
{"id":2155,"date":"2008-01-22T18:02:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T17:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/marvel-in-april-2008-part-1-marvel-universe\/"},"modified":"2008-01-22T18:08:27","modified_gmt":"2008-01-22T17:08:27","slug":"marvel-in-april-2008-part-1-marvel-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/marvel-in-april-2008-part-1-marvel-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel in April 2008 (Part 1 &#8211; Marvel Universe)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/nova12.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"nova12.jpg\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/secretinv_1.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"secretinv_1.jpg\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ff556.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"ff556.jpg\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/clandes003.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"clandes003.jpg\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"bottom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/asm555.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"asm555.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Click here for a list of the comics published in april \u201808<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/asm555.jpg\" title=\"asm555.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/asm555.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"asm555.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #555<br \/>\nWritten by ZEB WELLS<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by CHRIS BACHALO<br \/>\nVariant Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI<br \/>\nMonth Four of Brand New Day is upon us and so is the worst blizzard in the history of New York City!\u00a0 It\u2019s colder than an outdoor\u00a0 hockey game in January out there and your favorite Wall-Crawler (aided by his Avengers buddy, Wolverine) must find his way through the cold to rescue a doctor who may know the real secret behind the deadly storm.<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/asm556.jpg\" title=\"asm556.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/asm556.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"asm556.jpg\" \/><\/a>AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #556\u2013557<br \/>\nWritten by ZEB WELLS<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by CHRIS BACHALO<br \/>\n\u201cSometimes It Snows In April\u201d (Come on it\u2019s a Prince reference from 20 years ago! The day of the massively unhip editor is upon us) continues with Spidey caught in the middle of two ancient threats that are conspiring to take him and the city itself down.<br \/>\nPlus, Carlie trapped at the Police Station with someone after her blood!<br \/>\n32 PGS (each)\/Rated A \u2026$2.99 (each)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/spifam8.jpg\" title=\"spifam8.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/spifam8.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"spifam8.jpg\" \/><\/a>SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #8<br \/>\nWritten by KEVIN GREVIOUX &amp; NATE PIEKOS<br \/>\nPenciled by RAY HEIGHT &amp; ZACH HOWARD<br \/>\nCover by DAVID WILLIAMS<br \/>\nSo, have you ever noticed that Peter Parker never really grows facial hair? That\u2019s just this side of weird, right? We felt sorry for the wall\u2013crawler, so we went and got him a special guest star, THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN!!!!!! Because I think we can all agree that Tony Stark\u2019s got the sweetest facial hair in all of Marvel Comics. Oh! And they fight a Nazi robot.<br \/>\nPLUS\u2026Spidey vs. Iceman!\u00a0 Spider-Man J! And a TON of classic Spidey stories!<br \/>\n104 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$4.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/smmagimhulk.jpg\" title=\"smmagimhulk.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/smmagimhulk.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"smmagimhulk.jpg\" \/><\/a>SPIDER-MAN (IRON MAN\/HULK) MAGAZINE<br \/>\nWritten by JEFF PARKER, FRED VAN LENTE &amp; PAUL BENJAMIN<br \/>\nPencils by MANUEL GARCIA, JAMES CORDEIRO &amp; DAVID NAKAYAMA<br \/>\nCover by CLAYTON HENRY<br \/>\nIt&rsquo;s Spider-Man&rsquo;s amazing adventures in the Wall-Crawler&rsquo;s very own magazine! Read more stories of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man and his spectacular friends Iron Man and the Hulk. See how brilliant scientist Bruce Banner was cursed to transform into the rampaging Hulk! Marvel as Iron Man takes on the Plantman in the ultimate Nature vs. Technology grudge match!\u00a0 Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #4, MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #3, MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #1 plus a brand-new Iron Man and Hulk tale and tons of extras that will knock your socks off!<br \/>\n96 PGS.\/All Ages&#8230;$6.