A DARK HOMECOMING AWAITS... It's a world before the Punisher. A world where the existence of the Hulk is but a whisper of a rumor. A world where A.I.M. has just developed a Cosmic Cube in the jungles of South America. Frank Castle, Bruce Banner and Peter Parker are all on a mission to keep the Cube out of the wrong hands - including each other's. In this three-way free-for-all for the power of the cosmos, who will come out on top? Legendary creators Jonathan Hickman and Adam Kubert team up to tell the grittiest Spider-Man story of the ages!
Graymatter Lane is totally safe from all interlopers. All threats psionic, military or demonic. Right? Right. But what about the doubts and fears that always emerge among friends and lovers? And who keeps blowing up Emma's phone? Meanwhile, Iceman has a rather unorthodox training idea. Bring your twenty-sided die.
WHAT IF…THOR GOT SPIDER-MAN'S SYMBIOTE SUIT? Amid the chaos, there comes a costume - but not to the hero you know! Legend has it that bonding with the symbiote suit made Thor mightier still. But what shadows lurking in the Ten Realms would take interest in such a powerful pairing?
Widespread panic breaks out in Louisiana as it becomes Ground Zero for an alien invasion force! But are they really what they seem? And are they a known species or some new terror altogether? Can even the UNCANNY X-MEN resist the technological terror when MARS NEEDS MUTANTS?
The adventure into one of Spidey's most important periods with some of the creators who made it happen - continues! Spider-Man paints a giant target on his back by stealing the Kingpin's LEXICON, Fisk's directory detailing his entire criminal enterprise. PUNISHER steps in to "help" Spidey, but Mr. Negative and his army of unkillable Inner Demons put them both through their paces and do something truly horrific to our favorite hero and our favorite anti-hero!
A TALE OF TWO SORCERERS! Wanda defends the Sanctum in London against the EXTINCTION KING and his first EXTINCTION WEAPON. But from deep within the devouring energy field, a new magical force is released - TURIN THE QUANTUMANCER, the SORCERER SUPREME of the QUANTUM REALM! But what are Turin's ties to the EXTINCTION KING, and can he even be trusted?
WAR ZONE! Wounded and reeling as his own body begins to turn against him, Frank Castle has no choice but to confront the ghosts of his past and the grisly reality of his future all wrapped up in one, as JIGSAW'S machinations and mind games come to a senses-shattering head! Face front, True Believers, because, in this issue, all the puzzle pieces start falling into place! RATED PARENTAL ADVISORY.
One by one, Earth's greatest fighters have fallen to an alien Predator. A tournament has become a burial ground, and only three competitors are left standing - barely. In this blood-soaked final issue, Abigail, Sara and Kai make a desperate bid to escape the Garden. But first, they have to face off against the Predator one last time. See who lives (anyone?), who dies (everyone?!) and the ultimate boss-level fight to the finish! RATED PARENTAL ADVISORY.
THE MUTANT LIBERATION FRONT! CABLE, ARCHANGEL, MS. MARVEL, BOOM-BOOM and HELLVERINE bring the fight to the MUTANT LIBERATION FRONT. The new face of the MLF is KALI…but it's their deep-seated plans that will put X-FORCE on the back foot!
WHAT IS THE NIGHTSHAPE? The Nightshape is everything and nothing. It is the darkness that existed before time and the darkness that will remain after time stops. The Nightshape will remake the cosmos. Worship the Nightshape! Yup, it's just another day at work for the covert Imperial Guardians - Gamora, Captain Marvel, Amadeus Cho, Darkhawk and the Cosmic Ghost Rider - or are they about to uncover the darkest and most malevolent secret threat in the Cosmos?
