Recommended Picks for July 27, 2011

Hot Pick!
Amazing Spider-Man #666

Marvel Comics

(W) Dan Slott
(A) Stefano Caselli

The Spider-Man story of the decade begins with the “Spider-Island: Prelude”!
Super-star writer Dan Slott and fan-favorite Spidey artist Stefano Caselli are back! New York has been Infested and the web grows as it gets ready to explode into Spider-Island! Normal people are getting Spider-Powers! But not all of them realize that with great power must also come… you know the rest.
Okay, sure we often say Peter Parker’s life will never be the same. But listen, pal, we’ve never been more serious. Heroes and villains are crawling all over Manahttan and no one knows why. This will change everything for Pete, for Spidey… and possibly for you.
Look at it this way… If everyone’s a Spider-Man… then no one is.

Price: $3.99

Recommended Pick!
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century #2 – 1969

Top Shelf Productions

(W) Alan Moore
(A) Kevin O’Neill

Chapter Two of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century takes place almost sixty years after the first chapter in the psychedelic daze of Swinging London during 1969, a place where Tadukic Acid Diethylamide 26 is the drug of choice, and where different underworlds are starting to overlap dangerously to an accompaniment of sit-ins and sitars. The vicious gangster bosses of London’s East End find themselves brought into contact with a counter-culture underground of mystical and medicated flower-children, or amoral pop-stars on the edge of psychological disintegration and developing a taste for Satanism. Alerted to a threat concerning the same magic order that she and her colleagues were investigating during 1910, a thoroughly modern Mina Murray and her dwindling league of comrades attempt to navigate the perilous rapids of London’s hippy and criminal subculture, as well as the twilight world of its occultists. Starting to buckle from the pressures of the twentieth century and the weight of their own endless lives, Mina and her companions must nevertheless prevent the making of a Moonchild that might well turn out to be the antichrist.

Price: $9.95

Comics Shipping July 27, 2011

PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases

Shipping 7/27/2011

Every Wednesday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop.

Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

DARK HORSE COMICS

MAY110042 STRANGE CASE OF MR HYDE #4 (OF 4) $3.50

DC COMICS

MAY110188 ACTION COMICS #903 (DOOMSDAY) $2.99
NOV100304 AME COMI BATGIRL V.1 BLACK SUIT VARIANT PVC FIGURE $60.00
NOV100303 AME COMI CATWOMAN V.2 BLUE SUIT VARIANT PVC FIG $60.00
MAY110286 AMERICAN VAMPIRE #17 (MR) $2.99
MAR110348 BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM HC VOL 03 HOUSE OF HUSH $22.99

The Walking Dead Season 2 Trailer

This official trailer was shown at San Diego Comic-Con.

Super Hero Squad: Infinity Sword Quest

Super Hero Squad: Infinity Sword Quest
Marvel Comics
(w) Various
(a) Various
FC, 176 pgs, $16.99 USD

I believe many of the superhero comics published by Marvel and DC are inappropriate for young children. Violence, mature storylines, complex plots, and the occasional sexually suggestive moment make mainstream superhero comics more suitable for teens and adults. Marketing to those demographics is certainly important, but a lot of publishers have also turned their attention to a younger generation in an effort to attract new readers and develop them into long-term readers of comics. One of the ways to do this is to make available quality, age appropriate comics to the younger readers and- equally important- to their parents. While there are many excellent, highly recommended comics and graphic novels for this young demographic, very few of these are within the superhero genre.

Recommended Picks for July 20, 2011

Hot Pick!
War Of The Green Lanterns: Aftermath #1
DC Comics

(W) Tony Bedard
(A) Miguel Sepulveda, Tyler Kirkham & Batt
(Cover) Dave Johnson
(1:10 Variant Cover) Dave Johnson

The shocking consequences of the blockbuster “War of the Green Lantern” event have shattered the lives of Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner in ways no one will see coming. Everything you thought you knew about the Corps is no more!

Price: $3.99

Recommended Pick!
Avengelyne #1
Image Comics

(W) Rob Liefeld & Mark Poulton
(A) Owen Gieni

Avengelyne is a new ongoing supernatural series! “Devil In The Flesh,” Part One. The legendary fallen angel returns to comics. As New York City’s sins are covered with a fresh blanket of snow, the psychotic serial killer, Torment, is hard at work creating new ones. Meanwhile, Avengelyne has her hands full with the Red Dragon who has taken a human vessel in search of a new apprentice. Who has the Dragon chosen as his vessel and does it have anything to do with Avengelyne’s new look? All this plus the introduction of the stunning, Heaven Starr!

Price: $2.99

Comics Shipping July 20, 2011

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Each week PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving at your local comic shop.

Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.

