Here’s to hoping that this week is pay week for you, because our top two publishing houses are releasing several hits. DC Comics drops the one book that is a must-read this month: Final Crisis #2.
Plus Marvel comes in with strong titles from Captain America, to Secret Invasion, and of course our beloved X-Titles. This week concludes Divided we Must Stand with Uncanny X-Men issue #499. Next is issue #500. And trust me it won’t be one to miss.
MARVEL COMICS
CAPTAIN AMERICA # 39
The Story: Okay, what the heck is going on here? Is that two guys in Captain America outfits? Yeah, it is.
More than that, we cannot say. The epic Death of Captain America continues in Part Three of “The Man Who Bought America” by the acclaimed team of Brubaker and Epting.
HULK # 4
The Story: This is it. The one you’ve been SMASHING for. The Green Hulk RETURNS! It’s Green Hulk Vs. Red Hulk –but the real loser is the Planet Earth. There have been knock-down-dragger-outters in the Marvel Universe — but nothing like this! Plus, who gave the Watcher such good seats??? If you read ONE comic book this month, it’s gotta be HULK — or SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!
MIGHTY AVENGERS # 15
The Story: SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO—–? Rewinding the clock to Avengers Dissassembled we reveal how one of the main players in SECRET INVASION was replaced by a Skrull and what the fallout has been. A major SECRET INVASION chapter is here! Oh, but you want to know exactly who we’re talking about right? Spoilers, dude!
NEW AVENGERS # 42
The Story: SECRET INVASION Tie-In!
THE EMPIRE part 3. For 42 issues readers of New Avengers have wondered, who caused the breakout in New Avengers #1 and why? And how was this the real start of the SECRET INVASION? Find out right here!! Special guest artist Jim Cheung returns to these pages for this shocking story.
UNCANNY X-MEN # 499
The Story: X-Men: Divided We Stand comes to its shocking conclusion! Cyclops and Emma come face to face against former allies.
Colossus, Wolverine and Nightcrawler scramble to get out of Russia alive. Witness the new status quo for the X-Men that will define their future!
X-MEN: LEGACY # 213
The Story: Xavier traces his history and the history of the X-Men to the core. What he finds will shock you. And what do Rogue, Gambit and Sebastian Shaw have to do with it?
DC COMICS
FINAL CRISIS #2 (OF 7)
Meet Japan’s number one pop culture heroes, the Super Young Team and their languid leader, Most Excellent Superbat! Join legendary wrestler Sonny Sumo and super escape artist Mister Miracle as they team to face the offspring of the Anti-Life Equation! See Earth’s superheroes mourn one of their oldest allies! Witness costumed criminals sinking to new depths of cowardice and depravity as Libra takes things too far! Uncover the doomsday secrets of the poisoned city of Bludhaven! Learn the shocking identity of the prime suspect in the murder of a god! And read on if you dare as Batman becomes the first of Earth’s champions to face the Fallen of Apokolips. All this and a spectacular return from the dead…
GREEN LANTERN #32
SECRET ORIGIN PART 4! Sinestro has been sent to Earth on a sacred mission, one that this new rookie Hal Jordan is getting in the way with. Plus, one of Hal Jordan’s first enemies is born as a bizarre experiment backfires and another is unknowingly stalked for his connection to the Blackest Night!
SUPERMAN #677
James Robinson (Starman, The Golden Age) arrives as the new ongoing writer of SUPERMAN as changes abound in the life of the Man of Steel! A frighteningly powerful new presence declares Metropolis his, a monster strikes the harbor of the City of Tomorrow, Green Lantern guest-stars for a unique game of fetch, and the Science Police arrive on the scene. And this is only issue one of the new run!
TEEN TITANS #60
It’s the final battle against the Terror Titans! With the true nature of the Clock King revealed, how can the Teen Titans possibly hope to prevail? And, when all is said and done, who will still be Teen Titans?
TRINITY #4
DC’s new weekly series TRINITY explodes in an extra-sized debut issue featuring art by fan-favorite Mark Bagley (Ultimate Spider-Man) and Art Thibert with lead stories and dialogue by Kurt Busiek (SUPERMAN, ASTRO CITY)!
The lead feature explores the unusual bond, and importance, of DC’s top three characters, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, as a mysterious dream links them together and may prophesy important changes in their trinity!
