THIS WEEK'S COMICS WEDNESDAY JULY 18TH 2012

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NEW COMICS

ACTIVITY #7

ADVENTURE TIME #6

ALABASTER WOLVES #4 (OF 5)

AVENGERS ACADEMY #33 AVX - Emma Frost has come to Avengers Academy for Juston's Sentinel, but will she stay at the school, looking to impose her own curriculum on the mutants and Avengers recruits?

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 (OF 12) AVX - Prince Namor of the Fenix Force Five has been given everything he need to take his fiery rage and power to the nation of Wakanda, where the Avengers have been seeking asylum! Adam Kubert takes the baton for the last leg of AvX!

BALTIMORE DR LESKOVARS REMEDY #2 (OF 2) - like last week's American Vampire Lord of Nightmares, issue one of this series featuring what Jermaine describes as a Victorian Era John McClain was your first exposure to the character, so be sure you've added it to your subscription list in the meantime!

BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #6

BATWOMAN #11 - the conclusion of "To Drown the World"! Featuring guest-art by Gates of Gotham illustrator Trevor McCarthy!

BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #2 (OF 4) (MR) - fan-favorite artist Amanda Conner is doing the best work of her career with the steady writing of Darwyn Cooke backing her up! Laurie Juspeczyk has left the superhero mantel thrust upon her by her mother in the rearview mirror, but will she discover the world is every bit as dangerous as she's always been told?

BIRDS OF PREY #11

BLUE BEETLE #11 - it's Blue & Gold, back together again!

BPRD HELL ON EARTH DEVILS ENGINE #3 (OF 3) - choice of covers by Hellboy artist Duncan Fegredo and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola!

CAPTAIN ATOM #11

CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 - it's here! Carol Danvers has had many names throughout the years: Ms. Marvel, Warbird, Binary. Now in the wake of AvX, Carol has a new lease on life and a new uniform! Paying tribute to her Air Force origins and the contribution of females to the history of aviation, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Dexter Soy take Carol to brand to heights and the edge of space as we know it!

CARBON GREY VOL 2 #1 (OF 3)

CATWOMAN #11

COBRA ONGOING #15

CONCRETE THREE UNEASY PIECES ONE SHOT - collecting all three of the short stories from the relaunched Dark Horse presents, starring Paul Chadwick's modern classic!

DANGER GIRL GI JOE #1 (OF 4) - the greatest covert-ops team of the 1980s and J. Scott Campbell's skin-tight spies meet for the first time ever!

DAREDEVIL #15 - coming fresh off his win for Best Writer at the 2012 Eisner Awards, Mark Waid teams up with Harvey Award Best Artist nominee Chris Samnee to break Daredevil out of Latveria!

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #14 - Chew's John Layman doing Aliens, Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto continuing Ghost, Steve Rude's Nexus, Michael Avon Oeming's Wild Ride and the debut of Nate Cosby (Thor the Mighty Avenger) and Doc Shaner (Jim Henson's Storyteller)'s Buddy Cop!

DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER MAN IN BLACK #2 (OF 5)

DARKNESS #105 (MR)

DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #11

DOMINIQUE LAVEAU VOODOO CHILD #5 (MR)

ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #11 (OF 12)

EXTERMINATION #2

FABLES #119 (MR)

FANTASTIC FOUR #608 - the Future Foundation continues its field trip in Wakanda and Jonathan Hickman continues his victory lap after putting a bow on the best FF story of the last decade!

FATIMA THE BLOOD SPINNERS #2 (OF 4)

FINDING GOSSAMYR #1

GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #18 (MR)

GLORY #28

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #11

HELLBLAZER #293 (MR)

INFERNAL MAN-THING #2 (OF 3)

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #521 - who is the new Iron Man and is a team-up with Rescue and War Machine enough to buy Tony Stark the time he needs. Fraction posted on Twitter this week that he and Sal Larrocca have now done almost 60 issues with ol' Shellhead!

JENNIFER BLOOD ANNUAL #1 (MR)

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #641

JUSTICE LEAGUE #11 - Geoff Johns and Batman Earth One's Gary Frank continue to convert orphan Billy Batson from a sniveling punk into a kid you can really love in the continuing back-up stories featuring the origin of Shazam and Black Adam!

KISS #2

LADY DEATH (ONGOING) (MR)

LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #11

MARS ATTACKS #2

MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY #5 (OF 5)

NEW MUTANTS #46

NIGHT OF 1000 WOLVES #3 (OF 3) - did you guys know this is Cody's sleeper favorite hit? It is! And you can grab all three issues this week, in stock now!

