Happy Wednesday, everybody!

Ooh, who’s coming in this week?

THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14th, our old friend, ZATANNA's Stephane Roux, comes all the way from Paris, France just to meet you, the JHU Faithful! Joining him will be THE END LEAGUE's Eric Canete!  And they will have EXCLUSIVE PRINTS just for JHU and new, con exclusive sketchbooks!  As always, we will start this signing at 6:00 PM!

Archaia Studios AWAKENINGS Tour makes a pit stop at JHU!  Nick Tapalansky and Alex Eckman-Lawn will be here to offer exclusive prints and a link to read a free, online preview of the first chapter in the next volume!  Come by on October 28th, starting at 4:00 PM...these guys are hanging around until 7:00, extra long!   

And to entice you guys to come out, we’re bringing in a special guest on OCTOBER 28th... all the way from Merry Ol’ England, writer and ordained minister, TONY LEE!  Tony will be here to sign copies of the new DOCTOR WHO (out this week...see the Items of the Week), but he’s also promoting his new Zuda.com comic, Where Evils Dare!  Tony has said that if you guys all vote for him (and you should, it’s a great comic) he will name one of the characters after us...in other words, he’ll name a character “SGT. HANLEY!”  What are you waiting for?  Go vote now!  And meet Tony on OCTOBER 28th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM!

And we have a special Devil's Night performance by Baron Misuraca (October 30th).  Details to come!

Three new, somewhat different, events coming in November:

Wednesday, November 4: SPEAK ON THIS - New Graphic Novel Discussion Group
Saturday, November 14: DIG COMICS - Documentary Screening/Panel Discussion (Guests TBA)
Saturday, November 21: Comics/Comedy Night @ JHU - Hosted by Rachel Freire!

If you haven't been checking out our blog, you're missing out!  Go on over to www.jhuniverse.blogspot.com and bookmark it for constant updates and cool content like reviews and event coverage!

JHU Game Nights @ The Underground are still going strong!  For the uninitiated, Game Nights are now Monday, Thursday and Friday here at JHU 33rd Street, and Friday and Sunday in New Dorp.  Thursdays will always be TYPE 2 Tournaments (aka Standard Construction), Fridays (or Saturdays, as the case may be) will always be Draft nights & Sundays in New Dorp are open for Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon and Magic!  Every Monday night Jim Hanley’s Universe in New York City is open for casual gaming! Bring a friend or a playgroup from 6PM-10PM to play your favorite trading card, role-playing, or collectible model game!

The Items of the Week are smarting, but they’ll bounce back.

Act-I-Vate Primer:HC-Comp - In the tradition of the acclaimed and groundbreaking anthology, Flight, the ACT-I-VATE Primer showcases a wide array of stories and talent-18 innovative creators, 16 intriguing properties, one beautiful book-and ALL-NEW, never before seen stories and art!

Adventure Comics 3 - Superboy is back and hunting for Lex Luthor! He can't find Luthor on his own, and he needs help from his best friend Tim Drake, a.k.a. Robin. But Tim's now traveling the globe under the alias of Red Robin! The boys' reunion isn't all smiles and hugs, as Conner discovers that Tim has been hiding a great many secrets from the newly returned Boy of Steel. And they're secrets that could destroy their friendship!

Art Of Osamu Tezuka:HC: God Of Manga - Osamu Tezuka has often been called “the god of manga” and “the Walt Disney of Japan,” but he was far more than that. Tezuka was Walt Disney, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Tim Burton, and Carl Sagan all rolled into one incredibly prolific creator, changing the face of Japanese culture forever. Best known for Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, Tezuka was instrumental in developing Japanese animation and modern manga comics.
The Art of Osamu Tezuka is the first authorized biography celebrating his work and life and featuring over 300 images—many of which have never been seen outside of Japan.

