Jun 25 2008
Marvel Noise Episode 39
It’s another Drivetime With David episode saved by the contributions from Adam (Marvel Unbound), Mike (Mighty Marvel Movie Minute), Backwards Dave (Bring ‘em Back), and Steve (From the Comic Book Crypt). Plus, an interview with illustrator David Yardin, conducted by Damian Smith of the Kryptographik podcast! And some SkrullWatch, too!
Runaways, Ka-Zar, Mighty Avengers, Wolverine: Origins, New Avengers, Avengers: The Initiative, Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust, Captain America, Immortal Iron Fist, Black Panther, Daredevil, and X-Men: First Class are some of the titles mentioned in this episode.
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Kryptographik (http://lordshaper.com/kryptographik/)
Random Thoughts Escaping (http://randomthoughtsescaping.blogspot.com/)
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WHAT IF…THIS WAS THE FANTASTIC FOUR?: A TRIBUTE TO MIKE WIERINGO COVER: MIKE WIERINGO and PAUL MOUNTS
WRITER: JEFF PARKER
PENCILS: MIKE WIERINGO and FRIENDS
INKS: KARL KESEL and FRIENDS
Before artist Mike Wieringo passed away, he had completed seven pages of a What If? story featuring the “replacement” Fantastic Four: Spider-Man, the Hulk, Ghost Rider and Wolverine! Marvel Comics generously donated the script and Mike’s art to The Hero Initiative. Mike’s talented friends and fans stepped up to finish the story, and pay tribute to Mike in this great tale!
This awesome 48-page book contains the full story, and additional written tributes to Mike, and includes artists Arthur Adams, Paul Renaud, Stuart Immonen, Cully Hamner, Alan Davis, David Williams, Sanford Greene, Humberto Ramos, Skottie Young, Mike Allred, and Barry Kitson.
This benefit for The Hero Initiative is published with the full support of Marvel Comics, and on the advice and consent of the family of Mike Wieringo.
48 pages full-color $4.99
Angel Revelations #2 $3.99
Avengers Fairy Tales #3 $2.99
AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #14
COVER BY: MARK BROOKS
WRITERS: DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE
PENCILS and INKS: STEFANO CASELLI
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN
“We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us!”
During the INFILTRATION, a Skrull at the heart of the Camp Hammond said these words: “It won’t be long until we have a Skrull in every state! “Now that Skrull stands revealed and the fate of The Initiative, the United States, and Planet Earth hang in the balance. Plus: Former Avenger, Delroy Garret, assumes the mantle and arsenal of Earth’s greatest Skrull-Hunter, THE 3-D MAN. He’s here to chew bubblegum and kick some Skrull-@$. And he’s all out of bubblegum.
Rated T+ …$2.99
BLACK PANTHER #37
COVER BY: ALAN DAVIS
WRITER: REGINALD HUDLIN
PENCILS: FRANCIS PORTELA
He’s back – and he’s badder than ever! Killmonger returns to Wakanda, with vengeance on his mind.
Rated T+ …$2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #39
COVER BY: STEVE EPTING
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS: ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Okay, what the heck is going on here? Is that two guys in Captain America outfits? Yeah, it is.
More than that, we cannot say.
The epic Death of Captain America continues in Part Three of “The Man Who Bought America” by the acclaimed team of Brubaker and Epting.
Rated T+ …$2.99
Captain Britain And MI 13 #1 2nd Ptg Kirk Variant Cover $2.99
DAREDEVIL #108
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITERS: ED BRUBAKER & GREG RUCKA
PENCILS: MICHAEL LARK
INKS: STEFANO GAUDIANO
“Cruel and Unusual” Part Two of Four
Matt Murdock throws himself into what is probably a losing case, a last-minute death-penalty appeal…while Dakota North and Daredevil discover people are willing to kill to keep them from pursuing this investigation. But is it the mob…or the government? The multiple-Eisner-nominated team of Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark is joined by the acclaimed Greg Rucka co-writing!
