Comic books January 2011

Dive into Wizard's year-end Best of 2010 issue! In this special edition, we shower fans with the best comics, movies, TV, video games and more from 2010. But it's not all looking back, friends! Also check out our picks for which writers, artists, shows, movies and geek culture to keep your eye out for in 2011. For a guide to the best of what you might have missed in 2010 and what you need to know in 2011, there's no better source than Wizard! Cover price $5.99.

IN THIS ISSUE... The Green Hornet stings our 2011 Preview Issue! PLUS: Star Trek vs. Doctor Who - 30 Years In The Making! Whatever Happened to Joe Madureira? - The Iconic Artist's Strange Trip. Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman DC Universe Online cover. Anthony Hopkins on playing Odin in Thor film; Fringe; Smallville; Summer Glau. PLUS: Mark Millar Fan Q&A! Cover price $5.99.

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Wolverine Goes to Hell: Part 3 of 5 - Written by JASON AARON Penciled by RENATO GUEDES Cover by JAE LEE 'Wolverine Goes to Hell' Part Three-Logan's soul is trapped in hell, fighting off hordes of old enemies who all want to see him suffer. Meanwhile his demonically-possessed body is running around on earth, looking to slaughter everyone Logan has ever cared about. Who could possibly help sort all this out? Maybe a certain flaming-skulled biker and his buddy, the Son of Satan? Plus, the dramatic return of the toughest, most two-fisted dwarf Marvel has ever seen .40 pages/6 page Backup Story/Parental Advisory Cover price $3.99.

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Written by G. Willow WILSON, MARC BERNARDIN, & JONATHON LAYMAN Penciled by TOM NGUYEN, ROMINA MORANELLI, & DAVIDE GIANFELICE Cover by SARA PICHELLI Collecting the l tales that took Marvel.com storm, these digital divas are coming at your courtesy of comics' hottest writers and the superstar artists of tomorrow. In this opening salvo, a young Medusa learns that family makes the fiercest foes, Enchantress faces stiff competition from a shocking X-enemy, and the Black Cat finds the only thing standing between her and a shiny gem is (EEK!) the Devil's Daughter...SATANA!! 40 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Coipel Cover - 1st printing. Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #51-58, Uncanny X-Men #57, Night Nurse (1973) #1-4, Cat (1972 Marvel) #1-4, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #8, Giant-Size Creatures (1974) #1, Marvel Premiere (1972-1981) #42, Shanna the She-Devil (1972) #1-5, Ka-Zar (1974-1977 2nd Series) #2, Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #108-112, Marvel Two-in-One (1974-1983 1st Series) #3, Aladdin Effect GN (1985 Marvel), Sensational She-Hulk GN (1985), Firestar (1986) #1-4, Sensational She-Hulk in Ceremony (1989) #1-2, Captain Marvel (1989 2nd Series Marvel) #1-2, Millie the Model (1946-1973) #100, Patsy and Hedy Annual (1963) #1, Solo Avengers (1987-1991) #9, Marvel Comics Presents (1988-1995 1st Series) #36 and Marvel Fanfare (1982-1992 1st Series) #59. Written by STAN LEE, LINDA FITE, JEAN THOMAS, GERRY CONWAY, ROY THOMAS, TONY ISABELLA, ED HANNIGAN, CAROL SEULING, STEVE GERBER, MIKE FRIEDRICH, JIM SHOOTER, DAVID MICHELINIE, JOHN BYRNE, TOM DEFALCO, DWAYNE MCDUFFIE, DWIGHT D. COYE, JM DEMATTEIS, JACK C. HARRIS and RICHARD HOWELL. Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL. For seventy years, Marvel Comics has been chronicling the adventures of heroes across the world - and now it's time for the heroines to shine! Featuring your favorite fighting females from across the decades! Millie the Model! Patsy Walker and Hedy Wolfe! The Wasp! The Black Widow! Night Nurse! Tigra! Shanna the She-Devil! The Dazzler! Firestar! Captain Marvel! She-Hulk! Storm! Against threats including Man-Killer, Nekra, the White Queen and the Silver Samurai! Collected together here for the first time in one titanic tome! Hardcover, 1,160 pages, full color. Cover price $125.00.

