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Wednesday's Comics! (7-15-09)

2009-07-10T06:50:00.000-07:00

Action Comics #879
Agents of Atlas #8
All Select Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special
Amazing Spider-Man #599
Art of A Song of Ice and Fire HC
Batman Chronicles vol 2 TP
Batman: Streets of Gotham #2
Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #2 (OF 3)
Betty & Veronica Spectacular #90
Blackest Night #1 (OF 8)
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1 (OF 3)
Brave & the Bold #25
Buck Rogers #2
Captain America #601
Captain America #601 Djurdjevic Variant – S/O #17
Creepy Comics #1
Dark Avengers #7
Dark Reign: Mr. Negative #2 (OF 3)
Deadpool #12
Descendant #1 (OF 3)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #1 (OF 24)
Dr. Who Ongoing #1
Dog Eaters #3
Ender’s Game: Battle School HC
Ender’s Shadow: Battle School HC
Fables #1 Peter & Max Preview
Fables #86
Farscape: Dargo’s Lament #4 (OF 4)
Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #3 (OF 6)
Franklin Richards: School’s Out
GI Joe Movie Adaptation #3 (OF 4)
Green Lantern #41 – S/O #6
Hellboy vol 1 TP: Seed of Destruction
Hellboy vol 2 TP: Wake the Devil
Hellboy vol 3 TP: Chained Coffin & Other Stories
Hellboy vol 4 TP: Right Hand of Doom
Incognito #5
Incredibles: Family Matters #4 (OF 4)
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
JSA vs Kobra #2 (OF 6)
Last Resort #1
Lockjaw & the Pet Avengers #3 (OF 4)
Marvel Adventures Avengers #38
Marvel Select Wolverine AF – S/O #64
Mighty Avengers #27
New Mutants #3
Preacher vol 1 HC
Punisher #7
Red Star vol 2 TP: Nokgorka
Sherlock Holmes #3 (OF 5)
Soulfire: New World Order #3 (OF 5)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #43
Star Wars: Mimobot 2 Gig Darth Sidious Flash Drive
Super Friends #17
Superman/Batman #62
Timestorm 2009/2099 #3 (OF 4)
Titans #15 (Blackest Night)
Ultimate Spider-Man vol 2 TP: Learning Curve
Ultimate Spider-Man vol 3 TP: Double Trouble
Uncanny X-Men #513 – Shortage Replacement
Unknown #3 (OF 4)
Unthinkable #3 (OF 4)
Vigilante #8
Walking Dead #63
Watchmen Movie Rorshach Action Figure – S/O #16
Wednesday Comics #2 (OF 12)
Werewolves on the Moon vs Vampires #2 (OF 3)
Whiteout: Definitive Edition vol 1 TP
Whiteout: Definitive Edition vol 2 TP: Melt
World of Warcraft #21
X-Factor #46
Y The Last Man vol 1 TP: Unmanned
Y The Last Man vol 4 TP: Safeword
Y The Last Man vol 5 TP: Ring of Truth

All Select Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special – Meet Blonde Phantom - she's gorgeous, quick-witted, and hard-boiled. There was never a case that wasn't open-and-shut for this gun-toting, two-fisted knockout of a P.I. But has she still got what it takes to bust a mystery wide open in the modern Marvel Universe? Marc Guggenheim (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Javier Pulido (CAPTAIN AMERICA 65TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL) turn the classic Blonde Phantom into Marvel's newest hero! AND MORE! Writer/artist Michael Kupperman (Tales Designed to Thrizzle) takes on Marvex, the Super-Robot, in a hilarious bonus special feature!!

Blackest Night #1 (OF 8) – Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis raise the dead in the most anticipated comics story of the year! Throughout the decades, death has plagued the DC Universe and taken the lives of heroes and villains alike. But to what end? As the War of Light rages on, the prophecy of the BLACKEST NIGHT descends upon us, with Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps at the center of it all. Don't miss this 8-issue epic taking the DCU beyond the grave!

Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #1 (OF 3) – In this 3-issue miniseries, writers Geoff Johns and Peter J. Tomasi (GREEN LANTERN CORPS) reveal the secrets behind the Lanterns of BLACKEST NIGHT! Bear witness to Blue Lantern Saint Walker's pilgrimage of hope, Star Sapphire Carol Ferris' sacrifice for love, Green Lantern Kilowog's courageous beginnings, Red Lantern Vice's source of rage, Orange Lantern Blume's bizarre creation, and the first appearance of the mysterious Indigo, leader of the Indigo Tribe!

Creepy Comics #1 – What's black and white and clawing its way onto your reading list? It's the newly resurrected Creepy, of course! Now, don't fret, my putrid pets -- these new terror tales are cut from the same cursed cloth as the outlandish originals, telling contemporary horror stories with gorgeously ghoulish art from a lineup that'll make you lose your head! Original Creepy artist Angelo Torres teams up with devilish Dan Braun on "Hell Hound Blues"; Michael Woods and artist Saskia Gutekunst serve up a dose of "Chemical 13"; Neil Kleid and Brian Churilla provide "All the Help You Need" at a weird weight-loss camp; and jaundiced Jason Shawn Alexander brings his phenomenal painting skills to Joe Harris's "The Curse!" Plus Bernie Wrightson, the return of "Loathsome Lore," and more. All this, plus one classic story from Uncle Creepy's dank dungeon, and you've got 48 freakish pages of terror to bring home to mummy!

Descendant #1 (OF 3) – Descendant,” follows the adventures of Rayne Santiago, a South American refugee and now a U.S. counter terrorism agent, believed to be the descendant of an ancient Incan fire God. The series creators, writers Mike Dolce and Marcus Perry, along with artist Mariano Navarro, spoke with CBR News about “Descendant,” it’s blend of action and fantastic elements, and also about bananas. Rayne is forced to return to her South American homeland of Martagal when she receives word that her brothers have been abducted by a rogue pharmaceutical conglomerate bent on using their DNA to manufacture super powers,” Mole Dolce told CBR. “Exiled from her country years ago for abusing her own innate pyrokinetic abilities, Rayne must not only win back the trust of her people, but also overcome her fear of the powers that lay dormant inside her in order to rescue her brothers from the regime’s sinister commander, Dr. Alexis Bane.”

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #1 (OF 24) – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the book that inspired the film Blade Runner, comes to Boom! with backmatter by Warren Ellis! Visionary sci-fi author Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep has been called "a masterpiece ahead of its time, even today" and served as the basis for the Ridley Scott film Blade Runner. San Francisco lies under a cloud of radioactive dust. The World War killed millions, driving entire species to extinction, and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic fakes: horses, birds, cats, sheep--even humans. Rick Deckard is an officially sanctioned bounty hunter tasked to find six rogue androids--they're machines, but look, sound, and think like humans. Clever, and most of all, dangerous humans. Rick Deckard, Pris, The Voight-Kampff Test, Nexus 6 androids, the Tyrell Corporation: join Boom! Studios as the complete novel is adapted into the comic book medium, mixing all new panel-to-panel continuity with the actual text from the novel in an innovative, groundbreaking 24-issue maxi-series illustrated by acclaimed Wolf artist Steven Dupre for the science-fiction publishing event of the year! Covers by Bill Sienkiewicz, Dennis Calero, Moritat, and Scott Keating.

Fables #1 Peter & Max Preview – Preview the new Fables novel for a buck! Set in the imaginative realm of the award-winning comic book series FABLES, PETER & MAX is a stand-alone prose novel--the first ever published starring FABLES characters! Long ago, in the deepest dark of The Black Forest, two brothers--Peter Piper and his older brother, Max--encountered ominous forces that changed them both irreparably. Thus begins an epic tale of sibling rivalry, magic, music, and revenge that spans medieval times to the present day, when their deadly conflict surfaces in the placid calm of modern day Fabletown. PETER & MAX: A FABLES NOVEL features the deft prose of award-winning comic book writer Bill Willingham and lush ink spot illustrations from FABLES artist Steve Leialoha. The novel also reveals secrets of some of the regular FABLES series cast members, including Bigby Wolf, Frau Totenkinder, and Bo Peep.

Last Resort #1 – A zombie epic that pays homage to 1970s exploitation films and disaster movies like Airport and Towering Inferno. In an entertaining and darkly over-the-top celebration of gore and sex, The Last Resort transforms a Caribbean paradise into a biological wasteland populated with homicidal flesh-eating vacationers! From the acclaimed writers of Jonah Hex and Uncle Sam & the Freedom Fighters!

UP-COMING GAME PICKS

2009-07-06T07:05:00.000-07:00

This is my first attempt at a topic that may become a regular with the Haven Comics blog. Assuming I don't get distracted by other shiny objects (a real possibility), I will post up-coming game products that have grabbed my attention each month. Generally, these picks will be based on the descriptions posted in each month's Game Trade Magazine, so the products will probably not yet be released and will not be available for 1-2 months. Of course, I'm sure Josh will be more than willing to place a pre-order for ya. Now enough blog-talk, let's talk about GAMES!

* Cthulhu Britannica will be released in August and is a collection of five adventures for the Call of Cthulhu game, centered around England. Each scenario focuses upon a different time period, from the streets of Victorian London to the far future when the End is almost nigh.

* Open Game Table: The Anthology of Roleplaying Game Blogs contains nearly fifty blog posts from dozens of RPG blogs. I'm really undecided about this product, but it does sound kinda interesting to me. It is scheduled to ship in September.

* Dungeons & Dragons: Dragon Magazine Annual Volume 1 collects the best Dragon magazine content from the past year. In addition to the articles, the book contains notes from the designers, developers, and editors. Look for it in September.

* Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Master's Guide 2 is a new core rulebook containing advice and rules for Dungeon Masters of all levels of experience, with a particular focus on running adventures and campaigns in the paragon tier (levels 11–20). Among the other content is a fully-described "home base" for paragon-tier adventurers: the interplanar city of Sigil. (You fans of the old Planescape setting might like that.) This book will be released in September (and be heralded by another Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day).

Wednesday's Comics!! (7-9-09)

2009-07-04T10:23:00.000-07:00

That's right - WEDNESDAY'S COMICS.

In a surprise turn of events, Diamond just sent me notification that comics will be coming in on their regular schedule this week, despite the holiday this past weekend. That means...COME IN ON WEDNESDAY, FOLKS!! See you then!

Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36
Angel: Not Fade Away #3
Anita Blake: Necromancer #3 (OF 5)
Army of Darkness #22
Batman #688
Booster Gold #22
BPRD: 1947 #1 (OF 5)
Captain America: Reborn #1 (OF 5) - reorder
Celtic Dice Bag
Complete Persepolis TP
Dark X-Men: Beginnings #1 (OF 3)
Doc Savage Double Novel vol 23 – S/O #102
Fruits Basket vol 23 GN (OF 23)
Genext United #3 (OF 5)
Ghostbusters Series 1 Mini-Mates – S/O #64
GI Joe: Movie Adaptation #2 (OF 4)
GI Joe: Origins #5
Green Arrow/Black Canary #22
Green Lantern #43 (Blackest Night)
House of Mystery #15
I am Legion #4 (OF 6)
Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Storm Front #4 (OF 4)
Mangalicious Tick #1 (OF 3)
Mighty #6
Ms. Marvel #41
Munchkin 5: De-Ranged
New Warriors Classic TP vol 1
North 40 #1 (OF 6)
Pride & Prejudice #4 (OF 5)
Punisher: Frank Castle (Max) #72
Rebels #6
Red Robin #2
Scooby Doo #146
Skrull Kill Krew #3 (OF 5)
Sonic the Hedgehog #202
Spider-Man Icon HC
Stand: American Nightmares #4 (OF 5)
Star Trek: Crew #5
Stormwatch PhD #22
Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft #3 (OF 4)
Superman: World of New Krypton #5 (OF 12)
Thor: Tales of Asgard by Lee & Kirby #3 (OF 6)
Trojan War #3 (OF 5)
Uncanny X-Men: First Class #1 (OF 8)
Unwritten #3
War of Kings: Warriors #1 (OF 2)
Warhammer 40K Gamemaster’s Kit
Warlord #4
Wednesday Comics #1 (OF 12)
X-Men Forever #3
X-Men Legacy #226

BPRD: 1947 #1 (OF 5) - The newest B.P.R.D. members are thrust into the jaws of a group of unsavory vampires as they search for a missing comrade in the bowels of a dilapidated old chateau. Joshua Dysart (B.P.R.D.: 1946, Unknown Soldier) and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola join forces with Eisner Award-winning artists Gabriel Bá (The Umbrella Academy) and Fábio Moon (Sugarshock) for the latest chapter in the hidden history of the B.P.R.D.!

Captain America: Reborn #1 (OF 5) – Following the events of Captain America #600, Steve Rogers' closest friends and allies may have found a way to bring back the original Captain America. Or is what they found something more sinister? The Red Skull's greatest plan to destroy Captain America has been in motion and its completion is almost at hand. Will Captain America be lost forever or will he be REBORN? WE’VE GOT THESE BACK IN STOCK – PICK UP YOUR COPY TODAY!!!

Dark X-Men: Beginnings #1 (OF 3) – Who are the Dark X-Men and how did they come to be? FIND OUT HERE! Each issue has 3 11-page stories, each dedicated to one of the Dark X-Men and how they came to be part of the team. This first two issues focus on Emma Frost, Mimic, Cloak & Dagger, Daken, Weapon X and Dark Beast!

Mangalicious Tick #1 (OF 3) – The Tick returns and embarks on his newest adventure, Manga! The Tick crosses the International Date Line in this satirical look at the manga art form! While investigating a disturbance in The City, The Tick confronts a new nemesis, The Setting Sun! Now trapped in another dimension, The Tick must fulfill an ancient prophecy, and save Arthur, The City, and the World!

North 40 #1 (OF 6) – Somewhere in Midwestern America was a place called Conover County. When the old book was opened, and the runes therein used in haste and ignorance, a place of farms, simple folk, and small-town dreams became a den of monsters and nightmare. NORTH 40 is the story of those who survived and came to confront an even greater evil on the horizon - one that wouldn't just consume their flesh, but their souls as well. Heroes arise with power to bring against the dark: Wyatt, an unwilling protector of his former tormentors; Amanda, an apprentice to forgotten arts; and Sheriff Morgan, whose bonds with Conover County go back farther than even he can remember.

War of Kings: Warriors #1 (OF 2) – What shocking event sent Gladiator on his path to becoming the leader of the Shi'Ar Imperial Guard? Christos Gage (AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE) and Mahmud Asrar (NOVA ANNUAL #1) reveal a life-changing moment in the early days of this infamous X-foe! Plus: What is Blastaar's grand plan, and how far will he go to succeed? Christos and Carlos Magno show you why you will bow to the living bomb blast! Yes, it's two stories in one issue that spotlights key players in the War of Kings!

Wednesday Comics #1 (OF 12) – In July, DC Comics gives a fresh twist to a grand comics tradition with WEDNESDAY COMICS, a new, weekly 12-issue series by some of the greatest names in comics today! WEDNESDAY COMICS is unique in modern comics history: Reinventing the classic weekly newspaper comics section, it is a 16-page weekly that unfolds to a sprawling 28" x 20" tabloid-sized reading experience bursting with mind-blowing color, action, and excitement, with each feature on its own 14" x 20" page. Spearheaded by DCU Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello, whose past editing credits include BATMAN BLACK & WHITE, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER and SOLO, each page of WEDNESDAY COMICS spotlights the continuing adventures of DC heroes, including: * BATMAN, WEDNESDAY COMICS' weekly cover feature, by the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso.

NEW GAME REVIEWS

2009-07-04T08:40:00.001-07:00

It has been a while since I last wrote a gaming blog, so I thought it was about time for another one. (Plus, you know how Josh will keep bugging you until you finally cave and do it...)

Last night (July 3rd), I traveled up to The Game Keep in Nashville, TN to catch a couple of demonstrations for new games (published by Steve Jackson Games) that will be on store shelves next month. Due to play space, I was unable to play the first game, Revolution!, but I did watch several rounds. Revolution! is a board game which can handle up to 4 players, has simple rules, and can be played in less than an hour. Each player attempts to win the support of the people by using blackmail, force, or money to gain influence. It seems to be great fun.

The second game, which I managed to beg and plead my way into playing, was The Stars Are Right. You really have to think to play this game. Essentially, it is a card/tile game (up to 4 players) based on the horror mythos of H.P. Lovecraft and a player wins by summoning 10 points of other-worldly beings. The real trick is that in order to summon these eldritch horrors, the stars must be in the correct alignment. The stars are represented by tiles in the game which are moved and changed by each player during his or her turn, so although you may be ready to summon a Great Old One at the beginning of another player's turn, by the time your turn begins, the stars may be in a completely new alignment. (Completely screwing your master plan to summon Hastur and win the game... but I'm not bitter.) I'm a big fan of the Lovecraft mythos and really enjoyed this game (I loved the art and star alignment concept), but I can see how searching for star patterns every turn could be more annoyance than fun to some people. I'm sure I'll be demonstrating this game myself around Huntsville when it is finally available to order, so if it sounds interesting to you, keep a look-out for demonstration posters.