Rated T+ …$2.99
Fantastic Four Vol 3 #558 $2.99
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 #1 2nd Ptg Pelletier Variant Cover $2.99
Hulk Vol 2 #4 Cover A $2.99
Hulk Vol 2 #4 Cover B $2.99
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #16
COVER BY: DAVID AJA
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS and INKS: DAVID AJA
“Happy Birthday, Danny” Part 1 of 1
In the wake of THE SEVEN CAPITAL CITIES OF HEAVEN, Danny Rand has been busy reinventing and rebuilding his life. Who is he, as a man? As a hero? What does the Iron Fist legacy really mean in this day and age? Where does Danny Rand go next? And just what exactly is up with him and Misty? Are they, like, a thing, or, or what? And why might the 33 candles on Danny’s cake mean the end for the Immortal Iron Fist?
Rated T+ …$2.99
Marvel 1985 #2 $3.99
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #37 $2.99
Marvel Comics Presents Vol 2 #10 $3.99
Marvel Illustrated Moby Dick #5 $2.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #15
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
BREAKDOWNS: JOHN ROMITA JR.
FINISHES: KLAUS JANSON & TOM PALMER
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO—–? Rewinding the clock to Avengers Dissassembled we reveal how one of the main players in SECRET INVASION was replaced by a Skrull and what the fallout has been. A major SECRET INVASION chapter is here! Oh, but you want to know exactly who we’re talking about right? Spoilers, dude!
Rated A …$2.99
MS. MARVEL #28
COVER BY: GREG HORN
WRITER: BRIAN REED
PENCILS: ADRIANA MELO
INKS: MARIAH BENES
The SECRET INVASION is here and the Battle for Manhattan has begun. Earth’s heroes have been scattered, New York City is under siege and only one hero is left to stand up for humanity — Carol Danvers — going to war. All of the frustrations, drama and insecurities of Ms. Marvel’s life lead up to this as she takes on an invading horde of Super-Skrulls…and don’t put money on anyone green getting out alive!
Rated T+ …$2.99
MYTHOS: CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
COVER BY: PAOLO RIVERA
WRITER: PAUL JENKINS
PENCILS: PAOLO RIVERA
He may be dead, but now you can find out how the man became the legend! Mythos revisits Steve Rogers’ transformation from a weakling with a heart of steel to the Sentinel of Liberty! From the mind of Paul Jenkins’ and the stunning art of Paolo Rivera comes the origin of CAPTAIN AMERICA!
Rated A …$3.99
NEW AVENGERS #42
COVER BY: ALEKSI BIRCLOT
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: JIM CHEUNG
INKS: JOHN DELL
SECRET INVASION Tie-In!
THE EMPIRE part 3. For 42 issues readers of New Avengers have wondered, who caused the breakout in New Avengers #1 and why? And how was this the real start of the SECRET INVASION? Find out right here!! Special guest artist Jim Cheung returns to these pages for this shocking story.
Rated A …$2.99
New Warriors Vol 4 #13 $2.99
Power Pack Day One #4 $2.99
Runaways Vol 2 #30 $2.99
Secret Invasion #1 DF Exclusive Mel Rubi Variant Cover CGC 9.8 $89.99
SECRET INVASION: RUNAWAYS/YOUNG AVENGERS #1
COVER BY: MICHAEL RYAN
WRITER: CHRISTOPHER YOST
PENCILS: TAKESHI MIYAZAWA
The Skrulls are invading and the Runaways and the Young Avengers both have a Skrull on their team. Coincidence? We think not. You two favorite teen teams come together again as the Marvel U is pushed to the brink.
Rated T+ …$2.99
She-Hulk 2 #30 $2.99
Sky Doll #1 2nd Ptg Variant Cover $5.99
THOR: AGES OF THUNDER - REIGN OF BLOOD #1
COVER BY: MARKO DJURDJEVIC
WRITER: MATT FRACTION
PENCILS: PATRICK ZIRCHER and KHARI EVANS
INKS: PATRICK ZIRCHER and VICTOR OLAZABA
From Ragnarok to Ragnarok, in a cycle that spans the millennia, the pantheon of Asgard lives and dies and is born anew. And with each different form and in each new age, come new adventures, greater challenges…and more dire treacheries! Matt Fraction (THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST) and Patrick Zircher (TERROR, INC.) unspool the further epic tales of Thor’s warrior heroism, and the Midgard-quaking intrigues of the gods!
