ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #5 (of 5)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
The truth behind the mutant babies of Karere township is discovered — an innocent man who might also doom the town, if not the whole of Africa, by accident.  The X-Men have to put themselves between two armies to save a mutant who might not be worth saving…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BRIGHTEST DAY #11-12
Written by GEOFF JOHNS & PETER J. TOMASI
Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO
#11 cover by DAVID FINCH & SCOTT WILLIAMS
#12 cover by DAVID FINCH
1:10 Variant covers by IVAN REIS
Don’t miss the hottest event in comics as the biweekly BRIGHTEST DAY continues with the return of the Black Lanterns! Has time run out for our resurrected heroes? Plus, you must not miss the stunning origin of the new Aqualad, the battle between Aquaman and Black Manta, and the bizarre journey of Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond as they delve into the inner workings of the Firestorm matrix and uncover its secret!
Retailers please note: These issues ship with two covers each. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
Issue #11 on sale OCTOBER 6
Issue #12 on sale OCTOBER 20

ULTIMATE COMICS MYSTERY #4 (of 4)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
The ultimate enemy reveals itself!! One of the biggest shocks, if not THE biggest shock in the ten-year history of the Ultimate Universe happens right here! And Ultimate Marvel will never be the same again. Ever. Brian Michael Bendis and Rafa
Sandoval bring you a thrilling conclusion to the second part of the Enemy trilogy that’ll be talked about for years!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AZRAEL #13
Written by DAVID HINE
Art and cover by GUILLEM MARCH
“The Killer of Saints” part 4 of 4. What makes a man into a saint? As the killer creates his greatest martyr, Azrael learns the final secret, and it just may tip him over the edge into madness. Michael Lane is a crusader forever linked to Batman’s destiny…he is Azrael!
On sale OCTOBER 20 •

ULTIMATE COMICS X #5
Written by JEPH LOEB
Pencils & Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
And now…THE HULK?! What impossible situation has the cast of Ultimate X reaching out to the most powerful and dangerous person in the Ultimate Universe? Can The Hulk be controlled or will he smash them all? The senses -shattering conclusion of the first arc of the critically acclaimed series is brought to you by Eisner award winning writer Jeph Loeb and master illustrator Arthur Adams!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #44
Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Art by SCOTT KOLINS
Cover by SHANE DAVIS & SANDRA HOPE
With this all-new creative team comes all-new terror! The United States is attacked by a lone mysterious warrior who’s escaped from a super-secret government holding tank! The Justice Society races to Washington, D.C. to neutralize the threat and find themselves at the heart of a catastrophe that will redefine justice, the society AND America!
Don’t miss this stunning start to the run from Marc Guggenheim (Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine) and Scott Kolins (FLASH, SOLOMON GRUNDY) as they take on the new adventures of the JSA!
On sale OCTOBER 27

NEW AVENGERS #5
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Vampire Variant by STEFANIE PERGER
Variant Cover by STUART IMMONEN
With everything on the line, Wolverine volunteers to make the ultimate sacrifice to save our dimension. Magic is being reinvented in the Marvel Universe and it is happening here!! Plus: another chapter in the oral history of the Avengers!
40 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: 80-PAGE GIANT 2010 #1
Written by MARC ANDREYKO, NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS & CHRISTINA WEIR BRANDON JERWA, ROBERT JESCHONEK, JUSTIN PENISTON, JASON STARR and FREDDIE WILLIAMS II
Art by JESSE DELPERDANG & JESUS MERINO LEANDRO FERNANDEZ, VICTOR IBA—EZ MATEUS SANTOLOUCO, BILL SIENKIEWICZ and TONCI ZONJIC
Cover by JESUS MERINO
Presenting seven outstanding solo adventures starring members of both the Justice Society of America and the JSA All-Stars from dozens of your favorite creators! Cyclone, Doctor Fate, Jesse Quick, Mr. Terrific, Obsidian, Sand and Tomcat demonstrate that alone – or as a group – the JSA are the first and foremost Super Hero team for a reason!
On sale OCTOBER 13

