Prime comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Collects Avengers Prime (2010) #1-5.

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Art and cover by ALAN DAVIS.

They were friends, brothers and teammates through all of Marvel's greatest adventures, but recent events turned them into the bitterest of enemies. In the wake of the siege of Asgard, Thor, Iron Man and Steve Rogers are brought together on the same side once more - but these great heroes can't truly trust each other yet. They better start soon, because something only the Big Three can handle is tearing their world apart. This all-new, grand and dangerous adventure - uniting comics legend Alan Davis with Avengers scribe Brian Bendis for the first time - will catapult our heroes into the explosive Heroic Age!

Hardcover, 120 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Written by Martin Pasko. Art and cover by Rick Burchett. After being released from prison, the evil Prankster vows to turn over a new leaf. Instead of using his trickster talents for trouble, he's taking them to TV. As the host of a new show, the Prankster recruits teenagers to perform practical jokes for a television audience. At first, the show is a hilarious hit. Soon, however, each prank becomes a preview for a crime, and Superman isn't amused. He's sending teenage reporter Jimmy Olsen to investigate, and stop this reality show from becoming real-life mystery. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 56 pages, Text (with full color Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $4.95.

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by Brian Denham "Killbox" is the military term for enemy territory that is target-rich. Deadly force is authorized for anything that moves inside "the box." Marine Corps tank commander Lalone leads his men into the heart of battle to deliver humanitarian supplies. When the enemy advances, his escape route is cut off. Trapped behind enemy lines and inside the killbox, the tankers must face-off against brutal warlords, warring factions, snipers and wily female missionaries sabotaging their every move. Can this tank crew survive their first foray into the Killbox, the most dangerous place on Earth? Packed with sketches, interviews, photos, and a full-length story, this preview book takes you behind the scenes of the making of this exciting new series. Comics creator Brian Denham (Evil Ernie, Warrior Nun, Violator vs. Badrock) delivers a tour-de-force of explosive military action. Alternate cover by Joseph Wight (Twilight X). b&w, 32pg $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Joe Casey. Art by Jefte Palo. Cover by Pop Mahn. Major Alistair Meath of Britain's Royal Air Force sacrificed his life to save Earth from an approaching asteroid on the night of 'The Event'. Seven months later, Meath has resurfaced as the colorful, kinetic energy-powered superhero KINO, but something is very wrong with the world. Britain's MI6 is on the hunt for Meath, and the terrible secret behind his return is revealed in this mind-bending thriller within the Catalyst Prime Universe. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 5 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Joe Casey. Art by Jefte Palo. Cover by Khary Randolph. Major Alistair Meath of Britain's Royal Air Force sacrificed his life to save Earth from an approaching asteroid on the night of 'The Event'. Seven months later, Meath has resurfaced as the colorful, kinetic energy-powered superhero KINO, but something is very wrong with the world. Britain's MI6 is on the hunt for Meath, and the terrible secret behind his return is revealed in this mindbending thriller within the Catalyst Prime Universe. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 20 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Joe Casey. Art by Jefte Palo. Cover by John Cassaday. Major Alistair Meath of Britain's Royal Air Force sacrificed his life to save Earth from an approaching asteroid on the night of 'The Event'. Seven months later, Meath has resurfaced as the colorful, kinetic energy-powered superhero KINO, but something is very wrong with the world. Britain's MI6 is on the hunt for Meath, and the terrible secret behind his return is revealed in this mindbending thriller within the Catalyst Prime Universe. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Retailer Incentive Variant Cover by Phil Jimenez. Written by Joe Casey. Art by Jefte Palo. Major Alistair Meath of Britain's Royal Air Force sacrificed his life to save Earth from an approaching asteroid on the night of 'The Event'. Seven months later, Meath has resurfaced as the colorful, kinetic energy-powered superhero KINO, but something is very wrong with the world. Britain's MI6 is on the hunt for Meath, and the terrible secret behind his return is revealed in this mindbending thriller within the Catalyst Prime Universe. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by JOE QUESADA Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS MARVELMAN COMES TO MARVEL! Who is the mysterious Marvelman? The answer to that question is one of the most mysterious in comics lore. Created in 1954 by writer/artist Mick Anglo, the character enjoyed a long run in the British comics market as one of its most powerful heroes. A few decades later, the character was revived with a dark, moody, deconstructionist bent, and produced one of the most important works of comic art in the medium's history. But now, miracle of miracles, Marvel has stepped up to the plate to deliver on the promise of Anglo's incredible characters. The MARVELMAN PRIMER will help readers unfamiliar with that character get up to speed on the past, present and future of Marvelman stories. We'll check in with Mick Anglo, Neil Gaiman and others who contributed to this character's history over the years. It was the news that swept the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con and the Marvelman Primer explains why! Featuring six all-new pinups of key Marvelman characters by superstar artists Mike Perkins, Doug Braithwaite, Miguel Angel Sepulveda, Jae Lee, Khoi Pham and Ben Oliver! 32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated A ...$3.99 Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 20 Variant Cover by MICK ANGLO. Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS MARVELMAN COMES TO MARVEL! Who is the mysterious Marvelman? The answer to that question is one of the most mysterious in comics lore. Created in 1954 by writer/artist Mick Anglo, the character enjoyed a long run in the British comics market as one of its most powerful heroes. A few decades later, the character was revived with a dark, moody, deconstructionist bent, and produced one of the most important works of comic art in the medium's history. But now, miracle of miracles, Marvel has stepped up to the plate to deliver on the promise of Anglo's incredible characters. The MARVELMAN PRIMER will help readers unfamiliar with that character get up to speed on the past, present and future of Marvelman stories. We'll check in with Mick Anglo, Neil Gaiman and others who contributed to this character's history over the years. It was the news that swept the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con and the Marvelman Primer explains why! Featuring six all-new pinups of key Marvelman characters by superstar artists Mike Perkins, Doug Braithwaite, Miguel Angel Sepulveda, Jae Lee, Khoi Pham and Ben Oliver! 32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated A ...$3.99 Cover price $8.00.

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1st prinitng. The action from Hasbro's new HUB show Transformers: Prime comes to life on the printed page in this collection of screengrabs from the actual animated cartoon! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 104 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

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Includes preview of Wolverine (2020 6th Series) 1. 32 pages, full color.

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Ashcan, 5.5" x 8.5", 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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1st printing. Edited by Paula Guran. Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Margo Lanagan, Nnedi Okorafor, Bruce Sterling, Carrie Vaughn, Kage Baker, Mary Rosenblum, Lauren Beukes, Paul Park, Maureen F. McHugh, Paul Tremblay, Simon Morden, Blake Butler, M.J. Locke, Livia Llewellyn, John Mantooth, Brian Evenson, Steven Gould and John Shirley. Cover art by Aurélien Police. We have always wondered what will happen after the world as we know it ends. No matter what the doomsday scenario - cataclysmic climate change, political chaos, societal collapse, nuclear war, pestilence, or so many other dreaded variations - we inevitably believe that even though the world perishes, some portion of humankind will live on. Such stories involve death and disaster, but they are also tales of rebirth and survival. Grim or triumphant, these outstanding, post-apocalyptic stories selected from the best of those published in the tumultuous last decade allow us to consider what life will be like after the end. Softcover, 384 pages, Text. Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. Under the countless billions of stars in the universe, what forms will alien life take? How will they live? And what will happen when we meet them? Aliens: Recent Encounters collects answers to these questions from some of todays best science fiction writers. From first encounters to life alongside aliens — and stories of the aliens own lives — here are many futures: violent and peaceful, star-spanning and personal. Only one thing is certain: alien life will defy our expectations. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 384 pages, text only. Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by R.A. MacAvoy. The award-winning writer of Tea With the Black Dragon and other acclaimed novels returns to fantasy with the intriguing story of Chinese-American artist Ewen Young who gains the ability to travel between the worlds of life and death. This unasked-for skill irrevocably changes his life - as does meeting Nez Perce veterinarian Dr. Susan Sundown and her remarkable dog, Resurrection. After defeating a threat to his own family, Ewen and Susan confront great evils - both supernatural and human - as life and death begin to flow dangerously close together. Softcover, 336 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

