May 29, 2013 Weekly Highlights

Adventures of Superman #1
Written by Jeff Parker, Jeff Lemire and Justin Jordan
Art by Chris Samnee, Jeff Lemire and Riley Rossmo
Don't miss the debut of this all-new, digital-first series starring The Man of Tomorrow, written and illustrated by some of comics' finest talents!
variant cover - Chris Samnee

Clive Barker's Next Testament #1
Written by Clive Barker and Mark Miller
Art by Haemi JangThe first original comic series created and written by Clive Barker is here! Julian Demond, captain of industry, has left behind everything to begin a walkabout -- he believes he's on a mission from God. While in the wasteland, he comes across a figure unlike any other, who calls himself Wick...and claims to be God. Their journey will span the globe, as neither man merely wants to make a mark on the world, but a scar.
Clive Barker, with internationally acclaimed artist Haemi Jang, come together to create the next legendary work in the canon of one of the great writers of our era. 
Cover B - Ben Oliver Retailer Incentive

X-Men #1
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Oliver Coipel
Because you demanded it! The X-Women finally get their own book, from critically acclaimed superstars Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel! An old enemy shows up at the X-Men's door, seeking asylum from an ancient evil come back to earth. Meanwhile, Jubilee has come home, and she's brought with her an orphaned baby who might hold the key to the earth's survival...or its destruction. Against a backdrop of what seems like an alien invasion and an eons-spanning war between brother and sister, Storm steps up and puts together a team to protect the child and stop a new threat that could destroy all life on earth!
variant 50th Anniversary cover - Joe Madureira
variant Baby cover - Skottie Young
variant blank cover
variant cover - Milo Manara
variant cover - Terry Dodson
variant Deadpool cover - Arthur Suydam

Wake #1
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Sean Murphy
"THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN THERE..."
When Marine Biologist Lee Archer is approached by the Department of Homeland Security for help with a new threat, she declines, but quickly realizes they won't take no for an answer. Soon she is plunging to the depths of the Arctic Circle to a secret, underwater oilrig where they've discovered something miraculous and terrifying...
Writer Scott Snyder and artist Sean Murphy bring their acclaimed talents to this sci-fi/horror epic that explores the horrors of the deep, probes the origins of human history, and leaps far beyond to a frightening future.
variant cover - Andy Kubert

All new comics:
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENTPirate Eye A Pirate's Life Is Not For Me (One Shot)
Princeless Volume 2 #3 (Of 4)

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONSArchie #644
Sonic The Hedgehog #249

ASPEN COMICSDead Man's Run #5
Executive Assistant Assassins #11

AVATAR PRESSCrossed Badlands #29

BONGO COMICSFuturama Comics #67
Simpsons Summer Shindig #7

BOOM! STUDIOSAdventure Time Annual #1
Clive Barker's Next Testament #1 (Of 12)
Deathmatch #6

BROADSWORD COMICSTarot Witch Of The Black Rose #80

CRYSTAL PRODUCTIONSSilence And Co GN (Chicago store only)

DARK HORSE COMICSAmala's Blade #2 (Of 4)
Angel And Faith #22
B.P.R.D. Vampire #3 (Of 5)
Dragon Age Until We Sleep #3 (Of 3)
King Conan The Hour Of The Dragon #1 (Of 6)
Last Of Us American Dreams #1 (Of 4) (2nd Printing)
Last Of Us American Dreams #2 (Of 4)
Star Wars Omnibus Wild Space Volume 1 TP

DC COMICSAdventures Of Superman #1
Batman Noir Eduardo Risso HC (Deluxe Edition)
Batman The Dark Knight Annual #1
Catwoman Annual #1
Earth 2 Annual #1
Injustice Gods Among Us #4 (2nd Printing)
Injustice Gods Among Us #5
Justice League Of America #4
Phantom Stranger Volume 1 A Stranger Among Us TP
Red Hood And The Outlaws Annual #1
Smallville Season 11 Special #1
DC COMICS/VERTIGOLucifer Volume 1 TP (Chicago store only)
Wake #1 (Of 10)

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENTGreen Hornet Legacy #37
Jennifer Blood First Blood #5 (Of 6)
Red Sonja #76
Shadow Year One #3 (Of 10)
Warlord Of Mars #25

