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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #579 by Mark Waid and Marcos Martin. Our hero is trapped underground with the father of his worst enemy. What to do? What to do? Good comics! ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #10 by Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard. The Secret Origin of Zechariah, the world’s most bi-polar vampire. BATMAN #682 by Grant Morrison and Lee Garbett. Well, now that Batman is “dead” at the hands of his dad or “Mr. Hurt” or The Devil or whoever, we are to be treated to a retrospective of his life by Alfred the faithful butler on his deathbed. More fun from Grant Morrison’s collection of soggy cocktail napkins, strung together with pictures! WARNING! MAY CONTAIN COHERENT NARRATIVE! (kidding!) THE BOYS #25 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. Wee Hughie a.k.a. “Bagpipe” meets the G-Men and their founder. Meanwhile his team-mates are up to their own shenanigans. Ennis-style action and debauchery! Not for kids. Recommended otherwise. CRIMINAL 2 #7 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. This latest arc comes to a conclusion as Jacob the beat-up forger/cartoonist must figure out how to double-cross his double-crossers. Highly Recommended! ESSENTIAL DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR HC written and drawn by Alison Bechdel. The best strips from the past eleven volumes of DTWOF, plus sixty new ones not previously collected. Twenty-five years worth of funny, opinionated, challenging stuff. Recommended, especially for Mormons. HAUNTED TANK #1 of 5 by Frank Marraffino and Henry Flint. The classic DC war comic about the ghost of a Confederate General who makes himself available to aid his tank-driving descendents gets a great twist here. The General’s latest descendent is a black man serving in Iraq. I already love this comic. Recommended! HELLBOY: THE WILD HUNT #1 of 8 by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo. HB’s fightin’ giants! But of course nothing’s ever that simple in his world. The follow-up to last year’s DARKNESS CALLS. IMMORTAL IRON FIST #20 by Duane Swierczynski and Travel Foreman. Danny Rand faces down his latest and most deadly nemesis, the weird demon critter who’s been killing Iron Fists for centuries. I’m betting on the guy with his name on the comic. JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #21 by Geoff Johns, Alex Ross and Dale Eaglesham. Anytime a God says “Worship me!” you know you’re in trouble. Next thing you know you’ve got guys in bad suits and worse haircuts asking for money. Good thing the JSA is here to put a stop to all that. The penultimate chapter of “One World, Under Gog.” MARVELS: EYE OF THE CAMERA #1 of 6 by Kurt Busiek and Jay Anacieto. A sequel to the ground-breaking 1994 series MARVELS, in which we learn again what it’s like to be an everyman in a world of supermen. Nobody writes such stories better than Kurt Busiek. Recommended. NEW AVENGERS #47 by Brian Michael Bendis and Billy Tan. An issue focusing on the consequences of the Skrull invasion, specifically as they affect Luke Cage. Look for green people getting punched in the brain. PUNISHER MAX: X-MAS SPECIAL #1 by Jason Aaron and Roland Boschi. A little something for all of us who were beginning to doubt Santa Claus: A Punisher story by Jason frickin’ Aaron! The author of SCALPED! You probably want to draw the blinds and turn off your phones for this one. Not for kids. Highly recommended! SANDMAN: DREAM HUNTERS #2 of 4 by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell. A beautiful adaptation of an earlier Sandman