Whoops! Arriving 10/11

Look, I still got it up before the store opens, so it counts right? Right?!?!? 52 WEEK #23 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #44 (A) ANNIHILATION #3 (OF 6) ANTIGONE ARCHIE & FRIENDS #104 BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #211 BATMAN STRIKES #26 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #2 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #146 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #118 BOMB QUEEN VOL 2 #1 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #6 CHIP ZDARSKYS MONSTER COPS #1 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #7 (OF 11) CYBERFORCE #6 DARKMAN VS ARMY OF DARKNESS #1 (OF 4) DEAD AT 17 VOL 2 #1 DEVI #4 DEVILS PANTIES #4 DILDO #12 (A) DMZ #12 DORK #11 EMISSARY #5 EMO BOY #9 ESCAPISTS #4 (OF 6) FABLES #54 FABLES SPECIAL EDITION #1 FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MAN #30 GEN 13 #1 GREEN ARROW #67 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #5 GRIMM FAIRY TALES #9 JLA CLASSIFIED #28 JOE LANSDALES DRIVE IN VOL 2 WRAPAROUND CVR #4 (OF 4) KING OF KINGS #1 COVER A LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE #2 MAD MAGAZINE #471 MAGICIAN APPRENTICE COLLECTEDEDITION MARTIAN MANHUNTER #3 (OF 8) MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #17 MARVEL MILESTONES LEGION MONSTERS SPIDER-MAN & BRO VOODOO NEW X-MEN #31 NEXT #4 (OF 6) PAULA PERIL #2 PHANTOM #12 PIRATES OF CONEY ISLAND #1 (OF 8) POWERS #20 PUNISHER #39 RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER COLLECTED EDITION ROKKIN #4 SAM NOIR SAMURAI DETECTIVE #2 SCARLET TRACES THE GREAT GAME #4 (OF 4) STAN LEE MEETS DR STRANGE STAR WARS LEGACY #4 STRANGE GIRL #11 SUPER TABOO XXX #4 (A) TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #1 (OF 8) THUNDERBOLTS #107 ULTIMATE POWER #1 (OF 9) ULTIMATE X-MEN #75 UMBRA #3 (OF 3) UNCANNY X-MEN #479 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #7 WORLDSTORM #1 X ISLE #3 (OF 5)

Books / Mags / Stuff ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL 1 HC ANIMATION MAGAZINE NOV 2006 ANTHOLOGY OF GRAPHIC FICTION CARTOONS & TRUE STORIES HC AQUAMAN VINTAGE MESH CAP ARES GOD OF WAR TP BABY SITTERS CLUB VOL 2 TRUTHABOUT STACY SC BIG APPLE SHORTS TP (A) BLACK HARVEST VOL 1 TP CANCER VIXEN CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER VOL 2 TP DAVE MCKEAN PARTICLE TAROT ARCANA HC (O/A) DAVE MCKEAN POSTCARD FROM VIENNA HC DESOLATION JONES TP EDU MANGA BEETHOVEN GN GIRLS BY BILLY MARTINEZ SC INFINITE CRISIS COMPANION TP INVINCIBLE VOL 7 THREES COMPANY TP LEES TOY REVIEW OCT 2006 #168 LIBERTY MEADOWS VOL 3 SUMMER OF LOVE TP NEW PTG LONG CHALKBOARD & OTHER STORIES GN MANHWA NOVELLA COLLECTION VOL2 GN OLD BOY VOL 2 TP PULSE VOL 3 FEAR TP RED WARRIOR ASSASSIN FOR THIEVES WORLD GN ROCK BOTTOM GN SCANNER DARKLY GN SPAWN COLLECTION VOL 2 TP SPIDER-MAN THE OTHER TP TOM STRONG BOOK SIX HC TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #148 TOYFARE BOWEN SPIDERWOMAN STATUE CVR #112 UNTOUCHABLES TP WAHOO MORRIS BOOK ONE TP WHO FIGHTER WITH HEART OF DARKNESS TP WIDE AWAKE 666 TP

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 10/4

Couple of really terrific books coming out this week! Now I've got to get back to the order form and other first of the month stuff...

2000 AD #1504 2000 AD #1505 52 WEEK #22 AGENTS OF ATLAS #3 (OF 6) ALL NEW ATOM #4 AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #0 AMERICAN SPLENDOR #2 (OF 4) ARCHIE DIGEST #229 BATTLER BRITTON #4 (OF 5) BEGOTHS COMICS #1 BETTY & VERONICA #221 BEYOND #4 (OF 6) BOYS #3 CITY OF HEROES #16 CRIMINAL #1 CROSS BRONX #2 DETECTIVE COMICS #824 DOCTOR STRANGE OATH #1 (OF 5) DR DEBUNKO THE SHORT STORIES DUMMYS GUIDE TO DANGER #2 (OF4) ELEPHANTMEN #3 EMILY THE STRANGE #3 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #9 FANTASTIC FOUR #540 CW FEAR AGENT #8 FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #13 FUTURAMA COMICS #27 GIANT SIZE WOLVERINE #1 HORRORWOOD #3 (OF 4) HOT MOMS #8 (A) HUNTER KILLER CASSADAY CVR #8 INCREDIBLE HULK #99 IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #1 JONAH HEX #12 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #26 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #119 LEADING MAN #3 (OF 5) LOONEY TUNES #143 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #20 MARVEL TEAM-UP #25 MONSTER PARADE #1 MYSTERY IN SPACE #2 (OF 8) NEIL GAIMANS NEVERWHERE #9 (OF 9) NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET #1 NIGHTWING #125 NORTHWEST PASSAGE #3 OMAC #4 (OF 8) OTHER SIDE #1 (OF 5) OUTSIDERS #41 POISON ELVES DOMINION #6 POISON ELVES LOST TALES #7 PS238 #18 PVP #28 ROCKETO #12 SAVAGE BROTHERS #2 (OF 3) SHADOWHAWK #15 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #167 SPIKE ASYLUM #2 (OF 5) STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS SAKURADOGAN CVR A #2 (OF 4) TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS (IDW) #8 TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD IMAGEED #1 VAULT OF MICHAEL ALLRED #1 (OF 4) WINTER MEN #5 (OF 8) X-MEN PHOENIX WARSONG #2 (OF 5) Y THE LAST MAN #50

Books / Mags / Stuff BATMAN 13 INCH DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SAGITTARIUS IS BLEEDING TP BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2006 BOSNIAN FLAT DOG GN CHICKEN WITH PLUMS HC COMPLETE PEANUTS VOL 6 1961-1962 HC COMPLETE POPBOT COLLECTION TP DR STRANGE VS DRACULA MONTESIFORMULA TP DRAGON HEAD VOL 4 GN (OF 10) ELFQUEST THE DISCOVERY TP ESSENTIAL X-MEN VOL 1 TP NEW PTG HAUNT OF HORROR EDGAR ALLAN POE HC HONEY TALKS STRIPBURGER COLLECTION HOW TO MAKE MONEY LIKE A PORNSTAR GN INFINITE CRISIS HC JANES WORLD VOL 6 TP LAST PLANET STANDING TP LIFE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II IN COMICS GN LIFE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II IN COMICS SC MAGIC BOTTLE A BLAB STORYBOOKHC MIKE HOFFMAN SPACE GIRLS 50 SKETCHBOOK MOTHERS MOUTH GN NATIONAL LAMPOON MAGAZINE RACK TP NEIL GAIMAN FRAGILE THINGS HC OLD JEWISH COMEDIANS A BLAB STORYBOOK HC PEANUTBUTTER & JEREMY BEST BOOK EVER TP PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES SC PREMILLENNIAL MAAKIES 1ST FIVE YEARS HC RISING STARS VOL 3 FIRE & ASHTP (NEW PTG) SFX #148 SIZZLE #31 (A) SPIKE VS DRACULA TP SWEETER SIDE OF R CRUMB HC ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 7 HC ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 14 PHOENIX? TP WALLYS WORLD HC WALLYS WORLD SC WILL EISNERS NEW YORK LIFE INTHE BIG CITY HC WIZARD BEST OF BASIC TRAININGADVANCED TECHNIQUES

What looks good to you?

-B

Arrvinging 9/27

Another big-ass week! Graeme's on vacation, but he posted a review in draft form before he left, for me to post. Gonna do that in one second, but I'm not sure if it will post BEFORE or AFTER this entry. So if he's not above me, look below!

52 WEEK #21 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #43 (A) ACTION COMICS #843 ALBION #6 (OF 6) ALL NEW OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z #9 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #535 CW AMERICAN VIRGIN #7 AMERICAN WAY #8 (OF 8) ANAL INTRUDERS FROM URANUS #3(A) ARSINOE #5 (A) BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #12 BATMAN #657 BATMAN AND THE MAD MONK #2 (OF 6) BATMAN JOURNEY INTO KNIGHT #12 (OF 12) BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #169 BIG BANG PRESENTS #2 SUPER FRANKENSTEIN BITE CLUB VAMPIRE CRIME UNIT #5 (OF 5) BLACK PANTHER #20 BLOWJOB #19 (A) BLUE BEETLE #7 CABLE DEADPOOL #32 CW CAPTAIN AMERICA #22 CW CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #25 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #6 (OF 11) CIVIL WAR YOUNG AVENGERS & RUNAWAYS #3 (OF 4) CLIVE BARKERS GREAT & SECRET SHOW #6 (OF 12) CSI DYING IN THE GUTTERS #2 DAREDEVIL #89 DRACULA VS CAPONE #1 (OF 3) ETERNALS #4 (OF 6) FREE SEXXX #1 (A) HARD TO SWALLOW (A) HAWKGIRL #56 HEROES FOR HIRE #2 CW INVINCIBLE #35 JACK OF FABLES #3 JSA CLASSIFIED #17 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #125 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #2 LIONS TIGERS & BEARS VOL 2 #3(OF 4) LOVELESS #11 NINJA SCROLL #1 PUNISHER #38 RAMAYAN 3392 AD #1 RED SONJA MONSTER ISLAND ONE SHOT RUNAWAY COMICS #2 SADHU #3 SECOND WAVE WAR O/T WORLDS #6 SECRET SIX #4 (OF 6) SHE-HULK 2 #12 SNAKES ON A PLANE #2 (OF 2) SNAKEWOMAN #3 SOCK MONKEY THE INCHES INCIDENT #1 (OF 4) SPAWN #160 SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #10 SPIKE ASYLUM #1 (OF 5) STAN LEE MEETS SPIDER-MAN SUPER REAL #3 SUPERGIRL #10 SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #22 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #40 TEEN TITANS #39 TEEN TITANS GO #35 TRANSFORMERS EVOLUTIONS HEARTS OF STEEL #4 (OF 4) TRIALS OF SHAZAM #2 (OF 12) ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #100 ULTIMATES 2 #12 UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #3 (OF 8) UNCLE SCROOGE #358 USAGI YOJIMBO #97 WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #673 WARLORD #8 WONDERLAND #2 X-MEN #191 ZOMBIE #1 (OF 4) ZOMBIES #4

