When the Rocket Girls accidentally land in the yard of Yukari Morita's old school, it looks as though their experiment is ruined. Luckily, the geeky Akane is there to save the day. Fitting the profile-she's intelligent, enthusiastic, and petite-Akane is soon recruited by Solomon Space Association. Yukari and Akane are then given the biggest Rocket Girl mission yet: a voyage to the edge of the solar system and the minor planet of Pluto to save a NASA probe.

Pinky and Stinky are fat little piglets, but just because they're cuties doesn't mean they're not brave astronauts! They embark on a daring mission to be the first pigs on Pluto, but things go horribly wrong as soon as the journey begins. Crash landing on the moon, they find themselves playing a pivotal role in the American space program. This is an unabashedly fun book, like Star Wars mixed with Pokémon - if you can believe that! Packed with action, adventure, and cute little cuties!

The return of Thor! The true Odinson has been located at last, and the end of Eric Masterson's time as the God of Thunder draws near - but will Bloodaxe be his executioner? Or will the cost of freeing the original Thor prove too much to bear? Thor shall battle Thor, and a new heroic legacy awaits! Then, a mighty quest begins for the Odinson - but something is not right! Can Beta Ray Bill stand in the way of an increasingly unbalanced Thunder God? Thor brutally battles the Super-Skrull, Drax and Pluto as the Infinity Crusade rocks the Marvel Universe! Plus: Hold your hammers high as the Thor Corps reunites! Can Dargo Ktor, Beta Ray Bill and Thunderstrike put aside their differences in time to knock Zarrko the Tomorrow Man into next week? Collecting THOR (1966) #451-467 and THOR CORPS #1-4. Rated T

(W/A) Dan Barry Reprinting of the iconic Flash Gordon series by Dan Barry! Featuring classic strips from the beginning of Dan Barry's run, from 1967 - 1971, including Captured on Pluto, Invasion, The Cosmic Tower and Radiation Giants!

(W) Al Taliaferro & Various The comic strips that made Donald Duck a star? and the huff-andpuff howls of Disney's legendary lobo! The 1930s were the heyday of Disney's second-ever newspaper comics feature: the full-color weekly Silly Symphonies! Fantagraphics' latest volume showcases Donald Duck's extended run as star of the strip: from his pranks on Goofy to his battles with Mickey's naughty nephews-and the unforgettable debut of Donald's own riotous relatives, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, first created for this strip by artist Al Taliaferro! Also in this volume: the perilous pork pursuits of Zeke the Big Bad Wolf, who witht he Three Little Pigs also made his comics debut in Silly Symphonies! Plus dog tales with Pluto? and two tales of Elmer Elephant, one plotted by comics maestros Carl Barks and Walt Kelly!

(W) Gerry Conway, More (A) John Buscema, More (CA) Ron Wilson Thor puts the 'epic' in Epic Collection, teaming up with Hercules as the two titans battle their way into Pluto's underworld! Then, Thor joins Sif and Balder as they journey across the cosmos to stop the mysterious Black Stars from destroying the Rigellian homeworld! The unstoppable Destroyer threatens Midgard (A.K.A. Earth!), Galactus' herald Firelord makes his debut and teams up with Loki and the origin of Ego the Living Planet is revealed-and that's just for starters! Jane Foster is back! Thor battles the gods of Egypt! And the Absorbing Man joins forces with one of Asgard's toughest customers: Ulik the Troll! Plus: a rare Hercules solo story! Collecting THOR (1966) #217-241, MARVEL PREMIERE #26 and material from MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #3 and GIANT-SIZE THOR (1975) #1. Rated T

(W) Various, Roy Thomas (A) M. C. Wyman, Various (CA) Sandu Florea Who is Don Blake?! For years, Thor thought 'Blake' was a mortal guise created by Odin - so how is he standing here, alive and well? The all-powerful Destroyer interrupts Thor's quest for answers - but when he finally confronts Odin, he finds another Thor waiting for him! Red Norvell is back - but why? And can Odin's shocking revelations about Blake be believed? Thor rejoins the High Evolutionary's cosmic conflict - but when Kurse returns, manipulated by an old foe and backed by a squad of undead allies, Thor is in for a battle that might destroy New York City! Can the Hulk help Thor fight his way to Hel and back? Plus: Thor battles the Thing and War Machine! And Loki and Pluto team up to kill Thor and Hercules! Collecting THOR (1966) #476-490 and ANNUAL #19, and material from AVENGERS ANNUAL #23. Rated T

(W/A) Michio Murakawa (CA) Junichiro Tamamori Dessler, supreme leader of the Gamilas, steps onto the stage to rally his people, even as the Yamato departs on its desperate voyage to Iscandar. Soon the ship will be out of real-time contact with Earth, and the crew transmits messages homeward to their families-and unless they return, these will be the last. Making a final stop at Pluto before interstellar space, Captain Okita finds that the Gamilas still consider it planet enough to have placed an advance base there . . . for Earth's invasion! Vol. 2 contains interview with screenwriter Yutaka Izubuchi and 13 pages of mecha diagrams!

