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AFTER 9-11: AMERICA’S WAR ON TERROR HC & SC by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon. The team behind the excellent 9-11 REPORT graphic adaptation now present us with its tragic sequel. While the creators strive to be fair to all concerned the Bushies come off almost as badly as they deserve. Hey, misleading a nation into a bankrupting, unnecessary war will do that sometimes! Highly recommended for 4,115 reasons as of this writing. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #573 by Dan Slott and John Romita Jr. Spidey and Norman Osborn mix it up but the real story is the variant cover featuring Stephen Colbert! “Stephen Colbert: Better than zombies and apes put together!” ASTONISHING X-MEN #27 by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi. This is one of those special books where, even if you don’t love where it’s going, you have to respect the intelligence of the writing and the intricate beauty of the art. It even has jokes that work! Who knew the White Queen’s real power was drollery? Recommended. CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #6 by Paul Cornell and Leonard Kirk. Vampires! Mindless Ones! But enough about the GOP base… This is a good comic. Clever, worth reading, recommended. DC UNIVERSE DECISIONS #3 of 4 by Judd Winick, Bill Willingham and Rick Leonardi. The most amazing thing about the DCU isn’t the superheroes. It’s that there are four viable candidates for President in the general election. I wish we could have President Luthor back. He kept us safe. EX MACHINA VOL. 7: EX CATHEDRA SC by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. Collecting issues #30-35 in which the Great Machine meets the Pope. Hijinks ensue. Recommended. FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #2 of 5 by Geoff Johns and George Perez. Great, epic, continuity-shattering space opera by two guys who were born to do this sort of thing! On, Nerdery, on! Recommended. FINAL CRISIS: ROGUES REVENGE #3 of 3 by Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins. The big throw-down between the Rogues and the Secret Society! Who will burn? Who will freeze? Who will… look bad in the mirror? Plus, Barry Allen! GHOST RIDER #28 by Jason Aaron and Tang Eng Hut. Two Ghost Riders, Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch, fight in the mountains of Tibet. Why isn’t Tarantino filming this right now? Also, a Very Special back-up story. GREATEST HITS #2 of 6 by David Tischman, Glenn Fabry and Gary Erskine. A great new series based on the idea that the British Invasion of the sixties was not rockers but superheroes. Oh, and somebody dies. Probably the hero whose superpowers are drumming and mooching off his girlfriend. Very clever, lots of inside humor, recommended. HULK MONSTER-SIZE SPECIAL #1. (Insert incredibly inappropriate joke here.) JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #19 by Geoff Johns, Alex Ross and Dale Eaglesham. Everybody fights everybody! Finally! It’s Gog-errific! MIGHTY AVENGERS #19 by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve Kurth. Warning! This issue may contain actual Avengers! PUNISHER MAX #63 by Gregg Hurwitz and Laurence Campbell. Last issue some low-down meth dealers tricked Frank into wasting a kidnapped little girl. This issue Frank responds. Not for kids. RASL #3 written and drawn by Jeff Smith. The mystery of Smith’s dimension-hopping thief continues. Who is the lizard dude and why is he chasing Rasl down? Cartoon, sci-fi