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 Due to Memorial Day, next week's comic order will be arriving on Thursday, May 29th instead of Wednesday, May 28th. We apologize for any inconvenience. 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 11:00AM - DOORS OPEN
Answer D&D trivia to win great door prizes including a set of the new core books! 12:00-1:00PM - 4TH EDITION DEMO
A great way for new players to learn the rules and old players to find out the new changes! All participants get a limited edition D&D miniature! (While supplies last.) 1:30-3:30PM - GAME SESSION 1
4:30-6:30PM - GAME SESSION 2
Play in a brand new 4th Edition adventure, 'Into the Shadowhaunt'! All players get a free character miniature and other great promotional items! 6:30PM - D&D MINIATURES DEMO
Learn to play D&D Miniatures! 7:30PM - D&D MINIS TOURNAMENT
For $25 entry you get 2 D&D Minis boosters (regularly $30) from which you construct your 200 point warband!
1st Prize - $50.00 Store Credit
2nd Prize - $25.00 Store Credit
(8 Player Minimum) Also, register for a chance to win one of hundreds of dollars in door prizes, including a complete set of the new 4th Edition core books, a Blue Dragon miniature, and more! If you pre-order all three 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons Core Books (The Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual, all of which retail for $34.95) by Sunday, June 1st, you'll get 20% off the total price! A $20 deposit is required. Be sure to check out our 4th Edition Keep on the Shadowfell adventures we'll be running prior to D&D Game Day on Sunday, May 25th at 5:00 PM and Sunday, June 1st at 5:00 PM! Sign up now to reserve your spot for one of these adventures or our D&D Game Day adventure sessions! In an attempt to clear out 3.5 stock, all of our D&D 3.5 books are greatly discounted! Like, absurdly so! Be sure to come by the store and check it out if there are any 3.5 books you're interested in! Dungeons and Dragons Adventure H1: Keep on the Shadowfell  $29.95 The town of Winterhaven stands watch over a ruined keep that was once a bastion of good in the realm. This keep overlooks the Shadow Rift, a dark scar in the world that was once a gateway to the Shadowfell but has been dormant for many years. Now, an evil cleric of Orcus, Demon Lord of the Undead, seeks to re-open the gate, and the only thing standing in his way is a small yet determined band of heroes. Keep on the Shadowfell is an exciting Dungeons & Dragons adventure designed for characters of levels 1-3. It includes three double-sided poster maps suitable for use with D&D Miniatures. Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol. 1 Premiere HC  $24.99 Yes, yes, you all hated One More Day, but Marvel does kind of have you in checkmate. You can't blame poor little Dan Slott for One More Day, can you? they say, and they're right. Dan Slott was born to write Spider-Man, and it shows in his first Brand New Day arc, with some amazing art by Steve McNiven. There's also a story by Marc Guggenheim in this hardcover, too, and I won't lie to you: it's profoundly and thoroughly okay. It's not bad, though, and the strength of Dan Slott's story more than makes up for it. You also get the Spider-Man: Swing Shift comic that came out on Free Comic Book Day and Dan Slott's first Spidey story from like 1995 or something. Which I'm pretty sure never happened now thanks to One More Day, so, awesome! The Incredible Hulk Omnibus Vol. 1 HC  $99.99 Unless I'm miscounting, I believe this hardcover has the first fifty issues of Hulk stories. That's right, FIFTY ISSUES. At that point, one of these omnibuses goes from being a cool collectible to actually being a deal. I mean, two bucks an issue? That's great! If you're a Hulk fan or a Silver Age fan, I can't really think of a reason you wouldn't pick this up. I mean, it might be hard to pick up, considering how heavy it is, but as a purchase, it seems like a no-brainer. 
As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
| NEW DATE | OLD DATE | | Amazing Joy Buzzards GN Vol. 01: Here Come the Spiders | 05/07/08 | 05/28/08 | | Comic Book Cover Portfolio 1: Women o/t DCU | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Spider-Man With Great Power 4 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Pilot Season: Lady Pendragon 1 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Witchblade 118 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Kick Ass 3 (MR) | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Justice Society of America 16 Reg./Var. | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Hellboy TP Vol. 08 Darkness Calls | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Eternals 1 Reg./Acuña White Var. | 06/04/08 | 06/11/08 | | Crossing Midnight 19 (MR) | 06/04/08 | 06/25/08 | | All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder 10 Reg./Var. | 06/04/08 | 06/25/08 | | Skaar: Son of Hulk 1 Reg./Vallejo-Bell Var. | 06/04/08 | 06/11/08 | | Salvation Run 7 Reg./Var. | 06/04/08 | 06/18/08 | | Kabuki HC: Alchemy LTD SGN Ed. (MR) | 06/11/08 | 07/09/08 | | Marvels Prem. HC Reg./DM | 06/18/08 | 06/25/08 | | Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers 2 SI | 07/02/08 | 07/16/08 | | Astonishing X-Men TP Vol. 04: Unstoppable | 07/09/08 | 06/18/08 | | Ultimate Iron Man II Prem. HC Reg./DM | 07/16/08 | 08/06/08 | | Ultimate Spider-Man 124 | 07/23/08 | 07/30/08 | | Powers 32 (MR) | 07/23/08 | 08/27/08 | | Longshot Prem. HC Reg./DM | 08/06/08 | 10/01/08 | ..table> 
Batman 676 (Batman, R.I.P. Part 1) Writer: Grant Morrison
Pencils: Tony Daniel
Inks: Sandu Florea
Publisher: DC Comics
Rating: Junior in High School
Price: $2.99 Grant Morrison is a genius. We know this. I'm relatively sure that DC comics ran to him and begged on hands and knees so that he would fix their universe. He's doing it, apparently, causing the Final Crisis and the destruction of the DC Universe and the rule of the Evil Titans! Maybe. No one knows exactly what Final Crisis will bring. What we do know is that each little section of the DC universe is going to have little, tiny events with the Final Crisis being an umbrella event. And, from what little I've heard of the upcoming R.I.P. storyline, Batman is going to change forever. Like, at least for a year. The comic starts out with the revelation of the Black Glove. Wait, no, that's now how it starts. The comic starts with "A" Batman saying that Batman and Robin will never die! But is that Batman? Is that Robin? Who else could it be? Anyway, then we get Black Glove, with the new and cool Doctor Hurt. We get some impressive looking villains, the new Batmobile, Robin stressing out as always, and Batman embracing his brand new love. Kissing in the bedroom! Germs! Some hot chick knows who Bruce Wayne is, and he thinks it's a good idea. Batman's past months have been problematic, and the resulting problems are about to collapse all over him and destroy his very soul. Or something. As far as issues go, this is a great start to the R.I.P. story line. We even see the Joker at the very end, being very, very creepy. I like what Grant Morrison is doing with the Joker. I'm actually afraid of him again. What this issue is doing is the exact same thing 52 and Countdown and all the other crap DC has been doing for years, literally years. It is hyping things up, but not showing us anything. Really, it is time for DC to put up or shut up. I would prefer they shut up, but that isn't likely to happen. I have complete faith that Grant Morrison will change things for the Batman. What I'm not certain of is that it will be a good thing. Change isn't always great. His back has already been broken. He has been framed for murder and his city was completely destroyed and all other types of insanity. Is doing whatever the hell Grant Morrison is planning going to help? Or hurt? And what about the upcoming movie? Will all this tie in? What about new comers? What will they do when they see a Batman that isn't Bruce Wayne? I'm excited and nervous. I don't like good stuff messed up. But it is Grant Morrison. And he is a genius. Or, at least he thinks he is. Ohh! Burn!  RATING: 5/5
Sky Doll 1 Story, Art and Colors: Alessandro Barbucci and Barbara Canepa
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Rating: College Freshman
Price: $5.99 So this comic production company called Soleil is suppose to be the prime-dudes when it comes to Sci-Fi comics. And, judging by Skydoll, they might just be worth the title. This book is absolutely amazing. From the art to the colors to the sheer depth of story, I'm very surprised that Marvel has the insight and courage to publish a comic like this. The story is based somewhere in outerspace. There aren't any human-like people, so I doubt it is Earth. There seems to be a theocracy that rules the civilization. This theocracy is a deception. The priests behind the religion manipulate the people into thinking that their goddess is genuine, when in reality it's all smoke and mirrors. This all ties into sex-robots for hire that will wash your spaceship and do anything else you pay them to do. Toss in a missing goddess, a forbidden religion, a confused boy and an atypically emotional car-washing sexbot and you've got a really, really great comic. It's the level of sophistication that blows me away here. I've always thought that the Europeans take more risks creatively, and this comic proves it. The issues and social problems this comic addresses is way above a child's head. Anyone under the age of 18 will have a hard time understanding all the metaphors. This book is long, too. But it didn't make me bored. I was into it the entire way. The dialogue was that fresh. The art was never confusing, either. The panel progressions were spot on. I easily moved through the page, never lost and never overwhelmed. This comic is very professionally done on a level that is rarely seen. It makes some of the Vertigo books we're use to reading seem like cartoony jokes. Children should really not be reading this, however. It is hyper-sexual. A kid would just look at all the naked bits and skim right past the parts that matter. Still, I'm very impressed that Marvel is willing to publish a comic this intimate and original. Hopefully, the trend will continue. RATING: 5/5
GeNEXT 1 Writer: Chris Claremont
Penciler: Patrick Scherberger
Inker: Norman Lee
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Rating: Sixth Grade
Price: $3.99 Here is a list of things we've all seen BEFORE in an X-men book that are in THIS X-men book. -A male character with an eye that glows. -A big, tough male character wearing a bandana as a mask. -The shy girl that is afraid of her power. -The shy girl that is in love with the cool guy. -A danger-room session where the tough, older badass beats up the green "noobs". -A character crying cause she doesn't know if she can "handle this." -The line, "You'll never be alone" spoken by a leader-type dude when the sad female character is thinking about leaving the team. I hate Chris Claremont. I hate him so much. He might have written some of the best X-men stories ever, but those days have been gone a long, long time. Why is every book that he writes the exact same? Every team is the same? The problems they face are the same? The way they deal with them is the exact damn same! It is beyond old now and has turned into just, plain boring. Genext is based in a possible future where the old X-men are gone and the new X-men are up to the plate. Hey. Guess what. WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE! This is a personal appeal to Chris Claremont. Mr. Claremont, please stop writing comics. Please. I know you might be broke, or have bills and stuff, but I can't read your X-men books anymore. They are really bad. And you are stale. I mean, seriously Mr. Claremont. You gave the Beast grey hair on his head and nowhere else and put hippy necklaces around his neck. And you named a character No-Name. I mean, really? Are you just out of names? It's getting to the point that I taste vomit in my mouth when I just think of this book. Ugh. RATING: 2/5
Newsletter for May 20, 2008 
NEW RELEASES  - END LEAGUE 3
- GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL 7
- INDIANA JONES & KINGDOM O/T CRYSTAL SKULL 1 FLEMING CVR 1
- INDIANA JONES & KINGDOM O/T CRYSTAL SKULL 1 STRUZAN CVR 1
- PIGEONS FROM HELL 2
- STAR WARS LEGACY 24
 - BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS 7
- BIRDS OF PREY 118
- BRAVE AND THE BOLD 13
- CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW 1
- CATWOMAN 79
- CHECKMATE 26
- COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY 8
- DC SPECIAL CYBORG 1
- DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR 2
- FLASH 240
- HELLBLAZER 244
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 21
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 15
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VAR ED 15
- LOVELESS 24
- PROGRAMME 11
- ROBIN 174
- SCALPED 17
- SCOOBY DOO 132
- SPIRIT 17
- SUPER FRIENDS 3
- SUPERMAN BATMAN 48
- TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN 3
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT 7
 - BOMB QUEEN V 1
- DARK IVORY 2
- DYNAMO 5 13
- GODLAND 23
- HAWAIIAN DICK 4
- INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE PRIMER 1
- MADAME MIRAGE 6
- PILOT SEASON TWILIGHT GUARDIAN
- SPAWN 178
- WALKING DEAD SPECIAL ED 1
 - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 560
- AMERICAN DREAM 2
- AVENGERS CLASSIC 12
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE 13
 Avengers: The Initiative 13 This is my pick for issue of the year, so far. While there may have been better issues within the context of a larger story, taken alone, no issue is as human, emotional and--dare I say it--heartwarming as this one. It handles a lot of things very deftly, avoids some obvious-seeming cliches and, honestly, if it weren't set at a superhero training facility, it could probably pass for an excellent issue of one of those slice-of-life comics all the indie folks love to read. For Christos Gage's first solo issue on this book (I think), he really knocked it out of the park. - BLACK PANTHER 36
- CAPTAIN AMERICA 38
- FANTASTIC FOUR 557
- GHOST RIDER 23
- INCREDIBLE HERCULES 117
- IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD 29
- MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS 24
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD 6
- MIGHTY AVENGERS 14
 Mighty Avengers 14
(Secret Invasion Tie-In!) Man, Bendis and Maleev have been apart for too long, I say. This Mighty Avengers story arc has been a great collaboration between the two and, while it doesn't actually have any Avengers (or even really all that much Mighty, to this point) it's still reading pretty awesome. The last issue was almost entirely build-up (of the team-assembling variety), so I hope this one starts to get the party started, so to speak, and we see Nick Fury doing what he does best--being the baddest ass in the Marvel Universe. - ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR 54
- ULTIMATE X-MEN 94
- WAR IS HELL FIRST FLIGHT PHANTOM EAGLE MAX 3
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS 25
- X-FACTOR 31
- X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND 2
 - ANGEL AFTER THE FALL DIRECTORS CUT 1
- BROTHERS IN ARMS 1
- DEAD SHE SAID 1
- DOKTOR SLEEPLESS MANUAL 1
- DOKTOR SLEEPLESS MANUAL WRAP CVR 1
- FALL OF CTHULHU CVR A 12
- FALL OF CTHULHU CVR B 12
- FORTEAN TIMES 236
- GARGOYLES BAD GUYS 3
- INDIANA JONES MAGAZINE NEWSSTAND ED 1
- INDIANA JONES MAGAZINE PX ED 1
- JIM BUTCHERS DRESDEN FILES WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE 2
- KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE 139
- NARUTO COLLECTOR MAGAZINE 5
- NINJA HIGH SCHOOL 160
- SIMPSONS COMICS 142
- STAR TREK ASSIGNMENT EARTH 1
- TANK GIRL VISIONS OF BOOGA 1
- TERRY MOORES ECHO 3
- TORCHWOOD MAGAZINE YEARBOOK 4
 - BATMAN VS TWO FACE TP
- CSI DEMON HOUSE TP NEW PTG
- CSI DOMINOS TP NEW PTG
- DAWN ICONS BUST
- DRAFTED TP VOL 01
- GOLDEN AGE SHEENA BEST OF QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TP
- GRENDEL DEVIL CHILD HC
- GRENDEL HC DEVIL QUEST
- HELLBOY COMPANION TP
- HULK VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE TP VOL 01 1
- HULK WWH TP INCREDIBLE HERC 3
- INCREDIBLE HULK OMNIBUS HC 1
- INCREDIBLE HULK OMNIBUS HC ROSS VAR 1
- INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM O/T CRYSTAL SKULL TP
- MARVEL ADVENTURES FF TP VOL 08 MONSTERS DIGEST 8
- MARVEL HEROES HC HIDDEN ENEMY
- MARVEL HEROES HC TO THE RESCUE
- MMW MIGHTY THOR HC VOL 07 VAR ED VOL 97 7
- SEAGALOGY SC STUDY OF ASS-KICKING FILMS
- SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN LANTERN TP VOL 03 3
- SPIDER-MAN PREM HC VOL 01 BRAND NEW DAY 1
- SUPERMAN ESCAPE FROM BIZARO WORLD HC
- TIM SALE BLACK & WHITE HC
 - BERSERK TP VOL 23 (MR)
- EMILY THE STRANGE II BE ALL YOU CAN BE 3
- SPEAK O/T DEVIL 6 (OF 6)
- STAR WARS DARK TIMES 11 VECTOR PART 5
- STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC 29 EXALTED PART 1 (OF 2)
- USAGI YOJIMBO 112
- ACTION COMICS 865
- ALL NEW ATOM TP VOL 03 THE HUNT FOR RAY PALMER
- ALL STAR SUPERMAN 11
- BATMAN 677 RIP
- BATMAN 677 VAR ED RIP
- BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNITE 1 (OF 12)
- BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE TP
- BLUE BEETLE 27
- CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY 45
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS TP VOL 01
- DC UNIVERSE SPECIAL SUPERMAN MONGUL
- FABLES 73 (MR)
- FABLES TP VOL 10 THE GOOD PRINCE (MR)
- FINAL CRISIS 1 (OF 7)
- GREEN LANTERN 31
- HUNTRESS YEAR ONE 2 (OF 6)
- INFINITY INC TP VOL 01 LUTHORS MONSTERS
- JSA CLASSIFIED 38
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES 42
- NORTHLANDERS 6 (MR)
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST 4 (OF 6)
- SECRET HISTORY THE AUTHORITY HAWKSMOOR 3 (OF 6)
- SHADOWPACT 25
- SUPERNATURAL RISING SON 2 (OF 6)
- TEEN TITANS 59
- TEEN TITANS GO 55
- ALETHEIA 1 Of(3)
- ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN 6
- FIREBREATHER SERIES 1
- NEARLY COMPLETE ESSENTIAL HEMBECK ARCHIVES OMNIBUS
- PROOF 8 (MR)
- SWORD 8 (MR)
- ANGEL REVELATIONS 1 (OF 5)
- DAREDEVIL 107
- GIANT SIZE ASTONISHING X-MEN 1
- HULK 3 2ND PTG MCGUINNESS VAR
- HULK POSTER BOOK
- IMMORTAL IRON FIST 15
- KING SIZE HULK 1
- MARVEL 1985 1 (OF 6)
- MARVEL 1985 1 (OF 6) EDWARDS VAR
- MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR 36
- MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN 13
- MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS 9
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MOBY DICK 4 (OF 6)
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED PICTURE DORIAN GRAY 6 (OF 6)
- MS MARVEL 27 SI
- NEW AVENGERS 41 SI
- NEW WARRIORS 12
- POWER PACK DAY ONE 3 (OF 4)
- SHE-HULK 2 29
- THOR 9
- ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN 122
- UNCANNY X-MEN 498 DWS
- WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS 3
- X-FORCE 4 BLOODY VAR
- X-FORCE 4 DWS
- X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 12
- X-MEN LEGACY 212 DWS
- YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS 5 (OF 6)
- ARMY OF DARKNESS XENA WHY NOT 3 (OF 4)
- DAN DARE 6 (OF 7)
- DARKNESS VS EVA 3 (OF 4) (MR)
- DRAFTED 7
- FATHOM 0
- FUTURAMA COMICS 37
- GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE 35
- JENNA JAMESONS SHADOW HUNTER 3 HORN CVR (RES) (MR)
- JUDENHASS GN (MR)
- NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO 8
- RESURRECTION 5 (MR)
- SIMPSONS SUMMER SHINDIG 2
- SONIC X 33
- WIZARD MAGAZINE 201 MCNIVEN X-MEN CVR
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There's probably a decent chunk of you out there who signed up on Free Comic Book Day who are just getting this newsletter for the first time. Well, I just want to say hey, nice to see you. Pretty much what we've got here is a rundown of the events we've got coming up, the comics and merchandise we have coming out, and a few other odds and ends! If you have any questions about anything, you can email editor@fanboycomics.biz! We look forward to seeing you in the store! 
The sale will go from 11:00AM to 10:00 PM on Saturday and Noon to 7:00 PM on Sunday! We'll also have T-Shirts on sale! Either get one for $12 or two for $20! There will also be a table of deeply discounted action figures and other merchandise! This will be a sidewalk sale so, in case of rain, it will be reschedule to the following weekend.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 11:00AM - DOORS OPEN
Answer D&D trivia to win great door prizes including a set of the new core books! 12:00-1:00PM - 4TH EDITION DEMO
A great way for new players to learn the rules and old players to find out the new changes! All participants get a limited edition D&D miniature! (While supplies last.) 1:30-3:30PM - GAME SESSION 1
4:30-6:30PM - GAME SESSION 2
Play in a brand new 4th Edition adventure, 'Into the Shadowhaunt'! All players get a free character miniature and other great promotional items! 6:30PM - D&D MINIATURES DEMO
Learn to play D&D Miniatures! 7:30PM - D&D MINIS TOURNAMENT
For $25 entry you get 2 D&D Minis boosters (regularly $30) from which you construct your 200 point warband!
1st Prize - $50.00 Store Credit
2nd Prize - $25.00 Store Credit
(8 Player Minimum) Also, register for a chance to win one of hundreds of dollars in door prizes, including a complete set of the new 4th Edition core books, a Blue Dragon miniature, and more! That's the answer. The question is: how much money did you guys help us raise for the Anita Trivette Heart Transplant Fund over the course of Free Comic Book Day? That's a good chunk of change going to a very good cause! Thanks so much to everyone, and if you're one of the few people who still hasn't paid for their silent auction item, please do so as soon as possible! Exalted: Dreams of the First Age Boxed Set  $59.99 To paraphrase a message board post I saw a while ago, probably 90% of all fantasy RPG settings can be described thusly: "A long time ago, everything was AWESOME and IN YOUR FACE, but then somebody F***ED UP and now EVERYTHING SUCKS." It certainly fits Exalted perfectly, and while Exalted is a great game, wouldn't you kind of like to play a long time ago, when everything was AWESOME and IN YOUR FACE? That sounds kind of fun, too. Why not build an absurdly elaborate underground tomb instead of looting the one some guy who was way more awesome than you made a million years ago? Why not create the absurdly powerful ancient artifact that will change the face of the world a millenia from now instead of watching the NPC use it? Why not imprison the god who threatens all of existence in the first place instead of trying to figure out how to keep him from breaking out? Why not be the awesome guys from history, instead of the guys who read about them and then get killed by kobolds or whatever? Booster Gold Vol. 1: 52 Pick-Up HC  $24.99 Yes, you probably don't care that much about Booster Gold. Well, so what? Most people didn't care about Wolverine until they read the comic books that he was in, and now he's in everything. If you want to read a good, fun comic book, then you should read this. It's got comedy, it's got action, it's got drama, and it's probably better than (conservatively) 90% of what you currently read. Booster Gold isn't exactly the best hero you'll find, but he is one of the most entertaining. Ultimate Human Premiere HC  $19.99 Hey, do you want a good Iron Man/Hulk story? Well, here you go, a fun but thoughtful miniseries that features crisp dialogue and storytelling by Warren Ellis and some beautiful artwork by Cary Nord. It also has Ultimate Pete Wisdom! If you're the kind of person who cares about this thing which, hey, you may be! Not only that, but all the issues came out, unlike another series that had a major Ultimate character fighting Hulk! Great work, everyone! Yu-Gi-Oh: Light of Destruction Boosters  $3.95 per booster Here are words that someone else wrote: Out of the darkness comes Light of Destruction, the latest booster set. This all new 100 card booster set introduces brand new LIGHT cards with all new deck types that allow players to banish opponent's cards light-years away! This set also includes the mysterious Arcana Force cards from Season 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Satorius' "Arcane Force" cards and many others used by Jaden Yuki, Aster Phoenix and Professor Crowler are featured, helping anchor this set among fans of the animated series. These powerful cards and themes are sure to make duelists and fans see the light! I don't know what any of those words mean.
