Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. San Diego Comic-Con is this week. Yeah, thought that wouldn’t be a surprise.

Fortunately, our friends at Marvel have decided not to take the week off and justgo to COmic-Con. Instead, they will be releasing a whole slew of new comics today for your reading pleasure.

Among the ones we are most looking forward to are Avengers #3, Black Widow #4, Dark Wolverine #88 and Age of Heroes #3.  Comics come out today so be sure to head on over to your favorite comics store early for best selection.

Don’t know where your nearest comic store is? Use this handy guide to find one.

Comics On-Sale:
AGE OF HEROES #3
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #638 (OMT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #638 QUESADA VARIANT (OMT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #638 SKETCH VARIANT (OMT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: AMERICAN SON #3
ATLAS #3
AVENGERS #3
AVENGERS #3 JRJR CHARACTER VARIANT
BLACK WIDOW #4

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This week finds Marvel out with another bunch of new comics and other goodies. Of the ones dropping this week we’re particularly interested in The Torch #7, X-Factor #204, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #10, Her-oes #1 and Siege: Spider-Man #1.

Remember, comics go on sale this Wednesday so get to your favorite comics store early for best selection. Don’t know where your nearest comic store is? Use this handy guide to find one.

Comics On-Sale:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #628
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #628 IRON MAN BY DESIGN VARIANT
AVENGERS VS. ATLAS #4
AVENGERS VS. ATLAS #4 DAVIS VARIANT
CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHO WON’T WIELD THE SHIELD #1
DARK TOWER: THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #5
DARK TOWER: THE BATTLE OF JERICHO HILL #5 NORD VARIANT
DARK WOLVERINE #85
DARK WOLVERINE #85 IRON MAN BY DESIGN VARIANT
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #10
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #10 IRON MAN BY DESIGN VARIANT

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Today is Tuesday so that means new comics drop tomorrow. And what better guys to support than your friendly neighborhood comic book publisher Marvel comics. This week, as they do almost every other week, the folks at Marvel are releasing a whole slew of new books for your reading pleasure.

Of the ones coming out tomorrow, we’re particularly looking forward to a new X-Force, Punisher #15, Dark Wolverine #84, the new X-Men Forever and the debut of Cloak and Dagger. Remember to get to your nearest comic shop early tomorrow for best selection.

Don’t know where your nearest comic shop is? Use this handy guide to find one.

Comics On-Sale:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #627 (GNTLT)
CLOAK AND DAGGER #1
DARK WOLVERINE #84 (S)
DOOMWAR #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT
FANTASTIC FOUR #577
INCREDIBLE HULK #607 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (FOTHS)
MARVEL PREVIEWS #80
NEW MUTANTS #11
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #5
PUNISHER #15

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Welcome to another edition of The Pull List Comic Reviews! The fall of the Hulks begins, Mogo dishes out his brand of justice and both Geo-Force and the Sentry lose their marbles. As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

PULL OF THE WEEK:

Dark Avengers #13
Marvel Comics – $3.99 US
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Mike Deodato
Score: 8.5/10

The Marvel Universe has seen better days. While the disassembling of Earth’s mightiest heroes led to the breakout of a civil war, a secret invasion became the catalyst to Norman Osborn’s dark reign, and with the siege of Asgard on the horizon, surely things couldn’t get worse (see what I did there?), could it? The Sentry’s true origin is revealed, answering once and for all that, yes, things can get worse…much worse.

Just when I thought all the pieces were on the table, Brian Michael Bendis takes the much-maligned Sentry and turns him loose. With this latest revelation of how the Sentry came to be – not to mention how he’s more unstable than anyone thought – Bendis has taken a tragic figure and made him the definitive x-factor for the Siege event. Whether or not the character winds up saving the day or becoming the most dangerous player is still up in the air, and that’s just a tad frightening.

This issue is all about the eyes. Artist Mike Deodato nailed every beat of this issue by letting the eyes of the characters tell the story, which really focused on the horror of what resides within the Sentry’s mind. From the Sentry, the Sentry’s wife, Lindy and even Osborn himself, the eyes served notice that something wicked this way comes. For even more justification, take a gander at that last page.

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Welcome to another edition of The Pull List Comic Reviews! The latest mutant milestone issue gets top billing, Spidey winds up in the wrong sandbox and Guy Gardner sees a whole lot more than just red. As always, WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

PULL OF THE WEEK:

X-Factor #200
Marvel Comics – $4.99 US
Writer: Peter David
Artists: Bing Cansino, Marco Santucci, Karl Moline
Score: 9.5/10

X-Factor Investigations makes the move from Detroit to New York in hopes of wrangling some new clients of the super-hero variety, but when their first client winds up being Franklin and Valeria Richards – the children to Reed and Sue Richards of the Fantastic Four – the team realizes that all is not what it seems.

Long-time X-Factor scribe Peter David continues to mix jaw-dropping plot bombs with great characterizations and intelligent humor in this over-sized anniversary special. The mystery of the missing Invisible Woman, on it’s own, is a great story, but throw in Monet’s father being abducted by terrorists, Siryn’s shocking rendezvous with an old flame (hint: he’s nuts) and Layla Miller’s surprising allegiance to Latveria, and you’ve got one hell of a jump-on issue.

The art team of Bing Cansino and Marco Santucci do a great job of pacing this mammoth story, and their takes on the characters are both familiar and fresh. With a title that relies heavily on many speaking scenes, which should come as no surprise to current readers, their art is right on the money, but they also flex their proverbial muscle in the action scenes, especially where the Thing is involved.

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With Christmas fast approaching, if you’re still not sure what gifts to get for your favorite geek, why not some cool comics? Our friends at Marvel want to help and are coming out with all new comics this week which would make perfect gifts for that geek in your life, or even for yourself. Come on you work hard, why not reward yourself with a few comics too, right?

To help you in your gift-giving quest, here’s a list of all the comics coming out this week from Marvel. And, as always, be sure to click through to check out some cool art and overs for these books.

Comics On-Sale:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #615 (GNTLT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #615 VILLAIN VARIANT (GNTLT)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS: ANTI-VENOM – NEW WAYS TO LIVE #3
ASTONISHING X-MEN #33
BLACK PANTHER #11
CABLE #21
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #5 WRAPAROUND COVER
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #5 CASSADAY VARIANT
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #5 FINCH VARIANT
DAREDEVIL #503
DARK AVENGERS #12
DARK WOLVERINE #81
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #6

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As we do each week (unless something goes horribly wrong) following is a list of all the great Marvel comics hitting store shelves this week. In case you don’t know how this works, new comics come out on Wednesday of each week unless Monday is a holiday or something. Then, they come out on Thursday.

Fortunately, today isn’t a holiday so Wednesday it is. So, be sure to head out to your local comic book store two days from now and pick up some cool new comics. Some of the Marvel titles we’re interested in this week include the latest issue of Punisher Noir, a new Dark Avengers, the second issue of Spider-Woman and the latest Invincible Iron Man.

Be sure to check out the entire list, and some great art from some of these upcoming titles, after the jump.

Comics On-Sale:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #609

DARK AVENGERS #10

DARK REIGN: THE LIST – AVENGERS 2ND PRINTING VARIANT

DARK REIGN: THE LIST – HULK

DARK WOLVERINE #79

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