Book / Mag / Stuff CHICANOS VOL 1 TP CHICKENHARE HOUSE OF KLAUS TP COMICS JOURNAL #278 DAREDEVIL VOL 6 HC DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON SAMURAI BULLETS TP DEADWORLD DEAD KILLER TP ENEMY ACE ARCHIVES VOL 2 HC ESSENTIAL TALES OF ZOMBIE TP ESSENTIAL THOR VOL 3 TP FEAST OF CROW MMPB GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHIES BOB MARLEY MUSICAL LEGEND GN GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHIES MARTIN LUTHER KING JR GN GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHIES MUHAMMED ALI BOXING HERO GN GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHIES NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN STATESMAN GN GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHIES OPRAH WINFREY MEDIA SUPERSTAR GN GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHIES ROSA PARKS CIVIL RIGHTS HEROINE GN HAUNT OF HORROR EDGAR ALLAN POE HC JSA VOL 11 MIXED SIGNALS TP JUSTICE VOL 1 HC JUXTAPOZ OCT 2006 VOL 14 #10 KUROSAGI CORPSE DELIVERY SERVICE VOL 1 TP LINE MANGA VOL 1 TP LOSERS ENDGAME TP MARVEL SELECT CLOAK & DAGGER AF MASTERS OF HORROR TP OTHERWORLD VOL 1 BOOK ONE TP PIN-UP ART OF JAY SCOTT PIKE VOL 1 TP PREVIEWS VOL XVI #10 (NET) RAGNARS KINGS OF THE ROAD GN SHAZAM FAMILY ARCHIVES VOL 1 HC SHENZHEN A TRAVELOGUE FROM CHINA HC SIMPSONS VOL 4 TREEHOUSE OF HORROR HOODOO VOODOO TP STRANGERS IN PARADISE VOL 1 PKT TP SPANISH SUPERMAN UP UP AND AWAY TP THOR ETERNALS SAGA VOL 1 TP ULTIMATE IRON MAN VOL 1 TP UNHOLY KINSHIP GN WALKING DEAD VOL 5 BEST DEFENSE TP WAR FIX SC WIZARD BEST OF BASIC TRAININGADVANCED TECHNIQUES WIZARD COMICS MAGAZINE HORRORMANIA CVR #181

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 9/20

Is it just me, or is it completely INSANE that it is the 17th day of the 9th month already? A LOT more comics this week, than the last two. Honestly, I hate this feast or famine shit...

100 BULLETS #76 2000 AD #1502 2000 AD #1503 52 WEEK #20 ANGEL SCRIPTBOOK #7 ARMY OF DARKNESS #10 ASTONISHING X-MEN #17 BETTY #159 BIRDS OF PREY #98 BLADE #1 CATWOMAN #59 CHECKMATE #6 CIVIL WAR #4 (OF 7) CIVIL WAR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN DECISIONS CIVIL WAR X-MEN #3 (OF 4) CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #4 CONAN #32 CONAN & THE SONGS OF THE DEAD #3 (OF 5) DEADMAN #2 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #344 DWIGHT T ALBATROSS THE GOON NOIR #1 (OF 3) EXILES #86 FLASH THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #4 GHOST RIDER #3 GIANTS IN THE EARTH #1 HELLBLAZER #224 ION #6 (OF 12) IRON MAN #12 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #249 JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #14 KRYPTO THE SUPER DOG #1 (OF 6) LOOKING GLASS WARS HATTER M #3 (OF 4) MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #5 MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #16 MARVEL SPOTLIGHT STAN LEE JACK KIRBY MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #293 MOON KNIGHT #5 NEGATIVE BURN #4 NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE #8 OCCULT CRIMES TASKFORCE #2 (OF 4) PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #106 PRINCESS NATASHA #4 (OF 4) ROAD TO HELL #2 (OF 3) ROBIN #154 RUNAWAYS #20 SAVAGE RED SONJA QOTFW #2 (OF4) SCOOBY DOO #112 SE7EN GLUTTONY #1 (OF 7) SEA OF RED #12 SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #30 SHADOWPACT #5 SIMPSONS COMICS #122 SKYE RUNNER #4 STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #8 STRANGERS IN PARADISE #84 SUPERMAN #656 TESTAMENT #10 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #34 UNION JACK #1 (OF 4) WALKING DEAD #31 (RES) WETWORKS #1 WITCHBLADE #101 WOLVERINE #46 CW X-FACTOR #11 X-MEN FIRST CLASS #1 (OF 8)

Books / Mags / Stuff ACTOR COMICS PRESENTS VOL 1 TP AMELIA RULES BOOKSHELF ED VOL1 WHOLE WORLDS CRAZY TP AMELIA RULES BOOKSHELF ED VOL2 WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY TP AMELIA RULES BOOKSHELF ED VOL3 SUPERHEROES TP ANIMATION MAGAZINE OCT 2006 #165 ANY WAY I WANT IT TP (A) BACK ISSUE #18 BATGIRL DESTUCTIONS DAUGHTER TP BATMAN CHRONICLES VOL 2 TP CEST BON ANTHOLOGY VOL 1 GN CINEFEX #107 SEPT 2006 COMICS BUYERS GUIDE DEC 2006 #1623 CONAN ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SAVAGE BARBARIAN HC FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE VOL 6 TP FEMME FATALES MAY JUNE 2006 VOL 15 #3 FOLLOWING CEREBUS #9 FOREST KING WOODLARKS SHADOW VOL 1 FORTEAN TIMES #214 GODLAND VOL 2 ANOTHER SUNNY DELIGHT TP HEAVY METAL NOVEMBER 2006 HEIR TO FIRE GILA FLATS GN IN THE STUDIO VISITS WITH CONTEMPORARY CARTOONISTS TP JAMES BOND TROUBLE SPOT TP MARVEL MASTERWORKS HUMAN TORCH VOL 1 NEW ED HC MS MARVEL VOL 1 BEST OF THE BEST PREMIERE HC NOG A DOD PREHISTORIC CANADIAN PSYCKEDOOOLIA GN PERHAPANAUTS TP PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS THE DIRECTORS TP QUITTER SC SAM MARLOWE SC (A) SIZZLE #31 (A) SPIRIT OF THE SAMURAI OF SWORDS AND RINGS GN THE WORLD OF QUEST VOL 1 UNCANNY X-MEN NEW AGE VOL 5 FIRST FOURSAKEN TP WHAT I DID ON MY HYPERGALACTIC INTERSTELLAR SUMMER VACATION X-MEN APOCALYPSE DRACULA TP

What looks good to you?

-B

Shipping 9/13

Nearly forgot this... Maybe, possibly, reviews tomorrow, if I can clear my plate a little more, but don't cry if I don't manage it...

Here's a mediocre week for comics, but another great week for GNs...

52 WEEK #19 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #42 (A) ANNIHILATION #2 (OF 6) AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #44 ARCHIE #569 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #173 BAOBAB #2 BATMAN GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT NEWPTG BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #210 BATMAN STRIKES #25 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #117 CAPTAIN AMERICA #21 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #5 CASANOVA #4 CIVIL WAR FILES CLAWS #2 (OF 3) DEVI #3 DMZ #11 ESCAPISTS #3 (OF 6) EX MACHINA #23 FABLES #53 FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MAN #29 GIRLS #17 GREEN ARROW #66 GREEN LANTERN #13 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #4 INCREDIBLE HULK #98 JLA CLASSIFIED #27 LOVE & ROCKETS VOL 2 #17 MAN CALLED KEV #3 (OF 5) MARTIAN MANHUNTER #2 (OF 8) MS MARVEL #7 CW NEW EXCALIBUR #11 NEW X-MEN #30 NIGER #1 NODWICK #34 PHONOGRAM #2 REFLECTIONS #1 REVOLUTION ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #6 (OF 6) ROKKIN #3 SAM NOIR SAMURAI DETECTIVE #1 SCARLET TRACES THE GREAT GAME #3 (OF 4) STAR WARS LEGACY #3 SUPER DELUXE HERO HAPPY HOUR LOST EPISODE TALENT #3 (OF 4) THUNDERBOLTS #106 TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT SHOCKWAVE TRUTH JUSTIN & AMERICAN WAY #4 (OF 5) ULTIMATE X-MEN #74 VERONICA #174 WASTELAND #3 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #6

Books / Mags / Stuff ABANDON THE OLD IN TOKYO HC AMERICAN BORN CHINESE SC BARDIN THE SURREALIST HC BIG FAT LITTLE LIT BOOK OF COMICS BIKER GIRL GN CRYING FREEMAN VOL 3 TP DOOM PATROL VOL 4 MUSCLEBOUNDTP DOOMED MAGAZINE #3 ESSENTIAL HULK VOL 4 TP FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN VOL 1 DERAILED TP GI JOE VS TRANSFORMERS VOL 3 ART OF WAR TP HOW TO SELF PUBLISH COMICS TP JOHNNY REPEAT VOL 1 GN JONAH HEX FACE FULL OF VIOLENCE TP JOURNEY INTO MOHAWK COUNTRY SC KAMPUNG BOY SC KLEZMER SC LEES TOY REVIEW SEP 2006 #167 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 4 CONCRETE JUNGLE DIGEST TP MISSOURI BOY SC MOME VOL 5 GN NEW AVENGERS VOL 4 COLLECTIVEPREMIERE HC PILLOW FIGHT GN (A) PIRATE CLUB VOL 2 TP PRIDE OF BAGHDAD HC R CRUMBS HEROES OF THE BLUES T/C (NEW PTG) SARDINE IN OUTER SPACE VOL 2 SC SHAZAM FAMILY ARCHIVES VOL 1 HC STRANGE GIRL VOL 2 HEAVEN KNOWS IM MISERABLE NOW TP SUPERMAN INFINITE CITY SC TOP COWS BEST OF DAVID FINCH TP TOYFARE CELEBRITY MAGAZINE PARODY CVR #111 TRANSFORMERS INFILTRATION TP ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM-UP ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP WILDCATS NEMESIS TP WIZARD BEST OF BASIC TRAININGADVANCED TECHNIQUES WOLVERINE CLASSIC VOL 4 TP