The next few weeks of Tuesday Specials following Free Comic Book Day will be extra-awesome, so check them out! 
But what do we buy? Why, we buy: - Silver Age Superhero Comics - While recent comics are all pretty enjoyable, we really only want the Silver Age Superhero stuff. The Silver Age is generally going to be comics published on or before 1977. It can sometimes be hard to figure out the date a comic was published, so a good rule of thumb is that the cover price should be $0.35 or less. And while we have nothing against comics not about superheroes, the stuff we can sell is Silver Age Superheroes.
- Used Trade Paperbacks - If they're in decent condition, we'll probably pick them up. It's difficult to give any hard and fast guidelines for what we want, because it depends a lot on what we have in stock and what we can order.
- Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic Singles - We only buy rares, and I can give you even fewer guidelines about this. Mac is in charge of all of our singles sales, and he works on Thursday through Monday, so those are really the only days we can buy any cards.
- Used Roleplaying Games - We'll look at pretty much any roleplaying games. We don't usually buy stuff that is currently in print, but if you've got the time to stop by, it's worth a shot. We're always interested in classic Dungeons and Dragons books.
- Used Records - Thomas buys a lot of old jazz and blues records for his personal collection. Records are like CDs, except black and older. Kind of like the blues musicians Thomas likes!
- Vintage Paperbacks and Pulps - I don't know anything about these. We might buy them, though!
For more information, check out our Services Page. Anyone local who buys something from us on E-Bay can come pick their order up at our store and not pay shipping costs! Don't forget to check our E-bay store for new stuff every week!  On Top of Old Smoky Sheet Music This auction contains the sheet music for the song On Top of Old Smoky popularized by The Weavers. Song by Pete Seeger. Sheet music printed by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. in 1951. Cover features the group The WeaversThese pages are complete and in nice shape. Sheet music has overall minor wear except for some staining along the bottom of the front cover and first interior page as well as some creasing to front cover. Otherwise item is in nice condition with high eye appeal. Perfect for music fans and great for framing.  Frank Sinatra by Derek Jewell This auction is for a copy Frank Sinatra by Derek Jewell. This book is a retrospective on the long career of singer Frank Sinatra and features numerous photos of him throughout his career as well as a comprehensive review of his discography. Also included is a film commentary by George Perry. I can't find any publishing information but I'd say this is from the late 80s-early 90s.
Book is a hard cover, black and white, and 196 pages (counting covers). Book is in nice condition with minor overall wear. As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
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Avengers/Invaders 1 Plot: Alex Ross and Jim Krueger
Script: Jim Krueger
Pencils: Steve Sadowski
Color: inLight Studios
Publisher: Marvel
Rating: Pre-teen
Price: $2.99 Some things Marvel does right. Some things Marvel does wrong. Marvel has always been great at cosmic stories, misfits and the common man, with battles and stories that seem out of control but kept pulled in by the great characters. What Marvel has never done right are stories Pre-Silver age. [Except for Agents of Atlas, which is great -Ed.] The Pre-Silver age of comics for the Marvel universe has never been worth my time and attention. Will Avengers: Invaders change my mind? Will it be good enough to contend with the DC's JSA storylines? Um, nah. Here's the deal: The Invaders are in the middle of a battle, fighting the evil Germans. Bucky is giving us the run down of the Invaders, with his boyish slant in play. He sums them up perfectly, letting us get into them pretty quickly. Then, maybe by a mutant, maybe by accident, a green mist sends the Invaders to the current Marvel Universe, with the Thunderbolts trying to capture Spider-man. Of course, a battle starts up, with the Invaders showing just what being an American is all about! Kicking ass! The good part about this is that we get to see how this Captain America from the past deals with this future. Every one is going to be crawling all over this Captain America, as if he's the Savoir. The current Marvel universe is as complicated as we can get it, and I'm curious about what these past heroes think about it. The Invaders never had to deal with mutants, with giant robots, with laws and Skulls. What will the Invader-Namor feel about an Atlantis-free world? What will Bucky think of the brand-new Captain America? Does anyone even care, though? Probably not. We are knee deep in the Skull-invasion story. The Skulls busting things up is enough to keep us interested in the current Marvel story-line. Marvel has always been a forward-thinking publisher, lightly using some of the things cool about the past, but not afraid at all with the future. I'm actually respecting Marvel for its decisions lately. But Avengers: Invaders can't contend against the DC-JSA stuff or Kingdom Come. It just isn't going to be interesting enough. Nor is the art good enough to keep us buying the book month after month. If you are a major Captain America fan, then you should check this out. But if you don't buy it, you're not missing anything. RATING: 3.5/5
The Invincible Iron Man 1 Writer: Matt Fraction
Artist: Salvador Larroca
Colors: Frank D'Armata and Stephane Peru
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Rating: Teen
Price: $2.99 You might have heard of this movie. Iron Man? Have you heard of it? It was pretty ok. And it made a little money. Yeah, of course you've heard of Iron Man. The movie is an amazing success for Marvel. So, of course Marvel is going to try and capitalize on the success. But Invincible Iron Man isn't just some stupid one shot or a limited series. It is a new ongoing series that will tie into the regular Iron Man stories and the mess that is the Post-Civil War universe. The story is a great one to get a new reader up to the status quo. Iron Man talks about what worries him the most. He is an alcoholic. People have stolen some of his technology. He is the head of SHIELD. His friendship with Jim Rhodes, aka War Machine, is strong but tense. His Extremis suit is acting sort of funny. And now, Ezekiel Stane, son of the Iron Monger, is working with biotech that kills really well. And, in Africa, some one might be using Iron Man tech to kill hundreds of innocent civilians. This is a perfect example of a beginning book for a new Iron Man fan. Nothing is too complicated. The suit is still there. The Stark-Stane connection is there. Pepper Potts and Rhodey are around. It is very well done. But, something is missing in translation between the movie-Stark and the comic-Stark. The movie-Stark is funny, risk taking, and a bit thrill-bound. The comic-Stark is stressed out, and getting more and more stressed out. It might be a bit too complex, but it is centered and focused. My hope for this book is that it becomes like Astonishing X-men. It fits into the Marvel Universe, but it doesn't become obsessed or bogged down, tied down to much. The art is amazing, and I think Iron Man is a character that is worth all the time and attention it is getting. RATING: 4.5/5
Rann-Thanagar: Holy War 1 Story: Jim Starlin
Pencils: Ron Lim
Inks: Rob Hunter
Publisher: DC Comics
Rating: Teen
Price: $3.50 Marvel's Annihilation redefined and "fixed" the Marvel cosmic universe. Annihilation: Conquest was alright, but it did help make the cosmic universe even stronger. (On a side note, if you aren't reading Nova right now, you are an idiot. READ THIS BOOK!) DC's Sinestro Corps War was really good, too. It is proof positive that competition makes for a better product. I view this Rann-Thanagar: Holy War as a direct response to Marvel's Annihilation: Conquest run. How is it going so far? Well... Holy War shows the Rann and Thanagar worlds after the effects of their last war. I'm not 100% on this, but Rann is the home of Adam Strange and his people and Thanagar is home to Hawkman and his buds. Apparently, both worlds are going through a spiturial revolution, and that means a war is gonna start brewing. Toss in Animal Man, Comet, Bizarro, Star-man and a bunch of other dudes and you've got a big mess that might work but might fall apart like an under-cooked cake. I just don't care about this. At all. It feels shoved together quickly, without any real planning. I love Jim Starlin. His Silver Surfer work is amazing. But this Holy War thing just feels really rushed. Good stories need to cook. Holy War just assumes you are going to care about these guys. That's a big assumption. I'm not sure why DC is trying to push a cosmic story line without any Green Lanterns or any response to the Green Lanterns last war. We'll see what happens, but, seriously? If you want a great cosmic tale, read Nova 13 or the Planet Hulk trade or Infinity Gauntlet or, well, let me stop now. RATING: 3/5
Newsletter for May 13, 2008 So anyway, because I am somewhat of a malcontent, I decided to rewrite a couple of pages from the really awesome DC Universe 0 that came out recently. In the process, Zoom became my favorite character who has ever existed, and I hope somebody works from my characterization (childish jerk) in the future. Click one of the images below for the full pages: 
NEW RELEASES - BPRD 1946 5
- GOON 24
- RETURN O/T GREMLINS 3
- SERENITY BETTER DAYS 3
- STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC VECTOR PART 4 28
- 100 BULLETS 91
- BAT LASH 6
- BATMAN 676
- BATMAN VAR ED 676
Batman 676
"Batman, R.I.P. Part 1"
What do you know, all the crazy stuff that's been happening in Grant Morrison's Batman run has had a point! We probably all should have guessed, since Morrison always has some kind of insane grand scheme behind anything he's worked on, but still. Anyway, this story is called Batman, R.I.P., which could mean pretty much anything, right? It has an evil mime, too! - BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 17
- BATMAN STRIKES 45
- BOOSTER GOLD 9
- DMZ 31
- FINAL CRISIS SKETCHBOOK
- GEN 13 20
- GOTHAM UNDERGROUND 8
- GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY 8
- GREEN LANTERN CORPS 24
- HUNTRESS YEAR ONE 1
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY 14
- LOST BOYS REIGN OF FROGS 1
- MAD KIDS 11
- MAD MAGAZINE 490
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST 3
- SIMON DARK 8
- SUPERMAN 676
- TINY TITANS 4
- TITANS 2
- UN-MEN 10
- WONDER WOMAN 20
- YOUNG LIARS 3
- CASANOVA 14
- DEATH GRUB (ONE SHOT)
- TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD IMAGE ED 11
- WALKING DEAD 49
- ALL NEW IRON MANUAL 1
- AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 20
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 559
 Amazing Spider-Man 559 Okay, I think we can all declare Brand New Day to be kind of a mixed bag at this point. It started strong, with Dan Slott and Steve McNiven writing an amazing (har) Spider-Man story. Then we had Marc Guggenheim writing a story that either had a character with the most obvious secret identity ever or the stupidest red herring ever (we've yet to find out!), and it was more or less okay. Bob Gale wrote the next story arc, which I'm going to pretend didn't exist, and then Zeb Wells turned in a journeyman effort with gorgeous art by Chris Bachalo, who should draw Spider-Man for the rest of his life. Now we're finally back to Dan Slott, the man who was born to write Spider-Man, this time joined by artist Marcos Martin, who's the reason I decided to spotlight this book and go through that torturous explanation of Spider-Man's recent history. To summarize: Marcos Martin's artwork in the preview copy of this book we had was brilliant. Slott's writing is good as always, but Marcos Martin manages to capture the movement of Spider-Man in a way that bumped Chris Bachalo from my "this guy should draw every Spider-Man comic ever" slot. Seriously, if nothing else, pick this issue up because Marcos Martin is so good at drawing Spider-Man you might be able to forget One More Day ever happened. - ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES 11
- CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 1
- CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES 11
- CLANDESTINE 4
- DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING MAN THING 4
- GENEXT 1
- GIANT SIZE INCREDIBLE HULK 1
- GUARDIANS OF GALAXY 1
 Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Star-Lord. Gamora. Drax. Rocket Raccoon. Adam Warlock. Groot. Quasar. These are the heroes who are responsible for saving the entire Marvel Universe. Fortunately, there's nothing to worry about, because Rocket Raccoon is on the team! There are other people, too, but Rocket Raccoon is clearly the best. There is nothing about this book not to love, just like how there is nothing about Nova not to love. Read these comics, because they are some of the best you will find. - IRON MAN LEGACY OF DOOM 2
- LAST DEFENDERS 3
- MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK 11
- MARVEL SPOTLIGHT HULK MOVIE
- NEW EXILES 6
- NEWUNIVERSAL SHOCKFRONT 1
- PUNISHER 57
- SECRET INVASION FANTASTIC FOUR 1
 Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four 1 Well, since Mark Millar's too much of a fancy-pants to let Secret Invasion interfere with his Fantastic Four run, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has nobly offered to cover the details of what the FF are doing during Secret Invasion with this mini-series. And, hey, since Aguirre-Sacasa's Marvel Knights 4 was probably the best Fantastic Four comic in the last seven years, I'd say we're in okay hands! - SOLEIL SKY DOLL 1
- THUNDERBOLTS 120
- TWELVE 5
- WOLVERINE 65
- WOLVERINE AMAZING IMMORTAL MAN BLOODY TALES
- X-MEN LEGACY 211
- X-MEN ORIGIN COLOSSUS
- ARMY OF DARKNESS LONG ROAD HOME 9
- CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG 65
- CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG 62 ELECTRO 62
- DEAN KOONTZS FRANKENSTEIN VOL 01 PRODIGAL SON 1
- DEAN KOONTZS FRANKENSTEIN VOL 01 SUYDAM FREE INCV CVR 1
- DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS 6
- DR WHO MAGAZINE 395
- EVERYBODYS DEAD 3
- FORTEAN TIMES 236
- FX 3
- GEEK MONTHLY VOL 2 5 13
- GHOST WHISPERER 3
- HOBBY JAPAN MAY 2008 53
- LOCKE & KEY 4
- PLAYBOY MAGAZINE JUN 2008 137
- PROJECT SUPERPOWERS 3
- PROJECT SUPERPOWERS TURNER ALT INCV CVR 3
- RED SONJA 33
- RED SONJA KELLY VIRGIN INCV CVR 33
- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 188
- TOYFARE HULK MOVIE CVR 131
- TRANSFORMERS BEST OF UK SPACE PIRATES 3
- WARHAMMER CONDEMNED BY FIRE CVR A 1
- WARHAMMER CONDEMNED BY FIRE CVR B 1
- ZORRO 3
- 52 AFTERMATH THE FOUR HORSEMEN TP
- AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL TP VOL 03 MIND GAMES 3
- APOCALYSE HOW MAKING THE END TIMES BEST OF TIMES SC
- BATMAN THE JOKERS LAST LAUGH TP
- BATMAN THE RESURRECTION OF RAS AL GHUL HC
- BATMOBILE OWNERS MANUAL HC
- BIG BRILLIANT BOOK OF BART SIMPSON TP
- BLOOD PLUS GN VOL 02 2
- BOLLAND STRIPS TP
- BOOSTER GOLD TP VOL 01 52 PICK UP HC 1
- BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU 2
- CHECKMATE TP VOL 03 THE FALL OF THE WALL 3
- ESSENTIAL OFF HB MARVEL UNIV MASTER ED TP VOL 02 2
- HULK WWH TP GAMMA CORPS 5
- HULK WWH TP X-MEN 2
- IRON MAN AND POWER PACK TP ARMORED DIGEST
- IRS TP VOL 01 TAXING TRAILS 1
- NEW TEEN TITANS SER 2 WEIGHTED MASTER CS ASST
- NEW X-MEN BY MORRISON ULTIMATE COLL TP BOOK 01 1
- OFFICIAL OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK COMPANION 10
- PSI-FORCE CLASSIC TP VOL 01 1
- SOOT SPRITE WOMANS WHITE T/S MED
- SOOT SPRITE WOMANS WHITE T/S SM
- SPAWN COLLECTION VOL 5 TP 5
- STAR TREK ALIEN SPOTLIGHT TP
- SUCKING DEMOCRACY DRY BY ALEX ROSS T/S LG
- SUCKING DEMOCRACY DRY BY ALEX ROSS T/S XL
- SUCKING DEMOCRACY DRY BY ALEX ROSS T/S XXL
- TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION TP
- ULTIMATE HULK VS IRON MAN PREM HC ULTIMATE HUMAN
- VERTIGO FIRST CUT TP
- WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY TP VOL 02 2
- EDEN TP VOL 07 ITS AN ENDLESS WORLD (MR)
- END LEAGUE 3
- GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL 7 (OF 8)
- PIGEONS FROM HELL 2 (OF 4)
- STAR WARS LEGACY 24
- BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS 7
- BIRDS OF PREY 118
- BLACK ADAM THE DARK AGE TP
- BRAVE AND THE BOLD 13
- CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW 1 (OF 6)
- CATWOMAN 79
- CHECKMATE 26
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS TP VOL 01
- COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY 8 (OF 8)
- DC SPECIAL CYBORG 1 (OF 5)
- DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR 2 (OF 6)
- FLASH 240
- HELLBLAZER 244 (MR)
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 21
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 15
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 15 VAR ED
- LOVELESS 24 (MR)
- PROGRAMME 11 (OF 12)
- ROBIN 174
- SCALPED 17 (MR)
- SPIRIT 17
- STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01
- SUPER FRIENDS 3
- SUPERMAN BATMAN 48
- TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN 3 (OF 12)
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT 7
- AMORY WARS II 1 (OF 5)
- BOMB QUEEN V 1 (OF 6) (MR)
- DARK IVORY 2 (OF 4)
- DYNAMO 5 13
- ELEPHANTMEN 12
- FIREBREATHER SERIES 1
- GODLAND 23
- GUTWRENCHER 3 (OF 3)
- HAWAIIAN DICK 4
- INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE PRIMER 1
- MADAME MIRAGE 6
- PAX ROMANA 3 (OF 4)
- PILOT SEASON TWILIGHT GUARDIAN
- SPAWN 178
- WALKING DEAD SPECIAL ED 1 (MR)
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 560
- AMERICAN DREAM 2 (OF 5)
- AVENGERS CLASSIC 12
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE 13
- BLACK PANTHER 36
- CAPTAIN AMERICA 38
- FANTASTIC FOUR 557
- GHOST RIDER 23
- INCREDIBLE HERCULES 117 SI
- IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD 29
- MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS 24
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD 6 (OF 8)
- MIGHTY AVENGERS 14 SI
- ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR 54
- ULTIMATE X-MEN 94
- WAR IS HELL FIRST FLIGHT PHANTOM EAGLE MAX 3 (OF 5) (MR)
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS 25
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS 25 SKRULLY VAR
- X-FACTOR 31 DWS
- X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND 2 (OF 2)
- CALIBER 2 (OF 5) (MR)
- GARGOYLES BAD GUYS 3
- HERCULES 2 (OF 5) (MR)
- JIM BUTCHERS DRESDEN FILES 2 (OF 4) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
- RESURRECTION 5 (MR)
- RETURN TO WONDERLAND HC (MR)
- SIMPSONS COMICS 142
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Well, it's finally over. Free Comic Book Day has passed, and we're really thankful for all the folks who came by that day. We estimate that somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 people came by the store that day to enjoy free comics, breakfast from Chick-Fil-A at Mayfaire, Music by Zoody, Coffy from Cuppy's Coffee, and Gamestop's video game tournament. We'll be contacting all of the people who won door prizes at the store over the next few days, and most of the Silent Auction winners have been contacted. We've also spoken to the raffle winners, who were: Ticket 330 - Matt Giddens - Grand Prize Winner Ticket 355 - Robert A. Farmer - Second Prize Winner Ticket 357 - John Beall - Third Prize Winner Thanks to everyone who bought a raffle ticket! With your help and the help of the silent auction, we raised a bunch of money for Anita, and we hope to have the final totals ready to announce by next week once everyone's paid for their silent auction items and what-have-you. We also have some door prizes to announce for people who registered at Mayfaire Cinemas! If you're one of these people, come by the store and pick up your prize: Eric Matney won the Marvel Adventure Iron Man Digest Joshua Moore won the Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle Hardcover Paul Hawks won the Invincible Iron Man Omnibus Here are some pictures of Free Comic Book Day, so you can get a sense of what it was like (it was like crazy): 
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www.wefestival.com Well, Free Comic Book Day has come and gone, but that doesn't mean we still have stuff planned for the near future! We're going to be a part of this event: 
We'll be giving away Free Comics and Star Wars Miniatures, and we'll also have door prizes like an AT-AT miniature, Star Wars Graphic Novels, and a fancy-pants Vinyl Darth Vader model! Oh, and we've got this coming up, too:
We'll also be hanging out at Mayfaire for some of the comic book movie openings this summer like Hulk, Hellboy, Batman and more! Keep an eye on this newsletter for more info! HeroClix: Anti-Monitor Action Pack  $29.95 To coincide with their recently-released Crisis set the HeroClix folks are putting out this fancy Anti-Monitor box set! That's a pretty cool miniature you get without spending a whole lot of coin. You even get a Shadow Demon, Qwardian, and Pariah with him, so you can play out that part of Crisis on Infinite Earths where something happened and every character in the world was in a single panel! World War Hulk TP  $24.99 Well, we're finally get the trade for last summer's big event, World War Hulk. It was a good little five-issue series that had some great writing from Greg Pak and some awesome fight scenes by the artist who probably does the most kinetic work in comics, John Romita Jr. If you didn't read this series, you could do a heck of a lot worse than World War Hulk if you're looking for some good Hulk stuff. Be sure to also check out the preceding story, Planet Hulk, which is also out in trade paperback. Smallville Series 2 Action Figures  $19.99 I didn't realize that there had been a series one of Smallville action figures, and now there's a series two? Where have the days gone? I don't know. Whatever the case, this series two has all of those guys from the Smallville JLA or Teen Titans or what-have-you: Green Arrow, Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, and Superman. There they are, in that picture that's probably too small to see! Serenity Ornament: Reaver Ship  $39.99 So, another one of these Serenity Ornaments has come out. Leading me to the question: how many Christmases do you Serenity people have? I mean, I thought you were all Wiccans or something, anyway. Does Wicca have a Christmas that takes place in May? Seriously, could somebody answer me this?
The next few weeks of Tuesday Specials following Free Comic Book Day will be extra-awesome, so check them out!
But what do we buy? Why, we buy: - Silver Age Superhero Comics - While recent comics are all pretty enjoyable, we really only want the Silver Age Superhero stuff. The Silver Age is generally going to be comics published on or before 1977. It can sometimes be hard to figure out the date a comic was published, so a good rule of thumb is that the cover price should be $0.35 or less. And while we have nothing against comics not about superheroes, the stuff we can sell is Silver Age Superheroes.
- Used Trade Paperbacks - If they're in decent condition, we'll probably pick them up. It's difficult to give any hard and fast guidelines for what we want, because it depends a lot on what we have in stock and what we can order.
- Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic Singles - We only buy rares, and I can give you even fewer guidelines about this. Mac is in charge of all of our singles sales, and he works on Thursday through Monday, so those are really the only days we can buy any cards.
- Used Roleplaying Games - We'll look at pretty much any roleplaying games. We don't usually buy stuff that is currently in print, but if you've got the time to stop by, it's worth a shot. We're always interested in classic Dungeons and Dragons books.
- Used Records - Thomas buys a lot of old jazz and blues records for his personal collection. Records are like CDs, except black and older. Kind of like the blues musicians Thomas likes!
- Vintage Paperbacks and Pulps - I don't know anything about these. We might buy them, though!
