The Age Of Ultron is almost upon us!

Age Of Ultron

Submit or perish! Marvel’s first big event for 2013 is almost here as Age Of Ultron arrives on 6th March, 2013!

The event was first indicated way back in Avengers #12.1 (April 2011), when Iron Man foresaw the return of Hank Pym’s creation, Ultron, the ‘Living Automaton’: “You don’t understand… We’re not going to find him. That’s not how this works. Ultron is smarter than all of us. There’s nothing I know, that any of us knows, that it doesn’t. He will unveil himself to us when he is ready. And when he is ready, it will be because he has brought the human apocalypse. I have seen the future… This is going to happen and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.”

Check out the impressive trailer:

Age of Ultron is a 10-issue series running from March to June, written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Bryan Hitch, Brandon Peterson, Carlos Pacheco and an unrevealed fourth artist, with a top-secret ending that’s sure to surprise.

Depicting Ultron’s destructive victory against Marvel’s heroes, the series is also set to cross into Fantastic Four, Superior Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Wolverine And The X-Men, Ultron, Uncanny Avengers and Fearless Defenders, as well as featuring in the Age Of Ultron Epilogue.

If you’re an Economic Subscriptions customer, make sure you have this highly anticipated new series added to your orders. Six Issue Subs fans can sign up for a special Ten Issue Subscription for the whole Age Of Ultron series right here!

Age Of Ultron: Book One£35.00

AGE OF ULTRON #1-10
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS | BRYAN HITCH | BRANDON PETERSON | CARLOS PACHECO

For years the heroes of the Marvel Universe have lived in fear that the artificial intelligence known as Ultron would one day evolve to fulfill its desire to wipe out all organic life and take over the Earth — that day has arrived. This massive 10-part Marvel Universe-spanning event is brought to you by Eisner award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis and comics legend Bryan Hitch.

All comics will be bagged, boarded and mailed out as soon as we receive them, beginning on March 6th!

Be on the lookout for these tie-in issues too:

Fantastic Four #5 AU

FANTASTC FOUR #5AU
MATT FRACTION | TBD

An ‘Age of Ultron’ tie-in!

Will the rise of the artificial intelligence Ultron cause the premature end of the Fantastic Four’s sojourn across time and space?

Superior Spider-Man #6 AU

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #6AU
CHRISTOS GAGE | DEXTER SOY

The Superior Spider-Man enters the ‘Age of Ultron’!

Avengers Assemble #14 AU

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #14AU
AL EWING | BUTCH GUICE

Black Widow heads back to her old stomping ground of San Francisco for coffee, old friends… and the end of the world as we know it.

The ‘Age of Ultron’ is here — and nobody’s getting out in one piece…

Avengers Assemble #15 AU

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #15AU
AL EWING | BUTCH GUICE

Ultron Rules OK! The ‘Age of Ultron’ hits Britain, and Captain Britain hits back with a little help from his friends – including a vacationing Captain Marvel! Fighting a guerilla war in the ruins of London, aggro is a way of life for Avengers UK – but when they might just be the last super heroes left alive, can there still be hope? Or is England dreaming?

Wolverine and the X-Men #27 AU

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #27AU
MATT KINDT | PACO MEDINA

An ‘Age of Ultron’ tie-in (make sure you read #6 first!).

Wolverine and the Invisible Woman find themselves in the Avengers’ past!

Ultron #1

ULTRON #1AU
TBD | AMILCAR PINNA

Ultron took over the world. Ultron killed the heroes. Ultron…is your father. When you’re Victor Mancha, android teen Runaway, “daddy issues” doesn’t quite cover it.

Uncanny Avengers #8 AU

UNCANNY AVENGERS #8AU
RICK REMENDER | GERRY DUGGAN | ADAM KUBERT

Kang and the The Apocalypse Twins enter the ‘Age of Ultron’, but what do they want? Havok and Rogue, leaders of the Morlocks, must fight to save the man who condemned their people! What secret will Rogue unearth about the Twins hidden past?

Fearless Defenders #4 AU

FEARLESS DEFENDERS #4AU
CULLEN BUNN | PHIL JIMENEZ

An ‘Age Of Ultron’ tie-in!

