Ross Hutchinson
The KING IN BLACK is in full force this January! Here are all related title solicitations and covers for the event:
VENOM #32
DONNY CATES (W) • IBAN COELLO (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
MARVEL VS ALIEN VARIANT COVER BY RYAN BROWN
KING IN BLACK ARRIVES!
• EDDIE BROCK is about to face the biggest challenge of his life…but he’s not alone.
32 PGS. /Rated T+ …$3.99
KING IN BLACK: GWENOM VS CARNAGE #1 (OF 3)
SEANAN McGUIRE (W) • FLAVIANO (A) • Cover by KEN LASHLEY
VARIANT COVER BY RYAN BROWN
VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
GWEN STACY ENTERS THE FRAY AGAINST THE KING IN BLACK!
Bonded to a synthetic symbiote from another reality, GHOST-SPIDER, aka Gwen Stacy of Earth-65, is unique among the webslingers of the multiverse!
But when KNULL descends on her adopted home, his gravity well of dark psychic energy will reap unforeseen consequences not only on Gwen, but on her symbiotic suit as well!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
KING IN BLACK: PLANET OF THE SYMBIOTES #1 (OF 3)
CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN & FRANK TIERI (W) • GUIU VILANOVA & DANILO BEYRUTH (A)
Cover by TONY MOORE
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY TONY MOORE
VARIANT COVER BY KYLE HOTZ
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
DARKNESS REIGNS OVER THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
KING IN BLACK: THUNDERBOLTS #1 (OF 3)
MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • JUAN FERREYRA (A) • Cover by KYLE HOTZ
Variant Cover by BERNARD CHANG
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
KINGPIN’S KILLERS VERSUS AN ARMY OF UNKILLABLE DRAGONS!
An army of evil space dragons have come to attack Earth and are starting with New York. MAYOR FISK has a plan for that. Assembling a group of killers, mercenaries, and just generally pretty horrible people like TASKMASTER, RHINO, STAR, MR. FEAR, and BATROC THE LEAPER, Mayor Fisk tasks them with saving the city or die trying…or die right then and there. The fate of the entire world may rest in the hands of the absolute worst people in the Marvel Universe. What could go wrong?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
KING IN BLACK:
BLACK KNIGHT #1
SIMON SPURRIER (W) • JESUS SAIZ (A) • Cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by Jesus Saiz
Variant cover by Benjamin Su
Hidden Gem Variant cover by Tod Smith
THE BLACK KNIGHT DUELS THE KING IN BLACK!
KNULL’s ferocious assault upon earth has begun and Dane Whitman – Avenger, hero, and wielder of the mighty Ebony Blade as the BLACK KNIGHT – takes up sword and shield to defend against the unstoppable onslaught. Though the blade grants Dane incredible power so too does it consume him with a lust for violence and destruction. As the endless horde of symbiote dragons darken the skies of Shanghai, will the Black Knight overcome the growing evil within himself and join AERO and SWORD MASTER in saving the city?! And what secrets will the battle against Knull reveal about Dane’s past?
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN:
KING IN BLACK #3 (OF 5)
Peter David (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY
Forces collide!
Take a trip with SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN as he aligns himself with…KANG THE CONQUEROR? That can’t be right.
Be here in January to see how the pieces fit as Spider-Man heads to space!
You’ll never guess who else is here to help Spidey! (Hint: She’s on the cover!)
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
KING IN BLACK #3 (OF 5)
DONNY CATES (W) • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)
DRAGON VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU
TATTOO VARIANT COVER BY IAN BEDERMAN
SPOILER VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY
MARVEL VS ALIEN VARIANT COVER BY VALERIO GIANGIORDANO
VIRGIN SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
After last issue’s shocking finale, the heroes of the Marvel Universe are reeling. Outgunned and outmanned, but never outdone, they unite and face KNULL, God of the Abyss, as he ensnares the planet in the darkness of his reign! Superstars DONNY CATES and RYAN STEGMAN continue to raise the game — and the stakes for the Marvel Universe in this Earth-shattering epic!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
SPIDER-WOMAN #8
KARLA PACHECO (W) • PERE PéREZ (A) • Cover by JUNGGEUN YOON
VARIANT COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON
MARVEL VS ALIEN VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRON
SPIDER-WOMAN BREAKS BAD!
• As the cure comes in sight, SPIDER-WOMAN puts it all on the line…then she crosses it.
• With friends like OCTAVIA VERMIS, who needs enemies? Not Jessica Drew, but it looks like she’s getting them anyways.