Patriotic Comics!! (7-1-09)

2009-06-26T06:42:00.000-07:00

24 Season 1 Minimates Box Set – S/O #64
Agents of Atlas #7
Amazing Spider-Man Family #8
Angel #23
Anita Blake vol 2 TP: Guilty Pleasures – S/O #17
Astonishing Tales #6
Astounding Wolf-Man #17
Astro City: Life in the Big City TP – S/O #102
Astro City: The Dark Age, Book 3 #3 (OF 4)
Batman & Robin #2
Batman Confidential #31
Battlestar Galactica: Final Five #4 (OF 4)
Boys #32
Boys vol 4 TP: We Gotta Go Now – S/O #141
Brave and the Bold: Without Sin TP – S/O #4
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #26
Cable #16
Captain America: Reborn #1 (OF 5)
Captain America: Reborn #1 (OF 5) Cassaday Variant – S/O #17
Captain Britain & MI 13 #14
Daredevil Noir #4 (OF 4)
Dead Run #2
Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #1
Destroyer #4 (OF 5)
Detective Comics #854 - Reorder
Dr. Who Magazine #409
Escape from Wonderland #0 (OF 6)
Exiles #4
Fantastic Four #568
Fantastic Four: Giant Size Adventures #1
Farscape: Strange Detractors #4 (OF 4)
Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #3 (OF 6)
Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue #1 (OF 4)
Gallery of Light: Snow White Mine Scene Miniature – S/O #3
Ghostbusters Minimates Box Set #1 – S/O #64
GI Joe #1 NDC Exclusive Variant – S/O #52
GI Joe Movie Adaptation #1 (OF 4)
Greek Street #1
Green Lantern Corps #38 BN
Green Lanterns: Rage of the Red Lanterns HC
Invincible Iron Man #15 DKR
Irredeemable #4
Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (OF 7)
Knights of the Dinner Table #152
Literals #1 (OF 3) – S/O #54
Locke & Key: Head Games #6
Marvel Divas #1 (OF 4)
Mighty #6
Muppet Robin Hood #2 (OF 4)
Muppet Show #4 (OF 4)
Neil Gaiman on His Work and Career HC
Savage Dragon #150
Scourge of Gods: Fall #1 (OF 3)
Secret Six #11
Solomon Grundy #5 (OF 7)
Soulfire #10
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan #3
Star Wars: Invasion #1 (OF 5)
Strange Adventures #5 (OF 8)
Tales from Wonderland: Cheshire Cat One-Shot
Terry Moore’s Echo #13
Toy Story: Mysterious Stranger #2 (OF 4)
Transformers Spotlight: Metroplex
Trojan War #3 (OF 5)
Uncanny X-Men #513
USA Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special
War of Kings #5 (OF 6)
Warhammer 40K RPG: Game Master’s Kit
Watchmen: Who Watches 4-Pin Set – S/O #16
Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #1 (OF 5)
Wolverine #72 – McNiven Variant
Wonder Woman #33

Batman & Robin #2 – In a blazing Gotham City police department, the new Batman and Robin face the bizarre, fighting freakshow that is the Circus of Strange and find that they don't make as good a team as Batman had hoped! Meanwhile, the mysterious Sasha escapes from Professor Pyg and vows vengeance on the people who killed her father.

Captain America: Reborn #1 (OF 5) – The assassination of Steve Rogers in the pages of Captain America #25 shocked the world. Now, two years later, readers have the opportunity to see the return of the iconic hero. How will Brubaker and Hitch bring him back? What will this mean for current Captain America Bucky Barnes, the Red Skull, and Captain America's supporting cast? LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER.

Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #1 – 'HEAD TRIP,' Part 1 (of 6)-It's the Merc with two mouths! Deadpool travels to the Savage Land to retrieve what might be the deadliest bio-weapon the universe has ever seen. What is this deadly object? Well, Deadpool's employer is being a little vague about that. Let's just say when the secret is finally revealed, it's enough to throw even the Merc with two Mouths for a loop...Oh hell, we can't keep a secret, it's the severed-but-still-hungry head of the Marvel Zombies Deadpool! To save the universe, Deadpool must team up with himself to dodge Hydra operatives, dinosaurs, cavemen and zombie cavemen as he attempts to take his not-so-precious cargo back where it came from: the Marvel Zombies Universe. Plus, a bonus reprinting of the first appearance of Deadpool from New Mutants #98!

Finding Nemo: Reef Rescue #1 (OF 4) – The biggest selling DVD of all time comes to comics! Nemo, Dory, and Marlin have become local heroes, and are recruited to embark on an all-new adventure. Their reef is mysteriously dying and no one knows why! Facing dangerous waters and incredible odds, Nemo travels the great blue sea to save the one thing that matters most of all - home.

Greek Street #1 – You're a boy from the hood. You're brought up rough in a children's home, trying to stay out of trouble but usually failing. Then at 18 you decide to track down your mother. Within hours of finding her, she's lying naked and dead at your feet. So you run to Greek Street. And that's when your troubles really begin...Boasting a cast of sexy strippers, murderous gangsters, body-snatching mad women and a disturbed young girl who can see the future, GREEK STREET is Peter Milligan's reimagining of those brutal and visceral tragedies that graced the Theater of Dionysus in Ancient Greece - bloody tales about incest, homicide, beautiful oracles, all-knowing choruses, kings, monsters and gods - played out on the mean streets of modern-day Red-Light London. Milligan - best known for his super-smart Vertigo work like SHADE THE CHANGING MAN, HUMAN TARGET and now HELLBLAZER- joins forces with illustrator Davide Gianfelice (NORTHLANDERS) to create an epic ongoing series that's both familiar yet completely new and always with the bloody, visceral edge that makes it a Vertigo book. Take a trip to GREEK STREET where the old stories are not through with us yet.

Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (OF 7) – What brings a team together? Justice! Batman and Martian Manhunter have been slaughtered. But he's not the only hero to fall at the hands of villains. The murder has to stop, and it's time to take the fight to the bad guys! Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Supergirl, Atom, Shazam, Congorilla and Starman unite in a cry for justice! This 6-part miniseries from James Robinson (STARMAN, SUPERMAN) and rising star artist Mauro Cascioli (TRIALS OF SHAZAM) pushes our heroes to the brink and beyond as evil can no longer be tolerated to win. But when Prometheus plans his revenge on not only the heroes, but on the very places they call home, will this new team be ready to pay the cost for the justice they seek? This time it's personal - and it'll only get more bloody before it's over!

Marvel Divas #1 (OF 4) – Diva (dee-vah), noun: An unusually glamorous and powerful woman. See: Patsy 'Hellcat' Walker; Felicia 'Black Cat' Hardy; Angelica 'Firestar' Jones; and Monica 'Photon' Rambeau. What happens when you take four of the Marvel Universe's most fabulous single girls and throw them together, adding liberal amounts of suds and drama? You get the sassiest, sexiest, soapiest series to come out of the House of Ideas since Millie the Model! Romance, action, ex-boyfriends, and a last page that changes everything! Let your inner divas out with this one, fellas, you won't regret it!

Star Wars: Invasion #1 (OF 5) – A new series comes to Dark Horse's Star Wars line! After its special sixteen-page May preview on starwars.com, Star Wars: Invasion continues in print! This series is set twenty-five years after the Battle of Yavin. The Jedi, and the galaxy, are facing their first real threat since the Sith were defeated: an invasion of hostile warriors called the Yuuzhan Vong. The forces of the New Republic and the fledgling New Jedi Order stand ready to face the invaders, but they've never seen anything like the Yuuzhan Vong! Luke Skywalker is about to discover that it's not his galaxy anymore . . .

Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels #1 (OF 5) – Witchfinder: In the Service of Angels chronicles one of Edward Grey's first cases as an agent of the queen, which takes Grey from the sparkling echelons of Victorian London to its dark underbelly in his first clash with the city's most infamous secret society: The Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra. * Mike Mignola teams up with artist Ben Stenbeck (B.P.R.D.: The Ectoplasmic Man) for a look into one of the Hellboy universe's greatest enigmas: nineteenth-century occult investigator Edward Grey!

Monstrously Massive Comics Week!!! (6-24-09)

2009-06-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

Amazing Spider-Man #598
Astonishing X-Men #30
Avengers Initiative #25
Avengers/Invaders #12 (OF 12)
Batman: Absolution SC
Batman: Death and the Maidens TP
Batman: The Brave and the Bold #6
Batman: The Chalice SC
Boys vol 1 TP: Name of the Game
Boys vol 3 TP: Good for the Soul
Cars: Rookie #3 (OF 4)
Daredevil #119
Dark Avengers #6
Dark Avengers #6 Sandoval Variant – S/O #17
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1
Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 Jae Lee Variant – S/O #17
Dark Reign: Elektra #4 (OF 5)
Dark Reign: Hood #2 (OF 5)
Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1 (OF 3)
Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #1 (OF 4)
Dark Reign: Zodiac #1 (OF 3)
Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead #2 (OF 6)
Dark Wolverine #75
Dark Wolverine #75 Djurdjeic Variant – S/O #17
Detective Comics #854
Dr. Who Magazine #407
Dynamo 5 #22
End League #8
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall HC
Fables vol 3 TP: Storybook Love
Fables vol 4 TP: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Fables vol 5 TP: Mean Seasons
Farscape: Dargo’s Lament #3 (OF 4)
Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #2 (OF 6)
Freddy vs Jason vs Ash: Nightmare Warriors #1 (OF 6)
Fringe #6 (OF 6)
Game Trade Magazine #113
GI Joe #1 NDC Exclusive Cover – S/O #39
GI Joe #6
Gotham City Sirens #1
Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told vol 1 TP
Green Lantern #42
Grimm Fairy Tales #39
Guardians of the Galaxy #15
Immortal Iron Fist #27
Incognito #4
Incredible Hercules #130
Incredibles: Family Matters #2 (OF 4)
Incredibles: Family Matters #3 (OF 4)
Jack of Fables #35
JLA #34
JSA #28
Killapalooza #2 (OF 6)
Last Days of Animal Man #2 (OF 6)
Literals #3 (OF 3)
Madame Xanadu #12
Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #52
Marvel Previews #71
Mouse Guard vol 1 HC: Fall 1152 – S/O #7
Mouse Guard Lieam Deluxe Plush
Ms. Marvel #40
New Avengers #54
Northlanders #18
Nova #26
Orbiter HC
Planetary vol 1 TP: All Over the World & Other Stories
Planetary vol 2 TP: The Fourth Man
Planetary vol 3 TP: Leaving the 20th Century
Predator #1 (OF 4)
Previews #250 July 2009
PVP #42
Red Sonja #45
Riftwar #1 (OF 5)
Runaways 3 #11
Secret Warriors #5
Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion #6 (OF 6)
Sherlock Holmes #2 (OF 5)
Skaar: Son of Hulk #12
Sonic Universe #5
Spirit #30
Squadron Supreme 2 #12
Star Trek: Mission’s End #4
Star Wars Clone Wars vol 1 TP: Shipyards of Doom - S/O #58
Star Wars: Legacy #37
Superman #689
Tales from Wonderland: Red Queen 1-Shot
Teen Titans #72
Terror Inc.: Apocalypse Soon #3 (OF 4)
Thor #602
Thunderbolts #133
Timestorm 2009/2099 X-Men
Transformers: All Hail Megatron #12
Turok, Son of Stone vol 2 HC – S/O #28
Ultimates vol 1 TP
Ultimates 2 vol 1 TP: Gods and Monsters
Uncanny X-Men #512
Uni Formz Batman: Modern Version
Unknown Soldier #9
Usagi Yojimbo #121
Viking #2
Wildcats #12
William Shatner Presents: Tek War #1
Wizard Magazine #214
Wolverine First Class #16
Wolverine Noir #3 (OF 4)
Wolverine: Weapon X #3
Wonder Woman #33
X-Factor #45
X-Force #16
X-Men Forever #2

Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 – The Dark Avengers take on the Uncanny X-Men! Kicking off the 6-part crossover event, rising star Matt Fraction (UNCANNY X-MEN, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN) is joined by X-artist supreme Marc Silvestri (X-MEN: MESSIAH COMPLEX, CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE ONE-SHOT) to bring you a story that shakes the foundations of the Marvel Universe. When mutant riots break out in San Francisco, Norman Osborn declares martial law and sends the Dark Avengers in to quell the riots and take down the X-Men. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Don't miss the first Avengers/X-Men crossover in over 15 years!

Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1 (OF 3) – When Norman Osborn takes over, what happens to the villains who don't make his short list of acceptable allies? Grim Reaper, Mr. Hyde, Absorbing Man, Nekra, and Man-Ape are about to find out when their cooperative of crime lands on the wrong side of Norman's law--but they're not going down without a fight.

Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #1 (OF 4) – He ain't friendly and this ain't your neighborhood! Yes, Mac Gargan, America's favorite sociopath-turned-symbiote-host-turned-hero-hunter now takes the spotlight as Norman Osborn's sinister Spider-Man. With the Dark Reign-a-raining, the lives of our mighty marvel heroes are being destroyed left and right - but for guys like Mac, the world is their oyster and the chef's covering the bill. Mac's a beloved hero. Women love him, men want to be him and nobody wants to run into him after midnight - because the symbiote is still pretty darn hungry...

Dark Reign: Zodiac #1 (OF 3) – Norman Osborn may be running the show with his Dark Reign, but not every super-villain is going to accept the new world order. But who--or what--is ZODIAC? In this dark, brooding tale that snakes through the underbelly of the modern Marvel Universe, the new breed of super-villain has finally arrived! The order of the day is 'mischief for mischief's sake,' and no one--neither hero *nor* villain--is safe!

Detective Comics #854 – 'Elegy' part 1 of 4! A new era in the history of DETECTIVE COMICS begins as Batwoman is unleashed on Gotham City! Marked by the blood-red bat, Kate Kane is a soldier fighting her own private war - one that began years ago and haunts her every waking moment. With a script by Greg Rucka and breath-taking art by JH Williams III, you've never seen anything like this! Featuring the debut of a new co-feature starring The Question written by Rucka! Odds against you? Alone and nowhere to turn? Willing to fight, but you don't know how? When you're searching everywhere for an answer, sometimes all you need to do is ask the right Question. Renee Montoya again dons the faceless mask to help those in need, all the while searching for her own answers in this new adventure with art by Cully Hamner (BLUE BEETLE).

Gotham City Sirens #1 – This all-new series features the bad girls of Gotham City! Catwoman, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are tired of playing by other people's rules regardless of which side of the law they're on. These tough ladies have a new agenda that's all their own, and they'll use any means necessary to pursue it. But can they get along and work as a team? And who will get hurt along the way? DETECTIVE COMICS and STREETS OF GOTHAM writer Paul Dini kicks off this brand-new ongoing series with amazing artwork by Guillem March (JOKER'S ASYLUM: POISON IVY, GOTHAM GAZETTE).

Predator #1 (OF 4) – The world's attention is focused painfully on a brutal third world Civil War, a merciless sectarian conflict sparing neither soldier nor civilian, grandmother nor child. But amidst the terror and carnage, where great nations and powerful interests jockey for position and advantage, another blood feud rages in the shadows, one no more humane but decidedly less human. Two warring tribes from the stars have chosen Earth's killing fields as their arena, with each clan sworn to eradicate the other . . . and all who stand between them. Each is the other's prey, each the other's Predator. * Dark Horse celebrates twenty years of Predator comics!

Riftwar #1 (OF 5) – The Castle Crydee has stood strong against a multitude of enemies over the years, and has kept its people safe. But now, a new enemy from another world threatens to destroy them, and Prince Arutha, Swordmaster Fannon and Squire Roland struggle to keep them at bay. Meanwhile, Pug, apprentice to the magician Kulgan, goes on an offensive with his master and a band of soldiers into the heart of the enemy camp. It's a daring challenge... one that will ultimately prove fatal for one of them...and will change the course of the other's life.

Uni Formz Batman: Modern Version - DC Direct begins the vinylization of the DC Universe! BATMAN is the first in a new line of large format and stylized vinyl UNI-FORMZ™ inspired by the red-hot "designer toy" phenomenon. DC Direct joined forces with a leader in the contemporary toy movement, Monster 5, to create this powerfully built and unique vision of Batman for the first time. This bold new take on Batman is a must-have for collectors of contemporary toy design as well as traditional fans of superheroes!

