New Releases by Bob Layton

""Power Play"" The showdown with the machine-controlling villain Ax continues, but with his control of the X-O Manowar armor scrambled can Aric still prevail? Aric will show Ax what he does to bandits and Ken what he does to traitors!

King''s Crossing"" Toyo Harada wants to make a deal with the new head of Orb Industries, but nobody told him to expect X-O Manowar! Featuring Peter Stanchek, the Harbinger renegades and the first appearance of Jack Boniface.

""Retribution: Prologue"" At last, the origin of X-O Manowar revealed! How did Aric of Dacia become a slave to the Spider-Aliens? At what terrible cost was the X-O Manowar armor made? And how did Aric come to find himself in the modern day?

Iron Man faces his most untouchable foe in criminal industrialist Justin Hammer and his literal army of super villians! But can the armoured avenger overcome an even more implacable personal demon, invulnerable to technology or wealth?

Victor Von Doom has mastered science and magic alike - but when even his brilliance isn''t enough, can Iron Man face those same forces? Marvel''s most technological titan learns the command of conjuration to save humanity''s souls from an occult ogre, even though he''s not sure he really believes in any of it!

Follows the adventures of Iron Man as he faces criminal industrialist Justin Hammer and his army of super-villains.

Written by Paul Levitz Art by Joe Staton, Bob Layton, Joe Giella and Dave Hunt Cover by Brian Bolland A new volume collecting classic Silver Age Justice Society adventures! This volume - featuring stories from ALL-STAR COMICS #68-74 and ADVENTURE COMICS #461-466 - includes the Justice Society''s battles with the Psycho-Pirate, the immortal Vandal Savage, the Injustice Society and more. Advance-solicited; on sale February 7 - 224 pg, FC, $14.99 US

Jean Grey returns from the dead, and helps the original X-Men create the X-Factor.