• Even if Spider-Woman can find the cure, what will there be left to save?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
BLACK CAT #2
JED MACKAY (W) • C.F. VILLA (A) • Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
Variant Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover by ARIST DEYN
Variant Cover by ADAM HUGHES
MARVEL VS ALIEN VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
A CLASSIC GAME OF CAT AND…SYMBIOTE?
• Black Cat has to steal from Knull himself!
• If you know Felicia Hardy, she never shows up inappropriately dressed – THIS ISSUE, Felicia gets her own ANTI-VENOM COSTUME!
32 PGS. /Rated T+ …$3.99
KING IN BLACK: RETURN OF THE VALKYRIES #2 (OF 4)
JASON AARON & TORUNN Grønbekk (W) • NINA VAKUEVA (A)
Cover by MATTIA DE IULIS
Profile variant cover by Phil Noto
SAVE THE SENTRY – SAVE THE VALKYRIES – SAVE THE EARTH!
Knull and his symbiote horrors have come to Earth, and now all Jane Foster sees when she looks at that big blue globe…is a vision of death. Most of Earth’s heroes are locked in battle on the ground, and it’s up to Jane and the Sentry to protect the rest! But Knull’s power has spread over the galaxy and infected creatures even older than the gods…and it may not matter how many Valkyries Jane can bring to their aid.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
KING IN BLACK: RETURN OF THE VALKYRIES #1 (OF 4)
JASON AARON & TORUNN Grønbekk (W) • NINA VAKUEVA (A)
Cover by MATTIA DE IULIS
VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ARTGERM
HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY TBA
PROFILE VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY MATTIA DE IULIS
JANE FOSTER RETURNS!
Once there was an entire army of Valkyries, but now Jane Foster is the only one. When the King in Black comes to Midgard, Jane must rebuild the Valkyries to help stop him — starting with Hildegarde, a warrior from Asgard’s own hallowed halls, and X-Man Dani Moonstar, a former Valkyrie herself. But what Jane doesn’t know…is that she never was the only Valkyrie after all. Who is the fourth warrior? Jason Aaron and Torunn Grønbekk team up with artist Nina Vakueva for a story that will rock the foundations of the Marvel Universe!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
KING IN BLACK: NAMOR #3 (OF 5)
KURT BUSIEK (W)
BEN DEWEY & JONAS SCHARF (A)
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
VARIANT COVER BY PAUL RENAUD
THE BLACK TIDE lay waste to all that lies before them, cutting a swath of devastation and death across the ocean floor. The only chance to stop them may lie with ATTUMA’s people — and if that fails, nothing stands between The Black Tide and Atlantis itself. A tragedy that will impact Atlantean history forever, and transform friendship into enmity. The secrets of THE KING IN BLACK are buried here.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
DAREDEVIL #26
CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO & MIKE HAWTHORNE (A)
Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
MARVEL VS. ALIEN VARIANT COVER BY RAHZZAH
A DEVIL CONSUMED!
Matt faces a darkness unlike any before. Meanwhile, ELEKTRA may be in over her head for the first time in her life.
DAREDEVIL must find the strength to continue the fight as all hell breaks loose.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #10
AL EWING (W) • JUANN CABAL (A) • Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
MARVEL VS. ALIEN VARIANT COVER BY PEPE LARRAZ
THE GUARDIANS CLEANSED?!
• KNULL and his dragons are cleansing entire worlds of life. SPARTAX is their next target – and the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY can’t save it alone.
• It’s a good day for the return of the legendary STAR-LORD…
• Meanwhile, as the team battle cosmic horror, something worse is waiting – as the clock ticks down to the Last Stand in…
• THREE…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
THE UNION #2 (OF 5)
PAUL GRIST (W) • ANDREA DI VITO (A) • Cover by PACO MEDINA
variant cover by JOHN McCREA – APR200880
Design Variant by R.B. SILVA – APR200881
A FRACTURED UNION?!
• THE UNION must battle for their lives (and each other) as KNULL’s Invasion crescendos!
• Thrust unto the global stage, will they be able to prove themselves as a team or will they crumble as the world watches?
• Plus, a devastating blow to the fledgling team rocks them to their very core!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Order using APR200879
S.W.O.R.D. #2
AL EWING (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
WHAT IS PROTOCOL V?
The S.W.O.R.D. station is thrown in at the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the KING IN BLACK! While a cross-division team take on latex dragons from outer space, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is PROTOCOL V – and can the Earth survive it?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