novella. Highly recommended. SECRET INVASION #8 of 8 by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu. The final chapter. Radical stuff occurs. “He loves you!” SHE-HULK: COSMIC COLLISION #1 by Peter David and Mahmud S Asrar. For all you Shulk Completists out there! It’s okay! Come out into the light! Featuring powerful chicks in tight clothes! SOLOMON KANE #3 of 5 by Scott Allie and Mario Guevara. Intrigues abound as Robert E. Howard’s puritan Punisher is drawn deeper into a mystery that can only be resolved with steel and powder. Very solid stuff. Recommended. WOLVERINE: MANIFEST DESTINY #2 of 4 by Jason Aaron and Stephen Segovia. Wolvie gets his butt kicked all over Chinatown by a girl. It’s swell. Jason Aaron strikes again! X-MEN: NOIR #1 of 4 by Fred Van Lente and Dennis Calero. What if the X-Men had been created and written by pulp crime novelists back in 1930-something? Imagine Mickey Spillane writing Wolverine! Highly recommended and hopefully the gateway through which X-maniacs will find their way to SCALPED and CRIMINAL. Recommended. |
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| ALL STORY TARZAN OF THE APES |
| ALTER EGO #82 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #579 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #579 VILLAIN VARIANT |
| ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE #3 (Of 5) |
| ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #194 |
| ARMY @ LOVE THE ART OF WAR #5 (Of 6) |
| ASTONISHING X-MEN HC VOL 2 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| ASTOUNDING SPACE THRILLS ARGOSY SMITH SC |
| ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #10 |
| AUTHORITY #5 |
| BATMAN #682 |
| BATMAN #682 VARIANT |
| BETTY #177 |
| BLEACH SC VOL 25 |
| BOYS #25 |
| BROKEN TRINITY WITCHBLADE BLAKE MULTIPLE COVERS (ONE SHOT) |
| BUMPER BOOK OF ROY OF THE ROVERS HC |
| CABLE #9 |
| CALIBER HC VOL 1 FIRST CANON OF JUSTICE |
| CHARLATAN BALL #5 |
| CHUCK #6 (Of 6) |
| CLEBURNE SC |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1120 |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL |
| COMPLETE TERRY & THE PIRATES HC VOL 5 |
| CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 2 |
| CRIMINAL 2 #7 |
| CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 #2 (Of 4) |
| CROSSED #2 (Of 9) MULTIPLE COVERS |
| DAREDEVIL BY MILLER JANSON SC VOL 2 |
| DAREDEVIL PREM HC YELLOW |
| DARKNESS #72 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 22 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SC VOL 2 |
| DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #4 |
| DRAGONBALL Z VIZBIG ED SC VOL 3 |
| DREAMER #2 |
| DREAMLAND CHRONICLES #6 |
| EL DIABLO #4 (Of 6) |
| ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #1 (Of 5) |
| ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #1 (Of 5) SYMBOL VARIANT |
| ESSENTIAL WOLVERINE SC VOL 5 |
| ETERNALS #6 |
| FALL OF CTHULHU SC VOL 3 GRAY MAN |
| GABA KAWA SC |
| GENEXT SC |
| GI JOE VS COBRA FALL SPECIAL #1 RISE OF THE HEAD HUNTERS |
| GODLAND SC VOL 4 AMPLIFIED NOW |
| HACK SLASH SERIES #18 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| HAUNTED TANK #1 MULTIPLE COVERS (Of 5) |
| HEAVY METAL JAN 2009 |
| HELLBOY WILD HUNT #1 (Of 8) |
| HERCULES HC VOL 1 THE THRACIAN WARS |
| HIGH ADVENTURE #103 |
| HULK FAMILY GREEN GENES #1 |
| I HATE GALLANT GIRL #2 (Of 3) |
| IMMORTAL IRON FIST #20 |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 1 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| IRON MAN HULK FURY (ONE SHOT) |
| JINGLE BELLE SANTA CLAUS VS FRANKENSTEIN (ONE SHOT) MULTIPLE COVERS |
| JONAH HEX #38 |
| JUGHEAD #192 |
