Uncle Scrooge: Earth's Mightiest Duck Review (Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar)

Aliens have come to Earth to steal all of its treasures including its greatest: Scrooge’s coin bank. Scrooge and pals gotta send them and their robot army on their way.

Hulk: Gray Review (Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale)

Hulk: Gray is a retelling of Hulk’s origin story. So: gamma bomb goes off, Bruce Banner caught in the blast, Ahab-like Ross immediately makes Hulk his white whale, and Hulk smashes army stuff. Hulk was originally gray when he appeared in the comics, hence the subtitle, and then eventually settled into the iconic green shortly afterwards, forevermore.

Aliens vs. Avengers Review (Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic)

The Android Davids have made it their mission to wipe out all life in the universe using the perfect weapon: Xenomorphs. But when they discover alternate universes, their mission changes to wipe out all life in all universes - including the Marvel Universe! Aww yee, it’s time for Aliens Vs. Avengers!

Wolverine: Revenge Review (Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo)

Magneto dies (again) creating an apocalyptic electro-magnetic pulse that wipes out all power on Earth, killing millions. With the remaining Brotherhood of Evil Mutants controlling the planet’s final reactor, Nick Fury rallies the surviving Avengers for a last ditch heist to secure it - and fails. With everyone dead at the hands of the Brotherhood, it’s down to Wolverine… to get Revenge!

Spider-Man: Reign 2 by Kaare Andrews Review

It’s the future so the Matrix is real and Peter Parker’s stuck in there because. Where’s MJ? Well, the sensible thing to do is time-travel with a mini Black Cat and actual goblins(!?) to fight Venom as MJ to not prevent the dystopian future that an Akira’d out Kingpin will enact for some reason. Time to get your dumbrellas out everyone - we’re heading back into Kaare Andrews’ Reign!

Marvel Knights: The World To Come #1 Review (Christopher Priest, Joe Quesada)

If you unfortunately pay attention to the digital slurry that is online discourse then you may have noticed in the past week memes about how “Black Panther is WHITE!” with a fake image of Ryan Gosling’s increasingly-botoxed face (don’t do it Ryan, age naturally!) on the MCU’s Black Panther.

The Infinity War Review (Jim Starlin, Ron Lim)

Because story, Magus - the evil manifestation of the evil-sounding but actually good Adam Warlock’s personality - is somehow free and trolling around… trolling for POWAH! And what says more powah than the Infinity Gauntlet? That’s right, it’s another Jim Starlin comic starring Thanos with Infinity in the title, involving a bad guy after the Infinity Gauntlet and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes out to stop him - it’s time for The Infinity Gauntlet 2 aka The Infinity War.

Get Fury Review (Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows)

It’s the height of the Vietnam war and Nick Fury has gotten himself captured by the Vietcong. Fury being Fury, he knows all about the CIA’s massive drug-smuggling operation and they can’t afford for that knowledge to potentially leak. The CIA needs a mindless, efficient killing machine to take him out, just in case - who else but Frank Castle? Time for him to… Get Fury!

X-Men: Wolverine/Gambit Review (Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale)

Gambit’s missing Rogue (something to do with a larger X-Men storyline happening around this time) and decides to distract himself by investigating the death of an ex in London - the latest victim of a Jack the Ripper copycat killer with a Wolverine silhouette. Couldn’t be Logan, could it? He does have blades in his hands and has a tendency to go off on one without really knowing what he’s doing. Nahhh. Anyhoo, Remy’s on the case, cher.

Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 1: Married With Children Review (Jonathan Hickman, Marco Checchetto)

In Ultimate Invasion, The Maker made it so that the origin stories of superheroes in an alternate world never happened - which means no magic spider ever bit a teenage Peter Parker and this world never had a Spider-Man! Instead, this world’s Peter is a middle-aged photojournalist at the Bugle, married to MJ, a PR exec, with a couple kids. The perfect life - except Peter can’t shake the feeling of dissatisfaction… that he should maybe be doing something else with his life…

Hulk, Volume 1: Red Hulk Review (Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness)

You know how the latest footage of next year’s flopbuster Captain America 4: We Keep Changing the Title But It Definitely Has “World” In It got smeared like you-know-what across our screens and we got treated to that amazing footage of Harry Ford as Red Hulk, and we collectively didn’t go “gross” and immediately try to forget we saw it, but pre-ordered our tickets (and probably popcorn buckets of Red Hulk’s… hmm, head)? Glad we’re on the same page.

