This Week's Comics - July 2nd 2008

New Comics

76 #4 (OF 8) (MR)
ALL NEW ATOM #25
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #564
AMERICAN DREAM #5 (OF 5)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR SEASON TWO #4 (OF 4) (MR)
AMORY WARS II #2 (OF 5)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #10 - Angel really wants to know who has been pulling everyone's strings this whole time and so do you!
ANGEL REVELATIONS #2 (OF 5) - Before Xavier came into his life, Warren Worthington III was a scared young mutant who had intentions to help people.  Find out the backstory on one of the original X-men here in this mini by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Adam Pollina!
ARMY OF DARKNESS #10 LONG ROAD HOME
ASPEN SHOWCASE ASPEN MATTHEWS #1
ASTONISHING X-MEN #25 - Whedon and Cassady are gone, but the story is not over!  Welcome Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi as the new Astonishing creative team!  New location, new costumes, and a new mystery to unravel!
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #7 - The Astounding Wolf-man tried to be a super-hero, but nobody really forgot that he kind of killed everyone's favorite hero...because he's a werewolf!
AVENGERS INVADERS #3 (OF 12) - What will happen when yesterday's Prince Namor discovers what became of Atlantis on the watch of today's King Namor?  Namor versus Namor that's what!  Variant cover by Coipel available in limited supply!
BART SIMPSON COMICS #42
BATMAN #678 RIP - Evil has won as Bruce Wayne has been broken down like never before!  And what about Alfred?  Can Bruce rebuild the Batman in time or is this the end?  Variant cover available in limited supply!
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #1 - Brand new all-ages title by the creator of Hero Bear and the Kid, Mike Kunkel!  Featuring a fresh new take on Captain Marvel's foes including Mr. Mind and Black Adam!  Limited variant available!
BLUE BEETLE #28
BOYS #20 (MR)
BRIT #7
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #16 - Joss Whedon is back as the most anticipated storyline of Season 8 kicks off starting here!  While trying to unlock the secets of the scythe, Buffy is catapulted into the far of future!  And die-hard Buffy fans know that the future belongs to Fray, the last Slayer!  Whedon reunites with the artist of Fray, Carl Moline, in this can't miss arc!  Fray tpb is available this week for those who still need it!
CABLE #5 DIVIDED WE STAND - Cable and Bishop have it out face-to-face and clues to the identity of the precious child present themselves.  Silvestri variant available in limited supply!
CROSSING MIDNIGHT #19 (MR)
DARK TOWER END WORLD ALMANAC - Guidebook to the lands of the world of the Dark Tower!  From the Borderlands to Le Casse Rio Russe to the End-world.
DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #5 (OF 5) - Be ready for the next Dark Tower series coming soon AND for The Stand, coming soon!  Variant cover by Lee Bermejo available in limited supply!
DC SPECIAL RAVEN #5 (OF 5)
DC UNIVERSE SPECIAL REIGN IN HELL 80 PAGE GIANT - You may know Neron from Underworld Unleashed, but do you know Blaze and Lord Satanus?  Check out this special reprint issue which features Superman versus DC's supernatural overlords! 
DOCTOR WHO #5
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #8
DYNAMO 5 #14
FABLES #74 (MR)
FEAR AGENT #22 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 1 OF 6)
FRESHMEN SUMMER VACATION SPECIAL
FX #5 (OF 6)
GHOST WHISPERER #4
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #36 - FINAL ISSUE!  Twenty-five years (DDP continued the Marvel Comics continuity) of bad blood comes to a conclusion here as the Joes face Cobra for the last time from Devil's Due Press!  Look out for a new rebooted G.I. Joe series from IDW coming soon!  Variant cover by vet artist Herb Trimpe available in very limited supply!  First come-first serve!
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #28
GRIMM FAIRY TALES PIPER #3 (OF 4)
HELLBLAZER PRESENTS CHAS THE KNOWLEDGE #1 (OF 5) (MR) - Constantine's buddy and London cabbie, Chas, posesses the "knowledge" of just the right ways to get around town.  And soon that knowledge is going to be key to battling an ancient evil that has found its way back into the world, but can Chas go it alone without John?
HELLBOY THE CROOKED MAN #1 (OF 3) - Back in '56, Hellboy bumped into a nice enough man who sold his soul to a demon known as the Crooked Man.  No way Hellboy can let that stand, but some problems can't be solved by hitting them.  New tale of Appalachian folklore by Mike Mignola and horror master Richard Corben!
HIGH ROLLERS #1 (OF 4) - New crime mini about a rising ganglord in L.A.!
