Hear ye! Hear ye! The Hulk be smashing he way through Manhattan this week in World War Hulk #4. While we can’t bring you the blow by blow action, Marvel has graciously provided us with previews of their other titles arriving this week.
In this installment MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS 1, MARVEL ILLUSTRATED: TREASURE ISLAND 4, NEW X-MEN 42, PENANCE: RELENTLESS 1,SPIDER-MAN/RED SONJA 2, TERROR, INC. 2, WOLVERINE: ORIGINS 17, WORLD WAR HULK: FRONT LINE 4, WORLD WAR HULK: GAMMA CORPS 3.
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1
Written by Marc Guggenheim, STUART & KATHYRN IMMONEN,
STUART MOORE, RICH KOSLOWSKI
Penciled by STUART IMMONEN, CLAYTON HENRY & DAVE WILKINS
Wraparound Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Classic heroes! Top talent! All-new stories! Jump on board the landmark first issue of MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS! 4—count ‘em 4—brand new stories with a landmark wrap-around cover by J. Scott Campbell! Inside, you’ll find these incredible mysteries: Who is DAMIEN CROSS? Why will his murder shake the very foundations of the Marvel Universe? Why is SPIDER-MAN needed in outer space? Patsy Walker is HELLCAT. But then who’s the other HELLCAT? What is the SYSTEM? And what does it mean for the future of super heroes? Extra-sized first issue!
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
TREASURE ISLAND #4 (of 6)
Written by ROY THOMAS (BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON)
Penciled by MARIO GULLY
Cover by GREG HILDEBRANDT
While the mutineers are ashore on Treasure Island, young Jim Hawkins climbs aboard the near-deserted ship, the Hispaniola…but, there is one last mutineer who has stowed aboard the vessel and stalks Jim with a very long, very sharp knife.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
NEW X-MEN #42
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
Pencils & Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
“CHILDREN OF X-MEN”
Mutants are now an endangered species, and the New X-Men realize that they may well be the LAST X-Men! After the events of “Quest for Magik,” several of the kids have been changed forever, and the Astonishing X-Men are finally taking some time to get to know their students. But after everything the team has been through… who even wants to be an X-Man? New powers, new relationships, new team members, all on the road to the X-event of the decade! Part 1 (of 2)
FEATURING ENDANGERED SPECIES Chapter 12
Tired of dead ends with current mutants, Beast turns to the family that has sired the most mutants on Earth—the Guthries. The family that produced two X-MEN and may hold the key to save the mutant race.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
PENANCE: RELENTLESS #1 (of 5)
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Pencils and Cover by PAUL GULACY
From the pages of Civil War: Front Line and Thunderbolts! Once he was a hero, now only a shell of Robbie Baldwin remains. As Penance, he begins a slow descent into madness: the most hated man in America, blamed for the disaster at Stamford, tortured by visions of his failure and obsessed with strange, seemingly meaningless numbers. A relentless pursuit begins…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
SPIDER-MAN/RED SONJA #2 (of 5)
Written by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Penciled by MEL RUBI
Cover by MICHAEL TURNER
Look out, Spidey, the She-Devil with a Sword is out for your blood! Two legendary heroes come together at the command of the sinister sorcerer Kulan Gath–so you know it won’t be for tea and crumpets! Oh, and did we mention that Venom has entered the fray? No man can defeat Red Sonja in battle–but what about a symbiote? It’s more web-slinging and sword-swinging,
courtesy of Michael Avon Oeming (OMEGA FLIGHT) and Mel Rubi (Red Sonja)–plus another killer cover by Michael Turner!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
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TERROR, INC. #2 (of 5)
Written by DAVE LAPHAM
Penciled by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Cover by JELENA DJURDJEVIC
Mr. Terror is in over his head–lucky for him, he can rip it off with his bare hands and replace it with a tougher one! This is one private investigator/assassin who’s seen and done a lot in his 1,500+ years of life, but the mess he’s in now is new to him–someone’s made off with his left arm, the enchanted arm of his true love that houses both the curse that keeps him alive, and the soul that keeps him good. As he loses control of his darker impulses, it’s only a matter of time until he literally falls to pieces…but someone won’t even let him live that long! Now it’s a race against the rapidly decomposing clock to find the arm, the people who took it…and the people trying to kill him! Don’t miss this brutal, blood-soaked, high-stakes mystery by David Lapham (Stray Bullets) and Patrick Zircher (IRON MAN)!
32 PGS. CARD STOCK/Explicit Content …$3.99
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #17
Written by DANIEL WAY
Art by STEVE DILLON
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
“Our War,” Part 2 (of 5)
The greatest story never told continues! It’s 1942 and Logan has traveled to occupied France to take Cap up on his offer—problem is, Cap already has a partner. Needless to say, Bucky isn’t exactly thrilled to find out that he wasn’t Cap’s first choice. Who is this scruffy outlaw, anyway? And why is he here, now? What’s his stake in all this? All very good questions…
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
WORLD WAR HULK: FRONT LINE #3 (of 6)
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Penciled by RAMON BACHS, SHAWN MARTINBROUGH
& CHRIS MORENO
Cover by JOHN WATSON
Get your man-on-the-street view of WORLD WAR HULK! The Green Goliath has ordered the evacuation of New York City — so what story keeps reporters Ben Urich and Sally Floyd in the path of destruction? And can Costume Division detective Danny Granville solve a murder mystery involving not one, but two of Hulk’s Warbound? Plus: two more two-page humor features! The CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE team of writer Paul Jenkins and artist Ramon Bachs welcomes artist Shawn Martinbrough (Detective Comics) and Chris Moreno (Sidekick) to the eye of the storm!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
WORLD WAR HULK: GAMMA CORPS #3 (of 4)
Written by FRANK TIERI
Penciled by CARLOS FERREIRA
Cover by STEPHANE ROUX
This is it — the battle you’ve been waiting for! The Hulk VS The Gamma Corps! With an outcome so shocking, so earth shattering — it absolutely must be seen to be believed! Plus: There’s no one in the entirety of World War Hulk that has it in for ol’ Greenskin like General Ryker. Find out why as we take a trip through the shared history these two characters possess– including a surprising connection Ryker has to a key event in Hulk history! Don’t miss the issue that everyone will be talking about!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
2 Comments
Ooh boy. Spider-Man Corps.
Penance isn’t looking too shabby either. I can sense two things: that this is set before the Ellis-Bolt’s first arc, as the psychoanalyst hasn’t met him, and it may have something to do with Time Travel, judging byt he waitress’ monologue.
Marvel Comics Presents will be my first definate Marvel buy in a long time. I always loved the anthology format. Buying 1 title for a little more than normal, and getting 3 or 4 stories serialized over X# of issues makes more sense to me than buying 1 title for a little less and getting 1 story over X# of issues. THis little preview just sealed the deal for me. Thanks guys!