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| SWINGING INTO DECEMBER 2008 | December 2008 |
| by Adam Rivett |
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Printed in order of publication
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #579
Written by MARK WAID
Pencils & Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
Villain Variant by TBA
We have excess of extra "M"s so: This month starts with a mountain of massively malevolent mayhem from the minds of Mark Waid (52, CAPTAIN AMERICA) and Marcos Martin (DR. STRANGE: THE OATH). With Spidey trapped underground, the Web-Head learns more about the surprising new cast-member who promises to cause trouble for him and his old pall JJJ.
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #3
Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS,TOM DEFALCO & MATT YOCUM
Penciled by TODD NAUCK,RAMON BACHS & MORE
Cover by PATRICK OLLIFFE
In our Untold Tales of Spider-Man, J.M. DeMatteis is back to take us through more of Peter Parker's struggle to become a hero. In "The Punch," Pete struggles to keep his powers in check around Flash Thompson - and discovers the negative examples a hero can set. Then, on a trip even further back in time, Matt Yocum takes us on an adventure of epic proportions with Pete's parents, Richard and Mary Parker - international parents of mystery! Over in Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man, during a late night hospital visit for baby May, Pete and MJ run into the Rhino - and discover even a super villain has a family. Finally in our Told Tales of Spider-Man, take a look back at the demise of Harry Osborn in Spectacular Spider-Man #200!
104 PGS./Rated A ...$4.99
SECRET INVASION #8 (of 8)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Cover by GABRIELE DELL'OTTO
Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Sketch Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
THIS IS IT!! The truly shocking conclusion to THE comic event hit of the year. And you are not prepared for what will happen in these pages. Heroes will rise, heroes will fall...and the Marvel Universe will, and we're not joking, NEVER be the same again!
40 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Rated T+ …$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #27
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Pencils by RON FRENZ & COLEEN COOVER
Cover by RON FRENZ
Villain Variant by TBA
As Kaine, Darkdevil and Normie Osborn attempt to rescue Peter Parker from the Goblin Cult, Arana sends Spider-Girl to destroy the Black Tarantula. But this May has her own agenda (as you can see). Also, Tom DeFalco and Colleen Coover (AGE OF THE SENTRY, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS) bring you the adventures of Mayday's little brother, Li'l Benjy, the Spectacular Spider-Baby!
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #580
Written by ROGER STERN
Pencils & Cover by LEE WEEKS
When a bizarre criminal endangers his Aunt May, Peter Parker is determined to bring him to justice. But who is this strange, faceless felon? How can Spider-Man stop a guy who can slip through his webbing? And, hey, what's Pete's pal Joe Robertson been up to? New York Times best selling author and veteran Spider-writer Roger Stern and artist Lee Weeks (SPIDER-MAN: DEATH & DESTINY, CAPTAIN MARVEL) join forces to tell the story we could only call "Fill in the Blank!" Honest!
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #46
Written by TODD DEZAGO
Penciled by ROBERTO CASTRO
Cover by FRANCIS TSAI
"Silent Nights"
Having finally found the perfect present for Aunt May for Christmas, Peter needs to make some money to pay for it! He hopes to sell some photos of Spidey in action to the Daily Bugle, but nothing is happening--everyone is in the Holiday spirit... everyone except Peter.
32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #5 (of 5)
Written by TERRY MOORE
Art by CRAIG ROUSSEAU
Cover by TERRY MOORE & CHRISTINA STRAIN
WHAT!? It's over already!? But we were just getting started! Mary Jane's dealing with drama galore, Liz is slowly being taken over by EVIL cheerleader influences, and Pete Parker keeps ducking out every time he sees a villain on TV... Well, join us here in December, for the last blast of AWESOME, featuring Spidey's best gal and her bestest buds!
