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More Frankensteining Marvel's August 2016 Solicits

Published Tue, 17 May 2016 09:08:53 -0500

Last updated Tue, 17 May 2016 09:09:26 -0500

Thanks to CBR, Newsarama, ComicBook and others, a look ahead at today's Marvel August 2016 solicitations…

CIVIL WAR II #5 (OF 7)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • DAVID MARQUEZ (A)
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
B&W VIRGIN CONNECTING VARIANT F COVER BY KIM JONG GI
VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL CHO
CHARACTER VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO

The devastating fallout from the first half of this event is enormous and being felt in every corner of the Marvel Universe. The truth about Ulysses' future-seeing power is revealed and it is a game changer. Sides are irrevocably drawn and the gauntlet is thrown for the biggest battle in Marvel Universe history. And that's just the stuff we can tell you. All this, and the story goes galactic!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #11
TOM TAYLOR (W) • IG GUARA (A)
Cover by BENGAL
MARVEL TSUM TSUM TAKEOVER VARIANT BY JAKE PARKER
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
DESTINY COMES KNOCKING FOR WOLVERINE!
• LAURA KINNEY has fought all her life to avoid a destiny she did not want.
• She has fought against instincts that would make her nothing more than a weapon to be used by others, instead becoming a hero — becoming WOLVERINE.
• But now, destiny intrudes again, this time threatening those dearest to her. And with a SUPER HERO CIVIL WAR tearing her world apart, is there any hope that Wolverine will emerge victorious? Or will she finally succumb to destiny?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ROCKET RACCOON & GROOT #8
NICK KOCHER (W) • Michael Walsh (A)
Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
MARVEL TSUM TSUM TAKEOVER VARIANT BY BRIAN KESINGER
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• CAPTAIN MARVEL has called for backup, and ROCKET and GROOT are here to turn the tide!
• But as CIVIL WAR pits PARTNER against PARTNER, can Rocket and Groot's friendship survive a TRENCHANT DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES AT HAND?!?!
• Probably! But can THEY survive a confrontation with GWENPOOL?!?!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN #7
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • NICO LEON (A)
Cover by SARA PICHELLI
BLACK PANTHER VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• Heritage is not always easy!
• Miles Morales and his friends Nova and Ms. Marvel struggle with the biggest conflict in the Marvel U since they took up their mantles.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

THE ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #11

NICK SPENCER (W) • RAMON ROSANAS (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
BLACK PANTHER VARIANT COVER BY TONCI ZONJIC
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• Scott's in jail, but that doesn't mean he won't be asked to choose a side.
• *Whichever side puts the most money in his commissary account wins.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SCARLET WITCH #9
JAMES ROBINSON (W) • Joëlle Jones (A)
Cover by DAVID AJA
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• When Wanda's brother PIETRO comes to visit, it's not the happy family reunion they imagined.
• Pietro recruits Wanda to help him in the Civil War…
• …but what happens when the SCARLET WITCH and QUICKSILVER are on opposing sides?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. #8
MARC GUGGENHEIM (W) • GERMAN PERALTA (A)
Cover by MIKE NORTON
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• PHIL COULSON, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. no more!
• Coulson has chosen a side in this war…HIS OWN!
• The THIRD FACTION begins here. You are not going to want to miss this seismic-change issue.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #11
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
MARVEL TSUM TSUM TAKEOVER VARIANT COVER BY TBA
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• When things get rough for CAPTAIN MARVEL she calls in some friends from out of town.
• WAY out of town…
• Iron Man doesn't stand a chance!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #11
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • GERARDO SANDOVAL (A)
Cover by ZACH HOWARD
Variant cover by Gerardo Sandoval
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• Venom versus the Amazing Spider-Man!
• Secrets, symbiotes and superiority! Flash and his hero have enough to fight about
without the conflict that's tearing the Marvel Universe apart!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

And here's what ran before…

X-Men '92 guest starring the Flaming Lips.

MARVEL TSUM TSUM #1 (of 4)

Written by JACOB CHABOT

Art by DAVID BALDEON

Cover by CHRIS SAMNEE

The global phenomenon is coming to the Marvel Universe, and they're getting their own series! Today, Marvel is pleased to announce MARVEL TSUM TSUM #1 – an all-new limited series coming this August! Writer Jacob Chabot (The Mighty Skullboy Army) and artist David Baldeon (Captain America,Web Warriors) bring you an in-continuity tale of these stackable sensations as they come face-to-face with their super hero counterparts, and the Marvel Universe at large!

In case you've been living under a rock, Tsum Tsums are HUGE! Well, not LITERALLY (they're actually pretty tiny) but these cute and cuddly creatures are sweeping the globe. So what happens when the Marvel Tsum Tsums find their way into the Marvel Universe? When a crate of these pint-sized piles of fur accidentally falls to Earth en route to The Collector, one small group of Brooklyn teenagers will find out! Oh – and did we mention the MarvelTsum Tsums believe they're the real Marvel Heroes?

DAREDEVIL ANNUAL #1
CHARLES SOULE & ROGER McKENZIE (W) • VANESA R. DEL REY (A/C)
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
VARIANT COVER BY ROGER McKENZIE
• Do you hear that? It sounds like an Echo…
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #25

KIERON GILLEN (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
Cover by JUAN GIMENEZ
VARIANT COVER BY ADI GRANOV
VARIANT COVER BY Jamie McKelvie
VARIANT COVER BY Michael Cho
VARIANT COVER BY KaMome Shirahama
VARIANT COVER BY Joe Quesada
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY Joe Quesada
VARIANT COVER BY Chris Samnee
VARIANT COVER BY Sara Pichelli
VARIANT COVER BY Cliff Chiang
VARIANT COVER BY SALVADOR LARROCA
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

It has all built up to this! Vader's trials against Cylo's creations! His machinations against the Emperor! His covert missions with Doctor Aphra and her murderous droids! All comes to fruition in an oversized 40-page issue by the stellar team of Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca! You won't want to miss this ending!

56 PGS./Rated T …$5.99