Hands of the Mandarin Part 4 of 6. "Heart of Darkness" Guest-starring War Machine. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Dave Taylor. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Dave Taylor and Rey Garcia.
Story continues from Iron Man 311. With an urgent fury, Force Works attacks the Mandarin's fortress in the middle of nowhere China! The fighting mad U.S. Agent, Scarlet Witch, and Spider-Woman rip into the Avatars during their search for Tony Stark! However they may be too late as the Mandarin is poised to deliver the coup de grâce to his hated foe! But in the nick of time, the Scarlet Witch crashes into the Asian mastermind's chamber room and staggers the super-villain with the ten rings! Setting the stage for the spectacular showdown.. .Iron Man versus the, wait, hold on, it's not the golden avenger, it's the Scarlet Witch vs. the Mandarin! Wow, is Wanda ready to throw down with the mighty Mandarin? An excellent issue! Story continues in War Machine #10.
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
Hands of the Mandarin Part 1 of 6. "Goodbye Hong Kong" Guest-starring War Machine. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Dave Taylor. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Dave Ross and Rey Garcia.
A quiet morning in Hong Kong is violently interrupted by an attack from the Mandarin's malevolent minions! The Avatars, five bizarre creatures with supernatural powers, begin ripping up the city and moving towards the headquarters of Stark Industries' Far East Division! The slaughter of the innocent civilians will continue unchecked... unless Force Works intervenes! So in dramatic fashion the Scarlet Witch, Century, Spider-Woman, and the U.S. Agent airdrop into the island city and counterattack against Lich, Foundry, Deluge, Q'wake, and Butterfly! Meanwhile at the conclusion to Iron Man 310, the Mandarin captured Iron Man and War Machine! And now the two armored avengers stand immobilized before the Chinese super-villain! Shell-Head and Rhodey are at the mercy of the Mandarin! And unfortunately he has no mercy! Story continues in War Machine (1994-1996 1st series) #9. First appearance of Suzi Endo.
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Conflagration" Part 2 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Paul Ryan. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Tom Tenney and Rey Garcia.
Thanks to artful negotiating by the Scarlet Witch, Force Works avoids a confrontation with Black Brigade and instead receives an audience with the ruling council of Slorenia! The governing body wants FW to capture Ember, the rebels' most powerful freedom fighter! Wanda concurs with that plan, but remains suspicious about the motives of the Slorenian leaders. A few hours later, Force Works tracks Ember to an abandoned palace outside the capital city and invites Black Brigade to help them! However, this is where the new team gets a lesson in meddling in the affairs of foreign countries! What should just be one battle turns into a double donnybrook! Shell-head, Century, and Spider-Woman vs. Black Brigade; and the Scarlet Witch and U.S. Agent vs. Ember! Will Force Works be able to extricate themselves from the Slorenian crisis? Or will they just sink further into the Baltic quagmire? Cameo appearances by Captain America and the Recorder. Second story: "Breakdown" Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tod Smith. Inks by Kevin Yates. A tour of the virtual training room almost turns deadly for Spider-Woman's daughter. (Notes: Ember and Black Brigade return in Force Works 11. The version of issue 5 with the $2.95 cover price has a pink FW logo.
32 pages. Cover price $2.95.
$2.95 cover price. Polybagged with Marvel Action Hour Preview and acetate print.
"Conflagration" Part 2 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Paul Ryan. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Tom Tenney and Rey Garcia.
Thanks to artful negotiating by the Scarlet Witch, Force Works avoids a confrontation with Black Brigade and instead receives an audience with the ruling council of Slorenia! The governing body wants FW to capture Ember, the rebels' most powerful freedom fighter! Wanda concurs with that plan, but remains suspicious about the motives of the Slorenian leaders. A few hours later, Force Works tracks Ember to an abandoned palace outside the capital city and invites Black Brigade to help them! However, this is where the new team gets a lesson in meddling in the affairs of foreign countries! What should just be one battle turns into a double donnybrook! Shell-head, Century, and Spider-Woman vs. Black Brigade; and the Scarlet Witch and U.S. Agent vs. Ember! Will Force Works be able to extricate themselves from the Slorenian crisis? Or will they just sink further into the Baltic quagmire? Cameo appearances by Captain America and the Recorder. Second story: "Breakdown" Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tod Smith. Inks by Kevin Yates. A tour of the virtual training room almost turns deadly for Spider-Woman's daughter. (Notes: Ember and Black Brigade return in Force Works 11. The version of issue 5 with the $2.95 cover price has a pink FW logo.
This comic book is polybagged with the 16-page Action Hour preview or acetate print.)
32 pages. Cover price $2.95.