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving THURSDAY 9/7

THURSDAY comics, because of the holiday. Don't go into your LCS on Wednesday, or they'll laugh at you behind your back!!! 2000 AD #1500 2000 AD #1501 52 WEEK #18 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #41 (A) AGENTS OF ATLAS #2 (OF 6) ALL NEW ATOM #3 AMERICAN SPLENDOR #1 (OF 4) BATTLER BRITTON #3 (OF 5) BEYOND #3 (OF 6) BONEYARD #22 CREEPER #2 (OF 6) CROSS BRONX #1 DETECTIVE COMICS #823 ED THE HAPPY CLOWN #9 (OF 9) EMISSARY #4 EXTERMINATORS #9 FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #12 GI JOE SCARLETT DECLASSIFIED HERO SQUARED ONGOING #3 HICKEE VOL 3 #2 (RES) HUNTER KILLER LEE CVR #7 JACK STAFF #11 JONAH HEX #11 JUGHEAD #176 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #25 KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #118 LOCAL #6 (OF 12) LONE RANGER #1 LOONEY TUNES #142 MAD MAGAZINE #470 MANIFEST ETERNITY #4 MARVEL 1602 FANTASTICK FOUR #1 (OF 5) MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #19 MARVEL TEAM-UP #24 MYSTERY IN SPACE #1 (OF 8) NEXT #3 (OF 6) NIGHTWING #124 NOBLE CAUSES #23 OMAC #3 (OF 8) OUTSIDERS #40 POISON ELVES DOMINION #5 PUNISHER #37 RED SONJA #14 RUSH CITY #2 (OF 6) SAVAGE DRAGON #128 SIDEKICK #3 (OF 5) SILENT GHOST #1 SNAKEWOMAN #2 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #166 SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL BLACK & BLUE & READ ALL OVER STRANGE GIRL #10 TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #14 TASK FORCE ONE #3 TOY BOX #1 TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS (IDW) #7 TRANSFORMERS STORMBRINGER #3 (OF 4) UNCANNY X-MEN #478 X-MEN PHOENIX WARSONG #1 (OF 5) Y THE LAST MAN #49

Books / Mags / Stuff 9 11 REPORT GRAPHIC ADAPTATION SC BATMAN FACE THE FACE TP BEC AND KAWL VOL 1 BLOODY STUDENTS HC CLASSIC CRUMB 2007 12 MONTH WALL CALENDAR COMIC ART MAGAZINE #8 CRAZY PAPERS GN CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON TIMES BLACK LAGOON NOVEL FALLEN ANGEL GN FANTASTIC FOUR THE LIFE FANTASTIC TP FORTEAN TIMES #213 GEN 13 WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE TP GIRL STORIES GN GRIMM FAIRY TALES VOL 1 TP ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #17 KRAMERS ERGOT VOL 6 SC KRYPTON COMPANION SC LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK COMPANION SC MAKING COMICS STORYTELLING SECRETS OF COMICS MANGA & GN SC NEW ALICE IN WONDERLAND COLORMANGA VOL 1 TP NEW AVENGERS VOL 3 SECRETS AND LIES TP SFX #147 SILK ROAD TO RUIN HC SPIDER-GIRL PRESENTS FANTASTIC FIVE IN SEARCH DOOM DIGEST SURROGATES VOL 1 TP SUZUKA VOL 1 GN TEZUKAS BUDDHA VOL 3 DEVADATTA SC TOTALLY SPIES VOL 1 THE O P GN TOTALLY SPIES VOL 2 I HATE THE 80S GN VAMPIRELLA TALES OF PANTHA TP WESTERN GOTHIC TP & MUSIC CD SET WILD SKETCHES #1 SC X-MEN THE END BOOK 3 MEN & X-MEN TP

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 8/30: woot, Lost Girls

Did you know that LOST GIRLS represents 21% of the dollars of this week's invoice (the largest invoice I've had in a decade, by the way)? Or that EVERY Marvel title this week, combined, including reorders, is less than 85% of my LOST GIRLS dollars? And, I beleive that I've ordered less than a three week supply? (36% of those copies are pre-sold; we must be getting 2-3 requests a day for it... though I suspect that will melt to, say, a *purchase* a day, when they see the seventy-five bones price tag.)

And that I got an email from Diamond asking me if I was sure of my order (they also did this for THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN BLACK DOSSIER HC [which had a much higher qty order][although a less-than-majority fraction of the last LOEG periodical release]) because it triggered some flag or another)?

So we're either going to have a really fine next few days, or I'm be in a shitty mood this time next week, wheeeeeeee.

Otherwise, the other big news: the return (for an eyeblink) of the BONE ONE edition. I don't know, maybe they'll go back to press just. once. more. But if I were you? I'd assume this is your last chance, and snake up a copy as fast as you can. $40 for all of BONE is kinda stupidly cheap, really, so don't blow it this time!

2000 AD #1498 2000 AD #1499 52 WEEK #17 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #40 (A) ACTION COMICS #842 ALL NEW OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z #8 ALL STAR SUPERMAN #5 AMERICAN VIRGIN #6 AMERICAN WAY #7 (OF 8) ATHENA VOLTAIRE FLIGHT O/T FALCON APE ED #1 BATMAN JOURNEY INTO KNIGHT #11 (OF 12) BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #1 BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #145 BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #75 BLACK PANTHER #19 BOYS #2 CABLE DEADPOOL #31 CW CITY OF HEROES #15 CIVIL WAR YOUNG AVENGERS & RUNAWAYS #2 (OF 4) COBB OFF THE LEASH #3 CSI DYING IN THE GUTTERS #1 CYBERFORCE CVR A #5 DOC FRANKENSTEIN SKROCE CVR A #5 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #8 GI JOE VS TRANSFORMERS VOL 3 ART OF WAR CVR A #5 (OF 5) HAUNTED MANSION #4 JACK KIRBYS GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS #2 JLA CLASSIFIED #26 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #248 (NOTE PRICE) JUSTICE #7 (OF 12) KABUKI #7 LOVELESS #10 MAN-BAT #5 (OF 5) MARVEL SPOTLIGHT ED BRUBAKER BILLY TAN MYTHOS HULK ROCKETO #11 SAVAGE RED SONJA QOTFW #1 (OF4) SHE-HULK 2 #11 SNAKES ON A PLANE #1 (OF 2) SOLO #12 SUPERMAN BATMAN #29 SUPERNATURAL LAW #1 AT THE BOX OFFICE TEEN TITANS #38 TEEN TITANS GO #34 THRUD THE BARBARIAN #2 TRANSFORMERS EVOLUTION HEARTSOF STEEL #3 TRIALS OF SHAZAM #1 (OF 12) ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #33 ULTIMATE X-MEN ANNUAL #2 UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #2 (OF 8) URSA MINORS #2 USAGI YOJIMBO #96 WORMWOOD GENTLEMAN CORPSE #2 X ISLE #2 (OF 5) X-FACTOR #10 X-MEN #190 X-MEN FAIRY TALES #4 (OF 4) ZOOM SUIT #4 (OF 4)

Books / Mags / Stuff ART OF LUIS ROYO 2007 WALL CALENDAR BONE ONE VOL ED SC (NEW PTG) BONEYARD VOL 5 TP BOOK OF LOST SOULS TP CAPTAIN AMAZING TP CSI CASE FILES VOL 1 TP DARK LABYRINTH BY LUIS ROYO HC DECIMATION THE 198 TP DRAWING COMICS IS EASY (EXCEPT WHEN ITS HARD) HC EGO SUM VOL 2 HC GIRL GENIUS VOL 1 TP (NEW PTG) GOOD APOLLO IM BURNING STAR IV VOL 1 GN GREEN LANTERN GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD TP GREMLINS HC IRON WOK JAN GN #19 JOKES AND THE UNCONSCIOUS GN JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES VOL 4 TP LITTLE LULU COLOR SPECIAL TP LOST GIRLS DLX SLIPCASED ED MITSUKAZU MIHARA RIP REQUIEM IN PHONYBRIAN GN NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE VOL 1THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT PREM HC ONIRIKA ART OF SIMONE BIANCHIHC PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL 2 TP PREVIEWS VOL XVI #9 REX MUNDI VOL 3 LOST KINGS TP ROTTING IN DIRTVILLE GN SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN VOL 1 TP TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #147 TOUCH OF DEATH TP ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 16 DEADPOOL TP VAMPIRE DOLL GUILT NA ZAN VOL1 GN (OF 3) WHATCHA MEAN WHATS A ZINE SC WIZARD COMICS MAGAZINE AVENGERS CHO CVR #180 YOSHITAKA AMANO HERO VOL 1 PXHC

So, what looks good to YOU, bubba?

-B

Arriving 8/23

I'm getting pretty sick of this feast or famine shit -- 3 weeks of very few comics, followed by the insane deluge. 52 WEEK #16 ACTION PHILOSOPHERS THE PEOPLES CHOICE ARCHIE & FRIENDS #103 ARCHIE DIGEST #228 ASTONISHING X-MEN #16 BART SIMPSON COMICS #31 BATMAN #656 BATMAN AND THE MAD MONK #1 (OF 6) BATTLE POPE COLOR #10 BIRDS OF PREY #97 BLUE BEETLE #6 CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #24 CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #3 DAREDEVIL #88 DARKNESS WOLVERINE DEADWORLD #5 DMZ #10 ELEPHANTMEN #2 EMO BOY #8 ETERNALS #3 (OF 6) EXILES #85 EZRA EVOKED EMOTIONS #1 (OF 3) FEAR AGENT #7 FELL #6 FLASH THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #3 GRENUORD #3 (OF 6) GRUNTS #1 (OF 3) HAWKGIRL #55 HEROES FOR HIRE #1 CW JACK OF FABLES #2 JSA CLASSIFIED #16 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 KADE SUN OF PERDITION #1 (OF 4) KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #117 LAST CHRISTMAS #3 (OF 5) MARVEL MILESTONES CLAREMONT JIM LEE X-MEN & STARJAMMERS PT 1 NEW AVENGERS #23 CW NIGHTMARES AND FAIRY TALES #17 PAINKILLER JANE #3 PORTENT #4 (OF 4) RED SONJA #13 REX LIBRIS #5 SADHU #2 SHADOWHAWK ONE SHOT #1 SOULFIRE CHAOS REIGN #1 SPAWN #159 SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #9 SUPER BAD JAMES DYNOMITE #3 SUPERGIRL #9 SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #21 SUPERMARKET #4 (OF 4) SWAMP THING #29 TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS (IDW) #6 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #99 ULTIMATES ANNUAL #2 UNCLE SCROOGE #357 WALKING DEAD #30 WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #672 WARLORD #7 WOLVERINE #45 CW WOMEN OF MARVEL POSTER BOOK WONDER WOMAN #2 XENA #2 ZOMBIES #3

Books / Mags / Stuff ABSOLUTE DARK KNIGHT HC BATMAN AND THE MONSTER MEN TP BECK MONGOLIAN CHOP SQUAD VOL5 GN (OF 19) CHILDREN OF GRAVE TP COMICS BUYERS GUIDE NOV 2006 #1622 DEATH NOTE VOL 7 TP FALLEN ANGEL IDW VOL 1 TP FANTASTIC FOUR RESURRECTION OF NICHOLAS SCRATCH TP GIANT ROBOT #43 HELLBLAZER STATIONS OF THE CROSS TP JUXTAPOZ SEPT 2006 VOL 14 #9 METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY VOL 1 TP MIDDLEMAN VOL 2 TP PROMETHEA BOOK FIVE TP SENTRY REBORN TP STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 6 TP TEEN TITANS GO VOL 5 ON THE MOVE TP WALT & SKEEZIX VOL 2 HC WARREN ELLIS STRANGE KILLINGSNECROMANCER TP WINSOR MCCAY VOL 8 EARLY WORKS TP

One other note: LOST GIRLS is NOT out on the Wset Coast this week. Even if you see it on the national shipping charts, it didn't arrive on this side of the country.

