GEEKLY WEEKLY COMIC GUIDE (Feb 17, 2011)

GEEKLY WEEKLY COMIC GUIDE (Feb 17, 2011)

Our picks of comics (singles, TPBs, HCs OGNs) that will be released weekly . We know that comic books are expensive and its hard to spend cash these days. We are here to guide what books are great and worthy to buy. We will release this every Tuesday.

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Amazing Spider-Man #654.1

By: Dan Slott, Paulo Siqueira
Special POINT ONE issue! START READING with this Point One issue to learn the new meaning for great power and great responsibility! Witness the birth of a new Spider-Man in the start of a brand-new story arc!
Bonded to the dangerous and powerful Venom symbiote, this new webslinger is showing Peter Parker up in the hero department! Plus, who will Spider-Man turn to in his darkest hour? Believe us, it’s not who you think!
Preview
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #5 (of 5)

Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
The truth behind the mutant babies of Karere township is discovered — an innocent man who might also doom the town, if not the whole of Africa, by accident. The X-Men have to put themselves between two armies to save a mutant who might not be worth saving…
Preview
Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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Batman #707

Written by TONY DANIEL; Art and Cover by TONY DANIEL
Batman uncovers the secrets of Gotham City’s founding fathers and the secrets hidden within the city’s foundation. In a captivating turn of events, The Dark Knight finds that he alone holds the key to stopping the cataclysmic events that loom over Gotham. Don’t miss this stunning finale guest-starring I-Ching and Peacock, a spectacular new heroine from the Far East!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Avengers Academy #9

By: Christos Gage, Sean Chen, Mike McKone
Guest-starring Taskmaster! As the fallout from Tigra’s shocking act last issue rocks the Academy, Finesse goes in search of the man who could be her father…the character readers have demanded since issue #1…Taskmaster! Be here for the explosive reunion in the book that IGN.com calls ‘the best Avenger book on the market.’
Preview
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Brightest Day #20

Written by GEOFF JOHNS & PETER J. TOMASI; Art by IVAN REIS, PATRICK GLEASON, ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK & JOE PRADO; Covers by DAVID FINCH & SCOTT WILLIAMS; 1:10 Variant Covers by IVAN REIS
The BRIGHTEST DAYS are numbered as this best-selling series heads toward its shocking conclusion, and fans won’t want to miss a single page of the action! “Aquawar” breaks out with Aquaman, Mera, Aqualad and a surprise guest star facing off against the terrorist forces of Black Manta and Siren to keep the vast waters of the world from sinking the United States!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Captain America: Man Out of Time #4 (of 5)

By: Mark Waid, Jorge Molina, Bryan Hitch
In order to maintain his Captain America identity, Steve Rogers must convince the world that he’s the real deal and not some kid who’s adopted the name and costume–and to do that, he’ll need the help of the entire Marvel Universe!
Preview
Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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DMZ #62 (MR)

Written by BRIAN WOOD; Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI; Cover by JP LEON
“Free States Rising” continues as the final battle in this Second American Civil War kicks off in a big and bloody way. Matty Roth’s newest mandate, to be the world’s eyes and ears, is a heavy burden to bear, and every associate from recent years, both good and bad, is coming out of the woodwork.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Fables #102 (MR)

Written by BILL WILLINGHAM; Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM & STEVE LEIALOHA; Cover by JOAO RUAS
This issue begins a 5-part story called “Super Group!” Now why, oh why, in this crazy mixed-up world would we saddle an important funny-book series that has, in 100 issues so far, never had anything to do with Super Heroes with a title like that? And why has snotty little Pinocchio suddenly got it into his head that he needs to design tight-fitting costumes for a carefully selected small team of Fables? In fact, why was the little brat caught looking over his own comic book collection, mumbling things like, “We can call him Werewolf Man, and he can be the Golden Knight, and she can be called The Green Witch?”
To quote master Fables illustrator Mark Buckingham: “What the bloody [censored] is going on here?”
Preview
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Green Lantern #62 (brightest Day)

