NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - MARCH 9th

Nice well balanced week, just a little Bat heavy.
Not a lot of first issues to note either.
The Spider-Man .1 issue from a few weeks ago continues in the new Venom #1 this week.
Sigil, is the first of the Crossgen books to resurface at Marvel. It was a good read back then, and with its $2.99 price, its actually a buck and a half cheaper than it was 10 years ago. Well worth checking out.


27 #4 (OF 4)
5 RONIN #2 (OF 5) AJA VAR
5 RONIN #2 (OF 5) BROOKS VAR
ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5
B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #212
BATGIRL #19
BATMAN AND ROBIN #21
BATMAN INCORPORATED #3
BIRDS OF PREY #10
BOOSTER GOLD #42
BPRD HELL ON EARTH GODS #3 (OF 3)
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FIRST THIRTEEN #1
CAPTAIN AMERICA HAIL HYDRA #3 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN AMERICA KORVAC SAGA #4 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN SWING #3 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN SWING #3 (OF 4) INCV
CAPTAIN SWING #3 (OF 4) WRAP CVR
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #2 (OF 6)
CLINT #5
COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1676 APR 2011
CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #3 (OF 6)
DOC SAVAGE #12
DONALD DUCK #364
DOOM PATROL #20
DR WHO MAGAZINE #431
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS DARK SUN #3 (OF 5)
FARSCAPE #17
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #2
GHOSTBUSTERS INFESTATION #1 (OF 2)
GRIM GHOST #1
GUARDING THE GLOBE #4 (OF 6)
HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT #2 (OF 4)
INCREDIBLE HULKS #624
INFAMOUS #1 (OF 6)
IZOMBIE #11
JSA ALL STARS #16
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #168
JURASSIC PARK DEVILS IN THE DESERT #3 (OF 4)
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #21
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #3
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #3 WRAP CVR
LEGION OF SUPER VILLAINS #1
MIGHTY THOR POSTCARDS -free
NEW AVENGERS #10
NORTHERN GUARD #2
ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED #2 (OF 4)
OUTSIDERS #37 (DOOMSDAY)
PUNISHERMAX #11
RED SONJA REVENGE O/T GODS #1 (OF 5)
SHERLOCK HOLMES YEAR ONE #2
SIGIL #1 (OF 4)
SPAWN #204
STUFF OF LEGEND THE JUNGLE #4 (OF 4)
SUPER HEROES #12
SUPERBOY #5
TITANS #33
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #155 DOSM
UNCANNY X-FORCE APOCALYPSE SOLUTION #1(reprint of #1,2,3)
VENOM #1
VERONICA #205
VERTIGO RESURRECTED FINALS #1
VICTORIAN UNDEAD II HOLMES VS DRACULA #5 (OF 5)
WALKING DEAD #82
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #10
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #1
WEIRD WORLDS #3 (OF 6)
WONDER WOMAN #608
X-23 #7
X-23 MGC #1- buck book
X-MEN LEGACY #246 AGEX
ZATANNA #10

PBKS & HRDCVRS
DEADPOOL TP VOL 05 WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS
DISNEY FAIRIES GN VOL 05 TINKER BELL
GIRL COMICS TP
GOTHAM CENTRAL HC VOL 04 CORRIGAN
GOTHAM CENTRAL TP BOOK 01
HULK TP VOL 06 WORLD WAR HULKS
MARVEL ADVENTURES TP THOR DIGEST
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 13
PALE HORSE TP
POWER PACK CLASSIC TP VOL 03
STAR WARS OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
THOR FIRST THUNDER TP
THOR MIGHTY AVENGER GN TP VOL 02
ULTIMATE COMICS THOR PREM HC
UNKNOWN TP VOL 02 DEVIL MADE FLESH
WOLVERINE WEAPON X TP VOL 03
ZATANNA MISTRESS OF MAGIC TP

TOYS AND FIGURES
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #140 BETA RAY BILL
CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #141 PYRO
DC BLACKEST NIGHT FIG COLL MAG #1 BLACK HAND
DC SUPERHERO FIG COLL MAG #74 DEADMAN
DC SUPERHERO FIG COLL MAG #75 STEEL

