• Marvel Solicitations For January 2016

    Marvel have released their solicitations for the month of January 2016 including the following titles featuring appearances of Alpha Flight characters:-

    DOCTOR STRANGE #4
    JASON AARON (W) • CHRIS BACHALO (A)
    COVER BY KEVIN NOWLAN
    DEADPOOL VARIANT COVER BY KHOI PHAM
    • Doctor Strange has gathered a circle of magic-using friends to try and best monitor magic in the Marvel Universe.
    • But this tactic is too late as forces are destroying all magical objects and beings in the multiverse and they are turning their sights on our dimension.
    • At least Strange won't have to die alone...
    32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99
    Diamond Code NOV150871 - FOC 12/7/15, ON-SALE 1/6/16
    Alphan Appearance: Shaman

    CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
    MICHELE FAZEKAS & TARA BUTTERS (W) • KRIS ANKA (A/C)
    HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
    ARTIST VARIANT BY TBA
    DESIGN VARIANT BY KRIS ANKA
    DEADPOOL VARIANT COVER BY TBA
    COSPLAY VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
    BLANK VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
    Face front, true believers! The Captain has made her return and oh, how mighty it is. It's a bold new frontier for Carol Danvers as she soars to new heights in her greatest mission yet—leader of the all-new Alpha Flight space program. Yup, Alpha Flight. As earth's first line of defense, Carol and her team aim to protect the planet from extraterrestrial threats. But can Carol be a soldier and a diplomat? Especially when an unknown enemy emerges that Carol can't quite punch. The superstar team behind Marvel's Agent Carter television series, Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, make their comics debut alongside the awesomely-talented Kris Anka.
    32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99
    Diamond Code: NOV150738 - FOC 12/21/15, ON-SALE 1/20/16
    Alphan Appearance: Alpha Flight

    Re-printed/Collected Appearances:


    TRUE BELIEVERS: THE WEDDING OF DEADPOOL #1
    Reprinting material from DEADPOOL (2012) #27.
    32 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$1.00
    Possible Alphan Appearance on Cover if Double-Page






    ALL-NEW X-MEN VOL. 4 HC
    Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
    Penciled by MAHMUD ASRAR, MICHAEL DEL MUNDO & ANDREA SORRENTINO
    Cover by SARA PICHELLI
    Dimension-hopping and intergalactic adventure are mutant rites of passage, and it's high time the All-New X-Men took the plunge! First, they're off to a world like their own, but oddly different, to meet Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man — and their own counterparts! Welcome to the Ultimate Universe, gang, hope you survive the experience! And in the wake of that encounter, the time-tossed teens get caught up in a cosmic caper over an object of great power. When some of the team are kidnapped by the vicious Mister Knife, the rest must unite with the Guardians of the Galaxy to discover the secrets of the Black Vortex. Will its dark reflections transform the young heroes forever? Action! Adventure! Romance! And a mystery, too, back on Earth: Who — or what — are the Utopians? Collecting ALL-NEW X-MEN (2012) #31-41.
    240 PGS./Rated T+ ...$34.99
    ISBN: 978-0-7851-9989-2
    Trim size: oversized
    Alphan Appearance: Madison Jeffries


    THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC (NEW PRINTING)
    Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT & LEN WEIN
    Penciled by JOHN BYRNE & DAVE COCKRUM
    Cover by GIL KANE & DAVE COCKRUM
    When a young writer named Chris Claremont took over X-MEN in 1976, few fans could predict the incredible impact he would have on the Marvel Comics series. With a flair for realistic dialogue, heartfelt storylines and hard-hitting action, Claremont's writing breathed life into the characters. In collaboration with artists Dave Cockrum and John Byrne, Claremont crafted a run still heralded as a definitive era on the book. X-MEN became more than just another super-hero title: This diverse cast of mutants fighting against prejudice and intolerance has resonated in the hearts of millions of devoted readers. Now, the first five years of their landmark run on Uncanny X-Men are collected in one oversized volume. This keepsake edition also includes all original letters pages and other uncanny extras! Collecting X-MEN #94-131 and ANNUAL #3, and GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1.
    848 PGS./Rated T ...$99.99
    ISBN: 978-1-302-90083-0
    Trim size: oversized

