Marvel Previews Week for January 7th!

Hey there everyone! Hope 2009 is treating all of you well! Here is a selection of Marvel releases hitting the shelves this week for your previewing pleasure! Going forward, expect to see these previews every Friday! Enjoy!

NYX: No Way Home #5
Kiden Nixon has finally come face to face with the man who has made it his mission to destroy her life. But who is this shadowy figure that has sent assassins and headhunters after Kiden and her mutant friends? And what secret will he reveal about her long-dead father? Best-selling author Marjorie Liu reveals all in this chilling penultimate chapter…

“I whole heartedly reccomend this. Pick it up!” – CyberNev, Check out her review here!

Punisher Dark Reign #1
The fight against the “Dark Reign” begins as the duty of chronicling Frank Castle’s war journal is passed to new regular team of writer Rick Remender (End League, Fear Agent) and Jerome Opeña (Wolverine, Fear Agent).
One man with one bullet, in the right place, at the right time, can change the world. That’s why the Punisher is perched atop a building on the Jersey shore with a high-powered Skrull rifle, his crosshairs trained on a target in Midtown Manhattan. But who is his target — and why? One thing’s for sure: They’re anything but helpless. Someone is watching their back. Someone big. Enter: The Sentry!

This book has received mixed reviews from us bots here at BSR!:

“It’s sketchy, dulled and rings “blah.” Buy this book or don’t. But, if you do, be prepared for one craptacular ride.” – HumanJunk (Review here)

“A solid intro to a new Punisher book that I plan on picking up next month, as well.” – Budgetron

Secret Invasion: War of Kings One-Shot
It’s finally here…WAR OF KINGS! The Secret Invasion may be over, but the Inhumans are still reeling from the terrible wounds inflicted on them by the Skrulls. And this time, the Royal Family and their massively powered people have been pushed too far! You have never seen the Inhumans like this – and it’s only the beginning! Plus: How will the empire-expanding Vulcan react to these recent universe-shaking developments? Before this double-sized shocker is over, vengeance will be had, daring alliances will be forged, and the first shots in a destiny-changing battle will be fired!

Spider-Man: Fear Itself #1
The mucky man monster returns to meet the Amazing Spider-Man in a double-sized epic that connects to both Peter Parker’s youth and his present-day adventures.
In the Florida Everglades, Spider-Man squares off against eight hundred pounds of menace — the savage, mindless Man-Thing! But after the battle, Spidey finds his own, radiation-altered body chemistry changing radically. To stop his hideous
transformation, he’ll have to face his own greatest fear!

X-Men Noir #2
“Chief Detective Magnus had never seen Sebastian Shaw so angry before. The vein pulsating in the man’s forehead threatened to burst as he swept one arm around what remained of his looted Hellfire Club.
“‘Look at this!’ Shaw seethed. ‘Just look! They stole everything that wasn’t nailed down — and then they took the nails out of the rest of it and stole that, too!
“‘If you can’t catch these ‘X Men,’ Eric, I can just as easily shift my…support to someone who will…”

Of course, these titles plus much, much more will be available at your local comic shops on Wednesday!