Wednesday 27 November 2013

SOMETHING NEW

NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS

&

COLLECTED EDITIONS



WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

 How much do I want to read the Fantastic Voyage of Lady Rozenbilt? A whole lot, because this Prohibition-era science fiction/drama looks fabulous.  Other big releases this week: BATMAN AND ROBIN: DEATH OF THE FAMILY VOL 3, SUPERMAN and LOIS LANE  CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS collections, SEX VOL 1, a beautiful reissue of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's early graphic novel SIGNAL TO NOISE, and Steampunk classic 
GIRL GENIUS VOL 1 is finally available in colour! What are you looking forward to reading this week? Talk to us @DavesComics!


100 BULLETS HC BOOK 05
In the final Deluxe Edition, collecting issues #81-100, more members of The Trust fall, and one family head reaches out to a semi-retired Minuteman for help. And learn the last dark secrets as secrets are revealed about what really caused this war. 

ARIOL SC VOL 03 HAPPY AS A PIG

AVENGERS TP BOOK 01 ABSOLUTE VISION


The ultimate Vision story begins with catastrophe, as the android Avenger is laid low by...the Barrier! But if it doesn't kill him, will his experience only make him stronger? And are Earth's Mightiest prepared for the answer? The old order changeth once again as the Avengers welcome aboard Starfox and a new Captain Marvel - but does that leave any room for Spider-Man? And it's guest stars galore as the Fantastic Four move in to the mansion, the ghost of Spider-Woman haunts the team, and Dr. Strange makes a house call seeking Scarlet Witch's aid dealing with Dracula, lord of the vampires! Writer Roger Stern's acclaimed Avengers run kicks into high gear! Collecting AVENGERS (1963) #231-241 and ANNUAL #11-12, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #16, FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #256, and DOCTOR STRANGE (1974) #60.
BATMAN & ROBIN HC VOL 03 DEATH OF THE FAMILY

In the stories from issues #15-17, BATMAN #17 and BATMAN AND ROBIN ANNUAL #1, Damian battles The Joker-with catastrophic results! What secrets will be revealed? 
BATMAN & ROBIN TP VOL 02 PEARL

BATMAN INCORPORATED HC VOL 02 GOTHAMS MOST WANTED

BATMAN INCORPORATED VOL 01 DEMON STAR
 The first BATMAN, INCORPORATED collection is now in trade paperback, with stories from issues #0-6! Batman and Robin face off against the assassin called Goatboy as Leviathan's sinister mission continues to develop! Plus: Someone is trying to kill Damian; Wingman and Redbird descend upon Gotham City; and much more!

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TP VOL 01 MEMORIAL
The original Battlestar Galactica returns in an all-new, star-spanning adventure, celebrating the 35th anniversary of its original sci-fi TV airing! Overwhelmed by a surprise Cylon assault, the crew of the Battlestar Galactica turns to forbidden temporal weapons as their desperate last resort. However, the experimental technology backfires, throwing two Viper pilots, Apollo and Starbuck, into an alternate reality where their beloved capital ship never existed. In a universe without the Galactica... the Cylons rule supreme! Can Apollo and Starbuck survive the brutality of the Cylon overlords and return home? 

BEST OF COMIX BOOK WHEN MARVEL WENT UNDERGROUND HC
In 1974, Marvel publisher Stan Lee and underground pioneer Denis Kitchen collaborated on a series: Comix Book. Featuring underground comix by Joel Beck, Kim Deitch, Justin Green,Trina, Art Spiegelman (first national appearance of Maus), Skip Williamson, and S. Clay Wilson. This Best Of collects them all! Introduction by Stan Lee. 

BPRD VAMPIRE TP
 A vampire-haunted B.P.R.D. agent's quest for revenge turns into a rampage as he pursues a clan of undead and their gorgon-eyed queen. Collects the five-issue miniseries.