    Alphan Appearance: Weapon Alpha/Vindicator, Aurora, Northstar, Sasquatch, Shaman, Snowbird


    GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVEL: AVX HC
    Written by SKOTTIE YOUNG
    Penciled by SKOTTIE YOUNG
    Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
    Skottie Young brings out the big guns...and the little Marvels...in the series fans have been waiting for! In the Battleworld zone known as Marville, playtime is serious business — and Marville's pint-sized heroes are working overtime to prove to their new neighbors which crew is toughest! With super-powered dodgeball, high-tech hideouts and eye-puns aplenty, Marvel's most adorable heroes aren't pulling any punches in this larger-than-life, fun-sized adventure. Featuring all your favorites (just, you know, shorter) including Cyclops, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Wolverine and more as the toughest, funniest, craziest and most adorable Marvel heroes throw down in a battle of the fittest! The smaller they are, the harder they brawl — this is Battleworld, after all! Collecting GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVEL: AVX #1-4, A-BABIES VS. X-BABIES #1.
    120 PGS./Rated T ...$24.99
    ISBN: 978-0-7851-9870-3
    Trim size: oversized
    Alphan Appearance: SW AoA Wildchild, Baby Sasquatch, Baby Northstar

    SECRET WARS JOURNAL/BATTLEWORLD TPB
    Written by PRUDENCE SHEN, MICHAEL ROSENBERG, KEVIN MAURER, SI SPURRIER, FRANK TIERI, SCOTT AUKERMAN,
    MIKE BENSON, SINA GRACE, JEN SOSKA, SYLVIA SOSKA,
    AARON ALEXOVICH, JOSHUA WILLIAMSON, ED BRISSON,
    DAVID WALKER, DONNY CATES, IVAN BRANDON, RYAN FERRIER, JAMES STOKOE, PETER DAVID, SKOTTIE YOUNG & TOM TAYLOR
    Penciled by RAMON BACHS, LUCA PIZZARI, CORY SMITH,
    JONATHAN MARKS, RICHARD ISANOVE, RB SILVA,
    LAURA BRAGA, KEN LASHLEY, ALEC MORGAN, DIOGO SAITO, MIKE HENDERSON, SCOTT HEPBURN, JJ KIRBY, MARCO TURINI, AARON CONLEY, LOGAN FAERBER, JAMES STOKOE,
    DANIEL VALADEZ, JIM MAHFOOD & STEVE PUGH
    Cover by PACO MEDINA
    Tales from across the landscape of SECRET WARS! Is Lady Kate of 1602 the notorious Hawkeye Bandit? Can enslaved mutants overthrow Khonshu? Kraven hunts, Matt Murdock cooks, Wolverine investigates and Doc Samson tries to bring sanity to a land of Hulks! The Punisher and Iron Fist! Night Nurse! MILL-E: the model citizen! Plus: Fights, fights, fights! A Doctor Strange-possessed Frank Castle against the New Fantastic Four! Cowboy Deadpool and Devil Dinosaur! Silver Surfer vs. Maestro! Wolverine vs. Wolverines! All the M.O.D.O.K.s! The Agents of Atlas rebel against Baron Zemo! And pity poor Howard the Human, trapped in an
    anthropomorphic animal realm he never made! Collecting SECRET WARS JOURNAL #1-5, SECRET WARS: BATTLEWORLD #1-4, HOWARD THE HUMAN #1 and SECRET WARS: AGENTS OF ATLAS #1.
    240 PGS./Rated T+ ...$34.99
    ISBN: 978-0-7851-9580-1
    Alphan Appearance: SW AoA Wilchild, SW Kyle, SW Northstar

    INHUMANS: ATTILAN RISING TPB
    Written by CHARLES SOULE
    Penciled by JOHN TIMMS
    Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
    There is a rebellion brewing on Battleworld, and it stretches far and wide into every domain. Medusa, ruler of Attilan, is tasked with scuttling this uprising with extreme prejudice. When she discovers that its leader is Black Bolt, things get complicated — but Medusa still has a job to do! She has uncovered and captured the leader of the Battleworld Resistance, and all she needs to do is interrogate him and give the information to her master, Doctor Doom. So what's stopping her from doing so? As the Resistance makes its big push against Medusa's royal rule, she finds more than she bargained for with Black Bolt: a new understanding. Will Medusa switch sides? If Black Bolt can convince her, the Resistance has its best shot to bring change to Battleworld! But will it come too late? Collecting INHUMANS: ATTILAN RISING #1-5.
    112 PGS./Rated T+ ...$16.99
    ISBN: 978-0-7851-9875-8
    Alphan Appearance: SW Snowbird

