"Death Won't Stop Me" THE WRAITH stands unmasked and all of her secrets are revealed. What will this mean for SPIDER-MAN? And how will this effect the growing gang war in Chinatown? And if ANTI-VENOM wants to get his hands on MR. NEGATIVE, he'll have to get past HAMMERHEAD and THE SPOT first! Of all the days for Aunt May to return to the F.E.A.S.T. Center...
After his work with the new FF wraps for the week, what can the original teenaged super hero teach the world’s most at-risk group of super-powered teens? Find out when Spider-Man substitutes at the Avengers Academy!
Guest-starring Taskmaster! As the fallout from Tigra's shocking act last issue rocks the Academy, Finesse goes in search of the man who could be her father...the character readers have demanded since issue #1...Taskmaster! Be here for the explosive reunion in the book that IGN.com calls “the best Avenger book on the market.”
Avengers Academy vs. The Hood! The video of Tigra being beaten by The Hood ends up on the internet -- but what's more dangerous: how Tigra reacts, or the mission of revenge
the students embark upon? And when they seek out Parker Robbins, are they getting in way over their heads...or going so far down the path of evil they can never turn back? And how does it all lead to The Hood’s new quest in AVENGERS? Don't miss this powerful chapter in the hit new series that has Aint It Cool News raving: “With this simple yet elegant twist…it’s nice to see that teenage angst isn’t just for mutants anymore.”
Reptil goes Jurassic on Tigra! When Humberto is elected class leader of Avengers Academy, it should be a dream
come true…but instead it's a nightmare! As he struggles with the weight of his repressed grief and anger, added to the responsibility he feels to keep his teammates on the heroic path, something's got to give...and it might just be Reptil's
humanity! Plus: more on Quicksilver and Finesse, the villainy of Mentallo, and another Avengers guest appearance in the series that Comic Book Club Live hails as “All of the fun of ‘90s New Warriors with a dark side.” Rated A …$2.99
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS! Spidey and the FF join forces in the present day as the threads from our last three issues come together, and we finally learn the identity of the mysterious time-travelling figure who's been searching their past for deadly weapons to use against them! Who is this sinister armored character? Read the book and find out...and believe us, Marvelite, it's not who you thought at first glance!
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The Avengers Academy: exposed to the public? The existence of the school has been kept secret...and the fame-hungry Striker isn't happy about that at all! But it may be a moot point as the obsessed super-criminal Whirlwind blames Hank Pym for the death of the woman he loved, Janet Van Dyne, and comes seeking revenge on Hank's inexperienced students, who are out on a field trip! And hey, who's that locking lips with Justice? All the drama, action and intrigue you can handle, from the new breakout series which WeeklyCrisis.com says has "a solid premise, interesting new characters, and a superb creative team. I look for this comic to be criminally underestimated, but tremendously satisfying."
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"SCARED STRAIGHT"—the explosive crossover with THUNDERBOLTS—continues! There's a jailbreak at The Raft, the maximum security prison for super villains, and the students of Avengers Academy are caught in the middle! But whose side are they on? Will they help the Avengers put the criminals back behind bars...or has inmate Norman Osborn made them an offer they can't refuse? Also: the origin of Mettle!
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Years ago, when the Fantastic Four were captured by a
mysterious Skrull temptress, the "New FF" stepped in to take their place...Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Hulk and Ghost Rider! Now, for the first time, see what happened immediately
following their classic first adventure...as the two teams get shaken up and pitted against each other! Christos Gage & Mario Alberti bring you the ultimate super hero showdown!
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SCARED STRAIGHT PART 1 The Academy kids are sent to The Raft to be scared straight by the all-new Thunderbolts. But things go from scary to downright insane when the Academy students are locked inside with Norman Osborn!
Before there was Venom, there was the black costume symbiote that tried to permanently bond to Spider-Man...until the Fantastic Four set him free and captured the creature. While caged, the symbiote expressed an eerie interest in young Franklin Richards. After a quarter century, find out at last what happens when the symbiote escapes and comes after Franklin...even if it has to go through Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (including the Sensational She-Hulk) to get him!
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Hank Pym, Quicksilver, Tigra, Justice and Speedball are here to mentor the next generation of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes…but is one of the students hot for teacher? Plus: Get a glimpse inside the mind of Finesse!
The creative team behind the sellout X-Men/Spider-Man miniseries returns for a brand new tour through classic Marvel moments! Each of our four issues will reveal a heretofore untold team-up between Spidey and the Fantastic Four at a different point in Marvel history, with a mysterious common thread binding them all together. This issue, savor a scintillating saga from the Silver Age as that diabolical despot, Dr. Doom, participates in an international peace conference at Empire State University...and demands the Fantastic Four act as his bodyguards! When the Sub-Mariner arrives seeking vengeance on Doom, Spidey is caught in the middle...and then things get complicated! Gwen Stacy...Atlantean armies...giant walking whales...face it, pilgrim: this one you must not miss! 'Nuff said!
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Determined to keep the tradition alive, founding Avenger Hank Pym leads a core team of veteran heroes in creating a place where the next generation of Earth's Mightiest can be trained by the greatest of those who preceded them.
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE! The Marvel Universe starts here as five killer creator teams present five all-new short stories spotlighting five HEROIC-AGE ongoing series! Avengers Academy by Christos Gage & Mike McKone! Thunderbolts by Jeff Parker & Kev Walker! Atlas by Jeff Parker & Gabriel Hardman! Black Widow by Kelly Sue Deconnick & Jamie McKelvie! Hawkeye & Mockingbird by Jim McCann & David Lopez! You can’t miss this first look at these new series that will have everyone buzzing!
SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!!
This is it: the series finale – and the end of the Initiative as we know it! Learn the fate of your favorite heroes, villains...and those who aren't quite sure what they are, but who are going to have to decide in a hurry! Who will taste sweet victory? Who will know the agony of defeat? For some this is an end -- for others, a new beginning (which you’ll be reading about very soon)! Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. is falling...and The Heroic Age is dawning!
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Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers are together again! As Norman Osborn’s machinations threaten everything these heroes hold dear, two Captain Americas will rise and attempt to stem the tide of a madman and a tyrant.
SIEGE BLOCKBUSTER TIE-IN!!
In Asgard, Taskmaster clashes with Captain America! Meanwhile, the battle for Camp H.A.M.M.E.R. reaches a fever pitch...but whose side is Penance on? And will Night Thrasher
betray his friends to get back his brother? This is the story that changes the Initiative forever!
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The Initiative faces its own CIVIL WAR as
Taskmaster, Constrictor and Diamondback join the Dark Avengers in the Siege of Asgard...and come face-to-hammer with Thor! Meanwhile, Justice, Tigra and the rest of the Avengers Resistance assault camp H.A.M.M.E.R., aiming to bring it down once and for all — but the Hood is ready for them! It's all-out war on two fronts
— and one side won't be here when it's over!
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