noir. Good stuff. Recommended. SCALPED VOL.3 SC: DEAD MOTHERS by Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera and John Paul Leon. Don’t buy anything else this week until you’ve picked up this book, collecting issues #12–18 of this amazing, gut-punching series. Not for kids. For everyone else. Highly recommended. SUPERMAN AND BATMAN VS VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES #1 of 6. I list this comic only because I wanted to type the title. SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL #1 by James Robinson and Jesus Merino. We always knew he was. ULTIMATE ORIGINS #5 of 5 by Brian Michael Bendis and Butch Guice. Okay, it’s been an interesting ride, but I’d like to officially request of Marvel that all future ULTIMATE mini-series actually have an ending rather than just being lead-ins to the next friggin’ ULTIMATE mini-series! Just make it a maxi-series if it takes longer than six issues to tell the story. Nuff said! UNCANNY X-MEN #503 by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker and Greg Land. Mutants drink beer, fight and smile a lot. Did you know that in San Francisco everyone has perfectly straight, white teeth? Or at least solid white bands where teeth should be? Don’t tell me comic books lie! Also a certain redhead is back from the dead. It must be Wednesday. WELCOME TO HOXFORD #3 written and executed by Ben Templesmith. The artist of FELL pulls out the stops on this Werewolves vs. Psycho-Killer diversion. It’s fun but not for kids. |
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| 2000 AD #1607 |
| 2000 AD #1608 |
| 48 MORE ASHLEY WOOD NUDES SC |
| ADAM LEGEND OF BLUE MARVEL #1 (Of 4) |
| ADVENTURE COMICS SPECIAL GUARDIAN #1 NEW KRYPTON |
| ADVENTURE COMICS SPECIAL GUARDIAN #1 VARIANT |
| AI YORI AOSHI VOL 1-3 COLLECTION SC |
| ALANS WAR SC |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #576 |
| ANGEL OMNIBUS SC |
| ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE #2 (Of 5) |
| AQUA BLESS SC |
| ARMY @ LOVE THE ART OF WAR #4 (Of 6) |
| AUTHORITY #4 |
| AVENGERS INITIATIVE SPECIAL |
| AVENGERS THE INITIATIVE SC VOL 2 KILLED IN ACTION |
| BACK TO BROOKLYN #2 (Of 5) |
| BAREFOOT WALTZ SC |
| BLACK MIST SC VOL 1 |
| BLAKE & MORTIMER SC VOL 4 FRANCIS BLAKE AFFAIR |
| BLUE EYES SC VOL 4 |
| BOOSTER GOLD HC VOL 2 BLUE AND GOLD |
| BPRD SC VOL 9 1946 |
| CABLE #8 |
| CAPTIVE HEARTS SC VOL 1 |
| CIVIL WAR HOUSE OF M #3 (Of 5) |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1116 |
| COMICS REVUE #270 |
| COUNTER X SC VOL 3 |
| D GRAY MAN SC VOL 11 |
| DAREDEVIL & CAPTAIN AMERICA DEAD ON ARRIVAL |
| DAREDEVIL MILLER JANSON SC VOL 1 |
| DEAD #2 KINGDOM OF FLIES |
| DIANA PRINCE WONDER WOMAN SC VOL 3 |
| DISNEYS DUCKTALES GOLD ODYSSEY SC |
| DOS TARINO LATEST ART BY ASHLEY WOOD SC |
| DRAGONBALL COLLECTORS ED HC VOL 1 |
| DRAGONBALL Z COLLECTORS ED HC VOL 1 |
| DRAGONLANCE LEGENDS TIME OF THE TWINS #3 (Of 3) |
| DRAIN SC VOL 1 |
| EL DIABLO #3 (Of 6) |
| ELEKTRA BY FRANK MILLER OMNIBUS HC DM ED |
| ESSENTIAL HULK SC VOL 5 |
| FEMME NOIR DARK CITY DIARIES #3 (Of 4) MULTIPLE COVERS |
| FINAL CRISIS RESIST #1 |
| FISHTOWN HC |
| FORTEAN TIMES #242 |
| FRANKLIN RICHARDS SONS OF GENIUSES |
| FRAZETTA DEFINITIVE REFERENCE HC |
| FREAKANGELS SC VOL 1 |
| FREEDOM FORMULA #3 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| GEMINI #3 (Of 5) |
| GEN 13 SC VOL 3 15 MINUTES |
| GIGANTIC #1 (Of 5) |
| GRANT MORRISONS DOCTOR WHO #2 |
| HEADLOCKED TRYOUT #1 (Of 3) |
| HELLBLAZER PRESENTS CHAS THE KNOWLEDGE #5 (Of 5) |
| HERETIC SC |