For more information, check out our Services Page. As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
| OLD DATE | NEW DATE | | Powers Encyclopedia Vol. 1 (MR) | 07/05/07 | 06/04/08 | | Halo: Uprising 3 (MR) | 09/26/07 | 05/28/08 | | Dan Dare Oversized U.K. TP HC Vol. 01 | 04/23/08 | 06/11/08 | | Criminal 2 3 | 04/23/08 | 06/04/08 | | Avengers: Fairy Tales 3 | 05/14/08 | 06/04/08 | | Powers 29 (MR) | 05/14/08 | 05/28/08 | | Kick Ass 3 (MR) | 05/14/08 | 05/28/08 | | Spider-Man: With Great Power 4 | 05/14/08 | 05/28/08 | | Marvel 1985 1 Reg./Var. | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Fantastic Four 557 | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Loveless 24 (MR) | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | New Teen Titans Series 2 Action Figures | 05/21/08 | 05/14/08 | | Nicest Naughty Fairy HC | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Spider-Man: With Great Power 5 | 05/28/08 | 07/02/08 | | Crossing Midnight 19 (MR) | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Transformers Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream 2 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Devi/Witchblade 2 Land Cvr. | 05/28/08 | 06/25/08 | | Star Trek: New Frontier 3 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Absolute LOEG: Black Dossier HC | 06/11/08 | 07/30/08 | | Kabuki HC: Alchemy (MR) | 06/11/08 | 07/09/08 | | Avengers: Fairy Tales 4 | 06/18/08 | 07/02/08 | ..table>
Iron Man (The Movie) For a few solid years now, ever since Blade, X-Men and Spider-man came onto the scene, we've been engrossed and bathed by some amazing comic book movies. X-men 2 was amazing. Spider-man 2 is considered by many, many being me, to be one of the best comic movies ever made. We've had some surprise successes, like Batman Begins. We've had some let downs, too. Let's not talk about Superman Returns. But we, as comic fans, should be happy about what we are getting. That's why I'm in love with, and very afraid of, Iron Man. Storytelling-wise, it is genius. Acting-wise, it is remarkable. The directing is solid, the action is tight. It is everything you could possibly want in a comic book movie blockbuster. That's why I'm nervous. We'll get to why I'm nervous later. Let's start with the good stuff. Iron Man begins with Tony Stark, played perfectly by Robert Downey Jr, living the life of privilege. Girls want him, the government loves him. He's a genius with all things tech, he's rich, his funny, he's witty and he drinks too much. He is the All-American man right down to his love of fast cars and blondes. Cut to him being attacked by your random group of brown people in a country with more consonants than vowels and he's in a bad place. The terrorists have been using his weapons technology and want him to build them more. He's trapped in a cave. There is shrapnel edging its way into his heart, and the only thing stopping it is an electromagnet stuck in his chest. Of course, if you read the comic, you know what happens next. He builds the Iron Man armor and busts his way out. The first armor looks impossibly stupid, which is how it is supposed to look. It should be crude, odd and cumbersome. But it is effective and it works. Tony Stark has some change of heart about his weapons. They did almost kill him. He decides to stop making weapons, and he builds the Iron Man armor to help him destroy the weapons already sold to the bad guys. The good thing about Iron Man is that it completely relies on the actors to push the narrative forward. Seeing the Iron Man suit in action is cool, and sort of awesome. But it isn't as awesome as seeing Spider-man swinging between buildings. At first, I thought the Iron Man parts weren't done right. What I realized was that Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges were acting so well that I didn't want to see anything else. The dialogue in this movie is simply spectacular. The actors use every moment they have to characterize their roles. Their acting is so good that when it fails, like when Gwyneth Paltrow tries to act scared, it shows glaringly. Don't get me wrong. The Iron Man action scenes are good, but they are few. There isn't enough action. Director John Favreau wisely spent more time with the acting and less with the action. I could have easily enjoyed thirty more minutes of action scenes, watching the Mark III armor go through its passes. The armor is handled perfectly, however. It is as believable as it could be, and you feel like this could really work. Watching Tony Stark build the armor, put it on and off, that really kept my attention. The plot stuck straight to the comics. Rhodes hinting that he might wear the War Machine armor, the Potts/Stark love mess, Stark's drinking, SHIELD's interest, The Iron Monger suit, it all worked just like you felt it should work. No Iron Man fan should be upset about this movie. It is almost a perfect translation that still makes it feel like a modern day story. What bugs me about Iron Man is this idea lurking in the back of the movie's mind. The buzz on the internet is that Iron Man is the gateway movie to the Avengers. I've been trying to do the math in my head, and I can't think of any way possible that an Avengers movie could work. I just don't see it. The Fantastic Four movies are the only thing close to that, and those movies aren't exactly perfect. How could someone make all those characters interesting and still have an action packed story with a plot that makes half sense? I'm not sure. Hang back after the credits of Iron Man and you'll get a taste of what Marvel is thinking about for the big screen. It makes me excited and worried. Is Iron Man the beginning of the end for good comic movies? I'm not sure, but Iron Man has my vote for comic book movie of the year. Until Dark Knight hits, anyway... RATING: 5/5
DC Universe 0 Writers: Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns
Artists: A lot.
Publisher: DC Comics
Price: Fifty cent.
Rating: Freshman in High School So, it is finally happening. Years of build up. Years of teasing us, and we are finally getting Final Crisis. It's about damn time. The cool thing about Final Crisis is that maybe, just maybe, it will be good. From all the hints I've been reading and gathering, Final Crisis will be about the Bad Guys finally taking over the world. What bad guys? Well, I think you can figure it out. DC is handling this differently than any other crisis story, but the results will be the same. Or will they? First, the book. It starts out with the Universe telling us its story. What happened before, and what happened since. Slowly, as the book progresses, the Universe becomes more of a person, talking about individuals. We get short clips of our favorite DC heroes. Batman talking to the Joker. Superman in the Future. Wonder Woman in the Present. The Lanterns dealing with a mysterious alien. A burning dude falls from the sky, and we get the sound of lightening, heralding the return of a long lost hero. The way it is laid out, all the DC characters are going to be dealing with the Final Crisis in little bitty chucks. The Green Lanterns get the Blackest Night. Batman gets R.I.P. Wonder Woman gets a nose job (That was bad, I know). A super-villain society is forming and Superman-Prime is returning. What I'm confused about is how DC Editorial is going to smash all this stuff together and have it end and make sense. You want to know what I think? I think they won't. Here is my theory. The super-big crossover stories, in the past, started then ended. There were things that happened after the story, as a result. But the status quo was always returned to. For example, The Superman story Our Worlds At War, had all kinds of explosions and some death and some crazy invasion stuff. But, in the end, only a few characters we've never heard of died. Even Wonder Woman's mother bit it and then came back. Nothing changed but Superman's logo, and that was for only a few months. I think DC understands that, in order to sell books, you have to have an event CONSTANTLY. There will always be something to look forward to or build on in the DC Universe. From Identity Crisis to Infinite Crisis to Countdown to 52 to Final Crisis, all this stupid Crisis stuff have strung together, one book after another. Even the Sinestro Corps story ended and then started again with the upcoming Blackest Night. There will be no end to these crossovers. DC has created the unthinkable: The Constant, Unending Mega Event. Always have something coming up, and readers will constantly read the books. It helps that the books are actually good. DC Universe 0 is the perfect lead in book. It gives all the information you need, without confusing you. There are hints in the directions they are going, without giving too much away. Really good stuff. What I'm hoping out of Final Crisis is for Superman to return to form, and the Justice League to be a book I want to read again. Grant Morrison returning to the JLA, maybe? Yes. Yes! A thousand times, Yes! RATING: 5/5
Newsletter for May 6, 2008 So, Newsarama's Benjamin Ong Pang Kean recently did an interview with Paul Cornell about the upcoming Secret Invasion tie-in/spinoff/whatever: Captain Britain and MI: 6. Shortly after the interview was posted, the three exchanges at the end of this quote regarding Faiza Hussain, a new Muslim character in the book, were deleted: NRAMA: With the current world view on Muslims and terrorism, what was her life like prior to the Skrull invasion? PC: Pretty normal, really. I'm trying to paint the life of an everyday British Muslim person. They'd be touched every now and then by stereotype and racism, obviously, but it's not their life, or even the major part of it. The relationship between minorities and mainstream culture in Britain is a little different to how it is in the States, so I'm hoping to show that. Faiza hasn't got a radical brother who'll spit on Captain Britain's costume. (See, I note the cliches in advance, so I won't do them, hopefully.) She just sees herself as British, in the way that the person she's named after, England cricket Captain Nasser Hussain, probably does. I'm hoping Faiza will be loved for who she is: a boggled, talking nineteen to the dozen, fan of British superheroes, reader way in character. I also wanted to present an offhandedly, everyday religious character, for whom faith is not their whole existence, and will only be mentioned when it would be. She's not here to fulfill a quota or represent an entire culture, though she won't be letting anyone down. She's a young hero. She's our Kitty Pryde. NRAMA: Did she join this team with motives of her own? Is she on a jihad mission going on an all-out holy war against... what? PC: You *what*?! I typed something much ruder in answer to that originally. What the hell? NRAMA: Oh, blimey! We're all doomed! That's just racist. I mean, to say "blimey" when talking about our friends across the pond? However, I can understand an interviewer not being sure what to say when the interview clearly goes off-script. I mean, look at all the follow-up questions Benjamin Ong Pang Kean had ready: - So Faiza mostly eats hummus, correct?
- So Faiza's declaring a fatwa on Skrulls, you'd say?
- Is Louis Farrakhan a Skrull?
I mean, he was well prepared, but none of those questions could have spun out of Paul Cornell's non sequitur response. These comic book types are hard to work with. (I saw this at Lying in the Gutters, so I will begrudgingly credit Rich Johnston, even though he probably saw it at the Bendis board first.) NEW RELEASES - ABE SAPIEN THE DROWNING 4
- BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 14
- CONAN 50
- STAR WARS LEGACY 23
- ACTION COMICS ANNUAL 11
- ACTION COMICS ANNUAL 11
 Action Comics Annual 11 Hey, they're finally concluding this whole "Last Son" story arc, in which Superman faces his greatest foe: deadlines! Ha ha, just kidding. Here's a quick summary of what happened: a Kryptonian boy shows up on Earth and Superman adopts him, but then it turns out the Kryptonian boy is Zod's kid that he had in the Phantom Zone (I think?) and next thing you know, Zod's all running around punching dudes and what have you. This is the conclusion to that story. - ALL NEW ATOM 23
- AMERICAN SPLENDOR SEASON TWO 2
- BATMAN DEATH MASK 2
- COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY 7
- CROSSING MIDNIGHT 18
- DC SPECIAL RAVEN 3
- DC UNIVERSE SPECIAL JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA
- DETECTIVE COMICS 844
- EXTERMINATORS 29
- HOUSE OF MYSTERY 1
- HOUSE OF MYSTERY VAR ED 1
- INFINITY INC 9
- JONAH HEX 31
- JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED 45
- METAL MEN 8
- MIDNIGHTER 19
- NEW DYNAMIX 3
- NIGHTWING 144
- RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR 1
- RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR VAR ED 1
- SUPERGIRL 29
- TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE RAISING CAIN 1
- TOR 1
- VINYL UNDERGROUND 8
- WAR THAT TIME FORGOT 1
- DYNAMO 5 ANNUAL 1
- GEMINI 1
- LUCHA LIBRE 4
- MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS 8
- SCUD THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN 24
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 558
- AMERICAN DREAM 1
- AVENGERS INVADERS 1
- AVENGERS INVADERS FINCH VAR 1
- AVENGERS INVADERS ROSS VAR 1
Avengers/Invaders 1 Perhaps you've heard of this "Alex Ross" gentleman. Well, he's finally returning to the Marvel Universe, where he has, for some reason, been permitted to bring the Invaders forward in time to fight the Avengers. I'm not quite sure exactly why something like this would happen, or why Captain America never mentioned that one mission where he traveled forward in time and met the Avengers during his tenure with the Avengers, but I'm sure there's a good reason for it. - CABLE 3
- CABLE ROMITA JR VAR 3
- DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME 3
- DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME DJURDJEVIC VAR 3
- DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME SKETCH VAR 3
- FOOLKILLER 5
- FRANKLIN RICHARDS NOT SO SECRET INVASION
- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN 1
- INVINCIBLE IRON MAN MOVIE VAR 1
The Invincible Iron Man 1 So, you've probably seen the Iron Man movie by now. I'm just playing the odds here on that guess, since it made over 100 million bucks this weekend. Well, if you're interested in this Iron Man character and looking for a comic you can read that isn't lashed to a twenty-part storyline or whatever, this would be the comic for you. It's got the two things that make a comic great: a great writer (Matt Fraction) and a great artist (Salvador Larocca), and unless the letterer really drops the ball--in the sense of, like, lettering the book in wingdings--there's nothing that could make this a bad book. If that doesn't give you faith then, well, I've read it already. It's awesome. - IRON MAN VIVA LAS VEGAS 1
- LOGAN 3
- LOGAN BLACK & WHITE VAR 3
- LORDS OF AVALON SWORD OF DARKNESS 4
- MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN 39
- MIGHTY AVENGERS 13
- MOON KNIGHT 18
- NOVA 13
- OMEGA UNKNOWN 8
- PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 19
- SECRET INVASION 2
- SECRET INVASION MCNIVEN VAR 2
- SECRET INVASION SKETCH VAR 2
 Secret Invasion 2 Perhaps you've read issue one of Secret Invasion. Well, it leaves a lot of questions out there to be answered. For isntance: WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WITH THAT SHIP THAT HAS ALL OF THESE SUPERHEROES FROM THE SEVENTIES ON IT????? Sorry, I apologize. I'm sure we'll get some answers in this issue, but I would imagine the big picture will be parceled out in easily digestible chunks until we finally understand what is going on by the end of the series. Unless Bendis is writing it like Lost, which means everything will get more and more confusing until we're not upset when characters die. - THUNDERBOLTS REASON IN MADNESS
- X-FACTOR QUICK AND DEAD 1
- YOUNG X-MEN 2
- ADOLESCENT RADIOACTIVE BLACK BELT HAMSTERS 3
- ANGEL AFTER THE FALL 7
- ANGEL AFTER THE FALL 10 COPY SHARP BROS VAR INCV 7
- ANGEL AFTER THE FALL 25 COPY WRIGLEY INCV 7
- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINS 5
- BIG BADZ 1
- BOYS 18
- DOCTOR WHO 4
- DOCTOR WHO 10 COPY INCV 4
- FORGOTTEN REALMS THE LEGACY ATKINS CVR A 2
- FORGOTTEN REALMS THE LEGACY WALPOLE CVR B 2
- GEORGE R R MARTINS WILD CARDS HARD CALL 2
- GOLD DIGGER SOURCEBOOK 17
- HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE ROBINSON CVR B 4
- HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE SEELEY CVR A 4
- HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE TEMPLESMITH CVR C 4
- LEES TOY REVIEW MAY 2008 187
- MAINTENANCE 10
- MAN WITH NO NAME 1
- MAN WITH NO NAME SUYDAM ZOMBIE VAR INCV 1
- MY INNER BIMBO 4
- SAVAGE TALES 7
- SILENT HILL SINNERS REWARD 3
- SPOOKS ARCHER CVR A 4
- STAR WARS INSIDER NEWSSTAND ED 101
- STAR WARS INSIDER PX ED 101
- TRANSFORMERS MOVIE SEQUEL REIGN OF STARSCREAM 1
- UNCLE SCROOGE 375 375
- VERONICA 188
- WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES 690 690
- WASTELAND 17
- BATMAN GRENDEL LTD ED HC
- BOMB QUEEN TP VOL 04 SUICIDE BOMBER 4
- CAPTAIN AMERICA PREM HC VOL 02 DEATH CAPT AMERICA 2
- COLOR OF RAGE TP VOL 01
- ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP NEW PTG
- EXTERMINATORS TP VOL 04 CROSSFIRE AND COLLATERAL 4
- FANTASTIC FOUR TP NEW FANTASTIC FOUR 7
- HULK WWH TP 1
- IRON MAN TP ENTER THE MANDARIN
- IRON MAN WAR MACHINE TP
- JLA PRESENTS AZTEK THE ULTIMATE MAN TP
- NARUTO TP VOL 29 29
- NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI TP
- QUESTION TP VOL 02 POISONED GROUND 2
- SALT WATER TAFFY GN VOL 01 LEGEND OF OLD SALTY
- SERENITY ORNAMENT REAVER SHIP
- SHE HULK PREM HC JADED
- SMALLVILLE SER 2 GREEN ARROW AF
- SMALLVILLE SERIES 2 INNER CASE ASST
- TEZUKA MODERNO LABO BLACK JACK FIG
- TEZUKA MODERNO LABO PHOENIX FIG
- TRANSFORMERS BEST O/T UK DINOBOTS TP
- WARHAMMER TIME OF LEGENDS HELDENHAMMER MMPB
- WARHAMMER VAMPIRE WARS OMNIBUS
- WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS GN
- WOMEN OF THE DCU SERIES 2 BATWOMAN BUST
- X OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 1
- BPRD 1946 5 (OF 5)
- GOON 24
- RETURN O/T GREMLINS 3 (OF 3) (RES)
- SERENITY BETTER DAYS 3 (OF 3)
- STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC 28 VECTOR PART 4
- 100 BULLETS 91 (MR)
- BAT LASH 6 (OF 6)
- BATMAN 676 RIP
- BATMAN 676 VAR ED RIP
- BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 17
- BATMAN STRIKES 45
- BOOSTER GOLD 9
- DMZ 31 (MR)
- GEN 13 20
- GOTHAM UNDERGROUND 8 (OF 9)
- GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY 8
- GREEN LANTERN CORPS 24
- HUNTRESS YEAR ONE 1 (OF 6)
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY 14
- LOST BOYS REIGN OF FROGS 1 (OF 4) (MR)
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST 3 (OF 6)
- SIMON DARK 8
- STARMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01
- SUPERMAN 676
- TINY TITANS 4
- TITANS 2
- UN-MEN 10 (MR)
- WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY TP VOL 02
- WONDER WOMAN 20
- YOUNG LIARS 3 (MR)
- CASANOVA 14 (MR)
- DEATH GRUB (ONE SHOT)
- FIREBREATHER SERIES 1
- SCREAMLAND 3 (OF 5)
- ALL NEW IRON MANUAL
- AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 20
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 559
- ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES 11 (OF 12)
- CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES 11
- CLANDESTINE 4 (OF 5)
- DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING MAN THING 4 (OF 4) (MR)
- GENEXT 1 (OF 5)
- HULK WWH TP GAMMA CORPS
- IRON MAN AND POWER PACK TP ARMORED DIGEST
- LAST DEFENDERS 3 (OF 6)
- MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK 11
- MARVEL SPOTLIGHT HULK MOVIE
- NEW EXILES 6
- NEWUNIVERSAL SHOCKFRONT 1 (OF 6)
- PUNISHER 57 (MR)
- SOLEIL SKY DOLL 1 (OF 3) (MR)
- SOLEIL SKY DOLL 1 (OF 3) VAR (MR)
- TWELVE 5 (OF 12)
- X-MEN ORIGIN COLOSSUS
- ARMY OF DARKNESS 9 LONG ROAD HOME
- BROTHERS IN ARMS 1
- BROTHERS IN ARMS 1 FABBRI VIRGIN INCV CVR
- DEAN KOONTZS FRANKENSTEIN VOL 01 1 (OF 5) PRODIGAL SON
- DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 11 (OF 12) ROBERTS CVR A
- DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 11 (OF 12) WALPOLE CVR B
- GARGOYLES 3
- GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE 35
- JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST 140
- PHANTOM 23
- PROJECT SUPERPOWERS 3 (OF 7)
- RED SONJA 33
- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 188
- WORLDS OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS 2 GOPEZ CVR A
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Well, they're doing a release at midnight in addition to the ones they now have scheduled for 8:00, 9:00, and 11:00 that evening! We'll be there from 10:30 to Midnight, giving out some free comics, and we'll also be at the theater on Friday, accompanied by some costumed characters! We'll also have some people around on Saturday at Mayfaire, too, giving out even more free comics. Definitely be sure to check it out! 
Come early! We're getting started early this Free Comic Book Day! Well, we're not opening any earlier, but we are giving stuff away early! At 9:00 AM we'll be giving away 9 door prizes, including a 99 dollar omnibus! We'll also be giving away door prizes every hour thereafter, and the first fifty people through the door will get special gift bags, and Chick-Fil-A will be giving away free chicken biscuits that morning, and Cuppy's Coffee will be giving away free coffee to the people in line, and even more! Don't miss the game demos we'll be running later that day at 2:00! Find out more at our Free Comic Book Day webpage! And don't forget the charity raffle we're doing: 
We'd ust like to take a moment to thank all of these businesses that have supported the silent auction, and post their contact information if you wanted to, say, buy something from them, which would be a good thing to do, if you know what I mean: The Little Dipper
138 S. Front St.
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.littledipperfondue.com Townhouse Art and Frame Center
730 Saint James Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403 Chick-Fil-A at Mayfaire
6891 Swan Mill Rd.
Wilmington, NC 28405 Cucalorus Film Festival
www.cucalorus.org Encore Magazine
encorepub.com Games Workshop
us.games-workshop.com Good Sessions Surf and Skate Shop
3500 Oleander Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403 J and C Sports
1051 S Kerr Ave
Wilmington, NC 28403 Mayfaire Cinemas
900 Town Center Dr
Wilmington, NC 28405 Mom's Tattoo and Piercing
5042 Market St
Wilmington, NC 28405 Tom Fleming
www.flemart.com
www.flemingeditions.com WE Fest
www.wefestival.com Many of these businesses have also given us coupons to give away on Free Comic Book Day, so definitely check that out! We still need some volunteers for Free Comic Book Day! We need someone to take photos and video of FCBD events, and even if you don't want to help out that day, you can also help out by passing the silent auction and raffle information along to anyone you know who might be interested! For a mere $20 Entry, you get 5 packs of Shadowmoor you can use to build your deck and compete in this sealed event on Sunday, May 4th. Since we don't charge tax on the tournament entry, you're saving money right there, and we've even got prizes on top of that! Check these out: 1st Prize - Sealed Booster Box
2nd Prize - 16 Booster Packs
3rd Prize - 12 Booster Packs
4th Prize - 8 Booster Packs That's right, two whole boxes of prize support provided we get the minimum 15 players. That's a pretty ridiculously awesome prize payout, considering that the worst you can do is save money! Magic: The Gathering - Shadowmoor  Booster Packs: $3.99
36ct. Booster Box: $97.00
Theme Decks: $12.99
Tournament Packs: $12.99
Fatpacks: $35.00 In Shadowmoor, even the all-new game mechanics are warped. Wither and Persist make -1/-1 counters matter, and can turn creature combat into a meat grinder where attrition or reanimation can determine the victor. The untap symbol also makes its debut, allowing you to spring new tricks on the unwary. Hybrid mana costs are back, and appear on over one third of the cards in Shadowmoor. Mono-colored hybrid cards join Wither, Persist, the Untap Symbol, and Conspire as all-new mechanics unleashed in this dark world. X-Men: Messiah Complex HC  $39.99 You might be scared of the forty dollar price tag on that Messiah Complex HC, but you really need to think about it. Marvel could have packaged this 13-part miniseries into three four-issue hardcovers and charged $19.99 for each of them (like, say, Justice), but they didn't. They're giving you all the issues in a single hardcover, and they even made it oversized, so you get to see more detail on the art. Heck, forty dollars is pretty much how much it would cost to buy the issues individually, but you don't have to deal with ads! And if you're waiting for the trade, learn the lesson of those who waited for the trade on Planet Hulk--you'll probably save 5 dollars, and get the book four months later. I'd say five dollars is a fair price for larger art, a nice hardcover, and getting this amazing X-Men story (I haven't mentioned this because I feel it is widely known that this story is amazing) right now, wouldn't you? Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Vol. 1 HC  $19.99 So they killed Thor, and then they brought him back, BUT WAIT, it's a clone, no, it's a cyborg, oh and just pretend it doesn't exist while you're at it. Ignore all of that, though, because it's largely irrelevant to this new, amazing Thor comic. The book may move a little slow, but that's because that's exactly how fast it needs to move at this point. Thor's rebuilding Asgard, and, hey, he's doing it right in the middle of the American heartland, an area which Marvel has more or less done nothing with in its 50-year-history except for stories where their sophisticated New York heroes go and deal with injustices perpetrated by the ignorant backwater savages that live in places that aren't New York or New England. Straczynski's heartland is more akin to the Ma and Pa Kent heartland of hard-working salt-of-the-Earth folks which leads to some nice character moments and some laugh-out-loud funny comedy scenes. Oh, and Oliver Coipel is a good artist, too. Seriously, you can't go wrong with this one. Between this and the Twelve, Straczynski is writing some of the best comics you'll ever read. New Gods Action Figures  $19.99 Each
Hey, they made New Gods action figures, to capitalize on the popularity of the New Gods! Jack Kirby! New Gods! Kamandi! The King! Jack Kirby! WOAHHHHHHHHHHH! Um...that's what the action figures look like. that tiny picture to the left. There's Lightray, Orion, Darkseid, and Mister Miracle, who are your favorites from JACK "THE KING" KIRBY'S NEW GODS! EVERYBODY LOVES THEM! Or it might just be that DC writers love them. Who knows, really.
