Marvel Comics has provided CBR with advance looks at new comics on sale next Wednesday, May 18, 2011. When you're through checking out these exciting previews, stop by CBR's Marvel Comics forum to share your thoughts with other fans.

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• Alpha Flight #.1
• Amazing Spider-Man #661
• Astonishing X-Men #38
• Avengers #13
• Avengers Academy #14
• Captain America: First Vengeance #2
• Generation Hope #7
• Hawkeye: Blind Spot #4
• Herc #3
• Heroes for Hire #7
• Hulk #33
• Invincible Iron Man #504
• Namor: The First Mutant Annual #1
• Sigil #3
• Silver Surfer #4
• Skaar: King of the Savage Land #3
• Thunderbolts #157
• Ultimate Comics Avengers vs. New Ultimates #4
• Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #158
• Uncanny X-Force #10
• X-Factor #219
• X-Men Giant-Size #1
• X-Men: Prelude to Schism #2
• X-23 #10

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