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Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey
Matthew Rosenberg - 2018
But that was then - and in the years that have passed since that shocking loss, the world has changed. Jean's teammates have lived without her, and some have died without her. But now, when strange and mysterious events start happening all over the world, an unmistakable pattern forms, and Jean's friends and loved ones can only come to one startling conclusion. Impossible as it seems - the one true Jean Grey is back from the dead! COLLECTING: PHOENIX RESURRECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY 1-5
X-Men: Phoenix Rising
Roger Stern - 1999
This comics milestone was forever etched in the minds of comics readers everywhere. And then the unthinkable happened. Jean Grey was alive How did this popular X-Men character cheat death? More importantly, how did the individual creators construct a story that would violate one of the best remembered tales of all time without leaving fans feeling they'd been cheated? Find out in the unforgettable X-Men: Phoenix Rising, a story which reunited the original X-Men for the first time In numerous years and set them screaming on a course toward even greater heights.
Avengers Prime
Brian Michael Bendis - 2011
In the wake of the Siege of Asgard Thor, Iron Man and Steve Rogers are brought together on the same side once more, but these great heroes can't truly trust each other yet. They better start soon because something only the Big Three can handle is tearing their world apart. This all-new, grand and dangerous adventure will catapult our heroes into the explosive Heroic Age and will unite comics legend Alan Davis with Avengers scribe Brian Bendis for the very first time. Collecting: Avengers Prime #1-5
Fantastic Four: Books of Doom
Ed Brubaker - 2006
With the phenomenal art team of Pablo Raimondi and Mark Farmer, you will witness Doom's life from his earliest moments to the day he took the throne of Latveria. A dark and revealing examination of how an innocent boy grows up to be a tyrant - a new twist on an old legend - Books of Doom is a sweeping epic of tragedy, madness and destiny.Collecting: Books of Doom 1-6
X-Men Gold, Vol. 1: Back to the Basics
Marc GuggenheimChris Claremont - 2017
And when their rampage through New York City begins, there will be some surprisingly familiar faces in their ranks! Who has turned their backs on the X-Men...and why? COLLECTING: X-MEN: GOLD 1-6
Despicable Deadpool, Vol. 1: Deadpool Kills Cable
Gerry Duggan - 2018
No more being a hero - Deadpool is a wanted man, and he's back to doing what he does best: killing people. What a better way to show you're serious about going bad than killing your best friend? Get ready for a brutal fight.COLLECTING: DESPICABLE DEADPOOL #287-291
Deadpool vs. Thanos
Tim Seeley - 2015
As the two lovers of Death (in both its physical and theoretical manifestations) battle to save the universe from immortality, they must confront their own reasons for living and their passions for dying.Collecting: Deadpool vs. Thanos 1-4
Daredevil and the Punisher: Child's Play
Frank Miller - 1988
Collects Daredevil (1964) #182-184
Dark Reign: Fantastic Four
Jonathan Hickman - 2009
agents attack the Baxter Building, Reed changes everything, The Human Torch suffers a horrible loss, and Franklin and Val go shopping! There's Time Travel, Alternate Realities, Celestials, Eternals, Deviants, and Doombots... and more important than all of that, we find out the answer to the question: What is the Bridge?Collecting: Dark Reign: Fantastic Four 1-5
Wolverine and Jubilee: Curse of the Mutants
Kathryn Immonen - 2011
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
Supreme Power, Volume 1: Contact
J. Michael Straczynski - 2004
Michael Stracyznski presents a hard-edged, mature and deeply personal saga of a world about to give birth to its first generation of super heroes! This Mature Readers story follows the origins of these new heroes and anti-heroes including Dr. Spectrum, Nighthawk and the Blur from their birth through adulthood and examines how their lives and abilities change and shape the world around them.Collecting: Supreme Power 1-6
Wolverine: Logan
Brian K. Vaughan - 2008
Vaughan (TV's Lost, Y: The Last Man) for a unique take on the man who's the best there is at what he does. Finally armed with long-lost memories from his past, Wolverine returns to one of his first battlefields to settle an old score in an all-new adventure with a shocking revelation about the man known as Logan. Collecting Logan #1-3, plus extras.
X-Men: Schism
Jason Aaron - 2011
Even with their numbers at a record low, the world refuses to trust mutantkind. And after a mutant-triggered international incident, anti-mutant hatred hits new heights. Of course it's at this moment, when the mutant race most needs to stand together, that a split begins that will tear apart the very foundation of the X-Men. From superstar writer and Marvel Architect Jason Aaron and a full roster of comics' top artists, this is an X-tale that will reverberate for years to come! When the dust settles, the X-Men landscape will be irreparably changed. Collecting: X-Men: Schism 1-5, Generation Hope 10-11, & X-Men: Regenesis
X-Men: Gambit & Rogue
Howard Mackie - 2016
But the key to fully reviving Bella Donna lies within the Thieves Guild that Gambit turned his back on! Will Remy's father welcome him home with open arms? Or will his in-laws in the Assassins Guild meet him first with closed fists? There's a tithe to be collected, and Gambit may pay the price! But will it be Rogue who suffers the most? Love hurts!Collects Gambit (1993) #1-4, Rogue (1995) #1-4.