"Ignition" Part 1 of 2. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tom Tenney. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Tom Tenney and Rey Garcia.
Another global crisis pops up for Force Works! And this time the location is the Baltic nation of Slorenia! A bloody civil war is raging and FW is about to intervene! Does anyone on the team have experience with international diplomacy? Forget that! This is going to be gun-barrel diplomacy! However, Ember, the first super-powered Slorenian the team meets, knocks out FW in short order! And when the heroes wake up, it's time to fight the next super Slorenian…Black Brigade! Force Works' Baltic adventure is becoming a Baltic nightmare! First appearances of Ember and Black Brigade. Second story: "Familiarization" Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tod Smith. Inks by Kevin Yates. Plato and the Force Works support staff review the history of each team member.
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Deathblow" Part 3 of 3. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tom Tenney. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Tom Tenney and Rey Garcia.0Force Works has safely returned
to California following their harrowing adventure on Scatter world! But now Shell-head is concerned that the planet-devouring Scatter could somehow follow FW to Earth in a few days! Is that possible? Forebodingly yes! However with help from the chaos computer, the Scarlet Witch determines that the Scatter's invasion site will be in the lone star state! To meet the aliens' attack, Force Works flies to Houston for a Texas-sized tussle! And the gruesome Scatter do not disappoint! As the battle rages, Century realizes that the key to victory lies back on Scatter world! Part of FW must return there ASAP to halt the invasion from its launch point! So the witch, agent, and Century warp back to that desolate planet, while Iron Man and Spider-Woman hang on in Houston! Will Force Works' scatter-shot plan stop the Scatter?
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Aftermath" Part 2 of 3. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tom Tenney. Inks by Rey Garcia. Cover by Tom Tenney and Rey Garcia.
After their very first battle, Force Works is on the verge of collapse! At the end of last issue, the alien Scatter abducted the Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman, and the agent! And now Iron Man's only clue to their whereabouts is Century…another alien that appeared out of nowhere! With no other options available, Shell-head joins Century for a trans-dimensional teleport! On a ghastly world conquered by the ghoulish Scatter, the golden avenger finds his teammates under severe distress! The Scatter are ready to feed, but Force Works is ready to fight! FW will run the gauntlet to escape from Scatter world!
32 pages. Cover price $1.50.
"Day-Break" Part 1 of 3. Double-size issue. Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tom Tenney. Inks by Rey Garcia.
Foldout popup wraparound cover by Tom Tenney and Rey Garcia.
It's the debut of a new superhero team in the Marvel Universe! Force Works! And this new group sure looks a lot like Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but with a twist! Following the breakup of the West Coast Avengers, Tony Stark decides to form his own team in Southern California and recruits his former teammates to fill the ranks! However one infamous Avengers' legacy will haunt Force Works from the very beginning! As rogue Kree agents still seek vengeance on Wonder Man and the Vision (as a result of Operation Galactic Storm)! When the Scarlet Witch and Wonder Man bump into the Vision and Black Widow at their former west coast compound, the Kree terrorists attack en masse! And suddenly Force Works has its first action! The U.S. Agent and Shell-head lead the charge at Palos Verdes, while Wonder Man soars into the stratosphere to knock out the Kree's ion cannon! But something goes horribly wrong in outer space, and the new team cannot celebrate their victory in California. And even less so when the Scatter appear! Who are these bizarre aliens? Apparent death of Wonder Man. First appearance of Century.
48 pages. Cover price $3.95.
With Marvel Value Stamp.
Cover by Ed Hannigan and Joe Sinnott. Omega the Unknown, script by Mary Skrenes and Steve Gerber, art by Jim Mooney
Omega the Unknown, the last survivor of an alien world, battles a horde of steel assassins; a 12-year-old boy has a mysterious link with Omega. Marvel Value Stamp.
36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.
Secret Wars II crossover. "Heroes...and Other Strange Cats!"
Story by Jim Owsley. Art by Mark Bright and Jerry Acerno. Secret Wars II crossover.
Tragedy strikes Captain Hero as he learns that he is dying. Plus, the Beyonder decides that he wants to be a super-hero and who better to learn from than everybody's favorite Hero for Hire, Luke Cage. However, S.H.I.E.L.D. feels the Beyonder is too dangerous to live and fire missiles to destroy him. Unfortunately, Iron Fist is at Ground Zero.
32 pages. Cover price $0.65.
1 - 4
Cover pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith. "Cepheid Variable," script by Warren Ellis, pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith
The Starjammers set to a neutral colony as to escape Shi'ar military forces in the Starjammers attempts to relocate Kree captives of the Shi'ar and reflect on their past enslavement by the late D'Ken; Lilandra is also within her counsel to understand the current upheavals to her ruling empire and a new alien threat emerges from the cosmos.