Blackest Night: Batman 3 - The stunning conclusion arrives! Batman and Robin, along with the help of Deadman, try to defend Gotham City against the onslaught of Black Lanterns. But how do you defeat an enemy whose only goal is to feed off the emotions of a city and eat the hearts of all that stand in their way?

Doctor Who: Ongoing 4 - The Doctor finds himself confined with three aliens that would like nothing more than seeing him dead! But that's just the beginning of troubles as the Doctor learns that the galaxy is on the verge of all-out war!

Green Lantern Corps 41 - The intense and horrific battle between the Green Lantern Corps and the Black Lanterns on Oa takes a turn for the worse! The Corps realizes that the abominable, ultimate goal of the Black Lanterns is not only to feed off the Corps' emotions, but to consume and decimate the main power battery and destroy Oa forever!

Liberty Comics: A CBLDF Benefit Book(One Shot) 2 - CBLDF Defenders of Liberty NEIL GAIMAN & JIM LEE lead off an all-star ensemble of industry greats in an all-new second volume of LIBERTY COMICS! Dynamite, impassioned comic book storytelling, all in service to an important cause. All proceeds from LIBERTY COMICS will benefit the First Amendment legal work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!

Marvels Project 3 - The centerpiece of Marvel's 70th anniversary celebration turns a deadly corner, as Nazi spies infiltrate the secret US government's Super-Soldier Experiment... and while the Torch learns what it means to be both human and a hero, Prince Namor arrives in New York looking for nothing more than vengeance!

Walking Dead (2) 66 - THE HUNT CONCLUDES! Nothing will ever be the same.  (They never tell us anything!)
 
Wolverine:HC-Comp: Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk - Dr. Bruce Banner has been presumed dead since his execution, following his murderous rampage through Manhattan as the Hulk. But when reports start cropping up of an unidentified creature appearing around the globe, Nick Fury begins to get worried. Fury turns to the only man he can trust: Wolverine. And he’s only too glad to take care of Banner—by any means necessary.

X-Men: Deadpool(4) 900 - Special SUPER-sized, ACTION-packed 104-page special to commemorate Deadpool’s historic 900th issue! … Wait, has it really been nine-hundred issues…? Who cares! If this collection of octane-infused stories by some of comics’ hottest talent doesn’t make you want to genuflect at the Altar of Wade, nothing will.

That’s all for me!  I’ll see you at the store!

-Vito

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ITEMS OF THE WEEK
   
Act-I-Vate Primer:HC-Comp:..
Adventure Comics 3 <#506 var cov> Johns + Manapul/Henry>
Art Of Osamu Tezuka:HC: God Of Manga..
Blackest Night: Batman 3 ..
Doctor Who: Ongoing 4 ..
Green Lantern Corps 41 ..
Liberty Comics: A CBLDF Benefit Book(One Shot) 2 ..
Marvels Project 3 ..
Walking Dead (2) 66 ..
Wolverine:HC-Comp: Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk..
X-Men: Deadpool(4) 900 ..

Archie Comics
Archie and Friends 136 
Archie Digest Magazine 258 

Boom! Studios
28 Days Later 3 ..
Anchor 1 ..
Disney: Uncle Scrooge 384
Farscape: Dargos Trial 3 ..

Dark Horse Comics
Gantz:SC-GN 7 ..
Hellboy: BPRD: 1947 4 ..
Hellboy: Wild Hunt 7 ..
Kull:SC-Comp: 1-Shadow Kingdom 1 ..
Mister X:SC-Comp: Condemned..
Star Wars: Invasion 0 ..

