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It’s the book that MTV says is “big, bold and bravura work” and we have your first look at DEFENDERS #4! From the creative team of Matt Fraction and Michael Lark, Doctor Strange embarks on an all new mission after discovering the mysterious Concordance Engine! Can the former Sorcerer Supreme unlock it’s secrets without damaging the very fabric of the Marvel Universe? Find out in DEFENDERS #4, hitting store shelves and the Marvel Comics app this March!

DEFENDERS #4 (JAN120682)
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils by MICHAEL LARK
Cover by TERRY DODSON
FOC – 2/13/12, ON SALE – 3/7/12

This April, the biggest names in the industry pit the largest super hero franchises against one another for the biggest war in comics history in Avengers Vs. X-Men! To celebrate this blockbuster event, Marvel has your first look at the AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #2 Bradshaw Variant by artist Nick Bradshaw! The Avengers have breached the shores of Utopia as the X-Men throw everything they’ve got to defend their nation. With one side fighting for survival of their kind, and the other fighting for the survival of the world – who is right?

Don’t miss out on all the action in Avengers Vs. X-Men in comic shops worldwide and on the Marvel Comics app this April!

Which team will reign supreme? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AvX!

For more on Avengers VS X-Men, please visit http://avx.marvel.com

AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #2
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #2 BRADSHAW VARIANT
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, JASON AARON, MATT FRACTION, JONATHAN HICKMAN & ED BRUBAKER
Art by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
ON SALE THIS APRIL!

ROBOT 6's Carla Hoffman conisders Marvel's upcoming crossover featuring Punisher, Daredevil, Spider-Man and the prize everyone wants, the Omega Drive.

The kind folks at IDW Publishing have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the February 2012 Previews, scheduled to ship starting April 2012.

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Every week, CSBG challenges readers to guess the connective theme between three covers. Come check out the collection of Cover Theme Games and test your comic book knowledge!

Doug Zawisza gives "Blue Beetle" #5 4.5 stars saying Tony Bedard and Ig Guera's teenage superhero story "is darn near perfect."

Media Release -- In anticipation of the release of Damaged issue #5 on February 1st, Radical Publishing is excited to announce two new contests for our fans.

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Media Release -- The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – MoCCA – is proud to announce a special MoCCA Thursdays event: A celebration and signing of The Stan Lee Universe, Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas's new book about the co-creator of Spider-Man, The X-Men, Iron Man, and so many other iconic characters. The panel features Lee-colleagues (and contributors to the book) Denny O'Neil, Al Jaffee, Peter Sanderson, David Bennett Cohen (of rock band--and Stan-fans--Country Joe and the Fish), and co-editor Danny Fingeroth. (And don't be surprised if a guest-star or two shows up as well!)

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Media Release -- The Firelight Isle is a new creator-owned graphic novel that Paul Duffield started writing after Warren Ellis' Freakangels came to an end.

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Media Release -- Glitz-2-Go finally collects nearly 40 years of comics stories by Diane Noomin, best-known for her work as cartoonist and editor of the women comics anthology Twisted Sisters.

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