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Market Monday

Young Romance Valentine’s Day Special, includes writing by Ann Nocenti and Cecil Castellucci, includes art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Becky Cloonan

Romance is in the air in this very special Special!

• Wonder Woman consults Eros himself about her feelings for The Man of Steel.
• Barbara Gordon has always been too busy for romance, but could her role as Batgirl bring her back to the first guy she ever kissed?
• Following the events of “Death in the Family,” how can Catwoman ease Batman’s troubled soul?
• Aquaman makes waves as he treats his wife like a queen for a day.
• From the pages of STORMWATCH, Apollo and Midnighter celebrate Valentine’s Day separately but with each other in mind. Who—or what—stands between them?
• Dick Grayson and the daughter of Lucius Fox meet-cute!

Plus: Perforated Valentine’s Day cards featuring the stars of these stories!

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02/4/13

Market Monday

Harbinger #7, variant cover by Emanuela Lupacchino

Charlene Dupre feels like she’s been on fire since the day she was born. Too hot to handle, abused and misused, she’s turned to a dead-end life on the sleazy side of the New Orleans streets. But when Peter and his strange band of teenagers with wondrous powers walk into the strip club where she works, Charlene discovers the heat that’s been burning her up inside is the only thing that can set her free. Meanwhile, Project Rising Spirit closes in on Peter Stanchek, the most dangerous boy in the world. Vengeance, acceptance and fire – meet the next member of the Harbinger Resistance when “Renegades” begins a brand new chapter!

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12/17/12

Market Monday

Archer & Armstrong #5, art by Emanuela Lupacchino

ALL-NEW ARC! Not even time itself can escape the Eternal Warrior! No one in the Valiant Universe is more terrifying, more dangerous or more experienced in the art of war than the undying Eternal Warrior. After thousands of years on the battlefield, he’s a master of strategy and weaponry, an unrelenting force of nature capable of dismantling entire armies with little effort and less conscience. His brother Armstrong, on the other hand, likes to read poetry and drink beer. Maybe that’s why they had such a bad falling out? But now - after years apart - the Eternal Warrior has a new mission: destroy young Obadiah Archer, Armstrong’s best-est new buddy and teammate in the war against The Sect. And, like it or not, Valiant’s history-smashing adventure duo is about to feel the wrath of the Eternal Warrior’s fist and steel.

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12/10/12

Market Monday

Castle: Storm Season HC, co-written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Emanuela Lupacchino

The sequel to the critically acclaimed, best-selling graphic novel Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm! In this “adaptation” of Derrick Storm’s second novel, the private investigator is hired to bug an African head of state’s hotel suite - but the routine mission quickly spirals out of control when Storm overhears a woman’s terrifying scream on the wire. Plagued by the victim’s helpless cry, Storm - despite an ominous warning - investigates. Soon, he’ll discover an international conspiracy reaching further than he ever imagined - and perhaps the truth about Clara Strike, a CIA agent the world thinks is dead! RICHARD CASTLE’S STORM SEASON reunites the lauded writing duo of Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick for their second Castle story, and the dynamic artwork of rising star Emanuela Lupacchino (X-Factor) brings the world of Derrick Storm to life like never before.

10/8/12

Market Monday

X-Factor vol. 15: They Keep Killing Madrox TP, art by Emanuela Lupacchino

X-Factor has suffered its greatest casualty yet: Madrox, the man of many multiples who’s led the team since its inception, is gone. It wasn’t supposed to be this way, but only Layla Miller knows why - and the secret she’s keeping goes to the heart of her powers and purpose with X-Factor. With their fearless leader dead, and the schism between Wolverine and Cyclops ripping the mutant world apart, X-Factor’s future is uncertain. That’s why Wolverine has paid the team a visit, offering a shocking new option for the world’s only mutant detective agency. It’s two for the price of one as Havok and Polaris return from exile to take charge of X-Factor Investigations! But is Madrox really dead? Even Jamie isn’t sure! Collecting X-FACTOR (1986) #229-232.

09/17/12

Emanuela Lupacchino’s Ame-Comi Power Girl and Supergirl. The digital-first Ame-Comi Power Girl storyline concludes today, and Supergirl’s starts next week!

08/13/12

Market Monday

X-Factor TPB Vol. 13 Hard Labor, includes art by Emanuela Lupacchino

Forgive me, father - for I have killed! Rahne Sinclair has a baby on the way - but instead of a calm and peaceful birth, there’s a hard labor coming.

Haunted by her actions as a member of Wolverine’s X-Force, Rahne returned to X-Factor in search of peace, friendship and spiritual convalescence. Instead, she finds powerful forces determined to steal her unborn child.

Their first gambit is to separate her from her friends; their second is too horrible to contemplate. With Rahne alone and on the run, and X-Factor desperately trying to find her, a pair of mysterious wolfenkind emerge from the shadows - but do Feral and the Werewolf by Night want to help her, or are they part of the pack seeking to do her harm?

This title collects: X-Factor #220-224

04/16/12

Market Monday

Ghost Rider #9, includes art by Emanuela Lupacchino

Final giant-sized issue! Ghost Rider declares war on hell to save the souls of those she has damned, no matter the consequences! Will Jonny Blaze take on the curse of the Ghost Rider and save Alejandra? Can she even be saved?

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03/26/12

Marvel has been teasing us a lot lately.

First came this “Save the Date!” wedding pre-announcement for Astonishing X-Men #51, which will be written by Marjorie Liu. The team in her run will consist of Wolverine, Warbird, Gambit, Northstar, Iceman, Cecilia Reyes and Karma. The smart money is on Northstar and his boyfriend Kyle. But if that’s the obvious one, maybe that’s is a fake-out and some mind-control mutant makes Gambit and Iceman get married.

Then there Bendis/Pichelli Spider-Men tease, widely believed to be the first crossover between the Ultimate Universe and the 616, making Miles Morales “real” canon and hopefully encouraging a role for Miles in a future Spider-Man movie.

Also X-Factor artist Emanuela Lupacchino will be joining Kelly Sue DeConnick and Brian Michael Bendis for the next Castle tie-in graphic novel, Storm Season, but that’s not so much a tease as just another bit of Marvel news.

03/12/12

Market Monday

X-Factor #232, art by Emanuela Lupacchino

Part 4 of a 4-part dimension-hopping storyline, ‘They Keep Killing Madrox’! Guest-starring Doctor Strange and the dread Dormammu. Startling twist ending that ties the entire story arc together!

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02/13/12