William Shatner Presents: Tek War #1 – After spending 4 years in cryogenic stasis for crimes he is certain he did not commit, Jake Cardigan is mysteriously released. Finding himself lost in a world that has changed since his incarceration, Jake tries and put his life back together. His wife and son are gone, or in hiding, and Jake fights the urge to self-medicate using a digital drug called Tek. Offered a job to locate a missing enigmatic scientist, Jake can already feel the puppet strings manipulating him to return to the life that got him jailed in the first place. And his troubles are only beginning! The epic futuristic adventure, based on William Shatner's best-selling TekWar novel series, begins!

Free RPG Day tomorrow!!!

2009-06-19T07:21:00.001-07:00

Hey, Everybody! Tomorrow - Saturday, June 20 - is FREE RPG DAY, and Haven is the only store in Huntsville/Madison (or the whole state, for that matter) participating in this awesome event.

Like Free Comic Book Day, you can swing by Haven and pick up free quick-play startup games and modules for the low, low cost of ABSOLUTELY FREE. You can't beat that! And these aren't crappy little printups some guy did in his mom's basement either - these are high quality, high production value games from companies like Games Workshop, Wizards of the Coast, White Wolf, Goodman Games, and Mongoose. What's more, these are unique items - they aren't in print anywhere else, so you know they aren't cheap duplicates of things you've already got.

In other words, get out to Haven tomorrow, pick up a game, and try something new! We're the only store in Alabama where you can do it, so take advantage of it!!

Steve Rogers is Coming Back - Just in time for July 4th!

2009-06-15T16:06:00.001-07:00

From the New York Times:

Captain America is making a miraculous recovery.

Two years after Marvel Comics knocked off its famous star-spangled superhero, he's gonna be back and better than ever.

"The original Captain America is finally coming back," Marvel Comics editor in chief Joe Quesada told the Daily News. "We've been patiently planning for this moment for 21/2 years."

Captain America will return next month in a five-comic book series, "Captain America Reborn."

The dramatic return is coming not a moment too soon for fans of the superhero and his alter ego, Steve Rogers.

Marvel writer Ed Brubaker was stunned at the global reaction when Captain America was gunned down on the steps of a courthouse.

"It was crazy," said Brubaker. "I had shock jocks calling me up at 5:30 in the morning - they got my home number somehow - and they were like, 'Ed, tell us it's not true, tell us Captain America is not dead.'"

It's been 68 years since creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby introduced Rogers - a scrawny kid who is injected with a "Super Soldier" serum to fight the Nazis - to an adoring fan base.

Captain America has appeared in more than 210 million comics in 75 countries since then, and a big-budget movie is scheduled for 2011.

"He's a pop culture icon," said Bryan Hitch, artist for "Captain America Reborn."

"[Captain America] at heart is a bit of an old-fashioned guy - he looks like Brad Pitt, but smells like your granddad."

Death in comics, of course, is almost never as final as it is in real life.

Marvel's archrival, DC Comics, killed Superman in 1993, only to bring him back a year later.

There's still no word about how creators plan to bring Captain America back to life.

One thing's for sure - it'll definitely be a hit.

"Consumers are responding to it like crazy," said Gerry Gladston, co-owner of Midtown Comics in Manhattan. "They don't feel like it's a stunt."

Wednesday's Comics!! (6-17-09)

2009-06-12T12:22:00.000-07:00

1939 Daily Bugle
Action Comics Annual #12
All-New Savage She-Hulk #3 (OF 4)
Amazing Spider-Man Family #7
Angel #22
Barack Obama: The Road to the White House #1 - S/O #43, 64
Batman: Streets of Gotham #1
Betty & Veronica #242
Bomb Queen Presents: All Girl Comics (1-Shot)
Boys: Herogasm #2 (OF 6)
Brave & the Bold #24
Cable #15
Captain America #600
Captain Britain & MI 13 #14
Complete Just a Pilgrim TP
Dark Avengers #5 Young Guns Pham Variant – S/O #17
Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #4 (OF 5)
Dark Reign: Hawkeye #3 (OF 5)
Dark Reign: Mr. Negative #1 (OF 3)
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #2 (OF 5)
Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead #2 (OF 6)
Destroyer #3 (OF 5)
DF Presidential Material: Obama, Rare Campbell Variant – S/O #64
Executive Assistant Iris #1
Fall of Cthulhu: Nemesis #3 (OF 4)
Fantastic Force #3 (OF 5)
Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #2 (OF 6)
Gallery of Light: Jungle Book Miniature – S/O #3
GI Joe: Cobra #4
Green Arrow/Black Canary #21
Incognito #4
Invincible Iron Man #14
Jack of Fables #35
Marvel Adventures Avengers #37
Marvel Pets Handbook
Marvel Zombies 4 #3 (OF 4)
Marvel Zombies 4 #3 (OF 4) ‘80s Decade Variant – S/O #64
Masquerade #4
Mighty Avengers #26
Outsiders #19
Power Girl #2
Project Superpowers Chapter Two #0
Punisher #6
Red Mass for Mars #3 (OF 4)
Rex Mundi #18
Salem’s Daughter #1
Star Trek: Wrath of Khan #2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #42
Starman Omnibus HC vol 3 – S/O #4
Supergirl #42
Superman/Batman #61
Tales from Wonderland: Cheshire Cat (1-shot)
Thor: Trial of Thor
Tiny Titans #17
Transformers Spotlight: Cliffjumper
Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #1 (OF 2)
Vigilante #7
War Machine #7
War of Kings: Ascension #3 (OF 4)
Wolverine Origins #37
Wonderful Wizard of Oz #7 (OF 8)
World of Warcraft #20
X-Men: Legacy #225
X-Men Origins: Gambit #1
Young Allies Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special

Batman: Streets of Gotham #1 - An all-new Batman series by the DETECTIVE COMICS creative team of Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen! As a new Batman rises on the streets of Gotham City, the heroes, villains and citizens take notice. How will the police feel about this new Batman, and can he control the crime in Gotham the way the old Batman did? This new series also features a regular ongoing co-feature starring Manhunter written by Marc Andreyko and illustrated by Georges Jeanty (Buffy Season 8)! Kate Spencer lost a friend during the chaos of BATTLE FOR THE COWL, and now she wants payback. As usual, she'll use any means necessary to get it!

Captain America #600 – Where were you when Captain America died? It's the anniversary of the day Steve Rogers was killed, a day of reflection and mourning in the Marvel U...a time to look back on the things Steve did and what he stood for... or is this issue actually the beginning of the most wicked plot twist since issue 25? Yeah, actually it's both. Plus, contributions from Cap creators past and present, including a very special essay by Joe Simon, a classic story from Cap’s Golden Age, a full gallery of 600 Cap covers, and more anniversary shenanigans than you can shake a shield at!

Dark Reign: Mr. Negative #1 (OF 3) – Spider-Man’s most mysterious new enemy takes center stage in a 3-issue mini-series by Official Amazing Spider-Man Web-Head Fred Van Lente and newcomer Gianluca Gigliotta. One-half benevolent philanthropist/One-half underworld mastermind, Mr. Negative has carved out a substantial slice of the big apple for himself over the past year. But when the super-villain mastermind The Hood strikes at the heart of Mr. Negative’s criminal operations with a whole horde of classic Arachno-Foes (including The Scorcher, Speed Demon, The Squid and the long awaited return of the White Rabbit), Spider-Man is left to clean up the mess between these two violent nemeses.

Executive Assistant Iris #1 - Aspen's blockbuster new series arrives! Secretary. Bodyguard. Assassin. The Executive Assistant is all of the above rolled into one. She's meticulous, ruthlessly efficient, and completely loyal to her employer. But in the high-stakes web of corporate wealth and power, one young woman, Iris, must decide between her duty-and her own morality. When she soon discovers that the man she serves is even more vicious and depraved than the criminals she's supposed to be protecting him from, her life begins to crumble. Torn between her loyalty and a heavy conscience, she must journey back to the school that created her in an attempt to rediscover her humanity. But is she already too late?

Salem’s Daughter #1 – In 1892 Massachusetts a gorgeous young woman named Anna Williams is about to fully realize the immense powers she has repressed for so many years. The very powers that her mother had made her bury her whole life for fear of sparking another witch hunt two hundred years after the Salem trials. But now as Anna comes of age, and her gift no longer able to be hidden, an immensely evil and mysterious being named Darius is on his way to recruit her. Meanwhile Braden Cole, a hardened gunslinger with a sordid past, is on the tail of the elusive Darius as he looks to avenge the death of his family. Now Anna will be given the choice she's been waiting her entire life to make and Cole will finally be given his chance at revenge. From the minds that have so successfully reinvented the fairy tales and fables you love, comes a stylistic and stunning new version of 19th century America like you have never seen before. Enter a world full of the monsters, demons, ghosts and creatures you thought you knew but reimagined with new twists and shown in an entirely different and terrifying light. Do not miss the newest supernatural thriller from Zenescope Entertainment that will grab you by the throat and not let go!

Thor: Trial of Thor – Did Thor snap? After an epic battle against the Frost Giants, the Thunder God is accused of murdering innocent Asgardians. It sounds impossible - except that Balder the Brave is an eyewitness to the carnage. Did the mayhem and stress of war finally push even the greatest of heroes over the edge?

Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #1 (OF 2) – Spider-Man has fallen and the Ultimate Universe will never be the same. Join Brian Bendis, Stuart Immonen and original series artist Mark Bagley as they begin a two-part story celebrating the heroism of your friendly neighborhood webslinger as written by none other than... J. Jonah Jameson(?!).

X-Men Origins: Gambit #1 – Remy LeBeau is one of the X-Men's biggest guns, but he started out on the other side of the equation, alongside Mister Sinister's Marauders. From New Orleans to the Mutant Massacre and beyond, this is the story of the Ragin' Cajun's transformation from villain to hero - and what it cost him...

Young Allies Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special – Before they were Invaders, Bucky Barnes and Toro the Flaming Kid joined forces with four teen-age friends to battle the Third Reich as the Young Allies! Their fictionalized adventures thrilled readers on the Home Front throughout World War II, but their real story has never been told -- until now! Discover the truth behind comics' original kid gang! Action! Intrigue! Adventure! All in a timely tale by Roger Stern (Amazing Spider-Man) and Paolo Rivera (Mythos). And in a bonus back-up, take another trip to the Golden Age with a classic reprint from the Timely Era!

Wednesday's Comics!! (6-3-09)

2009-05-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

Agents of Atlas #6
Amazing Spider-Man #596
Angel: Not Fade Away #2
Anita Blake: Necromancer #2 (OF 5)
Astonishing Tales #5
Astro City: The Dark Age, Book 3 #2 (OF 4)
Atomic Robo: Shadow from Beyond Time #2 (OF 5)
Batman & Robin #1
Battlestar Galactica: Final Five #3 (OF 4)
Black Panther 2 #5
Boys #31
BTVS: Tales of the Vampires (1-Shot)
Captain Blood: Odyssey #1 (OF 5)
Captain Britain & MI13 Annual #1
Conan the Cimmerian #11
Daredevil Noir #3 (OF 4)
Dark Avengers #5
Dead Irons #4 (OF 4)
Dead Run #1
Deadpool: Suicide Kings #3 (OF 5)
Deadpool vol 1 TP: Secret Invasion
Exiles #3
Farscape: Strange Detractors #3 (OF 4)
Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #2 (OF 6)
GI Joe Movie Prequel #4 Snake-Eyes
Halo Uprising Premiere HC
Herobear & the Kid vol 1 TP: Inheritance – S/O #58
House of Mystery #14
Irredeemable #3
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #48
Mighty #5
Mighty Avengers #25
Muppet Show #3 (OF 4)
Neil Gaiman’s Coraline TP
New Avengers: Reunion #4 (OF 4)
New Mutants #2
Power Giril #1 – S/O #54
Prototype #3 (OF 6)
Punisher Max: Naked Kill #1
Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time: Eye of the World #0
Secret Six #10
Skaar #11
Solomon Grundy #4 (OF 7)
Star Trek: Crew #4
Strange Adventures #4 (OF 8)
Superman: World of New Krypton #4 (OF 12)
Timestorm 2009/2099 Spider-Man
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen #3
Trojan War #2 (OF 5)
Ultimate Spider-Man #133
Ultimatum #4 (OF 5)
Universal War One: Revelations #3 (OF 3)
Unknown Soldier #8
War of Kings #4 (OF 6)
Warlord #3
Werewolves on the Moon vs Vampires #1 (OF 3)
Wolverine: Revolver #1

Batman & Robin #1 – 'Batman Reborn' begins here! With the reunited team of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, WE3, New X-Men), this first issue kicks off a 3-part story arc that can't be missed! The new Dynamic Duo hit the streets with a bang in their new flying Batmobile as they face off against an assemblage of villains called the Circus of Strange. They also tackle their first mission investigating a child who's been abducted by the mysterious Domino Killer. But will everything go smoothly? And who exactly are the new Batman and Robin? The newest era of The Dark Knight begins here!

Captain Blood: Odyssey #1 (OF 5) – All Peter Blood wanted was to be left alone. A doctor living in 17th century England, Blood spends his days tending to his patients and reminiscing about his time adventuring through Europe. Blood soon winds up on the wrong side of a rebellion and is sentenced to ten years of hard labor on the island of Barbados. Escaping slavery, Blood begins his career as a pirate and becomes one of the most famous Pirates in the Caribbean as well as one of literature's best anti-heroes. Captain Blood: Odyssey is an adaptation of Rafael Sabatini's novel. Later adapted into the 1935 movie starring Errol Flynn, the 1922 book was a smash hit and launched numerous sequels. Adapted for the first time to comic book form, Captain Blood: Odyssey is a very faithful adaptation of the popular novel.

Dead Run #1 – 'All Speed. No Limits.' The end isn't near, it's here. America has become a wasteland, leaving the few cities that remain transformed into impenetrable fortresses. Beyond these walls lies The Zone, a brutal, plague-ravaged landscape stretching from one city to the next, populated by mutants, monsters, and warring factions of survivors driven insane by disease and starvation. Only the very brave or the very foolish voluntarily step foot outside the protective confines of the mega-cities. Nick Masters happens to be a little bit of both. Nick's a driver; if you need something picked-up, delivered, or disposed of, Nick's your man - and he's all business. But when he fails to deliver an important package to a local crime lord, Nick's business suddenly becomes very personal!

Halo Uprising Premier HC – Bridging the blockbuster "Halo 2" and "Halo 3" video games, the Eisner-winning team of writer Brian Bendis and artist Alex Maleev join forces for the action-packed landmark collection that has everyone talking—HALO UPRISING PREMIERE HC.

Neil Gaiman’s Coraline TP – New York Times-bestselling novel and new children's classic Coraline springs to life as a gorgeously adapted graphic novel! When Coraline steps through a door in her family's new house, she finds another house, strangely similar to her own (only better). At first, things seem marvelous. The food is better than at home, and the toy box is filled with fluttering wind-up angels and dinosaur skulls that crawl and rattle their teeth. But there's another mother there and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. This beloved tale has now become a visual feast. Acclaimed artist P. Craig Russell brings Neil Gaiman's enchanting nationally best-selling children's book Coraline to new life in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel adaptation.

Punisher Max: Naked Kill #1 – What do pencils, a feather duster and a plastic trash-bag have in common? To stop a murderous snuff film ring, Frank Castle has to infiltrate a building with a security system so tight that he can't bring in any weapons. Nothing. Nada. Just his own wits, inventiveness and ruthless efficiency. Oh, and a few cleaning products and office supplies. It's the Punisher at his ruthless best; as you've never seen him before -- the bad guys won't know what hit them. Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry (Patient Zero) takes the Punisher into dark territory in this stand-alone tale.

Werewolves on the Moon vs Vampires #1 (OF 3) – Through all of history, on the night of the full moon, the bloodcurdling cries of werewolves have pierced the night sky. For centuries, werewolves have had to content themselves with shortened forays of feral change as dictated by the source of their power -- the moon! But all that is about to change as three werewolf friends -- Ted, Jeff, and Stan, leave Earth and travel to the lunar surface in a quest to become kings of the moon! Unfortunately, Moon Patrol captain Maggie Pilgrim has other plans . . . as does the hive of vampires living on the dark side!

Wolverine: Revolver #1 – What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, right? But Logan's gone to Vegas in search of something that's been hiding there a bit too long. In a place where anyone will wager on anything, it's no wonder that Logan finds himself in a game of Russian Roulette surrounded by rowdy Russian mobsters. But they're not the real problem. Logan's got his eyes trained on the man sitting across from him. The guy with the revolver in his hand and the killer smile who is much more than he seems. Bang.

