CBRFiction Presents: Age of Marvels April 2016 Solicitations

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Hello CBR and AoM fans! Welcome to the long running, award-winning CBR: Age of Marvels! 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 Edge(Spies and Espionage), Uncanny Marvel(X-Men), and Amazing Marvel (Spidey related titles). 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
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Supernatural Marvel Editor: Mcgaffer
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MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 1

AVENGERS 2020 #22
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by JIM LEE
"LOW END THEORY"

• As a war scorches Asgard between Odin and his Avengers and Magneto and his Acolytes, another epic conflict continues on Earth. Captain America has led his "Secret Avengers" to overthrow both Castle Doom and Latveria. Since Latveria was not only the stronghold of the Avenger Dr. Doom, but one of few Superpower nations and major ally of the Avengers. However, the Avengers has S.H.I.E.L.D. and their field commander is General Thunderbolt Ross aka the Red Hulk. He has already captured and tortured Cap's allies Silhouette, War Machine (Dirty Harry) and Nitro. However, this is the General is very good a hunting his enemies and his alter-ego the Red Hulk is even better as SMASHING them. The first Avenger even without his stolen shield is world's greatest soldier and he and Black Widow lead the rebel Latverian army ground forces in a relentless battle against their former allies in SHIELD. Falcon leads a deadly stealth sky assault fully armed with both assault rifles and an battalion of birds of prey at his command. That is until an incoming Red Hulk drops from the Hellicarrier and proceeds to de-wing the flying Avenger it forces Cap and Widow to use ground to air missile with one chance to take out the red behemoth.

• The Secret Avengers have a trump card that they choose to play as Elektra and Blade have taken Dr. Doom's mother and the Queen of Latveria, Lady Doom hostage. What they want is a long-held prisoner of SHIELD..Peter Parker! What SHIELD doesn't know is Cynthia Von Doom wants nothing more than to take down her son.

• On the SHIELD Hellicarrier, the imprisoned Dirty Harry/War Machine is a man of a few words and with a few choice expletives and a nod to the battered and barely conscious Nitro they both know how to end the threat of Red Hulk and this unit of SHIELD. They take out the agents on board, weaponize the Hellicarrier, set detonators and fly it directly at the Hulk. Now if Nitro can revive the unconscious Silhouette in time to teleport the trio, if not it's plan B and Nitro explodes himself and they all go boom! Too bad Silhouette doesn't trust Nitro and Nitro is a coward. It's time for Dirty Harry to take charge as only he can and sacrifices to be made! NEXT: NO MORE AVENGERS!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

A-FORCE 2020 #9
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Plot by SHAGGYDOO

"Heart of Darkness" Part 2 of 2: "Low End Theory"

He's is greatest mind on Earth. His science has changed the world. Eliminating poverty, disease, infestation, otherworldly invasion and the world has never been more secure due to his creations. However, if you are a mutant, an inhuman or anyone that is an enemy of the Avengers he is the architect of your destruction. He is the new "High-Evolutionary" and if the Avengers are puppet-masters of the world... he pulls the strings. His name is Dr. Henry Pym and for everyone who fights for freedom against the Avenger's dictatorship he is the most wanted. His ex-wife the Wasp and her new husband Vision have finally found him in the "Low Town" area of Mandripoor. However, what Wasp, Vision and Ultron see is not the Hank they once knew. Instead he is mutated combination of Giant Man, Ant Man, Yellow Jacket infused daily with Pym Particles and infused with Ultron-tech. He's completely insane, but has been awaiting the arrival of what he calls the new Holy Trinity: Himself, Ultron and Vision. Now he's ready to recreate the world in his image and Wasp will rule by his side, bear him children and he wont take no for an answer. Can anyone stop him, restore his sanity or will everyone perish against the now god-like Pym? It may be up to other god-like entity Aquarian and his young powerful protege aka SINGULARITY! NEXT: NO MORE AVENGERS!
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

THE MIGHTY THOR 2020 #9
Written by BRIAN Q. MILLER
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by DALE EAGLESHAM
Loki, the Riddle King and the new Sinister Supreme, offers the eyes of all of the Warriors Three to drink from the Well of Wisdom! Well he was never going to offer his own eyes was he! And he now knows the path to ultimate power! While Loki schemes though, Thor fights! He fights against his own father for the right to sit on two thrones, the future of Asgard and Midgard tilts in the balance, but both have forgotten about the other players in this game of thrones!
And somewhere in the distant past Loki snatches two small infants from their cradles and leaves them on a bloodsoaked battlefield, somewhere in time! Somewhere fate can finally smile on Thor and Loki and deliver everything they have earned! Next month meet LOKI: Director of SHIELD! And Thor, Prince of Latveria!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99


BLACK PANTHER 2020 #22
Plot BY MARVELL2100
Written By CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art By ADI GRANOV
"Reign of the Supermen!" Part 2: Who Watches the Avengers?
The world is much safer thanks to the regime of The Avengers and the only thing that it cost was it's freedom! And it's no more true than on the continent of Africa! The powerful Avenger known as The Sphinx controls the largest land mass on the planet, except for one small nation, Wakanda! The Black Panther T'Challa, an Avenger himself and his sister Shuri secretly plot to bring the tyrants down and have managed to keep their homeland out of the reach of The Sphinx. But they both know that it won't be long before he and the rest of the overlords turn their eyes towards the last free nation on Earth! They can delay no longer, it's time to take down The Avengers! However, they know that the two of them can't do it alone! It's time to enact The Avenger's Protocols! And that means that it's time for The Dark Avengers! Next Issue: Attack on a Titan!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99


POWER PACK 2020 #9
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by MARK BAGLEY
"LOW END THEORY"

He's finally did it. Stewie Stark has arrived from the year 2020 using Reed Richard's tech and now he's here in the year 2016! He's in a world that is not yet ruled by the corrupt Avengers. It is time for the 4 year old super-genius, spawn of a Stark and a Hammer to finally rule an unsuspecting world and they will never see him coming. He has so much to do and has full access to Stark-Tech and Hammer-Tech and in this world he is the devil that doesn't exist. He plans on being the invisible hand that puts the world in a strangle-hold. Little does he know he was followed into the past by the 2020 Power Pack and they will do anything to stop the problem child, Iron Mini-me. However, the older Power Pack meet the present-day Power Pack with the all-knowing Uncle Stan Lee Power in the middle! NEXT: NO MORE AVENGERS!
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

THE MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL 2020 #10
Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
Plot by MYETCHE
Art by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA
"2020: THE DEATH OF MS. MARVEL" (Part 3 of 4)
She's already lost her friends and family, her life is ticking away as Mystique's Legacy Virus courses through her veins, and Captain Marvel is tearing through Jersey City in pursuit of her. With the blue devil herself egging her on, Kamala sucks up her pride, clobbers poor Teddy for the time being, and accepts Kamran's offer to smuggle them into Avengers-controlled New York City.

High up in Avengers Tower, Kamala puts her shapeshifting and her knowledge of the tower's defenses to the test as she and Mystique infiltrates. Once more, Captain Marvel chases them and cuts off the two shapeshifters, but he is forced to cede when Lord Mar-Vell herself Carol Danvers arrives. Since the Avengers came to power, Kamala has come to despise the woman she once idolized for betraying the very ideals she gave the world. But is there more to Carol's actions than meets the eye? Perhaps she's NOT as fascist as she's leading everybody to believe.