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/aspig19.jpg\" title=\"aspig19.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/aspig19.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"aspig19.jpg\" \/><\/a>AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #19<br \/>\nWritten by TOM DEFALCO<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by RON FRENZ<br \/>\n\u201cThere Can Only Be One!\u201d (Part 1 of 1)<br \/>\nAt last\u2014the battle you never thought you\u2019d see\u2014Spider-Girl versus Ara\u00f1a! \u2018Nuff said!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/smwgp4.jpg\" title=\"smwgp4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/smwgp4.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"smwgp4.jpg\" \/><\/a>SPIDER-MAN: WITH GREAT POWER&#8230; #4 (of 5)<br \/>\nWritten by DAVE LAPHAM<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by TONY HARRIS<br \/>\n\u201cIn the days that follow, the Spider-Man becomes the sensation of the nation!\u201d That was how Stan \u201cThe Man\u201d Lee described the brief, but tumultuous, period of upheaval Peter Parker went through after the fateful spider bite that gave him great power in AMAZING FANTASY #15\u2026but that wasn\u2019t even the half of it! As this never-before-seen chapter of Spidey\u2019s life unfolds, witness the trials and tribulations of young Peter confronting fame, money and everything he ever dreamed of! With a healthy dose of that ol\u2019 Parker luck, of course\u2026<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Cardstock Cover\/Rated A \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/anncon006.jpg\" title=\"anncon006.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/anncon006.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"anncon006.jpg\" \/><\/a>ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST #6 (of 6)<br \/>\nWritten by DAN ABNETT &amp; ANDY LANNING<br \/>\nPenciled by TOM RANEY &amp; WELLINTON ALVES<br \/>\nCover by ALEKSI BRICLOT<br \/>\nThis is it: Marvel\u2019s rag-tag group of sci-fi heroes vs. Ultron \u2013 in a double-sized finale! The surviving warriors face-off on the battlefield, with the fate of the entire Kree Empire \u2013 and perhaps the Earth itself \u2013 at stake! Who will fall? Who will rise to become a legend? It\u2019s an extra helping of adventure, humor, drama and eye-candy that IGN.com calls \u201cone of the best event books of the year.\u201d<br \/>\n48 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p>AVENGERS FAIRY TALES #2 (of 4)<br \/>\nWritten by C.B. CEBULSKI<br \/>\nPencils by NUNO PLATI<br \/>\nCover by CLAIRE WENDLING<br \/>\nThe Avengers continue to assemble in Marvel Fairy Tales as we focus on the story of a robot who wants nothing more than to be a real boy! Brought to life by the kindly inventor Hank Pym, the Vision is ostracized by other boys his age. When the Scarlet Fairy reveals she can grant his wish to become an actual human boy, The Vision is sent on an extraordinary adventure of self-discovery where he meets an amazing cast of alternate Avengers!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/All Ages \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/avncla11.jpg\" title=\"avncla11.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/avncla11.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"avncla11.jpg\" \/><\/a>AVENGERS CLASSIC #11<br \/>\nWritten by TOM BELAND<br \/>\nPenciled by JUAN DOE<br \/>\nCover by ART ADAMS<br \/>\nThe mighty Avengers meet Spider-Man! And the only blurb we can write is \u201cWOWEE!\u201d Also re-introducing the mysterious KANG! Yes, it\u2019s another classic spectacular story by Stan Lee with incomparable illustrations by Don Heck\u2026plus an all-new masterpiece from the peerless minds of Tom Beland and Juan Doe!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/civwarcron010.jpg\" title=\"civwarcron010.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/civwarcron010.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"civwarcron010.jpg\" \/><\/a>CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #10<br \/>\nWritten by MARK MILLAR &amp;<br \/>\nPAUL JENKINS<br \/>\nPenciled by STEVE MCNIVEN, ROMAN BACHS &amp; STEVE LIEBER<br \/>\nCover by MICHAEL TURNER<br \/>\nExperience CIVIL WAR and its major tie-ins in chronological order! In CIVIL WAR #7, witness the startling battle that will determine the future of the Marvel Universe! And in CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE #10, the betrayer among the Marvel heroes stands revealed, as war with Atlantis seems inevitable! And Speedball comes face-to-face with his accuser! Collecting CIVIL WAR #7 and CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE (EMBEDDED\/ACCUSED) #10.<br \/>\n72 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$4.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/blap036.jpg\" title=\"blap036.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/blap036.