme Song: Brian Tyler - Go, Go Power Rangers
The alien known as Zordon, who now lives on as an A.I. on board a crashed spaceship somewhere outside of New York, has decided that the time has come for the birth of the next generation of Power Rangers and has chosen a Red Ranger to lead the task of finding them. His name is Miguel O’Hara, The Spider-Man from 2099, who has just been kicked out of his apartment for failing to pay the rent for the third month in a row. Miguel’s new job may not bring him any money, but it does bring with him a cool new suit, and new allies – in the form of America Chavez, who is adjusting to her newfound abilities as The Pink Ranger! But while America and Miguel are butting heads in an attempt to work out who should be in charge of this new team – which isn’t even at full strength yet, Peter Parker finds himself pulled into an alternate dimension, waking up in an abandoned mansion on top of a mountain. Here, he quickly discovers that he’s not alone in the House of Horrors, as he finds himself joined by Spider-Men and Women from across the Universe. But who or what brought them all here – and will there be any escape?
32 PGs./Rated T…$2.99

PURE VENOM #4
Written by STEVE ORLANDO
Plot by GLOBAL HONORED
Art & Cover by TRADD MOORE
Alternate Venomized Blade Cover by NELSON BLAKE
"FANGS"
Part One
Club Drip, New York's newest euro techno influenced club with a goth style following, keeps late hours with many of its clientele so faithful that they have given up their normal lives to be full time club kids no matter their age, much to the chagrin of their families and employers. What do you do when you stay out all night, dear? You can't just sleep the day away!
Ethan Edwards, the Daily Bugle's ace reporter who harbors many secrets including that he is a skrull, was investigating the mysterious hot spot but has since gone MIA (see last issue for his whereabouts, hint: tied up in Brock's apartment), so an opportunistic Eddie Brock scoops in to break the story! Eddie infiltrates the club in his own pale skinned disguise, with a little help from the conveniently ink black alien wardrobe he keeps on hand at all times <wink>, and does what any respected photojournalist or paparazzi would do, snap as many pictures from his hidden camera as possible before being detected. But later, when developing the shots at home, Eddie realizes this story really has teeth, seeing with his own eyes most of the clubbers vanish on film.
Back the next night, Eddie begins to feel the the place drawing him in, he gives in to the vibe, the music flows through his veins, pulsating to the beat of his heart, experiencing that youthful sense that you will never die, maybe these people have it all figured out. Then the club deejay-slash-bouncer, DJ EB, confronts him about the camera that fell from his pocket on the pants which seem to be melting off him like wax. What is happening to the symbiote? Did that chick just bite that dude? Why does this record spinning bouncer look so familiar? Answer: The EB stands for Eric Brooks, otherwise known as Blade, and any confusion between these two initial- sharers is about to be sorted when they take it outside!
"One Bloody Good Issue" - The Lethal Guardian
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

WILSON FISK: DAREDEVIL #1 ***BRAND NEW SERIES***
Written by GREG RUCKA
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by BILLY TAN
“A WORLD WITHOUT DAREDEVIL” Part 1 of 4
Theme Song: LCD Soundsystem - Call The Police
A return to the current Age of Marvels Universe has seen a world without MATT MURDOCK! Hell’s Kitchen is quickly falling apart and chaos is running riot, and a resultant breakout from a nearby police station sees WILSON FISK resort to desperate measures to protect his criminal empire that is falling apart. Can the new DAREDEVIL of Hell’s Kitchen use his old nemesis’ costume to his own advantage? What would make Fisk take over the role as Daredevil? This time, it’s not an alternate reality. This time, it’s real. Explore WILSON FISK'S earliest days as the Man Without Fear… as his past catches up to him.
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

KNIGHTS OF THE EMPIRE CITY #3
Written by TOM KING
Plot by GLOBAL HONORED
Art by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant "Turk Barrett's NYC" Cover by RONALD NELSON
"ROTTEN APPLE"
Kasper Cole, Jessica Jones & Turk Barrett
In Hell's Kitchen, Jessica and Kasper save Turk and their own necks from a street gang armed with misfiring assault rifles, discovering they share some beyond human abilities in the process. Turk realizes this too and though adamantly denying he sold the knocked out hoods the hardware he does fess up to a rumor of kids being abducted, taken by a new heavyweight calling himself The Great White Whale, and word on the street is the Whale runs his business from a fancy penthouse uptown, with nearly every up and coming gangster in town in his pocket.
Miles Morales & Cottonmouth
In Brooklyn at Visions Academy, young Miles Morales feels his spider sense tingling, someone nefarious is sneaking into his dorm room. Could this be the same villain that abducted his classmate Melissa Yang? Should he fight back or go along to see where they take him? Maybe it will lead him right to Melissa. As Cottonmouth says, if you want a job done right, do it yourself. Like taking candy from a baby....
Misty Knight, Dakota North & Senor Muerte
In Midtown Manhattan, Misty & Dakota have their hands full battling Senor Muerte on the Get Lucky Casino floor. Just when the dice seems to roll their way, their luck runs out as the dealers and croupiers drop their cards and pick up SWORDS...What the....?!?
Will our Marvelous Lady Detectives double down to hit blackjack on Senor Muerte's gang or have they been dealt the dead man's HAND?
Misty, Dakota, Jessica, Kasper and Turk
Later downtown, back at base, in this case the offices of MLDA (Marvelous Ladies Detective Agency), our heroes plus 1 (Turk) reconvene. patch their wounds and share notes. What they know: In an uptown skyrise a mysterious new villain has a group of missing teens doing god knows what, and an army of street thugs at his disposal, no doubt guarding the place with an arsenal of heavy equipment. The Avengers are busy saving the world from the latest global crisis, the Fantastic Four are somewhere in space no doubt protecting Earth's very existence, which means this one falls on us. It is time to hero up, stage a coordinated assault on that building and save those kids. Who is with us?
NEXT ISSUE: The Knights take the tower! The conclusion of the first KOTEC storyline, but will it be a premature end for our non-team at the hands of The Great White Whale or the start of a beautiful super-friendship? Find out this November.
BIG-APPLE SIZED 40 PGs./$3.99