And where did Mystique go? Uh-oh...
32PGS./Rated T $2.99

SUPER-GIRL 2020 #3 OF 3
Plotted by SHAGGYDOO
Written by AMY REEDER/ SAM KEITH
Art by SAM KEITH
"LOW END THEORY"

Namorita and Nova Prime's have developed a strong bond and trust that is familiar yet mysterious. The duo have now risked their lives several times to protect the world depending only on each other. Nova has neglected her Avengers duties to just patrol with Namorita the Super-Girl. They even have shared their mutual agenda to take down the Avengers. However, even though this Nova reminds her of and appears to be her long missing boyfriend Richard Rider, the Nova Corp member has refused to remove the fabled helmet to reveal the true identity. Today all secrets are revealed as Nova and Namorita enter the hidden chambers of the Avengers to the imprisoned Galactus! The Avengers have been using the force of nature as the ultimate power source for the entire world, however the duo has decided to release a god to fight gods. Can they reason with Galactus? Nova's Worldmind can, but Galactus has a hunger and he's ready to feast. Although he's agreed to spare Earth for now he will feed! Nova is summoned by the Avengers to Asgard for what is truly a War of the Gods. Before Nova departs the helmet is removed revealing not Richard, but his sister Rachel Rider. The two share a passionate embrace for what may be the last time and Namorita the "Super-Girl" has more questions than answers. NEXT: NO MORE AVENGERS!
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

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MARVEL ASSEMBLE! Part 2

IRON MAN 2020 #19.5
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by SKOTTIE YOUNG
"LOW END THEORY"
April 1st 2016, April Fools Day and Stewie Stark's birthday. Only Stewie Stark is a time-traveler and wont actually be born/created until next year. He is a living paradox and a super-genius who wants to rule the world ...and he's only 5 years old. He knows history everything that happens in 2016 and as long as he's spawned he has NO problem shaking things up. Where to begin? Winning the Lotto every week? Betting on the winning horses? Nah, he already has more money than God and can access Stark and Hammer accounts whenever he wants. Stewie Stark wants to have some fun! In his Mini-me Iron Man armor he pays Robert Downey Jr. a visit, that the actor will NEVER forget! He tells the most dangerous terrorist organization how to amp up their assaults and then annihilates them after their attack. He begins construction on the most destructive weapon in existence and plots to take down his "rivals", Galactus, Beyonder and One-Above-All. Finally he breaks into the Avenger's HQ and patiently awaits their arrival. He can't wait to tell them that he is the new IRON MAN and the new leader of the Avengers! The new "Iron Man" is just getting started! CONTINUED THROUGHOUT AOM!
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA #20
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by JAMES ROBINSON
Art by ETHAN VAN SCIVER
“UNDER SIEGE” Part Two of Two “THEY KEEP KILLING JACK”
Theme Song: Queen ft. David Bowie - Under Pressure
With the White House under control of the mysterious terrorist Kalas, Steve Rogers is the only person who can rescue the President and his friends! The terrorists meanwhile have come up with a plan to repeatedly keep killing Jack Harkness – who cannot die, but can still feel pain – over and over again until someone gives up the Nuclear Launch Codes. Steve Rogers though has managed to free Bucky Barnes from captivity, and now it’s time for Captain America & The Winter Soldier to liberate The White House from an enemy invasion! Meanwhile, outside its walls, SHIELD bring their forces into play, and things go from bad to worse when an ambitious Trafalgar Quartet superhero protégé shows up under orders from the villainous crime syndicate. Create as much chaos as you can. If he dies – he creates a big explosion that will likely take the White House, and everyone inside, including a key Democratic Candidate Frank Underwood & The POTUS with him.
Meanwhile, HYDRA gain access to a terrifying new ally that could be a real gamechanger in the war to come.
32pgs/Rated T..../$2.99

SHE-HULK, ATTORNEY AT LAW #16
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Plot by EXCITER
Art by JOE MADUIERA
“HOW SHE-HULK GOT HER EX-HUSBAND OFF THE PLANET EARTH”
You always kind of hate it when your ex does well. Imagine how Shulkie feels. The media can't stop singing the praises of her former husband John Jameson, astronaut hero and commander of America's first intergalactic starship, the U.S.S. Excelsior! Yeah, he could go into space, but could he have dinner ready when she got home from court? Houston, that was a problem! The coverage isn't helping her mood, especially while she anxiously awaits the results of Mason v. Mephisto ex rel. Mephista, the appeal for Perry Mason's soul. That means John is the last person she wants to hear from when he calls her and asks for help! He's set to launch into space (see EXCELSIOR #1), but his starship might be grounded... by litigation! The Tinkerer claims he has a patent on the Excelsior's warp engine design and is demanding it not launch unless he is justly compensated. John knows this claim is bogus, but normal lawyers could take months or even years to get it dismissed! Can She-Hulk use her superhuman arbitration skills (or failing that, her superhuman smashing skills) to make the case go away? If it means getting her ex-husband off the planet, she'll do whatever she can!
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

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MARVEL GLOBAL!

AGENTS OF ATLAS #22
Written by DAVID LISS
Plot by MARVELL2100
Art by STEFANO CASELLI
”LEAVE NO ONE!” Part One
Latvia:
Jason, Ana, Madame Hydra and 3D-Man are hot on the heels of Baron Blood, one of HYDRA's top commanders and the man responsible for nearly destroying ATLAS! The trail leads to the Eastern European nation of Latvia and an old abandoned Soviet military complex. Inside, they find evidence that it is still active and being used as a bio-weapons facility! HYDRA is using this base to create Super-Soldiers with the mutated DNA of Blood, the same ones that nearly killed them last time they clashed! But before they can make their next move, they find themselves surrounded by another squad of Super-Soldiers, this time led by a new villain, The Viking! Back at ATLAS HQ, Jimmy Woo interrogates the captured HYDRA assassin Afro Samurai, who only sits in silent meditation. As Woo becomes increasingly frustrated, Afro Samurai rises, becoming alert! He pulls out a hidden sword that his captors somehow failed to notice! He then looks at Woo and tells him to prepare, they are coming for him and they will not leave until everyone is dead! Next Issue: Return of the Beast!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

DEADPOOL & THE THUNDERBOLTS #9
Written by MATT FRACTION
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DANIEL ACUNA
“WHO THUNDERBOLTED IT BETTER?”
The team has split in twain! Fans have not been so strongly pulled in two antithetical directions since the Team Edward versus Team Jacob conflict of the late aughts! So I just gotta know, true believers, who are you with? The Death-Denying Thunderbolts, led by yours truly Deadpool, or the Unstoppable Thunderbolts, led by my ex-bffl the Juggernaut?
Ex-bffl, you ask? Haven't we been teammates since the forum reboot and AOM's relaunch two years ago, you ask? What caused the split, you ask? Well, when lil' Doom Kristoff Vernard found himself in charge of sunny San Diablo (thanks largely to moi), he offered us official status as a state-sponsored super-team! But our S.H.I.E.L.D. babysitter, Sharon Carter, wasn't going to honor our parole agreements or expunge our records if we jumped ship. That left us with a problematic choice...
I gotta be free (it's why I go commando), but Juggy needed a clean record to get full custody of his son, J2. With me is Ghost (no corporations yet in San Diablo, and he wants to keep it that way), Doppelgänger (my dawg... with the brains of a dog), and Starscream! With Jughead is Moonstone (never trust a psychologist) and Sasha Hammer (but isn't she preggo with Starscream's Decepti-kid? Ut-oh, baby momma drama!).
The Death-Defying Thunderbolts' first mission? Hunt down Jared Nomack and his reaper-strain of vampires (and try to un-reaper our former teammate Power Princess, if we can). The Unstoppable Thunderbolts' first mission? Hunt down Modi Thorson and his rebel Asgardians who tried to conquer Kansas City a few months back (and try to un-brainwash our former teammate Painkiller Jane, if they can). By the end of the issue you'll find out... Who Thunderbolted it better!?!
Meanwhile, a spacecraft named the Slave I enters Earth's solar system (and you nerds know who it belongs to)! Next Month: “YOU'RE NO GOOD TO ME DEADPOOL!”
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