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"blap036.jpg\" \/><\/a>BLACK PANTHER #36<br \/>\nWritten by REGINALD HUDLIN<br \/>\nPenciled by FRANCIS PORTELA<br \/>\nCover by ALAN DAVIS<br \/>\nBACK TO AFRICA, PART 2<br \/>\nBack in Wakanda, the Royal Couple\u2019s troubles continue, as one of T\u2019Challa\u2019s greatest foes makes his power move.<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/avninit012.jpg\" title=\"avninit012.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/avninit012.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"avninit012.jpg\" \/><\/a>AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #12<br \/>\nWritten by DAN SLOTT &amp; CHRISTOS GAGE<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by STEVE UY<br \/>\n\u00ab\u00a0CHANGING OF THE GUARD\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>\nDaddy&rsquo;s home.\u00a0 IRON MAN comes to Camp Hammond, and he&rsquo;s NOT happy.<br \/>\nThe first year of the Initiative comes to a dramatic close as members are laid to rest, drummed out, declared AWOL, or&#8230;awarded their full Hero&rsquo;s License.\u00a0 See who graduates and find out what super-teams they&rsquo;ll be assigned to as the NEXT era of the Initiative begins!\u00a0 Plus: as a new 3-D MAN appears, the base is suddenly short one Skrull&#8230;but not how you&rsquo;d think&#8230;<br \/>\nAlso guest-starring MS. MARVEL!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/capa037.jpg\" title=\"capa037.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/capa037.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"capa037.jpg\" \/><\/a>CAPTAIN AMERICA #37<br \/>\nWritten by ED BRUBAKER<br \/>\nPencils by STEVE EPTING &amp; JACKSON Guice<br \/>\nCover by JACKSON GUICE<br \/>\nACT THREE OF \u00ab\u00a0THE EPIC THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA\u00a0\u00bb STORY BEGINS!<br \/>\nWith a new Cap now established, things go from bad to worse as the Red Skull makes an unexpected move for the very soul of America! And what was it that Sharon Carter saw at the end of the last issue? Act Three &#8211; The Man Who Bought America &#8211; begins here! By the most popular Cap team in years &#8211; Brubaker and Epting!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/clandes003.jpg\" title=\"clandes003.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/clandes003.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"clandes003.jpg\" \/><\/a>CLANDESTINE #3 (of 5)<br \/>\nWritten by ALAN DAVIS<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by ALAN DAVIS<br \/>\nGuest-starring the time-lost Excalibur! Anybody who loved Alan Davis\u2019s classic run on that series in the \u201890s will want to jump on board, because the Cross-Time Express is making its way through the dimension Newton Destine calls home, and it\u2019s bringing with it a trainload of trouble along with it!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ddblood.jpg\" title=\"ddblood.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ddblood.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"ddblood.jpg\" \/><\/a>DAREDEVIL: BLOOD OF THE TARANTULA<br \/>\nWritten by ED BRUBAKER &amp; ANDE PARKS<br \/>\nPenciled by CHRIS SAMNEE<br \/>\nCover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC<br \/>\n\u201cBlood of the Tarantula\u201d<br \/>\nCarlos LaMuerto, a.k.a. Black Tarantula, is finally doing something good with his life.\u00a0Well, at least it ain\u2019t all bad.\u00a0Lying low after getting out of prison and wiping out an entire gang, Carlos has become a low-key Robin Hood &#8212; cleaning up the neighborhood he used to run as a gang lord.\u00a0But he\u2019s about to discover that leaving his past behind isn\u2019t as simple as a change of attitude\u2026as ghosts from his former life haunt him, Carlos turns to his friend\/adversary, Matt Murdock.\u00a0Now Black Tarantula and Daredevil must work together to save the streets of Hell\u2019s Kitchen from a powerful new gang from Carlos\u2019 homeland.<br \/>\n48 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ff556.jpg\" title=\"ff556.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ff556.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"ff556.jpg\" \/><\/a>FANTASTIC FOUR #556<br \/>\nWritten by MARK MILLAR<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by BRYAN HITCH<br \/>\nThat\u2019s the problem with Utopias\u2014they\u2019re all-too-often built on a foundation of human tears. When an organism designed to abolish war is set into motion, and it decides that the only way to accomplish its objective is to eliminate anyone who could possibly pick up a weapon, there\u2019s only one foursome to turn to if humanity is going to survive!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hulk004.jpg\" title=\"hulk004.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hulk004.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"hulk004.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hulk004_50.jpg\" title=\"hulk004_50.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hulk004_50.