The Heroic Age trio get collected!

This May, my three books Heroic Age: Super Heroes, Super Villains & X-Men will be available in trade paperback form!

ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS TPB

Written by FRED VAN LENTE, JEFF PARKER, JIM MCCANN, CHRIS YOST, MIKE CAREY, PETER DAVID & MORE Penciled by JOHN ROMITA JR., LEINIL FRANCIS YU, ALAN DAVIS, GREG LAND, MARK BROOKS, NICK BRADSHAW, JILL THOMPSON & MORE! Cover by CHRIS STEVENS

An all-star lineup of creators brings you the origins of Marvel’s greatest heroes! Short, accessible origin stories you’ll want to cut out and tape up on your wall! From the Avengers to the X-Men! From Iron Man, Thor, the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man to Hulk, Deadpool, Black Widow and the Punisher! Cyclops! Wolverine! Magneto! They’re all here! Plus: In the aftermath of SIEGE, Steve Rogers assesses the state of Earth's heroes, villains and mutants in almost 200 pages of character files! Collecting ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS, ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS: X-MEN, HEROIC AGE: SUPER HEROES, HEROIC AGE: VILLAINS and HEROIC AGE: X-MEN. 272 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-5615-4

This May: Official Index#13!

Yes, lucky issue #13!

AVENGERS, THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #13

Return with us to the Silver and Golden Ages as the chronicle of the Marvel Universe continues its coverage of the Avengers (from AVENGERS #395) and Captain America (from both 1998’s CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 and 1944’s CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #39). Watch the Marvel universe’s history unfold month by month as we provide synopses for dozens of individual comics, including back-up strips — introducing the characters, teams, places and equipment that appeared within with vital information about first appearances, where they last showed up and where they appeared next! 64 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

Official Handbook for May: X-Men!

You'd think there was a new X-Men movie or something...

X-MEN: EARTH’S MUTANT HEROES #1

Select Character Artwork by GUS VAZQUEZ Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY

All things mutants take center stage in this all-new collection of Handbook-style profiles! Featuring X-Men members (Madison Jeffries/Box, Paulie Provenzano, Wraith/Hector Rendoza), trainees (Onyxx, Ink/Eric Gitter), allies (Fred Duncan, Tom Corsi, Candy Southern, Shortpack), the evil (Cortex, X-Cutioner, Amelia Voght, Zaladane, Black Womb) and the lesser-known (Litterbug, Jazz, Arize, Jack in the Box, Crule), and updates for the big guns (Professor X, Magneto, Emma Frost, Beast, Mystique). And because you demanded it: Joseph gets a profile at last! Plus: brand-new Gus Vazquez art for the majority of profiles! 64 PGS. /Handbook/Rated T+ …$4.99

Official Index to Captain America: collected!

Coming this May; this book is a treasure for the 1940s entries alone!

CAPTAIN AMERICA: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE GN-TPB

Get the complete history of the Sentinel of Liberty from his earliest WWII-era appearances all the way up to the present day. This book comes packed with synopses — introducing you to the characters, teams, places and equipment that appeared within; and providing vital information about all things Cap! Collecting material from AVENGERS, THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA: OFFICIAL INDEX TO THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1-14. 32 PGS./Rated A …$24.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-5097-8

This Wednesday: Official Index#10

Issue#10 of the Official Index to the Marvel Universe is due for release this week; check out the solicitation here and be sure to keep following the series as we index every issue of Avengers, Captain America & Thor!