Fradon Cover - 1st printing. Collects Tales to Astonish (1959-1968 1st Series) #51-58, Uncanny X-Men #57, Night Nurse (1973) #1-4, Cat (1972 Marvel) #1-4, Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #8, Giant-Size Creatures (1974) #1, Marvel Premiere (1972-1981) #42, Shanna the She-Devil (1972) #1-5, Ka-Zar (1974-1977 2nd Series) #2, Daredevil (1964-1998 1st Series) #108-112, Marvel Two-in-One (1974-1983 1st Series) #3, Aladdin Effect GN (1985 Marvel), Sensational She-Hulk GN (1985), Firestar (1986) #1-4, Sensational She-Hulk in Ceremony (1989) #1-2, Captain Marvel (1989 2nd Series Marvel) #1-2, Millie the Model (1946-1973) #100, Patsy and Hedy Annual (1963) #1, Solo Avengers (1987-1991) #9, Marvel Comics Presents (1988-1995 1st Series) #36 and Marvel Fanfare (1982-1992 1st Series) #59. Written by STAN LEE, LINDA FITE, JEAN THOMAS, GERRY CONWAY, ROY THOMAS, TONY ISABELLA, ED HANNIGAN, CAROL SEULING, STEVE GERBER, MIKE FRIEDRICH, JIM SHOOTER, DAVID MICHELINIE, JOHN BYRNE, TOM DEFALCO, DWAYNE MCDUFFIE, DWIGHT D. COYE, JM DEMATTEIS, JACK C. HARRIS and RICHARD HOWELL. Cover by RAMONA FRADON. For seventy years, Marvel Comics has been chronicling the adventures of heroes across the world - and now it's time for the heroines to shine! Featuring your favorite fighting females from across the decades! Millie the Model! Patsy Walker and Hedy Wolfe! The Wasp! The Black Widow! Night Nurse! Tigra! Shanna the She-Devil! The Dazzler! Firestar! Captain Marvel! She-Hulk! Storm! Against threats including Man-Killer, Nekra, the White Queen and the Silver Samurai! Collected together here for the first time in one titanic tome! Hardcover, 1,160 pages, full color. Cover price $125.00.

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Cover by DON KRAMER. Odyssey: Part 5 of 13 - Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI and PHIL HESTER. Pencils by DON KRAMER, EDUARDO PANSICA & DANIEL HDR, inks by JAY LEISTEN, MARLO ALQUIZA, WAYNE FAUCHER & EBER FERREIRA. As Wonder Woman continues her quest to find out exactly what happened to her current reality and who is ultimately responsible, she encounters the first of the three most deadly gods known to man. Together, they comprise...the Morrigan! Cover price $2.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant cover by ALEX GARNER. Odyssey: Part 5 of 13 - Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI and PHIL HESTER. Pencils by DON KRAMER, EDUARDO PANSICA & DANIEL HDR, inks by JAY LEISTEN, MARLO ALQUIZA, WAYNE FAUCHER & EBER FERREIRA. As Wonder Woman continues her quest to find out exactly what happened to her current reality and who is ultimately responsible, she encounters the first of the three most deadly gods known to man. Together, they comprise...the Morrigan! Cover price $2.99.

(W) Craig Boldman, Angelo Decesare, George Gladir (A) Stan Goldberg, Rich Koslowski, Jon D'Agostino, Barry Grossman Archie battles 'Dinner for Two' times two! After stuffing himself with a feast prepared by Betty, Archie learns he's also expected for dinner at Veronica's! Then, the gang's obsession with the latest musical video game makes their parents think Archie has 'Rocks in His Head!' Finally, everyone's suffering from a case of 'Bitter Twitter' as Reggie's extreme tweeting sends his ego into overdrive! Cover price $3.99.

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Written by MICKY NEILSON & JAMES WAUGH Art by LUDO LULLABI & TONY WASHINGTON Cover by JOHN POLIDORA The bestselling WORLD OF WARCRAFT comic series returns in time for a worldwide CATACLYSM! A series of grisly, animalistic murders have rocked the walled town of Gilneas. A famous detective sets out to discover the perpetrators, and finds far more than he bargained for. To find the truth, he must delve through years of twisted history - both the history of his family and Gilneas itself. This pivotal 5-issue miniseries explores the in-depth lore of the Worgen! Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Written by Emily Bronte. the classic story brought to life in full color! When Mr. Lockwood rents a country house from Mr. Heathcliff, he soon learns all about his landlord's turbulent history, including his undying love for Catherine Earnshaw, who haunts Heathcliff from beyond the grave, and his vengeful tyrannies against anyone who dares to stand in his way. Can Lockwood stop himself from being dragged into Heathcliff's violent world? Hardcover, 162 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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Written by MARJORIE LIU. Art by WILL CONRAD with SANA TAKEDA. Cover by DANNI SHINYA LUO. Cast adrift, and hunted by those she once considered friends, X-23 is forced to confront the Devil himself to save her soul. If she even has a soul... 32 PGS./Parental Advisory Cover price $2.99.

