Wednesday 25 September 2013

Something New

New Arrivals in Graphic Novels 
This Week

I am personally very excited for the release of the always excellent Skottie Young's 
Little Avengers vs Little X-Men collection - what are you excited to see this week? 
Let us know here or on Twitter at @DavesComics!
- Michele

AME COMI GIRLS TP VOL 01
 Don't miss a moment of the action from the 2012 5-issue miniseries as Wonder Woman must stop an attack on Themyscira, Batgirl falls into Duela Dent's trap, Supergirl and Power Girl confront a space invasion 
and much more! 
ART OF AKANEIRO HC
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO CREATING MANGA ART

With the recent influx of Far East games, anime, and comics into the western world, manga is becoming an increasingly popular art form. Beginner's Guide to Creating Manga Art explores the core aspects of this emerging artistic style and takes you through the process of designing manga-style characters from the initial concept to full-color images. These talented artists open a window into their world and present tutorials covering everything from drawing features, anatomy, and expressions to designing clothing, perfecting poses, and coloring characters with a mixture of traditional and digital artistic tools. 
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL TP VOL 27 MIST SPIDERS WEB
CRIMINAL MACABRE FINAL NIGHT 30 DAYS NIGHT CROSSOVER
CYBER FORCE REBIRTH TP VOL 01
 COLLECTING THE RETURN TOP COW'S TOP-SELLING SERIES
Carin Taylor, codenamed Velocity, has escaped from the CDI controlled Millennium City and is desperately trying to find the one man she believes can help her prevent the end of the world. When she runs a group of other CDI escapees, will they help her... or turn their backs?
Top Cow founder MARC SILVESTRI (THE DARKNESS, Incredible Hulk) returns to his first Image series to bring you a contemporary re-imagining rooted in cutting-edge, real world technology!
DC SUPER HEROES WONDER WOMAN YR ATTACK OF THE CHEETAH
DC SUPER HEROES WONDER WOMAN YR CREATURE OF CHANGE
DC SUPER HEROES WONDER WOMAN YR MONSTER MAGIC 
On a remote island, scientists discover an exotic plant, which they hope will lead to a medical breakthrough. Instead, when they return to Washington, D C, the rare fauna brings on a monstrous breakout. The sinister sorceress, Circe, attacks the city with her magical malice.
EERIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 14
HARBINGER TP VOL 03 HARBINGER WARS
JUSTICE LEAGUE HC VOL 03 THRONE OF ATLANTIS 
 In this sea-splashed epic from JUSTICE LEAGUE #13-17 and AQUAMAN #15-16, Atlantis is struck by a U.S. Navy missile gone awry, and Ocean Master leads the undersea city's forces in an attack on the east coast of the United States! The Justice League must turn back the tide, but they are woefully overmatched by the Atlantean Army! How can they save the world from annihilation?
JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 02 THE VILLAINS JOURNEY
LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT JIM APARO HC VOL 2
LOST BOY GN 
Nate's not happy about his family moving to a new house in a new town. After all, nobody asked him if he wanted to move in the first place. But when he discovers a tape recorder and note addressed to him under the floorboards of his bedroom, Nate is thrust into a dark mystery about a boy who went missing many, many years ago. Now, as strange happenings and weird creatures begin to track Nate, he must partner with Tabitha, a local girl, to find out what they want with him. But time is running out, for a powerful force is gathering strength in the woods at the edge of town, and before long Nate and Tabitha will be forced to confront a terrifying foe, and uncover the truth about the Lost Boy.
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULT SPIDER-MAN DIGEST TP VOL 04
PREACHER TP BOOK 02
SHAZAM HC VOL 01 
The World's Mightiest Mortal is reborn in The New 52 in this incredible tale from JUSTICE LEAGUE #7-11, 0, 14-16 and 18-21! Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home, but when he's drawn to the Rock of Eternity, he is imbued with powers beyond those of any mortal man! But can he learn how to handle those powers in time to defeat the villainous Black Adam? 
SIN TITULO HC
SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 19
WALKING DEAD 100 PROJECT TP 
 ROBERT KIRKMAN and Skybound team up with the Hero Initiative to present 100 all new covers envisioning the horrors of the bestselling THE WALKING DEAD. This art book features brand-new pieces by THE WALKING DEAD artist CHARLIE ADLARD, PAOLO RIVERA, RYAN OTTLEY, RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE and more! This book will never be reprinted and all proceeds go to 
the Hero Initiative and comic book creators in need!
WU WEI ANTHOLOGY GN
YOUNG MARVEL: LITTLE X-MEN LITTLE AVENGERS BIG TROUBLE
 The Children of the Atom meet the Mitey 'Vengers in this giant-sized collection of pint-sized super heroics! There's no pacifying Cyclops and Cap, who swap "ABC" for "AVX" as the playground becomes a battleground over a cherished teddy bear! Then, when Mojo kidnaps Wolverine to star in his arena of death, it's Longshot, Dazzler and the uncannily cute X-Babies to the rescue! And when these junior X-Men stand up to the Brotherhood of Mutant Bullies in a murderous game show produced by Mojo and Arcade, will they be outdone by new kids on the block - or will one of their number dissolve back into the neoplasm from which they were formed? Plus: a gallery of Skottie Young's ever-adorable Marvel NOW! variant covers! Collecting A-BABIES VS. X-BABIES #1, WOLVERINE (1988) #102.5, PINT-SIZED X-BABIES:
 MURDERAMA and X-BABIES REBORN. 
ZOMBIE SURVIVAL MANUAL HC

