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HERO OR MONSTER? Hulk has finally found the solitude he wanted: no more enemies, no companions, not even Banner. But deep in the Appalachian Mountains, when his peace is interrupted by a young boy in danger, Hulk wonders if Charlie was right about him… COULD he be a hero again after all? Meanwhile: One of Hulk's newfound allies is taken, hinting at an unseen threat emerging! The ramp-up to a shocking new Hulk event begins here!

ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM! Using a combination of science and magic, Doctor Doom has taken over the world, which means Wyn - sole Avatar of The-Powers-That-Be (think: Magic God) - has an interest in how this happened AND how to stop it. His sworn apprentice, Mia DiMaria - a college-aged woman disillusioned with most magic, some science and definitely ALL of her job working for Wyn - is brought along, and soon finds herself at the center of a crisis that could impact Earth for generations to come. And worst of all, Doctor Victor Von Doom believes Mia has potential - especially if she were to be freed from Wyn's control. Doom offers freedom, but all gifts from Doom come with a cost...don't they? Science and magic collide in this oversized one-shot that brings the world of G.O.D.S. to the heart of the Marvel Universe! And if you don't yet know the world of the GODS, this is the book for you: It is both accessible AND apocalyptic.

WHO GETS THE LAST LAUGH? Loki is the God of Mischief. Mephisto is the Lord of Lies. In a centuries-old battle of wits, Loki needs of a favor, and in exchange, Mephisto commands him to retrieve a soul - one belonging to an agent of Khonshu. But no one tells Loki what to do. Part FOUR of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

The climactic chapter of the classic saga of the Dark Phoenix! The cover says it all: Phoenix must die! But if that is Jean Grey's fate, she won't face it alone! With Jean's life in the balance, the X-Men fight a duel of honor on the Blue Area of the Moon - against the mighty Gladiator and his allies in the Imperial Guard of the Shi'ar Empire! Cyclops will be by the side of the woman he loves until the battle's very end - and the shocking finale will break your heart now, every bit as it did for legions of X-Men fans in 1980! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting X-MEN (1963) #137. Marvel is reprinting the complete Death of Phoenix Saga issues as they originally appeared!

SABRETOOTH. WOLVERINE. DEATH. WOLVERINE versus SABRETOOTH on the grounds of the HOWLETT ESTATE! You've been waiting decades for this…and Wolverine's been dreading it for a century! RATED PARENTAL ADVISORY.

ULTRON CIVIL WAR! As the Church of Ultron clashes with a new iteration, OMEGA ULTRON, the West Coast Avengers race to contain the fallout! But where does their own Ultron stand?

For the first time in New Orleans history, the city has declared a MUTANT APPRECIATION DAY festival and street fair, with all the music, food and fun the city is famous for. If the Hellfire Gala is filet mignon, this is corn dogs and lemonade. But are all mutants okay with this attempt at bridging the gap, or are sinister forces lurking behind the Tilt-A-Whirl?

THUNDER WAR" Begins! It's a full-circle moment. The F.B.I. finally discover the mutant child from the OKLAHOMA INCIDENT (from ISSUE #1) and the safe house STORM sheltered the child in. The F.B.I. will not stop until they take in this mutant child, as the kid's unmatched nuclear-radiation powers make them a threat to humanity. STORM must protect this child, but there is one problem: The last time STORM was in close proximity to the child, STORM died a horrible death. Meanwhile, in the far reaches of space, ETERNITY locates the BLACK WINTER that consumed GALACTUS and SILVER SURFER SOOT - kick-starting the terrifying THUNDER WAR. Guest-starring BISHOP - the gunslinging energy gobbler!

DOCTOR APHRA AND LUKE SKYWALKER TOGETHER AGAIN! On the distant world of AARGAU, LUKE SKYWALKER and DOCTOR APHRA track down a valuable artifact. An unstable underworld collector has a different plan for them! Will the New Republic's newest agent betray her JEDI friend for a chance at the prize?

DEATH AND BETRAYAL! Round two has begun! But who was able to make it? Now that blood has been spilled, the webs are off as Spider-Man and friends face off yet again against Venom and the symbiotes! But not before TWO new champions are added to the roster! Who could these warriors be? And will they add to the slaughter that has now unleashed among the competitors, or will they betray their own team to avoid the conflict?

CHASE STEIN: BACK FROM THE FUTURE! Chase is back, looking more dangerous and broodier than ever! But what happened in the future that's got him so suspicious of Gert? And how long can the Runaways keep running away from the will of Doom?

RETRO VISION VARIANT BY BENJAMIN SU Psylocke has found the home of the man who trained her and rebuilt her into a weapon. Can she face what lives within those walls? And what devious creature is watching them from afar?

TIMESLIDING IN…TO PUT A STOP TO THE PHOENIX! Jean Grey's beloved, long-dead sister Sara is…alive and well among the stars?! On a mysterious planet called Greyhaven, the Grey sisters have had an impossible reunion… But while Jean is overjoyed, other forces at work in the universe are less than thrilled - especially the psychically-attuned ones: like the telepathic, time-traveling soldier known as CABLE. After all, what's an X-Men family reunion without at least one time-displaced stepchild?!

SPECIAL OVERSIZED 250th ISSUE! Face front, True Believers! This year marks fifty sense-shattering years of sense-shattering action in the pages of MOON KNIGHT! With series scribe JED MacKAY and your new favorite artist DEVMALYA PRAMANIK lending their talents to this epic and oversized issue, it's one that you can't afford to miss as it sets the stage for Jed's most ambitious and gut-wrenching story EVER!

AFRAID OF A SHADOW? A malevolent force has been set upon the world - a being of pure darkness who wants nothing more than evil and destruction, darkness that lurks in the most seemingly innocent and sunny of places. Beware the evil known as…SHADOW JEFF!