Favorites Return! Recommended Reading in June

By admin | Published: May 14, 2013

Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson’s ASTRO CITY is one of our favorite superhero comics of all time — and now it’s returning in a new ongoing series! Busiek crafts an original superhero universe using classic DC and Marvel archetypes that are familiar yet fresh, and he always seems to tell the best story about each archetype he tackles. That first issue of ASTRO CITY, featuring Samaritan? One of the best “Superman” stories you’ll ever read! We can’t wait to read what archetypes he perfects next!

Remember when Gerard Way, the frontman from that band My Chemical Romance, decided to write some comics books, and we all groaned and thought, “Not another comic book writing celebrity hack?” And then THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY turned out to be one of our new favorite comics?! Well, that’s because Way’s always been into comics, and even interned at DC Comics for a while, and was inspired by Grant Morrison in writing his own comics. Well, anyhoo, he’s back, and he and Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan are doing a new comic book series called THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS, and we’re sure it will turn out to be one of our new favorite comics!

Hey! Know how Scott Snyder and Jim Lee seem to be doing everybody’s favorite comics over at DC Comics? Well, DC figured it out too, so they put them together for the all-new SUPERMAN UNCHAINED series!

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SAVAGE WOLVERINE #6
ZEB WELLS (W) • JOE MADUREIRA (A/C)
Variant Cover by J. Scott Campbell
Variant Cover by Humberto Ramos
X-Men 50th Anniversary Variant Also Available
Blank Cover Also Available
Wolverine Costume Variant By Mike Perkins
• A NEW ARC STARTS HERE!
• (WOLVERINE + ELEKTRA + SPIDER-MAN) x (WELLS + MADUREIRA) – RULES = PAIN.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

DAREDEVIL: DARK NIGHTS #1 (OF 8)
Lee Weeks (W/A/C)
• A gorgeous new series featuring the greatest talents in comics brings you the rest of the Man Without Fear’s story
• Legendary artist Lee Weeks returns to his favorite hero for “Angels Unaware!”
• A blizzard brings New York to a stand still — and a young patient lies on death’s door unless Daredevil can get to him in time!
32 PGS./Rated T+…$2.99


UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 1: REVOLUTION PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO & FRAZER IRVING
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
The true flagship X-Men series returns…NOW! In the wake of the Phoenix event, exactly what are Cyclops and his team of outlaw X-Men — visionary revolutionaries or dangerous terrorists? Whatever the truth, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik are gathering new mutants and redefining the name Uncanny X-Men. But they face harsh challenges: once again, robotic Sentinels hunt the team and the mutants they protect…but who’s doing the hunting? And there’s a mole on Cyclops’ team — but who is it? A weakened Magneto must prove that he’s still the master of magnetism, as Magik wonders why she is the only Phoenix Five member to emerge unscathed! Plus: learn what it’s like to be a student at Cyclops’ new school! Blockbuster creators Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo revamp the entire X-Men concept! Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (2013) #1-5.
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99


SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN VOL. 1 HC
Written by DAN SLOTT, JM DEMATTEIS & JEN VAN METER
Penciled by RICHARD ELSON, HUMBERTO RAMOS, GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI, STEPHANIE BUSCEMA & RYAN STEGMAN
Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
It’s the story that turned Spider-Man’s world upside-down as a dying Dr. Octopus hatches his master plan for vengeance against Spider-Man: He will become him! When Peter Parker suddenly awakens to find himself trapped in the failing body of his greatest foe, Otto Octavius rejoices in the power and youth of his new form. Can Peter switch their minds back before his time runs out? Yes…and no! As Peter’s story comes to a dramatic close, Otto vows to become better than his old foe in every possible way. Smarter, stronger — he will be the Superior Spider-Man! But even with his newfound sense of heroism and responsibility, can Otto survive his heroic baptism of fire against the Sinister Six? A new era of web-slinging excitement starts NOW! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #698-700 and SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1-5.
248 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99

NEW AVENGERS VOL. 1: EVERYTHING DIES PREMIERE HC
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by STEVE EPTING
Cover by JOCK
To prevent the collision of our universe with another, the Illuminati must reassemble…NOW! It’s the Marvel Universe’s most powerful and brilliant team: Black Panther, Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Black Bolt, Mr. Fantastic, Sub-Mariner and the Beast — armed with the six Infinity Gems against an infinite legion of parallel realities. But their task is complicated by old wounds, lies and secret agendas. When the Illuminati experiences its first dimensional incursion, can the members of this loose brotherhood trust each other enough to use the Infinity Gems in unison? And when they learn Earth is the center point for the death of the universe, doesn’t that mean destroying it might save everything else? Enter the world-eater, Galactus, as the New Avengers do the unthinkable! Jonathan Hickman and Steve Epting revamp the New Avengers in a multiverse-spanning saga! Collecting NEW AVENGERS (2013) #1-6.
144 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99

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SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Art and cover by JIM LEE and SCOTT WILLIAMS
Backup story art by DUSTIN NGUYEN
On sale JUNE 12 • 40 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
When thirteen satellites fall from the sky in one day, the logical suspect is Lex Luthor—even though he’s still locked up in prison! But a stranger question remains: if Superman didn’t stop the last satellite from falling, who did? There’s an mystery hidden where even Superman can’t see it — can The Man of Steel drag a decades-old secret into the light? Don’t miss the debut of this red-hot new series from two of comics’ brightest superstars: SCOTT SNYDER and JIM LEE!

BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1
Written by GREG PAK
Art by JAE LEE
BATMAN cover by JAE LEE
SUPERMAN cover by JAE LEE
“We Can Be Heroes” blank variant cover available
On sale JUNE 5 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
A new epic begins with the debut of this new, ongoing series! Don’t miss the first fateful meeting of Batman and Superman in The New 52!

TRINITY OF SIN: PANDORA #1
Written by RAY FAWKES
Art by DANIEL SAMPERE and JONATHAN GLAPION
Cover by RYAN SOOK
On sale JUNE 19 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The mysterious woman connected to the creation of the New 52 gets her own series! Pandora is on an action-packed, blood-soaked mission to hunt down the horrors she inadvertently unleashed upon the world. Can she save the DCU—and redeem herself in the process? A prequel to the upcoming “Trinity War”!

BATMAN #21
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Backup story written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art by GREG CAPULLO and JONATHAN GLAPION
Backup story art by TK TK
Cover by GREG CAPULLO
On sale JUNE 12 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with four covers. Please see the order form for more information.
Witness The New 52 origin of The Dark Knight in BATMAN: ZERO YEAR! Twists and turns are around every corner as Bruce Wayne takes the final steps toward his destiny! And in the backup story, learn more about how different Gotham City was at this dangerous point in time.

ASTRO CITY #1
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art by BRENT ANDERSON
Cover A by ALEX ROSS (featuring heroes)
Cover B by ALEX ROSS (featuring villains)
On sale JUNE 5 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US
ASTRO CITY is back in a new, ongoing monthly series that showcases old heroes and new, as The Ambassador comes to Earth, and an ordinary man is caught up in a cosmic conflict! Featuring the return of favorites like Samaritan and Honor Guard, and the debut of some new sensations! Plus, the seeds of a new mystery: Who is the Broken Man? The entire award-winning creative team is back to kick off a new epoch of the human and the super human. Get in on the ground floor of Astro City’s next epic!


100 BULLETS: BROTHER LONO #1
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art by EDUARDO RISSO
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
On sale JUNE 19 • 40 pg, FC, 1 of 8, $3.99 US • MATURE READERS
BROTHER LONO is a brand-new 8-issue miniseries set in the world of 100 BULLETS! The Eisner award-winning team behind 100 BULLETS—writer Brian Azzarello, artist Eduardo Risso, colorist Trish Mulvihill, letterer Clem Robbins and cover artist Dave Johnson—reunites to tell the story of the baddest Minuteman of all. When last we saw Lono in 100 BULLETS, Dizzy Cordova had shot him through the chest…but Lono always was too tough to die. Now, after the final events of 100 BULLETS, Lono finds himself in Mexico working on the side of the angels. But there’s always more to a 100 BULLETS story, so pick up this EXTRA-SIZE first issue to see what’s really going on with BROTHER LONO, the cold-blooded killer you hate to love!

