GEEKLY WEEKLY: Comic Guide (Oct 7, 2010)

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.

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American Vampire #7 (MR)

Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
1935, Las Vegas. Skinner Sweet is suspect number one behind the mystery of the bloodless victims – but could he just be a blood-red herring? Meanwhile, young police Chief Cash McCogan has his hands full with two FBI agents who may not be what they seem. Don’t miss part two of “Devil in the Sand,” and learn the secret history of Las Vegas!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

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Avengers Academy #5

Written by CHRISTOS GAGE
Pencils by JORGE MOLINA
Cover by MIKE MCKONE
Variant Cover by MIKE MCKONE
Vampire Variant Cover by J.S. ROSSBACH
The Avengers Academy: exposed to the public? The existence of the school has been kept secret…and the fame-hungry Striker isn’t happy about that at all! But it may be a moot point as the obsessed super-criminal Whirlwind blames Hank Pym for the death of the woman he loved, Janet Van Dyne, and comes seeking revenge on Hank’s inexperienced students, who are out on a field trip! And hey, who’s that locking lips with Justice? All the drama, action and intrigue you can handle, from the new breakout series which WeeklyCrisis.com says has ‘a solid premise, interesting new characters, and a superb creative team. I look for this comic to be criminally underestimated, but tremendously satisfying.’
PREVIEW
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Brightest Day #11

Written by GEOFF JOHNS & PETER J. TOMASI
Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK and JOE PRADO
#11 cover by DAVID FINCH & SCOTT WILLIAMS
#12 cover by DAVID FINCH
1:10 Variant covers by IVAN REIS
Don’t miss the hottest event in comics as the biweekly BRIGHTEST DAY continues with the return of the Black Lanterns! Has time run out for our resurrected heroes? Plus, you must not miss the stunning origin of the new Aqualad, the battle between Aquaman and Black Manta, and the bizarre journey of Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond as they delve into the inner workings of the Firestorm matrix and uncover its secret! Retailers please note: These issues ship with two covers each.
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Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Chaos War #1 (of 5)

COVER BY: Ed McGuinness
WRITER: Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente
Bigger than THE INFINITY GAUNTLET! More cosmic than ANNIHILATION! Since the end of SECRET INVASION, the CHAOS KING has amassed his army of alien slave gods — and the time to strike Earth is NOW! Only the greatest Marvel heroes can oppose him — all led by the newly-returned god of heroes … HERCULES! But are even his incredible new powers enough to stand against the greatest threat the Marvel Universe has ever seen – a mad god who seeks to destroy Reality itself? PLUS: While thought dead, Hercules was trapped in a dangerous world that threatened his very sanity. Find out the secret of his exile in a special extra story penciled by PRINCE OF POWER’s Reilly Brown!
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Format: 40pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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House of Mystery #30 (MR)

Written by MATTHEW STURGES ; Art by LUCA ROSSI and CARINE BRANCOWITZ; Cover by ESAO ANDREWS
There’s so much happening in this issue that it’s nearly impossible to summarize. There’s the thing with the witches, the bit with the monster, and then there’s killer ribbon. See? Too much. With stunning art by French fashion illustrator Carine Brancowitz (Vogue, Elle)!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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R.E.B.E.L.S. #21

Written by TONY BEDARD
Art by CLAUDE ST. AUBIN & SCOTT HANNA
Cover by ALEX GARNER
In part 1 of ‘To Be a R.E.B.E.L.,’ the clash between Vril Dox’s space cops and the Green Lantern Corps escalates to a place where war might become inevitable! And Lobo and the others never back down from a fight!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Scalped #41 (MR)

Written by JASON AARON
Art by R.M. GUERA
Cover by JOCK
Dash Bad Horse and his ex-girlfriend have both worked hard to get their lives in order, but now they may be torn apart again by the one thing that’s a bane for them both: Family.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Secret Six #26

Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by J. CALAFIORE
Cover by DANIEL LUVISI
It’s Scandal’s Secret Six vs. Bane’s Secret Six in the savage secret world of Skartaris! Who is manipulating the two teams, and who has vowed to track them both down?
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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S.H.I.E.L.D. #4

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by DUSTIN WEAVER
Cover by GERALD PAREL
Historical Variant by DUSTIN WEAVER
Vampire Variant by MIKE MAYHEW
‘THE MADNESS, THE STAR CHILD AND THE CELESTIAL MADONNA’
The hottest book of 2010 continues! The world is still shaking from the revelations of #3 and there are more where those came from. IN THIS ISSUE- The true history of Nostradamus, the defeat of a Celestial at the hands of a mortal man and HOW THE WORLD ENDS! Oh, and Jonathan Hickman (FANTASTIC FOUR) and Dustin Weaver (X-MEN) have also created the most troubling idea ever-THE FOETUS OF GOD!
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Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Sweet Tooth #14 (MR)