Thursday's Comics!! (5-28-09)

2009-05-25T13:18:00.000-07:00

Aliens #1 (OF 4)
Amazing Spider-Man #595
Arkham Horror: Curse of the Dark Pharoah Expansion
Astounding Wolf-Man #16
Avengers Initiative #24
Avengers/Invaders #11 (OF 12)
Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror vol 1 TP – S/O #7
Batman in Barcelona: Dragon’s Knight
Batman: The Brave & the Bold #5
Boys vol 1 TP: Name of the Game
Boys vol 2 TP: Get Some
Boys vol 3 TP: Good for the Soul
Captain America #50 – Shortage Replacement
Castle Waiting HC – S/O #7
Concrete vol 5 TP: Think Like a Mountain - S/O #7
Crossed #5 (OF 9)
Dark Reign Elektra #3 (OF 5)
Dark Reign Hood #1 (OF 5)
Dellec #0
Disney Adventure Comics vol 1: Lilo & Stitch
Ender’s Shadow: Battle School #5 (OF 5)
Eureka: Dormant Gene #2 (OF 4)
Fall of Cthulhu: Nemesis #2 (OF 4)
Farscape: Dargo’s Lament #2 (OF 4)
Fathom #7
Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #1 (OF 6)
Fringe #5 (OF 6)
Galveston TP
Garth Ennis’ Battlefields: Tankies #2
Ghost Rider #35
Gotham Gazette #1 Batman Alive
Green Lantern #41
Guardians of the Galaxy #14
Hulk #12 – Shortage Replacement
Ignition City #3 (OF 5)
Immortal Iron Fist #26
Incredible Hercules #129
JLA #33
JSA #27
Knights of the Dinner Table #150
Last Days of Animal Man #1 (OF 6)
Life-Size Fone Bone Plush Toy
Literals #2 (OF 3)
Madame Xanadu #11
Marvel Apes Grunt Line Special
Marvel Previews 2009
Moon Knight #30
Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #6 (OF 6)
Ms. Marvel #39
Muppet Robin Hood #1 (OF 4)
New Avengers #53
Northlanders #17
Nova #25
Previews #249, June 2009
Red Sonja #44
Resistance #6 (OF 6)
Robert Jordan’s New Spring #6
Runaways 3 #10
Sonic Universe #4
Spider-Man: Short Halloween
Spirit #28
Squadron Supreme 2 #11
Stand: American Nightmares #3 (OF 5)
Star Wars – Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire TP – S/O #7
Star Wars – Boba Fett vol 1 T: Man with a Mission – S/O #7
Star Wars – Clone Wars vol 3 TP: Wind Raiders Talora
Star Wars Legacy #36
Starcraft #1
Superman #688
Teen Titans #71
Trinity #52
Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #6 (OF 6)
Unknown Soldier #8
Usagi Yojimbo #120
War Machine #6
Warhammer 40K: RPG Game Master’s Kit
Watchmen: The Comedian AF
Wildcats #11
Wizard Magazine #213
Wolverine #72
Wolverine First Class #15
Wolverine Origins #36
Wonder Woman #32
X-Force #15
X-Men Future History: Messiah War Sourcebook
X-Men Legacy #224
Zombies – Bag ‘o Babes

Aliens #1 (OF 4) – A group of wildcat planetary prospectors plant their flag on a distant new world, rich in land, resources . . . and mystery. Within this seemingly uninhabited planet lies the greatest archaeological discovery in history, an ancient, abandoned complex of impossible proportions carved deep within the living rock, a mind-numbing labyrinth of passages, ramps, bridges, and galleries that seems to extend limitlessly. But as the exploration of the leviathan dead city proceeds deeper and deeper, the members of the team slowly begin to lose their grip on reality. But madness gives way to fear as the explorers begin to disappear one by one. Something else lives within the necropolis, a faceless horror as deadly and merciless as space itself, a lethal terror that has waited centuries to awake . . . and destroy.

Batman in Barcelona: Dragon’s Knight – When a string of bizarre murders hits Spain's beautiful coastal city of Barcelona, The Dark Knight makes solving this crime his top priority. Full of international intrigue, high adventure and even higher stakes, BATMAN IN BARCELONA: DRAGON'S KNIGHT showcases The Caped Crusader in a different type of Gotham - but one no less dangerous! Fan-favorite writer Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME) delivers an exciting, non-stop one-shot full of surprises while Spanish art sensation Diego Olmos (SUPERNATURAL: RISING SON) beautifully illustrates his home city. Featuring a gorgeous cover by best-selling artist Jim Lee (BATMAN, SUPERMAN)!

Dark Reign Hood #1 (OF 5) – Straight from the pages of New Avengers and Dark Reign: The Cabal: go deep into the cutthroat world of The Hood! You may know him as the tough-talking crime boss who's organizing the villains of NYC while wheeling and dealing with the likes of Loki and Dr. Doom. But what about the pregnant girlfriend, addict cousin, and institutionalized mother that we met back in his debut mini? And what price is he paying for his rapid climb up the ranks of crime and power? Writer Jeff Parker (Agents of Atlas) and Kyle Hotz (The Hood: Blood From Stones) invite you to spend a week in the life of Parker Robinson, one of the key characters in Dark Reign, as he struggles to keep his professional and personal lives from destroying each other!

Dellec #0 – SOMETIMES...EVIL SHOULD BE AFRAID. His name is DELLEC, and it all starts right here! One man amidst a blur of immorality, but his mission is clear-destroy the forces of evil wherever they may flourish, even if it means taking on the very being that created mankind itself! The action-packed first issue takes off full throttle, as DELLEC, on a quest for vengeance and redemption, jumps headfirst into the battle of a lifetime-and his chances for survival don't look good! However, DELLEC is not one to back down from a fight, even if his foe is the bloodcurdling Bludgeoner! A completely brand new maxi-series brought to you by Aspen's own Frank Mastromauro, Vince Hernandez and Micah Gunnell, along with inker Rob Stull and colorist Matt Hollingsworth, DELLEC is unlike anything Aspen has ever done before. This inventive new title is set to raise the bar on cinematic storytelling, while keeping you on the edge of your seat every hair-raising moment. Plus, to prove DELLEC's worth, we're introducing you to this issue at our lowest price ever! So take the chance and see why DELLEC will soon be one of the most talked about new series in comics!

Galveston TP – True fact - fabled pirate Jean Lafitte spent his last years not on the high seas, but in Texas. Guess who his buddy was? Jim Bowie. What adventures must a swashbuckling corsair and an American frontiersman have had together in the Old West? It's Deadwood with pirates, man. Pirates! Collecting the do-not-miss four issue mini-series.

Last Days of Animal Man #1 (OF 6) – Is Buddy Baker losing it all? Everyman hero Buddy Baker has fought hard for our world, and for his family. But by the year 2024, the Earth has seen better days: The heroes are growing tired, the villains have grown nastier and Buddy's own hometown of San Diego has struggled for years to recover from a cataclysmic typhoon. His children have grown and his marriage has gotten colder...and now, as San Diego faces the most vicious Super-Villain it's seen in years, his powers are starting to fail him! Without his powers, without his family - who is Buddy Baker? Can he still be a husband? Can he still be a father? Can he still be Animal Man? And more importantly, can he even survive the bloodthirsty plan his arch-rival's progeny has in store for him? Comics legend Gerry Conway (TV's Law and Order) makes his return to DC with this can't-miss miniseries!

Muppet Robin Hood #1 (OF 4) – The Muppets tell the Robin Hood legend for laughs, and it's the reader who will be merry! Robin Hood (Kermit the Frog) and his band of outlaws steal from the rich and give to the poor. But much to the Merry Men's disbelief, Maid Marian (Miss Piggy) has stolen Robin's most valuable possession-his heart!

Spider-Man: Short Halloween – Two stars of Saturday Night Live make their Marvel debut with an all-new story set right on the bustling, hot dog juice covered streets of New York City. Halloween is coming early this year as Spidey is knocked out during the Greenwich Village costume parade and an intoxicated reveler in a Spidey costume takes his place. Really, we don't want to say more than that. Trust us, with comic book legend Kevin Maguire (JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL) along for the ride, this'll be more exciting than putting a president on a comic book cover!

Starcraft #1 – From the bestselling Blizzard computer game comes the most explosive sci-fi action comic ever created! Join the WarPigs, a disbanded team of outlaws reunited by their former captain for one last job: the assassination of Jim Raynor! Join creators Keith Giffen, Simon Furman and Federico Dallocchio for WildStorm's explosive foray into the world of STARCRAFT with this new ongoing series!

Wednesday's Comics!! (5-20-09)

2009-05-15T09:17:00.000-07:00

Agents of Atlas #5
Amazing Spider-Man #594
Amazing Spider-Man Family #6
Angel #21
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (OF 3)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #3 (OF 3) Variant – S/O #16
Big Book of Barry Ween, Boy Genius TP – S/O #48
Bionicle vol 5 GN: Battle of Voya Nui
Black Terror #4
Boys: Herogasm #1
Brave and the Bold #23
Captain America #50
Cars: Rookie #2 (OF 4)
Complete Dracula #1 (OF 5)
Crossed #1 (OF 9) Auxiliary Edition
Dark Reign Fantastic Four #3 (OF 5)
Dr. Who: Time Machination
Dreamer #6
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall SC – S/O #102
Fables vol 1 TP: Legends in Exile – S/O #102
Fables vol 2 TP: Animal Farm – S/O #102
Fantastic Force #2 (OF 5)
Fantastic Four #566
Farscape #1
Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #1 (OF 6)
Fruits Basket vol 21 GN (OF 23) – S/O #7
GI Joe #5
GI Joe: Cobra #3
Greatest American Hero #3 (OF 3)
Green Arrow/Black Canary #20
Grimm Fairy Tales #38
Herobear and the Kid vol 1 TP: Inheritance – S/O #58
Hotwire #3 (OF 5)
Hulk #12
Incredibles: Family Matters #2 (OF 4)
Jack of Fables #34
Killapalooza #1 (OF 6)
Locke & Key: Head Games #5
Marvel Adventures Avengers #36
Marvel Mystery Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special
Outsiders #18
Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson: Homecoming #3 (OF 4)
Planet Skaar Prologue (one-shot)
Punisher #5 DKR
Resident Evil #2 (OF 6)
Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time: Eye of the World #0
Scooby Doo #144
Silver Age Sentinels GM Screen
Skrull Kill Krew #2 (OF 5)
Star Trek: Aliens Spotlight - Romulans
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #41
Star Wars Light Saber USB Glow Lamp
Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen #5 (OF 5)
Supergirl #41
Superman/Batman #60
Terror, Inc.: Apocalypse Soon #2 (OF 4)
Thor vol 2 Premiere HC
Thunderbolts #132
Timestorm 2009/2099 #2 (OF 4)
Tiny Titans #16
Tiny Titans vol 2 TP: Adventures in Awesomeness
Transformers: All Hail Megatron #11
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen #1
Trinity #51
Uncanny X-Men #510
Uncanny X-Men #510 Campbell Variant
Vigilante #6
Warhammer 40K RPG Game Master’s Kit
Wolverine Noir #2 (OF 4)
Wolverine: Weapon X #2
World of Warcraft #19
X-Men Forever: Alpha
Zorro #13

Boys: Herogasm #1 – Heroes on the planet uniting to defend us all... a secret crisis of such utter finality that a countdown to civil or infinite war seems unavoidable... but have you ever wondered what really happens during Crossovers? The Seven, Payback, Teenage Kix, Fantastico and every other supe on Earth team up for an annual event like no other... and where the supes go, can a certain 'five complications and a dog' be far behind? Vought-American prepare to make their move, in a story that will change the world of the Boys forever: Herogasm #1. The first-ever Boys spin-off mini-series features the pairing of Ennis with Hitman artist John McCrea and covers by Boys artist and co-creator Darick Robertson!

Complete Dracula #1 (OF 5) – Dynamite presents an unprecedented comic book series starring the Lord of the Undead - Dracula! Writers John Reppion and Leah Moore are joined by painter Colton Worley for a 5 issue odyssey of life, death and the blood that flows within us all! This fully-painted series features a massive 32 pages of story and art per issue, each page fully-painted in a rich, moody style by Worley, all under covers by modern master John Cassaday! Join us for this authentic and exhaustive adaptation by Moore and Reppion, who also provide bonus materials such as script pages, annotations and samplings of the original text by Stoker!

Killapalooza #1 (OF 6) – You've never seen anything like a rock band that moonlights as a super-powered assassination squad! Superstar noisemakers The Clap thought they were the only ones, but apparently there's at least one more - and they've both marked the honoree of a benefit concert as their next target! If The Clap can survive a death trap laid by their mystery rivals, they'll face their greatest challenge yet - a dinner for the concert's sponsor! The world's biggest music stars and their egos in the same room? Expect mayhem and murder with your shrimp cocktail!

Marvel Mystery Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special – The original Human Torch, Toro, the Sub-Mariner, the Angel and the Ferret team up to prevent Nazi saboteurs and one of the Torch's earliest foes from creating the ultimate weapon of mass destruction in this all-new 22 page story. Plus another 10 page classic vintage tale from Marvel's Golden Age!

Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time: Eye of the World #0 – At long last, the Dabel Brothers proudly bring you the adaptation of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy masterwork: The Wheel of Time! The saga begins here with the Fall of the Dragon and the Breaking of the World in this prelude issue to the ongoing series, in this edition available with Regular and PREVIEWS Exclusive covers. And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

Star Wars Light Saber USB Glow Lamp - That's right, you can plug this life-size light saber into your USB port and use it as a desk lamp, and you can also unplug your fully charged light saber and kill bad guys with it. You know you want this...

X-Men Forever: Alpha – X-Men Forever marks Chris Claremont's exciting return to a story he left unfinished over 15 years ago. Now, X-Men Forever Alpha #1 gets you caught up on all the best-selling action leading into Forever #1 with this special reprint of X-Men #1-3. The Master of Magnetism embarks on a holy crusade to rescue his fellow mutants from the coming genetic conflagration with humanity...regardless of the cost to either side. All that stands in the way of absolute chaos are the mutant heroes known as the X-Men, whose powers and abilities set them apart from a humanity that hates and fears them.

Wednesday's Comics!! (5-13-09)

2009-05-08T06:44:00.000-07:00

Action Comics #877
All New Savage She-Hulk #2 (OF 4)
Amazon #3 (OF 3)
Angel: Not Fade Away #1
Astro Boy, Movie Prequel: Underground #1
Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight #3 (OF 3)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Network #1 – Shortage Replacement
Batman Confidential #29
Battlestar Galactica: Final Five #2 (OF 4)
Black Panther 2 #4
Booster Gold #20
BPRD: Black Goddess #5 (OF 5)
Captain Britain and MI 13 #13
Dark Reign: Hawkeye #2 (OF 5)
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1 (OF 5)
Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead #1 (OF 6)
Deadpool: Suicide Kings #2 (OF 5)
Fables #84
Fall of Cthulhu vol 1 TP: Fugue – S/O
Farscape: Dargo’s Lament #1 (OF 4) – S/O #157
Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #1 (OF 6)
Fone Bone Plush Toy
Fusion #1 (OF 3)
Genext United #1 (OF 5)
GI Joe: Cobra #3
Green Lantern Corps #36
House of Mystery #13
Howling Commandos #1
Hulk: Movie Minimates Custom Set – S/O #64
Lockjaw & the Pet Avengers #1 (OF 4)
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #51
Marvel Adventures Superheroes #11
Oracle #3 (OF 3)
Pride & Prejudice #2 (OF 5)
Punisher: Frank Castle Max #70
Rebels #4
Rising Stars vol 3 TP: Fire & Ash – S/O #17
Rising Stars vol 4 TP – S/O #17
Savage Dragon #148
Secret Six #9
Secret Warriors #4
Sonic the Hedgehog #200
Star Trek: Mission’s End #3
Star Wars: Clone Wars #6 (OF 6)
Storming Paradise #5 (OF 6)
Stormwatch PhD #21
Super Friends #15
Terry Moore’s Echo #12
Thor: Tales of Asgard by Lee & Kirby #1 (OF 6)
Titans #13
Trinity #50
Ultimate Spider-Man #132
Ultimates 3 TP: Who Killed Scarlet Witch?
Umbrella Academy: Dallas #6 (OF 6)
Unknown #1 (OF 4)
Unthinkable #1 (OF 4)
Unwritten #1
Walking Dead #61
War of Kings Ascension #2 (OF 4)
Warlord #1 – S/O #59
Wolverine #73
Wolverine #73 Djurdejevic 70th Annniversary Variant
Wonderful Wizard of Oz #6 (OF 8)
X-Factor #43
Zorro #13

Fusion #1 (OF 3) – The mother of all Top Cow/Marvel crossovers debuts in May! Top Cow's two covert tech teams collide with Marvel's Initiative enforcers, the Mighty Avengers and the Thunderbolts. When a rapid and unregistered Ripclaw starts tearing through a small Northeast town, the Mighty Avengers move in to stop him. When the feral hero escapes, they're drawn into an inevitable conflict with Cyberforce. A crossover event too massive to be contained in a single issue brought to you by the writing team of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova) and Top Cow favorite artist Tyler Kirkham (Ultimate Fantastic Four, Broken Trinity: Aftermath).

