Wednesday, August 8, 2012

August 8, 2012 Weekly Highlights

Archer & Armstrong #1
Written by Fred Van Lente
Art by Clayton Henry
It's a globetrotting quest for the Valiant Universe's greatest secrets, from the New York Times bestselling team of Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Zombies) and Clayton Henry (Uncanny X-Men)!
Obadiah Archer was born and raised to cherish three things above all else: the faith of his parents, the love of his 22 brothers and sisters, and his lifelong mission to defeat the ultimate evildoer. Now, after years of training, Archer has been dispatched to the heart of America's festering modern day Babylon, aka New York City, to root out and kill this infamous Great Satan. Unfortunately, dying has never been easy for Archer's target -- the hard-drinking, 10,000-year-old immortal known as Armstrong. Together, this unlikely pair of heroes is about to stumble headfirst into a centuries-old conspiracy that will bring the whole of ancient history crashing down on the modern day Valiant Universe. And that's going to mean one Hell of a hangover.

Batman 12
Written by SCOTT SNYDER
Backup story written by SCOTT SNYDER and JAMES TYNION IV
Art by Becky Cloonan and Andy Clarke
* It's the epilogue to "The Court of Owls"!
* The next major storyline begins here!

Gambit #1
JAMES ASMUS (W)
CLAY MANN (A)
* ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES!
* When Marvel's premiere thief sets his sights on his biggest score yet, he may just end up over his head. It's going to take more than just playing cards and southern charm to get out of this one!
*BONUS! Bella Donna is NOT in this issue!

Godzilla: Half Century War #1
James Stokoe (w & a)
Introducing a new and exciting look at Godzilla's reign of destruction, courtesy of Orc Stain creator James Stokoe! The year is 1954 and Lieutnant Ota Murakami is on hand when Godzilla makes first landfall in Japan. Along with his pal Kentaro, Ota makes a desperate gamble to save lives... and in the process begins an obsession with the King of the Monsters that lasts fifty years! Don't miss the first decade in a tale of a lifetime!      

It Girl and the Atomics #1
story JAMIE S. RICH, MICHAEL ALLRED & MIKE NORTON
art MIKE NORTON
cover MICHAEL & LAURA ALLRED
Fresh from the pages of Mike Allred's MADMAN: Snap City's favorite heroine is ready for her own crimefighting adventures! With the Atomics boys in outer space, it's up to It Girl to keep the streets safe. Easier said than done: The Skunk, the man who murdered her sister, is out of jail and back to old tricks. Meanwhile, Dr. Flem has a brand new space-time experiment and wants It Girl to be his guinea pig!

Moonstone's Modern Myths - Thor, Unkillable Thunder Christ
(W) Eric M Esquivel (A/CA) Ander Sarabia
Real Gods don't get nailed to crosses, they bludgeon their enemies to death with giant hammers. Featuring a guest appearance by Blackest Terror! The second installation of Esquivel and Sarabia's thought provoking and hilarious Modern Myths series.

All books out today:
Antarctic Press
Gearhearts: Steampunk Glamor Revue #3
Gold Digger #140

Archaia Studios Press
Mouse Guard - The Black Axe #5

Archie Comics
Kevin Keller #4
Mega Man #16
Sonic Super Special Magazine #4

Aspen
Executive Assistant: Assassins #2
Idolized #1

Boom Studios
Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #2
Fanboys Vs. Zombies #5

Cartoon Books
RASL: The Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla

Dark Horse Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #12
Conan the Barbarian #7
Creep #0
Massive #3
Star Wars: Knight Errant - Escape #3
Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith - Spiral #1
Strain #7

DC Comics
Batgirl 12
Batman 12
Batman and Robin 12
Batman: Arkham Unhinged 5
Before Watchmen - Ozymandias 2
Deathstroke 12
Demon Knights 12
Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. 12
Grifter 12
Legion Lost 12
Night Force 6
Ravagers 4
Resurrection Man 12
Scooby-Doo: Where Are You? 24
Suicide Squad 12
Superboy 12

Deathstroke: Legacy (SC)
OMAC: OMAC-tivate! (SC)
World's Finest (SC)

DC Comics / Vertigo
American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares 3
Fairest 6
Punk Rock Jesus 2

Dynamite Entertainment
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files - Fool Moon #7
Pantha #3
Red Sonja: Atlantis Rises #1
Thun'Da #1
Vampirella #20
Vampirella Annual #2
Voltron: Year One #4
Warriors of Mars #4

IDW Publishing
Deadworld - War of the Dead #2
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #181
Godzilla: Half Century War #1
KISS #3
Magic: The Gathering - The Spell Thief #2
Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who - Assimilation2 #1 (3rd printing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Micro Series #1: Raphael
Transformers: Robots in Disguise #8

Image Comics
Bloodstrike #29
Blue Estate #12
Creator-Owned Heroes #3
Dancer #4
Hoax Hunters #2
It Girl and the Atomics #1
Revival #1 (2nd printing)

Image Comics / Top Cow
Artifacts #20

Marvel Comics
Astonishing X-Men: Children of the Brood
Avengers Assemble #6
Avengers Vs. X-Men #5 (2nd printing)
Avengers Vs. X-Men #6 (2nd printing)
Captain America #16
Captain America and Iron Man #635
Daredevil Annual #1
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #2
Fantastic Four #609
Gambit #1
Incredible Hulk #12
Marvel Universe - Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #5
Mighty Thor #18
New Avengers #29
Scarlet Spider #8
Sensational Spider-Man #33.1
Space Punisher #2
Spider-Men #4
Venom #22
Wolverine #311
X-Factor Vol. 4: Super Unnatural
X-Men: Legacy #271

Scarlet Spider: Life After Death (HC)