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"hulk004_50.jpg\" \/><\/a>HULK #4<br \/>\nWritten by JEPH LOEB<br \/>\nPencils &amp; 50\/50 Covers by ED MCGUINNESS<br \/>\nThis is it.\u00a0 The one you&rsquo;ve been SMASHING for. The Green Hulk RETURNS!\u00a0 It&rsquo;s Green Hulk Vs. Red Hulk &#8211;but the real loser is the Planet Earth.\u00a0 There have been knock-down-dragger-outters in the Marvel Universe &#8212; but nothing like this!\u00a0 Plus, who gave the Watcher such good seats???\u00a0 If you read ONE comic book this month, it&rsquo;s gotta be HULK &#8212; or SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ifist014.jpg\" title=\"ifist014.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/ifist014.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"ifist014.jpg\" \/><\/a>IMMORTAL IRON FIST #14<br \/>\nWritten by MATT FRACTION<br \/>\n&amp; ED BRUBAKER<br \/>\nPenciled by DAVID AJA<br \/>\nCover by KAARE ANDREWS<br \/>\nThis is it, kids&#8211;the skull\u2013busting, chest\u2013punching, punch\u2013kicking conclusion to THE SEVEN CAPITAL CITIES OF HEAVEN. Seven practitioners of super kung fu, champing at the bit to bloody each other to a pulp. A rogue Hydra cell, intent on destroying K&rsquo;un-Lun from Earth, loads its terror train full of explosives and prepares to fire it through a warp in space-time. A schism in the leadership of K&rsquo;un-Lun threatens to tear the city in two. The original Heroes for Hire, outgunned, outmanned, and out of time somewhere in Tibet. And Davos, the arch-rival of Iron Fist, intent on exploiting all this chaos, wants to assassinate Danny Rand once and for all. When was the last time a comic melted your face off? When was the last time you read<br \/>\nTHE IMMORTAL IRON FIST?<br \/>\n48 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/grider022.jpg\" title=\"grider022.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/grider022.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"grider022.jpg\" \/><\/a>GHOST RIDER #22<br \/>\nWritten by JASON AARON<br \/>\nArt by ROLAND BOSCHI<br \/>\nCover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC<br \/>\nHELL TO PAY Part 3 of 4<br \/>\nDo you like gigantic running battles involving man-eating ghosts, machine\u2013gun nurses and motorcyclists with flaming noggins? If so, then boy, have we got the book for you.\u00a0 It&rsquo;s Ghost Rider versus a haunted stretch of roadway in what we just had to call \u00ab\u00a0Deathrace on Ghost Cannibal Highway.\u00a0\u00bb And did we mention that ol&rsquo; flamehead is swinging a scythe this time around? Good luck, ghost cannibals.<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Parental Advisory \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/herc116.jpg\" title=\"herc116.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/herc116.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"herc116.jpg\" \/><\/a>INCREDIBLE HERCULES #116<br \/>\nWritten by GREG PAK &amp; FRED VAN LENTE<br \/>\nPenciled by RAFA SANDOVAL<br \/>\nCover by JOHN ROMITA JR., KLAUS JANSON &amp; DEAN WHITE<br \/>\nIs Hercules a Skrull? Maybe. But is he an Eternal? Ikaris and Thena certainly think so, and they may just kill Herc to prove it!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hulkvsherc.jpg\" title=\"hulkvsherc.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/hulkvsherc.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"hulkvsherc.jpg\" \/><\/a>HULK VS. HERCULES: WHEN TITANS CLASH<br \/>\nWritten by GREG PAK &amp; FRED VAN LENTE<br \/>\nArt by LEONARD KIRK<br \/>\nCover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC<br \/>\n\u201c32 PAGES!? BAH! HULK NEED BIGGER BOOK! HULK SMASH PUNY BEARD SKIRT MAN!\u201d<br \/>\nCalm down, big fella. You\u2019re going to need your strength when you go up against the Lion of Olympus, the INCREDIBLE HERCULES!<br \/>\nWe\u2019re bringing you a BRAND NEW story with THE most SMASHING, CRASHING, BASHING, MASHING and LASHING you\u2019ve EVER witnessed, and THEN we\u2019re giving you some of the greatest HULK and HERC stories from yesteryear!<br \/>\nBRING ON THE FIGHT!<br \/>\n64 PGS.\/Parental Advisory \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/im028.jpg\" title=\"im028.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/im028.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"im028.jpg\" \/><\/a>IRON MAN #28<br \/>\nWritten by DANIEL KNAUF &amp; CHARLES KNAUF<br \/>\nPenciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE<br \/>\nCover by GERALD PAREL<br \/>\nTony Stark is losing his mind and his freedom.\u00a0 Maya Hansen is becoming a pawn in the Mandarin\u2019s genocidal game.\u00a0 And the leaders of S.H.I.E.L.D. are under house arrest, unable to take any action.\u00a0 With the international community about to decide their fate, Iron Man and his allies are in deep\u2026so deep, we\u2019ll need a double-sized issue to reveal what happens next!<br \/>\n48 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/imposter_book.jpg\" title=\"imposter_book.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/imposter_book.