IDW PUBLISHINGDanger Girl Trinity #2 (Of 4)
Doctor Who Prisoners Of Time #5 (Of 12)
G.I. JOE #4
Godzilla #12
Jericho Season 4 #3 (Of 5)
Jinnrise #5 (Of 5)
Kill Shakespeare The Tide Of Blood #4 (Of 5)
My Little Pony Micro-Series #4 (Of 6)
Popeye Classics #10
Star Trek #21
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22
Transformers More Than Meets The Eye #17
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters #1

IMAGE COMICSChew #34
Clone #7
East of West #1 (1st printing, variant cover)
East Of West #2 (2nd Printing)
Elephantmen #48
Five Weapons #4 (Of 5)
Lost Vegas #3 (Of 4)
Mind The Gap #10
Morning Glories #27
Peter Panzerfaust #10 (variant Diamond Retailer Summit 2013 cover)
Thief Of Thieves #14

KENZER AND COMPANYKnights Of The Dinner Table #198

KODANSHA COMICSGhost In Shell Stand Alone Complex Volume 4 GN (Chicago store only)

MARVEL COMICSAge Of Ultron #5 (Of 10) (2nd Printing)
All-New X-Men Volume 2 Here To Stay HC
Avenging Spider-Man #21
Captain America #7
Captain Universe The Hero Who Could Be You #1
Dark Avengers #190
Deadpool Volume 1, Dead Presidents TP
Doctor Strange The Oath TP (Chicago store only)
Fury MAX #12
Gambit #13
Hawkeye #9 (2nd Printing)
Indestructible Hulk #8
Iron Man #258.4
Marvel Noir Spider-Man Punisher TP
Morbius The Living Vampire #5
New Avengers #6
Punisher Enter The War Zone TP
Savage Wolverine #5
Superior Spider-Man Volume 1 My Own Worst Enemy TP
Thor God Of Thunder Volume 1 The God Butcher HC
Ultimate Comics X-Men By Brian Wood Volume 1 TP
Uncanny X-Force #5
Uncanny X-Men #4 (2nd Printing)
Venom #35
Wolverine And The X-Men #30
X-Men #1

MARZ PUBLISHINGJinn Warriors Preview Book

RED 5 COMICSAtomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures #8

STORM KING PRODUCTIONSJohn Carpenter's Asylum #1

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENTGrimm Fairy Tales #85
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Realm Knights #1
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Wonderland #11
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Wonderland Down The Rabbit Hole #1 (Of 5)

May 22, 2013 Weekly Highlights

Akaneiro #1
Written by Justin Aclin
Art by Vasilis Lolos
From the brilliant imagination of video game auteur American McGee comes a dazzling re-envisioning of Red Riding Hood set in the wondrous world of Japanese folklore! Justin Aclin and Vasilis Lolos take Kani -- a young woman torn between two cultures -- on an epic adventure battling devious yokai for the fate of her world!
* Based on the hot new game by American McGee's Spicy Horse Games!

Bounce #1
written by Joe Casey
art and cover by David Messina
FIRST ISSUE SPECTACULAR! Meet the ultimate slacker superhero for the 21st Century! Jasper Jenkins is a super-head AND a super-hero! He's relatable AND reliable and he's embarking on the adventure of a lifetime! The sensational debut of the new feel-good hero of the decade! You can't afford to miss it!

Green Lantern (series 5) 20
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Doug Mahnke & various
It's the final battle against the First Lantern and the Guardians in this, the extra-sized finale of Geoff Johns' historic run on the title! Plus, don't miss a special retrospective on Geoff's run on GL!
Combo-Pack edition
Variant sketch cover

Green Team: Teen Trillionaires 1
Written by Art Baltazar & Franco
Art by Ig Guara
INVENTORS! EXPLORERS! ADVENTURERS! Do you need money to finance an important project? Then you should set up a meeting with THE GREEN TEAM!
* Nature of world-changing idea:
* Amount requested:
* Does your project have the potential to: Fracture space-time?  Replace the combustion engine?  Attract extraterrestrial attention?  Prove/disprove existence of deities?  Piss off The Justice League?  Render the human body obsolete?
If any of the above are checked, please fill out liability release form GT2013-05. Send any 82 drawings, plans, models, or photos with request.
Variant cover - Cliff Chiang