AMERICAN VAMPIRE: THE LONG ROAD TO HELL #1
Written by SCOTT SNYDER and RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
ONE-SHOT • On sale JUNE 12 • 64 pg, FC, $6.99 US • MATURE READERS
Fan-favorite character Travis Kidd—the vampire hunter who likes to “bite them back”—makes his return in this new AMERICAN VAMPIRE one-shot! It’s a story burned deep into the American psyche: two young lovers, a stolen car and the open road. But these young lovers are newly turned vampires trying to fight the bloodsucking urge inside them. To make matters worse, they’ve got a pack of angry vampires on their tails—plus bad-ass vamp-killer Travis Kidd. He’s tracking the “Heartbreak Killers” across the heartland, but can he stop them before it all ends in tragedy? This one-shot special sets the stage for the AMERICAN VAMPIRE relaunch later this year!

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THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS #1 (OF 6)
Gerard Way (W/Special variant cover), Shaun Simon (W), Becky Cloonan (A/Cover), Dan Jackson (C), and Gabriel Bá (Variant cover)
On sale June 12
FC, 32 pages    $3.99 / Miniseries
Years ago, the Killjoys fought against the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries, costing them their lives, save for one — the mysterious Girl. Today, the followers of the original Killjoys languish in the Desert while BLI systematically strips citizens of their individuality. As the fight for freedom fades, it’s left to the Girl to take up the mantle and bring down the fearsome BLI or else join the mindless ranks of Bat City!


JOE HILL’S THUMBPRINT #1 (OF 3)
Joe Hill & Jason Ciaramella (w) • Vic Malhotra (a & c)
Private Mallory Grennan had done terrible things as an Abu Ghraib prison worker. After being discharged from the army, Mal thought she was leaving her sins behind to start a new life back home. But some things can’t be left behind — some things don’t want to be left behind. By Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella, the writing team that brought you the Eisner-award nominated one-shot, The Cape, with art by Vic Malhotra. Thumbprint will turn your guts inside out.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99


WILD BLUE YONDER #1 (OF 5)
Mike Raicht (w) • Zach Howard (a & c)
Take to the skies in this thrilling new action-adventure sci-fi tale. In the near future, mankind has destroyed the Earth, and the only refuge from radioactive pollution can be found in the skies. Unfortunately dwindling supplies and bloodthirsty air-pirates make life all the harder. Will the crew of the Dawn escape the merciless Judge and survive another week? Read the book everyone will be talking about and find out!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

LAZARUS #1
story GREG RUCKA
art/cover MICHAEL LARK
JUNE 26
32 PAGES / FC / M    $2.99
FAMILY: Part One—In a dystopian near-future, government is a quaint concept, resources are coveted, and possession is 100% of the law. A handful of Families rule, jealously guarding what they have and exploiting the Waste who struggle to survive in their domains. Forever Carlyle defends her family’s holdings through deception and force as their protector, their Lazarus. Shot dead defending the family home, Forever’s day goes downhill from there….

FATALE, VOL. 3: WEST OF HELL TP
story ED BRUBAKER
art / cover SEAN PHILLIPS, BETTIE BREITWEISER & DAVE STEWART
cover SEAN PHILLIPS
JUNE 5
120 PAGES / FC / M    $14.99
The third arc of the hit series hits stands the same day as the next one begins!  From the dark days of the depression, to the middle ages and the old west, these tales of horror and myth and the mystery of the Femme Fatale reveal secrets even our heroine doesn’t know about yet.  Bold and experimental, this is pulp noir horror at it’s finest. Collects FATALE #11-14.

SAGA VOL. 2 TP
story BRIAN K. VAUGHAN
art / cover  FIONA STAPLES
JUNE 19
144 PAGES / FC / M      $14.99
Collecting the epic second storyline of the smash hit series Entertainment Weekly called “the kind of comic you get when truly talented superstar creators are given the freedom to produce their dream comic.”  Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and alien monstrosities, but in the cold vastness of outer space, the little girl encounters her family’s greatest challenge yet: the grandparents. Collects SAGA #7-12.

PROPHET VOLUME 2: BROTHERS TP
story BRANDON GRAHAM & SIMON ROY
art SIMON ROY, FAREL DALRYMPLE, GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS & BRANDON GRAHAM
cover  GIANNIS MILONOGIANNIS
JUNE 12
172 PAGES / FC / T+     $14.99
The distant future war continues, Old man Prophet is awake now and searching across the universe for old allies that have survived the centuries since the last war. Collects PROPHET #27-32.

THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 18: WHAT COMES AFTER TP
story ROBERT KIRKMAN
art / cover CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN
JUNE 5
136 PAGES / BW/M    $14.99
Following the events of SOMETHING TO FEAR, Rick and the other survivors accept a new way of life under Negan’s rule, but not everyone agrees. Collects THE WALKING DEAD #103-108.

MOUSE GUARD VOLUME 3: THE BLACK AXE HC
(W/A/CA) David Petersen
This is the third collected volume in the continuing saga of the Eisner Award-winning and critically acclaimed fantasy comic series, Mouse Guard, serving as a prequel to the two previous volumes. Set in 1115, this is the story of how the Guardmouse Celanawe’s paw first touched the legendary weapon, the Black Axe. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands, all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the blacksmith who forged the mythic axe. This hardcover collection will include an epilogue, pinups, a 22-page section of maps, guide pages, and cutaways, as well as reprinting the 2010 Free Comic Book Day story as a prologue to the tale.
HC, 8×8, 208pgs, FC    $24.95

EXTINCTION PARADE #1
(W) Max Brooks (A/CA) Raulo Caceres
The best-selling Zombie writer in history finally unleashes an all-new epic for comics!  Be ready for the summer’s biggest comic event as millions of zombie fans come looking for with the first chapter of Max Brooks’ Extinction Parade!  One of the founders of the zombie renaissance, Max Brooks has sold millions of books in dozens of languages. His first book The Zombie Survival Guide not only singlehandedly jump-started the zombie prep subculture, it’s graphic novel companion Recorded Attacks debuted as #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. His second book, World War Z (already a multi-million copy NYT bestseller in its own right), has been adapted by Brad Pitt into what is sure to be one of the biggest blockbuster movies of 2013.
Now Brooks takes the zombie genre to a whole new level with his new comic series Extinction Parade featuring stunningly rendered art by super-star Raulo (Crossed, Captain Swing) Caceres. Building on the seed of his hit 2010 short story, Brooks has crafted a truly epic series spanning over 250 pages. Not only does Extinction Parade’s multilayered depth and meticulously researched detail raise it to the standard of his previous work, it also introduces fans to an entirely new, fresh and terrifying subgenre: Vampires Vs Zombies.
As humans wage their loosing fight versus the hoards of the subdead, a frightening realization sets in with the secretive Vampire race: our food is dying off. This is the story of Vampires’ decent into all-out war with the mindless hungry hordes of the zombie outbreak as humanity tries to survive them all. Three species in mortal conflict. This is how a species dies. Available with Regular, Wraparound, “End of a Species” and Bloodwashed Retailer Incentive covers by Raulo Caceres. Also, available with a special black Leather cover, limited to just 1,000 copies!
MATURE THEMES
REGULAR—32pgs, FC (1 of 11)    $3.99

