The Ninth Metal

Zompie-Apokalypse aus neuen Perspektiven;Moral, Sitte und Glaube als zentrale Themen;Große Fanbase von Zombie-Horrortiteln

The biggest crossover yet between the iconic franchises of Marvel and Predator!<BR><BR>A Predator King, emboldened by a new vibranium arsenal and aided by a surprising human ally, launches an all-out invasion of Earth, claiming the planet as a hunting preserve! After several battles in our solar system — which devastate both the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Fantastic Four — the Predators escalate to the next stage of their war. And the X-Men and the Avengers are at the top of their kill list! Who will survive this extinction-level event as the entire Marvel Universe finds itself in the tri-laser crosshairs of the Predators?!<BR><BR>COLLECTING: Predator Kills the Marvel Universe (2025) #1-5

One Star Wars' most popular villains, Darth Maul, gets his own entry in Marvel's smash hit monochrome anthology!<BR><BR>One of the most famous villains in Star Wars lore leads epic tales illustrated in stark black and white — and his own iconic red! When a prison ship — transporting a cult known as the Final Occultation — goes offline, Palpatine sends Darth Maul to investigate. What he finds on board is the stuff of nightmares! On another mission to conquer a mining colony singlehanded, unexpected opposition leads him into an intense battle of life and death — and Maul learns one of his most valuable lessons! He may be fiercely loyal to his master and a true believer in the Sith, but will a journey to a remote moon change his mind? And why has Palpatine sent his apprentice to an ancient world? Who will pay the price for patience?<BR><BR>COLLECTING: Star Wars: Darth Maul - Black, White & Red (2024) 1-4

Sitte, Moral und Glaube in Zeiten der ApokalypseEin japanischer Auftragskiller, ein mexikanisches Straßenkind, eine afghanische Militärhelferin, eine Polarforscherin und ein amerikanischer Prepper - fünf Überlebende einer schrecklichen globalen Epidemie, die sich auf ihre besonderen Fähigkeiten und Instinkte verlassen müssen, um sich einen Weg durch eine Welt voll wandelnder Toter zu bahnen. In einem dichten Geflecht der Erzählung wirft YEAR ZERO einen allumfassenden Blick auf die verschiedensten Länder dieser Welt in einer Zombieapokalypse. Der Comic ringt mit dem Konzept von Sitte, Moral und Glauben, während die fieberhafte Suche nach Ursprung und Heilung der Pandemie beginnt. Das Team Ben Percy (WOLVERINE) und Ramon Rosanas (STAR WARS: AGE OF RESISTANCE) erschufen mit YEAR ZERO eine atemberaubende Story, in der sich Horror, Action sowie menschliches Drama gekonnt die Waage halten.

Longtime Hulk rival Thunderbolt Ross once again becomes the Red Hulk as the Marvel Universe hurtles toward an unprecedented crisis!<BR><BR>Thunderbolt Ross is buried in a cell deep below the ground as a prisoner of Doctor Doom — and he’s not alone. Brilliant military, criminal and political minds have been gathered against their will in a prison complex that serves as a “think tank” to help carry out Doom’s plan for global domination. But the Red Hulk has other plans! Ross has been underground for so long, though, that his powers are fading. He’ll need the assistance of the misfit crew of Machine Man, Deathlok and General Simon Ryker if he’s going to outsmart and outmuscle the legion of Doombots that are after them.<BR><BR>COLLECTING: Red Hulk (2025) 1-5

