Tom Lyle

Carnage and the Silver Surfer guest star in "Savage Rebirth!", Spider-Man rejoices that the Avengers have been confirmed to be alive; He begins dealing with the one million dollar reward the Bugle has on him; He heads toward the Baxter Building to visit the Fantastic Four, only to remember that the Thunder Bolts recently purchased the building; Peter agrees to quit being Spider-Man, as Mary meets up with Jill; Dr. Ashley Kafka, the new director of the Ravencroft Institute wants to shut down the microwave field holding back Cletus Kasady in order to cut costs. Cameos by Captain America, Iron Man, and the Vision.

"The Carnage Cosmic," Silver Surfer takes to space to fight the symbiote without harming innocents, leaving Spider-Man to assist the helpless Cletus Kasady; Martha Robertson is treated for her arm wound and condemns Robbie for thinking like a newsman instead of a concerned husband; Spidey brings Cletus to the same hospital, where it's discovered the symbiote was keeping his stomach cancer at bay; Escaping police capture and bystanders trying to collect the Bugle's bounty, Spidey decides to let the world deal with a symbiote-possessed Surfer without him until he sees the Surfer heading towards the hospital to restore the symbiote to Kasady; Spidey tries to stop him until Surfer convinces him otherwise; Carnage is restored, but the Surfer encases him in an ethereal energy shell so he can't harm anyone. Later, at the Bugle, Robbie hands Jonah his resignation. Galactus cameo.

"The Long Farewell," Stiffed by the New World Order (in Hulk #458, '97), Mr. Hyde comes to Manhattan to track them down and get the money owed him; Peter, MJ, Marina, Shantal, and Dante visited a hospitalized Jill Stacy (shot in SM #87, '98) where Chesbro spies on them; Later, Peter and MJ attend Robbie's retirement party, which has some tension between Jonah and Robbie; Martha announces that she and Joe are going to sail the Aegean Sea on a second honeymoon, which is Robbie's idea; Peter spots Hyde's alter ego Calvin Zabo checking into the hotel; Having left his costume at home, Peter grabs Phil Urich's hooded sweatshirt to hide his face and investigates; Instead, he ends up in a brawl with Hyde that leads right into the party.

First appearance of Annex in "Prepare Yourself for...Annex." Back-up stories: Black Cat and Solo in "Dead Reackoning." Script by Eric Fein, pencils by Scott Kolins, inks by Bud LaRosa; the Lizard in "The Lizard Must Be Destroyed." Script by Mike Lackey, pencils by Aaron Lopresti, inks by Andy Mushynsky; and John Jameson in "Estrangements and Reunions." Script by Fein, pencils by Larry Alexander, inks by Bud LaRosa. Also, 5 pages Maximum Carnage cover gallery.

Continuing events from Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995) Annual #1997. After years of incarceration, Sundown is back on the streets and in the sights of N.Y. crimelords! Can Spidey convince Sundown to go straight, or will he get burned when the hotshot sells his services to the highest bidder?

In the misty reaches of the prehistoric past there strode a mighty creature, a scarlet-scaled beast named Devil Dinosaur--his only companion, a young Dawn-man called Moon Boy! Now, stranded in our present era (ever since their appearance in Ghost Rider (1990 2nd Series) #82), the quirky couple that sprang from the mind of Jack Kirby become the star attractions of none other than the Ringmaster's Circus of Crime! And when the towering red monster explodes out of the big top and goes on a rampage, even the wondrous web-spinner may not be able to stop him!

