History of the Marvel Universe - Written by Mike O'Sullivan, Patrick Duke, Kevin Garcia Jacob Rougemont & Roger Ott, pencils by Various with cover by Scot Eaton.
Celebrating 50 years of the Marvel era of comics!
In 1961, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby changed the face of comics forever - and Marvel's been doing the same ever since! This amazing overview covers the tumultuous history of the Marvel Universe, from the introduction of the Fantastic Four to FEAR ITSELF - and everything in between!
An incredible walk down memory lane for longtime fans or the perfect primer for the uninitiated! Filled with hundreds of images from the superstars of five decades!
Rated All Ages - 48 pgs./$3.99 - On Sale November 30th
Defenders: Tournament of Heroes #1 - Written by David Anthony Kraft, art by Sal Buscema & Don Perlin with cover by John Romita Jr.
Who wants to be a Defender for a Day?
When the gregarious Dollar Bill takes out an ad for new Defenders, heroes from all walks of life heed the call! The real Defenders are swamped - but they might just need all the extra muscle to defeat the hordes of villains that have come out of the woodwork!
Collecting Defenders (1972) #62 - 65!
Rated T+ - 72 pgs./$5.99 - On Sale January 18th
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
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An Interview With Nova's Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning! A Nova Prime Page Exclusive As the architects of the Marvel cosmic line, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have taken Nova to a level of popularity and success the character hasn't achieved for a number of years. The British dynamic duo known as DnA continue to produce one of the best comics published today with their Nova series and the future looks bright for the human rocket! Dan and Andy were very generous and took the time to answer some questions about the ongoing Riddle of the Sphinx storyline and the upcoming Thanos Imperative event. I'd like to thank them for their time and answers!
I love it when readers like you have much better ideas than we did! :) That is a great deduction, but we weren't going that way: we were simply linking the mystical and magical vibrations of many crystals in the Marvel Universe (though there's no reason the Forever Crystal shouldn't be one of them). As for the Many-Angled Ones, they have a much darker resonance. The Riddle of the Sphinx storyline featured a battle between Black Bolt and Basilisk. During that fight, there was an intriguing message on the broken Black Bolt statue which mentions Medusa's death during the Shadow War. Any hints about this war and when it might be appearing? Well, the Inhumans are going to feature in the Thanos Imperative, and during that vast and epic storyline, a great shadow will fall across the Marvel Universe, so... The solicitation for Nova #36 mentions that Nova, Darkhawk and Quasar return to Earth. Will they be on Earth for an extended number of issues or simply for this particular story arc and then return to space? What impact will all of this have on the Nova Corps? Things are moving pretty fast - our heroes will be back on Earth for one (helluva) issue before rocketing back out into space for the start of the Thanos Story, which is a mega one shot called Ignition.
The Thanos Imperative is our biggest story yet, and is the climax of most of the 'meta-story' we've been running through the back ground of all the cosmic books since we came on board. We're not tying up every loose end, but there's an awful lot of pay off about to happen, especially for all the storylines on Nova and Guardians. I hope cosmic fans will really get a kick out of the way some of the stories we've been brewing for three years finally detonate! Will we be seeing SuperNova and Malik Tarcel again in the near future? That's one of the loose ends we're NOT trying to play out in the Thanos Story. That's part of the future for Nova. |