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"imposter_book.jpg\" \/><\/a>IRON MAN POSTER BOOK<br \/>\nCover by ADI GRANOV<br \/>\nThirty-six powerful posters featuring Marvel\u2019s newest movie star, the Invincible Iron Man!<br \/>\n72 PGS.\/No Rating \u2026$6.99<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/imdoom001.jpg\" title=\"imdoom001.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/imdoom001.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"imdoom001.jpg\" \/><\/a>IRON MAN: LEGACY OF DOOM #1 (of 4)<br \/>\nWritten by DAVID MICHELINIE<br \/>\nArt &amp; Cover by RON LIM &amp; bob layton<br \/>\n\u00ab\u00a0A Knight in Hell\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0 Dr. Doom returns to menace Iron Man in the chilling and long-awaited conclusion of The Camelot Trilogy! Mephisto has apparently found a way to bring about The End Of Days and Tony Stark and Victor Von Doom must form an uneasy alliance to try and stop him. But all may not be as it seems. And it takes a journey to Hell itself before the shocking truth is revealed! Iron Man legends David Michelinie and Bob Layton are joined by penciler supreme Ron Lim to bring you the first part of an epic literally decades in the making!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/maspot_im.jpg\" title=\"maspot_im.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/maspot_im.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"maspot_im.jpg\" \/><\/a>MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: IRON MAN MOVIE<br \/>\nWritten by JOHN RHETT THOMAS<br \/>\nMarvel&rsquo;s Armored Avenger takes his turn in the klieg light glare of Hollywood, in a film extravaganza that has every indication of being a massive hit! Bringing the life and times of Tony Stark to the silver screen is a cast and crew that is as A-list as A-list gets: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges \u2013 Academy Award winners or nominees all led by director Jon Favreau (Swingers, Daredevil). Besides insider access to the movie that will also include chats with the technical crew, this special issue of SPOTLIGHT catches readers up on Iron Man in the comics, too! We revisit Iron Man&rsquo;s earliest tales, all the way to his origins, and check in with living Iron Man le gends Bob Layton and David Michelinie for more on their favorite super hero! Plus a bevy of other current and past creators! It&rsquo;s 48 pages of love for Ol&rsquo; Shellhead, and required reading before you buy your Iron Man movie ticket!<br \/>\n48 PGS.\/Rated T+\u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mcp008.jpg\" title=\"mcp008.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mcp008.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"mcp008.jpg\" \/><\/a>MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #8<br \/>\nWritten by MARC GUGGENHEIM, IVAN BRANDON, ANDY SCHMIDT<br \/>\n&amp; RICH KOSLOWSKI<br \/>\nPenciled by FRANCIS TSAI, NIKO HENRICHON, MARCO TURINI<br \/>\n&amp; ANDREA DIVITO<br \/>\nCover by BRANDON PETERSON<br \/>\nAaron Stack has been drinking again\u2026drinking to keep the ghosts of his past at bay. It wouldn\u2019t be a problem if he was just a man\u2014but he\u2019s MACHINE MAN, and his past has a way of coming alive! Join 24\/7 creator Ivan Brandon and Pride of Baghdad artist Niko Henrichon for the debut of an all-new 5-part Machine Man tale! Plus: CYCLOPS &amp; WOLVERINE go hunting, WEAPON OMEGA battles U.S. Agent, and VANGUARD reveals the truth about the murder of John Doe.<br \/>\n40 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/secretinv_1.jpg\" title=\"secretinv_1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/secretinv_1.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"secretinv_1.jpg\" \/><\/a>SECRET INVASION #1 (of 8)<br \/>\nWritten by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS<br \/>\nPenciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU<br \/>\nCover by GABRIELE DELL\u2019OTTO<br \/>\nVariant cover by STEVE MCNIVEN<br \/>\nSECRET INVASION IS HERE!! Years in the making, months in the teasing&#8230;and it all STARTS HERE!!<br \/>\nThe shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal&#8230;full-scale invasion!\u00a0 In this DOUBLE-SIZED first issue, page after page unveils reveal after reveal and shocking moment after shocking moment! Brian Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu leap off the pages of mega-hit New Avengers and deliver a story that will change the Marvel Universe forever.<br \/>\nTHE MARVEL UNIVERSE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!<br \/>\n48 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$3.99<br \/>\nBlank Cover CONVENTION Variant also available!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mightavn012.jpg\" title=\"mightavn012.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mightavn012.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"mightavn012.jpg\" \/><\/a>MIGHTY AVENGERS #12<br \/>\nWritten by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS<br \/>\nPenciled by ALEX MALEEV<br \/>\nCover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC<br \/>\nSECRET INVASION TIE-IN!