Written by GEOFF JOHNS;; Art and cover by DOUG MAHNKE & CHRISTIAN ALAMY; 1:10 Variant cover by GENE HA
Starting with this issue, 2011 becomes the year of Green Lantern, and we’re kicking it off with the shocking conclusion to “New Guardians”! Hal Jordan and Sinestro must make a great sacrifice in an attempt to protect the entities. But the future of Hal Jordan and the Corps falls into doubt when they’re betrayed by one of their own! The drums are beating, the tensions are rising and the upcoming WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS is set to ignite!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Green Lantern Corps #57

Written by TONY BEDARD; Art and Cover by TYLER KIRKHAM & BATT; 1:10 Variant Cover by PATRICK GLEASON & SANDRA HOPE
BRIGHTEST DAY lights up the battlefield this issue as Firestorm guest stars! The Green Lantern Corps is caught in the middle of all out war between Sinestro and his fear mongrels, the Sinestro Corps, against the Weaponer and the Thunderers of Qward. Can Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and the rest of the GL Honor Guard prevent the destruction of a world and save Soranik Natu at the same time? Learn why no one in the universe messes with Sinestro and lives to tell the tale in this heart-stopping finale to “The Weaponer”!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Hellblazer #276 (MR)

Written by PETER MILLIGAN; Art and Cover by SIMON BISLEY
In this stand-alone story, a property developer plans to bulldoze Constantine’s long-time Brixton home! Constantine discovers more about the whiz kid who wants to desecrate his sanctum sanctorum and the freaky world of High Frequency banking – a world of algorithmic machines that cheat time. Finding the dismantled reality of cutting edge banking not so different from his own world of the occult, Constantine risks bringing forth an ancient and dangerous druid who has taken refuge in a splintered reality…
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Hulk #30

Written by JEFF PARKER
Pencils & Cover by ED McGUINNESS
THE ORIGINAL RED HULK ARTIST RETURNS! Ed McGuiness draws a special (and especially insane) issue of HULK! A classic Hulk enemy returns, and can only be defeated by…THE?COMPOUND HULK! Guest-starring XEMNU, THE IMPOSSIBLE MAN and WOODGOD (yes, Woodgod)!
Preview
Format: 40pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

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Iron Man: The Rapture #4 (of 4)

By: Alexander Irvine, Lan Medina, Tim Bradstreet
Stark Industries is in lockdown as Tony 2.0 forcibly uploads everyone inside to his purgatorial virtual StarkWorld. His most recent victim? Pepper Potts. It’s up to Rhodey – suited up in a prototype War Machine armor – to save the day!
Preview
Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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The Legion of Super-Heroes #10

Written by PAUL LEVITZ; Art and Cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER
The Durlan plot against the United Planets comes to a very deadly conclusion, as Chameleon Boy must dive into battle with one of his own kind! And what this final assassin reveals will stun the shape-shifting Legionnaire!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Loki #3 (of 4)

Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Art by SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Ragnarok! The end of all things has been set in motion, and if Thor has any hope of saving Asgard, his only choice is to descend into the darkest, most treacherous depths of Hel, land of the dead. As his guide, guardian and only companion…crafty Loki! Whose intemperate trickery was what doomed Asgard to begin with. Does Loki seek redemption in the eyes of Thor…or the best opportunity to stab him in the back?
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Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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Marineman #3

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‘CHAPTER THREE: SURFACE TENSION’ IAN (Hulk, Supergirl)
CHURCHILL’s brand new creator-owned series continues! Steve ‘Marineman’ Ocean returns to American soil and has to face the repercussions of last issue’s dramatic revelation while also dealing with the anniversary of his mother’s tragic death.
Elsewhere, Lieutenant Greene takes ‘Nemo’ on her maiden voyage. . .!
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99

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S.H.I.E.L.D. #6

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Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by DUSTIN WEAVER
Cover by GERALD PAREL
Historical Variant by DUSTIN WEAVER THE FINALE TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF S.H.I.E.L.D.! This chapter comes to a close in a fashion that will have your jaw on the floor. It is Da Vinci vs. Newton with the fate of the world in the balance. Who is the Night Machine on the side of? What role will the Celestial Child play? The most talked about book of 2010 closes its first volume with a bang. But don’t worry, the same team will be back soon with volume 2!
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Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Silver Surfer #1 (of 5)

