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ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #3 Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & MARK MILLAR Pencils by ADAM KUBERT Cover by BRYAN HITCH Reed Richards' revolutionary scientific experiment has gone terribly wrong, and he, Sue & Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm and another rival schoolmate are changed forever, along with the entire world! So where does the misanthropic "Mole-Man" fit into all this? 32 PGS./ALL AGES…$2.25 UPC: 5960605499-00311 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #1-2 STILL AVAILABLE! There's still time to get in on the ground floor of the BIGGEST ongoing series launch of the year! 32 PGS. (each)/ALL AGES…$2.25 (each) Issue #1 UPC: 5960605499-00111 [FOC 12/11] Issue #2 UPC: 5960605499-00211 [FOC 12/29] · "This is everything that a first issue should be; beautifully illustrated and expertly faithful to the script. 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MARVEL KNIGHTS (WHAT IS 04/MK/04??) 1602 #7 (of 8 LS) Written by NEIL GAIMAN Pencils by ANDY KUBERT Cardstock cover by SCOTT McKOWEN Secrets are revealed and coffins are closed as two of our 17th-century Marvel heroes lose their lives in the penultimate chapter to this major, best-selling limited series event! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$3.50 UPC: 5960605253-00711 CAPTAIN AMERICA #23: "HOMELAND" pt. 3 Written by ROBERT MORALES Pencils by CHRIS BACHALO Cover by DAVE JOHNSON Serving as a judge for a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cap quickly uncovers a terrorist conspiracy that threatens to topple the stability of the Western world! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$2.99 UPC: 5960605153-02311 · COMING SOON: CAP's CAREER CHANGES FOREVER! HULK: GRAY #6 (of 6 LS) Written by JEPH LOEB Cardstock cover & art by TIM SALE The final chapter of this 'Hulk-Smash' best-selling limited series! 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Their only hope just might be Banner and his monstrous alter ego. 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$2.25 UPC: 5960604745-06711 HULK: NIGHTMERICA #6 (of 6 LS) Written by ROBIN LAWS Painted cover & art by BRIAN ASHMORE Revelations abound as the terrible genetic secrets of the Nightmerica experiments are finally revealed! And you won't believe the pivotal role the RAMPAGING HULK plays in the finale. [This is a resolicitation, all previous orders are cancelled.] 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$2.99 UPC: 5960605397-00611 THANOS #6 Written, pencils & cover by JIM STARLIN The planet-shaking conclusion of the Thanos/Galactus/Hunger conflict! If the Titan goes down, he's going down fighting! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$2.99 UPC: 5960605488-00611 SILVER SURFER #6 Written by STACY WEISS & DAN CHARITON Pencils by LAN MEDINA Cover by PAOLO RIVERA "COMMUNION" Concludes! 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Or how about just a hot cheerleader in the locker room after practice? Meet a young mutant who doesn't have to wonder. His powers let him be anyone he wants, and he isn't shy about using them! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR+…$2.99 UPC: 5960605456-00511 EXILES #42 Written, penciled & cover by JIM CALAFIORE "A NOCTURNE's TALE" pt. 2 (of 2) Nocturne's special origin story concludes as we learn more secrets about Nightcrawler's alternate- reality daughter and her life with the X-Men! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$2.99 UPC: 5960605108-04211 EXILES #43 Written by CHUCK AUSTEN Pencils by JAMES CALAFIORE Cover by MIZUKI SAKAKIBARA "BLINK IN TIME" pt. 1 (of 3) The triumphant return of BLINK!! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$2.99 UPC: 5960605108-04311 · TWO ISSUES! NEW STORY ARC! · BLINK IS BACK! WEAPON X #20 Written by FRANK TIERI Pencils by JEFF JOHNSON Cover by GEORGES JEANTY "COUNTDOWN TO ZERO" pt. 2 (of 3) Agent Zero makes his final stand against the former Weapon X agent known as Maverick. 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TWO ISSUES! · CLOAK & DAGGER GUEST-STAR! * Try RUNAWAYS #8 for free! Look for a full 22-page reprint in MARVEL PREVIEWS #4, on sale 11/26! MYSTIQUE #11 Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Pencils by MANUEL GARCIA Cover by MIKE MAYHEW "MAKER'S MARK" pt. 1 (of 2) Mystique's a shape-shifting super-spy that can change literally change her skin. Forge is the mutant inventor who's gotten under her skin. Learn more about their past and present relationship as and find out how the Maker left his mark! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR…$2.99 UPC: 5960605431-01111 · NEW STORY ARC! · GUEST ART BY MANUEL GARCIA! NEW MUTANTS #11 Written by CHRISTINA WEIR & NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS Pencils by CARLO BARBERI Cover by CHRIS BACHALO "THE TIES THAT BIND" pt. 5 (of 6) The mansion and its new young residents get a shake-up when a member of the original New Mutants team comes home. But Rahne Sinclair – a.k.a. WOLFSBANE – is not the sweet little girl she used to be. 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