SECRET AVENGERS #9
Written by MATT FRACTION
Plot by EXCITER
Art by DANIEL ACUNA
“LET IT GO TO HELL” Part Two “COLD FRONT”
Hydra Commander has uncovered and thawed out the legendary cryokenetic Queen Elsa. Brainwashed into accepting Viper as her new sister, HYDRA has manipulated her into unleashing a devastating snowman army on Europe! As Union Jack and Werewolf by Night attempt to hold the line in Scandinavia, Nick Fury gets Elsa in the cross-hairs of his prototype Destroyer gun. But does he pull the trigger, or can Hawkeye, who after recent events has a new perspective on family, offer him an alternative solution?
Meanwhile, Jessica Drew prepares for a new assignment - as the official Avengers ambassador to the Galaxy (see EXCELSIOR #1). But will the Spider-Woman that gets on the starship... really be the Chameleon? Not if Jess, who really has issues with shape-shifting impersonators, has anything to say about it!
Back-up story!
“HYDRA-CITY ONE” Part Four “TIME SERVED”
With the assistance of an elderly Black Widow and the leader of the Cursed Earth's mutants, Rogue, Judge Dredd has stormed the Hall of Justice. The corrupt Chief Judge Baron, secretly Wolfgang Von Strucker, will not escape his sentence - not even through a time-platform stolen from the smoldering remains of Latveria! But does Dredd have jurisdiction... in 2016?
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

S.H.I.E.L.D. '60: CONFIDENTIAL
Presents Namor the Sub-Mariner in "Sunken Secrets"
Story & Art by SONNY LIEW
Plot by GLOBAL HONORED
High alert: Cold War Crisis! The Doomsday Clock strikes 2 minutes to midnight. The world prepares for nuclear armageddon as the Kremlin claims a soviet submarine with highly confidential cargo has disappeared in the south Pacific and points the finger at the White House. The Pentagon scrambles for answers. They look to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Nick Fury for a last second save and he turns to the one man on the planet best equipped to investigate this subaqueous state of emergency - the Prince of Atlantis, Namor!
What they find will amaze them all, reuniting old allies, as both sides temporarily set aside their differences to battle a forgotten relic of the Second World War, the Giant Robot "Atomo" that was to be Japan's secret weapon to end the war, thought to be inoperable, lost and buried at sea. Yet it lives, risen by whatever that Soviet Sub was carrying. It's up to Namor, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the cooperation of the world's heated superpowers to put Atomo to sleep once and for all, before it ignites the next war to end all wars...
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

SNAKE EYES: REAL AMERICAN HERO #14
Written by CHUCK DIXON
Plot by EXCITER
Art by JEROME OPEÑA
“A TRUE TEACHER ALWAYS HAS ANOTHER LESSON”
During Operation: Hail Storm, HYDRA gained control over most of the world's major super-criminal organizations, including the Hand and the Secret Empire. Now, Storm Shadow has taken over leadership of the Hand and is waging war on the Secret Empire's leader, Gregory Stark. Conflict among his organization's subsidiaries displeases Hydra Commander - who sends Crossbones and Sin to settle the dispute for them! Storm Shadow and his new mutant turtle protege Raphael, however, have traditionally had problems with authority figures...
Meanwhile, last month Scarlett revealed to Snake Eyes the truth that Gregory Stark was behind most of the great tragedies in his life. Snake Eyes has relentlessly pursued him since. Now the only one standing between Snake Eyes and his retaliation is his turncoat former pupil and Stark's bodyguard, Ikari. This will be their last confrontation. Has the student become the master? Or is their one final lesson yet to teach?
Plus, Monica Chang prepares for her new role as first officer of the starship Excelsior (see EXCELSIOR #1), but while she's in space, can she trust her son to the care of his father? Did we mention his father is the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury?
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

TAKE A.I.M. #22
Written by DENNIS HOPELESS
Plot by EXCITER
Art by SEAN MURPHY
“A BUCKET LIST DESIGNED ONLY FOR KILLING” Part Four “THIS MORTAL COIL”
The FINAL issue! It all ends here!
M.O.D.O.K. has been afflicted with a virus that is slowly turning him human and altruistic. He's only got hours to kill! He's killed his enemies. He's killed his parents. He's killed everyone worth killing with only one exception... himself. But he's out of time. The virus that courses through his veins is about to turn him into what he hates the most - a superhero! A.I.M.'s tech gave him a glimpse into the future. He becomes Advanced Idea Man, a handsome do-gooder in a mechanical suit reminiscent of <gag> Tony Stark. For a mental organism designed only for killing, this is a fate worse than death! No, M.O.D.O.K. can't let that future come to pass. It's time to go out... in a blaze of murder! Witness the incomprehensible brutality that is the final issue of TAKE A.I.M. and the death of M.O.D.O.K.!
Back up story!
“GOTTA KILL 'EM ALL” Part Two “END OF THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE”
The gestation period of a rat is fourteen days. Litters number up to fourteen. They reach sexual maturity at five weeks. And some of them... inherit the heart-stopping electrical powers of the late Living Lazer! These "Pikachus" are infesting Japan and wreaking havoc on the island's populace. Fortunately, the electricity renders direct offspring sterile... but Pikachu Zero is still out there spreading his seed! Tracked by Whiplash, with the help of his enemy turned cellmate turned ally Iron Man, can a pair of energy whips neuter the little monster, save the country, and make Whiplash a hero?
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

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MARVEL KNIGHTS!

THE PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #19
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by DAN ABNETT
Art by STEVE EPTING
“THE EIGHTFOLD PATH” Part Four of Eight “THE PUNISHER V. X-23”
Theme Song: The Black Angels - Young Men Dead
Horus’ landing in Spain makes Madrid his first target and with an army of super soldiers, proto-type Space Marines, is about to lay the city to waste in an epic battle that will change the fate of humanity as we know it. All that stands against him is the new Iron Marshall – Raylan Givens, along with Beatrice Kiddo, Electro & Howling Commandos, who have put their differences aside to fight for the evacuation of the Capital, aided by a combined force of SHIELD and UNIT as they know they will not be able to hold it for long. Meanwhile, the other party – Hank Voight and The Punisher, must race against the clock as their search for the Emperor of Man leads them to The Weapon X Facility – and the clones of X23. However they have failed to account for one thing – X-23 herself, who is there for mysterious purposes! In the remnants of the Facility that created Wolverine, a misunderstanding leads to blows in a fight that can only lead to wasted time!
The question is now... who will win? Laura Kinney or Frank Castle?
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVILS #19
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by GREG RUCKA
Art by BILLY TAN
“HANNIBAL RISING” Part Five of Seven “LE DESSERT”
Theme Song: Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Continued from last month’s Cage & Finch: Northern Lights!
Francis Dolahyde aka The Great Red Dragon, has Jessica Jones and Luke Cage captive and drugged in an unknown, preparing to release the two superheroes on one condition, he wants an audience from Hannibal Lecter during the so-called Trial of the Century. Harold Finch meanwhile meets up with Will Graham, Matt Murdock and Olivia Pope to undergo the prisoner exchange, with the help of Frank Underwood. However The FBI believe Dolarhyde responsible for the death of one of their Agents and don’t want to give him what they want, so send in a team of Agents into Dolahyde’s HQ just as all hell breaks loose. Dolahyde expected this however and was able to secure an escape route that would give him Hannibal Lecter, who has been transported to the scene in a secret convoy. Now The Great Red Dragon has what he wants – but Luke Cage and Jessica Jones have been framed for the murder of FBI Agent Mark Malone by Dolahyde! Can they overcome their precarious situation and regain their powers in time – or will the FBI have captured Jessica and Luke? Meanwhile, a reporter named Louis Bloom becomes aware of Ethan Hunt’s case, and attempts to ally himself with Foggy Nelson, who’s reluctant to let him on the team.
Continued in this month’s Cage & Finch: Northern Lights!
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