The next few weeks of Tuesday Specials following Free Comic Book Day will be extra-awesome, so check them out!
But what do we buy? Why, we buy: - Silver Age Superhero Comics - While recent comics are all pretty enjoyable, we really only want the Silver Age Superhero stuff. The Silver Age is generally going to be comics published on or before 1977. It can sometimes be hard to figure out the date a comic was published, so a good rule of thumb is that the cover price should be $0.35 or less. And while we have nothing against comics not about superheroes, the stuff we can sell is Silver Age Superheroes.
- Used Trade Paperbacks - If they're in decent condition, we'll probably pick them up. It's difficult to give any hard and fast guidelines for what we want, because it depends a lot on what we have in stock and what we can order.
- Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic Singles - We only buy rares, and I can give you even fewer guidelines about this. Mac is in charge of all of our singles sales, and he works on Thursday through Monday, so those are really the only days we can buy any cards.
- Used Roleplaying Games - We'll look at pretty much any roleplaying games. We don't usually buy stuff that is currently in print, but if you've got the time to stop by, it's worth a shot. We're always interested in classic Dungeons and Dragons books.
- Used Records - Thomas buys a lot of old jazz and blues records for his personal collection. Records are like CDs, except black and older. Kind of like the blues musicians Thomas likes!
- Vintage Paperbacks and Pulps - I don't know anything about these. We might buy them, though!
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Fanboy Comics will be at this event giving away free comics! Pretty cool, huh? As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
| OLD DATE | NEW DATE | | Women of the DCU Ser. 2: Batwoman Bust | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Scalped 17 (MR) | 05/07/08 | 05/21/08 | | Twelve 5 | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder 10 Reg./Var. | 05/07/08 | 05/28/08 | | Clandestine 4 | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Northlanders 6 (MR) | 05/07/08 | 05/28/08 | | Thunderbolts 120 | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Spider-Man: With Great Power 4 | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Powers 29 (MR) | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | X-Men: Legacy Finch Poster | 05/14/08 | 05/28/08 | | Captain Marvel/Ms Marvel SI: Infiltration | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Ultimate Iron Man II 5 | 05/21/08 | 06/18/08 | | Jack of Fables 23 (MR) | 05/28/08 | 06/18/08 | | Loveless TP Vol. 03: Blackwater Falls (MR) | 05/28/08 | 08/20/08 | | Angel: After the Fall Director's Cut 1 | 05/28/08 | 05/21/08 | | Star Trek: Assignment Earth 1 | 05/28/08 | 05/21/08 | | Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Here/Now S/N HC | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Powers 30 (MR) | 05/28/08 | 06/11/08 | | Powers 31 (MR) | 06/25/08 | 07/09/08 | | Jack of Fables 24 (MR) | 06/25/08 | 07/16/08 | ..table>
FCBD Round-Up As part of my efforts to help out the cats at Fanboy comics, I wrote an article for the Star-News about Free Comic Day (It should run this week!). My idea for the column was to have people that never read comics, you know, read some comics. That's why Free Comics Day got started; to introduce comic books to an audience that have never read them before.  When I spoke to some of the people who read the comics, I recognized that comics could be a bit unapproachable at times. We love comics because of their complexities, because of how intricate they are, how amazingly powerful the story can be. But, are we exposing these new-comers to the proper comic books? For example, All-Star Superman 1 (Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely) is a critically acclaimed comic written by a master of his field, with art by one of the geniuses of the industry. The story is epic, the outcome is interesting. The characterization is stunning with story-telling that is truly refreshing and wonderful. However, if you never read a comic book before in your life, you would think this was the most absurd thing you've ever seen. Superman is flying into the Sun? To save people who were sent there to steal fire? And a guy in the space ship says this? "See, I just remembered something. I'm a genetically modified suicide bomb in human form. Death. Courtesy of Lex Luthor!" Huh? The only thing that most people know about suicide bombers is that they are used overseas in the Middle East to kill people. How do you genetically modify anything? Grant Morrison's dialogue is hard for an avid comic reader to understand, and his concepts aren't the easiest to grasp. How is this going to make a new-comer buy a comic book? The main story of All-Star Superman is that Superman is going to die. That is compelling. That will pull in readers. But, All-Star Superman is based in an alternate reality. So, chances are a new fan of Superman will be lost when they try to follow the rest of the story. It doesn't help that this comic is a reprint from months back.  Marvel Adventures (Jeff Parker, Paul Tobin, Alvin Lee) goes the exact opposite direction. Iron-man, The Hulk, and Spider-man face off against the Mandarin. It is a very easy story to follow that doesn't make the brain flex any muscles at all. The good part of this is that new readers can flip through the comic easily, have a few laughs, no problem. But there is nothing deep or interesting about this story what so ever. At all. It's made for kids, ten and under maybe. We don't get any of the complex and convoluted history of Peter Parker, Bruce Banner or Tony Stark. The only reason they are in the comic is because they have movie recognition. It has nothing to do with the current Marvel universe. Marvel Adventures has the opportunity to introduce readers to the drama and characterization that made these characters perfect for the big screen, but it only focuses on corny jokes and outdated scenarios.  X-men (Mike Carey, Greg Land) might be the perfect middle ground. The story is about Pixie, her being removed from the X-men, and being brought back in after a battle with some nasty aliens. People understand the X-men element fairly well. Besides that, the comic is an actual story, entertaining and involving. Mike Carey dodged almost all the main story of what has happened to the X-men recently, and focused just on Pixie, her powers, her fears, her doubts, and her acceptance back into the fold. This is perfect because this story is right in the middle of the X-men continuity. A reader can love this comic, go into the shop and buy more X-men comics without being confused. This comic would probably make them want to read more X-men books, just because of all the unanswered questions. Even as good as this book is, only older fans of the X-men that left the book would probably pick this up. The X-men history can be a bit daunting, especially for green comic readers. There is no easy answer for how to pull a new reader into comics. Free Comic Day is probably the best way, actually. But, hardcore comic fans should realize how amazingly difficult it can be for new readers to get into this market. I became a comic fan completely by accident. If anything, retailers might want to ask a few questions to walk-ins on Free Comic Days, to judge what the reader might be into. A new comic reader is a good thing, for fans and the industry alike. RATING: FREE COMICS/5
Newsletter for April 29, 2008 Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this month's "best Previews solicitation," Vassalord: Charlie, a cyborg vampire who does the Vatican's dirty work, is the thrall of the local vampire playboy Johnny Rayflow. As the two of them fight crime--and each other--hilarity, violence, and sacrilege ensue! But can Charlie resist his own desperate cravings for blood? BONUS! From the "Sell Sheet Keynote": The adventures of a master vampire and his protege, who has become the cyborg vampire-assasin for the Vatican! Thanks for the sales help, Tokyopop! NEW RELEASES - STAR WARS REBELLION SMALL VICTORIES PART 3 (OF 4) 13
- USAGI YOJIMBO 111
- ACTION COMICS 864
- BLUE BEETLE 26
- DC UNIVERSE ZERO
DC Universe Zero Hey, it's Countdown 0! Wait, no, it's Countdown to Final Crisis 0! Oh, okay, it's just Final Crisis 0. Wait, what now? It's DC Universe Zero? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, guys. Well, anyway, it doesn't matter too much, because we're giving them away free! That's right, we're giving away a key DC issue written by Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns for FREE. I mean, sure, it regularly retails for fifty cents, so it's not like it's a huge discount, but, you know, FREE. - EX MACHINA 36
- FRIDAY THE 13TH ABUSER AND THE ABUSED 1
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- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES 41
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- NOBLE CAUSES 33
- PROOF 7
- WILDGUARD INSIDER 1
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- MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN 12
- MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS 8
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MOBY DICK 3
- NEW AVENGERS 40
New Avengers 40 (Secret Invasion Tie-In!) So, what exactly happened with the Skrulls that led to this wacky ol' Skrull invasion? I mean, we've seen the bits and pieces scattered around the Marvel universe in events like Annihilation, where the Skrull homeworld was destroyed, and Illuminati, where they went to beat up the Skrulls and were actually captured, but we haven't seen anything from the Skrulls' point of view. Now we do. It's a skrull-tastic skrulltacular! Crisis on Infinite Skrulls! JLAvengerskrull! Ultimate Skrull! Skrull Jams 5! - NEW WARRIORS 11
- ORDER 10
- THOR AGES OF THUNDER
 Thor: Ages of Thunder So, while the new Thor book has been amazing, it has been very different from the traditional Thor comic you might be used to. Well, if you've got a hankering for some old-school Thor tales (as in, pseudo-mythological Thor tales) then have I got the comic for you. Thor: Ages of Thunder (awesomely written by Matt Fraction and beautifully penciled Patrick Zircher) is the book you've been looking for. Lots of Norse gods hanging around, lots of mythology, and lots of Thor killing the hell out of frost giants. What more could you want? - ULTIMATE HUMAN 4
- ULTIMATE X-MEN 93
- X-MEN LEGACY 210
- ALTER EGO 77
- ARCHIE 584
- BACK ISSUE 28
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- BLACK SUMMER INCV CVR 6
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- DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL 19
- GARGOYLES BAD GUYS 2
- GLAMOURPUSS COMICS ED 1
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- BLACK PANTHER TP LITTLE GREEN MEN
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- SHOWCASE CHALLENEGERS OF THE UNKNOWN TP VOL 02
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- ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 01 NEW PTG
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Apparently, Mayfaire's controlling company was bought by another controlling company or what-have-you, and so an unfortunate side effect of this is the CANCELLATION of the Iron Man Midnight Release on Thursday, May 1st. Everything else will be the same, it's just that the event will be cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience, and blame a culture of corporate greed, I guess, since that's the hot topic these days.
Come early! We're getting started early this Free Comic Book Day! Well, we're not opening any earlier, but we are giving stuff away early! At 9:00 AM we'll be giving away 9 door prizes, including a 99 dollar omnibus! We'll also be giving away door prizes every hour thereafter, and the first fifty people through the door will get special gift bags, and Chick-Fil-A will be giving away free chicken biscuits that morning, and Cuppy's Coffee will be giving away free coffee to the people in line, and even more! Find out more at our Free Comic Book Day webpage! We'd ust like to take a moment to thank all of these businesses that have supported the silent auction, and post their contact information if you wanted to, say, buy something from them, which would be a good thing to do, if you know what I mean: The Little Dipper
138 S. Front St.
Wilmington, NC 28401
www.littledipperfondue.com Townhouse Art and Frame Center
730 Saint James Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403 Chick-Fil-A at Mayfaire
6891 Swan Mill Rd.
Wilmington, NC 28405 Cucalorus Film Festival
www.cucalorus.org Encore Magazine
encorepub.com Games Workshop
us.games-workshop.com Good Sessions Surf and Skate Shop
3500 Oleander Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403 J and C Sports
1051 S Kerr Ave
Wilmington, NC 28403 Mayfaire Cinemas
900 Town Center Dr
Wilmington, NC 28405 Mom's Tattoo and Piercing
5042 Market St
Wilmington, NC 28405 Tom Fleming
www.flemart.com
www.flemingeditions.com WE Fest
www.wefestival.com And don't forget the charity raffle that many of these businesses donated to:
To celebrate 25 years of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Games Workshop is releasing this Exclusive Harry the Hammer figure--available this weekend only--and we're holding a big ol' tournament for the whole thing on Sunday, April 27 at noon. Entry is free, and we have some great prizes: First Prize: Warhammer 25th Anniversary Army Case and Harry the Hammer Figure
Second Prize: Warhammer 25th Anniversary T-Shirt and Harry the Hammer Figure
Third Prize: Warhammer 25th Anniversary T-Shirt All you have to do is show up! Seriously, why would you not want to play a game and possibly get free stuff for your efforts? JSA Vol. 2 HC: Thy Kingdom Come Part 1  $19.99 I'll admit, when I first heard about this Kingdom Come arc in JSA, I thought that it would be more of stupid Alex Ross reliving his past glories. You know what, though? There's an actual legitimate story to be told here beyond, "Woah, Kingdom Come sold really well." Kingdom Come Superman is written near pitch-perfect by Geoff Johns, but it still wouldn't work if it weren't for the man who is perhaps the best traditional comics artist in the business, Dale Eaglesham. Eaglesham's pencils on JSA are so good that, if you were to remove the words, you could still know exactly what each character is feeling in every scene. Not just the faces, either--Eaglesham conveys so much emotion in body language that you could tell the difference between Kingdom Come Superman and regular Superman if their hair was the same color and their costumes were exactly the same. Geoff Johns is probably the best writer at DC right now and Alex Ross is one of the industry's biggest names, but Eaglesham is the real star of this book. Queen and Country: The Definitive Edition Vol 2 TP  $19.95 Do you like spies? No, not fakey b.s. spies like James Bond, real spies, who do awesome dangerous things without flying through the air on magical space wings? Well, you will once you've read this, which is probably the best real-world espionage comic that has existed, and is meticulously researched to the point where author Greg Rucka (who is amazing) has almost been prescient with some of his plots. Like, to the point where we might have to investigate him.
Fanboy Comics will be at this event giving away free comics! Pretty cool, huh? 
As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
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Iron Man: Legacy of Doom 1 Writer: David Michelinie
Penciler: Ron Lim
Inker: Bob Layton
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Rating: Fifth Gradish
Price: $2.99 It is understandable that Marvel is pumping up the Iron Man hype with the movie mess coming full speed ahead. It seems a bit unusual, however. We are use to the X-men and Spider-man getting an amazing amount of love. But Iron Man has always seemed sort of boring to a lot of us. Let's be honest. The only reason we even think Iron Man is interesting is because Marvel has done some amazing things to his character. The armor that he wears isn't important anymore. It is who he is. He's the head of SHIELD. He is the leader of the Avengers. He is a jerk and he killed Captain America! So it is cool that Marvel is giving us some great Iron Man one shots. Some of them, however, aren't so great. Why would Iron Man hang out with Dr. Doom? It is like the Black Panther fighting Wrecking Ball from the Wrecking Crew. Black Panther is black. Wrecking Ball is black. Iron Man has armor. Dr. Doom has armor. There the similarities stop. Yeah, yeah. I know all about the story where they go back in time. So what? Just because one story with them was good doesn't mean anything to me. Yes, the Mighty Avengers story with Doom was awesome. This one shot isn't. Doom tells Iron Man do work for him, to go somewhere with him, and Iron Man does, without questioning anything about it. It makes no sense to me. Iron Man just follows along as if everything was normal. He is far too trusting of Doom, and that alone makes the book annoying. Is this comic worth picking up? No, not really. It has Mephisto in it, for God's sake. Has any comic in the last 100 years been any good with Mephisto? Not everything that glitters is gold, fan boys. I know the movie is going to rock socks, and the regular series is great, but there isn't anything special about this mini-series, so don't feel bad about passing it up. RATING: 3/5
Wildstorm: Dreamwar 1 Writer: Keith Giffen
Artists: Lee Garbett and Trevor Scott
Colorist: Ramov Mayor
Publisher: DC/Wildstorm. Duh.
Rating: Mid-Teen angst
Price: $2.99 Something strange is happening to the Wildstorm Universe. There are some incursions. A tower has suddenly appeared that looks like a giant "T". There is a big island in the Atlantic. A space ship has landed in Russia. With Stormwatch and the Authority dancing around trying to figure out what is going on, these aliens are doing their best to fix what has been broken. Why does the DC universe care about the Wildstorm Universe? And will it destroy both in the process? I've been noticing for some time that something crazy is going on with Wildstorm. Hints have been dropped that changes are in the works. But what is going to happen? And how? Two universes battling it out isn't anything new, but I really like the way this book is being handled. They are treating it like the DC universe is trying to over take the Wildstorm universe, on purpose. All the DC characters act like they know exactly what they are doing, and how they are going to do it. It's almost creepy. At the end, Superman stands over a young boy and says, Never again. Never again what? These aren't the modern DC guys either. These dudes are fresh from the Seventies. The Legion of Super-heroes is a very unexpected bonus. I would love it if the Wildstorm was really going through some real changes. I'm not sure what they can do, but the Wildstorm characters are rich and interesting enough to do some real work with them. Using Warren Ellis and Mike Carey's work as a model, maybe this mini-series can up the interest level among fans. Let's not get our hopes up. We've seen great things turn to garbage before. But, for now, this mini-series is off to a great start. RATING: 4.5/5
X-Men: Divided We Stand 1 Writers: Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Skottie Young, Matt Fraction
Artist: Jamie McKelvie, David LaFuente, Skottie Young, Sana Takeda, Brandon Peterson
Publisher: Marvel
Rating: Freshman in High School
Price: $3.99 Are you sick of the X-men? I am sometimes. They have all these fancy powers and can do all this stuff, and yet they still complain about their lives being SO tough, and they have all these problems. What I like about the "Divided We Stand" story line is that we finally get to see the X-men in a completely different light. These guys have a right to be angry now. Cannonball is going through Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Nightcrawler is all preachy all of a sudden. The New X-men that are left are completely lost, with a home but without guidance. And then there is Magneto, ready to pick up all the pieces. The events of last year have hit the X-men extremely hard, especially the young ones. I'm glad the writers are looking at this, as they should be. If you put a bunch of kids in a war situation, when they have to fight the devil, they aren't going to come out of it normal. So many of them died. And they saw and did so many horrible things. It is realistic that they would be worse because of it. When you look at it like that, as if they were kids in a bad place, then disbanding the X-men and starting all over makes wonderful sense. I like the way Cyclops leads the X-men, somewhat, and I'm curious about the future. This book is great. The writing is good and the art is phenomenal. The price? Not so much. This comic costs four dollars. That is insane, and not worth it. There is a reason why I post the prices on this information above the reviews. I want readers to start thinking about how much these books cost, and whether it is worth the money. I know, comics have always been pricey. But, really, Marvel can afford to sell a book for less money, and still make a profit. I doubt, very seriously, that Marvel is hurting for dough. The X-men books sell wonderfully, and fans never question picking them up. I think we should start to question it, a little. This book is great, but not worth the money, and that's the first time I've ever thought that. [Editor's Note: The book probably costs $3.99 because there are 38 pages of story, compared to a standard page count of 22 in an average $2.99 comic book. So instead of paying 13.5 cents per story page, you're paying 10.5 cents per story page, which makes this book a better deal than the two other books Jarvis reviewed this week. That's okay, though, because Jarvis is an English major so I can't expect him to work out the math. This review is still better than CBR's, though.] RATING: 4.5/5
Newsletter for April 22, 2008 NEW RELEASES - RETURN O/T GREMLINS 2
- STAR WARS DARK TIMES 10
- STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC VECTOR PART 3 27
- STAR WARS LEGACY 22
- BATMAN 675
- BIRDS OF PREY 117
- CHECKMATE 25
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 1
 Countdown to Final Crisis 1 Finally, our long, dark, national nightmare is over. Countdown is ending after 51 weeks of...well, whatever Countdown was. Find out what happened to all your favorite characters like Jimmy Olsen, Donna Troy, Jason Todd, and others! Will they ever be the same? My guess is, yes. Some of them may, in fact, be exactly the same as they started. Anyway, get ready for Trinity, the next DC weekly series that stars the lesser-known characters Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman! - DEATH OF THE NEW GODS 8
- FABLES 72
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 20
- NORTHLANDERS 5
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST 2
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST VAR ED 2
- SCOOBY DOO 131
- SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY JACK HAWKSMOOR 2
- SHADOWPACT 24
- SPIRIT 16
- SUPER FRIENDS 2
- SUPERMAN BATMAN 47
- SUPERNATURAL RISING SON 1
- SUPERNATURAL RISING SON VAR ED 1
- DYNAMO 5 12
- GODLAND 22
- MICE TEMPLAR 4
- SPAWN 177
- SPAWN GODSLAYER 8
- WITCHBLADE ROSS CVR B 117
- WITCHBLADE SEJIC CVR A 117
- HULK 3
- HULK DJURDJEVIC VAR 3
 Hulk 3 Another issue of Hulk is here! Hulk vs. the Abomination! Will we find out who this new Hulk is? Will we find out what his deal is? Will the actual Hulk appear? Only one thing is certain: there will be at least three splash pages in this issue. Oh, also that there will be a bunch of punching and what-have-you. Good times for all! - HULK VS HERCULES WHEN TITANS CLASH
- MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR 35
- MIGHTY AVENGERS 12
 Mighty Avengers 12 (Secret Invasion Tie-In!) Finally, we get to find out exactly what Nick Fury has been doing this entire time. Ever since he went into hiding at the end of Secret War, we've seen little of him beyond the occasional appearance in Captain America. Well, not only does this issue fill in that time, it also contains another skrull reveal! I'll tell you what, this comic has gotten me so excited that I'm slightly less jaded about comic books than usual! Amazing! - MS MARVEL 26
- NEW EXILES 5
- POWER PACK DAY ONE 2
- SHE-HULK 2 28
- THOR 8
- ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR 53
- ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN 121
- UNCANNY X-MEN 497
- WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS 2
- X-FORCE 3
- X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 11
- YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS 4
- ARMY OF DARKNESS XENA WHY NOT 2
- BART SIMPSON COMICS 41
- BETTY & VERONICA 235
- DARKNESS VS EVA 2
- DF DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME 2 SGN ED
- DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 ROBERTS CVR A 10
- DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 WALPOLE CVR B 10
- FALLEN ANGEL IDW 26
- FALL OF CTHULHU CVR A 11
- FALL OF CTHULHU CVR B 11
- GENE SIMMONS ZIPPER 5
- GOLD DIGGER SOURCEBOOK 16
- HACK SLASH SERIES MCKELVIE CVR B 11
- HACK SLASH SERIES SEELEY CVR A 11
- NEOZOIC 4
- NEWTYPE ENG ED 124
- SHEENA TRAIL O/T MAPINGUARI STAPLES CVR A ONE SHOT
- SHEENA TRAIL O/T MAPINGUARI STONE CVR B ONE SHOT
- SIMPSONS CLASSICS 16
- SMALLVILLE MAGAZINE SPECIAL NEWSSTAND ED 26
- SONIC X 32
- STAR TREK NEW FRONTIER 2
- ST TNG INTELLIGENCE GATHERING 4
- TALES FROM WONDERLAND QUEEN OF HEARTS 1
- TALES OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 45
- TORCHWOOD MAGAZINE 3
- TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT GRIMLOCK
- WORMWOOD CALAMARI RISING 4
- WORMWOOD CALAMARI RISING 4 10 COPY TEMPLESMITH INCV 4
- AVENGERS TP KREE SKRULL WAR NEW PTG
- BATMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 05
- COMPLETE TERRY AND THE PIRATES HC VOL 03 1939-1940
- DAREDEVIL TP VOL 02 HELL TO PAY
- DEADPOOL CLASSIC TP VOL 1
- DEADPOOL VS MARVEL UNIVERSE TP VOL 08
- JONAH HEX TP VOL 04 ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG 4
- JSA HC 2
- LIVING WITH THE DEAD TP
- MODERN MASTERS SC VOL 16 MIKE ALLRED 16
- QUEEN & COUNTRY DEFINITIVE EDITION TP VOL 02
- SIMPSONS COMICS TP DOLLARS TO DONUTS
- SPEED RACER CHRONICLES OF THE RACER TP
- TEAM ZERO TP
- TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PLAYING CARDS
- WARHAMMER 40K BLOOD & THUNDER TP
- X-MEN TP EMPEROR VULCAN
- X-O MANOWAR BIRTH HC
- STAR WARS REBELLION 13 SMALL VICTORIES PART 3 (OF 4)
- USAGI YOJIMBO 111
- 100 BULLETS TP VOL 11 ONCE UPON A CRIME (MR)
- ACTION COMICS 864
- BLUE BEETLE 26
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS TP VOL 01
- DC UNIVERSE ZERO
- EX MACHINA 36 (MR)
- EXTERMINATORS TP VOL 04 CROSSFIRE AND COLLATERAL (MR)
- FRIDAY THE 13TH ABUSER AND THE ABUSED 1 (MR)
- GREEN LANTERN 30
- JACK OF FABLES 22 (MR)
- JLA PRESENTS AZTEK THE ULTIMATE MAN TP
- JSA CLASSIFIED 37
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES 41
- MYSTERY IN SPACE TP VOL 02
- QUESTION TP VOL 02 POISONED GROUND
- SHOWCASE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN TP VOL 02
- TEEN TITANS 58
- TEEN TITANS GO 54
- TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE 4 (OF 6)
- UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS 8 (OF 8)
- BOMB QUEEN TP VOL 04 SUICIDE BOMBER (MR)
- CRAWL SPACE XXXOMBIES 4 (MR)
- ELEPHANTMEN WAR TOYS 3 (OF 3)
- NOBLE CAUSES 33
- PROOF 7 (MR)
- URBAN MONSTERS 3
- WITCHBLADE DEVI 1 BASALDUA CVR B
- WITCHBLADE DEVI 1 LAND CVR A
- YOUNGBLOOD 3
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE 12
- BLACK PANTHER TP LITTLE GREEN MEN
- FANTASTIC FOUR TP BEGINNING OF THE END
- GIANT SIZE AVENGERS INVADERS 1
- IMMORTAL IRON FIST 14
- KABUKI REFLECTIONS 10 (MR)
- MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN 12
- MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS 8
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MOBY DICK 3 (OF 6)
- NEW AVENGERS 40 SI
- NEW WARRIORS 11
- ORDER 10
- THOR AGES OF THUNDER
- ULTIMATE HUMAN 4 (OF 4)
- ULTIMATE X-MEN 93
- X-MEN LEGACY 210 DWS
- DEVI 19 (RES)
- FORGOTTEN REALMS THE LEGACY 2 (OF 3) ATKINS CVR A
- FORGOTTEN REALMS THE LEGACY 2 (OF 3) WALPOLE CVR B
- GARGOYLES BAD GUYS 2
- GLAMOURPUSS 1 FASHION ED
- GRIMM FAIRY TALES PIPER 2 (OF 4) (MR)
- GRUNTS TP
- GUNPLAY GN
- HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE 2 2ND PTG
- LOCAL 11 (OF 12) (RES) (MR)
- MY INNER BIMBO 4 (OF 5) (RES) (MR)
- NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO 7
- WIZARD MAGAZINE 200 PLATINUM MARVEL JAM CVR
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VISIT OUR FREE COMIC BOOK DAY WEBSITE! Tickets are on sale now for our Charity Raffle to benefit the Anita Trivette Heart Transplant Fund! You could win a Year's worth of Food, Coffee, Comics, and Movies! Tickets are $3.00 each or $10.00 for four. More information about the prizes can be found at our Free Comic Book Day Website! We'll also be giving out door prizes every hour on the hour, starting at 9:00 in the morning, while people are still in line! We'll be giving out nine door prizes at 9:00, including a $99 omnibus! Yeah, that's a pretty good reason to get there early! Mayfaire's being real good to us and helping out with Free Comic Book Day, so we're doing them a favor and making sure you folks are aware of the upcoming Iron Man Movie! We just did that Galactus Tournament and the D&D Minis release, but there's still more stuff coming up after that! 