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Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO Cover by DAVID YARDIN It's a battle royale in the streets of Vegas, as Madrox and Longshot discover that sometimes the only thing worse than a plan that doesn't work...is a plan that works all too well. And when that plan is to try and get the attention of a death goddess, and that attention consists of her sending her undead warrior hordes against you, well...what's happening in Vegas may well extend to staying there for eternity... 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 10 - 1st printing. "Second Coming!" Collects X-Factor (2005-2013 3rd Series) #204-206 and Nation X: X-factor (2010 Marvel). Written by PETER DAVID. Art by VALENTINE DE LANDRO. Cover by DAVID YARDIN. You're Bolivar Trask, the reanimated leader of the Mutant Response Division. Your mission: Kill every member of X-Factor. How to accomplish that without collateral damage? Easy: hire the team for what seems to be a routine case that will send them into a certain death trap. Problem solved. And in NATION X, Cyclops invites the world's only mutant detective agency to relocate to their floating island retreat and take up residence there. But will Madrox and his team believe that it's the best place for them? What old faces will pop up, and what old acquaintances will be renewed? And will there even be a Utopia left when the mysterious Crone shows up and threatens to bring the entire place crashing down into the Pacific? Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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Written by STEVE NILES & ADAM JONES Art by TOM MANDRAKE Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO A terrifying reality sets upon Mulder and Scully as they realize they're isolated and alone in the frozen Alaskan tundra. Surrounded by hundred of miles of nothing while a murderous, blood-thirsty clan of vampires closes in...is there a way out? Co-published with IDW. Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by ADI GRANOV X-Men: Curse of the Mutants: Part 5 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by PACO MEDINA 'CURSE OF THE MUTANTS,' PART 5-The Vampire Nation's army is unleashed on Utopia, with vampire Wolverine leading the charge - and, boy, does he have a bone to pick with Cyclops! Meanwhile, the newly resurrected Dracula is nowhere to be found. So why is Cyclops smiling? 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 25 Variant Cover by PACO MEDINA Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by PACO MEDINA 'CURSE OF THE MUTANTS,' PART 5-The Vampire Nation's army is unleashed on Utopia, with vampire Wolverine leading the charge - and, boy, does he have a bone to pick with Cyclops! Meanwhile, the newly resurrected Dracula is nowhere to be found. So why is Cyclops smiling? 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Written by JOHN RHETT THOMAS As Curse of the Mutants reaches its exciting climax, this special issue of Spotlight takes a look at what's next for the X-Men: Who survived the bloody onslaught, and which mutants are cursed for good? With special preview art and insider information from the creative types behind Curse of the Mutants and its many tie-ins - as well as looks back to other classic clashes between mutants and vampires - it's going to be a blood-sucking good time! Also, Spotlight delivers a post-game report on Shadowland: what's next for Daredevil and the rest of the events' combatants? Finally, we make room for a look ahead to the Chaos War, an event even bigger than Annihilation and the Infinity Gauntlet combined! How's that? Because Hercules is starring in it, that's how! 48 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Chris Claremont Pencils by Rodney Buchemi Cover by Tom Grummett She's lain claim to Wakanda... now Perfect Storm has her sights set on Genosha! And with Little 'Ro in her clutches, our mutant heroes are more vulnerable than ever to the wretched weather witch's wrath. But if anyone can stop the traitorous X-Man-turned-conqueror-it's the mysterious GHOST PANTHER! Is this the spirit of T'Challa come back for vengeance...or something far, far worse? Only X-Legend Chris Claremont has the answers!!! 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Chris Claremont Pencils by Rodney Buchemi Cover by Tom Grummett She's lain claim to Wakanda... now Perfect Storm has her sights set on Genosha! And with Little 'Ro in her clutches, our mutant heroes are more vulnerable than ever to the wretched weather witch's wrath. But if anyone can stop the traitorous X-Man-turned-conqueror-it's the mysterious GHOST PANTHER! Is this the spirit of T'Challa come back for vengeance...or something far, far worse? Only X-Legend Chris Claremont has the answers!!! 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $3.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Back in Action!" Collects X-Men Forever 2 (2010) #1-5. Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT. Art by TOM GRUMMETT and RODNEY BUCHEMI. Cover by TOM GRUMMETT. With the drastic events from the end of the previous volume, the X-Men are shaken to their very core. As they start to pick up the pieces, they are confronted by a new enemy, more powerful than any other they've ever faced. Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

