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By John Judy ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #7 by Frank Miller and Jim Lee. “Things fall apart, the center cannot hold…” ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #3 by Robert Kirkman and Jason Howard. So you’ve just ripped the guts out of a beloved super-hero. Do you take it on the lam or just hope you get a Hollywood jury? Fun stuff from Kirkman. Not for younger kids. ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK TWO #4 by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson. Gang War, Astro-style! “Sweet Christmas!” AVENGERS DEFENDERS WAR PREMIERE HC by Steve Englehart, Bob Brown, and Sal Buscema. One of the earliest big team cross-over fights and still one of the best. Beloved by Fan-Boys of A Certain Age. *sniff* Recommended for all ages. AVENGERS INITIATIVE #6 by Dan Slott and Steve Uy. A mystery at Camp Hammond with an ending you’ll never see coming. Dan Slott continues his rise in the Pantheon of must-read writers. Recommended. BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #13 by Various Folks. Tales to chill your funnybone from the good citizens of Springfield. BATMAN #669 by Grant Morrison and JH Williams III. The Club of Heroes strikes back! CAPTAIN AMERICA CHOSEN #2 of 6 by David Morrell and Mitch Breitweiser. The creator of Rambo continues the story of America’s greatest “dead” hero. CRIMINAL #9 by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. “Counterfeit?!?” Highly recommended. IMMORTAL IRON FIST #9 by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, and David Aja. The best Iron Fist series ever continues even though Our Hero gets slapped around by a fat guy. IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL #1 by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Howard Chaykin, and Dan Bereton. For lovers of the pulp adventure and completists of the latest series. Fun stuff. JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 by Dwayne McDuffie and Joe Benitez. After everything that went on at Green Arrow’s wedding, you know the JLA’s looking to hand out some hurt. It happens here. MARVEL ZOMBIES BOOK ANGELS DEMONS & MONSTROSITIES by Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe. What it sounds like, kids. MARVEL ZOMBIES COLONEL AMERICA ACTION FIGURE. “He eats people and he’s missing half his head, heh, heh, heh…” Not for kids you care about. PUNISHER PRESENTS BARRACUDA MAX SC by Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov. Collecting five issues of the most twisted boys adventure stories ever to come from the mind of Garth Ennis. Think about that. Not for kids. SHOWCASE PRESENTS METAL MEN VOL.1 SC by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru, and Mike Esposito. The earliest Silver-Age adventures of Doc Magnus and his robot creations can be found here. Recommended. SPIRIT #10 written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke. Someone’s killing TV personalities and the Spirit has to pretend it’s a bad thing! Recommended. WALKING DEAD VOL.7: CALM BEFORE SC by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. Imagine trying to remember a Lamaze class you’ve never had after your hand’s been chopped off and you’re surrounded by flesh-eating zombies. Highly recommended. NOT for kids. WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1 by Allan Heinberg and Friends. Wrapping up stuff from two years ago. At last! X-MEN #203 by Mike Carey. Okay, any story where the Big Bad has a name like “Mister Sinister” is not my cup of meat. Still, the back-up story with Beast and Dark Beast is worth the price of admission. And yes, “Dark Beast” is a way cooler name than “Mister Sinister.” So is “Wavy Gravy” or “Urkel.” Plus this week is PREVIEWS week from Diamond and Marvel Comics. |
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| 52 AFTERMATH THE FOUR HORSEMEN #2 (Of 6) |
| ALAN MOORE ON HIS WORK AND CAREER HC |
| ALAN MOORES YUGGOTH CULTURES SC |
| ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #7 |
| ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #7 VARIANT |
| ALTER EGO #72 |
| AMERICAN VIRGIN #19 |
| ANNIHILATION CONQUEST STAR LORD #3 (Of 4) |
| ARCHIE DIGEST #238 |