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1st Printing - Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 66 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. Edited by Steve Berman. Stories by Claire Humphrey, Nicole M. Taylor, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Orrin Grey, Brad Strickland, Caren Gussoff, J. Daniel Stone, Steve Chapman, Carrie Laben, Theodora Goss, Richard Bowes, Halli Villegas, Tom Cardamone, Nick Mamatas, Ed Kurtz, J.T. Glover, Martin Rose, Tanith Lee, E.L. Kemper, Alex Jeffers, Stephen Pope, Michelle Sagara, Elizabeth Hand and Pat Cadigan. For millennia, male infernal figures have been portrayed as both dazzling tempters and dark seducers. The alluring fantasy of Handsome Devil highlights Lucifer's role as the beautiful trickster who steals hearts (as well as souls), and features stories - both new and old - of tantalizing tempters, sexy incubi, demon lovers, and devils who beguile and betray. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., Text Only. Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. By Adam-Troy Castro. A utopia where the most privileged get to do whatever they want to do with their lives, indulging their slightest whims via the bodies whose wombs they occupy; a soldier's wife tries to love a husband who is little more than a back-up memory; a society in which the citizens all make merry for nine remarkable days, and on the tenth get a taste of hell; the last ragged survivors of an expedition to a backwater world hunt down an infamous war criminal; and many more stories from the award-winning author. Softcover, 336 pages, Text. Cover price $15.95.

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NOT for Kids!

1st printing. By Alex Kaulfuss. Imp Daddy's Promise: If you can't learn the ABCs from my book, I will give you a job! Softcover, 5-in. x 8 1/2-in., 48 pages, B&W. Age 16+ Cover price $12.00.

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Thug4Hire by Ron Gravelle. Psychotix and Texus Separatus as Young Teens by Griswold. El Hombre 666 by Ron Gravelle & John Migliore. Shmuck-O-Rat by Don Fields.

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1st printing. Written by Genevieve Valentine. Art by Kiri Moth. Outside any city still standing, the Mechanical Circus Tresaulti sets up its tents. Crowds pack the benches to gawk at the brass-and-copper troupe and their impossible feats. War is everywhere, but while the Circus is performing, the world is magic. That magic is no accident: Boss builds her circus from the bones out, molding a mechanical company that will survive the unforgiving landscape. But even a careful ringmaster can make mistakes. Two of Tresaulti's performers are entangled in a secret standoff that threatens to tear the circus apart just as the war lands on their doorstep. Now the Circus must fight a war on two fronts: one from the outside, and a more dangerous one from within. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 320 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

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Written by Walt Kelly. US Dept. of Health Education and Welfare promoting healthy television viewing habits. Color cover, B&W interior. Standard cardstock paper. 24 pages.

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Boris Vallejo painted cover. 20 pages b&w. Cover price $0.75.

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1st printing. Story and art by Gene Luen Yang. A tale of math, aliens, and sibling rivalry from the pages of the New York Times and the pen of Eisner Award-winner Gene Luen Yang. Thaddeus doesn't like his new sister (she's not that smart - and she gets all the attention). He likes her even less when he discovers that she's an inter-dimensional conduit for peace-loving aliens (who are totally lame - all they want to do is knit socks for the homeless and have sing-a-longs!). But what's even worse is that no one will believe him about any of this! How is he ever going manage to grow up to become the President of Earth? Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8 1/2-in. x 6-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $6.99.

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Lady Bathory Brian Azzarello story Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. Written by Rodney Barnes. Art and cover by Selina Espiritu. The acclaimed superhero saga of Quincredible reaches its apex in a powerful new graphic novel reuniting Eisner Award–nominated series creator/writer Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia) and powerhouse artist Selina Espiritu (Critical Role) for a riveting new adventure featuring everyones favorite indestructible teen hero! Sometimes its hard to keep fighting when the world doesnt give you a reason to believe its going to change for the better. Being a teenager is hard enough, but being a newly minted superhero in a world where the bad guys hide in plain sight and manipulate the system to their own selfish ends with no consequences is perplexing—and scary! But when the going gets tough, the tough have to get SMART! Which is exactly what Quinton West is learning as he continues to try to find his superhero voice to go along with his powers of invulnerability to help his beloved community in the city he calls home: New Orleans! Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Teen Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing.

