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By John Judy, WGA-Wanabee (NOTE: This week comics are shipping one day later than usual due to that thing with the turkeys and the people who buckled their hats. Look for ‘em Thursday, not Wednesday.) ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #8 by Frank Miller and Jim Lee. Which iconic DC heroine will be rendered as an unstable slut this issue? The latest milestone in Frank Miller’s ongoing mental collapse! Ho-ho-ho! AVENGERS INITIATIVE: BASIC TRAINING VOL. 1 PREMIERE HC by Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli. Collecting the first six issues of this smart, funny adventure series. Recommended. BATMAN #671 by Grant Morrison and Tony Daniel. Bats versus Sensei versus Ras al Ghul. Could be a short resurrection for The Ras. BLACK PANTHER #32 by Reginald Hudlin and Francis Portela. Fun and games on the Skrull Gangsta Planet. Also featuring a nefarious frog. Oddly recommended. CRIME BIBLE: THE FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD #2 of 5 by Greg Rucka and Jose Saiz. Featuring “The Lesson of Lust.” This Religion of Crime is sounding better and better… DAN DARE #1 of 7 by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine. A classic British science-hero as written by Garth Ennis. To be read with tongs and blast goggles. Thank-you, Virgin Comics. DAREDEVIL #102 by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark. Mister Fear is having way too much fun making DD’s life difficult. It’s good to be Mister Fear. Recommended. ESSENTIAL X-MEN VOL.8 SC by Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri, and Rick Leonardi. Collecting a buncha stuff from Claremont’s 100-year run on the Uncanny X-books. Issues #229-243, plus Annual #12 and some X-FACTOR to boot. IT ATE BILLY ON CHRISTMAS HC by Roman Dirge and Steven Daily. From the creator of LENORE, a little seasonal fun in the vein of “Little Shop of Horrors meets all those Rankin-Bass Christmas specials of days gone by.” Gotta look! MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #2 of 5 by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips. Forty years after the zombie plague turned Earth’s mightiest heroes into glowing-eyed ghouls with no lips, strange alliances are forming. Recommended. Absolutely not for kids. SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #41 by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada. “One More Day” part 3 of 4, in which Aunt May takes her shot at the Lingering World’s Record. What is it with Aunt May? She’s had more heart attacks than Cheney, been shot by a sniper and pumped full of radioactive Spidey-blood, but she still won’t die! What is she, some kind of passive-aggressive Wolverine? Does her healing power only get her well enough to be a 1000-pound guilt-anchor on her nephew? Die or get off the pot, Aunt May! And get me some wheat cakes! SHAZAM ACTION FIGURES featuring Cap, Billy, Junior, Mary, Sivana, Mr. Mind, and Hoppy the Marvel Bunny! You want these. Don’t pretend you don’t. SUB-MARINER #6 of 6 by Matt Cherniss, Peter Johnson, and Phil Briones. Namor makes some cold, hard decisions and renews an old business relationship. Not bad. SUPERMAN ANNUAL #13 by Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco. The long-awaited conclusion to “Camelot Falls” in which Supes and Arion duke it out. Recommended. WARREN ELLIS BLACK GAS SC by Internet Jesus and Max Fiumara. If the holidays make you want to eat people until civilization falls to ruin this is the book for you. WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #6 of 6 by Paul Jenkins and Ramon Bachs. Answering the musical question “After the Hulk and the Sentry turn New York into New Orleans what’s a drunk reporter to do?” Better than it sounds. X-MEN #205 by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo. “Mutant Killer Jesus-Baby” Part 5 of 13. Big fights. X-MEN FIRST CLASS #6 by Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz. A story that appears to be about the early X-Men losing their powers because of something from space. The preview copy looked like a lot of pages were printed out of order. Maybe the X-books are all mangas now? Plus, PREVIEWS from Diamond and Marvel! |
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| 2000 AD #1561 |
| 2000 AD #1562 |
| 52 AFTERMATH THE FOUR HORSEMEN #4 (Of 6) |
| A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #70 |
| AFTER I WIN SC |
| AGE OF BRONZE VOL 3 BETRAYAL HC |
| AGE OF BRONZE VOL 3 BETRAYAL SC |
| ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #8 |
| ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN VARIANT ED #8 |
| AMERICAN VIRGIN #21 |
| ARCHIBALD SAVES CHRISTMAS #1 |
| ARCHIE #580 |
| ARCHIE COMICS FUN 3 PACK |
| ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #184 |
| ARCHITECT SC |
| ARMY OF DARKNESS FROM ASHES #4 |
| AUTHORITY PRIME #2 (Of 6) |
| AVENGERS INITIATIVE BASIC TRAINING VOL 1 PREMIER HC |
| AVENTURA VOL 1 SC |
| BACK ISSUE #25 |
| BAD PLANET #4 (Of 6) |
| BATMAN #671 GHUL |
| BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #2 |
