NATION X: X-FACTOR # 1 The Story:
Utopia. The sanctuary for mutants to escape a world that wants them extinct. So is it the ideal home for X-Factor? That's what Cyclops believes when he invites the world's only mutant detective agency to relocate to their floating island retreat and take up residence there. But will Madrox and his team believe that it's the best place for them? What old faces will pop up, and what old acquaintances will be renewed? And will there even be a Utopia left when the mysterious Crone shows up and threatens to bring the entire place crashing down into the Pacific? Rated T …$3.99
X-FACTOR # 50 The Story:
Worlds and times collide in this double-sized conclusion to the year long storyline that has revitalized X-Factor. Will the Summers Rebellion triumph as is supposed to happen...or will it be derailed? Will Madrox make it back to his own time? Will Siryn, Monet and the rest of the team have their final showdown with Cortex? Will we actually learn just how it is that Layla Miller knows stuff? Will someone die? The answer to at least some of these questions is: Yes. Rated T …$3.99
X-FACTOR # 49 The Story:
Cortex stands revealed! Or does he? The plan of the president’s science team threatens Madrox and Layla! Or does it? Shatterstar gets a milkshake! Or does he? It’s all going according to the plan of Doctor Doom! Or is it? Rated T …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 48 The Story:
Cortex stands revealed! Or does he? The plan of the president’s science team threatens Madrox and Layla! Or does it? Shatterstar gets a milkshake! Or does he? It’s all going according to the plan of Doctor Doom! Or is it? Rated T …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 47 The Story:
Time is beginning to bleed. Sentinels are starting to pop up in the darnedest places, the Summers Rebellion is spilling over into modern day, Rictor and Shatterstar have a lot to sort out, and X-Factor finally finds itself face to face with Cortex. Rated T …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 47 70TH FRAME VARIANT The Story:
Time is beginning to bleed. Sentinels are starting to pop up in the darnedest places, the Summers Rebellion is spilling over into modern day, Rictor and Shatterstar have a lot to sort out, and X-Factor finally finds itself face to face with Cortex. Rated T …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 46 The Story:
It's Siryn in the fight of her life against the absolute last person that she would have expected to be battling. And Madrox, Layla and Ruby find themselves under assault by the Sentinels just when they're on the verge of discovering the mystery behind Cortex! Rated T …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 45 The Story:
What is "Cortex"? The word keeps coming up in Madrox’s serial killer investigation. Now he confronts the one individual who may hold the answers: None other than Victor Von Doom—but it's Doctor Doom as you've never seen him before. The shocks never stop and the surprises never let up! /Rated T …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 44 The Story:
“DIRTY SEXY MONET” Monet St. Croix: Smoking hot. Steamy. Gorgeous. Did we mention she was smoking hot? And suddenly she's taking charge of protecting X-Factor’s client from a serial killer while displaying extreme romantic interest in one of the team. Business as usual? Or something darkly sinister going on? And if you were the one Monet was coming on to, would you care? Rated T …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 43 The Story:
X-Factor draws one step closer to determining who is
targeting former mutants for death...but the answer may wind up hitting too close to home. Meanwhile, Cyclops has a very
particular mission that could spell the end for Madrox and his new partner. And Rictor finds himself in a battle to the death with...nah. Why ruin the surprise?
Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 42 The Story:
After the shocking events of the past few issues, MADROX has learned that in X-FACTOR, anything can happen. And in this issue—everything does! Separated from his teammates and involved in a war he never expected to see, he can only look back on the days when the team stood together. Now—the rebellion has begun!
Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 41 The Story:
Maru. Mr. Tryp. X-Cell. The Isolationist. Madrox has gone against his fair share of unseemly and unfamiliar
antagonists of late, but some villains never go out of style. Like Sentinels. Big, honking Sentinels. Oh yes, this is going to be fun!
Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 40 The Story:
“SLINGS AND ARROWS”
You remember John Maddox, right? He’s the one dupe that Jaime Madrox never reabsorbed. Family man. Pastor. All around decent guy. Well, he’s having a really really BAD day. And things are going to get worse when an armed Madrox comes knocking on his door. He’s looking for answers that only a man of the lord can provide and if Madrox doesn’t like what he hears, it may very well be the last sermon that John Maddox ever delivers…
Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 38 The Story:
Siryn goes into labor three weeks early. Could this be the second mutant born since M-Day? Either way, the U.S. government isn’t going to sit idle while it happens. Can Rictor and the mother-to-be fend them off? They’ll have to, since X-Factor and Longshot are busy fighting an army of Darwins!!
Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 37 The Story:
It’s a showdown in the Motor City as X-Factor goes toe-to-toe with the mysterious Karma organization. And when it seems the team is at its darkest moment, Madrox loses all control. Meanwhile, Val Cooper and her government forces claim to be working in X-Factor’s best interest. But are they really?
Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR: LAYLA MILLER # 1 The Story:
Trapped in a future she never made, Layla Miller finds herself smack in the middle of the Summers rebellion that was responsible for the eventual liberation of mutants from the camps. The only question is, will she survive it?
Rated T+ …$3.99
X-FACTOR # 30 The Story:
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, PART 3 OF 5
As Rictor faces down death underneath a rapidly lowering, swinging blade, the rest of the team finds themselves in a Mutant Town transformed into the vicious Murderworld of the diabolical ARCADE! But who has hired the red-haired assassin to take out our heroes? This issue ends with an explosive finale that will literally change the landscape of New York City.
Rated T+ …$2.99
X-FACTOR # 29 The Story:
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN PART 2 (of 5)
How can X-Factor be the defenders of Mutant Town when their little piece of the world is hemorrhaging its population? Combine that with Rahne already being gone and Rictor having one foot out the door, and Madrox's team finds itself at its lowest point. Unfortunately, since they're the last mutant team standing and the only game in town, that puts them squarely in the crosshairs of one of the X-Men's oldest and deadliest foes.
Rated T+ …$2.99
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE # 7 The Story:
The Origin Thing, part 2 (of 2).
The “Dark MJ Saga” continues in this special two-part look at Spider-Man’s origin through the eyes of Mary Jane Watson! She’s turned wallowing in sorrow into an artform. But now MJ has found a kindred spirit, and his name is Spider-Man! Could this fleeting crush be the origin of a profound change
for Mary Jane’s personality?
32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE # 6 The Story:
It’s the start of a special two-part flashback story featuring guest artist Valentine Delandro! Mary Jane Watson wasn’t always the girl she is today. How did she become the sort of person to push her problems away rather than face them? And how is it that Peter Parker, Spider-Man and Spidey’s origin itself all play pivotal roles? See the birth of the greatest modern super hero like you’ve never seen it before!
32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99
MARVEL KNIGHTS FANTASTIC FOUR # 29 The Story:
THE SUPER HEROES' APPRENTICE
Part One (of Two)
Fantastic Enterprises is ready to go public, and to mark the occasion the FF agrees to an outrageous publicity stunt: Drafting an honorary fifth member to join their team. Ten young super-heroes "compete" for the spot, but only nine of them have honorable intentions. Unlucky Number Ten will stop at nothing to win--and to get his or her hands on the secrets of the Fantastic Four. Guest-starring The Invincible Iron Man!
32 PGS./Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP …$2.99
4 # 27 The Story:
"THE RESURRECTION OF NICHOLAS SCRATCH" Part 3 (of 3)
Of all the universe's realms, those of magic and the occult are where the Fantastic Four are most at the mercy of their foes. Armed with a book of magic only Franklin can read, the powerless FF have one final chance to defeat the Salem Seven, the monstrous Nicholas Scratch, and the seemingly returned witch Agatha Harkness. But what role will...DIABLO play?
4 # 26 The Story:
Sacrifices have been made, dark forces are gathering like storm clouds over Whisper Hill—the abandoned home of the deceased witch Agatha Harkness—and the Fantastic Four’s powers are short-circuiting. With the malevolent Salem Seven about to open a portal to the land of the dead, can the FF afford to stay away?