Collects Star Wars: Jango Fett - Open Seasons (2002) #1-4, Star Wars (1998-2006 Dark Horse 1st Series) #7-18 and material from Star Wars Tales (1999) #8 and #21-24. Delve deep into the dark past of Jango Fett! Find out how he became a Mandalorian warrior - and battled his way through war and slavery to become the bounty hunter who caught Count Dooku's eye! Meanwhile, Ki-Adi-Mundi seeks a wayward Jedi on the backward world of Tatooine, and Jabba the Hutt will help - for a price! But Tusken Raiders and a vicious krayt dragon may mean the end of his mission! And as half of the Jedi Council heads to the planet of Malastare on a mission of peace, a phantom menace looms in the shadows! Plus: Mace Windu braves the Smuggler's Moon! And what is Jedi Darca Nyl's deadly secret?

Collects Star Wars: Empire (2002-2006) #19-27, Star Wars (2012-2014 Dark Horse 2nd Series) #13-20 and material from Star Wars Kids #1-20. When Leia announces plans to marry, will the Rebellion lose a princess, or gain a new safe haven? Darth Vader is on a mission to instill fear and discipline into the Imperial ranks using his elite stormtroopers! But as Obi-Wan Kenobi haunts the Dark Lord's dreams, the name Skywalker dominates his mind! Meanwhile, Luke fights side-by-side with a veteran of the Clone Wars and Han Solo flirts with an old flame. When Leia risks everything for a childhood friend, Han, Luke and Chewie must risk it all for her! Plus, rarely seen stories of the Rebellion era!

Ki-Adi-Mundi's first assignment after joining the Jedi Council will take him back to the fearsome desert wastelands of Tatooine. The Jedi Council has tracked a long wayward and powerful Jedi, Sharad Hett of the Sand People, to the backwater world, and it's up to Ki to find him and convince him to return. Only two things stand in his way: the vicious krayt dragon of Tatooine and the Jedi-slaying bounty hunter Aurra Sing! Ki has little choice but to ask for help from the slimiest crime lord of them all, Jabba the Hutt -- and Jabba's aid always comes with a price! Outlander is full-throttle, white-knuckle Episode I-era adventure!

It's a cosmic murder mystery as the cosmic warrior known as Adam Warlock returns to the Marvel Universe! After his travails in an alternate universe, Adam Warlock has returned to familiar surroundings and friends on Saturn's moon Titan, only to be drawn into a bizarre murder mystery! A longtime ally of Warlock has been killed...and it looks like the murder could only be the work of his former Infinity Watch teammate, Drax the Destroyer! A disbelieving Adam decides the best thing to do is to hunt down his long-absent other teammates: Gamora, the deadliest female assassin in the galaxy; and the irreverent interstellar party animal, Pip the Troll! But perhaps even this reunion of powerful friends may not be enough to stand against the power of Drax! And neither they or you will be prepared for the shocking return of a Marvel character you thought you'd never see again--in a state you've never seen him in before!

The perpetrator of last issue's murder stands revealed...and neither you nor Adam Warlock will believe your eyes! Now the well-known killer must face Warlock in cosmic combat that will blow your mind and melt your eyes right out of your sockets! But there's a more sinister scheme behind it all, and the mastermind responsible strikes his first deadly blow against Adam and his allies! The plot thickens in this second chapter of this scintillating space opera! 

It's the penultimate chapter of Marvel's most cosmic saga of the year! Adam Warlock has pursued the possessed Drax the Destroyer across the galaxy! There, Adam's enemy--with the aid of two familiar villainous faces--has opened a portal that will bring the universe into collision with the Negative Zone, triggering mutual annihilation! And Drax and his purloined Nega-Bands are the key to the plan! Can Adam regain control of his raging emotions and his vampiric soul gem long enough to save his ally--as well as the entire universe?! 

The mind-blowing cosmic conclusion! Without the aid of his allies, it's Warlock vs. Syphonn and his new friends, Annihilus and Blastaar! What's worse, Syphonn now has possession of Adam's soul gem, and his nefarious Conqueror Wheel portal is poised to open up and lay waste to our universe! Finally free of the curse of the gem, will Warlock have to take it back to save the day? Don't miss this frenetic concluding chapter which sets up a bold new status quo for Warlock in the Marvel Universe!