Written by JEFF LEMIRE; Art and cover by JEFF LEMIRE
Just as Jepperd gathers his army to take down the militia camp, Gus and the hybrid kids embark on a daring escape. In the process, our doe-eyed hero crosses a line, and he’ll never be the same. “Animal Armies” amps up as our cast all head toward a bloody, heart-wrenching collision.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Taskmaster #2 (of 4)

Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by JEFTE PALO
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
Everyone’s favorite anti-hero continues the quest for his secret origin (so secret he himself doesn’t even know it) to drug war-torn Mexico, where even the billion-dollar bounty hunters of The Org, the mysterious super villain underground, fear to tread. But instead, he discovers an even more formidable threat: the newest murderous Marvel sensation, the bad guy you’ll be talking about for years, or possibly minutes. Are you prepared for the senses-shattering debut of…THE DON OF THE DEAD? (Hint: No. You’re not.)
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Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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Ultimate Comics: Thor #1 (of 4)

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Pencils & Cover by CARLOS PACHECO
Villain Variant by MIKE CHOI
Exploding from the pages of the Ultimates, comes Ultimate Thor! Don’t miss the superstar team-up of JONATHAN HICKMAN and CARLOS PACHECO as they go back to the beginning and tell the origin of Thor, Loki and the rest of Asgard! Ragnorak has descended and Asgard sits at the edge of the end. What will become of Thor and the Warriors Three? And what exactly does Baron Zemo, mysterious commander for the Nazis, have to do with it all? Ultimate Comics Thor brings you the untold story of Thor’s thunderous debut!
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Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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Uncanny X-Force #1 (MR)

COVER BY: ESAD RIBIC
WRITER: RICK REMENDER
‘AGES,’ PART 1
Wolverine promised Cyclops that X-Force would disband — he lied. A secret society has resurrected En Sabah Nur, putting into motion events that will turn this age of heroes into an Age of Apocalypse! To hold them back, Wolverine and Archangel bring together Fantomex, Deadpool, and Psylocke to form The Uncanny X-Force! Stained by their history, they are the only ones capable of making the hard resolutions necessary. A band of likeminded friends and mercenaries set to one purpose, one big ugly task — kill Apocalypse by any means.
PREVIEW
Format: 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

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Unknown Soldier #24 (MR)

Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by ALBERTO PONTICELLI
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Two men sit at a table. One is a WWII veteran, a highly placed secret agent known only by the code name Unknown Soldier. The other is a psychologically deconstructed ghost named Moses Lwanga. Tonight, one will tell the other his story – and the course of their lives will be changed forever. MATURE READERS
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Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit HC

By: Darwyn Cooke
Darwyn Cooke is the Eisner Award-winning writer/artist of such classics as DC: The New Frontier, Selina’s Big Score, and last year’s smash-hit, The Hunter. Now, Cooke is back and following up the New York Times best-selling Hunter with a heart-pounding sequel: The Outfit. After evening the score with those who betrayed him, and recovering the money he was cheated out of from the syndicate, Parker is riding high, living in swank hotels and enjoying the finer things in life again. Until, that is, he’s fingered by a squealer who rats him out to the Outfit for the price they put on his head… and they find out too late that if you push Parker, it better be all the way into the grave! Darwyn Cooke is an Eisner- and Emmy-winning creator whose adaptation of Richard Stark’s first groundbreaking Parker novel has earned him multiple 2010 Eisner Award nominations!
Format: FC, 160pg., HARD COVER
Price: $24.99

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Starman Omnibus Vol. 5 HC

Written by JAMES ROBINSON, DAVID S. GOYER and GEOFF JOHNS
Art by PETER SNEJBJERG, STEVE YEOWELL STEVE SADOWSKI, LEE MODER, TONY HARRIS and others
Cover by TONY HARRIS
In this fifth hardcover, Starman embarks on a personal space odyssey to find the long-lost brother of his girlfriend. But when a chance encounter sends Starman sprawling through time, Jack shares an adventure with the Legion of Super-Heroes, battling aliens alongside Adam Strange and meeting Superman’s father. Collects STARMAN #47-60 and 1,000,000, STARS AND S.T.R.I.P.E. #0, ALL STAR COMICS 80-PAGE GIANT #1 and a story from JSA: ALL STARS #4 (2003)!
Format: FC, 464pg., HARD COVER
Price: $49.99