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AVENGERS UNDERCOVER #1

Avengers Undercover #1 courtesy Marvel
Avengers Undercover #1 courtesy Marvel

Avengers Undercover is the next phase of one of the wildest concepts from the Marvel Now. Young heroes were thrown into a Hunger Games style competition on a Murder Island by Arcade. Survivors will now infiltrate the Masters of Evil. Can these hardened young heroes convince the ultimate collection of villains that they’ve turned bad or will they seduced to the dark side.?

 

“We knew from the start that the Murder World story would end with issue #18 of Arena. Editor Bill Rosemann and I started throwing around ideas for a follow-up series around the time we finished our second arc. What we ended up with in Undercover is a brand new concept with a totally different tone and mission statement,” writer Dennis Hopeless told Marvel.com. Continue reading AVENGERS UNDERCOVER #1

COLOSSUS Returns in AMAZING X-MEN

Amazing X-Men #8 courtesy Marvel
Amazing X-Men #8 courtesy Marvel

After the Quest for Nightcrawler a new creative team will take over Amazing X-Men and bring a prodigal son home.

 

Chris Yost and Craig Kyle (New Mutants/New X-Men, X-Force) are writing the Children of the Atom again with Amazing X-Men #8.  Colossus is back!

 

After possession by Cyttorak in Fear Itself (in which Peter became Juggernaut) then the Phoenix Force in Avengers vs. X-Men, breaking up with Kitty Pryde Continue reading COLOSSUS Returns in AMAZING X-MEN

CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 Blasts Off

Captain Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel
Captain Marvel #1 courtesy Marvel

Captain Marvel #1 takes Carol Danvers even higher as the fan-favorite goes cosmic into the All-New Marvel Now. The Avenger’s outer space adventures mean new friends, enemies, a new home and potentially a new love.

 

Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick tells Carol Corps fans and potential new readers what to expect from Captain Marvel’s new mission.

 

“Everything about Carol wants to go up. Chin up, head up, heart up, up, up, up. And I thought, ‘What if we let her go?’” Continue reading CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 Blasts Off

UNITY #5 Brings Back Dr. Silk

UNITY #5 courtesy Valiant
UNITY #5 courtesy Valiant

Unity #5 introduces the Valiant Universe’s next A-level adversary in “Trapped by Webnet.”

 

The new, three-part story arc launching Ninjak’s most notorious arch-nemesis, Dr. Silk, and his high-tech terror network, WEBNET, into the Valiant Universe.Writer Matt Kindt (Justice League of America, Mind MGMT) and Valiant’s exclusive artist, CAFU  start a brand new arc with a classic enemy reborn. Continue reading UNITY #5 Brings Back Dr. Silk

SPIDER-WOMAN’S Secret Gift in SECRET AVENGERS

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courtesy Marvel

Jessica Drew gets back to her spy roots in the upcoming Secret Avengers by Ales Kot and Michael Walsh.

 

Spider-Woman made a huge comeback in the New Avengers era by Brian Michael Bendis.

 

The fan favorite Avenger with ties to Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. teams up with Black Widow, Hawkeye, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, Jr and M.O.D.O.K. as the covert squad of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Continue reading SPIDER-WOMAN’S Secret Gift in SECRET AVENGERS