MARVEL TITLES SHIPPING JUNE 4th: INVINC. IRON MAN, CABLE, NOVA, AND MORE

[MattBrady]

Marvel has released previews of books shipping next week, due in stores on June 4th. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions.

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2

Written by MATT FRACTION
Art & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
50/50 Variant Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
The new ongoing series - - a perfect jumping-on point for fans of this summer’s blockbuster - - continues here! Tony Stark comes face-to-face with his biggest nightmare: an amoral twenty-something biohacker with no loyalties or allegiances to anything other than money and power. Oh, and he also happens to be the son of Tony’s greatest nemesis. But what's the exact nature of Zeke Stane's menace? It's something unlike anything Tony has built before...and unlike anything Iron Man has had to beat before. The Golden Avenger faces the fight of his life! By rising star Matt Fraction (PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL, IMMORTAL IRON FIST) with jaw-dropping art by Salvador Larroca (UNCANNY X-MEN)!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AVENGERS/INVADERS 2

Written by JIM KRUEGER & ALEX ROSS
Penciled by STEVE SADOWSKI
Cover by ALEX ROSS
Variant Cover by MIKE PERKINS
The cross-time team-up of the year continues with the award winning team behind EARTH X, Justice and Project: Superpowers! With World War II's greatest heroes mysteriously transported to 2008, it takes the Mighty Avengers to bring them in before the world realizes that the Invaders are back…including the original Captain America. But will Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. have enough firepower to hold them…or do the Invaders have everyone just where they want them?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

CABLE 4 (DWS)

Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
Pencils & Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
The second phase of the war that began in "Messiah Complex" continues! There’s nothing better than catching up with an old war buddy, especially after the years have really started to pile up. You can rummage through the bad old days, revel in the glory days, and down quite a few beers on the back porch while the sun slips down over the horizon. But not so for Cable. Because his old war buddy has shown up with news that everyone he knows or cares about is dead. The battles are over, and they’re the only ones left on the losing side. If that weren’t enough, Bishop, their former ally, is just one bullet away from achieving his objective: killing the baby, and erasing the last shred of hope for mutantkind. All of the battles Cable has won mean nothing. Because suddenly, all of these years later, he’s in real danger of losing the war.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

NOVA 14

Written by ANDY LANNING & DAN ABNETT
Penciled by WELLINTON ALVES
Cover by ALEX MALEEV
Continuing one of the wildest Galactus and Silver Surfer stories ever! He’s got the power of the entire Nova Force. He’s faced down the likes of Sphinx and Annihilus. But is the Human Rocket even in the same league as the Devourer of Worlds and his most famous herald? And what the blue blazes can Nova do when he finds himself the only thing standing between the big G and his next super-sized mega-meal? So, c’mon all you Silver Surfer & Galactus fans, take a chance on this book and find out why IGN.com says “NOVA has become one of Marvel's best new series.”
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

[MattBrady]

PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 20

Written by MATT FRACTION & RICK REMENDER
Art by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Cover by ALEX MALEEV
G.W. Bridge's heartbreakers and lifetakers--Domino, Silver Sable and Contessa Valentina Allegra di Fontaine of S.H.I.E.L.D.-- come gunning for The Punisher. Kid Punisher goes on another major rampage. And Jigsaw's noose tightens around Frank's neck as he puts a 100 million dollar bounty on Frank's head. Every bounty hunter in the Marvel U is gonna come gunning for the Punisher and there's only one place for him to run...underground. By Matt Fraction (IMMORTAL IRON FIST, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) and Rick Remender (Fear Agent, The End League), with art by Howard Chaykin (WOLVERINE, WAR IS HELL: THE E FIRST FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE).
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$2.99

WOLVERINE: DANGEROUS GAMES ONE-SHOT

Written by SIMON SPURRIER & RICK REMENDER
Art by BEN OLIVER & JEROME OPENA
Cover by BOO COOK
With bloodsports banned in the UK, a group of overfed Brit Aristos have relocated to the Louisiana forests. Their aim? To pit themselves (aided only by a vast pack of slavering hounds and their own copious wealth) against a truly worthy foe: a single, terrified fox. Sadly for them, there’s more than one furry little critter in the woods tonight…Writer Simon Spurrier (GUTSVILLE, SILVER SURFER: IN THY NAME) and superstar artist Ben Oliver (ULTIMATE X-MEN, GHOST RIDER ANNUAL) present a brandy-swigging one-shot huntfest: 1-part ethical dilemma, 2-parts nationalistic cliché, 659 parts insane slice’n’dice-o-rama. Snikt! Also, includes a special back-up story written by Fear Agents' Rick Remender and Jerome Opena!
48 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

YOUNG X-MEN 3 (DWS)

Written by MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by YANICK PAQUETTE
Cover by TERRY DODSON
It’s the Young X-Men vs. the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! A traitor is revealed and the casualties mount as the team goes to battle. We hope there are Young X-Men left when the smoke clears.
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

[JohnnyZemo]

Hmmm... I'm anxious to read Avengers/Invaders, but I'm not that impressed with the art....

[ljacone]

Some cool stuff! Invincible Iron Man, Nova, and Cable all look good to me.

[durkadurka]

Looks like Cable is getting slightly more interesting. Good.
I really want to like Young X-Men. But it's so....off! Everything about it is off!
Nova = amazing. Really, i don't even have to say it anymore. That's a good book.
Avengers/Invaders intrigued me with the first issue. I'll probably stick with it.

[FeliciaHardy]

So I presume Bridge's Contessa is the Skrull one. And that the story takes place prior to Fury ventilating her head.