CAGE & FINCH: NORTHERN LIGHTS #13
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by GENEVIVE VALENTINE
Art by SARA PICHELLI
“HANNIBAL RISING” Part Six of Seven “LE CAFE”
Theme Song: Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Continued from last month’s Cage & Finch: Northern Lights!
Hannibal Lecter and Francis Dolarhyde come face to face in an abandoned soccer stadium as Dolarhyde broadcasts the meeting live on television in an attempt to improve his status within the world of the serial killers by taking out the most feared serial killer of them all. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage however have reunited with Daredevil, Anya Corazon, Harold Finch, Will Graham and Olivia Pope and are now preparing to capture both serial killers – but Dolarhyde’s plan may not have quite been all of his own making and now HYDRA plan to hijack it to showcase the incident to show their newfound mutant allies (see this moth's Captain America!) in action. And meanwhile, A Templar Agent known as Obadiah Lane heads for Ethan Hunt – but the international super spy may be more than a match for Lane, especially now that he has the help of the unconventional journalist Louis Bloom and the ace lawyer, Foggy Nelson.
Concluded in next month’s Daredevil: Guardian Devils!
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by JOSS WHEDON
Art by GREG CAPULLO
“THE TRAFALGAR QUARTET” Part Four of Four “...BEST SERVED COLD”
Theme Song: Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Liv, Miguel O’Hara, Sherlock Holmes, Ocean and Gwen Stacy come face to face with Franklin Hyde and attempt to expose the true villainy of the Trafalgar Quartet whose plans have been put into motion for a series of bombs that will detonate across the city, flooding populated areas with a gas that will eliminate those not loyal to the Quartet. The question everyone is asking though – what has happened to Spider-Man? Well as it turns out Charlie Burton is no ordinary professor who needs protecting, but instead is the criminal mastermind named Carl Elias! Elias has turned the tables on Peter and the FBI and has executed the FBI Agents but seems intent on keeping Peter alive – because he now knows Spider-Man’s identity! Elias plots to move up the chain of command in New York – but Reddington may have one last card to play to stop the city descending further into anarchy.
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

LI'L FRANK #16
Written by JOE CASEY
Plot by MARVELL2100
Art by SKOTTIE YOUNG
"The Sinister Sixth-Graders!" Part 1: The Untouchables!
In a darkened classroom, a gathering most sinister is taking place! After months of defeats and setbacks, The Kennedi Bros have had enough of Li'l Frank and are prepared to remove a thorn in their side! They have recruited the most vile, the most ruthless band of hooligans ever to set foot on the grounds of Harry S Truman Elementary, the Sinister Sixth-Graders! Titania, Letha, Screaming Mimi, Thundra and Pound Cakes, A group of girls so mean, so tough that even the 7th graders are afraid of them! They are well-known reputation for kicking butt in the neighborhood and now the Kennedis have aimed this gang of Grapplers at Frank! Has Li'l Frank met his match in the group of lethal lasses? Next Issue: Castle Has Fallen!
32 PGS/.Rated All Ages...$2.99

SQUIRREL GIRL vs. BIG BERTHA: DAWN OF GREAT LAKES (The One-Shot that Starts it All!)
Written by E.L. JAMES
Plot by GH
Art by ROB LIEFELD
"Birth of the Great Lakes Sub-Universe"
The Upper Mid-West of America is a breeding ground for super crime. When one larger than life heroine becomes too big for her britches it is up to a girl that dresses like a squirrel to set her straight and protect the industrial heartland from another catastrophic consumption of crime. But will this epic confrontation truly live up to the hype? If you enjoy an overabundance of cameos (Flatman, Doorman, Gravity, Grasshopper, Monkey Joe, Mr. Immortal and several other obscure characters we can't remember the names of), hanging plot lines, randomly tangential storylines, a hamfisted villain who wears Leather and endlessly spouts off crazy religious metaphors, poor drinking water, flannel shirts and a creative team that repeatedly has to close their social media personas and makes the internet bang it's proverbial head against it's proverbial desk....then this is the overwrought opus for you!
About 8 Pages Too Many/Rated PG-13...$4.20

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SCI-FI MARVEL! Part 1

FANTASTIC FOUR #23
Written By JONATHAN HICKMAN
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By NICOLA SCOTT
Return of the Four! Part 2: The All-New, All-Deadly Frightful Four!
There's a dangerous and deadly new Frightful Four and they're after the leader of the original group of villains, the Wizard! Deadly Nightshade, Superia, Titania and Number 6 are on the hunt for Bentley Wittman who possesses something they want badly! Isotope -10 is a relatively harmless chemical compound that the Wizard stole from Freedom Four Plaza so why does the new Frightful Four want their hands on it? The Wizard may not live long enough to tell the tale as the FF close in for the kill! In the Negative Zone, the Future Foundation are the welcome guests of King Blastaar, who is not the benevolent ruler he claims to be. Reed is about to address his concerns when suddenly the citadel comes under attack! The Future Foundation and Blastaar are stunned by the brazen attack but none are more stunned than Susan when she sees the face of their attacker, her long-lost father Johnathan Storm!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

NOVA CORPS #22
Written By CARLOS PACHECO
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By MIKE MCKONE
Badoon Rising! Part 4: Enemies Unite!
An unlikely alliance has formed between a squadron of Novas and the Fraternal Order of Raptors led by Darkhawk! The planet Mahret is under attack by Badoon warships heralding an invasion of the Andromeda Galaxy! Can Robbie and Darkhawk work together long enough to save themselves and the planet from an overwhelming invading force? Meanwhile, Mari, Rachel Ryder and Samaya escaped a Badoon war party and managed to make it to a Kree outpost for help. They have to alert the Intergalactic Council to prepare for the Badoon! However, their message doesn't make it to the council because it's being jammed by someone on the council itself, Senator Sonath!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #22
Written By MALCOLM JONES
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By AARON LOPRESTI
"Guardians of Nothing" Part 3: Homecoming
New Guardians leader Lilandra and her team board the Millennium Falcon as they head to Shi'ar space for the first time since their return from EDN IV! There are rumors that her siblings, the mad D'Ken and Deathbird now sit upon the throne and rule the empire! Not sure of what kind of reception they will receive, they arrive in Shi'ar territory prepared for anything, except this, a heroes welcome! The Guardians are hailed as heroes for their help in overthrowing the Spartax and a celebration has been prepared in their honor! This is not how Charlie-27 remembers things happening in his past! Meanwhile, far away in a cold dark dimension, something begins to stir! There is an awakening within the Cancerverse, something that wants to get within our universe!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

QUASAR & THE INFINITY WATCH#16
Written by ROGER STERN
Plot by MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100
Art by KAARE ANDREWS
Black Swan has a new pet, the Doctor! Sonath has no further use for the Time Lord, after all without his TARDIS and the Time Gem he is of no consequence to the Council. Unfortunately he is still a fugitive from another reality, something that is forbidden since the Heart of Darkness event! It pains Sonath to pass judgement, he claims, but it is also necessary, execution for the Doctor! Quasar hides in the ruins of the new reality being created by the Builders and watches Moondragon being taken away by mysterious armed forces that arrived to take down the Infinity Watch! She is not alone though as she discovers a new trick from the Quantum Bands on her wrists, the ability to talk to the dead. Wendell Vaughn has some advice for the new Quasar, but is she brave enough to truly wield the power of Infinity? Even infinity has a start, a base, a beginning! And Quasar must find it if the universe is to stand any chance of surviving what is coming.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HUMAN TORCH: HOT TIME IN THE TIMESTREAM #2
Written By Giorgio Tsoukoulos
Art By Howard Chaykin
Plot By CaptCleghorn
"The Belt of Orion"
Despite the efforts of the time traveling trio Jim met last issue, he's not home. He's now in Ancient Egypt (as if the tern 'now' really applied). But Jim's come from 1955 with all of the common sense and knowledge of a mid 20th century American. Our android adventurer comes face to face with thousands of pyramid building Egyptians as well as the Pharaoh known as Rama Tut. Rama Tut, however, is hiding something. And why does he resemble one of the Latverian Gypsies from last issue? Why are the Pyramids being built? What is the meaning of the precise directions of the pyramids' openings and locations? Could it be caused by extra-terrestrials? The answer is "yes"!