SOMETHING NEW

New Comics 
Wednesday 25th September

 


Two Goodbyes & Two Hellos
Goodbye to DC3D this week
a remarkable success story if judged upon sellthrough.
Goodbye presumably to queues of eager purchases of the aforementioned DC3D camping outside the store at 10.30am on a Wednesday morning.
In a last minute plot twist DC pull off a move of misdirection, for while all eyes were on Joker’s Daughter to be the must have this week (translates as possible high secondary market value) they go and announce that 3 of the books shipping this week have had an allocation on top of the original allocation!
Not only are we to be hung, it’s raining on the gallows.
So if you are in the area at 11am, brush up on the etiquette of whatever contact sport you have 
a preference for - defensive moves only please.

If only content could stir such conviction, for if that were the case the queue would stretch
 to Hove this week. 
Like a party where DC turns up early wearing the most expensive frocks but all eyes fall upon the fashionably late IMAGE books.
An astonishing week for the company:
EAST OF WEST, FATALE, JUPITER'S LEGACY, SAGA and SEX CRIMINALS!
What a remarkable era of comics! We are witness to the perfect mash up of early 90’s gaudy excess with the creativity of 80’s, the verve of the 70’s undergrounds, and the post 9/11 militarised hero!

&
Hello to Michele (Monday & Friday) and John (Monday & Tuesday) who joined us proper like
over the last week.
Be nice now we like them very much.

Here we go then!

 ARCHIE
LIFE WITH ARCHIE #32 HASPIEL VAR COVER

ASPEN
SOULFIRE VOL 4 #7 COVER A KONAT

AVATAR
CROSSED BADLANDS #25 CATFIGHT COVER
CROSSED BADLANDS #36
CROSSED BADLANDS #36 TORTURE COVER
STITCHED #16
UBER #2 FIRST APPEARANCE MIYOTO COVER
UBER #3 WAR CRIMES COVER

BONGO
BART SIMPSON COMICS #86

BOOM
PEANUTS VOL 2 #12
PLANET OF THE APES GIANT #1

DARKHORSE
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #3
 CRIMINAL MACABRE EYES OF FRANKENSTEIN #1


While dealing with ghouls dying all around him and his own mysterious illness, occult detective Cal McDonald encounters the Frankenstein's monster, who needs a new set of eyes. Can a rich entertainer who claims to be the world's foremost authority on the supernatural help the monster regain its sight?
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #28
EMPOWERED SPECIAL #5 NINE BEERS WITH NINJETTE
ITTY BITTY HELLBOY #2
KING CONAN HOUR O/T DRAGON #5
MASS EFFECT FOUNDATION #3
MIND MGMT #15
STAR WARS LEGACY #7

DC
The finishing line!
ACTION COMICS #23.4 METALLO
ACTION COMICS #23.4 METALLO STANDARD ED
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #5
AQUAMAN #23.2 OCEAN MASTER
AQUAMAN #23.2 OCEAN MASTER STANDARD ED
BATMAN #23.4 BANE
BATMAN #23.4 BANE STANDARD ED
BATMAN AND ROBIN #23.4 KILLER CROC
BATMAN AND ROBIN #23.4 KILLER CROC STANDARD ED
BATMAN SUPERMAN #3.1 DOOMSDAY
BATMAN SUPERMAN #3.1 DOOMSDAY STANDARD ED
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #23.4 JOKERS DAUGHTER
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #23.4 JOKERS DAUGHTER STD ED
DETECTIVE COMICS #23.4 MAN BAT
DETECTIVE COMICS #23.4 MAN BAT STANDARD ED
GREEN LANTERN #23.4 SINESTRO
GREEN LANTERN #23.4 SINESTRO STANDARD ED
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US #9
JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.2 LOBO STANDARD ED
JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.4 SECRET SOCIETY
JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.4 SECRET SOCIETY STANDARD ED
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7.4 BLACK ADAM
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7.4 BLACK ADAM STANDARD
SUPERMAN #23.4 PARASITE
SUPERMAN #23.4 PARASITE STANDARD ED
TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #3
 UNWRITTEN #53