    DEADPOOL FIRSTS TPB
    Written by ROB LIEFELD, FABIAN NICIEZA, MARK WAID, JOE KELLY, DANIEL WAY, VICTOR GISCHLER, FRED VAN LENTE, BRIAN POSEHN & GERRY DUGGAN
    Penciled by ROB LIEFELD, JOE MADUREIRA, IAN CHURCHILL, ED MCGUINNESS, MARK BROOKS, SHANE LAW, PACO MEDINA, BONG DAZO, DALIBOR TALAJIC, TONY MOORE & MIKE HAWTHORNE
    Cover by VARIOUS
    He's your number one, and these are his #1s! (Plus some other weird numbers.) Deadpool's dazzling debut steals the New Mutants' spotlight, leading to his very first limited series. Then brace yourself as the degenerate regenerates into nine new titles! The ever-social sociopath gives top billing to his bro Cable, teams up with a demigod and even hangs with his own zombified head before assembling a whole Corps of alternate Deadpools! Plus: Five completist-confounding comics with the exact same name, from the Classic era to the All-New All-Different age! All together now: "Deadpool's #1! Deadpool's #1!" Collecting NEW MUTANTS (1983) #98, DEADPOOL: THE CIRCLE CHASE #1, DEADPOOL (1994) #1, DEADPOOL (1997) #1, CABLE & DEADPOOL #1, DEADPOOL (2008 )#1, DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #1, DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #899, DEADPOOL CORPS #1, DEADPOOL (2013) #1 and DEADPOOL (2015) #1.
    320 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$34.99
    ISBN: 978-0-7851-9531-3
    Alphan Appearance: Sasquatch

    PUNISHER VS. THE MARVEL UNIVERSE TPB
    Written by GARTH ENNIS, LEN WEIN, JOHN OSTRANDER, GREG RUCKA & JONATHAN MABERRY
    Penciled by DOUG BRAITHWAITE, ROSS ANDRU,
    PASQUAL FERRY, JOHN MCCREA,
    CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO & GORAN PARLOV
    Cover by NICK PERCIVAL
    The Punisher literally kills the Marvel Universe in a classic tale by one of Frank Castle's signature writers, Garth Ennis! But don't worry, the MU is back for round two — kind of — in a post-apocalyptic war zone filled with cannibalistic super types. Plus: Bullets fly in some of Frank's best clashes with the costumes and capes! He'll come between old pals Luke Cage and Iron Fist, and gatecrash Spider-Man's volatile first meeting with Nightcrawler — this ain't no team-up! Watch him make Spidey, Daredevil and Wolverine look like a Confederacy of Dunces, and prepare to be amazed when the Punisher takes on the Avengers! Yes, even Thor! Collecting PUNISHER KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #161-162, HEROES FOR HIRE (1997) #9, PUNISHER (2001) #33-37, PUNISHER WAR ZONE (2012) #1-5 and MARVEL UNIVERSE VS. PUNISHER #1-4.
    456 PGS./Parental Advisory ...$34.99
    ISBN: 978-0-7851-9554-2
    Alphan Appearance: Alternate Sasquatch, Alternate Puck

