Marvel Comics May 2015 Solicitations

Marvel Comics has released their solicitations for the month of May 2015. 

While the Secret Wars and Star Wars rage on in other books, Inhuman is celebrating its first year with an annual, and Brian Michael Bendis is exiting the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men #600.

See the full solicitations below, and check out the issue covers in the gallery at the bottom of the page.

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

AVENGERS VS #1

JOE CARAMAGNA (W)

ANDREA DI VITO, WELLINTON ALVES, RON LIM, DARIO BRIZUELA (A)

Cover by TOM RANEY

VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL RYAN

VARIANT COVER BY KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY

VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM

• It’s the Avengers versus some of their all-time greatest foes!

• Powerful Asgardian artifacts are on Earth…but can the Avengers recover them before Loki?

• Contains four short stories featuring the villainous Red Skull, Attuma, Loki, MODOK, and more!

56 PGS./ONE SHOT/Rated T+ …$5.99

UNCANNY AVENGERS: ULTRON FOREVER #1

AL EWING (W) • ALAN DAVIS (A/C)

AU MOVIE CONNECTING VARIANT G

AU MOVIE CONNECTING VARIANT H

• The time-spanning epic comes to a senses-shattering finish!

• Asgardia’s Avengers versus the massed forces of Ultron! Can the Avengers triumph – or will evil re-take the throne of Odin?

• Plus – the dark secret of Doctor Doom! And who is… Earth’s Last Avenger?

40 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

AVENGERS WORLD #21

FRANK BARBIERE (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO (A)

Cover by JEFF DEKAL

• The last stand of A.I.M. … in the Savage Land!

• Thor and Hyperion unleashed!

• Can Namor survive The Cabal?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

UNCANNY AVENGERS #5

RICK REMENDER (W) • DANIEL ACUñA (A)

Cover by KRIS ANKA

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The truth that will shatter the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

• War between the Low and High Evolutionary.

• An Avenger has to choose between his friends and a perfect future.

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18

CHRISTOS GAGE (w) • HUMBERTO RAMOS (a/C)

VARIANT Cover by STACEY LEE

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• A huge chapter in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN history comes to a close!

• Peter’s choices as CEO of Parker Industries come home to roost!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18.1

GERRY CONWAY (w) • CARLO BARBERI (a)

COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI

VARIANT COVER BY Greg Land

• SPIRAL continues!

• The gang war continues to rock New York City as Spidey and the Wraith do their level best to keep it contained.

• But Wraith and Spidey’s methodologies don’t always gel.

• And Spidey’s methodology makes him a nail for Hammerhead to smash.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SILK #4

ROBBIE THOMPSON (w) • STACEY LEE (a)

Cover by DAVE JOHNSON

• Silk and Johnny Storm’s first date! Nuff’ said?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-GWEN #4

JASON LATOUR (w) • ROBBI RODRIGUEZ (a/C)

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Learn what really happened the day that Peter Parker died!

• Gwen comes face to face with Ben and May Parker!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SPIDER-WOMAN #7

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

• Jessica Drew, A.K.A., Spider-Woman, gets closer to figuring out who has been kidnapping villains’ significant others to blackmail the villains!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN 2099 #12

PETER DAVID (w) • WILL SLINEY (a)

Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA

• Miguel O’Hara finds himself in the middle of bidding war between Parker Industries and rival Alchemax!

• Not only that, but his traveling through time has put the people he cares about in the year 2014 in imminent danger!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

MS. MARVEL #15

G. WILLOW WILSON (w) • TAKESHI MIYAZAWA (a)

Cover by Kris Anka

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• True love or true enemy?

• There’s a reason it’s called a CRUSH.

• Ms. Marvel faces her most confusing challenge yet!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #3

JEFF LEMIRE (w) • RAMON PEREZ (a)

Cover by Ramon Perez

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• What makes a hero and what breaks a hero? Hawkeye and Hawkeye experience both. In ONE GLORIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL ISSUE!

• Jeff Lemire and Ramon Perez bring you the hotly anticipated series of the season.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CAPTAIN MARVEL #15

KELLY SUE DECONNICK (w) • DAVID LOPEZ (a/C)

• She’s back!

• With the galaxy behind her and her beloved earth in front, Carol gets ready for a homecoming a year in the making!