In a world where some villains became heroes instead Warrior Woman teams up with…Caroline LeFay? The connection between the Fearless Defenders greatest foe and Morgan LeFay is finally revealed! (And it’s true in our world too!)

Age Of Ultron Epilogue (NOT ACTUAL ART)

AGE OF ULTRON EPILOGUE
TBD

Epilogue to ‘Age Of Ultron’.

Cover Of The Week 2013: #2

Cover of the Week

It’s round two of 2013′s battle for the best comic book cover eye candy!

We kick off with a heroic shot of Cable and the guys on Cable And X-Force #3 by Salvador Larroca using shadow to add drama to the image. Alex Ross has produced connecting cover art for the new Star Wars series from Dark Horse, and issue one debuted this week featuring portraits of Luke and Leia with Han, Chewie, Vader and the droids. Constantine and the Justice League Dark came into contact with the Phantom Stranger in issue #4, and Jae Lee featured Constantine and the Stranger in his great, symbol fuelled variant, while the pressure is piled on Hawkeye in another dramatic (and brilliant) Arthur Adams cover for Secret Avengers (#36). Batman makes his first Cover Of The Week appearance this week on Detective Comics #16 by Jason Fabok, with a scary image of the Dark Knight succumbing to the effects of the Joker. Avengers Arena #3 features another fine homage as the iconic logo is set aflame à la Hunger Games, courtesy of Greg Horn, and this week’s big seller, Superior Spider-Man #1, almost makes it to the top of the pile with it’s Ryan Stegman, regular cover – a dark, moody depiction of thew new Spider-Man crawling towards us, clearly indicating this is not the Spidey we’re familiar with.

The winner of Week 2, however, is…

Legends Of The Dark Knight #4 by Jheremy Raapack

Legends Of The Dark Knight #4 by Jheremy Raapack! The book is adorned with an exciting, ragged Batman hurtling towards the reader as the gothic skyline bends in behind him. Nice.

Congrats to Jheremy and DC, they get the paper crown this week!

Cover Of The Week Winner!

COVER GALLERY:

This Week’s Comics – 9 Jan 2013

This Week's Comics!!

This week’s titles are due to hit shelves on Wednesday, 9th January.

Featured in this week’s comics are the following…

Star Wars #1
PICK OF THE WEEK
STAR WARS #1

DARK HORSE COMICS

This is Star Wars as you remember it . . . and as you have never seen it before! We’re taking you back to those heady, adventure-filled days following the destruction of the Death Star-when the Empire ruled, the Rebels were on the run, and the galaxy was a dangerous place where anything might happen!

We’re not done yet! Dark Horse’s most anticipated 2013 launch will include free digital download coupons in the first three issues! That’s right: customers who purchase print copies of Dark Horse’s upcoming series Star Wars, written by Brian Wood, will receive a coupon to download the digital version for FREE!

Superior Spiderman #1
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1
MARVEL COMICS

THEN!…Peter Parker spent a lifetime living up to the responsibilities his powers foisted upon him but his Amazing story finally ended dramatically in the historic Spider-Man #700.

NOW!…The new Amazing Spider-Man has arrived and he is better in every single way. Smarter, stronger…Superior.

Minimum Carnage
CARNAGE: MINIMUM CARNAGE
MARVEL COMICS

Carnage is back – and bigger ain’t necessarily better! Scarlet Spider and Venom collide as the hunt for Carnage begins, taking both heroes to a place you’ll never believe: the Microverse! Cletus Kasady has found a whole new world to terrorize – and stranded on this alien planet, Scarlet Spider and Venom must work together to defeat him! But can the volatile heroes get along? Flash Thompson may not know who the Scarlet Spider is, but does the Venom symbiote? And can Scarlet triumph over the monster within himself in time to face the monstrous Carnage? The Micronauts join the web-slingers’ battle to save a universe – but in the process, the heroes may have doomed our own!

Collecting Minimum Carnage: Alpha and Omega, Venom (2011) #26-27, and Scarlet Spider (2012) #10-11 and #12.1.

Green Lantern: New Guardians Annual #1
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS ANNUAL #1
DC COMICS

By a Green Lantern – betrayed!

A mission to recruit allies against the unstoppable Third Army goes horribly wrong when Jediah Caul, a deep-cover GL, shows his true colors!

