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Now Marvel Comics Adds Digital-Only TPBs Too

Published Thu, 07 May 2020 08:08:18 -0500

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported on Marvel Comics making a number of their incomplete mini-series, or series that were coming to an end, digital-only. They will only see print in eventual collections, months away, if that. These are books that retailers were planning to sell, now withdrawn from print, and leaving print readers with incomplete series in their collections. This was announced, even as Steve Geppi and Ross Richie were talking about sales being up, coming out of shutdown. Marvel has now added to these with digital-only collections of other comic books. The following titles are available from Marvel, but only digitally. They will not be offered in print.

Avengers: Nuff Said

Collects Avengers (1998) #49, Black Panther (1998) #39, Captain America (1998) #50, Iron Man (1998) #49, Thor (1998) #44. The Avengers enter the Nuff Said event! Storytelling is taking to a new level as these Avengers stories are told without dialogue. Kang invades Washington DC! Black Panther faces off with Iron Fist! And much more!

Captain America: Von Strucker Gambit

Collects Daredevil Annual #7, Punisher Annual #4, Captain America Annual #10. Hydra is back and they've unleashed murderous, genetically-enhanced assassins into the world. Daredevil, Captain America and the Punisher will team up with S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to quell these new Hydra killers.

Carnage-ized: The Variant Covers #1

The frenzied insanity of Carnage comes for the Marvel heroes! Don't miss this stunning collection of variant covers featuring your favorite Marvel heroes bonded with the psychotic Carnage symbiote! Featuring the heavy-hitting art of Leinil Yu, Nick Bradshaw, Skottie Young, Mark Brooks and more! Plus a bonus variant cover gallery of Absolute Carnage variant covers!

Venomized: The Variant Covers #1

We are Venom! The lethal protector that is Venom bonds with your favorite Marvel heroes and villains in this web of variant covers featuring the jaw-dropping art of Humberto Ramos, Elizabeth Torque, Mike Deodato, Dustin Weaver, Ryan Stegman and many more!

X-Men: Days Of Future Present

Collects Fantastic Four Annual #23, X-Factor Annual #5, New Mutants Annual #6, Uncanny X-Men Annual #14. When an adult version of Franklin Richards appears before the Fantastic Four, it sets up a time-hopping chain of danger. The Days of Future Past makes it way to our present as Ahab tracks the Franklin of the future! But what does this mean for Phoenix of Excalibur who came from the same future as Franklin? Can Ahab be stopped or will his dark future start today?

X-Men: Kings Of Pain

Collects New Mutants Annual #7, New Warriors Annual #1, X-Men Annual #15, X-Factor Annual #6. Toast to the Kings of Pain. And woe to their enemies. Unseen schemers plot the X-Men's demise. And what better way to tear the mutants asunder than to ressurrect the reality-warping Proteus!

X-Men: Krakoa Lives

Collects Giant-Size X-Men #1, Journey Into Mystery: Birth of Krakoa #1, X-Men: Deadly Origin #4, Wolverine and the X-Men #1. Before it became the island nation of mutantkind in the pages of Jonathan Hickman's X-Men, Krakoa existed as the mysterious living mutant island! Witness the all-new, all-different X-Men's first mission as they rescue the inaugural team from the island. And also, was their another team of mutants lost to the island, seemingly forgotten by all? Vulcan returns and he wants answers! And go back even further, to the birth itself of the mutant island…and what does Nick Fury have to do with it?

Avengers: Assault On Armor City

Collects Darkhawk Annual #1, Avengers West Coast Annual #7, Iron Man Annual #13. Tony Stark's past continues to haunt him as the repercussions from Armor Wars still linger. Mistaking Darkhawk for some of his stolen tech, Iron Man attacks the young hero! After their skirmish, When Stark learns of an A.I.M. plot to use his designs for their terror-filled purposes and he'll need to recruit Darkhawk and the Avengers West Coast to stop them. But when a new Iron Monger armor is unleashed, A.I.M. may reign supreme.

Hulk: Lifeform

Collects Punisher Annual #3, Daredevil Annual #6, Hulk Annual #16, Silver Surfer Annual #3. After a scientiest is exposed to a deadly virus, he becomes an erratic, unstable and constantly mutating superbeing now named Lifeform. As he grows more powerful by the day, and infecting more people as he evolves, it will be up to heroes like Hulk, Daredevil, Silver Surfer and Punisher to halt the growing threat of Lifeform.

Marvel: The Action Figure Variant Covers #1

John Tyler Christopher has captivated the imaginations of Marvel fans for years with his Action Figure Variants covers, depicting the figures you never knew you wanted. And collected here for the first time are his initial offerings of action figures, from an ax-wiedling Doctor Strange to the unbeatable Squirrel Girl to Venom: Space Knight and many more! Plus, featuring a line of X-Men and Secret Wars action figure variants covers!

Thanos Loses

Collects Ka-Zar #11, Guardians Of the Galaxy (2008) #25, Thor (1998) #25, Secret Wars (2016) #8, Annihilation #4. Thanos is the Mad Titan and the Avengers greatest threat. He's defeated every hero you can name. Thanos Wins. But not always. See some of the Marvel heroes' greatest victories over Thanos and his unimaginable might. From his role in the Annihilation wave to a one-on-one with Ka-Zar, witness the most titanic Thanos battles!

Uncanny X-Men: The Variant Covers #1

See the Uncanny X-Men like you've never seen them before on these stunning variant covers collected together in one oversized comic. See thrilling renditions of your favorite X-characters from top creators like J. Scott Campbell, Arthur Adams, Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Rob Liefeld and many, many more. Then, witness a thrilling collection of New Mutant variants covers from Mike Deodato, Terry Dodson, Clayton Crain and more! And finally rounding out this uncanny collection is the fiery inclusion of Marvel heroes being imbued with the Phoenix force by artists including Ryan Stegman, Jen Bartel and more!

The Villainous Venom Battles Spider-Man

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #332-333 & #346-347. Venom may be the anti-hero of today, but he began as the villainous tormentor of Spider-Man. Bonding with the alien suit that Peter Parker shunned, Eddie Brock joined wih the strange symbiote to become the deadly Venom. Never before had Spider-Man faced his equal in terms of abilities as well as knowing all of his deeply held secrets, including his secret identity. How can Spider-Man hope to defeat this personal nightmare?

Spider-Man: Vibranium Vendetta

Collects Amazing Spider-Man Annual #25, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #11, Web of Spider-Man Annual #7. When synthetic Vibranium, created by the Roxxon corporation, may end up up in the wrong hands, it will be up to Spider-Man, Iron Man and Black Panther to stop the likes of Kingpin, Ghost, and a new player in the super-powered Sunturion. The situation escalates when Kingpin makes a deal with Ultron, who may be more powerful than the three heroes can handle if he gets control over the new synthetic Vibranium!

Uncanny X-Men: The Variant Covers #1

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