Friday, July 12, 2002

MARVEL COMICS, CROSSGEN COMICS FIRST LOOKS

FIRST LOOK: NEW X-MEN #129

New X-Men #129 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Grant Morrison, with art and cover by Igor Kordey.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"The secret of Weapon XII is revealed along with a terrifying new threat to mutants and mankind -- a threat as old as life itself and as monstrous as the unknown."

New X-Men #129 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.25.

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FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE X-MEN #20

Ultimate X-Men #20 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mark Millar, with art by Adam Kubert and Danny Miki and a cover by Kubert.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"It's the electric epilogue to the X-Men's World Tour. Due to the events of the World Tour, Professor X is all alone -- and at an all-time low -- in New York City. And while the X-Men fight for their lives elsewhere, the Brotherhood finally gets their act together -- and that's a bad thing for the good guys."

Ultimate X-Men #20 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.25.

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FIRST LOOK: CAPTAIN MARVEL #34

Captain Marvel #34 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Peter David, with art by Chriscross and Rich Perrota and a cover by Chriscross.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"As Captain Marvel squares off for the final showdown with the Magus, Rick Jones and Marlo face a most unexpected peril in the Microverse -- while Moondragon faces her worst nightmare."

Captain Marvel #34 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.50.

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FIRST LOOK: MYSTIC #26

Mystic #26 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from CrossGen Comics. The issue is written by Tony Bedard, penciled by Fabrizio Fiorentino, inked by Matthew Ryan and colored by Andrew Crossley.

Here's how CrossGen describes the issue:

"Giselle travels to the Shaman Lands and seeks the counsel of the Shaman Guild Master, only to find him busy dealing with a mystical beast that stalks his people. But this spirit animal has the ability to become any person's darkest fear, and in facing it, Giselle must battle a part of herself she has long denied. Will this be her greatest life-lesson? Or is her quest to win over the Guild Masters finished before it's barely begun?"

Mystic #26 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.

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FIRST LOOK: WAY OF THE RAT #3

Way of the Rat #3 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from CrossGen Comics. The issue is written by Chuck Dixon, penciled by Jeff Johnson, inked by Tom Ryder and colored by Chris Garcia.

Here's how CrossGen describes the issue:

"Recovering from a hangover after a drinking binge, Po Po the monkey answers some of Boon's questions about the Ring of Staves and the Book of the Hell of the Hungry Dragons and none of it is good news. Also, the Silken Ghost gives Boon twelve hours to come up with the Phoenix Heart or suffer her wrath. All that becomes irrelevant when Bhuto Khan begins his siege of the city using the biggest cannon in the world; The Mouth of God."

Way of the Rat #3 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.95.

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