Marvel Comics January 2023 Solicitations Spoilers Sees Marvel History & Future Untangled With Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk & More!

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Marvel Comics January 2023 Solicitations Spoilers Sees Marvel History & Future Untangled With Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk and More!

Solicitations and covers for 10 series set in Marvel’s past or future) and billed as canon follows.

This series looks it will cross Marvel’s timeline into the present and future, but starting in the past.

AVENGERS: WAR ACROSS TIME #1 (Of 5)
PAUL LEVITZ (W) • ALAN DAVIS (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY ALAN DAVIS • VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU
STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY MARTIN COCCOLO

Thor! Iron Man! Captain America! Giant-Man & the Wasp!
The classic Avengers against the Hulk on the streets of New York! It’s the beginning of a showdown with Kang the Conqueror that will span the centuries! Eisner Hall of Famer Paul Levitz makes his Marvel debut (unless you count a letter in AMAZING ADVENTURES #5) teamed with acclaimed artist Alan Davis!

56 PGS./Rated T …$5.99

These books appear set in the past.

DOCTOR STRANGE: FALL SUNRISE #3 (OF 4)
TRADD MOORE (W) • TRADD MOORE (A/C) • Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA
Variant Cover by Paulina Ganucheau

Doctor Strange is pulled in every direction by powerful figures while millions of lives rest in the balance – including his own! Yalda, Sophia, Bythos or himself: who should Strange serve? Who can he trust? Can this world’s deadly ritual be stopped? Or is the answer simply…BLOOD? Heaven help us; it must be blood.

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

JOE FIXIT #1 (OF 5)
PETER DAVID (W) • YILDIRAY CINAR (A) • Cover by CULLY HAMNER
HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK
WINDOWSHADES VARIANT COVER BY TOM REILLY
VARIANT COVER BY YILDRAY CINAR

PETER DAVID RETURNS TO JOE FIXIT!

Peter David’s tour de force through some of his greatest Hulk hits continues with a return to JOE FIXIT! Gone are the ripped-up shorts of the Hulk of yore – this enforcer prefers the slick suave of a striped suit, and the Hulk has traded in “monster” for “mobster” as he lends his strength to the Las Vegas casino scene. Of course, the Kingpin has his own ideas about who the toughest guy in town is, and it’s up to Spider-Man to keep the two of them from destroying Sin City!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

MONICA RAMBEAU: PHOTON #2 (OF 5)
EVE L. EWING (W) • LUCA MARESCA (A) • Cover by LUCAS WERNECK
Demonized Variant Cover by TBA • Variant Cover by ROD REIS
Classic Homage Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND!

Have you ever had one of those days where everything is going wrong?

Like you’ve somehow been sucked across the infinite cosmos into the wrong corner of fragmented space-time? And you run into someone from your past you really can’t stand? Like, say, someone from…beyond?

If so, maybe you’ll have some good advice for Monica. (She’ll take what she can get.)

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN: THE LOST HUNT #3 (OF 5)
J.M. DEMATTEIS (W) • EDER MESSIAS (A)
Cover by RYAN BROWN
Variant Cover by MICO SUAYAN
BROKEN!

GREGOR continues the deconstruction of Peter Parker’s life, breaking him down physically and mentally.

Enter the dreamscape of your nightmares, Spider-Man!

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

X-TREME X-MEN #3 (OF 5)
CHRIS CLAREMONT (W)
SALVADOR LARROCA (A/C)
Homage Variant Cover by Dan Jurgens
Classic Design Variant Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
VARIANT COVER BY GERARDO SANDOVAL

THE Galérer ATTACK!

OGUN’s psychic attack has led the X-TREME X-MEN into conflict with a mysterious cabal called the Galérer! But what sinister aim is this group after, and how does it play into Ogun’s plan? It won’t matter if the team falls before the vanguard attack of BEASTYBRUTE!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN LEGENDS #5
WHILCE PORTACIO & BRIAN HABERLIN (W)
WHILCE PORTACIO (A/C)

“TWO SHALL FALL…”

THE FUTURE IS NOW!

Legendary Whilce Portacio returns to his iconic co-creation in an all-new tale that finally reveals the genesis of BISHOP’s time travel mission that pulled him from the future into the X-MEN’s present!

BISHOP, MALCOLM and RANDALL, who make up the elite OMEGA SQUAD, have discovered a dark truth about the X.S.E. After a mission goes sideways, how far will they be willing to go to make this right? To the past — and beyond! Bishop will make the most shocking decision in X-MEN LEGENDS history that will redefine what you thought you knew about mutantkind’s future and the reason behind Bishop’s collision with the X-Men!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

The following appear set in the future.

NAMOR THE SUB-MARINER: CONQUERED SHORES #4 (OF 5)
CHRISTOPHER CANTWELL (W)
PASQUAL FERRY (A/C)

Namor confronts the original Human Torch and his hidden machine enclave in the Arctic Circle. What are these machines’ true intentions? The death of surface-dwelling humans? The overthrow of Atlantis itself? Old grudges will reignite as the Torch and Sub-Mariner take their battles to the skies and seas once more!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

PLANET HULK: WORLDBREAKER #3 (OF 5)
GREG PAK (W) • MANUEL GARCIA (A) • Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Variant Cover by ED McGUINNESS • Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW

With the life of her brother at stake and a Worldbreaker determined never to break the world again, our young heroine must reassess everything she knows in a time of reversals and revelations. The origin of the Haarg! The true motivations of the High Priestess! The return of the man of stone! The deliverance of Jen! What will our heroine discover, and who will join her for the final battle?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

SAVAGE AVENGERS #9
DAVID PEPOSE (W) • CARLOS MAGNO (A) • Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli
VARIANT COVER by KYLE HOTZ
AVENGERS…ASSIMILATED!
In the year 2099, humanity has fallen against Ultron’s Machine Empire — and the Savage Avengers are the latest casualties! Now on the run from an army of super-powered cyborgs, Punisher 2099 and Deathlok must put aside their differences if they hope to stop Ultron from reshaping the future into his own terrifying image. Can the Savage Avengers regain some sliver of humanity before it’s too late, or will Marvel’s most dangerous heroes become the deadliest predators of tomorrow? Plus: the last stand of Doom 2099!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Most of these look intriguing.

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