And, I understand that the midwest and East Coast were allocated to 1/3 of thier copies. Balance (supposedly) next week

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 8/16

100 BULLETS #752000 AD #1496 2000 AD #1497 52 WEEK #15 AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS VOL 2 #5 ANGEL SPOTLIGHT CONNOR ONE SHOT ANT #8 BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #168 BOYS #1 CASANOVA #3 CASEFILES SAM & TWITCH #25 CATWOMAN #58 CHECKMATE #5 CIVIL WAR X-MEN #2 (OF 4) CLAWS #1 (OF 3) CLIVE BARKERS GREAT & SECRET SHOW #5 (OF 12) CONAN #31 DEADMAN #1 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #343 GHOST RIDER #2 GIRLS #16 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #3 HELLBLAZER #223 HUNTER KILLER #6 ION #5 (OF 12) IRON MAN #11 JOE LANSDALES DRIVE IN VOL 2 #2 (OF 4) JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #124 MAD MAGAZINE #469 MANHUNTER #25 MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #4 MARVEL WESTERNS STRANGE WESTERNS STARRING BLACK RIDER MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #292 NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE #7 NIGHTWING #123 PAPER MUSEUM VOL 3 PHONOGRAM #1 POISON ELVES DOMINION #5 PRINCESS NATASHA #3 (OF 4) REAR ENTRY #13 (A) RETRO ROCKET #3 (OF 4) REX MUNDI DH ED #1 ROBIN #153 ROKKIN #2 RUNAWAYS #19 SAVAGE BROTHERS #1 (OF 3) SCOOBY DOO #111 SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #29 SHADOWHAWK #14 SHADOWPACT #4 SIMPSONS COMICS #121 STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS SAKURALEE CVR B #1 (OF 4) SUPER TABOO XXX #3 (A) TESTAMENT #9 THUNDERBOLTS #105 CW TRANSFORMERS EVOLUTIONS HEARTS OF STEEL #2 TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD #17 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #32 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #2 WASTELAND #2

Books / Mags / Stuff 2000 AD EXTREME ED #17 ADVENTURES IN OZ DLX S&N HC ADVENTURES IN OZ TP ALTER EGO #61 ANIMATION MAGAZINE SEPT 2006 #164 ASIAN CULT CINEMA #51 BEST OF CURSE O/T SPAWN TP BEST OF DRAW MAGAZINE VOL 2 TP BESTED BY DEVIL ART BOOK BLVD SKETCHBOOK SC BUILDING OPPOSITE GN COMPLETE OMAHA THE CAT DANCERVOL 4 TP (A) DECIMATION SON OF M TP DRIFTING CLASSROOM VOL 1 TP DUNGEON TWILIGHT VOL 2 GN ESSENTIAL LUKE CAGE POWER MANVOL 2 TP FAMILY GUY VOL 2 GN (OF 3) FORGOTTEN REALMS DARK ELF TRILOGY VOL 3 SOJOURN TP GIANT ROBOT #43 GOLGO 13 VOL 4 GN GROUNDED TP HARD STORY HC IDENTITY CRISIS TP IMAGINARIES VOL 1 LOST & FOUND TP IRON MAN INEVITABLE TP JORDI BERNETS THE BEST OF CLARA HC JUSTICE SOCIETY VOL 1 TP LEES TOY REVIEW AUG 2006 #166 LITTLE EGO NEW PRINTING GN (A) LUCKY LUKE BILLY THE KID TP NAOKI URASAWAS MONSTER VOL 4 TP PASSIONELLA AND OTHER STORIESHC PLASTIC MAN ARCHIVES VOL 8 HC PSYCHO TP QUEEN MARGOT VOL 1 AGE OF INNOCENCE GN ROBIN DAYS OF FIRE AND MADNESS SFX #146 SPARROW ASHLEY WOOD HC SPIDER-WOMAN ORIGIN PREMIERE HC STAR TREK MANGA GN TIJUANA BIBLES VOL 7 TP (A) TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS GATHERING TP

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 8/9

52 WEEK #14A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #39 (A) ANGEL SCRIPTBOOK #6 ANNIHILATION #1 (OF 6) ANNIHILATION THE NOVA CORP FILES BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #209 BATMAN STRIKES #24 BEDLAM ONE SHOT BETTY & VERONICA #220 BEYOND #2 (OF 6) BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #116 BUCKAROO BANZAI #2 (OF 3) CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #4 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #5 (OF 10) CONAN & THE SONGS OF THE DEAD #2 (OF 5) DEVI #2 ELRIC MAKING OF A SORCERER #4(OF 4) EMISSARY #3 ESCAPISTS #2 (OF 6) FABLES #52 FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST FAMILY #6 (OF 6) FATHOM #10 FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MAN #28 GREEN ARROW #65 INCREDIBLE HULK #97 JSA CLASSIFIED #15 JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #13 MAN CALLED KEV #2 (OF 5) MARTIAN MANHUNTER #1 (OF 8) MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #15 MEN OF MYSTERY #59 METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #7 MS MARVEL #6 CW NEGATIVE BURN #3 NEW X-MEN #29 NEXT #2 (OF 6) PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #105 SCARLET TRACES THE GREAT GAME #2 (OF 4) SECRET SIX #3 (OF 6) SHE-HULK 2 #10 SHRUGGED #2 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #165 SPIDER-MAN FAMILY FEATURING AMAZING FRIENDS SPIKE VS DRACULA #5 (OF 5) SQUADRON SUPREME #6 SULLENGRAY #4 (OF 4) SUPERMAN #655 TASK FORCE ONE #2 TRANSFORMERS STORMBRINGER #2 (OF 4) ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #2 ULTIMATE X-MEN #73 VERONICA #173 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #5

Books / Mags / Stuff AMANO TALE OF GENJI HC ILLUSTRATED NOVEL AUTHORITY LOBO HOLIDAY HELL TP CINEFANTASTIQUE JULY AUG 06 VOL 38 #4 DRAWN & QUARTERLY SHOWCASE VOL 4 TP FIREFLY OFF COMPANION INTO THE BLACK TP FRENCH KISS #16 (A) FRENCH KISS #17 (A) GIRL GENIUS VOL 2 TP GIRL GENIUS VOL 5 TP GOOSEBUMPS GRAPHIX VOL 1 CREEPY CREATURES SC GREEN ARROW HEADING INTO THE LIGHT TP GREEN LANTERN SERIES 2 INNER CASE ASST HEAVY METAL SEPTEMBER 2006 KICKBACK HC KITCHEN SINK MAGAZINE #14 LEGEND OF GRIMJACK VOL 5 TP LITTLE LULU VOL 11 APRIL FOOLS TP LITTLE MAN TP NEW PTG LOUIS RIEL A COMIC STRIP BIOGRAPHY TP MARVEL ADVENTURES FF VOL 3 WORLDS GREATEST DIGEST TP MARVEL ZOMBIES HC PENNY ARCADE VOL 2 LEGENDS MAGIC SWORD TP RECESS PIECES HC REVELATIONS TP SPIDER-GIRL PRESENTS AVENGERSNEXT VOL 1 DIGEST TP TOYFARE BLACK COSTUME SPIDERMAN CVR #110 ULTIMATE GALACTUS BOOK 3 EXTINCTION TP WILL EISNERS SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL 19 HC WOMEN OF MARVEL TP X-FACTOR THE LONGEST NIGHT PREMIERE HC X-STATIX PRESENTS DEAD GIRL TP

What looks good to you? Anything?

-B

Arriving 8/2

Order form day, swamped. k thx bye. 2000 AD #1494 2000 AD #1495 52 WEEK #13 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #38 (A) AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 (OF 6) ALL NEW ATOM #2 ARCHIE #568 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #172 ARTESIA BESIEGED #2 (OF 6) BATTLER BRITTON #2 (OF 5) BETTY #158 BOMB QUEEN VS BLACKLIGHT ONE SHOT BPRD UNIVERSAL MACHINE #5 (OF5) CREEPER #1 (OF 6) DAVE JOHNSON FC SKETCHBOOK 2006 DETECTIVE COMICS #822 DEVILS PANTIES #3 DOLL & CREATURE #4 (OF 4) DRACULA VS KING ARTHUR #4 (OF4) DRAGONPRO #1 DUMMYS GUIDE TO DANGER #1 (OF4) DUSTY STAR #1 EMISSARY #2 EX MACHINA #22 EXTERMINATORS #8 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #7 FANTASTIC FOUR #539 CW FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #11 HEAD #15 (A) INVINCIBLE #34 JONAH HEX #10 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #247 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #24 LEADING MAN #2 (OF 5) LOONEY TUNES #141 MANIFEST ETERNITY #3 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #18 MARVEL MILESTONES MILLIE THE MODEL & PATSY WALKER MARVEL TEAM-UP #23 MOON KNIGHT #4 MOUSE GUARD #4 (OF 6) NEW AVENGERS #22 CW NEW EXCALIBUR #10 NOBLE CAUSES #22 OMAC #2 (OF 8) ORIGINAL ADVENTURES OF CHOLLYAND FLYTRAP #2 (OF 2) OUTSIDERS #39 OZ WONDERLAND CHRONICLES NOTOCVR B #1 (OF 4) POWER OF 6 TWISTED APPLES PART 1 PUNISHER #36 SPRINGHEELED JACK NEW PTG #1 (OF 3) STARGATE ATLANTIS WRAITHFALL #1 (OF 3) ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #98 UNCANNY X-MEN #477 USAGI YOJIMBO #95 WORMWOOD GENTLEMAN CORPSE #1 Y THE LAST MAN #48