This issue leads directly into Threshold #1, on sale this month!

Popeye Vol-1
POPEYE TP VOL 01
IDW PUBLISHING

Popeye the Sailor Man sails again! E.C. Segar’s classic creation is back, with his first original comic in decades! Written by the Eisner Award-winning Roger Langridge (The Muppets), with pitch-perfect art from Bruce Ozella, Tom Neeley, Ken Wheaton, and John Byrne, it’s a new take on the classic character that’s true to its roots!

Full Listing

Dark Horse Comics

BPRD HELL ON EARTH #103 ABYSS TIME #1 (OF 2)
BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #17 JEANTY VAR CVR
BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #17 NOTO CVR
CHERUBS HC
CONAN HC VOL 13 QUEEN O/T BLACK COAST
CREEPY COMICS AT DEATHS DOOR TP
EERIE COMICS #2
GAME OF THRONES SHIELD PIN GREYJOY
GAME OF THRONES THRONE REPLICA STATUE
GHOST #3
OREIMO TP VOL 02
RESET HC
ROBERT E HOWARDS SAVAGE SWORD TP VOL 01
STAR WARS #1
STRAIN #10 (OF 12) (MR)
TO HELL YOU RIDE #2 (OF 5)

DC Comics

ABSOLUTE BATMAN & ROBIN HC BATMAN REBORN
ACTION COMICS #16
ACTION COMICS #16 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED – Ratio-1:100
ACTION COMICS #16 COMBO PACK
ACTION COMICS #16 VAR ED
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN GIL KANE HC
ANIMAL MAN #16
ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 02 ANIMAL VS MAN (N52)
BATGIRL #13 3RD PTG
BATMAN #13 3RD PTG
BATMAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS TP
BATWING #16
BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE STATUE
DETECTIVE COMICS #16 (DOTF)
DETECTIVE COMICS #16 COMBO PACK (DOTF)
DETECTIVE COMICS #16 VAR ED (DOTF) – Ratio-1:25
DIAL H #8
EARTH 2 #8
EARTH 2 #8 VAR ED – Ratio-1:25
FAIREST #11 (MR)
GEARS OF WAR HC BOOK 03
GREEN ARROW #16
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS ANNUAL #1
HUMAN BOMB #2 (OF 4)
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #4
PHANTOM STRANGER #4
PHANTOM STRANGER #4 VAR ED – Ratio-1:25
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #29
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #9
STORMWATCH #16
SUPERMAN LAST SON OF KRYPTON TP
SWAMP THING #16
SWEET TOOTH #40 (MR)
SWEET TOOTH #40 VAR ED (MR) – Ratio-1:25
WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH TP
WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 02 GUTS (N52)
WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 01 BLOOD (N52)
WORLDS FINEST #8
WORLDS FINEST #8 VAR ED – Ratio-1:25

Dynamite Entertainment

ARMY OF DARKNESS ONGOING #8
GAME OF THRONES #12 (MR)
JIM BUTCHERS DRESDEN FILES GHOUL GOBLIN #1

IDW Publishing

ADVENTURES OF AUGUSTA WIND #3
CLASSIC JURASSIC PARK TP VOL 05 RETURN PT 2
CLASSIC POPEYE ONGOING #6
COMICS ABOUT CARTOONISTS HC
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #186
GI JOE COBRA TP SON OF THE SNAKE
GIL KANE AMAZING SPIDER MAN ARTIST ED HC
GODZILLA ONGOING #8
HOLLOWS #2 (OF 4)
JINNRISE #1 (OF 6)
JOE PALOOKA #2 (OF 6)
KISS #7
LOVE AND CAPES WHAT TO EXPECT #6 (OF 6)
MARS ATTACKS CLASSICS TP VOL 03
MARS ATTACKS ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS (ONE SHOT)
POPEYE #9
POPEYE TP VOL 01
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ADVENTURES TP VOL 03
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES COLOR CLASSICS #7
TMNT SECRET FOOT CLAN #1 (OF 4)
TRANSFORMERS REGENERATION ONE #87
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #13
TRUE BLOOD ONGOING #8
WOMANTHOLOGY SPACE #4