Genext United #1 (OF 5) – The newest generation of X-Men returns! In a world where the years passed in real-time for the X-Men since their foundation, the newest crop of students at Xavier's are the children and grandchildren of the heroes we know. But with all the trouble Becka Monroe, Pavel Rasputin, Olivier Raven and company got into last time, they're not sure they want to go back to school. With Professor Henry 'Beast' McCoy watching over them, GeNEXT is striking out on their own!

Howling Commandos #1 – Nothing less than the fate of the free world is at stake as Sgt. Nick Fury leads the Howling Commandos on their most dangerous mission ever! SHOTGUN OPERA sets the stage for the harrowing events of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's best-selling CAPTAIN AMERICA: WHITE. After parachuting deep into enemy-held Yugoslavia, Fury, Dum Dum, Izzy, Reb, Gabe, and Pinky Pinkerton need every bullet and grenade in the Allied armory as they are chased by Tiger tanks, strafed by screaming Stukas, betrayed by beautiful babes, and forced into gladiatorial combat against Baron Strucker's diabolical war machine: PANZER MAX! Brought to you by the team of Jesse Alexander (HEROES, LOST, ALIAS) and John Paul Leon (EARTH X), HOWLING COMMANDOES is a must-have for all Fury Fans, Cap Completists, and anyone who likes war comics that take no prisoners, show no mercy, and cry havoc! WA-HOO!

Lockjaw & the Pet Avengers #1 (OF 4) – And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes were unaware of a threat greater than all of them could handle. And on that day, a teleporting puppy scoured the world to assemble a team of animals to fight the foes no single beast could withstand! Strap on your collar and hop on-board the adventures of LOCKJAW, LOCKHEED, REDWING, HAIRBALL, and an all-new FROG THOR!

Thor: Tales of Asgard by Lee & Kirby #1 (OF 6) – The legend has come true! By the will of the gods, I am alive! I am invincible! I am — THOR!!! And so began the very first epic tale of Marvel’s most revered hero, the mighty Thor, whose legend would grow alongside the success of Marvel comics, making him the most exciting super hero of all time! Never has Thor been more sensational than during these early tales, crafted by Marvel’s greatest, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Re-live classic Norse mythology in the mighty Marvel manner as well as Stan and Jack’s stories of the Norse Gods and Thor before he came to Earth as Don Blake. Witness as these masters breathe life into the thunder god and some of Marvel’s most enduring characters: Helmdall, Balder, Loki, Odin and Hela. Read these stories as never before with all-new, modern coloring and six extraordinary interlocking covers by current THOR artist Olivier Coipel. Collecting the “Tales of Asgard” backup stories from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #97-104.

Unknown #1 (OF 4) – She has solved every mystery known to man. But there is one mystery that remains unknown! Revered as the smartest person alive, Catherine Allingham is the world's most famous private investigator. Follow her adventures as she sets out to solve the one mystery she's never been able to crack! A new original mini-series from Mark Waid in the vein of Ruse with international superstar Minck Oosterveer.

Unthinkable #1 (OF 4) – They've been hired to think the UNTHINKABLE. But what happens when the unthinkable actually happens? After 9-11, best-selling author Alan Ripley joins a government think tank consisting of the most imaginative minds in diverse fields. Their job? Think of nightmare scenarios and crippling terrorist attacks so the government can safeguard against them. But when members of the think tank start to disappear one by one, can Alan stop the UNTHINKABLE from coming to pass? Find out in this new mini-series from hot writer Mark (TWO-FACE YEAR ONE, CYBORG) Sable and rising talent Julian Totino Tedesco.

Unwritten #1 – Everyone's read the Tommy Taylor books, the popular series of novels turned pop culture phenomenon about a boy wizard's adventures. And everyone knows about Tom Taylor, the boy the novels were based on, whose life was so overshadowed by his Dad's fictional epic that Tom's become a lame Z-level celebrity at best and a human viral marketing tool at worst. But what if the resemblance goes even deeper? What if Tom is the boy-wizard of the books made flesh? And if that sounds crazy, why is it bringing him into the crosshairs of an ancient faction that has never been named in any book or text? To discover the truth about himself, Tom must search through all the places in history where fiction and reality have intersected. And in the process, he'll learn more about that unwritten cabal and the plot they're at the center of -- a plot that spans all of literature from the first clay tablets to the gothic castles where Frankenstein was conceived to the self-adjusting stories of the internet.

Snikt... Owww!

2009-05-05T05:44:00.000-07:00

What if you saved up enough money to buy mutant powers, but could only afford one ability? Tip: Don't pick Wolverine.

Found via /Film

Rogue: "Does it hurt when they come out?"

Wolverine: "Every time."

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (and Wednesday's Comic)!!!

2009-05-01T08:49:00.000-07:00

Don't forget, Havenites, that tomorrow - Saturday, May 2nd - is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!! Come on out and pick up your free comics!!! There are some great titles available tomorrow, including a critical chapter of Green Lantern: Blackest Night, and a great New Avengers/Thor story. Disney/Pixar's Cars will also have a special FCBD issue shipping, so there's definitely something for everyone! Don't miss the biggest day of the comics year!!

Wednesday's Comics:

Agents of Atlas #4
Amazing Spider-Man #593
Angel: Blood and Trenches #3
Army of Darkness #20
Astonishing Tales #4
Astro City: The Dark Age, Book Three #1 (OF 4)
Atomic Robo: Shadow from Beyond Time #1 (OF 5)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Network #1
Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Underground #1 – Shortage Replacement
Batman: The Resurrection of Ra’s Al Ghul TP
Boys #30
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #25
Cable #14 XMW
Daredevil Noir #2 (OF 4)
Dead Romeo #2 (OF 6)
Deadpool #10
Destroyer #2 (OF 5)
Dr. Who Magazine #406
Exiles #2
Farscape: Strange Detractor #2 (OF 4)
Fin Fang Four Return #1
Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #1 (OF 6)
Flash Rebirth #2 (OF 5)
Fruits Basket vol 21 GN (OF 23)
GI Joe: Movie Prequel #3 Baroness
Green Arrow/Black Canary: League of Their Own TP
Grimm Fairy Tales: Return to Wonderland Annual #1
Hulk: Broken Worlds #2 (OF 2)
Human Torch Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special
Hunter RPG: Horror Recognition Guide
Invincible Iron Man #13
Irredeemable #2
Kull #6 (OF 6)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen III: Century 1910 #1
Marvel Zombies 4 #2 (OF 4)
New Avengers Reunion #3 (OF 4)
New Mutants #1
Power Girl #1
Prototype #2 (OF 6)
Seaguy: Slaves of Mickey Eye #2 (OF 3)
Serenity RPG: Six-Shooters and Spaceships SC
Shrapnel #5 (OF 5)
Solomon Grundy #3 (OF 7)
Soulfire #9
Soulfire: New World Order #1 (OF 5)
Star Trek: Crew #3
Strange Adventures #3 (OF 8)
Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #6 (OF 6)
Superman: World of New Krypton #3 (OF 12)
Teen Titans #70 – Shortage Replacement
Terror, Inc.: Apocalypse Soon #1 (OF 5)
Trinity #49
Trojan War #1 (OF 5)
Voltron: A Legend Forged #5
War of Kings #1 (OF 6) – Yu Variant
War of Kings #3 (OF 6)
Warlord #2
Wicked Munchkin Jumbo D10
Wizard Magazine #212 – Shortage Replacement
Wonder Woman #31 – Shortage Replacement
X-Men First Class: Finals #4 (OF 4)

Astro City: The Dark Age, Book Three #1 (OF 4) – Astro City's longest and most ambitious epic enters a new era and a new jumping-on point. It's the early 1980s - a time of darkness and danger, the era of the Point Man, the Omega Rangers and others. And for Charles and Royal Williams, it's a time for revenge as their pursuit of the man who killed their parents takes Royal deep into the bowels of the PYRAMID organization while Charles reaches heights he never imagined. Will it be morning in America - or will the long night continue? Also featuring the First Family, the debut of Cleopatra and more!

Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Network #1 – Batman: Battle for the Cowl is in full swing! A wave of heroes arrive in Gotham City in this one-shot, with hopes of helping stem the tide of chaos threatening to overwhelm everybody! Starring Huntress, Batgirl, Misfit, Ragman, Manhunter and many others. Will these heroes succeed--or will they be victims of Gotham City's madness? And if they do succeed, what does the future hold for them?

Fin Fang Four Return #1 – There was a time when giants walked the Earth! Monstrous creatures! Products of science gone mad!!! FIN FANG FOOM! ELEKTRO! GOOGAM! GORGILLA! Once they were great and terrible, and all trembled in their wake! Now, reduced to human size, they must live in the modern world and earn a buck. So what happens when the freakish foursome tries to play nice? Find out in this one-shot from the depraved minds of acclaimed comedy maestros Scott Gray and Roger Langridge!

Human Torch Comics #1 70th Anniversary Special – Before he became the hero he was created to be, the original Human Torch had to battle his inner demons to stake a claim on the soul he knows he has…and his enemies will stop at nothing to tear him apart to get at the city they want to control. Can he learn to tap into the human side of the Torch, or must he sacrifice himself to save the people he has sworn to protect in this al-new 22 page story? Also included is a bonus 10 page Torch tale from Marvel’s rich history!

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen III: Century 1910 #1 – Alan Moore's familiar cast of Victorian literary characters enters the brave new world of the 20th century, set against a backdrop of London, 1910, twelve years after the failed Martian invasion. In the bowels of the British Museum, Carnacki the ghost-finder is plagued by visions of a shadowy occult order who are attempting to create something called a Moonchild, while on London's dockside the most notorious serial murderer of the previous century has returned to carry on his grisly trade. Working for Mycroft Holmes' British Intelligence alongside a rejuvenated Allan Quartermain, the reformed thief Anthony Raffles, and the eternal warrior Orlando, Miss Murray is drawn into a brutal opera acted out upon the waterfront by players that include the furiously angry Pirate Jenny and the charismatic butcher known as Mac the Knife. This book is the first of three deluxe, 80-page, full-color, perfect-bound graphic novellas, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, each a self-contained narrative that takes place in three distinct eras, building to an apocalyptic conclusion occurring in our own twenty-first century. The return of the League is not to be missed!

New Mutants #1 – They're back together again! Cannonball, Dani Moonstar, Karma, Sunspot, Magma and Magik have been gathered once more, but can they stand against one of the most powerful X-Villains of all time? Legion is back, and the villain that thrust us into the Age of Apocalypse is scarier than ever. But what does he want with the New Mutants? Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Diogenes Neves (X-MEN: WORLDS APART) bring your favorite teen heroes into adulthood. Don't miss it!

Power Girl #1 – In her own ongoing series at last! Straight from the pages of JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Power Girl starts life anew by building herself a secret identity. But a major villain from her past has other plans in store for the Super Hero, and to get his way, he's holding Manhattan hostage! From the fan-favorite writing team of Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (JONAH HEX, TERRA) and featuring the vivacious art of Amanda Conner (JSA CLASSIFIED, TERRA) comes this rip-roaring new series!

Terror, Inc.: Apocalypse Soon #1 (OF 5) – Ol’ Skullface sings again! Our charming Mr. Terror – the cursed, undead, rotting, immortal entrepreneur – is back in action! Brutally ripping off his own limbs and “borrowing” other people’s body parts comes in so very handy for the lucrative purposes of assassination, espionage, and other sticky situations. Business is truly recession-proof…but is it plague-proof? Terror better hope so when he agrees to recover a weaponized virus from Middle Eastern terrorists – just one of those odd jobs the unique Mr. Terror is so well suited for. Writer David Lapham (STRAY BULLETS) brings you another bloody, gruesome, hilarious, ultraviolent adventure in the MAX vein, with jaw-dropping art by Koi Turnbull (FATHOM)!

Authentic Bat-memorabilia

2009-04-29T08:05:00.000-07:00

From Funny or Die:

BOOM! POW! Adam West is broke so he's having a Bat cave garage sale.

Batman Garage Sale with Adam West from Adam West

Wednesday's Comics (4-29-09)

2009-04-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

70th Anniversary Alan Davis Poster – S/O #53
Amazing Spider-Man Family #5
Astounding Wolf-Man vol 2 TP
Astounding Wolf-Man #15
Avengers/Invaders #10 (OF 12)
Avengers: Kang, Time and Time and Time Again TP
Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Underground #1
Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War #4 (OF 4)
Bullseye’s Greatest Hits TP
Captain America: Theatre of War, Brothers in Arms
Conan the Cimmerian #10
D&D Dungeon Tiles
Dark Avengers #4
Dark Avengers #4 Young Gun Variant – S/O #17
Dark Reign: Cabal
Dr. Doom & the Masters of Evil #4 (OF 4)
Ender’s Game: Battle School #5 (OF 5)
Eureka: Dormant Gene #1 (OF 4)
Farscape: Dargo’s Lament #1 (OF 4)
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #4 (OF 5)
Fringe #4 (OF 6)
Game Trade Magazine #111
Garth Ennis’ Battlefields: Tankies #1
Gears of War #6
GI Joe Origins #3
GLA Misassembled TP
Green Lantern #40
Green Lantern Corps #35 Corrected Copy
Hulk & Thing: Hard Knocks TP
Hulk Movie Minimates: Custom Set – S/O #64
JSA #26
Literals #1 (OF 3)
Madame Xanadu #10
Marvel 70th Anniversary Celebration
Marvel Adventures Avengers #35
Marvel Age: X-Men Revolution TP
Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular #2 (OF 2)
Marvel Previews #69
Masquerade #3
Ms. Marvel #38
Muppet Show #2 (OF 4)
Nova #24
Previews #248 May 2009
Red Sonja #43
Runaways 3 #9
Sentry TP
Sherlock Holmes #1
Skaar #10
Star Wars Adventures vol 1 TP: Han Solo and the Hollow Moon
Star Wars: Legacy #35
Superman #687
Superman/Batman #59
Teen Titans #70
Thunderbolts #131
Trinity #48
Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #5 (OF 6)
Uncanny X-Men #509
Unknown Soldier #7
Walking Dead vol 2 TP: Miles Behind Us
War Machine #5
What If?! Classic TP vol 1
Wizard Magazine #212

Batman: Battle for the Cowl – The Underground #1 – A Battle for the Cowl issue! With Batman gone, the villains have descended on Gotham! A who's who of Bat-villains star in this one-shot including Catwoman, the Riddler, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, The Penguin and Ra's Al Ghul. What kind of havoc will these villains wreak on a city that's already on the verge of implosion? Who will oppose them? And could they all work together to take down Gotham City--or will they just destroy each other? Find out when The Underground rises!

Eureka: Dormant Gene #1 (OF 4) – Sci-Fi Channel's smash hit show returns for another series masterminded by the creator of the show, told completely in continuity! Eureka creator Andrew Cosby joins writer Jonathan L. Davis (The Dukes of Hazzard) in bringing all-new stories from everybody's favorite town of eccentric geniuses!

Farscape: Dargo’s Lament #1 (OF 4) – Ka D'argo lives on - only in this pulse-pistol-pounding Farscape mini-series set in continuity during Season 3 between episodes 'Revenging Angel' and 'Fractures!' Follow the adventures of John Crichton's best friend D'argo as he's forced to not only save the day and end planetary war, he's got to do it all with mouthy 'princess' Jool along for the ride. And that means trouble!

GLA Misassembled TP – They are the Great Lake Avengers, the guys who got the shortest end of the super-hero stick. But with the REAL Avengers disassembled, they're going to try to step up to the plate and deal with one of their most powerful villains! Can they save the day? Well, we just hope these guys can save themselves! Collects G.L.A. #1-4 – plus the team’s first appearance from WEST COAST AVENGERS #46, by JOHN BYRNE; and Squirrel Girl’s first and only previous appearance from MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #8, by WILL MURRAY and STEVE DITKO.

Literals #1 (OF 3) – Part 3 of The Great Fables Crossover! If you're a reader of JACK OF FABLES, then you're familiar with The Literals - an extended family of characters who literally embody literary notions. It's also very possible that one of The Literals may have created all of the Fables plus the universe in which they reside, unbeknownst to our beloved Fables. The full story on this enigmatic crew of characters begins here, the first in a 3-issue miniseries and Part 3 of 'The Great Fables Crossover,' an epic, 9-part tale spanning the pages of FABLES and JACK OF FABLES. The story kicks off when Jack reveals the existence of The Literals to Fabletown, and things quickly get chaotic from there. Fables don't like the idea of having a living god who can wipe them out with the stroke of a pen, and have thus decided to get rid of The Literals. Will they succeed in erasing their creator from existence, or will he literally rub them out first?