Books / Mags / Stuff ABSOLUTE KINGDOM COME EDITIONHC AFTERLIFE VOL 1 GN (OF 3) BATMAN SON OF THE DEMON NEW PTG BORIS VALLEJO JULIE BELL FANTASY 2007 WALL CALENDAR CAVALCADE OF BOYS COMPLETE COLLECTION TP CONCRETE VOL 6 STRANGER ARMORTP EXTERMINATORS BUG BROTHERS TP FAMOUS MONSTER MOVIE ART OF BASIL GOGOS SC NEW PTG FINDER TP VOL 8 FIVE CRAZY WOMEN FORTEAN TIMES #212 FRAGILE PROPHET GN I AM GOING TO BE SMALL GN I CANT STOP LOVING YOU VOL 1 GN (A) JUXTAPOZ AUG 2006 VOL 14 #8 KAFKA TP LOUCHE & INSALUBRIOUS ESCAPADES OF ART DECCO TP MORE THAN SPARROWS GN NAT TURNER VOL 1 TP NBX STORYBOOK HC ( NEW PTG) NEW X-MEN CHILDHOODS END VOL 2 TP OUT OF PICTURE TP PEACH GIRL SAES STORY VOL 1 GN (OF 2) PHANTOM LAW OF THE JUNGLE GN RETURN TO LABYRINTH VOL 1 GN (OF 3) SHORT STROKES VOL 2 GN (A) SKIBBER BEE BYE HC SOMETHING FISHY THIS WAY COMES TP SPIDER-MAN 2007 WALL CALENDAR SPIDER-MAN VISIONARIES KURT BUSIEK VOL 1 TP STRANGERS IN PARADISE VOL 18 LOVE & LIES TP SUPERMAN 2007 WALL CALENDAR TOUGH LOVE HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL GN

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 7/26

Is it just me, or is the idea of a Robert Kirkman scripted, Todd McFarlane drawn comic (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=77952) pretty much a guaranteed recipe for the latest comic book ever? 52 WEEK #12 ACTION COMICS #841 ALL NEW OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z #7 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #534 CW AMERICAN WAY #6 (OF 8) ANGEL SCRIPTBOOK #5 ANGEL SPOTLIGHT DOYLE ONE SHOT ANNIHILATION RONAN #4 (OF 4) ARMY OF DARKNESS #9 ASTRO CITY SAMARITAN SPECIAL AUTUMN #5 AVENGERS & POWER PACK ASSEMBLE #4 (OF 4) BATMAN #655 BATTLE POPE COLOR #9 (RES) BIG BANG PRESENTS #1 PROTOPLASMAN BIRDS OF PREY #96 BLACK PANTHER #18 CW BLACK PLAGUE ONE SHOT BLUE BEETLE #5 CAPTAIN AMERICA #20 CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #23 CASTLE WAITING VOL II #1 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #4 (OF 10) CIVIL WAR YOUNG AVENGERS & RUNAWAYS #1 (OF 4) CORPORATE NINJA #3 CRISIS AFTERMATH THE SPECTRE #3 (OF 3) DAREDEVIL #87 EXILES #84 FEAR AGENT #6 (RES) FUTURAMA COMICS #26 FUZZ & PLUCK IN SPLITSVILLE #4 (OF 5) GODLAND #12 HAWKGIRL #54 HIGHLANDER #0 HOUSEWIVES AT PLAY #16 (A) JACK OF FABLES #1 JEREMIAH HARM #4 JLA CLASSIFIED #25 JSA CLASSIFIED #14 JUGHEAD #175 LOVELESS #9 MARVEL SPOTLIGHT ROBERT KIRKMAN GREG LAND MEAT CAKE #15 NEIL GAIMANS NEVERWHERE #8 (OF 9) NEW AVENGERS #22 CW NIGHTWING #122 POWERS #19 PS238 #17 RED SONJA #12 REVVED #1 ROAD TO HELL #1 (OF 3) ROCKETO #10 SAVAGE DRAGON #0 SECOND WAVE WAR O/T WORLDS #5 SHARK-MAN #1 SHE DRAGON #1 SIDEKICK #2 (OF 5) SPAWN #158 SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #8 SPIKE VS DRACULA #4 (OF 5) SPUNKY KNIGHT XXX #7 (OF 7) (A) STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #7 STORM #6 (OF 6) STRANGERS IN PARADISE #83 SUPERGIRL #8 (RES) TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #13 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #39 TEEN TITANS GO #33 TOUPYDOOPS #3 TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS (IDW) #5 WARLORD #6 WOLVERINE #44 CW XENA #1 X-MEN #189

Books / Mags / Stuff 30 DAYS OF NIGHT THREE TALES TP AFTERWORKS VOL 2 GN ALPHABETICAL BALLAD OF CARNALITY A BLAB STORYBOOK HC BLUESMAN VOL 3 GN BROWNSVILLE TP BUMPERBOY & LOUD LOUD MOUNTAIN GN BUT I LIKE IT HC CAPT HARDON GN (A) CAPTAIN AMERICA RED MENACE VOL 1 TP CHEWING GUM IN CHURCH A YIKESCOLLECTION SC CLASH VOL 1 TP DEAR JOHN ALEX TOTH DOODLEBOOK TP FANTASTIC FOUR BOOKS OF DOOM PREMIERE HC FRUITS BASKET VOL 14 GN (OF 19) HALO GRAPHIC NOVEL HC HELLBLAZER ALL HIS ENGINES SC LITTLE LIT DARK AND SILLY NIGHT HC (O/A) LOVE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OMNIBUS VOL 1 TP LUCIFER VOL 10 MORNINGSTAR TP MUSEUM OF TERROR VOL 1 TP NANCY DREW VOL 6 MR CHEETERS IS MISSING GN NEW EXCALIBUR VOL 1 DEFENDERSOF THE REALM TP PATHFINDER TP POLLY & PIRATES VOL 1 TP PREVIEWS VOL XVI #8 R CRUMBS JAZZ GREATS T/C BOX ROUGH STUFF #1 SPIKE TP STAR WARS CLONE WARS VOL 9 TP TEEN TITANS VOL 5 LIFE AND DEATH TP TEENS AT PLAY LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER GN (A) TESTAMENT AKEDAH TP UNCLE SCROOGE #356 WALT DISNEY TREASURES VOL 1 75 YEARS OF DISNEY COMICS TP WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #671 WIZARD COMICS MAGAZINE SPIDER-MAN EXPOSED CIVIL WAR CVR #179 WONDER WOMAN MISSIONS END TP

One note: NEW AVENGERS #22 appears to have been allocated ~50% to any retailer serviced out of Diamond-LA. It's probably going to be VERY HARD to find this on your store's shelves if you're west of the Rockies. However, I fully expect the balance of the allocation to arrive next week, so don't be a dumb-ass and try to buy all of the copies at your LCS or something, thinking it is "rare" or some shit. It isn't any different than the HAL GN arriving on the west this week when it was out in the rest of the country last week...

So.... what looks good to you?

-B

Shipping 7/19

Am I the only one sick and tired of hearing about the San Diego Comic Con? I forgot to post last week's ship list, sorry -- but here's this week's batch:

52 WEEK #11 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #37 (A) ANNIHILATION NOVA #4 (OF 4) ANT #7 (RES) AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #43 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #102 ARCHIE DIGEST #227 BEARERS O/T BLADE SP BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #144 BITE CLUB VAMPIRE CRIME UNIT #4 (OF 5) BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #115 CABLE DEADPOOL #30 CW CASANOVA #2 CATWOMAN #57 CHECKMATE #4 CIVIL WAR #3 (OF 7) CIVIL WAR X-MEN #1 (OF 4) CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #2 CONAN #30 CRISIS AFTERMATH THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN #6 (OF 6) DAILY BUGLE CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER SPECIAL CW DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON #6 (OF 6) DEAD EYES OPEN #5 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #342 ELEPHANTMEN #1 ETERNALS #2 (OF 6) FLASH THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #2 FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #10 GIRLS #15 GUMBY #1 HAUNT OF HORROR EDGAR ALLAN POE #3 (OF 3) HELLBLAZER #222 ION #4 (OF 12) JACK KIRBYS GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS #1 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #0 LIVING IN INFAMY #4 (OF 4) MAN-BAT #4 (OF 5) MANHUNTER #24 MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #3 MARVEL WESTERNS WESTERN LEGENDS MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #291 NEW X-MEN #28 NEXT EXIT #9 PLANET HULK GLADIATOR GUIDEBOOK PRINCESS NATASHA #2 (OF 4) PUBLIC ENEMY #1 RED STAR SWORD OF LIES ROBIN #152 RUNAWAYS #18 RUSH CITY #1 (OF 6) SADHU #1 SCOOBY DOO #110 SCREWTOOTH #1 SHADOWPACT #3 SHE-HULK 2 #9 SIMPSONS COMICS #120 STAR WARS REBELLION #4 STRANGE EGGS PRESENTS BOXING BUCKET SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #20 SUPERMAN BATMAN #28 TESTAMENT #8 TOP COW 2006 PREVIEW TRANSFORMERS STORMBRINGER #1 (OF 4) ULTIMATE X-MEN #72 UNCANNY X-MEN #476 UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1 (OF 8) WITCHBLADE SILVESTRI CVR #100 WITCHBLADE TURNER CVR #100 WOLVERINE ORIGINS DIRECTORS CUT X-FACTOR #9 CW X-MEN FAIRY TALES #3 (OF 4) ZOMBIES #2

Books / Mags / Stuff 24 SEVEN GN AFTERWORKS VOL 1 GN ANIMATION MAGAZINE AUG 2006 #163 ATOMIKA VOL 1 TP BACK ISSUE #17 COMICS JAM WAR ONE SHOT COMICS JOURNAL #277 ESSENTIAL MARVEL TEAM-UP VOL 1 TP NEW PTG EXCALIBUR CLASSIC VOL 2 TWO EDGED SWORD TP GRANDE FINALE SC HOW TO CREATE COMICS FROM SCRIPT TO PRINT TP IRON MAN EXTREMIS PREMIERE HC LEES TOY REVIEW JULY 2006 #165 MARVEL SELECT MOON KNIGHT AF MODERN MASTERS VOL 8 WALT SIMONSON SC MYTHOLOGY ALEX ROSS ART OF DC2007 WALL CALENDAR RED DIARIES TP SILENT DRAGON TP SLOTH HC SUDDEN GRAVITY TP SUPERMAN BATMAN VOL 4 VENGEANCE HC SWAN VOL 7 TEEN TITANS GO VOL 4 READY FOR ACTION TP TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE VOL 7TP ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 2HC USAGI YOJIMBO VOL 20 GLIMPSESOF DEATH TP VIDEO WATCHDOG #126 WALKING DEAD VOL 1 HC WRITE NOW #13

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 7/6

First off, don't forget that because of the Fourth of July holiday, comics are going to be a day late, and will arrive on Thursday. Honestly, don't come in on Wednesday looking for them, because we're laughing at you behind your back once you walk out the door. Yet another high volume week -- this time on titles, rather than on units, but there's just a metric fuckton of things arriving on this shortened holiday week. Joy.