• Except for the whole THE END IS NIGH thing…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DAREDEVIL #16

MARK WAID (w) • CHRIS SAMNEE (a/C)

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• In order to preserve the new life he’s built, Daredevil is faced with a critical decision–which may mean the death of Matt Murdock! Plus, with a new rival in town, is DD’s time in San Francisco coming to an end?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ANT-MAN #5

NICK SPENCER (w) • RAMON ROSANAS (a)

Cover by MARK BROOKS

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The explosive first arc finale! There aren’t actually any explosions – but there IS a big showdown with our poorly lit villain, and plenty of heartbreak to go around.

• Nothing will be the same again! Except you’re still aging. That’s not going anywhere.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #5

RYAN NORTH (w) • ERICA HENDERSON (a/C)

• The breakout character of 2015 continues her one-woman crusade against injustice and jerks in this standalone issue, a perfect jumping-on point for new readers!

• These TAILS of the Squirrel Girl will show you the Marvel Universe’s most powerful super hero from a bunch of brand-new perspectives, several of them QUITE ASTONISHING.

• This comic is actually a bunch of minicomics in one, giving it definitely the #1 most-comics-per-actual-physical-comic value in stores today!!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN #6

KIERON GILLEN & MARGUERITE BENNETT (w)

PHIL JIMENEZ & STEPHANIE HANS (a)

Cover by STEPHANIE HANS

• ANGELA DID WHAT!?!?!?

• (Aside from get a new costume.)

• In the climax of a battle between Heven and Asgard, both their futures are changed forever.

• So… how is Sera alive? Clue: 🙁

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THOR #8

JASON AARON (w) • RUSSELL DAUTERMAN (a/C)

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The final battle with the Destroyer!

• Guest stars galore!

• A shocking return!

• And oh yeah…Thor’s secret identity revealed at last!!!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA SPECIAL #1

JEFFREY THOMAS LOVENESS (w) • ALEC MORGAN (a)

Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL

Connecting Cover by ADAM KUBERT

” PART 3- THE GRAND FINALE OF INHUMAN ERROR”!

• Red Raven has Spider-Man and the Inhumans right where he wants them!

• One bird turn deserves another, as the All-New Captain America answers the call to defend New York from the revenge-ready Red Raven!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

S.H.I.E.L.D. #6

MARK WAID (w) • PAUL RENAUD (A)

Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• The mysteries bubbling up since issue one stand revealed–and SHIELD, battered, broken and with no back-up, has to somehow protect the Earth from the Mindless Plague!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

HOWARD THE DUCK #3

CHIP ZDARSKY (w)

JOE QUINONES (a/C)

Variant cover by JASON LATOUR

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Howard’s big first case goes off the rails as he’s pulled into investigating a NYC crime spree!

• But this spree features a Very Special Guest Star!

• We’ll only give you one hint: they’re a Marvel Comics character who has “died” before! Hope that narrows it down for you, True Believer!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

THE PUNISHER #18

Nathan Edmondson (W)

MITCH GERADS (A/C)

• Frank’s long quest for vengeance over the massacre of a small Mexican village reaches its end.

• What will happen to those Frank has left in his wake?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

IRON FIST:

THE LIVING WEAPON #12

KAARE ANDREWS (W)

KAARE ANDREWS (A/C)

THE INCREDIBLE GRAND FINALE TO KAARE ANDREWS’ KUNG FU EPIC!

• All of Danny Rand’s past and present have led to this: the world-shattering battle for the future!

• Danny Rand VS The One…with two worlds hanging in the balance!

• No redemption comes without sacrifice. What will become of the Iron Fist?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SUPERIOR IRON MAN #9

TOM TAYLOR (W) • YILDIRAY ÇINAR (A)

Cover by MIKE CHOI

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

SUPERIOR IRON MAN IS DEAD! LONG LIVE SUPERIOR IRON WOMAN!

• A surprising betrayal!

• An epic battle

• Could this end in the death of the TONY STARK we know and love?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DEATHLOK #8

NATHAN EDMONDSON (W)

MIKE PERKINS(A/C)

• Henry Hayes knocks on BioTek’s door. LOUDLY.

