Marvel May 2015 Secret Wars Solicitations

Marvel Comics has released their full solicitations for the Month of May 2015, which sees the kickoff of the highly anticipated mega-event Secret Wars, by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic. Following the final incursion between the mainstream Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Battleworld is formed, and the building of a new Marvle Universe begins.

While Secret Wars #1 & 2 will house the core story, Secret Wars: Battleworld will show the battles that the main series just couldn’t fit. Meanwhile, the regions of Battleworld will be explored in Warzones series like Inferno, Secret Wars 2099, and Infinity Gauntlet.

Check out the full solicitations below, and you can find issue covers in the gallery at the bottom of the page. Be sure to check out Marvel’s other solicitations, as well as the Star Wars and Icon solicitations.

SECRET WARS #1 (OF 8)

JONATHAN HICKMAN (w) • ESAD RIBIC (a)

Cover by ALEX ROSS (FEB150650)

VARIANT COVER BY ESAD RIBIC (FEB150656)

PARTY VARIANT COVER BY CHIP ZDARSKY (FEB150663)

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE BIANCHI (FEB150653)

VARIANT COVER BY AMANDA CONNOR (FEB150655)

VARIANT COVER BY Jim Cheung (FEB150651)

CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY Butch Guice (FEB150652)

YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG (FEB150657)

BLANK VARIANT COVER (FEB150658)

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER (FEB150654)

PARTY VARIANT SKETCH COVER BY CHIP ZDARSKY

• THE FINAL INCURSION IS HAPPENING!

• THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS COLLIDING WITH THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE!

• AND NEITHER WILL SURVIVE!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

SECRET WARS #2 (OF 8)

JONATHAN HICKMAN (w) • ESAD RIBIC (a)

Cover by ALEX ROSS

VARIANT COVER BY ESAD RIBIC

VARIANT COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY SIMONE BIANCHI

CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY Kevin Nowlan

• WHEN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS GONE, ALL THAT REMAINS IS BATTLEWORLD!

• LEARN THE SECRETS OF THIS BRAVE NEW REALM IN THIS SPECIAL OVERSIZED ISSUE!

56 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE MIGHTY AVENGERS #8

AL EWING (w) • LUKE ROSS (a/C)

• These are the stories of the end of the world, and of the people who faced the end together.

• Some of them wore costumes, and some of them didn’t. Some had super-human powers, and all some had were each other.

• They were the Mighty Avengers. And this is what they did on the last day.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

LOKI: AGENT OF ASGARD #14

AL EWING (w) • LEE GARBETT (a/C)

THE LAST DAYS OF LOKI!

• As the Ten Realms face their last hours, ancient enemies march on Asgardia seeking a final vengeance…

• …including King Loki – meaner, madder and more dangerous than ever before!

• Meanwhile – what’s happened to our Loki? Has the end come early for everyone’s favorite trickster?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MAGNETO #18

CULLEN BUNN (w) • PAUL DAVIDSON (a)

Cover by DAVID YARDIN

• Earth is on a collision course with oblivion…and Magneto’s just learned time is running out.

• With everything he’s fought for being brought to an unescapable end, how will the Master of Magnetism spend his LAST DAYS on Earth?

• Will Magneto celebrate his legacy…or be tortured by it?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

INHUMANS: ATTILAN RISING #1

CHARLES SOULE (w) • JOHN TIMMS (a)

COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON

Design Variant by DAVE JOHNSON

VARIANT COVER BY W. SCOTT FORBES

YOUNG VARIANT BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

BLANK VARIANT COVER

• There is a rebellion brewing on Battleworld and it stretches far and wide into every domain. Medusa, ruler of Attilan, is tasked with uncovering the leader of this uprising and scuttling it with extreme prejudice. When she discovers the leader of this rebellion is Black Bolt, however, things get complicated.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ULTIMATE END #1 (OF 5)

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • MARK BAGLEY (a/C)

Variant Cover by DAVID MARQUEZ

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

• MILES MORALES and the rest of the heroes of the ULTIMATE U face final extinction

• As the end of their world becomes inevitable, will the heroes’ heartbreaking sacrifices make any difference?

• The dramatic end of an era begins here!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MASTER OF KUNG FU #1 (of 4)

Haden Blackman (w) Dalibor Talajic (a)

Cover by Francesco Francavilla

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

KICK-BUTT KUNG-FU ACTION!

• Welcome to the mystical land of K’UN LUN, where the study of martial arts reigns supreme!

• In a world where everyone is well-trained in at least some form of deadly combat, what becomes of a drunken, drop-out failure?

• If anyone speaks out against Emperor Zu, the price is their head! Good thing Shang-Chi’s a man of discretion and…oh, who are we kidding. This is going to get nasty.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD #1 (OF 4)

JOSH WILLIAMSON & ED BRISSON (w)

MIKE HENDERSON & SCOTT HEPBURN (a)

Cover by PACO MEDINA

Variant Cover by JAMES STOKOE

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

• When the Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe collide, there is only…Battleworld!

• Featuring the fights, battles and blow-ups that are just TOO BIG for Secret Wars!

• When a Dr. Strange-possessed Punisher goes on the run, only Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk and Ghost Rider can track him down!

• Question: What happens when M.O.D.O.K. recruits every single M.O.D.O.K. ever for his evil schemes? Answer: M.O.D.O.K. M.A.D.N.E.S.S.!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SECRET WARS JOURNAL #1 (OF 5)

Prudence Shen & Michael Rosenberg (w)

Ramon Bachs & Luca Pizzari (a)

Cover by Kevin Wada

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

WITNESS THE STRANGE TALES OF BATTLEWORLD! TWO SCINTILLATING STORIES OF SECRET WARS!