Written by Greg Pak Pencils by Stephen Segovia Cover by Carlo Pagulayan
A new beginning for the SILVER SURFER! The sentinel of the spaceways walks the Earth once more, a stranger feared by many. Only the HIGH EVOLUTIONARY understands his true potential, but the Evolutionary’s mysterious grand design may cost the Surfer everything and change the cosmic balance forever! He’s traded blows with Thor and matched wits with Mephisto, but can the herald of Galactus survive the judgment of NORRIN RAND, the man within the Silver Surfer? It’s a character-defining epic showing the Silver Surfer as you’ve never seen him before.
Preview
Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $2.99

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Spider-Girl #4

Written by PAUL TOBIN
Penciled by MATT SOUTHWORTH
Cover by JELENA KEVIC- DJURDJEVIC KRAVEN’S
NEW HUNT! Ana Kravinoff explodes onto the scene to prove to her father, Kraven the Hunter, that she’s worthy of the family name by taking down one of the Spider family, and Spider-Girl is her chosen prey! Looks like Spider-Girl isn’t the only one with father issues, and the Grim Hunt isn’t quite over… not if Ana Kravinoff has her way! AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: GRIM HUNT’s Matthew Southworth joins Paul Tobin for this two-part Spider-Epic!
Preview
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Thunderbolts #153

Written by JEFF PARKER
Penciled by KEV WALKER
Cover by GREG LAND
HULK’s ‘Scorched Earth’ program hits the T-Bolts – forcing the newest addition to the team to reveal their true colors! It looks like one prisoner will be walking away with no nanite controls and no chance of recapture…unless Juggernaut has something to say about it! It’s monsters, mayhem and more wicked twists in the series that ComicBookResources.com crowns ‘a must-read book each month.’
Preview
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Venom Deadpool #1 (One-Shot)

Written by RICK REMENDER Penciled by SHAWN MOLL Cover SKOTTIE YOUNG
The House of Ideas asks and answers: What if the Venom Symbiote possessed Deadpool?!
Format: FC, 32pg., ONE-SHOT
Price: $2.99

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Uncanny X-Force #5

Written by RICK REMENDER
Art & Cover by ESAD RIBIC
There are innumerable and varying potential futures awaiting mankind. Between them exists only one constant: The rise of the Deathloks! Seeded in our present they grow, a time virus spreading across all possibilities, infiltrating the fate of mankind. One thing stands in their way; a man who shouldn’t exist.
They come in waves, an army of time displaced Deathlok troopers made from Earth’s greatest warriors; Captain America, Spider-Man, Elektra, Cyclops, Venom, The Thing, Bullseye–all soldiers in the army of Deathlok. All operating under one directive: Fantomex must die! The hottest book on the stands just gets hotter as fan favorite writer Rick Remender (Punisher, Fear Agent) is joined by superstar artist Esad Ribic (Wolverine, Loki)!
Preview
Format: 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

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The Walking Dead Weekly #7 (MR)

By: Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore
THE FIRST ISSUE BY SERIES ARTIST CHARLIE ADLARD!
Winter has come, and it is decided that they must move the camp to a safer area. With such harsh weather conditions, Rick and company find that the zombies all around them are the least of their worries. MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Young Justice #1

Written by ART BALTAZAR and FRANCO; Art and Cover by MIKE NORTON
Based on the highly anticipated, all-new hit animated show from Warner Bros. debuting in January on Cartoon Network!
It’s moving-in day for Superboy and Miss Martian as they choose their rooms
at their new headquarters! But the Boy of Steel is haunted by the Cave’s memories and strange visions of his past…
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Captain America By Jack Kirby Omnibus HC

By: Jack Kirby
It’s Jack Kirby at his finest in some of the kookiest Cap stories of all-time! During the height of their partnership, Captain America and the Falcon face racism and government corruption with fists and shields raised! The deadly Secret Empire has infiltrated American society and plans to drive the entire country into war with their madness-inducing Madbomb! And amid battles with mutated men and armies with deadly weapons, has Cap found love? Featuring the threats of Arnim Zola and Agron! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA #193-214, CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #3-4 and CAPTAIN AMERICA’S BICENTENNIAL BATTLES.
Format: 568pg., HARD COVER
Price: $74.99