<br \/>\nThe Eisner-award-winning team of Brian Bendis and Alex Maleev (NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI, HALO: UPRISING) reunite to answer the question that has been on every comic fan&rsquo;s mind for years&#8230;WHERE THE HELL HAS NICK FURY BEEN?? Rewinding the clock to Fury&rsquo;s time in SECRET WAR, follow Fury as he puts together the pieces of his life and starts finding clues to a Secret Invasion that makes him TARGET NUMBER ONE.\u00a0 A major Skrull reveal happens in these pages!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/newavn40.jpg\" title=\"newavn40.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/newavn40.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"newavn40.jpg\" \/><\/a>NEW AVENGERS #40<br \/>\nWritten by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS<br \/>\nPenciled by JIM CHEUNG<br \/>\nCover by ALEKSI BRICLOT<br \/>\nSECRET INVASION TIE-IN!<br \/>\nVery special guest artist Jimmy Cheung returns to the pages of New Avengers for this very important tie-in issue. Spinning right off of events in NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1, find out exactly how the Skrull empire was able to infiltrate the Marvel Universe and who instigated the invasion and why.<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/msmarvel026.jpg\" title=\"msmarvel026.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/msmarvel026.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"msmarvel026.jpg\" \/><\/a>MS. MARVEL #26<br \/>\nWritten by Brian Reed<br \/>\nPenciled by Adriana Melo<br \/>\nCover by GREG HORN<br \/>\nOut\u2013gunned and on the run!\u00a0 With S.H.I.E.L.D. convinced she\u2019s a Skrull impostor, Ms. Marvel must fight for her identity and her life against her very own Lightning Strike Force!\u00a0 But when the Strike Force has a Ms. Marvel of their own, even Carol can\u2019t be sure she\u2019s Carol anymore!\u00a0 SECRET INVASION: The Infiltration continues here from Brian Reed (Captain Marvel)\u00a0and Adriana Melo (Witchblade).<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/giantaveninv.jpg\" title=\"giantaveninv.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/giantaveninv.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"giantaveninv.jpg\" \/><\/a>GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS\/INVADERS #1<br \/>\nWritten by ROY THOMAS<br \/>\nPenciled by SAL BUSCEMA, FRANK ROBBINS, ALEX SCHOMBURG, DON RICO, LEE ELIAS &amp; LEE WEEKS<br \/>\nCover by SAL BUSCEMA<br \/>\nWhet your appetite for Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Steve Sadowski\u2019s 12-part AVENGERS\/INVADERS maxi-series with these classic tales! Witness the Invaders\u2019 first appearance in AVENGERS #71 (1969), as Earth\u2019s Mightiest Heroes encounter the wartime Captain America, Human Torch and Sub-Mariner \u2013 and experience the story from the Invaders\u2019 point of view in INVADERS ANNUAL #1 (1977). Finally, the Invaders thwart a Nazi assassination attempt on President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in GIANT-SIZE INVADERS #2 (2005). Also featuring in-depth dossiers on both teams and AVENGERS\/INVADERS preview pages!<br \/>\n96 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mknight017.jpg\" title=\"mknight017.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/mknight017.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"mknight017.jpg\" \/><\/a>MOON KNIGHT #17<br \/>\nWritten by MIKE BENSON (WITH CHARLIE HUSTON)<br \/>\nArt by MARK TEXEIRA (With Layouts by JAVIER SALTARES)<br \/>\nCover by ARTHUR SUYDAM<br \/>\n\u201cGOD AND COUNTRY,\u201d PART 4<br \/>\nIn the age of the Superhuman Registration Act, the only good hero is one that plays by the book &#8212; which the card-carrying Moon Knight most assuredly does not.\u00a0 Indeed, with Moon Knight fast becoming the poster child for recklessness and brutality, the question of the day is just how he got a Registration Card in the first place!\u00a0 As Tony Stark&rsquo;s investigation unearths the ugly truth, Marc Spector braces himself for the consequences, unaware that an equally grave threat is preparing to strike.\u00a0 Carson Knowles &#8212; a.k.a. the Black Spectre &#8212; is back and he wants payback.<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Parental Advisory \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/newwarv2_11.jpg\" title=\"newwarv2_11.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/newwarv2_11.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"newwarv2_11.jpg\" \/><\/a>NEW WARRIORS #11<br \/>\nWritten by KEVIN GREVIOUX<br \/>\nPenciled by PACO MEDINA<br \/>\nCover by NIC KLEIN<br \/>\nWould you trust a man who puts you in harm\u2019s way? Someone who throws you into the path of a maniac for what he claims is the greater good? The New Warriors are becoming increasingly suspicious of their leader. When Night Thrasher pits the team against a super-villain who\u2019s out of their league, the Warriors are left to wonder: What could possibly be worth their lives?