Pre-Order the Harry the Hammer Figure NOW if you want to get one! It won't be available past April 27th. The last chance to pre-order is noon on Monday, April 21st! The figure costs $24.95, and it looks like this:
The Game Room is also CLOSED on May 2nd and 3rd (Friday and Saturday) for Free Comic Book Day. On Sunday, May 4th, the Game Room will be closed to everything that isn't the Magic: The Gathering Shadowmoor release tournament. So plan for that.
The Invincible Iron Man Omnibus  $99.99 He Lives! He Walks! He Conquers! Well, they never really lived up to that latter part of that great cover, although there's still time for Tony Stark to just invade Turkey or something. Still, if you're interested in Iron Man, this book contains the earliest days of the character, before he even had his own title! Collected are Tales of Suspense 39-83 and Tales to Astonish 82, which include characters like Hawkeye and Black Widow in their first appearances--as villains! Yes, this is one hefty volume with a bunch of comics history packed between the covers! Manual of Exalted Power: The Abyssals HC  $31.99 Hey, they've finally released a book about the most widespread villains in the entire Exalted game, the Abyssals. I mean, seriously, they're the only ones who can match the power of a Solar, and they're the antagonists for pretty much every part of Creation that isn't the Realm of the Dragon-Blooded, and they're just now putting out the book about them? Well, what's done is done, and now you'll finally have rules for these awesome antagonists--or protagonists, if you feel like running some dark tragic stories. If you play White Wolf games, though, I can't imagine that would be the case. Green Arrow: Year One HC  $24.99 Green Arrow's origin has been retold several times, from what I understand. I hear Mike Grell's version was very good back in the day, but I'm not familiar with it. So, as a fairly new reader to the whole Green Arrow deal, I have to say that this miniseries was awesome and I have trouble imagining a better version of Green Arrow's origin. Between Andy Diggle's writing, which, in the aftermath of that mediocre Batman Confidential arc, reminded me he's actually a very good writer and Jock's art, which is probably about as dynamic as any I've seen, you have not just a good Green Arrow story, but a good comic book, period, on your hands. Yes, I realize that last sentence was absurdly long and convoluted. Sue me. 
We've still got it! None of you crazy folks out there have picked up this incredibly key Avengers issue, but that's okay, because it means the people who waited a week and were like, "Dang, I just waited a week, and now this book's probably gone," have a shot at it! We've also added some other Silver Age stuff, so here's a list of that: Strange Adventures: 152, 158, 159, 161, 167, 168, 170-174, 180 (First Appearance and Origin of Animal Man), 188, 217 (Adam Strange Origin Retold), 218, 234, 235
The Atom: 2, 3, 11, 14, 15
80-Page Giant: 1, 6
Hawkman: 4 (First Appearance and Origin of Zatanna)
Mystery in Space: 82-86, 88, 90 (Adam Strange and Hawkman Team Up For the First Time), 91-96, 98, 107
Our Fighting Forces: 78, 82, 86, 136, 137
Our Army At War (Featuring Sgt. Rock): 120, 128, 129, 131-133, 135, 137-140, 142-148, 248, 249
Sgt. Rock's Prize Battle Tales (One-Shot)
G.I. Combat (Featuring the Haunted Tank): 96, 100, 104, 106, 116, 134, 136, 152, 153, 155
Star-Spangled War Stories: 108, 109, 143 (Enemy Ace), 145, 164 (Unknown Soldier)
Superman: 162, 171, 173, 176, 179, 249-251, 253, Annual 8
Forbidden Worlds (Silver Age Horror and Sci-Fi): 120, 122, 123
Unknown Worlds: 29, 32, 34, 53
Adventures into the Unknown: 147, 150, 151 If you got a Free Comic from Fanboy Comics on Azalea Festival, you may have won a $100.00 gift certificate! Check to see if the ticket in your book has this number: 827561 If it does, bring your ticket by and pick up your gift certificate! We're having a big sale at our E-Bay store! We're offering 20-50% off many of the items we sell! Holy smokes! We need volunteers to help us out with Free Comic Book Day. We need folks to hand out books, manage traffic, put up flyers, and review some comics for the site. We also need someone who can help us take pictures of this year's Free Comic Book Day and maybe even some video of the event. Also, we're always welcoming donations in our charity fund raiser to help Anita Trivette get a new heart. Please tell all your friends about the raffle and silent auction. Also, if your business or organization would like to donate items for the silent auction, please contact us. Our email is fanboycomics@bellsouth.net and our phone number is (910) 452-7828. As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr> | | OLD DATE | NEW DATE | | Warhammer 40K: Blood & Thunder TP | 03/26/08 | 04/23/08 | | Fall of Cthulhu 11 Cvr. A | 03/26/08 | 04/23/08 | | Halo: Uprising 3 (MR) | 04/23/08 | 05/07/08 | | Spider-Man: With Great Power 4 | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Demons of Mercy 2 Free Copy (MR) | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Action Comics Annual 11 Reg./Var. Eds. | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Thunderbolts 120 | 04/23/08 | 05/07/08 | | Countdown to Mystery 7 | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Black Panther 36 | 04/30/08 | 05/21/08 | | Loveless 24 (MR) | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Batman 676 Reg./Var. Eds. | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Countdown to Mystery 8 | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Salvation Run 7 Reg./Var. Eds. | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Halo: Uprising 4 (MR) | 05/21/08 | 06/18/08 | | Welcome to Tranquility TP Vol. 02 | 05/28/08 | 05/14/08 | | Black Panther 37 | 05/28/08 | 06/18/08 | | Black Panther 38 | 06/25/08 | 07/16/08 | | Spawn 177 | N/A | 04/23/08 | | Spawn: Godslayer 8 | N/A | 04/23/08 | ..table> 
Batman: Death Mask 1 Story and art: Yoshinori Natsume
Publisher: DC Comics
Rating: Junior in High school
Price: $2.99 Is Batman really Bruce Wayne? Or is Bruce Wayne really Batman? I think this question has been exhausted, hasn't it? But I guess the Japanese don't mind going back to old questions. And, I don't mind, either. Batman: Death Mask is a Dark Knight tale showing Batman doing some typical things. What isn't typical is that there is a Bat-Spirit following him. This Bat-Spirit thing is cutting dude's faces off. This remains me of the movie Face/Off with John Travolta and Nick Cage. That movie sucked. This book doesn't. Two things make this book risky for a commercial sale. One, it is black and white. Comic fanboys love color. But the Japanese have mastered the fine art of a black and white book. It reminds me heavily of the masterful Blade of the Immortal comic. Not as detailed, but still amazing. Black and white is hard to do and do well, and this comic does it. Two, this comic follows the Japanese golden rule of "right to left" as opposed to the American way of "left to right". Once you get use to it, the comic reads fine. It doesn't do anything super-special, and it isn't a superior way to read. It's just neato. I'm surprised that DC decided to publish a book like this. It isn't commercial like the other Bat-books. I suppose they are opening up their sensibilities, sense Marvel doesn't mind doing things risky. It is appreciated. There are big boobies on the women, and people are getting their faces cut off. So a kid might want to stay away from this. Plus, it is talking about identity, being a bad-ass and all that. But, die hard Batman fans will love this book. I'm not sure about the random comic reader however. Like I said before, this story has been told before. Over. And over. But what hasn't? RATING: 4/5
Number of the Beast 1 Writer: Scott Beatty
Pencils: Chris Sprouse
Inks: Karl Story
Colors: Jonny Rench
Publisher: Wildstorm/DC Comics
Rating: Highschool
Price: $2.99 I love the Wildstorm Universe. I'm sure I've talked about it before. It is rich, with a pretty cool history and things worth remembering and revisiting. It's been around so long now that the stories are starting to wrap around each other, making for some cool continuity issues. But, there is one huge problem with this. And, like every comic universe with continuity, sometimes you have to wipe the slate clean and start all over. Number of the Beast starts off strange, with a clean up crew pouring the remains of John Cumberland into a toilet. Then we get a random team doing silly team things, which is boring. But, at the end of the comic citizens start disappearing. Sort like Crisis, but without a big dude with a weird helmet and bad teeth. There are signs everywhere that this might be the end of the world for the Wildstorm Universe. It might be about time. My biggest problem with the Wildstorm books is that the main people that started it are all gone. The spirit of the books is history. Most of these comics and the stuff they are talking about were spearhead by Warren Ellis, and Warren Ellis hasn't touched a Wildstorm comic in years. All the cool ideas he had for Planetary and the Authority are all gone now. He doesn't even want to finish Planetary anymore. The Wildstorm Universe just feels fake and generic now, with little hope of reviving any real interest in readers. I think a "scorch the earth" approach to it is not only needed, but justified. I'm actually really curious what they plan on doing with the Wildstorm books, or if they are going to do anything at all. But, judging from this issue, something needs to be done, because these books are running on vipers at this point. [ In the interest of full disclosure, Jarvis's original review gave this book a 3.5 out of 5, but I am awarding the book a one star bonus for including The Rapture Button. The Rapture Button is a button labeled "RAPTURE", for those who are wondering. -Editor] RATING: 4.5/5
Titans 1 Writer: Judd Winick
Pencils: Ian Churchill
Inks: Norm Rapmund
Publisher: DC Comics
Rating: Junior High
Price: $3.50 I'm going to jump straight into this, because I don't see the point of dancing around. This book is sorry. Please don't buy it. It would be like feeding a dog that just got hit by a transfer truck. There's no point. Why is this book bad? Let's start with the story. Some strange and powerful being tries to kill all and anyone that has ever been a Titan. Wow. Really. Just like the Titans/JLA crossover, when Cyborg returned and tried to kidnap ANYONE THAT HAS EVER BEEN A TITAN. All the titans are attacked by these crazy monsters. They have to fight them. Some of them even die. But, you know, who cares, because there are a billion Titans and they didn't matter twenty years ago and they don't matter now. How about the characterization? Oh, wait. Let's stop there because there hardly isn't any characterization. These are the same characters that have been doing the same crap for decades. Donna Troy is alive? Wow. Raise your hands if you think she'll end up dead by the end of this stupid series. The art? Let's not talk about the art. Because it is horrible. The angles are bad, the faces are bad, the positioning is bad. Everything is bad. Ian Churchill might be the first comic artist I've seen that is getting worse over time. I'm not compelled or interested by anything he is penciling. It could be the inking. Or, and most likely, there is no effort being made on his part. I'm just really, really tired of the Titans, or the Teen Titans, or whatever, being remade and redone almost every few years. There is a reason why this book isn't working. The original Titans book was suppose to be the answer to Marvel's X-men in the 70s. That direction and genius has been lost for a while now. All we have left are some random heroes with loose connections dealing with threats that only pertain to them. I'm just not interested. And, the worst of it is that I like Judd Winick, usually. I loved what he did with Green Lantern. This Titans book is just rehashed mess I've seen before. And for $3.50, don't waste your money. Wait, maybe I'm being a little too harsh. Nah. RATING: 2.5/5
Newsletter for April 15, 2008 I don't know if you saw this, but check out these great stills from Frank Miller's Will Eisner's The Spirit! SAMUEL L. JACKSON IS THE OCTOPUS: 
THE ONLY WAY THE SPIRIT CAN STOP THIS IS BY FLYING STRAIGHT AT IT: 
OH NO! THE OCTOPUS HAS CHANGED HIS BODY TO AN EARLIER TIME TO DESTROY YOU, FRANK MILLER'S WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT: 
SAMURAIS MAKE IT SO THE SPIRIT MUST FEED HIS CATS! BUT THE SPIRIT IS CAUTIOUS! NOBODY WHO WATCHES HIM FEED HIS CATS WHILE SHIRTLESS WILL EVER KNOW HIS IDENTITY: 
THE ONLY THING THAT CAN STOP THE SPIRIT FROM FEEDING HIS CATS IS THE SINGLE GREATEST IMAGE EVER: 
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? IT IS A MYSTERY! NEW RELEASES - FEAR AGENT HATCHET JOB 4
- GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL 6
- PIGEONS FROM HELL 1
- REX MUNDI DH ED 11
- 100 BULLETS 90
- BAT LASH 5
- BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS 6
- BATMAN STRIKES 44
- BRAVE AND THE BOLD 12
- CATWOMAN 78
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 2 2
- DC WILDSTORM DREAM WAR 1
- DC WILDSTORM DREAM WAR VAR ED 1
DC/Wildstorm: Dream War 1 Alright, so there's another Wildstorm event coming out this week. A crossover with DC. Seriously? We're going to have a huge DC event, a huge Wildstorm event, and a crossover? I guess at least we don't have to deal with JLAvengority/Spawn vs. Army of Darkness or something, but still, this seems like a bit much cross-pollination that can only serve to confuse. Wildstorm's books have been good lately, however, so I'll give it a read. Still, though, might there be a line we can draw somewhere? - DMZ 30
- FLASH 239
- GOTHAM UNDERGROUND 7
- HELLBLAZER 243
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY 13
- MAD MAGAZINE 489
- PROGRAMME 10
- ROBIN 173
- SALVATION RUN 6
- SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG 8
- SUPERMAN 675
- SUPERMAN VAR ED 675
- TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN 2
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT 6
- 76 3
- BAD PLANET 5
- DARKNESS 3
- DARKNESS 3
- NOBLE CAUSES 32
- PERHAPANAUTS 1
- SWORD 7
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 557
- ANNIHILATION CONQUEST 6
 Annihilation: Conquest 6 Hey, you know that fancy Secret Invasion book you're buying like seven thousand copies of? Well, the whole "inciting event," so to speak, was the first Annihilation. Which you didn't read, because you were buying Civil War. Well, Annihilation was better than Civil War, and Annihilation: Conquest is as good as Annihilation, if not even better because of the addition of Rocket Raccoon and Groot. And this is the conclusion. It's probably going to be pretty awesome, and it might have repercussions throughout the Marvel Universe that you won't even recognize until a year down the line. Do you want to have missed out again? - AVENGERS CLASSIC 11
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE 11
- CAPTAIN AMERICA 37
- CAPTAIN MARVEL 5
 Captain Marvel 5 Well, we're getting the conclusion to what has been a surprisingly enjoyable and nicely done book that ties in heavily to Secret Invasion--in fact, I'd guess there's one page of Secret Invasion that'll make a lot more sense once you've read this. I can't be sure, because they never send us preview copies of important books, but it seems likely. Also, how about Brian Reed improving his writing at a rate where, if he keeps it up, he'll be the best writer in the biz by the end of the year? I'm not saying that'll happen, either, but between this and Ms. Marvel, he's putting out some damn good books! - GHOST RIDER 22
- INCREDIBLE HERCULES 116
- IRON MAN 28
- IRON MAN LEGACY OF DOOM 1
- MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS 23
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD 5
- POWERS ANNUAL 2008
- WAR IS HELL FIRST FLIGHT PHANTOM EAGLE MAX 2
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS 24
- WORLD WAR HULK AFTERSMASH WARBOUND 5
- X-FACTOR 30
- X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND 1
X-Men: Divided We Stand 1 With a cast as expansive as that of the X-Men, it's hard to get in genuine character moments, even with five (by my count) different X-series out there, and especially when you're dealing with the repercussions of a story as plot-heavy as Messiah Complex. Fortunately, Marvel's putting out this little two-part anthology series that's entirely short character pieces. I like all four of the stories in this book, but the Nightcrawler story by Matt Fraction is worth the price of admission alone. - ARMY OF DARKNESS LONG ROAD HOME 8
- BADGER SAVES THE WORLD 5
- CAPTAIN ACTION GULACY CVR 0
- CAPTAIN ACTION SPARACIO CVR 0
- CTHULHU TALES CVR A 1
- CTHULHU TALES CVR B 1
- DEADWORLD FROZEN OVER 2
- DOCTOR WHO 3
- DOCTOR WHO 3 10 COPY INCV
- DR WHO MAGAZINE 394
- FORTEAN TIMES 235
- GNOME ONE SHOT
- GRIMM FAIRY TALES 26
- HERO BY NIGHT ONGOING 3
- JIM BUTCHERS DRESDEN FILES WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE 1
- KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE 138
- LONE RANGER 11
- LONE RANGER CASSADAY VIRGIN CVR INCV 11
- RED SONJA 32
- SIMPSONS COMICS 141
- SMALLVILLE MAGAZINE SPECIAL PX ED 26
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- FAKER TP
- GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE HC
- HOWARD THE DUCK TP MEDIA DUCKLING
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- NORTHLANDERS 5 (MR)
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST 2 (OF 6)
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST 2 (OF 6) VAR ED
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- SHADOWPACT 24
- SPIRIT 16
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- SUPERMAN BATMAN HC VOL 06 TORMENT
- SUPERNATURAL ORIGINS TP
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- AVENGERS TP KREE SKRULL WAR NEW PTG
- DAREDEVIL TP VOL 02 HELL TO PAY
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- DEADPOOL VS MARVEL UNIVERSE TP
- HULK 3
- HULK 3 FINCH VAR
- MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR 35
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED PICTURE DORIAN GRAY 5 (OF 6)
- MIGHTY AVENGERS 12 SI
- MS MARVEL 26 SII
- NEW EXILES 5
- POWER PACK DAY ONE 2 (OF 4)
- SHE-HULK 2 28
- THOR 8
- ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR 53
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- UNCANNY X-MEN 497 DJURDJEVIC VAR DWS
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There are two events this weekend! First, on Saturday, April 12th at 7:00 PM, we’re holding a release tournament for Dungeons and Dragons miniatures! For $25.00 entry, you get two boosters of D&D Miniatures: Dungeons of Dread (already a $5.00 savings over the retail price) which you use to build a 200pt warband. First Prize: 5 Boosters (Min. 8 Players)
Second Prize: 2 Boosters (Min. 10 Players) The next day, Sunday, April 13th at 1:30 PM, we have a HeroClix tournament where you can win that big Galactus figure. The entry fee is $15.00 for this constructed event, but look at what you can win! First Prize: Galactus Colossal Figure
Second Prize: 5 HeroClix Boosters
Third Prize: 2 HeroClix Boosters Yes, there will be much gaming this weekend! We’ll also have a limited supply of DC HeroClix: Crisis back in stock! But for how long, nobody knows! So get yours before we’re completely sold out again!
