January 2014 Spidey Solicitations

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25
DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • Humberto Ramos (A/C)
Variant Cover by JG Jones
Special super-sized 25th issue!
• Otto Octavius, the Superior Spider-Man, in a life-or-death struggle against the original Superior Venom!
• Plus: With one last goblin on his side, the Goblin King’s court is now complete!
• Guest starring: The Avengers!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

Dan Slott (W) • Pascual Ferry (A)
Cover by Ryan Stegman
GOBLIN NATION PRELUDE
• The stage is set for the biggest SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN story of them all!
• And it starts here with a goblin fight like no other: The Green Goblin vs. The Original Hobgoblin!
• Plus: That thing that happened at the end of #25… That thing that raised all of those questions… You don’t have to wait any longer. You’ll get your answers THIS ISSUE! Honest.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

KEVIN SHINICK (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO (A/C)
GOBLIN NATION PRELUDE
• As the Green Goblin continues to gobble up the New York Underworld, Superior Spider-Man gets a little help from his friends – Daredevil and The Punisher!
• Plus: Cloak and Dagger! And Mr. Negative!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN #8
Nick Spencer (W) • Steve Lieber (A/C)
2 of 6 – “The Crime of the Century”
• CRIME DOES PAY! …but the Foes might pay harder.
• Can Shocker and Boomerang repair their relationship? Did we just use that question to try to sell a book?!
• Nick Spencer (AVENGERS WORLD) and Steve Lieber (HAWKEYE) bring us the CRIME OF THE CENTURY!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 (OF 2)
TOM COHEN (W) • WELLINTON ALVES (A)
GET READY FOR THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 WITH AN AWESOME ADAPTATION OF THE WEB-SLINGER’S LATEST HIT FILM!
• When danger threatens the city, high school student Peter Parker leaps into action as the wall-crawling Spider-Man!
• Spider-Man! The Lizard! Gwen Stacy! All this and more movie magic!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CATACLYSM: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #3 (of 3)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)DAVID MARQUEZ (A/C)
• The question everyone has been asking: Will Miles Morales survive CATACLYSM???
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CATACLYSM: THE ULTIMATES’ LAST STAND #4 (of 5)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
Variant Cover by Salvador Larroca
• To save a universe, a hero must die!!!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THUNDERBOLTS #20.NOW
CHARLES SOULE (W) CARLO BARBERI (A)
CoverS by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
Issue #20.NOW –
Variant Cover by Phil Noto
Sketch Variant by Phil Noto
Artist Variant by TBD
Blank Variant Also Available
ISSUE #21 – Variant Cover by TBD
Issues # 20.NOW & #21 – “NO MERCY” Parts 1 and 2
GHOST RIDER JOINS THE THUNDERBOLTS! General Ross’s Thunderbolts were brought together to clean up problems no one else could…but what about when the problem is ON the team? The seemingly all-powerful madwoman called Mercy has gone too far, slaughtering innocent people to fulfill her twisted mission of mercy. Who can the team turn to to help take down this powerhouse? How about Johnny Blaze, the original Ghost Rider? Can he save the team before it all goes to hell? Or will he lead them there?
32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$2.99 (EACH)

MIGHTY AVENGERS #5.INH
AL EWING (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)
Variant Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY
INHUMANITY TIE-IN!
• It’s the leadership challenge you’ve been waiting for! Luke vs The Superior Spider-Man – with She-Hulk arbitrating! As in “arbitrating” a robot’s head off!
Extreme physical discourtesy the way you crave it, True Believer!
• Meanwhile, there’s something very rotten in the fallen city of Attilan – and it’s shambling towards the Mighty Avengers!
• Plus! WHO are the Deathwalkers? Does Ronin know? Wait, hang on, he’s DEAD?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AVENGERS WORLD #1
JONATHAN HICKMAN & NICK SPENCER (W)
STEFANO CASELLI (A)
Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
Wraparound Variant by Arthur Adams
Wraparound Sketch Variant by Arthur Adams
Variant Cover by Milo Manara
Young Variant by Skottie Young
Animal Variant by TBD
Deadpool Variant by TBD
Blank Cover also available
“TROUBLE MAP”
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes have returned from the stars– but on the world they left behind, new threats have emerged, and The Avengers will be tested like never before. In one cataclysmic day, the face of the Marvel Universe will change forever– and the fight for Earth’s future will begin. A globe-spanning epic of empires and armies, and the brave few who stand between them and us.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Cover by JUNG-GEUN YOON
VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE BIANCHI
• AIM Empire has begun.
• Smasher, Sunspot, and Cannonball – trapped and prisoners of the Scientist Supreme.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INHUMANITY: SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1
CHRISTOS GAGE (W) • RICHARD ELSON (A)
Cover by JEFF DEKAL
INHUMANITY TIE-IN!
• Atitlan has crashed out of the sky into New York City.
• In the chaos, the Superior Spider-Man discovers that super powers aren’t all it takes to be Superior.
ONE-SHOT 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL KNIGHTS: SPIDER-MAN #4 (of 5)
MATT KINDT (W) • MARCO RUDY (A/C)
• Spider-Man’s 99 Problems give way to one big one – Kraven, the Hunter!
• With countless lives on the line, can Peter Parker outfox his myusterious captors to win his freedom?
• Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and Marco Rudy (Swamp Thing) continue this year’s most trippy trip through madness!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #22
• SPIDER-MAN goes on a deep- space adventure to save Earth from KORVAC and the CHITAURI.
• Special guest stars: the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!
• Based on the hit animated series on DISNEY XD.
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE ART OF THE MOVIE SLIPCASE HC

