Jeff Parker

Tight, wry, dark, and deeply funny, The Taste of Penny agitates the senses in stories modern and mischievous.

Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion is a collection of found poems composed of the words of professional athletes. The content of post-game interviews and sports chatter is so often meaningless, if not insufferable, and yet there are athletes like Metta World Peace who transcend lame clichés and rote patter, who use language in surprising ways, who can be funny and shocking and insightful and alarmingly sincere pure poetry. Muhammad Ali offered dazzling...

Professor X's first students as you've never seen them before! Class is in session as Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman learn what it means to be X-Men - and find their place in the emerging Marvel Universe! Spring Break in Florida may sound fun, but fighting for survival against the Lizard in the Everglades isn't what they had in mind! Uncanny encounters await for the young mutants with Doctor Strange, Thor and the alien, shape-shifting...

The truth revealed. Nowhere left to run. A formidable foe strikes first. The stunning final chapter of Jeff Parker and Javier Pulido's explosive first story arc.

Collects Thunderbolts #138-143. It's been too long since Mr. X has killed, and he needs his next fix! Ghost has taken notice, and sees an opportunity...while Scourge is seeing things that no one should! Add in the selfish intentions of Paladin and Ant-Man, stir with a stick of dynamite and...BOOM!

Collects Agents Of Atlas (2009) #1-5, Wolverine: Agent Of Atlas, Giant-Size Marvel Adventures Avengers And Material From Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? & Dark Reign: New Nation. Since becoming Khan and head of the Atlas Foundation, James Woo has attempted to use his boundless resources and far-reaching influence for good with the help of his teammates, the Agents of Atlas: Gorilla-Man, Marvel Boy, Namora, M-11 the Human Robot and Venus. Not surprisingly,...

With the Thunderbolts lost in time, a new group steps in to replace them: the Dark Avengers! Featuring Dark Scarlet Witch, Dark Spider-Man, Trickshot, Ragnarok ... and Luke Cage? But as the T-Bolts battle Dr. Doom in the past for the fate of the future, Cage learns of the Dark Avengers' deadly new mission - and Skaar, son of Hulk, discovers the team's secret agenda!

Baron Zemo returns - but which Zemo is it?! In the midst of their greatest escape in history, can the return of Captain America's best fiend push the Thunderbolts into making a devil's pact with a certain Red Menace? Meanwhile, Luke Cage and Congbird's hunt for the Tbolts continues!

One summer night, Alden Baylor sits in a field watching the largest meteor shower in human history. What begins as teenage adventure becomes something more-the celestial event brings travelers who will change the world completely, and Alden discovers a connection to one of them. How does a young man who had to grow up fast handle the invasion of his planet? Can Alden keep humanity from oblivion? From writer Jeff Parker (Aquaman, Hulk) and artist Sandy...

What force on this planet - nay, this universe - can turn Earth's deadliest villains into heroes? Find out as Skaar, Moonstone and Ragnarok go to war with...the deadly Doctor Strange! Then: Dr. June Covington is turned loose in Tony Stark's Frankensteinian laboratory. Her first subject for "improvement"? Ragnarok! Plus: trapped in a dangerous world, the Dark Avengers may have found the secret to returning home! But can they fight their way out of...