SHADOWLAND #4 (of 5)
Written by ANDY DIGGLE
Penciled by BILLY TAN
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
Variant Cover by Billy Tan
The final battle for the soul of New York erupts in Hell’s Kitchen, and Daredevil is on the front lines…Hell, he IS the front line! Backed by the full power of the Hand, Daredevil is now more than a match for New York’s strongest heroes. With a new right-hand man, Matt Murdock will finally show those who stand against him what it truly means to be a Man Without Fear!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

OUTSIDERS: THE ROAD TO HELL TP
Written by DAN DIDIO
Art by PHILIP TAN, DON KRAMER and others
Cover by PHILIP TAN
Katana and Black Lightning are dispatched to deal with a disturbance on the open seas in this title collecting OUTSIDERS #26-31. Meanwhile, Geo-Force makes a deal with a certain Kryptonian to join the team, and the Outsiders find themselves cast as enemies in the eyes of the world!
On sale NOVEMBER 24

THUNDERBOLTS #149
Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by DECLAN SHALVEY
Cover by FRANK MARTIN
A SHADOWLAND TIE-IN! Luke Cage’s squad of fierce felons face the nature of true evil when they uncover secrets of the ancient order known as The Hand beneath Hell’s Kitchen! Will a group of people rarely known for doing the right thing choose a higher path—or will they add to the power of the ninja cult? Meanwhile, as Cage fights to help his friend Daredevil up on the streets, he realizes that he picked a bad time to trust his skeleton crew of criminal operatives on an unsupervised mission! So come on, all you DD fans, pick up this issue and find out why Aint It Cool News raves: “very fun…I love this cast…this one is definitely going back on my pull list.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #53
Written by TONY BEDARD
Art and cover by TYLER KIRKHAM & BATT
1:10 Variant cover by PATRICK GLEASON
BRIGHTEST DAY continues as a new superstar art team joins the Corps – Tyler Kirkham  and inker Batt! The Qwardian known as The Weaponer has been constructing a shield from the remaining traces of the White Lantern Energy and has a mean vendetta against Sinestro – and the reason why will shock you! For his retribution, The Weaponer’s targeting Sinestro’s daughter, Soranik Natu. But first he’ll have to get through Kyle Rayner…
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale OCTOBER 20

SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS #3 (of 4)
Written by ANTONY JOHNSTON
Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Misty Knight…The Shroud…Silver Sable…Paladin! As Shadowland continues to spread across New York City, the strange bedfellows finally come together—each struggling to solve the mystery of the Hand murders! The killing spree shows no sign of stopping, but the ninja’s latest victim is an unusual choice, and casts doubt among our heroes! Will their differences and mistrust keep them apart? Or can they work together to cut through the mystery before it’s too late…and before one of them becomes the next target?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SHADOWLAND: POWER MAN #3 (of 4)
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR
Cover by MIKE PERKINS
The Hand has discovered the new Power Man’s secret identity! And for violating their edicts, he, his friends, and his family will now be dragged to Shadowland and put to the knife—unless Luke Cage and Iron Fist can save him in time! But does the new Power Man even want to be saved?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

KLAWS OF THE PANTHER #1 & 2 (of 4)
Written by JONATHAN MABERRY
Pencilled by GIANLUCA GUGLIOTTA
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
Klaw, Master of Sound, is no more dead than he is human. The killer composed of living sound is back with a new and deadly plan that will spill blood from the Savage Land to the streets of New York. Shuri, the new Black Panther, has already tried (and failed) to stop this monster –a defeat that owed as much to her own reckless rage than it does to Klaw’s power. So, Shuri turns to the person who knows more about battling inner rage than anyone. If you think you know the Black Panther –you don’t. So don’t miss this installment of NY Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry’s exciting new series.
32 PGS.(each)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (each)

X-MEN #4
Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by PACO MEDINA
Cover by ADI GRANOV
Variant Cover by PACO MEDINA
Vampire Variant by TBA
“CURSE OF THE MUTANTS,” PART 4
With thousands of vampires poised to attack Utopia, just waiting for the word from their leader, Xarus, the X-Men’s best hope for survival just might lie in a most unlikely new ally: the newly resurrected Dracula, who has more than a bone to pick with his traitorous son. But the problem cuts even deeper: The X-Men have lost one of their greatest warriors, fallen victim to a vampire bite. Brace yourself for Vampire Wolverine!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-FACTOR #210
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by VALENTINE DE LANDRO
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
Wolfsbane returns to the team traumatized by her time with X-Force only to be slapped in the face by ex-boyfriend Rictor’s new relationship with Shatterstar. Can Rictor repair the damage and ease her mind? And what exactly is the nature of the child growing inside her? Meanwhile, with the rest of the team in Las Vegas, Monet is visited by a war veteran with a terrifying secret…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