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DMZ Vol. 9: M.I.A. TP (MR)

Written by BRIAN WOOD; Art by RICCARDO BURCHIELLI; Cover by JP LEON
After the shattering events of HEARTS AND MINDS, M.I.A. takes Matty to a remote and desolate section of the city. Self-exile forces him to take a good, hard look at himself and his conduct since he entered the DMZ, and he doesn’t like what he’s seeing. His discovery presents him with an opportunity that he’s tempted to take, but is the price too high? This volume collects issues #50-54 and includes a pinup gallery with art by Jim Lee, Dave Gibbons, Eduardo Risso and others.
Format: FC, 128pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $14.99

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Invincible Iron Man Vol. 6: Stark Resilient Book 2 HC Premiere

By: Matt Fraction, Salvador Larroca
When you think of the greatest mechanized hero of the modern era, only two words come to mind: Detroit Steel. You wanted the best? You got the best. But the best comes at a price. Meanwhile, Pepper Potts is on the road to recovery, but nothing is free from complication in Tony Stark’s world – and this one’s a doozy, even if it means the debut of an all-new Rescue.
Plus: The gang at Stark Resilient burns the midnight oil against an impossible deadline, but they’re not the only one manufacturing a world-changer – the Hammer Girls are building an army of drone bombers as air support for Detroit Steel! And all of Tony Stark’s plans are in danger as the greatest foe he’s ever faced finally reveals his hand!
Format: 136pg., HARD COVER
Price: $19.99

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Morning Glories Vol. 1: For A Better Future TP

By: Nick Spencer, Joe Eisma, Rodin Esqueljo
Morning Glory Academy is one of the most prestigious prep schools in the country, but something sinister and deadly lurks behind its walls. When six gifted but troubled new students arrive, they find themselves trapped and fighting for their lives as the secrets of the academy reveal themselves!
Format: TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $9.99

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Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. TP

By: Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev
What happens when an innocent person emerges from the trauma of captivity only to return to a life even more hellish? Delivered from captivity on an alien world, Spider-Woman has returned to an Earth ravaged by a deadly Skrull invasion led by her shape-shifting impostor.
Now, she must cope with having the face of public enemy No. 1 – and the trust of none. None, that is, except the mysterious Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D. Charged with safeguarding Earth from alien threats, Brand arrives at Jessica Drew’s doorstep with a job offer and – should she choose to accept it – a chance for redemption.
Format: 184pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $19.99

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The Stand: Hardcases HC Premiere

By: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Mike Perkins, Tomm Coker
The Trashcan Man was spared for a reason: to join the Dark Man Randall Flagg’s swelling army and to set the world on fire.
It’s a dream come true for the pyromaniac, but he has to reach Flagg’s compound in Las Vegas first – and somehow survive crossing paths with ‘the Kid,’ a hardcase who’s even crazier and more dangerous than Trashy is! The villains are front-and-center as we cross the mid-point of this epic adaptation of Stephen King’s horror masterpiece!
Format: 136pg., HARD COVER
Price: $24.99

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X-Men: Curse of the Mutants HC Premiere

By: Victor Gischler, Paco Medina, Adi Granov
When a suicide bomber strikes in downtown San Francisco, it gets the X-Men’s immediate attention. But this is not your garden variety terrorist, and he’s not acting alone. Vampires from around the globe are descending en masse on the City by the Bay, staking a brutal claim for the patch of land the X-Men call their home.
What is their agenda? Who is their mysterious leader? The X-Men are about to find out, as they brace themselves for a war of the species that will wrack the Marvel Universe.
Format: 168pg., HARD COVER
Price: $24.99

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All Star Superman Collectors Set AF

What would you do if you had one year left to live? The Man of Steel keeps his mortal revelation hidden. But other secrets are revealed, stories told, challenges faces, and opportunities grasped by all. This special collector set is based on the Eisner Award-winning series ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, written by Grant Morrison and art by Frank Quitely. Included in this set are action figures of Superman (boasting brand new deco) and a new figure — Bizarro — as well as the 160-page reprint of the ALL-STAR SUPERMAN VOLUME 1 graphic novel. Each figure stands approximately 6.75′ high.
Format: ACTION FIGURE
Price: PI