WEDNESDAY's COMICS

A little late posting this weeks shot of the New Comics shelf. I was in a hurry to close up and get to the movie,Paul, which was great by the way, and I am totally planning on seeing it again when it officially comes out in a few weeks. It was a sharp, funny comedy, loaded with movie references, that just bordered on the right side of punny.
I had Kellie take the photo this week, and I think its actually clearer(if a little crooked)5 Ronin was good, but I'm still not sure if this is just a series of one-shots or whether the characters will interact as the weeks go by. Guess I'll find out next week. Gorgeous covers on both versions will make it tough not to buy 2 copies.
Thunderbolts is still one of my first reads each month, and this issue was a great little spotlight on Man-Thing.
There's 2 issues of Lenore on the shelf. These are the first 2 issues the new colour series for the funniest zombie? comic I have ever read. If you've never tried Lenore, trust me this little dead girl will have you in stitches.

Paul

I got some FREE tickets for an upcoming movie called Paul. It sounds like a fun movie starring the Sean of the Dead guys, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Check out the trailer, and let me know if you want to go. I have a few double passes left for a showing on Tuesday March 1st at 7:30 p.m.

Not much notice, sorry, you'd have to pick up the passes Sat. Sunday or Tuesday before I close.

http://paul.the-movie-trailer.com/

Leave a comment or e-mail me to hold a pass for you.

NEW COMICS WEDNESDAY - MARCH 2nd

It's a pretty heavy week for Marvel first issues.
5 Ronin, is a weekly, 5 issue mini-series, each with a different Marvel character, set in Fuedal Japan. Kind of like the Noir series a while back, only farther back in time. First up is Wolverine.

Annihilators, continues the space adventures of characters like Quasar and Rocket Raccoon, against the Dire Wraiths.
Wolverine/Hercules Myths sounds like a pretty odd team-up book, but writer Frank Tieri should deliver a decent story.

Marvel starts yet another Marvel Zombies mini, this time they are chewing on the Squadron Supreme characters.

And Captain America and Falcon, is the first of a WEEKLY series of Cap, and somebody else comics. Marvel has really lost it with all the Cap comics, but expecting to sell a weekly mini-series, at $4.00 a piece, is sheer insanity.

Giant-Size Atom, is the wrap-up to Jeff Lemire's Atom story that began back in Adventure comics.

The first of Marvels "First Issues for a $1.00" comics starts shipping, and true to form, they send 2 on the same week. Astonishing X-Men #1 and Ultimates #1 are both great choices to help get new and or lapsed readers to start reading comics. Remember, even if YOU already have both these books, try picking one or more up and passing them on to a friend.


5 RONIN #1 (OF 5) AJA VAR
5 RONIN #1 (OF 5) CASSADAY VAR
ANGEL ILLYRIA #4 (OF 4)
ANNIHILATORS #1 (OF 4)
ARCHIE #618
ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #3
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #216
ASTONISHING THOR #3 (OF 5)
ASTONISHING X-MEN MGC #1
AVENGERS ACADEMY #10
AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #1 (OF 3)
AZRAEL #18
BATMAN BEYOND #3
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #54
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #20
BETTY & VERONICA #252
BOYS #52
BRIGHTEST DAY #21
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND FALCON #1
CHEW #17
CHIP N DALE RESCUE RANGERS #4
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #6
DARKWING DUCK ANNUAL #1
DC PRESENTS SUPERMAN DOOMSDAY #1
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #3
DEADPOOL #33.1
DO ANDROIDS DREAM SHEEP #20 (OF 24)
EMMA #1 (OF 5)
FEAR ITSELF SKETCHBOOK -free
FIRST WAVE #6 (OF 6)
FORMIC WARS BURNING EARTH #2 (OF 7)
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #7
GFT MYTHS & LEGENDS #2

GIANT SIZE ATOM #1
GREEN LANTERN #63 (WAR OF GL)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #56