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MARVEL KNIGHTS! Part 2

ELEKTRA: THE HAND #9
Written by CHUCK DIXON
Plot by EXCITER
Art by JEROME OPEÑA
Variant "Skrullekta" Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
"NINJAS VS. PIRATES IN SPACE" part three "A FROG IN A WELL CANNOT CONCEIVE OF AN OCEAN"
When a greedy and warlike emperor expanded his reach, he met resistance from the shadows. With stealth, silent weaponry, and mysticism, legendary assassins arose to defend their ancestral lands. This was the birth of the ninja - but it was not a mere 700 years ago in feudal Japan. These ninja were born almost a million years ago on the worlds within the Large Magellanic Cloud and in opposition to the nascent Kree Empire!
At the Temple of the Priests of Pama in Vietnam, Storm Shadow, Raphael, and Jimmy Hudson learn this rich history from the refugee Kree monks. The Halana Blade, it seems, was the sword of Halana - the greatest leader of the intergalactic ninja. Legend holds that it can cut the fabric of the universe itself, opening a portal to the long-lost planet settled by Halana's disciples... but that's just a myth, right?
Meanwhile, Elektra, Ronin, and the other members of the Hand use Zen's hypership to catch up to the Starjammers, who stole the Halana Blade from Shadowland. But when they do, they find Corsair and his crew already have their hands full with a cadre of cosmic ninja led by Pagon, the Skrull who infamously replaced Elektra before the Secret Invasion! How Pagon was resurrected is a mystery, but he has successfully copied all of Elektra's fighting skills - making him a lethal threat - and his presence stirs a rage within her rivaled by few others. The Hand and the Starjammers find themselves confronted with a common enemy, but can these ninja and pirates possibly work together? And for what malevolent purpose does Pagon desire the Halana Blade?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

PROWLER AND THE OUTLAWS #3
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Plotted by SUPERCOOPER
Art by FILIPE ANDRADE
Variant "Costume Party" Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
'DRESS CODE'
It's the night for tricks and treats. The night for flashy costumes and apparel. It's the most ghoulish night of the year! It's...October 15th?! That's right, the birthday of none other than Janice Lincoln, daughter of NYC's top crime boss TOMBSTONE, and an aspiring supervillain in her own right as the BEETLE! But if there's one thing this bug hates it's an intruder, particularly the prickly inebriated kind...and PORCUPINE will find himself as Janice's personal piñata, if his fellow Outlaws SHOCKER and JACKPOT can't work their way through this New York traffic! And, back in the Bronx, Hobie Brown will stop in on his old friend and former intern Eugene Patilio to discuss his latest turn to extreme violence. And when this conversation's done, one of them will be going home in an ambulance.
32 PGs./ Rated T...$2.99

THE PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #34
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by DAVID AJA
“CROOKED GAME” Part 1 of 5 "DEJA CASTLE"
Theme Song: Emika - Wicked Game
It’s a Halloween special for FRANK CASTLE as he finds himself revisiting memory lane when a risky gambit to stop a terrorist from blowing up a train sees himself killed, only to wake up again, twenty-four hours earlier. The Punisher soon finds out that he has to live the same day over and over again. Will there be an escape from this eternal torment? Or will he rot in an endless loop forever? And what do the secret organization known as THE KINGSMEN have anything to do about the current, ever increasing plight of missing celebrities from across the corners of the Earth?
32 PGs./Rated M…$2.99

ULTIMATE F'N RUSSELL #1 (of 3) *New Knights Limited Series*
Written by JOHN CARPENTER & NICK SPENCER
Plot by GLOBAL HONORED
Art by GEOF DARROW
Variant McReady Cover by MIKE MITCHELL

