The most depraved cosmic romance comic ever made continues, as young Thanos leaves his home among the moons of Saturn to walk the wild worlds of the galaxy's outer rim. This book is really quite unlike anything I've ever written for Marvel. Thought in some ways I suppose you might say it's a combination of what I'm doing on THOR GOD OF THUNDER and what I did on SCALPED. Gritty god-powered epicness. Cosmic noir.

THANOS RISING #3 (OF 5)
JASON AARON (W) • SIMONE BIANCHI (A/C)
• The Mad Titan flees his home in search of true love.
• But how many lives will he have to take to find it?
• The book so blood-soaked you’ll be glad it’s a mini-series.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Speaking of Thor... How about that damn cover? Good God. That's my favorite one yet by Esad. In this issue, the Godbomb arc kicks into crazy high gear, as we get what are without a doubt the biggest, most truly epic fight scenes I've ever written. Just as you might expect from a book featuring not one, not two, but THREE damn THORS!

THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #9
JASON AARON (W) • ESAD RIBIC (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By Julian Totino Tedesco
GODBOMB Part Three of Five
Three Thors, side by side at last, united in battle! But will even that be enough, as Gorr the God Butcher’s grand plan nears completion and his powers grow beyond anything we’ve seen before…?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

The beginning of the Hellfire Saga, the biggest arc yet on WatXM. The series has been building toward this for quite a while, so a lot of plots that have been percolating for a couple of years now begin coming to a head with this issue. This one features a whole bunch of bad guys, both old favorites and some new characters, including one particular little fella that I still can't believe Marvel let me get away with. This may be the one that gets me drummed out of comics forever.

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #31
JASON AARON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)
Wolverine Costume Variant By Ryan Stegman
HELLFIRE SAGA PART 1!
• Welcome to the Hellfire Academy, there’s little chance you’ll survive the experience.
• The most villainous school you’ve ever seen has its grand opening. With teachers like Mystique, Sauron, Mojo, Wendigo and Master Pandemonium there’s no limit to the terrible things you’ll learn.
• Can Wolverine and the X-Men find the school before their kidnapped students are turned into villains?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

At long last, the Bamfs get in on the action. Yes, there will be whiskey involved.

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #32
JASON AARON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)
HELLFIRE SAGA PART 2!
• Wolverine has plans for the Bamfs…
• Meet the new Hellions!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Collecting the beginnings of WatXM's Season Two. Wolverine fights Frankenstein. Quentin Quire meets Jean Grey. The world meets Shark Girl and Eye Boy. Kitty Pryde and Iceman go on their first date. The internet melts down. These are all things that I am proud to have accomplished.

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN BY JASON AARON VOL. 5 TPB
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by STEVE SANDERS & NICK BRADSHAW
Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
The next era of the most talked-about new X-book starts here! It’s fresh faces aplenty as a new students enroll, and Storm joins the faculty! Then: Wolverine is a clown? Iceman is a fire swallower? Rachel Grey is a fortune teller? Frankenstein’s Murder Circus has come to town, and he’s brainwashed the X-Men! Do the students stand a chance against their teachers? Find out as the Murder Circus claims its victims! All this and the world’s most awkward date night! Collecting WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #19-24.
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6577-4