Captain America is thrust into a bizarre alternate world called Dimension Z by the evil Arnim Zola, and must find a way back to his own world while protecting Zola's long-lost son.

The Avengers face a new foe in the Black Ant, who aims to merge the Descendants with all of humanity through a plague of contagious robotic evolution.

In the eleventh century, the Avengers' ancestors are targeted by Rama-Tut and Kang, while in the present, the Apocalypse Twins seek to shatter the Uncanny Avengers.

With Genesis captured by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Wolverine's son Daken, a battered X-Force must try to save him, despite the Brotherhood knowing how to exploit all of their weaknesses.

Captain America is thrust into a bizarre alternate world called Dimension Z by the evil Arnim Zola, and must find a way back to his own world while protecting Zola's long-lost son.

As Captain America creates a new Avengers unit that includes X-Men, the Red Skull returns to destroy all the mutants.

After the harrowing ordeal with Angel, Psylocke and Fantomex quit the team, leaving Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Deadpool to deal with a renewed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who are set on world domination.

As the battle between the Avengers and the X-Men unfolds, the teenage mutants from Utopia are brought to Avengers Academy, and must determine if the Academy's students have switched sides in the war.

After Captain America taps Hawkeye to take over control of the group amid changes in membership, the marksman leads the team against the human hybrids known as the Descendants.

With Genesis captured by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Wolverine's son Daken, a battered X-Force must try to save him, despite the Brotherhood knowing how to exploit all of their weaknesses.

It's a magical realm of fairies, pixies and kindly old wizards - at least, ordinarily. Now, death and dismemberment are the order of the day - courtesy of an invading force led by a goat-headed sorcerer. Meanwhile, Fantomex stands accused of a crime so heinous the Captain Britain Corps has diverted its attention from Otherworld's defense to conduct his trial. It's up to the rest of X-Force to save him, but how can they leave Otherworld's peaceful citizens to fend for themselves against the invading army? Now, Wolverine and X-Force are fi ghting for their lives on two fronts - to save the denizens of Otherworld and to prevent the Captain Britain Corps from executing Fantomex for the murder of an innocent child. And chances are good not every team member will make it home alive!

COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-FORCE 20-24, 19.1, material from 25

When down-and-out alien exterminator Heath Houston stumbles upon an extraterrestrial plot to commit genocide on humanity, he's forced to choose between the bottle and resuming his role as a peacekeeper as the last Fear Agent.

Thor leads a secret team of Avengers on a suicide mission to stop the Phoenix by any means necessary! Also, who is Minister Marvel and why has he drawn the Phoenix to the Kree homeworld.


COLLECTING: Secret Avengers 26-32

Venom joins the Secret Avengers ... but what's left of Flash Thompson to join the team? Then, Eddie Brock, the original Venom, returns - and he's gunning for symbiotes! Plus: a routine super villain prisoner transfer thrusts Flash into a dire conflict. One fatal act will change the new Venom's life forever! Finally, the Crime-Master unites Jack O'Lantern, The Human Fly, Toxin and more to destroy Venom! The villain's plan is so diabolical, it forces Eddie Brock to become a symbiote's host once more - and takes the war to the people closest to Flash Thompson!

COLLECTING: VENOM 15-21

Return to the Age of Apocalypse, as the AOA X-Men make their final stand against the evil Weapon X - and lose! New AOA super hero team the X-Terminated must rise to take the fallen X-Men's place ... but what makes this team so drastically different? With Jean Grey and Sabretooth at their lowest, and Weapon X resurrecting dead X-Men to destroy the human race, the X-Terminated activate their secret weapon - the AOA version of the Hulk! Plus, Jean Grey goes on her fi rst mission with the X-Terminated ... but will she survive it? And meet the AOA Quentin Quire, and find out why so many fear him! It's all-new, all-different, all-out action in the Age of Apocalypse!

COLLECTING: AGE OF APOCALYPSE 1-6, UNCANNY X-FORCE 19.1, material from POINT ONE

Struggling to cope with his father's death, Flash Thompson is slowly losing his battle with the Venom symbiote. Flash steals the symbiote from Project Rebirth and travels to Las Vegas to retrieve a dangerous package. With the Red Hulk chasing him, can Venom complete his mission and save his loved ones? Plus: when a portal to Hell opens in the middle of Sin City, spewing forth the hordes of the underworld, Venom and Red Hulk must set aside their differences and join Ghost Rider and X-23 on a crusade to stop the spread of Hell on Earth.

COLLECTING: VENOM 10-13, 13.1-13.4, 14

Between keeping New York City safe as Spider-Man, being a member of two Avengers teams and the FF, and his day job at Horizon Labs, Peter Parker's life is as crazy as it's ever been. And it's about to get even crazier. Welcome to Spider-Island, where a million New Yorkers suddenly possess Spider-Man's powers - but none of the responsibility! Can Spidey play world-saving super hero while the Big Apple gets eaten alive from the inside out when he's suddenly not quite so special? When he's surrounded by a million people just as powerful as him? When even his girlfriend is web-swinging through the city? And just wait until you meet J. Jonah Jameson, the Spectacular Spider-Mayor!

COLLECTING: Amazing Spider -Man 666-673, Venom 6-9, Spider -Island : Deadly Foes , material from Amazing Spider -Man 659-660, 662-665, Spider-Island Spotlight

The fate of the entire world rests on Deadpool's shoulders! A new Death is born! Refugee mutants from the Age of Apocalypse descend on our world! Can the Merc with a Mouth hold them off long enough for X-Force to regroup? Is there any hope of staving off the Age of Archangel? Monsters of doom and glory, writer Rick Remender (VENOM, PUNISHER), artist Jerome Opeņa (PUNISHER, MOON KNIGHT) and colorist Dean White (AVENGERS) bring on the bad guys!

COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-FORCE 14-18

Rick Remender's Punisher mega-arc is collected into one oversized volume! Frank Castle has dedicated his life to hunting down and killing evil men. So when Norman Osborn becomes the head of US security, the Punisher sets about taking Osborn down. But when his assassination attempt fails, Frank finds himself in Osborn's crosshairs. The Hood resurrects several longdead super villains and sends them against Frank ... but it is the twisted son of Wolverine who manages to kill the Punisher. With his remains stitched back together, the Punisher is reborn as the terrifying Franken-Castle!

COLLECTING: PUNISHER 1-16, ANNUAL 1; DARK REIGN: THE LIST - PUNISHER; FRANKEN-CASTLE 17-21; DARK WOLVERINE 88-89; PUNISHER: IN THE BLOOD 1-5

The aftermath of the Dark Angel Saga! A member lost! New members gained! An Avenger discovers the secret of X-Force! Fantomex and Ultimaton must allow the world's most powerful weapon to leave their care. Psylocke must say goodbye to the man she loves. And new friends must stand and make a suicide march. Then, the Trial of Fantomex begins as X-Force journeys to Otherworld! Guest starring Psylocke's brother Captain Britain, and the multiverse-spanning Captain Britain Corps!

COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Force 20-24, 19.1

As Apocalypse falls, Archangel rises! Warren Worthington is losing his fi ght with the beast within - the monster known as Archangel, Horseman of Apocalypse, destined to become the heir to the mutant warlord's evil. Only one thing can stop it from happening. Unfortunately for Warren's teammates on X-Force, that one thing is in a dimension in which Apocalypse has brought the world to its knees: the Age of Apocalypse. But as Wolverine and X-Force encounter twisted versions of familiar faces, one question remains: If the Age of Apocalypse is over, who has transformed this world back into a living hell? Can X-Force recover the item they need and return home in time to stop Archangel's ascension to Apocalypse's throne?

COLLECTING:

UNCANNY X-FORCE 8-13

America - meet your newest hero! The lethal alien symbiote known as venom is in the custody of the U.S. military - and with a familiar face from Spider-Man's world inside the suit, the government's own personal Spidey is going into action as one of the nation's top covert agents in hostile territory!

COLLECTING: VENOM 1-5

Presents the adventures of the X-Force, made up of Wolverine, Archangel, Deadpool, and Psylocke, as they protect their fellow warrior Fantomex from the army of Deathloks who wish him dead.

Start Webbing The News! New York City becomes Infested--and eight million people are plagued! Normal people are getting Spider-Powers! But not all of them realize that with great power must also come...you know the rest. Okay, sure we often say Peter Parker's life will never be the same. But listen, pal, we've never been more serious. This will change everything for Pete, for Spidey...and possibly for YOU! Look at it this way...if EVERYONE'S a Spider-Man...then no one is. As the brilliantly fearsome Jackal rises from the past and begins organizing an army of spider-powered soldiers, how can the heroes of NYC hope to contain millons of wall-crawling New Yorkers? Plus: A dangerous new role for Venom. And, nearly 50 years in the making, the story which MUST BE READ: J. Jonah Jameson: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAYOR!

COLLECTING:

Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #666-673, VENOM (2011) #6-8, SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY FOES, material from SPIDER-ISLAND,SPOTLIGHT and the INFESTED prologues from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #659-660 and #662-665.

The X-Men do not kill. But when Apocalypse - the mutant despot who has countless times brought humanity to the brink of destruction - returns, Wolverine knows there's only one solution: the recently reconstituted X-Force! The new team - consisting of Deadpool, Archangel, Psylocke and Fantomex - must destroy En Sabah Nur. But can Wolverine's secret team survive Apocalypse's deadly Final Horsemen? And even if they do, can they kill the reborn Apocalypse when the greatest threat the world has ever faced is now no more than an innocent child? Collecting UNCANNY X-FORCE #1-4, and material from WOLVERINE: ROAD TO HELL and ALL-NEW WOLVERINE SAGA.

Frank Castle is back. Back for revenge. Back in New York. Back to cleaning its streets. Back together, healed and strong, his mission resumed as he partakes in the sweet wet work, and notches up one of the highest body counts in Punisher history. Cyber sensei Henry Russo is back, keeping Frank proficient with an eye in the sky. Others are back as well--two of Frank's most sadistic enemies united in a new vindictive plot: Enter the Jigsaw Brothers!

Hundreds have tried, but only Daken succeeds in killing Frank Castle...but even in the face of death, the Punisher won't stay down! With his remains stitched back together into a heap of scarred flesh and machinery, the Punisher is reborn as the terrifying monster Franken-castle!

Marvel's top talent comes together to usher in the AGE OF HEROES! The Heroes are restored to their rightful place in this new era, and the world is safer for them. They defeated Osborn & his Siege on Asgard, now they have one last foe to face: the Mayor of New York -- J. Jonah Jameson! Also, MI13 come to the US, but one of them isn't leaving-they are defecting to the AVENGERS?! Plus Dr. Voodoo's Sorcerer Supreme duties infringe on 'date night' and how much trouble can Spider-Man get into in one day? The answer: A LOT!

COLLECTING:

Heroic Age Anthology #1-4