“Have Ya Paid Your Dues, Jack?”
The future...1997! Jack Burton is hired to haul top secret government cargo in his modified Porkchop Express through the icy hells of Antarctica to a long presumed abandoned research station. There, our favorite no horse sh** trucker will discover the package in his payload is a highly armed, cynical war hero turned accused criminal named Snake Plissken. Jack will also learn he's just been drafted for a special mission to help the man with the snake tattoo exterminate suspicious creatures around the facility, and collect any records on the premises that may help with some big trouble going down in New York. Also - these "things" may be something other than human. But through the burned up carnage, empty bottles of scotch and rusted out flamethrowers scattered around, the only living thing they'll find is a wildly bearded man, at least he still thinks he is, who has somehow survived among the frozen ruins for years and may be the best shot they have at saving New York City, well what's left of it anyways. Can R. J. MacReady be trusted? If they're not back by dawn, call the President!
Meanwhile, on the penal colony of Manhattan in the war torn district formerly known as Chinatown, the opportunistic Lords of Death have seized control of the neighborhood. Fear and paranoia spread rampant. Rumors of men turning to monsters can be heard on every corner. And with 50 feet high containment walls imprisoning the island, there is no escape from the terror. The LOD know exactly who to turn to when it comes to supernatural concerns, now is the time for his return. Summoning Lo Pan!
TO BE F'N CONTINUED...
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

MOON KNIGHT: PHASES OF THE MOON #3 (of 4)
Written by DOUG MOENCH
Plot by CAPTCLEGHORN
Art by BILL SIEKIEWICZ
"Part Five: Mani"
Khonshu has decided he wants to make his move. He is the Egyptian God of the Moon. He rules with the power of a celestial body arguably considered part of a binary planetary system. He has ruled since the days of one of the earliest human civilizations. He wants it all.
Mani is the Norse god of the Moon. He despises the fame that other Norse gods of Asgard regularly receive and thus freely allies himself with Khonshu. As his part in this lunar revolution, Mani downs the quinjet in the frozen wastelands of Siberia. Investigating an Avengers ship crashing in Russian territory is Mikhail Ursus, the mutant known as Ursa Major. Now it would seem to be an easy jump to turn this guy into a were-bear to aid in Khonshu’s plans. And so even Khonshu and Mani go the obvious route here. Can Moony and Jack reach any sort of humanity in Ursa Major’s lycanthropic lunacy? On the bright side, at least one of our heroes is wearing a fur coat right now, though they’re both going to be needing one.
"Part Six: Mahina"
We’ve listened to our fans and we realize that we’ve been awfully rough on our heroes this story. So, they’re getting a break. After fighting for their lives all over the world, it’s time to bring them back to the good ol’ US of A. The quinjet in on its third lap around planet Earth and is now over the island of Hawaii. Did we forget to mention that the Hawaiian Moon goddess Mahina has jumped on Khonshu’s bandwagon? We hadn’t? So we probably forgot to add that Namora has been converted to a were-piranha with a dangerous combination of teethy piranha and Sub-Mariner abilities.
Don’t miss our last page guest appearance that sets up next issue’s book-length conclusion.
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

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SCI-FI MARVEL! Part 1

FANTASTIC FOUR #41
Written By JONATHAN HICKMAN
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By NICOLA SCOTT
Dark Horizons
While Reed and his team investigate the mystery of Counter-Earth and it's destruction, Sue, Ben, Spock and John Sunlight travel to Latveria to meet the man who Sunlight believes can save the multiverse, Victor von Doom! In a strange twist, on Sunlight's Earth, Victor was their greatest scientist until he was betrayed by his best friend Reed Richards! Richards' jealousy caused him to sabotaged one of Victor's experiments which resulted in Doom becoming lost in a temporal vortex! Richards then became ruler of Counter-Earth, always trying to prove himself better than the friend he murdered! Then one day after 5 years they came, other's like him. They called themselves The Council and within mere moments their world was shattered! Sunlight remembers seeing Reed leave with The Council right before the devastation and blames him for helping them to destroy their world. Through, sheer genius, determination and will to survive, Sunlight has managed to find his worlds Victor here on our planet! Only, he isn't know as Victor here, his name is Kristoff! Kristoff von Doom! Next Issue: The Many Faces of Doom!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

