DC and Marvel: Must-Reads for Summer 2013

Marvel Comics

Marvel Releases of 6/05/2013

  • All-New X-Men No. 12: The past selves of teh foundign X-men fight the ucnanny Avengers.
  • Age of Ultron No. 9: The surviving super-heroes are forced to make a controversial decision that may save the whole galaxy.
  • Iron Man (Vol. 5) No. 11: Part 1 of "Secret Origin of Tony Stark".
  • Kick-Ass 3 No. 1: Superheroes are declared outlaws by the law, making them enemies of both police and villains with Hit-Girl ending up locked up in jail and Kick-Ass now suffering doubts about his life for the first time since starting his crime-fighting career.
  • Marvel's Thor 2 Prelude No. 1
  • Scarlet Spider (Vol. 2) No. 18: Logan/Wolverine and Kaine/Scarlet Spider III must put aside their differences when thousands of assassins are hunting for them.
  • The Superior Spider-Man No. 11: In Part 1 of "No Escape", Mayor Jameson relies on Spider-Man to ensure nothing gets in the way of executing the Spider-Slayer.
  • Thanos Rising No. 3: Thanos' search for true love may involve the endangering of many lives across the universe.

Marvel Releases of 6/12/2013

  • Alpha No. 5: Alpha and The Superior Spider-Man join forces to take down Zeta, but will the battle spell the end of teh Marvel Unvierse as we know it?
  • Avenging Spider-Man No. 22: Frank Castle/The Punisher is about to learn the that Spider-Man he knew isn't the Spider-Man that is today.
  • Savage Wolverine No. 6: Part 1 of Wolverine's team-up with Spidey and Elektra.
  • Thor God of Thunder No. 9: The Thor of the rpesent must team up with his past and future selves to stop Gorr's Godbomb plot.

Marvel Releases of 6/19/2013

  • A+X No. 9: Kitty Pryde and Spider-Woman I team up.
  • Age of Ultron No. 10: The final issue of the limited series.
  • Fantastic Four (Vol. 4) No. 9: What does a backfired prank performed by Ben Grimm in the apst have to do with Dr. Doom's origins?
  • Indestructible Hulk No. 9: The secret of the friendship between Bruce banner and Matt Murdock is revealed.
  • Morbius The Living Vampire No. 6: Morbius returns to Manhattan to find the cure for vampirism, only to leatn that Horizon labs has not been the same since he last deparated. Plus, he's about to fight The Superior Spider-Man for the first time.
  • The Superior Spider-Man No. 12: The Superior Spider-Man and Mayor Jameson are trapped with the villains the current Spidey himself have violently assaulted during the past issues in part 2 of "No Escape".
  • Uncanny Avengers No. 9: Apocalypse Twins make their triumph?
  • Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man No. 24: Enter the Ultimate Comics Universe's Power Pack.

Marvel Releases of 6/26/2013

  • Age of Ultron No. 10A.I.: The war against Ultron is about to change's Hank Pym role in the Marvel Universe.
  • All-New X-Men No. 13: The past self of Cyclops meets the adult version of his missing little brother.

Marvel Releases of 7/03/2013

  • Avengers A.I. No. 1: The Age of Ultron maybe over, but a new age of Avengers begins with Avengers A.I.
  • Deadpool Kills Deadpool No. 1.: Deadpool does the unthinkable as an assassin: targeting himself.
  • Iron Man (Vol. 5) No. 12: Part 2 of "Secret Origin of Tony Stark".
  • Superior Foes of Spider-Man No. 1: Premier issue of an ongoing series featuring the new Sinister Six.
  • What If? AVX No. 1: Introducing an outside Main Marvelverse version of the AVX war.

Marvel Releases of 7/10/2013

  • Indestructible Hulk No. 10: Part 2 of the Hulk/Daredevil team-up.
  • The Superior Spider-Man No. 13: Part 3 of "No Escape" finds Superior Spider-Man joining forces with The Lizard.

