Sneak Peeks: Marvel Comics December 28, 2011

The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from Marvel that will come out December 28...

THE MIGHTY THOR #9
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by PASQUAL FERRY

• The New All-Mothers of Asgardia battle their first threat
to the Nine Realms!
• Loki tries to expose the imposter thunder god Tanarus by enlisting the help of... Doctor Donald Blake?
• Beyond the veil of space and time, the place where gods go to die is about to heat up...




CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Pencils & Cover by STEVE McNIVEN

The grand finale of "AMERICAN DREAMERS" is here - Cap faces down an old friend, now a new enemy, but which of them is right in their view of modern America? Only Ed Brubaker and Steve McNiven know the answer!






AVENGERS: SOLO #3 (of 5)
Written by JEN VAN METER & JIM MCCANN
Penciled by ROGER ROBINSON & CLAYTON HENRY
Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

OUTGUNNED AND ON THE RUN! To uncover a mystery meant to destroy the Avengers, Hawkeye must leave his own team behind  and take down a human trafficking ring for good!  Jen Van Meter (THUNDERBOLTS) and Roger Robinson (THOR) return for the action! PLUS! The Avengers Academy kids find themselves face to face with their enemies – the West Coast Avengers? By Jim McCann (NEW AVENGERS: REUNION) and Clayton Henry (SPIDER-GIRL)


SECRET AVENGERS #20
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils by ALEX MALEEV
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY

RUN THE MISSION! DON'T GET SEEN! SAVE THE WORLD!
The Secret Avengers are all dead save for the Black Widow.  The world's greatest secret agent finds herself one year in the past, on the most secret mission of all: saving her team, and saving the world, without letting anyone see her... especially her team.



CAPTAIN AMERICA  & BUCKY #625
Written by ED BRUBAKER & JAMES ASMUS
Pencils & Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

VENOM COMES FACE TO FIST WITH JACK-O-LANTERN!
• The original Human Torch guest-stars as Captain America teams up with Bucky in the present day... for the first time?!
• Rising stars James Asmus and Francesco Francavilla join Eisner award winner Ed Brubaker for a rollicking adventure into the future of the star-spangled Avenger’s past!
• Brand new arc! Easy jumping on point!


ALPHA FLIGHT #7
Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by DALE EAGLESHAM
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN

IT’S REVOLUTION, BUB!
Alpha Flight marches on to reclaim the Canadian government from the fascist forces that have overtaken it, but one Canadian citizen and former ally might disagree with their tactics... WOLVERINE! It’s Canuck versus Canuck as the battle for Canada continues! Master craftsmen Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak and Dale Eaglesham continue their lauded run!

ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL #4 (of 5)
Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Art by TAN ENG HUAT
Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

Earth is the setting for the final battle as the combined might of theAnnihilators and the Avengers go up against the world-corrupting Magus. What kind of sacrifices must be made to defeat a foe THIS dangerous? And - when the entire Universe is at stake - what is 'too great a cost"?



BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE #527
Written by DAVID LISS
Penciled by SHAWN MARTINBROUGH & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Covers by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

The war with the Kingpin heats up – with two issues hitting this month! Lady Bullseye and Typhoid Mary are out to kill T’Challa...time to call in Falcon and Luke Cage! The former King of Wakanda and the former Kingpin of crime wage in a deadly game, with the Panther’s homeland as the prize!



FF #13
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by JUAN BOBILLO
Cover by MIKE CHOI

ALL HOPE LIES IN DOOM, PART 2: PANIC ROOM
The Battle between the Council of Reeds and the Future Foundation extends through the BRIDGE and into the world now controlled by the Mad Celestials.




IRON MAN 2.0 #12
Written by NICK SPENCER
Art by ARIEL OLIVETTI
Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA

The world is in the balance as War Machine races to take down global terrorist Palmer Addley once and for all! It’s an all-or-nothing battle of wills as Rhodey presses every advantage, tests every skill, and depends on every relationship to finally outsmart, outfight and outlast his greatest enemy and become the twenty-first-century War Machine...or die trying!



