HULK: BROKEN WORLDS The Story:
Across the infinite stretches of the multiverse, countless worlds are forever changed by the monster known as the Hulk… but must his tale always end in tragedy? Join us as we revisit Marvel’s alternate worlds for new tales of the rampaging green goliath! Go on a journey to the House of M, the Microverse, a Future Imperfect, Age of Apocalypse, the Days of Future Past, the Marvel Mangaverse, and the years 1602 and 2099! Then, you know the HULK, but it’s time you met his whole family. From Bruce’s cousin She-Hulk to those who’ve inherited his irradiated genes, Hulk’s family tree is looking a little greener all the time. Featuring: the Senstational She-Hulk, Skaar, the Daughter of Hulk and Thundra! Plus: legend Chris Claremont delivers an epic battle between the Hulk and Colossus! Collecting HULK: BROKEN WORLDS #1-2, HULK FAMILY #1 and X-MEN VS. HULK. Rated A …$15.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-4182-2
IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY The Story:
A single, grueling night of high-speed, mechanized mayhem finds Tony Stark and a new, uniquely improved version of the Iron Man armor caught in the crossfire between the bleeding-edge technology of an insurgent mecha subculture and the massed hardware of an elite “cape-killing” paramilitary force. Besieged by ballistic missiles, supersonic jihadi LMDs, seductive viral avatars and cyberdrug-addled roboravers, Iron Man must push himself far beyond his technological and biological limits to survive the onslaught of ultra-tech war machinery... Collecting IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY #1-6.
144 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2083-4
LIVEWIRES: CLOCKWORK THUGS, YO The Story:
Hollowpoint Ninja. Gothic Lolita. Cornfed. Stem Cell. Social Butterfly. They’re nanobuilt humanform combat mecha, with "smartware" bodies specialized for covert ops and Artificially Intelligent minds programmed for suicidal loyalty. They’re the superhuman products of a top-secret, quasi-governmental R&D program with a unique agenda: namely, to seek out and destroy OTHER top-secret, quasi-governmental R&D programs. And in the ultratech underbelly of a Marvel Universe infested with mad suprageniuses, home-brewed WMDs, and bootlegged alien technologies, they have a lot of work to do! Collects LIVEWIRES #1-6.
HULK: BROKEN WORLDS BOOK # 2 The Story:
Throughout the unending vastness of the multiverse echo the cries of the monster inside mister Bruce Banner… the
unstoppable force known as the Hulk. Join us as we continue our quest to chronicle the catalogue of crosstime Hulk, asking not “What If…” but “What is?” This ALL-NEW oversized special revisits the worlds of the Age of Apocalypse, the Days of Future Past, the Marvel Mangaverse, and the year 1602!
Rated A …$3.99
MARVEL ASSISTANT-SIZED SPECTACULAR # 2 The Story:
Rejects, benchwarmers, lovable losers, and might-be Avengers…assemble! In the beloved tradition of Assistant Editors’ Month, we the staffers are sick and tired of our bosses telling nothing but Wolverine stories, Spider-Man stories, Captain America stories…and we’re taking matters into our own oddball hands! Little guys can be heroes, too…and when this motley crew of misfits gets their shot – in stories featuring Elsa Bloodstone, American Eagle, D-Man, the daughter of Galactus, Mini Marvel cake-eating Hawkeye, Candidate Luke Cage, and more – it could be the start of something big! Don’t miss this two-issue anthology of also-rans who might – just MIGHT – ascend to the A-list! (Fingers crossed. Really we’re just hoping this doesn’t get us fired.)
Rated A …$3.99
MARVEL ASSISTANT-SIZED SPECTACULAR # 1 The Story:
Rejects, benchwarmers, lovable losers, and might-be Avengers…assemble! In the beloved tradition of Assistant Editors’ Month, we the staffers are sick and tired of our bosses telling nothing but Wolverine stories, Spider-Man stories, Captain America stories…and we’re taking matters into our own oddball hands! Little guys can be heroes, too…and when this motley crew of misfits gets their shot – in stories featuring Elsa Bloodstone, American Eagle, D-Man, the daughter of Galactus, Mini Marvel cake-eating Hawkeye, Candidate Luke Cage, and more – it could be the start of something big! Don’t miss this two-issue anthology of also-rans who might – just MIGHT – ascend to the A-list! (Fingers crossed. Really we’re just hoping this doesn’t get us fired.)
Rated A …$3.99
IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY # 6 The Story:
The limited series reaches its catastrophic finale as, during precisely 3 minutes and 29 seconds of high-speed mayhem, Iron Man blasts through a S.H.I.E.L.D. Assault Carrier full of “capekilling” hardware aplenty... while simultaneously battling an invading force of blindingly fast, technologically superior “insurgent mecha!” Can the damaged, digitized ghost of “Tony Stark 2.0” literally reinvent himself in time to survive the final, fatal seconds of mechanized combat at supersonic speeds?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY # 5 The Story:
Events spiral disastrously out of control as a besieged Iron Man flies directly into a S.H.I.E.L.D. assault carrier’s lethal, point-blank barrage of ultra-tech, “cape-killing” hardware. Worse yet, the viral enemy infecting the suit’s processors has seized full control of the armor, and now she’s murderously rampaging through Tony Stark’s very consciousness, eradicating him one memory at a time...