Marvel Releases of 7/17/2013

  • A+X No. 10: Black Widow Vs. Fantomex.
  • Deadpool (Vol. 3) No. 13: A never-told adventure of Deadpool set in the 1970s (according to real-time anyway, not Marvel time).
  • Fantastic Four (Vol. 4) No. 10: A Skrull impersonates Ben Franklin in the past.
  • Iron Man (Vol. 5) No. 13
  • Kick-Ass 3 No. 2: Kick-Ass now leads a reassembled Justice Forever to battle new supervillains, but will his efforst be enough with his kid sperheroine ally Hit-Girl still in the slammer?
  • Superior Carnage No. 1: Cletus Cassidy is in prison, but other prison mates plan on starting a new age for the symbiotic Carnage.
  • Thanos Rising No. 4
  • Thor: God of Thunder No. 10: The three time versions of Thor get ready for the final battle against Gorr.
  • What If? AVX No. 2

Marvel Releases of 7/24/2013

  • The Superior Spider-Man No. 14: Superior Spider-Man takes down Shadowland. Plus, the debut of his new Spidey suit.
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Ip No. 1: Superior Spidey Vs. The Avengers.

Marvel Releases of 7/31/2013

  • Indestructible Hulk No. 11: Hulk is assigned to a secret subdivision of SHIELD in the aftermath of Age of Ultron.

Marvel Releases of 8/07/2013

  • A+X No. 11: Thor and Magik battle Limbo Demons. Plus, Cyclops takes on The Superior Spider-Man.
  • Avengers A.I. No. 2: Enter super-intelligence Dimitrios. Plus, Tony Stark is back to wearing his Sentient Armor.
  • Deadpool Kills Deadpool No. 2: Deadpool dies.. or does he?
  • Iron Man (Vol. 5) No. 14: As "The Secret Origin of Tony Stark" continues, Tony Stark deals with a robotic menace with the ability to commandeer his armor.
  • Superior Carnage No. 2: Canarge is captured by the Wizard and Klaw in their plot to create the Superior Carnage.
  • The Superior Spider-Man No. 15: In part 1 of "Run, Goblin Run!", Phil Urich is about to learn what is the cost of being a super-villian/super-villainess once the Superior Spdier-man sets his sights on him/her.

Marvel Releases of 8/14/2013

  • Deadpool (Vol. 3) No. 14: Deadpool re-encounters Iron Fist and Power Man 40 (real-time) years after the events in the previous issue, only to face Trio-For-Hire.
  • Fantastic Four (Vol. 4) No. 11: The spacetime continuum becomes a threat for the Fantastic Four.
  • Infinity No. 1: The super-heroes find themselves torn between Earth and Space as Thanos returns to the scene.
  • Superior Spider-man Team-Up No. 2: Kaine visits New York to check on Peter Parker, unaware that the now ex-super-villain Otto Ocatvius, the man he killed years ago, is now in Peter's body, but Kaine better be careful as Otto himself is about to fight him.

Marvel Releases of 8/21/2013

  • Daredevil (Vol. 3) No. 30: Daredevil meets Silver Surfer.
  • Indestructible Hulk No. 12: Hulk battles the Chronarchists while visiting the time that was hours before the end of the dinosaur age. Plus, cowboy heroes Kid Colt, Two Gun Kid, and Rawhide Kid guest-star.
  • The Superior Spider-Man No. 16: Has Phil Urich reached the end of the road for him as the Hobgoblin? Find out in part 2 of "Run, Goblin Run!".

Marvel Releases of 8/28/2013

  • Deadpool (Vol. 3) No. 28: In part 1 of "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly" (not to be confused with the cowboy movie of the same name), Deadpool turns to Wolverine and Captain America for help in confronting his past regarding Weapon X.
  • Thanos Rising No. 5: Thanos fullfils his road to villianhood in a fate foreshadowing what is to happen in Infinity.

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