GEEKLY WEEKLY GUIDE (Feb 6, 2013)

Here are our picks of comics (singles, TPBs, HCs OGNs, Toys, Apparel and other geeky stuff) and what-not that will be released weekly . We know that comic books and other geeky merchandise are expensive. But, we are here to for you on what books & trade of geekery are great and worthy of buying.

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The creators of the Vertigo series – The Losers have reunited again for an awesome mini-series

Snapshot #1 (of 4)

Writer: Diggle, Andy
Artist: Jock,
Cover Artist: Jock,
Jake Dobson is your typical nerd; works at the Near-Mint Rhino comic-book store in San Francisco. But when he finds a lost cell phone, he’s horrified to discover it’s full of snapshots of a murder victim. Suddenly he finds himself hunted by a vengeful hitman who wants his phone back… and Jake in a body bag! And then things start to get *really* complicated…
Don’t miss the first ever creator-owned thriller from the team behind THE LOSERS and GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE!
Format: LIMITED SERIES
Price: $2.99

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Bendis is givin’ us some good entertainment

All-New X-Men #7

Writer: Bendis, Brian Michael
Artist: Marquez, David
Cover Artist: Immonen, Stuart
Mystique targets our young time-travelers, starting with Cyclops.
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #20

Writer: Bendis, Brian Michael
Artist: Pichelli, Sara
Cover Artist: Pichelli, Sara
Ultimate Spider-Man versus Venom! Who is the new Venom? What is his terrible connection to Miles Morales’ father?
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

Daredevil: End of Days #5 (of 8)

Writer: Bendis, Brian Michael
Artist: Janson, Klaus
Cover Artist: Maleev, Alex
* The Mystery behind Daredevil’s final days stands revealed!
* Witness the final fate of Frank Castle, the Punisher!
* Some of the Man Without Fear’s greatest creators unite to tell his final story!
Format: LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

Scarlet #6

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art and Cover by ALEX MALEEV
Scarlet’s call to arms has been heard all over the world. And the world reacts. Can a modern revolution gain traction? And what will the government do to shut her down? From the Eisner Award-winning team behind DAREDEVIL and MOON KNIGHT!
Format: 40pg., COMIC
Price: $3.95

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Sniff-sniff… smells like Hell. I can’t believe it that Hell has a particular smell. Hahaha

Hellboy In Hell #3

Writer: Mignola, Mike
Artist: Mignola, Mike
Cover Artist: Mignola, Mike
Hellboy meets more of his family members, and it’s not a fond reunion, as blood sprays through the air in Hell.
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99

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These two have never let me down

Animal Man #17

Writer: Lemire, Jeff
Artist: Pugh, Steve
Cover Artist: Pugh, Steve
* The epic climax of “ROTWORLD” starts here and continues into this month’s SWAMP THING #17!
* All hope seems lost! Can Buddy find a way to stop the Rot before it takes over the world?
* Before that can even happen, Buddy must confront the horrible truth about the fate of his family.
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $2.99

Swamp Thing #17

Writer: Snyder, Scott
Artist: Rudy, Marco
Cover Artist: Paquette, Yanick
* The epic finale of “ROTWORLD” continues from this month’s ANIMAL MAN #17!
* What will it cost our heroes to stop this apocalypse from happening? The answer will blow your mind.
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Spidey is having a ball with this “Ghost-Patrick Swayze” storyline

Superior Spider-Man #3

Writer: Slott, Dan
Artist: Stegman, Ryan
Cover Artist: Stegman, Ryan
“Everything You Know Is Wrong”
* Is this all-new Spider-Man in cahoots with… J. Jonah Jameson?!
* Has Carlie Cooper figured out the Superior Spider-Man’s secret identity?
* All this and the return of the villainous Vulture!
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

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Gotta try these indies

Fairy Quest #1 (of 2)

Writer: Jenkins, Paul
Artist: Ramos, Humberto
Cover Artist: Ramos, Humberto
The world of Fablewood, where all of the stories that have ever been told live side-by-side, is a sinister place indeed! Under the watchful eye of the dreaded Mister Grimm and his Think Police, Red Riding Hood and her Wolf must risk everything to try and escape and find sanctuary in a mysterious place called the Real World…
Written by industry legend Paul Jenkins (SENTRY, DEATHMATCH) and drawn by comics superstar Humberto Ramos (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN), the smash Kickstarter success story, FAIRY QUEST, is now available in single issue format for the first time!
Format: LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

Rachel Rising #14

Writer: Moore, Terry
Artist: Moore, Terry
Cover Artist: Moore, Terry
Rachel discovers the terrible truth about Jet and an ancient demon named Malus. Can she stop Malus without destroying her best friend? Maybe not! No one is safe in this critically acclaimed horror series from Terry Moore.
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