BALLISTIC #1
(W) Adam Egypt Mortimer (A/CA) Darick Robertson
This madcap sci-fi buddy adventure about a wanna-be bank robber and his best-friend Gun, a drug-addicted, foul-mouthed, living gun, marks Darick Robertson’s return to the hard sci-fi worldbuilding of his classic Transmetropolitan mixed with The Boys’ ultra-violence and the lunacy of Happy.
32pgs, FC    SRP: $3.50

LIBERATOR #1
(W) Matt Miner (A) Joel Gomez (CA) Tim Seeley
Read the book that Batman’s Scott Snyder calls “a really cool, progressive story about young outcast crusaders.” A hard-edged vigilante series about two young heroes who avenge the torture of animals. “Unlike any comic book project to date, Miner delivers a message about animal abuse blended with a gritty protagonist in the vein of Batman or The Punisher.” — ComicBooked
32pgs, FC    SRP: $3.50

SIXGUN GORILLA #1 (OF 6)
(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Jeff Stokely
(CA) A: Ramón Pérez, B: James Harren
Welcome to “the Blister” a bizarre otherworld colonized by humans sometime in the 22nd century, which quickly became a hotly contested source of fertile land and natural resources long ago exhausted on Earth. In this new frontier, a rogue gunslinger and his companion wander across a wilderness in the grips of a civil war, encountering lawlessness, natives, and perversions of civilization in a world at the crossroads between the past and the future. The fact that said gunslinger is a bio-surgically modified silverback gorilla toting a pair of enormous revolvers is neither here nor there. Written by Simon Spurrier (Marvel’s XMEN LEGACY, CROSSED WISH YOU WHERE HERE), drawn by hot new talent Jeff Stokely (FRAGGLE ROCK, THE REASON FOR DRAGONS), and featuring a cover by Eisner Award-winning artist Ramón Pérez (A TALE OF SAND, WOLVERINE & THE XMEN), SIXGUN GORILLA is a pulpy mash-up of Western weirdness and lofi science fiction unlike anything else on the stands! Ask your retailer about the rare variant cover by James Harren (B.P.R.D.)!
32pgs, FC (1 of 6)    $3.99

HEROBEAR AND THE KID SPECIAL #1
(W/A/CA) Mike Kunkel
THE INDEPENDENT, ALL-AGES SMASH-HIT HEROBEAR AND THE KID RETURNS! It’s Picture Day at Tyler’s school, and naturally he’s forgotten! But before Tyler can pick his good side, he has to sneak out of class with his best friend Herobear to stop an attack on the Simpleton Bridge from the mysterious Von Klon and his SubofDoom! …and he better not lose his hallpass in the process. Don’t miss as creator Mike Kunkel relaunches his Eisner awardwinning creation at KaBOOM! with a brand new original adventure! Ask your retailer about the Herobear and the Kid Animation Cell Variant and the rare Mike Kunkel HandSketch Variant!
32pgs, FC    $3.99


A USER’S GUIDE TO NEGLECTFUL PARENTING GN
(W/A/CA) Guy Delisle
With A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting, the dry humor that pervades Guy Delisle’s landmark and praised graphic travelogues takes center stage. Quick, light vignettes play on the worries and cares any young parent might have, and offer wry solutions to the petty frustrations of being a dad who works from home. Readers familiar with Delisle’s stranger-in-a-strange-land technique for storytelling will recognize the titular parent in this book; Delisle’s travelogues were simultaneously portraits of complex places and times, and portraits of a stay-at-home dad’s ever-changing relationship with his children while his wife is out working for Doctors Without Borders. The relationship between young child and all-too-irony-aware parent is beautifully done here, and Delisle’s loose flowing style has been set free, creating a wonderful sense of motion throughout. A User’s Guide is an intimate, offbeat look at the joys of parenting.
MATURE THEMES
SC, 5×7, 192pgs, B&W    SRP: $16.95

PRIMATES: THE FEARLESS SCIENCE OF JANE GOODALL, DIAN FOSSEY, AND BIRUTE GALDIKAS HC
(W) Jim Ottaviani (A/CA) Maris Wicks
A action-packed account of the three greatest primatologists of the last century: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas. These three ground-breaking researchers were all students of the great Louis Leakey, and each made profound contributions to primatology-and to our own understanding of ourselves. Tackling Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas in turn, and covering the highlights of their respective careers, Primates is an accessible, entertaining, and informative look at the field of primatology and at the lives of three of the most remarkable women scientists of the twentieth century.
HC, 6×9, 144pgs, FC    SRP: $19.99

THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOLUME 43
(A)  Various (CA) Andy Kubert
In addition to being the preeminent source of comic book pricing information for more than four decades, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide features a ton of other data as well. With 300,000 prices, all new market reports, celebrations of Superman’s 75th anniversary, the X-Men’s 50th anniversary, The Walking Dead’s 10th anniversary, a look at the work of Overstreet Hall of Fame artist Mac Raboy, and more, readers will get a first hand look at what has made the Guide the definitive guide for collectors and dealers alike since 1970. Volume 43 is available with either a PREVIEWS Exclusive Superman cover by Andy Kubert or an X-Men cover by Mike Deodato, Jr.! Please note: the hardcover editions are printed very close to order. (STK610480) (C: 0-1-1)
SUPERMAN SC—SC, 6.5×9.25, 1136pgs, PC    SRP: $29.95
SUPERMAN HC—HC, 7×10, 1136pgs, PC    SRP: $35.00
X-MEN SC—SC, 7×10, 1136pgs, PC    SRP: $29.95
X-MEN HC—HC, 7×10, 1136pgs, PC    SRP: $35.00


THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 2: ROAD TO WOODBURY SC
(W) Jay Bonansinga, Robert Kirkman (A)  Various
This riveting sequel to Rise of the Governor delves into Philip Blake’s ascension as the leader of Woodbury. But it won’t be easy. There are those within this walled-off city who don’t trust Philip or his motives — or the strange scratching sounds that come from his apartment. But Philip Blake is determined to turn Woodbury into a haven from the post-apocalyptic nightmare surrounding Woodbury, and he’ll do whatever necessary to make sure that his vision sees fruition. Even if that means killing the people currently in charge.
SC, 5.5×8, 320pgs, B&W    SRP: $14.99

DC CLASSIC TV: 1966 BATMAN 6-INCH ACTION FIGURES
One of the most beloved television series of all time, the 1966 Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward, comes to life with the first series in Mattel’s new DC Classic TV Action Figures! Fans of the series can collect figures of Batman (complete with Batusi hands), the Riddler, the Penguin, the Joker, Catwoman, and Batman (with Radio Active cowl). Each figure stands 6″ tall and features a sculpt based on the classic series! Blister card packaging.
Figure    SRP: $24.99

DC CLASSIC TV: 1966 BATMAN MOMENT ACTION FIGURE 2-PACKS
Some of the most memorable moments of the classic 1966 Batman television series are recreated with Mattel’s new DC Classic TV Moment Action Figure 2-Packs! These packs feature Batman, his friends, and his villains in a 5″ scale that recreates the style and costumes of the beloved series. Window box packaging.
2-pack    SRP: $49.99

DC CLASSIC TV: 1966 BATMAN BATMOBILE
Atomic batteries to power, turbines to speed! Batman and Robin are ready to race into Gotham City in the Batmobile! Based on the classic wheels from the Adam West/Burt Ward Batman television series, this Batmobile is the perfect accessory for the new DC Classic TV action figures!
Vehicle    SRP: $74.99

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Iron Man’s Naked Baby Photos! Newsletter 5/3/13

By admin | Published: May 3, 2013

You know how your mom always shows your new special someone all your embarrassing naked baby photos? Well, now that Iron Man is all popular, what with the Avengers movie and his own new third movie this week, we thought we’d show you this adorable little picture of Baby Tony Stark!

Ah, so he modeled his first Iron Man armor after the cute li’l helmet he used to wear as a baby!

