GEEKLY WEEKLY COMIC GUIDE (May 11, 2011)

GEEKLY WEEKLY COMIC GUIDE (May 11, 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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Hundred Penny Press: 30 Days of Night #1

A single dollar will get you the original tale of vampiric terror that started it all off! 30 Days of Night put IDW on the comics-publishing map and established Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith as creative forces to be reckoned with. Now, you can return to Barrow, or visit it for the first time, as the sun goes down on the remote Alaskan town… and then check out the next page for the latest bloody happenings in the 30 Days world!
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $1.00

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Amazing Spider-Man #660

Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
‘Parental Supervision Required’ THIS ISSUE IS PACKED!!! The SINISTER SIX versus SPIDER-MAN and the FF… and by FF, we mean ALL of the Future Foundation! Know what’s not a good place for children, even super powered kids? A full-scale battle with the world’s deadliest super villains! It’s not ‘Bring Your Kids To Work’ Day, not a field trip, and it’s definitely not a game! This is a high stakes battle and there’s no way it will end well… You also get part 3 of the death-defying team up of Spider-Man and Ghost Rider by Rob Williams and Lee Garbett. And also this issue…our 2nd in a series of ‘Infested’ preludes leading to this summer’s top secret Spidey event! Phew!

Format: 40pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

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Astonishing X-Men #37

Written by DANIEL WAY
Pencils & Cover by JASON PEARSON
‘MONSTROUS,’ PART 2 OF 4
When the monstrous Fing Fang Foom attacks Tokyo, the X-Men head into action! While the Children of the Atom do battle with the reptilian menace that is Foom, Armor contends with matters of a more personal nature. Can the X-Men save Tokyo without losing Armor? Plus, a treacherous plot involving Roxxon Oil is brewing on Monster Island!

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Batgirl #21

Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER; Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN and DEREK FRIDOLFS; Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN
When the Grey Ghost puts himself in harm’s way to save Gotham City from the Reaper’s sound-wielding Harmony, it’s up to Batgirl to save the day. If Batgirl has her way, her first team-up with the Grey Ghost will be her last with the Grey Ghost – assuming they both make it out alive.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Batman Incorporated #6

Written by GRANT MORRISON; Art and cover by CHRIS BURNHAM; 1:25 Variant cover by FRAZER IRVING
Man-of-Bats is a self-styled hero and community leader who protects his Sioux reservation from crime and disease. His son, Raven Red, can’t seem to keep his father’s often-embarrassing enthusiasm in check – and he dreams of escaping his father’s shadow to become a big time hero. But what happens when this homemade Dynamic Duo become the targets of a sophisticated, well-connected killer from the shadows? Can the intervention of Batman save them before it’s too late?
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Birds of Prey #12

Written by GAIL SIMONE; Art and cover by JESUS SAIZ
They’ve had the growing pains, the split-ups and the reunions. Now it’s time to see the Birds of Prey do the dirty jobs no one else can. When a mysterious yet familiar villain threatens to organize all East Coast criminal activity, from loan sharking to illegal arms trading, Oracle is forced to test the limits of the Batman Incorporated strategy, using her own operatives as pawns in a battle for the soul of Gotham City!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Black Panther: The Man Without Fear #518

Written by DAVID LISS
Penciled by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
T’Challa vs. Vlad The Impaler – the final battle! He’s left a wake of destruction across Hell’s Kitchen…now Vlad feels the wrath of the Panther! From dark alleys to rain-soaked rooftops, T’Challa must end the bloody career of a ruthless monster, but at what terrible cost? Plus, don’t miss the shock ending that will launch the next arc of the series that has Aint It Cool News raving ‘I bet you a red billy club Liss and Francavilla will be up for an Eisner…This is good comics!’
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Chew #27

By: John Layman, Rob Guillory
‘Space Cakes,’ Part Two
Delivered from future! We jump ahead and show you exactly where Tony Chu is nine issues and two story arcs from now. Yes, CHEW presents its version of ‘One Year Later.’ A brilliant jumping on-point, or a pathetic cry for attention? You decide! Also: those frickin’ chogs return!
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Cinderella: Fables Are Forever #4 (of 6)

Written by CHRIS ROBERSON; Art by SHAWN MCMANUS; Cover by CHRISSIE ZULLO
The hunt for Cinderella’s longtime nemesis leads her from the heat of equatorial Africa to the chilly ski slopes of Switzerland. Cinderella and her companion, the Russian Fable Ivan Durak, have managed to stay one step ahead of the deadly assassin so far – but is their luck about to run out?
Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $2.99

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FF #3

Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by STEVE EPTING
Covers by DANIEL ACUNA
Character Variants by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
FF #3 X-Men Evolutions Variant by TBA What has become of the surviving members of the Council, loosed upon our world by Valeria? That’s what Reed Richards and the new FF must now discover!
Format: FC, COMIC
Price: $2.99

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The Flash #12

Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art and cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL; 1:10 Variant cover by GEORGE PEREZ
“The Road to Flashpoint” concludes as everything Barry Allen knows and cares about is lost. What is the Flashpoint? Find out in the upcoming FLASHPOINT #1!
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Flashpoint #1 (of 6)