Written by MARIE JAVINS
Continuing their popular ART OF series of movie tie-in books, Marvel presents its latest blockbuster achievement! Featuring exclusive concept artwork, behind-the-scenes photographs, production stills, and in-depth interviews with the cast and crew, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE ART OF THE MOVIE is a deluxe keepsake volume that provides an insider’s look into the making of the wall-crawler’s 2012 film directed by Marc Webb, and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen and Sally Field!
240 PGS./All Ages …$49.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6817-1
Trim size: landscape

Written by LEN WEIN with BILL MANTLO
Penciled by ROSS ANDRU with GIL KANE
Cover by ROSS ANDRU
Peter Parker’s past comes back to haunt him in his latest and greatest Marvel Masterworks volume! Doc Ock has returned, and he’s brought the ghost of Hammerhead with him! And those two aren’t the only ones back from the grave: The Kingpin is out to resurrect his son, and he can only do it if Spider-Man dies! The danger doesn’t stop there, either, as the Punisher sets his sights on Spider-Man in an adventure guest-starring the X-Men’s Nightcrawler, dinosaurs rampage down Broadway in the war of the reptile-men, one of Spidey’s oldest foes hijacks the Spider-Mobile, and J. Jonah Jameson secures proof of Spidey’s secret identity in the return of the Spider-Slayer! Reserve your copy today! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #156-168 and ANNUAL #10.
288 PGS./Rated T …$69.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-8801-8

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 16 HC — VARIANT EDITION VOL. 205 (DM ONLY)
288 PGS./Rated T …$69.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-8802-5

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 2 HC
Written by DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE
Penciled by HUMBERTO RAMOS, RYAN STEGMAN & GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
The exploits of Otto Octavius, the Superior Spider-Man, continue! As the Avengers threaten to kick Spidey off the team for his recent violent actions, Peter Parker’s ghostly revenant fights to regain control of his body, his mind and his destiny! Who will live, who will die — and who will emerge as the one, true Superior Spider-Man? And when the Green Goblin returns, why is Spidey nowhere to be found? Then, when the Raft shuts down, Spidey is trapped inside with J. Jonah Jameson, Glory, Norah — and practically all the villains the Superior Spider-Man has brutalized during his short career! Now it’s payback time! Plus: Jester! Screwball! Cardiac! Shadowland! The Tinkerer! Quite possibly the final days of the Hobgoblin! And the return of a Spider-Man who hasn’t been seen for some time — meaning, centuries! Collecting SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #6-16.
248 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5448-8
Trim size: oversized

SUPERIOR CARNAGE TPB
Written by KEVIN SHINICK
Penciled by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN
Locked away in an asylum, Carnage may finally be gone for good — but his fellow inmates have other plans. Can they successfully wake the monster? Or will this hideous experiment create the most powerful, dangerous, maniacal Carnage yet — a Superior Carnage? After performing unspeakable acts in the name of science, the Wizard releases Carnage into the world as his personal agent of evil! But can the new Frightful Four control its latest member? And lest you think we forgot, it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: Superior Carnage vs. Superior Spider-Man, with enough blood and bluster to rival Sunday nights on HBO! Can the Wizard pull one last trick out of his hat, or has Carnage been unleashed for good? It’s a story so grotesquely gratifying you won’t be able to look away! Collecting SUPERIOR CARNAGE #1-5.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6560-6

SCARLET SPIDER VOL. 4: INTO THE GRAVE TPB
Written by CHRIS YOST & ERIK BURNHAM
Penciled by CARLO BARBERI, DAVID BALDEON, PAT OLLIFFE & TIM GREEN II
Cover by RYAN STEGMAN
Everything has changed for Kaine. His second chance at life is over. Now, at his lowest point, Kaine comes face-to-face with the one man who’s fueled his obsession, hate and guilt his entire life: Ben Reilly, the original Scarlet Spider! Alone, adrift, beaten and lost, Kaine’s body is broken — and his soul is next. Enter the Hunter — but what does Kraven really want? It’s not what you might think. Plus: Kaine’s supporting cast is about to pay the price of being his friend. And after the immense sacrifices Kaine must make to survive, he is faced with a choice — one that may see him leaving his new life forever. But is there a place for the Scarlet Spider anywhere in this world? The answers will surprise you as Kaine’s story comes to a close! Collecting SCARLET SPIDER (2012) #21-25.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6650-4