HERC SHIELD INFINITY MINI-POSTER -free
HEROES FOR HIRE #4
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #35
INCOGNITO BAD INFLUENCES #4
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #500 2ND PTG
IRREDEEMABLE #23
JOE THE BARBARIAN #8 (OF 8)
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #4
JONAH HEX #65
LENORE VOLUME II #1 REISSUE
LENORE VOLUME II #2
LIFE WITH ARCHIE MARRIED LIFE #8
LOCKE & KEY THE KINGDOM #5 (OF 6)
LOONEY TUNES #196
LOVE AND CAPES EVER AFTER #2
MARVEL PREVIEWS MARCH 2011
MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #1 (OF 5)
ONE #3 (OF 5)
OZ PRIMER
POWERS #7
PREVIEWS #270 MARCH 2011
RED SONJA #55
ROUTE DES MAISONS ROUGES #3 (OF 4)
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #7
SECRET SIX #31
SECRET WARRIORS #25
SHONEN JUMP APRIL 2011
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #222
STAND NO MANS LAND #2 (OF 5)
SUPERMAN BATMAN #81
SWEET TOOTH #19
THOR SPOTLIGHT
THUNDERBOLTS #154
ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 (OF 4)
ULTIMATES MGC #1
UNCLE SCROOGE #401
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #9
WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #2 (OF 5)
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #4
WOLVERINE HERCULES MYTHS #1
WORLD OF WARCRAFT WORGEN #4 (OF 5)
WULF #1
X-FACTOR #216


PBKS & HRDCVRS
BATMAN TIME AND THE BATMAN HC
BATMAN BEYOND HUSH BEYOND TP
BILLY BATSON SHAZAM MR MIND TP
BLEACH TP VOL 34
CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 05
DARK TOWER TREACHERY TP
D & D FORGOTTEN REALMS TP VOL 01
GI JOE COBRA TP VOL 03
HOSHIN ENGI TP VOL 22
INCREDIBLE HULKS TP ENIGMA FORCE
INUKAMI OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 (OF 2)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS WARLORD OF MARS TP
LIBRARY WARS GN VOL 04
LITTLE LULU GIANT SIZE TP VOL 03
MMW MIGHTY THOR TP VOL 02 DM

SPIDER-MAN GRIM HUNT TP
SMURFS GN VOL 05 THE SMURFS AND THE EGG
TAKIO GN HC
TARO TERROR OF EATS STREET GN
THOR AND LOKI HC BLOOD BROTHERS
THOR FIRST THUNDER TP
THOR TALES OF ASGARD TP KIRBY DM VAR
VENOM ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP
WILDCATS VERSION 3.0 YEAR TWO
WOLVERINE WOLVERINE GOES TO HELL PREM HC
WOMEN OF THE DCU SER 3 POISON IVY BUST
X-MEN FOREVER 2 TP VOL 02

WEDNESDAY's COMICS

I can't believe it, but my photography skills are sliding by the week. This is the worst picture I've taken yet. And Peter Parker always made it look so easy.

Anyway, as you can (not so) clearly see, the new comics are indeed here. Ready for sale 10:00 a.m. Wednesday as usual. I know there was a holiday on Monday, but there was NO DELAY on the delivery at all. I usually take this opportunity to deride the publishers for their uncanny knack of hiding the titles of comics every once in a while. But take a look at Amazing Spider-Man this week. You may not be able to see the dramatic cover art, but the title definitely stands out on the stark white background. THAT's how you get people to take notice of your book people.

NEW COMICS - FEBRUARY 23rd

Well its X-Men week again. Even the oft delayed Astonishing makes its appearance.

The Age of Apocalypse storyline kicks off with parts 1 and 2 in New Mutants and Legacy on the same day. But other than those, its a pretty average shipment, not a lot of "new" stuff to mention.
Marvel starts Iron Man 2.0 #1 which is just another way of saying War Machine gets his own title again.
Fantastic Four #588 is the official end of the series, as it restarts next month as just plain ol F.F.
And True Blood starts its 2nd mini-series.
The Back in Stock section has a lot of Captain America titles on it, which means keep an eye out for a Pre-movie sale on the front table.

