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WEEK NINE PREVIEW

ROUND ONEBATTLE TWENTY

SPIDER-ISLAND #1

CHRISTOS GAGE & TOM DEFALCO (w)
PACO DIAZ & RON FRENZ (a)
– The Spider-Queen has turned Manhattan into an island of Spider-Madness and Peter Parker has lost, thanks to Spider-Scribe CHRISTOS GAGE (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN) & rising star artist PACO DIAZ (WOLVERINE, SCARLET SPIDERS).
– With Spider-Man defeated and captive, does Flash Thompson, A.K.A. VENOM stand a chance?
– All this, plus visit the MC2 patch of BATTLEWORLD! Mayday Parker and her Spider-Family are back courtesy of classic Spider-Girl team TOM DEFALCO, RON FRENZ & SAL BUSCEMA!

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CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND THE MIGHTY DEFENDERS #1

AL EWING (w) – ALAN DAVIS (a/C)
– Welcome to Battleworld – where, in what’s left of Mondo-City One, Boss Cage is the law!
– When the fascist futuropolis annexes neighboring Yinsen City, who’ll stand up for Ho Yinsen’s dream of universal peace?
– If you liked the Mighty Avengers — you’ll love the Mighty Defenders!

ROUND ONEBATTLE TWENTY-ONE

GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #1

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) – Mike Deodato (a/C)
-A single moon orbits Battleworld. But no, that’s no moon. It’s a space station. It’s Knowhere.
-The head of a dead Celestial, somehow saved in the universal collapse, a colony brimming with convicts and criminals.
-The Galaxy may be gone, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t places that still need heroes. Places that need champions. That need GUARDIANS.

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HAIL HYDRA #1

RICK REMENDER (w)
ROLAND BOSCHI (a/C)
– Peace Through Strength! Honor Through Obedience! Continuance Through Conformity!
– Hail Hydra! Immortal Hydra! We shall never be destroyed!
– Cut off one limb, and two shall take its place!
– We serve none but the Master–as the world shall soon serve us!
– It is a beautiful Utopia that Hydra has created.
– But when a lone figure from outside the Regime appears, could his very presence be enough to bring this perfect society to its ruin?