EXCELSIOR #18
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Plot by Exciter
Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
"ENTANGLING ALLIANCES"
The Local Group Treaty Organization, essentially space N.A.T.O., has made significant gains in a short amount of time. When the Excelsior launched, the L.G.T.O. was just an idea. A year and a half later, the organization counts dozens of nations and worlds as members - including America, the Kronnan Empire, Namek, and Xandar, home of the Nova Corps. It's also developed strong alliances with the Kree and Shi'ar. But this unprecedented growth has forced its enemies into a corner...
The People's Republic of Hydra, Ego the Living Planet, and the Breakworld have been searching for allies - and they've found them in the Chitauri! Daniel Whitehall, captain of HYDRA's flagship "the Ultimatum," arranges a meeting with Ord of Breakworld, Ego in his human form, and the leader of the Chitauri - the brutal Warbringer. They are set to finalize their own mutual defense (and offense) agreement, the Maveth Pact! Little do they know, there are two flies on the wall of this meeting - Jessica "Spider-Woman" Drew and Beta Ray Bill! The duo clandestinely returned to Ego after liberating refugees, but when they inadvertently gain the attention of all the Maveth Pact signatories, can they escape to warn the Excelsior crew (and the universe) of this serious new threat?
Meanwhile, special foreign advisers to the Excelsior, Korg and Warbird, are questioned by a newly discovered race that is wary of humanity. Can these two warriors master the art of diplomacy to gain a new ally?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #40
Written By MALCOLM JONES
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By AARON LOPRESTI
Enemy Territory.
While one team of Guardians go deeper into heart of the Universal Church of Truth, another team led by former Empress Lilandra that includes, Major Victory, Charlie-27, Yondu, Nikki and Cosmo are far away in another part of the universe search for the Scy' At Tal, an ancient enemy of the Shi'ar. After the devastation of the empire during the war with the Infinity King, the Scy' At Tal took one of the last surviving pieces, the Aerie, the nesting place of the Shi'ar young. The Guardians must go farther than they've ever been to a part of space that few have ever seen. During the journey, Lilandra has relied on Vance Astro's shoulder to lean on and they have gotten closer. Suddenly, the voice of Charlie-27 sounds throughout the Millenium Falcon! They have entered the Nasphraerus, the nebulous home of the Scy'Ar Tal! As they travel further, Cosmos senses a familiar prescence in the area but he can't quite make out what it is. But that will have to wait as the Guardians find themselves surrounded by eight Scy' Ar Tal warships!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

NOVA CORPS #40
Written By CARLOS PACHECO
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By MIKE MCKONE
"The Edge of Nowhere!"- Conclusion: Victory!
The arrival of the Excelsior along with 6,000 Nova Centurians has turned the tide of battle on Harkon-12! Robbie, Sam and their small squadron of Novas have managed to hold the line against the Fraternal Order of Raptors who planned to wipe out the entire planet after they failed their Inquisition! But the arrival of reinforcements has forced the Raptors to retreat, the first serious loss for the Church. While Colonel Jameson and his crew pursue the fleeing ships, Richard Ryder and his brother Robbie have a tearful moment, realizing that they could have lost one another.
The planet Galador, home of the Space Knights, has been shrouded in mystery since their betrayal of the Alliance during the war against the Infinity King. There has been no contact with the outside world and anyone attempting to travel to Galador has been unable to penetrate the darkness that surrounds the planet. The Space Knights are now under the rule of the Ivory Kings and are undergoing a huge transformation to make them more powerful than ever before! Next Issue: The Skrulls are back!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

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SCI-FI MARVEL! Part 2

QUASAR & THE INFINITY WATCH#34
Written by ROGER STERN
Plot by MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100
Art by KAARE ANDREWS
The voices inside Anwen's head won't stop! Whispers sent straight from Hell echo in her skull, itching, scratching to get out! Anwen's very thoughts lately become Reality and Hell has sensed this and wants her to free it. All she has to do is to think "Get out of my head!" And the doors to Hell will be flung open. Darth Maul doesn't care about this. Hell is just another layer in the mirror that is existence and he already possesses all of it's power. If Anwen wants to stop the whispers she should listen to his voice instead, and he will show her the true meaning of the Dark Side!
The Avatars of Soul and Mind feel their Sister's torment and feel Hell trying to force it's own existence, could the solution be a Hell World? Allow them existence on a manageable scale?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HIGH EVOLUTIONARY#34
Written By DOUG MOENCH
Plot By MCGAFFER
Art By PAUL GULACY
Everything that the High Evolutionary does is undone! The Mirror Universe DEvolutionary (Nod to Ex!) has been doing this too long and this Universe is already under his control and beginning to become undone. The High Evolutionary faces a cleverer opponent, more ruthless and cunning and who has seen his every move coming. What the DEvolutionary hasn't seen is the Goddess! A Goddess who survived his last experiment with another reality, the only survivor! Concordia has found the High Evolutionary and if he can't outthink the DEvolutionary then she's going to give him the means to out power him! Of course the advantages of a Mirror Universe completely controlled by yourself is that you catch up quickly...The UnGoddess Discordia soon comes into being to aid the DEvolutionary...
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE INHUMANS #40
Written By ROBERT VENDETTI
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By MARK BROOKS
"The Courtship of Medusa: The Man Who Will Be King!"
Medusa has a difficult decision to make! Does she marry Khan and make him King of Attilan? Yes, it's all a part of an elaborate plan by Black Bolt and her and their mysterious but she cannot help but fell that this is a dangerous game! Khan deserves to know the truth! After much deliberation she has made a decision and announces it to her people! She has chosen her new mate the one who will become king: Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four! She glances towards her sister Crystal to se the look of shock and hurt in her eyes! She can only hope that her sister will forgive her in time. Elsewhere in the Eternal city of Olympia, news has reached Black Bolt of Medusa's decision. This sudden change in their plans means that he must delay his marriage to the Eternal Queen Athena. But unknown to Black Bolt, Athena has made plans to claim Attilan as a part of her new Eternal empire!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Audiences...$2.99

