COMICS: Highlights From MARVEL's March 2013 Solicitations

There’s a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! No one!! Why has Earth become the most important planet in the Galaxy? That’s what the Guardians of the Galaxy are going to find out!! Join the brightest stars in the Marvel universe: Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot and--wait for it--Iron-Man, as they embark upon one of the most explosive and eye-opening chapters of Marvel NOW! These galactic Avengers are going to discover secrets that will rattle Marvel readers for years to come! Why wait for the movie? It all starts here!

The best there is at what he does gets an all-new on-going! Pay attention very closely: there’s a mystery here that even Wolverine hasn’t sniffed out yet. When Wolverine finds himself the bargaining chip in a hostage situation, he must make a decision to save a little boy that will follow him forever...literally! How can a berserker fight what he can’t see? And how far will he go to assert his humanity in the face of the Unknown? Find out when superstars Paul Cornell (CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI: 13, Doctor Who, Action Comics) and Alan Davis (AVENGERS, CLANDESTINE, EXCALIBUR, UNCANNY X-MEN) take on the Wolverine!

ISSUE #7
• The Avengers must scramble to deal with the threat of another Universal SYSTEM.
• The New Adam is transformed, and his true self revealed.
• And the most dangerous hero on Earth is created.
ISSUE #8
• The Avengers face off against the World Breaker.
• Discover the imminent threat to the Avengers World.
• Watch as we get our first hints as the hidden connections between the events of Avengers and New Avengers.

• The Illuminati have learned that Earth is the center point for the death of the Universe.
• If this is true, doesn’t that mean destroying it might save everything else?
• Enter the world eater, Galactus.

• Everything has changed for Magneto in the last few weeks. Can he prove he is still the Master of Magnetism?
• Cyclops and the rest of his crew take the revolution on the road gathering up more new mutants.

Issue #8 - • Guest-starring the Avengers!
• How will the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes react to the time-swept X-Men?
Issue #9 - • The Original Five X-Men get new costumes!
• Series main-artist Stuart Immonen returns!
• Mystique makes her big move.

In a chilling interlude from Jason Aaron and artist Butch Guice (WINTER SOLDIER) discover the dark origin of Gorr...and the truth behind his bloody quest to butcher the gods.

• Zola’s terrible experiments on the indigenous creatures give birth to a terrible new foe! No flesh escapes The Patchwork!
• Captain America vs Jet Black, with the fate of Ian in the balance.
• A young Steve Rogers must help his family to survive their worst year of the Great Depression, but how far will he go?

ISSUE #7
THE GODKILLER ARC CONTINUES
• THE SHI’ARD - race of aliens related to the Shi’ar - accuse Tony Stark of killing their god.
• That god was the Phoenix!
• Can Tony trust the ancient alien machine that has offered to help him?
ISSUE #8
THE MINDBLOWING CONCLUSION TO THE GODKILLER
• Tony Stark, The Godkiller is found guilty!
• What horrible punishment will the Shi’ard impose?
• The surprising consequences of Iron Man’s role in AVX!

• X-FORCE is officially on the run.
• Cable must face his daughter Hope, the savior of AVX.
• The Uncanny Avengers are hot on their trail!

• The Superior Spider-Man faces off with THOR, GOD OF THUNDER!
• The return of ELECTRO!
• Can the Superior Spider-Man and Thor set aside their differences -- and EGOS -- to save the world? SPOILER: No! They can’t!

• Alpha, inarguably the greatest super hero of his or any past and future time, has been restored to power by the Superior Spider-Man!
• He’s saving damsels in distress! He’s leaping tall buildings! He may have accidentally murdered someone! Wait...what?!
• Josh Fialkov & Nuno Plati (Amazing Spider-Man) reunite for the tale of the next great hero!

• As his father lies in critical condition, Miles is desperate to solve the mystery of the new VENOM!!
• How does the villain know so much about Miles?
• Miles turns to the one person who can help him... Gwen Stacy!

• Fateful news about someone close to Daredevil!
• Will Matt be forced to abandon his Daredevil identity?

• PROLOGUE TO X-TERMINATION!
• AOA Nightcrawler has betrayed UNCANNY X-FORCE, what next?
• All the threads laid since #1 converge!

• Jason Aaron and Eisner-Award winning best artist Ramón Pérez continue the arc that readers will remember for years to come.
• Dog Logan is back and Wolverine is in for a world of hurt.
• The students are on their own in the Savage Land with no supervision. Uh-oh.