| BATMAN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT HC |
| BEOWULF SC |
| BERSERK VOL 20 SC |
| BJ BETTY #2 |
| BLACK PANTHER #32 |
| BLOWJOB #22 |
| BLUE BEETLE #21 |
| BOMB QUEEN IV #3 (Of 4) |
| CABLE DEADPOOL #47 |
| CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #39 |
| CASANOVA #11 |
| CASHIERS DU CINEMART #15 |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1067 |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL |
| COMICS REVUE #259 |
| COMPLETE DICK TRACY HC VOL 03 |
| COUNTDOWN LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS #2 (Of 6) |
| COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #4 (Of 8) |
| COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 22 |
| CRIME BIBLE THE FIVE LESSONS OF BLOOD #2 (Of 5) |
| CRIMINAL MACABRE MY DEMON BABY #3 (Of 4) |
| CROSSING MIDNIGHT #13 |
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| DAN DARE #1 (Of 7) |
| DAREDEVIL #102 |
| DARK HORRORS ANTHOLOGY VOL 2 SC |
| DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #3 (Of 8) |
| DEATHBLOW #8 |
| DOC FRANKENSTEIN #6 |
| DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 11 |
| DOCK WALLOPER #1 (Of 5) |
| DOCTOR WHO VOL 1 VOYAGER SC |
| ELFQUEST ARCHIVES VOL 4 HC |
| ESSENTIAL X-MEN VOL 8 SC |
| FAKER #5 (Of 6) |
| FEAR AGENT HATCHET JOB #1 (Of 4) |
| FIRST BORN COVER #3 (Of 3) |
| FOOLKILLER #2 (Of 5) |
| FRANK FRAZETTAS DEATH DEALER #5 (Of 6) |
| FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH #2 (Of 6) |
| FUTURAMA COMICS #34 |
| G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #26 |
| GACHA GACHA NEXT REVOLUTION VOL 5 SC |
| GARGOYLES BAD GUYS #1 |
| GEN13 ARMAGEDDON #1 |
| GENE SIMMONS DOMINATRIX #4 |
| GENSHIKEN VOL 9 SC |
| GEORGE ROMERO NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD HUNGER BURROWS SKETCH COVER |
| GI JOE DATA DESK HANDBOOK N-Z |
| GOTHAM UNDERGROUND #2 (Of 9) |
| GREEN LANTERN CORPS #18 |
| GUNSLINGER GIRL MANGA SC VOL 06 |
| HACK SLASH SERIES CAMPBELL #6 |
| HAWKGIRL HAWKMAN RETURNS SC |
| HEAT SC |
| HIGH ADVENTURE #97 |
| HIGHLANDER THE COLDEST WAR SC |
| HOPE FALLS #1 (Of 5) |
| IT ATE BILLY ON CHRISTMAS HC |
| JACK KIRBYS GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS HC |
| JACK OF FABLES #17 |
| JLA CLASSIFIED #47 |
| JSA CLASSIFIED #32 |
| KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #133 |
| KNOWLEDGE IS POWER THE WORLD ASKEW #3 (Of 4) |
| KONG KING OF SKULL ISLAND #1 (Of 5) |
| LEXIAN CHRONICLES FULL CIRCLE VOL 2 SC |
| LITTLE SAMMY SNEEZE COMP COLOR SUNDAYS 1904 - 1905 HC |
| LUCKY LUKE CALAMITY JANE SC |
| MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #5 |
| MAGICIAN APPRENTICE #11 (Of 12) |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #7 |
| MARVEL ATLAS #1 (Of 2) |
| MARVEL PREVIEWS DECEMBER 2007 |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES 2 #2 (Of 5) |
| MASKED MAGICIAN ONE SHOT |
| MELUSINE HALLOWEEN SC |
| MERCENARIES #1 |
| MIDNIGHTER VOL 1 KILLING MACHINE SC |
| MOON KNIGHT ANNUAL #1 |
| MPD PSYCHO VOL 3 SC |
| MYTHOS FANTASY ART REALMS OF FRANK BRUNNER SC |
| NEWTYPE ENG ED DEC 2007 |
| NOSTALGIA DIGEST VOL 34 #1 |
| PHANTOM #20 |
| PHANTOM DETECTIVE JAN 1935 REPLICA |
| POPGUN VOL 1 SC |
| PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVII #12 |
| PREVIEWS VOL XVII #12 |
| PROOF #2 |
| PUMPKIN SCISSORS VOL 1 SC |
| QEE JOURNAL WITH MINI QEE |
| SAVAGE DRAGON #134 |
| SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #41 ONE MORE DAY |
| SFX #163 |
| SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 12 |
| SHAMAN WARRIOR VOL 5 SC |
| SHAUN THE SHEEP COMIC #9 |
| SHAZAM SERIES 1 ACTION FIGURES |
| SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING #2 |
| SIRE REVELATIONS #3 (Of 3) |
| SONIC SUPER SPECIAL #6 |
| SPEAK OF THE DEVIL #3 (Of 6) |
| SPIDER-MAN 3 BATTLE-ACTION ACTION FIGURES |
| STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #23 |
| SUB-MARINER #6 (Of 6) CIVIL WAR INITIATIVE |
| SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #36 |
| SUPERMAN ANNUAL #13 |
| SUPERMAN BATMAN #43 |
| SUPERNATURAL MAGAZINE #1 |
| TALENT SC VOL 01 |
| TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #47 |
| TECH JACKET VOL 1 BOY FROM EARTH SC |
| TEEN TITANS #53 |
| TEEN TITANS GO #49 |
| TENJHO TENGE VOL 16 |
| TERMINATOR 2 INFINITY #5 |
| TESTAMENT VOL 3 BABEL SC |
| TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #160 |
| TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION #3 |
| TRANSFORMERS SOUNDWAVE BUST |
| TRIALS OF SHAZAM #10 (Of 12) |
| ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #116 |
| UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #3 (Of 8) |
| UNIQUE SC |
| USAGI YOJIMBO #107 |
| WALTER BAUMHOFER PULP ART MASTERS SC |
| WITCHBLADE TAKERU MANGA #10 |
| WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED #38 FACTS ON THE GROUND |
| WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #6 (Of 6) |
| X-MEN #205 MC |
| X-MEN CAMPBELL VARIANT #205 MC |
| X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #6 |
| ZOMBIE SIMON GARTH #1 (Of 4) |