CAPTAIN AMERICA PREM HC VOL 02 CASTAWAY DIMENSION

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT ARCHIVES HC VOL 01 BATTLES THE NAZIS

From the glory days of World War II comes the unstoppable patriotic superhero Captain Midnight! Volume 1 features selected tales compiled from the original 1940s-era comic book featuring the adventures of the Captain and his sidekick, Sergeant Twilight, as they battle bad guys from the Axis of Evil with art by comics greats Jack Binder, Mac Raboy, Dan Gormley, and others! Collecting selected stories from The Funnies, Popular Comics, and Captain Midnight issues.
CLONE TP VOL 02

CRIME DOES NOT PAY ARCHIVES HC VOL 06

FANTASTIC VOYAGE OF LADY ROZENBILT HC
 The young Bigoodee embarks on Lady Rozenbilt's extravagant plane where high society, criminals and monsters will mingle. This voyage will forever change his life. A complete story that takes place in the same universe as the critically acclaimed District 14, by Gabus and Reutimann, featuring characters of all shapes, forms and species all fighting for their place in society. Presented in full colour and in its original size.

GAMBIT TP VOL 03 KING OF THIEVES

GFT WONDERLAND DOWN RABBIT HOLE TP

GIRL GENIUS TP VOL 01 AGATHA & BEETLEBURG
 Adventure, Romance, Mad Science!  Meet Agatha Clay, Transylvania Polygnostic University student with the drive to create and the worst luck in the world. These collections reprint the Hugo Award-winning series, with the early volumes now in full colour to match the 
rest of the collection!

GIRL GENIUS TP VOL 12 SEIGE OF MECHANICSBURG

GREEN ARROW TP VOL 01 HUNTERS MOON
 In these 1980s stories from GREEN ARROW #1-6, Green Arrow hunts down a child killer, races to find a lost biological weapon before Chinese spies can find it, and tackles a rash of inner-city violence.

GRENDEL OMNIBUS TP VOL 04 PRIME

HARUHI SUZUMIYA ILLUSTRATED AUTUMN & WINTER SC
Can't get enough of Haruhi and the SOS Brigade? Then Haruhi Suzumiya Illustrations: Autumn & Winter is the art book for you! Haruhi Suzumiya Illustrations collects the fantastic key visuals and promotional artwork from the hit Haruhi Suzumiya anime series. AUTUMN & WINTER features Haruhi and the whole gang in schoolgirl uniforms, winter clothes, elegant dresses, holiday outfits, and more, as they get into hijinks both in an out of school. 

HEDGE KNIGHT TP

 Set one hundred years before the events in George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight graphic novel chronicles a young squire as he travels the cruel and complex path to knighthood in the Seven Kingdoms. Shouldering his fallen master's sword and shield, Duncan (or "Dunk") is determined to reinvent himself as a knight in a nearby tournament. But first Dunk needs a sponsor, and that requirement sends him down a road studded with friends, foes, adventure, and hidden agendas. One such friend is Egg, who becomes Dunk's squire, yet even he may hold secret motivations of his own.

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES TP

INSIDE MAD USUAL GANG IDIOTS ALL TIME FAVOURITE

JOKER CLOWN PRINCE OF CRIME TP
 In these adventures from his 9-issue 1970s solo series, The Joker faces villains including Two-Face, Lex Luthor, the Scarecrow and Catwoman, and battles heroes like 
The Creeper and Green Arrow.

LIFE BEGINS AT INCORPORATION GN
Are corporations people? Is birth control a sin? Can the president kill you with a drone strike? In this essential collection, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Matt Bors mixes the best political cartoons from his prolific body of work with 15 essays to answer the most perplexing questions of our time. Never has reading about economics and mass shootings been
this enjoyable! 

LOIS LANE A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC
 Don't miss these tales starring Lois Lane, Superman and more, reprinted from ACTION COMICS #1-2, 6, 484, 600 and 662, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #631, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN #2-3, MAN OF STEEL #2, SHOWCASE #9, SUPERMAN #29, 33-34, 58 and 168, SUPERMAN 80-PAGE GIANT 2011 #1, SUPERMAN: LOIS LANE #1, SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #5, 16, 23, 42 and 106, and WONDER WOMAN #170!