Half Past Danger #1
Written & Art by Stephen Mooney
DAMES. DINOSAURS. DANGER. Summer, 1943, and in the midst of a war waged by monsters, Staff Sergeant Tommy 'Irish' Flynn never expected to encounter a real one. But on a remote island in the South Pacific, Flynn and his squad come face-to-fanged-face with creatures long thought dead.
Variant subscription cover

Occupy Comics #1
Written by Alan Moore & Various
Art by David Lloyd & Various
Occupy Comics brings together more than 50 comics pros to discuss and document the themes, goals, and ideals of the Occupy movement while also raising funds to support it. With a roster spanning from legends like Alan Moore & David Lloyd (V For Vendetta) to rising stars like Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) to icons like Art Spiegelman (Maus), Occupy Comics is a once-in-a-lifetime coalition of intelligent creatives using sequential art to record history as it's being made.

Solid State Tank Girl #1
Written by Alan Martin
Art by Warwick J. Cadwell
Tank Girl, Jet Girl, Booga and Barney are back, in a mission to save their favorite little radio store. Everything goes to plan, but somewhere along the line Booga manages to electronically summon a gang of evil counterparts, fronted by the darkest bitch on the planet -- Anti-Tank Girl! The fight is to the death, as each gang member draws on their deepest, most screwed-up powers to eliminate their own personal nemesis. Things are about to get very dark, very bloody, and very stupid.

All new comics:
12-GAUGE COMICS
Anti #4 (Of 4)

ANTARCTIC PRESS
Gold Digger #200

ASPEN COMICS
Jirni #2 (Of 5)

AVATAR PRESS
Crossed Badlands #28

BLACK MASK COMICSOccupy Comics #1

BONGO COMICS
Bart Simpson Comics #83

BOOM! STUDIOS
Adventure Time #16
Adventure Time With Fionna And Cake #5 (Of 6)
Bravest Warriors #1 (Of 6)(Jason Ho Long Beach Comic Con Variant Cover)
Clive Barker's Hellraiser The Dark Watch #4
Steed And Mrs Peel #8

DARK HORSE COMICS
Akaneiro #1 (Of 3)
Dark Horse Presents #24
Deep Sea (One Shot)
House Of Gold And Bones #2 (Of 2)
Lobster Johnson Satan Smells A Rat (One Shot)
Massive #12
Mind MGMT #11
Star Wars Dawn Of The Jedi Prisoner Of Bogan #5 (Of 5)
Star Wars Legacy Volume 2 Prisoner Of The Floating World #3

DC COMICS
All-Star Western #20
Aquaman #20
Arrow #7
Batman Beyond Unlimited #16
Batman Incorporated #11
Batman Li'l Gotham #2
Batman The Dark Knight #20
Constantine #1 2nd Printing)
Demon Knights Volume 2 The Avalon Trap TP
Flash #20
Fury Of Firestorm The Nuclear Man #20
Green Lantern #20
Green Lantern New Guardians #20
Green Team Teen Trillionaires #1
Justice League #20
Justice League Dark #20
Red Lanterns #20
Savage Hawkman #20
Superman #20
Talon #8
Teen Titans #20

DC/VERTIGO
Unwritten #49

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Damsels #7
Dark Shadows Year One #2
Masks #7 (Of 8)
Red Sonja #75
IDW PUBLISHING
Doctor Who #9
G.I. JOE The Cobra Files #2
Ghostbusters #4
Half Past Danger #1 (Of 6)
Judge Dredd #7
KISS Solo #3 (Of 4)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Microseries #2 (Of 4) (Baxter Stockman)
Transformers Robots In Disguise #17
True Blood #13

IMAGE COMICS
Activity #13
Bounce #1
Dia De Los Muertos #3 (Of 3)
Five Ghosts The Haunting Of Fabian Gray #3 (Of 5)
Invincible Universe #1 (2nd Printing)
Miniature Jesus #2 (Of 5)
Nowhere Men #5
Revival #10
Sex #3

MARVEL COMICS
A+X #8
A+X Volume 1 = Awesome TP
Age Of Ultron #4 (Of 10) (2nd Printingr)
All-New X-Men #10 (2nd Printing)
Amazing Spider-Man #700 (4th Printing)
Avengers #12
Daredevil #26
Deadpool #10
Fantastic Four #8
Fearless Defenders #4AU
FF By Jonathan Hickman Volume 4 TP
Iron Man #258.3
Journey Into Mystery #652
Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #14
Powers Bureau #4, $3.95
Scarlet Spider #17
Superior Spider-Man #10
Ultimate Comics Wolverine #4 (Of 4)
Uncanny Avengers #8AU
Uncanny X-Men #6
X-Men Legacy #11
Young Avengers #5