Rated T+ …$3.99
Thunderbolts #121 $2.99
Ultimate Spider-Man #123 $2.99
Ultimates 3 #4 Incentive Dave Finch Variant Cover - [PI]
Ultimates 3 #4 Regular Joe Madureira Cover $2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #499
COVER BY: MIKE CHOI
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER
PENCILS: MIKE CHOI & BEN OLIVER
X-Men: Divided We Stand comes to its shocking conclusion! Cyclops and Emma come face to face against former allies. Colossus, Wolverine and Nightcrawler scramble to get out of Russia alive. Witness the new status quo for the X-Men that will define their future!
Rated T+ …$2.99
Wolverine First Class #4 $2.99
WOLVERINE: ORIGINS #26
COVER BY: GREG LAND
WRITER: DANIEL WAY
PENCILS: STEPHEN SEGOVIA
“SON OF X” Part 1 (of 2)
The origin of Daken, the son of Wolverine! Decades ago, during his time in Jasmine Falls, Wolverine fathered a child…a child whom he thought died with its mother. But Wolverine was mistaken—the child grew into a man. And that man just may be the deadliest being on the face of the Earth. How did that happen? Find out here!
Parental Advisory …$2.99
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS #13
COVER BY: ROGER CRUZ
WRITER: JEFF PARKER
PENCILS: ROGER CRUZ and COLLEEN COOVER
With every news story of the uncanny new people inhabiting our world, more Homo Sapiens grow fearful of a planet dominated by mutants. When really they should be worrying about an Earth dominated by robots! What should you really fear- an X-Man or… a MACHINE MAN?
PLUS: A Colleen Coover cartoon!
Rated A …$2.99
X-MEN: LEGACY #213
COVER BY: ALAN DAVIS
WRITER: MIKE CAREY
PENCILS: SCOT EATON
Xavier traces his history and the history of the X-Men to the core. What he finds will shock you. And what do Rogue, Gambit and Sebastian Shaw have to do with it?
Rated A …$2.99
X-Men Messiah CompleX One Shot Previews Exclusive Dave Finch Sketch Cover - [PI]
Young Avengers Presents #6 $2.99
Collections
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE CHOSEN PREMIERE (and DM ONLY)
COVERS BY: TRAVIS CHAREST and MITCH BREITWEISER
WRITER: DAVID MORRELL
PENCILS: MITCH BREITWEISER
Marvel brings you a groundbreaking new vision of Captain America as you’ve never seen him, in this six-issue Marvel Knights mini-series in the vein of SPIDER-MAN: REIGN and SILVER SURFER: REQUIEM. Steeped in the life-or-death tension of insurrectionist combat, is the young Marine Corporal James Newsom really fighting side by side with Captain America, or is it all in his mind? And is Cap actually…dying? Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE CHOSEN #1-6, plus the script to issue #1 and an introduction by David Morrell.
Rated T+ …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2905-9
Trim size: standard
HOUSE OF M: AVENGERS
COVER BY: MIKE PERKINS
WRITER: CHRISTOS GAGE
PENCILS: MIKE PERKINS
Return to the world of the hit House of M series, where mutants rule the earth and familiar heroes lead shocking, unfamiliar lives! See the history of this alternate reality revealed for the first time! Follow Luke Cage as he goes from wrongly-convicted prisoner to super-powered fugitive – and assembles the band of rebel freedom fighters who will come to be known as the Avengers! Featuring Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Tigra, Mockingbird and more than a few surprises! The team behind the acclaimed Union Jack, Christos (World War Hulk: X-Men) Gage and Mike (Captain America) Perkins, reunite to bring you Marvel’s heroes and villains in a world where anything can happen – and does! Collecting HOUSE OF M: AVENGERS #1-5.
