GEEKLY WEEKLY COMIC GUIDE (Mar 24, 2011)
GEEKLY WEEKLY COMIC GUIDE (Mar 24, 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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Astonishing Spider-Man: Wolverine #5 (of 6)
Written by Jason Aaron
Pencils & Cover by Adam Kubert
Meet Czar and Big Murder. They’ve kicked Spider-Man and Wolverine’s butts throughout time, working for the mystery villain who’s been running this whole scheme. And he’s winning. But will it matter when, SPOILER ALERT, the Phoenix Force steps in? Don’t miss the penultimate chapter of Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE) and Adam Kubert’s (X-MEN) modern-day masterpiece!
PREVIEW
Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99
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Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art by YANICK PAQUETTE; Cover by JH WILLIAMS; Variant cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
Superstar writer Grant Morrison and artist Yanick Paquette have sent The Dark Knight on a trip to Japan and Argentina, but now Batman’s taking a brief breather back in his home base of Gotham City for a team-up with Batwoman! And don’t miss the first issue of BATWOMAN’s new monthly series, on sale this month!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by PAUL DINI; Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN & DEREK FRIDOLFS; Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
The sequel to “Heart of Hush” concludes! The life of Tommy Elliot takes a shocking new turn as “House of Hush” reaches its final soul-searing chapter. Secrets are revealed, lives are torn apart and a deadly new villain rises to threaten the existence of Batman and his allies.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by MITCH BREITWEISER
Cover by DANIEL ACUNA
Special POINT ONE issue. START READING with this Point One issue. Steve Rogers emerged from the super soldier program to become the first Captain America, the Sentinel of Liberty. When he died, Bucky Barnes took up the shield to become a new kind of Captain America. With Barnes on trial, who will wield the legendary weapon-who will become the new Captain of America? This is the start of a new era for the famed Avenger!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by Daniel Way
Penciled by Carlo Barberi
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Captain America 70th Anniversary Variant Cover by ED McGUINNESS
‘Space Oddity,’ Part 2 of 3
Deadpool, intent on re-establishing his rep as the best there is at what he does, has taken on his biggest gig yet: he’s gonna kill a planet! Well, not quite a planet. Introducing: Id the Selfish Moon! You’re gonna hate this guy.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by BILL WILLINGHAM; Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM & STEVE LEIALOHA; Cover by JOAO RUAS
When the world is threatened by a strange creature with alarming supernatural powers, you naturally form a small commando team of rough, tough customers and put them in tight costumes to confront said creature, right? Isn’t that how it’s usually done in a rational world? Don’t miss part 2 of “Super Team!”
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Pencils by STEVE EPTING
Cover by DANIEL ACUNA
Variant Cover by STEVE EPTING
Blank Variant Cover Character Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Classic Artist Variant Cover by TBA
Fantastic Four 50th Anniversary Variant by MARKO DJURDJEVIC It’s the FANTASTIC first issue of FF! A bold new direction for Marvel’s First Family featuring new members, old friends, older enemies and uneasy alliances that will send shockwaves through the Marvel Universe. With stunning art work by Steve Epting and Paul Mounts, please join writer, Jonathan Hickman, on the second massive arc in the bold new direction for the ‘World’s Greatest Comic Magazine.’
PREVIEW
Format: 40pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99
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Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art by DOUG MAHNKE & CHRISTIAN ALAMY; Cover by IVAN REIS & OCLAIR ALBERT; 1:10 Variant cover by TYLER KIRKHAM & BATT
“War of the Green Lanterns”
“War of the Green Lanterns” ignites with part 1 of the blockbuster event that’ll burn into the summer! A malevolent force has usurped control over all the power batteries, leaving the Corps powerless except for a select few members. Now it’s up to Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Sinestro to regain control – but can these warriors overcome their differences in time to save the univers
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Green Lantern Corps #58
Written by TONY BEDARD ; Art and cover by TYLER KIRKHAM & BATT; 1:10 Variant cover by PATRICK GLEASON
“War of the Green Lanterns” part 2!
Kyle Rayner vs. John Stewart!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by JEFF PARKER
Pencils & Cover by GABRIEL HARDMAN
Red Hulk is already used to his past sins coming back to haunt him. Now, even the good he’s done has created a deadly new challenge. The world stage bursts open to make room for a powerful mastermind who wants to remake society in her own vision–after she kills the Red Hulk! Plus: a mysterious group has plans for their newly adopted champion–Rick Jones, the A-Bomb!
PREVIEW
Format: 40pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99
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By: Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, Fco Plasencia
THE VILTRUMITE WAR CONTINUES! The dust is settling, the war is over… but nothing will ever be the same. Mark and Eve, Nolan and Debbie are reunited, but the Viltrumites have… well… you’ll just have to read the book to find out.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Justice League: Generation Lost #22
Written by JUDD WINICK; FERNANDO DAGNINO; Covers by DUSTIN NGUYEN 1:10 Variant covers by KEVIN MAGUIRE
Max’s ultimate OMAC Project closes in on completion, and the JLI race to find Wonder Woman before Max finds her first. Along the way, Power Girl, Batman and one more former-JLI member will join the team – but will their combined efforts be enough?