AVENGERS: THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE #8
Written by ALLAN HEINBERG
Pencils & Cover by JIM CHEUNG

THE DEATH OF AN AVENGER.
Patriot and The Young Avengers find themselves on the wrong side of the Scarlet Witch’s reality-altering powers in their final battle against the combined forces of THE AVENGERS and THE X-MEN. In this penultimate issue of the epic maxi-series, the Young Avengers have no one to turn to except each other as they are forced to fight their lifelong heroes… to the death. Find out who lives and who dies.


VENGEANCE #6 (of 6)
Written by JOE CASEY
Penciled by NICK DRAGOTTA
Cover by GABRIELLE DELL’OTTO

FOR DOOM COMES VENGEANCE!
The newest ruler of Latveria is targeted for death by the Young Masters – can the Teen brigade rescue young Kristoff, before his assassination sparks a World War? Joe Casey and Nick Dragotta bring you the rollicking conclusion to this year’s sleeper hit!



SPIDER-MAN #21
Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by MATTEO LOLLI  & ROB DISALVO
Cover by ALE GARZA

THE MUTANT MASTER OF MAGNETISM MAKES MAYHEM!
Peter Parker’s class wins the vacation of a life time in a free trip to Greece – but when MAGNETO attacks our Webbed Wonder has to swing into action in PANIC AT THE PARTHENON!  PLUS! That king of disguises the Chameleon returns –how can Spidey catch a crook who can be ANYONE?!


DEADPOOL #48
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by SALVADOR ESPIN
Cover by NICK BRADSHAW

Deadpool is a terrorist?! That’s how Captain America sees it, but Cap doesn’t know there currently are two Deadpools in NYC--one who’s totally evil and one...well, one who’s not quite as bad. How will our dubious hero clear his name, get Captain America to not despise him, defeat the most formidable enemy he’s ever faced...oh, and evade capture by international law enforcement? Uh, who said he does?


UNCANNY X-MEN #3
Written by KIERON GILLEN
Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO

Mr. Sinister’s tampering with the Golden Celestial has summoned the immortal Space Gods to earth, to render judgment upon all mankind. If the X-Men we’re looking for a chance to prove that they are earth’s mightiest heroes, HERE. IT.IS!





X-MEN LEGACY #260
Written by MIKE CAREY
Pencils by KHOI PHAM
Cover by CLAY MANN

Veteran X-scribe Mike Carey wraps up his five-year run on X-MEN: LEGACY with a story that marks the end of an era! In the aftermath of SCHISM, the X-Men are divided. Magneto has chosen to stay with Cyclops on Utopia. Gambit has chosen to follow Wolverine to Westchester. And now Rogue must decide who she is going to follow...



ASTONISHING X-MEN #45
Written by GREG PAK
Pencils & Cover by MIKE MCKONE

Something isn't what it seems when Storm and Cyclops go to fight Sentinels. Who has kidnapped them, who are these familiar looking mutants and WHY DID STORM AND CYCLOPS KISS???






ULTIMATE COMICS THE ULTIMATES #5
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by ESAD RIBIC
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS

• Tomorrow's Children are in control!
• All hope looks lost for Thor and the Ultimates!
• The Children’s creator has revealed his sinister connection to the Ultimate Universe!




ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #5
Written by NICK SPENCER
Pencils by PACO MEDINA
Cover by KAARE ANDREWS

• Stryker’s back in a bad way!
• Our heroes must assemble to put an end to Stryker's evil plan!
• Is there a traitor amidst the new X-Men?





DOROTHY & THE WIZARD IN OZ #4 (of 8)
Written by ERIC SHANOWER
Pencils & Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

Watch out for the savage Invisible Bears who devour anyone they catch! Dorothy, the Wizard, and their friends battle for their lives in a race across the Invisible Valley of Voe. Their best chance of escape is to reach the spiral staircase insidePyramid Mountain. But halfway up the mountain lives the strangeBraided Man.




KICK-ASS 2 #6
Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.

The Mother****er and his team of Toxic Mega-***** are running rampant through New York City. With his life in shatters and his allies dead or locked away in prison, it falls to Kick-Ass to strike back against the supervillain uprising, with a little help from everyone's favorite pint-size death-dealer: Hit-Girl. The fight to save NYC from the Mother****er's masterplan beings here!



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