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Marvel Previews INTERIOR ART FROM VENOM #1 1 3 VENOM #1 AL EWING & RAM V (W) • BRYAN HITCH (A/C) VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK VARIANT COVER BY JOHN ROMITA JR. HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY TBA VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE VARIANT COVER BY ELIZABETH TORQUE VARIANT COVER BY BILL SIENKIEWICZ VARIANT COVER BY GABRIELE DELL’OTTO BLACK BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO AN EPIC NEW ERA FOR THE SINISTER SYMBIOTE STARTS HERE! Hot off the heels of VENOM #200 and EXTREME CARNAGE, we’re closing out 2021 with one of the most ambitious books in symbiote history – an all-new VENOM from some of comics’ greatest talents! Marvel mainstay AL EWING, who himself has just ended a character-redefining run on IMMORTAL HULK, is being joined by RAM V, a horror maestro all his own, to craft a mind-bending and gut-wrenching tale of symbiosis the likes of which the Marvel Universe has never seen! AS IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, they’ve been joined by industry legend BRYAN HITCH, who is leaving IT ALL ON THE PAGE! We haven’t led you astray yet, have we? So trust us when we tell you that you have NEVER seen a VENOM like this! 56 PGS./RATED T+ …$5.99 5 FEATURING PATRICK GLEASON AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #75 ZEB WELLS (W) • PATRICK GLEASON (A) • BEYOND BOARD: KELLY THOMPSON, SALADIN AHMED, CODY ZIGLAR, PATRICK GLEASON & ZEB WELLS WRAPAROUND COVER BY ARTHUR ADAMS WEB-HEAD VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON • VARIANT COVER BY RON FRENZ VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM • VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE • VARIANT COVER BY ALEX OGLE HIDDEN GEM VARIANT BY STEVE DITKO ARTIST • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO STORMBREAKERS VENOMIZED VARIANT COVER BY IBAN COELLO AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is back to thrice-monthly because this story is pure jet fuel. Ben Reilly has returned to NYC and has fully taken back the mantle of Spider-Man, but what does this mean for Peter Parker? The greatest team of web-writers has come together with the most epic arachnid-artists ever assembled to bring you a Spider-story that will shake up Spider-Man’s 59th year in ways you CANNOT PREDICT! 56 PGS./RATED T+ …$5.99 77 VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO VARIANT COVER BY ALEX OGLE WEB-HEAD VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON 9 MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO FEATURING PATRICK GLEASON AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #76 ZEB WELLS (W) • PATRICK GLEASON (A) BEYOND BOARD: KELLY THOMPSON, SALADIN AHMED, CODY ZIGLAR, PATRICK GLEASON & ZEB WELLS COVER BY ARTHUR ADAMS VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO • The unthinkable has happened. • Zeb Wells and Patrick Gleason will remind you why you love (and hate) comics. 32 PGS./RATED T …$3.99 VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #77 KELLY THOMPSON (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A) VARIANT COVER BY DAVID AJA BEYOND BOARD: SALADIN AHMED, CODY ZIGLAR, PATRICK GLEASON, ZEB WELLS, & KELLY THOMPSON • COVER BY ARTHUR ADAMS VARIANT COVER BY DAVID AJA MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO • Kelly Thompson and Sara Pichelli pick up the baton to define this new era for Spider-Man. • The Beyond Corporation has retuned and this is your chance to meet the people who’ve brought you the new (and improved) Spider-Man. • There’s a target on Spider-Man’s back and one of his classic villains is out for blood. 32 PGS./RATED T …$3.99 11 MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO IMMORTAL HULK #50 AL EWING (W) • JOE BENNETT (A) • COVER BY ALEX ROSS HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY JOE BENNETT • VARIANT COVER BY JEN BARTEL VARIANT COVER BY GARY FRANK • VARIANT COVER BY SANFORD GREENE VARIANT COVER BY BRYAN HITCH • HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY JACK KIRBY VARIANT COVER BY ED McGUINNESS • VARIANT COVER BY MR GARCIN VARIANT COVER BY CARLOS PACHECO • FORESHADOW VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM • MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE • VARIANT COVER BY TBA THE GIANT-SIZED FINALE! • Down in the Below-Place, the Hulk searches among the ghosts of the past for the answers to all his questions. • The One Below All, the Green Door, Samuel Sterns, Jackie McGee and Bruce Banner. It’s all been leading here. • This is the last issue of THE IMMORTAL HULK. 96 PGS./RATED T+ …$9.99 13 DARK AGES #2 (OF 6) TOM TAYLOR (W) • IBAN COELLO (A/C) VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK VARIANT COVER BY BRYAN HITCH VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN FEATURING IBAN COELLO It has been years since the age of technology ended in a single moment, like a switch had been flicked to off for an entire planet. Now Earth’s heroes attempt to bring humanity together in the darkness. X-Men and Avengers, vigilantes and villains all work together to create something better. But something darker than the night is descending on the world. Our postapocalyptic world is about to face Apocalypse. 