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NOTE: Be sure to read this week’s X-comics before sunset so you can atone for doing so. ACTION COMICS #870 by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. Clark fights Brainiac and gets so upset he leaves his shirt open on the front cover! Great Krypton! AVENGERS/INVADERS #5 of 12 by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Steve Sadowski. Do you want a comic in which Wolverine rides piggy-back on a flaming mutant boy in swim trunks? How about a comic in which a deaf character lip-reads Spider-Man even though Spidey is wearing a mask that covers his entire face? Okay, how about a comic in which the original Human Torch equates trashed government robots (LMDs) with Jews murdered in the holocaust? And it’s drawn almost as well as it reads. Seven more issues until we discover if a comic will ship with zero retailer orders. DC COMICS GOES APE SC by Various Creators. You want ape-fights? You want superheroes turning into apes and fighting other superheroes who have also turned into apes? Well, buster, you came to the right place! And we don’t need no WWII secret vampire apes neither! This is Old Ape School, pally-boy! “Ook!” FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS #3 of 5 by Greg Rucka and Philip Tan. Darkseid has the anti-life equation and it will be on the test! GOON #29 written and drawn by Eric Powell. “You’d think he’d learn not to eat sauerkraut around the Goon. He hates the smell of sauerkraut.” “There’s no learnin’ some people. You just gotta twist their heads around.” So highly recommended… GREEN LANTERN #35 by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis. The final chapter of the Hal Jordan/Sinestro buddy-cop movie! Good stuff. HELLBOY LIBRARY EDITION, VOL. 2 HC by Mike Mignola, Matthew Hollingsworth and James Sinclair. Collecting the complete “Chained Coffin” and “The Right Hand of Doom” in super-sweet 9 x 12 format! Recommended. MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #1 of 4 by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker. A surprisingly good follow-up to a series that kind of half jumped the shark a year ago. Credit the talents of artist Kev Walker and author and co-founder of EvilTwin Comics, Fred Van Lente. Worth a look if you liked the first MZ series. PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL: BARACK OBAMA by Jeff Mariotte and Tom Morgan. IDW Publishing is putting out two graphic biographies of the men vying to become our next President: Senator Barack Obama and the guy who’s going to lose because he picked your crazy homeroom teacher as his running mate. Gotta look! Gotta vote! SECRET SIX #2 by Gail Simone and Nicola Scott. Batman versus Catman! Can Ratman be far behind? No, because there is no Ratman, I made him up. How about Scatman Crothers? No, he’s dead. Okay, seriously, this is a good team book, kind of like THUNDERBOLTS only more intimate. Honest. For some reason the best super-team books lately are about teams of villains. Go figure. SERENITY: BETTER DAYS SC by Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews and Will Conrad. Collecting the three-issue space adventures of the crew that made Han Solo look like a choirboy. Stupid Fox Television! SHOWCASE PRESENTS: BLACKHAWK VOL. 1 SC by Various Creators. Collecting BLACKHAWK issues #108-127 from the fabulous fifties. They’re being eaten by a giant robot whale who is almost certainly a commie. Old school. THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS #2 of 5 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Mike Perkins. So far this is turning out to be among the strongest adaptations of Stephen King’s work in comics or any other medium. Not kidding. Highly recommended. THE TWELVE #8 of 1 by J. Michael Straczynski and Chris Weston. Electro the mysterious robot