| JUNGLE GIRL SEASON 2 #2 |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #21 |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #21 VARIANT |
| KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #145 |
| KULL #2 (Of 6) |
| LEGEND OF ZELDA SC VOL 2 |
| LETS FIND POKEMON TONS OF FUN AMUSEMENT PARK HC |
| LIBERTY COMICS A CBLDF BENEFIT BOOK |
| LOONEY TUNES #169 |
| LORDS OF AVALON KNIGHTS OF DARKNESS #1 (Of 6) |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK SC VOL 4 DIGEST |
| MARVEL ILLUSTRATED KIDNAPPED #2 (Of 5) |
| MARVEL SPOTLIGHT SECRET INVASION AFTERMATH |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #3 (Of 4) |
| MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #1 (Of 6) |
| MICE TEMPLAR HC VOL 1 THE PROPHECY |
| MISKATONIC PROJECT HP LOVECRAFT WHISPERER IN THE DARKNESS |
| MIXED VEGETABLES SC VOL 2 |
| MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 19 MIKE PLOOG |
| MONKEY HIGH SC VOL 4 |
| MOON KNIGHT SILENT KNIGHT #1 |
| MOUSE GUARD WINTER 1152 #4 (Of 6) |
| NECRONOMICON #3 (Of 4) |
| NEW AVENGERS #47 SI |
| NEW EXILES #15 |
| NEW EXILES SC VOL 2 SOUL AWAKENING |
| NOBLE CAUSES #38 |
| NOVO SC VOL 2 THE PRIDE |
| NYX NO WAY HOME #4 (Of 6) |
| PHANTOM DETECTIVE JUN 1935 REPLICA ED |
| PIRAT TALES LEGEND OF CAT O NINE TALES #2 |
| PROJECT SUPERPOWERS HC VOL 1 |
| PROOF SC VOL 2 |
| PUNISHER MAX X-MAS SPECIAL 2008 |
| PUNISHER MAX X-MAS SPECIAL 2008 BLOODY VARIANT |
| SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #2 (Of 4) |
| SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #2 (Of 4) VARIANT |
| SCREAM QUEEN SC |
| SECRET INVASION #8 (Of 8) |
| SECRET INVASION #8 (Of 8) YU SKETCH VARIANT |
| SECRET INVASION #8 (Of 8) YU VARIANT |
| SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #5 (Of 5) |
| SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #2 (Of 6) |
| SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 23 |
| SHE HULK COSMIC COLLISION |
| SHONEN JUMP JAN 09 |
| SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERGIRL SC VOL 2 |
| SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING #2 (Of 5) |
| SOLOMON KANE #3 (Of 5) |
| SPEED GRAPHER MANGA SC VOL 2 (Of 3) |
| SPEED RACER NEXT GENERATION BIRTHRIGHT #2 |
| SPIRIT SC VOL 1 |
| STAR TREK ASSIGNMENT EARTH SC |
| SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #1 |
| SUPERMAN BATMAN VENGEANCE SC |
| SUPERMAN SUPERGIRL MAELSTROM #3 (Of 5) |
| SWORD #13 |
| TALES FROM THE CRYPT #9 |
| TEEN TITANS ON THE CLOCK SC |
| TERRA #3 (Of 4) |
| TERROR TITANS #3 (Of 6) |
| TINY LIFE SC |
| TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #172 |
| TORCHWOOD MAGAZINE #11 |
| TRANFORMERS TIMELINES FALL SPECIAL SHATTERED GLASS |
| TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED ARRIVAL #5 |
| TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE SC VOL 2 |
| TRINITY #27 |
| VIXEN RETURN OF THE LION #3 (Of 5) |
| WALT DISNEYS CHRISTMAS PARADE #5 |
| WAR AT ELLSMERE SC |
| WASTELAND SC BOOK 03 BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS |
| WEAPON X FIRST CLASS #2 (Of 3) |
| WHAT IF HOUSE OF M |
| WILD ONES SC VOL 5 |
| WIZARD PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #1/2 |
| WIZARD PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #1/2 SKETCH VARIANT |
| WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY #2 (Of 4) |
| WOLVERINE POWER PACK #2 (Of 4) |
| X-INFERNUS #1 (Of 4) |
| X-INFERNUS #1 (Of 4) CAMPBELL VARIANT |
| X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #4 (Of 5) |
| X-MEN NOIR #1 (Of 4) |
| X-MEN NOIR #1 (Of 4) CALERO VARIANT |
| XENA VS ARMY OF DARKNESS WHAT AGAIN #2 |
| YOUNGBLOOD #6 |
| YOZAKURA QUARTET SC VOL 3 |
| ZERO G #3 (Of 4) |