Written by GEOFF JOHNS; Art and cover by ANDY KUBERT; 1:25 Variant cover A by ANDY KUBERT; Variant cover by IVAN REIS and GEORGE PEREZ
Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It’s a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war – but where are Earth’s Greatest Heroes to stop it? It’s a place where America’s last hope is Cyborg, who hopes to gather the forces of The Outsider, The Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yet-altered faces! It’s a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can’t find the villain who altered the time line!
Welcome to FLASHPOINT!
Format: FC, 40pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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Hellboy: Being Human (One-Shot)

Writer: Mike Mignola
Artist: Richard Corben
Colorist: Dave Stewart
A horrible witch and her zombie servant host a dinner party for a family of corpses, and Hellboy and Roger turn up to blast them all back to hell in this team-up story from Roger’s early days at the B.P.R.D.
* Art by Richard Corben (Hellboy: The Bride of Hell, Hellboy in Mexico, Hellboy: The Crooked Man).
* Features an early team–up with fan–favorite Roger!
* Twenty–eight story pages of blood–curdling horror!
“Each comic is able to effortlessly welcome and envelop you back into its strange world filled with odd characters and even odder ideas. I’ve cherished every one of my forays into the world of Hellboy.” -IGN
Format: FC, 32pg., ONE-SHOT
Price: $3.50

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Journey Into Mystery #623

Written by KIERON GILLEN
Penciled by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
X-Men Evolutions Variant by LARRY STROMAN FEAR ITSELF TIE-IN Loki, the great betrayer, the great destroyer has returned! But in all the nine realms there is no one who trusts him. Sadly, when he’s the first to discover the dread secret behind FEAR ITSELF and issues forth a call to arms, none will heed his call. Thrill to the latest JIM installment as the younthened Trickster God makes his devious move for power and control!

Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Mega Man #1

(W) Ian Flynn (A) Patrick ‘Spaz’ Spaziante
‘Let the Games Begin!’ Part One.
The future looks bright when brilliant and benevolent Dr. Light unveils his latest creations: the Robot Masters! But when the nefarious Dr. Wily steals them for his own sinister purposes, there is no one left to stop him. No one – except Mega Man! Don’t miss the first issue of this brand new ongoing series based on Capcom’s long-running and best-selling video game sensation! Available with a regular cover by Patrick ‘Spaz’ Spaziante or a sketch cover by Chad Thomas.
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Northlanders #40

Written by BRIAN WOOD; Art by MATTHEW WOODSON; Cover by MASSIMO CARNEVALE
In the middle of a long Scandinavian winter, a solitary hunter stalks the forest for what seems like weeks on end. His elusive prey starts to take on added significance as the hunter descends into helplessness and despair, to the point that the skills of even this seasoned outdoorsman are put to the ultimate test. Lavishly illustrated by Matthew Woodson, whose illustrations have appeared in Wired, Spin, Penthouse, Glamour and more, “The Hunt” is destined to be one of the most memorable Northlanders stories to date.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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Undying Love #2

written by TOMM COKER & DANIEL FREEDMAN, art by TOMM COKER, color by DANIEL FREEDMAN
‘UNDYING LOVE’ Part Two
To save Mei from her vampire curse, John Sargent sets out to destroy the infamous Shang-Ji. His first stop: Club G-Boss, nightclub, casino and notorious vampire hangout. But after being bitten himself, Sargent is forced to contend with a curse of his own.
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99

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The Unwritten #25

Written by MIKE CAREY; Art by PETER GROSS; Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU
“Citizen Taylor,” part 1 of 2!
Back in the real world at last, Tom follows Lizzie and Savoy to New York and to the auction house of Christian Bolinbroke. Lots #1 to 200? The worldly goods of Wilson Taylor. And the only thing more dangerous than the other bidders is the auctioneer himself.
Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $2.99

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The Walking Dead Weekly #19

By: Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore
The group has a visitor, but is she friend, foe or worse? Where did she come from? How did she survive? Can she be trusted? This is the beginning of a new story arc, an excellent jumping-on point for new readers. The quest to rebuild civilization starts here.
Format: COMIC
Price: $2.99

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X-Men #11

Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by TBA
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
X-Men Evolutions Variant by DAVID LOPEZ Jubilee has been turned by the dark forces of the undead. And though the battle with the vampires is over, Jubilee’s own battle has just begun. Now a vampire living amongst an army of mutants, Jubilee struggles to find her place and to keep her vampire cravings at bay. But unbeknownst to her, one of her fellow X-Men may just hold the key to curing her of her thirst for blood. Could Professor Xavier’s own encounter with a vampire hold the key to her salvation?