ACTION COMICS #898
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #655 BIG
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #12
ASTONISHING X-MEN #36
ATOMIC ROBO DEADLY ART OF SCIENCE #4 (OF 5)
AVENGERS #10
BART SIMPSON COMICS #58
BLACK TERROR #14
CAPTAIN AMERICA #615
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #57
CROSSED PSYCHOPATH #1 (OF 6)

DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN CONSPIRACY #1
DEADPOOL #33
DEADPOOL CORPS #11
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #884
DETECTIVE COMICS #874
DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #5
FALLEN ANGEL RETURN OF THE SON #2 (OF 4)
FANTASTIC FOUR #588 THREE
GI JOE #27
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #20
GREEN ARROW #9 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
HALO FALL OF REACH BOOT CAMP #4 (OF 4)
HEAVY METAL SPRING 2011
INCORRUPTIBLE #15
INCREDIBLE HULKS #623
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #501
IRON MAN 2.0 #1
IRON MAN THOR #4 (OF 4)
JLA THE 99 #5 (OF 6)
JUSTICE LEAGUE LOST #20
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #48
KILL SHAKESPEARE #9 (OF 12)
KING CONAN SCARLET CITADEL #1
KULL THE HATE WITCH #4 (OF 4)
LADY DEATH #2
MORNING GLORIES #7
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #7
NEW MUTANTS #22 AGEX
NEW YORK FIVE #2 (OF 4)
ORSON CARDS SPEAKER FOR DEAD #2 (OF 5)
POWER GIRL #21
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #2 (OF 5)
PUNISHER IN BLOOD #4 (OF 5)
QUEEN SONJA #14
SAVAGE DRAGON #169
SCALPED #46
SECRET AVENGERS #10
SIXTH GUN #9
SKULLKICKERS #6
SPAWN #203
SPAWN ARCHITECTS OF FEAR
SPIDER-MAN #11
SPIKE #5 (OF 8)
STAN LEE TRAVELER #4
STAR TREK INFESTATION #2 (OF 2)
STAR WARS VADER & LOST COMMAND #2
STAR WARS LEGACY WAR #3 (OF 6)
TEEN TITANS #92
TERRY MOORES ECHO #28
THOR #620
TRANSFORMERS RISING STORM #1 (OF 4)
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #1
TURF #4
ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM #3 (OF 4)
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #154 DOSM
UNCANNY X-MEN #533
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #716
WARRIORS THREE #4 (OF 4)
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS? #2
X-23 #6
X-MEN #8
X-MEN LEGACY #245 AGEX
X-MEN TO SERVE AND PROTECT #4 (OF 4)

PBKS & HRDCVRS
1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADV OF SINBAD TP VOL 02
ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 06 EXOGENETIC
CHRONICLES OF KULL TP VOL 04
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 05
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP DIFFERENT SEASONS
HELLBLAZER PANDEMONIUM TP
JUSTICE LEAGUE THE RISE AND FALL HC
KEVIN SMITH GREEN HORNET TP VOL 02
MMW GOLDEN AGE MYSTIC COMICS HC VOL 01
MMW SUB-MARINER HC VOL 04
MUPPET SHERLOCK HOLMES TP
SCALPED TP VOL 07 REZ BLUES
SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY HC VOL 02
SHOWCASE PRESENTS JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL.5
SPIDER-WOMAN TP AGENT OF SWORD
STAND HARDCASES PREM HC
TELARA CHRONICLES TP
THOR GODSTORM HC
VAMPIRE TALES GN TP VOL 02
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS HC VS. VAMPIRE
X-MEN FIRST CLASS GN TP VOL 01

First Look at Wednesday's Books

Well here's what the shelves will look like at 10:00 a.m. when we open tomorrow.
This weeks contestant in "Guess what my title is?" is a little more obvious due to his trademark red horns, but still... burying the logo in the bottom third of the cover on the 2ND issue of a mini-series is never a good idea.
A few things to mention,
Due to a shipping problem, I only received half my invoiced copies of Superman/Batman #81, the rest will probably show up in 2 weeks.
Doom Patrol #19 continues the crossover from last months Secret Six. DC has been doing a lot of these little crossovers lately, characters from one title popping up in another, and they are a lot of fun. More like how it used to be years ago before the huge event tie-ins fever struck the big publishers.
The 2nd issue of DC On-Line Legends is in, it ships bi-weekly, and its a fun read. I really should have pushed this on regular JLA readers as it has the feel of an old-school big team-up book.
Amazing Spider-Man # 654.1 is in, and will go fast. I've already got re-orders in, so more should show up next week. I have to admit I kinda like what I've seen of the "new Venom". A little more spy action than a super-hero comic. The book kinda reads like an episode of Chuck, up until things go horribly wrong.

Take a look at the shelves, and let me know if there's anything you'd like me to do a last minute hold on.