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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #601
Written by MARK WAID
Penciled by MARIO ALBERTI
Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
70th Frame Variant by TBA
Prepare for the All-New, All-Deadly: DARK MARY-JANE!! Oops, sorry, that's the rest of Marvel's solicits...Actually, in this issue "Red-Headed Stranger" begins just after the surprising events of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600 with Pete's love life taking a turn for the worse just as his old flame Mary Jane returns to New York City. (FINALLY!! Sheesh. What took us so long?!)
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99
See Page #119 for the Amazing Spider-Man/Mary Jane poster.



AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #602
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by BARRY KITSON
Cover by ADI GRANOV
70th Frame Variant by MIKE MCKONE
"RED-HEADED STRANGER Part II"
THE CHAMELEON returns with a terrifying new mission that has MAYOR J. JONAH JAMESON squarely in his sights! Meanwhile, the ANTI-SPIDER SQUAD narrows its dragnet around the Wall-Crawler, and Peter Parker gets a brand new job...will it bring him closer to the newly-returned MARY JANE, or push her further away?
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #603
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by BARRY KITSON
Cover by STEPHANE ROUX
70th Frame Variant by MARIO ALBERTI
"RED-HEADED STRANGER Part III"
THE CHAMELEON is poised to unleash unspeakable horror on New York City and SPIDER-MAN is nowhere to be found, so the only person who can stop him is...MARY JANE WATSON?!
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #135
Written by ANDY DIGGLE
Penciled by MIGUEL SEPULVEDA
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
70th Frame Variant by PAUL RENAUD
Norman Osborn! Black Widow II! Songbird! Nick Fury! When you finally learn how these four powderkegs intersect and collide, you will be picking your jaw off the floor! Secrets will be uncovered, agendas will be exposed, and heads will roll in the latest wicked installment of the book ComicPants.com calls "Bold and awesome. Diggle has woven a tale of underhanded evil and it truly is a great thing to behold."
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

MS. MARVEL #43 & 44
Written by BRIAN REED
Pencils and Covers by SANA TAKEDA
Ms. Marvel #43 70th Frame Variant by SANA TAKEDA
In Ms. Marvel #43: Karla Sofen's bad day gets worse as the summer's blockbuster Dark Reign event continues. WAR OF THE MARVELS Part 2 brings the Dark Avengers to the front lines.
In Ms. Marvel #44: Hope is crushed and the battle is nearly lost as the Dark Reign event continues in WAR OF THE MARVELS Part 3! As Karla Sofen faces an unbeatable threat, the legacy of Ms. Marvel hangs in the balance.
32 PGS.(each)/Rated T+ ...$2.99 (each)

AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #27
Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE
Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by MATTEO DE LONGIS
70th Frame Variant by TBA
Blastaar's alien army has seized 42, the Initiative's prison in
the Negative Zone. Someone has to take it back, and the Taskmaster has assembled a team to do just that. But when Komodo looks around her at the squad of Z-list super-villains she's supposed to go into battle with, she wonders if this is a recovery job...or a suicide mission! And when she encounters familiar faces who had been incarcerated within the prison, will they be friend or foe? Also, because you demanded it--the return of Butterball!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99

MIGHTY AVENGERS #28
Written by DAN SLOTT
Penciled by KHOI PHAM
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
70th Frame Variant by TBA
"WITCH-HUNT"
Guest-starring the YOUNG AVENGERS!
When the adults are away, it's the perfect time for VISION and STATURE to sneak a few friends into the Avengers new headquarters and throw a party. No, not that kind of party. It's a hunting party-- and the target they're after is...THE SCARLET WITCH!
Also: QUICKSILVER and US AGENT face off against a longtime Avengers villain and their new team. All this and the start of a strange cosmic odyssey for HANK PYM.
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99