SILVER SURFER #40
Written By CHRISTOS GAGE
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By DUSTIN WEAVER
The Divinity of the Magus
After months of searching for his beloved Shalla Bal, his servitude to Mistress Death and the war with the Infinity King, the Silver Surfer and his companions have been granted an audience to see the Magus. As the supreme leader of the Universal Church of Truth, the Magus has amassed an intergalactic empire of true believers! His followers are devoted to him or they die! Shalla Bal was given to the Magus by Mistress Death as a part of an arranged deal. He intends to make her his bride and rule beside him as they bring change to the universe. As they enter a candle-lit chamber, they see the Magus sitting upon an ornate throne and next to him Shalla Bal!
The Black Swan Yabbat Sumon drops to her knees and begins praying in an old dialect. She has completed her long journey and met her maker. She, along with her sister Swans, has been devoted followers of the Magus whom they call The Creator. However Adam Warlock sees his dark counter-part as blight on the universe, one that he intends to end before all is destroyed.
None of that matters to the Surfer who has finally found his beloved and rushes to embrace her. So it only makes his pain that much greater when he is flung across the room by a powerful blast, a blast coming from the hand of...Shalla Bal! The shock on his face barely masks the hurt as Shalla Bal warns him that none may approach the bride of the Magus unless she wills it. The Magus' laughter echoes throughout the chamber as he tells the Surfer that she is no longer the love interest of some pitiful wreak of a soul. She is something more and she is intended for greatness! She is...The Celestial Madonna! Next Issue: Queen of an Empire!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Audiences...$2.99

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 1

THE DEFENDERS #37
Written by MIKE MIGNOLA
Plot by EXCITER
Art by SALVADOR LARROCA
"THE DEATH OF DORMAMMU"
The hordes of the Dark Dimension pour onto the once idyllic world of K'ai like maggots over carrion. Scores of mindless ones ravage everything in sight, guided by those fiends who willingly serve as Dormammu's lieutenants - the malevolent Skeletor and the vile Mumm-Ra. Across the field are K'ai's battle-weary protectors: it's queen, Jarella, and her paramour, the Incredible Hulk; their unlikely ally, the Abomination, who wants to save his newly adopted world; plus Namor, the Silver Surfer, Mothra, Cheetara, Dr. Strange, and what remains of the realm's "Defenders" army. This is the inevitable battle that's been looming for years (see THE DEFENDERS #0). But when Dormammu himself enters the fray, all hope is lost. K'ai will fall and Earth will be next. Yet, months ago the hobo Stabitty Jones sacrificed himself by absorbing and releasing back into the multiverse the omnipotent power contained within the Crucible (see KILLING THE FANTASY #5), and in those brief moments of clairvoyance he foresaw a solution. He restored the powers of the Beyonder but bent his personality towards altruism for one reason. For one moment. For this moment. With the fate of several realms at stake, the Beyonder must kill Dormammu! Does even he have enough power to do it? And if he does, what unforeseeable consequences would such a monumental slaying bring about?
Meanwhile, Dr. Strange misses the first court date in his divorce proceeding - leading to a default judgment for his jilted bride! The Sanctum Sanctorum and 75% of his other holdings now belong to Mephista!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

DOOM #39
Written by NEIL GAIMAN
Art by CLAYTON CRAIN
Plot by MCGAFFER
Power is for others to claim, for Doom it is a birth right. There is power in New Orleans and Doom has come for it! The legendary Pandoras Box has reappeared from the annals of history and several factions lay claim to it. Unfathomable power spilling through everyone's fingers and chaos raining down upon the heads of all. Amidst the chaos someone went behind everyone else's back and begged help of Doom. Doom already now has a certain mutant owing him a favour, one that he will call in sometime in the future. Truth be told this situation is exactly what Doom needs, something that he has needed to do for years. Doom is here for his birth right, for power! Pandoras Box is a great prize and Doom will gladly claim it but there is a slight against Doom that finally needs answering and Doom's name is the most important of all. Doom now has an 'in' with the mutants, a chance at claiming the Box and his opportunity to reclaim his rightful property...The Cabal!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MIDNIGHT SONS #37
Written by MIKE RAICHT
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by CLAY MANN
Mephisto has created a religion. Mutants flocking to worship the Red Skull and the freedom he offers and they have brought him his prize, Pandoras Box! When he hears there are multiple Boxes in the City though the Skull is not happy and so the riots begin and the vigilante gangs are set loose. Meanwhile the Agents and the Son's continue their forays into several different time periods to try and find out how to avoid each calamitous scenario. Hope is here, slender but present. Who do they choose as their saviour though? Do they help the X-Men, Captain America, Thor or Doom? Daimon Hellstorm meanwhile resolves to rip out Mephisto's tongue, there's only room for one devil in this town.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

MAGIK #40
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Plot by SUNOFDARKCHILD
Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
Pandora's Box Tie In
Doom
After her decision last issue, virtually the entire Marvel magical community is out to get Magik. The battle against the Red Skull and the mutants prevents them from sending the most powerful sorcerers after her, so the task falls to the most brilliant sorcerer, a mortal man who has challenged celestial entities - and won. Illyana is hunted by Dr. Doom.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 2

