CBR’s got Marvel’s solicitation info and images on their site, too. Go check ‘em out. Here’s my take on things…
The Siege of Asgard begins, and Marvel gives us two mini series specifically tied to the event, a one-shot, and four tie-in issues from ongoing series. Five of those seven books are priced at $3.99. Guess which event I won’t be reading next year. And while I’m on the subject of $3.99, here comes…
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #617
Written by JOE KELLY
Pencils & Cover by MAX FIUMARA
Variant Cover by JOE QUINONES
Variant Covers by MAX FIUMARA
The Gauntlet continues to close around Spider-Man in this heartbreaking story of love, loss and lust for power as the Rhino charges into Spider-Man’s life, out to make a name for himself…by killing the Rhino? Joe Kelly & Max Fiumara, who kicked off The Gauntlet in Amazing Spider-Man #600’s prelude, return for this pulse-pounding chapter!
48 PGS./Rated A …$3.99
I see Marvel continues to find excuses to squeeze these oversized issues in between the regular priced ones.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #618
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
Variant Cover by JOE QUINONES
MYSTERIOUS: Chapter One
“Un-Murder Incorporated”
MYSTERIO is back from the dead…and he’s not alone!
When deceased members of the Maggia crime family return from beyond the grave, the balance of power shifts in their gang war with Hammerhead and the Inner-Demons. Can Spider-Man and crime scene investigator, Carlie Cooper, solve this mystery…before it gets a little too personal?
PLUS: Secret sides of both Mr. Negative and J. Jonah Jameson Sr. revealed, a disturbing turn for Aunt May, the reappearance of ANOTHER Spider-Villain — all this and the return of Dan Slott & Marcos Martin to the pages of Amazing Spider-Man.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #619
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
MYSTERIOUS: Chapter Two
“Re-Appearing Act”
SPIDER-MAN versus MYSTERIO!
How long can Mysterio play with Spidey’s head before the web-slinger finally snaps?! The mind games keep ratcheting up as the body count goes up, down, and…into the negatives? Some bad guys just won’t die and others can’t stay dead! So which long-thought deceased Spider-Man character is back now?! It may only be January, but get ready for the most unbelievable Spider-Man moment of the year!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99
Marcos Martin is drawing the Mysterio arc! I can’t wait to see it.
And there’s a bunch of other stuff I’m either going to read in TPB format or pick up from the dollar bins. Sorry, Marvel. There’s just not much of interest to me these days.