As if that wasn't enough, what about those rumors about another Human Torch? Seriously, isn't Jim unique?
32 PGS./Rated T...$2.99

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SCI-FI MARVEL! Part 2

EXCELSIOR #1 ***All-New Series!***
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Plot by Exciter
Art by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
“LAUNCH”
U.S. Space Command is proud to announce that mankind is taking its next giant leap! The U.S.S. Excelsior is the first in a series of Kirby-class intergalactic starships to be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Under the stewardship of America's greatest astronaut, Colonel John Jameson, the Excelsior will represent the United States and the good people of Earth as it journeys into the far reaches of the galaxy on a mission of exploration and diplomacy that will establish humanity as a major power in the universe!
It's stalwart command crew was handpicked by Colonel Jameson himself and represents the very best of the best: esteemed S.H.I.E.L.D. veteran, First Officer Monica Chang; youth prodigy and "big hero" in his own right, Chief Engineer Hiro Hamada; lovable and inflatable robotic healthcare provider, Chief Medical Officer Baymax; multi-armed Operations Manager, Rita "Spiral" Wayword; and the luckiest Flight Controller in the universe, Longshot! The crew is joined by Special Tactical Advisor Korg of the stone-like Kronan people and Defense Advisor Warbird of the Shi'ar, plus special Avengers representative Jessica Drew, a.k.a. Spider-Woman!
Their first mission: answer a distress call coming from the damaged starship Skuttlebutt, the vessel of friend-to-Earth Beta Ray Bill. But is the new crew ready to handle what's causing the distress? An intergalactic warship... from the People's Republic of Hydra???
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

HIGH EVOLUTIONARY#16
Written By DOUG MOENCH
Plot By MCGAFFER
Art By PAUL GULACY
The Engineer supreme, formally the High Evolutionary, begins his gargantuan task of evolving the universe to perfection! Access and the Knights of wundagore manage to run into the ARGONAUT Project! The twelve species organisation that successfully held back the Phalanx wave of destruction recently discovered that their enemies were back. Unfortunately they didn't expect this, the Brood-Lanx! Led by a virtual God, this will take more then time-travelling back to the start of creation to fix! And in the mind of the Engineer Supreme, the High Evolutionary realises that sometimes the less evolved must win for the experiment to continue!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE IVORY KINGS: PRELUDE TO THE INFINITY KING! ONE-SHOT
Written By MALCOLM JENKINS
Art By CARLOS PACHECO
Plot By MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100
"Three Blind Kings!"
They come from a dimension far beyond our wildest imagination! Beings of immense power whose mere thoughts can shatter planets! They are the Ivory Kings, ancient beings whose names are mentioned in hushed whispers across all the multiverse! Very few know of their existence, chief among them are the Black Swans, acolytes of the Ivory Kings! The Black Swans travel to other realms gathering information for their masters. However there was a problem. Long ago, the Kings most prized and powerful possession, their eyes, were stolen from them! For millennia, they sent the Swans in search of their eyes to little avail. But now, at long last they have been found in our universe! Yes, the Ivory Kings have come to our universe to reclaim what rightfully belongs to them ...something we call the Infinity Gems!
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99


THE BLACK PRIESTS: PRELUDE TO THE INFINITY KING! ONE-SHOT
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art By PAUL GULACY
Plot By MCGAFFER & MARVELL2100
"Knight Takes King!"
It has been centuries in the making! The pawns have all been moved and the pieces are in place! The Black Priests have been behind the scenes, manipulating events to their liking. They have drawn the Ivory Kings from hiding. The Kings may be powerful but they are cowards, afraid to get their hands soiled, letting their acolytes theBlack Swans do their dirty work. The heroes in this universe are in disarray and none are aware of their presence here. They have kept to shadows to do their work and it is all coming to fruition! The Infinity Gems are nearly within their grasp and with it, the power to rule over all the multiverse! There are only 2 left who could thwart their plans! The being known as Quasar, a minor annoyance who is dealing with a crisis of her own and one other, the enigmatic being who remains a mystery to everyone who crosses his path, the man known as Sonath! But one Priest knows the true nature of Sonath, knows who and what he truly is. So why isn't he sharing this knowledge with his brothers?
32 PGS./Rated T+...$2.99

THE ETERNALS #2
Written By WALT SIMONSON
Art By WALT SIMONSON
Plot By MARVELL2100
Born Again! Part 2: The Second Awakening!
High in the Greek mountains, invisible to human eyes lies the Eternal city of Olympia. Upon its throne sits Thena, daughter of the great Zuras. It has been three years since the Dreaming Celestial left Earth and The Horde no longer pose a threat. It is a time of relative peace and tranquility for the Earth and the Eternals, a tranquility that is about to become shattered by the arrival of a guard with dread news. The tomb Ikaris has been disturbed and his body is missing! She gathers her councils and begins to make plans. She knows the truth: Ikaris is alive and coming to Olympia for revenge against the woman who killed him!

Deep below the Pacific Ocean lies the city of Lemuria home of the Deviants. It has lain dormant for centuries since their defeat at the hands of the Celestials. Suddenly, once idle machines come to life as dozens of stasis chambers begin to open. The Deviants have returned led by perhaps the most dangerous of them all, the warlord Kro! He has had a lifetime to prepare for his revenge against their enemies and the first to feel his wrath will be the Eternals!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature readers Only...$2.99

SILVER SURFER #22
Written By CHRISTOS GAGE
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By DUSTIN WEAVER
Song of the Swan.
She was but a child when she was chosen by them to serve. She was educated by them and trained her entire life in all forms of combat. She was raised to be fearless! But Yabbot Khumon feels something that she has experienced only once in her life and that is fear. She is a Black Swan, one of thousands of acolytes to The Ivory Kings, beings of immense power from another dimension. She was sent to our universe in search of the Infinity Gems, powerful objects that once belonged to the Kings. But she has since betrayed her masters and now seeks the one person in this dimension who can protect her, the Silver Surfer! But as much as she fears the Ivory Kings, there is one who is a mystery and possibly a bigger threat than her masters and his name is Sonath!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature Readers Only...$2.99

THE INHUMANS #22
Written By ROBERT VENDETTI
Plot By MARVELL2100
Art By MARK BROOKS
Eyes Open, Wide Awake! Part 1
It is a hole in the wall dump for eight dollars a night. It is a place for the lost, unwanted and abandoned. And it is sanctuary for Tom Corsi. Agent Corsi has been on the run for weeks now, barely staying ahead of his pursuers! Once the lead handler in Project Wideawake, a black ops gov't program, he has now become a liability since it was learned that he helped two captured Inhumans escape months ago. The noose is closing in on Corsi and he knows he won't survive for much longer. The door bursts open and the agents enter with their guns drawn. Corsi has just enough time to make it to the fire escape and down the alley before he is surrounded again. Agent Jasper Sitwell has his orders, execute the traitor Corsi on the spot. Suddenly, there is a bright flash of light and everyone is momentarily stunned. It is the Inhuman Lockjaw and with him is Luna. As quickly as they appeared, they disappear again in a bright flash of light, this time taking Agent Corsi with them!
32 PGS./Rated M: Mature readers Only...$2.99