Image Comics

BEDLAM #2 2ND PTG (MR)
CHANGE #2 (OF 4) (MR)
CLONE #1 2ND PTG
CLONE #3
END TIMES OF BRAM & BEN #1 (OF 4) (MR)
GUARDING THE GLOBE #5
HACK SLASH #22 CVR A SEELEY & BADILLA (MR)
HACK SLASH #22 CVR B CASAGRANDE (MR)
INFINITE VACATION #5 (OF 5)
LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG
LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE #2 (OF 6) (MR)
MIND THE GAP #7 CVR A ESQUEJO
MIND THE GAP #7 CVR B OBACK
NO PLACE LIKE HOME TP VOL 01 (MR)
NON HUMANS #2 (OF 4)
PERHAPANAUTS DANGER DOWN UNDER #3 (OF 4) CVR A ROUSSEAU
PERHAPANAUTS DANGER DOWN UNDER #3 (OF 4) CVR B WILSON III
PETER PANZERFAUST #8
POINT OF IMPACT #4 (OF 4) (MR)
REPOSSESSED #1 (OF 4)
SAVAGE DRAGON #184
SPAWN #226
SPAWN #226 25 COPY MCFARLANE B&W INCV – Ratio-1:25
SUPREME #68
THINK TANK MILITARY DOSSIER #1
WALKING DEAD #106 CVR A ADLARD & RATHBURN (MR)
WALKING DEAD #106 CVR B ADLARD (MR)

Marvel Comics

AGE OF APOCALYPSE #11
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #699 2ND PTG RAMOS VAR
AVENGERS ARENA #3 BROWN VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
AVENGERS ARENA #3 NOW
CABLE AND X-FORCE #3 DELLOTTO VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
CABLE AND X-FORCE #3 NOW
CAPTAIN AMERICA LAND OF FREE TP
CAPTAIN MARVEL TP DEATH OF CAPTAIN MARVEL NEW PTG
CARNAGE MINIMUM CARNAGE TP
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER SHEEMIES TALE #1 (OF 2)
DEADPOOL #1 2ND PTG DARROW VAR NOW
DEADPOOL #2 2ND PTG DARROW VAR NOW
DEFENDERS BY MATT FRACTION TP VOL 02
ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 11
FANTASTIC FOUR #3 DELLOTTO VAR NOW
FANTASTIC FOUR #3 NOW
FANTASTIC FOUR BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP VOL 05
FEARLESS DEFENDERS POSTER NOW
FIRST X-MEN #5 (OF 5)
FIRST X-MEN #5 (OF 5) KUBERT VAR
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TP VOL 01 TOMORROWS AVENGERS
HAWKEYE #3 2ND PTG AJA VAR
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS EARTHS HEROES #10
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS AVENGERS #4 (OF 4)
MMW KA-ZAR HC VOL 01
MMW KA-ZAR HC VOL 01 DM VAR ED 190
MU AVENGERS EARTHS HEROES DIGEST TP VOL 02
NEW AVENGERS BREAKOUT PROSE NOVEL HC
NOVA POSTER NOW
POWERS PREM HC VOL 07 FOREVER (MR)
PUNISHER NIGHTMARE #2 (OF 5)
PUNISHER WAR ZONE #3 (OF 5)
SAVAGE WOLVERINE POSTER
SCARLET SPIDER #13
SECRET AVENGERS #36
SECRET AVENGERS POSTER NOW
SECRET SERVICE #5 (OF 6) (MR)
SPIDER-MAN ENDS OF EARTH TP
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 BLANK VAR NOW
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 CAMUNCOLI VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 DESIGN MCGUINNESS VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 NOW
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 QUESADA SKETCH VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 QUESADA VAR NOW – Ratio-1:100
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 RAMOS VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 YOUNG VAR NOW
THOR GOD OF THUNDER #4 COIPEL VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
THOR GOD OF THUNDER #4 NOW
THUNDERBOLTS #3 NOW
THUNDERBOLTS #3 TAN VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN BY BENDIS PREM HC VOL 03
ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #21
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #23
WOLVERINE NOT DEAD YET TP NEW PTG
X-MEN LEGACY #4 FERRY VAR NOW – Ratio-1:50
X-MEN LEGACY #4 NOW
YOUNG AVENGERS POSTER

Top Cow Productions

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