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By John Judy AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #556 by Zeb Wells and Chris Bachalo. Creepy Mayan blood cults, snowstorms, and Spidey finds a new use for the Daily Bugle. Nuthin’ dirty but your mind, Mister Man. BATMAN: DEATH MASK #1 of 4 written and illustrated by Yoshinori Natsume. A Prestige Format manga mini from the creator of “Toguri.” Ask your kid. BOOSTER GOLD #8 by Geoff Johns, Jeff Katz, and Dan Jurgens. Still a really good title but the recurring presence of those stupid OMAC things is cause for concern. OMACs are the evil future clones of the DCU. CRIMINAL 2 #2 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Another done-in-one story featuring Teeg Lawless, patriarch of the low-rent Lawless crime family. This issue has an expanded number of main story and back-up pages and is pure Blue Magic heroin for lovers of the crime noir genre. Too rough for kids. Highly recommended for clever teens and up. DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #6 by Warren Ellis and Ivan Rodriguez. Injury to the eye motif! Comics Code Authority turning in its grave! Avatar website still horrible. Somebody call me a Doktor! FANTASTIC FOUR #556 by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. Big fights with Robo-Cap in the snow. It's a ride. GOON #23 written and illustrated by Eric Powell. Overheard outside Madame Elsa’s Burlesque: “Back off, youse mugs! I swiped this here salmon and I’m gettin’ the squeezin’s!” Recommended! JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #14 by Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, and Dale Eaglesham. Why, God, why? Why are the clouds laughing at our heroes? And why do the clouds have fangs and crows feet? It’s an Alex Ross cover and thus filled with hidden meaning. Really. Look for the word “Nina.” MARVEL ZOMBIES: DEAD DAYS HC by Lotsa People. Featuring all those Marvel Zombie stories that didn’t appear in the two mini-series. Twisted kicks. NOT for kids. NUMBER OF THE BEAST #1 of 8 by Scott Beatty and Chris Sprouse. It’s the Apocalypse done up Wildstorm style! Featuring the return of a hero we all thought Warren Ellis had killed off! (Okay, that doesn’t narrow it down much, I know…) PUNISHER #56 by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov. The final Garth Ennis story-arc in which eight Special Forces soldiers are ordered to take out the Punisher, knowing that he won’t fire back on U.S. military and The Law. Not for kids, no-how, but highly recommended for all others. SERENITY: BETTER DAYS #2 of 3 by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, and Will Conrad. The crew goes on vacation in the good ol’ days before fan favorites died horribly on the big screen. TITANS #1 by Judd Winick and Ian Churchill. Looks like a return of the original Marv Wolfman/George Perez line-up so that’s a nice nod to us geezers. Gotta look. WHATEVER GN written and drawn by Karl Stevens. A collection of short stories about life in the college town of Allston, Massachusetts. No capes, no tights, no kidding. Neat stuff. WOLVERINE #64 by Jason Aaron and Ron Garney. Crazy, bloody chase caper continues! Great fun from Aaron and Garney. Ron Garney's tears cure athlete's foot. Recommended! WONDER WOMAN #19 by Gail Simone and Bernard Chang. WW’s having trouble with a nasty bunch of Khunds. They’re an alien race, so help me. YOUNG LIARS #2 written and drawn by David Lapham. If you’re missing your fix of Lapham’s “Stray Bullets” you should certainly be reading this. Nihilistic fun, but not for younger kids. |
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| ADAM AMONG THE GODS |
| ALIENS VS PREDATOR VOL 2 CIVILIZED BEASTS SC |
| AMAZING FIGURE MODELER #41 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #19 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #556 |
| ANOTHER DIRT SANDWICH SC |
| AQUA LEUNG SC VOL 1 |
| AVENGERS FAIRY TALES #2 (Of 4) |
| BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #16 |
| BATMAN DEATH MASK #1 (Of 4) |
| BATMAN LOVERS AND MADMEN HC |
| BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #183 |
| BOOSTER GOLD #8 |
| BPRD 1946 #4 (Of 5) |
| CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARK SC |
| CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #24 |
| CASTLE WAITING VOL II #11 |
| CHICKENHARE SC VOL 2 FIRE IN THE HOLE |
| CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #10 |
| CLASSIC DAN DARE HC REIGN OF THE ROBOTS |
| CLASSIC MARVEL GALACTUS SPECIAL FIGURINE |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1086 |
| COMICS JOURNAL #289 |
| CONAN HC VOL 5 ROGUES IN THE HOUSE |
| COSMIC GUARD SC |
| COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 3 |
| CRIMINAL 2 #2 |
| CRIMINAL MACABRE MY DEMON BABY #4 (Of 4) |
| DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING MAN THING #3 (Of 4) |
| DEVI #18 |
| DIARY OF NIGHT #3 (Of 4) |
| DIARY OF NIGHT #4 (Of 4) |
| DNA HACKER CHRONICLES #1 |
| DOCK WALLOPER #3 (Of 5) |
| DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #5 |
| DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #6 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| EVIL DEAD #4 (Of 4) |
| EXTERMINATORS #28 |
| FALLEN SON SC DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA |
| FANTASTIC FOUR #556 |
| FOUNDATION #4 (Of 5) |
| FX #2 (Of 6) |
| GAMEKEEPER SERIES 2 #2 |
| GEN 13 #19 |
| GENE SIMMONS DOMINATRIX SC VOL 1 |
| GHOST SONATA SC |
| GHOST WHISPERER #2 |
| GOD SAVE THE QUEEN SC |
| GOON #23 |
| GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #7 |
| GREEN LANTERN CORPS #23 |
| GROO HELL ON EARTH #4 (Of 4) |
| HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE #3 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| HARBINGER THE BEGINNING HC |
| HAUNTED HC |
| HEDGE KNIGHT 2 SWORN SWORD #6 (Of 6) |
| HIGH ADVENTURE #99 |
| IRON MAN POSTER BOOK |
| JENNA JAMESONS SHADOW HUNTER #2 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| JENNY FINN HC DOOM MESSIAH |
| JESUS HATES ZOMBIES SC |
| JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #139 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED TIES THAT BIND SC |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #14 |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #14 VARIANT |
| KISS 4K #6 |
| LAST DEFENDERS #2 (Of 6) |
| LE CHEVALIER DEON SC VOL 4 |
| LEES TOY REVIEW #186 APRIL 2008 |
| LOCKE & KEY #3 |
| LOCUS #567 |
| LOVE ATTACK SC VOL 2 (Of 7) |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #10 |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK SC DEFENDERS VOL 2 DIGEST |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN SC VOL 9 FOES DIGEST |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES HC DEAD DAYS |
| MEGAS #2 (Of 4) |
| NEW EXILES #4 |
| NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC SC VOL 3 |
| NOVA #12 |
| NUMBER OF THE BEAST #1 (Of 6) |
| NUMBER OF THE BEAST #1 (Of 6) VARIANT |
| OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR SC VOL 2 (Of 2) |
| PHANTOM DETECTIVE AUG 1933 REPLICA ED |
| POGROM #2 (Of 7) |
| PRINCESS RESURRECTION SC VOL 3 |
| PUNISHER #56 |
| RESURRECTION #4 |
| ROD ESPINOSA PRINCE OF HEROES #3 (Of 3) |
| SAINT GERMAINE SC VOL 2 TALES OF AN IMMORTAL |
| SCREAMLAND #2 (Of 5) |
| SCUD THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN #23 |
| SERENITY BETTER DAYS #2 (Of 3) |
| SIMON DARK #7 |
| SNAKEWOMAN CURSE OF THE 68 #2 (Of 4) |
| SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #187 |
| SPEED RACER CHRONICLES OF THE RACER #4 |
| SPOOKS #3 SIENKIEWICZ COVE |
| STAR WARS TALES OF THE JEDI OMNIBUS SC VOL 2 |
| SUBURBAN GLAMOUR #4 (Of 4) |
| SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION THE QUEST FOR COSMIC BOY |
| SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #14 |
| TALL TALES OF VISHNU SHARMA PANCHATANTRA #3 (Of 5) |
| TERRY MOORES ECHO #2 |
| TINY TITANS #3 |
| TITANS #1 |
| TITANS #1 VARIANT |
| TRANSFORMERS BEST OF UK SPACE PIRATES #2 |
| TRANSFORMERS FOCUS ON DECEPTICONS |
| TRANSFORMERS MOVIE DELUXE ACTION FIGURES |
| TRANSFORMERS PX HC TREASON |
| TRANSFORMERS PX HC TRIAL BY FIRE |
| TWELVE #3 WESTON VARIANT |
| TWELVE #4 (Of 12) |
| UN-MEN #9 |
| WALDOS HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY SC |
| WASTELAND #16 |
| WHAT IF SC CIVIL WAR |
| WHATEVER SC |
| WILD CARDS #1 (Of 6) HARD CALL |
| WOLVERINE #64 DIVIDED WE STAND |
| WOLVERINE DEATH OF WOLVERINE HC |
| WONDER WOMAN #19 |
| WORMWOOD CALAMARI RISING #3 |
| YOUNG LIARS #2 |