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #3 (MR)
HUNTRESS YEAR ONE #4 (OF 6)
INFINITY INC #11
JACK OF FABLES #23 (MR)
JFH JUSTICE FOR HIRE #4 (OF 12)
JIM BUTCHER'S DRESDEN FILES #3 (OF 4) WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
JOKER'S ASYLUM THE JOKER #1 - A series of on shot issues where the Joker narrates stories about Gotham's most notorious villains!
JONAH HEX #33 - Don't miss this special issue drawn by master illustrator Darwyn Cooke as Hex crosses into Canada in search of a bounty!
JSA CLASSIFIED #39
KOLCHAK TALES NIGHT STALKER OF THE LIVING DEAD #2 (OF 3)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #43
LOONEY TUNES #164
LORDS OF AVALON SOD #6 (OF 6)
LUCHA LIBRE #5
MACK BOLAN THE EXECUTIONER DEVILS TOOLS #4 (OF 5)
MADAME XANADU #1 (MR) - New Vertigo series by Matt Wagner and rising star artist Amy Hadley!  This longstanding DC character has always been able to see the future, but what does she see when she looks at herself?  Find out here!  Limited Matt Wagner variant cover available!
MANHUNTER #32 - Manhunter goes off the D.E.O. radar to solve the murders happening on the U.S.-Mexico border and is willing to deal with whoever she has to in order to stop the killings! 
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #41
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED THREE MUSKETEERS #2 (OF 6)
NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO #10
NEW DYNAMIX #4 (OF 5)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ANNUAL #1 (MR)
NIGHTWING #146
NOBLE CAUSES #35
NORTHLANDERS #7 (MR)
PATSY WALKER HELLCAT #1 (OF 5) - From the pages of Marvel Comics Presents!  Hellcat signed up with the Initiative...and Iron Man sent her to Alaska.  Someone had to go, but nobody is ready for the trouble she's going to find there!  Written by Kathryn Immonen with art by David Lafuente!
PHANTOM #24 CHECKMATE PART 4 (OF 5)
PILOT SEASON ALIBI #1 - John Stephens is the perfect killer.  Whenever a hit goes down, he is always elsewhere living it up with a great alibi.  Can someone really be two places at once?  If so, someone has just found out John's secret and things are about to get interesting in this Top Cow Pilot Season one shot!
PROGRAMME #12 (OF 12)
PROOF #9 (MR)
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #21
RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR #3 (OF 8)
SAVAGE DRAGON #136
SAVAGE TALES #8 (MR)
SECRET HISTORY THE AUTHORITY HAWKSMOOR #4 (OF 6)
SECRET INVASION #1 DIRECTOR'S CUT - Including the material that was previously exclusive to Marvel.com now in print for the first time!  Find out where a key supporting character from many Marvel books you read was replaced and how!  Plus other extras!
SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #1 (OF 5) - While Earth's mightiest are all trapped in the Savage Land, alien ships fill the New York sky and the remaining heroes do their best.  But what does all this look like to the Marvel man-on-the-street and can he trust anyone either? 
SHONEN JUMP AUGUST 08
SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #7
SONIC X #34
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #1 - The Squadron Supreme series is back with a new creative team, Howard Chaykin and Marco Turini!  Five years have passed after the shocking effects of Ultimate Power, see how things are going for the man the Ultimates left behind.
STAR TREK ASSIGNMENT EARTH #3
STAR TREK MIRROR IMAGES #1 - Witness the Mirror universe Kirk's treacherous rise to power!  Kirk versus Pike with the I.S.S. Enterprise in the balance!
STAR TREK NEW FRONTIER #4
STAR TREK YEAR FOUR ENTERPRISE EXPERIMENT #3
STATION #1 (OF 5) - A murder takes place on the International Space Station which is now home to mistrust and paranoia with no way home!
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #1 (OF 5) NEW PRINTING (MR)
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #2 OF(5)
STORMING PARADISE #1 (OF 6) - Something goes wrong during the Manhattan Project and the Allies' scientists are wiped out!  A new plan of attack will have to be enacted to strike at Japan,  who may or may not be entirely without defense.  Check out this revisionist look at WWII by Chuck Dixon and Butch Guice.
SUPERGIRL #31
SUPERNATURAL RISING SON #3 (OF 6)
SWORD #9 (MR)
TALES FROM WONDERLAND ALICE ONE-SHOT
TALES OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #47
TERRY MOORES ECHO #4
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE RAISING CAIN #3 (OF 3) (MR)
TOR #3 (OF 6)
TRANSFORMERS BEST OF UK SPACE PIRATES #5
TRINITY #5
VERONICA #189
VINYL UNDERGROUND #10 (MR)
VIX #1 (OF 3)
WALKING DEAD #50 (MR)
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #3 (OF 12)
WASTELAND #18 (MR)
ZOMBIE TALES #2 CVR B