Miracleman: The Silver Age Review (Neil Gaiman, Mark Buckingham)

Miracleman is a comic with a convoluted past. Post-Alan Moore run, Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham took over and got out the first book in a proposed trilogy, The Golden Age, with The Silver and Dark Ages to follow. Except the then-publisher of the title went bankrupt in the mid-90s so only two issues of Silver Age were published up to that point - and there the title languished, unfinished.

Until now.

Ultimate Invasion Review (Jonathan Hickman, Bryan Hitch)

Marvel’s Ultimate universe got blowed up a few years ago with the only survivors making it to the 616-verse being Miles Morales and The Maker (aka evil Reed Richards). We’ll deffo never see the likes of that place agin. Never ever. But waaaaait: The Maker wants to go home - home to the perpetually low-selling universe he originated from? Wope - an entirely “new” one of course that’s conveniently like the Ultimate universe to allow Marvel to do another line of Ultimates-esque, potentially high-selling books in - so Marvel does get to have its cake and eat it too! Ultimate Invasion is the beginning of the totally-not-but-basically-is new Ultimate universe.

Thor: Vikings Review (Garth Ennis, Glenn Fabry)

Undead vikings invade Manhattan - Thor (and Doctor Strange) to the rescue!

Garth Ennis made a rare foray into superhero comics with his Preacher artist Glenn Fabry in this relatively-unknown 2003 Thor comic (when he does write for Marvel, he tends to write “street-level” characters like The Punisher and Nick Fury and ignore/slight the more colourful superheroes - this is the man who also wrote The Boys after all!). Unfortunately, I can see why this book is out-of-print and largely forgotten as it’s quite poor.

The Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 8: Spider Man's First Hunt Review (Zeb Wells, Patrick Gleason)

Queen Goblin gives Kraven a magic spear to turn Norman Osborn gobbly again - but not if Spider-Man can stop him! Also, Bizarro Spidey Rek-Rap returns to solve a case about a debt collector after Randy Robertson - but not if Spider-Man can buh buh…!

The Incredible Hulk, Volume 1: Age of Monsters Review (Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein)

Hulk and Banner are back on Earth but Hulk is mad at Banner for having mentally locked him up for so long. And if there’s one thing you wouldn’t like Hulk to be, it’s… y’know. Meanwhile, an ancient evil is resurrected and with it awakens a new Age of Monsters. Their sights are set on the biggest monster of all: yo mama! Hulk.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: Faithless Review (Donny Cates, Cory Smith)

The Universal Church of Truth is back from the future to brainwash the past to save the future from death - or something. But if it’s not Adam Warlock/Magus in their latest cocoon, who is it? Meanwhile, Rocket battles space cancer - gee I wonder if he’ll overcome it? Have Faith.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 1: The Final Gauntlet Review (Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw)

Thanos is dead but has one last trick up his gauntlet: he’s uploaded his consciousness into someone else and lives on in a new body. But whose? All eyes point towards Gamora, who’s missing, presumed green. It’s a veritable Royal Rumble of the Marvel Cosmic as multiple teams set out to beat the other. This is Thanos’ Final Gauntlet!

Fantastic Four, Volume 2: Four Stories About Hope Review (Ryan North, Iban Coello)

On the run from SHIELD, the Fantastic Four hide out at Ben’s Aunt Petunia’s farm - but is it haunted by g-g-ghosts?! Sue and Alicia visit a town where everyone forgets everyone, the Four save a stranded alien vessel, and Ben and a dog wake up in a falling house - wass happenin?!

Hulk, Volume 2: Hulk Planet Review (Donny Cates, Ryan Ottley)

The Starship Hulk lands on a planet with a thriving Hulk society, created accidentally from an incident earlier in the series. But Titan lurks within Hulk’s decaying brain - and is about to emerge…