Sherlock Holmes #1 – Continuing their new exploration of literary icons, Dynamite Entertainment presents the ultimate mystery as they unveil Sherlock Holmes! Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion with reverence and a modern edge, artist Aaron Douglas completes the Victorian mood under the striking and iconic John Cassaday covers. Issue #1 begins the 'Trial of Sherlock Holmes' which presents the great detective with an all-too personal quandary and explores the nature of the man and his world with a mix of refined ambiance, carefully crafted mystery and chilling suspense!

What If?! Classic TP vol 1 – Because YOU demanded it: The first six awe-inspiring issues of the most awesomely offbeat series of all time -- collected in one sense-staggering volume... Featuring WHAT IF? (Vol. 1) #1 - 6, which ask: What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four? What if the Hulk Had Always Had Bruce Banner's Brain? What if the Avengers Had Never Been? What if the Invaders Had Stayed Together After World War Two? What if Captain America and Bucky Had Both Survived World War II? What if the Fantastic Four Had Different Super-Powers? Six titanic tales of triumph and tragedy in the mighty Marvel tradition!

Wednesday's Comics!! (4-22-09)

2009-04-17T06:42:00.000-07:00

Amazing Spider-Man #592
Amazing Spider-Man #592 Wolverine Variant – S/O #64
Angel #20
Astonishing X-Men #29
Avengers Initiative #23
Azrael: Death's Dark Knight #2 (OF 3)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl - Arkham #1
Batman: Brave & the Bold #4
Battlestar Galactica: Final Five #1 (OF 4)
Black Coat/Athena Voltaire One-Shot
Buck Rogers #0
C E Murphy’s Take a Chance #4 – S/O #64
Captain Britain MI 13 #12 – shortage replacement
Daredevil #118
Dark Reign: Elektra #2 (OF 5)
Dark Tower: Treachery Premiere HC - S/O #24
Detective Comics #853
Dynamo 5 #21
Fall of Cthulhu: Nemesis #1 (OF 4)
Fantastic Force #1 (OF 5)
Galveston #4
George RR Martin’s Wildcards #5 (OF 6)
Ghost Rider #34
GI Joe: Best of Larry Hama HC – S/O #39
Green Lantern Corps #33 – shortage replacement
Guardians of the Galaxy #13
Hulk #11
Hulk Movie Custom Minimates - S/O #64
Identity Crisis # 1 SPECIAL EDITION
Ignition City #2 (OF 5)
Immortal Iron Fist #25
Incredible Hercules #128
Jack of Fables #33
JLA #32
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #47
Marvel Minimates: Invaders Set – S/O #58, #64
Marvel Minimates: Heroes Set – S/O #64
Marvel Minimates: Villains Set - S/O #64
Marvel Minimates: Secret Invasion Set – S/O #64
Marvel Select: Wolverine, Days of Future Past AF
Marvels: Eye of Camera #5 (OF 6)
Mighty Avengers #24
Mister X: Condemned #4 (OF 4)
New Avengers #52
Outsiders #17
Planetary #1 SPECIAL EDITION
Preacher # 1 SPECIAL EDITION
Rex Mundi vol 1 TP: Guardian of the Temple
Rex Mundi vol 3 TP: Lost Kings
Rex Mundi vol 4 TP: Crown and Sword
Rex Mundi vol 5 TP: Valley at the End of the World
Savage Dragon #147
Scalped vol 4 TP: The Gravel in Your Guts - S/O #122
Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion #5 (OF 6)
Skrull Kill Krew #1 (OF 5)
Spider-Man 2099 vol 1 TP
Star Wars: Dark Times #13
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #40
Supergirl #40
Thor #601
Thor #601 Djurdjevic Variant – S/O #17
Transmetropolitan # 1 SPECIAL EDITION
Trinity #47
Viking #1
Walking Dead vol 1 TP: Days Gone Bye
War that Time Forgot #12 (OF 12)
Wildcats #10
Wolverine Anniversary
Wolverine First Class #14
Wolverine Origins #35
Wolverine: Weapon X Files
X-Force #14
X-Men: Times & Life of Lucas Bishop #3 (OF 3)

BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL ARKHAM #1 - What does Arkham Asylum have to do with the Battle for the Cowl? Gotham City has become a place of nightmares and madness. At its poisoned heart lies Arkham Asylum. For decades, the lunacy has been kept under control by Batman and contained within the walls of Arkham. But with Batman gone, what happens once the walls come tumbling down? In this one-shot, will the Asylum's administrator Dr. Jeremiah Arkham fall prey to the madness that has plagued so many of his inmates? Or will he seize this opportunity to usher in a new era for Gotham's most haunted institution?

BUCK ROGERS #0 - Join us as we present comicdom's first hero -- Buck Rogers: the first man out of time...the first man to be taken out of his present environment and put into the future! In the tradition of such best-selling introductory Dynamite launches as Red Sonja and Battlestar Galactica, Dynamite is launching the all-original #0 issue for just 25¢!Under a John Cassaday cover (Cassaday serves as series cover artist), writer Scott (Batman) Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael present an original 12 page comic book adventure - 'The Death of Buck Rogers'! This is where it all begins and Dynamite's plans for Buck Rogers follow the model that they've followed over the years beginning with Red Sonja, embracing the history of such classic characters, but giving them a modern edge for today's audiences! All this, and it only takes a quarter to introduce you to the new canon of Buck Rogers!

FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #1 (OF 4) – Fall of Cthulhu returns with Nemesis, an epic origin story revealing the secret history behind Nyarlathotep's favorite companion. Who is Nemesis you ask? Get this book and find out! Be prepared for the shock of your life as BOOM!'s bestselling horror title continues.

FANTASTIC FORCE #1 (OF 5) – FROM THE PAGES OF FANTASTIC FOUR: The Hooded Man! Lightwave! Banner! Natalie X! Psionics! Alex Ultron! They're the last six superhumans from a devastated future! They've rescued the remnants of a devastated humanity by relocating them to an artificial planet in the present day! Now they face their greatest challenge-to create a better utopian society! But there are vast forces from across the Marvel Universe who will move against them-plus a threat from their own era they thought they'd left behind! Plus, 8 pages of Director's Cut Extras!

SKRULL KILL KREW #1 (OF 5) – THE INVASION AIN'T DONE UNTIL THE FAT SKRULL SINGS! Pulled from the ashes of 1994, straight to the 21st century, the Skrull Kill Krew is back--more brutal than ever! Television writer and novelist Adam Felber (HBO's REAL TIME; Schrodinger's Cat) and superstar artist Paulo Siqueira (Ms. Marvel; Amazing Spider-Man) bring you a disturbing and violent tale of a man with a couple of big guns and a bunch of alien shape shifters who harkens back to the earliest days of the Marvel Universe. Pull up a chain gun and join us, won't you?

SPIDER-MAN 2099 vol 1 TP – If the first issue of the new Timestorm 2009/2099 mini-series reminded you of how awesome Spider-Man 2099 was and you wanted to go back to the well for a little more dark future Spider-Man, this is your chance to get your hands on in trade paperback form. Don’t miss this great opportunity!

VIKING #1 – THE MOST VIOLENT CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD IN HISTORY! Finn and Egil, brothers - one bad, one worse - are trying to stab and steal their way to a seat at the table. Two men at war with the world around them. But today's the day the world fights back. From the writer of THE CROSS BRONX comes a crime book for the 9th Century.

Wednesday's Comics!! (4-15-09)

2009-04-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

Action Comics #876
Amazing Spider-Man #591
American McGees Grimm #1
Angel: Smile Time #3
Batman Confidential #28 – shortage replacement
Betty & Veronica #241
Beyond Wonderland #6 (OF 6)
Captain America #49
Dark Tower: Sorcerer #1
Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1 (OF 5) – shortage replacement
Ender’s Shadow: Battle School #4 (OF 5)
Fables #83
Farscape: Strange Detractors #1 (OF 4)
GI Joe: Cobra #2
Green Arrow/Black Canary #19
Green Lantern #39 – shortage replacement
Green Lantern Corps #35
HALO Uprising #4 (OF 4)
Incognito #3
JSA vol 4 HC: Thy Kingdom Come, pt 3
Kitty Pryde & Wolverine Premier HC
Leviticus Cross #3 (OF 5)
Marvel Triple Action #1
Moon Knight #29
Oracle #2 (OF 3)
Punisher #4 DKR
Rampaging Wolverine #1
Rebels #3
Rex Mundi #17
SI Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill – Green of Eden #1
Squadron Supreme 2 #10
Stand: American Nightmares #2 (OF 5)
Star Trek Aliens Spotlight: Klingons
Star Wars Clone Wars #5 (OF 6)
Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft #1 (OF 4)
Submariner Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
Super Friends #14
Super-Zombies #2
Superman/Batman #58
Superman: The Coming of Atlas HC
Thunderbolts: Justice Like Lightning TP
Tiny Titans #15
Transformers: All Hail Megatron #10
Trinity #46
Uncanny X-Men #508
Uncanny X-Men #508 Wolverine Variant – S/O #64
Vigilante #5
Walking Dead #60
War of Kings: Ascension #1 (OF 4) Pelletier Variant
Wizard Magazine Platinum 2009 Movie Preview
Wolverine & Black Cat: Claws HC
Wolverine First Class vol 1 TP: Rookie
Wolverine Noir #1 (OF 4)
Wolverine Origins vol 5 HC: Deadpool
Wolverine Origins vol 1 TP: Born in Blood
World of Warcraft #18
X-Factor #42
X-Files #6 (OF 6)
X-Men Legacy #223
X-Men: Origin of Generation X TP
Yen Plus Magazine vol 2 #5
Zorro #12

American McGees Grimm #1 – Game designer American McGee's Grimm, available at GameTap, introduces the lovably macabre Grimm into famous fairy tales, transforming them into hellish nightmares. Now Grimm unleashes his dark magic on many comic book archetypes, twisting superhero tales, romance comics, westerns and more to his own purposes. Up first, 'Crisis On Earth 57, where Grimm launches a secret invasion crisis into a domain where villains are doomed to fail...until he gets involved!

Dark Tower: Sorcerer #1 – A very special stand alone issue probing deeply into the incredible life of Marten Broadcloak. We learn his deadly secret agenda and true goal is not to serve the Crimson King, but to climb to the top of the Dark Tower itself and become the overlord of all existence! Written by Robin Furth, the guiding force behind the Dark Tower series and illustrated by Richard Isanove whose stunning coloring on Dark Tower has helped make every issue a work of art. This is an instant collector's item no Stephen King fan can afford to be without!

Marvel Triple Action #1 – 72 pages of Marvel comics goodness, good for all ages, and for just $5.99 (cover price)? Wow! This title collects: Wolverine: First Class #1, Marvel Adventures Avengers #19, Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #1

Rampaging Wolverine #1 – The Marvel Magazine that never was-three ALL-NEW, ALL-ACTION Wolverine tales, all in fantastic BLACK AND WHITE! Josh Fialkov (ELK'S RUN) and the fantastic gray wash art of Paco Diaz Luque pit Wolverine against South Pacific pirates…and worse. Plus, X-FORCE writer Christopher Yost introduce a sniper with a secret-and a canuckle-head to kill! Finally, comics legend Ted McKeever (METROPOL, EDDIE CURRENT) tells a third island adventure. Plus even more! It's non-stop Logan-too hot for color to handle-and NO ADS!

SI Aftermath: Beta Ray Bill – Green of Eden #1 – The Secret Invasion has ended. The Skrull armies have been routed and destroyed. In the wake of his battle in aid of Thor and Asgard, Beta Ray Bill has departed Earth once more, to bring justice and order to the stars. But when Bill becomes savior of a space-faring alien colony, he'll discover that perhaps - just perhaps -- it's possible to be too much of a hero. Soaring action and adventure starring your favorite horse-faced Demigod of Thunder, by Kieron Gillen (NEW UNIVERSAL: 1959) and Dan Brereton (GOD-SIZED THOR)!

Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft #1 (OF 4) – When an ancient curse transforms young H.P. Lovecraft's darkest nightmares into reality, the timid writer becomes both an unwitting god of destruction and the only person who can battle the evil he's unleashed into the world. One part biography, one part horror pulp, one part fugitive thriller and you have...one weird tale indeed.

Submariner Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 – The second of a series of celebratory specials commemorating Marvel's 70th Anniversary and its rich history and characters! It's the year 1940, and thanks to policewoman Betty Dean, the young Namor the Sub-Mariner has momentarily halted his jihad against the surface world. But now, an envoy from the Axis powers attempts to sway the undersea prince to the Nazi cause! Can the less worldly Sub-Mariner be tempted? Plus, a second never-before-seen Namor story by Mark Schultz and Al Williamson, and a reprint of Namor's first appearance from 1939!

Wolverine Noir #1 (OF 4) – The Bowery, 1937. Jim Logan, the fiercest knife expert in New York, runs a seedy detective agency called 'LOGAN & LOGAN'...along with his useless, halfwit brother, Dog. They're the best they are at what they do. But when a swanky dame named Mariko Yashida struts into the office, she opens up a world of hurt for Logan, forcing him to revisit his painful, bloody past. The latest in the Marvel Noir series, WOLVERINE NOIR reunites the acclaimed WOLVERINE team of Stuart Moore (IRON MAN) and C.P. Smith (The Programme).

Wednesday's Comics!! (4-8-09)

2009-04-03T11:27:00.000-07:00

All New Savage She-Hulk #1 (OF 4)
Amazon #2 (OF 3)
Anita Blake: Necromancer #1 (OF 5)
Army of Darkness #19
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #2 (OF 3)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #2 (OF 3) Variant
Batman Confidential #28
Booster Gold #19
BPRD: Black Goddess #4 (OF 5)
Captain Britain and MI 13 #12
City of Dust #5 (OF 5)
Corpse Bride: Skeleton Girl & Boy (Japanese Collectible) - S/O #53
Daredevil Noir #1 (OF 4)
Dark Reign: Hawkeye #1 (OF 5)
Dark Tower: Guide to Gilead
Dead Irons #3
Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1 (OF 5)
Doktor Sleepless #12
Exiles #1
Few of a Kind Assortment
Green Lantern #39
Grimm Fairy Tales #1: April Fools Edition
Grimm Fairy Tales #37
House of Mystery #12
Ignition City #1 (OF 5)
JSA vol 2 TP: Thy Kingdom Come, Part 1
Last Reign: Kings of War #5 (OF 5)
Locke & Key: Head Games #4
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #50
Marvel Apes: Amazing Spider-Monkey #1
Marvel Illustrated: Odyssey #8 (OF 8)
Marvel Zombies 4 #1 (OF 4)
Northlanders #16
Punisher, Frank Castle: Max #69
Salem’s Daughter #0
Scooby Doo #143
Secret Six #8
Solomon Grundy #2 (OF 7)
Sonic the Hedgehog #199
Spirit #27
Star Trek: Mission’s End #2
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures vol 1 – S/O #58
Star Wars: Clone Wars vol 1 TP: The Defense of Kami
Star Wars: Clone Wars vol 2 TP: Victories & Sacrifice
Supergirl, Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #5
Superman: World of New Krypton #2 (OF 12)
Terry Moore’s Echo #11
Ticket to Ride – S/O #3
Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 Expansion – S/O #3
Timestorm 2009/2099 #1 (OF 4)
Titans #12
Transformers Revenge: Fallen #4
Trinity #45
Ultimate Spider-Man Premier HC: Power & Responsibility
Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #4 (OF 6)
War of Kings: Ascension #1 (OF 4)
War of Kings: Ascension #1 (OF 4) Pelletier Variant
Warlord #1
Wizard Munchkin Jumbo D10
Wizard Magazine #211
Wolverine HC: Worst Day Ever
Wolverine: Weapon X #1
Wonderful Wizard of Oz #5 (OF 8)
X-Men: Kingbreaker #4 (OF 4) - shortage replacement

All New Savage She-Hulk #1 (OF 4) – From a world where society as we know it has crumbled and humanity has been irrevocably changed, she comes-the all-new, all-different SAVAGE SHE-HULK! But now, a deadly mission has brought her to current Marvel continuity.What terrible secret does this gamma-irradiated beauty bare? And is she friend or foe, Inhuman or mutant, Avenger, Defender...or Invader? Discover the mysteries surrounding this all-new superstar in the Marvel Universe as we proudly presents the all new SAVAGE SHE-HULK!

