Posted on February 18th, 2010 by The Heroic Age
HEROIC AGE MAGAZINE #1
50/50 Covers by JIM CHEUNG
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
Marvel’s heroes have seen their darkest days, but today a new light springs forth in the Marvel Universe. The Heroic Age starts here! This giant magazine features all of the behind-the-scenes details that fans are dying to know about the development of the Heroic Age and the future of all of Marvel’s biggest guns. New heroes! New villains! New team rosters! And new series! It’s a new age and it’s all right here! Featuring creator interviews, artist sketchbooks and reprinting some of the most exciting adventures ever told!
104 PGS./Rated T+ …$9.99
ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE #1
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils & Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Foilogram Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
Spider-Man and Wolverine! Everyone’s favorite wise-cracking web-spinner and ferocious furball come together in their first major series ever! The super-star creative team of Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE: WEAPON X, PUNISHERMAX) and Adam Kubert (ULT. FANTASTIC FOUR, X-MEN) send Spidey and Wolvie to the edges of the Marvel Universe as they face such awful beings as The Czar, Big Murder and Doom the Living Planet! But who is the major Marvel villain pulling the strings? And can Spidey & Wolvie refrain from killing one another long enough to find out?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #1 (of 5)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Art & Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Foilogram Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
The superstar team of Warren Ellis and Kaare Andrews (SPIDER-MAN: REIGN) take X-Men into the Heroic Age!
Something’s happening in the tiny East African city of Mbangwi. Something that requires immediate investigation. A newborn sprouts metal electrodes and explodes, taking out an entire hospital. Is this the first wave of mutant rebirth that the X-Men have been praying for…or something very, very different? Something sinister?
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DEADPOOL #23
Written by DANIEL WAY
Penciled by CARLO BARBERI
Cover by JASON PEARSON
Heroic Age Variant by TBA
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
“TRICKY,” PART 1
Deadpool’s been described as many things over the years, but “trendsetter”? That’s a new one. Here he is, trying to get his hero on and guess what? Suddenly, everyone else is, too! Seems like everyone’s wanting to jump on the Deadpool bandwagon lately, doesn’t it?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99
AVENGERS #1
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Variant by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Variant by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Heroic Age Variant by GREG LAND
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
There came a day! A day unlike any other…where two of Marvel’s top creators teamed up for the very first time to create a bombastic new monthly Marvel comic that not only ushers in the Heroic Age of Marvel Comics but unleashes onto the world the most blockbuster Avengers team ever! Who will answer the call? And will they assemble just in time…because Kang the Conqueror is here from the future. And wait till you find out why…! Bonus back up feature: the oral history of the Avengers, part one. A brand new illustrated look at the Avengers in a way you have never seen before by series writer Brian Michael Bendis.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #1
Written by JEFF CHRISTIANSEN, ROB LONDON, MICHAEL HOSKIN, RONALD BYRD, MARKUS RAYMOND, MADISON CARTER, GABRIEL SHECHTER, KEVIN GARCIA, SEAN MCQUAID, MIKE O’SULLIVAN, CHRIS BIGGS & JACOB ROUGEMONT
Select Character Artwork by GUS VAZQUEZ
Cover by MIKE MCKONE
The Official Handbook continues to soar during 2010′s Heroic Age with an update for all things Avengers, featuring Captain America (Rogers) and Thor! In-depth profiles on the good: Bengal, Black Knight (Percy), Komodo, Whiz Kid and Prodigy! The bad: Proctor, Super-Adaptoid, the Dark Avengers & the Ragnarok clone! And everyone in between: Arkon, Trauma, Bova, Young Masters, and the Phone Ranger?! Featuring ORIGINAL ART for dozens of characters! Avengers Assemble!
64 PGS./Handbook/One-Shot/Rated T+ …$3.99
AVENGERS SPOTLIGHT #1
Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS
Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Marvel begins a new Heroic Age of Avengers action in May, with the first issues of Brian Michael Bendis’ AVENGERS and Ed Brubaker’s SECRET AVENGERS leading the way! To celebrate this new Heroic Age for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, we want all SPOTLIGHT faithful to assemble for a double-sized extravaganza jam-packed with inside information, interviews, preview art and some very special surprises. This month’s SPOTLIGHT is all things Avengers: Who survived SIEGE? Which heroes passed the Initiative? What’s up with Luke Cage and his renegade Avengers? What’s life like in a post-Dark Reign world? And where doe Steve Rogers fit into all of this? If you are a fan of the Avengers — old school or new — this is a must-buy piece of Marvel memorabilia!
64 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$3.99
ATLAS #1
Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by GABRIEL HARDMAN & CHRIS SAMNEE
Cover by TERRY DODSON
Women of Marvel Variant by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
Heroic Age Variant by CHRIS STEVENS
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE
It’s the Agents you love, in an ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES! Someone has come to ATLAS looking for answers to some very strange questions, and on his trail is a danger of a new level. Marvel’s Rat Pack are back to solve the mystery behind THE 3-D MAN. The star team of Jeff Parker and Gabriel Hardman return to take Jimmy Woo’s agents to the weirdest and most fantastic heights yet!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #606
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by BUTCH GUICE
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Heroic Age Variant by BUTCH GUICE
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
Acclaimed artist Butch Guice joins award-winning writer Ed Brubaker as the summer begins with a blast from the past! Zemo returns to finish the job his father started — Killing Bucky!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
BLACK WIDOW #2
Written by MARJORIE LIU
Art & Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Heroic Age Variant by TBA
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
The deadliest hero from IRON MAN 2, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN and CAPTAIN AMERICA fights for her life!
