Oct 24, 2019

January 2020 Previews


THE RUINS OF RAVENCROFT: CARNAGE #1
FRANK TIERI (W) • GUIU VILLANOVA (A)
Cover by GERARDO SANDOVAL
VARIANT COVER BY ARIEL OLIVETTI
CARNAGE, USA!
In the aftermath of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, the Marvel Universe still needs a place to treat and rehabilitate the criminally insane, and efforts to reconstruct RAVENCROFT are well underway. But Ravencroft is no ordinary facility, and untold secrets may yet be waiting to be unearthed in the destruction Carnage left after his attack on the facility.
40 PGS./ONE SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
ON SALE 1/08/2020


MARVEL TALES: RAVENCROFT #1
Written by J.M. DeMATTEIS, TOM DeFALCO & DAN SLOTT
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA, RON LIM & STUART IMMONEN
Cover by INHYUK LEE
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY IN-HYUK LEE
Things take a dark turn as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the House of Ideas with the era-spanning MARVEL TALES! This anthology series shines a spotlight on fan-favorite characters, features timeless stories and highlights some of our most impressive talent from the past eight decades. This time we’re focusing on the Ravencroft Asylum for the Criminally Insane — and some of its deadliest inmates! First, Spidey legends J.M. DeMatteis and Sal Buscema introduce Ravencroft founder Dr. Ashley Kafka in the psychological SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #178! The asylum’s most famous resident, Cletus “Carnage” Kasady, wreaks havoc in SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED (1993) #1 — the first chapter of the epic Maximum Carnage! And modern masters Dan Slott and Stuart Immonen take things to a whole new level of crazy in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015) #798 — where Norman Osborn plus the Carnage symbiote equals…the Red Goblin!
80 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T …$7.99
ON SALE 1/15/2020


VENOM: THE END #1
ADAM WARREN (W) • CHAMBA (A) • Cover by RAHZZAH
Variant cover by ADAM WARREN
THE FINAL VENOM STORY!
The alien symbiote who bonded with Eddie Brock has been through a lot… but not nearly as much as he has coming. In a tale that literally spans over a trillion years, Venom travels the length of space and time as the last defender of life in the universe!
40 PGS./ONE SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
ON SALE 1/15/2020


SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: ALIEN REALITY #2 (OF 5)
PETER DAVID (W) • GREG LAND (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY ALEX SAVIUK
VARIANT COVER BY MARK BAGLEY
THE MENACE OF HOBGOBLIN CONTINUES!
• Peter Parker’s world is turned upside-down - but is it for the better?!
• What’s so different about this world that Spider-Man would want to stay?
• GUEST STARRING DOCTOR STRANGE!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
ON SALE 1/08/2020


SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: DOUBLE TROUBLE #3 (of 4)
MARIKO TAMAKI (W)
GURIHIRU (A/C) AUG198997
THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET NUTS!
• If mind swapping with each other wasn’t bad enough, now Spider-Man and Venom are jumbled up even worse!
• How much worse? You’ll have to read to find out!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
ON SALE 1/01/2020


AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #347 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by DAVID MICHELINIE
Penciled by ERIK LARSEN
Cover by ERIK LARSEN
Alas, poor Spider-Man! Peter Parker wakes up marooned on a tropical island — with his greatest enemy, Venom! Eddie Brock has hatched a master plan to finally kill his hated adversary with no interruptions. And he just might do it! Now, the abandoned island’s jungles and forests provide the ultimate battleground for one of the most epic Spider-Man vs. Venom showdowns of all time, illustrated in action-packed fashion by superstar Erik Larsen! Can Spidey possibly survive Venom’s wrath — or will Eddie find peace at last by claiming lethal vengeance? It’s one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #347.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
ON SALE 1/29/2020


WEB OF VENOM: THE GOOD SON #1
ZAC THOMPSON (W) • DIOGENES NEVES (A) • COVER BY PHILIP TAN
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
WHILE VENOM’S AWAY, THE CHILDREN WILL PLAY!
Dylan Brock and Normie Osborn have survived the trials of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, but what’s next for the Goblin Childe and the Son of Venom?
40 PGS./ONE SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99
ON SALE 1/22/2020


VENOM #22
DONNY CATES (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
MARVELS X VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
“VENOM ISLAND” PART II
• Donny Cates’ VENOM epic continues in grand fashion after ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, joined by industry legend and celebrated VENOM artist Mark Bagley.
• That’s all you’re getting out of us for this one, True Believers! After all, ABSOLUTE CARNAGE isn’t quite over yet…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ON SALE 1/08/2020


SCREAM: CURSE OF CARNAGE #3
CLAY McLEOD CHAPMAN (W)
CHRISTOPHER MOONEYHAM (A) • Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
VARIANT COVER BY DAN PANOSIAN
A SINISTER SAGA SPINNING OUT OF THE PAGES OF THE LANDMARK VENOM SERIES!
• After the events of ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, New York is in more danger than ever – and SCREAM is the only one who knows it!
• To make matters worse, she’s the city’s singular symbiotic super hero, as Eddie Brock finds himself ensnared on VENOM ISLAND.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
ON SALE 1/29/2020


VENOM BY DONNY CATES VOL. 3: ABSOLUTE CARNAGE TPB
Written by DONNY CATES
Penciled by JUAN GEDEON & IBAN COELLO
Cover by KYLE HOTZ
Eddie Brock has his hands more than full! With the serial killer symbiote Carnage on the loose, Venom must protect his son, Dylan, at all costs! But Venom and Carnage aren’t the only two symbiotes around — and that only means that the bodies are piling higher than ever before! As all hell breaks loose and Carnage’s army swarms the streets of New York, what will happen when even more of Venom’s twisted offspring make their presence known?! And as if things weren’t bad enough, it turns out there’s much more to Dylan than Venom, Carnage or even the alternate-reality Reed Richards known as the Maker understand — and once they learn the truth about Eddie Brock’s son, nothing will ever be the same! Collecting VENOM (2018) #16-20.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-91997-9
ON SALE 2/5/2020