ONI PRESS
Sixth Gun #31
Wasteland #45

TITAN PUBLISHING
DmC Devil May Cry The Vergil Chronicles #1 (Of 2)
Solid State Tank Girl #1 (Of 4)

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Hunters The Shadowlands #1 (Of 5)
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Werewolves The Hunger #1 (Of 3)(Cover A Anthony Spay)
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Werewolves The Hunger #1 (Of 3)(Cover B Mike Krome)

May 15, 2013 Weekly Highlights

Adventure Time Original Graphic Novel Vol. 1: Playing With Fire
Written by Danielle Corsetto
Art by Zack Sterling
AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE TIME ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL! Join Flame Princess, alongside Finn and Jake, as she leaves the Flame Kingdom and goes on her very first adventure! Written by acclaimed cartoonist Danielle Corsetto (GIRLS WITH SLINGSHOTS) and drawn by rising star Zack Sterling (BRAVEST WARRIORS, ADVENTURE TIME!). A pocket black-and-white edition appealing to fans of SCOTT PILGRIM and Japanese manga!

Avengers: The Enemy Within #1
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by Scott Hepburn
Kicking off the crossover between Captain Marvel & Avengers Assemble! Vicious echoes of the Avengers' past are cropping up all over Manhattan...and a grounded Captain Marvel refuses to be left behind. Who is the sinister figure behind these incursions and what does it have to do with Carol Danvers' mysterious condition?

Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 2 #1
Written by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Art by Cezar Razek
MEMORIAL: Part 1! 2013 marks the 35th anniversary of the original Battlestar Galactica TV series and to celebrate Dynamite is launching a brand new series, written by cosmic supremos, Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (Legion, Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy)! Set in classic BSG continuity, this series celebrates 35 years of epic space opera when, following a surprise Cylon attack, Adama and the crew of the Galactica are forced to deploy Dr Zee's experimental temporal weapons with unexpected results that leave Apollo and Starbuck lost in time and space in an alternate reality with no Galactica and no way of returning home!
Variant Subscription Cover - Chris Eliopoulos
Retailer Incentive Sketch Cover - Alex Ross

Doomsday.1 #1
Written and Art by John Byrne
The Earth may have dodged a bullet on 12/21/2012, but there are worse things in store for our little blue planet. Seven adventurers aboard the International Space Station watch in horror as most of the world is decimated by a monster solar flare. And their only choice is to return to the surface, and face whatever awaits them there!
variant subscription cover - B&W wraparound

Dream Merchant #1
Written by Nathan Edmondson
Art by Konstantin Novosadov
"PART ONE."--A double-size issue to kick off a new sci-fi series from Nathan Edmondson and newcomer Konstantin Novosadov. Haunted by recurring dreams, a boy named Winslow is hunted by mysterious beings and protected by an old traveler. Soon Winslow will realize that what is in his dreams is what the rest of the world has been made to forget--and what strange entities will stop at nothing to erase from his mind.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Vol. 1
Written by Katie Cook
Art by Andy Price
Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something's not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It's up to the Mane Six to find the source of the weirdness before it's too late!

Regular Show #1
Written by K.C. Green
Art by Allison Strejlau
REGULAR SHOW... IT'S ANYTHING BUT! Cartoon Network's powerhouse series now has its own comic book series! Hot on the heels of the smash hit adaptation, ADVENTURE TIME, KaBOOM! unveils the next all-ages comic phenomenon! Join Mordecai the Bluejay and Rigby the Raccoon, a couple of best bros in their twenties just tryin' to chill for a bit, man. But when you're livin' in as crazy a world as they are, no day can be called...regular!
Dustin Nguyen Retailer Incentive


All new comics:
12-GAUGE COMICS
Anti #4 (Of 4)

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Double Jumpers #4

APE ENTERTAINMENT
Drew Hayes' Poison Elves #2

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Sonic Universe #52

ASPEN COMICS
Soulfire Volume 4 #5

AVATAR PRESS
Night Of The Living Dead Aftermath #8

BLEEDING COOL
Bleeding Cool Magazine #4

BONGO COMICS
Simpsons Comics #202

BOOM! STUDIOS
Adventure Time Marceline And The Scream Queens Volume 1 TP
Adventure Time Volume 1 Playing With Fire GN
Fanboys Vs Zombies #14
Regular Show #1

