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Posted September 6, 2010 by Norby Ela in Columns
 
 

GEEKLY WEEKLY: Comic Guide (Sept. 10, 2010)

GEEKLY WEEKLY COMIC GUIDE (Sept. 10, 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. We will release this every Tuesday.

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American Vampire #6 (MR)

Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
1:25 variant cover by RAPHAEL GRAMPA

“At a time when vampire stories engulf pop culture, this one’s actually fresh and original.” – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
It’s Las Vegas circa 1935, and Skinner Sweet and our gal Pearl are about to learn the hard way that the bloodsuckers in Hollywood were nothing compared to what awaits them in Sin City.
In just a few short years, young police Chief Cash McCogan has watched his native city of Las Vegas go from cow-town to wild, glittering boom-town. And when the bodies of prominent businessmen start showing up drained of blood, Chief McCogan finds himself facing a threat much darker and deadlier than anything he could have imagined…and the only sure bet in town is that Skinner and Pearl are right in the thick of it!
So belly up to the bar and lay your chips on the table, because “Devil in the Sand,” the next cycle of AMERICAN VAMPIRE, begins now!

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

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Batman #703

Written by PETER MILLIGAN
Art and Cover by TONY DANIEL

1:10 “DC 75th Anniversary” Variant cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
Celebrating the “Return of Bruce Wayne”! Those closest to The Dark Knight look back on the legacy he has created. Featuring appearances by Alfred, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Selina Kyle and more!

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

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Batman and Robin #14

Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art by FRAZER IRVING
Cover by FRANK QUITELY
1:25 variant cover by FRAZER IRVING

“Batman Must Die!” part 2 of 3
In “Batman Must Die!” part 2 of 3, one of our heroes lies near death! Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne enter the ultimate, blood-soaked battle against two foes who almost destroyed the original Batman. Are the new Dynamic Duo up to this final confrontation with absolute evil? If they can’t truly bond as a team, they’re dead!

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

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B.P.R.D.: Hell On Earth – New World #2 (of 5)

Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi
Artist: Guy Davis
Colorist: Dave Stewart

Paranoia and suspicion plague members of the B.P.R.D. as agent Kate Corrigan, strained over the new UN control, must also play mediator between a manipulative Panya and a broken down Johann, devastated over the giant body in a vat he can’t have. Meanwhile, Abe breaks from the team and investigates the horrors of the Northwestern woods.

Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.50

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Daredevil #510

COVER BY: JOHN CASSADAY
WRITER: Andy Diggle
ANTONY JOHNSTON
PENCILS: MARCO CHECCHETTO
INKS: MARCO CHECCHETTO
COLORED BY: MATTHEW DALE HOLLINGSWORTH
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC

SHADOWLAND TIE-IN! As New York City crumbles under the weight of Matt Murdock’s new order, his former friends and allies struggle just to hold their lives and world together. But as the pressure builds, Foggy Nelson will make an alliance no one saw coming – while Black Tarantula takes a stand against Daredevil – and learns the consequences of crossing the Man without Fear.

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

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Image Firsts: Liberty Meadows #1

By: Frank Cho

Want to know where the story of Liberty Meadows begins? Image Firsts can help with special editions of some of Image Comics’ first issues. All for only one dollar each!

Format: BW, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $1.00

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Invincible Iron Man #30

COVER BY: Salvador Larroca
WRITER: Matt Fraction
PENCILS: Salvador Larroca
COLORED BY: FRANK D’ARMATA
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC

The only thing more shocking than the first three pages are the last three pages! It’s the meeting 30 issues in the making: Tony Stark and Sasha Hammer, at long last, face to face. The gang at Stark Resilient burn the midnight oil against an impossible deadline — but if they don’t get Project Daylight off the ground they’re doomed before they start. They’re not the only one manufacturing their world-changer, though — the Hammer Girls are building an army of drone bombers as air support for Detroit Steel!

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

PREVIEW
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New Avengers #4

COVER BY: STUART IMMONEN
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: STUART IMMONEN
INKS: WADE VON GRAWBADGER
COLORED BY: LAURA JEAN MARTIN
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC

With reality under furious attack by arcane power far beyond anything anyone on Earth has ever dealt with before, the Avengers have to start getting creative or forfeit all that we know. The rules of magic and mysticism in the Marvel Universe are about to change in a gigantic way and it’s all going to happen here! All this plus a brand new chapter in the oral history of the Avengers.

Format: FC, 40pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

PREVIEW

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Daytripper #10 (of 10) (MR)

Written by GABRIEL BA & FABIO MOON
Art by GABRIEL BA & FABIO MOON
Cover by GABRIEL BA

A great writer once said that we have to die to prove that we’ve lived. For nine beautiful issues, Ba and Moon have chronicled the different deaths of Bras de Oliva Domingos, so what’s left to say? Now, with the final chapter, there’s no turning back – for them or Bras. How brave must you be to keep going when you know death is the final outcome?

Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $2.99

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Green Lantern #57

Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by DOUG MAHNKE and CHRISTIAN ALAMY
1:10 White Lantern Variant cover by RYAN SOOK, FERNANDO PASARIN and JOEL GOMEZ

BRIGHTEST DAY continues as what readers have been asking for finally arrives: a male Star Sapphire in the form of the Predator. But how is this entity unlike the others? And what does it want with Carol Ferris? Meanwhile, the White Lantern is defended by an unlikely hero…

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

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The Thanos Imperative #4 (of 6)

COVER BY: ALEKSI BRICLOT
WRITER: DAN ABNETT
ANDY LANNING
PENCILS: MIGUEL ANGEL SEPULVEDA
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC

The all-star alliance of sci-fi heroes strike! Silver Surfer, Quasar and Nova lead a make-or-break attack against the undying Lord of the Cancerverse forces! It’s either total victory or utter defeat! Meanwhile, in the Cancerverse itself, Star-Lord’s rag-tag team learns whether attempting to make a deal with Thanos was the smartest choice they ever made-or the worst decision of their entire lives! It’s more star-blasting adventure from the minds of Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, the writing duo that IGN.com calls “cosmic masters…(who have) deftly placed Marvel’s cosmic lineup back on top of the pack!”