CABAL #39
Written by DANIEL WAY
Art by FRANK CHO
Plot by MCGAFFER
PANDORA'S BOX
The X-Men have a new ally and it stops the Cabal in their tracks! Doom stands with the mutants and what's more he demands the Cabal bend the knee to their one true Ruler! One does not lead the Cabal, it is ruled! And Doom has no place at his side for the Skull. After invading Latveria and trying to assassinate him for years Doom finally has the Skull right where he wants him. The only problem is does the Skull have the real Pandoras Box? Is the power of the Hyborian Age at the fingertips of the diabolical Red Skull? Who will each member of the Cabal choose, Doom or the Skull? The Red Skull though is distracted, the greatest fight of his life and his total victory is at hand and he has heard rumours of Captain America in the City...with a Box! His skin itches and he turns away from the threat of Doom, the verdamnt Captain is back in his life...
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE WATCH #38
Written by JAMES O'BARR
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by ESAD RIBIC
PANDORA'S BOX
Randall Flagg manages to use the energy of Pandoras Box present in the City to open up a portal to the Hyborian Age. An age of merciless sorcerers and people slaughtered by the thousand fold, sounds like home! And to think when he rules it all he can bring all of these futures down and leave nothing but ash and blood. Of course Roland Deschain, Buffy and Gandalf have followed him in an attempt to stop him. But in this Age it's the ruthless who rule and the tribes have flocked to Randall's command. Surrounded they face disaster until the timely arrival of one of the Hyborian Age's greatest warriors - Teenage Thanos wielding Excaliber!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GOD SQUAD #39
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by STEVE DILLON
PANDORA'S BOX
Ares the God of War finds himself leading a guerrilla war against Selene's rule as the Realm of Asgard slowly turns into a Kingdom of Vampires. Selene's thirst for blood is insatiable since drinking the sweet nectar of God's blood and now he finds himself a member of an endangered species. He knows who he must contact to help him but unfortunately Dracula is busy. Deacon Frost on the other hand is loving all of this and more then happy to either help Ares take Selene down or turn him over to her, whichever opportunity presents itself first.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUNSLINGER #39
Written by STEPHEN KING
Art by LEINAL FRANCIS YU
Plot by MCGAFFER
PANDORA'S BOX
Eve has heard that her Father is in town, Doom! And her feet are suddenly itchy to get moving. She doesn't need Dad cramping her style and insisting she becomes Sinister Supreme again! First she has to survive Dracula though. She has help in the form of her fellow Gunslingers Ichabod Crane and the Winchester Brothers and a whole host of young X-Men but Dracula and his allies are much more powerful! Her only hope may lay with her Father after all who has called the Cabal to him. Will Dracula dare defy Doom? Can she attract Dad's attention before Draculas fangs sink into her young flesh? Will Dracula bend the knee to doom? Only one way to find out!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS/NEXTWAVE:GET THAT TOILET SEAT OFF OF YOUR HEAD. NOW!
Written By JIM STERANKO
Plot By MCGAFFER
Art By HERB TRIMPE
The Legion of Unholy Beggars has a new plan to lead the glorious forces of the Nazi's to ultimate victory! The Allies aren't the only ones who can hire fuzzy balls of fluff to fight for them! Enter their newest recruits, cats! Trained to be adorably funny they will mentally spread the Nazi's message and slowly take over and control the world! At least that's what the Captain has learned! Can he convince the Allies to declare war on cats and their secret world conquering ways or is Squirrel Girl going to finally force the Captain to clean out the litter box once and for all.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 1

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #39
Written by RICK REMENDER
Plot by EXCITER
Art by CHRIS BACHALO
"TO ME, MY X-CITY" part one "OLD FRIENDS"
Charles Xavier explains to Wolverine and Daken that ever since the weapon of mass mutation detonated over Buenos Aires (see THE UNCANNY X-MEN #5), no place on Earth has been in greater need of a school to teach children of the atom how to use their powers. That's why Charles started la Escuela Xavier Para Jóvenes Dotados, a place of education within the new city of mutants. But hostilities with the greater Argentinian government place not just the school but all of Buenos Aires in danger. For you see, the Argentinians have been working with none other than the Weapon-X program! In his confrontations with them, Professor X psychically uncovered Weapon-X's plot to reacquire and brainwash their greatest weapon and his son - Wolverine and Daken. Xavier liberated them before that could happen, but the unlikely trio must now shut down Weapon-X before they kidnap other mutants for their twisted experiments - and there's a lot of mutants waiting to be kidnapped in Buenos Aires...
Bonus story!
"REQUIEM FOR AN X-GENE"
The presidency ages you, and although he didn't last an entire term, many of his blue hairs are now white. Hank "Beast" McCoy has resigned from office. Yet, in his short time as leader of the free world he accomplished so much: exposing Senator Kelly as a pawn of Bastion; toppling the regime of his doppelgänger Dark Beast on the mutant island of Krakoa; and ending the threats of both global warming and the "global warning" that HYDRA used to attempt to take over the world. But now that it's over, and Trump is attempting to erase much of President Beast's legacy, what does he do now? Can he just return to being an uncanny X-Man?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