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP...$2.99
4 # 25 The Story:
THE RESSURECTION OF NICHOLAS SCRATCH Part 1 [of 3]
The is an order to everything. A balance to the world and the nether-realms beneath the world. And now that balance is being tipped, as dark forces gather like a storm. The occult mutants known as Salem's Seven are once more banding together. But this time, it's to bring their father, the nefarious Nicholas Scratch, back to life. If they should somehow succeed...pray for the Fantastic Four's souls!
4 # 24 The Story:
The reality-shredding insanity begun last issue with the Impossible Man’s return to Earth amps up with the arrival of the Fantastic Four’s evil twins, sudden growth spurts for Franklin and Valeria, and a...Deus Ex Machina appearance in the mighty FF tradition?! Will the FF survive this meta-adventure? Probably--but will Marvel Comics?
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$2.99
4 # 23 The Story:
One of the Marvel U’s most powerful entities--the reality-bending, green-skinned alien Imposssible Man--pops up to cause havoc in this offbeat tale that blurs the line between fact and fiction, men and myth!
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP …$2.99
On Yancy Street, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, someone--or something--is putting the hurt on the neighborhood's tough guys. Someone or something very large and very brutal, which is leaving a trail of twisted, broken bodies in its wake. Ben Urich, Jessica Jones, and the FF's ever-loving blue-eyed Thing are on the case, but what exactly is the nature of the threat they're facing?
4 # 21 The Story:
"DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE"
Stand-alone issue! Susan and Reed Richards are among comicdom’s happiest, most stable couples. So why, then, does Reed perpetually forget their anniversary?
When it happens yet again, it’s up to Sue’s best girlfriends — Alicia, Crystal, and the Sensational She-Hulk — to cheer her up with a night out on the town… Marvel style! While dishing about their former crushes, Sue reveals an untold episode from her past involving… the Black Panther?!
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP …$2.99
4 # 20 The Story:
INHUMANE
The conflict between the Family Fantastic and the Inhumans heats up with Black Bolt and Medusa’s arrival on Earth. Sue is determined to keep the two Inhuman runaways safe no matter the cost, but with the rest of the FF wondering if they should even be involved in this dispute, what possible hope do she and the alien children have? Part 2 [of 2]
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP …$2.99
4 # 19 The Story:
"Inhumane" Part 1 (of 2)
The Inhumans live by their own rites and rituals, their own laws and governances. But when two Inhuman children seek asylum with the Fantastic Four, battle lines are drawn and an inter-species war threatens to erupt! Old alliances are threatened and friends stand now as enemies!
32 PGS./T+ Suggested for Teens and Up …$2.99
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP # 5 The Story:
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man joins forces with the X-Men’s resident weather-controller, Storm! The duo match wits against a power-stealing super-villain in this thrilling all-new tale! That’s right, True Believer--this is a never-before-told story of wall-to-wall-crawling and wind-riding in the magnificent Marvel Age manner!
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN # 20 The Story:
"Where Flies the Beetle...!"
Spider-Man and the Human Torch together again! Er... sort of. The Webbed Wonder and the Fantastic Four's youngest member compete for the attention of a girl? Is that what super heroes do on days off? If it is, their day is about to take a turn for the worse as the Beetle comes to town with revenge on his mind. Will these two teen heroes be able to put their differences aside and save the girl before it's too late? Nothing says first date like a super-hero showdown!
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN # 19 The Story:
"The Coming of the Scorpion"
Witness the origin of the Scorpion! Will Spidey's webs be able to combat the Scorpion's sting? And if that's not enough to worry about, someone's following Peter Parker around town. Has his secret identity been discovered? Will the world find out that Peter Parker is truly Spider-Man? The tension is so high even Spidey might not be able to crack a joke! Re-telling of the classic Stan Lee & Steve Ditko tales.