| ARMY OF DARKNESS FROM ASHES #2 |
| ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #3 |
| ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK TWO #4 |
| ATOMIK MIKE #1 (Of 4) |
| AVENGERS DEFENDERS WAR PREMIERE HC FALL (MULTIPLE COVERS) |
| AVENGERS INITIATIVE #6 CIVIL WAR INITIATIVE |
| BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #13 |
| BATMAN #669 |
| BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE RAGE #3 (Of 4) |
| BERSERK SC VOL 19 |
| BETTY & VERONICA #230 |
| BLUE BEETLE #19 |
| BONEYARD #26 |
| BRIT #2 |
| BYRON SC |
| CABLE DEADPOOL #45 |
| CAPTAIN AMERICA CHOSEN #2 (Of 6) |
| CAPTAIN AMERICA RED WHITE & BLUE SC |
| CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #37 |
| COMIC ART MAGAZINE #8 |
| COMIC ART MAGAZINE #9 |
| COMIC SHOP NEWS #1058 & FALL PREVIEW 2007 |
| COMICS REVUE #257 |
| COUNTDOWN 31 |
| COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #2 (Of 8) |
| CRIMINAL #9 |
| CROSSING MIDNIGHT #11 |
| DAREDEVIL DEVIL HELL TO PAY SC VOL 1 |
| DEATHBLOW #7 |
| DONALD DUCK CASE OF THE MISSING MUMMY SC |
| FALL OF CTHULHU #6 (MULTIPLE COVERS) |
| FRANKLIN RICHARDS MONSTER MASH |
| FUTURAMA VOL 4 CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE SC |
| GENUS #84 |
| GHOST RIDER TRAIL OF TEARS PREMIERE HC |
| GIRL GENIUS HC VOL 6 |
| GOLD DIGGER TANGENT #3 |
| GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #5 (Of 6) |
| HEY FUDGE SC |
| HIGH ADVENTURE #96 |
| HIGHLANDER #11 |
| HORRORHOUND #8 |
| IMMORTAL IRON FIST #9 |
| IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL #1 |
| INDIA AUTHENTIC SHIVA #5 |
| INJURY COMICS #1 |
| INVINCIBLE SUMMER AN ANTHOLOGY SC |
| IRON MAN #22 |
| IRON MAN HYPERVELOCITY SC |
| JLA CLASSIFIED #43 |
| JSA CLASSIFIED #30 |
| JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #13 (MULTIPLE COVERS) |
| KILLER VOL 1 HC |
| KILLING GIRL #2 (Of 5) |
| LAST SIN OF MARK GRIMM #4 (Of 4) |
| LEFT ON MISSION #4 (Of 5) |
| LEGEND OF ISIS #2 |
| LOKI SC |
| LONERS #5 (Of 6) |
| MAD MAGAZINE #482 |
| MADMAN SC VOL 1 |
| MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM SC |
| MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #5 |
| MARVEL ILLUSTRATED LAST OF THE MOHICANS #5 (Of 6) |
| MARVEL PREVIEWS OCTOBER 2007 |
| MARVEL SELECT ZOMBIES COL AMERICA ACTION FIGURE |
| MARVEL SPOTLIGHT THOR |
| MARVEL ZOMBIES BOOK ANGELS DEMONS & MONSTROSITIES |
| PHANTOM #19 |
| PHANTOM DETECTIVE DEC 1933 REPLICA |
| PLANET STORIES #1 WINTER 1939 REPLICA |
| PREVIEWS ADULT VOL XVII #10 |
| PREVIEWS VOL XVII #10 |
| PUNISHER MAX ANNUAL #1 |
| PUNISHER PRESENTS BARRACUDA MAX SC |
| REVERE REVOLUTION IN SILVER HC |
| SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE SLEEP OF REASON SC |
| SAVAGE DRAGON #132 |
| SAVAGE PLANET SECRETS OF THE EMPIRE |
| SHOWCASE PRESENTS METAL MEN SC VOL 1 |
| SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #180 |
| SPEAK OF THE DEVIL #2 (Of 6) |
| SPIRIT #10 |
| SUB-MARINER #4 (Of 6) CIVIL WAR INITIATIVE |
| SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #34 |
| SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #6 |
| SUPERMAN VS DOOMSDAY ACTION FIGURES |
| SUPERNATURAL ORIGINS #5 |
| TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #46 |
| TEEN TITANS #51 |
| TEEN TITANS GO #47 |
| TEEN TITANS SC VOL 7 TITANS EAST |
| TERMINATOR 2 INFINITY #3 |
| THE ORDER #3 CIVIL WAR INITIATIVE |
| THIRTEEN STEPS #2 |
| THOR 3RD PRINTING SKETCH VARIANT #1 |
| THUNDERBOLTS BY ELLIS HC VOL 1 FAITH IN MONSTERS |
| TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #158 |
| ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #46 |
| ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #114 |
| UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1 (Of 8) |
| UNCLE SCROOGE #370 |
| USAGI YOJIMBO #106 |
| WALKING DEAD SC VOL 7 THE CALM BEFORE |
| WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #685 |
| WETWORKS #13 |
| WHITE TIGER HEROES COMPULSION SC |
| WIZARD MAGAZINE BATMAN DARK KNIGHT PHOTO COVER #193 |
| WIZARD MAGAZINE X-MEN MESSIAH COMPLEX COVER #193 |
| WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1 |
| X-MEN #203 |
| X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #4 |
| XOMBIE #4 (Of 5) |
| YAAKOV AND ISAAC SC VOL 1 |