X-23: DARKWORLD #1 (of 2) **DARKWORLD TIE-IN**
Written by KELLY THOMPSON
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by JOE QUINONES
“DAYS GONE BY” Part One of Two “THE MAN IN THE HIGH THEATRE”
Theme Song: London Grammar – Rooting for You
Explore the early days of Laura Kinney, aka X-23! After escaping from the destruction of New York as a child, Laura was drafted into an HYDRA All-Girls boarding school where she trains with the best and brightest of America’s future. However, time is running out before her mutant powers are discovered, and she soon finds herself striking up a secret friendship with an old theatre owner who shows her reels of a world where Britain and the allies won the Second World War, reels of hope in the shadows. That man’s name is Stephen Strange – who may know more than he appears, and may yet be Laura’s best chance of escaping to another dimension away from this nightmare that she has known all her life. But Strange himself is being hunted by demons from his own past, and it won’t be long before Strange and Laura come face to face with their worst nightmares made manifest.
32pgs/Rated T…/$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #39
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by CHRIS SAMNEE
"CRISIS" Part Two of Two "NOT-QUITE TRUE ROMANCE"
Theme Song: The Crystals - He's a Rebel
Two young mutant lovers, Renée Laurent & Adalgiso Muller - have ended up on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall working for two different enemies. On behalf of the Hellfire Club, Adalgiso turns himself over at Checkpoint Charlie to the West, under the condition that he talks to one person and one person only - Charles Xavier! Forced to put his differences aside with the Hellfire Club, Xavier, Darwin and Moira MacTaggert must work with his enemies to pull off a daring heist of a cargo that is currently en route to Siberia so that they can rescue Renée. But Adalgiso knows that the aid of the Hellfire Club comes at a cost, and he may be forced to betray Renée and the X-Men in order to get what they want and avoid a fate worse than death.
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

ASTONISHING X-MEN #39
'Now The Mess Is Where I Lay'
Plot by NX01A
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III
90s Jean Grey Variant Cover by DIMITRI PATELIS
Theme Song: Big Wreck - Blown Wide Open
•This Halloween, horror is human. Or should we say... horror is mutant.
•The ACOLYTES believe in mutant superiority, in the sanctity of a pure mutant state, and the birth of mutant messiahs who will lead them to glory and dominion over Earth. They are not happy having SARA GREY, a human mutate, as part of the ruling council of Utopia, claiming their religion dictates that only mutants can rule mutants. Their doctrines mesh perfectly with Utopia's joint mayors DAVID the POSTMAN and ASTRID BLOOM who seem intent on mutant colonization of the entire Savage Land and large scale Antarctic Anti-Metal Vibranium mining.
•GLOB HERMAN, a recent convert to the ACOLYTE faith, becomes a suicide bomber, killing several humans recently cleansed of their PRIME SENTINEL technology at the remains of the MASTER MOLD complex. Can PHOENIX, MADELYNE GREY, ICEMAN, and the SCARLET WITCH protect the surviving innocent humans from further Acolyte attacks when Utopia's rulers seemingly do nothing? Is Sara safe?
•With absolutely horrible timing, ARCHANGEL plus very human and very pregnant CANDY 'SERAPH' SOUTHERN decide to make Utopia their home. Does their presence have anything to do with CLAN AKKABA, the worshipers of dead APOCALYPSE, taking up residence in the city of the extinct Elder Things on the other side of Antarctica?
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

[Marvell2100]

UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 2

X-CORPS #6
'Anti-King' part 2/3 'I've Never Seen A Diamond In The Flesh'
Plot by NX01A
Written by TA-NEHISI COATES
Art by KEN LASHLEY
White Queen Trading Card Variant by JIM LEE
Theme Song: Lorde - Royals
•HAVEN, the BLACK QUEEN of the Eurasian HELLFIRE CLUB, has trapped X-CORPS in her reality-bending pocket dimension! M, EMPLATE, and the PENANCE TWINS experience infinite combinations of their bodies and minds. LEGION loses himself in a sea of splinter personalities all vying to be the real David Haller. SIRYN drowns in alcoholism.
•Only BLACK TOM CASSIDY remains unaffected... because he already went through Haven's pocket dimension when he voiced his desire to leave the Hellfire Club, splitting him into a man hoping to make up for his villainous past and a horticultural horror serving as Haven's BLACK CONSORT.
•The former WHITE QUEEN slept for years, her body kept eternally young in its diamond form, bits of her still organic mind accessed by Black Tom Cassidy's plant filaments and her sister ADRIENNE FROST's psychometry to run a marketplace hidden on the psionic plane trading in drugs, weapons, and human slaves. BANSHEE's modulated sonic scream woke her before Adrienne shot him dead, and now EMMA FROST will have her revenge.
•In the chaos, no one remembers MEGGAN.. but they will.
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #35
Written by JEFFREY DEAVER
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by NEAL ADAMS
PANDORAS BOX
The Nexus has become entwined with Bishop's temporal time energy and has opened up several different possibilities of what the future may hold for them. The Son's are overwhelmed as they stare at infinite chaos as they see the Skull, Doom, Dracula and many more wielding the power of the Box. How can they avoid all of these desolate futures? Luckily this is Bishop and Bucky's wheelhouse and they split the teams in to pairs to investigate each future and find out exactly how each of them got their hands on the Box. What happens though when all of the Boxes suddenly become aware of each other as they shine on each other like a mirror through realities? A being of light and chaos will be born...
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #36
Written by MATT KINDT
Plot by BANEOFKINGS
Art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
PANDORA'S BOX **Guest Starring THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA**
Theme Song: Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