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 1

DOOM #22 ***2020 TIE-IN***
Written by NEIL GAIMAN
Art by CLAYTON CRAIN
Plot by MCGAFFER
The House of Doom has always been fractured with ambition, but everyone within those walls knew there was but one soul who truly ruled all. Years ago he took Galactus's homeworld for his own, and after dissecting the Devourer and learning his secrets, he sent the corrupted world across realities to absorb worlds and eventually realities and to bring him all of that power. Devoid of a planet in which to store energy Doom has done the next best thing. His soul has been bathed in the spilled blood of betrayed Gods and has stood at the nexus point for departing souls for years. His soul has quite literally absorbed the dead! A mass of energy far greater then the living world, and now that Doom is complete the House of Doom will cast it's shadow over everything!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CABAL #22***2020 TIE-IN***
Written by DANIEL WAY
Art by FRANK CHO
Plot by MCGAFFER
Captain Skull watches as the power of the dead brings him victory! Doom has granted him unbelievable power and given Skull "carte blanche" to do as he will in bending the universe to Doom's will. The Cabal know that Doom is merely using them, but at the moment their task allows them opportunity to enrich themselves and to get themselves as far away from Doom's coming war as possible. The Cabal have gone cosmic! Captain Skull, Molecule Man, Morgan Le Fay, Mephisto, Dracula and the latest incarnation of the Maestro set out with their army! Their first stop? Well, it'd be a lot easier bringing creation to it's knees without the Nova Corps around! They've never had these devils knocking at their door!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE WATCH #20 ***Crossover with Midnight Sons***
Written by JAMES O'BARR
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by ESAD RIBIC
The Watch has failed! Italy falls under Mephisto's sway and accepts him as their ruler. The Devil hands out such sweet candy they can no longer deny him. Corrupted souls march along the streets of Rome, following their new leader to his intended throne. A new Hell to be built from the torn down power of St. Peter's, but the lights still burn in Vatican City! The Watch have not completely given up and now man the barriers alongside the Midnight Sons. The call goes out from the beleagued allies "Can anyone help us and stop the devil?" And Mephisto sends out his own call to his fellow leaders of the new United Europe, the Cabal. "A little help with pest control needed" Blood will once more stain this ancient City and a new Hell will rise!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GOD SQUAD #22 ***2020 TIE-IN***
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by STEVE DILLON
Screw Doom and his time machine! The God Squad are going to build a better time machine, with strippers and blackjack! That might just be Hercs' requests though! Knowing that they can't trust Doom or the Avengers of this time they have a brilliant idea to get themselves back to their proper time, Cronus! Ok, it's not that brilliant. In fact it's downright suicidal, but with everything else going on who's going to notice a little extra spice in the crazy bowl? Resurrecting Cronus, easy now that Venus is Queen of Hades (might have to deal with that later!) but making Cronus send them back through time, tricky! Especially as he agrees with Herc about the strippers and blackjack! Grandaddy Time wants a party, and the God Squad's just going to have to give him one!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GUNSLINGER #22 ***2020 TIE-IN***
Written by STEPHEN KING
Art by LEINAL FRANCIS YU
Plot by MCGAFFER
Doom had made a deal to hand over his time machine to the God Squad but another group stole it from under the noses of Doom, the Avengers and the God Squad. The Gunslingers have a way of getting home. Young Eve von Doom fresh from killing her older insane self in cold blood knows that she needs help to right the wrongs that she ended up setting in motion Sam and Dean Winchester are up for the ride as is Valeria, Doom's one true love whom Dean has rescued from hell! But not before she spent long enough down there existing with nothing but her pain, betrayal and vengeance. She has learned some very nasty things down there and is determined to help young Eve right her family's wrongs. Unfortunately none of them can work the time machine...but on the run from his own personal hell is one man that just might be able to! Ichabod Crane needs a lift back in time to when the Headless Horseman first rose from his grave! And a few extra guns may come in handy too.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 2

MIDNIGHT SONS #22 ***Crossover with The Watch***
Written by MIKE RAICHT
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by CLAY MANN
"Man-Thing stop trying to eat the dead Pope!" Deep underneath the Vatican lies the Mausoleum of dead Popes and Saint's and in the middle of them stands Brother Voodoo! He hopes the very sight of them will be enough to break Mephisto's hold over the people of Rome and Italy. Unfortunately, magic has gone a bit awry and more then a little dark since Doom soul-ripped and burned an entire planet (Counter-Earth) and these old bones aren't rising benevolently out of their crypts. "Ok, Man-Thing! You can eat that one!...wait, when did Man-Thing start eating dead people?" Holy men aren't the only thing that Brother Voodoo has raised from the grave!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Magik #22
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Plot by SUNOFDARKCHILD
Art by BILL SIENKIEWICZ
"Pain in the Neck Part 2"
Rather than aid Doug in his struggle against his vampire neighbors, Illyana has given him a magical weapon and left him to fend for himself. Can the untrained mutant hold his own against even a single vampire? And just what is Illyana doing, leaving Doug all alone?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE DEFENDERS #21
Written by MIKE MIGNOLA
Plot by EXCITER
Art by SALVADOR LARROCA
“1,00,000 MINDLESS SOLDIERS AND A TRIP THROUGH TIME”
Kai's struggle against the invading hordes of Dormanmu's Dark Dimension continues. Many of Kai's champions have fallen, amongst them the Polemachian warrior Arkon the Magnificent, now crucified and carried as a gruesome war banner by minions of Dormammu's lieutenant, Skeletor. Yet, hope remains. The Defenders have returned! Dr. Strange, Hulk, Namor, Valkryie, Mothra, and the Silver Surfer! With the other refugees of Polemachus now galvanized against Dormammu following Arkon's death, the Defenders rally the troops and begin to push the invaders back through the portals from whence they came! In the Age of Avengers timeline, this is when Dormammu secretly possessed Dr. Strange - but AoA Cheetara has traveled back in time to prevent that from happening! Can she save the future, or will her interference spell disaster for K'ai? Will she need to sacrifice her own future as the Silver Surfer's wife? And what happens when her arrival on the scene causes Dormammu to prematurely take notice of her race - and to target her unsuspecting people! Prepare yourselves for the Dark Dimension invasion of Thundera!
32 PGs./Rated T+ …$2.99

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS/NEXTWAVE: DON'T POINT AND STARE AT THE THING ON CTHULHU'S HEAD
Written By JIM STERANKO
Plot By MCGAFFER
Art By HERB TRIMPE
Deep in the Amazonian rain forest lies a book. A book that lies in the collection bowl for the blood of those recently deprived of their hearts! The book only turned up a few years ago but it's lost no time in getting the locals to dust off the old temple and set to restoring the good old days. After all a book can be thirsty, and the Old Gods hidden in it's pages hungry! It was a very pleasant, sunny day. Ideal for chopping out a few still beating hearts when the party crashers turned up. The Nazi's, whom the book didn't mind one bit and the Inglorious Crossover of Basterds and Nextwavers which confused the book greatly. The book wasn't the only one. Anyway the Gods didn't feel like going off with Tom Thumb and a Spider-Pig (although it was agreed that a few of these lot could somehow be replicated, in amore twisted way of course) so they made it rain eye-balls. Eyeballs with sharp little teeth and tendrils to squirm up people, so that they can munch on their eyeballs! The Captain took a big swig of whisky then handed over the reins to Rocket, there was none off this in those history classes he never took! Actually the Captain does have a plan but Rocket convinced him to let them try shooting the killer eyeballs first before he ordered the Tactical Mystical Explosion of Awesomeness that he'd ordered out of the back of that really strange magazine he'd found.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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MARVEL SUPERNATURAL! Part 3

BOW STREET RUNNERS: BLACK-EYED HELL***mini-series*** Issue #4 of 4
Written By NEIL GAIMAN
Plot By MCGAFFER
Art By CLAYTON CRAIN
Frankenstein's Monster vs the Immortal Queen Ayesha in the middle of a frozen Victorian London! Matt Pendragon is wondering just what he did to deserve a life of dragons, burning rivers and black-eyed children in the snow and blood covered streets, all the while working with Dr. Jekyll to stop the resurrection of the ancient Queendom of Kuma! Meanwhile Kelly robinson runs across the frozen Thames, desperately gunning down the evil children that leap out of the almost solid frozen smog at him. He needs to get to the Thames gibbets, the dead pirates left to rot there hold the key to the reappearence of the black-eyed children. Who ferryed them here?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

RETURN OF THE DARK! #2
Written By MARV WOLFMAN
Plot By MCGAFFER
Art By MATEUS SANTOLUOCO
The Battle of Tromso rages on! The Doombots pile forward, uncaring in their determination to extinguish all resistance. Doombot Prime congratulates the Engineer on his successful upgrades as victory looms nearer. Bruce Banner, drained off every incarnation of the Hulk, looks on from his prison at his work. Pressed into service as the Engineer for the Doombots he has helped them almost reduce the world to rubble. And just as all hope seems lost, finally, a ray of dark hope! A dark mass suddenly appears and from within it's folds come Charles Xavier, the insane and immortal Punisher, the powewrful Exodus, Archangel the fallen leader of the Eternals and his wife Sersi along with the fallen Goddess Hela. The fightback to rule this forgotten and broken world begins here! Meanwhile over in America an eclipse rolls over the rubble that was once New York, searching for something, for someone, close to the broken shatterd door that used to contained Nothing...
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