NIGHTWING #11

PROPHECY #2

RACHEL RISING #9

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #11

RED SONJA #67

RESET #4 (OF 4)

ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED #10

SAGA #5 (MR) - for the first time since the first issue, you'll be able to get the entire story on the Acme shelves on Wednesday at 10:00 A.M.!

SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER #5

SECRET SERVICE #3 (OF 6) (MR)

SIMPSONS COMICS #192

SKULLKICKERS #16

SONIC UNIVERSE #42

SPIDER #3

STAR TREK ONGOING #11

STAR TREK TNG DOCTOR WHO ASSIMILATION #3

STAR WARS DARTH VADER GHOST PRISON #3 (OF 5)

SUPERGIRL #11 - Supergirl tries to acclimate to her new home by throwing her hand into the dating ring, but just like with her new best friend, forging relationships on Earth is never that easy.

UNCANNY X-MEN #16 AVX - Mr. Sinister has been plaguing the X-Men since the start of the new series, and there's no place for him in the Fenix Force Five's perfect world!

UNTOLD TALES OF PUNISHER MAX #2 (OF 5) (MR)

UNWRITTEN #39 (MR)

VAMPIRELLA #19

WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #13 (MR)

WOLVERINE #309 - shipping two weeks after #310! You haven't missed anything yet!

WONDER WOMAN #11 - Apollo finally makes his move for Zeus's throne, but Wonder Woman's attention is split as her ward Zola goes into labor!

X-FACTOR #240

X-MEN #32

X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) #3


NEW LIMITED EDITION VARIANTS

ADVENTURE TIME #6 15 COPY INCV HIPP

ADVENTURE TIME #6 20 COPY INCV WOLFHARD

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 (OF 12) AVENGERS TEAM VAR AVX

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 (OF 12) DAVIS VAR AVX

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 (OF 12) KUBERT VAR

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 (OF 12) OPENA SKETCH VAR AVX

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 (OF 12) OPENA VAR AVX

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 (OF 12) X-MEN TEAM VAR AVX

BATWOMAN #11 VAR ED

BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #2 (OF 4) COMBO PACK

BEFORE WATCHMEN SILK SPECTRE #2 (OF 4) VAR ED (MR)

CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 ASM 50TH ANNIV VAR

CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 GRANOV VAR

DANGER GIRL GI JOE #1 (OF 4) 10 COPY INCV

ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #11 (OF 12) 10 COPY INCV

FINDING GOSSAMYR #1 25 COPY INCV CVR

JUSTICE LEAGUE #11 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED

JUSTICE LEAGUE #11 COMBO PACK

JUSTICE LEAGUE #11 VAR ED

KISS #2 10 COPY INCV

MARS ATTACKS #2 10 COPY INCV

NIGHT OF 1000 WOLVES #3 (OF 3) 10 COPY INCV

SONIC UNIVERSE #42 SEGA VAR CVR

STAR TREK ONGOING #11 10 COPY INCV

STAR TREK ONGOING #11 20 COPY INCV

STAR TREK TNG DOCTOR WHO ASSIMILATION #3 10 COPY INCV

SPIDER #3 15 COPY CASSADAY B&W INCV

WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #13 10 COPY INCV

WONDER WOMAN #11 VAR ED

X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) #3 20 COPY INCV


NEW TRADE PAPERBACKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND HARDCOVERS

ADVENTURES OF VENUS HC

ARTIFACTS TP VOL 04

AVENGERS WEST COAST AVENGERS TP FAMILY TIES - collecting West Coast Avengers #1 - 9 and Vision & the Scarlet Witch #1 - 2! Enjoy the left coast Avengers from the beginning!

BAKUMAN TP VOL 12

BATWING TP VOL 01 THE LOST KINGDOM - collecting #1 - 6 of one of the refreshed series of the New 52 Relaunch!

BLACKSAD SILENT HELL HC

BLOODY CHESTER GN

CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY TP LIFE OF BUCKY BARNES - collecting Captain America & Bucky #620 - 624, drawn by Harvey Award Best Artist nominee Chris Samnee!

COUNTER X TP X-FORCE RAGE WAR - collecting X-Force #110 - 115 and X-Force #102 Rough Cut!

CREEPY PRESENTS RICHARD CORBEN HC

FF BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP VOL 02 - collecting FF #6 - 11 by Jonathan Hickman, Greg Tocchini and others!

GHOST RIDER TP COMPLETE SERIES BY ROB WILLIAMS - collecting the complete series, #0.1 - 9 by Rob Williams and Arturo Lozzi!