Daredevil Noir #1 (OF 4) – The latest addition to Marvel's red-hot Noir line offers a unique spin on the Man Without Fear! Prohibition-era Hell's Kitchen is Kingpin territory, and until now, his only problem has been the masked vigilante known as Daredevil. When gangster Orville Halloran arrives on the scene, fresh from a stretch in Sing Sing and eager to stretch his wings, Hell's about to get hotter.For P.I. Foggy Nelson and his loyal assistant Matt Murdock, it all starts when a desperate woman comes to their office with an irresistible story about her and Halloran. To Foggy, she's a client -- to Murdock, she's enough to make Halloran Daredevil's next target.But Murdock is about to find out that half-truths are poison truths, and that the Kitchen is full of history that will put him on a collision course with both the old Kingpin and the man who wants to replace him.

Dark Reign: Hawkeye #1 (OF 5) – Hawkeye, recently back from the dead (thanks for the Scarlet Witch when she flipped out a while back), is a little ticked that Bullseye has taken his costume and his name as a member of the new “Dark” Avengers. Clint Barton has never been the type to take things lying down, so in this series, he sets out to kick some serious Bullseye butt. This should be an awesome, knock-down, drag-out, arrows flying good time. Don’t miss it!

Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1 (OF 5) – 'SUICIDE KINGS,' PART 1: DEALER'S CHOICE'-Deadpool's latest job has gotten him into a world of trouble. Everyone wants a piece of him -- and for a crime he didn't commit! That's right: Someone's framed Deadpool, and it just might be the same guy who hired him in the first place, a guy who just might be using the mouthy merc as a wild card in a twisted wager.If Wade's going to clear his name and serve up some revenge, he's first got to avoid getting captured -- or killed -- by some of the Marvel Universe's heaviest hitters: Daredevil, the Punisher and Spider-Man.

Exiles #1 – Heroes are being pulled out of the worlds they know- The Beast. The Witch. Panther. Forge. Polaris. All find themselves in a place out of time with a new mission in life.But something seems to have shifted in the mechanics of the universe, things may not be quite what we remember... But one thing we know for certain- BLINK is BACK! Plus 8 pages of Director's Cut Extras!

Ignition City #1 (OF 5) – Where did the space heroes go to die? A major new series by Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics, in the alternate-world style of the award-winning Ministry Of Space and Aetheric Mechanics - a retro-punk 'future of the past' where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols.1956. Personal space flight is becoming illegal all over the world. Grounded space pilot Mary Raven has to journey to Earth's last spaceport, the island of Ignition City, to recover her dead father's effects - and discovers, there in the lawless interzone of the ramshackle settlement raised inside the ring of launch pads, that her father died on the wrong end of a ray-gun.She's not going to leave until she finds out who killed Rock Raven, but there's a lot of people who'd rather feed her to the recycling chipper first! Ignition City is an on-going color epic told in five issue series featuring the art of Aetheric Mechanics' Gianluca Pagliarani.

Marvel Zombies 4 #1 (OF 4) – The acclaimed creative team behind MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 returns... with another adventure that takes place in the Marvel U! The vampire. The witch. The werewolf. The muck-monster. The devil. They're nobody's idea of heroes, but they're all that stands between our world and an unstoppable apocalypse!They're the new Midnight Sons, and their quest to track down the undead who escaped from A.R.M.O.R. will lead them around the globe-and right to a cruise ship overrun with undead undersea-dwelling cannibals! Can this monstrous team stop the 'red tide' before it unleashes untold horror upon the mainland? Not if the Merc With Only a Mouth has anything to say about it!Yes, writer Fred Van Lente and artist Kev Walker-the guys who made IGN.com say 'MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 may actually rank as the best in the series'-are back again, unleashing the flesh-eaters for another roller coaster ride of gore, action, gore, thrills, gore and gore!

Timestorm 2009/2099 #1 (OF 4) – 2009 meets 2099? Future history has been shattered by events in the present! If you think you know the heroes and villains from Marvel's dark future, writer Brian Reed (SECRET INVASION: CAPTAIN MARVEL) and artist Eric Battle (Batman) say it's time to think again! Get ready for the re-imagined 2099 versions of Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, the X-Men and more! Plus 8 pages of Director's Cut Extras!

War of Kings: Ascension #1 (OF 4) – Who is Talon? What does he want with the young Earthman that '90s comic junkies know as Chris Powell? What is the shocking truth that connects the hero called Darkhawk not only to the Shi'Ar, but to the larger cosmos?And how does it all lead to a confrontation with Annihilus' forces in the Negative Zone? It's secret-revealing sci-fi action from the creative team that AintItCoolNews.com said has made NOVA 'a great, fun book that brings back memories of fun superhero comics I read as a kid'!

Warlord #1 – At the Roof of the World in Tibet, a team of paleontologists and adventurers has made the find of the century: perfectly preserved dinosaur specimens that appear to have died mere days before!Their expedition takes a deadly turn when they uncover an impossible portal to another world - an unbelievable country at the hollow center of the Earth, the mythical land of Skartaris! But they're not the first surface-worlders to find themselves stranded in Skartaris, and their arrival in his peaceful home triggers an unforgettable new adventure for the hero who has taken the land as his own: Travis Morgan, the Warlord!This new ongoing series marks the return of creator Mike Grell to the fantasy saga that made him famous! Reunite with Tara, Shakira, Tinder and the rest of the cast in a story that continues the adventures of the Warlord but opens up a new era where any reader can jump aboard.

Wolverine: Weapon X #1 – In the jungles of Colombia, people are turning up dead, whole villages brutally slaughtered by a team of soldiers who move through the shadows like ghosts. On the streets of San Francisco, Logan learns that the files from the old Weapon X program, the blueprints for building Adamantium-laced super soldiers like himself, have fallen into the hands of the evil corporation, Roxxon.Once again, it seems, someone is looking to build the perfect killing machine. That means it's time for Wolverine to step in, and remind them that someone already did.

Massive Comics Week! (4-1-09)

2009-03-28T10:12:00.000-07:00

AGENTS OF ATLAS #3
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #590
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #590 WOLVERINE VAR – S/O #64
ANGEL BLOOD AND TRENCHES #2
ARMY OF DARKNESS #18
ASTONISHING TALES #3
ASTOUNDING WOLF MAN VOL 1 TP
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #14
AVENGERS INVADERS #9 (OF 12)
BATMAN, BATTLE FOR THE COWL: MAN BAT #1
BATMAN: THE HEART OF HUSH HC
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #4
BLACK PANTHER 2 #3
BOYS #29
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #24
CABLE #13
CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL #1
CARS ROOKIE #1 (OF 4)
DARK REIGN FANTASTIC FOUR #2 (OF 5)
DEAD OF NIGHT: FEATURING WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #4 (OF 4)
DEAD ROMEO #1 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL #9
DESTROYER #1 (OF 5)
DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #3 (OF 4)
FARSCAPE #4
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 5)
FRANKLIN RICHARDS APRIL FOOLS
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #110
GI JOE #4
GI JOE MOVIE PREQUEL #2 DESTRO
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #12
IRREDEEMABLE #1
JSA VOL 2 TP: THY KINGDOM COME, PART 1
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #25
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #149
MAGE AWAKENING RPG GRIMOIRE GRIMOIRES HC – S/O #26
MARVEL ASSISTANT SIZE SPECTACULAR #1 (OF 2)
MARVEL PREVIEWS #68
MASQUERADE #2
MIGHTY #3
MS MARVEL #37
NEW AVENGERS REUNION #2 (OF 4)
NEW MUTANTS SAGA
PREVIEWS #247 APRIL 2009
PRIDE & PREJUDICE #1 (OF 5)
PROTOTYPE #1 (OF 6)
SAVAGE DRAGON #146
SEAGUY: THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #1 (OF 3)
SECRET WARRIORS #3
SECRET WARRIORS #3 PAREL WOLVERINE VAR - S/O #64
SHRAPNEL #4 (OF 5)
SPIKE AFTER THE FALL #4 (OF 4)
STAR TREK COUNTDOWN #4
STAR TREK CREW #2
STRANGE ADVENTURES #2 (OF 8)
SUPERMAN BATMAN #57
TEEN TITANS #69
TEEN TITANS ANNUAL 2009 #1
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT JAZZ
TRINITY #44
UNIVERSAL WAR ONE: REVELATIONS #1 (OF 3)
WAR OF KINGS #2 (OF 6)
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #3 (OF 4)
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #4 (OF 4)

BATMAN, BATTLE FOR THE COWL: MAN BAT #1 – Man-Bat enters the Battle for the Cowl! Spinning out of the events in BATTLE FOR THE COWL, Gotham City is in chaos and the villains of Arkham Asylum are running amok. One such villain is the evil Doctor Phosphorus, who seeks out another scientist in this one-shot to help him grow even more powerful. But when that scientist is Kirk Langstrom, a.k.a. Man-Bat, Doctor Phosphorus--and all of Gotham--will get much more than they bargained for!

CARS ROOKIE #1 (OF 4) – Cars fans, start your engines! Before the big Dinoco 400 race, rookie sensation Lightning McQueen is interviewed by Darrel Cartrip. Full of braggadocio, McQueen reveals his scrappy origins as 'Bulldozer' McQueen - a local short track racer who dreams of the big time, and recklessly plows his way through the competition to get there!

DEAD ROMEO #1 (OF 6) – Jonathan Romero, aka 'Dead Romeo,' was the lead singer of the '80s rock band 'The Dead Romeos.' But that was before a mysterious set of circumstances turned him into a vampire and sent him straight to Hell.Now he's back on Earth and he has a difficult choice to make: Kill his true love and earn his permanent release from eternal damnation - or protect her and burn for eternity. Either way, someone is going to die! It's vampires, romance, rock and dismemberment like you've never seen before! New writer Jesse Blaze Snider joins artist Ryan Benjamin for a bloodsucking good time in this all-new 6-issue miniseries.

DESTROYER #1 (OF 5) – For sixty years, Keen Marlowe has been a super hero, taking down bad guys, fighting the good fight. But it's is about to come crashing to an end. See, Marlowe is dying -- maybe today, maybe tomorrow, the only question is when. But Marlowe isn't about to go quietly into the night. Before he goes, he intends to leave the world a safer place for his family. And if that means hunting down -- and murdering -- every super-villain he can, so be it. They don't call him 'Destroyer' for nothing.

FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 5) – Through the decades, many heroes have taken the mantle of The Flash, but they all ride the lightning that crackles in the wake of the greatest hero the DC Universe has ever known, the man who sacrificed himself to save the Multiverse: Barry Allen! Following the events of Final Crisis, Barry has beaten death and returned to a fast-paced world that a man out of time wouldn't recognize. Or is it a world that is only just now catching up? All the running he's done before was just a warm up for the high-speed race that he and every other Flash must now run, because even though one speedster might have beaten death, another has just turned up dead! From Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, the visionaries responsible for the blockbuster GREEN LANTERN: REBIRTH and THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR, comes the start of an explosive and jaw-dropping epic that will reintroduce to the modern age the hero who single-handedly birthed the Silver Age of comics! DC history will be made, and the Flash legacy will be redefined!

IRREDEEMABLE #1 – Get ready for the newest original ongoing superhero series from Mark Waid! Irredeemable dares to ask the question: what if the world's greatest hero decided to become the world's greatest villain? It's a twilight of the superheroes-style story that examines super-villains from the writer of Kingdom Come and Empire! With a special afterword by Grant Morrison.

MARVEL ASSISTANT SIZE SPECTACULAR #1 (OF 2) – Rejects, benchwarmers, lovable losers, and might-be Avengers assemble! In the beloved tradition of Assistant Editors' Month, we the staffers are sick and tired of our bosses telling nothing but Wolverine stories, Spider-Man stories, Captain America storiesÖand we're taking matters into our own oddball hands!Little guys can be heroes, tooÖand when this motley crew of misfits gets their shot - in stories featuring Elsa Bloodstone, American Eagle, D-Man, the daughter of Galactus, Mini Marvel cake-eating Hawkeye, Candidate Luke Cage, and more - it could be the start of something big!Don't miss this two-issue anthology of also-rans who might - just MIGHT - ascend to the A-list! (Fingers crossed. Really we're just hoping this doesn't get us fired.)

PROTOTYPE #1 (OF 6) - Exploding from the highly anticipated game comes the hyperkinetic world of PROTOTYPE! New York homicide detectives continue to track a serial killer but soon discover all is not as it seems.Their investigation takes them into uncharted territory, and tensions flare as the detectives come up against a black ops unit with a mysterious agenda of its own!

SEAGUY: THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #1 (OF 3) – In 2008 alone, superstar writer Grant Morrison killed Batman, put the entire DC Universe through its FINAL CRISIS and concluded the unanimously beloved ALL-STAR SUPERMAN. But what does a writer who's written every significant Super Hero do when he can create any Super Hero he wants? The answer, of course, is SEAGUY! Morrison (THE INVISIBLES) rejoins original SEAGUY artist Cameron Stewart (SEVEN SOLDIERS) in an all-new adventure starring the cult-favorite character! In Seaguy's cartoon future world, everyone is a Super Hero and no one dies. It's absolutely perfect...Or is it? In this follow-up to the cult 2004 miniseries, Seaguy resurfaces with a sinister new partner, a hatred of the sea and a rebel restlessness he can't explain. Why are Doc Hero and his ex-archenemy Silvan Niltoid, the Alien from Planet Earth, whispering strange equations? Why is Death so useless? And can that really be the ghost of Chubby Da Choona mumbling uncanny warnings and dire prophecies of ultimate catastrophe? When the grotesque powers lurking behind the corporation known as Mickey Eye and the Happy Group attempt to erase Seaguy's entire existence, can he possibly get it together in time to save a world so far gone it can't even imagine the horror lying in wait? Find out here in Morrison's own personal reframing of the Super Hero concept for the 21st century.

UNIVERSAL WAR ONE: REVELATIONS #1 (OF 3) – The Earth has been annihilated. Forever. Now the Purgatory Squadron knows who its enemies are, but can they defeat a foe willing to murder twenty billion people?The survivors of the Purgatory Squadron land in a world without hope. Welcome to the worst imaginable future. Welcome to the first universal war.

Wednesday's Comics!! (3-25-09)

2009-03-23T11:45:00.000-07:00

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #589
ARKHAM HORROR: KINGSPORT HORROR EXPANSION – S/O #26
AVENGERS INITIATIVE, FEATURING REPTIL #1
BATMAN, BATTLE FOR THE COWL: COMMISSIONER GORDON #1
BATMAN: GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #11 (OF 12)
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #3
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: CYLON WAR #3 (OF 4)
BEST OF ROBERT E HOWARD TP VOL 02 GRIM LANDS
CAPED #1 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #48
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #9
DAREDEVIL #117
DAREDEVIL TP: LADY BULLSEYE
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #1 (OF 5)
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #4
FANTASTIC FOUR #565
GARTH ENNIS’ BATTLEFIELDS: DEAR BILLY #3
GEARS OF WAR #5
GI JOE ORIGINS #2
GI JOE ORIGINS #2 10 COPY DIVITO VIRGIN CVR INCV – S/O #3
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #34
GREEN LANTERN POWER RING
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #12
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #24
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #127
INCREDIBLES: FAMILY MATTERS #1 (OF 4)
INDIANA JONES & TOMB OF THE GODS #4 (OF 4)
JACK OF FABLES #32
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #31
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HOBBIT BOARDGAME
MADAME XANADU #9
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #46
MIGHTY AVENGERS #23
MS MARVEL #37
MUPPET SHOW #1 (OF 4)
NEW AVENGERS #51 BACHALO VAR
NEW AVENGERS #51
NOVA #23
ORACLE #1 (OF 3)
PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #1
RAWBONE #1
RUNAWAYS 3 #8
SKAAR, SON OF HULK #9
SONIC UNIVERSE #2
SPIDER-MAN BLACK COSTUME VERSION PAPERWEIGHT
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #9
STAR TREK ALIEN SPOTLIGHT: TRIBBLES
STAR TREK: LAST GENERATION #5
STAR TREK: MISSION’S END #1
STAR WARS LEGACY #34
SUPERMAN #686
THUNDERBOLTS #130
TOP 10 SPECIAL #1
TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON #9
TRINITY #43
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN PREM HC POWER & RESPONSIBILITY
UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #5 (OF 6)
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #6
USAGI YOJIMBO #119
WAR MACHINE #4
WAR OF KINGS: DARKHAWK #2 (OF 2)
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #11 (OF 12)
WILDCATS #9
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #13
WONDER WOMAN #30
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #4 (OF 8) – Shortage Replacement
X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR PROLOGUE
X-INFERNUS #4 (OF 4)
X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #4 (OF 4)
X-MEN: SWORD OF BRADDOCKS
X-MEN: TIMES AND LIFE OF LUCAS BISHOP #2 (OF 3)

AVENGERS INITIATIVE, FEATURING REPTIL #1 – Stegron the Dinosaur Man and his dinosaur army launch a campaign of destruction across America! With the Fifty State Initiative in tatters from the fallout of Secret Invasion, Tigra must pull together a squad from the few superhumans still fit for duty, including Cloud 9, Komodo, Prodigy...and a brand new recruit. Be here for the debut of Marvel's newest superstar - REPTIL! Will he save the Initiative...or ruin it?