• Is LADY KATE of 1602 the nefarious HAWKEYE BANDIT who robs from the rich and gives to the poor?

• Can an enslaved band of MUTANTS in EGYPTIA overthrow their overlord, KHONSHU?

• Can YOU afford not to read the coolest, hippest, most continuity-important book in all of SECRET WARS??? Because this is TOTALLY THAT BOOK. But don’t tell anyone. It’ll be our little Secret…Wars Journal.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARS #1 (OF 4)

CULLEN BUNN (w) • MATTEO LOLLI & JACOPO CAMAGNI (a)

Cover by TONY HARRIS

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

YOUNG VARIANT BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

ALBUM ARTIST VARIANT BY NICK GANZIN

BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE

• NOT A SECRET WARS TIE-IN!

• Well…it is…but not THAT Secret Wars.

• Remember the original Secret Wars from 1984? And remember how Deadpool played a huge important role in it? Wait…you DON’T? Then you need to read this series immediately and be educated! From the team that brought you DEADPOOL KILLUSTRATED comes the most Secretest War of all!

• Plus: a bonus Deadpool Contest of Champions tale!

40 PGS./Parental Advisory …$4.99

INFERNO #1

DENNIS HOPELESS (w) • JAVIER GARRON (a/C)

VARIANT COVER BY ADI GRANOV

• Spinning out of the universe-shattering events of Secret Wars comes a new twist on the X-Men classic that’s a whole hell of a lot hotter than you remember

• 5 years ago a band of demons rose up out of the fiery depths and turned Manhattan into Hell on Earth. The X-Men fought to vanquish the demon horde and… The X-Men failed.

• Welcome back to the Inferno.

• On this the fifth anniversary of Manhattan’s fall, Piotr Rasputin is leading a small band of mutants back into the Inferno. Colossus doesn’t know what they’ll find on the other side of those flames but he knows for certain… They’re not coming back without his sister.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

OLD MAN LOGAN #1

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • ANDREA SORRENTINO (a/C)

Variant Cover by STEVE McNIVEN

VARIANT COVER BY ANDREA SORRENTINO

YOUNG VARIANT BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

BLANK VARIANT COVER

• Enter the Wastelands…a realm where all heroes have been murdered by their arch-enemies, villains who now rule over the land with an iron fist. In the midst of this dystopian chaos, one man may make a difference…a reluctant warrior who was once the greatest mutant of all…a man known as OLD MAN LOGAN.

40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

SECRET WARS 2099 #1 (of 5)

PETER DAVID (w) • WILL SLINEY (a)

Cover by Dave Rapoza

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• When everything ends, it’s time to go back to the future. Revisit the world of 2099 and see it a whole new light, as characters who have never been seen before make their first appearances – including the AVENGERS 2099. Can the ideal of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes survive in a world where megacorporations rule with an iron fist?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #1 (of 5)

GARTH ENNIS (w) • RUSS BRAUN (a)

Cover by FRANK CHO

VARIANT COVER BY ALEX MALEEV

• GARTH ENNIS returns to Marvel Comics proper and he’s bringing his The Boys collaborator Russ Braun along with him! Fighter planes and dinosaurs collide in this raucous tale that starts with the classic Marvel character Phantom Eagle and digs much deeper!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

A-FORCE #1

G. WILLOW WILSON & MARGUERITE BENNETT (w) • JORGE MOLINA (a)

Cover by JIM CHEUNG

INHUMANS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT

VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN

VARIANT COVER BY STEPHANIE HANS

VARIANT COVER BY JORGE MOLINA

YOUNG VARIANT BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

BLANK COVER VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE

• Marvel’s Mightiest Women finally get their own explosive series!

• In a secluded corner of the Battleworld, an island nation is fiercely protected by a team of Avengers the likes of which has only ever been glimpsed before…

• Fighting to protect the small sliver of their world that’s left, the Amazing A-FORCE stands shoulder-to-shoulder, ready to take on the horde!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

PLANET HULK #1

SAM HUMPHRIES (w) • MARC LAMING (a)

Cover by MICHAEL DEL MUNDO

Variant Cover by MUKESH SINGH

BLANK COVER VARIANT

YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

• A forbidden zone of wild HULKS

• A battle-worn gladiator named STEVE ROGERS

• A journey that could break the spirit of a world’s greatest freedom fighter.

• PLUS: A back up story by a surprise creative team!

40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

SPIDER-VERSE #1

MIKE COSTA (w) • ANDRE ARUAJO (a)

Cover by NICK BRADSHAW

Variant cover by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ

• Spinning out of the SPIDER-VERSE event, a team of Spiders finds themselves face-to-face with Battleworld! Starring SPIDER-GWEN, SPIDER-MAN NOIR, SPIDER-MAN: INDIA, MAYDAY PARKER, SPIDER-UK and SPIDER-HAM!

40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

M.O.D.O.K. ASSASSIN #1 (of 5)

CHRIS YOST (w) • AMILCAR PINNA (a)

Cover by DAVID LAFUENTE

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• In a world populated by the most fearsome thieves, murderers and ne’er-do-wells, there is one who is a HEAD above the rest…

• Enter, M.O.D.O.K.: The Mental Organism Designed Only for KILLING!

• Killville’s very own Merc with a Maw is open for business! But his next job may be biting off more than he can chew…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

INHUMAN ANNUAL #1

CHARLES SOULE (w) • RYAN STEGMAN (a/C)

VARIANT COVER BY DAVID NAKAYAMA

• All the threads of the first year come to a head in this epic oversized Annual!

• Medusa! Lash! Ennilux! Reader! Lineage!

• What will be left standing before Secret Wars pulls it all crashing to the floor?!?!?

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99