(…and then remembered those booties of his when he finally decided to color the armor!)
As you must already know, Hawkguy is one of our favoritest comic book series right now. The new issue is out this week, so we’re pretty giddy. If you haven’t started reading it yet (and really, what’s WRONG with you?!), you now have absolutely no excuses: the first trade paperback volume will be HALF PRICE on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May 4th!!! You read now!

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Featured Comic Books:


TEN GRAND #1
Joe Fitzgerald was a mob enforcer until the day he met Laura, who convinced him to leave that world behind. Before quitting, Joe agreed to one last job, little realizing that the man he’d been sent to kill was deeply involved in demonlogy. He survived Joe’s attempt and came after him, fatally wounding Joe and killing Laura. As he lay dying, an angelic force (who may or may not be what she appears) pointed out that where she is going, he can’t follow, and where he is going, he wouldn’t want her to follow. But if he will agree to work for them as a different kind of enforcer, they will bring him to life and keep on bringing him to life every time he is killed in a righteous cause. The reward: for those five minutes of death, he will be with Laura again. Would you endure an eternity of pain and death, dying over and over, to be with the woman you love for just five minutes each time you died? Most people might say no. But Joe Fitzgerald isn’t most people.

A bold new era begins with the long-anticipated return of Joe’s Comics, the imprint that brought you MIDNIGHT NATION and RISING STARS. All-new stories from J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (Babylon 5, Jeremiah, Thor, Amazing Spider-Man, Superman: Earth One) return in 2013 with an action packed line up featuring everything from superhero action to supernatural thrillers.


SESAME STREET #1
Produced in full color, the standard Sesame Street comic edition features 5 interlocking covers, which when placed side by side depict an “on the Street” scene featuring Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover and the whole Sesame Street gang. The issue includes 5 Sesame Street stories.

The premier issue also includes the first in a series of “How to Read a Comic” features for parents to help new comic readers. Each “How to Read a Comic” highlights aspects of reading a comic aloud. The first in the series describes how speech bubbles provide the narration and dialogue of the story.


THE MOVEMENT #1
We are faceless. We are limitless. We see all. And we do not forgive.

Who defends the powerless against the GREEDY and the CORRUPT? Who protects the homeless and poverty-stricken from those who would PREY upon them in the DARK OF NIGHT?

When those who are sworn to protect us abuse their power, when toxic government calls down super-human lackeys to force order upon the populace…finally, there is a force, a citizen’s army, to push order BACK.

Let those who abuse the system know this as well: We have our OWN super humans now. They are not afraid of your badges or Leagues. And they will not be SILENCED.

We are your neighbors. We are your co-workers. And we are your children.


DIAL H #12
Nelson and Roxie are on the run from the Centipede and The Fixer! Their only hope of rescue lies in the hands of Open Window Man! But who is that masked avenger?

Featured Graphic Novels:

BEDLAM
One of the hottest new series of the year gets its first, new reader friendly-priced collection!
Fillmore Press was once Madder Red, a homicidal maniac and criminal overlord who ruled the city of Bedlam. Now he’s been cured of his mania, and says he wants to help protect the place he once terrorized — but can he be trusted?
Collects BEDLAM 1-6.

SUPERMAN EARTH ONE SOFTCOVER
Forget everything you know about The Man of Steel and brace yourself for a staggering new take on the world’s most popular Super Hero.
What would happen if the origin of The Man of Tomorrow were introduced today for the very first time? Return to Smallville and experience the journey of Earth’s favorite adopted son as he grows from boy to Superman like you’ve never seen before!

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MAGIC THE GATHERING: DRAGON’S MAZE
Dragon’s Maze features 156 black-bordered cards, including randomly inserted premium versions of all cards in the set. Dragon’s Maze is available in booster packs, intro packs, and fat packs.


THE RESISTANCE: AVALON
The Resistance: Avalon pits the forces of Good and Evil in a battle to control the future of civilization. Arthur represents the future of Britain, a promise of prosperity and honor, yet hidden among his brave warriors are Mordred’s unscrupulous minions. These forces of evil are few in number but have knowledge of each other and remain hidden from all but one of Arthur’s servants. Merlin alone knows the agents of evil, but he must speak of this only in riddles. If his true identity is discovered, all will be lost.

The Resistance: Avalon is a standalone game, and while The Resistance is not required to play, the games are compatible and can be combined.

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INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US: WONDER WOMAN VS. SOLOMON GRUNDY
Straight from the video game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, this action figure two pack set features Wonder Woman and Solomon Grundy! But who will win? One thing’s for sure, Diana will not go down without one heck of a fight! This two pack set of figures measure approximately 3.75 inches tall and feature over 20 articulating joints for countless poses.


STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN 25TH ANNIVERSARY U.S.S. ENTERPRISE SHIP
Just in time for the new action figures comes the Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan U.S.S. Enterprise!  Measuring 16 inches long, this light-up plastic starship features new sound effects from the classic film and features an all-new paint scheme. Sculpted and designed by Art Asylum, this legendary vessel is ready to leave dry-dock and explore your collection!

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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

By admin | Published: April 29, 2013

That’s right, folks, the first Saturday in May is coming up again, and that means Free Comic Book Day!!!

Free Comic Book Day is a single day — the first Saturday in May each year — when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE to anyone who comes into their stores. Everyone who comes to the Emerald City stores can choose up to three of the comics on the list below. Some are in very limited quantities, some we have a ton of — come by early for more choices! We are open from 11 to 6.

We will have a number of graphic novels for half-off, to get you started on some of our favorite series.

Also, we will have comic book story packs — complete stories bagged together at a discount — for an additional half-off the stickered price!

Here are the free comics (while supplies last):

2000 AD SPEC
ABSOLUTION THE BEGINNING (MR)
ACTION TIME BUDDIES
APHRODITE IX #1
ATOMIC ROBO & FRIENDS
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HULK AGENTS OF SMASH #1
BLEEDING COOL MAGAZINE
BONGO FREE-FOR-ALL
BUCK ROGERS
CAPSTONE PRESENTS MR PUZZLE
DAMSELS
DC NATION SUPER SAMPLER #1
DH MASS EFFECT KILLJOYS RIPD
DH STAR WARS CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT AVATAR
DISNEY FAIRIES
DRAGON BALL & RUROUNI KENSHIN RESTORATION
ENDANGERED WEAPON B
FANTAGRAPHICS PRINCE VALIANT
FINDING GOSSAMYR STUFF OF LEGEND
FUBAR SPECIAL (MR)
GRIMM
HARBINGER WARS SPEC
INFINITY
ITS AN UGLY DOLL COMIC & OTHER STUFF
JUDGE DREDD CLASSICS
KABOOM SUMMER BLAST
KELLERMAN L AMOUR SAMPLER
MARBLE SEASON
MOLLY DANGER / PRINCELESS
MOUSE GUARD / RUST FLIP BOOK
NFL RUSH ZONE SEASON O/T GUARDIANS
OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING COLOR SPECIAL
RAMAYAN RELOADED PREVIEW
RATED FREE FOR EVERYONE CROGAN ADV & MERMIN
SCRATCH 9
SESAME STREET & STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG MEGA MAN FLIPBOOK
SPONGEBOB COMICS FREESTYLE FUNNIES
STAN LEE CHAKRA THE INVINCIBLE PREVIEW
STEAM ENGINES OF OZ
STRANGERS #1
SUPERMAN
THE RED TEN #0
THE SMURFS
THE TICK
TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES
TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB
VALIANT MASTERS SHOWCASE ED
WALKING DEAD SPECIAL (MR)
WORLD OF ARCHIE DIGEST
WORLDS OF ASPEN

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The Second Coming of Image Comics! Newsletter 4/26/13

By admin | Published: April 26, 2013

We all remember the glory days of Spawn, Wildcats, Youngblood, Cyberforce, Shadowhawk, and Savage Dragon!