BATMAN, BATTLE FOR THE COWL: COMMISSIONER GORDON #1 – Gotham City is in a state of emergency. Crime runs rampant, commerce is at a standstill, and gang warfare is on the rise. Through its darkest hours, one man has stood firm against the criminal element in Gotham – Police Commissioner James Gordon. Now, in the aftermath of "Batman: R.I.P.," Gordon and the GCPD will have to reclaim Gotham and take down Mister Freeze without the assistance of Batman. But with evil on the rise, will this be the beginning of the end of law enforcement in Gotham City? The battle has just begun in this all-new one-shot.

CAPED #1 (OF 4) – Think your boss is tough? Try working for a superhero! Millions would kill to be a superhero's personal assistant like Jimmy Lohman. But not Jimmy! Being a superhero's assistant is one thing. But taking care of your defamed boss while also investigating who is killing Capitol City's other superfolks is another thing entirely! Let's just hope Jimmy sees a nice Christmas bonus this year.

DARK REIGN: ELEKTRA #1 (OF 5) – A Marvel Dark Reign issue! She's the deadliest woman in the world...and she's never been in worse shape. Broken, beaten, and tortured by alien scientists, Elektra stumbles to freedom in the aftermath of the Skrull invasion.Now she struggles and fights to stay barely alive, and to clear her name for atrocities committed by an impostor. A lot of people want Elektra killed...and in her state, that shouldn't be too difficult.

INCREDIBLES: FAMILY MATTERS #1 (OF 4) – Mark Waid writes The Incredibles! Mr. Incredible faces his most dangerous challenge yet - the loss of his powers! Is it psychological? Is it an alien virus? Is it just old age? Summoning up all courage, Mr. Incredible takes a terrifying trip to Doc Sunbright, an eccentric doctor who treats superheroes!

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HOBBIT BOARDGAME – That’s right, folks – a Hobbit boardgame. No LOTR fan’s collection is complete without a copy of this baby up on the shelf. You can put it right next to your favorite dwarf jellies and Smaug hoard replicas. This is a must-have, folks. Get it while we’ve got it!!

MUPPET SHOW #1 (OF 4) – The incomparable Roger Langridge (Doctor Who, Fred The Clown) brings his absurdist humor to The Muppet Show stage! Longing for the swamp, Kermit forlornly plucks his banjo, while Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, and the entire gang tries to jolly him out of his funk. Packed full of madcap skits and gags, The Muppet Show is sure to please old and new fans alike.

ORACLE #1 (OF 3) – A Battle for the Cowl issue! Part 1 of 3-part story that will change the life of Oracle forever! Barbara Gordon, after disbanding the Birds of Prey, returns to Gotham City as a recluse only to lose herself to her Oracle identity entirely. But when the evil Calculator seeks the remnants of the Anti-Life Equation to save the life of his daughter, Oracle will be caught in the crossfire, and Barbara Gordon will pay the ultimate price!

PHANTOM, GHOST WHO WALKS #1 – The old Sunday serial and long-running comic character gets a new series! This old ‘30s character is still a stand-out in the superhero world as a unique character in a unique setting, and this book is definitely worth checking out.

X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR PROLOGUE – The birth of a single mutant child forever changed the landscape of the X-Universe. Some see the baby as the last hope for mutankind’s survival; others see it as the bringer of the Apocalypse… No one knows which side is right because Cyclops handed the newborn over to Cable, believing his son could save both the child and mutantkind. But Cable never came back. Now, months later, Cyclops has found his son hiding in the FUTURE... and he’s sending in the one team that will do what needs to be done in order to ensure the survival of their species... X-FORCE. The X-Men event of the decade, “MESSIAH COMPLEX,” continues here as the past, present and future converge in the pages of X-FORCE and CABLE. Continues next month in the pages of CABLE #13 and X-FORCE #14!

X-MEN: SWORD OF THE BRADDOCKS - Before she can come home to the X-Men, Betsy Braddock has one final mission—settle the score once and for all with the man who’s been hunting her across the multiverse. If she hopes to survive, Psylocke’s going to have to use every weapon at her disposal----and possibly cross a line no X-Man ever has before…

2009-03-13T10:04:00.000-07:00

Amazing Spider-Girl #30
Amazing Spider-Man #588
Amazing Spider-Man Extra #3
Angel #19
Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight #1 (OF 3)
Betty & Veronica #88
Black Coat & Athena Voltaire One-Shot
Black Lightning Year One #6 (OF 6)
Bomb Queen V #6 (OF 6)
BTVS Season 8 vol 1 TP: Long Way Home – S/O #7
BTVS Season 8 vol 2 TP: No Future for You – S/O #7
Dark Avengers #3
Deadpool: Games of Death
Death Note vol 9 TP – S/O #7
End League #7
Ender’s Game: Battle School #4 (OF 5)
Eternals #9
Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse #4 (OF 4)
Fathom #6
Fruits Basket GN vol 22 (OF 23) – S/O #7
GI Joe Classic Marvel vol 1 TP
GI Joe: Cobra #1
GI Joe: Cobra #1 Incentive Variant – S/O #39
Greatest American Hero #2 (OF 3)
Kull #5 (OF 6)
Lillim #1 (OF 5)
Marvel Adventures Avengers #34
Moon Knight #28
Mysterius the Unfathomable #3 (OF 6)
Outsiders #16
Punisher #3
Rawbone #1
Red Sonja #42
Scourge of Gods #3 (OF 3)
Secret Invasion Dark Reign Variant
Soulfire #8
Spider-Man Noir #4 (OF 4)
Star Trek: Countdown #3
Star Trek: Crew #1
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #39
Stormwatch PHD #20
Super Friends #13
Supergirl #39
Tiny Titans #14
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Movie Prequel) #3
Trinity #42
Ultimate X-Men #100
Ultimatum #3 (OF 5)
Uncanny X-Men #507
Vigilante #4
Watchmen Movie: Rorschach AF Variant
Wolverine #71
Wolverine Origins #34
World of Warcraft #17
X-Factor #41
X-Files #5 (OF 6)
X-Force #13
X-Men: Legacy #222
Yen Plus Magazine vol 02 #4
Young X-Men #12
Zorro #11

Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight #1 (of 3) - Azrael enters the Battle for the Cowl! Written by Fabian Nicieza, art by Frazer Irving, with a cover by Guillem March. The Suit of Sorrows worn by Azrael grants the power of wrathful vengeance. It magnifies the wearer's sins of imperfection. It is a death sentence waiting to be exacted. So then why do so many people want it? And why does Azrael, the new soldier for the Order of Purity, refuse to give it up even when he knows it will eventually kill him? With Gotham City torn apart by BATTLE FOR THE COWL, the new Azrael seeks to fill the void left by Batman's absence and redeem his tainted legacy, but the League of Assassins wants the suit for Talia and her own heir to The Dark Knight's mantle. And through it all, someone watches, waiting to snatch the prize from the winner...

Black Coat & Athena Voltaire One-Shot – Two Pulp-tastic Heroes. Two Complete Stories. Two Centuries. Two Dollars! Find out what a Revolutionary-era Crusader and 1930’s Aviatrix have in common, besides their status as two of Ape’s most exciting heroes! An adventure spanning two centuries: from The Black Coat facing down a pirate attack to Athena Voltaire encountering the horrifying consequences of the treasure they sought. The two variant covers by Eisner-award nominee Steve Bryant combine to form a poster image! It’s an action-packed crossover 150 years in the making!

Dark Avengers #3 – A Marvel Dark Reign issue! Young Guns Variant cover by Daniel Acuna. The phenom that is the Dark Avengers continues with Battleground Latveria, as Morgana Le Fey attacks with all the power at her disposal. Meanwhile these new Avengers discover all the dirt and hidden secrets of their notorious pasts. Written by Brian Michael Bemdis, pencils and cover by Mike Deodato.

Deadpool: Games of Death - Pain Factor: The reality TV game-show so controversial, it's been banned around the world! Today, eleven desperate men will travel to a desert island to compete in a series of outlandish challenges that will leave one of them rich and the rest of them dead. Among the competitors, a certain 'Merc with a Mouth,' who's been hired to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire's son. The trail ended here for Junior, but will it for Deadpool? Not if he has anything to say about it. After all, nothing brings out Wade's competitive streak like cold, hard ca--I mean, justice.

GI Joe: Cobra #1 – Though they are the best of the best, even America's elite can't be all places at all times… so, what happens before they can get there? When terror strikes, and the active agents can't respond, it's time to send in the reserves! Self-contained stories in the Special Missions tradition!

Lillim #1 (OF 5) – An all new take on an old, old story! The epic battle between Loki and Odin continues in the modern world, and the children of Eve hang in the balance.

Rawbone #1 – A vicious pirate tale, delivering a bloody, terrifying vision of a world on the high-seas! La Sirena's pirate allies are against the wall as the full force of the British fleet is felt on their haven. It seems no force of man can possibly save them. But a supernatural pirate ship filled with ghosts of the dead might turn the tide. For mature audiences.

Watchmen Movie: Rorschach AF Variant - This 1:6 scale deluxe collector figure of the movie's masked vigilante features an intricate and authentically detailed fabric costume with multiple layers, including a suit, boots, a Rorschach mask and accessories. Packaged in a deluxe 4-color window box with a fifth panel, the figure also comes with a display base. We’re only getting one of these bad boys for sure, so first come, first served!

Wednesday's Comics!! (3-11-09)

2009-03-06T06:23:00.000-08:00

Action Comics #875
Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel#5 (OF 5)
Amazing Spider-Man #583 Obama Variant 5th Ptg
Amazon #1 (OF 3)
Angel: Blood & Trenches #1
Astonishing Tales #2
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (OF 3)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (OF 3) Variant – S/O #17
Batman Confidential #27
Best of Robert E. Howard vol 2: Grim Lands
Booster Gold #18
BPRD: Black Goddess #3 (OF 5)
C E Murphy’s Take a Chance #3
Captain Britain & MI 13 #11
City of Dust #5 (OF 5)
D&D Dungeon Delve
DC Heroes Wave 7: Batman Action Figure
Deadpool vol 1 HC: Secret Invasion
Deathnote vol 8 DVD – S/O #8
Fables #82
Female Force: Sarah Palin
Ghost Rider #33
GI Joe #3
GI Joe #3 Incentive Variant – S/O #39
GI Joe Movie Prequel: Duke #1
Green Arrow/Black Canary #18
Green Lantern Corps #33 – Shortage Replacement
Green Lantern Corps #34
Guardians of the Galaxy #11
Immortal Iron Fist #23
Invincible Iron Man #11
Last Reign: Kings of War #4 (OF 5)
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #49
Marvel Adventures Superheroes #9
Marvel Apes: Speedball Special – S/O #64
Marvel Illustrated Odyssey #7 (OF 8)
Marvel Select Anti-Venom AF
Northlanders #15
Overstreet Comics Price Guide HC – S/O #28
Punisher (Max): Frank Castle #68
Rawbone #1
Rebels #2
Resident Evil #1 (OF 6)
Scooby Doo #142
Sonic the Hedgehog #198
Soulfire: Shadow Magic #4 (OF 5)
Spider-Man Noir #3 (OF 4) – Damage Replacement
Stand: American Nightmares #1 (OF 5)
Stand: Captain Trips HC
Super Friends TP: For Justice
Super-Zombies #1
Superman/Batman #56
Titans #11
Top 10: Season 2 #4 (OF 4)
Transformers: All Hail Megatron #8
Transmetropolitan vol 1 TP: Back on the Street
Trinity #41
Turok, Son of Stone Archives vol 1 HC – S/O #28
Walking Dead #59
Warhammer 40K: Defenders of Ultramar #4
Wizard Spider-Man Masterpiece Collection DLX HC
Wonderful Wizard of Oz #4 (OF 8)
X-Men: Manifest Destiny – Nightcrawler One-Shot
X-Men Noir #4 (OF 4)
Zorro vol 1 HC: Trail of the Fox

Amazon #1 (OF 3) – Twenty years to the month after its original Comico publication, Dark Horse is proud to re-present The Amazon, some of the earliest work from acclaimed writer Steven T. Seagle and superstar artist Tim Sale!The Amazon Jungle is among the most ancient and biologically diverse places on earth, but it's being plundered for its resources and destroyed at a rate of thousands of acres a day. Reporter Malcolm Hillard travels to this remote land of mystery to investigate the disappearance of an American worker and sabotage at a timber site. Locals tell him it is the work of spirits of the Amazon, but Malcolm doesn't believe in anything like that -- until he sees something he can't explain deep in the jungle.* This remastered edition has been scanned from Tim Sale's original artwork and recolored by Matt Hollingsworth, with a new cover by Sale and Dave Stewart!

Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 (OF 3) – A Battle for the Cowl issue! Batman: R.I.P. and FINAL CRISIS saw the end of Batman. Now, months following the disappearance of her protector, Gotham City sits on a precipice, and it may be too far gone for Nightwing, Robin, Commissioner Gordon, and the rest of the city's heroes to save the day.Amid the fires, rioting, looting, and gang warfare, one question rings out from the souls of Gotham's desperate citizens: Where is Batman? With guest-stars galore, the destruction of a sacred Gotham City institution, and an ending that will have everyone talking, this three-issue miniseries event features the battle to take on the Mantle of the Bat.Who has earned the right? Who thinks they deserve it? Robin? Nightwing? Jason Todd? Two-Face? Catwoman? Batgirl? Who will ultimately win the Battle for the Cowl?

D&D Dungeon Delve – Dozens of dungeons ready to play without preparation...Dungeon Delve(TM) is designed for groups looking for an exciting night of monster-slaying without the prep time. It contains dozens of self-contained easy-to-run mini-dungeons, or "delves," each one crafted for a few hours of game-play.The book includes delves for 1st- to 30th-level characters, and features dozens of iconic monsters for the heroes to battle. Dungeon Masters can run these delves as one-shot adventures or weave them into their campaign.

Female Force: Sarah Palin – If you thought Hillary Clinton was a controversial female force, just wait until you get a good look at Sarah Palin! Bluewater Productions proudly presents a critical examination of the life and times of John McCain's running mate in the next part of their examination of important female individuals. From high school basketball star to Governor of the state of Alaska, Sarah Palin's rise to the halls of power has led her from her hometown of Wasilla to the campaign trail as a Vice Presidential candidate. Shaped by her family and her faith, discover how Sarah Palin became a national political force to be reckoned with!

GI Joe Movie Prequel: Duke #1 – The first of a series of back-stories and secret dossiers on the characters from this summer's biggest action hit! Before he was code-named Duke and was brought into the G.I. Joes, he was the top kick of a special ops team. Join him as he fights his way in and out of a jungle hell in a mission that goes wrong in every way possible.

Marvel Select Anti-Venom AF – A Diamond Select Release! A Jean St Jean Sculpt! Presenting a fresh take on a classic villain, this seven-inch action figure release features a new Venom as never before! Fresh from the pages of the Amazing Spider-Man comics, Anti-Venom is featured with a deluxe symbiote base and multiple points of articulation for the character's action figure debut - making this Marvel Select release a sure-fire hit!

Rawbone #1 – Jamie Delano cuts loose on a vicious pirate tale, delivering a bloody, terrifying vision of a world on the high-seas! La Sirena's pirate allies are against the wall as the full force of the British fleet is felt on their haven. It seems no force of man can possibly save them. But a supernatural pirate ship filled with ghosts of the dead might turn the tide.

Resident Evil #1 (OF 6) – Capcom's international video game sensation returns in March with Resident Evil 5 and WildStorm debuts the new prequel miniseries tying into the highly anticipated release! Find out what led Chris Redfield to Africa and learn the dark burden that haunts him! An absolute must-read for fans of the franchise and a starting point for new readers!

Super-Zombies #1 – 1. Super -Zombie [soo-per zom-bee] -noun a. flesh eaters with super powers. 2. Super -Zombies [soo-per zom-bees] -noun, plural a. The next BIG hit from Dynamite Entertainment! In a world filled with super-heroes, one man stands apart, Neuron, once known as Bernard Jaeger, the man responsible for saving the world, most particularly from the KHR SYNDROME. But it was this very plague which began to change the world forever, filling its population of super heroes with a deadly new hunger - a hunger for human flesh!

Why 'Watchmen' has an 'R' rating

2009-03-02T12:52:00.000-08:00

Video from the Associated Press:

The cast of new movie 'Watchmen' say their comic-book based fantasy flick goes even darker than 'The Dark Knight.'

But we already knew that, didn't we?