Moonstone
Moonstone's Modern Myths - Thor, Unkillable Thunder Christ

Oni Press, Inc.
Wasteland #39

Red 5 Comics
Atomic Robo and the Flying She-Devils of the Pacific #2
Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #5

Titan Books
Lenore Volume 2 #6

United Plankton Pictures
Spongebob Comics #11

Valiant Comics
Archer & Armstrong #1
X-O Manowar #2 (2nd printing)

Zenescope Entertainment
Monster Hunters' Survival Guide Case Files: Chupacabra
Waking - Dreams End #3

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

August 1, 2012 Weekly Highlights

Animal Man (series 2) 12
Written by JEFF LEMIRE
Co-story written by Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire
Art by STEVE PUGH
Cover by STEVE PUGH with YANICK PAQUETTE
* Prelude to "ROTWORLD"!
* Continued in this month's SWAMP THING #12.
* BUDDY and ALEC go into the Rot, and events from the last year of both series are recapped for new readers

Black Kiss 2 #1
story / art / cover HOWARD CHAYKIN
Sex, death, and the movies -- what else really matters?
Nearly twenty five years ago, HOWARD CHAYKIN brought the 80s to a close, and comics to the brink, with his landmark erotic thriller, BLACK KISS. Now, after years of anticipation, he's back with issue one of BLACK KISS II, a six-part miniseries that tells the story behind that legendary story - like the original, in glorious black and white.
And really, now - does it have to be so dirty?

Hawkeye #1
MATT FRACTION (w) * DAVID AJA (a)
* The breakout star of this summer's blockbuster AVENGERS film and self-made hero Hawkeye fights for justice!
* With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he's out to prove himself as one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes!
* Matt Fraction & David Aja (IMMORTAL IRON FIST) reunite to tell the on-going tales of the Arrow-Avenger!
variant Amazing Spider-Man 50th Anniversary cover - Pasqual Ferry
variant cover - Adi Granov

Think Tank #1
story MATT HAWKINS
art RAHSAN EKEDAL & BRIAN REBER
FIGHTING THE MAN... WITH SCIENCE!
Dr. David Loren is many things: child prodigy, inventor, genius, slacker... mass murderer. When a military think tank's smartest scientist decides he can no longer stomach creating weapons of destruction, will he be able to think his way out of his dilemma or find himself subject to the machinations of smaller men?
Cover B - Bagus Hutomo Retailer Incentive


Monocyte (HC)
Menton3 & Kasra Ghanbari (w) * Menton3 (a & c)
Two warring immortal races rule a scarred world where time has no meaning. Death (Azrael) sits impotent, quietly planning his restoration. He summons Monocyte, a forgotten immortal necromancer who long ago chose sleep in his failed quest to die. With a fatal pact sealed, Monoctye strikes out as Azrael's vicious proxy.


All new books:

Ape Entertainment
Strawberry Shortcake #1

Archie Comics
Sonic the Hedgehog #239

Aspen
Michael Turner's Soulfire #1

Avatar Press, Inc. / Boundless Comics
War Goddess #9

Bongo Entertainment, Inc.
Futurama Comics #62
Simpsons Illustrated #3

Boom Studios
Garfield #4
Higher Earth #3
Hypernaturals #2
Planet of the Apes Annual #1

Cartoon Books
RASL #15

Dark Horse Comics
Beasts of Burden - Neighborhood Watch
Mind MGMT #3

DC Comics
Action Comics 12
Animal Man 12
Batwing 12
Before Watchmen - Nite Owl 2
Detective Comics 12
Dial H 4
Earth 2 4
G. I. Combat 4
Green Arrow 12
Justice League International 12
Looney Tunes 208
Red Lanterns 12
Smallville Season 11 4
Stormwatch 12
Swamp Thing 12
Worlds' Finest 4

Action Comics: Superman and the Men of Steel (HC)
Superboy: Incubation (SC)

DC Comics / Vertigo
iZombie 28
Sweet Tooth 36

House of Mystery: Desolation (SC)

Desperado Publishing
Deadworld - War of the Dead #1

Dynamite Entertainment
Boys #69
Dark Shadows / Vampirella #1
Lone Ranger #8
Merciless: The Rise of Ming #3
Ninjettes #6
Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time #28: The Eye of the World
Shadow #4
Spider #4
Warlord of Mars #20

IDW Publishing
30 Days of Night #9
Cape - 1969 #2
Infected #1
Love and Capes - What to Expect #1
Transformers: Regeneration One #82

Monocyte (HC)

Image Comics
Alpha Girl #4
Black Kiss 2 #1
Dancer #2 (2nd printing)
Epic Kill #4
Godland #36
Harvest #1
Manhattan Projects #4 (2nd printing)
Mind the Gap #3
Mondo #3
Revival #1 (Third Eye Comics / Awesome Conventions cover)
Saga #4 (2nd printing)
Spawn #222
Thief of Thieves #6 (2nd printing)
Thief of Thieves #7

Image Comics / Top Cow
Think Tank #1
Marvel Comics
Age of Apocalypse #6
Avengers Academy #34
Avengers Vs. X-Men #0 (6th printing)
Avengers Vs. X-Men #1 (6th printing)
Avengers Vs. X-Men #2 (6th printing)
Avengers Vs. X-Men #9
Avenging Spider-Man #10
Daredevil #16
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #1
Defenders #9
First X-Men #1
Hawkeye #1
Invincible Iron Man #522
Muppets #2
Peter Parker: Spider-Man #156.1
Ultimate Spider-Man #13
X-Factor #241
X-Men #33

New X-Men Omnibus (HC)
Punisher by Greg Rucka (SC)

Marvel Comics / MAX
Fury MAX #5

Oni Press, Inc.
Courtney Crumrin #4