"Plaguedog," script by Simon Furman, art by Lee Sullivan
Death's Head gets hired by Dead Cert to kill The Undertaker's top assassin, Plague Dog; from Death's Head (Marvel UK, 1988 series) #4. "Keepsake" Part 2 starring Doctor Who, script by Simon Furman, art by John Higgins; The Doctor and Keepsake rescue a medic from a primitive camp. "Data Retrieval: The Doctor" Doctor Who character profile.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.75.
Cover art by Charlie Adlard. New framing sequence
Death's Head II and Death's Head search through the archives; Hob ambushes and captures Tuck. "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling!", script by Simon Furman, art by John Higgins; Thea hires Death's Head to find her husband, Keepsake, and his treasure. Keepsake allies himself with Death's Head and Thea against Colt, who has captured Bahlia and stolen the map.
Defeating Colt, Keepsake pays Death's Head to double-cross Thea. Death's Head, in turn, double-crosses him and takes all of the treasure. Vulture, Keepsake's pet, abandons him and follows Death's Head. Thea is stranded in a sinking boat with Colt. Dead Cert hires Short Fuse to kill Death's Head before Undertaker and Big Shot do. Reprinted from Death's Head (Marvel UK, 1988 series) #5.
36 pgs., full color. Cover price $1.75.
"The Unextinguishable Flame!" Story by Priest. Art by Oscar Jiminez and Hanibal Rodriguez.
In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, guest-starring the Amazon (Storm/Wonder Woman), members of the X-Men and JLA are merged to create Mr. X (Martian Manhunter/Professor Xavier), Apollo (Cyclops/Ray), Night Creeper (Nightcrawler/Creeper), and others must battle the nigh-stoppable force of nature known as Fin Fang Flame (Fin Fang Foom/Brimstone).
Cover price $1.95.
Written by Margaret Stohl. Art by Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Fonteriz and Marguerite Sauvage. Cover by Artgerm.
THE DEFINITIVE ORIGIN OF CAPTAIN MARVEL! Carol Danvers was just a girl from the Boston suburbs who loved science and the Red Sox until a chance encounter with a Kree hero gave her incredible super-powers. Now, she's a leader in the Avengers and the commander of Alpha Flight. But what if there were more to the story? When crippling anxiety attacks put her on the sidelines in the middle of a fight, Carol finds herself reliving memories of a life she thought was far behind her. You can't outrun where you're from - and sometimes, you HAVE to go home again. But there are skeletons in Captain Marvel's closet - and what she discovers will change her entire world. Written by best-selling author Margaret Stohl and drawn by fan-favorite comics veteran Carlos Pacheco, this is the true origin of Captain Marvel.
40 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.
"Born Again!" Story by Tom Peyer. Art by Barry Kitson and Dan Panosian.
In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, Magneto's loyal friends have fallen in battle. So he recreates them in the form of the robotic Magnetic Men (Metal Men/Brotherhood of Evil Mutants). But will they survive a visit to Krakoa, the Living Dinosaur Island?
Cover price $1.95.
Written by GREG PAK Penciled by GREG TOCCHINI Cover by SERGIO TOPPI
Return to the world of 1602! Rising stars GREG PAK and GREG TOCCHINI pick up where the best-selling limited series left off?America, The New World! When Captain America was thrust back in time, it changed reality as we know it. Dinosaurs still roam the earth and the Marvel super heroes we know came to exist 500 years early. Witness David Bruce Banner and Peter Parquagh become The Hulk and Spider-Man in the most eagerly-awaited miniseries event of the year!
32 PGS./T+ SUGGESTED FOR TEENS AND UP ...$3.50 Cover price $3.50.
Written by Greg Pak Penciled by Greg Tocchini Cover by Sergio toppi.
A new law is passed in the New World outlawing super-powered 'Witchbreed.' Can Peter Parquagh keep his new powers a secret in a place that needs a Spider-Man so badly? Can Robert Banner escape the hulking beast who hides in his fear and anger? Joining the rest of the Marvel heroes and villains reborn in the 17th Century comes another classic Marvel character! Check out the cover to see who!
Cover price $3.50.
Written by GREG PAK Penciled by GREG TOCCHINI Cover by SERGIO TOPPI. Battle lines are being drawn in the New World. Norman Osborne's master plan is nearing completion. Can Peter Parquagh stop him? And witness the showdown between Antonio Stark and David Banner as Lord Iron and the Hulk do battle! Can the colony survive the outcome? Cover price $3.50.
First Printing. Written by Cullen Bunn. Art by Ramon Rosanas. Cover by Jay Shaw
Deadpool awakes from a food coma to find…THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE HAS OCCURRED! • Can the Merc with the Mouth avoid becoming the Merc in their Mouths? • Writer of the DEADPOOL KILLOGY Cullen Bunn brings us to one of Deadpool's darkest tales ever…and not just because it's in black & white (and red)!
Cover price $3.99.
Written by VICTOR GISCHLER. Art by KYLE BAKER. Cover by DAVE JOHNSON.