New Deadwardians TP

Writer: Abnett, Dan
Artist: Culbard, I. N. J.
In this collection of the 8-issue miniseries, nearly every member of upper class, post-Victorian England has voluntarily become a vampire in order to escape the lower classes – who are all zombies! Into this simmering cauldron is thrust Chief Inspector George Suttle, a lonely detective who’s got the slowest beat in London: investigating murders in a world where everyone is already dead
Format: TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $14.99

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Willing to try… Hell! Look at the new creative teams

Green Arrow #17

Writer: Lemire, Jeff
Artist: Sorrentino, Andrea
Cover Artist: Sorrentino, Andrea
* Welcome the new team of writer JEFF LEMIRE and artist ANDREA SORRENTINO!
* As Ollie struggles to come to terms with the loss of his fortune, his company and his heritage, he discovers a shocking truth about his father that ties to his time stranded on an island before he became Green Arrow.
* Plus: Green Arrow battles the deadly archer known as Komodo!
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $2.99

Winter Soldier #15

Writer: Latour, Jason
Artist: Klein, Nic
Cover Artist: Shalvey, Declan
In the wake of the hunt for the Black Widow, a broken and beaten Winter Soldier begins perhaps his most personal mission yet: a quest for redemption. But as Bucky looks to make peace with his deadly past, a new villain from his future is out for war.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Support our own

Harbinger #0

Writer: Dysart, Joshua D. M.
Artist: Suayan, Mico
Cover Artist: Suayan, Mico
Toyo Harada, CEO of Harada Global Conglomerates and the most powerful psionic the world has ever known, has a vision for the perfect future. It’s a vision he will realize whether we like it or not. In order to achieve it, he’s built a private army of super-powered psiots. But who was Harada before he became the world’s most powerful man? And what are the origins of the Harbinger Foundation? Don’t miss those answers and more in this special standalone issue that will define the future of the Valiant Universe.
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

Red She-Hulk #62

Writer: Parker, Jeff
Artist: Pagulayan, Carlo
Cover Artist: Schirmer, Jana
Captain America is forced to make a grave decision! Betty Ross loses what?s most precious to her! And, Red She-Hulk reacts badly!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

Vampirella #26

Writer: Jerwa, Brandon
Artist: Michael, Hubert Khan
Cover Artist: Neves, Fabiano
The third year of Dynamite’s Vampirella starts here! There’s a new dawn on Earth, and a new beginning for Vampirella in the aftermath of war. Who are Mother Rowan and the Sleepless Boys, and why have they called for our heroine’s help? A Dynamite Done-In-One, perfect for longtime fans and new readers!
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

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Not for kids

Hit-Girl #5 (of 5)
(W) Mark Millar (A/CA) John Romita
Series finale! He pulls a knife, she pulls a gun. He sends one of hers to the hospital, she sends one of his to the morgue – THAT’S the Hit-Girl way. Mindy’s had it up to HERE with that thing called ‘restraint’ and pays the mafia a long-overdue visit. Also: Red Mist faces his final super-villain training test. A limited edition variant by Bill Sienkiewicz will be released for this issue.

Format: LIMITED SERIES
Price: $4.99

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For kids

Monsters Inc Humanween Party #1

Writer: Ferrari, Alessandro
Artist: Various,
Cover Artist: Melaranci, Elisabetta
* An all-new Monsters, Inc. tale!
* It’s that time of year again: Humanween!
* Monstropolis’ version of Halloween – where monsters dress up as humans – comes but once a year, and this time the annual party is at Mike and Sulley’s home.
* Mike goes into panic mode when he learns of an unplanned visit from his mother the day after the big bash!
Format: FC, 32pg., MAGAZINE
Price: $2.99

My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #3

Writer: Cook, Katie
Artist: Price, Andy
Cover Artist: Mebberson, Amy
The Mane 6 enter the heart of the Changeling Kingdom to rescue their friends! Danger lurks everywhere, and each Pony will have to put their best hoof forward if they are to survive the night! Unfortunately that’s exactly what the Changeling Queen expects! Will our heroes fall into her trap?
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

Road To Oz #5 (of 6)

Writer: Shanower, Eric
Artist: Young, Skottie
Cover Artist: Young, Skottie
With the help of the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy finally reaches the Emerald City. But there are surprises along the way?like the three deaths of Jack Pumpkinhead! Plus, the Shaggy Man reveals the shameful secret of the Love Magnet.
Format: LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #18

Writer: Waltz, Tom
Artist: Bates, Ben
Cover Artist: Eastman, Kevin
The Turtles are stranded in Dimension X! With Krang waging a massive war against the Neutrinos, the Turtles have no choice but to help. What can four lone Turtles do against an army of Stone Soldiers? The answer lies with a curious robot named the Fugitoid!
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

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For adults… OK, for kids too!

