Every bit as ruthless and ten times as smart, the younger Stane is all five of Stark's nightmares rolled into one - and his perversion of Stark's technology into a weapon capable of slaying hundreds of innocents at a time starts the clock ticking on a chess game Iron Man must win! Then, Tony goes on the run from Norman Osborn! Osborn now has all the power he ever wanted minus the most important ingredient, the registration database, which is stored in the only place Stark could guarantee its safe keeping - inside his Extremis-enhanced brain.Collecting: Invincible Iron Man 1-19

    There's a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! Join the brightest stars in the Marvel U: Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot and Iron Man, as they embark upon one of the most explosive and eye-opening chapters of Marvel NOW!

    Get caught up on all things X-Men: Gold with these Marvel Primer Pages and then check out the start of the X-Men in Marvel Legacy in X-Men: Gold #13.

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    The time for both Thieves and Assassins to pay tribute to the immortal Candra. The time for the Guilds to receive their ancient birthrights--the Assassins' gift of Power; the Thieve's Elixir of Life.Collects Gambit (1993) #1-4

    Just when it looked like there was no possibility of a future for mutants, hope arrives. But the X-Men aren't there to meet it - The Marauders and Purifiers beat them to it. Now the race is on to get the first new mutant since House of M... Collecting: X-Men: Messiah Complex One-Shot, Uncanny X-Men 492-494, X-Men 205-207, New X-Men 44-46, X-Factor 25-27, & X-Men: Messiah CompleX - Mutant Files

    While the X-Men try to find a way to give her as normal a life as is inhumanly feasible, her decidedly abnormal vampire cravings will not be denied. Between that and her newfound powers, she's winning the fights but not the popularity contests among most of the other X-Kids. Most...but not all. And just when Jubilee starts to think that there is no place for her anywhere, a group of vampire women make her an offer she can't refuse. It seems like the perfect solution...unless Wolverine has anything to say about it!Collecting: Wolverine and Jubilee 1-4, Uncanny X-Men 244

    Simple, right? Unfortunately, it's not only very manned...but also brimming with gamma radiation!

    Can these two hard-case-heroes stop trying to kill each other long enough to stop the real bad guys? It's the Punisher vs. Wolverine!

    Their struggles will reveal the origin of the man who created the Black Widow, pit them against the combined might of Magneto and Doctor Doom; unleash the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man on Los Angeles; team them with the Stranger in the fight for an Infinity Gem; and bring fan-favorite artist John Byrne aboard for some of his greatest early work, including stories featuring the Sentinels and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!

    Barton and Bishop race against time to save a group of innocent kids with devastating powers. But will their actions cause a deep-seated rift that stretches across time? Find out as we head to the future to join old man Clint and a wiser Kate as they're reluctantly reunited. As tomorrow's Hawkeyes confront the Mandarin, today's must discover what makes a hero and what breaks a hero. It's more than just a bow and arrows!Collecting: All-New Hawkeye 1-5 & All-New Hawkeye 1-6

    MYSTIQUE! DARK BEAST! WEAPON OMEGA! MIMIC! They are the public face of mutants in an Osborn world. And what a face they are! But what does Nate Grey, a.k.a. X-MAN, have to do with it? The critically acclaimed team of PAUL CORNELL (BLACK WIDOW, TV's Dr. Who) and Leonard Kirk (CAPTAIN BRITAIN and MI13) take on the world of X!COLLECTING: Dark X-Men #1-5

    Sin City: The Babe Wore Red and Other Stories is a collection of three complete tales of the town without pity and the tough guys and hot dames who live there.In The Customer is Always Right, a man and woman fall in love, but one falls harder than the other. It's true love Sin City style. On the opposite side of the coin, a working girl from Old Town gives her client a quick lesson in business, And What's Behind Door Number Three... isn't something you should negotiate for. And in the lead story, The Babe Wore Red, Dwight finds himself in frighteningly familiar territory with a too-much woman with too few answers, and a fully loaded shotgun aimed at his skull. Sex always makes Dwight stupid, so is he setting himself up for an idiot's death? God only knows.All three stories have appeared in quiet, little places where you probably couldn't find them, and all three are self-contained. For introducing new readers to the streets of Sin City, or for filling the weeks between issues of The Big Fat Kill, Sin City: The Babe Wore Red can't be beat.

    The Fantastic Four are four-closed!Collecting: Marvel Knights 4 1-7

    Life goes on for Matt, until he receives a very special package. A young girl has brought a child to Murdock, claiming it to be the Messiah, and leaves the child in his care...