    X-MEN: AGE OF APOCALYPSE — DAWN TPB
    Written by HOWARD MACKIE, SCOTT LOBDELL, RALPH MACCHIO, JOHN FRANCIS MOORE, BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, TERRY KAVANAGH, JUDD WINICK & MORE
    Penciled by TERRY DODSON, IAN CHURCHILL, JOE BENNETT, STEVE EPTING, ROGER CRUZ,
    TREVOR MCCARTHY, ALAN DAVIS & MORE
    Cover by ADAM KUBERT
    The secret past of the Age of Apocalypse is revealed as we revisit the early days of En Sabah Nur's rule! Magneto's X-Men will never be the same after Weapon X joins the team. New recruit Rogue will attract the master of magnetism — but will Gambit get in the way? Meanwhile, Cyclops and Havok face an unhappy family reunion, and Blink gets into the zone — the Negative Zone! Colossus grows weary of battle, Sabretooth switches sides and Logan meets Mariko Yashida! Plus: Flash back to the early days of Nate Grey, the X-Man — and join the AoA refugee years later (or is it years earlier?) as he returns to his nightmarish home! Collecting X-MEN CHRONICLES #1-2, TALES FROM THE AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1-2, X-MAN #1, BLINK #1-4 and material from X-MEN: AGE OF APOCALYPSE ONE-SHOT and X-MAN ANNUAL '96.
    424 PGS./Rated T ...$34.99
    ISBN: 978-0-7851-9350-0
    Alphan Appearance: AoA Aurora, AoA Northstar, Possible AoA Wildchild

    MARVEL UNIVERSE DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE DIGEST
    Written by PAUL TOBIN, FRED VAN LENTE & JOE CARAMAGNA
    Penciled by RONAN CLIQUET, GURIHIRU & MATTEO LOLLI
    Featuring screen-capture images from MARVEL'S ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: WEB-WARRIORS
    Cover by ED MCGUINNESS
    Feisty fun for the whole family with two of Marvel's most popular superstars!
    • Everybody loves Deadpool, right? Somebody ought to tell the Avengers! Can the Merc with a Mouth fast-talk his way out of a confrontation with Earth's Mightiest Heroes?
    • At least Spider-Man can see Wade Wilson's appeal — until a day in the life of Deadpool shows him a little something about power and irresponsibility.
    • Wolverine's keen to teach Spidey a lesson, too, when he finds out the web-head is following him — and he is one tutor who makes sure you get the point!
    • And what was Wolvie up to just before he first tangled with the Hulk? Find out here!
    Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES (2010) #4, MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN: WEB-WARRIORS #8, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2009: WOLVERINE and MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN (2010) #3.
    96 PGS./All Ages ...$9.99
    ISBN: 978-1-302-90024-3
    Alphan Appearance: Guardian, Madison Jeffries

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    Comments 14 Comments
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      I'm surprised Shaman is being used so much in Strange. Maybe we will even get a cameo in the movie (very unlikely)
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe... I've been wanting that for such a long time!
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      SW Snowbird in Inhumans? What's that! I thought we decided it wasn't Snowbird.

      Oh and Marvel Previews came out today and there are images of Alpha Flight in Capt. Marvel #1, so yeah, take out the "Possible"
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Were there actual recognisable present-day Alpha Flight characters in the preview?
      To me it looked like Danvers & Brand interviewing an alien, with "AF" support staff present...
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      Quote Originally Posted by rplass View Post
      SW Snowbird in Inhumans? What's that! I thought we decided it wasn't Snowbird.

      Oh and Marvel Previews came out today and there are images of Alpha Flight in Capt. Marvel #1, so yeah, take out the "Possible"
      Say what? Do you have a link? Or was that the magazine style print preview? Which members?
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      Yeah, staff members. I'll post a scan later.

      EDIT: not really scanworthy. Just imagine someone wearing a patch with a maple leaf
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      Oh then I don't care as much. I was hoping some of the originals appeared, but seems it's alpha flight is name only. Guess we shall see
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Yeah, so it's still a possible until we get more info on if Alpha Flight is actually Alpha Flight.

      As to Snowbird in Inhumans... I think the A-Force #5 appearance gives credence to it being her so we'll go with it.
      Charles Soule is at a Con over here next month so I may try asking him there.
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
      Charles Soule is at a Con over here next month so I may try asking him there.
      Let's hope you get an answer (as opposed to a response, which is all we usually get).
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      In today's Doctor Strange #3, the last page is a full-page solicit for issue #4 featuring the cover of issue #4! Shaman looks awesome.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Presumably still the main image above?
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      Yes! That's the one. Looks good and looks like fun!
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Cool cool!
      I was worried they'd changed it or obscured him with the logo or something!
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Dr Strange #4 and Ultimates #3 are going to Second Print.

      http://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/DEC158242
      http://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/DEC158246