Wednesday, May 2, 2012

May 2, 2012 Weekly Highlights

It's a big week for DC!  DC's second wave of new books begins today with Earth 2, World's Finest, Dial H, and G.I. Combat.  Action Comics expands into the multiverse, showing us a universe with President Superman.  The Culling crossover event kicks off in the Teen Titans annual, and the Night of Owls continues in Detective Comics and Batwing.

The highly anticipated Valiant revival also begins today with X-O Manowar #1!

Don't miss Free Comic Book Day this Saturday!

Action Comics #9
Grant Morrison (w) Gene Ha (A)
* Featuring characters from parallel Earths, including PRESIDENT SUPERMAN!
* Introducing new villain SUPERDOOM!
* Guest artist GENE HA joins GRANT MORRISON for this tale of not one, not two, but THREE Earths!
Variant cover by Rags Morales

Avengers Vs. X-Men No. 3
Ed Brubaker (W) John Romita JR (A)
* The Avengers and the X-Men scour the Earth searching for the host of the Phoenix!
* Hope takes matters into her own hands!
* And Captain America and Wolverine come to bitter blows!
Variant cover by  J. Scott Campbell
Variant cover by Sara Pichelli
Sketch variant by Sara Pichelli

Bart Simpson's Pal Milhouse #1
Pat McGreal, Gail Simone (W) Bob Smith, Carol Lay (A)
Bart Simpson's pal Milhouse takes center stage in the next of our series of Simpsons Comics One-Shots. Take a look at the world of Springfield through the eyes of Bart's bespectacled best friend, second banana, and juvenile delinquent wannabe, and the fantastical things you see through his thick lenses might surprise you.

Dial H #1
China Mieville (W) Mateus Santolouco (A)
* A brand new series by bestselling and Hugo award winning novelist CHINA MIEVILLE!
* What would happen if you discovered the H Dial, an unbelievably powerful artifact that turned you into a super hero?
* And what if you found out that the world is threatened by this very device that's become your uncontrollable obsession?
* These are just the first questions asked in this thrilling and inventive storyline that introduces the strangest super heroes and super villains in the DCU while exploring the boundaries of reality!
Variant cover by Davis Finch

Earth 2 #1
James Robinson (W) Nicola Scott and Trevor Scott (A)
* First issue of an ongoing series from writer JAMES ROBINSON and artist NICOLA SCOTT!
* Who are the heroes of EARTH 2 - and what befell them?
* Starring ALAN SCOTT, JAY GARRICK and many others!
* You may think you know Earth 2...but this is DC Comics - The New 52, where anything can happen!
* Don't miss the extra-sized debut issue!
Variant cover by Brian Hitch

Epic Kill #1
Raffaele Ienco (W/A)
Hitmen and mercenaries from around the globe are ordered by the President to bring down an eighteen-year-old super assassin named Song -- but she's going to turn the tables on them -- and every kill is going to be epic!
Song has trained for years into adulthood to take revenge on the man responsible for her parents' deaths -- the man who has just been elected President!

Exiled #1
Kieron Gillen, Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (W) Carmine Di Giandomenico (A)
It's NEW MUTANTS. It's JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. It's NEW MUTANTS *and* JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. It's the New Journey Into Mutant Mystery!
* With a left over "s".
* A forgotten hero returns, mightier than Thor himself, but will the truth behind his exile consume them all?

G.I. Combat #1
J.T. Krul, Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti (W) Ariel Olivetti & Dan Panosian (A)
* First issue of an ongoing series!
* Featuring the first chapter of "WAR THAT TIME FORGOT" written by J.T. KRUL and with art by ARIEL OLIVETTI....and dinosaurs!
* Plus: The first chapter of "UNKNOWN SOLDIER" by JUSTIN GRAY, JIMMY PALMIOTTI and artist DAN PANOSIAN focuses on all-out war in Afghanistan!
Best variant cover ever by Ariel Olivetti

The Spider #1
David Liss (W) Colton Worley (A)
One of the greatest pulp characters of all time is now re-launched into the 21st century! The world knows Richard Wentworth as a decorated war hero and the son of a wealthy industrialist - but only a few confidants know the truth. As New York City slides into violence and despair, Wentworth has transformed himself into a force of justice as The Spider! With only his wits, his technology, and his pistols to aid him, he fights a one-man war against crime, but when a mysterious new villain threatens the city with an unspeakable horror, it may be more than even The Spider can handle. How far will a sane man go to restore order to an insane world?

