And S.W.O.R.D. is thrown right into the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the invading King in Black! Meanwhile, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is Protocol V — and can the Earth survive it? Then, walk a mile in the Manifold’s shoes as S.W.O.R.D.’s Quintician takes a journey across the universe — and comes face to face with a deadly enemy! And as the Quiet Council discuss the rules of murder on Krakoa, in space the killings have already begun… COLLECTING: S.W.O.R.D. (2020) 1-6

    The fact that New Attilan is in the Hudson River puts Manhattan and Spider-Man right in its crosshairs! Jeff Loveness (The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Death of Wolverine: Logan's Legacy) pens all three chapters with tremendous artists!Collecting: All-New Captain America Special, Amazing Spider-Man Special, Inhuman Special

    Thor is a hard-drinking atheist who despises hammers. Wakanda is dismissed as a myth. Captain America was never found in the ice - because there were no Avengers to find him. Instead, this planet has always been protected by Earth's Mightiest Heroes: the Squadron Supreme of America! Now Hyperion, Blur, Doctor Spectrum, Power Princess and Nighthawk face an attack from some of their fiercest enemies - including Dr. Juggernaut, the Black Skull, the Silver Witch, the Goblin and Thanos with his Infinity Rings. But why is Blade the vampire hunter the one man alive who seems to remember that the entire world has somehow been...reborn? And what is the Daywalker going to do about it?Collects Heroes Reborn (2021) #1-7, Heroes Return (2021) #1

    The INVADERS are shattered. And NAMOR is the world's greatest threat.COLLECTING: INVADERS 7-12

    And just in case you're wondering where Spider-Man is in this soap opera, he's battling Dr. Octopus!

    Octopus! The Vulture! Stegron! Swarm! Hydro-Man! The Rhino! The Kingpin! The Answer! And more! And guest-starring Spidey, natch!

    But Silk's quest has taken her down a darker path than expected, and now she's in cahoots with the most ferocious feline in the Marvel Universe: the Black Cat! But not everyone in the Cat's criminal crew is happy about the arrangement. Nor is a certain friendly neighborhood CEO of Parker Industries, and that will bring Cindy into conflict with Spider-Man and the Goblin King! What could have led her to this? Who is Espectro? And will Cindy go so far there's no redeeming the Sinister Silk? Collecting: Silk (2016) 1-6 & material from Amazing Spider-Man 1

    For years, the mystery of the Hobgoblin's identity plagued not only Spider-Man and his friends, but fans, as well! Now, all is revealed, and the answers will shock you! As the Hobgoblin stands exposed at last, the threats of Norman Osborn and an all-new Green Goblin wait in the wings! Featuring all your favorite Spidey characters, from Mary Jane to Betty Brant to Robbie Robertson! COLLECTING: Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #1-3 and Spectacular Spider-Man #259-261 -- written by Roger Stern and Glenn Greenberg, and illustrated by Ron Frenz and Luke Ross.

    He lives in a world of monsters that would love to devour him. He's the last boy on Earth. The last human on Earth. And these creatures that see him only as prey, they're his former neighbors. He has one hope. To get to New York. To get to where Captain America and the rest of the heroes are. Alex Ross and Jim Krueger combine their abilities with artist Well-Bee to tell a very uncanny prequel to the legendary EARTH X trilogy. COLLECTING: MARVELS X (2020) 1-6

    Find out the true nature of this dark, terrible secret. Collecting Mighty Avengers #21-36, and material from Secret Invasion: Requiem.

    He's going back to basics, putting away his high-tech toys and high-profile image so he can get his hands dirty again. It's time to put on some old-fashioned metal - and fly! But can Tony really lay that Stark-sized ego down? Life just isn't that simple, something that old friends and frustrating foes are quick to point out. So Iron Man takes the fight back to basics, and back to the streets - facing down old-school villains like Arcade and the Absorbing Man. But what's really going on in Tony Stark's head? As old friends like Hellcat try to help him find peace of mind, lurking on the horizon is a threat that Tony - and the entire cosmos - hasn't seen in years. Prepare for the new saga of Korvac!Iron Man (2020) 1-5

    Some mutants struggle to fit in. Some mutants turn to violence and death. And the children whisper of the Patchwork Man, singing in their hearts. Only one mutant senses the looming shadows. Snared by questions of death, law and love, only Nightcrawler can fight for the soul of Krakoa. Only he — and the curious crew he assembles — can help mutants defeat their inner darkness…and find a new way to live! But the malevolent force hiding within Krakoa has begun to show its true form, and answers are hidden…within the Mindscape! One of the world’s most dangerous mutants is reborn as Si Spurrier and Bob Quinn push the frontiers of Krakoa in an unmissable entry in the unfolding Reign of X!Collecting: Way Of X (2021) #1-5, X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation

    When he defi es U.S. government orders to confront the armored assassins himself, Stark sets off an international con- flagration that threatens his friends, his company, and his very life-and sets him on a collision course with China and Russia, and their champions, Radioactive Man, Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo!COLLECTING: Iron Man Legacy #1-6

    But if it's up to AIM, they'll be headed straight down...to burn up on re-entry! Even with one Armored Avenger down, the other's still up for adventure overseas and underwater - but Roxxon Oil's backing a new opponent who'll have Stark climbing the walls and breaking through them, just in time to face Justin Hammer's B-Team: Beetle, Blizzard, and Blacklash! Featuring Spymaster and the Ghost, later of Dark Reign infamy! Collects Iron Man (1968) #215-224.

    Sinister and the demon-lord N'astirh set their respective master plans in motion - both centered around one woman: Madelyne Pryor, wife of Scott Summers, the X-Man called Cyclops. The flame is fanned as Sinister's agents, the Marauders, attack Madelyne's protectors in the X-Men, while a horde of N'astirh's demons prey upon the helpless, horrified populace of New York City. The inferno burns as Madelyne strikes her own bargain with N'astirh, and as the Goblin Queen, threatens to cast a spell that would render the entire earth a hellish wasteland where demons rule. And the sacrifice necessary is none other than her own innocent child, Nathan Christopher Summers! It's the X-Men, X-Factor, and the New Mutants in one of their most harrowing ordeals ever, with the fate of entire dimensions hanging in the balance - and the price for victory perhaps higher than any of them can bear!Collects X-Factor #33-40, X-Terminators #1-4, Uncanny X-Men #239-243, New Mutants #71-73, and X-Factor Annual #4.