Well, Image Comics is back, baby! Just as those 1990s titles were the must-read comics of their day, Image has a whole new slew of comics you’d better be reading right now:

SAGA
MANHATTAN PROJECTS
EAST OF WEST
NOWHERE MEN
SEX
…and, as of this week, JUPITER’S LEGACY!

Brian K. Vaughan, Jonathan Hickman, Eric Stephenson, Joe Casey, and Mark Millar are writing the comic book stories you need to read today, illustrated by some of the most brilliant artists working in comics today — including one of our favorites, Frank Quitely!

East of West #2 is also out this week, so, bonus!!!

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Featured Comic Books:

JUPITER’S LEGACY #1
The comic-book event of 2013 finally arrives as superstar creators MARK MILLAR and FRANK QUITELY give us the superhero epic that all future comics will be measured by. The world’s greatest heroes have grown old and their legacy is a poisonous one to the children who will never live up to their remarkable parents. Unmissable.

UNCANNY X-MEN #5
FRAZER IRVING (Batman and Robin & Xombi) joins the creative team of UNCANNY X-MEN!
Learn what it’s like to be a student at Cyclops’ new school.

BATMAN, INCORPORATED #10
by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham
When only one can survive, which will it be: the man or the bat?

EAST OF WEST #2
“SONS OF PROPHECY”
Following the high crimes in the debut issue of EAST OF WEST, the fallout spreads across the broken nations of America. Forces align to stave off the apocalypse, while equally powerful ones do everything they can to bring it to pass.

One of the most exciting new books of the year, this is EAST OF WEST, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the award-winning team of Marvel’s FF, JONATHAN HICKMAN and NICK DRAGOTTA.

Featured Graphic Novels:

UNCANNY AVENGERS VOL. 1: THE RED SHADOW
by Rick Remender and John Cassaday
The Marvel Universe’s greatest era starts NOW! In the wake of Professor X’s funeral, Captain America creates a new Avengers unit comprised of Avengers and X-Men, humans and mutants working together. But the Red Skull has returned — straight out of the 1940s — and he wants to destroy all mutants! What gruesome weapon has given the him dangerous new powers? Rogue and Scarlet Witch face off against the Red Skull’s S-Men; Wolverine and Captain America investigate the worldwide mutant assassination epidemic; and Havok and Thor battle the spreading influence of Honest John, the Living Propaganda! And when Avenger defects, the rest must face the terrible might of the Omega Skull! Plus: Wonder Man, Wasp and Sunfire join the team — just in time for the Grim Reaper’s revenge! Uncanny Avengers Assemble! Collecting UNCANNY AVENGERS #1-5.

MARBLE SEASON
The untold coming-of-age story from a contemporary comics master.

Marble Season is the semiautobiographical novel by the acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece Palomar and cocreator, with his brothers, Jaime and Mario, of the groundbreaking Love and Rockets comic book series. Marble Season is his first book with Drawn & Quarterly, and one of the most anticipated books of 2013. It tells the untold stories from the early years of these American comics legends, but also portrays the reality of life in a large family in suburban 1960s California. Pop-culture references—TV shows, comic books, and music—saturate this evocative story of a young family navigating cultural and neighborhood norms set against the golden age of the American dream and the silver age of comics.
Middle child Huey stages Captain America plays and treasures his older brother’s comic book collection almost as much as his approval. Marble Season subtly and deftly details how the innocent, joyfully creative play that children engage in (shooting marbles, backyard performances, and organizing treasure hunts) changes as they grow older and encounter name-calling naysayers, abusive bullies, and the value judgments of other kids. An all-ages story, Marble Season masterfully explores the redemptive and timeless power of storytelling and role play in childhood, making it a coming-of-age story that is as resonant with the children of today as with the children of the sixties.

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SMASH UP: AWESOME LEVEL 9000
The Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000 expansion features 4 all-new distinct factions that you can mix and match to defeat your opponents. Try them with the Core Set to create exponential new combinations!

Killer Plants – Better deal with these guy fast, leave them alone and they’ll grow all over the place… like weeds! *rimshot*

Ghosts – Unlike just about every card game in history, Ghosts benefit from having less cards in your hand. Can you be immaterial?

Steampunks – Can’t leave a good base alone, the Steampunks will add new abilities to bases to help your strategies.

Bear Cavalry – What’s scary? A bear. What’s really scary? A cossack riding a bear! Bear Cavalry will use fear to drive opposing minions away to other bases.

Combine these groups into teams of two for various effects!  Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000 also contains 8 new Base cards to compete over.

IRON MAN 3: HEROCLIX
Heroes Aren’t Born… They’re Built! Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. Soar into action with Iron Man and defeat his enemies with this invincible expansion for Marvel HeroClix based on the blockbuster movie! This series is introduced in 24-count Gravity Feeds featuring 13 unique figures boasting all-new dial designs, as well as Starter Sets containing six figures exclusive to this set, complete with two maps, tokens, a Powers and Abilities card, and a HeroClix rulebook

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SUPERMAN: GLOWING KRYPTONITE AND ILLUSTRATED BOOK (MEGA MINI KITS)
Superman is the original and ultimate Super Hero, and fans will enjoy this kit containing a replica of that famed radioactive material from Superman’s home planet—kryptonite. Mounted on a base, the chards of kryptonite actually light up! Also included is a 48-page full-color book on Superman, Krypton, and kryptonite.

SUPERMAN: COLLECTIBLE FIGURINE AND PENDANT KIT (MEGA MINI KITS)
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 1938. For fans of the ultimate Super Hero, this kit includes a Superman figurine, pin of the famed “S” symbol in gunmetal and silver, and 48-page book on Superman featuring full-color illustrations.

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Don’t Disappoint Dennis… Newsletter 4/19/13

By admin | Published: April 19, 2013

…read X-Men Legacy! Dennis is a huge fan of the new Marvel NOW! X-Men Legacy series, featuring Charles Xavier’s son, Legion. The trade paperback is out this week, collecting the first six issues. Here’s what it’s about:

Legion, the most powerful and unstable mutant in the world, and son to Professor Charles Xavier, has killed gods and reshaped the face of the universe. Now, in the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men, Legion will finally attempt to conquer his demons …and embrace his father’s legacy!

This series has a good sense of humor, and definitely has that British comics vibe! If you dig writers like Warren Ellis, Jamie Delano, and Grant Morrison, make yourself (and Dennis) happy and check out X-Men Legacy!

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Featured Comic Books:


JUSTICE LEAGUE #19
Who is the one person dangerous enough to use Kryptonite against Superman?


X-MEN LEGACY #9
Legion and Blindfold go on a date…on the moon!But when Legion reveals his ulterior motive for visiting the moon, will Blindfold leave him without a goodnight kiss??


HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1
First exciting issue of the new, ongoing adventures of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!

While the Masters of the Universe mourn the loss of a fallen friend, Hordak infiltrates Eternia!

Featuring the return of She-Ra! Now known as Despara, the most lethal weapon in Hordak’s army, she returns to Eternia as He-Man’s newest enemy!


NOVA #3
It’s time for Sam Alexander’s Training Day. And with the Guardians of Galaxy’ s Gamora and Rocket Raccoon in charge, Nova soon learns that old lesson “Practice Makes Painful!”

Featured Graphic Novels:

DIAL H VOL. 1: INTO YOU
Hugo Award-winning novelist China Mieville joins DC Comics—The New 52 with the first collection of DIAL H!
In the town of Littleville, CO, a troubled young man stumbles upon the lost H-Dial and all the power it possesses. Can our hero manage harness the power of the H-Dial and protect it from falling into evil hands? Or will this newfound power plunge our hero into madness? Collects DIAL H #0-6!