32 PGS./RATED T+ …$3.99 17 DEATH OF DOCTOR STRANGE: AVENGERS #1 ALEX PAKNADEL (W) RYAN BODENHEIM (A) COVER BY STEVE SKROCE VARIANT COVER BY CREEES LEE EARTH’S WEAKEST HEROES! • With Doctor Strange gone, the Avengers are the only ones who can stop a rampaging Juggernaut-like monster from wrecking all of Manhattan! • But what does this mystical creature want? • And how does the magic-skeptical Iron Man hold the answer? 40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/RATED T+ …$4.99 STRANGE ACADEMY PRESENTS: DEATH OF DOCTOR STRANGE #1 SKOTTIE YOUNG (W) MIKE DEL MUNDO (A) COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS STORMBREAKERS VENOMIZED VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO • Strange Academy is closed until the events surrounding Dr. Strange’s death are resolved, so the students go back to their parents! • Iric and Alvi’s mom happens to be the Enchantress, so you know this isn’t going to go smoothly. We’re going to learn that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and more than just one realm is in trouble. • All this and more! 40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/RATED T+ …$4.99 MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO DEATH OF DOCTOR STRANGE #2 (OF 5) JED MacKAY (W) • LEE GARBETT (A) COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS • VARIANT COVER BY DAN PANOSIAN VARIANT COVER BY HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK DAN PANOSIAN STORMBREAKERS VENOMIZED VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO REST IN PEACE STEPHEN STRANGE! With the Sorcerer Supreme gone, so too are Earth’s magical defenses! Now the rest of Earth’s heroes have their hands full with multiple invasions from other dimensions. Some are familiar…but some are new…and frightening! Meet the Three Mothers! 32 PGS./RATED T+ …$3.99 19 INFERNO #2 (OF 4) JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • STEFANO CASELLI (A) • COVER BY JEROME OPEÑA VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO VARIANT COVER BY JEFF DEKAL VARIANT COVER BY OSCAR VEGA VARIANT COVER BY DAVID AJA MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT COVER BY JOE JUSKO VARIANT COVER BY JEFF DEKAL VARIANT COVER BY OSCAR VEGA FEELSecrets. Lies. They have a way of coming outTHE and biting you when you least expect FIRE! them. The secrets and lies of Krakoa will shake it to its foundation. Head of X Jonathan Hickman, continues a tale of consequences with one of his first Marvel collaborators, artist Stefano Caselli! 56 PGS./RATED T+ …$5.99 VARIANT COVER BY OSCAR VEGA 21 BLACK PANTHER LEGENDS #1 (OF 4) TOCHI ONYEBUCHI (W) • SETOR FIADZIGBEY (A/C) VARIANT COVER BY BRIAN STELFREEZE VARIANT COVER BY TBA INTERIOR ART FROM ISSUE #1 Dive into the legend of the Black Panther in this new origin story by acclaimed author Tochi Onyebuchi and New York Times-bestselling illustrator Setor Fiadzigbey, perfect for middle grade readers! T’Challa and Hunter are brothers growing up in the idyllic royal palace of Wakanda. Theirs goes beyond the usual sibling rivalry, though – Hunter, although older, is adopted, and T’Challa is the true heir to the throne. Both brothers wrestle with fairness and the future, readying themselves for responsibility, when tragedy strikes and takes the choice from them. This new series, ideal for young fans and loyal readers alike, will explore the moments that make T’Challa who he is, from his ad- venturous upbringing to his walkabout as a teen where he meets the enchanting Ororo Munroe before she becomes the legendary Storm, to when he first invites the Fantastic Four into Wakanda! Son, Brother, Warrior, King – as each chapter unfolds, new pieces of T’Challa’s character will be revealed and the Black Panther will emerge. 32 PGS./RATED T+ …$3.99 23 THE DARKHOLD: BLADE #1 DANIEL KIBBLESMITH (W) • TBA (A) • COVER BY JUAN FERREYRA STORMBREAKERS VENOMIZED VARIANT COVER BY NATACHA BUSTOS VARIANT COVER BY MICO SUAYAN • CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY CIAN TORMEY THE KING OF DEATH! Are you fanged, or are you food? The world is divided into humans and vampires – and Blade, the one who walks between them both… and kills with equal impunity. After reading from the cursed Darkhold, Blade and a cadre of other heroes were meant to enter Chthon’s dimension and stop the ancient god from destroying the Multiverse.
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