| HIGH ROLLERS #4 (Of 4) |
| HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT SC VOL 6 |
| HORRORHOUND #14 |
| HOUSE OF MYSTERY #7 |
| IMPALER SC VOL 1 |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #7 |
| IRON MAN END |
| JONAH HEX #37 |
| JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #277 |
| JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #30 |
| JUNGLE GIRL SEASON 2 #1 |
| JUNIOR ESCORT SC VOL 1 |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #20 |
| JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #20 VARIANT |
| KULL #1 (Of 6) |
| LE CHEVALIER DEON SC VOL 6 |
| LIQUID CITY SC |
| LOONEY TUNES #168 |
| LUCHA LIBRE #6 |
| MACK BOLAN THE DEVILS TOOLS SC |
| MAO-CHAN SC VOL 1 |
| MARVEL ILLUSTRATED KIDNAPPED #1 (Of 5) |
| MARVEL SELECT IRON MAN ACTION FIGURE |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #2 (Of 4) |
| METH COLAN & OTHER THEOLOGIANS SC |
| MICHAEL GOLDEN HEROES & VILLAINS SKETCHBOOK S/N HC |
| MICHAEL TURNER TRIBUTE SC |
| MISTER X ARCHIVES HC |
| MOON KNIGHT SC VOL 3 GOD & COUNTRY |
| MS MARVEL SPECIAL STORYTELLER |
| NAME OF THE GAME SC |
| NARUTO SC VOL 32 |
| NEW TEEN TITANS ARCHIVES HC VOL 4 |
| NIGHTWING FREEFALL SC |
| ODD SQUAD #3 |
| OTAKU USA MAGAZINE NOV DEC 2008 |
| PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #126 |
| PARASYTE SC VOL 5 (Of 8) |
| PREVIEWS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2008 |
| PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL ANNUAL #1 |
| QUESTION SC VOL 3 EPITAPH FOR A HERO |
| REX MUNDI SC VOL 5 VALLEY AT END OF WORLD |
| ROSE HIP ROSE SC VOL 3 (Of 4) |
| ROSE SC |
| SALEM #3 (Of 4) |
| SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #1 (Of 4) |
| SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #1 (Of 4) VARIANT |
| SARDINE IN OUTER SPACE SC VOL 6 |
| SCARLET VERONICA #1 (Of 4) |
| SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #4 (Of 5) |
| SECRET SIX #3 |
| SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #1 (Of 6) |
| SHONEN JUMP DEC 08 |
| SHOWCASE PRESENTS WONDER WOMAN SC VOL 2 |
| STAR TREK YEAR FOUR ENTERPRISE EXPERIMENT SC |
| STAR WARS INSIDER #105 |
| STAR WARS REBELLION SC VOL 3 SMALL VICTORIES |
| STATION #4 (Of 5) |
| STORMING PARADISE #4 (Of 6) |
| SUB-MARINER DEPTHS #3 (Of 5) |
| SUPERMAN BATMAN SER 6 BALANCED MASTER CASE |
| SUPERMAN SUPERGIRL MAELSTROM #1 (Of 5) |
| SUPERMAN VS BRAINIAC SC |
| TANK GIRL VISIONS OF BOOGA SC |
| TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE SC |
| TERRA #1 (Of 4) |
| TERROR TITANS #2 (Of 6) |
| TO THE HEART OF THE STORM SC |
| TOKKO SC VOL 2 |
| TOMB OF DRACULA OMNIBUS VOL 1 VARIANT |
| TOP 10 SEASON TWO #2 (Of 4) |
| TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT BLURR |
| TRINITY #23 |
| ULTIMATUM #1 (Of 5) |
| ULTIMATUM #1 MCGUINNESS VARIANT |
| ULTIMATUM #1 WHITE FINCH VARIANT |
| UN-MEN SC VOL 2 CHILDREN OF PARADOX |
| UNCLE SCROOGE #381 |
| VENOM DARK ORIGIN #4 (Of 5) |
| VERONICA #191 |
| VIXEN RETURN OF THE LION #2 (Of 5) |
| WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #696 |
| WATCHMEN THE ABSOLUTE EDITION HC |
| WE WERE THERE SC VOL 1 |
| WEAPON X FIRST CLASS #1 (Of 3) |
| WEAPON X FIRST CLASS #1 RYAN VARIANT |
| WOLVERINE CHOP SHOP |
| WOLVERINE POWER PACK #1 (Of 4) |
| X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #3 (Of 5) |
| X-MEN PIXIES & DEMONS DIRECTORS CUT |
| X-MEN SPIDER-MAN #1 (Of 4) |
| YU GI OH GX SC VOL 2 |
| ZOMBIE TALES #7 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| ZOMBIE TALES WAR AT HOME ONE SHOT |