Worlds collide in the first-ever crossover between the Marvel Universe and the Predator mythos!<BR><BR>From acclaimed writer Benjamin Percy and fan-favorite artists Greg Land and Andrea Di Vito, with cover art by Marco Checchetto.<BR><BR>Worlds collide in the first-ever crossover between the Marvel Universe and the Predator mythos. One Yautja warrior seeks the greatest prey in existence—and finds it in Weapon X. Across the blood-ridden snows of the Canadian wilderness and the sword-slinging streets of Madripoor, Wolverine faces a relentless hunter who has tracked him through the centuries. Every encounter leaves destruction in its wake. Every battle proves that neither can be killed easily.<BR><BR>This is the bloodthirsty saga spanning Logan's entire life—witness the untold greatest battles across the ages in this historic meeting of two of fiction's most lethal characters.<BR><BR>Percy (Ghost Rider, X-Force), Land (Uncanny X-Men), and Di Vito (Annihilation) deliver a brutal, high-stakes hunt perfect for Wolverine fans, Predator devotees, and anyone who loves visceral action storytelling.<BR><BR>Collecting PREDATOR VS. WOLVERINE #1-4.<BR><BR>"Two of the most bloodthirsty characters in fiction are brought together to do what both of them do best. Comics don't get more hardcore than this." —But Why Tho?<BR><BR>"The whole creative team make sure this is a book with a bang. Whatever side you're on, this is sure to be a thrilling series." —Monkeys Fighting Robots<BR><BR>“Predator Vs. Wolverine is a bloody good time.” – AIPT

“[In THE NINTH METAL] debris from a comet drops a fabulously valuable new metal on Northfall, MN., turning it into a bloody, brawling boomtown. Great characters, fine writing, totally engrossing.”<BR> —Stephen King<BR><BR> “Take one part dystopia, one part sci-fi, two parts apocalypse, then ride them roughshod through a bleak and bloody western, and it still wouldn't get close to what Ben Percy does here, which is blow open the core of humanity's dark heart.”<BR> —Marlon James, Booker Prize award-winning author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf<BR><BR>“Whether you choose to think of him as the Elmore Leonard of rural Minnesota or the Stephen King of Science Fiction, Ben Percy—with his extraordinary and unrelenting eye—dishes up humanity like some kind of otherworldly blue plate special, at once deeply familiar and wildly new.”<BR> —Margaret Stohl, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Caster Chronicles<BR><BR>“When Benjamin Percy publishes a novel, I have got to read that novel. The Ninth Metal continues his streak of thrilling, incisive genre bending goodness. It’s a sci-fi novel, a crime novel and a super-hero novel, too. Audacious and intelligent and exactly what I was dying to read.”<BR> —Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling<BR>  <BR> IT BEGAN WITH A COMET…<BR>  <BR> At first, people gazed in wonder at the radiant tear in the sky. A year later, the celestial marvel became a planetary crisis when Earth spun through the comet’s debris field and the sky rained fire.<BR><BR> The town of Northfall, Minnesota will never be the same. Meteors cratered hardwood forests and annihilated homes, and among the wreckage a new metal was discovered. This “omnimetal” has properties that make it world-changing as an energy source…and a weapon.<BR><BR> John Frontier—the troubled scion of an iron-ore dynasty in Northfall—returns for his sister’s wedding to find his family embroiled in a cutthroat war to control mineral rights and mining operations. His father rightly suspects foreign leaders and competing corporations of sabotage, but the greatest threat to his legacy might be the US government. Physicist Victoria Lennon was recruited by the Department of Defense to research omnimetal, but she finds herself trapped in a laboratory of nightmares. And across town, a rookie cop is investigating a murder that puts her own life in the crosshairs. She will have to compromise her moral code to bring justice to this now lawless community.<BR><BR> In this gut-punch of a novel, the first in his Comet Cycle, Ben Percy lays bare how a modern-day goldrush has turned the middle of nowhere into the center of everything, and how one family—the Frontiers—hopes to control it all.

The war in Iraq empties the small town of Tumalo, Oregon, of men-of fathers-leaving their sons to fight among themselves. But the boys' bravado fades at home when, alone, they check e-mail again and again for word from their fathers at the front.<BR><BR>Often from fractured homes and communities, the young men in these breathless stories do the unthinkable to prove to themselves-to everyone-that they are strong enough to face the heartbreak in this world. Set in rural Oregon with the shadow of the Cascade Mountains hanging over them, these stories bring you face-to-face with a mad bear, a house with a basement that opens up into a cave, a nuclear meltdown that renders the Pacific Northwest into a contemporary Wild West. Refresh, Refresh by Benjamin Percy is a bold, fiery, and unforgettable collection that deals with vital issues of our time.