304 pages; soft cover; full color

START READING HERE! Alpha Flight returns! Daken settles the score with his father! The Avengers Academy meets the program washouts! War Machine is rebooted as Iron Man 2.0! The X-Men battle a demonic horde! Herc is hunted by a figure from his past! Young Loki learns about his former life! X-Factor investigates a very personal mystery! Songbird hunts for the escaped Thunderbolts! Norman Osborn returns to menace the New Avengers! Plus: who will be the new Ghost Rider? Can the Black Panther locate a killer before he strikes again? And who are the Villains for Hire? Collecting ALPHA FLIGHT (2011) #0.1, DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #9.1, AVENGERS ACADEMY #14.1, GHOST RIDER (2011) #0.1, IRON MAN 2.0 #7.1, X-MEN (2010) #15.1, HERC #6.1, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) #626.1, X-FACTOR (1986) #224.1, VILLAINS FOR HIRE #0.1, THUNDERBOLTS #163.1, BLACK PANTHER: THE DEADLIEST MAN ALIVE #523.1 and NEW AVENGERS (2010) #16.1.