HULK 2020 #20
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Plot by SHAGGYDOO
Art by ANDY KUBERT
"SELF-DESTRUCTION" PART 4 OF 4:"Low End Theory"
So 2 Hulks go into a bar and... well this is no joke, but there is a punchline. In a "Bar with No Name" two Bruce Banners one with an alter-ego of Mr. Fixit and the other Maestro to get to know each other. One of them is the real Banner and the other was created due to fission at the molecular level during the fateful gamma explosion that created the Hulk. Once the genetic test came back inconclusive the duo had another problem of where do they go from here. While the 2 Banners try to come up with a reasonable compromise and agreement to never cross paths, after a boatload of malt liquor and about their 50th shot served by a beyond scared bartender they are ready to SMASH..each other. Not even the love of their lives Betty Ross in Red She-Hulk mode can stop the destruction, that is until she is accidentally mortally wounded in the fight. The Hulks' world suddenly stops and the two behemoths are frozen, until a summon from Odin the Avengers are trying to reclaim Asgard! NEXT: NO MORE AVENGERS!
32PGS./Rated T $2.99

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UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 1

AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #19
Written by JEFFREY DEAVER
Plot by MCGAFFER
Art by NEAL ADAMS
Blindfold is the new leader of the Zodiac! She possesses the Zodiac Key and all of the power of SHIELD's time-tech division which she uses to recruit the rest of the Zodiac, eleven alternative time-line versions of herself all armed with a Zodiac Key! Twelve time-lines will unite and create a branch of time that will shatter all others leaving one existence and one fate for all. There will be no more millions of visions for Blindfold, just one, hers! Bishop and Bucky, unaware of Blindfold's actions, return from their investigations in the future with the knowledge of who started the SHIELD War! Unfortunately Madame Webb and Forge need this war to take place, for the glory of the new Zodiac!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE UNCANNY X-MEN #22
Written by RICK REMENDER
Plot by EXCITER
Art by CHRIS BACHALO
“COLD CIVIL WAR”
With Hank "Beast" McCoy as the U.S. Secretary of Mutant Affairs and a top candidate for the presidency in 2016, and Piotr "Colossus" Rasputin as the new president of the Russian Federation (see last month's ALL-NEW WINTER GUARD #3), you would think that the two nations would be more closely aligned than ever. You'd be wrong! They are currently butting heads over the terrorist rebel group MUSIK, the Mutant Unified State in Krakoa, led by Wolverine's son Daken. MUSIK recently detonated a gene bomb in Leningrad and the goodhearted Colossus believes it is his obligation to stop any villainy that threatens his people. He wants direct intervention on behalf of the official Krakoan government and is prepared to send in the Winter Guard. Problem is, Krakoa is officially governed by Dark Beast, McCoy's evil(?) doppelgänger from another dimension. The U.S. opposes any efforts to "shore up the Dark Beast regime," and has made it clear that anyone who supports Dark Beast is unwelcome in their anti-MUSIK coalition. But with Colossus' team undeterred and heading directly to Krakoa, will the X-Men and Winter Guard end up fighting each other on the shores of the living island? Which, incidentally, is exactly what Daken wants... Can even Kitty Pryde negotiate a truce?
Meanwhile, although Storm and the X-Men stopped global warming last issue, Beast's presidential primary opponent Senator Robert Kelly has alleged that the protective all new, all different X-zone layer is actually turning normal people into mutants! Can Beast's campaign survive this slander? Or... could the allegations be true?
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #22
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN
Art by CHRIS SAMNEE
“REIGNING PAIN IN NEW ORLEANS” Part Four of Four “FAREWELL TO STORYVILLE”
Theme Song: Bleeding Muddy Water - Mark Lanegan
The X-Men versus The Original Vampires! Following a misunderstanding Erik Lensherr leads his team of mutants along with FBI forces called by Moria McTaggert into battle with Vampires that are unkillable in a bid to rescue Professor Charles Xavier from eternal torture at the hands of a captive Witch. However, the X-Men have an ace in the hole in the form of the White Oak Stake, the only thing that can kill an Original, but will need to work with Mike Milligan to do so. And the FBI, working with Nick Fury Sr and Captain Jack Harkness, without the advice of the mutants to offer them due to their war, come to the conclusion that the only way to stop the 456 may be to give them what they want – the mutant children. Of course, the mutants are going to be furious when they find out – but what they don’t know, can’t hurt them, right? All the secrets behind Zero Day are revealed in X-Men: First Class #22!
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #22
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
“THE CITY RUNS RED” Act IV Part One of Two
Theme Song: Beck – Go It Alone
Continued from last month’s X-Factor!
A crisis meeting between leaders is assembled in Washington DC when The 456 make their demands. They want One third of the world’s children, a 50/50 split between mutants and normal humans, or else they will kill them all. It might be the toughest choice for the USA yet. Luckily Torchwood are on hand to deliver some valuable assistance, led by Captain Jack Harkness. However the mutants are less then pleased when they have learnt the truth behind the events of Zero Day – and decide to protect their own as Magneto attempts to negotiate a deal with the 456 – offering to exchange the mutant children for a prize more valuable – a Werewolf/Vampire Hybrid in the form of Hope Mikealson, currently under the protection of Hayley Marshall and the Werewolves of New Orleans! Erik may have been willing to fight for her protection – but only until a better use could be served for the baby’s purpose!
However – The 456 aren’t listening... and they’re prepared to make a statement that will shock America to its core, turning its attention to the Supreme Court and signalling their death warrant.
Continued in this month’s X-Factor!
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

X-FACTOR #20
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by MITCH GERADS
“THE CITY RUNS RED” Act IV Part Two of Two
Theme Song: David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
Continued from this Month’s Brotherhood of Mutants!
The X-Factor, working with Vampire Hunter Seth Gecko and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, are able to steal the files from the X-Mansion and learn of a prototype weapon that was made to stop the 456 but was never used due to just how dangerous it was. They are however forced to pick a side when The Brotherhood of Mutants, spearheaded by Magneto, want to go to war against the US Government for their treatment of mutants during the Zero Day incident – and it’s only the cooler heads that keep them in check. However following the deaths of the Supreme Court at the hands of the 456 – tensions are higher than ever, and the 456 might just get what they want after all, taking Hope Mikealson with them in the process as Magneto strikes out on his own. Meanwhile Hayley Marshall & Klaus Mikealson, Hope's parents, learn of the cost that might come with defeating the 456 – and it won’t be a pretty one.
Continued in next month’s Brotherhood of Mutants - The beginning of the Final Act!
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

NEW MORLOCKS 2020 #2 OF 3
Writer: JASON AARON
Artist: CHRIS BACHALO
Plotter: SHAGGYDOO
"LOW END THEORY"
They have walked dozens of miles in shadows with only gas-masks and their survival instincts keeping them alive on the surface that is poison to all their race. 4th Wall can..well break the fourth wall and communicate with viewers/readers. New Mutant has a different mutant ability every 24 hours. His sister WTF physical form is in a constant state of change. Remix can make time go backwards and restart. Inside-Out body is as described and he can use all bodily functions against any opponent. Pallet has full knowledge of anything she tastes. Inkling can manipulate any residual energy in her range. Follicle hair is alive, super-strong and doesn't stop growing. Anime is a living cartoon who is quadruple jointed and can bend, flatten or stretch. Tick Tick Boom is Boom Boom's little brother who can blow up like a powerful grenade, but his remains require assembly afterwards. Then there's Walking Dad. He is mutant with "patriarchal" powers. What is that you may ask? Well it's complicated, somewhat Biblical and not PG. He knows more and knows best than anyone he encounters, his voice commands directive and control to whomever he speaks to and yeah without any contact any non-mutant woman of age in his vicinity that can bear children is impregnated. The militant lost son of Corsair, Adam-X and the Xavier protege Cannonball can barely keep from killing each other as they reach their destination, the home of the Avengers. To release their leader Prof. X they know they may have to die. They are prepared for the battalion of Sentinels. They are even prepared for the army of Doombots. They aren't prepared for Odin's slaves the Frost Giants and his pets, the giant beast Fin Fang Foom and Devil Dinosaur. Only some will survive to jettison their leader to freedom, but no one is prepared for a betrayal and an ONSLAUGHT!
32PGS./Rated T $2.99