• New Orleans erupts into a warzone as both sides, the mystics and the mutants, are caught in a battle that could wipe the city from the face of the Earth. With Martial Law declared and the city cut off by a military blockade authorised by an ill-prepared President Trump, the humans are reluctantly working with the Brotherhood to evacuate civilians from the city, but time is running out before the coming of the great flood that will sweep away the city. Alex Summers, thrust into an unexpected leadership role after Scott's departure from the Brotherhood of Mutants in the hour before the battle began. Can he keep the inflated egos of the Brotherhood of Mutants, such as Erik Lehnsherr - in check when he struggled before? Either way, there may be hope in the darkness yet - because someone from beyond the stars has come to save the Brotherhood in their hour of need, and take Pandora's Box to safety where it can never be touched again. The lightning strikes in New Orleans can only mean the arrival of one person, THOR - THE GOD OF THUNDER!

• But time is running out and Pandora's Box has just gone missing again from right under the Brotherhood of Mutants' nose. Only this time, not even The Red Skull himself knows the answer to the Box's whereabouts. Both sides think the other has it - but in reality, none of them do. The box has fallen into the hands of the most unlikely person, America's Most Wanted - CAPTAIN AMERICA! But why Steve Rogers risk his own personal freedom to return to a country he has been exiled from its own people? It may have something to do with the mysterious Mr. Thunder, who has kept a secret hidden for so long, one that only now can be revealed, a secret that will have dramatic ramifications for the whole Marvel universe.

Plotter's Note: Don't forget to keep an eye out for other SUPERNATURAL titles involved in PANDORA'S BOX, as well as this month's LONG LIVE CAPTAIN AMERICA and get ready to brace yourself for next month's Earth-Shattering Finale!
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

[Marvell2100]

Here is the handy Checklist for October! Celebrate your Independence with some great AoM titles! We've got fireworks galore! Without further adieu, check out some AoM goodness!

MARVEL ASSEMBLE
AVENGERS #37
HULKLAND #35
THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #14
BLACK PANTHER #40
LONG LIVE CAPTAIN AMERICA #4
THE MIGHTY THOR: THE WATCHER ON THE WALL
SHE-HULK, ATTORNEY AT LAW #34
WEST COAST AVENGERS #3

MARVEL GLOBAL
HER MAJESTY'S AVENGERS #4
ALL-WINNERS SQUAD #11
DEADPOOL & THE THUNDERBOLTS #27
SECRET AVENGERS #27
ASSASSIN'S CREED: GLOBAL WARNING #7
AGENTS OF ATLAS #40
THE GHOST WARRIORS #17
CORPORATE AVENGERS #9

MARVEL KNIGHTS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35
PURE VENOM #4
WILSON FISK: DAREDEVIL #1 *Brand New Series!*
KNIGHTS OF THE EMPIRE CITY #3
ELEKTRA: THE HAND #7
PUNISHER #34
PROWLER & THE OUTLAWS #3
MOON KNIGHT: PHASES OF THE MOON #3(of 4)
ULTIMATE F'N RUSSELL #1 (of 3) *New Knights Limited Series*

SCI-FI MARVEL
FANTASTIC FOUR #41
QUASAR & THE INFINITY WATCH#34
NOVA CORPS #40
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #40
EXCELSIOR #18
HIGH EVOLUTIONARY#34
SILVER SURFER #40
THE INHUMANS #40

MARVEL SUPERNATURAL
THE DEFENDERS #37
DOOM #39
MIDNIGHT SONS #37
MAGIK #40
CABAL #39
THE WATCH #38
GOD SQUAD #39
GUNSLINGER #39
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS/NEXTWAVE: GET THAT TOILET SEAT OFF OF YOUR HEAD. NOW!

UNCANNY MARVEL
BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #36
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #39
THE UNCANNY X-MEN #39
X-23: DARKWORLD #1 (of 2) **DARKWORLD TIE-IN**
AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #35
X-CORPS #6
ASTONISHING X-MEN #39

As always, we here at Age of Marvels want to thank our loyal readers for giving us the opportunity to tell great stories. We couldn't do this without your support. And a big hand to the creative staff at AoM. Thank you for giving your best each and every month!

[BaneofKings]

Lots of awesome stuff this month. My BOTM faces some tough competition, but it goes to AVENGERS #37.