BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: MEPHISTO 1

MEPHISTO'S EPIC SCHEMES COME TO A FIERY CONCLUSION! Victory is in Mephisto's grasp as he prepares to take control over all souls on Earth! But who is the mysterious figure who stands against him? Guest starring the entire villain lineup of the original Bring on the Bad Guys: DR. DOOM, DORMAMMU, the RED SKULL, the GREEN GOBLIN, LOKI and the ABOMINATION! Part SEVEN of SEVEN Villainous One Shots!

(W) Marc Guggenheim (A) Alvaro Lopez (CA) Lee Bermejo

ULTIMATE X-MEN 18 ROD REIS ULTIMATE SPECIAL VARIANT

INSIDE THE ASTRAL PLANE! ARMOR'S SOUL IS ON THE LINE! The Children of the Atom's sinister plot leads to the Astral Plane! The X Men have journeyed there, but that's only the beginning! What horrors await in the climactic finale of volume 3 of ULTIMATE X MEN?

(W) Peach Momoko (A) Peach Momoko (CA) Rod Reis

BLACK CAT 1

SUPER THIEF, SUPER?HERO?! FELICIA HARDY is the BLACK CAT, the world's slyest and most skilled super thief! She loves a good score. The longer the odds the better! But her entire world turned upside down after THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN's battle with HELLGATE, so Felicia is turning over a new leaf as New York City's newest?super hero?! The first super villain on her list THE LIZARD! But will the Black Cat risk it all after her do gooding moral high ground attracts dangerous attention from the lowest of the city's underworld? Easy, KINGPIN OF CRIME, she's still skimming off the top honest! Superstar G. WILLOW WILSON joins rising star GLEB MELNIKOV to chart the winding road of twists and turns, laughs and mind bending action of BLACK CAT's next exciting chapter!

(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Gleb Melnikov (CA) Adam Hughes

FANTASTIC FOUR 2 ALESSANDRO PASTROVICCHIO DISNEY WHAT IF? FANTASTIC FOUR HOMAGE VARIANT

Sue Storm, stranded deep in the future at the end of Earth's history, is the last thing alive on the once vibrant world. How can she make it back to her proper time before being killed? Meanwhile, Reed Richards, stranded in Earth's past, waits for a rescue from her that will never come...unless there's some way their relationship the deep and loving understanding this man and woman have for each other can transcend time itself... Meanwhile, in the present, Doom reveals precisely how he's managed to stymie the Fantastic Four for so long: a secret to his invincibility that has transformed every loss into a win! And it's one that makes Emperor Doom invincible...

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

IMPERIAL 3 JAVIER GARRON 4-PART CONNECTING VARIANT

Part THREE of a four part Marvel cosmic event! As the conflict begins to spread out to the wider universe! We find out who's really orchestrating the great game of cosmic houses as the last chance to stop a universal war presents itself. Will our heroes be able to stop it in time?

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Iban Coello+ADs- Federico Vicentini (CA) Javier Garron

FRANCESCO MOBILI

IMPERIAL WAR: BLACK PANTHER 1 FRANCESCO MOBILI VARIANT

SPINING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE PAGES OF IMPERIAL! Blamed for the assassinations that have started an all out galactic war, T'Challa will first need to survive a brutal assault from the World Breaker Hulk and Amadeus Cho before he can even think about hunting down the true culprit! And all while his spacecraft spirals towards certain doom! Sounds like another day at the office for the Black Panther!

(W) Jonathan Hickman+ADs- Victor LaValle (A) Cafu (CA) TBA