We’ve got a ton of stuff lining up for Free Comic Book Day! We’ll be giving out hundreds of dollars in door prizes every hour, starting at 9:00 AM! We’ll also be doing gift bags for the first 50 people in line, free Chick-Fil-A Biscuits and Cuppy’s Coffee for the first 150 people, live music by local band Zoody, and a Super Smash Brothers Tournament sponsored by GameStop--and that’s all before we even open the doors! Look at this website I made and find out more! 
Anita Trivette is a 27-year-old female from Boone, North Carolina, and her heart doesn’t work. She needs a heart transplant desperately, but it takes $20,000 to even get on the list to undergo the $365,000 operation from Duke University, and there are medications, cardiac rehab, and doctor’s visit that are required after the operation that will cost even more money. As part of Free Comic Book Day, we’ll be running a raffle and a silent auction, from which all proceeds will go towards the Anita Trivette Heart Transplant fund. For more information, please visit her website: http://anitashearttransplant.spaces.live.com/ Anywone wishing to donate can send their donations to: The Anita Trivette Heart Transplant Fund
P.O. Box 16688
Wilmington, NC 28408 You can also order magazines from http://www.magfundraising.com/heart_to_heart and all proceeds will go towards Anita’s heart transplant fund. Trinity Action Figures  $19.99 Each
Superman. Batman. Wonder Woman. Whenever a set of action figures comes out, we sell out of any of those characters if they’re in the set. Well, unless the figures are horrifically ugly. So, in a stroke of genius, they’ve released a set containing those three figures! Not only that, but based on designs by Matt Wagner, a guy whose art is much easier to turn into an action figure! Oh, there’s also Ra’s Al Ghul, but he’s cool too. Yu-Gi-Oh: Dark Emperor Structure Deck  $10.99 This comes out this week! Here are words: Caius the Shadow Monarch makes an arrival with the all new Yu-Gi-Oh! Structure Deck The Dark Emperor. Introducing brand new cards and some highly desirable reprints. This 40-card Deck is built around Caius the Shadow Monarch a Dark Monster that may be one of the most powerful Monsters found on a Structure Deck yet. Combine The Dark Emperor with your Dark army from the Phantom Darkness booster set and you’re on your way to victory. Thanks, words! Marvel Zombies: Dead Days HC  $29.99 At this point, I am so jaded by the Marvel Zombies I’m just going to copy and paste these words about it: At last - experience the birth of the Marvel Zombies as told by the creative team of the best-selling limited series, and then witness their rise as they attempt to slake their hunger across two universes! First, Kirkman and Phillips pull out all the stops as they reveal the secret story of the day the Marvel Heroes became brain-eating monsters! Next, follow the Marvel Zombies into the pages of Millar and Land’s ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR! Reed Richards has used his scientific genius to contact an Earth in a surprisingly familiar parallel dimension - and he’s ready to visit! But nothing could have prepared him for the world he’s about to enter! And when the zombiefied FF escape from their Baxter Building prison in the wake of Dr. Doom’s return, get ready for the deadly debut of the Frightful Four! Finally, get out the hot sauce, True Believer - it’s slobberin’ time! In Hudlin and Portela’s BLACK PANTHER, the mainstream Marvel Universe’s New Fantastic Four just made a wrong turn on the dimensional super highway - and they’ve landed in the middle of Zombie-verse! And if that weren’t bad enough, they’ve parked their butts on that universe’s Skrull Planet! If the Black Panther, Storm, the Human Torch and the Thing can’t come up with the perfect escape plan, they’re going to be the next hors de’ourve for Zombie Galacti and Zombie Skrulls intent of eating the entire universe! Collecting MARVEL ZOMBIES: DEAD DAYS; ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR 21-23 and 30-32, and BLACK PANTHER 28-30. Wow. That was a lot of words. Hellboy: Library Edition Vol. 1 HC  $49.95 Hey, everyone knows Hellboy is cool, but imagine how much cooler it is...in hardcover form! That’s right, they’re releasing Hellboy in a high-and-mighty fancy-man’s hardcover, which is oversized with larger art, and also some new sketches and other unpublished materials. If you’ve ever considered getting the collected Hellboy, then you could do a lot worse than picking up this great series in one of these awesome hardcovers. This one collects the first two trades, even, so you’re getting a lot of story and pretty art for your buck!
Hey, we got in a copy of Avengers 4! That’s the first Silver Age appearance of Captain America--the issue where they fish him out of the ice and he joins the Avengers! It’s a little beat up, but if you’re interested, you should act fast, because key silver age Marvel issues like that don’t stick around for long! Ask to see it; we’re not just leaving it out in our back issue boxes. Oh we also got in a ton of other Silver Age comics: Flash: 130, 131, 143, 145, 214, 217, 219, Annual 1 (Origin of Kid Flash, Grodd, and Elongated Man)
Showcase Presents: 39 (3rd Metal Men Appearance), 40, 44, 47, 48, 50, 51, 55 (First Solo Golden Age Green Lantern Appearance In Silver Age, origin of Dr. Fate and Hourman), 56,
60 (First Silver Age Spectre), 61 (2nd Silver Age Spectre)
Green Lantern: 30, 33, 35, 39, 40 (Origin of infinite earths, 2nd solo Golden Age Green Lantern Appearance in Silver Age, Origin of the Guardians), 88, 89
Adventure Comics: 312, 316-318, 320, 321, 323-326, 327 (First Appearance of Lone Wolf in the Legion), 328, 330, 334, 360
Batman: 149, 150, 152,-154, 155 (First Silver Age Penguin Appearance), 157, 158, 160-162, 165-167, 172, 174, 178, 179 (2nd Silver Age Riddler Appearance), 180, 182, 239, 240, 242-245, Annual 3, Annual 5-7
Detective Comics: 305-310, 311 (First Appearance Catwoman), 313, 314, 317, 318, 320-323, 325 (3rd Appearance Catwoman), 329-331, 335, 336, 342-344, 354, 355, 361, 420, 421, 424, 425, 428
80-Page Giant: 5 (Batman), 8 (JLA Origins)
World’s Finest: 127, 129, 130, 132-134, 137-140, 142 (Origin of Composite Superman), 155, 175, 210-214
Justice League of America: 12 (Origin and First Appearance of Dr. Light), 14 (Atom Joins the Team), 15, 18, 19, 21 (First Silver Age Hourman and Dr. Fate Appearances), 22, 23, 25-28, 29 (First Silver Age Starman Appearance), 30, 31 (Hawkman joins team), 32, 35, 38, 39, 96, 97, 99, 100
Amazing Spider-Man: 114, 115, 116, 119, 193
Marvel Triple Action: 5
Marvel Team-Up: 5, 6, 14
Astonishing Ant-Man: 4-6
Mystery in Space: 87 (3rd Hawkman Try-Out Book), 89
Captain America: 155, 156, 158
Superman: 167 (New Origin of Braniac), 168, 170, 173, 185, 187, 207
Action Comics: 302, 325, 326, 329, 409-415
Spectre (1st Series): 1-5, 7 As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We’ll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
| OLD DATE | NEW DATE | | Powers Encyclopedia | 07/05/07 | 05/21/08 | | Powers 29 | 12/12/07 | 05/07/08 | | Darkness 3 Cvrs. A-B (MR) | 03/05/08 | 04/16/08 | | Ultimates 3 4 Reg./Var. Eds. | 03/12/08 | 06/11/08 | | Noble Causes Archives TP Vol. 01 | 03/19/08 | 04/16/08 | | Demons of Mercy 2 Free Copy (MR) | 04/02/08 | 04/23/08 | | Strange Girl TP Vol. 04: Golden Lights (MR) | 04/02/08 | 04/16/08 | | Scud the Disposable Assassin 23 | 04/02/08 | 04/16/08 | | Comic Book Cover Portfolio 1: Women of the DCU | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Infinite Horizon 3 | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | My Inner Bimbo 4 (RES) (MR) | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | Thor 8 | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | Batman 675 | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | Countdown to Mystery 7 | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | Punisher Prem. HC: Circle of Blood Reg./Var. Eds. | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Kick Ass 3 (MR) | 04/23/08 | 05/07/08 | | Batman 676 Reg./Var. Eds. | 04/23/08 | 05/07/08 | | Ultimates 3 5 | 04/30/08 | 08/06/08 | | Queen & Country Definitive Ed. TP Vol. 02 | 04/30/08 | 04/23/08 | | Countdown to Mystery 8 | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Loveless 24 (MR) | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Salvation Run 7 Reg./Var. Eds. | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Criminal 2 3 (MR) | 05/07/08 | 05/21/08 | | All Star Superman 11 | 05/14/08 | 05/28/08 | | Fables 73 (MR) | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Immortal Iron Fist Prem. HC Vol. 02: Cities of Heaven | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Kick Ass 4 (MR) | 05/21/08 | 06/11/08 | | Un-Men 11 (MR) | 06/11/08 | 06/18/08 | | Fables 74 (MR) | 06/11/08 | 06/18/08 | | Astonishing X-Men TP Vol. 4: Unstoppable | 06/11/08 | 07/09/08 | ..table>
Secret Invasion 1 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils: Leinil Yu
Inker: Mark Morales
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
Rating: Junior High Anyone can be a Skrull. And they have taken over. Something. We don’t know what they’ve taken over, but they are everywhere. All over the damn planet. And they are doing stuff. A lot of stuff. And it is bad. This has been building for a while now, and it is finally coming to light. We’ve been reading all of Brian Michael Bendis’ work, and he’s been planting seeds in his comics, the Mighty and New Avengers especially. Think about all the crap that has happened in the Marvel Universe. Captain America is dead. The Civil War. The Annihilation War. So much bull. And now, we finally get a few answers. But, who can we trust? The introduction of the series does what it needs to do. It destroys everything. A Skrull infects the entire Stark-Tech framework with a virus, crippling Iron Man and the entire Shield infrastructure. The Baxter Building is ripped apart. The Sword space-station is destroyed, with an entire Skrull Armada heading towards Earth. And a Skrull spaceship lands, with all our favorite heroes pilling out of it, asking who all our favorite heroes think they are. As an event, this is a pretty cool one. Bendis can do whatever he wants, really. Anybody can be a Skrull. And, if people start thinking someone is a Skrull, but aren’t sure, he can just change his mind before it hits print. It finally makes Skrulls a real threat, and it will have fanboys talking for months. Was Captain America a Skrull? Is Nick Fury a Skrull? Is Wolverine a Skrull? Who do you trust? At the end of the day, it might make more problems than it solves. Marvel loves rebuilding continuity, and I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that the Marvel Universe is going to be even more confusing and convoluted. It is a great idea, but I hope it makes sense, and I hope that the Universe will be drastically different than it is now. We’ve got bets going at Fanboy. Wolverine is a Skrull. I know it. Get ready to buy me breakfast, Mac. RATING: 5/5
Young X-Men 1 Writer: Marc Guggenheim
Pencils: Yanick Paquette
Inker: Ray Snyder
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.99
Rating: 8th Grade I’m sort of sick of the X-men. Oh, no, here we go. But I can’t help it. I’m not impressed or interested in what the X-men books are doing. I did, and I sort of still kind of do. But this Young X-men book is problematic and boring on a level that is unacceptable. It is a cookie-cutter silly mess that you shouldn’t bother reading. The book starts with the Young X-men fighting Pierce, an old school X-men villain. Someone is killed in the scene, but we don’t get to know who. Then we get a flashback to how the Young X-men are formed. How were they formed? Cyclops travels around the world and handpicks them for the new team. Some of them we know. Some of them we don’t. He collects them and points them to a target? The target? Cannonball and the original New Mutants. Tag it and bag it. Seriously, this book is not innovative, interesting or even needed. The New X-men book was way, way better than this. It was compelling and powerful, with true character growth and mutants that you really wanted to get to know. Yeah, they died a lot, and that was a real problem. But the New X-men fit into the grand scheme of what the X-men books were doing at the time. Now, after the Messiah Complex, it just feels like the X-men books have completely fallen apart. The idea of sending children into a combat situation has always been a problem for me. Having these young guys train, and then accidentally get into trouble is better than Cyclops just sending them off to attack people. The entire concept of this new book is stale and flawed, and there are a lot more books out there that you should spend your dough on. RATING: 3/5
Anna Mercury 1 Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Facundo Percio
Publisher: Avatar Press
Rating: Senior Year of High School
Price: $3.99 The Avatar line loves some Warren Ellis. He’s writing a lot of books for them. Some of them are good (Black Summer) and some of them aren’t good (Doktor Sleepless). For the most part, Warren Ellis is a good dude, who has made the comic book world better than how he found it. So, is Anna Mercury any good? Well... Anna Mercury is a spy for some dudes. The government is bad. They do bad stuff. They shot a big gun at a bridge and it blew up. Now she is on a mission to stop the gun and destroy it before it fires it again. And the people she is working for? They might actually be the bad guys, and she doesn’t know! And she wears black leather and shoots guns and hits people with a metal stick and says sexy, cool stuff. Just like almost every Warren Ellis book I’ve read before. The thing is, I don’t feel like he has all these stories as fleshed out as they could be. Black Summer feels good, feels like he has a lot of places to run with it. But not the rest of the books he’s working on. I miss the time he worked on Transmetropolitan and the Authority. I miss what he did with Planetary. Those series of books were involved, powerful monsters that you could spend days diving into. I still re-read Planetary and see things in it I didn’t see before. Check this book out, but don’t be surprised if it doesn’t make a whole heaping mass of sense. Heaping mass? Yeah, it’s time for me to get on out of here. RATING: 4/5
Newsletter for April 8, 2008 I worked on this Free Comic Book Day site and it’s more or less done. What do you want from me? NEW RELEASES - BPRD 1946 4
- CRIMINAL MACABRE MY DEMON BABY 4
- GOON 23
- GROO HELL ON EARTH 4
- SERENITY BETTER DAYS 2
- BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 16
- BATMAN DEATH MASK 1
- BOOSTER GOLD 8
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 3 3
- EXTERMINATORS 28
- GEN 13 19
- GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY 7
- GREEN LANTERN CORPS 23
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 14
- JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VAR ED 14
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST 1
- NUMBER OF THE BEAST VAR ED 1
Number of the Beast 1 What would you say if I told you that Wildstorm’s recent event books--Armageddon and Revelations--have actually been pretty good? You would call me a liar, and you would be justified in doing so. HOWEVER, you would be mistaken! These books have been fun and entertaining, and can we really ask for much more than that in our comic books? - SIMON DARK 7
- SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL 14
- TINY TITANS 3
- TITANS 1
- TITANS VAR ED 1
Titans 1 Hey, the Teen Titans are all grown up, even though everyone else in the DC Universe has stayed the same age! Now, this group of twentysomethings is hanging out and more or less making Real World: DC Universe! And, surprisingly enough, I wasn’t even considering that Judd Winick was writing the book when I started that train of thought, but now it makes perfect sense! Spooky, huh? - UN-MEN 9
- WONDER WOMAN 19
- YOUNG LIARS 2
- SCUD THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN 23
- AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 19
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 556
- AVENGERS FAIRY TALES 2
- CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES 10
- CRIMINAL 2 2
- DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING MAN THING 3
- FANTASTIC FOUR 556
 Fantastic Four 556 Mark Millar keeps writing Fantastic Four and it keeps being good, so hooray for that! In this issue, Johnny Storm wakes up next to a supervillain, a robot beats up all the heroes in the world, and Susan Storm considers letting Wolverine babysit her kids! Yes, it’s just another normal week in the world’s greatest comic magazine, the Fantastic Four! Wait, what was that about Wolverine? - HEDGE KNIGHT 2 SWORN SWORD 6
- IRON MAN POSTER BOOK
- LAST DEFENDERS 2
- MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK 10
- NOVA 12
- PUNISHER 56
- WOLVERINE 64
- DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS 5
- DOKTOR SLEEPLESS 6
- DOKTOR SLEEPLESS INCV CVR 6
- DOKTOR SLEEPLESS WRAP CVR 6
- GAMEKEEPER SERIES 2 2
- GEORGE R R MARTINS WILD CARDS FREE ALT INCV CVR 1
- GEORGE R R MARTINS WILD CARDS HARD CALL 1
- GHOST WHISPERER 2
- GOLD DIGGER SOURCEBOOK 15
- HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE CAPULLO CVR C 3
- HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE ROBINSON CVR B 3
- HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE SEELEY CVR A 3
- HOBBY JAPAN APR 2008 52
- JENNA JAMESONS SHADOW HUNTER BRERETON CVR 2
- JENNA JAMESONS SHADOW HUNTER HORN CVR 2
- JENNA JAMESONS SHADOW HUNTER LINSNER CVR 2
- KISS 4K 6
- LEES TOY REVIEW APRIL 2008 186
- LOCKE & KEY 3
- PLAYBOY MAGAZINE MAY 2008 136
- RESURRECTION 4
- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 187
- SPEED RACER CHRONICLES O/T RACER 4
- SPOOKS ARCHER CVR B 3
- SPOOKS JULIUS CVR A 3
- TERRY MOORES ECHO 2
- TRANSFORMERS BEST OF UK SPACE PIRATES 2
- TRANSFORMERS FOCUS ON DECEPTICONS
- WASTELAND 16
- WORMWOOD CALAMARI RISING 3
- WORMWOOD CALAMARI RISING 3 10 COPY TEMPLESMITH INCV
- ALIENS VS PREDATOR VOL 2 CIVILIZED BEASTS GN 2
- AP HOW TO DRAW POCKET MANGA VOL 02 2
- BATMAN LOVERS AND MADMEN HC
- CAPTAIN CARROT AND THE FINAL ARK TP
- CLASSIC DAN DARE HC REIGN OF THE ROBOTS
- COMPLETE PEANUTS HC VOL 09 1967-1968 9
- CONAN HC VOL 05 ROGUES IN THE HOUSE 5
- EVANGELION NEW MOVIE VER JO ENTRY FILE 1
- FALLEN SON TP DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA
- GENE SIMMONS DOMINATRIX TP VOL 01 1
- GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS TP
- GOD SAVE THE QUEEN SC
- GREEN LANTERN SYMBOL HOODIE LG
- GREEN LANTERN SYMBOL HOODIE MED
- GREEN LANTERN SYMBOL HOODIE XL
- HARBINGER THE BEGINNING HC
- HARLAN ELLISONS WATCHING TP NOVEL
- HELLBOY LIBRARY ED HC 1
- JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED TIES THAT BIND TP
- MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK TP DEFENDERS VOL 02 DIGEST 2
- MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 09 FIERCEST FOES 9
- MARVEL ZOMBIES HC DEAD DAYS 1
- NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC TP VOL 03 3
- RABBIS CAT GN VOL 02
- SINESTRO CORPS SYMBOL GOLD T/S XL
- SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION THE QUEST FOR COSMIC BOY
- TRINITY ACTION FIGURES WEIGHTED CASE ASST
- TRINITY SUPERMAN ACTION FIGURE
- WHAT IF TP CIVIL WAR
- WILLIE & JOE WW II YEARS SLIPCASE
- WOLVERINE PREM HC DEATH OF WOLVERINE
- FEAR AGENT 20 HATCHET JOB (PT 4 OF 5)
- GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL 6 (OF 8)
- PIGEONS FROM HELL 1
- REX MUNDI DH ED 11
- 100 BULLETS 90 (MR)
- BAT LASH 5 (OF 6)
- BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS 6
- BATMAN STRIKES 44
- BRAVE AND THE BOLD 12
- CATWOMAN 78
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 2
- DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR 1 (OF 6)
- DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR 1 (OF 6) VAR ED
- DMZ 30 (MR)
- FAKER TP (MR)
- FLASH 239
- GOTHAM UNDERGROUND 7 (OF 9)
- GREEN ARROW ROAD TO JERICHO TP
- HELLBLAZER 243 (MR)
- JONAH HEX TP VOL 04 ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
- JSA HC VOL 02 THY KINGDOM COME PART 1
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY 13
- PROGRAMME 10 (OF 12)
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- ANNIHILATION CONQUEST 6 (OF 6)
- AVENGERS CLASSIC 11
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE 11
- CAPTAIN AMERICA 37
- CAPTAIN MARVEL 5 (OF 5) SII
- GHOST RIDER 22
- HOWARD THE DUCK TP MEDIA DUCKLING
- INCREDIBLE HERCULES 116
- IRON MAN 28
- IRON MAN LEGACY OF DOOM 1 (OF 4)
- MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS 23
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- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD 5 (OF 8)
- POWERS ANNUAL 2008 (MR)
- WAR IS HELL FIRST FLIGHT PHANTOM EAGLE MAX 2 (OF 5) (MR)
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS 24
- WORLD WAR HULK AFTERSMASH WARBOUND 5 (OF 5)
- X-FACTOR 30 DWS
- X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND 1 (OF 2) DWS
- ARMY OF DARKNESS 8 LONG ROAD HOME
- CRAWL SPACE XXXOMBIES 4 (MR)
- GRIMM FAIRY TALES 26 (MR)
- HACK SLASH SERIES 11 SEELEY CVR A (MR)
- HERO BY NIGHT ONGOING 3
- LOCAL 11 (OF 12) (RES) (MR)
- LONE RANGER 11 (RES) (MR)
- RED SONJA 32
- SHARK-MAN 3
- SIMPSONS COMICS 141
- STEVE NILES STRANGE CASES 4
- UNCLE SCROOGE 374
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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We have some gaming events coming up in the near future! Here’s one of them: Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures Release Tournament
Saturday, April 12th at 7:00 PM Yes, the set releases this week, but we really haven’t had time to get the word out yet, so the event will be held NEXT weekend. For $25.00 entry, you get two boosters of D&D Miniatures: Dungeons of Dread (already a $5.00 savings over the retail price) which you use to build a 200pt warband. First Prize: 5 Boosters (Min. 8 Players)
Second Prize: 2 Boosters (Min. 10 Players) We also have a HeroClix tournament coming up where you can win that big ol’ Galactus figure: HeroClix Galactus Tournament
Sunday, April 13th at 1:30 PM The entry fee is $15.00 for this constructed event, but look at what you can win! First Prize: Galactus Colossal Figure
Second Prize: 5 HeroClix Boosters
Third Prize: 2 HeroClix Boosters That’s some pretty fancy stuff right there! That Galactus figure is a nice piece of work in and of itself!
