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In Embedded: Hot on the trail of a revelation that could explode the rift between the pro-registration and anti-registration heroes and forever change the nature of the Registration Act, the Daily Bugle's Ben Urich and Sally Floyd have the story. Can they bring the power to the people? In The Accused: His powers are gone, he's been held culpable for the worst super-human disaster in history, and every super-villain in prison is looking to take a piece of Speedball. Will he make it out alive, and with hundreds of deaths on his conscience? Does he want to? Also featuring true tales of war time in Civil War "Correspondence." Collects stories from Civil War: Front Line #7-11.

"First: a low-yield nuclear bomb rips through a crowded market in Africa, incinerating everyone in its radius, the tech residue left behind determined to have Stark written all over it. It's the awakening of Tony Stark's worst nightmares: a leaner, meaner, younger and more advanced version of his genius, tinged in pure evil. As Iron Man faces Ezekiel Stane-- the genocidal son of one of his oldest enemies-- events conspire that will change the life of loyal friend Pepper Potts forever! Then: Tony Stark has locked the registration database of super-hero secret identities in the one place nobody would think to look for it: his brain. Nobody, that is, except Norman Osborn, who as newly installed vanguard of national security sends a message to all points: 'Bring me the head of Tony Stark!' The manhunt is on for the formerly invincible Iron Man, resulting in a shock ending that could mean the downfall of Osborn's Dark Reign-- or just the beginning! Guest-starring black Widow, War Machine, Sub-Mariner and Madam Masque, it's a tale for the armored ages" -- dust jacket flap.

A blockbuster entertainment package: A Daniel X novel and comic, all in one box!Meet Daniel X, Alien Hunter, who is bequeathed with the List of rabid alien outlaws lurking on Earth and tracking humans as part of a fierce inter-planetary challenge. Full of twists, thrills, and a whirlwind game of cat and mouse, Daniel X will stop at nothing to rid the Earth of the scum of the universe...if they don't destroy him first! This deluxe package includes the series launch title in a trade paperback edition and a full-color graphic novel, Alien Hunter.

When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. From New York Times bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed artist Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40), Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults. This specially priced volume collects the first six issues of the smash-hit series The Onion A.V. Club calls "the emotional epic Hollywood wishes it could make." Voted one of the top graphic novels of the year by the NYT, IGN, the Examiner, and SF Weekly. Voted Best Comic of the year by MTV Geek and Best New Series by Paradox Comics. Voted a finalist in the GoodReads Best GN of 2012 contest.

The Trashcan Man was spared for a reason. To join the Dark Man Randall Flagg's swelling army and to set the world on fire. It's a dream come true for the pyromaniac, but he has to reach Flagg's compound in Las Vegas first--and, somehow, survive crossing paths with "the Kid," a hardcase who's even crazier and more dangerous than Trashy is! The villains are front-and-center as we cross the mid-point of this epic adaptation of Stephen King's horror masterpiece! Collecting: The Stand: Hardcases #1-5

Relive the gripping, noir-esque launch of Peter David's most memorable concept: X-Factor Investi- gations! Jamie Madrox sets up a detective agency in the heart of Mutant Town...but with so many duplicates out in the world, who is the real Madrox? Does he even know anymore? Then, when the fallout from the House of M depowers most of the world's mutants, X-Factor must find answers fast! With Guido, Wolfsbane, Siryn, M and Rictor by his side, and joined by the stuff -knowing Layla Miller, Madrox must take on the manipulati ve prescient Mr. Tryp's rival group Singularity Investigations, navigate a superhuman Civil War, learn why the X-Men lied to his team, deal with the unbalanced Quicksilver's new ability to reboot mutant powers for a price...and discover the deadly traitor in X-Factor's midst! COLLECTING: MADROX 1-5, X-FACTOR (2006) 1-12

The hits just keep on coming as Duggan and Posehn's Deadpool run continues! Ding-dong, the bells are gonna chime, because Wade's getting married - and everyone's invited! But the honeymoon won't last long when the events of Original Sin cast a cloud over Deadpool's life. Agent Preston follows a trail of revelations from Deadpool's past that leads her to a huge surprise - he has a daughter! Meanwhile, Wade is up to his neck fi ghting off Dracula's forces alongside a time-displaced Dazzler...which leaves you free to fl ash back to the grim and gritty 1990s to discover Deadpool's darkest secret! Plus: It's trick (arrows) and treats galore when Hawkeye and Deadpool hang out on Halloween! Can they solve a mystery before they kill each other? COLLECTING: DEADPOOL (2012) 27-34, HAWKEYE VS. DEADPOOL 0-4

That's right, folks! Put down the video game controller! Skip that rehearsal for your band! Make whatever sacrifices you must to those comic gods you hold so dear! Just make sure you're ready because Bryan Lee O'Malley and Scott Pilgrim are back! Well, a couple months have passed since the last time we caught up with our intrepid hero, but what can change in a few short months? Well, not much has... Scott's still living with his roommate Wallace Wells. He's still playing in a mediocre rock band named Sex Bob-omb. And most importantly, he's still dating the lovely Ramona Flowers while working his way through the gaggle of superpowered, superstylish, superevil ex-boyfriends determined to take him down. But something is different. Don't look now, but Scott Pilgrim may actually be getting it together. And it's a good thing, too, because Scott is about to confront Ramona's most intimidating ex yet!

He rose from the grave in 1972, ushering in an Age of Horror like nothing seen before or since. Now behold the Prince of Darkness' first encounters with his most implacable enemies of the era, including legendary Blade the Vampire Hunter. With ghosts, mutants, mad scientists and more! Plus: a tour of the Lord of the Vampires' earlier U.S. activities, with such stops as the Pool of Blood and the Devil's Heart. Featuring Werewolf by Night and Lilith, Daughter of Dracula.

Still freshly awoken in the Modern Era, Dracula may not be long for this world if Doctor Sun, the sharpest brain under glass, has his way! After hypnotically hitchhiking a ride from England to the United States on one of the Air Force's finest, Dracula confronts his enemy face to pane and earns some unlikely allies: Quincy Harker's vampire slayers, opposing Sun by backing the devil they know! Later, Dracula fights heroes that everyone knows: Doctor Strange and the Silver Surfer! But not even Dracula can live by blood and war alone, and he finds love with the virginal cultist Domini - by whom he conceives a son, golden Janus! For the first time in centuries, he feels a father's love for his child. But tragedy pierces him crueler than any stake when the orange skinned infant perishes - only to be not just touched by an angel but possessed by one, which Satan (or a reasonable facsimile) sees as total blasphemy! The father must pay for his sinless son's existence, and Dracula is reduced to mere mortalhood! After centuries of seeking power, Dracula is stripped of it all and must scramble for what little he can reclaim! Surrounded by enemies, facing vendettas from both Janus and Lilith, Daughter of Dracula, the ex-vampire lord will settle for nothing less than his former throne! But even if he reclaims it, what fate awaits - and how final will it be?