DARK HORSE COMICS
B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth #107 (Wasteland Part 1 Of 3)
Conan The Barbarian #16
Dream Thief #1 (Of 5)
Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall Of The House Of Usher #1 (Of 2)
Star Wars Darth Vader And The Ninth Assassin #2 (Of 5)
To Hell You Ride #4 (Of 5)

DC COMICS
Aquaman Volume 1 The Trench TP
Aquaman Volume 2 The Others HC
Authority Volume 1 HC
Batgirl #20
Batwoman #20
Birds Of Prey #20
Catwoman #20
Fables #129
Green Lantern The Animated Series #13
He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe #2
Injustice Gods Among Us #2 (3rd Printing)
Injustice Gods Among Us #3 (2nd Printing)
JSA The Liberty Files The Whistling Skull #6 (Of 6)
Justice League Of America's Vibe #4
Legion Of Super-Heroes #20
Nightwing #20
Red Hood And The Outlaws #20
Supergirl #20
Sword Of Sorcery #8
Wonder Woman #20

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Battlestar Galactica #1
Bionic Man Vs The Bionic Woman #5 (Of 5)
Garth Ennis' Jennifer Blood #27
Green Hornet #36
Kevin Smith's The Bionic Man #20
Lord Of The Jungle #15
Mark Waid's The Green Hornet #2
Pathfinder #7
Peter Cannon Thunderbolt #9
Shadow #13
Voltron #12

IDW PUBLISHING
Doctor Who Prisoners Of Time Volume 1 TP, $17.99
Doomsday.1 #1
G.I. JOE A Real American Hero #190
G.I. JOE Special Missions #3
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20 (2nd Printing)
Transformers Fall Of Cybertron #1 (2nd Printing)
Transformers Regeneration One #91

IMAGE COMICS
Dream Merchant #1 (Of 6)
East Of West #1 (3rd Printing)
Fatale #14
Five Ghosts The Haunting Of Fabian Gray #2 (Of 5) (2nd Printing)
Hoax Hunters Volume 2 Secrets And Lies TP
It Girl And The Atomics #10
Legend Of Luther Strode #5 (Of 6)
Non-Humans #4 (Of 4)
Peter Panzerfaust Volume 2 Hooked TP
Sex #2 (2nd Printing)
Ten Grand #1
Think Tank #7
Vescell #8

MARVEL COMICS
Age Of Ultron #3 (Of 10)
Avengers The Enemy Within #1
Cable And X-Force #8
Captain Marvel Volume 2 Down TP
Deadpool Killustrated #3 (Of 4) (2nd Printing)
FF #7
Gambit #12
Indestructible Hulk Volume 1 Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. HC
Iron Man #10
Nova #4
Superior Spider-Man #1 (4th Printing)
Superior Spider-Man #3 (3rd Printing)
Thunderbolts #9
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23
Wolverine And The X-Men #29
Wolverine MAX #7
X-Factor #256

ONI PRESS
Helheim #2 (2nd Printing)
Helheim #3

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT
Bloodshot #11
X-O Manowar #13

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Madness Of Wonderland #4 (Of 4)
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Vampires The Eternal #2 (Of 3)

Persepolis Explains Why We Can't Ban Persepolis

In March, CPS CEO Byrd-Bennet personally ordered several copies of Persepolis, a ground-breaking graphic novel about the Iranian Revolution, confiscated from school libraries, adding it, (at least in the public's mind, to the distinguished list of banned books & sparking controversy & debate.  It brought up a lot of questions; what is appropriate for teenagers to read, how illustrations effect that, and who, if anyone, should be allowed to ban books from schools, &etc...

As I pondered these questions, I re-read the graphic novel (which has also been made into a film), & the book itself seemed almost immediately to (wrongly or rightly) answer them, as the pages spoke with the voice of the little girl who survive through war, homelessness, heartbreak, & oppression to tell her story.

Marjane Satrapi was ten years old in 1980, when she watched her home country, Iran, go through a terrifying & bloody revolution that drastically changed her life.




She was taken from her mixed-gender, bilingual school & was forced to wear a veil & beat her chest for the war martyrs.  She snuck away from her home to protest in the street on Black Friday, when dozens were killed.




