Frankensteining Marvel And DC Comics Solicitations For April 2014

MS. MARVEL #3
G. Willow Wilson (W) • Adrian Alphona (A)
Cover by JAMIE McKELVIE
Artist Variant by annie wu
• The All-New Ms. Marvel has already gained international fame.
• But in Kamala's case, star-power comes with a whole lot of… awkwardness.
• Find out why the most exciting new Marvel hero is also the most loveable!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …2.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL #2
Kelly Sue DeConnick (W) • DAVID LOPEZ (A/C)
Artist Variant by J.G. Jones
• Higher, faster, further…. WAR?!
• Captain Marvel forges towards the final frontier—and is thrown into the frontlines of battle.
• Can this half-alien survive in an all alien-world?
• The breakout hit of 2012 makes a glorious return!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MOON KNIGHT #2
WARREN ELLIS (W) • Declan Shalvey (A/C)
Variant cover by Phil Noto
• The best new comic of 2014 continues with a story that has to be experienced to be believed!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NOVA #16
Gerry Duggan (W) • David Baldeon (A)
Cover by PACO MEDINA
• Sam's adventure with Beta Ray Bill in space comes to a shocking conclusion and Sam arrives home to a very unpleasant discovery. (No, it's not the Statue of Liberty on its side.)
32 PGS./Rated T …3.99

AVENGERS UNDERCOVER #2
DENNIS HOPELESS (w)
KEV WALKER (a)
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
GO INSIDE THE MASTERS OF EVIL!
• Our teen heroes infiltrate the Avengers' arch nemesis…but will they ever get out?
• Bloodstone + the Son of Satan = Hell on Earth!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …2.99

AVENGERS UNDERCOVER #3
DENNIS HOPELESS (w)
TIMOTHY GREEN III (a)
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
VARIANT COVER BY JORGE MOLINA
FACE-TO-FACE WITH ARCADE!
• What happens when the Murder World survivors confront their former captor?
• Hint: Someone doesn't survive!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …2.99

UNCANNY AVENGERS #19
RICK REMENDER (W) • DANIEL ACUñA (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY AGUSTIN ALESSIO
• AVENGE THE EARTH Continues!
• Kang's Chronos Corps arrives on Planet X with a terrible offer!
• The former members of the Uncanny Avengers must reunite to save the Earth!
• Magneto's all-new X-Force are out for the blood of a Summers!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SECRET AVENGERS #2
ALES KOT (W) • MICHAEL WALSH (A)
Cover by TRADD MOORE
Variant Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY
• Earth is in danger. Massive decommissioned S.H.I.E.L.D. satellites are about to fall on us all. It's a P.R. nightmare in the making!
• Speaking of things falling from space: Nick Fury and special agent Phil Coulson are about to die painfully. • Unless Hawkeye, Black Widow and Spider-Woman save them!
• Maria Hill is wounded. The hitman made it personal. Hill's potential savior? M.O.D.O.K.!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW AVENGERS #17
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • RAGS MORALES (A)
Cover by LEINIL YU
Variant Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
Captain America Variant Also Available
• Must the New Avengers destroy a perfect world so that the Earth can live?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #9
AL EWING (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)
Captain America Variant by TBA
• The Blue Marvel faces a nightmare from the depths of the Neutral Zone – and the depths of his past!
• Meanwhile, Ronin can't hide from the Deathwalkers any longer…
• …or from the readers! This ish – the mask comes off!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …3.99

AVENGERS #28
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
Cover by AGUSTIN ALESSIO
CAPTAIN AMERICA VARIANT BY TBA
• A challenge twenty-eight issues in the making, as Bruce Banner puts the pieces together and confronts Iron Man…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

And from DC Comics…

BATWOMAN ANNUAL #1
Written by MARC ANDREYKO
Art and cover by TREVOR McCARTHY
On sale APRIL 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RAT ED T+

Batwoman vs. Mr. Bones! Will the DEO triumph over Kate, or will she cross the line and free herself for good! Lingering questions are answered as long-standing conflicts reach their final resolutions.

BATGIRL ANNUAL #2
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by ROBERT GILL
Cover by CLAY MANN
On sale APRIL 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

It's the start of a new story arc as Batgirl must unravel a mystery centered around her former BIRDS OF PREY teammate, the woman who betrayed her trust – POISON IVY!

THE FLASH ANNUAL #3
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art by BRETT BOOTH, RON FRENZ, NORM RAPMUND and LIVESAY
Cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
On sale APRIL 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

The start of a major new arc for the Fastest Man Alive! In the future, The Flash is a broken man. His powers have failed him time and again at great cost to him and the city he has sworn to protect. Now he's coming back to 2014 to stop the one event that destroyed his life. Meanwhile, in the present, Barry Allen must contend with thieves trying to capitalize on the devastation of FOREVER EVIL. It's a tale of two timelines that ushers in one of DC's most storied characters…featuring The New 52 debut of WALLY WEST!

GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS ANNUAL #2
Written by JUSTIN JORDAN
Art and cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
On sale APRIL 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

Don't miss "CURSE OF THE WHITE LANTERN"! Kyle Rayner is the only being in the universe to survive passing through the Source Wall, the bizarre barrier at the end of space. He should have known there'd be consequences – terrible ones! Kyle's mind now contains the most dangerous secret in all of creation…and that secret is desperate to get out and get to Earth! Don't miss the story that plants a crucial seed for the next GREEN LANTERN epic!

TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #3
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL
Art and cover by KENNETH ROCAFORT
On sale APRIL 30 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T

Skitter finally returns to the team – and it's perfect timing, because the Teen Titans are going to need all the power they can muster in this final battle against the man known as Harvest! Plus, the team must deal with the staggering betrayal by one of their own!

SECRET ORIGINS #1
Written by TONY BEDARD, KYLE HIGGINS and GREG PAK
Art by PAULO SIQUEIRA, WILL CONRAD and others
Cover by LEE BERMEJO
1:25 Variant cover by ANDY KUBERT
On sale APRIL 23 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
At last, the SECRET ORIGINS of the World's Greatest Heroes in The New 52 can be revealed! This new series gets off to an awesome start with the origins of The Last Son of Krypton and Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, plus the first Robin, Dick Grayson.

FOREVER EVIL AFTERMATH: BATMAN VS. BANE #1
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by SCOT EATON and JAIME MENDOZA
1:25 Variant cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
ONE-SHOT • On sale APRIL 30 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
The title says it all! FOREVER EVIL is over! Now, Batman has returned to take Gotham City back – by force! The only thing standing in his way? BANE! Get ready for the grudge match of the year!

AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #1

Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by LAN MEDINA and ED TADEO

Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO