Marvel In April 2009 – Part 3 : Ultimate & Others
20 janvier 2009
[ENGLISH] Marvel Comics tells us: Marvel’s new solicitation info and artwork for comics arriving in stores in April 2009 are here. Part 3: Ultimate, Marvel Knights, Max & Others (Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, The Stand, Anita Blake, Ender’s Game, Lords of Avalon…)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
The end of an era? The last issue of Ultimate Spider-Man? Peter Parker is Spider-Man no more? Is Spider-Man dead and gone in the events of Ultimatum? This final issue will leave you jaw-on-the-floor shocked at the turn of every page!
40 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS. HULK #4 & #5 (of 6)
Written by DAMON LINDELOF
Pencils & Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
A DOUBLE-DOSE OF SNIKTING & SMASHING!! The slugfest continues as a new heavy hitter comes a callin’, the ultra-sexy Ultimate She-Hulk!!! Who is this mysterious jade giantess and, more importantly, who’s she puttin’ the hurt on first??!! Damon Lindelof, the co-creator of the hit TV series LOST, and superstar artist Leinil Francis Yu (Secret Invasion) bring you the next two installments of this gut-wrenching, spine-tingling, head-splattering series!
32 PGS.(each)/Rated T+ …$2.99 (each)
THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARE #2 (of 5)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by Lee Bermejo
Variant Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Sketch Variant Cover by Lee Bermejo
The dead are still dead and the living are still finding their way through this horribly altered landscape of America. Thus, it’s a perfect time to—bring on the bad guys! Randall Flagg performs his first act of magic and begins his cross country journey in a souped-up Buick. And then, there’s the strangest addition to the cast yet…Donald Merwin Elbert, the Trashcan Man, a pyromaniac who suddenly has no one to curb his unhealthy obsession with blowing things up. All this plus Rita suggests to Larry Underwood that they should start making their way out of New York, perhaps via…the Lincoln Tunnel! And you know what that means.
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory …$3.99
©2009 Stephen King. All rights reserved. Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
This comic series is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King.
ANITA BLAKE: THE LAUGHING CORPSE – NECROMANCER #1 (of 5)
Written by LAURELL K. HAMILTON & JESSICA RUFFNER
Pencils & Cover by RON LIM
Wolverine vs. Anita Blake Variant Cover by RON LIM
The second chapter of best-selling author Laurell K. Hamilton’s thriller begins here!
Vampire hunter Anita Blake has crossed the paths of the worst St. Louis has to offer–and now they want her out of the picture for good. But Anita isn’t the type of person to go down without a fight…and she’s going to make sure it hurts something fierce. Find out why Comic Bulletin calls the ANITA BLAKE series “Sexy…with a wicked sense of humor.”
32 PGS./Mature …$3.99
ENDER’S GAME:
BATTLE SCHOOL #5 (of 5)
Creative Director
ORSON SCOTT CARD
Adapted by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Pencils & Cover by
PASQUAL FERRY
The first volume of New York Times bestseller Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi epic comes to its conclusion! Ender Wiggin has fought his way through countless battles, and risen in the ranks of Battle School… but as his eighth birthday passes, he’s losing another battle. Ender has slipped into despair, and the teachers of Battle School know that Ender will be lost to them forever unless they do something. But how do you convince one of the deadliest children in the universe he’s not a monster? It all leads to ENDER’S GAME: COMMAND SCHOOL.
32 PGS./Cardstock Cover/Parental Advisory $3.99
© 2008 Orson Scott Card. All rights reserved.
ENDER’S SHADOW:
BATTLE SCHOOL #4 (of 5)
Creative Director
ORSON SCOTT CARD
Written by MIKE CAREY
Penciled by SEBASTIAN
FIUMARA
Cover by TIMOTHY GREEN II
Bean has traded the streets of Rotterdam for an environment that seems even more challenging—Battle School! For the orphan named Bean, Battle School is a continuation of the war for survival that began on the streets of Rotterdam. But there’s another war he’s being trained to fight – against the alien race known as the Formics. And he now knows that the training includes some blatant lies about both the enemy and the campaign…
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
© 2008 Orson Scott Card. All rights reserved.
THE ODYSSEY #8 (of 8)
Written by ROY THOMAS
Pencils & Cover by
GREG TOCCHINI
The final chapter of one of the great works of literature. Odysseus and his son Telemachus triumph over the suitors wanting his wife’s hand in marriage. An overjoyed Penelope is finally convinced that this is her husband. But there is still one final act to play as the reunited couple is led by the god Hermes to the Land of the Dead to confront the spirit of Odysseus’ father, Laertes. It is a gut-wrenching conclusion to the epic journey of this great Greek hero. Don’t miss it.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
LORDS OF AVALON: KNIGHT
OF DARKNESS #6 (of 6)
Written by SHERRILYN KENYON
Adapted by ROBIN FURTH
Art & Cover by TOMMY OHTSUKA
THE THRILLING CONCLUSION TO #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR SHERRILYN KENYON’S EPIC TALE! Varian and Blaise are going up against Morgen’s entire army of Adoni, with the battle coming to a head at the Slaughter Bridge. It’s still unclear if the bridge’s protector, the spirit of Lord Sagremor, will fight for or against Varian and his friends. Meanwhile, Merewyn is under suspicion for having betrayed Varian, Blaise and the others to Morgen, when in reality, she has made a pact with Dame Fortune that has rendered her mute, unable to defend herself! Don’t miss the gripping finale of this tale of war, magic and romance!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
PRIDE & PREJUDICE #1 (of 5)
Written by Nancy Butler
Penciled by Hugo Petrus
Cover by SONNY LIEW
IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife…
Tailored from the adored Jane Austen classic, Marvel Comics is proud to present PRIDE AND PREJUDICE! Two-time Rita Award-Winner Nancy Butler and fan-favorite Hugo Petras faithfully adapt the whimsical tale of Lizzy Bennet and her loveable-if-eccentric family, as they navigate through tricky British social circles. Will Lizzy’s father manage to marry off her five daughters, despite his wife’s incessant nagging? And will Lizzy’s beautiful sister Jane marry the handsome, wealthy Mr. Bingley, or will his brooding friend Mr. Darcy stand between their happiness? « This project has been like a dream come true for me as a writer and as a former graphic designer—not only am I adapting a book I love, I am doing it in the one forum, comics, where words and pictures carry equal weight. » Nancy Butler, two-time RITA winner and multiple RT Reviewer’s Choice winner in Regency
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #5 (of 8)
Written by ERIC SHANOWER
Pencils & Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Dorothy and her friends set out to kill the Wicked Witch of the West. Nothing can stop them, it seems, as they cut a path of
carnage through the Witch’s armies of wolves, crows, bees and warriors. But when the Witch sacrifices her most powerful magic to summon the Winged Monkeys, the best Dorothy can hope for is slavery—while her friends face certain destruction!
