Sneak Peeks: Marvel Comics December 19, 2012

The Fellowship has obtained sneak peeks for comics from Marvel that will come out December 19...

A+X #3
CHRIS BACHALO & JAMES ASMUS (W)
CHRIS BACHALO & BILLY TAN (A)
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
• Chris Bachalo writes and draws a teamup of two of the biggest Marvel movie ladies –
BLACK WIDOW AND ROGUE VS. SENTINELS!
• James Asmus and Billy Tan bring together the stars of the two biggest new Marvel series –
GAMBIT AND HAWKEYE SAVE LIVES!



ALL-NEW X-MEN #4
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
STUART IMMONEN (A/C)

• The Original 5 X-Men come face to face with their counterparts...and it isn’t a peaceful meeting!






ASTONISHING X-MEN #57
MARJORIE LIU (W)
GABRIEL HERNANDEX WALTA (A)
Cover by PHIL NOTO

• Warbird takes Manhattan!
• What secret is she hiding, and will it endanger the team?





AVENGERS # 2
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W)
JEROME OPEÑA (A)
Cover by DUSTIN WEAVER

The greatest heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team! Now shipping twice a month, the Avengers “go large,” expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call - who will answer? Big threats, big ideas, big idealism - these are the Avengers NOW!



AVENGERS ARENA #2
DENNIS HOPELESS (W)
KEV WALKER (A)
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO

• ANNIHILATION’s Cammi vs. Deathlocket!
• AVENGER ACADEMY’s Hazmat vs. Deathlocket!
• Who the heck is Deathlocket? And who dies in this issue?
• Plus: Who are the students of the Braddock Academy?



CABLE AND X-FORCE # 2
DENNIS HOPELESS (W)
SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)

Cable is back! NOW! with a new X-Force at his side, he must tackle the threats that nobody else can know about. But just who are Cable’s new recruits, and why is his team public enemy number one? Caught red-handed at the scene of a terrorist attack on a major American corporation whose CEO has expressed anti-mutant views, the X-Force is the run, with none other than the Uncanny Avengers in hot pursuit.


CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
RICK REMENDER (W)
JOHN ROMITA JR (A/C)

Dimension Z continues!
• “Remember their faces, their families. Remember what they love. Learn how to turn it against them. “
• Arnim Zola’s ambitions leave Captain America stranded in the upside-down territory known as Dimension Z.
• Steve has saved the life of Zola’s son, but can he keep him alive?
• Who are the barbarians of Phrox and what are their intentions for Steve and his new ward?



CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BLACK WIDOW #640
CULLEN BUNN (w)
FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (a/c)

• FINALE ISSUE! GET READY TO HAVE YOUR FACES PUNCHED CLEAN OFF!
• Captain America and Black Widow lead the multiverse’s finest in a final assault on Venemma Multiversal!
• Black Widow vs. Black Widow...to the death!
• Forget 11...on a scale of 1 to AWESOME this eye-popping, senses-snapping, jaw-dropping final issue goes to 12!


CAPTAIN MARVEL #8
KELLY SUE DECONNICK (w)
DEXTER SOY (a/C)

• DEEP SEA DANGER!
• What lurks below the ocean’s surface? And can Captain Marvel stop it before she gets ship-wrecked?
• Guest-starring Monica Rambeau!




DAREDEVIL #21
MARK WAID (W)
CHRIS SAMNEE (A)
COVER BY PAOLO MANUEL RIVERA

• The final showdown with Coyote!
• Big clues to a mystery building since issue 3!
• Daredevil – wanted by the NYPD!




FF #2
MATT FRACTION (W)
MICHAEL ALLRED (A/C)

• Ant-Man! She Hulk! Medusa! And, um -- Ms. Thing?
• How does the rest of the Future Foundation react to the new team?
• What classic Fantastic Four super-villain can’t wait to get their hands on the new FF?




GAMBIT #7
JAMES ASMUS (W)
DIOGENES NEVES (A)
COVER BY TERRY DODSON

• Gambit is on the lam as an enemy of the British Empire, hunted by Pete Wisdom and MI13!
• And to make matters worse, the criminal mastermind keeping Gambit on a leash now wants him dead.
• Can Gambit play the two sides against each other and save his own skin?


HAWKEYE # 6
MATT FRACTION (w)
David Aja (A/C)

• David Aja returns to the most critically acclaimed comic of 2012!
• The Ace Archer Clint Barton faces DVR-MAGEDDON!






INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #2
MARK WAID (W)
LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A/C)

• Guest starring IRON MAN!
• While Bruce Banner and Tony Stark are friends, Hulk and Iron Man are anything but!
• Eisner Award winning writer Mark Waid (DAREDEVIL) and superstar artist Leinil Yu continue to take the Hulk in an all-new direction!



JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #647
KATHRYN IMMONEN (W)
VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by JEFF DEKAL

ASGARDIANS GONE WILD!
• Newly minted with an ancient version of the Berzerker spell, Sif returns to an unsuspecting Midgard...and with no patience for relative peace, she starts putting out fires with gasoline..!
• When the All-Seeing Heimdall pulls big brother rank...will Sif find herself in the ultimate time-out?!



SCARLET SPIDER #12.1
CHRISTOPHER YOST (w)
PAULO SIQUEIRA (a)
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

SCARLET SPIDER’S DARKEST HOUR BEGINS HERE!
• Kaine’s investigation brings him face to face with the Hand and Bruiser!
• What does Kingpin want with Houston?
• Chris Yost and Paulo Siqueira (The Amazing Spider-Man) will bring you the answers as a brand new year of Scarlet action awaits!


Secret Avengers #35
RICK REMENDER (W)
MATTEO SCALERA (A)
COVER BY ARTHUR ADAMS

• Contagious Robotic Evolution is go and the remaining Secret Avengers are the only ones left! But how do you stop a plague that has already begun to spread?
• Torch, Venom and Valkyrie infiltrate the rebel robot base In The Core, but are Lord UltraVision and Monarch Machine Man friend or foe?
• Torch must choose between mankind and the perfect future Father will create for all automatons


THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #3
JASON AARON (W) 
ESAD RIBIC (A/C)

• Following the bloody wake of murdered gods across the depths of space, Thor tracks the God Butcher into the present!
• Discovering a forgotten cave on earth that echoes with the cries of tortured gods...the Thunder God is shocked to find himself among them...!




THUNDERBOLTS #2
DANIEL WAY (W)
STEVE DILLON (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO

Red Hulk, Venom, Elektra, Deadpool, the Punisher. Forget the courts, the jails, the system — this team of Thunderbolts fights fire with fire, targeting the most dangerous and lethal players in the Marvel Universe with extreme prejudice. Led by General “Thunderbolt” Ross, AKA the Red Hulk, this hand-picked team of like-minded operatives is going to make the world a better place...by all means necessary.

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #18
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
DAVID MARQUEZ (A&C)

• The world is at war and Miles Morales is miles from home!
• Miles has joined the Ultimates but that decision may have cost him his family.
• Our young super hero has to make some big decisions and he has to make them now!
• Guest-starring the ULTIMATES!



ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #19
SAM HUMPHRIES (W)
SCOT EATON (A)
COVER BY ADI GRANOV

• After United We Stand, AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION begins!
• Can the United States ever be truly reunited?
• President Cap comes face to face with a painful reality!
• The debut of the IRON PATRIOT!



UNCANNY X-FORCE #35
RICK REMENDER (w)
PHIL NOTO (a)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TODESCO

FINAL ISSUE!
• FINAL EXTINCTION CONCLUDES AND SO DOES UNCANNY X-FORCE!
• Rick Remender’s landmark run comes to a conclusion with one of the most shocking moments in X-Force history.
• What will become of what’s left of X-Force?



VENOM #28
CULLEN BUNN (w)
THONY SILAS (a)
Cover by SHANE DAVIS

VENOM’S BRINGING HIS GAME TO THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE!
• A rash of sudden disappearances bring Flash Thompson and Katy Keirnan to Philadelphia – what do the U-Foes have to do with it?!
• Thony Silas returns to Venom as he and Cullen Bunn give the world’s most dangerous hero a new home!


WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #22
JASON AARON (W)
NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)

• Frankenstein’s Murder Circus is town and he’s brainwashed the X-Men!
• Do the students stand a chance against their teachers?






X-FACTOR #249
PETER DAVID (w)
LEONARD KIRK (a)
Cover by KRIS ANKA

• X-Factor investigates a series of eerie portents that leads them to a mysterious, previously unknown race of beings known as THE WARDERS.
• Their job? To prepare the world for its end.




X-MEN LEGACY #3
SIMON SPURRIER (W)
TAN ENG HUAT (A)
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO

• Legion must keep his inner demons in check long enough to help newly-manifested mutant twins who are being exploited by a criminal cartel in Japan.
• But the twins may just have plans of their own.
• As do Legion’s inner demons...



X-TREME X-MEN #8
GREG PAK (W)
PACO DIAZ (A)
Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY

• Meet the X-TREME X-FORCE!
• Dazzler is confronted with who she might turn into if she never gets home!