BLACK CAT 4 INHYUK LEE STREET-VERSE VARIANT

CAUGHT IN A TRAP! BLACK CAT's little super-hero game is up as far as Spider-Man's deadliest foes are concerned - and they've sprung a trap Felicia Hardy may not even be able to dodge! She'll need every scheme (and all nine of her lives) to get out of this one?

(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov (CA) Inhyuk Lee

FANTASTIC FOUR 5

GUEST-STARRING THE BLACK CAT! When Reed, Ben and Johnny leave on a fishing trip to the Negative Zone, Sue Storm and Alicia Masters are left to their own devices. And no sooner have the guys left, than Susan's number-one, absolute least-favorite person in NYC starts banging on the door of the Baxter Building. She's wanted for murder, she's being chased by the police and she's covered in blood: That's right - it's Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat! Despite all the evidence pointing to her, Felicia claims she's innocent - and she needs the Invisible Woman to prove it! Against her better judgment, Sue agrees to help and soon finds herself embroiled in both a murder mystery and a science mystery that may be impossible to solve...while Felicia Hardy's life hangs in the balance.

(W) Ryan North (A) Humberto Ramos (CA) Humberto Ramos

CVR A DE TOMMASO

3KEYS 5 (OF 5) CVR A DE TOMMASO (MR)

3KEYS

CORONA

AINT NO GRAVE 1 (OF 5)

MINISERIES PREMIEREEisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG and Eisner Award-nominated artist JORGE CORONA, the team behind the hit series MIDDLEWEST and THE ME YOU LOVE IN THE DARK, are back together with an all-new miniseries, AIN’T NO GRAVE! This Unforgiven-style journey is an original macabre Western/fantasy tale for mature readers, told through a Guillermo Del Toro-esque lens.Ryder put her violent past behind her when she fell in love and became a mother. But that was before she learned it was all going to be taken away. Now she’ll have to pick up her guns once again and ride to kill the one who’s behind the threat. Which just happens to be Death.The genre-bending adventure begins in this DOUBLE-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE, with **forty pages of story and no ads! **

CVR D MARIA LLOVET YOUNGBLOOD TEAM UP

ARTIFICIAL 3 CVR D MARIA LLOVET YOUNGBLOOD TEAM UP VAR

The lines between love and obsession grow thinner as Clara?s perfect partner refuses to stay within the boundaries she thought she set. With her personal and professional life colliding, she begins to realize that the fantasy may be far harder to escape than it was to create. 9 1/2 Weeks meets Terminator in ARTIFICIAL, the new erotic thriller by acclaimed creator **Maria Llovet **(Crave, Violent Flowers, All The Things We Didn't Do Last Night).

AUTHOR IMMORTAL 1 CVR B YUKO SHIMIZU VAR

A story about the stories that shape us ? and the power they still hold. Hector Ramirez is a failed writer who gets the opportunity of a lifetime: to help reboot the fantasy book series that defined his childhood. But when he discovers the original author has mysteriously vanished into his fictional world, Hector is pulled into a realm where stories are alive, and some are willing to kill to stay in control. From acclaimed writer Frank J. Barbiere (Five Ghosts, Violent Love) and rising-star watercolor artist Morgan Beem (Swamp Thing: Twin Branches, You Belong Here) comes a literary fantasy for fans of Locke & Key, The Magicians, and Saga with an oversized 40-page debut issue. The Author Immortal is a bold new ongoing series about legacy, imagination, and reclaiming the power of storytelling.