Anita Trivette is a 27-year-old female from Boone, North Carolina, and her heart doesn’t work. She needs a heart transplant desperately, but it takes $20,000 to even get on the list to undergo the $365,000 operation from Duke University, and there are medications, cardiac rehab, and doctor’s visit that are required after the operation that will cost even more money. As part of Free Comic Book Day, we’ll be running a raffle and a silent auction, from which all proceeds will go towards the Anita Trivette Heart Transplant fund. For more information, please visit her website: http://anitashearttransplant.spaces.live.com/ Anywone wishing to donate can send their donations to: The Anita Trivette Heart Transplant Fund
P.O. Box 16688
Wilmington, NC 28408 You can also order magazines from http://www.magfundraising.com/heart_to_heart and all proceeds will go towards Anita’s heart transplant fund. Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures  Boosters: $14.99 Each
Starters: $14.99 Each
After a long while of being quiet and not doing a whole lot, Dungeons and Dragons miniatures are back with a new set and new rules! The second edition of Dungeons and Dragons miniatures is coming out, and we’ll be getting it in sometime this week! Honestly, I know nothing else about it beyond this information, so there you go! Yu-Gi-Oh Gold Series  $24.99 each
Here are words that may or may not explain things: First ever Hobby Exclusive Unique new Gold Technology Contains hard to get and tournament level cards 25 Cards per Box 5 Boxes per Display 10 Displays per Case.
The Gold standard for the Trading Card Game industry will be released in late March with the introduction of our Hobby Exclusive, Gold Series. The Gold Series set is specifically designed to be desirable to all aspects of hobby with an appealing never seen before gold technology. Legendary cards such as "Jinzo", "Don Zaloog", "Mirror Force" and "Crush Card Virus" will also be making their return with this set which will make this a must have item for players and collectors. The unique cards along with the new high end packaging makes Gold Series perfect for collectors or current Duelists seeking to increase the rarity and prestige of their Decks. Secret Invasion: the Infiltration TP  $19.99 So, even if you’ve missed everything leading up to Secret Invasion, you’ve still got an opportunity to catch up with this trade paperback, conveniently released the same week as Secret Invasion! It has all of the Secret Invasion Infiltration tagged Avengers issues, and a few others that weren’t tagged Secret Invasion Infiltration, and also Fantastic Four 2? Well, I guess a company won’t pass up an opportunity to reprint something from a long time ago to pad out page count! The specific issues contained within are FANTASTIC FOUR 2, NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI 1 and 5, NEW AVENGERS 31-32 and 38-39, MIGHTY AVENGERS 7, and AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE ANNUAL 1, if you’re in to knowing what issues you’re buying. Hulk: Planet Hulk TP  $34.99 Hey, if you waited for Planet Hulk to come out in a trade paperback instead of buying the hardcover, congratulations! Your wait is over! Now you can get the entire Planet Hulk series in super-flexible trade paperback format! Oh, and Planet Hulk is also the best Hulk story that’s been told in the last five years, so that’s an added bonus! Get your Hulk on! We will be getting the sold-out DC HeroClix: Crisis set back in stock next week. We’re only getting 10 bricks, so if you want one you should special order them as soon as possible! Deposits are due with special orders. Get them while you still can, because getting these was kind of a stroke of luck and this will probably be it. As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We’ll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
| OLD DATE | NEW DATE | | Justice League Unlimited: Ties That Bind TP | 04/02/08 | 04/09/08 | | Presents Vol. 03 (MR) | 04/02/08 | 04/09/08 | | Supergirl/Legion: Quest for Cosmic Boy | 04/02/08 | 04/09/08 | | Batman: Lovers and Madmen HC | 04/02/08 | 04/09/08 | | Captain Carrot & The Final Ark TP | 04/02/08 | 04/09/08 | | Tears of a Lamb Vol. 02 | 04/02/08 | 04/09/08 | | God Save the Queen SC (MR) | 04/02/08 | 04/09/08 | | Un-Men TP Vol. 01: Get Your Freak On (MR) | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Wildstorm: Armageddon TP | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Iron Man: Legacy of Doom 1 | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Green Arrow Year One HC | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Salvation Run 6 (OF 7) | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Showcase Pres. Legion of Super Heroes TP Vol. 02 | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Avengers TP Kree/Skrull War - New Ptg. | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | JSA HC Vol. 02: Thy Kingdom Come Pt. 1 | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | Batman Chronicles TP Vol. 05 | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | Jonah Hex TP Vol. 04: Only the Good Die Young | 04/16/08 | 04/23/08 | | Justice Society of America 15 Reg./Var. Eds. | 04/23/08 | 05/14/08 | | Mystery in Space TP Vol. 02 | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Gon Vol. 04 | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Supernatural: Origins TP | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Superman Batman HC Vol. 06: Torment | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Showcase: Challengers/Unknown TP Vol. 02 | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Exterminators TP Vol. 04: Crossfire & Collateral (MR) | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Crayon Shinchan Vol. 02 (MR) | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Adam Strange Archives HC Vol. 03 | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Will Eisner’s Spirit Archives HC Vol. 24 | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Question TP Vol. 02: Poisoned Ground | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | Kiichi & The Magic Books Vol. 01 | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | JLA Presents: Aztek the Ultimate Man TP | 04/30/08 | 05/07/08 | | 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen TP | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Two Flowers for the Dragon Vol. 01 | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | King of Cards Vol. 04 | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Batman: The Joker’s Last Laugh TP | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Booster Gold HC Vol. 01: 52 Pick Up | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Checkmate TP Vol. 03: Fall of the Wall | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Green Lantern:No Fear TP | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Vertigo: First Cut TP (MR) | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Batman: The Resurrection of Ras Al Ghul HC | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Batman vs. Two Face TP | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Justice TP Vol. 01 | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Superman: Escape from Bizarro World HC | 05/14/08 | 05/21/08 | | Black Adam: The Dark Age TP | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Superman: World of Krypton TP | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Starman Omnibus HC Vol. 01 | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | All New Atom TP Vol. 03: The Hunt for Ray Palmer | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Jack Kirby’s OMAC: One Man Army Corps HC | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Heroes SC | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Countdown to Final Crisis TP Vol. 01 | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | World’s Finest Dlx. Ed. HC | 05/21/08 | 06/18/08 | | Loveless TP Vol. 03: Blackwater Falls (MR) | 05/21/08 | 05/28/08 | | Absolute Sandman HC Vol. 03 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Infinity Inc. TP Vol. 01: Luthor’s Monsters | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Fables TP Vol. 10: The Good Prince (MR) | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Tom Strong TP Book 06 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Showcase Pres. Haunted Tank TP Vol. 02 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Legion of Super Heroes: 1050 Yrs./ Future TP | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives HC Vol. 03 | 05/28/08 | 06/04/08 | | Justice Lg. of America HC Vol. 03: Injustice League | 06/04/08 | 06/11/08 | | Burnout | 06/04/08 | 06/11/08 | | Question: The Five Books Of Blood HC | 06/04/08 | 06/11/08 | | Off HB Mvl. Univ. A-Z Prem. HC Vol. 03 | 06/11/08 | 06/25/08 | | Green Lantern HC Vol. 02: Sinestro Corps War | 06/11/08 | 06/18/08 | | All Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder HC Vol. 01 | 06/18/08 | 06/25/08 | | Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps HC | 06/18/08 | 06/25/08 | | Doom Patrol Archives HC Vol. 05 | 06/25/08 | 07/02/08 | | Superman: Last Son HC | 06/25/08 | 07/02/08 | ..table> 
Green Lantern 29 "Secret Origin, Part 1"
Writer: Geoff Johns
Pencils: Ivan Reis
Inks: Oclair Albert
Colors: Ranov Mayor
Publisher: DC Comics
Rating: Junior High It is funny to me how the Sinestro-Corps story line outshined and out-did Countdown and Infinite Crisis and all the other mess that DC has been amping up for two years. Well, I mean, it isn’t really funny. Do we even care about Final Crisis anymore? Is it even going to happen? Anyway, the Green Lantern books have been pulling their own weight, creating a story line and plot that is deep, interesting and riveting. Green Lantern: Secret Origin seems to be an add on of sorts, a way to answer some of the questions that the Sinestro Corps story started. Specifically, we get the story of a young Hal Jordan. We see how his father died, we start to understand the fractured relationship between him and his brothers. We also start to see why the "Fear" motive worked best on Hal, how the weakness of the green lantern ring was able to take hold of him. At the end of the book, we see Abin Sur, Hal Jordan’s predecessor. What did Abin Sur know of the Lantern Prophecies? What did he know about The Blackest Night? The art of the book is truly what impresses me. Ivan Reis is just a joy to look at on the page. His splashes and layouts are wonderful. He’s grown a lot since his early work, and it really shows. He is quickly and routinely becoming one of my favorite artists. If I have to complain about anything, it’s that we’ve seen this story before. Hal Jordan’s origin story seems to get retold every few months or so. Is it because it is so amazingly complicated? I do get the sense that DC is finally trying to sort it all out so it makes sense. But, I don’t feel sorry for them. They screwed up his story line in the first place. Lesson learned. Gimmicks and stupid deaths don’t make for good comics. Strong stories with great artists make great comics. Hopefully, this is a lesson that Marvel and DC won’t forget anytime soon. RATING: 5/5
The Secret History of the Authority: Jack Hawksmoor 1 Writer: Mike Costa
Artist: Fiona Staples
Publisher: Wildstorm/DC Comics
Rating: Junior high It’s funny that the Wildstorm Universe has been around long enough that it can hold a "Secret History". That really surprises me. Yeah, I think Wildstorm could make more of an effort to make the Wildstorm Universe more cohesive, more unified. This could be the example of this, filling in the gaps of the Authority and the wonderful characters in it. I am a pretty big Authority fan, going back to the original series. It is cool and interesting to see the characters fleshed out, especially Jack Hawksmoor. This first episode has Hawksmoor and the Authority gang trying to stop some weird pagan god. Hawksmoor gets knocked out, and then we get tossed into the wonderful world of flashbacks. We see Hawksmoor in the past, fighting a huge Mech trying to destroy the San Francisco bridge. Typical stuff, yeah. But we get some great examples of how Hawksmoor’s powers work. He communicates with cities, and all the things in them. We can talk to anything that is in a city, from dumpsters to floors. It is great and interesting stuff. Normal super-powers can get pretty boring. It is nice and awesome to see someone think about superpowers in a creative and inventive way. The art, in places, is wonderful. Towards the end, the artwork shines. But there are some places in the middle that just doesn’t have the same power. The poses aren’t fleshed out, the scenery is boring. But, at the end of the book, there looks like some actual effort had been made. The coloring and the inking pull some major weight. And can I talk a minute about the paper? The paper in the book feels cool. It is grainy, not that shiny, slick mess we are use to. It doesn’t make the pages look worse. It might even look better. I wonder if this is going to be a shift for the whole industry. Something to keep an eye on. As a whole, this is a good book, one I’m going to keep reading. If the Wildstorm Universe keeps producing work like this, it might become a full-fledged universe, as interesting as the Big Two. Cross those fingers. RATING: 4.5/5
Wolverine: First Class 1 Writer: Fred Van Lente
Artist: Andrea Di Vito
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Rating: Fifth or Sixth Grade Another secret history book? How many of these can they pump out? This one is sort of surprising. It isn’t needed at all, but it is surprising. Wolverine and Kitty Pryde have been buddies for years. (On a side note, how come no one calls her Shadowcat? I love that name.) Wolverine was the one that taught Kitty how to kung-fu fight, which is supposed to be a pretty big deal. Wolverine: First Class details their first mission together, and shows their growing relationship. The story isn’t complicated. Basic X-men stuff. Some mutant somewhere can’t control her powers. Wolverine and Kitty go investigate. They get caught up in some drama, they have to beat up the town’s people. You know, the usual mess. Wolverine is wonderfully characterized. He’s tough, a loner, and completely comfortable with that. Kitty Pryde is rather boring. I mean, I’m sort of sick about reading young people growing up and learning from the tough guy. How many stories have that? Just gets a little old. The art isn’t helping, either. I like Andrea Di Vito. She did an amazing job with World War Hulk: X-men. It was my favorite part of the World War Hulk story. But these pages just look bland, a bit easy. One page has a picture of the Xavier school and, I swear, a fifth grader could pencil that. No skill or flair what-so-ever. She might have been running on a time crunch or something, but I hope this isn’t typical of her work. I know she could do much better. There is no reason not to read this book. But there isn’t a reason to read this book either. It is just standard fare, with nothing really new to the table. But, you know X-men fans. They can be a bit fanatical. So, I mean, printing anything with Wolverine on the cover means a pay day for Marvel. RATING: 4/5
Newsletter for April 1, 2008 So hey, we here at the store have made our lists for who is most likely a Skrull. Who will be right? WHO CAN SAY? Mac
1. Luke Cage
2. Wolverine
3. Wonder Man
4. Black Widow
5. Dr. Strange Jarvis
1. Spider-Woman
2. Wolverine
3. Wasp
4. Spider-Man
5. Iron Fist Cyrus
1. Jarvis
2. Wonder Man
3. Wong
4. Reed Richards
5. Hank Pym Jackson
1. Dr. Strange
2. Luke Cage
3. Wonder Man
4. Black Widow
5. H.E.R.B.I.E. Thomas
1. Wonder Man
2. Night Nurse
3. Captain Marvel
4. Sue Storm
5. Hank Pym Michael
1. Ms. Marvel
2. One of the Fantastic Four kids (When pressed, he further defined "the boy")
3. Howard the Duck
4. The Living Mummy
5. Wendigo
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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Easter delayed nothing this week--we’ll be getting the order in on Wednesday, March 26th as usual, in case you were wondering. 
There are only a few spaces remaining, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can! It begins this Saturday! We’ve also got a Painting Demo on March 29th, with our new Game Guy, Zac! He’s a pretty talented painter, and he’ll be focusing on Flesh and Leather techniques! Also, the new Warmachine League is underway! Ask for more details! We have a Magic Peasant Tournament this Friday, March 28th, for a $5.00 entry fee--only Type II commons and uncommons are allowed, with the prize based on the numer of players! That’s right, it’s only a little over a month away! More information is coming soon, and if your School, Organization, or Business would like to be a part of Free Comic Book Day, please contact us! We’re also going to be working with a notable company: 
Chik-Fil-A is going to be giving away over 100 chicken bicuits on Free Comic Book Day, and they’ll also be donating some prizes we’ll be giving out throughout the day. We’ll also be doing other stuff with Chik-Fil-A, like their Kids Star Wars Celebration on May 13th, where we’ll be giving away some free comics, there’ll be costumed characters, door prizes, and more! More information will be coming soon! If you have a nice Star Wars costume and would like to dress up and join in the fun, please contact us! Spider-Man: One More Day Premiere HC  $24.99 In this story, elderly Aunt May is in the hospital, badly wounded from a sniper’s bullet meant for Spider-Man! What will Spidey do to save her? He will make a pact with a demon that will make it so he was never married. Oh, the pact will also bring back his mechanical webshooters, un-reveal his secret identity, bring Harry Osborne back to life, and make him live with his aunt. YES, SPIDEY-FANS, IT’S A BRAND NEW DAY! Wanted: Director’s Cut HC  $29.99 So, I finally got around to reading Wanted recently. It’s pretty awesome. It’s not particularly subtle, but it is pretty awesome. What with that movie coming out and what-have-you, it’s probably not a bad pick-up in a fancy hardcover with a bunch of extras. If you’ve never read it, you should definitely check it out soon so that way you can sneer angrily at all the things that are different in the movie. Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom: Doomquest Premiere HC  $19.99 So, apparently, Doctor Doom and Iron Man traveled back in time and fought in Camelot. I don’t know if I should have to add anything to that description to sell this book. Okay, what if I added that they also travel to the year 2093...to save Camelot. If that doesn’t get you hooked, then this story probably isn’t for you. Justice League of America Series 2 Action Figures  $19.99 Each
So we’ve got ourselves some action figures going on with everything here. The’re based on that Justice League of America comic all the kids are reading these days, and includes a Batman figure so that way stores have to order them. Beyond Batman, though, there’s also perennial JLA villain Amazo, that new guy who’s kind of a dark Mr. Miracle, and Hawkmanwomangirl, based on Ed Benes’ character designs! So, no matter what angle you look at the women, you’ll be able to see their butt and chest. They’re like those paintings that have the eyes that follow you around the room.
 Ray Bradbury’s Dinosaur Tales This auction is for the book Dinosaur Tales by Ray Bradbury. This rare book was published in 1983 by Bantam Books/Byron Press. This book features numerous stories by Bradbury on the subject of dinosaur and is also illustrated by various comic book greats such as Moebius, Jim Steranko and more.
Contents:
Besides a Dinosaur, Whatta Ya Wanna Be When You Grow Up?
A Sound of Thunder
Lo, the Dear, Daft Dinosaurs!
The Fog Horn
What If I Said: The Dinosaur’s Not Dead
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Illustrated by David Wiesner, William Stout, Overton Loyd, Jim Steranko, Gahan Wilson, Moebius, Kenneth Smith, Alex Jay.
Book is in nice condition with only slight edge wear on cover. Possibly an unread book with high eye appeal.  Army Laughs Comic
This auction is for Army Laughs, a comic book trade paperback published in 1959. This comic features 96 pages of army humor comic strips by such cartoonists as Leo Kesner, Carl Thomas, Jerry Marcus, Monroe Leung, among others.