MISTER X EVICTION TP
The psychetecture upon which Radiant City was built is driving its residents insane, and only Mister X can help! If that wasn't enough, a government coup has thrust Radiant City into turmoil, initiating a countdown that could embroil everyone Mister X holds dear in a deadly new conflict! This volume collects Mister X: Eviction #1-#3, Mister X: Hard Candy, and the rarely seen short story Mister X: The Vanishing Breed. 

MMW ANT-MAN GIANT-MAN TP VOL 01

NEXUS OMNIBUS TP VOL 04

POLAR CAME FROM THE COLD HC
 Ripped out of retirement by an assassination attempt, the world's most deadly spy-Black Kaiser-is on a collision course with a stab-happy torture expert and a seductive but deadly redhead. His mission only ends if he dies or kills everyone out to get him, and he's not in the habit of dying. This webcomic hit has been rescripted for print! A guns-blazing espionage action-adventure in the grand tradition of Jim Steranko and Frank Miller.

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS TP VOL 03 DEATH OF FAMILY

SEX TP VOL 01 SUMMER OF HARD
 YOU WANNA BUY SOME COLLECTED SEX? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!
SPECIAL LOW INTRODUCTORY PRICE!
Retired superhero Simon Cooke has returned to Saturn City to live life as a "normal" civilian. Easier said than done! You might've heard about SEX, but nothing beats the real thing!
Collects SEX #1-8 

SIGNAL TO NOISE HC
A film director is dying of cancer. His greatest film would have told the story of a European village as the last hour of 999 AD approached-bringing Armageddon. Now that story will never be told. But he's still working it out in his head, making a film that no one will ever see. 

SMURFS CHRISTMAS GN

SONIC UNIVERSE TP VOL 06 TREASURE TEAM TANGO

SPIDER-MAN BIG TIME TP VOL 02 COMPLETE COLLECTION

SUPERMAN A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS HC
This amazing celebration of all things Superman includes stories from ACTION COMICS #0, 1-2, 137, 242, 544, 775 and 900, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #498, Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross, SUPERMAN #11, 17, 53, 75, 76, 141, 149, 247 and 400, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11 and a 1940 story from LOOK MAGAZINE! 

SUPERMAN HEL ON EARTH HC
H'El comes to Earth in these stories from SUPERMAN #13-17, SUPERBOY #14-17 and SUPERGIRL #14-17! This figure from Krypton's past hopes to revive the dead planet-in place of this one! As hero fights hero, will the Kryptonians be able to defeat H'El, 
who is their equal in every way? 

SOMETHING NEW

NEW COMICS

WEDNESDAY 27TH  NOVEMBER




 This week marks the end of Marvel's epic INFINITY event, but the there's still plenty of crossover excitement with the Ultimates-verse CATACLYSM, and of course DC's FOREVER EVIL. In other superhero news, Superior Spider-Man meets Venom in the first issue of the new DARKEST HOURS event, Damian Wayne faces more challenges in local favourite DAMIAN: SON OF BATMAN, DEADPOOL gets a fourth wall breaking (what else is new?) Annual, and Kate, Pizza Dog and of course Clint are back on our shelves in HAWKGUY. 
Image is having a terrific week as well, with BLACK SCIENCE,  a brand new science fiction series from CAPTAIN AMERICA scribe Rick Remender, and new issues of PRETTY DEADLY, SAGA and WALKING DEAD. There's also a Special Edition of SANDMAN OVERTURE with extra material for all us Gaiman fans to add to our collection, and in case you missed the sell-out premiere of LETTER 44, issue one has finally been reprinted, 
just in time for the arrival of #2!




ARCHIE

BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #218

SONIC SUPER DIGEST #5

SONIC UNIVERSE #58



ASPEN

ALL NEW FATHOM #4



AVATAR

CROSSED BADLANDS #42

FERALS #18



BONGO

BART SIMPSON COMICS #87



DARKHORSE

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #5

CONAN PEOPLE O/T BLACK CIRCLE #2 
Conan is on the run with his captive, Queen Yasmina-but his desperate bid to seek refuge in the Himelian Mountains leads him into an ambush! Meanwhile, murderous magic is afoot as the wicked sorcerer Khemsa plots against the unsuspecting Cimmerian! 