(W) Tom DeFalco, Various (A) Ron Wilson, Various (CA) Alan Kupperberg The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing is back between hardcovers in the Marvel Masterworks! We begin with two double-sized extravaganzas - one featuring an all-out brawl between the Thing, the Hulk, the Stranger and Pluto; and another co-starring the Avengers that pulls Benjy into a Negative Zone battle against Blastaar, Annihilus and the power of the Super-Adaptoid! Then, a day at the big top leads to three rings of the Circus of Crime! Other exploits include a trip to Man-Thing's swamp, the return of the Atlas Era monster Xemnu, a rubber-burning race with Ghost Rider, the debut of the American Eagle and the disfiguring horror of Virus X! You'll never have more fun with a six-foot, quarter-ton walking pile of rocks as you will in this volume, brought to you by Tom DeFalco and Ron Wilson! Collecting MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #75-82 and ANNUAL #5-6. Rated T

(W) Tom DeFalco, Various (A) Ron Wilson, Various (CA) Alan Kupperberg The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing is back between hardcovers in the Marvel Masterworks! We begin with two double-sized extravaganzas - one featuring an all-out brawl between the Thing, the Hulk, the Stranger and Pluto; and another co-starring the Avengers that pulls Benjy into a Negative Zone battle against Blastaar, Annihilus and the power of the Super-Adaptoid! Then, a day at the big top leads to three rings of the Circus of Crime! Other exploits include a trip to Man-Thing's swamp, the return of the Atlas Era monster Xemnu, a rubber-burning race with Ghost Rider, the debut of the American Eagle and the disfiguring horror of Virus X! You'll never have more fun with a six-foot, quarter-ton walking pile of rocks as you will in this volume, brought to you by Tom DeFalco and Ron Wilson! Collecting MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #75-82 and ANNUAL #5-6. Rated T

(W) Gerry Conway, Various (A) John Buscema, Various (CA) John Buscema All hail Asgard, because it's time for the next Thor Omnibus! It begins when Odin sends Thor on a quest to the World's End - and Loki looses Mangog, the monster powered by the anger and hatred of a billion beings! It's an all-out action epic that leads to the tragic death of Odin. But death is not the end! Next comes Ulik's attempt to wrest Mjolnir from Thor and conquer Earth. Then, it's page after page of boasts, brawls and broken bones as Thor and Hercules team up and battle their way into Pluto's underworld! And before you reach the end of this oversized edition, the Destroyer will return - and the origin of Ego the Living Planet will be revealed! Collecting THOR (1966) #195-228 and material from MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #3.

(W) Gerry Conway, Various (A) John Buscema, Various (CA) Gil Kane All hail Asgard, because it's time for the next Thor Omnibus! It begins when Odin sends Thor on a quest to the World's End - and Loki looses Mangog, the monster powered by the anger and hatred of a billion beings! It's an all-out action epic that leads to the tragic death of Odin. But death is not the end! Next comes Ulik's attempt to wrest Mjolnir from Thor and conquer Earth. Then, it's page after page of boasts, brawls and broken bones as Thor and Hercules team up and battle their way into Pluto's underworld! And before you reach the end of this oversized edition, the Destroyer will return - and the origin of Ego the Living Planet will be revealed! Collecting THOR (1966) #195-228 and material from MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #3.

(W) Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki (A) Tarako On the seventh day, God rested. But it turns out He started getting tired long before. In fact, when it came time to design the animals, God contracted the whole thing out to an agency: Heaven's Design Team! They love their work - the giraffe, the koala, the ping-pong tree sponge(?!) - but their divine client's demands are often vague, and the results are sometimes wild in more ways than one. Then there's prototyping and testing to worry about, not to mention Ms. Pluto's penchant for grotesque and Mr. Saturn, who just wants to make everything look like a horse. But in the end, all creatures great and small get their due!

(W) Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki (A) Tarako God created the heavens and the Earth- but, little-known fact, he outsourced the animals to the office of Heaven's Design Team! This hilarious and educational manga features weird real-life animals and puts even some humdrum critters in a strange new light. On the seventh day, God rested. But it turns out He started getting tired long before?In fact, when it came time to design the animals, God contracted the whole thing out to an agency?Heaven's Design Team! They love their work-the giraffe, the koala, the ping-pong tree sponge(?!)-but their divine client's demands are often vague, and the results are sometimes wild in more ways than one. Then there's prototyping and testing to worry about, not to mention Ms. Pluto's penchant for grotesque and Mr. Saturn, who just wants to make everything look like a horse?But in the end, all creatures great and small get their due!