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FEATUREMarvel NOW! PAGE 1

OCTOBER PULL LISTDC Comics Solicitations PAGE 2Marvel Comics Solicitations PAGE 3

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of July with the release ofSony Pictures The Amazing Spider-Man as well as the announcement oftheir publishing initiative Marvel NOW! In June DC Comics announced thecelebration of their one-year anniversary ofThe New 52 with SeptembersThe New 52 Zero Month as well as the premiere of the final installmentof Christopher Nolans The Dark Knight Rises in July. The two comicpublishers are aggressively competing with one another in various formsincluding comics, movies, and the digital.

Marvel ends nine titles as Marvel NOW! begins between October andFebruary. These titles include Jonathan Hickmans Fantastic Four and FF,Ed Brubakers seven-year run on Captain America, Matt FractionsInvincible Iron Man and The Mighty Thor, Journey into Mystery,Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy, and the Incredible Hulk. Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso promises to keep creators on the titles to prove toreaders they are building something to last.

The Marvel NOW! publishing initiative is a five month schedule of new #1titles. Instead of the one month publishing initiative of DC Comics the New52, Marvel is spreading it over to attract new readers to the comic shopsweek after week.

Currently the Avengers has the largest franchise of titles consisting of 7team titles (Avengers, New Avengers, Avengers Assemble, AvengersAcademy, Secret Avengers, Dark Avengers, Marvel Universe Vs. theAvengers) and 7 solo titles (Captain America, Captain America andBlack Widow, The Mighty Thor, Journey into Mystery, InvincibleIron Man, Incredible Hulk, Hawkeye) totaling 14 Avengers-related titleswithin the franchise.

Both Captain America and the Mighty Thor were recently released asnew #1s when their respective films launched in 2011. Relaunching them

again as new #1s could be counter-productive unlike the massive reboot ofthe New 52. However Marvel does have a rich history with their relaunchunlike DC Comics who may have thrown out key aspects following their1985 Crisis of Infinite Earths event.

The announcement ofMarvel NOW! in July also reveals a major death atthe end of the Avengers Vs. X-Men in September.


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dc comicsdc comicsdc comicsdc comics octoberoctoberoctoberoctober solicitationssolicitationssolicitationssolicitationsAfter DC Comics Zero Month, the New 52 begin the Halloween month with luck number 13 on all of its first wave titles. The monthlaunches new storylines in Batman, Green Lantern, Animal Man, Swamp Thing, and Frankenstein. Action Comics Annual #1picks up where Grant Morrison left Superman after the wake of the Brainiacs attack on Metropolis. The Kryptonite Man is the firstEarth-born villain facing up against the Man of Steel.

Following Julys Batman: Earth One, the second volume ofSuperman: Earth One graphic novel is released exploring how ClarkKent figures out how Superman fits into his world. During the DC New 52 Panel at the Kapow Comic Convention, Co-Publisher DanDiDio hinted at a darker take on the Man of Steel.

The Batman franchise begins with Scott Snyder returning the Joker back into the Bat books following the incident in DetectiveComics #1. The Joker is back in Death of the Family story arc which will see the confrontation between Batgirl and the Joker.Writer John Layman of Chew takes over the Detective Comics while Batwoman teams up with Wonder Woman.

Green Lantern titles will reveal the Rise of theThird Army event leading into Trinity War the next DC Comics event in 2013. TheGuardians of the Universe have failed with the emotionless Manhunters and the fearless Green Lanterns and now it is time for theFirst Lantern to lead the Third Army.

The saga ofRotworld explodes in three different titles including Animal Man, Swamp Thing, and Frankenstein. I, Vampirewriter Joshua Hale Fialkov and former Xombi artist Frazer Irving explores the villain Skeletor in Masters of the Universe: TheOrigin of Skeletor #1 One Shot.


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marvel comicsmarvel comicsmarvel comicsmarvel comics OctoberOctoberOctoberOctober solicitationssolicitationssolicitationssolicitationsCaps eight years of stories beginning with Avengers: Disassembled, House of M, and Messiah CompleX. Marvel closes outAvengers vs. X-Men with a 5-issue weekly series called AVX: Consequences, A Plus X, and Marvel NOW! Point One. Followingthe Post-Avengers vs. X-Men era, Marvel launches Uncanny Avengers which is a combination of both the Avengers and the X-Men teams. The appearance of Thanos in the post-credits of the Avengers film has led the cosmic Marvel character to have his ownmini-series exploring his origins in Thanos: Son of Titan. Long-time writer of the Avengers Brian Michael Bendis ends his run onboth the Avengers and the New Avengers with one final arc. Bendis also brings the conclusion to Avengers Assemble with hisUltimate Spider-man artist Mark Bagley.

Other titles coming to an end in October include Jonathan Hickmans Fantastic Four and FF, Ed Brubakers seven-year run onCaptain America, Matt Fractions Invincible Iron Man and The Mighty Thor, Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men,X-MenLegacy, and the Incredible Hulk. These titles will likely be launched under the Marvel NOW! banner between October andFebruary.

Zombie writer Jonathan Maberry presents the third Marvel Vs. title following Marvel Vs. the Punisher and Marvel Vs. theWolverine with Marvel Vs. the Avengers. The Ultimate Universe finishes their summer event which started with Divided We Falland concludes with United We Stand. Overall Marvel Comics is positioning itself for the future with new #1s however the surplusof these #1s over the past few years from the same publisher seems more like a gimmick to draw readers in than a committed effortfor change. Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso compared NuMarvel a publishing initative 11 years ago where great writers, artists,character, and hook came together to the same as Marvel NOW! however now they are slapping a new #1 on the cover.

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