She conspired to beat up a classmate with nails because his father was a murdering Secret Police agent. She was the last goodbye to a prisoner facing death.  She saw her friends' corpse in a bombing.



  She watched 13-year-old boys groomed (with "keys to heaven") for battles & adults beaten by police.



Then at the age of fourteen, her worried parents sent her off to live alone while attending a French school in Austria, where she essentially lived on her own.



In short, Marjane Sartrapi is very Hardcore, even as a kid.  Throughout her life, she fights for every inch (literally, an inch of veil) of freedom in the face of state censorship & oppression.






Of course, not every child at every age is equipped to understand every aspect of serious historical tragedies & injustices, nor should they be required to.  Parents & teachers should be careful about what images they show children, & Persepolis is certainly a more "adult" book, with serious and difficult subject matter & frightening pictures.  There's lots of room for debate regarding what materials are appropriate for what kids & classrooms.



Persepolis presents a fearsome retort to the people who  by suggesting that teens & even kids can sometimes handle & overcome more than we might expect, demonstrates the value of education & artistic expression, & shows us explicitly what we can lose if we let censorship be carried too far.  It presents a story that everyone, even teenagers, should hear.

May 8, 2013 Weekly Highlights

Chin Music #1 
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Tony Harris
Shaw is a man on the run and lost in time. Fleeing ancient enemies, Shaw finds himself in prohibition-era Chicago surrounded by gangers and demons alike and caught between law enforcement and the local supernatural underground. Chin Music is a tale of mysticism and violence like nothing you've experienced before.

Hellblazer Vol. 5: Dangerous Habits (SC)
Written by Garth Ennis & Jamie Delano
Art by Sean Phillips, Dave McKean, Malcom Jones III, and more
After surviving confrontations with demons, elementals, cultists and serial killers, John Constantine now faces the one enemy he can't outrun or outwit - his own malfunctioning flesh.
Decades of chain smoking have taken their inevitable toll, and Constantine's tortured lungs have blossomed into malignancy. The diagnosis is clear and inescapable: terminal, inoperable cancer. The world's greatest magician has, at the most, two months left before his body gives up the ghost, and he knows exactly what will happen after that. The ruler of Hell has some very special plans for the soul of John Constantine - and eternity itself may not be enough time to undertake all of the tortures he is readying.

X #1
Written by Duane Swierczynski
Art by Eric Nguyen
The enigmatic vigilante X has shattered Arcadia's criminal triumvirate, the Three Pigs, and fixed his eye on an even tougher target. But with the police department AND the crime establishment teamed up against him, muckraking blogger Leigh Ferguson may be X's only ally! The brutal story of Dark Horse's bloodiest hero begins anew!
* Swierczynski and Nguyen relaunch the classic Dark Horse vigilante!
* X is the letter of the law!
variant cover - Paolo Rivera

All new comics:
APE ENTERTAINMENT
Drew Hayes' Poison Elves #1 (2nd Printing)

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Life With Archie #29
Mega Man #25
Sonic Super Special Magazine #7

ASPEN COMICS
Executive Assistant Assassins #10
Fathom Volume 4 #9
Legend Of The Shadowclan #4 (Of 5)

AVATAR PRESS
Ferals #14
Uber #0 (Enhanced Edition)
Uber #1

BIG DOG INK
Critter #11
Legend Of Oz The Scarecrow #1
Legend Of Oz The Wicked West #7

BLACK MASK COMICS
12 Reasons To Die #1

BONGO COMICS
Mylo Xyloto #4

BOOM! STUDIOS
Bravest Warriors #8
Grace Randolph's Supurbia #7

DARK HORSE COMICS
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 #21
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 3 Guarded TP
Creepy Comics #12
Star Wars #5
X #1 (Of 4)

DC COMICS
Batman #20
Batman And Red Hood #20
Batman Arkham Unhinged #14
Batman Incorporated Volume 1 Demon Star HC
Constantine #3
DC Entertainment Essentials And Chronology 2013
Deathstroke #20
Demon Knights #20
Green Lantern Corps #20
Injustice Gods Among Us #1 (3rd Printing)
Justice League Of America #3
Katana #4
Legion Of Super-Heroes Volume 2 The Dominators TP
Ravagers #12
Ravagers Volume 1 The Kids From N.O.W.H.E.R.E. TP
Smallville Season 11 #13
Suicide Squad #20
Superboy #20
Team 7 #8
Threshold #5

