Marvel’s Avengers Fight the Next Major MCU Villain Across Time This Week

Leading new comics, Marvel brings back its original Avengers lineup to take on the next big MCU villain, Kang the Conqueror, in a battle across time.

It’s Marvel Comics’ original Avengers ensemble against Kang the Conqueror in this week’s new releases.

Written by Paul Levitz and illustrated by Alan Davis, The Avengers: War Across Time #1 goes on sale, launching a new five-issue miniseries where Earth’s mightiest heroes take on Kang ahead of his next Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance. Actor Jonathan Majors will portray Kang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which is out in theaters on Feb. 17, but War Across Time will see the villain fight Captain America, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp and Thor throughout time. The title is set to see the Avengers break into the Fantastic Four’s headquarters and Thor lose his hammer, but it is unknown what else is in store for readers as of writing.

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Meanwhile, Marvel’s Dark Web event continues this week with several new issues, including The Amazing Spider-Man #17, Dark Web: Ms. Marvel #2 and Mary Jane & Black Cat #2. Across the three books, all of their heroes are trapped in Limbo’s hellscape. Peter will have to face a demonic version of the Sinister Six, while MJ and Black Cat deal with Belasco the Swordsman. As for Ms. Marvel, she is teaming up with Spider-Man Miles Morales for her own Limbo adventure.

Of course, there are other series releasing new chapters this week, including Black Panther, Ghost Rider, Daredevil and Wolverine. From the Star Wars galaxy, there’s Star Wars: Darth Vader #30, Star Wars: The High Republic #4 and Star Wars: The Mandalorian #7. The full list of releases can be found alphabetically below, cover and solicitations included.

• ZEB WELLS (W) • ED McGUINNESS (A) • Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
• Variant Cover by ED McGUINNESS • DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS
• Classic Homage Variant Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
• Disney100 VARIANT COVER BY Lorenzo Pastrovicchio
• Disney100 BLACK & WHITE VARIANT COVER BY Lorenzo Pastrovicchio
• Round One is over!
• Peter Parker finds himself trapped in Limbo
• Peter not only has to find his way back home, but he has to do it in a truly hellish fashion.
• And who is shadowing him?
• 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

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

BLACK PANTHER #13

• JOHN RIDLEY (W) • GERMÁN PERALTA (A) • Cover by ALEX ROSS
• VARIANT COVER BY MATTEO SCALERA • SPOILER VARIANT COVER BY MIGUEL MERCADO
• CLASSIC HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA
• Removed from the Avengers, exiled from Wakanda, and on his own against a threat with deep ties to his past, T’Challa is at the end of the line. In order to stop this new group of terrorists, Black Panther and his ragtag group of allies get caught up in a heated battle against the Avengers themselves, who are determined to make T’Challa understand that he’s been benched. But the battle’s not lost yet – not when an unexpected ally arrives at the fray to stand at T’Challa’s side!
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH #9

• TOCHI ONYEBUCHI (W) • R.B. SILVA (A/C)
• Variant Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI
• Classic Homage Variant Cover by ALEX MALEEV
• Captain America’s understanding of his conflict with the White Wolf is flipped upside-down when White Wolf unleashes an enemy from Nomad’s past onto Mohannda’s civilians. Sam Wilson’s first priority is now stopping the onslaught from Dimension Z before it’s too late – but at what cost to his allies?
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CARNAGE #9

• RAM V (W) • FRANCESCO MANNA (A) • Cover by KENDRICK “kunkka” Lim
• Variant Cover by PAULO SIQUEIRA • Variant Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
• “FORGED IN BLOOD” begins here!
• The Carnage symbiote painfully and viciously extracted what it wanted out of Malekith the Accursed – but godhood remains just out of its reach.
• Wracked with an insatiable lust and longing for power since its communion with Knull, the symbiote is missing only one thing to level untold destruction across the universe: a weapon.
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DAREDEVIL #7

• CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • RAFAEL DE LATORRE (C) • Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
• VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO • Classic Homage Variant Cover by FRANK CHO
• BETRAYAL!
• As Daredevil, both Elektra and Matt Murdock have made a home for super villains at the new stronghold of the Fist. But not everyone they’ve welcomed shares their vision for how things should be done. In this issue, that’s going to cost them – and put them on a collision course with the rest of the Marvel Universe!
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DARK WEB: MS. MARVEL #2 (OF 2)

• SABIR PIRZADA (W)
• FRANCESCO MORTARINO (A)
• COVER BY MARCO CHECCHETTO
• LOST IN LIMBO!
• Caught in the explosive events unfolding across New York – including a face-to-face confrontation with CHASM himself – Kamala Khan finds herself teleported to Limbo, the domain of the Goblin Queen Madelyne Pryor! As the city descends into chaos that threatens everything and everyone Kamala holds dear, she’s left with no choice but to call on MILES MORALES for a helping hand!
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GHOST RIDER #10

• BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • CORY SMITH (A) • Cover by BJÖRN BARENDS
• Variant Cover by DAN PANOSIAN • Classic Homage Variant Cover by PHIL NOTO
• In the blood-soaked tunnels beneath Chicago, and upon the horned altar of Hell’s Backbone, the final fights of The Shadow Country arc will come to a startling conclusion. Blackheart, Exhaust, Zeb and his magicians, Talia Warroad, and the Ghost Rider himself will all crash together — and not everyone is making it out alive. In the aftermath of these battles, a new chapter will begin. Featuring new allies, new threats, and the return of some familiar faces…
• 40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

• SI SPURRIER (W) • NETHO DIAZ (A)
• Cover by BEN HARVEY
• VARIANT COVER BY EJIWA “EDGE” EBENEBE
• IT’S A WILD, WILD WORLD!
• The rise of mutant monsters has put mutantkind on high alert as the question of “who will be next?” grows imminent. On Krakoa, a bizarre eco-technological structure has risen around Nightcralwer’s home, and Vox Ignis is on the case to figure out the origins. What he discovers has the potential to bring the foundation of the living island to its knees. With the clock running against them, will the Legionnaires be able to quell the spiraling chaos before it is too late?
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

• JED MACKAY (W)
• VINCENZO CARRATU (A)
• Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
• DEMONIZED VARIANT COVER BY ADAM HUGHES
• VARIANT COVER BY AKA
• CAT VARIANT COVER BY CHRISSIE ZULLO
• Mary Jane Watson and Felicia Hardy are trapped in Limbo and at the mercy of BELASCO THE SWORDSMAN! As if that wasn’t BAD ENOUGH, they’re also keeping SECRETS from one another! Somehow, MJ’s got powers and there’s a new (old) man in Felicia’s life – and if they don’t come clean with one another, they could be stuck in Limbo FOREVER!
• 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #2

• CODY ZIGLAR (W) • FEDERICO VICENTINI (A) • Cover by DIKE RUAN
• Graffiti Variant Cover by TBA
• Classic Homage Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
• Concept Design Cover by FEDERICO VICENTINI
• Variant Cover by JONBOY MEYERS
• SPIDEY VS. THE SCORPION’S STING!
• MILES MORALES’ world is spinning out of control! A mysterious new threat is rising and coming at SPIDER-MAN hard, and if Spidey doesn’t fight back with everything he’s got – he could LOSE everything. What does this new villain have to do with MISTY KNIGHT’s investigation and a slew of upgraded foes, like THE SCORPION, terrorizing NYC? This battle is going to change Spidey’s life forever – someone’s not walking away from this one!
• 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

MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #2 (OF 5)

• Jordan Ifueko (W) • Alba Glez (A) • Cover by Ken Lashley
• VARIANT COVER BY DOTUN AKANDE • VARIANT COVER BY R1C0
• Now that Lunella knows her roller derby teammate tween influencer OMG Olivia is actually a Kree in disguise hoping to control all the Inhumans on Earth, she knows just what to do. She has to stop Olivia before she hurts anyone, especially the rest of the Inhuman kids on the derby team. But sometimes having friends as a super hero just means there are more people to worry about…especially when Olivia’s brainwashing nanobots take over Devil Dinosaur!
• 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