makes his move. Finally! Recommended. TWO-FACE: YEAR ONE #2 of 2 by Mark Sable and Jesus Saiz. Two-Face is running for election! But enough about John McCain…. WALKING DEAD #53 by Robert Kirkman and Charles Adlard. Old friends return and new ones are made. At least we think they’re friends… Recommended. Not for kids. WONDER WOMAN #25 by Gail Simone and Bernard Chang. Wonder Woman is determined to stop a movie of her life from being made. If only the suits hadn’t said “Does she have to be a woman?” X-MEN: MAGNETO TESTAMENT #2 of 5 by Greg Pak and Carmine Di Giandomenico. A bold attempt to show the early life of one of Marvel’s iconic villains as a young Jewish boy trying to survive in Hitler’s Germany. Not your run-of-the-mill X-garbage. Worth checking out. X-MEN: MANIFEST DESTINY #2 of 5 by Lotsa People. Three stories of mutants with intimacy issues. Also a philosophy under which Marvel will attempt to push all other comics off the racks in order to accommodate more X-Books, regardless of quality. Nuff said! X-MEN: ORIGINAL SIN #1 by Daniel Way, Mike Deodato, Mike Carey and Scot Eaton. Wolverine beats up and threatens to kill his X-friends. An artist forgets how to draw Wolver-Lad’s claws. And they re-print the first issue of CLASSIC X-MEN. The good news? This is a one-shot. |
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| 100 BULLETS #96 |
| 13 CHAMBERS ONE SHOT |
| ACTION COMICS #870 |
| ACTION COMICS #870 VARIANT |
| ALMIGHTY SC |
| AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #25 |
| AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #25 OLLIFE ZOMBIE VARIANT |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #570 JRJR VARIANT |
| AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #2 |
| ARCHIE & FRIENDS #124 |
| AVENGERS INVADERS #5 (Of 12) |
| AVENGERS INVADERS #5 (Of 12) DEODATO VARIANT |
| AVENGERS INVADERS #5 (Of 12) ROSS SKETCH VARIANT |
| BART SIMPSON COMICS #18 |
| BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS SC VOL 1 THE CHRYSALIS |
| BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #22 |
| BATTLE ROYALE ULTIMATE ED HC VOL 4 (Of 5) |
| BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #188 |
| BIG HERO 6 #2 (Of 5) |
| BIRDS OF PREY METROPOLIS OR DUST SC |
| BLACK PANTHER #40 PALO VARIANT |
| BLACK SUMMER HC |
| BLANK SLATE SC VOL 1 |
| BOMB QUEEN V #4 (Of 6) |
| BPRD THE WARNING #4 (Of 5) |
| BURN #6 (Of 6) |
| CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #30 |
| CHARLEYS WAR HC VOL 5 RETURN TO THE FRONT |
| CHIAROSCURO SC |
| CIRCLE TRILOGY SC VOL 1 BLACK |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1112 |
| CORPS #0 |
| CROSSED #1 (Of 9) MULTIPLE COVERS |
| CTHULHU TALES #6 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| DAREDEVIL SC CRUEL UNUSUAL |
| DARK TOWER TREACHERY #2 (Of 6) |
| DARK TOWER TREACHERY #2 (Of 6) VARIANT |
| DC COMICS GOES APE SC |
| DEAD OF NIGHT DEVIL SLAYER #2 (Of 4) |
| DEADPOOL #3 CHURCHILL VARIANT |
| DEADPOOL #3 SECRET INVASION |
| DETECTIVE COMICS #849 RIP |
| DRAFTED #11 |
| DRAGON PRINCE #2 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| EMIKO SUPERSTAR |
| END LEAGUE #5 |
| ENDERS GAME BATTLE SCHOOL #1 (Of 5) |
| ENDERS GAME BATTLE SCHOOL #1 (Of 5) VARIANT |
| FALLEN ANGEL IDW #30 |
| FERRYMAN #1 (Of 5) |
| FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #3 (Of 5) |
| FIST OF JUSTICE #3 |
| FLASH GORDON #2 |
| FORGOTTEN REALMS STARLESS NIGHT #1 ATKINS COVER A |
| GALAXY QUEST GLOBAL WARNING #3 |
| GEARS OF WAR #1 |
| GEN 13 #23 |
| GENTLEMANS KISS SC VOL 1 (Of 2) |
| GEORGE R R MARTINS WILD CARDS #4 (Of 6) HARD CALL |
| GIANT SIZED RED SONJA #2 |
| GOON #29 |
| GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #13 |
| GREEN LANTERN #35 |
| GREEN LANTERN CORPS #29 |
| GRIMM FAIRY TALES PIPER SC |
| GRIMM FAIRY TALES SC VOL 4 |
| GUS & HIS GANG SC |
