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QUICK REVIEWS FOR COMICS DUE 08-13-08 By John Judy ABSOLUTE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: THE BLACK DOSSIER HC by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill. A year later I’m still trying to get through the regular version. Anybody got a record player and some hard drugs? ACTION COMICS #868 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. Superman meets Brainiac and it’s really creepy. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #567 by Marc Guggenheim and Phil Jimenez. Spidey and his drug-crazed roommate beat on the albino Kraven-chick with the bad make-up and hair gel addiction. ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL #11 by Brian Lynch and Nick Runge. I think Angel and Gunn are gonna kiss. About time! ASTONISHING X-MEN #26 by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi. It’s mutants! Internet-Jesus style! Skrull-free! There’s preview pages up on comicbookresources.com some with actual dialogue. Good stuff. Recommended. BATMAN #679 by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. When your villains have names like Hunchback, King Kraken and Charlie Caligula who needs a story you can actually follow? BPRD: THE WARNING #2 of 5 by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Guy Davis. Your snow-bound, moose carcass-pondering, Abe Sapien action starts here, people! FANTASTIC FOUR #559 by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. In which the Human Torch’s girlfriend problems threaten the entire team with destruction! Oh sure, like it’s never happened to you… FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS #1 of 5 by Greg Rucka and Philip Tan. It’s Rucka writing two of his best characters, Crispus Allen and Rene Montoya, these days known as The Spectre and The Question. I sense a titanic team-up in the offing! Recommended! THE GOON #27 written and drawn by Eric Powell and Guests. Three twisted tales from the Gooniverse. Recommended! HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN #2 of 3 by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben. HB tries to reclaim a soul from a hill-billy devil. Maybe he can trade it for a can of chaw and those back issues of “American Spectator” they got behind the outhouse. MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST CRIME COMICS SC by Many People including Eisner, Moore, Gaiman, Spillane, Chandler, Krigstein and pre-21st Century Frank Miller (before he went insane)! Twenty-five of the best crime comics ever published. Gotta look! PUNISHER #60 by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov. It’s the end of an era (and a whole lot of punks) as Garth Ennis goes out in style. Plus, a preview of next issue’s new creative team. Salud! SECRET INVASION #5 of 8 by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu. The Skrulls want Earth to “embrace change.” There’s your proof: Barack Obama is a Skrull. This will appear on FoxNews as a headline. Just wait…. TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED: ARRIVAL #1 by Marty Isenberg and Dario Brizuela. My kid wants one of these. Yours probably does too. By the head writer of the TV series which is actually quite good. Recommended for younger readers. WALKING DEAD #51 by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard. Lookin’ like someone took his eye off the undead cannibals. Tsk, tsk. Yeah, put your hands up. That’ll help. Recommended. Not for kids. WELCOME TO HOXFORD #1 of 4 written and drawn by Ben Frickin’ Templesmith! Meet Ray. Ray lives in a mental institution for the violently freaky. Ray is written and drawn by the guy who did 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and FELL. You want this, but if you’re a kid you can’t have it. Recommended. WONDER WOMAN #23 by Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti. Wonder Woman returns to Earth and beats the bejeebers out of some big nasty with Roman hands and Russian fingers! What more could we ask? YOUNG LIARS #6 written and drawn by David Lapham. I’m mentioning this comic again because, even though it’s kind of confusing and all over the place, last issue Lapham castrated his male lead. I mean, come on, you have to respect that kind of effort. Not for kids. |
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| A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #86 |
| ABANDONED CARS HC |
| ABSOLUTE LOEG THE BLACK DOSSIER HC |
| ACTION COMICS #868 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #23 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #567 |
| ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #11 |
| ANTOINE SHARP THE ATHEIST VOL 2 #1 |
| ARCHIE & FRIENDS #122 |
| ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #191 |
| ASTONISHING X-MEN #25 BIANCHI VARIANT |
| ASTONISHING X-MEN #26 |
| ATOMIC ROBO DOGS OF WAR #1 (Of 5) |
| BART SIMPSON COMICS #17 |
| BATMAN #679 RIP |
| BATMAN #679 VARIANT |
| BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #20 |
| BATMAN STRIKES #48 |
| BELLAMY SKETCHBOOK |
| BLACK DIAMOND GET IN THE CAR & GO SC |
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| BLOODRAYNE TOKYO ROGUE #2 (Of 3) |
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| BROTHERS IN ARMS #3 |
