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By John Judy CITIZEN REX #1 of 6 by Mario and Gilbert Hernandez. “What compels life without a soul?” No, it’s not a biography of Dick Cheney. It’s a sci-fi adventure about a scandalized robot in a world he never made. For fans of LOVE & ROCKETS and good comics everywhere. Recommended. DARK REIGN CROSS-OVERS by Tons o’ People. Let’s see, there’s HAWKEYE, HOOD, LETHAL LEGION, SINISTER SPIDER-MAN and YOUNG AVENGERS. Go completists, go! It’s feeding time at the DARK REIGN trough! Good luck! DETECTIVE COMICS #855 by Greg Rucka, JH Williams III and Cully Hamner. Batwoman and the Question do the detecting thing and look really good doing so. Hey, if you’re gonna call yourselves Batwoman and/or the Question you better be at the top of your game. Otherwise people will talk. FANTASTIC FOUR #569 by Mark Millar and Stuart Immonen. The Marquis of Death must pay for his treatment of Doom! And for being French! GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS: TANKIES #3 of 3 by Garth and Carlos Ezquerra. It’s end-game as the lads must finally face the deadly German tiger tank. Riveting wartime adventure. Recommended. GHOST RIDER: LAST STAND SC by Jason Aaron and Tan Eng Hut. Continuing Aaron’s run on this hellfire and booze-fueled cycle circus originally published in GHOST RIDER #26-32. IGNITION CITY #4 of 5 by Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani. Mary Raven’s in the firefight of her life armed with naught but her dead dad’s raygun and her own spunk to see her through. Bet on the Ellis uber-chick. JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #29 by Bill Willingham, Matthew Surges and Jesus Merino. A new creative team adds two new characters to the JSA roster. But will they last? KID COLT #1 by Tom DeFalco and Rick Burchett. It’s a Tom DeFalco comic and a Western. That makes it twice as unusual in today’s market. NEW AVENGERS #55 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen. It’s a new issue and Brother Voodoo is still the sorcerer supreme. And you thought Bucky America was a lot to accept. NORTHLANDERS #19 by Brian Wood and Danijel Zezelj. “The Shield Maidens” wraps up with the ladies inflicting some serious choppage. Highly recommended. NORTHLANDERS, VOL. 2: THE CROSS AND THE HAMMER SC by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly. Collecting Northlanders #11-16. An Irishman rebels against his Viking rulers. It’s awesome. Highly recommended. PREVIEWS by Marvel and Diamond Comics. See what you’ll be reading, wearing and playing in three months time! STUFF OF LEGEND #1 of 2 by Mike Raicht, Brian Smith and Charles Paul Wilson III. In 1944 a small boy is dragged into his closet by the Boogeyman. Now it’s up to his toys to go in and rescue him. Great fun for reading at bedtime, especially if the kids have been naughty. Gotta look! SUPERMAN #690 by James Robinson and Renato Guedes. Mon-El: Still dying. THUNDERBOLTS #134 by Andy Diggle and Miguel Angel Sepulveda. Be honest, did anyone ever think Songbird would be so tough to kill? I mean, her name is “Songbird” for crying out loud! And now it’s like Wolverine and Keith Richards had a kid and he wasn’t a tattooed, mohawked moron! I digress… Good