Witness the birth of the most important super hero team ever in a universe-spanning event that will rock the month of March! Wade Wilson has been tapped to save the Universe, and to do that he's going to need help. Enter: The sexy-but-insecure Lady Deadpool! The devious-but-lovable Headpool (a.k.a. the Zombie Deadpool Head)! The bratty-but-brilliant Kidpool! And the irascible mutt known as Dogpool! Individually, they're, well, kind of messed up, but together, they're the unstoppable force know as DPC.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
Cover by Adam Pollina and Mark Morales. Blood of the Father, script by Terry Kavanagh and James Felder, art by Adam Pollina and Mark Morales; En Sabah Nur and Baal get trapped in a cave-in; Baal tends to Nurs wounds, and they try to find their way out; Baal tells the origin of Rama-Tut; villains in the story include Rama Tut, Ozymandias, and Logos. 36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Cover by Adam Pollina and Mark Morales. The First Culling, script by Terry Kavanagh and James Felder, art by Adam Pollina, Anthony Williams, Mark Morales, and Al Milgrom;
Rama-Tut battles the Fantastic Four beneath the Sphinx; En Sabah Nur defeats Ozymandias and becomes Apocalypse. Story takes place during the events of Fantastic Four #19.
36 pgs., full color. $1.95. Cover price $1.95.
Conan stars in "The Gods Above, the Beasts Below." Script by Roy Thomas, art by Rafael Kayanan.
This is part 1 of an adaptation of "Conan and the Gods of the Mountain" by Roland Green, a sequel to "Red Nails." Back-up story, "The God of Theves" part 1. Script by James Rose, art by Ernie Chan. Three double-page pin-ups by Alfredo Alcala (one including Red Sonja). George Pratt cover.
Cover price $2.25.
Continued from Daredevil Shi (1997) #1.
The year's coolest crossover concludes as Daredevil squares off against the deadly and beautiful Shi. Little does he realize that Ana has been recruited by renegade ninja members of the infamous sect known as The Hand. By their dark ninja sorcery, they've given Shi more than enough occult power to destroy the Man Without Fear. It's a searing test of Faith and Spirit for Ana Ishikawa and Matt Murdock. Hanging in the balance is the fate of someone very near and dear to Ana--Detective Peter DeNyse, on trial for murder...with Murdock as the prosecutor!
Written by William Tucci and Peter Gutierrez. Pencils and cover by William Tucci.
Plus: a TCB flip-book preview by Tucci, Gary Cohn, Christopher Golden and Val Mayerik.
Cover price $2.95.
#1-6
W - J. Michael Straczynski & Sara (Samm) Barnes, P & Cover - Brandon Peterson
The master of the mystic arts is back - as only J. Muchael Straczynski and superstar Brandon Peterson could envision him! Brash young surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange is on a collision course with destiny - a journey that will force him to search the deepest corners of his own heart...and the outer reaches of the cosmos!
Cover by TOMM COKER Written by MARK WAID. Art by EMMA RIOS.
No longer Sorcerer Supreme of the Marvel Universe, Stephen Strange must discover a new path to fulfillment and enlightenment. Unfortunately, that path leads through a bizarre, terrifying gauntlet of magical menaces--and if the former Master of the Mystic Arts is going to survive the journey, he'll need some assistance--in the form of a brand-new student!
32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
"Deadly Cargo!" Story by Mark Waid and Dave Gibbons. Art by Dave Gibbons and Jimmy Palmiotti.
In order to save two universes, the young hero known as Access was forced to use the power of Amalgam (see Marvel versus DC (1996) #3). In this issue, the Last Son of Krypton, Superman, and the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America, are merged to create the greatest hero the world has ever seen, Super Soldier! Guest-starring the All-Star Winners Squadron (All-Star Squadron/Freedom Fighters/Invaders/All Winners Squad) and Sgt. Rock and his Howling Commandos (pretty self explanatory). In this WW II story, can even the Super Soldier stop Major Zemo's (Baron Zemo/Major Disaster) new super-weapon?
Cover price $1.95.
"We create a little order and call it civilization. Then some men come crashing through and we treat it as an act of god. But they're not gods. They're men." Ordinary folks forced to pick up the pieces of their lives after a devastating encounter with the Silver Surfer are the focus of this 48-page tale. Appearances by the Thing, Quasar.
Script by Mike Baron, painted art by Shawn Martinbrough. Cover painting by Tristan Shane. Cover price $5.95.
#1-2
"Wonder Years" Book 1 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Painted art by Igor Kordey. Painted cover (front & back) by Igor Kordey.
Cindy Knutz is Wonder Man's biggest fan in the world! Especially after Simon saved her life while battling Red Ronin (in Avengers 198)! However Cindy's hero worship of Wonder Man borders upon obsession when she moves to Los Angeles after Simon joins the West Coast Avengers! Cindy hopes to meet her favorite avenger again soon through the L.A. chapter of the Wonder Man fan club! But when she hears about the breakup of the west coast team, Cindy and a friend sneak into the damaged west coast compound! And right into the middle of Wonder Man's fight vs. the Kree (in Force Works #1)! Predictably, Cindy is heartbroken when Simon doesn't survive the battle. Can she go on living without the Hollywood avenger in her life?
36 pages. Cover price $4.95.