Rated T+ …$13.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2750-5
MARVEL ATLAS
COVER BY: STAZ JOHNSON
WRITERS: MICHAEL HOSKIN, STUART VANDAL, ANTHONY FLAMINI, and ERIC J. MOREELS
PENCILS: ELIOT R. BROWN
Revealed at last - the complete map to Marvel’s Earth! A massive guide to the diverse corners of places real and imagined: Dr. Doom’s kingdom of Latveria! Silver Sable’s nation Symkaria! The Scarlet Witch’s native Transia! The Black Panther’s royal Wakanda! Ka-Zar’s distant Savage Land! From realms as familiar as your home country to the nations of underwater Atlantis and underground Lemuria! All brought to vibrant life by the illustrations of the legendary Eliot R. Brown. Collecting MARVEL ATLAS #1-2.
Rated A …$14.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2998-1
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: ATLAS ERA TALES OF SUSPENSE VOL. 2 (and VARIANT EDITION)
COVERS BY: JACK KIRBY
WRITERS: STAN LEE and LARRY LIEBER
PENCILS: JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK, PAUL REINMAN, and REED CRANDALL
It seems you just can’t scare the love of a good 80-foot thing from another dimension out of a Marvel Masterworks fan. We’re not one to argue with anyone whose postal code reads “Unknownable Beyond” – so with regrets to the mailman, prepare your post office box for the likes of Sporr, Gor-Kill, Elektro, the Colossus, Metallo and Kraa the Unhuman! This collection from the beyond is full of more amazing monster firsts than Masterworks we’ve yet imagined, and there’s no evidence better than the first-ever father/son space-monster invasion. Yes, it’s none other than the fan-favorite Goom, and Googam, Son of Goom! Complemented by tales of thrilling suspense and sci-fi from Marvel Founding Fathers Steve Ditko and Don Heck, there’s a something for anyone and everyone looking for a break from the bounds of reality in TALES OF SUSPENSE! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #11-20.
All Ages …$59.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2959-2
MARVELS PREMIERE HC (and DM ONLY VARIANT)
COVERS BY: ALEX ROSS
WRITER: KURT BUSIEK
PENCILS: ALEX ROSS
All-new edition! Welcome to New York. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly colored costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, and creatures from space threaten to devour our world. This is the Marvel Universe, where the ordinary and fantastic interact daily. This is the world of Marvels. Collecting MARVELS #0-4.
Rated A …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2785-7
Trim size: standard
OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z VOL. 3 PREMIERE
COVER BY: TOM GRUMMETT
WRITERS: JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, SEAN MCQUAID, STUART VANDAL, MIKE FICHERA, MADISON CARTER, MICHAEL HOSKIN, RONALD BYRD, MARK O’ENGLISH, ERIC J. MOREELS, CHAD ANDERSON, DAVID WILTFONG, JACOB ROUGEMONT, AL SJOERDSMA, RICH GREEN, and CHRIS BIGGS
Continuing the most exciting and comprehensive Marvel Handbook ever assembled! This twelve-volume guide to the Marvel Universe features more than 100 huge entries in each tome! This issue - from Crimson Dynamo (Gennady Gavrilov) to the Elements of Doom! Spotlighting people (Crystal, Cyclops, Daredevil, Dazzler, Deadpool, three Deathloks, three Death’s Heads, Dr. Doom, Dr. Octopus, Dr. Strange, Domino, Dracula, Drax, Dust, Echo, Elektra), places (the Daily Bugle, District X), teams (the Defenders), species (Demons, Deviants), alternate realities (Days of Future Past, Earth-A, Earth X) items (the Darkhold) and more!
Rated T+ …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3100-7
Posters
SPIDER-MAN BY ALEX ROSS
24×36 Color Poster…$7.99
X-MEN LEGACY BY DAVID FINCH POSTER
55×20 Color Poster…$15.99