Somebody wants the super-spy codenamed the Black Widow dead…and they came damn close! Now Natasha Romanoff, recovering and angry, chases the trail with fatal skill! What do her friends Iron Man, Wolverine and Daredevil know about her would-be killer…and why won’t they help her?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #579
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by NEIL EDWARDS
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Heroic Age Variant by GEOF DARROW
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
Faced with the death of imagination and growing pandemic of tomorrow fear, Reed Richards takes the future of discovery into his own hands. Think the world is a bad place, everything is going to hell, and the end times are surely around the corner? Try reading the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
AGE OF HEROES #1 (of 4)
Written by KURT BUSIEK, RICK REMENDER, PAUL CORNELL & DAN SLOTT
Penciled by MARKO DJURDJEVIC, CHRIS SAMNEE, LEONARD KIRK & MORE!
Cover by GREG TOCCHINI
Heroic Age Variant by MIKE PERKINS
Eisner-winner & fan-favorite KURT BUSIEK RETURNS TO MARVEL!
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
The Heroes are restored to their rightful place in this new era, and the world is safer for them. They defeated Osborn & his Siege on Asgard, now they have one last foe to face: the Mayor of New York — J. Jonah Jameson! Also, MI13 come to the US, but one of them isn’t leaving–they are defecting to the AVENGERS?! Plus Dr. Voodoo’s Sorcerer Supreme duties infringe on “date night” and how much trouble can Spider-Man get into in one day? The answer: A LOT!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ENTER THE HEROIC AGE #1
Written by CHRISTOS N. GAGE, JEFF PARKER, KELLY SUE DECONNICK, & JIM MCCANN
Penciled by MIKE MCKONE, GABRIEL HARDMAN, DAVID
LOPEZ, KEV WALKER & MORE!
Cover by BRYAN HITCH
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE
The Marvel Universe Starts Here! Five killer creative teams present the dawning of five all-HEROIC ongoing series. Who will answer the call to rise up and defend the world? The answers are in these pages exclusively! You can’t miss this first look at these new series that’ll have everyone buzzing.
48 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$3.99
HEROIC AGE: PRINCE OF POWER #1 (of 4)
Written by GREG PAK & FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by REILLY BROWN
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE
The Lion of Olympus has fallen. And as the Heroic Age dawns, the Golden Mace of Hercules passes to a new Prince of Power…who just happens to be Herc’s best friend, Korean-American kid genius, Amadeus Cho. But when Amadeus finally reveals what he plans to do with his new power, the heavens themselves may shatter as Marvel’s mightiest pantheons are shaken to the core! And wait a minute…what’s THOR doing on the cover of this book? Fan fave writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente and beloved “Thorcules” artist Reilly Brown bring the thunder with the next essential chapter in the mind-blowing, heart-wrenching, and gut-busting epic that is the “INCREDIBLE HERCULES” experience!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #26
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
Heroic Age Variant by TBA
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
In the wake of this summer’s hit IRON MAN 2, the brand-new storyline STARK: RESILIENT continues!
The Hammer Girls unleash DETROIT STEEL on a world hardly ready for that much metal and chrome, and God help anyone that gets in his way. Tony keeps sifting through the ashes of his old life and tries to rebuild who he is and what he does. Rhodey struggles to be a man of war in a peacetime empire. And, oh yeah — more of that amazing new suit of armor…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS #1
Written by FRED VAN LENTE, JEFF PARKER & JIM MCCANN
Art by JOHN ROMITA JR., LEINIL FRANCIS YU & ALAN DAVIS
Cover by CHRIS STEVENS
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
An all-star lineup of creators brings you the origins of Marvel’s greatest heroes! Short, accessible origin stories, all drawn by a roster of the hottest artists, including John Romita Jr., Leinil Francis Yu, Alan Davis and MORE! From the Avengers to the X-Men! From Iron Man, Thor, the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man to Hulk, Deadpool, Black Widow and the Punisher! They’re all here!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
SECRET AVENGERS #1
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by MIKE DEODATO
Wraparound & Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Variant Cover by MIKE DEODATO
Heroic Age Variant by TBA
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
Who are the Secret Avengers? Are they a covert team of heroes working the darkest corners of the globe to stop disaster? Are they part-spy, part-superhero? Are they XXXXXXX’s newest idea to save the world…or all they all of the above? A new era begins as Marvel’s hottest team takes a 21st century twist!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
THUNDERBOLTS #144
Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by KEV WALKER
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Heroic Age Variant by LARRY STROMAN
THE HEROIC AGE IS HERE!
The new era for Marvel’s always-evolving, always controversial team kicks off here! It’s a beginning, a return, a departure, and an arrival of a new artist (MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 & 4’s Kev Walker) all rolled into one in a fresh, shocking status quo! The most dangerous people on Earth are now all in one hellish prison, and the only way out is through rehabilitation and contribution to society via The Thunderbolts…under the leadership of the steel-hard-skinned Avenger named Luke Cage! So bring on the first participants: Juggernaut! Crossbones! Ghost! Moonstone! And…Man-Thing? Against the sordid recent history of the group as a black ops kill squad, can Power Man restore the Thunderbolts to their rightful potential? Find out as the entire series is revamped, and also discover why ComicsBulletin.com says: “Jeff Parker writes villains with his typical panache…This is why I read comic books.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
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As the Heroic Age dawns, writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Neil Edwards propel the First Family of Marvel into the new era in the pages of Fantastic Four by asking with their upcoming arc: “What is the Future Foundation?”