Format: FC, 32pg., LIMITED SERIES
Price: $3.99

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Thor #614

COVER BY: Mico Suayan
WRITER: KIERON GILLEN
PENCILS: Doug Braithwaite
INKS: DOUGIE BRAITHWAITE
COLORED BY: ANDREW J. TROY
LETTERED BY: NEUROTIC CARTOONIST, INC

It’s the poisonous fruit of Loki’s trickery during the Siege, as the God of Thunder battles demons and monsters to cross from one side of the desolate dimension to the other! At stake…his life and the fate of all Asgardians!

Format: FC, 32pg., COMIC
Price: $3.99

PREVIEW

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Conan: The Newspaper Strips Vol. 1 HC

Writer: Roy Thomas, Doug Moench
Artist: John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Alfredo Alcala, Rudy Nebres, Pablo Marcos, Alan Kupperberg, and Tom Yeates

From September 4, 1978, until April 12, 1981, thousands of readers across the country thrilled to the daily adventures of everyone’s favorite barbarian, Conan! Now Dark Horse Comics is proud to present the Conan newspaper strips collected for the first time in a handsome hardcover volume. Readers will once again enjoy the talents of Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Alfredo Alcala, Rudy Nebres, Pablo Marcos, Alan Kupperberg, and Tom Yeates as they artfully unfold the continuing saga of Conan in these daily comic strips!
* Conan remains one of the most popular licensed comics, with newly created Conan stories and an extensive reprint program, both from Dark Horse!
* Collects daily newspaper strips from September 4, 1978, through April 12, 1981.

Format: FC, 280pg., HARD COVER
Price: $34.99

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I Am Legion HC Deluxe HC

(W) Fabien Nury (A) John Cassaday

A supernatural take on World War II featuring lush artwork by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men, Planetary) in a deluxe hardcover format. World War II rages as two supernatural entities pursue collide in a conflict hinged on ideologies and the lives of men. Beneath it all, the Nazi pursue a project called ‘LEGION,’ centering on a young Romanian girl named Ana with the ability to possess other bodies.

Format: HARD COVER
Price: $17.95

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Invincible Iron Man Vol. 5: Resilient Book 01 HC Premiere Hardcover

COVER BY: SALVADOR LAROCCA
WRITER: Matt Fraction
PENCILS: SALVADOR LAROCCA

The Hammer Girls unleash DETROIT STEEL on a world hardly ready for that much metal and chrome, and God help anyone that gets in his way. Tony keeps sifting through the ashes of his old life and tries to rebuild who he is and what he does. Rhodey struggles to be a man of war in a peacetime empire. Collecting INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #25-28.

Format: FC, 120pg., HARD COVER
Price: $19.99

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Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz TP

Written by ERIC SHANOWER
Penciled by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

The premiere American fantasy adventure gets the Merry Marvel treatment! Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) teams up with fan-favorite artist Skottie Young (New X-Men) to bring L. Frank Baum’s beloved classic to life! When Kansas farm girl Dorothy flies away to the magical Land of Oz, she fatally flattens a Wicked Witch, liberates a living Scarecrow and is hailed by the Munchkin people as a great sorceress…but all she really wants to know is: how does she get home? Collecting THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #1-8.

Format: 216pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $19.99

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Siege: Dark Avengers HC Premiere Hardcover

COVER BY: MIKE DEODATO
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: Chris Bachalo
MIKE DEODATO

After years of mystery, the secrets of the Sentry are revealed! How deep is his madness and who is really in control of him? What is the limit of his power, if any? And what deadly mystery surrounds him causing mortals and gods to tremble in fear? Plus: In the middle of SIEGE, Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye take center stage in a sick twisted battle, and launch their own agenda, revealing their true relationship, and their personal plans for Norman Osborn. Collecting DARK AVENGERS #13-16 and DARK AVENGERS ANNUAL.

Format: FC, 136pg., HARD COVER
Price: $24.99

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Wolverine: Old Man Logan TP

COVER BY: Steve Mcniven
WRITER: MARK MILLAR
PENCILS: Steve McNiven

Millar. McNiven. Wolverine. It doesn’t get any better than this. The only way writer Mark Millar (Wanted, Kick-Ass) could top his all-time classic Wolverine tale “Enemy of the State” was to take it to the future -his Civil War brother in arms, Steve McNiven, handling the art duties! Fusing the dystopian super-hero elements of the X-Men’s “Days of Future Past,” the wild and wooly futurescapes of Mad Max, and the tragic pathos of Clint Eastwood’s archetypal Western heroes, Millar’s tale finds Wolverine at a crossroads with who he really wants to be and who he really is. Collecting WOLVERINE #66-72 and WOLVERINE GIANT-SIZE OLD MAN LOGAN.

Format: FC, 224pg., TRADE PAPERBACK
Price: $29.99


Norby Ela

 
Now residing in San Diego, CA, I strive to work in art and further grow FlipGeeks around the world.