Book has overall moderate wear with the interiors having minor wear. As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We’ll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..tr>
| OLD DATE | NEW DATE | | Halo: Uprising 3 | 09/26/07 | 04/23/08 | | Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men 1 | 02/27/08 | 05/21/08 | | Walking Dead 48 (MR) | 02/27/08 | 04/02/08 | | Runaways 30 | 02/27/08 | 05/21/08 | | Strange Girl TP Vol. 04: Golden Lights (MR) | 03/26/08 | 04/02/08 | | Transformers: Focus on Decepticons | 03/26/08 | 04/09/08 | | Doctor Who 3 | 03/26/08 | 04/16/08 | | Powers Annual 2008 (MR) | 04/02/08 | 04/16/08 | | Action Comics Annual 11Reg./Var. Eds. | 04/09/08 | 04/23/08 | | Countdown to Mystery 7 | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Annihilation: Conquest 6 | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 | | Thor by J M. Straczynski Prem. HC V. 01 | 04/16/08 | 04/30/08 | | Loveless 24 (MR) | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Countdown to Mystery 8 | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 | | Indiana Jones & Kingdom/Crystal Skull TP | 05/07/08 | 05/21/08 | | X-Men: Legacy Finch Poster | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 | | Runaways Prem. HC: Dead End Kids Reg./DM Eds. | 05/21/08 | 06/18/08 | | Thor: Ages of Thunder Reign of Blood | 06/18/08 | 06/25/08 | | Showcase Presents Superman Family TP Vol. 02 | N/A | 04/02/08 | ..table>
War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle 1 Writer: Garth Ennis
Art: Howard Chaykin
Color: Brian Reber
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
Rating: Tenth Grade History Finals. I’m a big fan of World War I. Not many people talk or write about it, even though it laid down the ground work for World War II. It is a lot like Star Wars, when you think about it. Empire Strikes Back is by far the better film. But A New Hope did a few things right. I mean, the end fight was cool, and Han Solo shooting first was a big deal. Wait. What was I talking about? War Is Hell is about Fighter Pilots during the first World War. The first page does an excellent job introducing us to how and why planes were introduced into the war, who dared fly them, their capabilities. It was a history lesson, pretty much. I was actually pretty surprised at how interesting it was. This is what Garth Ennis is best at, sneaking in this history, these truths, when you aren’t looking or expecting. He did this in Preacher, and it was appreciated. After that, however, you pretty much get the standard Garth Ennis formula. We get the young, stupid hero that needs to go through a bunch of crap to learn something. We get the British people calling Americans stupid. Hell, we get Americans calling Americans stupid. We get the jerk bosses. We get the extreme airborne deaths. We get a nice decapitation. Oh, and we get a drunk guy being chopped up accidentally by a propeller. Standard stuff for Ennis. I’m not saying that Garth Ennis is a one-trick pony. Okay, yes I am. But his tricks are pretty cool, right? We still like them, right? I enjoy Garth Ennis more when he is giving us more history or knowledge than he is storytelling. I prefer it when he just tells me something that I didn’t know. We get a lot of that in War is Hell, but maybe not enough. And, this is a constant compliant, but, are Germans really that bad? They are quickly becoming the Klingons of the Garth Ennis Universe. Or are Klingons the Germans for Star Trek? Hmmm? Anyway, if you like Garth Ennis, pick this up. But don’t expect anything new. RATING: 4.5/5
Witchblade 116 Writer: Ron Marz
Artist: Stjepan Sejic
Publisher: Top Cow/Image
Price: $2.99
Rating: Freshman in High School Ugh. Witchblade. Ugh. What does it do, anyway? I mean, what is it for? What’s the point? Handed down from chick to chick and sometimes to a dude, it can do a lot. But, like, why? If I got the Witchblade, the first thing I’d do with it is open my beers without a bottle-opener. That’s the only thing I’d ever do. Maybe use it when I have to hold something cold. Reason is for stories that are supposed to make sense, so Witchblade is excused. New Era! Brand new type of story! Same type of silly crap. Chicks doing sexy stuff, busting out the Witchblade sometimes, blah, blah, blah. Oh, wait, people are being murdered! And the murders have strange religious overtones! And, uh, some dude gets a message by someone shooting an arrow through his window when he’s having sex. Didn’t this happen in Predator 2? Man, that movie was awesome. Witchblade has a very strong fan base. Some people just like comics like this. I can’t say they are wrong because of it, but I can say there are tons of comics out there that are way, way better. Witchblade could be a better comic. It is just doing the same crap it has done before, or it is doing something someone has already done before. It’s just old and a bit boring. I’m not sure how it can improve, or how it can advance. But, I recognize that it isn’t improving. Maybe some comics just need to keep doing the same thing. If fans keep buying it, what’s the problem? The problem, for me, is that it’s not surprising and a bit underwhelming. Sorry to say, this one is for die-hard Witchblade fans. RATING: 3/5
Tangent: Superman’s Reign 1 Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Matthew Clark
Inks: Jesse Delperdang
Publisher: DC...I mean, Tangent Comics
Price: $2.99
Rating: Fifth Grade Basketball Try-outs Remember Tangent Comics? Yeah, me neither. What was that about anyway? Oh, yeah, back about a billion years ago, DC told their writers to create comic characters based only on the DC powerhouse names. So, the Flash ends up being a woman that, uh, moves fast. And the Joker is a girl dressed up like a court jester. And Super-man was switched to a black dude with a stick. And Green Lantern? Uh, he changed to a woman in green with a, um, you know, green lantern. Yeah, so it was pretty lame. But this is Pre-Final-Crisis-on-Infinite-Countdowns time, so anything is possible! No matter how stupid it is. Maybe "Stupid" is being too harsh. But, of course, Superman’s Reign is doing some things we’ve seen before. The Tangent Universe is not like we left it. It seems to be ruled by a tyrant. I’ll let you guess who. There is a push by some of the heroes to find enough of their own to shift the balance of power. Back in the DC universe, Flash and Green Lantern get sucked into the Tangent universe because of the Tangent Lantern’s power. Oh, and the Tangent Atom isn’t dead. I know you’re just as excited as I am about that. I doubt anyone cares enough about the Tangent universe to care what happens to it. I mean, it’s just boring and silly at this point. Sure, it does tie in easily with the Countdown and Final Crisis mess, [Actually, I don’t think it does, but I could be wrong. -Ed.] but other than that, there is nothing new or interesting on the table. I mean, a superhero turns bad and ruins the world? Wow. That is amazing! Breathtaking! Innovative story telling. This is having a hard time impressing me. Almost everything DC is putting out is having a hard time doing that at this point. RATING: 3.5/5
Newsletter for March 25, 2008 Free Comic Book Day is leaving me no time to write anything extra. Maybe once I’ve got all the important stuff done! NEW RELEASES - RETURN O/T GREMLINS 1
- SPEAK O/T DEVIL 5
- STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC 26
- USAGI YOJIMBO 110
 All-Star Superman 10 All-Star Superman gets singled out this week because, well, it’s an amazing comic book. There aren’t really many comic books that are better than this one, and certainly not many at DC. Pretty much, if you’ve ever enjoyed Superman at any point, then you’ll enjoy this book. It’s an amazing work, and if you don’t read it, it’s because there is something wrong with you. That’s right, I said it. - AUTHORITY PRIME 6
- BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 15
- BLUE BEETLE 25
- COUNTDOWN LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS 6
- COUNTDOWN SPECIAL ECLIPSO 80 PAGE GIANT
- COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE 8
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 5 5
- CROSSING MIDNIGHT 17
- FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH 6
- GREEN LANTERN 29
- HELLBLAZER 242
- JACK OF FABLES 21
- JSA CLASSIFIED 36
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES 40
- LOVELESS 23
- SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY JACK HAWKSMOOR 1
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- TEEN TITANS GO 53
- UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS 7
- WILDSTORM REVELATIONS 6
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT 5
- DRAIN 6
- PROOF 6
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- SORROW 4
- SPAWN 176
- BLACK PANTHER 35
- DAREDEVIL 106
- MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR 34
- MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN 11
- MARVEL ATLAS 2
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- MS MARVEL 25
- NEW AVENGERS 39
 The "Uh-Oh We Have to Get These Books Out Before Secret Invasion 1 Next Week" Secret Invasion Infiltration Skrulltacular Secret Invasion 1 comes out next week, and in honor of that, we’re getting Mighty Avengers, New Avengers, and Ms. Marvel so that way they can get their big Secret Invasion reveals out there before they become moot. Thrill in Mighty Avengers as they face Doctor Doom and probably a fairly big Skrull reveal happens (I base this on nothing but Marvel’s decision to not send us a preview copy of this book when they almost always do otherwise)! Be amazed as something Skrull-related happens to Echo or Ronin or whatever! Gasp as you actually buy a copy of Ms. Marvel, which is actually a pretty good book that you only bought during Civil War! Truly, we are on Skrull Street in Skrulltown USA, taking the train to Skrull Station! - NEW WARRIORS 10
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- ZOMBIE PROOF 3
- APOCALYPSE NERD TP
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- BERSERK TP VOL 22 22
- CRYPT OF HORROR PRESENTS DIARY OF A MADMAN DVD
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- DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 DRAGONS OF SPRING DAWNING TP 3
- ESSENTIAL OFF HB MARVEL UNIVERSE MASTER ED TP VOL 1 1
- FIRST BORN TP VOL 01 1
- GHOST RIDER TP TRAIL OF TEARS
- IRON MAN VS DOCTOR DOOM PREM HC DOOMQUEST
- IRON MAN VS DOCTOR DOOM PREM HC DOOMQUEST DM ED
- JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS HC VOL 04 4
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SER 2 WEIGHTED CS ASST
- MMW ATLAS ERA HC VOL 02 TALES ASTONISH VAR ED VOL 91
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- MOUSE GUARD TP FALL 1152
- MPD PSYCHO TP VOL 04 4
- NEW UNIVERSAL TP EVERYTHING WENT WHITE
- NIGHTWING THE LOST YEAR TP
- PUNISHER MAX TP VOL 09 LONG COLD DARK 9
- RED SONJA HC VOL 04 ANIMALS & MORE 4
- SHOWCASE PRESENTS BOOSTER GOLD TP 1
- SOULFIRE SC VOL 01 1
- SPIDER-MAN PREM HC ONE MORE DAY
- SPIDER-MAN PREM HC ONE MORE DAY DM ED
- TALES FROM THE CRYPT GN 3
- VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL VOL 10 DARK NOCTURNE 10
- WANTED HC DIRECTORS CUT ED
- FRANK FRAZETTAS DARK KINGDOM ONE-SHOT (MR)
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- NEW WORLD ORDER 3
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- WALKING DEAD 48 (MR)
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- LORDS OF AVALON SOD 3 (OF 6)
- MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN 38
- MARVEL SPOTLIGHT IRON MAN MOVIE
- MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE 10
- MOON KNIGHT 17
- NEW EXILES 4
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- YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS 3 (OF 6)
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- DEMONWARS VOL 02 DEMON SPIRIT 1 (OF 3) BEAR CVR B
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This upcoming Monday, the 17th, is St. Patrick's Day, and Fanboy Comics is going to celebrate in our usual manner - a huge sale! All green comic character back issues, trade paperbacks, hardcovers, comic sets, t-shirts, and more will be 50% off! That's right, you can save a ton of money on characters like Green Lantern, the Hulk, Green Arrow, She-Hulk, Swamp Thing, and more! Definitely check out this sale and save some money on some great comics only tenuously connected to whatever the heck the start of this paragraph was about! Hey, we're putting a bunch of work into making Fanboy Comics a better place to play games! We even hired a whole new employee to help out with this! The biggest thing we've got coming up at the end of the month is this:
There are only six spots, so sign up as soon as you can! We've also got a painting event that's going to be run by the new employee, Zac, who is actually a really good painter. It's going to focus on painting Flesh and Leather, which are definitely hard to get right, but Zac's got your back! Show up on Saturday, March 28th at 6:00 pm and learn how to nail one of the trickier painting techniques! Oh, and there's a new Warmachine Call to Arms beginning March 24th, so keep an eye out for that! Yu-Gi-Oh GX Duelist Pack Tins  $12.95 These words are meaningless to me but they might mean something to you: What better way to start the Spring Season with the new GX Duelist Pack Tins. Get cards from your favorite GX Duelist in one great product. Including packs from both the first set and the Brand-New Volume 2 set of Jaden, Aster and even Zane. The Volume 2 Boosters of Jaden and Aster release around the same time, but this is the only known way to acquire the powerful Zane packs. Take on the power of the Heroes, or dawn the strength of the Cyber Dragons, this Spring the force will be released. Justice League International Vol. 1 HC  $24.99 It takes a brave man to make a Justice League without Superman, but that's just what Keith Giffen, J.M. Demattis, and Kevin Maguire did in their now-legendary Justice League of America run. Superman's a chump next to the likes of Guy Gardner, anyway, so why would you even waste time with him? Who needs Green Arrow when you have Booster Gold and Blue Beetle or Aquaman when you have winners like the female Dr. Light and the old guy in the top left corner of that picture? I'll tell you who: nobody. Don't miss this fancy hardcover collection of the last funny comic book that anybody actually bought! Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse Vol. 2 TP  $19.99 Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is probably one of my favorite if not my outright favorite comic book series at any given moment. I've loved Ben Templesmith's art since I encountered it in the pages of Fell, but until Wormwood I never had any idea he was a talented writer, too. In this second volume of Wormwood, our lovable corpse-inhabiting protagonist spends a day at the leprechaun fights, where leprechauns on chains attack each other with beer bottles, but an unfortunate accident means he must find the Leprechaun Queen--or DIE! The solicitation says this trade also contains a one-shot story, and if it's the one-shot I'm thinking of, that means this trade includes what I consider the funniest visual gag I've ever seen in a comic book. So, hey, this one's a winner, even if you haven't checked out the first volume of this great series! Reactivated Series 4 Action Figures: Super-Squad .. $19.99 Each
Hey, another series of Reactivated Action Figures is here! This time around, we're going with a Super-Squad theme, and I have more or less no idea what that is! As near as I can tell, it's Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and a Hawkman that has a stupider costume than Hawkman's normal costume. Good for him! Spider-Man/Red Sonja Premiere HC  $19.99 I'll own up. I didn't read this. I don't know anything about Red Sonja, and I'm not huge on crossovers at this point. However, it is by Michael Avon Oeming, who's a great writer sometimes and a good writer the rest of the time, so there are probably worse things you could spend your money on. Wow. I'm a natural salesman, huh? Sub-Mariner (Silver Age): 12, 49, 62
Frankenstein (Bronze Age Ploog Art): 1-18
Sgt. Fury (Silver-Bronze Age): 85, 93, 102
Fear (Adventure Into...): 11-13, 14 (Man-Thing Appearance), 15 (1st Full Man-Thing Appearance), 16-18, 21, 22, 23 (Morbius Appearance)
Where Monsters Dwell (Bronze Age Marvel Monster Comic): 2-4, 6, 19, 20
Where Creatures Roam (Bronze Age Marvel Monster Comic): 1
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Worlds Unknown (Bronze Age Marvel Horror Comic): 1, 3, 4, 5
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Tales of the Unexpected (Silver Age): 83, 95
Unexpected (Formerly Tales of the Unexpected): 114, 119 (Wrightson Art), 125, 130
Shade: The Changing Man (Original Series): 1-8 (Ditko Art)
Prez (The Kid President, Bronze Age): 1-3
The Shadow (Bronze Age DC): 1-5, 7, 10, 12  Original Half-Baked Movie Ad This auction contains the rare original Half-Baked color movie advertisement from 1998. Features Dave Chappelle and Jim Bruer. This glossy ad ran in publications from that time period and is not a reproduction. It's in excellent shape with only very lite edge wear. It measures approx 10" X 6 5/8". Don't miss out on this hard-to-find piece of history!  Strip Aids Comic Anthology This auction is for the comic book anthology Strip AIDS USA put out by Last Gasp in 1988. Features work by Harvey Pekar, Moebius, Frank Miller, Tim Sale, Bill Sienkiewicz, Will Eisner, Serio Aragones, S. Clay Wilson, Colleen Doran, Jill Thompson and many more.
As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most. Changed Release Dates ..>
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The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home 1 Creative Director and Executive Director: Stephen King
Plotting and Consultation: Robin Furth
Script: Peter David
Art: Jae Lee and Richard Isanove
Lettering: Chris Elipoulos
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
Rating: Junior High Goth kid who can't stop listening to Korn. I blame Stephen King for a lot of things. I blame him for making horror movies and horror fiction popular. I blame him for all the crappy undergraduate papers I have to read every year where someone kills someone just because a story isn't a story without someone getting killed. And I blame him for the generation upon generation of people who are afraid of clowns because of his novel, "It". When the revolution finally comes, King will have much to answer for. But, with all that said, The Dark Tower is actually an original property. It is something completely new in a fantasy space packed to the very brim with repetition and unoriginality. It is like fantasy, mixed with westerns, mixed with steam-punk and medieval stuff. I mean, where else have you seen robots, swords and revolvers on the same page? And there is this creepy eye-ball thing that hooks itself onto someone dude's head and sucks his brain or something. That's pretty radical. The problem occurs when the story progresses. All fantasy books, even fantasy comic books, have this problem. This isn't the real world, it's a world completely created by someone else. We have no idea what the rules of this world are, so the writer has to explain the world to us as we go. Thus, there is a lot to read and process. A comic works better for this than a book because of the amazingly pretty pictures. But, I mean, you still have to explain things. There isn't a way around that. So, the story tends to drag in places where it doesn't have to. Add to that a very complicated story line, and what you have is mess of word-boxes and events unfolding, with you hanging along for the ride. The art by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove is simply incredible, and it saves the book in many places. I mean, the art is just stunning. The coloring is beautiful and Jae Lee's lines are so smooth and crisp. I don't say this often, but this comic is worth buying simply for the artwork, without question. The level of production is wonderful. A simpler story would be better for this. I'm not impressed by the story or the dialogue. The art is really its only saving grace. Sorry, Stephen King. You can take me off your Christmas card list if you want. RATING: 4/5
Echo 1 Story and art by Terry Moore
Publisher: Abstract Studio
Price: $3.50
Rating: 7th grade Many, many people are big Terry Moore fans. I've never read Strangers in Paradise, and I don't feel bad about it. If I wanted to read about women and men doing the silly things that women and men do, I'd read a book or just write down what I did on Friday night. Echo is Terry Moore's sci-fi movement, however. And it has some interesting possibilities. The story starts off with a military test flight of a new jetpack. The test pilot is loving it, until the military tests the jetpack's nuke dodging techniques. The nuke explodes, the jetpack explodes, all that. The story moves when an innocent photographer gets drenched in the fall out, and slowly begins to gain cool powers! Liquid metal type powers, straight from T2! The story is really easy to follow, with straight forward dialogue and quick moving panels. Terry Moore makes it look so easy. His pacing and timing are absurd, in the good way. I think he uses black and white interiors as the correct artistic option. His inks are smooth and lush, with an amazing sense of detail. I'm generally impressed. I'm a bit concerned with the cover. It is metallic-embedded, bumpy-shinny, metal type font and special effects shiny thing. Is this needed? Are there still people around that think that, if a cover looks special, the comic will be special? Have we not learned from Image during the embarrassment of the 1990s? Terry Moore, you don't need this. Your comic is very much good enough, believe me. I like it. And if I like it, that's saying something. I'm not sure what it is, but it's saying something. ..w.fanboycomics.biz/newsletters/files/archivesbutton.jpg" style="border: 0px none ; float: right;">RATING: 5/5
Young Liars 1 Writer and Artist: David Lapham
Publisher: DC/Vertigo
Price: $2.99
Rating: Freshmen in college going for his business degree. I use to be a big fan of David Lapham's Stray Bullets. I would read all this works, loving the sick, sexy, violent explosion of it. I think I needed it when I was younger, that level of intensity and violence. Like, when you first watched Pulp Fiction. You realized that violent, crazy movies could be funny and different and original. I'm over it now. Sadly, I don't think David Lapham is. Young Liars is everything that Stray Bullets was. There is a lot of people hurting each other. There is screaming, yelling, sexy women, transvestites, guns, and the dude that is innocent from the outside, watching it all. Of course, this guy is in love with the insane girl who can fight four dudes without breaking a sweat. She even bites a nose off. Awesome. There is a reason why she is this way. She has a bullet stuck in her head that will eventually kill her and/or drive her insane. Man, I wish I had a bullet in the brain. It would solve almost all my problems. Is this book good? Yes. But it's nothing new and its not ground breaking. It's David Lapham's natural movement. He has a huge fan base and he is good at what he does. The art is great and the story is kind of different, but it is going to take a lot more than a pretty woman beating people up to make me buy Young Liars 2. RATING: 4/5
Newsletter for March 11, 2008 If you haven't seen it, Newsarama has released some pictures of five of Watchmen's main characters! Here's my favorite: 
Zack Snyder is a GENIUS. Oh and for a follow-up, since I had already made that image, here are pictures of Brian Michael Bendis looking like a tremendous dweeb and Mark Millar looking surprisingly dignified with a drawn-on pencil-thin mustache: 
NEW RELEASES - ABE SAPIEN THE DROWNING 2
- BPRD 1946 3
- EVIL DEAD 3
- GOON 22
- SERENITY BETTER DAYS 1
 Serenity: Better Days 1 I always thought the stages of grief were Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Spider-Man, and Acceptance, but based on the behavior of Joss Whedon fans, the stages seem to be Denial, Denial, Denial, Denial, and A Comic Book Comes Out. So, congratulations on your continuous denial, Serenity fans! It's gotten you another comic book miniseries for your dead (and, I'll admit, excellent) TV show. So, here you go, folks! - STAR WARS LEGACY 21
- STAR WARS REBELLION 12
- BAT LASH 4
- BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL 14
- BATMAN STRIKES 43
- BOOSTER GOLD 7
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 7 7
- COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY 6
- DMZ 29
- GEN 13 18
- GOTHAM UNDERGROUND 6
- GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY 6
- GREEN LANTERN CORPS 22
- JLA CLASSIFIED 54
- LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY 12
- SALVATION RUN 5
- SIMON DARK 6
- SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG 7
- SUPERMAN 674
- SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL 13
- TINY TITANS 2
- UN-MEN 8
- WILDSTORM REVELATIONS 5
- WONDER WOMAN 18
- ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN 5
- GUTSVILLE 3
- MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS 7
- WALKING DEAD 47
- AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL 18
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 553
- ANNIHILATION CONQUEST 5
- AVENGERS FAIRY TALES 1
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE 10
- CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES 9
- DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING MAN THING 2
- FANTASTIC FOUR 555
 Fantastic Four 555 Mark Millar's Fantastic Four series hit the ground running with the first issue and the second looks to keep up the pace. You've got all the hallmarks of a great Fantastic Four story entering play at this point: tension between the characters, a huge sci-fi-inspired premise, and something that the Thing can punch. Also, to quote the solicitation, "the Torch gets nekkid with a super-villain." - HEDGE KNIGHT 2 SWORN SWORD 5
- IRON MAN ENTER MANDARIN 6
- LAST DEFENDERS 1
 The Last Defenders 1 Nighthawk! Blazing Skull! Colossus! She-Hulk! These are the New Jersey Defenders, here to defend New York whenever the Avengers are out of town! If that doesn't get your blood boiling, it's probably because you don't recognize half of those names. That's okay, though! The book is written by Joe Casey and looks to be pretty sharp with the dialogue and the plot and what-have-you, so you can still justify looking at it even if you don't know who Blazing Skull is. - MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK 9
- MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS 7
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MOBY DICK 2
- MIGHTY AVENGERS 10
- NEW EXILES 3
- NOVA 11
- PUNISHER 55
- THUNDERBOLTS 119
- WOLVERINE 63
- X-FACTOR 29
- BADGER SAVES THE WORLD 3
- CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLL MAG 16 BEAST 16
- DF CAPT AMERICA 34 ALEX ROSS PAINTED CVR
- DOCTOR WHO 2
- DOCTOR WHO 2 10 COPY INCV
- GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE 33
- GRIMM FAIRY TALES 24
- HEROES MAGAZINE NEWSSTAND ED 3
- HEROES MAGAZINE PX ED 3
- LEES TOY REVIEW 185
- LONE RANGER AND TONTO 1
- MAINTENANCE 9
- NEWTYPE ENG ED 123
- NINJA HIGH SCHOOL 158
- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 186
- SPOOKS ARCHER CVR B 2
- SPOOKS DELLESANDRO CVR A 2
- TOYFARE IRON MAN MOVIE CVR 129
- WARHAMMER 40K BLOOD & THUNDER CVR A 4
- WARHAMMER 40K BLOOD & THUNDER CVR B 4
- WARHAMMER 40K BLOOD & THUNDER CVR C INCV 4
- 30 DAYS OF NIGHT BEYOND BARROW TP
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE TP VOL 01 BASIC TRAINING
- CONAN TP VOL 05 ROGUES IN THE HOUSE 5
- CSI BAD RAP TP NEW PTG
- DMZ TP 4
- EMPOWERED TP VOL 03 3
- EXCEL SAGA TP 17
- GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS 3
- GHOST RIDER TP VOL 04 REVELATIONS
- GUMBY TP VOL 01 1
- HARVEY COMICS CLASSICS TP VOL 03 HOT STUFF 3
- HOW TO MAKE WEBCOMICS TP
- JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HC
- LOBO PORTRAIT OF A BASTICH TP
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED LAST OF THE MOHICANS PREM HC
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MAN IN THE IRON MASK PREM HC
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED TREASURE ISLAND PREM HC
- ORION 3RD ED TP
- REACTIVATED SER 4 SUPER SQUAD BATMAN AF
- REACTIVATED SER 4 SUPER SQUAD HAWKMAN AF
- REACTIVATED SER 4 SUPER SQUAD WEIGHTED INNER CS
- REACTIVATED SER 4 SUPER SQUAD WONDER WOMAN AF
- ROBIN THE BIG LEAGUES TP
- SHAZAM SYMBOL HOODIE XL
- SHOWCASE PRESENTS PHANTOM STRANGER TP 2
- SPIDER-MAN FAMILY TP UNTOLD TEAM UPS DIGEST
- SPIDER MAN RED SONJA PREM HC
- SULLENGREY CEMETERY THINGS SOUND SET
- TERMINATOR OMNIBUS VOL 02 2
- TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED VOL 1 TP 1
- WITCHBLADE TP 03 GODS & MONSTERS
- WORMWOOD TP VOL 02
- X-MEN TP DIE BY THE SWORD
- FEAR AGENT 19 HATCHET JOB (PT 3 OF 5)
- GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL 5 (OF 8)
- 100 BULLETS 89 (MR)
- ALL STAR SUPERMAN 10
- BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS 5
- BIRDS OF PREY 116
- BRAVE AND THE BOLD 11
- CATWOMAN 77
- CHECKMATE 24
- COUNTDOWN SPECIAL ECLIPSO 80 PAGE GIANT
- COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 6
- DEATH OF THE NEW GODS 7 (OF 8)
- EX MACHINA 35 (MR)
- FABLES 71 (MR)
- FLASH 238
- JACK KIRBYS FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS HC VOL 04
- JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 19
- OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND TP
- PROGRAMME 9 (OF 12)
- ROBIN 172
- SCOOBY DOO 130
- SHADOWPACT 23
- SUPER FRIENDS 1
- SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL 2
- TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN 1 (OF 12)
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT 5
- CIRCLE 5
- DARK IVORY 1 (OF 4)
- DARKNESS 3 KEOWN CVR A (MR)
- DARKNESS 3 SEJIC CVR B (MR)
- INVINCIBLE 49
- MAGDALENA DAREDEVIL (ONE SHOT)
- NEW WORLD ORDER 2
- PVP 39
- SAVAGE DRAGON 135
- SWORD 6
- WITCHBLADE 116 SEJIC CVR A
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 554
- AVENGERS CLASSIC 10
- CAPTAIN AMERICA 36
- CAPTAIN MARVEL 4 (OF 5) DODSON VAR SII (PP 803)
- CAPTAIN MARVEL 4 (OF 5) SII
- FOOLKILLER 4 (OF 5) (MR)
- FRANKLIN RICHARDS SPRING BREAK
- GHOST RIDER 21
- IMMORTAL IRON FIST 13
- INCREDIBLE HERCULES 115
- INCREDIBLE HERCULES 115 DJURDJEVIC VAR
- IRON MAN 27
- MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS 22
- MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD 4 (OF 8)
- ORDER 9
- THOR 7
- WAR IS HELL FIRST FLIGHT PHANTOM EAGLE 1 (OF 5) (MR)
- WOLVERINE ORIGINS 23
- WORLD WAR HULK AFTERSMASH WARBOUND 4 (OF 5)
- BERLIN 15 (MR)
- GARGOYLES 8
- GRIMM FAIRY TALES 25 (MR)
- GRIMM FAIRY TALES PIPER 1 (OF 4) (MR)
- GUNPLAY 1
- HACK SLASH HC VOL 01 OMNIBUS
- HACK SLASH SERIES 10 NAKAYAMA CVR B (MR)
- HACK SLASH SERIES 10 SEELEY CVR A (MR)
- JUNGLE GIRL 5 PX ED
- JUNGLE GIRL CHO 5 VIRGIN CVR INCV
- RED SONJA 31
- SHEENA 5
- SIMPSONS COMICS 140
- WASTELAND 15 (MR)
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