New Magazines

DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 18
G FAN #84
SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 19
WIZARD MAGAZINE #202 MCNIVEN WOLVERINE COVER

New Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks

ANITA BLAKE VAMPIRE HUNTER GUILTY PLEASURES HC VOL 02 - Issues #7-12.
ARCHIE AMERICANA SERIES TP VOL 08 BEST OF 60S BOOK 2
AVENGERS INITIATIVE PREM HC VOL 02 KILLED IN ACTION - One of the Initiative's secret projects comes back to bite them in a big way!  No one is safe as an unstoppable killer stalks the instructors and trainees in Avengers Initiative #7-13!  Also includes material from Avengers Initiative annual #1.
BONE COLOR EDITION SC VOL 08 TREASURE HUNTERS
CAPTAIN AMERICA TP OPERATION REBIRTH NEW PRINTING - Before Onslaught and Heroes Reborn, Mark Waid and Ron Garney breathed incredible new life into the Sentinel of Liberty!  Out of print for years, this is a chance for new and old Cap fans to have a taste of some pre-Brubaker Cap goodness!  Featuring Sharon Carter, Red Skull, and more!
COMPLETE K CHRONICLES TP - The award winning semi-autobiographical strip series by Keith Knight in one package!  Carried worldwide this strip tackles today's tough social subjects with a smile.
COUNTDOWN PRESENTS SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER TP - In order to find the original Atom, missing since Identity Crisis, Donna Troy leads an unlikely group into your favorite Elseworlds stories and beyond!
COUNTER X TP VOL 01 X-FORCE - Under the training of Pete Wisdom, X-force went through a startling transformation into a strike force that Cable meant for them to be!  Collecting X-force #102-109.
ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS TP VOL 4 - Defenders #61-91 with appearances by Omega the Unknown, Captain Ultra, Millie the Model, and more!  Yes, Defenders was an odd series, but that's why we love it!
FANTASTIC FOUR PREMIERE HC LOST ADVENTURES STAN LEE - Contains Fantastic Four the Lost Adventure by Lee and Kirby, Fantastic Four The Last Story by Lee and Romita Jr., and FF #296 and #543!
GIMOLES SECRETS OF THE SEASONS TP - From the creator of the highly regarded all-ages series Lions, Tigers, and Bears!
HELLBLAZER FEAR MACHINE TP (MR) - Hellblazer #14-22.
HOUSE OF M TP AVENGERS - In a world ruled by mutants, a band of non-mutant heroes came together to fight injustices afflicted upon the human minorities.  Led by Luke Cage this group of Avengers faced incredible challenges and lost a lot to battle Magneto's brutal mutant police and Wilson Fisk's thugs in order to give humans a fair chance in the House of M world!  Don't miss this critical chapter in the development of Luke Cage as a leader by Christos Gage and Mike Perkins!
INVADERS CLASSIC TP VOL 2 - Presenting the debut appearances of characters like Spitfire, The Spirit of '76, and more!  Invaders #10-21 and Annual #1!
MARVEL ATLAS TP
MIGHTY AVENGERS PREMIERE HC VOL 02 VENOM BOMB - Someone has unleashed a viral agent over New York that transforms the people and the heroes into fiendish symbiotes!  And once that crisis is over the Mighty Avengers take the fight to Doctor Doom in a way the enemy of the Fantastic Four has never experienced before!  Is this the end for Doom?  And are there any subtle Secret Invasion clues within?  Probably!
NARUTO TP VOL 30
OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 09
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN TP VOL 12 THREE FOOT BATTLE (MR)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN TP VOL 03 - 500 pages of the world's greatest detective from classic Batman and Detective issues.
STRANGE & STRANGER WORLD OF STEVE DITKO HC - The first ever retrospective on Steve Ditko, the co-creator and developer of the Amazing Spider-man and Doctor Strange!  This book belongs on your coffee table!
SUPERMAN LAST SON HC - Geoff Johns and director Richard Donner usher in the next era of Superman as a rocketship carrying a boy from Krypton arrives on Earth!  And with him, for the first time, come the three Kryptonian Phantom Zone criminals!  Action Comics #844-846, #851, And Annual #11!
SWORD TP VOL 01 - New story from the Luna Brothers!  After her family is brutally killed for an artifact she knew nothing about, a young woman sets down a violent path of modern day fantasy!  If you liked Ultra, Girls, Witchblade, or swords that can cut through anything, this is the book for you!
TEEN TITANS TP TITANS OF TOMORROW - Johns passes the torch to Sean McKeever in issues #50-54 as the Titans of Tomorrow visit the present for unknown purposes!
TURNING POINTS LITTLE ROCK NINE GN - Follow the first days of school intergation after Brown v. Department of Education from the point of view of two ficitonal children living through a time of pivotal change in the United States.
USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 22 TOMOE'S STORY
WATER BABY - Surfer girl Brody just  got her leg bitten off by a shark, but its not going to stop her from embarking on a crazy road trip to get her ex-boyfriend off her couch forever!  New Image Comics graphic novel by Ross "Wet Moon" Campbell! 
WILDSTORM REVELATIONS TP
WONDERMARK BEARDS OF OUR FOREFATHERS