HELLRAISER TP VOL 03 (MR)

HERC TP COMPLETE SERIES BY PAK AND LENTE - stripped of his godhood and his best friend Amadeus Cho, in the wake of Chaos War, Hercules must find his place among the people...in Brooklyn! Collecting Herc #1 - 10 and #6.1!

LUKE MCBAIN TP

MEN OF WAR TP VOL 01 UNEASY COMPANY - collecting the complete series, including back-up stories by Mind MGMT and Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. writer Matt Kindt!

NOT THE ISRAEL MY PARENTS PROMISED ME GN

RADIOACTIVE MAN HC VOL 01 RADIOACTIVE REPOSITORY

SHOWCASE PRESENTS RIP HUNTER TIME MASTER TP VOL 01 - collecting Showcase #20-21, 25-26 and Rip Hunter and the Time Masters #1-15

SPIDER-MAN COMPLETE BEN REILLY EPIC TP BOOK 05 - collecting Amazing Spider-man #414 - 416 and Annual '96, Sensational Spider-man #7 - 10, Spectacular Spider-man #235 - 239, Spider-man #71 - 72, Spider-man Team-Up #4 and Spider-man Unlimited #13!

SPIDER-MAN ENDS OF EARTH HC - collecting Amazing Spider-man #682 - 687, it's the Revenge of the Sinister Six for a new generation! You need only #688 - 689 featuring the Lizard to get current on Amazing Spidey!

STUFF OF LEGEND OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 - It's Toy Story meets Indian in the Cupboard! Collecting the Dark #1 - 2 and the Jungle #1 - 4 in hardcover for the first time, illustrated by Charles Paul Wilson III, written by Mike Raicht and our pal Smitty!

SUNSET HC (MR) - a two-fisted tale of revenge and redemption from Area 10's Christos Gage and the Darkness's Jorge Lucas! For fans of Criminal and Darwyn Cooke's Parker adaptations!

SUPERNATURALIST SC

ULT COMICS ULTIMATES BY HICKMAN PREM HC VOL 02 - collecting Ultimates #7-12 by Jonathan Hickman!

WAREHOUSE 13 TP VOL 01


NEW TOYS AND MODELS

DC HEROCLIX DARK KNIGHT RISES MARQUEE PACK 10CT

IRON MAN CLASSIC AVENGERS FINE ART STATUE

JUGGERNAUT STATUE

MARVEL STORM BISHOUJO STATUE

SPIDER-MAN ACTION STATUE

TMNT RETRO COLLECTOR AF ASST


NEW MAGAZINES

BACK ISSUE #57

JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #59


RE-ORDER COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #684 2ND PTG CASSELI VAR

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #685 ENDS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686 ENDS

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3 2ND PTG BAGLEY VAR

DANGER CLUB #3

NEW DEADWARDIANS #2 (OF 8) (MR)

SAGA #1 5TH PTG (MR)

SIXTH GUN #18

SIXTH GUN #20

STAR TREK TNG DOCTOR WHO ASSIMILATION #2 2ND PTG


RE-ORDER TRADE PAPERBACKS, GRAPHIC NOVELS AND HARDCOVERS

BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP

BATMAN DARK VICTORY TP

BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 02 KNIGHTQUEST

BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP VOL 01

BATMAN NO MANS LAND TP VOL 01 NEW EDITION

BATMAN NO MANS LAND TP VOL 02 NEW EDITION

BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC

BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 02 GODS AND MONSTERS

ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN MARVEL TP VOL 01

FILTH TP (MR)

HULK VISIONARIES PETER DAVID TP VOL 02

JERICHO TP SEASON 3

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES GREAT DARKNESS SAGA DLX HC

MARVELS TP

PRINCELESS TP VOL 01

SCALPED TP VOL 07 REZ BLUES (MR)

SCALPED TP VOL 08 YOU GOTTA SIN TO GET SAVED (MR)

ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 DOSM PRELUDE

ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 DOSM

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 02 CHAMELEONS

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 05 PUBLIC SCRUTINY

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 19 DEATH OF THE GOBLIN

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 20 AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 21 WAR OF THE SYMBIOTES

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP VOL 02


NEW TOYS & MODELS

DOCTOR WHO 11 DOCTOR AF COLLECTOR SET

MARVEL SELECT ABOMINATION AF

MARVEL SELECT CAPTAIN AMERICA AF

MARVEL SELECT CYCLOPS AF

MARVEL SELECT JUGGERNAUT AF

MARVEL SELECT MAGNETO AF

MARVEL SELECT SPIDER-MAN AF