A-Force #5 Art & Spoilers

Spoilers: Enraged after her failed coup, Loki blasted a hole in the Shield, the wall that protected Arcadia from the zombies of the Deadlands. Now, the members of A-Force are all that stand between paradise and total destruction.

Inferno #3 Spoilers & Art

Spoilers: The assembled X-Men, all of whom now wear matching costumes – including Psylocke – engage Illyana’s demon horde in battle. The forcefield overhead decays and collapses. The whole of the Inferno empties and converges on the X-Men while Darkchild claims she’s won. Meanwhile, Mr. Sinister reveals how’s everything is playing out exactly as he planned.

Master of Kung Fu #3 Spoilers & Art

Spoilers: Lady Mandarin, the mistress of the School of Spirit Blades, is one of the great masters who compete for the Emperor’s throne in trial by combat. The Emperor Zheng Zu sends all masters to the Thirteen Chambers to fight each other. Shang-Chi defeats most of them, including Lady Madarin who attempts to use her spirit blade on him, but is soon subdued. There is only one master for Shang-Chi to face: Iron Fist.

Secret Wars: Psylocke – Guide (Month 1)

	DOMAIN: Higher Avalon BARON: Brian Braddock; formerly: James Braddock APPEARANCES: Secret Wars #2 Betsy Braddock of House Braddock is the sister of James and Brian Braddock. After a conflict with Baron Sinister of Bar Sinister, Doom sentences James to death upon learning of the latter’s involvement with the rebels.
	DOMAIN: Limbo BARON: Scott Summers; formerly: Madelyne Pryor APPEARANCES: Inferno #1 Limbo has been separated into two different areas: one controlled by the X-Men and the other ruled by demons and run by Darkchild. Psylocke is part of a small group of X-Men that tries to liberate Illyana, but ultimately fails.
	DOMAIN: Marville BARON: Unkown APPEARANCES: Giant-Size Little Marvel: AVX #1 In Marville, the children living on X-Men Way, including Psylocke, are rivals of the children living on Avengers Street. Both groups do pranks with each other when they are surprised by their new neighbors: a pair of mysterious twins.

Secret Wars #4 variant by Simone Bianchi

Secret Wars #2 Spoilers & Art

Spoilers: Dr. Doom rules over Battleworld while its many territories are governed by local Barons under Doom's law. The nation Higher Avalon is ruled by Baron James Braddock from the House Braddock, consisted of Brian, Meggan and Betsy. Both Baron James Braddock of Higher Avalon and Baron Sinister of Bar Sinister are brought before Dr. Doom. The House Braddock accuses Baron Sinister of discord and allying himself with Baron Hyperion of Utopolis in opposition to Higher Avalon. Sinister chooses to settle the dispute in the arena, but against Brian Braddock instead of James. Sinister almost kills Brian, whose life is spared by Dr. Doom himself. Doom tells him that Higher Avalon sits below the Kingdom of Manhattan, whose Silent Chambers is used by heretics to cast Doom from his throne, and demands to know where it is located. Brian says he knows nothing about it, but James intervenes and admits his acknowledgment of the place. Dr. Doom makes Brian the new Baron of Higher Avalon and sentences James Braddock to the Shield, the last line of defense against the hordes to the south of Battleworld. Zombie armies, Ultron robots primed only for death, and the Annihilation Wave.

Secret Wars #1 Spoilers

Spoilers: The final incursion takes place. The Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe collide. Cyclops hatches the Phoenix Egg and becomes the Phoenix himself. Everything and everyone dies, except Cyclops, Mr. Fantastic, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Thor (female), and Star-Lord.

For all intents and purposes, Elizabeth Braddock (Earth 616) is now dead.

Secret Wars' "House of M" Series Announced

Newsarama: Marvel has announced via Hero Complex a new House of M series set in the midst of Secret Wars' Battleworld. This new series follows in the line of other Secret Wars associated series, using the What If? concept on a major event - in this case, What if the original House of M never ended?

Set in the Battleworld domain known as the Monarchy, this new House of M series is written by Dennis Hopeless and illustrated by long-time X-Men artist Kris Anka. Hopeless says the series fill focus mostly on the ruling family of Magneto, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. Curiously, there's no mention if House of M will reflect recent continuity changes in Axis that retconned out the fact that Magneto is not in fact the father of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

In addition to Magneto, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, House of M will also reportedly feature Namor and, surprisingly, Fin Fang Foom. No firm date or month has been revealed for this new House of M series.

Psylocke was featured in the original teaser for House of M, however she's neither pictured in the cover, nor mentioned by Hopeless.

Secret Wars' "Inferno" Advanced Preview

 "Inferno" #1 debuts from Marvel Comics on May 27 as part of "Secret Wars."