(W) Keith Giffen, Robert Loren Fleming (A) Curt Swan & Various (CA) Curt Swan, Al Vey Discover Aquaman's humble beginnings before he became ruler of Atlantis! Born as Orin to Queen Atlanna and the mysterious wizard Atlan in the city of Poseidonis, he was abandoned as a baby on Mercy Reef above sea level. To any other Atlantean, this would have been fatal-but Orin survived to travel the ocean until he was found by a lighthouse keeper and renamed Arthur Curry. This new title collects AQUAMAN SPECIAL #1 and AQUAMAN #1-5 from 1989, in which Aquaman must face unseen invaders in Atlantis.

(W) Keith Giffen, Various (A) Timothy Green, Various (CA) Clint Langley The galaxy needs guardians! As the Marvel Universe is rocked by another Annihilation event, Peter Quill suits up as Star-Lord - and joins the fight alongside a motley crew including Mantis, Groot and Rocket Raccoon. And with the boundaries of our reality weakened by cosmic conflicts, and dark gods and monsters seeping through the cracks, heavy hitters like Gamora, Drax and Adam Warlock join this offbeat squad of butt-kickers?to become the modern-day Guardians of the Galaxy! They're a dysfunctional team with a big future ahead of them - unless the Universal Church of Truth has its way! But why are the 31st-century Guardians, Major Victory and Starhawk, here too? A fresh war looms in the exciting and action-packed story that revitalized the Guardians for a blockbuster new era! Collecting ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST - STARLORD #1-4 and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2008) #1-12. Rated T+

(W) Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis (A/CA) Joe Abraham Milo's just another slacker in our world, but on a parallel universe, he's legendary superhero Captain Valor. When Valor is accidentally transported to our world, he moves in with Milo... but he didn't travel alone. His arch-nemesis Calignous is the alternate reality version of Milo's girlfriend Stephie, and there's an army of mutated penguins behind her!