Teen Titans Annual #1
Scott Lobdell & Tom Defalco (W) Brett Booth & Norm Rapmund (A)
* "THE CULLING" begins here!
* It's the TEEN TITANS vs. THE LEGION LOST one mile beneath the Antarctic in the chamber of horrors known as the Crucible!
* Continued in this month's SUPERBOY #9, LEGION LOST #9 and TEEN TITANS #9!

World's Finest #1
Paul Levitz (W) George Perez, Scott Koblis, and Kevin McGuire (A)
* New ongoing series featuring POWER GIRL and HUNTRESS of Earth 2!
* PAUL LEVITZ teams with amazing artists GEORGE PEREZ and KEVIN MAGUIRE.
* Discover why these two heroes are stranded on our Earth - and what it means for the heroes of the DC Universe.
Variant cover by Kevin McGuire

X-O Manowar #1
Robert Venditti (W) Cary Nord (A)
It's the comic book event a decade in the making! The all-new Valiant Universe kicks off with a landmark, oversized # 1 issue of X-O Manowar by New York Times-bestselling author Robert Venditti (The Surrogates, The Homeland Directive) and Eisner Award-winning artist Cary Nord (Conan)! Born into battle, Aric of Dacia-- heir to the throne of the Visigoth people -- has never known peace. After a brutal encounter with a mysterious enemy known as The Vine leaves him a prisoner on an incomprehensible world, the only hope Aric has of returning to his family and saving them from slavery is to seize a weapon of incalculable destruction and become X-O Manowar! The Vine destroyed Aric's world. Now he will give them war.
Pullbox variant by Cary Nord
Variant by David Aja
Talking QR code variant should arrive next week.

All new books out 5/2:
Archie Comics

Life with Archie #19
Sonic the Hedgehog #236

Bongo Entertainment, Inc.
Bart Simpson's Pal Milhouse #1
Simpsons Illustrated Issue 2

Boom Studios
Garfield #1
Grace Randolph's Supurbia #3
Planet of the Apes Vol. 2: The Devil's Pawn

Dark Horse Comics
Skeleton Key Color Special

DC Comics
Action Comics 9
Animal Man Vol. 1: The Hunt (SC)
Animal Man 9
Batman and Robin Vol. 3: Batman & Robin Must Die! (SC)
Batwing 9
Detective Comics 9
Dial H 1
Earth 2 1
G. I. Combat 1
Green Arrow 9
Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (HC)
Justice League International 9
Red Lanterns 9
Smallville Season 11 1
Stormwatch 9
Swamp Thing 9
Teen Titans Annual 1
Worlds' Finest 1

DC Comics / Vertigo
American Vampire Vol. 2 (SC)
Sweet Tooth 33

Dynamite Entertainment
Boys #66
Kirby: Genesis - Silver Star #5
Lone Ranger #5
Red Sonja Issue #66
Spider #1
Voltron: Year One #2
Witchblade / Red Sonja #3

IDW Publishing
30 Days of Night #7
Doctor Who Classics Series 4 #3
Dorothy of Oz Prequel #2
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #178
Locke & Key Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom (SC)
Star Trek #8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9

Image Comics
Avengelyne #8
Blue Estate #11
Bulletproof Coffin - Disinterred #4
Epic Kill #1
Hack / Slash #15
Pigs #7
Supreme Vol. 2 #64
Vescell #7

Marvel Comics
Age of Apocalypse #3
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1, #685
Avengers Academy #29
Avengers Vs. X-Men #3
Daredevil #12
Defenders #6
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz #6
Exiled #1
Invincible Iron Man #516
Marvel Super Heroes Magazine #1
Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes #1
Toy Story #3
Ultimate Spider-Man #10
Venom #17
Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega #5
X-Factor #235
X-Men #28

Marvel Comics / Icon
Supercrooks #1 (2nd printing)

New England Comics Press
Tick #100: The Tick Meets Invincible

Valiant Comics
X-O Manowar #1

Zenescope Entertainment
Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 11 (SC)
Grimm Fairy Tales: Myths & Legends #16

These and much more are available at G-Mart Comics! 

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