HAPPY
by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson
Meet NICK SAX – a corrupt, intoxicated ex-cop turned hit-man, adrift in a stinking twilight world of casual murder, soulless sex, eczema and betrayal. With a hit gone wrong, a bullet in his side, the cops and the mob on his tail, and a monstrous child killer in a Santa suit on the loose, Nick and his world will be changed forever this Christmas.
By a tiny blue horse called Happy…
Collects HAPPY! #1-4


AVENGERS VOL.1: AVENGERS WORLD
The greatest heroes in comics, together as one unbeatable team! The Avengers “go large,” expanding their roster and sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call, who will respond? The answers will surprise you! The Avengers’ first mission takes them to Mars, but the secrets of the Garden lead right back to Earth’s Savage Land! And when the Shi’ar Imperial Guard are broken on a dead moon, the Avengers travel across the galaxy to battle an invading force. It all leads up to the secret origin of the universe itself, as Captain Universe races to decipher the code hidden in the Avengers’ recent adventures! Jonathan Hickman takes Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to the next level with big threats, big ideas and big idealism. These are the Avengers NOW! Collecting AVENGERS (2012) #1-6.

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING DECK-BUILDING GAME
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-Building Game, you take on the role of Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, or one of their brave and heroic allies in the struggle against the forces of the Dark Lord Sauron! While you begin armed only with a basic deck of starting cards, you will add new, more powerful cards to your deck as you go, with the goal of defeating the deadly forces that serve Sauron in your trek towards Mount Doom. In the end, the player who has accumulated the most Victory Points from the cards in his or her deck wins the game.


THE WALKING DEAD CARD GAME
Based on the game 6 Nimmt!, The Walking Dead Card Game is an action card game of zombie survival where up to 10 players can join in and compete in either Hero mode or Survival mode to eliminate as many zombie cards as possible and rack up the most points each round. With more than 100 zombie cards, players will have to make the right decision each turn to ensure they score as many points as possible while making it more difficult for their opponents. Character cards will give you a one-chance advantage each round to make the first move and rack up the zombie points before anyone else. Through the combination of luck and strategy, fun is unlimited in this game where every card will feature a variety of zombies from The Walking Dead. Will you survive the zombie onslaught?

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DC COMICS UNLIMITED: WONDER WOMAN
DC Comics Unlimited 6″ Figure Collection: This collection is a celebration of figures from the heritage of DC Comics as well as the most current content. It is the only place to get such highly detailed and articulated figures from this world. Fans can pose these figures in countless ways. These 6″ current comic-style figures represent the favorite heroes and villains from the DC Justice League universe. All DC Comics Unlimited collector figures are authentically sculpted and designed by the prestigious Four Horsemen Studios. Don’t miss out on this exceptional figure collection. For the adult collector and pop culture enthusiasts.


MARVEL MINIMATES: SDCC 2012 EXCLUSIVE ALPHA FLIGHT BOX SET 1
Canada’s answer to the Avengers, Alpha Flight is a team of super-powered individuals united by Canada ’s Department H to deal with threats to their homeland. Led by the battlesuit-clad Guardian, the team also included the aquatic Marrina, the diminutive acrobat Puck and the flying, light-generating mutant Northstar. Includes bonus heads and hairpiece for Guardian (one to display as James MacDonald Hudson and the other to display as the impostor Delphine Courtney), extra white hairpiece for Northstar, and extra hand to display Puck doing a hand stand!


MARVEL MINIMATES: NYCC 2012 EXCLUSIVE ALPHA FLIGHT BOX SET 2
Canada’s answer to the Avengers, Alpha Flight is a team of superheroes from across the Great White North. Some of the team’s most famous members are the shape-shifting Snowbird, doctor/sorcerer Shaman, scientist/mythical creature Sasquatch and the troubled Aurora, a super-fact mutant with light powers. Aurora includes a set of “locked hands” to pose her and her brother Northstar!

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…and we didn’t even MENTION Saga this week! Newsletter 4/12/13

By admin | Published: April 12, 2013

…except that we just DID. Really, it’s just sooooooo good! This is the final issue of the second story-arc, so we didn’t provide a writeup for it below. We’re gearing up to tell you to buy the second graphic novel collection in June, and then the beginning of the third story-arc with issue #13 in July. Yeah, you’ve gotta wait that long for the next issue. Now everyone’s sad. Sorry….

Well, anyhoo, we didn’t/did mention Saga this week because the new issue of Hawkguy is ALSO here this week! We may have mentioned this before, but Hawkguy is also just sooooooo good! Hawkguy’s got lady problems again in this issue — or it might be better to say that the ladies have got Hawkguy problems! Poor stupid Hawkguy, he just keeps doing stupid things to himself and others. He says, “This looks bad, right? In my head this looks bad.” Yes, Hawkguy, it IS bad. But dammit, we love you anyway….

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Featured Comic Books:

BATMAN & RED ROBIN #19
On the darkest of nights, who is the one person Batman meets that could change his life forever?


BATMAN: LI’L GOTHAM #1
The first time in print for this hit all-ages digital first series!

First, Robin needs Batman’s help to learn the true meaning of Halloween. Then, on Thanksgiving, Batman and Robin join the families of Gotham City around the table for a holiday feast—and birds of a feather flock together to stage a march against the city…led by The Penguin!


HAWKGUY  #9
More ladies, more problems. Featuring: The Girlfriend, the Work-Wife and the Ex-Wife. Plus the tracksuits are back and aim to kill. Good luck, Hawkeye.


X #0
Three crime lords in the decaying city of Arcadia have received photographic death sentences from the mysterious “X Killer.” Their cunning defenses won’t stop Arcadia’s vigilante from making sure each one of them suffers. From the pages of Dark Horse Presents.

Featured Graphic Novels:

STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS
The countdown to the motion picture event of 2013 begins here, in this blockbuster 4-issue prequel mini-series that sets the stage for the upcoming STAR TREK film! Like the best-selling STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN in 2009, this all-new series leads directly into the next movie, with a story by STAR TREK writer/producer Roberto Orci and Mike Johnson (STAR TREK ongoing series), and drawn by the original STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN artist, David Messina! STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN TO DARKNESS is the can’t-miss lead-in to the new adventures of the Enterprise crew!


ROCKET RACCOON & GROOT: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
After the Guardians of the Galaxy disbanded, Rocket Raccoon settled into a quiet life with a steady job in a mailroom. But when a killer clown made of sentient wood attacks him at work, the trigger-fingered and quick-witted hero must journey to Planet X — home of his old buddy Groot, the giant tree-creature — in search of answers! The cosmic dream team is reunited at last! Then: Mojo, bloated entertainment mogul of the Mojoverse, battles Rocket Raccoon and Groot…onstage! It’s a high-stakes campy cosmic free-for-all! Plus: get caught up on the early adventures of Rocket and Groot! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #271; ROCKET RACCOON #1-4; and material from TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #13, MARVEL PREVIEW #7, ANNIHILATORS #1-4 and ANNIHILATORS: EARTHFALL #1-4.

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IRON KINGDOMS: GAMEMASTER’S TOOLKIT
Equip yourself with the Game Master Toolkit, loaded to enhance your Game Master experience in the Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Roleplaying Game! This toolkit includes a four-panel Game Master screen made from high quality hardcover stock. It is big enough to conceal the Core Rules book as well as adventure notes and secret dice rolls, yet it remains ideally sized to allow unobstructed access to the player area beyond. Featuring full-color art on the player side and frequently used tables and charts on the Game Master side, this screen is perfect for keeping your head in the game and out of the rulebook.

The set of ten reusable dry erase initiative cards easily tracks the order of initiative for player characters and NPCs alike, while ten dry erase life spiral cards make it simple to track damage and healing.

Also included is a pad of 25 full-color encounter sheets designed to help build your encounters and track their outcomes and a pad of 25 full-color character sheets for your full-fledged NPCs as well as your players!


