(W) Eve L. Ewing (A) Chris Allen (CA) Rahzzah A king without a crown! Banished from the throne, a fugitive in his own homeland, T'Challa still can't leave Wakanda without its sworn protector. With a new costume and fresh purpose to match, the Black Panther stalks the streets and shadows of the city that bears his father's name, Birnin T'Chaka. Some people, though, aren't happy with the rumors that he's in town - including the alluring thief called Beisa! Fortunately, some new allies and familiar faces will remind T'Challa that outcast or no, the Black Panther is never completely alone! But can even a warrior as brilliant and brave as T'Challa survive an encounter with Deathlok? Who is the Gray Wolf who curses Wakanda? And what can one man do when strife between the ruling crime families threatens to escalate into a full-fledged gang war? Collecting BLACK PANTHER (2023) #1-5. Rated T+

(W) Will Pilgrim & Various (A) Chris Allen & Various Before Scott Lang and Hope Pym take flight in Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp, see how the heroes teamed up for the first time! Scott Lang has made some mistakes, but his skills as a thief make him indispensable when Hank Pym needs someone to operate the Ant-Man suit in a daring heist to prevent Darren Cross from using the Pym Particle technology for his own nefarious plans! But can Hank's daughter, Hope, claim the wings of the Wasp? Plus: Revisit the comic-book origin of Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne! See Hank, Jan and Scott team up with the Avengers to take on the deadly Taskmaster! And will Scott return to his former life of crime? Collecting MARVEL'S ANT-MAN AND THE WASP PRELUDE #1-2, AVENGERS (1963) #195-196, AVENGERS ORIGINS: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP and ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #1. Rated T

(W) Ben Percy (A) Chris Allen, Robert Gill (CA) Joshua Cassara The planet Arakko is a new target for Arakkii pirate Sevyr Blackmore! But where there's crime, there's inevitably punishment. And that's where X-Force comes in, along with hired hands Maverick and the Mercs! But are even their combined forces up to the task of keeping these deadly warriors from overrunning the solar system? Back on Earth, XENO and its mysterious leader, the Man with the Peacock Tattoo, make their deadly move against X-Force - and all mutants! And Domino, Deadpool and Omega Red are about to fall right into his clutches! At last, learn the secrets of the fiend who's been plaguing X-Force since the series began! But as the terrible truth of XENO's horror-show experiments stands revealed, who - or what - is the Omni-Mutant?! Collecting X-FORCE (2019) #34-38. Rated T+