New Toys and Models

IRON MAN HULKBUSTER MINI BUST
SHOWCASE PRESENTS SERIES 1 - Back in stock so get 'em while you can!
SILVER SURFER ACTION STATUE
STAR WARS OBI-WAN IN CLONE TROOPER ARMOR MINI-BUST
SW CLASSICS QUEEN AMIDALA BUST

Reorder Comics

AVENGERS INVADERS #1 (OF 12)
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNITE #1 (OF 12)
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNITE #2 (OF 12)
BATMAN VS THE SCARECROW
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 2ND PRINTING LARROCA VARIANT
STRANDED #5
TRINITY #3
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #55
ULTIMATES 3 MARCH ON ULTIMATUM MUST-HAVE - Colelcted issues #1-3 of the sell-out hit third season of the Ultimates by Loeb and Maduriera!  Issue #4 in stock now!

Reorder Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks

HULK VISIONARIES PETER DAVID TP VOL 01
IMMORTAL IRON FIST TP VOL 01
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01
JOHNNY HOMICIDAL MANIAC DIRECTOR'S CUT SC
JOSS WHEDON'S FRAY FUTURE SLAYER TP
LONE WOLF & CUB TP VOL 11 TALISMAN OF HADES
NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 01
NEW AVENGERS HC VOL 02
PULSE TP VOL 01 THIN AIR - The followup series to Alias and a key part in the saga of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage!
PULSE TP VOL 02 SECRET WAR
PULSE TP VOL 03 FEAR
WORLDS FINEST DELUXE EDITION HC
YOUNG AVENGERS HC - Find out the origins of Hulkling, a potential major player in Secret Invasion!

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