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Spider-Man & The New Warriors: The Hero Killers - Written by David Michelinie, Eric Fein, Tom Brevoort, Mike Kanterovich, Glenn Herdling, Alan Barnum & Fabian Nicieza! Art by Scott McDaniel, Aaron Lopresti, Scott Kolins, Vince Evans, Tod Smith, Brandon Peterson & Steve Buccellato with cover by Mark Bagley!

Spider-Man and the New Warriors delve into the mystery surrounding the disappearances of several super heroes - but their investigating leads them to more than they can handle when they witness the resurrection of the supremely powerful Sphinx!

Also included in this wondrous, web-filled volume are tales of the Black Cat, Cloak & Dagger and Venom!

Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #26; PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #12; WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 8 and NEW WARRIORS ANNUAL #2.

Rated T - 232 pgs./$24.99 - On Sale March 14th

Avengers vs. X-Men #1 - Written by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by John Romita, Jr. with cover by Jim Cheung.

It's No Longer Coming - It's Here!

Does The Return Of The Phoenix To Earth Signal The Rebirth Of The Mutant Species? That's What The X-Men Believe! Unfortunately, The Avengers Are Convinced That Its Coming Will Mean The End Of All Life On Earth!

The Stage Is Set For The Ultimate Marvel Showdown In This Oversized First Issue!

Rated T+ - 40 pgs./$3.99 - On Sale April 3rd

Avengers Assemble Vol. 3 TPB - Written by Kurt Busiek & Fabian Nicieza, art by George Perez, Stuart Immonen, Paul Ryan, Norm Breyfogle, Richard Howell & Mark Bagley with cover by George Perez

Earth's Mightiest Heroes vs. Marvel's Most Wanted and more!

The Crisis Of The Eighth Day pits the Avengers against the unstoppable force that is the Juggernaut, while Triathlon’s first day as an Avenger takes the team south of the border and back in time thousands of years!

And how does the mystery of Madame Masque match the curse of Count Nefaria? Guest-starring The Thunderbolts, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel and Patsy Walker, the newly resurrected Hellcat! Plus: Citizen V, the Crimson Cowl and Scourge!

Collecting Avengers (1998) #24 - 34, Annual 2000 and Thunderbolts #42 - 44!

Rated T - 408 pgs./$34.99 - On Sale May 16th

Background on Nova 619

Are you missing your fix of Nova action after the climatic events of The Thanos Imperative? If so...read on!

While we wait to see what happens next for Richard Rider and Peter Quill - trapped in the collapsing Cancerverse and the survivors zoom into Annihilators in March - take a ride through a wormhole to a different universe...which in some ways is very familiar - while in others not so subtly...

Nova 619 is a webcomic, heralded into shape by Darren Blackburn and ably supported by a cadre of Nova Cadets who are devoted Nova/Marvel Cosmic fans - most of whom hang out at the Nova Prime group at Deviant Art!

Set in the post-war cosmic landscape after the original ground breaking Annihilation, the webcomic charts a different path for Richard Rider, the last Nova Centurion, taking dangling concepts from Annihilation and weaving them into a new path for the Human Rocket to travel down, opening up new stories as well as exploring those "missing pieces" that flew out the Annihilation War.

Featured alongside Richard 619 will be some familiar faces: Peter Quill returning as Richard's right-hand man, Emperor Ronan, Gamora, and few favorites from the United Front, some ccharacters from the distant Marvel Cosmic past as well as new original characters, heroes and villains, planets and locations - all created by the 619 team.

And for those that know their Nova history, some returning characters from the halycon days of the 70's; as well as storylines down the way to try and flesh out Xandarian history including the things us Nova fans would still like to see when the real deal hopefully returns from the imploding Cancerverse!

The comic will initially be a monthly fix as "serialized episodes" - 6 pages per month as downloadable PDF files - and no cost! This is to help accommodate the time for the artists and creatives involved - as you'll gather its quite a lot of work to do a web comic!

I'd like to thank Doug for hosting the comic at Nova Prime. You can also catch Nova619 at Cosmic Book News! Additionally, if you'd like to get involved... just visit the group at Deviant Art c/o http://novaprime.deviantart.com/.

Hope you enjoy the ride! - Darren Blackburn

Clicking on an issue's cover links to the downloadable PDF.

Prologues

Sunset - Prologue 1
Contemplation - Prologue 2