DC Comics
Adventure Comics 3 ..
Air:SC-Comp: 2- 2 < G. Willow Wilson + MK Perker>
Batgirl(3) 3 ..
Batman 691 ..
Batman: Detective Comics: Annual 11 ..
Batman: Red Robin 5 ..
Batman:SC-Comp: Chronicles: 8 8 ..
Blackest Night 1 <3rd Print>
Blackest Night: Batman 1 <3rd Print>
Blackest Night: Batman 2 <2nd Print>
Blackest Night: Batman 3 ..
Blood And Water:SC-Comp..
Booster Gold: All New (2) 25 ..
DMZ 46 ..
Fables 89 ..
Final Crisis: Aftermath: Escape 6 ..
Gen 13(4) 32 ..
Green Arrow/Black Canary 25 ..
Green Lantern Corps 41 ..
Heavy Liquid:SC-Comp:..
House of Mystery: Halloween Annual 1 ..
JSA: JSA vs Kobra: Engines Of Faith 5 ..
Justice League of America:HC-Comp: 6-When Worlds Collide 6 ..
Justice League: Cry for Justice 3 <2nd Print>
R.E.B.E.L.S. (2) 9 ..
Red Herring 3 ..
Sandman:HC-Comp: Absolute Death..
Scalped 32 ..
Secret Six(2) 14 ..
Shield(2) 2 ..
Stormwatch PHD:SC-Comp: Worlds End..
Super Friends 20 
Superman: Action Comics 882 ..
Titans (2) 18 ..
Trinity:SC-Comp: 3 ..
Unwritten 6 ..

Dynamite Entertainment
Army of Darkness/Xena:SC-Comp: 2-What Again? 2 ..
Battlestar Galactica: Galactica 1980 2 ..
Blackbeard: Legend of the Pyrate King 1 ..
Red Sonja(6) 49 ..
Red Sonja:HC-Comp: 7-Death 7 < Brian Reed + Walter Geovanni>
The Boys 35 ..

Fantagraphics Books
Mome:SC-Comp 16 < E+HB>
You Are There:HC-GN:..

IDW Publishing
Act-I-Vate Primer:HC-Comp:..
Beyond the Wall 1 ..
Buffy: Angel: Only Human 3 ..
Clive Barker's Seduth 1 <3-D> Barker/Monfette + Rodriguez>
Doctor Who: Ongoing 4 ..
GI Joe: Origins 8 ..
Groom Lake:SC-Comp:..
Hammer of the Gods:SC-Comp: IDW: 1-Mortal Enemy 1 ..
Jon Sable, Freelance: Ashes of Eden 1 ..
Life Undead..
Star Trek: Spock: Reflections 4 ..
Star Trek:HC-Comp: Countdown..
Star Trek:SC-Comp: Crew..
Transformers: All Hail Megatron 16 ..
Veil 4 ..

Image Comics
Astounding Wolf-Man 19 ..
G-Man: Cape Crisis 3 ..
Godland 29 ..
Hector Plasm: Totentatz (One Shot)..
Liberty Comics: A CBLDF Benefit Book 2 ..
Perhapanauts: Halloween Spooktacular(One Shot)..
Walking Dead (2) 66 ..

Marvel Comics
1602:HC-Comp: New World/Fantastick Four..
Anita Blake:HC-Comp: 1-Vh Guilty Pleasures..
Daredevil:SC-Comp: Brubaker/Lark: 6-Return of the King< Brubaker + Lark/Aja/Azaceta>
Ender's Game: Command School 2 ..
Hulk: Incredible Hercules(2) 136 ..
Iron Man: Invincible Iron Man 17 <2nd Print>
Iron Man: The Iron Protocols (One-Shot)..
Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes 16 ..
Marvel Super Hero Squad 2 ..
Marvel Zombies(5): Return: Iron Man 2 ..
Marvel Zombies:HC-Comp 4 ..
Marvels Project 3 ..
Mephisto vs.:HC-Comp< Al Milgrom + John Buscema>
Mephisto vs.:HC-Comp< Al Milgrom + John Buscema>
Moon Knight:SC-Comp: 5 5 ..
Nomad: Girl Without A World 2 ..
Pride + Prejudice:HC-Comp..
Punisher(7) 75 ..
Runaways:SC-Comp: 2-Teenage Wasteland 2 ..
Spider-Man: Ultimate Comics 2 <2nd Print>
Spider-Man: Web of Spider-Man (2) 1 ..
Wolverine:HC-Comp: Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk..
X-Men: Deadpool(4) 15 <2nd Print>
X-Men: Deadpool(4) 900 ..
X-Men: First Class: Uncanny X-Men 4 ..
X-Men: Forever 9 ..
X-Men: GeneXt: United 5 ..
X-Men: The Uncanny X-Men 516 ..
X-Men:SC-Comp: Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny..