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN # 11 The Story:
"UNMASKED BY DOCTOR OCTOPUS!" Desperate to clear his name and rid himself of the accursed SPIDER-MAN, DOCTOR OCTOPUS draws the wall-crawler out and DEFEATS him! But that’s not all! Ock UNMASKS Spidey before the very eyes of J. JONAH JAMESON! Get ready for
X-FACTOR: OVERTIME PREMIERE HC The Story:
It's Siryn in the fight of her life against the absolute last person that she would have expected to be battling. And Madrox, Layla and Ruby find themselves under assault by the Sentinels just when they're on the verge of discovering the mystery behind Cortex! Collecting X-FACTOR #46-50. Rated T …$19.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-4226-3 Trim size: standard
X-FACTOR VOL. 6: SECRET INVASION TPB # 1 DM ONLY VARIANT The Story:
Earth has been infiltrated! The shape-shifting alien Skrulls have seeded the ranks of the world’s governments, businesses and even super-hero organizations with sleeper agents bent on a global coup. Now, it’s up to X-Factor Investigations and everyone’s favorite green bounty hunter She-Hulk to uncover the plot and punch the conspirators repeatedly. When X-Factor receives word that the X-Man Darwin has gone missing, they begin investigating immediately. Little do they suspect that Darwin has fallen in with the dimension-hopping X-Man Longshot, newly returned to the Marvel Universe. Although Longshot’s powers alter luck in his favor, it seems trouble follows him endlessly; it will take all of Darwin’s unusual abilities to survive this “friendship.” Collecting X-FACTOR #33-38 and SHE-HULK #31. Rated T …$19.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-2865-6
X-FACTOR VOL. 6: SECRET INVASION TPB # 1 The Story:
Earth has been infiltrated! The shape-shifting alien Skrulls have seeded the ranks of the world’s governments, businesses and even super-hero organizations with sleeper agents bent on a global coup. Now, it’s up to X-Factor Investigations and everyone’s favorite green bounty hunter She-Hulk to uncover the plot and punch the conspirators repeatedly. When X-Factor receives word that the X-Man Darwin has gone missing, they begin investigating immediately. Little do they suspect that Darwin has fallen in with the dimension-hopping X-Man Longshot, newly returned to the Marvel Universe. Although Longshot’s powers alter luck in his favor, it seems trouble follows him endlessly; it will take all of Darwin’s unusual abilities to survive this “friendship.” Collecting X-FACTOR #33-38 and SHE-HULK #31.
Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3411-4
X-FACTOR VOL. 5: THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN The Story:
Following the events of Messiah CompleX, X-Factor Investigations is in shambles. Jamie is a basket case from his trip to a nightmarish future, Layla’s fate is completely in the air, and Wolfsbane has to leave the team to join X-Force — though none of her friends can know about it. What will Wolfsbane tell the X-Factor team? What are they going to do about Layla? How is Jamie coping with his guilt? Get onboard here for X-Factor’s brand-new direction! Plus: He’s gone from the son of one of the world’s greatest villains to one of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and then to one of the world’s greatest villains in his own right. Now, Pietro Maximoff, Quicksilver, the man behind the Decimation of the world’s mutants, finds himself depowered and trapped in a prison cell, where he must confront all the demons of his past. Collecting X-FACTOR #28-32 and QUICK AND THE DEAD.
Rated T+ …$15.99
X-FACTOR: THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN PREMIERE The Story:
Following the events of Messiah CompleX, X-Factor Investigations is in shambles. Jamie is a basket case from his trip to a nightmarish future, Layla’s fate is completely in the air, and Wolfsbane has to leave the team to join X-Force, though none of her friends can know about it. What will Wolfsbane tell the X-Factor team? What are they going to do about Layla? How is Jamie coping with his guilt? Get onboard here for X-Factor’s brand-new direction! Collecting X-FACTOR #28-32 and X-FACTOR: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.
Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2862-5
Trim size: standard
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE VOL. 2 The Story:
This deluxe hardcover collects SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE VOL. 2: THE NEW GIRL, SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE VOL. 3: MY SECRET LIFE and SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE VOL. 4: STILL FRIENDS, plus extras. In THE NEW GIRL, there’s – well – a new girl at Midtown High. Her name’s Gwen Stacy, and she has her sights set on Peter Parker! What’s a lovesick Mary Jane to do? Plus: Mary Jane Watson wasn’t always the girl she is today. How did she become the sort of person to push her problems away rather than face them? And how is it that Peter Parker, Spider-Man and Spidey’s origin itself all play pivotal roles? See the birth of the greatest modern super hero like you’ve never seen it before! In MY SECRET LIFE, take a look at Mary Jane through the eyes of her supporting cast. What do they think of her, especially now that she’s...changed? And what does this change mean for her relationship with Peter Parker? Plus: Gwen Stacy has a problem with Peter, and MJ has a secret. And in STILL FRIENDS, what's the story between Mary Jane and Peter in the aftermath of recent shocking revelations? Between Peter and Gwen? Between Liz and – Oh, who CARES?! Is that FIRESTAR?! What's the second most awesome redhead in the world got planned for Spidey this time? Well, we're sure not gonna tell you here! Collecting SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #6-20.
All Ages …$39.99
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE VOL. 2: THE NEW GIRL The Story:
There’s a new girl at Midtown High. Her name’s Gwen Stacy, and she has her sights set on Peter Parker! What’s a lovesick Mary Jane to do? Plus: Mary Jane Watson wasn’t always the girl she is today. How did she become the sort of person to push her problems away rather than face them? And how is it that Peter Parker, Spider-Man and Spidey’s origin itself all play pivotal roles? See the birth of the greatest modern super hero like you’ve never seen it before!
Collects SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #6-10.
120 PGS./All Ages ...$7.99
FANTASTIC FOUR: THE RESURRECTION OF NICHOLAS SCRATCH The Story:
There is an order to everything. A balance to the world and the nether-realms beneath the world. And now that balance is being tipped, as dark forces gather like a storm. The occult mutants known as Salem’s Seven are once more banding together. But this time, it’s to bring their father, the nefarious Nicholas Scratch, back to life. If they should somehow succeed...pray for the Fantastic Four’s souls! Plus: An employee from Fantastic Enterprises comes to Sue for help, claiming that her son is being abused; meanwhile, Reed is asked to keep a promise he made to a dying man months ago. And finally, Fantastic Enterprises is ready to go public, and to mark the occasion the FF agrees to an outrageous publicity stunt: Drafting an honorary fifth member to join their team. Ten young super-heroes “compete” for the spot, but only nine of them have honorable intentions. Unlucky Number Ten will stop at nothing to win – and to get his or her hands on the secrets of the Fantastic Four!
Collects FOUR #25-30.
144 PGS./Rated T+ ...$14.99
MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 VOL. 4: IMPOSSIBLE THINGS HAPPEN EVERY DAY The Story:
Four tales of the Four! First, when two Inhuman children seek asylum with the Fantastic Four, old alliances are threatened and friends stand now as enemies! Next, when Reed forget their anniversary yet again, it’s up to Sue’s best girlfriends -- Alicia, Crystal and the Sensational She-Hulk -- to cheer her up with a night out on the town... Marvel style! Then, on Yancy Street, someone -- or something -- is putting the hurt on the neighborhood’s tough guys. Ben Urich, Jessica Jones and the Thing are on the case, but what exactly is the nature of the threat they’re facing? And finally, one of the Marvel U’s most powerful entities -- the reality-bending Impossible Man -- pops up to cause havoc in this offbeat tale that blurs the line between fact and fiction, men and myth! Collects MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 #19-24.
144 PGS./ Rated T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$14.99
ISBN: 0-7851-1808-X
SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP VOL. 1: A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS The Story:
Get ready for a second sensational helping of all-ages Spider-Man team-ups! This time out, Spidey joins forces with Storm of the X-Men vs. a mysterious mutant who can steal powers; the Fantastic Four vs. Mole Man in an environmental special; the most popular X-Man of all, Wolverine; and Iron Man vs. M.O.D.O.K.! Collects MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #1-5.
120 PGS./All Ages …$7.99
MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN VOL. 3: SWINGTIME The Story:
The fledgling wall-crawler reaches a crucial turning point in his young life as the diabolical Doctor Octopus makes his long-awaited return! Plus: the first appearances of the Enforcers and Mysterio! And learn why J. Jonah Jameson really hates Spider-Man!
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