comic, worth a read or three. ULTIMATUM #5 of 5 by Jeph Loeb and David Finch. The last issue. Lots of people dead. For now. ULTIMATUM: SPIDER-MAN REQUIEM #2 of 2 by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley and Stuart Immonen. Ultimate J. Jonah Jameson continues his weepy eulogy for Ultimate Almost Certainly Dead Spidey. WEDNESDAY COMICS #4 of 12 by Lotsa Awesome People. So ya say ya want Hawkman by Kyle Baker? Metamorpho by Neil Gaiman? A Kamandi adventure in the style of Prince Valiant? We have that and a lot more! Metal Men! Flash! Green Lantern! It’s a smorgasbord! Highly recommended. WONDER WOMAN #34 by Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti. It’s WW and Black Canary! What a pair! Recommended! |
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| 8-9-3 SC |
| ALTER EGO #88 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #598 SIQUEIRA VARIANT |
| ARCHIE DIGEST #256 |
| ARMY OF DARKNESS #23 |
| ASPEN SPLASH 2009 SWIMSUIT SPECTACULAR |
| ASTRO BOY MOVIE PREQUEL UNDERGROUND #3 |
| BARACK OBAMA #2 THE FIRST 100 DAYS |
| BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #7 |
| BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #6 |
| BIRDS OF PREY PLATINUM FLATS SC |
| BLACKEST NIGHT TALES OF THE CORPS #3 (Of 3) |
| BLACKEST NIGHT TALES OF THE CORPS #3 VARIANT |
| CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #15 |
| CHILDREN OF THE SEA SC VOL 1 |
| CITIZEN REX #1 (Of 6) |
| CIVIL WAR HEROES FOR HIRE SC |
| CIVIL WAR PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL SC |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1154 |
| COMICS REVUE #279 |
| COMPLETE CHESTER GOULDS DICK TRACY HC VOL 8 |
| COMPLETE DRACULA #2 (Of 5) |
| COMPLETE JACK SURVIVES HC |
| COMPLETE PEANUTS HC VOL 12 1973-1974 |
| DARK REIGN GOBLIN LEGACY |
| DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #4 (Of 5) |
| DARK REIGN HOOD #3 (Of 5) |
| DARK REIGN LETHAL LEGION #2 (Of 3) |
| DARK REIGN SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #1 VARIANT |
| DARK REIGN SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #2 (Of 4) |
| DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #3 (Of 5) |
| DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #3 (Of 6) |
| DARK X-MEN BEGINNING #2 (Of 3) DAARK AVENGERS X-MEN |
| DETECTIVE COMICS #854 2ND PRINTING |
| DETECTIVE COMICS #855 |
| DEVICE VOL 2 RECONSTRUCTED |
| DNANGEL SC VOL 12 (Of 13) |
| DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 28 |
| DYNAMO 5 SC VOL 3 FRESH BLOOD |
| ESSENTIAL PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN SC VOL 4 |
| EUREKA DORMANT GENE #4 (Of 4) |
| EVIL & MALICE SAVE THE WORLD SC |
| FANTASTIC FOUR #569 |
| FATHOM #8 FRANCISCO COVER |
| FATHOM #8 GARZA COVER |
| FEAR AGENT #27 1 AGAINST 1 (6 OF 6) |
| FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #3 (Of 6) |
| FLASH GORDON #6 |
| FLASH REBIRTH #1 (Of 6) NEW PRINTING |
| FREE REALMS #1 |
| GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS TANKIES #3 (Of 3) |
| GHOST RIDER SC LAST STAND |
| GIGANTIC ROBOT HC |
| GIRLS AND CORPSES MAGAZINE SUMMER 2009 |
| GLAMOURPUSS #8 |
| GRIMM FAIRY TALES #40 |
| HACK SLASH SERIES #24 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| HAYAO MIYAZAKI STARTING POINT 1979-1996 SC |