DARK HORSE COMICS

JAN118119 BERSERK TP VOL 17 NEW PTG (MR) $14.99
MAY110025 CONAN ISLAND OF NO RETURN #2 $3.50
MAY110024 CONAN THE BARBARIAN MASK OF ACHERON $6.99
MAY110036 CRIMINAL MACABRE GOON WHEN FREAKS COLLIDE $3.99
MAR110040 DAMNED HIGHWAY FEAR & LOATHING IN ARKHAM $14.99
MAY110023 RAGE #2 (OF 3) $3.50
MAR110017 STAR WARS CLONE WARS YR TV TP VOL 06 STARCRUSHER TRAP $7.99
MAY110020 STAR WARS JEDI DARK SIDE #3 $2.99
MAY110019 STAR WARS OLD REPUBLIC #2 (OF 5) LOST SUNS $3.50

Recommended Picks for July 13, 2011

Hot Pick!
Captain America #1
Marvel Comics

(W) Ed Brubaker
(A/Cover) Steve McNiven
(Variant Cover) Olivier Coipel
(Variant Cover) John Romita Sr.
(Variant Cover) Neal Adams

Bestselling Cap writer Ed Brubaker and superstar artist Steve McNiven bring you the next huge chapter in Steve Rogers life, and it’s a perfect jumping-on point for fans of the Cap movie. A funeral for a fallen friend turns into a race against time as the original Captain America makes his explosive return!

Price: $3.99

Recommended Pick!
The Red Wing #1
Image Comics

(W) Jonathan Hickman
(A/Cover) Nick Pitarra & Rachelle Rosenberg

“Learning To Fly.” To stay alive in the future, the best fighter pilots in the world not only have to perfect their skills and master their aircraft, they also have to know how to travel through time. Brought to you by award winning writer Jonathan Hickman and possibly the best new talent of the year, Nick Pitarra, the Red Wing is the story of the greatest battle in the history of the history of three worlds.

Price: $3.50

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MAY110032 BPRD HELL ON EARTH MONSTERS #1 (OF 2) SOOK CVR $3.50
DEC100092 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER LUNCH BOX $14.99
MAY110011 DOLLHOUSE EPITAPHS #1 (OF 5) PHIL NOTO CVR $3.50
DEC100091 DOMO LUNCH BOX $14.99
JAN110145 GOON VS MR WICKER MENS T/S XXL $19.99
MAY110031 HELLBOY THE FURY #2 (OF 3) $2.99
MAY110015 STAR WARS INVASION REVELATIONS #1 (OF 5) SCALF CVR $3.50
MAR110028 USAGI YOJIMBO LTD HC VOL 25 FOX HUNT $59.99
MAR110027 USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 25 FOX HUNT $16.99

DC’s New 52

From DC’s Blog The Source:

On Wednesday, August 31st, DC Comics will launch a historic renumbering of the entire DC Universe line of comic books with 52 first issues. Here’s your central starting point for all 52 of those issues.

Superman

Action Comics #1

Superman #1

Superboy #1

Supergirl #1

Batman

Batman #1	Detective Comics #1	Batwing #1	Batman: The Dark Knight #1
Batman and Robin #1	Batgirl #1	Batwoman #1	Nightwing #1
Catwoman #1	Birds of Prey #1	Red Hood and the Outlaws #1

Recommended Picks for July 6, 2011

Hot Pick!
FEAR ITSELF #4 (OF 7) FEAR

MARVEL COMICS
Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by STUART IMMONEN
Cover by STEVE McNIVEN
Variant Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Variant Cover by TERRY DODSON

The blockbuster Marvel event of the year continues! AFTERMATH: the heroes reel in the wake of last issue’s shocking finale. Thor finds himself unwelcome in two homes. Steve Rogers makes the decision of a lifetime. And Iron Man prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice. Every move the heroes make just serves to make The Serpent stronger– and the feat he accomplishes in this issue will rock the Avengers.

32 PGS./Rated T+

$3.99

Flashpoint #3

DC Comics

(W) Geoff Johns
(A) Andy Kubert & Sandra Hope

Flash Question: Will Flash and his new allies be able to fix the world?

3 of 5, 40 pg, FC

RATED T

Price: $3.99

 

Recommended Pick!

REVOLVER TP (MR)
DC COMICS

Written by MATT KINDT
Art and cover by MATT KINDT

REVOLVER is a tale of two worlds and how both test a man to his limits.
“I lie down here; I wake up there.”
“I lie down there, I wake up here.”
The acclaimed original graphic novel is now available in trade paperback!
Stuck in a dead-end job with a boss he can’t stand and a materialistic girlfriend, Sam rises from a late night of bar-hopping to discover his whole world has changed. Literally. An avian flu outbreak has killed millions, the nation’s infrastructure has crashed, and a dirty bomb has destroyed Seattle. Forced to go on the run, Sam awakes to a normal world the next day – and to chaos again the day after that. A single constant between the two worlds will undo all the damage if he can find it – but that seems near impossible. In one world, anything goes. In the other, he’s out of danger and sleepwalking through life. So Sam’s got an even bigger problem: Which one to choose?

180 pg, Two color,
$19.99 US
Mature Readers