DC COMICS/VERTIGO
Hellblazer Volume 5 Dangerous Habits TP

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Damsels Mermaids #1
Dark Shadows #16
Garth Ennis' Battlefields #6 (Of 6)
Grimm #1
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files Ghoul Goblin #4 (Of 6)
Red Sonja Annual #4
Vampirella #29
Warlord Of Mars #24
Warlord Of Mars Dejah Thoris #25

IDW PUBLISHING
Fever Ridge A Tale Of MacArthur's Jungle War #3 (Of 8)
Memorial Imaginary Fiends #3 (Of 3)
Rocketeer Hollywood Horror #4 (Of 4)
Star Trek #20

IMAGE COMICS
Chin Music #1
Prophet #35
Storm Dogs #5 (Of 6)
Thief Of Thieves Volume 2 TP
Walking Dead #110
Witchblade #166

KENZER AND COMPANY
Knights Of The Dinner Table #197

MARVEL COMICS
Alpha Big Time #4 (Of 5)
Astonishing X-Men #62
Avengers #11
Avengers Arena #9
Avengers Arena Volume 1 Kill Or Die TP
Avengers Assemble #15AU
Avengers Heart Of Stone TP
Avengers Vs X-Men Companion HC
Avenging Spider-Man #20
Avenging Spider-Man Threats And Menaces TP
Castle A Calm Before The Storm #5 (Of 5)
Deadpool #9
Fearless Defenders #4
Iron Man #258.2
Marvel Universe The Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes #14
Secret Avengers #4
Spider-Men TP
Thor God Of Thunder #8
Thunderbolts Volume 1 No Quarter TP
Ultimate Comics The Ultimates #24
Uncanny Avengers #8
Uncanny X-Force #4
Wolverine #3

TITAN PUBLISHING
CLiNT 2.0 #7

UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES
SpongeBob Comics #20

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT
Archer And Armstrong #0
Harbinger #0 (2nd Printing)
Harbinger #12

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Robyn Hood Wanted #1 (Of 5)

May 1, 2013 Weekly Highlights

Free Comic Book Day is only three days away!  The details for the Chicago store are here.

There are all sorts of new $1 first issues from Image:
Bedlam (series 3) #1 (Image Firsts edition)
Great Pacific #1 (Image Firsts edition)
Mind the Gap #1 (Image Firsts edition)
Morning Glories #1 (Image Firsts edition)
Peter Panzerfaust #1 (Image Firsts edition)
Super Dinosaur #1 (Image Firsts edition)

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Archer & Armstrong (series 2) #1 One Dollar Debut edition
Bloodshot (series 3) No. 1 One Dollar Debut edition
Harbinger (series 2) No. 1 One Dollar Debut edition
Shadowman (series 4) #1 One Dollar Debut edition
X-O Manowar (series 3) #1 One Dollar Debut edition

Mister X - Eviction #1
Written and Penciled by Dean Motter
Inked by Hamid Bahrami
Dean Motter and his groundbreaking creation are back in a new series perfect for first-time readers and longtime fans! Radiant City's government has been overtaken in a coup, and only the mysterious Mister. X can stop its new masters from using authoritarian psychetecture to remake the minds of every citizen!

Movement 1
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Freddie Williams II
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.
variant sketch cover

Suicide Risk #1
Written by Mike Carey
Art by Elena Casagrande
Super-powered people are inexplicably rising from the streets and there's a big problem: Too many supervillains, not enough superheroes. Heroes are dying, and cops are dying twofold. Humanity is under-powered and good people are suffering untold tragedies trying to stem the flow. Beat cop Leo Winters is one of those struggling to make a difference. And the answer just might come in the form of two lowlifes with a dark secret.
A new ongoing series by award-winning author Mike Carey (X-MEN, THE UNWRITTEN) and fan-favorite artist Elena Casagrande (HULK, HACK/SLASH). SUICIDE RISK is a high octane, mind-bending series created by one of the industry's greatest storytellers.
retailer incentive cover - Stephanie Hans

Ten Grand #1
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Ben Templesmith
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.
Cover A - Ben Templesmith
Cover B - Bill Sienkiewicz

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Sesame Street I Is For Imagination #1

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Cyborg 009 Chapter 000

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Archie #643
Sonic The Hedgehog #248