WORLD OF WARCRAFT TCG: CAVERNS OF TIME RAID DECK
The timeways are in peril, and only the bravest heroes can stand against the evil forces that threaten the past, present, and future. The Caverns of Time Raid Deck allows you and your friends to take on iconic villains such as Archimonde the Defiler, Queen Azshara, and Murozond, leader of the Infinite Dragonflight!

The Caverns of Time Raid Deck comes with eight oversized raiding heroes. Jump into the battle by choosing three heroes at random for the automated Raid Deck to use, and battle through all three to claim victory. When you’re ready for an even bigger challenge, add more heroes to the Raid until you are ready to take on the ultimate challenge: battling through all eight Raid heroes in a single game!

Each copy of The Caverns of Time Raid Deck comes with a Treasure Pack. This 70-card all-foil set features plenty of awesome new cards for your regular Constructed decks. New Alliance and Horde allies expand on the keywords found in the Timewalkers Block, and new abilities and equipment will give your classes the boost they were looking for. Or, if you are looking for something a little more monstrous, add the power of epic demons such as Archimonde, Hand of Sargeras and Mannoroth the Flayer to your decks, and watch your opponents run in terror!

Treasure Packs are also available separatetly, featuring 9 cards per pack. The set overall contains 24 commons, 18 commons, 22 rares, and 6 epics in total.

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STAR TREK: KLINGON DISRUPTOR
At long last, Diamond Select Toys adds a new item to their Star Trek role-play series! From the company that gave you screen-accurate phasers, communicators and tricorders comes the Klingon empire’s most popular accessory: the disruptor! This legendary weapon comes with electronic lights and sounds, for the complete role-play experience.


WALKING DEAD: BLOODY 3 PACK MICHONNE AND ZOMBIE PETS
Michonne is the mysterious stranger who saves Andrea from walkers with her katana blade and two pet walkers in tow. She is a quiet, but fierce warrior. This action-figure comes with 24 points of articulation, removable poncho, katana sword and katana sheath.

Connected directly to Michonne’s past, she has rendered both these walkers harmless by removing their bottom jaw and arms. Now that both Pets are somewhat subdued, she puts them to good use as pack mules and zombie repellant. Both Pets come with removable backpacks, neck chain leash, arms and bottom jaw. As an added bonus Pet 1’s backpack comes with a removable shotgun.

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The dude is in love with DEATH. Well, not THE DUDE…. Newsletter 4/5/13

By admin | Published: April 5, 2013

THANOS RISING begins this week, by Jason Aaron and Simone Bianchi! Everyone wants to know more about Thanos after his cameo at the end of that Avengers movie the kids are all talking about, and this new series will tell his story. Jason Aaron has been wowing us with his new Thor title, and Simone Bianchi’s art is crazy and detailed, so we’re pretty excited about this new series!

Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about Thanos:

Thanos becomes fascinated with nihilism and death, and worshipped and eventually fell in love with the physical embodiment of death, Mistress Death. As an adult, Thanos uses bionics and mysticism to become the most powerful of the Titans, and is often referred to as the Mad Titan.

Here’s what Big Lebowski has to say about nihilism:

“Nihilists… I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.”

“No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

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Featured Comic Books:

THANOS RISING #1
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Simone Bianchi
What comes after “Marvel NOW!”? Whatever it is, it starts HERE. The vile face left movie audiences in shock after last summer’s Marvel Studios’ “The Avengers” movie, but who is this eerily disturbing villain?
Thanos rises as the unrivaled rogue of wretchedness in this gripping tale of tragedy, deceit and destiny. Where did this demi-god of death and destruction come from… and more importantly what does he want? The answers come from the incredible creative team of Jason Aaron (Wolverine, Thor God of Thunder) and Simone Bianchi (Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men) as they take you on journey that will not only change the course of one boy’s life… but will soon change the very nature of the Marvel Universe.

EARTH 2 #11
Writer: James Robinson
Artist: Nicola Scott
As Dr Fate emerges as the latest hero on Earth 2, what other heroes make a most unexpected appearance?

HARBINGER WARS #1
HARBINGER WARS, Valiant’s first family crossover event, begins here! A decades-old secret is about to put BLOODSHOT and HARBINGER on an inescapable collision course – and, soon, the most powerful forces in the Valiant Universe will be drawn into a battle without sides, without rules, and without mercy.

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #6
Writer: Mark Waid
Artist: Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson draws the Hulk AND Thor! Banner takes his lab team to Jotunheim! Hulk vs. Frost Giants! Guest-starring Thor!

Featured Graphic Novels:

PUNK ROCK JESUS
by Sean Murphy
A reality TV show starring a clone of Jesus Christ causes chaos across the U.S. of the near future in PUNK ROCK JESUS, a new title collecting the 6-issue miniseries — with ten new story pages!
Religious zealots either love or hate the show, angry politicians worry about its influence on the nation, and members of the scientific community fear the implications of cloning a human being at all – let alone the Son of God. And what effect will this all have on Gwen, the young woman who is selected, through an American Idol-style process, to be the mother of the new Messiah?
All this leads to the hiring of Thomas McKael, the clone’s bodyguard and a former IRA operative with a turbulent past who must protect the new Messiah—a baby who captivates the world but grows up to become an angry teenager.

IRON MAN VOL. 1: BELIEVE
Tony Stark is Iron Man — technological visionary, wealthy playboy, unparalleled engineer and armored Avenger. But NOW!, his greatest invention has just become his greatest mistake: The lethal techno-virus Extremis is out in the wild! Tony’s hunt for the rogue Extremis Units takes him to New Camelot, where he clashes with the mech-knights called the Circle and dogfights the Russian Black Exoskeleton Academy; to Colombia, where he battles old foes Vibro, Firebrand and the Living Laser; and to the ancient catacombs of Paris, where absolute horror awaits — and Tony may have to betray an old friend! Introducing Iron Man’s stealth armor, heavy-duty battle-suit and space armor as Tony creates new suits to tackle new challenges! If he wants to save the world from his own deadly nano-virus, Iron Man must act fast — and Tony Stark must build faster! Collecting IRON MAN (2012) #1-5.

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MONOPOLY: ADVENTURE TIME
WHAT TIME IS IT?

Join best buds and top notch adventurers Finn and Jake on a journey to claim the Land of Ooo and beyond with the Adventure Time Collector’s Edition of MONOPOLY. Embark to the sweet and sugary Candy Kingdom, hide your wallet in the City of Thieves and travel to alternate dimensions like the demonic wasteland of the Nightosphere or even Lumpy Space! Fortune and glory await, but beware! The path is perilous as the Ice King, the Lich and a bunch other evil dudes are waiting to jack you up. Winner is the cool guy!

Includes 6 custom tokens: Ice King’s Crown, Princess Bubblegum, Jake, Finn, Lumpy Space Princess, Tree Trunks

PANDEMIC – 2013 EDITION
As skilled members of a disease-fighting team, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay while discovering their cures. You and your teammates will travel across the globe, treating infections while finding resources for cures. You must work as a team to succeed. Pandemic is a cooperative game, all players win or lose together. The clock is ticking as outbreaks and epidemics fuel the spreading plagues. Can you find all four cures in time? The fate of humanity is in your hands! A world-wide award winning game with a brand new look!