| BUCKAROO BANZAI THE PREQUEL #1 (Of 2) |
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| BURN #4 (Of 6) |
| CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #3 KIRK VARIANT |
| CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #4 SECRET INVASION |
| CHARLEYS WAR HC VOL 2 AUG OCT 1916 |
| CHECKMATE #29 |
| CHUCK #3 (Of 6) |
| CLOCKWORK GIRL HC |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1104 |
| COMICS REVUE #268 |
| CREEPY ARCHIVES HC |
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| DANGEROUS INK MAGAZINE #4 |
| DEATHBLOW AND THEN YOU LIVE SC |
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| DOCTOR WHO #6 |
| DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #398 |
| EVERYBODYS DEAD #5 |
| FALL OF CTHULHU GODWAR #1 (Of 4) MULTIPLE COVERS |
| FANGORIA #276 SEP 2008 |
| FANTASTIC FOUR #559 |
| FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #1 (Of 5) |
| FIREBREATHER SERIES #2 |
| FORTEAN TIMES #239 |
| FRANK FRAZETTAS DRACULA MEETS THE WOLF-MAN |
| FREEDOM FORMULA #1 |
| FROM SHADOW OF NORTHERN LIGHTS SC |
| FROM THE TOMB #25 |
| GALAXY QUEST GLOBAL WARNING #1 |
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| GENEXT #4 (Of 5) |
| GOLLY #1 |
| GOON #27 |
| GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #11 |
| GREEN LANTERN CORPS #27 |
| GROTESQUE #2 |
| GTO EARLY YEARS SC VOL 8 (Of 15) SHONAN JUNAI GUMI |
| HALO UPRISING #3 (Of 4) |
| HARLEY QUINN 1/6 SCALE COLLECTOR FIGURE |
| HEAVY METAL SEPTEMBER 2008 #118 |
| HELEN KILLER #4 (Of 4) |
| HELLBOY THE CROOKED MAN #2 (Of 3) |
| HIGH ADVENTURE #100 DOUBLE ISSUE |
| HULK CHRONICLES WORLD WAR HULK #2 |
| HYPERKINETIC #2 (Of 4) |
| I WAS KIDNAPPED BY LESBIAN PIRATES OUTERSPACE #2 (Of 6) |
| IGOR MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 (Of 4) |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #3 LARROCA VARIANT |
| JOHN BUSCEMA LIFE IN SKETCHES SC |
| JOKER 1/6 SCALE COLLECTOR FIGURE |
| JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES SC VOL 10 |
| JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #274 |
| JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #29 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HC VOL 2 |
| KASUMI SC VOL 1 |
| LARGO WINCH SC VOL 2 TAKEOVER BID |
| LAST DEFENDERS #6 (Of 6) |
| LEES TOY REVIEW #190 AUG 2008 |
| LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #17 |
| LOCUS #571 |
| LONE RANGER #12 |
| LOVE ATTACK SC VOL 3 (Of 8) |
| MACK BOLAN THE EXECUTIONER DEVILS TOOLS #5 (Of 5) |
| MAD MAGAZINE #493 |
| MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM SC |
| MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST CRIME COMICS SC |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #14 |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK SC VOL 3 STRONGEST DIGEST |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #42 |
| MARVEL ILLUSTRATED PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY HC |
| MARVEL MINIATURE ALLIANCE VENOM PVC FIGURE |
| MARVEL MINIATURE ALLIANCE WOLVERINE PVC FIGURE |
| MEATHAUS SOS SC |
| MERCY SPARX #0 |
| MIDDLEMAN COLLECTED SERIES INDISPENSABILITY COMPENDIUM SC |
| MILLENNIUM SC |
| MINESHAFT #22 |
| MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 17 LEE WEEKS |
| MOME VOL 12 SC |
| MOON KNIGHT HC VOL 3 GOD & COUNTRY |
| NECESSARY EVIL #7 |
| NEW EXILES SC VOL 1 NEW LIFE NEW GAMBIT |
| NEW X-MEN BY MORRISON ULTIMATE COLL SC BOOK 02 |
| NIGHTMARES & FAIRY TALES SC VOL 4 |
| OH MY GODDESS SC VOL 30 |
| PHANTOM DETECTIVE NOV 1935 REPLICA ED |
| PLANET STORIES SUMMER 1949 REPLICA ED |
| PUNISHER #60 |
| PUNISHER KILLS MARVEL UNIVERSE |
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| RAMAYAN 3392 AD RELOADED #8 |
| SCREAM QUEEN #3 (Of 5) |
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| SECRET INVASION RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS #2 (Of 3) |
| SECRET INVASION THOR #1 (Of 3) |
| SECRET INVASION X-MEN #1 (Of 4) |
| SFX #172 |
| SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 20 |
| SIMON DARK #11 |
| SIMON DARK WHAT SIMON DOES SC |
| SIRIANUS #1 |
| SISTERHOOD #3 (Of 3) |
| SLAINE HORNED GOD SC |
| SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #191 |
| SPARKS #3 (Of 8) |
| SPAWN #181 |
| SPIDER-MAN SC KRAVENS LAST HUNT |
| SPIDER-MAN SC ONE MORE DAY MULTIPLE COVERS |
| SPIKE AFTER THE FALL #2 (Of 4) |
| STARCRAFT FRONTLINE SC VOL 1 (Of 3) |
| STATION #2 (Of 5) |
| SUPERGIRL BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL SC |
| TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE #4 |
| TESTAMENT SC VOL 4 EXODUS |
| THUNDERBOLTS BY ELLIS HC VOL 2 CAGED ANGELS |
| TINY TITANS #7 |
| TOYFARE #134 |
| TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED ARRIVAL #1 |
| TRANSFORMERS BEST OF THE UK TIME WARS #1 |
| TRANSFORMERS MOVIE SEQUEL REIGN OF STARSCREAM #4 |
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| WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #693 |
| WELCOME TO HOXFORD #1 |
| WHEN ZOMBIES ATTACK #3 |
| WOLVERINE SC GET MYSTIQUE |
| WONDER WOMAN #23 |
| WORLD OF WARCRAFT HC VOL 1 |
| WORLDS OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS #3 |
| X-MEN ORIGINS JEAN GREY |
| YOKO TSUNO SC VOL 3 PREY & THE GHOST |
| YOUNG LIARS #6 |
| ZORRO #6 |