Marvel Comics Previews for 5/16

Welcome to this week’s Marvel Comics previews column.  Here you’ll find 3 to 7 page previews from this week’s comic book release.  All titles below are scheduled to hit stores on 5/16/12.

Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth #1

Description: Spider-Man isn’t the only hero fighting to free the globe from Doctor Octopus’s treacherous tentacles…what heroes rise to the challenge?

Story By: Rob Williams & Brian Clevinger

Art By: Thony Silas & Victor Olazaba

Cover Price: $3.99

Avengers #26

Description: AVX TIE-IN!

One of the Avengers must betray the team to fill their destiny with the Phoenix.

A game-changer for the Avengers franchise…and it is not who you think!

Comics legend Walt Simonson is back!!

Story By: Brian Michael Bendis

Art By: Walter Simonson & Scott Hanna

Cover Price: $3.99

Avengers Academy #30

Description: AVX TIE IN As the teens from Utopia and Gen Hope are captured and taken to the Avengers Academy, Sebastian Shaw decides to take the opportunity to strike!

Story By: Christos Gage

Art By: Tom Grummet & Cory Hamscher

Cover Price: $2.99

Avengers vs X-Men #4

Description: The battle of hero vs. hero rages on! With Wolverine abandoned by the Avengers, where will he stand in the battle for Hope?

Story By: Jonathan Hickman

Art By: John Romita Jr.

Cover Price: $3.99

AvX: VS #2

Description: As the Phoenix draws nearer to Earth, the Avengers storm the beach of Utopia!

Story By: Steve McNiven & Kieron Gillen

Art By: Steve McNiven, John Dell & Salvador Larroca

Cover Price: $3.99

Daredevil #13

Description: THIS IS IT! Megacrime and Punishment” Be here as Megacrime strikes back at Daredevil!

And Matt’s “happy go lucky” veneer at last begins to peel back, revealing… darker truths that may end his career as Daredevil.

Artist Khoi Pham returns!

Story By: Mark Waid

Art By: Khoi Phan & Tom Palmer

Cover Price: $2.99

Fantastic Four #605.1

Description: The Secret History of the Fantastic Four

Everything starts just like you remember…

It ends like something completely different.

Story By: Jonathan Hickman

Art By: Mike Choi

Cover Price: $2.99

Hulk Smash Avengers #3

Description: Hulk vs. the `80s-era Avengers: Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Wasp, Captain Marvel and Thor!

Story By: Roger Stern

Art By: Karl Moline & Jay Leisten

Cover Price: $2.99

Incredible Hulk #7.1

Description: Whatever happened to Bruce Banner?

RED SHE-HULK knows, and is NONE TOO PLEASED.

Story By: Jason Aaron

Art By: Jeffe Palo

Cover Price: $2.99

Invincible Iron Man #517

Description: If Tony Stark isn’t Iron Man, then who’s the guy in the suit?

Zeke Stane digs for he truth.

Spymaster racks up his victims.

Story By: Matt Fraction

Art By: Salvador Larroca

Cover Price: $3.99

John Carter: The Gods of Mars #3

Description: John Carter and friends have escaped countless deaths, but are they running out of lives!

Will Carter get to his long lost love before Dejah Thoris is sacrificed?

Join rising sensations Sam Humphries and Ramon Perez on an incredible journey though the unforgettable worlds of Mars!

Story By: Sam Humphries

Art By: Ramon Perez

Cover Price: $2.99

Marvel’s the Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes

Description: Black Widow continues her debut in covert espionage. Learn more about Black Widow’s past before she assembles with the Avengers Initiative!

Story By: Fred Van Lente

Art By: Ron Lim, Agustin Padilla & Jaime Mendoza

Cover Price: $2.99

New Mutants #42

Description: The story of mutant vs. magic continues! With the Asgardians made into mortals, mutants may be the only chance they have for survival. As forbidden magic rips across San Francisco, the New Mutants stand alone against a pack of undead cannibals!

Story By: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning & Kieron Gillen

Art By: Carmine Di Giandomenico

Cover Price: $2.99

Secret Service #2

Description: The world’s greatest secret agent is on the most exciting case of his career. But will the end of the world as we know it take a back seat to training his street-punk nephew to be the next James Bond? The young man’s preparation now begins in earnest, saving him from a life of desperation. Meanwhile, what’s the secret link between a series of kidnapped science fiction stars and the murder of an entire town in Middle America?

Story By: Mark Millar & Matthew Vaughn

Art By: Dave Gibbons & Andy Lanning

Cover Price: $2.99

Thunderbolts #17

Description: As the battle between Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt rages on, Fixer makes a devastating decision that could affect the Thunderbolts forever! Will Zemo’s legacy of evil destroy our present or can the Thunderbolts pull the world back from oblivion?

Story By: Jeff Parker

Art By: Declan Shalvey

Cover Price: $2.99

Uncanny X-Men #12

Description: AVX TIE-IN The Avengers and X-Men take their battles world-wide. As the battle splashes over to the Tabula Rasa, the X-Men make a stand against the Avengers in order to defend the enigmatic location.

Story By: Kieron Gillen

Art By: Greg Land

Cover Price: $3.99

Venom #18

Description: Venom faces a battle the likes of which he has never seen before! With Crime-Master uniting some of Marvel U’s most devious villains, it looks like Venom could use as much help as he can get. Where that help comes from, however, may shock you!

Story By: Rick Remender & Cullen Bunn

Art By: Lan Medina & Nelson De Castro

Cover Price: $2.99

Winter Soldier #5

Description: Bucky and Black Widow race against the clock to prevent an all-out war with Latveria. With the trained Sleepers standing in his way, Bucky must now stop the very agents that he himself trained!

Story By: Ed Brubaker

Art By: Butch Guice, Stefano Guadiano & Tom Palmer

Cover Price: $2.99

X-Factor #236

Description:  X-Factor springs into action as the team is informed about a new enemy killing super heroes in Seattle. With the mysterious villain looking remarkably familiar, what sinister secrets await the team?

Story By: Peter David

Art By: Leonard Kirk

Cover Price: $2.99