Other Cool Comics
Anna Mercury(2) 2 ..
Asylum of Horrors:SC-GN: 2 ..
EC:HC-Comp: Archives: 1-Frontline Combat 1 ..
Female Force:SC-Comp: 1- 1 ..
Gravel 14 ..
Judge Dredd Megazine 289 
Knights of the Dinner Table:SC-Comp: Bundle 27 ..
Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M:SC-GN: 2-Mad with Wonder 2 ..
Ninja High School (3) 174 ..
Odysseus the Rebel:SC-GN:..
PS 238 41 ..
Soulfire: Volume Two 1 ..
Space Ace: Don Bluth's(3) 1 ..
Space Ace: Don Bluth's(3) 2 ..
Space Ace: Don Bluth's(3) 3 ..
Tick:SC-Comp:Maneating Cow/Chainsaw Vigilante Complete Works..
Vampirella: Second Coming 2 .. Hester + Sampere>
Vincent Price Presents:SC-Comp: 1 1 ..
We Kill Monsters 4 ..
Weird Fishes:SC-GN:..

Viz Media
Battle Angel Alita:SC-GN: Last Order 12 ..
Boys Over Flowers:SC-GN: Jewelry Box..
Inu-Yasha:SC-GN: 41 ..

Cool Books
Art Of Osamu Tezuka:HC: God Of Manga..
Doc Savage:SC-Novel: 30-Double Novel 30
Shadow:SC-Novel: 31-Double Novel 31
Zombie Survival Guide:SC-GN: Recorded Attacks ..

Magazines
Comic Shop News:Promo-Bundle: 1165 
Comics Revue:Mag: 1 ..
Doctor Who:Mag: 413
Lee's Toy Review:Mag: 203
Lost:Mag: Official Magazine 25 
ToyFare: The Toy Magazine 148

Statues + Other Cool Stuff
Batman:Bisque: Batman Family: Multi Part Statue Part 1..

Toys
Barack Obama:Bank: Change Bust Bank
DC:Fig: 13-Inch Deluxe Collector..
Domo:Plush: Jumbo Plush
Ghostbusters:Bank: Slimer Bust Bank
JLA: Identity Crisis:Fig: Classics: Series 1 1 ..
Marvel Select:Fig: Captain Marvel..
Terminator 2:Fig: T-800 Endoskeleton Type I<1/12 Scale>
Terminator 2:Fig: T-800 Endoskeleton Type II<1/12 Scale>
Wolverine:Fig: Super Hero Squad Battle Pack Asst 200903
Wolverine:Fig: X-Men Origins Movie Action Figure

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UPCOMING EVENTS @ JHU!

STEPHANE ROUX/ERIC CANETE
THIS WEDNESDAY, October 14
6:00 to 8:00 PM
@ our Manhattan Store

THURSDAY NIGHT MAGIC @ the JHU UNDERGROUND!
Every Thursday
M:TG Standard Constructed/Type 2 Tournament
5:00 to 10:00 PM
@ our Manhattan Store

FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC @ the JHU UNDERGROUND!
Every Friday
M:TG Draft
5:00 to 10:00 PM
@ our Manhattan Store

MONDAY NIGHT GAME NIGHT @ the JHU UNDERGROUND!
EVERY Monday
5:00 to 10:00 PM
@ our Manhattan Store

MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING SOON