DOOMWAR HC
Written by JONATHAN MABERRY
Penciled by SCOT EATON
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Wakanda has been conquered, its Vibranium reserves plundered. Storm faces execution in the next 48 hours. And Dr. Doom stands triumphant. It will take the combined forces of the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and the two Black Panthers to stand against him. A war has begun that will pit the world’s most relentless super-villain against a collection of the world’s most powerful super heroes — one that will span the globe, offering twists and turns and surprise players (hello, Deadpool!) that neither side will see coming. Collecting DOOMWAR #1-6.
144 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99

THUNDERBOLTS: CAGE PREMIERE HC
Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by KEV WALKER
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
It’s a new era for Marvel’s always-evolving, always controversial team! It’s a beginning, a return, a departure, and an arrival of a new artist (MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 & 4’s Kev Walker) all rolled into one in a fresh, shocking status quo! The most dangerous people on Earth are now all in one hellish prison, and the only way out is through rehabilitation and contribution to society via The Thunderbolts…under the leadership of the steel-hard-skinned Avenger named Luke Cage! So bring on the first participants: Juggernaut! Crossbones! Ghost! Moonstone! And…Man-Thing? Against the sordid recent history of the group as a black ops kill squad, can Power Man restore the Thunderbolts to their rightful potential? Find out as the entire series is revamped, and also discover why ComicsBulletin.com says: “Jeff Parker writes villains with his typical panache…This is why I read comic books.” Collecting THUNDERBOLTS #144-147 and material from ENTER THE HEROIC AGE.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99

WAR MACHINE CLASSIC VOL. 1 TPB
Written by SCOTT BENSON & LEN KAMINSKI
Penciled by GABRIEL GECKO
Cover by GABRIEL HARDMAN
James Rhodes is War Machine, determined to right the world’s wrongs one international incident at a time! When a human-rights activist is held captive in his own African nation, War Machine teams up with Nick Fury, Cable and Deathlok to rescue him — and they’ll have to fight through the African military and even S.H.I.E.L.D. to do it! And just as Rhodey is getting his professional life put together, the assassin Deathtoll sets his sights on War Machine! Then, it’s War Machine and Hawkeye versus the deadly Cold Warrior!
Collecting WAR MACHINE (1994) #1-7 and WAR MACHINE
ASHCAN EDITION.
200 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA/BLACK PANTHER: FLAGS
OF OUR FATHERS TPB
Written by REGINALD HUDLIN
Penciled by DENYS COWAN
Cover by DENYS COWAN
For the first time ever, see the full story of the first meeting of Captain America and the Black Panther! It’s a World War Two adventure featuring a young Steve Rogers, the Black Panther and Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos in combat with the nastiest Nazi villains in the Marve Universe! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA/BLACK PANTHER: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS #1-4.
96 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99

X-FACTOR VOL. 9: INVISIBLE WOMAN HAS VANISHED TPB
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by BING CANSINO & KARL MOLINE
Cover by ESAD RIBIC
The Invisible Woman has disappeared! Sue Richards — founding member of the Fantastic Four, Marveldom’s first family — has gone missing. Luckily for her, X-Factor Investigations — the world’s first (and only) mutant detective agency — is on the case. Following a trail of clues that lead them from the famed Baxter Building to the darkest corners of Dr. Doom’s kingdom of Latveria, Jamie Madrox and his crack team soon find themselves hip-deep in the greatest mystery their agency has ever tackled. But what they uncover casts a grim shadow over the Fantastic Four. Can everyone’s favorite sleuthing mutants solve the mystery of the vanishing super heroine before the FF falls to pieces? They’ll have to make it out of Doom’s stronghold alive first! Collecting X-FACTOR #200-203.
128 PGS./Rated T+ …$14.99