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Charismagic Volume 2 #1 (Of 6)

AVATAR PRESS
Dan The Unharmable #12
Fashion Beast #9

BONGO COMICS
Simpsons Illustrated #6

BOOM! STUDIOS
Garfield #13
Hypernaturals #11
Planet Of The Apes Cataclysm #9
Polarity #1 (Of 4) (2nd Printing)
Polarity #2 (Of 4)
Suicide Risk #1

DARK HORSE COMICS
47 Ronin #4 (Of 5)
Abe Sapien #2
Michael Avon Oeming's The Victories #1 (Of 5)
Mister X Eviction #1 (Of 3)
Star Wars Dark Times Fire Carrier #4 (Of 5)

DC COMICS
Action Comics #20
Ame-Comi Girls #3
Animal Man #20
Aquaman #19
Batwing #20
Detective Comics #20
Dial H #12
Earth 2 #12
Green Arrow #20
Legends Of The Dark Knight #8
Movement #1
Phantom Stranger #8
Scooby-Doo Where Are You #33
Stormwatch #20
Superman Earth One Volume 1 TP
Swamp Thing #20
World Of Warcraft Dark Riders HC
Worlds' Finest #12

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Fairest #15
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Volume 2 HC

DEVIL'S DUE ENTERTAINMENT
Plume #4 (Of 5)

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Army Of Darkness #13
Black Bat #1
George R.R. Martin's A Game Of Thrones #14
Kevin Smith's The Bionic Man #19
Miss Fury #2
Red Sonja Unchained #2 (Of 4)
Sherlock Holmes The Liverpool Demon #4 (Of 5)
Spider #11
Vampirella Strikes #5

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
3 New Stories (One Shot),

IDW PUBLISHING
Colonized #2 (Of 4)
Dungeons And Dragons Forgotten Realms Cutter #2 (Of 5)
Ghostbusters #1 (2nd Printing)
Joe Palooka #6 (Of 6)
Judge Dredd #1 (2nd Printing)
Mars Attacks #10
Star Trek Countdown To Darkness #1 (Of 4) (#rd Printing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Secret History Of The Foot Clan #2 (Of 4) (2nd Printing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Secret History Of The Foot Clan #3 (Of 4) (2nd Printing)
Transformers Spotlight Hoist #1 (One Shot)

IMAGE COMICS
68 Jungle Jim #2 (Of 4)
Activity #12
Artifacts #27
Bedlam #1 (Image Firsts Edition)
Blackacre #6
Epic Kill #10
Great Pacific #1 (Image Firsts Edition)
Invincible Universe #2
Mice Templar IV Legend #2
Mind The Gap #1 (Image Firsts Edition)
Morning Glories #1 (Image Firsts Edition)
Peter Panzerfaust #1 (Image Firsts Edition)
Savage Dragon #187
Sex #1 (3rd Printing)
Snapshot #4 (Of 4)
Son Of Merlin #4
Spawn #231
Super Dinosaur #1 (Image Firsts Edition)
Super Dinosaur #19
Ten Grand #1

MARVEL COMICS
Age Of Ultron #2 (Of 10) (2nd Printing)
Age Of Ultron #7 (Of 10)
All-New X-Men #9 (2nd Printing)
All-New X-Men #11
Cable And X-Force Volume 1 Wanted TP
Hawkeye #8 (2nd Printing)
Hawkeye #10
Indestructible Hulk #7
Iron Man #258.1
Iron Man #9
Iron Man The Coming Of The Melter
New Avengers #4 (2nd Printing)
Nova #2 (2nd Printing)
Red She-Hulk #65
Superior Spider-Man #6 (2nd Printing)
Superior Spider-Man #9
Thanos Rising #2 (Of 5)
Ultimate Comics X-Men #26
Winter Soldier #18
X-Factor #255
X-Men Legacy #10

ONI PRESS
Wasteland #44

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Archer And Armstrong #1 (One-Dollar Debut Edition)
Bloodshot #1 (One-Dollar Debut Edition)
Harbinger #1 (One-Dollar Debut Edition)
Harbinger Wars #2 (Of 4)
Shadowman #0
Shadowman #1 (One-Dollar Debut Edition)
X-O Manowar #1 (One-Dollar Debut Edition)

VEROTIK
Satanika Anniversary Special

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Grimm Fairy Tales Presents The Jungle Book Last Of The Species #3 (Of 5)