| IGNITION CITY #4 (Of 5) MULTIPLE COVERS |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN HC VOL 2 WORLDS MOST WANTED |
| JANES WORLD SC VOL 9 THE QUEST FOR LOVE |
| JERSEY GODS SC VOL 1 ID LIVE & ID DIE FOR YOU |
| JESUS CHRIST IN NAME OF GUN SC VOL 1 HOLLOW COST |
| JUGHEAD #196 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #35 |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #29 |
| KABOOM SC |
| KID COLT #1 |
| KIMI NI TODOKE SC VOL 1 FROM ME TO YOU |
| LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #3 (Of 6) |
| LAST REIGN KINGS OF WAR SC |
| LEGEND OF ISIS #3 |
| LIONSGATE FILMS LEPRECHAUN #3 |
| LOBSTER JOHNSON NOVEL BOOK 1 SATAN FACTORY |
| LONE RANGER #17 |
| LONE RANGER #17 CASSADAY VIRGIN VARIANT |
| MADAME XANADU #13 |
| MARVEL PREVIEWS AUGUST 2009 EXTRAS |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #4 (Of 4) |
| MERCY SPARX #3 (Of 3) |
| MICE TEMPLAR DESTINY #1 |
| MMW X-MEN SC VOL 2 |
| MUPPET SHOW TREASURE OF PEG LEG WILSON #1 (Of 4) |
| NEW AVENGERS #54 TAN VARIANT |
| NEW AVENGERS #55 DARK REIGN |
| NORTHLANDERS #19 |
| NORTHLANDERS SC VOL 2 THE CROSS AND THE HAMMER |
| PARASYTE SC VOL 8 (Of 8) |
| PREVIEWS #251 AUGUST 2009 |
| PROOF #22 |
| RAWBONE #3 (Of 4) MULTIPLE COVERS |
| ROSE SC GRAPHIX ED |
| SABRINA VOL 2 #104 YOUNG SALEM (4 Of 4) |
| SCOURGE OF GODS PREM HC VOL 1 |
| SECRET WARRIORS #6 70S DECADE VARIANT |
| SECRET WARRIORS #6 DARK REIGN |
| SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 29 |
| SKIN DEEP SC |
| SON OF HULK #13 |
| SON OF HULK #13 30S DECADE VARIANT |
| SPAWN #194 |
| SPIDER-GIRL SC VOL 11 MARKED FOR DEATH DIGEST |
| STAR TREK ARCHIVES SC VOL 5 BEST OF JAMES T KIRK |
| STAR TREK MISSIONS END #5 |
| STAR WARS ADV SC VOL 2 PRINCESS LEIA & ROYAL RANSOM |
| STAR WARS INSIDER #109 SPECIAL |
| STAR WARS INSIDER #111 |
| STAR WARS LEGACY #38 TATOOINE (2 Of 4) |
| STUFF OF LEGEND #1 (Of 2) |
| SUPERMAN #690 |
| SUPERMAN & BATMAN VS VAMPIRES & WEREWOLVES SC |
| SURROGATES SC VOL 2 FLESH & BONE |
| SUSPENDED IN LANGUAGE SC |
| TALES FROM THE CRYPT #13 |
| TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #57 |
| TEEN TITANS #73 |
| TERROR INC APOCALYPSE SOON #4 (Of 4) |
| TERROR TITANS SC |
| THOR #602 DJURDJEVIC VARIANT |
| THUNDERBOLTS #134 30S DECADE VARIANT |
| THUNDERBOLTS #134 DARK REIGN |
| TMNT COLLECTED BOOK SC VOL 1 |
| TOY STORY MYSTERIOUS STRANGER #3 (Of 4) |
| TRANSFORMERS ENERGON SC VOL 1 |
| ULTIMATUM #5 (Of 5) |
| ULTIMATUM #5 FINCH GATEFOLD VARIANT |
| ULTIMATUM #5 MCGUINNESS VARIANT |
| ULTIMATUM SPIDER-MAN REQUIEM #2 (Of 2) |
| UNKNOWN SOLDIER #10 |
| VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS #11 |
| VOLTRON SC VOL 1 LEGEND FORGED |
| WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #4 (Of 4) |
| WARLOCK #4 |
| WEDNESDAY COMICS #4 (Of 12) |
| WILDCATS #13 |
| WILLIAM SHATNER PRESENTS TEK WAR #2 |
| WIZARD MAGAZINE #215 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| WOLVERINE NOIR #4 (Of 4) |
| WOLVERINE NOIR #4 CALERO VARIANT |
| WONDER WOMAN #34 |
| X-MEN FOREVER #2 GRUMMETT VARIANT |
| X-MEN FOREVER #4 |
| X-MEN FOREVER #4 30S DECADE VARIANT |
| X-MEN LEGACY #225 ACUNA VARIANT |
| YOUNG LOVECRAFT SC |
| ZOMBIE TALES 2061 ONE-SHOT |