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Toys / Collectables
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ORDER OF THE JEDI – OBI-WAN KENOBI : PADAWAN
Sideshow Collectibles is proud to introduce the newest entry in the Order of the Jedi series, the Obi-Wan Kenobi: Padawan Sixth Scale Figure

The Padawan Obi-Wan Sixth Scale Figure features:

Highly Detailed and Hand Painted Ewan McGregor Portrait
Lightsaber Hilt
Lightsaber with Ignited Blade
Switch out hand with Light Up Light Saber (Battery Operated / Included)
Three (3) Sets of Hands
Two (2) Pairs of Boots: Standard and Action
Detailed Belt with pouches, lightsaber clip and capsules
Costume includes shirt, tunic, pants and outer robes
Fully Articulated Prometheus 1.1 body

PREDATOR SERIES 8
Series includes:
Jungle Extraction Dutch Schaefer
Jungle Patrol Dutch Schaefer
Masked Jungle Hunter Predator

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“I AM GROOT!!!” Newsletter 3/29/13

By admin | Published: March 29, 2013

Look, Groot is your new favorite Marvel Super Heroes character. You may also choose Rocket Racoon, since they are on the same team and all. That team is the Guardians of the Galaxy. They’re pretty cool. Even IRON MAN is on the team right now. There is gonna be a movie about them next year. Their first issue is out this week, and here’s what Wikipedia says about Groot (by the way, did you see how we just used “they’re,” “there,” and “their?” Pretty cool, huh? Sorta like “I am Groot,” but different…):

Groot can absorb wood as food, with the ability to rebuild himself and enhance his strength. He can control trees, using them to attack others, and also appears to be resistant to fire. He is able to sprout, massively increasing his mass but also severely inhibiting his movement.

Groot has been seemingly killed on three occasions, each time regrowing from a sprig.

Due to Groot’s lineage, coming from an ancient and ennobled sap-line and being the scion of an elite royal house, Groot has received the finest education from the most gifted of tutors. He is highly intelligent and has a tremendous grasp of quasi-dimensional super-positional engineering.

Maximus the Mad, Black Bolt’s brother, asserted that whenever Groot is saying his trademark “I am Groot!” he has actually been saying any number of things. The mature form of Groot’s species is robust and heavyweight, which causes the organs of acoustic generation to become stiff and inflexible. It is this hardened nature of Groot’s larynx that causes people, who are oblivious to the subtle nuances of his speech, to misinterpret him as merely repeating his name. It has yet to be determined whether Maximus’ claim is true or merely another manifestation of his madness, though Groot did genuinely seem to be assisting Maximus with highly-advanced engineering.

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Comics
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Featured Comic Books:

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1
by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven
There’s a new rule in the galaxy: No one touches Earth! No one!! Why has Earth become the most important planet in the Galaxy? That’s what the Guardians of the Galaxy are going to find out!! Join the brightest stars in the Marvel universe: Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot and—wait for it—Iron Man, as they embark upon one of the most explosive and eye-opening chapters of Marvel NOW! These galactic Avengers are going to discover secrets that will rattle Marvel readers for years to come! Why wait for the movie? It all starts here!


EAST OF WEST #1
“OUT OF THE WASTELAND”
The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us. A Sci-Fi Western set in a dystopian America where all hope for the future rests in the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse…who just happen to be trying to kill the President of the United States.

One of the most exciting new books of the year, this is EAST OF WEST, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the award-winning team of Marvel’s FF, JONATHAN HICKMAN and NICK DRAGOTTA.

BATMAN INCORPORATED #9
The fallout from last month’s shocking turn of events has Batman on the run!
Is The Dark Knight a murderer?
EMERALD CITY SAYS: Again, more great Grant Morrison Batman comics — what else do you need to know?!


TIME WARP #1
Let’s do the time warp again! It’s time for another fantastic Vertigo anthology filled with spectacular sci-fi stories. Robots, deep space and lots of time travel twists by a bevy of comic greats and the up-and-coming stars of tomorrow. Damon Lindelof and Jeff Lemire bring us a blast from DC’s past, plus another installment of the “Dead Boy Detectives” from Toby Litt, Buckingham and Victor Santos, Matt Kindt presents a stirring story of man vs. machine—and so much more!

Featured Graphic Novels:

ALL-NEW X-MEN VOL. 1: YESTERDAY’S X-MEN HC
It’s a blast from the past as Professor X’s original five students — Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast — are plucked from the past and brought to the present. But what they find, the state their future selves are in and the state of Xavier’s dream, is far from the future they dreamed of. How will these young, idealistic heroes react when faced with the crushing knowledge of what their future holds? And how will the embittered X-Men of the present day deal with their past coming crashing forward? When the original team comes face to face with their counterparts, it isn’t a peaceful meeting — and one of the X-Men will be forever changed. Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen blaze a new trail for the X-Men! Collecting ALL-NEW X-MEN #1-5.
EMERALD CITY SAYS: This is a bee-yoo-ti-ful hardcover! We have a special fondness for hardcover books with no dust jacket — they never quite sit right, and always seem to get damaged anyway — and this collection is in a nice matte-finish jacketless hardcover, slightly taller than the standard monthly Marvel comics. It’s like buttah!


AVENGERS VS X-MEN TRADE PAPERBACK
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Children of the Atom go to war in the ultimate super-hero showdown! The world-destroying Phoenix Force is back — and while the Avengers are intent on stopping it, Cyclops and his X-Men have other ideas. To Captain America, the Phoenix threatens doom. To Cyclops, it could mean salvation. Marvel’s two greatest leaders wage war, with the Phoenix’s chosen host — Hope Summers — caught in the middle. How far are both sides willing to go? The answer lies in a battle so big no one world could contain it…and a shocking ending that neither team could have seen coming! Marvel’s top writers and artists present a space-faring, world-changing epic — the culmination of a decade’s worth of incredible event storytelling. Collecting AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #0-12 and material from POINT ONE #1.

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Games
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BATMAN : GOTHAM CITY STRATEGY GAME
Behind the façade of the great Gotham City lies an active underworld of criminal activity. In Batman: Gotham City Strategy Game, you’ll play as one of Gotham City’s greatest villains – The Joker, The Penguin, Killer Croc, or Two-Face — and lead your gang of henchman to try to become the King of Crime in Gotham City! But beware, as your hold on the city increases, so does the chance of your plans being foiled by Gotham’s protector – Batman!


LORD OF THE RINGS : DICE BUILDING GAME
Dice-building comes to Middle-earth! In The Lord of the Rings Dice Building Game, which uses the dice-building game engine from Quarriors, players lead an army of brave men, wise elves, battle-hardened dwarves, and even the short-statured but stout-hearted hobbits – represented by custom dice – to stand between Sauron and his armies of orcs, goblins, trolls and ringwraiths as they scour the land to find The One Ring.

Gain glory for your people as you work together to defeat Sauron and save Middle-earth!

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Toys / Collectables
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THE WALKING DEAD TV SERIES 3
AMC’s The Walking Dead television series is now the most watched drama in basic cable history! Shattering records along the way with the release each new season. Season 3 finds Rick Grimes and his fellow survivors continuing to seek refuge in a desolate and post-apocalyptic world and soon discover that there are greater forces to fear than just the walking dead. The struggle to survive has never been so perilous and McFarlane Toys is sitting shotgun for the ride with its third series of AMC’s The Walking Dead action figures.
Each human figure features the exact likeness of the actor by using a 3D scanning process. And just like the first and second series of figures, each zombie included features an amazing attention to detail and unique play-action for maximum fun!
This series includes:
Merle Dixon
Autopsy Zombie
Michonne
Michonne’s Pet Zombie 1
Michonne’s Pet Zombie 2


BLACK WIDOW BY HOT TOYS
Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys are proud to present the Black Widow Sixth Scale Limited Edition Collectible Figure from the smash hit The Avengers. The movie-accurate Black Widow collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Scarlett Johansson in the movie; highlighting the newly sculpted head, hair implantation, body shape, and highly detailed costume and accessories.


THOR BY HOT TOYS
Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys are proud to present the Thor Sixth Scale Limited Edition Sixth Scale figure from Marvel Studios’ The Avengers movie. The film-accurate collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor, highlighting the newly developed head sculpt, highly detailed costume, accessories and signature Mjolnir.

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