The sinister Shadow King is desperate to escape from the mental prison he was placed in centuries ago – and he”ll destroy Storm to do it! But will his freedom also unleash the horrifying swarm of the alien Brood? And, will even the X-Men be enough to battle a being who has plotted our death and destruction for ages? Then, regrouping after the devastating battle against Apocalypse, the X-Men encounter a new adversary which seems unstoppable. To fight it, the young mutants must ask themselves: How far are they willing to go and what are they willing to take to raise their game? The answer will test the bonds and shake the team to its very core. Collects Ultimate X-Men #89-97.

The second massive hardcover collecting the status-quo-shattering Back in Black saga! Reeling in the aftermath of Civil War, Peter Parker has plenty of reasons to consider a change of wardrobe: Black is his state of mind. But the worst is yet to come for Spider-Man! In Sensational Spider-Man, as Spider-Man and his family get used to the new status quo…other Spider-men begin appearing all over the city. Younger, less-experienced versions of our web-spinning hero, causing havoc wherever they go. Who’s creating these arachnid doppelgangers and why? And will Peter Parker be able to stop them, and whoever’s behind them, before more lives are lost? And in Spider-Man Family, Peter Parker and his supporting cast get all-new, untold tales featuring the original alien symbiote black costume. Collecting Sensational Spider-Man #35-40 and Annual #1, Spider-Man Family #1-2, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man and Marvel Spotlight Back in Black.

Marvel Might Muggs – Doc Ock

Like things as clear as black and white? You’re in luck, but Wolverine isn’t, as the mysterious Black Shadow/White Shadow uses his energy powers to double-team everyone’s favorite feral fighter! Then Wolverine and the web-slinger known as Spider-Man wanders into a costumed kidnapping scheme run by an old classmate! And find out just how connected Wolverine is as we meet another mysterious marvel from his past! Collects Marvel Comics Presents #39-50.

Marvel Super Hero Squad: Venom and Spider-Man

For centuries they have lived among us – mysterious, elusive, unknowable…so what are they doing with brightly colored costumes and codenames?! Teenagers Rory and Pandora want to pull Alan Davis’s family of extra-normal outsiders into the world of heroes and villains, little knowing that M.O.D.O.K. and A.I.M. are waiting for them! Centuries-old patriarch Adam Destine knows the disastrous duo has a lot to learn about power and responsibility…and we all know who’s the web-spinning specialist on that, don’t we? Plus Adam and his super-powered scions join the X-Men in a demonic debacle against the sinister Synraith! Also guest-starring Doctor Strange, the Silver Surfer and the Invaders Collecting Clandestine #1-8, Marvel Comics Presents #158 and X-Men & Clandestine #1-2.