<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/omeg7.jpg\" title=\"omeg7.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/omeg7.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"omeg7.jpg\" \/><\/a>OMEGA: THE UNKNOWN #7 (of 10)<br \/>\nWritten by JONATHAN LETHEM &amp; KARL RUSNAK<br \/>\nArt by FAREL DALRYMPLE, PAUL HORNSCHEMEIER &amp; GARY PANTER<br \/>\nCover by GARY PANTER<br \/>\nYou know a super hero&rsquo;s in trouble when he resorts to drawing a comic book to try to solve his problems! Omega The Unknown #7, on top of the usual stellar array of talent, features special guest-star creator Gary Panter, known for his work on a legendary children&rsquo;s show, Frank Zappa&rsquo;s album covers, and RAW Magazine &#8212; but he&rsquo;s never been between Marvel&rsquo;s covers before. Tune in!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/nova12.jpg\" title=\"nova12.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/nova12.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"nova12.jpg\" \/><\/a>NOVA #12<br \/>\nWritten by ANDY LANNING &amp; DAN ABNETT<br \/>\nPenciled by PAUL PELLETIER<br \/>\nCover by ALEX MALEEV<br \/>\nThe New Mutant Warlock returns in an issue that propels Nova back into ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST! Still threatened by his deadly Phalanx virus, Richard Rider finally reaches Kvch, the never-before-seen Technarchy homeworld. But are the \u201cparents\u201d of the Phalanx still there \u2013 and can Nova even reach them? And are you ready for the comeback of the former New Mutant know as Warlock? Join writers Dan Abnett &amp; Andy Lanning and new ongoing penciler Paul Pelletier (FANTASTIC FOUR) for another chapter of the saga that has Wizard saying \u201cIf you\u2019re a fan of out-there sci-fi with a superhero twinge, you should strap yourself in for a ride with the Human Rocket\u2019s series.\u201d<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/pwrpday2.jpg\" title=\"pwrpday2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/pwrpday2.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"pwrpday2.jpg\" \/><\/a>POWER PACK:<br \/>\nDAY ONE #2 (of 4)<br \/>\nWritten by FRED VAN LENTE<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by GURIHIRU<br \/>\nThe dying Kymellian sorcerer Aelfyre Whitemane has given his powers to the four Power children so they can rescue their parents and save their world. But unless Alex, Julie, Katie and Jack master their new abilities quickly, they&rsquo;re not going to be able to find Mom and Dad on the Snark Nestship, much less escape with them alive!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated A \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/shehulk28.jpg\" title=\"shehulk28.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/shehulk28.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"shehulk28.jpg\" \/><\/a>SHE-HULK #28<br \/>\nWritten by Peter David<br \/>\nPenciled by\u00a0REILLY BROWN<br \/>\nCover by Mike Deodato<br \/>\n\u201cHere Today\u201d<br \/>\nTracking down the mysterious bomber who attacked her in New York City, She-Hulk finds herself in prison \u2013 and the story of why she left her legal career behind finally begins to come to light.<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/punwarj18.jpg\" title=\"punwarj18.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/punwarj18.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"punwarj18.jpg\" \/><\/a>PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #18<br \/>\nWritten by MATT FRACTION<br \/>\nArt by HOWARD CHAYKIN<br \/>\nCover by ALEX MALEEV<br \/>\nOne word: JIGSAW. In this prelude to the next major story-arc in PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, we get to spend a little time with the man, the myth, and the monster that&rsquo;s earned the right to call himself the Punisher&rsquo;s arch-nemesis. What is it about Frank Castle that makes this otherwise sane, if a little sinister, gangster go absolutely and completely insane whenever he&rsquo;s around? What buttons can Frank possibly push that pushes Jigsaw over the edge of sanity? Find out straight from the horse&rsquo;s mouth, kiddies: JIGSAW starts here, ends in blood, and features a whole lot of violence in-between. By Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST, casanova) and Howard Chaykin (WOLVERINE).<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$ 2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/lastdef002.jpg\" title=\"lastdef002.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/lastdef002.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"lastdef002.jpg\" \/><\/a>THE LAST DEFENDERS #2 (of 6)<br \/>\nWritten by\u00a0JOE CASEY<br \/>\nPencils\u00a0by JIM MUNIZ<br \/>\nCover by\u00a0MIKE DEODATO<br \/>\nThe Defenders are back &#8212; Nighthawk! Colossus! She-Hulk! The Blazing Skull! &#8212;\u00a0and they&rsquo;ve got their very own state to protect and serve (just don&rsquo;t call &#8217;em \u00ab\u00a0new\u00a0\u00bb, True Believers)!