Comic Book Critic

Here is a list of Marvel’s Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics line solicitations for February 2012.

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7

STORY BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
ART BY CHRIS SAMNEE
COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

• The world finds out about the new Spider-Man!
• The Scorpion comes to New York!
• Uncle Aaron finds out a secret about Miles…

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED
(Cover to issue #5 shown.)

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #7

STORY BY NICK SPENCER
ART BY CARLO BARBERI
COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

• Pietro struggles with the aftermath of Stryker’s attack on New York.
• The Scarlet Witch returns… with a warning.
• Who is really hiding in Egypt?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #8

STORY BY NICK SPENCER
ART BY CARLO BARBERI
COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

• Welcome to the SEAR: Home of The People, and the last best hope for Mutantkind.
• Karen Grant, Liz Allen, and Derek Morgan – Ultimate X – try to navigate their way through a strange new world.
• Nick Fury’s covert mutant strategy comes back to haunt him.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99  *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

ULTIMATE COMICS THE ULTIMATES #7

STORY BY JONATHAN HICKMAN
ART BY ESAD RIBIC
COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS

• The Ultimates deal with the fallout of the new world!
• An old friend returns!
• Can Nick Fury pick up the pieces of his broken team?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99 *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

SCARLET SPIDER #2

STORY BY CHRISTOPHER YOST
ART AND COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN

• Spinning out of Spider-Island, a new era of web-walloping action continues!
• The new Scarlet Spider makes some new friends – and deadly enemies – on the streets of Houston!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #4

STORY BY ZEB WELLS
ART AND COVER BY GREG LAND

• Greg Land (Uncanny X-Men) and Hawkeye (Avengers) drop in on the biggest new title of the year!
• Two stars of next summer’s biggest films, together.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99   *COVERS WILL BE POLYBAGGED

CARNAGE U.S.A. #3 (OF 5)

STORY BY ZEB WELLS
ART AND COVER BY CLAYTON CRAIN

• Spider-Man’s battle to save America’s Heartland from CARNAGE takes a fatal turn!
• With the Avengers possessed by evil and a city undersiege, it may take symbiotes to beat a symbiote!
• A Final Page Reveal that will leave you breathless!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

VENOM #13

STORY BY RICK REMENDER
ART BY TONY MOORE
COVER BY STEFANO CASELLI
VARIANT COVERS BY WALT SIMONSON & TONY MOORE

• PART ONE OF A SIX PART EVENT!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

VENOM #13.1 – #13.4

ISSUE #13.1 – ART BY LEE GARBETT
ISSUE #13.2 – ART BY SANA TAKEDA
ISSUE #13.3 – ART BY JULIAN TOTINO
ISSUE #13.4 – ART BY LAN MEDINA

• Hell is spreading across the Earth from out of Las Vegas.
• Ghost Rider is responsible but what price is she willing to pay to save mankind?!
• X-23, Venom & Hulk must defeat their worst enemies, buying Ghost Rider time to stop hell’s march across the globe!
• As a clone, X-23 has often wondered if she has a soul. This is where she gets her answer!
• Who is Ichor and why has he targeted Venom for Death?!

32 PGS. (each) /Rated T+ …$2.99 (each)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679

STORY BY DAN SLOTT
ART BY HUMBERTO RAMOS
COVER BY MIKE DELMUNDO

• With time running out, SPIDEY makes a last ditch effort to save time itself!
• Can Spidey win this race against the future?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679.1

STORY BY DAN SLOTT
ART BY MATT CLARK
COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

• Morbius the Living Vampire returns!
• The perfect jumping on point for the hottest comic around!

32 PGS./Rated T …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #680

STORY BY DAN SLOTT
ART AND COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI

• Because you asked for it… SPIDER-MAN IN SPAAAACE!
•Trapped 22,300 miles above the Earth, Spidey has to rescue John Jameson from the ongoing machinations of Doctor Octopus!
•Plus: a guest star so special…and so secret…we can’t even tell you until next issue!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

- The Comic Book Critic