| HELLBOY VOL 2 HC CHAINED COFFIN & OTHERS |
| HELM #3 (Of 4) |
| HI FRUCTOSE MAGAZINE QUARTERLY #9 |
| HIGH ROLLERS #3 (Of 4) |
| HOUSEWIVES AT PLAY SC WHAT A WOMAN WANTS |
| HULK CHRONICLES WORLD WAR HULK#4 |
| I KILL GIANTS #4 (Of 7) |
| I WAS KIDNAPPED BY LESBIAN PIRATES OUTERSPACE #3 (Of 6) |
| IMMORTAL IRON FIST HC VOL 3 BOOK OF IRON FIST |
| INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #6 |
| IRON MAN SC THE DRAGON SEED SAGA |
| JACK THE LANTERN GHOSTS #2 |
| JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #144 |
| KICK ASS #1 JRJR VARIANT |
| KICK ASS #2 JRJR VARIANT |
| KICK ASS #3 JRJR VARIANT |
| KICK ASS #4 JRJR VARIANT |
| KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #143 |
| LABOR DAYS SC VOL 1 |
| LEGEND OF ZELDA SC VOL 1 |
| LEGENDARY SC |
| LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #19 |
| LOCUS #573 |
| LONE RANGER #14 |
| LOST COLONY SC BOOK 03 LAST RIGHTS |
| MAD MAGAZINE #495 |
| MAN WHO LOVED BREASTS |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #16 |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #44 |
| MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #2 (Of 8) |
| MARVEL SELECT INCREDIBLE HULK AF |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #1 (Of 4) |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #1 SUYDAM VARIANT |
| MS MARVEL PREM HC VOL 5 SECRET INVASION |
| MYTHOS FANTASY ART REALMS OF FRANK BRUNNER SC |
| NECRONOMICON #2 (Of 4) |
| NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA GHOSTS #1 (Of 4) |
| OUT OF THE FORESTS ART OF PAUL BONNER HC |
| OWLY SC VOL 5 TINY TALES |
| PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL BARACK OBAMA |
| PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL FLIPBOOK |
| PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL JOHN MCCAIN |
| PULP TALES |
| PUNISHER MAX SC VOL 10 VALLEY FORGE |
| RACER X SC VOL 2 |
| REX MUNDI #14 |
| RICHARD MATHESONS HELL HOUSE SC |
| SCREAM QUEEN #4 (Of 5) |
| SECRET FILES SER 3 ACTION FIGURES |
| SECRET INVASION INHUMANS #3 (Of 4) SI |
| SECRET SIX #2 |
| SERENITY BETTER DAYS SC |
| SFX SPECIAL #35 |
| SHOWCASE PRESENTS BLACKHAWK SC VOL 1 |
| SHY INTENTIONS SC |
| SIMON DARK #13 |
| SIZZLE #39 |
| SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #193 |
| SPARROW ASHLEY WOOD HC VOL 0 SKETCHES & IDEAS |
| SPAWN #184 |
| SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY #1 |
| SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE SEASON 2 #3 (Of 5) |
| STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #2 (Of 5) |
| STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #2 (Of 5) PERKINS VARIANT |
| STAR TREK MIRROR IMAGES #4 |
| STAR WARS OMNIBUS EARLY VICTORIES |
| STERANKOS HISTORY OF COMICS VOL 2 |
| STREET FIGHTER TRIBUTE SC |
| SULK SC VOL 1 BIGHEAD & FRIENDS |
| TEZUKAS BLACK JACK SC VOL 1 |
| TOYFARE #136 |
| TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED ARRIVAL #3 |
| TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT SIDESWIPE |
| TRINITY #19 |
| TWELVE #8 (Of 12) |
| TWILIGHT ZONE SC AFTER HOURS |
| TWILIGHT ZONE SC WALKING DISTANCE |
| TWO FACE YEAR ONE #2 (Of 2) |
| UNCLE SCROOGE #380 |
| UNCLE SLAM FIGHTS BACK ONE SHOT |
| VIDEO WATCHDOG #144 |
| VOYAGES OF SHEBUCCANEER #3 (Of 3) |
| WALKING DEAD #53 |
| WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #695 |
| WARHAMMER CROWN OF DESTRUCTION #1 MULTIPLE COVERS |
| WE LOST THE WAR BUT NOT THE BATTLE |
| WOLVERINE #68 MCNIVEN VARIANT |
| WONDER WOMAN #25 |
| WORLDS OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS #5 LOCKE COVER A |
| X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #2 (Of 5) |
| X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #2 (Of 5) MD |
| X-MEN ORIGINAL SIN #1 XOS 1 |
| YOU AINT NO DANCER SC VOL 3 |
| YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS SC |
| YOUNG LIARS #8 |