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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The Legion of Super Heroes #11
Written by PAUL LEVITZ ; Art and cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER
A jam-packed extravaganza! Star Boy returns from the 21st century! Sensor Girl searches for Karate Kid! The team trails the escaped Legion of Super-Villains! And Saturn Girl seeks Harmonia Li’s blood-and the reason why will shock you!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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By: Ian Churchfill
‘CHAPTER FOUR: FINDING NEMO’
IAN CHURCHILL (Red Hulk, Supergril) continues his creator-owned series – Deep Marine One, along with Lieutenant Greene, has vanished! could it be an accident or something more sinister? Whatever the case, Steve ‘Marineman’ Ocean is sent to investigate resulting in a startling revelation that may change his life forever!
Format: COMIC
Price: $3.99
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The New York Five #3 (of 4) (MR)
Written by BRIAN WOOD; Art and cover by RYAN KELLY
Ren Severin, our laidback west coast transplant, has been MIA a bit, but now we find out what she’s been up to – something that threatens to tear the college roommates apart. Also, the homeless Olive (our “five” in THE NEW YORK FIVE) deals with her own demons.
Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $2.99
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Written by KELLY SUE DECONNICK
Art by EMMA RIOS
Cover by BEN OLIVER
BIG TIME continues for the biggest criminal in the Marvel Universe. Norman Osborn’s got himself a prison army! The former Green Goblin’s enemies and allies, both outside the top-secret supermax prison and inside, want to play him like a fiddle and serve their own ends. As everyone around Osborn scrambles to salvage their ultimate goal, Norman opts to take matters into his own hands…with the help of his fellow super villains!
PREVIEW
Format: 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99
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Written by GREG PAK
Pencils by STEPHEN SEGOVIA & HARVEY TOLIBAO
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Surfer no more! Masterless. Powerless. Mortal. Humbled by the High Evolutionary, the Silver Surfer is now at the mercy of the masses he once flew far above. Can he escape persecution by human authorities in time to stop the Evolutionary from turning the legacy of Galactus to his own ends? And after all this time, does Norrin Rand still have what it takes to prove that one common man can save the world? The new gold standard for the Silver Surfer continues!
PREVIEW
Format: FC, 32pg.,
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Written by NICK SPENCER; Art by BERNARD CHANG; Cover by AMY REEDER & RICHARD FRIEND
Nick Spencer (Morning Glories) assembles the cream of the crop of the next generation of DCU super-heroes in this issue – Robin, Static, Miss Martian, Blue Beetle, Batgirl, the new Impulse – to team up with Supergirl and take on a new villain who promises to define this generation as much as Darkseid, Lex Luthor and The Joker did prior ones. Good luck, kids!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by DAN ABNETT & ANDY LANNING
Penciled by MARK BROOKS
Cover by ED McGUINNESS
Special POINT ONE issue. START READING with this Point One issue. The nefarious Grey Gargoyle, on a quest for immortality, sets out to attain godhood in Asgard. Thor, god of Thunder, must end Gargoyle’s rampage! Witness an epic showdown between the Prince of Asgard and the dreaded villain with the power to turn his enemies to stone! But, can even the Mighty Thor defend the Golden City, and how will this battle impact Asgard for ages to come? Find out here!
PREVIEW
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #156
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by Mark Bagley
DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN, CHAPTER ONE
Peter Parker has gathered his most eclectic group of friends and family in the world. In this very special issue we will discover some shocking secrets that will either pull them closer together or push them apart forever.
Part of Death of Spider-Man
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99
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Written by RICK REMENDER
Art & Cover by ESAD RIBIC
‘DEATHLOK NATION,’ PART 2
Buried deep, sequestered under a million years of unnatural evolution, Father, architect of The World, has a solution to the relentless and fruitless super human conflict that has left the Earth teetering on the brink of destruction. The Deathlok virus will spread, acclimate and control them all. In order to protect Earth’s heroes from the Deathlok virus, X-Force must kill The World’s Father, and his perfect future with him. But should they? How many people would a hero allow to die to ensure worldwide utopia?
PREVIEW
Format: 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99
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The Walking Dead Weekly #12 (MR)
By: Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore
It always comes down to this. In a world ruled by zombies, where at any moment something could leap out of the shadows and end your life… it seems like finally there would be a cause that would unite man and end all our petty squabbles. No. It’s never that simple. Now Rick has a gun to his head.
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99
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Written by KATHRYN IMMONEN
Penciled by PHIL NOTO
Cover by NIMIT MALAVIA
When Jubilee’s pursuer turns up in the dead of night, there’s a debt that needs to be paid and the hidden costs? Killer. Wolverine has always promised to be there for Jubilee but with her held hostage as collateral in a place where not even Fedex delivers, he’s going to have to play along to try to get her back. Wolverine is headed into a dangerous Siberian dead zone to do a job that no one else can or will do to retrieve a package that defies description. And Jubilee is about to come face to face with the man responsible.
Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $2.99
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Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO
Cover by TERRY DODSON
Captain America 70th Anniversary Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
‘TO SERVE AND PROTECT,’ PART 3
The X-Men, with Spider-Man’s help, return to the depths of the Manhattan sewers to rescue the outcast teens that have fallen into the clutches of a mysterious menace. But Logan, Emma and crew are about to walk into a trap that strikes to the very core of their DNA, and the surprise villain pulling the strings is an all-too-familiar face! Can the X-Men save the innocents when they might not even be able to save themselves?
PREVIEW
Format: 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99
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Demo Vol. 2 TP (MR)
Written by BRIAN WOOD; Art and Cover by BECKY CLOONAN
“A character-driven drama…Wood proves himself to be a master of done-in-one storytelling.” – IGN
The Eisner-nominated, critically acclaimed project by writer Brian Wood and artist Becky Cloonan returns in this collection of the second six-issue miniseries. Don’t miss these new stories of conflicted teens grappling with love, loss and the joy of finding their way in life while dealing with their unexpected super-powers.
Format: BW, 160pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $17.99
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Fantastic Four: Extended Family TP
Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, JOHN BYRNE, STEVE ENGLEHART, WALTER SIMONSON, TOM DEFALCO, DWAYNE MCDUFFIE, CARLOS PACHECO, RAFAEL MARIN & JEPH LOEB
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, JOHN BUSCEMA, RICH BUCKLER, JOHN BYRNE, ART ADAMS, PAUL PELLETIER & STUART IMMONEN
Cover by STEVE EPTING
For decades, Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing have stood together as comics’ first family of super heroes! But even a family of heroes needs help, and the FF have often bolstered their ranks with friends and allies from throughout the Marvel Universe! Crystal! Medusa! Luke Cage! She-Hulk! Ms. Marvel! Spider-Man! Wolverine! Hulk! Ghost Rider! Ant-Man! Black Panther! Storm! Namorita! Witness the debuts?of the Fantastic Four’s fill-in members! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #1, #81, #132, #168, #265, #307, #347, #384 and #544; and FANTASTIC FOUR (1998) #42.
Format: 232pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $24.99
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Written by ALEXANDER IRVINE
Penciled by LAN MEDINA
Covers by TIM BRADSTREET
A pulse-pounding cyberpunk thriller by Alexander Irvine (The Narrows) and Lan Medina (DEATHLOK: THE DEMOLISHER)! The future belongs to Tony Stark. So when a violent heart attack pushes the billionaire playboy and visionary inventor to the brink of death, he’s not about to go down quietly. Enter Stark 2.0 – a fusion of man and machine unlike anything the world has seen before, an entity that will push its host past the brink of sanity as it attempts to recreate the world in its own image. With Stark Industries in lockdown, it’s up to Starks’s associates Pepper Potts and Jim Rhodes to stem a technological virus that might well contaminate the entire world. But to save the day, they’ll need Tony’s help – if, indeed, there is anything left of him. Collecting IRON MAN: RAPTURE #1-4.
Format: 96pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $14.99
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Owly & Wormy #1: Friends All Aflutter! HC
By: Andy Runton
Owly and Wormy wants some butterflies. But when they come home from the nursery with a plant that will attract some fluttering friends, all that shows up are fat, green bug things. Bug things are not butterflies!
But, they are nice and fun and good at sleep outs under the stars and always up for a game of checkers. But, the bug things can’t stay. When the bugs build their cocoons, Owly and Wormy think they have no friends left. Only one day, their dreams for butterflies friends come true!
Bold, graphic and full of fun, this wordless storybook will give pre-readers the wings they need to start reading on their own, and a firm footing on the idea of metamorphosis.
Format: HARD COVER
Price: $15.99
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(W) Greg Rucka (A) Matt Southworth, Lee Loughridge, Rico Renzi
Superstar writer Greg Rucka (BATWOMAN: ELEGY) embarks on his first creator-owned series since the Eisner Award-winning QUEEN & COUNTRY! Dex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she’s less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. Her recent streak has left her beyond broke and she’s into the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast for 18 large. But maybe Dex’s luck is about to change. Sue-Lynne, head of the Wind Coast’s casino operation, will clear Dex’ debt if she can locate Sue-Lynne’s missing granddaughter. But is this job Dex’s way out of the hole or a shove down one much much deeper?
Format: FC, 152pg., HARD COVER
Price: $29.99
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The Unwritten Vol. 3 (of 1): Dead Man\’s Knock TP (MR)
Written by MIKE CAREY; Art by PETER GROSS and RYAN KELLY; Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
“A taut thriller that slyly plays off the real-world mania for imaginary ones.” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Spellbinding . . . a fast-paced supernatural horror story . . . engrossing and exciting.” – BOING BOING
The third volume of the critically acclaimed, New York Times best-selling series, collecting issues #13-18. This volume includes “Dead Man’s Knock,” featuring the launch of the long-awaited new Tommy Taylor novel. A scheme by the Unwritten cabal to bring its author out of hiding works with dramatic results, leading to a momentous confrontation between Tom and Wilson.
Plus, learn the truth behind Lizzie Hexam, Tommy’s mysterious benefactor, in an amazing, interactive tale that lets the reader choose the story’s path.
Format: FC, 160pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $14.99
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