DC Comics takes a much needed breather after Final Crisis. Marvel dominates an “eh whatever” comic week.
MARVEL COMICS
BLACK PANTHER # 1
The Story: “DEADLIEST OF THE SPECIES, PART 1
The Black Panther is back…and she’s badder than ever. That’s right — she! What happened to T’Challa? Who is the new Black Panther? Find out why the female is the deadliest of the species.
CABLE # 11
The Story: “WASTELAND BLUES,” PART 1 OF 2
Deep in the future, Cable and the now seven-year-old mutant messiah find themselves in the middle of humanity’s last stand. And humanity loses! Cable is forced to timeslide into an uncertain future, hoping to find survivors, or food, or water… anything. But the longer Cable and the girl wander, the greater the devastation. As they fight to survive out in the barren wastelands, the girl starts to ask Cable the tough questions he’s been dreading—namely: who am I, and why do some people want to kill me.
DEADPOOL # 7
The Story: “HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?” PART 2 OF 2
Bob: Agent of HYDRA is back! But his not-so-tearful reunion with Deadpool is cut short by Tiger Shark who, for some reason, just won’t get over wanting to cut off Wade’s head! What’s the deal with that? Perhaps there’s something Bob’s not telling Deadpool? The hottest new
title on the stands swerves into a new and bigger direction this issue, heading right toward the dark heart of the Marvel Universe!
MIGHTY AVENGERS # 21
The Story: “Earth’s Mightiest Part 1 of 3″
“The Smartest Man in the Room”
IT ALL STARTS HERE! A new roster! One of the team’s most powerful foes! And one of the most popular and requested Avengers returns to the fold! When darkness reigns and chaos falls, there’s no room for compromise, no time to run and hide. The world needs EARTH’S MIGHTIEST HEROES! But after the events of Secret Invasion, is HANK PYM ready to rejoin their ranks? And what is the secret that haunts him, a secret dating back to the earliest days of the original team? Join Dan Slott and Khoi Pham for a new age of ALL OUT AVENGERS ACTION! Special giant-sized issue! 36 pages of all-new story and art! Guest starring: NEW AVENGERS, DARK AVENGERS, YOUNG AVENGERS, and CLASSIC AVENGERS!
SECRET WARRIORS # 1
The Story: Exploding out of the pages of Secret Invasion and Mighty Avengers!!
Nick Fury and his new band of young heroes uncover the darkest secret in the history of the Marvel Universe!! A secret that will crack the internet into tiny little pieces!! A secret that sends the Secret Warriors tumbling into an underworld of rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, super-powered spies, and global criminal organizations. This is the Nick Fury book you’ve been waiting for! Be there for the Marvel debut of award winning Nightly News creator Jonathan Hickman as he teams up with Secret Warriors co-creator Brian Bendis to unveil a new era in Marvel mania!!
X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT # 5
The Story: The boy survived Kristallnacht, the Einsatzgruppe, and the Warsaw Ghetto. But now Max Eisenhardt faces Hitler’s Final Solution in the death camp known as Auschwitz-Birkenau. What will it take to endure? Who are the Sonderkommando? And will a vision of a girl named Magda bring hope – or horror? The definitive origin story of Magneto reaches its shattering conclusion.
X-MEN: THE TIMES AND LIFE OF LUCAS BISHOP # 1
The Story: “Memories of the Monster”
By now you know that Lucas Bishop—former cop, renegade X-Man—refuses to rest until he’s killed the so-called “mutant messiah.” But do you know why? To answer that question you have to look into Bishop’s past…which actually means jumping 50 years into the future, when his parents barely escaped a nuclear holocaust, only to land in the most brutal “mutant relocation” camp in the world. There, a young Bishop first heard the horror stories about the green-eyed monster that ushered in the the downfall of mutantkind, and swore vengeance — embarking on a life-long, time-hopping mission that begins here, in this special three-part mini-series. You haven’t heard the “Messiah Complex” story until you’ve heard Bishop’s side of the story…
DC COMICS
FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #3 (OF 5)
The Legion of Super-Heroes call in the reinforcements against Superboy Prime and the Legion of Super-Villains
as the Crisis of the 31st Century continues. While Superboy Prime comes face-to-face with the last of the Green Lanterns, Brainiac 5 and XS attempt to ignite an electrical storm using the lightning rod, which is destined to turn the tide of the war. And what are Polar Boy, Dawnstar and Wildfire up to in the 20th Century?
SECRET SIX #6
Featuring an “Origins and Omens” backup story! This is the big one! After Junior’s horrifying unmasking last issue, the bruised and battered remnants of the Secret Six try to deliver their package to their mysterious benefactor in Gotham City, a city made even more dangerous by the notable absence of Batman. The only problem is a crowd of villains and heroes determined to block them every step of the way!
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