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Comic List for May 23rd

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May 162012

Shipping on May 23rd

COMICS

ALABASTER WOLVES #1 (OF 5)

ALL STAR WESTERN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686 DELLOTTO VAR ENDS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686 ENDS

AQUAMAN #9

AQUAMAN #9 VAR ED

ARCHIE #633

ASTONISHING X-MEN #50

AVENGERS #25 2ND PTG

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #3 (OF 12) 2ND PTG

BART SIMPSON COMICS #71

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 COMBO PACK

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 VAR ED

BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #3

BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #9 VAR ED

CAPTAIN AMERICA #12

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND HAWKEYE #631

CHEW #26

COBRA ONGOING #13

CROSSED BADLANDS #6

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #12

DARKNESS #101 VAR CVR 2ND PTG

DEADPOOL #55

DOMINIQUE LAVEAU VOODOO CHILD #3

ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #10

FABLES #117

FANTASTIC FOUR #606

FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7) 4TH PTG

FEAR ITSELF #2 (OF 7) 4TH PTG

FEAR ITSELF #3 (OF 7) 3RD PTG

FLASH #9

FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MEN #9

GODZILLA ONGOING #1

GREEN HORNET #25

GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #9

GUILD FAWKES #1

HELLRAISER #14

HERO COMICS 2012

HULK #52

HULK SMASH AVENGERS #4 (OF 5)

I VAMPIRE #9

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #638 EXILED

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #9

KEVIN SMITH BIONIC MAN #9

LORD OF THE JUNGLE #4

LORD OF THE JUNGLE ANNUAL #1

MAGIC THE GATHERING #4

MANHATTAN PROJECTS #1 VAR CVR 3RD PTG

MANHATTAN PROJECTS #2 VAR CVR 2ND PTG

MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #2

MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY #2 (OF 5)

MIGHTY THOR #14

MIND MGMT #1 HERNANDEZ VAR CVR

MIND MGMT #1 KINDT CVR

NO PLACE LIKE HOME #4

ORCHID #7

PROPHET #25

RAGEMOOR #3

REBEL BLOOD #3 (OF 4)

RED LANTERNS #2

RED LANTERNS #7

RESIDENT ALIEN #1

SAVAGE HAWKMAN #9

SECRET AVENGERS #27 AVX

SMOKE AND MIRRORS #3 (OF 5)

SOULFIRE VOL 3 #8

STAR WARS DARTH VADER GHOST PRISON #1 (OF 5)

SUPERMAN #9

SUPERMAN #9 VAR ED

TEEN TITANS #9 (THE CULLING)

TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #5

TRUE BLOOD ONGOING #1

ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #12

VAMPIRELLA #17

VOODOO #9

WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #12

WITCHBLADE #156

WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #9 2ND PTG

YOUNG JUSTICE #12

YOUNG JUSTICE #13

YOUNG JUSTICE #14

YOUNGBLOOD #71

TPBS

27 (TWENTY SEVEN) TP VOL 02 SECOND SET

ABSOLUTE BATMAN DARK VICTORY HC

ACME NOVELTY DATEBOOK HC VOL 02

BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 02 KNIGHTQUEST

CALIGULA TP VOL 01

COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS GN

DEADPOOL MAX TP INVOLUNTARY ARMAGEDDON

DUNGEON QUEST GN VOL 01

FABLES TP VOL 16 SUPER TEAM

FARSCAPE TP VOL 01 BEGINNING O/T END O/T BEGINNING

FREAKANGELS TP VOL 03

GREEN HORNET CASEFILES SC

GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 01 LTD PRICE CUT ED

HAUNT TP VOL 01

HAUNT TP VOL 03

HEXED TP

HOLLIDAY GN

JOE HILL THE CAPE HC

KING CITY TP

LIBERTY MEADOWS TP VOL 02 CREATURE COMFORTS

LIGHT TP VOL 01

LIL DEPRESSED BOY TP VOL 01 SHE IS STAGGERING

MIGHTY THOR BY MATT FRACTION TP VOL 01

QUEEN & COUNTRY DEFINITIVE ED TP VOL 01

QUEEN & COUNTRY DEFINITIVE ED TP VOL 03

SCALPED TP VOL 07 REZ BLUES

SO YOU CREATED A WORMHOLE TIME TRAVELERS GT TIME

STORMWATCH TP VOL 01 THE DARK SIDE

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE TP VOL 01 BERRY FUN

SUPER DINOSAUR TP VOL 01

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN DOSM FALLOUT TP

UNCANNY X-FORCE OTHERWORLD PREM HC

UNCANNY X-FORCE TP VOL 03 DARK ANGEL SAGA BOOK 01

VENOM CIRCLE OF FOUR PREM HC

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE

ZORRO RIDES AGAIN TP VOL 01

OTHER STUFF

BATMAN BAT SIGNAL KIT

CLINT 2.0 #1

DC UNIVERSE ONLINE STATUE THE JOKER

Comic List Highlights/New Game Stuff (5/12/2012)

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May 122012

Tonight you’re all getting a two-fer, the chocolate and peanut butter, the Bert and Ernie, the Penn and Teller of Comic List Highlights. Because not only are you receiving highlights of comics, but games, too (mostly because we didn’t have time to write a post last night).

To start things off, lets recite the oath: In brightest day, in blackest night… Yup, the first hardcover collection of the New 52 Green Lantern comes out Wednesday. Easily one of the best ongoing series of the relaunch, Green Lantern has focused more on Sinestro than regular protagonist Hal Jordan, which has enlivened the book. And the reason for the shift in hero is due to Sinestro being allowed to wield the ring again, while Hal cools his jets on Earth. Until, that is, Sinestro comes a’knockin’. Geoff Johns has been writing some of the best Green Lantern stories ever since he got on the book around eight years ago, but this new volume offers a perfect jumping on point for anyone who’s wanted to read up on the character.

Keeping the superhero/comic base at a boil, but mixing in a smidge of gaming, next up is the second volume of Mutants and Masterminds DC Adventures: Heroes & Villains. As the first volume contained all characters ranging from A to K, this second edition picks up with L and runs it all the way to Z. That means you’re going to get classic characters like Lex Luthor, Superman, and Plastic Man, plus icon teams like the Justice League and the Secret Six. Offering gamers a shortcut into the DC Universe, these volumes contain all the stats, histories, and information you’ll need to BAM BIFF POW your way through the DCU.

Re-releasing in a new swanky graphic novel collection is BOOM Studio‘s 7 Psychopaths. A greater hook has never been created: what do you do when you want to kill Hitler and end WWII? Send in seven of the worst human beings ever to hunt down and murder the bastich. Of course, not everything always goes as planned. A grim, gritty spy series with artwork from exceptional Criminal and Incognito artist, Sean Phillips, 7 Psychopaths makes for a great, moody read.

As deck building games boldly go where no game has gone before they reach the Star Trek the Next Generation game. Using the base premise of deck building developed in games like Ascension, Dominion, and Resident Evil, Star Trek puts players into the role of a star ship captain, commanding their meager crew toward victory. Do you recruit further crewmen? Develop your ship’s equipment? Conquer worlds or make peace with them? These are the choices you will need to make in either the base version of the game or its Next Phase expansion. Both are stand alone and both go boldly yadda yadda blah blah.

Comic List Highlights (5/9/2012)

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May 052012

It may come out four days after Free Comic Book Day and it may not be free, but Higher Earth #1 is only a $1 and demands to be read. Written by rising comic genius Sam Humpries, Higher Earth is a triple threat sci-fi/alternate reality/future comic book. Much like the recent popular series Saga, Higher Earth focuses on a young redheaded girl and an ex-soldier must race across a legion of alternate Earths while being threatened by the one Earth that rules them all: Higher Earth. Sam Humpries, as I mentioned, is on the rise after penning books like Our Love is Real and Fanboys vs. Zombies, so I’m sure this is his next great series. And for a $1 how can you pass it up?

Many parents may not realize that there is an abundance of great reading material for children that is not related to any property from Marvel or DC. Brian Michael Bendis, the current writer of The Avengers, recently, in fact, published a graphic novel called Takio about a superteam of sisters designed for younger readers. Because of the book’s success, he is now shifting the story into a new ongoing series. Taki and Olivia, the masked sisters, may squabble and argue, but they eventually have to work together to take down Kelly Sue, their newest enemy and ex-friend, who gained special abilities around the same time the girls did. With poppy, cartoony artwork from frequent Bendis collaborator, Michael Avon Oeming, this series will be a great introduction to comics for any young reader.

