Top 10 Marvel Comics December 2021 Solicitations Spoilers With Avengers, X-Men, A Timeless Kang & More!

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Top 10 Marvel Comics December 2021 Solicitations Spoilers With Avengers, X-Men, A Timeless Kang and More!

I had wanted to pick up Ben Reilly headlining Amazing Spider-Man Beyond, but I didn’t want to read it weekly.

My topic picks from the House of the Mouse from their December 2021 solicits are below. What do you have on your pull list?

AVENGERS #51
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Juan Frigeri (CA) Javi Garron

THE DEATH HUNT BEGINS.

Sent by the mysterious Avenger Prime from a great watchtower at the dark heart of all that is, the cybernetic soldiers known as the Deathloks have come to our Earth with a dire warning for the Avengers. But hunters follow close behind them to ensure their warning of megaversal doom is never delivered. The most Earth-shatteringly powerful hunters any universe has ever seen. And their first stop: the golden realm of Asgard.

RATED T+
In Shops: Dec 15, 2021
SRP: $3.99

AVENGERS FOREVER #1
JASON AARON (W) • AARON KUDER (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY MATTEO SCALERA
VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA
VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
HIDDEN GEM VARIANT COVER BY CARLOS PACHECO

AN ALL-NEW SERIES STARRING THE AVENGERS OF THE MULTIVERSE!

On a quest for cosmic vengeance, Ghost Rider finds himself roaring through the wasteland on a ruined Earth, where the great age of heroes never came to be, where hope is a four-letter word and where his only ally in the coming battle against the greatest villains any universe has ever seen is the world’s most wanted archaeologist, Tony Stark…the Invincible Ant-Man. Spinning out of the cataclysmic events of AVENGERS #750 and operating in lockstep with the prime AVENGERS series, the next great Avengers saga begins here, as the Mightiest Heroes of every Earth begin to assemble.

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

INFERNO #4 (OF 4)
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Jerome Opena

TO EMBERS!

Jonathan Hickman’s time on X-Men ends with the dramatic conclusion of one of the first and best mysteries he brought to the line. Valerio Schiti returns on art to help bring down one of the foundations of the era.

RATED T+
In Shops: Dec 29, 2021
SRP: $5.99

KANG THE CONQUEROR #5 (OF 5)
COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING (W)
CARLOS MAGNO (A)
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
Variant COVER by SKAN

The cycle of Kang comes to an end. And the cycle of Kang begins anew. Nathaniel Richards wages one last battle in his war against fate—but did any of it make a difference? Does time mean nothing to Kang…or does Kang mean nothing to time?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

PHOENIX SONG: ECHO #3 (OF 5)
REBECCA ROANHORSE (W)
LUCA MARESCA & KYLE CHARLES (A)
Cover by CORY SMITH
Variant Cover by CHRIS BACHALO

ECHO MEETS HER MAKER: THE ANCESTRAL PHOENIX OF CAHOKIA! On the run from a time-hopping enemy, Echo and her ally River find themselves in the ancient city of Cahokia—in the path of a Phoenix lost to history! As Echo’s present and future disappear, will her powers wane? And will this ancestor help…or take the dregs of Echo’s fire for herself?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

S.W.O.R.D. #11
(W) Al Ewing (A) Jacopo Camagni (CA) Stefano Caselli

THE FINAL FRONTIER?

Sword Station One is crashing to Earth. The Lethal Legion is poised to destroy the diplomatic zone. Abigail Brand is ready to make her move. But how far ahead did she plan? How many losses will she accept? And how many bodies will she leave in her wake?

RATED T+
In Shops: Dec 15, 2021
SRP: $3.99

TIMELESS #1
JED MACKAY (W) • KEV WALKER, JOE BENNETT & MARK BAGLEY (A)
COVER BY KAEL NGU
Hidden Gem Variant COVER by DON HECK
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY NATACHA BUSTOS
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY JUANN CABAL
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY CARMEN CARNERO
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA CASSARA
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY IBAN COELLO
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY PATRICK GLEASON
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA

HOW DO YOU WIN A WAR AGAINST TIME?

A special year-ending adventure that gives portents as to what is to come in the Marvel Universe over the next twelve months! Kang the Conqueror is a warrior, a destroyer, a subjugator—but even he is subject to the whims and vicissitudes of time itself. So when a parallel timeline threatens to overwrite the future Kang has fought so long and so hard to control, the master of the ages has no choice but to go to war with time itself, battling through days of tomorrow as he struggles to prevent the end of what is to come!

Featuring all the major players in the Marvel pantheon!

56 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T …$5.99

X-MEN #6
(W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) Pepe Larraz

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CAPTAIN KRAKOA?

There’s a new hero on the X-Men. Who is he? Why is here? And why does Cyclops not want him on the team?

RATED T+
In Shops: Dec 22, 2021
SRP: $3.99

X-MEN LEGENDS #10
FABIAN NICIEZA (W) • DAN JURGENS (A/C)
Variant Cover by CREEES LEE

WHO WILL SURVIVE THE EIGHTH CIRCLE? CHARLES XAVIER. BEAST. AMANDA MUELLER. MOIRA MACTAGGERT. MAGNETO.

Some of the greatest minds and experts on mutantkind are assembled by MR. SINISTER to discuss the evolution of Homo superior…but to what devious end?! Rest assured, there’ll be at least one dead body before dessert at this meeting of the Eighth Circle! Dan Jurgens joins Fabian Nicieza as he returns to his original X-MEN run with an all-new tale set to startle and upend what you thought you knew about Sinister’s machinations!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN: THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO #5 (OF 5)
Leah Williams (W) • Lucas Werneck & David Messina (A) • Cover by Valerio Schiti
Variant Cover by DAN JURGENS • Variant Cover by Terry Dodson

JUSTICE IS SERVED. The mystery surrounding Magneto and Scarlet Witch is resolved. The guilty will be judged, the innocent absolved, the victims avenged…and all shall endure their own trials.

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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