Written by Rodney Barnes. Art and cover by Selina Espiritu.

Created by Isaac Reed.

When meteors fell to Earth, Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity, and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans!

But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest assignment is to learn the history of New Orleans and Voodoo. An assignment leads him to the mysterious Madame Adelaide, who gives him a new task to fulfill for the good of New Orleans. Is Madame Adelaide a spirit? An enhanced human? And what is the evil that threatens New Orleans that Quinton must stop?

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Remember the werewolves of classic stories and films, those bloodthirsty monsters that transformed under the full moon, reminding us of the terrible nature that lives within all of us? Today's werewolves are much more suave - and even sexy - and they've moved from British moors to New York City lofts, shaved, and got jobs. Running With the Pack includes stories from Carrie Vaughn, Laura Anne Gilman, and C.E. Murphy, and they will convince you that despite their gentrification, werewolves remain as fascinating and terrifying as ever. Softcover, 320 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

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Variant Cover by Sorah Suhng. Story by Vince Hernandez. Art by Romina Moranelli. Chapter One: The Underworld. 36 pages, full color.

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1st printing. Edited by Rich Horton. Stories by Kage Baker, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Jay Lake, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Yoon Ha Lee, James Patrick Kelly, Gwyneth Jones, Gareth L. Powell, Greg Egan, Chris Willrich, Michael F. Flynn, Una McCormack, David Moles, Naomi Novik, Paul Berger, Justina Robson, Ian R. MacLeod, Aliette de Bodard, Lavie Tidhar, Benjanun Sriduangkaew and Ian McDonald. More than five-hundred pages, over one-quarter of a million words... Space Opera spans a vast range of epic interstellar adventure stories told against a limitless cosmos filled with exotic aliens, heroic characters, and incredible settings. A truly stellar compilation of tales from one of the defining streams of science fiction, old and new, written by a supernova of genre talent. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 576 pages, Text Only. Cover price $19.95.

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Written by Amy Chu. Art and Cover by Jan Duursema. Valentina Resnick-Baker is the only known surviving astronaut from a suicide mission that saved the world, and the media won't let her forget it. Now a social recluse, Val is seeing visions, hearing voices, keeping a very dangerous power inside her, and the cosmic gift she received from surviving a near-death experience is about to be unleashed. 28 pages, full color, Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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Limited 1 for 5 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Amy Chu. Art by Jan Duursema. Cover by Khary Randolph. Valentina Resnick-Baker is the only known surviving astronaut from a suicide mission that saved the world, and the media won't let her forget it. Now a social recluse, Val is seeing visions, hearing voices, keeping a very dangerous power inside her, and the cosmic gift she received from surviving a near-death experience is about to be unleashed. 28 pages, full color, Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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1st printing. Superheroes: modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered, but like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth, great power tempered with flaws. And now, find within these pages tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to fiction, reminding every adult of the child within, who ever wanted to wear a cape and cowl! Softcover, 384 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

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Robot Heroes - 1st printing. Written by Chris Ryall. Art and cover by Joe & Rob Sharp. Learn what makes OPTIMUS PRIME, the famous leader of the valiant AUTOBOTS, who he is in this hardcover picture book aimed at young readers! Specially written and illustrated for developing readers, I AM OPTIMUS PRIME will delight and captivate a whole new generation of TRANSFORMERS fans through this colorful hybrid picture book/comic book. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 12-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

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Retailer Incentive sketch cover by Dan Figueroa. Simon Furman (w); Don Figueroa (a); Figueroa, Gabriel Rodriquez (c) Continuing a series of one-shots focusing on some of the best-loved (or loathed) TRANSFORMERS characters. The spotlight falls on OPTIMUS PRIME, the towering figurehead of the entire TRANSFORMERS race. To those under his command, he is an island, forever stood apart, aloof. In times of dire personal crisis he has no one to turn to... save one. Guest-starring OMEGA SUPREME! Classic TRANSFORMERS artist Don Figueroa returns to the fold with a special incentive cover, too! Cover price $3.99.

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December 1960. Featuring Elizabeth Taylor. 76 pages, B&W, 8.5" x 10.75" Cover price $0.35.