Forget reading the Sunday funnies in your newspaper, here is the place for a whole bunch of sneak peeks for titles arriving this week directly from Marvel. In this batch MS. MARVEL 19, NEW EXCALIBUR 23, NEW WARRIORS 4, SHANNA THE SHE DEVIL: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 2, SHE-HULK 21, SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP/MODOK’S 11 3, UNCANNY X-MEN 490, WHITE TIGER 6, WOLVERINE 57.
MS. MARVEL #19
Written by BRIAN REED
Penciled by AARON LOPRESTI
Cover by GREG HORN
It’s Ms. Marvel vs. Tigra…cat fight! Why is the leader of the Mighty Avengers battling a host of female heroes? What craziness are new Initiative teammates Machine Man and Sleepwalker up to? And who is pulling all of their strings? Find out as writer Brian Reed (NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI) and artist Aaron Lopresti (PLANET HULK) continue their acclaimed and back-to-back-to-back sell-out run!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
NEW EXCALIBUR #23
Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by JEREMY HAUN
Cover by BILLY TAN
“BATTLE FOR ETERNITY”
Everything is at stake. The country. The world. The universe. The multi-verse. Captain Britain and the remains of New Excalibur are alone to stop Albion and his forces. But if this cover says anything about our heroes’ chances, all of reality is in big trouble.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
NEW WARRIORS #4
Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX
Pencils by PACO MEDINA
Cover by NIC KLEIN
THE INITIATIVE is in trouble and the New Warriors come to their rescue against the all-new ZODIAC! Back at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Tony Stark may be forced to take a harder stance on the New Warriors at the request of a high-ranking government official. Meanwhile, Detectives Sykes and Givens come ever closer to solving the mystery of Night Thrasher and the mastermind behind the New Warriors. And Sofia makes perhaps the biggest decision of her young life, but is it the right one?
32 PGS/Rated T+…$2.99
SHANNA THE SHE-DEVIL: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #2 (of 4)
Written by JIMMY PALMIOTTI & JUSTIN GRAY
Pencils & Cover by KHARI EVANS
The jungle action continues as Shanna the She-Devil squares off against gangsters, raptors and Neanderthal Nazi apes! But will Shanna be able to protect her new guests on the island–including Dirk and his pirate crew–or will the swashbucklers be raptor food?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
SHE-HULK #21
Written by DAN SLOTT
Penciled by RICK BURCHETT
Cover by GREG HORN
THE MOST IMPORTANT MARVEL COMIC YOU WILL READ ALL YEAR!
“ANOTHER ME, ANOTHER U”
Ever notice how in some Marvel comics, characters who are SUPPOSED to be dead show up with NO explanation whatsoever? Or in the wrong costume? Or acting in a way they NEVER have before? Well guess what, True Believer, there was a reason. And that reason is going to have She-Hulk and her friends working on some of their STRANGEST cases yet! Don’t miss it– ’cause this is the issue that fixes 90% of Marvel’s continuity problems– from NOW ON!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP/M.O.D.O.K.’S 11 #3 (of 5)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by FRANCIS PORTELA
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
M.O.D.O.K.’s team executes its heist, penetrating the impenetrable fortress of THE INFINICIDE. And it goes off without a hitch! Psych! Actually, no. Pretty much everything that could go wrong does. Another traitor is revealed in their ranks. One of the 11 is stripped of his powers. A heretofore unknown mystery villain shows up out of nowhere to rip off their score. And did we mention the wave upon wave of unstoppable killer androids? No? Well, there are waves of them.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #490
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
“EXTREMISTS”
Why are the Morlocks terrorizing innocent people? What is their endgame? That’s what Storm and the X-Men are trying to find out. All the while, Professor X and Nightcrawler are on the trail of Magneto! Part 4 (of 5)
FEATURING ENDANGERED SPECIES CHAPTER 10
Beast heads to mutant town with BISHOP! Looking for samples of mutant DNA, Beast turns to drug dealers selling MGH—mutant growth hormone. And he does NOT like what he finds!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
WHITE TIGER #6 (of 6)
Written by TAMORA PIERCE & TIMOTHY LIEBE
Penciled by PHIL BRIONES
Cover by DAVID MACK
Angela del Toro has learned that surviving death is just part of the nicks, cuts, and bruises that all heroes endure. Though in her case, she had the help of her mystical amulets and her dead uncle Hector, the former White Tiger. Finally recovered from nearly being put in the loss column, she goes on the hunt, starts putting the screws to Chaeyi, and vows to take down the organization once and for all. White Tiger and a few of her masked friends declare war on Cobra, Sano and his father, the Yakuza, and Chaeyi’s criminal syndicate. In a series of events that drips with violence, choice, and redemption, the fight becomes a true test of White Tiger’s will. Once the smoke clears and blood drips from her hands, there is only death with no real closure. Soon Angela realizes that there’s no solace in vengeance, only consequence. And yet with every brutal ending, a darker beginning rises….the future has much in store for the new White Tiger if she can stay alive!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
WOLVERINE #57
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by SCOTT KOLINS
Cover by ARTHUR SUYDAM
Marc Guggenheim returns to the title that launched his Marvel Comics career with an arc whose title says it all: “The Death of Logan.” Following up on plot threads left over from Marc’s blockbuster “Vendetta” arc, this new story promises to take Marvel’s feral mutant to the limit — and beyond! He’s aided and abetted by none other than Scott Kolins, using the groundbreaking new style he’s employed in the sold-out OMEGA FLIGHT series! ‘Nuff said!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
1 Comment
1) Mentallo’s not dead, it was a mental projection
2) Mentallo was on the Team so that he could get intimate with the other members and thus report to MODOK which was a secret traitor
3) MODOK will rewire the Adaptoid against his girlfriend
4) He will then turn her into MODAM, recognising her potential
5) The Big Wheel will be No. 11…
These are my less-than-backed-up deductions, Watson. It all seems so simple, hm?