Format: 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

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Batman and Robin Vol. 3: Batman Must Die HC Deluxe Edition

Written by GRANT MORRISON ; Art by CAMERON STEWART, FRAZER IRVING and DAVID FINCH; Cover by FRANK QUITELY
Grant Morrison’s best-selling run on BATMAN & ROBIN continues with this volume collecting issues #13-16 and BATMAN: THE RETURN #1. On the eve of Bruce Wayne’s return to Gotham City, the new Batman and Robin team that battled crime during his absence must deal with the deadly return of The Joker.
Then, Grant Morrison connects BATMAN & ROBIN with the best-selling THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE for the climactic showdown between Batman and The Black Glove.
And in an epic tale illustrated by acclaimed artist David Finch, learn what happens to Dick Grayson after the “real” Batman returns.
Format: FC, 168pg., HARD COVER
Price: $24.99

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DC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes – Legion of the Damned TP

Written by DAN ABNETT and ANDY LANNING; Art and cover by OLIVIER COIPEL and ANDY LANNING
With the hardcover collection of LEGION LOST coming in June, DC Comics collects the tale that led into that space-spanning epic: LEGION OF THE DAMNED, originally published in LEGIONNAIRES #78-79 and LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #123-124.
Featuring spectacular art by Olivier Coipel, the story begins as Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5 and other heroes return to Earth, only to find it dominated by the alien race known as the Blight. How can the team stop these alien invaders when they’re being picked off one by one?
Format: FC, 96pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $7.99

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Captain America Omnibus Vol. 1

Written by STAN LEE with ROY THOMAS Penciled by JACK KIRBY & JIM STERANKO with GIL KANE, GEORGE TUSKA, JOHN ROMITA, DICK AYERS & JACK SPARLING Covers by RON GARNEY & JACK KIRBY
As America began preparation for the inevitable entry into World War II, a secret military project gave birth to the greatest one-man fighting force ever known: Captain America! Transformed by the Super-Soldier Serum from a 97-pound weakling into the Star-Spangled Avenger, Steve Rogers led the charge to liberate the world from the Axis Powers’ grasp. But before the war’s end, an accident left Cap frozen in suspended animation and his sidekick Bucky seemingly dead, while the world turned on for decades. When the Avengers resuscitated him decades later, Steve Rogers was greeted by a world vastly changed. He was a man out of time tormented by the death of his partner, but no less committed to the cause of fighting evil in all its forms. In this amazing OMNIBUS collection, you’ll experience Captain America’s trend-setting Silver Age solo-stories from the very beginning. Packed with page after page of Stan-and-Jack magic, it’s Cap vs. his most classic foes of the Marvel Age – including the Red Skull, Baron Zemo,…
Format: 856pg., HARD COVER
Price: $99.99

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Birds of Prey Vol. 1: Endrun HC

Written by GAIL SIMONE; Art by ED BENES, ADRIANA MELO, ALVIN LEE and others; Cover by ED BENES
Soaring out of BRIGHTEST DAY, the Birds of Prey are back!
In this volume, collecting the first six issues of their new series, The Birds of Prey are forced to ally themselves with one of the worst of Gotham City’s mega-criminals while they struggle to save his life from the unspeakable horror that hunts them all. Pursued by an unstoppable killer, the Birds must run a gauntlet of insane gang members and corrupt cops while trying to keep a teammate alive.
Format: FC, 160pg., HARD COVER
Price: $22.99

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Spider-Man: Matters of Life and Death HC Premiere Hardcover

Written by DAN SLOTT
Penciled by STEFANO CASELLI, MARCOS MARTIN, HUMBERTO RAMOS & PAULO SIQUEIRA
Cover by MARCOS MARTIN
The Scorpion was just the beginning! Alistair Smythe, the Spider-Slayer, has returned – and Mac Gargan isn’t the only subject he’s upgraded. The Spider-Slayer is about to unleash an entire insect army on Spider-Man’s world! And as part of his ultimate revenge, Smythe is out turn one of Spidey’s first-ever victories into one of his biggest losses. No one in Spidey’s life is safe! And amid the fallout from these events, Peter will make a choice – a promise – even he might not be able to fulfill. Plus: Spider-Man visits the FF for a very private wake – just for family – and a new web-slinger is born! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #652-657 and #654.1.
Format: 216pg., HARD COVER
Price: $24.99

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Yossel TP

Written by JOE KUBERT; Art and cover by JOE KUBERT
“Every so often, one of the masters of the comics medium will release a project which reminds the entire industry and beyond of both their vitality as well as the power the medium holds. Joe Kubert’s YOSSEL is just that.” – NEWSARAMA
“Kubert’s straightforward, heartfelt portrayal of the Nazi era’s horrors . . . has its own undeniable power.” – BOOKLIST
In this harrowing yet inspiring “alternate reality” story, legendary artist Joe Kubert explores what would have happened if he and his family never emigrated from Poland to the US in 1926.
Yossel is a fifteen-year-old boy who could have grown up to be a great artist. But in Nazi-occupied Poland, he and his family are deprived of their rights, homes and possessions, and forced to live in the devastating conditions of the Warsaw Ghetto. YOSSEL, April 19th, 1943 is his story, told through Kubert’s raw and evocative pencilled art. Yossel’s sketches of super heroes ingratiates him to the Nazi guards, but it is through his journal drawn on scraps of paper that he depicts the full horror of his existence.
With great emotional power, YOSSEL draws a dark and brutal reality of ghetto life, of the stories he hears of the concentration camp atrocities, and ultimately portrays the final act of defiance and courage that drives the fatal uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Format: 144pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $14.99