Cover pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith. "Nova," script by Warren Ellis, pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith and Bob Wiacek
Corsair and the Starjammers devise a plan to stop the Uncreated; they create a projection of the Uncreated's god, causing them to commit mass suicide; Lilandra pardons the Starjammers and Corsair decides to retire.
NOTE: The gold foil background of nearly EVERY copy of this issue has areas that look spotted or poorly covered. This happened during the printing process and does not factor into the grade of the book.
36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Cover pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith. "Collapsar," script by Warren Ellis, pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith, Mike Christian, (assists), Art Nichols (assists), and Andrew Pepoy (assists)
Corsair and Hepzibah are reunited with the rest of the Starjammers, who then escape a fleet of enemy ships; The truth about the Uncreated is revealed.
36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
Foil enhanced cover. Cover pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith. "Cepheid Variable," script by Warren Ellis, pencils by Carlos Pacheco, inks by Cam Smith
The Starjammers set to a neutral colony as to escape Shi'ar military forces in the Starjammers attempts to relocate Kree captives of the Shi'ar and reflect on their past enslavement by the late D'Ken; Lilandra is also within her counsel to understand the current upheavals to her ruling empire and a new alien threat emerges from the cosmos.
36 pgs., full color. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.
"Killer Instinct" Part 2 of 2. Script by Tom Peyer. Cover by Tom Lyle and Robert Jones. Chapter 1 art by Rob Haynes (layouts), Casey Jones (pencils), and Jason Martin (inks). Chapter 2 "Under Burning Skies" art by Hector Collazo (pencils) and Harry Candelario (inks). Chapter 3 "A Rage of Lightning" art by Mark Bagley (pencils) and Jason Martin (inks). Chapter 4 "Hero's Return" art by Tom Lyle (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), and Hector Collazo (inks).
Arkon the Magnificent walks the Earth! And in a flash, Quicksilver and his New Men have a major crisis on their hands! Arkon just wants to find Thundra and return home! But renegade priests on Polemachus want to destroy the Earth with Arkon and Thundra on it! Once Pietro, Arkon, and the New Men realize what's happened, they teleport to Polemachus... for a day of reckoning with the perfidious priests!
36 pages. Cover price $1.99.
The Punisher guest stars! When the Mercy Corporation buys the Super Soldiers, Frank Castle surmises that it has a hidden agenda. Count on the Punisher to pump an answer out of somebody! This action-crammed issue also introduces Roid Rage.
Written by Lee Stevens. Art by Mike Ratera and Robin Riggs. Cover by Andrew Currie and Robin Riggs.
Cover price $1.75.
Savagery in the Savage Land! The X-Men make a cameo appearance in a story set in London a decade ago. Can Hauer survive the evil machinations of Hydra? Nick Fury's on hand to help him out.
Written by Lee Stevens. Art and cover by Andrew Currie and Robin Riggs.
Cover price $1.75.
Special origin issue! Nick Fury guest stars as Hauer gets his team of new Super Soldiers ready for their first mission. See what happens when Dragonfly wakes up and finds out it's not 1973 anymore.
Written by Lee Stevens. Art by Andrew Currie and Robin Riggs. Cover by Andrew Currie.
Cover price $1.75.
Captain America and U.S.Agent guest star! Get set for the ultimate battle between Hauer's Super Soldiers and the Welsh Squaddies. When a hero is killed, Super Soldiers concludes its first story and embarks on a riveting new one.
Written by Lee Stevens. Art by Andrew Currie and Robin Riggs. Cover by Andrew Currie and Cam Smith.
Cover price $1.75.
Introducing the 'Welsh Squaddies,' genetically enhanced soldiers who are pitted against Hauer and U.S.Agent in a clash that must be seen to be believed.
Written by Michael Bennent and Lee Stevens. Art by Andrew Currie and Robin Riggs. Cover by Andrew Currie and Rodney Ramos.
Cover price $1.75.
Trapped in the late Dr. Kahn's house with no way out, the S.A.S. closes in on Hauer and Wilde. And Avengers West Coast's U.S.Agent guest stars as the details of Hauer's final fatal mission are revealed.
Written by Michael Bennent and Lee Stevens. Art by Andrew Currie and Robin Riggs. Cover by Andrew Currie and Rodney Ramos.
Cover price $1.75.
The UK's own super soldier meets the U.S.Agent in this first issue extravaganza!
This series premiere packs hard hitting action, plus a silver embossed logo. Written by Michael Bennent and Lee Stevens. Art by Andrew Currie and Rodney Ramos. Cover by Andrew Currie and Cam Smith.
Cover price $2.50.