[Marvell2100]

UNCANNY MARVEL! Part 2

ASTONISHING X-MEN #22
"Intelligent Design" part 4/finale "We're Fire And Ice"
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Plot by NX01A
Art by JASON FABOK (Africa) & MIKEL JANIN (Utopia)
Grey Phoenix Variant Cover by Wolfe Hanson
Theme Song: Starship - Sara
"Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am Stasis and Serenity Invariable! Now and Forever - I am GREY PHOENIX!"
•The ASTONISHING/IMMORTAL X-MEN crossover ends here!
•A fragment of the ANTI-PHOENIX has slept inside JEAN GREY since she connected with it in the CANCERVERSE. Our Phoenix is fire and life incarnate. The Anti-Phoenix is stasis and serenity invariable, and the bit of itself formerly in Jean has now fully bonded with her human sister, SARA GREY! Can the GREY PHOENIX stop the FUTURIST, ALPHA the ULTIMATE MUTANT, and their brainwashed and hyper-evolved EXHUMANS (including Sara's two uplifted children)?
•Enigmatic cosmic being, KOSH, stands on the sidelines. And, at the edge of the solar system, a cloaked VORLON planet killer waits.
•Meanwhile, at the Savage Land Utopia... LEGION, DEVIL DINOSAUR & MOONBOY, the SCARLET WITCH, and ICEMAN oversee integrating the most useful two dozen of the remaining Tian refugees into city life. So far, so good. So far, the unconscious HUMUS SAPIEN has drained the life forces of five of the newcomers. So far from good.
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99


GENERATION X: EXECUTIONERS' SONGS #3 of 3
'Pull the trigger, kill a mutie, he's a hero.'
Written by DAVID F. WALKER
Plot by NX01A
Art & Cover by JASON PEARSON
Variant BvM Cover by BRIAN STELFREEZE
Theme Song: 2Pac - Changes
•The Mass. Academy is home to rich children, mutant children, and a mutant extermination force called the EXECUTIONERS. These varied and anathema elements do not intersect... until now.
•PENANCE protects TIMOTHY JONES from the Executioners and their hodgepodge of lethal alien technologies until the X-Men, CHARLOTTE JONES, SKIN, and the police arrive.
•It's the fight you never expected: BANSHEE vs M! Local authorities won't be able to contain the Executioners for long but an enraged BANSHEE's sonic screams threaten to end their threat once and for all! Can Monet stop him from committing mass murder?
•Follow the stories of Skin in this month's IMMORTAL X-Men #13!
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99


IMMORTAL X-MEN #13
"Extraneous X-Men" part 1/2 "Before The Night Was Through"
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Plot by NX01A
Art by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
Strangers Variant Cover by Bryan Hitch
Strangers Trading Card Insert by Rick Hoberg
Theme Song: Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
•Mutant spokesperson CECILIA REYES goes to Los Angeles at the request of her brother, Colonel MIGUEL REYES, to investigate mutant-on-mutant crime that the L.A.P.D. seems to be turning a blind eye to. The two main mutant gangs of L.A., the FREEX and the STRANGERS, have started a violent competition targeting 'gene traitors': mutants living and working openly in society. Three mutant college students are already fighting for their lives in hospital! Will RUSTY, SKIDS, and SHATTER survive their injuries?
•Cecilia helps ex-gang member and current mutant youth counselor ANGELO ESPINOZA aka SKIN find and stop these marauding mutant gangs before someone dies!
•Will activist and pro-mutant ally, STEVIE HUNTER, be the first human casualty as the Freex and the Strangers race to see who can 'tag' her first?
•Will Colonel Reyes be forced to activate the city's Sentinel Protocols?
***Back-Up Story!***
"X-Girlfriends" part 1/2 'I Hope I Hold A Special Place With The Rest Of Them'
Art by EMMA RÍOS
Theme Song: No Doubt - Ex-Girlfriend
•TRISH TILBY, CHARLOTTE JONES, LEE FORRESTER, CANDY SOUTHERN...Once a year, these ladies get together to have an adventure while reminiscing about the old days and the X-Men they used to love. This year's vacation brings them to the West Wycombe Caves in Southeast England. Candy is sure there's more than a little resentment behind their happiness for her resurrection, powers, and renewed relationship with ARCHANGEL. Before the day is over, more than their true feelings will come crashing down.
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99

[Marvell2100]

Here is the handy Checklist for April! Read 'em and enjoy!

MARVEL ASSEMBLE
AVENGERS 2020 #22
A-FORCE 2020 #9
THE MIGHTY THOR 2020 #9
BLACK PANTHER 2020 #22
POWER PACK 2020 #9
THE MAGNIFICENT MS. MARVEL 2020 #10
SUPER-GIRL 2020 #3 OF 3
IRON MAN 2020 #19.5
CAPTAIN AMERICA #20
SHE-HULK, ATTORNEY AT LAW #16

MARVEL GLOBAL
AGENTS OF ATLAS #22
DEADPOOL & THE THUNDERBOLTS #9
SECRET AVENGERS #9
S.H.I.E.L.D. '60: CONFIDENTIAL
SNAKE EYES: REAL AMERICAN HERO #14
TAKE A.I.M. #22

MARVEL KNIGHTS
THE PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #19
CAGE & FINCH: NORTHERN LIGHTS #13
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21
LI'L FRANK #16
SQUIRREL GIRL vs. BIG BERTHA: DAWN OF GREAT LAKES (The One-Shot that Starts it All!)

SCI-FI MARVEL
FANTASTIC FOUR #23
NOVA CORPS #22
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #22
QUASAR & THE INFINITY WATCH#16
HUMAN TORCH: HOT TIME IN THE TIMESTREAM #2
EXCELSIOR #1 ***All-New Series!***
HIGH EVOLUTIONARY#16
THE IVORY KINGS: PRELUDE TO THE INFINITY KING! ONE-SHOT
THE BLACK PRIESTS: PRELUDE TO THE INFINITY KING! ONE-SHOT
THE ETERNALS #2
SILVER SURFER #22
THE INHUMANS #22

MARVEL SUPERNATURAL
DOOM #22 ***2020 TIE-IN***
CABAL #22***2020 TIE-IN***
THE WATCH #20 ***Crossover with Midnight Sons***
GOD SQUAD #22 ***2020 TIE-IN***
GUNSLINGER #22 ***2020 TIE-IN***
MIDNIGHT SONS #22 ***Crossover with The Watch***
MAGIK #22
THE DEFENDERS #21
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS/NEXTWAVE: DON'T POINT AND STARE AT THE THING ON CTHULHU'S HEAD
BOW STREET RUNNERS: BLACK-EYED HELL***mini-series*** Issue #4 of 4
RETURN OF THE DARK! #2
HULK 2020 #20

UNCANNY MARVEL
AGENTS OF FUTURE PAST #19
THE UNCANNY X-MEN #22
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #22
BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #22
X-FACTOR #20
NEW MORLOCKS 2020 #2 OF 3
ASTONISHING X-MEN #22
GENERATION X: EXECUTIONERS' SONGS #3 of 3
IMMORTAL X-MEN #13

We here at Age of Marvels would like to thank everyone for their participation. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

[BaneofKings]

Put me down for one of everything! Great month.

[Myetche]

One of everything.