\u00a0 The Sons of the Serpent have moved in and only one fully-sanctioned team of super heroes can stop them!\u00a0 But will their first official mission end up as their FINAL mission?\u00a0 Believe it or not &#8230; yes!<br \/>\nNot to mention guest-stars galore in the must-have superhero mini-series of 2008!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/order10.jpg\" title=\"order10.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/order10.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"order10.jpg\" \/><\/a>THE ORDER #10<br \/>\nWritten by MATT FRACTION<br \/>\nPencils &amp; Cover by BARRY KITSON<br \/>\nShell-shocked, shattered, and&#8211;worst of all\u2014depowered, the men and women that were once the Order stand face to face with the big-bad that&rsquo;s toyed with them for 9 whole issues in various forms and guises and shapes and sizes. They might be broken&#8211;but can The Order be beaten?\u00a0 The end of a strange and vicious trip arrives, and God only knows if the Order will survive. As this is our last issue, y&rsquo;know, you might think you know the answer. But you might be wrong! You don&rsquo;t know. You DON&rsquo;T! Hooray! Goodbye! By Matt Fraction (PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, Casanova), Kaare Evans (Immortal Iron Fist) and Barry Kitson (Empire, Legion of Superheroes).<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/twelve4.jpg\" title=\"twelve4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/twelve4.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"twelve4.jpg\" \/><\/a>THE TWELVE #4 (of 12)<br \/>\nWritten by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI<br \/>\nPenciled by CHRIS WESTON<br \/>\nCover by KAARE ANDREWS<br \/>\nAs the savage murders continue, and members of the Twelve come under a cloud of suspicion, tensions flare, and hero faces off against hero!\u00a0 Plus, the unbelievable origin of underground secret agent Rockman!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/thoraot.jpg\" title=\"thoraot.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/thoraot.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"thoraot.jpg\" \/><\/a>THOR: AGES OF THUNDER<br \/>\nWritten by MATT FRACTION<br \/>\nArt by PATRICK ZIRCHER<br \/>\nCover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC<br \/>\nAs the Mighty Thor reclaims his rightful spot in the Marvel Pantheon, we join Matt Fraction and Patrick Zircher for a special examining the triumphs and tragedies that have befallen the God of Thunder across the eons. As the things he holds dearest are threatened by unimaginable forces of evil, Thor must rise up, again and again, to hold the line against terror and chaos as only the God of Thunder can!<br \/>\n48 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$3.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/wwhaswb5.jpg\" title=\"wwhaswb5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/wwhaswb5.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"wwhaswb5.jpg\" \/><\/a>WWH AFTERSMASH: WARBOUND #5 (of 5)<br \/>\nWritten by GREG PAK<br \/>\nPencils by LEONARD KIRK &amp; rafa sandoval<br \/>\nCover by JIM CHEUNG<br \/>\nChildren of Gammaworld, remember their names!\u00a0 Korg the Kronan.\u00a0 Hiroim the Oldstrong.\u00a0 Elloe Kaifi.\u00a0 No-Name of the Brood. They survived the gladiator pits and battlefields of \u00ab\u00a0Planet Hulk.\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0 They withstood the titanic clashes and soul-searing revelations\u00a0 of \u00ab\u00a0World War Hulk.\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0 But today, under the deadly dome of Gammaworld, a hero falls &#8212; and the Warbound will never be the same!<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/yngavngsprsnts4.jpg\" title=\"yngavngsprsnts4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/yngavngsprsnts4.thumbnail.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"yngavngsprsnts4.jpg\" \/><\/a>YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #4 (of 6)<br \/>\nWritten by PAUL CORNELL<br \/>\nPenciled by MARK BROOKS<br \/>\nCover by JIM CHEUNG<br \/>\nThe Vision is going through changes.\u00a0 He&rsquo;s a passionate man.\u00a0 And an impulsive one, if his decision to go and visit Stature at her Initiative training camp is anything to go by.\u00a0 He&rsquo;s got some important things to tell her.\u00a0 But will getting intangibly stuck halfway through her body while A.I.M. are attacking put a damper on his ardour?<br \/>\n32 PGS.\/Rated T+ \u2026$2.99<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here for a list of the comics published in april \u201808<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[21,27,143],"class_list":["post-2155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-english","category-solicitations","tag-comics","tag-marvel-comics","tag-marvel-universe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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