• Michael Collins and Agent Hope have Domino, A.I.M. can’t be far behind…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BUCKY BARNES:

THE WINTER SOLDIER #8

ALES KOT (W)

MARCO RUDY (A)

Cover by MICHAEL DEL MUNDO

“A NIGHT FLIGHT OVER YOUR HEART”

• Bucky One. Bucky Two. It’s time for a talk.

• Astral travel across dimensions! Daisy Johnson flies!

• The mastermind — uncovered!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

OPERATION: S.I.N. #5 (of 5)

KATHRYN IMMONEN (W)

RICH ELLIS (A)

Cover by MICHAEL KOMARCK

• The truth behind S.I.N. is exposed!

• Not everybody gets out of Russia in one piece!

• Peggy and the gang face impossible decisions with grisly consequences in this rocketing conclusion!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BLACK WIDOW #18

NATHAN EDMONDSON (W)

PHIL NOTO (A/C)

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Natasha goes head to head with CHAOS!

• Will Natasha be able to bring down the unassailable Prophet?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GUARDIANS 3000 #8

DAN ABNETT (W) • Nico Leon (A)

Cover by Gerardo Sandoval

• Stranded on 21st century Earth, the 31st century Guardians finally have a chance to locate the anomaly that is ripping the past, present and future of the Universal Time-stream apart.

• But locating it is one thing…preventing it is something else altogether. Shocking twists and end-of-the-World action!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #27

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A/C)

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Guardians no more?

• Following the Black Vortex, the Guardians have come into conflict with one another more and more.

• With rifts forming between them, will their friendship and history be enough to hold the team together?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #5

ANDY LANNING & ANDY SCHMIDT (W)

GUSTAVO DUARTE (A)

Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS

• The universe’s most powerful cabal of villainy has formed right under the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes’ noses–and they never noticed! This group of fowl (get it!) villains, is the Pets of Evil Masters!

• And they’re after world domination! Rocket must team-up with The Pet Avengers (much to his dismay) to face down the foes that no one else can (or will bother with) in this Earth-Shattering adventure that can only be told in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #12

SAM HUMPHRIES (W) • PACO MEDINA (A/C)

• So, yeah…things have definitely be interesting for Peter lately.

• After that whole deal with the Black Vortex, he could definitely use some rest.

• But when you’re the Legendary Star-Lord, and you’ve got bloodthirsty aliens on your tail, each nap could potentially be your last…

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SILVER SURFER #12

DAN SLOTT (W) • MIKE ALLRED (A/C)

“The New Life of Norrin Radd”

• No surfboard. No trace of the Power Cosmic. No hint of silver. It’s an all-new life for Norrin Radd on an all-new world.

• And heralding a strange, new chapter in Dawn Greenwood’s story as well…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ROCKET RACCOON #11

SKOTTIE YOUNG (W) • Jake Parker (A)

Cover by Skottie Young

• Does the book of Half-World actually exist? Or was it all just one big HOAX?

• And finally, is Rocket really alone in the world?

• You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wish you were a raccoon! (I mean a gun-wielding, smack-talking tough

guy who happens to be covered in fur!)

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

NOVA #31

GERRY DUGGAN (W) • DAVID BALDEON (A)

Cover by ORPHANS CHEEPS

• The world is under threat and it’s up to Sam Alexander, A.K.A. Nova, and his friends Beta Ray Bill, Doc Green, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Cosmo to save the planet.

• You won’t believe the end of this issue!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE

SPIDER-MAN: WEB WARRIORS #7

Adapted by Joe Caramagna

• The Lizard has made his lair in the sewers beneath Midtown High!

• Spidey and Mary Jane venture into the depths, aided by the Janitor Stan (the Man!)

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #4 (of 4)

Adapted by Joe Caramagna • Cover by JEFF WAMESTER

Based on the hit new series, follow the further adventures of the Guardians of the Galaxy!

• Final issue!

• Is this the end for our dear Guardians or can they save the galaxy one more time?

• Rocket and Groot finally get the spotlight!

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

MARVEL UNIVERSE

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #7

Adapted by Joe Caramagna

• Fed up with his son’s dealing with mortals, Odin orders Thor back to Asgard.

• Now Thor must prove to his father that he does good on earth or return home…forever!

32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

NIGHT NURSE #1

JEAN THOMAS, LINDA FITE & BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)

WINSLOW MORTIMER & ALEX MALEEV (A)

Cover by SIYA OUM

• Marvel’s 1970s cult-classic miniseries is collected in one super-sized one-shot!

