Brian Michael Bendis

Brian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, Peabody and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, Jessica Jones, and POWERS tells a comedic life lesson about the horrors of Hollywood. Before his acclaimed relaunches of Superman, Action Comics, and Young Justice...before his triumphant successes with Daredevil, Ultimate Spider-Man, Invincible Iron Man, and Jessica Jones...before his groundbreaking original series Powers,...

Collects Avengers (1998) #500-503, 500 Director's Cut; Avengers Finale (2004); New Avengers (2004) #1-10, 1 Director's Cut; New Avengers Most Wanted Files (2005). From the ashes, a new team will rise! On the Avengers' darkest day, they are torn apart by one of their own - the Scarlet Witch - and as they mourn their losses, it seems like things might be over forever. But when a super-villain breakout at the Raft unites Captain America and Iron Man...

Can Peter summon the necessary power, and bear the weight of responsibility for one more battle? His Aunt May is there. So is his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson. As Spider-Man fights on with a seemingly mortal wound, their lives hang in the balance as well as his. Can Spidey succeed where he previously failed?

Spider-Man is dead. Long live Spider-Man. Peter Parker has been struck down, felled by a bullet and by his archnemesis the Green Goblin. But though the teenage web-slinger is gone, his memory lives on. Check in with Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Nick Fury and more as they mourn the loss of one of their world's finest heroes. For better or for worse, the Ultimate Universe must come to grips with its new reality - including new Spider-Man Miles Morales!...

After finding out the truth about her parents in previous volumes, the real question is: WHO IS THE GHOST DRAGON OF SAN FRANCISCO? Fully painted by award-winning graphic novelist Michael Gaydos, Pearl is a unique experience about an artist discovering all the secrets of the modern yakuza world she was thrust into by no fault of her own.

Spider-Man and his amazing friends, Iceman and the Human Torch, team up to help the newly powered Rick Jones deal with the crazy changes and responsibilities that come with...power. But what side of the coin is Rick Jones on? Is this the birth of a new hero? Or the birth of an ultimate...enemy? Plus, it's the return of Spider-Woman! And guess who she totally makes out with in this issue! What? Yeah, you heard me!

When Peter Quill abandons the Guardians to become Emperor of Spartax, Rocket grabs the reins as team leader - backed up by Drax, Venom, Groot, Kitty Pryde and brand-new Guardian Ben Grimm, the Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing! But what could put the team in Emperor Quill's crosshairs? Meanwhile, Gamora makes her return - but will it be a welcome one after eight months away? Plus: Yotat the Destroyer is here - and he will have blood. Venom and Groot face...

As a costumed adventurer, Jessica Jones was plagued by a lack of self-esteem and an inability to master her superhuman powers. Eventually she realized that she would forever be considered a second-rate super hero, and hung up her cape and tights. Now a tough-as-nails private investigator, Jessica returns home to find a mysterious girl in a costume hiding in her apartment, but the girl flies away before Jessica can find out who she is. Through sources,...

Jessica Jones is a hard-nosed private investigator, and the dark underbelly of the Marvel Universe is her beat. But it wasn't always this way. Once, Jessica stood alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers, as a costumed super hero. What changed? What ended her crimefi ghting career before it even got started? Now, for the fi rst time, learn all of Jessica's hidden secrets - how she was orphaned, how she got her powers...and the dark, unspoken...

Ultimatum is upon us! Big changes are afoot and with them comes the much-anticipated return of ULTIMATE SPIDER-WOMAN! But is she friend or foe? Plus, Aunt May is under arrest, Spider-Man is underwater, and the world has gone to hell. Spidey and the gang will never be the same! Guest- starring the Human Torch and Kitty Pryde!