32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99
ULTIMATUM #2 (of 5)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by DAVID FINCH
Variant Covers by ED McGUINNESS
The end is here! Or, is it a new beginning? Massive climatic disturbances are wreaking havoc with the planet " underwater volcanic eruptions, tidal waves crashing over whole cities and snowstorms burying entire countries"and even the assemblage of the Ultimate U’s mightiest is no match for this worldwide destruction! Featuring Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Ultimates, the Hulk and more, find out whose lives are at stake in this defining moment of truth for the Ultimate Universe. Brought to you by award-winning scribe Jeph Loeb and superstar artist David Finch, this is the must-have book that will set the stage in the Ultimate U for years to come. If you want to get in on the most astounding changes taking place in all of comics, this is the place to be. You have been told!
32 PGS. (each)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (each)
X-MEN/SPIDER-MAN #2 (of 4)
Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE
Pencils & Cover by MARIO ALBERTI
The stunningly illustrated mini-series continues! In "Last Hunts and Massacres", the black-costumed Spidey, still reeling from the events of "Kraven's Last Hunt", joins an X-Men team rocked by the Mutant Massacre to face the deadly menace of the Marauders! Wolverine vs. Sabretooth? Check! Storm with a Mohawk? Check! All-out action as only Italian sensation Mario Alberti can deliver? Feast your eyes, true believer!
32 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #581
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils by MIKE MCKONE
Cover by BARRY KITSON
Villain Variant by TBA
"Mind on Fire" Part 1 of 2
"The Trouble with Harry" (or "Harry Osborn and the Chamber of Secrets")
It would sure help HARRY OSBORN if he could remember the completely logical, non-magical, and totally plausible way he came back from the dead. A skill like that could be useful, now that his ex-brother-in-law, THE MOLTEN MAN, is out to kill him! Set your spider-sense to tingling as some of the most requested secrets from the time between ONE MORE DAY andBRAND NEW DAY are revealed. All this, and series regular, LIZ ALLEN returns to the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, but is she here to help her ex-husband, or to throw more fuel on the fire? And in answer to more requests than you would believe: Little Normie!
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES THE AVENGERS #31
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by DAVID HAHN
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Good Things Come to Those Who Bait! With the Avengers vacationing on the sunny California beaches, Tigra hopes to finally conquer her fear of water, but things go sour when Iron Man challenges Luke Cage to a deep sea fishing contest and the two of them, ahem, bend the rules a bit. Iron Man sends a sonar pulse to stir up the really big fish, unfortunately rousing not only a monster from the deep, but also one seriously angry Prince of Atlantis...Namor, the Sub-Mariner! Lucky the Avengers brought the Hulk along! It's the slugfest to end all slugfests, and it does nothing to help Tigra's fear of water!
32 PGS./All Ages ...$2.99
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #1 (of 4)
Written by DAVID HINE & FABRICE SAPOLSKY
Art by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Variant Cover by DENNIS CALERO
With great power, there must also come great responsibility -- and when those in power abuse it, it's the people's responsibility to remove them. The year is 1933, and New York City is not-so-secretly run by corrupt politicians, crooked cops, big businesses...and suave gangland bosses like New York's worst, the Goblin. But when a fateful spider-bite gives the young rabble-rouser Peter Parker the power to fight the mobster who killed his Uncle Ben, will even that be enough? It's a tangled web of Great Depression pulp, with familiar faces like you've never seen them before! By "Hardboiled" David Hine, Fabrice "The Spider" Sapolsky and Carmine "Carbine" Di Giandomenico!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
THUNDERBOLTS #127
Written by ANDY DIGGLE
Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by FRANCESCO "MATT" MATTINA
Villain Variant by TBA
It's Bullseye & Venom unleashed - and the T-Bolts will never be the same! All-out war erupts in Thunderbolts Mountain, as Songbird fights for her life against the team's most psychotic and bloodthirsty members -- and this time, they're taking no prisoners! Old scores are settled and long-standing enmities explode into violence as Norman Osborn clears the deck to make way for his all-new, all-different Thunderbolts! And it ain't over 'til the Songbird sings in part two of "Burning Down the House" by Andy Diggle (Losers) and Roberto De La Torre (Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
WHAT IF? NEWER FANTASTIC FOUR
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Pencils & Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER
The original Fantastic Four are dead, and a New Fantastic Four has taken their place! But what can the team of Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man and Wolverine do against a foe as powerful as Thanos---bearer of the Infinity Gauntlet? When it takes all the power of Iron Man's amazing new armor, all of Spider-Man's attitude, all the Hulk's brute strength, and all of Wolverine's underhanded tricks just to survive...what can the New Fantastic Four do to win? The answer lies within this cosmically power-packed issue! Featuring Part 2 of "What If the Runaways became the Young Avengers?"