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Fables of the Reconstruction: Part 1 of 2 - Written by MIKE CAREY Penciled by PAUL DAVIDSON Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU After suffering heavy damage during Bastion's attack on mutantkind, the city of San Francisco is rebuilding. Hoping to aid in the reconstruction effort, Cyclops tasks a team of X-Men - including the newly-arrived mutant messiah, Hope - to lend a hand. But when something goes terribly wrong, will the X-Men lose everything they fought for? 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $2.99.

Taco Bell Exclusive Giveaway. (C) Roger Cruz (W) Alex Zalben (A) Tom Grummett. An untitled story featuring Kitty Pryde receiving training in the Danger Room after complaining about not being allowed to go on missions with the more experienced team members. "To Me, My X-Men" by Colleen Coover (1pg). FC, 16 pages.

1st printing. Collects material from X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) #1-7. Story and art by John Byrne and Tom Palmer. The first seven issues of John Byrne's fan-favorite X-Project are collected! This fan-favorite series chronicles the adventures of Marvel's original team of Merry Mutants after their Silver Age Saga had run its course and before the launch of the All-New, All-Different X-Men. Thrill to their explosive X-ploits in the Savage Land, as well as guest appearances by Ka-Zar, Magneto, Hulk, and The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, full color.

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Written by CHRIS YOST, JAMES ASMUS, BRIAN REED & JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV. Art by DEREC DONOVAN, JON BURAN, PEPE LARRAZ & JAMES HARREN. Cover by NICK BRADSHAW. We're knee-deep in the Heroic Age and the X-Men are smack-dab in the center of the Marvel Universe! CHRIS YOST returns to the X-Books to tell a story that pits two fan-favorite X-Men up against a major Spider-Man villain in a four-part story that will run through each issue of this multi-story extravaganza! Who are these X-Men and why are they wearing disguises? Also in this issue, Fantomex and Batroc fight over a stolen diamond, and more! 40 PGS./Rated A Cover price $3.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Full Red!"

Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art and cover by William Vance.

XIII, Jones, and Betty Barnowsky escaped the deadly trap set by Colonel McCall. Lost in a hostile jungle, they must now make their way back to America. And they must be quick: In Washington, every ally the fugitives ever had has been arrested in preparation for the conspirators' master stroke, coinciding with a general exercise of all American armed forces: Operation Full Red. Suddenly, XIII's quest becomes a last-ditch fight for the freedom of an entire nation.

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Cover by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA Written by SEAN McKEEVER Penciled by DAVID BALDEON Emma Frost guest stars! Just as the Young Allies have found themselves thrust together, the Uncanny X-Men's devious Emma Frost threatens to pull them apart! Are her plans for former pupil Firestar sincere...or sincerely evil? Plus: Toro and Nomad get (re-)acquainted! 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

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Limited 1 for 15 Variant Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS Written by SEAN McKEEVER Penciled by DAVID BALDEON Emma Frost guest stars! Just as the Young Allies have found themselves thrust together, the Uncanny X-Men's devious Emma Frost threatens to pull them apart! Are her plans for former pupil Firestar sincere...or sincerely evil? Plus: Toro and Nomad get (re-)acquainted! 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Adam Beechen, with art by Chad Hardin and Wayne Faucher and a cover by Jesus Saiz. Zatanna just doesn't like L.A. Never did, never will. Attending the opening of Hollywood's new Magic Museum, filled with artifacts and costumes from the world's greatest sorcerers, is more of a chore than a vacation. But she'll be surprised by what she finds there - both a connection to her father, and a truly bizarre threat that she never saw coming! They say the clothes don't make the man... but what happens when the clothes have other ideas? It's one of Zatanna's weirdest adventures yet, in a done-in-one by Adam Beechen (BATMAN BEYOND)! Cover price $2.99.

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Never before released as a single comic, and the perfect lead-in to this month's Infestation, to boot! This Zombies vs Robots prequel tale introduces the interdimensional gateway that's about to see a lot of zombie action. This special Hundred Penny Press edition throws 24 pages of Ryall/Wood zombie/robot mayhem your way for just a single dollar. Cover price $1.00.