CRIMINAL MACABRE EYES OF FRANKENSTEIN #3

GOON #44

ITTY BITTY HELLBOY #4 
 What comes down must go UP! All the way up to the heavens! That's right! Things may never be the same for Itty Bitty Hellboy and his pals after Roger tries to make friends with the Baba Yaga! What? Doesn't she like flowers? Maybe it's just Roger she finds irritating. Roger may be feeling separation anxiety after this story! Prepare yourself for the fluffiest, cloudiest, heavenliest issue yet!

MASS EFFECT FOUNDATION #5

MASSIVE #17

MIND MGMT #17
NEVER ENDING #1 
 Fighting crime isn't superhero Charles Baxter's main problem-it's fighting time! Trapped for decades in a superpowered body that never ages but is now driving him insane, Chuck's only hope for a "permanent cure" is to team up with his archnemesis Archibald Crane. He just needs the evil scientist to stop hitting him first!

ROBERT E HOWARD'S SAVAGE SWORD #6

SLEDGEHAMMER 44 LIGHTNING WAR #1 
 After the classified, advanced airplane known as the Flying Wing is hijacked by the Nazis, Sledgehammer is sent on a special recovery mission that pits him against
the deadly Black Flame!

STAR WARS LEGACY II #9



DC/VERTIGO

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #7

ALL STAR WESTERN #25

AQUAMAN #25

BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #25

BEWARE THE BATMAN #2
Professor Pyg has planned a series of heists-and Batman needs reinforcements! But even as Alfred and Katana take on two of Pyg's targets, the Professor himself careens around the city, threatening the lives of a young boy and his parents. Will Batman rescue him in time? 

CATWOMAN #25

DAMIAN SON OF BATMAN #2 
Damian Wayne faces the most important decision of his adult life after a dangerous confrontation with someone dear to him. Plus, a soul-searching journey into the madness of Arkham Asylum! 

FLASH #25

FOREVER EVIL ARGUS #2 
As the world adjusts to its new status quo, Col. Steve Trevor and A.R.G.U.S. go on the offensive to stop the rise of evil! The first obstacle in Trevor's path? Deathstroke! 

GREEN TEAM TEEN TRILLIONAIRES #6

INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US #11

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #25

LARFLEEZE #5

RED LANTERNS #25

SANDMAN OVERTURE #1 SPECIAL EDITION 
Each of the six issues of THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE will be followed the next month by its own Special Edition which will include an interview with a member of the creative team, plus rare artwork and more. This issue starts things off with an interview with J.H. Williams.
This issue will include the entire first issue of the new miniseries, including the gatefold in its original form before coloring, giving readers a behind-the-scenes at J.H. Williams' unique process. Williams' original coloring will be shown in addition to the black, white and grey tones of the original work. In addition, the lettering will be translucent, allowing the reader to see the exquisite artwork behind the word balloons. 


SUPERMAN #25

TALON #13

TEEN TITANS #25

TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #5



DYNAMITE

SHADOW #20



IDW

GHOSTBUSTERS #10
Happy Horror Days continues with the Day of The Dead! Melanie Ortiz returns to NYC just in time to help the Ghostbusters track down a ghost that is going to extremes to drive its family away from New York! 

JUDGE DREDD #13

TMNT ONGOING #28

TRANSFORMERS REGENERATION ONE #96

TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE #23 DARK CYBERTRON



IMAGE

APHRODITE IX #6

ARTIFACTS #32

BEDLAM #10

BLACK SCIENCE #1 
 Grant McKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally done the impossible: he has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriers of reality. But what lay beyond the veil was not epiphany but chaos. Now Grant and his team are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alien worlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable dark realms. The only way is forward. The only question is how far are they willing to go, and how much can they endure, to get home again?
  Join writer RICK REMENDER and the superstar art team of MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE for this face-melting science fiction epic spanning the lifetimes of a cast of dimensional castaways lead by the man that caused it all.

