MARVEL.COM $3.99 RATED 0 0 1 1 1 US T+ 7 5 9 6 0 6 0 9 0 0 8 2 BOWERS SIMS LIM Shi'arShi'ar OutpostOutpost IV.IV. we should not be here. this is forbidden territory. shi'ar high command those laws restricts-- no longer apply oof! to us. not to the fraternity of raptors... not even to the once mighty talon-r! did you know?! does knowing …as they change the fact did you? that both he and did all the nova corps I…no. of you know left you to die? you’re he was alive?! do you now wish right. truth that my to turn your discovered brother was back on on your own still out us… is often there?! painful… why didn’t you tell me?! …but this is a always sacred place. the most the barrier between clear. our world and theirs is weaker here. would it have made a difference, talon-r? I can do this. the nega- bands-- yes! the nega- bands, they’re working! they’re-- they’re singing! it’s the datasong! I…I can hear it! can you hear it? he's ripped open a doorway into null space. he’s doing it! don’t sound this is why this is what to bring the wait--something’s wrong. so surprised, you brought me I was always fraternity of there’s someone on the boys. here, isn’t it? meant for! raptors to a other side... new age impossible. of-- it’s… it’s them-- raptors! pick a target-- the real raptors. they're awake! --and end this mockery. wait--no! stop! what are you doing?! this power... not stolen from us. the only thing they’ve not stolen from us, it would seem. commander gyre, a survivor. CHRIS POWELL DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THE AMULET CAME FROM. ALL HE KNEW WAS THAT WHEN HE GRASPED IT, HE TRANSFORMED INTO A BEING OF GREAT POWER. WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, HE USED THAT POWER TO DEFEAT CRIME, BUT NOW HE KEEPS THE STREETS CLEAN AS A POLICE OFFICER. IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE CHRIS WAS… THE INFINITY STONES WERE REBORN AND SCATTERED, PASSING FROM HAND TO HAND ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND THROUGH TIME, TRANSGRESSING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN WORLDS… THE FRATERNITY OF RAPTORS RECENTLY FACED A MAJOR DEFEAT IN THEIR QUEST FOR THE STONES. MEANWHILE, CHRIS HAD AN ENCOUNTER THAT NOT ONLY REAWAKENED HIS ABILITY TO TRANSFORM…IT CONNECTED CHRIS TO THE DARKHAWK ARMOR LIKE NEVER BEFORE! WRITERS ARTIST CHRIS SIMS & CHAD BOWERS GANG HYUK LIM LETTERER COVER ARTIST VARIANT COVER ARTISTS VC’s TRAVIS LANHAM SKAN RON LIM & RACHELLE ROSENBERG ASSISTANT EDITOR EDITOR ANNALISE BISSA JORDAN D. WHITE EDITOR IN CHIEF CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER C.B. CEBULSKI JOE QUESADA DAN BUCKLEY ALAN FINE INFINITY COUNTDOWN: DARKHAWK No. 1, July 2018. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. © 2018 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel Entertainment; JOHN NEE, Publisher; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Offi cer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; DAN EDINGTON, Managing Editor; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Custom Solutions & Integrated Advertising Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 04/27/2018 and 05/08/2018 by LSC COMMUNICATIONS INC., GLASGOW, KY, USA..