• Linda Carter, Georgia Jenkins and Christine Palmer are all studying to become nurses. But what will happen when Linda must choose between love and career?

• Can Georgia stop her brother from holding the hospital hostage?

• As the nurses care for a mysterious hit-and-run victim, Christine realizes that her new boyfriend hides a terrible secret!

• When a mob war spills over into the hospital, Linda must act fast to save lives!

• Will Christine survive learning the secret of Sea-Cliff Manor?

• And when Daredevil is fatally shot, the Night Nurse must step out of the shadows and return to action!

• Guest-starring Black Widow, Elektra, Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones!

• Collecting NIGHT NURSE (1972) #1-4 and DAREDEVIL (1998) #80.

112 PGS./Rated T+ …$7.99

HULK #16

GERRY DUGGAN (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)

Variant Cover by LEINIL YU

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

HULK–SIZED GRAND FINALE TO “THE OMEGA HULK” EPIC!!!

• The HULK confrontation you’ve been waiting for: DOC GREEN VS JEN WALTERS

• What is Doc Green’s startling confession???

• And…the return of BETTY ROSS?!?

• PLUS: the reveal of LYRA THE SAVAGE SHE-HULK’S fate!

40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

MOON KNIGHT #15

CULLEN BUNN (W) • RON ACKINS (A)

Cover by DECLAN SHALVEY

• There is a monster under the beds of the children of Manhattan and he’s hungry.

• Many children have already fallen to the beast’s hunger and it’s up to Moon Knight to stop it.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #600

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w)

CHRIS BACHALO, STUART IMMONEN, MAHMUD ASRAR,

KRIS ANKA and FRAZER IRVING (a)

Cover by CHRIS BACHALO

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER A BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER B BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER C BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

VARIANT COVER BY KRIS ANKA

VARIANT COVER BY PAUL SMITH

VARIANT COVER BY OLIVIER COIPEL

VARIANT COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS

VARIANT COVER BY ARTHUR ADAMS

VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL YU

VARIANT COVER BY RICK LEONARDI

• The final explosive issue in Brian Michael Bendis’ epic X-Men saga!

• Scott Summers – savior or destroyer? Questions will be answered!

• The Jean Grey School, the New Xavier School – it’s all going to change.

• The X-Men are at a crossroads. And not everyone will make it through in one piece.

• Featuring 40 pages of a host of popular X-Men creators!

56 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #35

Brian Michael Bendis (w) • CHRIS BACHALO (a)

Cover by KRIS ANKA

NYC VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• Mystique returns to the pages of UNCANNY X-MEN—and she’s out for vengeance!

• Will Magik’s soulsword be enough to halt the shapeshifter’s wrath?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL #4 (of 4)

CULLEN BUNN (w) • NICOLE VIRELLA (a)

Cover by JAY SHAW

• Oh man—there’s a zillion Deadpools and a zillion zombies!

• I have no idea how this is going to end.

• I hope Cullen does. You do, right Cullen?

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

WOLVERINES #17-20

CHARLES SOULE & RAY FAWKES (w)

Issue #17 – Juan Cabal (a

Issue #18 – JONATHAN MARKS (a)

Issue #19 – Ariela Kristantina (a)

Issue #20 – Juan Doe(a)

Issue #17-19 covers by Juan Doe

Issue #20 cover by Zach Howard

Issue #17 – Revenge of Mr. Sinister! See what heroes remain after Mr. Sinister’s had his way with them, and who managed to stay alive (or which parts of them!).

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Issue #18 – Depowered? What is the aftermath of the battle with Mr. Sinister, and has Mystique been betting on the results? The final pieces of the puzzle fall into place.

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Issue #19 – Mystique’s endgame is now in final swing – everything is exactly how she planned in this penultimate issue!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Issue #20 – Mystique’s full plan is revealed – and she’s not just aiming to bring back her long lost love, Destiny…but an old friend…and where does this leave the Wolverines?!

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

STORM #11

GREG PAK (w) • VICTOR IBANEZ (a)

Cover by STEPHANIE HANS

• Storm has traveled the globe on a mission to better the world for man and mutant alike.

•But when one of her failures resurfaces in the form of a new threat, will Storm be able to right the wrong, or will she be doomed to relive history?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99