2000 AD #1490 2000 AD #1491 52 WEEK #9 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #36 (A) ALL NEW ATOM #1 ARCHENEMIES #4 (OF 4) ARES #5 (OF 5) ART O/T WITCHBLADE ONE SHOT BABEL #2 BATMAN SECRETS #5 (OF 5) BATTLER BRITTON #1 (OF 5) BETTY & VERONICA #219 BEYOND #1 (OF 6) BLOOD OF THE DEMON #17 BPRD UNIVERSAL MACHINE #4 (OF5) CASEFILES SAM & TWITCH #24 CLIVE BARKERS GREAT AND SECRET SHOW #4 (OF 12) CONAN & THE SONGS OF THE DEAD #1 (OF 5) CYBERFORCE #4 DARK HORSE TWENTY YEARS DEATH JR VOL 2 #1 DETECTIVE COMICS #821 DEVI #1 DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 2 KURTH CVR A #1 (OF 4) ED THE HAPPY CLOWN #8 (OF 9) FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST FAMILY #5 (OF 6) FRANKLIN RICHARDS SON OF A GENIUS SUPER SUMMER SPECTACULAR FRIDAY THE 13TH FEARBOOK #1 FRIDAY THE 13TH JASON VS JASON X WRAP CVR #2 (OF 2) FURY PEACEMAKER #6 (OF 6) GOON #18 GRIMM FAIRY TALES #7 HACK SLASH HARD SLICE HATE ANNUAL #6 HOAX #4 IN THE HANDS OF BOYS #1 (OF 2) INCREDIBLE HULK #96 INSOMNIA #2 JONAH HEX #9 JSA #87 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #246 JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #12 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #23 LAST PLANET STANDING #5 (OF 5) LEADING MAN #1 (OF 5) LOONEY TUNES #140 LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE #1 MANIFEST ETERNITY #2 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #17 MARVEL TEAM-UP #22 MARVEL WESTERNS KID COLT AND ARIZONA GIRL MARVELS GREATEST COMICS FANTASTIC FOUR #52 MIDNIGHT SUN #1 (OF 5) NEGATIVE BURN #2 NEW EXCALIBUR #9 NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST FEARBOOK #1 NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST PARANOID #3 (OF 3) OCCULT CRIMES TASKFORCE #1 (OF 4) OMAC #1 (OF 8) OUTSIDERS #38 PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #104 PHANTOM #11 PIGTALE #4 POISON ELVES LOST TALES #5 POLLY & THE PIRATES #6 (OF 6) PUNISHER #35 RAYMOND E FEIST MAGICIAN APPRENTICE #2 CVR A REVOLUTION ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #5 (OF 6) SECOND WAVE WAR O/T WORLDS #4 SECRET SIX #2 (OF 6) SIDEKICK #1 (OF 5) SKYE RUNNER #3 SUPER TABOO XXX #2 (A) SUPERGIRL #7 SUPERMAN RETURNS THE MOVIE ADAPTATION TALENT #2 (OF 4) TEEN TITANS #37 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE FEARBOOK #1 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE GRIND #2 (OF 3) TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE GRIND #3 (OF 3) THEY FOUND THE CAR THING #8 TRANSFORMERS EVOLUTIONS HEARTS OF STEEL #1 UMBRA #2 (OF 3) UNCANNY X-MEN #475 USAGI YOJIMBO #94 Y THE LAST MAN #47

Books / Mags / Stuff ALAN MOORE COMPLETE FUTURE SHOCK TP ALTER EGO COLLECTION VOL 1 TP BATMAN CITY OF CRIME TP BLACK PANTHER BY JACK KIRBY VOL 2 TP BPRD THE BLACK FLAME TP CONAN AND THE DEMONS OF KHITAI TP CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS SER2 MASTER CASE ASST DEATH NOTE VOL 6 TP EIGHTBALL PUSSEY TP NEW PTG EPILEPTIC VOL 1 TP PANTHEON ED FABLES VOL 7 ARABIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS TP FIENDS OF THE EASTERN FRONT GN FLIGHT VOL 3 GN FORTEAN TIMES #211 G FAN #76 GREEN LANTERN PLASTIC BUST BANK INVINCIBLE VOL 2 ULTIMATE COLL HC JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR #46 JACKIE AND THE SHADOW SNATCHER HC JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SEASON 2 DVD SET MINERVA VOL 2 (A) MONOLOGUES FOR THE COMING PLAGUE SC OLD BOY VOL 1 TP OZ THE MANGA POCKET MANGA VOL1 PATH OF THE ASSASSIN VOL 1 SERVING IN THE DARK TP PETE VON SHOLLY EXTREMELY WEIRD STORIES TP R CRUMBS COUNTRY MUSIC T/C SET (NEW PTG) SHOWCASE PRESENTS ELONGATED MAN VOL 1 TP SUPERMAN ANIMATED SERIES VOL 3 DVD SET SUPERMAN BRAINIACS ATTACKS DVD SUPERMAN RETURNS THE MOVIE & MORE TALES OF THE MAN OF STEEL SUPREME POWER HYPERION TP TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSEVOL 4 TP TARZAN THE JOE KUBERT YEARS VOL 3 HC TOP 10 BEYOND THE FARTHEST PRECINCT TP WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E HOWARD VOL 3 PEOPLE OF DARK TP WET MOON VOL 2 UNSEEN FEET GN

But we do absolutely have ASSHAT OF THE WEEK this go round, in fact, I'll give you three candidates, and you can choose:

Is it MARVEL COMICS for shipping SIX "Civil War" crossovers last week, and NONE this week?

Is it IMAGE COMICS for releasing issue #4 of PIGTALE a full YEAR after it is due? (July, *2005*)

Is it AVATAR COMICS for deciding it's a terrific little idea to pump out 2 different "Nightmare on Elm Street", 2 different "Friday the 13th" and THREE different "Texas CHainsaw Massacre" comics, all in a single week, ensuring that no one other than *the most* hardcore fans of those properties will buy any of them?

You get to vote, but I have to tell you that I'm basically never going to order an Avatar comic for my rack ever again, because they're such an epicly fucked up, irresponsible, and incompetent publisher. (Though, this still means we'll be *receiving* Avatar comics over the next 6-12 months, since they're chronically late and behind) -- even those Ellis and Ennis comics where they get all of the creative freedom they want. I really and truly want to support Warren and Garth's work, but I'd rather be gang-raped by a group of angry, AIDS-infested, Samoans, then to give Avatar comics a single penny of *my* money EVER again.

Shitheads.

Anyway, with that aside, what looks good to YOU this week?

-B

Arriving 6/28

Honestly, I could take Lester's reviews and just say "ditto" pretty much down the line -- including the picks of WEEK and WEAK. Despite that, if I have time at the store tomorrow, I'll try to write up a few notes of my own. Until then: here's what we're getting this week, with CIVIL WAR like a bus. Nothing for a while, then, BOOM, six at once!

52 WEEK #8 ACTION COMICS #840 ALL NEW OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z #6 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #533 CW AMERICAN WAY #5 (OF 8) ANNIHILATION RONAN #3 (OF 4) ANT #6 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #171 AVENGERS & POWER PACK ASSEMBLE #3 (OF 4) BART SIMPSON COMICS #30 BATMAN #654 BETTY #157 BLACK PANTHER #17 BLUE BEETLE #4 CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #22 CATWOMAN #56 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #2 (OF 10) CRISIS AFTERMATH THE SPECTRE #2 (OF 3) DAREDEVIL #86 DCU BRAVE NEW WORLD #1 EXILES #83 FANTASTIC FOUR #538 CW FATHOM #9 FORGOTTEN REALMS DARK ELF SOJOURN SEELEY CVR A #3 (OF 3) GI JOE VS TRANSFORMERS VOL 3 ART OF WAR CVR A #4 (OF 5) HAWKGIRL #53 INVINCIBLE #33 ION #3 (OF 12) JLA CLASSIFIED #23 JUGHEAD #174 LAST CHRISTMAS #2 (OF 6) LOVELESS #8 LUCIFER #75 MARVEL MILESTONES RAWHIDE KID& TWO GUN KID MARVEL SPOTLIGHT NEIL GAIMAN SALVADOR LARROCA MOON KNIGHT #3 NECROMANCER #6 NEW AVENGERS #21 CW NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE #6 PVP #27 RUNAWAYS #17 SAVAGE DRAGON #127 SEA OF RED #11 SOLO #11 SPAWN #157 SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #7 STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #6 STORM #5 (OF 6) SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #19 SUPERMAN RETURNS LOIS LANE TEEN TITANS GO #32 TEENAGE MURDER BAIT ONE SHOT THUNDERBOLT JAXON #5 (OF 5) TRUTH JUSTIN & AMERICAN WAY #3 (OF 5) ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #96 WARLORD #5 WOLVERINE #43 CW X-FACTOR #8 CW X-MEN #187 YOUNG AVENGERS #12

Books / Mags / Stuff DC NEW FRONTIER SER 1 INNER CASE ASST DECIMATION GENERATION M TP DOWN WARREN ELLIS TP EARTH X TP NEW PTG FANTASTIC FOUR J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI VOL 1 TP FOOLS GOLD VOL 1 GN GHOST RIDER ROAD TO DAMNATIONPREMIERE HC HEAVY METAL SUMMER 2006 JUXTAPOZ JULY 2006 VOL 14 #7 LADY SNOWBLOOD VOL 4 TP RETRIBUTION PART 2 TP MARK SCHULTZ VARIOUS DRAWINGSVOL 2 SC PREVIEWS VOL XVI #7 SOUTHLAND TALES BK 1 TWO ROADS DIVERGE SUPREME POWER NIGHTHAWK TP WIZARD COMICS MAGAZINE JLA TURNER CVR #178 VIRGIN COMICS #0 (EACHES) (NET)

I normally skip listing promo material, but I liked the "eaches" for that Virigin Comics #0 just too much to lose it.