Can’t say I regularly get the urge to hug the TARDIS. But this little beauty may change that.

Yes, following after the talking plush Dalek from last year (a blue version comes out this Wednesday), the TARDIS is getting in on the cuteness trend.

The new squeezable, huggable, noise-making TARDIS plush comes out Wednesday and will likely be gone the same day…and not because it will vanish into the time vortex, if you get my meaning.

New Game Stuff Post (5/5/2012)

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May 042012

Draw them pistols!

A new two player head-to-head card game has mosied into town, pards. This here game goes by the name’a Revolver. A simple game for a simpler time, Revolver has players choosing sides between lawmen and outlaws. Both sides receive different cards and victory goals, so choose wisely. And be quick on the draw!

If cowboys aren’t your bag, then maybe archaeologists are. Lost Temple barrows the style and thematic elements of games like Lost Cities and Jambo for a kid friendly board game that plays two to eight people. Each explorer has the goal of reaching the sacred temple before anyone else, conferring with natives and backstabbing their opponents along the way. With famous game creator Bruno Faidutti (Citadels, Key Largo) behind the game, you can bet it’ll be a good time.

If you’re into exploring the undiscovered and enjoy the ancient nerd past time known as Dungeons and Dragons, you might find some joy in the newest Survival Handbook for 4.0, Into the Unkown. A hardcover volume full of information helpful to both game masters and players in building or navigating the dark reaches of a fantasy horror-based dungeon. Along with the normal inclusion of new feats, equipment, powers, and such, this volume also introduces the kobold and goblin as player races. Grab a flashlight and get exploring!

If you had not previously invested in the A Song of Ice and Fire, now is the time too! The new A Game of Thrones edition of the core rulebook includes all the information present in the previous volume, excepted update through magical means…called editors. But that’s not all, the entire Peril at King’s Landing is also included.

Battletech is probably one of the most asked about miniature games I’ve ever encountered up at the store, so it gives me great pleasure to say that a new Battletech Introductory Box Set is currently in the store. This new box set comes with 26 miniatures, a rulebook, a booklet of record sheets, a longer 80-page rulebook, and every other notable element players will require to jump head first into robot mayhem.

In other words: BIG FREAKIN’ ROBOTS! PICK IT UP!

Comic List Highlights (4/28/2012)

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Apr 282012

52 titles apparently are not enough for DC Comics.

Starting this week, a new wave of DC comics is cropping up to fill the spots left by the canceled New 52 books. Each of these new books flesh out the universe by bringing in characters previously unmentioned by the first wave.

Primary among the second wave is Earth 2. Written by legendary comic author James Robinson (Starman, The Shade), Earth 2 will focus on an alternate version of the DC Universe where the major superheroes faced off a cataclysmic event and were permanently changed forever. Following, not only these versions of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, but also the Alan Scott Green Lantern and Jay Garrick Flash. For those who’ve missed JSA will find that familiar itch scratched with this series.

The other two DC series to launch this week will be Dial H and World’s Finest. Dial H will be the first comic written by popular crime novelist China Mieville. A reworking of a cult classic series, Dial H will follow different individuals as they encounter a special dial with gives them random superpowers each time they turn it on. Gaining buzz as the underdog favorite of the new batch, Dial H should be picked up by anyone who loves off-kilter series like Xombi, BPRD, and Resurrection Man. World’s Finest, on the other hand, is a classic team-up book starring the Power Girl and Huntress of Earth 2.

Speaking of the New 52, the first group of hardcovers and trade paperbacks ship this Wednesday. Personally, I am making it a mission to sell every single copy of the first volume of Animal Man by Wednesday night. And I don’t plan to do this out of any greedy desire, but instead because this is the best book being released from DC right now. A wonderful blend of family drama and horrific, otherworldly creatures and adventures, Animal Man delivers sympathy and scares all in one twisted package. A wholly unique read, this series should not be ignored.

Lastly, because I’m tired, here’s a cool picture of a cool Doctor Who item coming in this Wednesday.

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