New Releases by Dennis Hopeless

While Devin is living out her dream, working among the greatest minds in the world, the Answer is stuck in a nuthouse nightmare! They''ll both have to wake up and work together if they''re going to unravel the secrets of the enigmatic BRAIN TRUST. * Eisner Award-winning creator of _Battlepug_! * Written by Dennis Hopeless (_Cable and X-Force, Avengers Arena)_!

Collects Avengers Undercover #1-5.

Collects Avengers Arena #13-18. The hunt for the missing teens is on as Hank Pym searches for the kidnapped Avengers Academy students! Meanwhile, in the arena, the contestants have fought one another...but now can they put aside their feuds and battle Arcade? The UK love triangle explodes, but between Nara, Anachronism and Bloodstone, whose heart will get broken - or stopped? And is Cullen''s big secret bigger than anyone could have guessed? The final conflicts begin, as up on Murder World Island, the surviving contestants lash out into an all-out battle royale...while down in Arcade''s lair, it''s two other contestants vs. Arcade himself!

Collects Cable and X-Force #10-14. As tensions rise between Cable''s X-Force and the Uncanny Avengers, Cable''s precognitive visions grow increasingly relentless. X-Force must race against the clock to stop each terrible vision from coming true - but what happens if they fail? As the stakes grow higher, Domino and Colossus team up for the heist of the century...but their mounting feelings for one another might keep them from pulling off the mission! And when Cable and Havok come face to face, can Cable convince his uncle that his cause is just? Elsewhere, Hope embarks upon a futuristic adventure with an unexpected mentor.

Collects Cable and X-Force #6-9. Cable''s outlaw team loses a member as Colossus goes to jail - but the armored giant doesn''t fare well in the big house! Meanwhile, Cable comes face-to-face with his father...the fallen revolutionary known as Cyclops! And when Cable and his X-Force journey into space to face down an alien armada, will they be forced to clash with the Uncanny Avengers, who are still in hot pursuit?

On the run in Cincinnati, punctuation-faced hero The Answer must rescue the abducted librarian Devin from a sinister gang of asylum nurses and orderlies . . . but she may not WANT to be saved! More insane superhero adventure! * Eisner Award-winning creator of _Battlepug_! * Written by Dennis Hopeless (_Cable and X-Force, Avengers Arena)_!

Collects Avengers Arena #7-12. The history of Arcade is revealed! How did the former punch line become the sadistic scene stealer that now torments Marvel''s teen heroes? Find out in this shocking behind-the-scenes story! Plus: what are X-23''s secrets? What is Darkhawk''s big reveal? Secrets explode, alliances shatter, and Apex - the mean girl you love to hate - makes her move, as the next chapter of the Arena''s deadly game begins!

Collects Avengers Arena #1-6. Trapped on an isolated island, 16 superhuman teens (including cult favorites like members of the Runaways, the Avengers Academy and Darkhawk) are given a chilling ultimatum by their demented captor: Fight or die...only one will walk out alive! Thus begins a primal battle that will test the skills, stamina and morals of each combatant. Welcome to Murder World, where secrets are plenty, alliances are fleeting, and the key to victory might be rewriting the rules of the game. Who will survive?

Collects Cable and X-Force #1-5. Cable is back! NOW!, with a new X-Force at his side, he must tackle the threats that nobody else can know about - even if it makes him and his team public enemy number one. Just who are Cable''s new recruits? Where has Colossus been post-AV X, and what is wrong with his powers? And most importantly, why are Cable and his team attacking a civilian company? Caught red-handed at the scene of a terrorist attack on a major American corporation whose CEO has expressed anti-mutant views, the X-Force find themselves branded criminals and on the run...with none other than the Uncanny Avengers in hot pursuit. There''s no going back from here...

Insomniac librarian Devin McKenzie is yanked into a maelstrom of mayhem and mystery by the punctuation-faced crime fighter known as the Answer! Between her brains and his brawn, can this unlikely team take on the sinister organization of geniuses, The Brain Trust? This thoroughly original superhero adventure from Mike Norton (creator of the Eisner award-winning webcomic Battlepug) and Dennis Hopeless (Avengers Arena, Cable and the X-Force) skillfully mixes sly humor and explosive action.

Welcome to the X-Men''s first year - hope you survive the experience! Professor Charles Xavier has recruited five of the most powerful mutants he''s ever seen, in order to save a world that hates and fears them. But there''s only one problem - they''re teenagers who have to survive hormones and uncontrollable super-powers, all while fighting for their very lives. So right now''s the perfect time for Magneto & the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, along with the Sentinels, Unus the Untouchable and more to make their bids for control of the world, right? The first class of X-Men are forged in the fires of combat in ways you''ve never seen before. You only think you know the story!

It''s a love story, but not like you think. There''s no boy meets girl or star-crossed soul mates. Love is a billion-dollar industry. Cupid''s the megalomaniac CEO. And Kali Monroe gets paid to break your heart. Love is all around us. These are the pricks who control it!

While photographing violent storms and their aftermath, a paraplegic photographer and tornado survivor discovers a serial killer masquerading as a rescue volunteer using his position to actually murder the survivors of the storms he worships!