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 6/21

Had a wonderful Father's Day, thanks for asking, which follows hot on the heels of a loverly 39th birthday, so I'm pretty celebrated out! My major goal for the back half of the year is to get back to my novel (over 2 years fallow, thanks to having Ben running around the house), which means I need to buckle my ass down, and stop wasting time with video games and well, probably comics reviews, too. I'll squeeze in what I can on Tuesday mornings between doing my paperwork and when the books actually arrive, but expect me to be a LOT quieter here (as if such a thing is actually possible)

Here's what's arriving this week, and, OMFG, that's a big week. Lots and lots of Class-1 Big Books.

2000 AD #1488 2000 AD #1489 52 WEEK #7 A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #35 (A) ALL STAR SUPERMAN #4 ANNIHILATION NOVA #3 (OF 4) ARCHIE #567 ARMY OF DARKNESS #8 ASTONISHING X-MEN #15 BIRDS OF PREY #95 BITE CLUB VAMPIRE CRIME UNIT #3 (OF 5) CAPTAIN AMERICA #19 CASANOVA #1 CITY OF HEROES #14 CLAW THE UNCONQUERED #1 CONAN #29 CONAN BOOK OF THOTH #4 (OF 4) CRIMINAL MACABRE FEAT OF CLAY DORK TOWER #34 DR BLINK SUPERHERO SHRINK #3 ETERNALS #1 (OF 6) EX MACHINA #21 FALLEN ANGEL IDW #6 FLASH THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #1 GARGOYLES #1 GIANT SIZE HULK #1 GIRLS #14 HAUNT OF HORROR EDGAR ALLAN POE #2 (OF 3) HELLBLAZER #221 HORRORWOOD #2 (OF 4) HOW TO SELF PUBLISH COMICS #4(OF 4) IRON MAN #9 JSA CLASSIFIED #13 JUSTICE #6 (OF 12) KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #115 KONI WAVES #2 (OF 3) LAI WAN #1 LAST PLANET STANDING #4 (OF 5) LITTLE SCROWLIE #14 LOVE AND CAPES #1 MAN-BAT #3 (OF 5) MANHUNTER #23 MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #2 MARVEL WESTERNS OUTLAW FILES NEW AVENGERS #20 NEW EXCALIBUR #8 NOBLE CAUSES #21 NODWICK #33 PRINCESS NATASHA #1 (OF 4) PURGATORI (DDP) #6 REAR ENTRY #12 (A) RED SONJA #11 RISING STARS UNTOUCHABLE #5 (OF 5) ROBIN #151 SCOOBY DOO #109 SEX-MEN #1 (A) SGT ROCK THE PROPHECY #6 (OF 6) SHADOWHAWK #13 SHADOWPACT #2 SIMPSONS COMICS #119 STAR WARS LEGACY #1 STAR WARS REBELLION #3 STARDUST KID #4 (OF 5) SUPERMAN BATMAN #27 SUPERMAN RETURNS LEX LUTHOR SWAMP THING #28 TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #12 TESTAMENT #7 TRAILER PARK TERROR COLOR SPECIAL #4 ULTIMATES 2 #11 UNCANNY X-MEN #474 UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #1 WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #670 WITCHBLADE #99 X ISLE #1 (OF 5) X-MEN FAIRY TALES #2 (OF 4)

Book / Mag / Stuff 110 PER CENT GN AMAZING JOY BUZZARDS VOL 2 TP ANGEL OLD FRIENDS TP BATMAN DYNAMIC DUO ARCHIVES VOL 2 HC CHAMPIONS CLASSIC VOL 1 TP CINEFEX #106 JULY 2006 COMIC BOOK HOLOCAUST GN COMICS BUYERS GUIDE SEPT 2006 #1620 CONAN VOL 3 TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT & STORIES TP CONTINUITY GN ESSENTIAL SAVAGE SHE-HULK VOL1 TP FEAR AGENT VOL 1 REIGNITION TP GOLGO 13 VOL 3 GN GREEN LANTERN CORPS RECHARGE TP HOGANS ALLEY #14 I LOVE LED ZEPPLIN SC INVINCIBLE VOL 6 DIFFERENT WORLD TP JUDGE DREDD THE ART OF KENNY WHO? TP KEEP TP LOVE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE #5 MAD CLASSICS #8 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 3 DOOM WITH VIEW DIGEST TP MEGATOKYO VOL 4 MY MOST SECRET DESIRE 10TH ANNIVERSARY ED HC NAOKI URASAWAS MONSTER VOL 3 TP ORIGINAL BONDAGE FAIRIES VOL 1 TP (A) SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN VOL 2 TP SIGHT UNSEEN TP SINGAPORES GREATEST COMICS SIZZLE #30 (A) SUPERGIRL POWER TP SUPERMAN BATMAN COLLECTOR SET TOMMYROT ART OF BEN TEMPLESMITH UNCANNY X-MEN THE NEW AGE VOL4 END OF GREYS TP UNCLE SCROOGE #355 WHITECHAPEL FREAK GN NEW PTG WONDER WOMAN VOL 4 DESTINY CALLING TP

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 6/14

Ooops, I haven't posted this yet, have I? 100 BULLETS #73 52 WEEK #6 AMERICAN VIRGIN #4 ANNIHILATION SUPER SKRULL #3 (OF 4) ARCHIE & FRIENDS #101 ARCHIE DIGEST #226 BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #207 BATMAN STRIKES #22 BATTLE POPE #8 (RES) BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #143 BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #114 CABLE DEADPOOL #29 CAPTAIN ATOM ARMAGEDDON #9 (OF 9) CHECKMATE #3 CIVIL WAR #2 (OF 7) CRISIS AFTERMATH THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN #5 (OF 6) DMZ #8 DONALD DUCK AND FRIENDS #341 ELRIC MAKING OF A SORCERER #3(OF 4) (RES) EX MACHINA SPECIAL #2 (OF 2) EXILES #82 FABLES #50 (NOTE PRICE) FEAR AGENT #5 (RES) FINAL DESTINATION SPRING BREAK #2 (OF 5) FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MAN #26 FOUR #30 GREEN ARROW #63 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #1 GRIMM FAIRY TALES #6 JLA CLASSIFIED #22 MAD MAGAZINE #467 MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #13 MARVEL ROMANCE REDUX LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD MARVEL WESTERNS TWO GUN KID MAXIMUM FORCE SPECIAL #1 (O/A) MICKEY MOUSE AND FRIENDS #290 MONSTER HOUSE ONE SHOT MS MARVEL #4 NIGHTWING #121 POISON ELVES DOMINION #4 PORTENT #3 (OF 4) PUBLIC ENEMY #0 RED SONJA CLAW DEVILS HANDS #4 (OF 4) SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #27 SHRUGGED #1 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #163 SPIDER-GIRL #99 SQUADRON SUPREME #4 SUPER F$$$$$S #3 SUPERMAN #653 SUPERMAN RETURNS MA KENT SUPERMARKET #3 (OF 4) SUPERNATURAL LAW #1 WITH A SILVER BULLET THUNDERBOLTS #103 ULTIMATE X-MEN #71 UMBRA #1 (OF 3) URSA MINORS #1 VERONICA #171 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #3

Books / Mags / Stuff BATTLE ANGEL ALITA LAST ORDERVOL 7 TP CANT GET NO SC CINEFANTASTIQUE JULY AUG 06 VOL 38 #5 COMIC BOOK NERD #1 CRYING FREEMAN VOL 2 TP DAREDEVIL VOL 5 HC DREADFUL ED HC FLAMING CARROT VOL 6 FIRST IMAGE SERIES VOL TP FUN HOME GN GIANT ROBOT #42 GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOL 1 EDGAR ALLAN POE 3RD PTG HELLSPAWN ASHLEY WOOD COLL TP INFINITY GAUNTLET TP NEW PTG JLA CLASSIFIED NEW MAPS OF HELL TP LITTLE LULU VOL 10 ALL DRESSED TP MAGE VOL 2 HERO DEFINED TP MARVEL TEAM-UP VOL 3 LEAGUE OF LOSERS TP MOME VOL 4 GN PHOENIX VOL 7 TP REIKO THE ZOMBIE SHOP VOL 3 TP SHE-HULK VOL 3 TIME TRIALS TP SQUIRREL MOTHER GN STAR WARS OMNIBUS X-WING ROGUE SQUADRON VOL 1 TP STRUGGLERS GN STUPID COMICS COLL TP SUPERMAN BATMAN SER 2 INNER CASE ASST SUPERMAN VERSUS LEX LUTHOR TP TALES OF WOODMAN PETE GN THE DROWNERS TP TOYFARE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN CVR #108 WRITING FOR COMICS WITH PETERDAVID SC YOSHITAKA AMANO FAIRIES HC

What looks good to you?

-B

Happy SatansDay!!!

So, I apologize for being such a suck-ass about reviewing lately -- I keep running out of time with stuff that HAS to get done (this week: setting up the Jun06 subs...), and reviews fall by the side.... so Lester does all of the heavy lifting, then I feel bad about it. But, this week is painfully small in shipping size, so I'm pretty darn sure that sometime this week I'll write a "proper" Savage Critic, where I cover (most) every comic that came out this week, howzabout that?