48 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99
NEW AVENGERS #48
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by BILLY TAN
These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8.
Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8.
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY YEARBOOK
Written by MIKE FICHERA & MORE
The past year saw some major changes for everyone's favorite wall-crawler. For a recap of the 365 Brand New Days, grab yourself a copy of the Spider-Ma Yearbook -- featuring an illustrated, Saga-style synopsis of the thrice-monthly storytelling by the Spectacular Spider-Man Brain-Trust of Bob Gale, Marc Guggenheim, Joe Kelly, Dan Slott, Mark Waid and Zeb Wells! Get to know the new BND Spider-Cast intimately with Official Handbook profiles spotlighting "Best Dressed" Jackpot, "Most Likely to Succeed" Anti-Venom, "Worst Breath" Freak, "Class Clown" Screwball and more. Plus: a plethora of powerful pin-ups to warrant purchasing two-copies for postering your walls!
64 PGS./Handbook/Rated T+ ...$4.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #129
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Ultimatum is upon us!! Big changes are afoot and with them comes the much anticipated return of ULTIMATE SPIDER-WOMAN! But is she friend or foe?? Guest- starring the Human Torch and Kitty Pryde!
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
WHAT IF? SPIDER-MAN: BACK IN BLACK
Written by STEVEN GRANT & C.B. CEBULSKI
Penciled by GUS VASQUEZ & PATRICK SPAZIANTE
Cover by RON GARNEY & MARKO DJURDJEVIC
On a terrible day not long ago, a single bullet tore into Peter Parker's beloved Aunt May, triggering a cascade of helplessness, revenge and desperation that finally cost Peter the life he had always known and almost cost Spider-Man everything he had ever stood for. But what if the bullet had found a different target? If Spider-Man was willing to break all his rules for the woman who raised him, how far would he go for the woman he loves? "What If Mary Jane Had Been Shot Instead Of Aunt May?" Featuring Part 4 of a special five part back-up story, 'What if the Runaways Became the Young Avengers?' In this issue... Enter Kang!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
AVENGERS/INVADERS #7 (of 12)
Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS
Penciled by STEVE SADOWSKI
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Variant Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
Marvel's biggest self-contained story of the year continues! Featuring Earth's Mightiest Heroes and spanning the generations from 2008 to the war-torn days of World War II! Surrounded by a trio of enemies they thought long-vanquished, The Avengers are victims of one of the most powerful pieces of technology in the Marvel Universe. Meanwhile, the Invaders find themselves trapped in an alternate reality that promises to destroy its most powerful member as the countdown to Armageddon begins.
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
VENOM: DARK ORIGIN #5 (of 5)
Written by ZEB WELLS
Pencils & Cover by ANGEL MEDINA
There's no turning back now. The symbiote has finally and fully bonded with Eddie Brock's DNA, blackening his heart, tarring his soul. Now the man reborn as VENOM sets out for revenge! Discover the humanity behind the classic Amazing Spider-Man #300, as a twisted, corrupted human being crosses the final line, and Spider-Man and his monstrous new arch-enemy Venom meet face-to-face for the first time...in a battle that would rock comics for decades to come! By Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Angel Medina (SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99
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