HIGHLIGHTS:
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The Ultimates #2.
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Spectacular Spider-Man #23-24. Paul Jenkins is mysteriously absent.
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Amazing Fantasy gets a less ambiguous title,
Arana: The Heart of the Spider. -
X-23, featuring the (popular?!) "X-Men: Evolution" character, debuts.
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Spider-Girl isn't cancelled yet.
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Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill debuts.
- Peter David's back on
The Incredible Hulk - Marvel's trend of saturating the market with multiple books featuring the same property in preparation for an upcoming movie continues with
Fantastic Four: Foes, debuting this month by Robert Kirkman and Cliff Rathburn.
- The conclusion to
Thor: Son of Asgard by Akira Yoshida and Greg Tocchini.
- The first two issues of
X-Men: Phoenix: Endsong debut, by Greg Pak, Greg Land, and possibly Greg Rucka.
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X-Men #166: Peter Milligan's debut issue.
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Combat Zone: True Tales of G.I.'s in Iraq by journalist Karl Zinsmeister (
Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq) and Dan Jurgens (whom, unfortunately, last I heard of him, was the go-to guy for placeholding work on a book until Marvel gets someone that will sell more to work on it [See:
Captain America, Thor])