Here's some of what you can look forward to commentary on (Well, not all of it -- I'll be arsed if I will review MARVEL SPOTLIGHT):

52 WEEK #5 ANGEL SPOTLIGHT WESLEY ONE SHOT ANNIHILATION SILVER SURFER #3(OF 4) ARCHENEMIES #3 (OF 4) BATMAN JOURNEY INTO KNIGHT #10 (OF 12) BATMAN SECRETS #4 (OF 5) BETTY & VERONICA #218 BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #166 BLOOD OF THE DEMON #16 BPRD UNIVERSAL MACHINE #3 (OF5) CHICANOS #8 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #1 (OF 10) CYBERFORCE #0 DETECTIVE COMICS #820 EXTERMINATORS #6 FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST FAMILY #4 (OF 6) FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #9 FURY PEACEMAKER #5 (OF 6) HARD TIME SEASON TWO #7 HECTOR PLASM DE MORTUIS ONE SHOT IN MY LIFETIME INVINCIBLE #32 JONAH HEX #8 JSA #86 JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #122 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #22 LAST PLANET STANDING #3 (OF 5) LOONEY TUNES #139 LUBAS COMICS & STORIES #8 MANIFEST ETERNITY #1 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #16 MARVEL SPOTLIGHT MARK MILLAR STEVE MCNIVEN MARVEL TEAM-UP #21 NEW X-MEN #27 NOBLE CAUSES #20 OUTSIDERS #37 PUNISHER #34 ROCKETO JOURNEY TO THE HIDDENSEA #9 SHADOWHAWK #12 SOULFIRE CHAOS REIGN #0 STAR WARS LEGACY #0 SUPERMAN RETURNS KRYPTON TO EARTH TAG #1 (OF 3) TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS (IDW) #4 (NOTE PRICE) UNDERWORLD #5 (OF 5) WALKING DEAD #28 WONDER WOMAN #1 X-MEN THE END MEN AND X-MEN #6 (OF 6) Y THE LAST MAN #46

Books / Mags / Stuff ACTION PHILOSOPHERS VOL 1 GIANT SIZED THING TP ALTER EGO #59 ANIMATION MAGAZINE JULY 2006 #162 ARF MUSEUM SC BATMAN UNDER THE HOOD VOL 2 TP CANNON GOD EXAXXION STAGE 5 VOL 5 TP DE TALES VOL 1 TP DMZ VOL 1 ON THE GROUND TP EMBROIDERIES SC ESSENTIAL FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 5 TP FANTASTIC FOUR IRON MAN BIG IN JAPAN TP LEES TOY REVIEW JUNE 2006 #164 LIBERTY MEADOWS VOL 1 TP NEW PRTG LION GRAPHIC BIBLE GN NEW ED MAJESTIC VOL 2 TP MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS WOLVERINE VOL 3 TP MODERN MASTERS VOL 7 JOHN BYRNE SC NARUTO VOL 10 TP OH MY GODDESS VOL 23 RTL TP ORIENTAL CINEMA #23 POWER GIRL TP PUNISHER VS BULLSEYE TP SUPERMAN DOOMSDAY OMNIBUS TP SUPERMAN OUR WORLDS AT WAR COMPLETE EDITION TREASURY VICTORIAN MURDER VOL8 MADELEINE SMITH HC WIZARD BEST OF BASIC TRAININGSTORYTELLING

What, if anything, looks good to you?

Oh, and since Rj WILL ask, my ASSHAT OF THE WEEK is, hey! Robert Kirkman (yet again) for being insanely late on WALKING DEAD and INVINCIBLE, *and* shipping them both the same week...

-B

Arriving 6/1

Remember that this week comics arrive on THURSDAY, not Wednesday, due to Memorial Day. If you go into your Local COmics SHop on Wed looking for new comics, be warned they will likely laugh and point thier fingers and you, and mock you once you are out of sight.

52 WEEK #4 ABC A TO Z TOP 10 AND TEAMS ACTION COMICS #839 AGE OF BRONZE #23 ALL NEW OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z #5 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #532 ANGEL SPOTLIGHT GUNN ONE SHOT APOCALYPSE NERD #3 ARMY OF DARKNESS #7 ARTESIA BESIEGED #1 (OF 6) BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #206 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #0 BETTY #156 BOMB QUEEN #4 (OF 4) BOOKS OF DOOM #6 (OF 6) CLIVE BARKERS GREAT AND SECRET SHOW #3 (OF 12) COBB OFF THE LEASH #1 CRISIS AFTERMATH THE SPECTRE #1 (OF 3) DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON #5 (OF 6) DEADWORLD #4 DOLL & CREATURE #3 (OF 4) EMISSARY #1 EMO BOY #7 GI JOE VS TRANSFORMERS VOL 3 ART OF WAR CVR A #3 (OF 5) GLOOMCOOKIE #27 GODLAND #11 HERO SQUARED ONGOING #1 INCREDIBLE HULK #95 ION #2 (OF 12) IRON MAN THE INEVITABLE #6 (OF 6) JLA CLASSIFIED #21 JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #11 LIBERTY MEADOWS #37 LOCAL #5 (OF 12) LUCIFER #74 METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #6 MINESHAFT #17 MONA LISA EVE OF ALL SAINTS SP #1 (OF 3) MOUSE GUARD #3 (OF 6) MY INNER BIMBO #1 (OF 5) PAINKILLER JANE #2 PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #103 POISON ELVES LOST TALES #4 PUNISHER THE TYGER QUEEN & COUNTRY #30 RED SONJA #10 RED SONJA VS THULSA DOOM #4 (OF 4) RISING STARS UNTOUCHABLE #4 (OF 5) ROBOTIKA #4 (OF 4) RUNAWAYS #16 SAVAGE DRAGON #126 SEA OF RED #10 SECOND WAVE WAR O/T WORLDS #3 SKYSCRAPERS OF THE MIDWEST #3 SON OF M #6 (OF 6) SONIC X #9 SOULFIRE #7 STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #5 STORM #4 (OF 6) SUPERMAN BATMAN #26 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #38 TEEN TITANS GO #31 THING #7 TRANSFORMERS INFILTRATION #5 ULTIMATE EXTINCTION #5 (OF 5) ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #30 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #95 UPTIGHT #1 WARLORD #4 WARREN ELLIS BLACK GAS WRAPAROUND #3 WRAITHBORN #6 (OF 6) ZOMBIES #1

Book / Mag / Stuff ABADAZAD BOOK 1 ROAD TO INCONCEIVABLE ABADAZAD BOOK 2 DREAM THIEF ART OUT OF TIME UNKOWN COMIC VISIONARIES 1900-1969 HC BECK MONGOLIAN CHOP SQUAD VOL4 GN (OF 19) BIZENGHAST VOL 2 GN (OF 3) DEMI SAGA OF A DEMONESS VOL 1REG CVR TP DOES THIS CAPE MAKE ME LOOK FAT TP ESSENTIAL OFF HANDBOOK MARVELUNIVERSE DELUXE ED VOL 2 TP FIVE FISTS OF SCIENCE GN HERO SQUARED VOL 1 TP JEEPERS PEEPERS GALLERY OF AMERICAN PIN UP ART TP JLA VOL 19 WORLD WITHOUT A JUSTICE LEAGUE TP JON SABLE FREELANCE BLOODTRAIL TP MARVEL SELECT SPIDER-WOMAN AF NIGHT TRIPPERS GN PLAN A THE ART OF NATE VAN DYKE SC SAMURAI EXECUTIONER VOL 10 TP SENTINEL VOL 3 PAST IMPERFECTDIGEST TP SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY VOL3 TP SHADES OF GRAY COMICS & STORIES GN SHOWCASE PRESENTS HAUNTED TANK VOL 1 TP SINBUCK ANGEL EYES VOL 1 TP STAGGER LEE GN SUPERMAN COVER TO COVER HC SUPERMAN RETURNS OFFICIAL MOVIE GUIDE TP TOMARTS ACTION FIGURE DIGEST #145 VAMPIRELLA REVELATIONS VOL 1 TP WE ARE ON OUR OWN HC WIZARD COMICS MAGAZINE SIN CITY 2 A JOLIE CVR #177 WOLVERINE ENEMY OF THE STATE VOL 2 TP

What looks good to you?

-B

Arriving 5/24

Pretty big week this week, with lots and lots of hero comics. Plus, some little book called SCOTT PILGRIM. Might have to look into that one... 2000 AD #1486 2000 AD #1487 52 WEEK #3 AMERICAN WAY #4 (OF 8) ANGRY YOUTH COMIX #11 ANNIHILATION RONAN #2 (OF 4) ARCHIE #566 ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #170 AVENGERS & POWER PACK ASSEMBLE #2 (OF 4) BATMAN #653 BIRDS OF PREY #94 BLACK PANTHER #16 BLUE BEETLE #3 BUCKAROO BANZAI #1 (OF 3) CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #21 CATWOMAN #55 CHECKMATE #2 CHICANOS #7 CONAN BOOK OF THOTH #3 (OF 4) CRISIS AFTERMATH THE BATTLE FOR BLUDHAVEN #4 (OF 6) DAREDEVIL #85 ETERNALS SKETCHBOOK EXILES #81 FANTASTIC FOUR A DEATH IN THEFAMILY FUTURAMA COMICS #25 GREEN LANTERN #11 GROUNDED #6 (OF 6) HAWKGIRL #52 HELLBLAZER #220 IRON MAN #8 JSA CLASSIFIED #12 JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #245 LAST CHRISTMAS #1 (OF 6) LAST PLANET STANDING #2 (OF 5) LOADED BIBLE JESUS VS VAMPIRES ONE SHOT LOVELESS #7 MARVEL MILESTONES BLACK PANTHER STORM & KA-ZAR MONTE COOKS PTOLUS #1 NEGATIVE BURN #1 NEW AVENGERS #19 NEW EXCALIBUR #7 NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE #5 ORSON SCOTT CARD WYRMS #1 CVRA PIRATE CLUB #10 POWERS #18 PVP #26 ROCKETO JOURNEY TO THE HIDDENSEA #8 SECRET SIX #1 (OF 6) SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #26 SHE-HULK 2 #8 SHRUGGED #0 SKYE RUNNER #2 SPAWN #156 SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #6 SPIKE VS DRACULA #3 (OF 5) SQUADRON SUPREME #3 STRANGERS IN PARADISE #82 SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #18 TEEN TITANS #36 TESTAMENT #6 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE GRIND #1 (OF 3) THRUD THE BARBARIAN #1 THUNDERBOLT JAXON #4 (OF 5) TOUPYDOOPS #2 UNCLE SCROOGE #354 WALT DISNEYS COMICS AND STORIES #669 WITCHBLADE #98 WOLVERINE #42 X-FACTOR #7 X-STATIX PRESENTS DEAD GIRL #5 (OF 5) ZOOM SUIT #2 (OF 4)

Books / Mags / Stuff ATTITUDE VOL 3 NEW SUBVERSIVESOCIAL COMMENTARY BLACK WIDOW THINGS THEY SAY ABOUT HER TP COMICS JOURNAL #276 CONCRETE VOL 5 THINK LIKE A MOUNTAIN TP FOLLOWING CEREBUS #8 IRON WOK JAN GN #18 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES VOL 2 DEATH OF A DREAM TP LOVELESS VOL 1 A KIN OF HOMECOMING TP MIKUS SEXUAL ORGY DIARY TP MODESTY BLAISE VOL 9 GALLOWS BIRD TP NEW THUNDERBOLTS VOL 3 RIGHT OF POWER TP OUR GANG VOL 1 SC PREVIEWS VOL XVI #6 RISING STARS VOL 4 TP SCOTT PILGRIM VOL 3 INFINITE SADNESS GN SCRUBLANDS GN SFX #143 SPIDER-MAN BLACK CAT EVIL THAT MEN DO MARVEL PREMIERE HC SUPERMAN STRANGE ATTRACTORS TP

What looks good to you?

-B