• JED MACKAY (W) • FEDERICO SABBATINI (A) • COVER by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
• Demonized Variant Cover by TBA
• Variant Cover by LUCIO PARRILLO
• Classic Homage Variant Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
• Moon Knight delves into the depths of the Earth to bring vengeance and justice to the subterranean seas of New York City while wrestling with new revelations brought to light by savage murder. Meanwhile, what exactly has Zodiac been up to all this time…?
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

PREDATOR #6

• ED BRISSON (W) • KEV WALKER (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
• Variant Cover by CARLOS MAGNO
• Theta and the Astar team are under attack by a Predator! But is this the one Theta has been searching for all her life? Don’t miss what happens as Theta comes face-to-face with what could be her final battle!
• 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$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

STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #30

• GREG PAK (W) • LUKE ROSS (A) • Cover by RAHZZAH
• VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
• Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary Variant Cover by CHRIS SPROUSE
• ALL HER SHADOWS!
• During their terrible battle at Padmé’s tomb on Naboo, the Queen’s most devoted handmaidens were no match for the fury of Darth Vader. So as they are about to face the Dark Lord again, the handmaidens have prepared. But so has Vader. Who will triumph in the rematch? And what dark price will that victory exact?
• 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
• Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd.

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC #4

• CAVAN SCOTT (W) • ANDREA BROCCARDO (A) • Cover by ARIO ANINDITO
• Variant Cover by BENGAL • Variant Cover by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
• VIOLENCE COMES TO JEDHA!
• The Temple of the Whills has been attacked, Vildar Mac critically injured in the blast. Is Tey Sirrek to blame?
• The Herald of the Open Hand has arrived to address the Convocation, but just what is the nameless horror that lurks in the streets of the Holy City?
• The Battle of Jedha begins here!
• 32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
• Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd.

STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN #7

• RODNEY BARNES (W) • GEORGES JEANTY (A) • Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
• Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE • Variant Cover by JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY
• CONCEPT ART VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
• THE RECKONING!
• An old contact extends an invitation for the Mandalorian to make peace with his enemies.
• 40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99
• Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd.

TIGER DIVISION #3 (OF 5)

• EMILY KIM (W) • CREEES LEE (A/C)
• Trading Card Variant Cover by RON LIM
• Variant Cover by INHYUK LEE
• Variant Cover by TBA
• A NEW VILLAIN EMERGES!
• Will Tiger Division have what it takes to stop him before it’s too late?
• Meanwhile, Taegukgi discovers a startling truth about his own origin…
• All will be revealed!
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

• BENJAMIN PERCY (W) • JUAN JOSÉ RYP (A) • Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
• Variant Cover by MARIA WOLF • CLASSIC HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY ADI GRANOV
• DEMONIZED VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
• WOLVERINE – HIS BEST, OWN WORST ENEMY!
• On the one hand, WOLVERINE will kill anyone in his way; on the other, he’ll do anything to save those he loves. He is the best there is at what he does and his own worst enemy! As LOGAN comes to grips with his plight and finally begins to heal, the gravity of his recent missions comes into full focus…but will the emergence of figures from his past and his own dual nature save his life or end it?!
• 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

X-MEN #18

• GERRY DUGGAN (W) • JOSHUA CASSARA (A) • Cover by MARTIN COCCOLO
• VARIANT COVER BY JOSHUA CASSARA
• STORMBREAKERS VARIANT COVER BY ELENA CASAGRANDE
• GETTING INTO SYNCH!
• Synch has a lot to sort out. His life has been derailed, his powers have grown and he’s experienced a loss that no one understands. The universe has had its way with him. Now… it’s his turn.
• 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

All of these issues go on sale Jan. 11 from Marvel Comics.

Source: Marvel