Pop Heroes Batman 9 Inch Vinyl Figure

Funko’s best-selling POP! Vinyl Figures have taken some of the most popular characters of all time and recreated them as cute and stylized 3 3/4″ vinyl figures. Now that style goes big with Funko’s POP! Heroes 9″ Vinyl Figures, and the line launches with Batman! The POP! Vinyl Batman has all the fun urban styling of his smaller cousin, but in a larger size! Window box packaging.
Format: MERCHANDISE
Price: PI

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Image strong!!!

Mudman #6

(W/A/CA) Paul Grist
When his mud powers go out of control, Owen Craig has no choice but to turn to the mysterious Mister Gull for help. But just because it’s the only choice doesn’t make it a good one.
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.50

Multiple Warheads Alphabet To Infinity #4 (of 4)

Writer: Graham, Brandon
Artist: Graham, Brandon
Cover Artist: Graham, Brandon
MINISERIES CONCLUSION
Eight extra pages of serious fantasy adventure at no extra cost!
Blue Nura chases her prey across a mass of pipes built high above the earth past a Sphinx and into a town built onto the back of a Whale.
Format: LIMITED SERIES
Price: $2.99

I Love Trouble #3

Writer: Symons, Kel
Artist: Robinson, Mark A.
Cover Artist: Robinson, Mark A.
“LIFE ON MARS”
Thomas, a blind telepath, recruits Felicia to work with him at the Mars Corporation. Mars is a huge global conglomerate, with their dirty fingers in a lot of pies, most notably the emerging field of nation-building. With her unique talent – able to get to anyone, anywhere – Mars is looking to turn Felicia into an assassin capable of paving the way for new business opportunities.
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99

Dia De Los Muertos #1 (of 3)

Writer: Link, Alex
Artist: Rossmo, Riley
Cover Artist: Rossmo, Riley
Inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead, artist extraordinaire, RILEY ROSSMO (DEBRIS, GREEN WAKE, COWBOY NINJA VIKING, REBEL BLOOD) joins forces with nine different writers over three issues to tell tall tales from beyond the grave!
This issue’s writers are ALEX LINK (REBEL BLOOD), CHRISTOPHER LONG (X-Men Unlimited, Hiding In Time, Easy Way) and DIRK MANNING (NIGHTMARE WORLD, Write or Wrong). Future issues will feature stories by ED BRISSON (COMEBACK), ALEX GRECIAN (PROOF), JOE KEATINGE (HELL YEAH), JEFF MARRIOTTE (FADE TO BLACK), KURTIS WIEBE (PETER PANZERFAUST) and JOSHUA WILLIAMSON (XENOHOLICS).
In this issue: A mariachi falls in love with a woman who strongly resembles his lost love, a father is abused by a poltergeist, and a girl who’s mother died when she was born visits the land of the dead in her dreams.
Format: LIMITED SERIES
Price: $4.99

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May solid books naman sa DC, ah

The Phantom Stranger #5

Writer: DiDio, Dan
Artist: Anderson, Brent
Cover Artist: Lee, Jae
* The Phantom Stranger’s family has gone missing!
* He’ll stop at nothing to find them, even if it means going up against Pandora and the vengeful wrath of The Spectre!
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $2.99

Dial H #9

Writer: Mieville, China
Artist: Ponticelli, Alberto
Cover Artist: Bolland, Brian
* DIAL M for MINOTAURA! Friend or foe? Rescuer or captor?
* Nelson and Roxy continue to uncover secrets of the H-dial in Canada while evading the appendages of the Centipede.
* And introducing THE GLIMPSE, a fleeting yet deceptively powerful new hero.
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $2.99

Earth 2 #9

Writer: Robinson, James
Artist: Scott, Nicola
Cover Artist: Scott, Trevor
* As a new story arc begins, DR. FATE makes his Earth 2 debut!
* Supernatural powers are emerging on Earth 2, and that means new heroes on the scene-not to mention new villains!
* Plus: The debut of the new Wotan!
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $2.99

Detective Comics #17

Writer: Layman, John
Artist: Fabok, Jason
Cover Artist: Fabok, Jason
* The repercussions of “DEATH OF THE FAMILY” spread as Batman tracks down the League of Smiles, a criminal group of psychotic killers that worship The Joker!
* Deadly new villains are introduced-and you won’t believe their horrific ties to Arkham Asylum!
* Plus: In the backup story, learn the secrets behind The League of Smiles’ beginnings!
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99