FIVE GHOSTS #7

MORNING GLORIES #35

POWERS BUREAU #8

PRETTY DEADLY #1 2ND PTG

PRETTY DEADLY #2 

The Old West is steeped in violence and strange magic in this macabre tale from the team behind the cult-hit miniseries Osborn, KELLY SUE DECONNICK (Captain Marvel) and EMMA RÍOS (Dr. Strange). Gunfighters have it out with swords as the whole world burns. There will be blood, blood, blood.
RAT QUEENS #3

REVIVAL #15

SAGA #16 
 WINNER OF THREE 2013 EISNER AWARDS!
Two war correspondents stumble onto the biggest story in the universe.

SIDEKICK #4

THIEF OF THIEVES #18

WALKING DEAD #117

"ALL OUT WAR" continues!
In the aftermath of the battle of Sanctuary, Ezekiel must survive on his own. 



OTHER PUBLISHERS

BLACK FEATHER FALLS BOOK ONE SC

BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY #3

CRYPTOZOIC MAN #2

LETTER 44 #1 2ND PTG

LETTER 44 #2
A hundred million miles from home, trapped in a ship without power, the crew of the Clarke battles to repair their vessel before they run out of oxygen. Meanwhile, on Earth, President Blades tours Project Monolith, a secret research facility tasked to develop superweapons to defeat an expected alien invasion.

MR PEABODY & SHERMAN #1 
 A dog...and his boy?!  Join the classic Jay Ward characters, the world's smartest individual who happens to be a dog, Mr. Peabody, and his son Sherman, on their maiden voyage in the time-traveling WABAC machine and other adventures exploring history.


TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #83



MARVEL

ALL NEW X-MEN #19

AVENGERS ARENA #18

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #21 INFINTY

CATACLYSM ULTIMATE X-MEN #1 
The mutants just survived a war between themselves that almost destroyed both sides!
As GALACTUS threatens to eat the world, a secret weapon is put in place to stop him.
  But will it be the thing that finally wipes all of mutant kind out of existence? 


DEADPOOL ANNUAL #1
 Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, the mad minds behind 
"The Thrilling Adventure Hour"!
  Answering the most asked question since Deadpool's new series began...
  "Whatever Happened to the White Caption Boxes?"
  Featuring Thor, Daredevil, Luke Cage and...Madcap?!?

FF #14

HAWKEYE #14
 THAT THING THAT HAPPENED TO KATE IN THE ANNUAL
 IS TOTALLY FOLLOWED UP ON!
This one has it all! Characters! Plot! Story! Dialogue! Theme! Meaning! Message! Action! A little exposition! Fire! Arrows! Criminals! Neighbours! Large bodies of water! Clients! Cops who don't care! A system that victimizes the victims! The dog!
  In a broken town where cynicism and apathy has its claws around the throat of the good and decent, LADY HAWKEYE is the only hero you can trust!

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #16

INFINITY #6 
 All roads lead to this!
The over-sized conclusion of the Marvel Summer event!
The heroes of Earth versus the forces of Thanos!

INFINITY HEIST #3

INFINITY HUNT #4

KICK-ASS 3 #5 

At long last, the earth-shattering event destined to tear apart the Kick-Ass universe forever: Dave gets a girlfriend! Also, a new vigilante team known only by their Skull and Bones masks makes its presence known.

MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #20

NEW AVENGERS #12 INFINITY

NOVA #10 INF

SAVAGE WOLVERINE #12

SCARLET SPIDER #24

SUPERIOR CARNAGE #5

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #22
The first issue in THE DARKEST HOUR - the Spider-Event of the year!
Flash Thompson, the Secret Avenger known as Venom, is back in town for his first run-in with the Superior Spider-Man! Will their first encounter be friendly, or will Flash sense something perilous about Peter Parker's presence? 

UNCANNY AVENGERS #14

UNCANNY X-FORCE #14

WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #38

WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ANNUAL #1 INFINITY

INFINITY TIE IN!
 The Avengers find an unlikely ally against the forces of the Builders-KID GLADIATOR!
What has the prince of the Shi'Ar Empire been up to since he left the Jean Grey School?