The enchanted land of Oz has never been a more frightening place to be.
32 PGS./All Ages …$3.99
UNIVERSAL WAR ONE –
REVELATIONS #2 (of 3)
Written by DENIS BAJRAM
Penciled by DENIS BAJRAM
Cover by DENIS BAJRAM
Adapted by PAUL BENJAMIN
The Earth has been annihilated. Forever. Now the Purgatory Squadron knows who its enemies are, but can they defeat a foe willing to murder twenty billion people? The survivors of the Purgatory Squadron land in a world without hope. Welcome to the worst imaginable future. Welcome to the first universal war.
48 PGS./Mature …$5.99
YTHAQ – NO ESCAPE#1 (of 3)
Written by CHRISTOPHE
ARLESTON
Penciled by ADRIEN FLOCH
Cover by ADRIEN FLOCH
Exclusive US Variant by
ADRIEN FLOCH
Adapted by C.B. CEBULSKI
The international best selling series continues… Ythaq is a strange medieval planet where the marooned survivors of a spaceship crash are just trying to survive. The young lieutenant Granite and her friends attempt to join the main group of survivors, but they encounter strange characters that hide from them the mysteries of the planet Ythaq. Discover the truth behind Dhokas, Khengis and Hetzel, and the man with an enormous insect grafted in his back!
56 PGS./Mature …$5.99
THE DESTROYER #1 (of 5)
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Penciled by CORY WALKER
Cover by JASON PEARSON
“DESTROYER,” PART 1
For sixty years, Keen Marlowe has been a super hero, taking down bad guys, fighting the good fight. But it’s is about to come crashing to an end. See, Marlowe is dying — maybe today, maybe tomorrow, the only question is when. But Marlowe isn’t about to go quietly into the night. Before he goes, he intends to leave the world a safer place for his family. And if that means hunting down — and murdering — every super-villain he can, so be it. They don’t call him “Destroyer” for nothing.
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99
DEAD OF NIGHT
FEATURING WEREWOLF
BY NIGHT #4 (of 4)
Written by DUANE
SWIERCZYNSKI
Penciled by MICO SUAYAN
Cover by RAFAEL GRAMPÁ
This wolf has sniffed the trail all the way to the end! In a
sinister sub-basement, Jack Russell finds the answers behind his very existence as the blood-thirsty, carnivorous Werewolf By Night…and more! Don’t miss the brutal, bloody, gory final issue of this anything-goes MAX Werewolf, as Jack confronts the man responsible for Jack’s torment and the death of his wife…and fights some monsters, too!
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99
PUNISHER: FRANK
CASTLE MAX #69
Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
“SIX HOURS TO KILL, PART 4: MINUTE MEN”
Frank Castle finds himself face down in the Philadelphia gutter — with professional killers, crooked cops, and even the Mayor himself fixing to make sure he dies there. And that’s if the poison racing through Castle’s veins doesn’t kill him first. Can Castle stay conscious enough to save the life of an innocent man—and take out the criminal mastermind behind it all?
32 PGS./Explicit Content …$3.99
KABUKI REFLECTIONS #13
Written by DAVID MACK
Art by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
This square-bound art book acts as a tie-in to the DVD documentary on Mack’s work, THE ALCHEMY OF ART: DAVID MACK from Herovideoproductions.com. REFLECTIONS #13 includes details and commentary on never-before-seen art and stories — including Mack’s new children’s book THE SHY CREATURES, handmade books and paintings from the DVD. Also featuring step-by-step art techniques, loads of art and extras you’ve never seen before, figure drawings, new paintings, sketches, Mack’s complete story from Tori Amos’ new Comic Book Tattoo story, album cover art, large art, live art shows, original scripts, and more!
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99
OFFERED AGAIN: REFLECTIONS #5-11, KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY #1-9
(including Alex Maleev, Jae Lee, Kent Williams & Mike Allred covers) and THE ALCHEMY HC.
INCOGNITO #4
By Ed Brubaker (Captain America) and Sean Phillips (Marvel Zombies)
THE MOST TWISTED SUPER-VILLAIN TALE OF ALL TIME TAKES A SHARP RIGHT TURN… AS THE HEROES FINALLY ARRIVE!
Zack’s masked mayhem hasn’t gone unnoticed by the authorities or the bad guys he’s been in hiding from. Now, Zoey Zeppelin, granddaughter of the legendary Professor Zeppelin is here to find out just which side he’s on
— even if she has to kill him to be sure.
32 PGS./Mature Content/No Ads… $3.50