[Mr. Batman]

I can't WAIT for Invincible Iron Man

[seanmac81]

Matt Fraction is awesome...First Iron Fist, now Iron Man. This guys turns out nothing but pure gold.

[CaptainCanad]

Invincible Iron Man #2 cover: Let's boogie!

The issue looks good (and I like Tony's practical method of dealing with MODOG; superheroes don't just throw stuff into space nearly enough.

Avengers/Invaders #2: Great writing for Iron Man and Ms. Marvel; I think the Invaders are being written a little too shoot-from-the-hip, though. Art looks great.

Young X-Men #3: Looks okay; some fun power interactions there.

[CaptainCanad]

Originally Posted by FeliciaHardy

So I presume Bridge's Contessa is the Skrull one. And that the story takes place prior to Fury ventilating her head.

No, they'd just put another Skrull agent in place as the Contessa if the old one got killed.

[Spade]

That Avengers/Invaders writing is a little over the top.

Why didn't the Avengers approach the Invaders in a less threatening manner? You know identify that you work for the American government. That you mean them no harm. Instead its stand down and comply with me stranger!

And why Mz Marvel telling Ares to shut up for stating the obvious?

The conflict seems a bit forced.

[Rikk Odinson]

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2

AVENGERS/INVADERS #2

NOVA #14



Can't wait to read these!

[lordlad]

that Nova art..........OMG, so so good !!!

[know_access]

How is it that one of the best books on the market right now is Nova? C'mon, if someone had said that to me three years ago I wouldn't have believed it.

[weaselwelch]

Nova seems to me to get better and better. Can't wait to read the new issue.

[painters_eye]

Originally Posted by know_access

How is it that one of the best books on the market right now is Nova? C'mon, if someone had said that to me three years ago I wouldn't have believed it.

amen, weird huh.

[Sevedris]

I like how Tony, Carol, and the MA are rational and logical in their approach with the Invaders. Take them back before their interraction with 2008 screw up the timeline. Don't tell them anything about the future. Makes perfect sense. It's the only thing to do.

Anyone else bet the NA are just going to try to get the Invaders on their side and use them to keep protesting registration, and gripe their heads off about what's happened? The timeline's stability be damned!

[Sluggo]

I'm glad they keep publishing these Wolverine one-shots. Even though they have not all been to my liking, at least there is an alternative to the screwed up presentation of the character that can be found most everywhere else.

These specials "get it". He is a man of mystery, you don't need to know his background, He's a badass, but he's honorable. He's an outsider, but he almost always ends up attached to some group, usually a group of idealists so he can be the grumpy voice of dissent while he's helping them achieve their goals.

This looks like a fun story and judging by the art displayed in the Rick Remender article also on the front page, I'll be digging both stories.

[Corpulent1]

Holy crap, I can't wait for Nova.

[steveg887]

What's DWS stand for?

[artiepants]

Originally Posted by steveg887

What's DWS stand for?

Divide We Stand

(the publishing banner for the post-Messiah Complex X-books)

[DigitalAtman]

Y'know, I really want Cable to be an excellent series, and I really want to like it... and last issue was an improvement over the first two clunkers, but this just looks ridiculous.

Out of all the brilliantly elaborate visions of the X-Men future that we've seen, THIS is all that Swierczynski and Olivetti can come up with, in a book that's set predominently in the future? A future ruled by the dreaded... Turnpike Authority? And the only X-Man left is Cannonball? And he looks like that!?!?

Cannonball's outfit is probably the worst new superhero costume I've seen in about ten years. The fact that he's still wearing his goggles in the house makes it all the more ridiculous, especially as I don't imagine they'll do him much good when that inexplicable mane of hair gets in his eyes. (there's a very good reason that long-haired people involved in extreme physical activity tend to tie it back, but I guess Sam hasn't discovered in his tender 50-or-so years.

And of course all that would be forgiveable if we had a well-written scene here between Sam and Nathan but it comes off as cold and dead.

Emporer Alonso, these are your new clothes. This series is tanking fast.

[Stormbreaker]

Nova is still my favorite book on the stands. Every issue gets better and better. Cable looks like it'll be picking up, which is good. And I am actually buying Invincible Iron Man and enjoying it. Matt Fraction does some good work, doesn't he? Keep it up, Marvel!

[Corpulent1]

Originally Posted by DigitalAtman

Y'know, I really want Cable to be an excellent series, and I really want to like it... and last issue was an improvement over the first two clunkers, but this just looks ridiculous.

Out of all the brilliantly elaborate visions of the X-Men future that we've seen, THIS is all that Swierczynski and Olivetti can come up with, in a book that's set predominently in the future? A future ruled by the dreaded... Turnpike Authority? And the only X-Man left is Cannonball? And he looks like that!?!?

Cannonball's outfit is probably the worst new superhero costume I've seen in about ten years. The fact that he's still wearing his goggles in the house makes it all the more ridiculous, especially as I don't imagine they'll do him much good when that inexplicable mane of hair gets in his eyes. (there's a very good reason that long-haired people involved in extreme physical activity tend to tie it back, but I guess Sam hasn't discovered in his tender 50-or-so years.

And of course all that would be forgiveable if we had a well-written scene here between Sam and Nathan but it comes off as cold and dead.

Emporer Alonso, these are your new clothes. This series is tanking fast.

Olivetti's designs are definitely... um... unique. I still can't get past Bishop's comically enormous robotic arm. The aesthetic of the book isn't my cup of tea, which is sad because I generally like Olivetti's art.

[santino]

Love the cover for Punisher War Journal. The interior art.. not so much.