As "The Unwritten Fables" continues, it looks like the darkest hour, but somehow things continue to get darker. Nothing stands between Mister Dark and the endless, nested worlds of reality and story-except a witch without a conscience, a prince crippled by grief and three schoolchildren who are starting to realize that they're wearing the wrong faces.
WAKE #4
WAKE #4
WONDER WOMAN #23.2 FIRST BORN
WONDER WOMAN #23.2 FIRST BORN STANDARD ED

DYNAMITE
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #4
GARTH ENNIS RED TEAM #5
MISS FURY #6 CVR A TAN
THE LONE RANGER ANNUAL 2013

IDW
CLIVE BARKER NEXT TESTAMENT #4
DINOSAURS ATTACK #3
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CUTTER #5
GI JOE #8
GI JOE SPECIAL MISSIONS #7
GODZILLA RULERS OF THE EARTH #4
JUDGE DREDD CLASSICS #3
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #11
 OTHER DEAD #1


The world's first Zombie Animal epic is here! A deadly hurricane threatens New Orleans just as a frightening and mysterious outbreak hits the animal kingdom! Join all-star creators Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Joshua Ortega (Gears of War), and Digger T. Mesch (Agent 88) for the beginning of this year's most anticipated new horror series! With art by rising star Qing Ping Mui, The Other Dead is destined to be the most talked-about zombie book since 
The Walking Dead! 
POWERPUFF GIRLS #1

  
Citizens of Townsville, fear not! The Powerpuff Girls are back! In this IDW debut issue Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup are back to take down the meanest of the mean and the ugliest of the ugly! Plus, what fiendish secret is Mojo Jojo hiding? The answer is sure to surprise!
 (WELCOME BACK POWERPUFF GIRLS! This all ages comic is sure to be a treat for fans old and new, and I can't wait to see what my favourite trio of pint sized superheroes have been up to since they went off the air)
STAR TREK ONGOING #25
TMNT ONGOING #26
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE #21
TRANSFORMERS PRIME BEAST HUNTERS #5

IMAGE
ARTIFACTS #31
EAST OF WEST #6
FATALE #17
JUPITERS LEGACY #3
 RAT QUEENS #1


GOLD, GUTS AND GROG," Part One
Who are the Rat Queens? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they're in the business of killing all gods' creatures for profit.
It's also a darkly comedic fantasy series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Hobbit Thief. This modern spin on an old school genre is a violent monster-killing epic that is like Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings world on crack! A new ongoing series from PETER PANZERFAUST's KURTIS J. WIEBE and featuring a gorgeous incentive cover by SAGA's FIONA STAPLES! 

 REVIVAL #14
SAGA #14

 Gwendolyn and Slave Girl think about the future.
 SEX #7
 SEX CRIMINALS #1

 

A SEX COMEDY FOR COMICS
Suzie's a normal girl with an extraordinary ability: when she has sex, she stops time. One night she meets John...  who has the same gift. And so they do what any other sex-having, time-stopping, couple would do: they rob banks. In the vein of THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN and BRIDESMAIDS, Image Comics invites you to come along with MATT FRACTION (Hawkeye, SATELLITE SAM) and CHIP ZDARSKY  (Prison Funnies, Monster Cops) for the series that puts the "comic" back in "comics" and the "sexy" back in "sex crimes."  

 TODD THE UGLIEST KID ON EARTH #5

INDIE
ATOMIC ROBO REAL SCIENCE ADV #11
DOMINO LADY / SHERLOCK HOLMES #2
FARLAINE THE GOBLIN #1


Farlaine the Goblin, a shaman from the Forest of Fin-Din, has spent years wandering the very many Oddlands of Wug in search of a forest to call his own. He only has 10 lands left. 
MOUSE GUARD LEGENDS O/T GUARD VOL 2 #3
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #82

MARVEL
AVENGERS #20 50TH ANNIVERSARY ACUNA VAR INF
AVENGERS #20 INF
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #19 INF
GAMBIT #17
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #6
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #6 RIVERA VAR
INFINITY HEIST #1

 INFINITY TIE-IN As the Marvel U prepares for Thanos, Spymaster and some of Marvel's best baddies decided where there is chaos - 
there is opportunity!It's the crime of the century and an alien invasion is all the cover they need - so why is BLIZZARD having doubts? Frank Tieri and Ramon Bachs bring you the biggest score - it's the Infinity Heist!
MARVEL UNIVERSE THOR COMIC READER TP #1
NOVA #8 CASTELLANI LEGO VAR
NOVA #8 INF
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #3 INF
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #27
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #36
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #36 ANKA VAR
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #36 CASTELLANI LEGO VAR
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #36 CASTELLANI SKETCH VAR
YOUNG AVENGERS #10 NOW

ONI
MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS #4

TITAN
TOMORROWLAND #3

Thank you for Michele for co-authoring the Blog this week.
All spelling mistakes, grammatical errors & offensive subjectivity
mine all mine!

- Stephen x