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY # 4 The Story:
Iron Man plunges into a deep-sea world of trouble and faces off against a sunken shipload of rampaging, cyberdrug-hacked mecha berserkers, only to wind up in far worse peril when S.H.I.E.L.D.’s “capekilling” unit finally locates him and closes in for the high-tech kill, even as the viral enemy infecting the armor begins her final, fatal cyberattack...
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY # 3 The Story:
As S.H.I.E.L.D.’s elite “capekilling” unit dispatches a globe-spanning arsenal of bleeding-edge hardware to hunt him down, Iron Man confronts the vicious yet seductive “viral avatar” infecting the armor’s processors...while plunging to the sea floor to crash a top-secret mecha “roborave” held aboard a sunken freighter!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY # 2 The Story:
As armor-piercing destruction bears down on Iron Man at eight times the speed of sound, the high-tech secret at the heart of Tony Stark's latest reinvention of his powered suit is finally revealed... and still another set of mysterious enemies, far faster and deadlier than even the new and improved Iron Man, are likewise closing in for the cybernetic kill!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY # 1 The Story:
A single, grueling night of high-speed, mechanized mayhem finds Tony Stark and a new, uniquely improved version of the Iron Man armor caught in the crossfire between the bleeding-edge technology of an insurgent mecha subculture and the massed hardware of an elite “cape-killing” paramilitary force. Besieged by ballistic missiles, supersonic jihadi LMDs, seductive viral avatars and cyberdrug-addled roboravers, Iron Man must push himself far beyond his technological and biological limits to survive the onslaught of ultra-tech war machinery...
Writer Adam Warren (Livewires) delivers the fast-paced, tech-laced narrative, and artist Brian Denham renders the action in high-contrast “technoir” realism, with Guru eFX adding vibrant colors to the mix.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
LIVEWIRES # 6 The Story:
The end is HERE, as the Livewires’ doomed assault on an airborne black project spirals down to a thoroughly disastrous finale. Death and destruction abound as hordes of enemy mecha close in on a weaponless, defenseless Stem Cell who, in turn, is frantically trying to hack herself, to reformat and reboot her A.I. mind and robotic body, as time runs out.
32 PGS./T+ Suggested for Teens and Up …$2.99
LIVEWIRES # 5 The Story:
All mechanized hell breaks loose as the Livewires’ ill-fated raid on an airborne covert project goes spectacularly awry. Hugely outnumbered and massively outgunned, the "humanform combat mecha" push their specialized abilities to the limit in a desperate fight for survival against overwhelming (and rapidly worsening) odds…
32 PGS./T+ Suggested for Teens and Up …$2.99
LIVEWIRES # 4 The Story:
The Livewires’ long-shot campaign of secret-project
sabotage climaxes with a daring raid on their biggest "target of opportunity" so far… But this time, the superhuman "combat mecha", well-armed as they may be with ultratech weapons galore (and even a hijacked tanker-load of AIM nanoware), may have bitten off far more than they can chew…
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
LIVEWIRES # 3 The Story:
Sabotaging and destroying top-secret research programs is a tricky line of work, as the Livewires discover during a mission that requires supercharged pheromone seduction on the dance floor, high-speed hacking and cracking of an ultrasecure computer network, and the detection and defeat of holocamouflaged, half-ton robot snipers--all at the same time! Meanwhile, poor "newbie mecha" Stem Cell finds herself getting drowned in a bathtub… Clearly, the artificial lives of nanogrown combat mecha are full of difficult challenges.
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
LIVEWIRES # 2 The Story:
Only hours ago, apparent adolescent girl "Stem Cell" learned that she is, in fact, a "humanform combat mecha"… Now, her robotic teammates are rapidly schooling her in the lethal arts of their collective mission: sabotaging and destroying top-secret research programs. At 30,000 feet or on the sea floor, from playing with plasma grenades to sniping with laser rifles from 2000 yards out, the programmed-for-loyalty Livewires have an exciting but essentially suicidal line of work… Will the freshly "booted-up" Stem Cell be the next robot operative to be destroyed in the line of duty?
32 PGS./Marvel PSR …$2.99
LIVEWIRES # 1 The Story:
Hollowpoint Ninja. Gothic Lolita. Cornfed. Stem Cell. Social Butterfly. They’re nanobuilt humanform combat mecha, with "smartware" bodies specialized for covert ops and Artificially Intelligent minds programmed for suicidal loyalty. They’re the superhuman products of a top-secret, quasi-governmental R&D program with a unique agenda: namely, to seek out and destroy OTHER top-secret, quasi-governmental R&D programs. And in the ultratech underbelly of a Marvel Universe infested with mad suprageniuses, homebrewed WMDs, and bootlegged alien technologies, they have a lot of work to do…
