New Book Purhcases for 7/1/09
Mon 29 Jun 2009 18:59:59 | 0 comments
With the upcoming Fourth of July Weekend with the theatrical releases of Public Enemies and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs this Wednesday, and the DVD releases of 12 Rounds and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li this Tuesday, what would be entertaining to read?
At Comics to Astonish with Comic Classics as backup:
DC Comics
Batman And Robin #2, Regular Frank Quitely Cover $2.99/Incentive Andy Kubert Variant Cover $15 -$25 - In the last issue, Dick Grayson takes over the mantle of Batman while Damian is Robin as he sets up operations at Wayne Tower where it appears that some crimes are being committed by members of a freakshow where Professor Pyg shows up at a former employee's apartment to give him and his daughter a major transformation. In a blazing Gotham City police department, the new Batman and Robin face the bizarre, fighting freakshow that is the Circus of Strange and find that they don’t make as good a team as Batman had hoped! Meanwhile, the mysterious Sasha escapes from Professor Pyg and vows vengeance on the people who killed her father.
Final Crisis Aftermath Run #3 (of 5), $2.99 - In the last issue, a beaten and battered Michael Miller AKA Human Flame gets some assistance from General Immortus with some surgical enhancements from Professor Milo for his power, but after he is ordered to use his new abilities to kill another villain under his employ, he begins to feel some excruciating pain, which is a fail safe from General Immortus as a part of his probation to serve him only or else. Everything you’ve come to love about RUN! is on display this month: beatings, fire, explosions, guns, jokes at the expense of the less fortunate, stupid costumes and stupid people. You get all this entertainment plus the shocking chain of events that leads to the Human Flame getting a new girlfriend. It’s all downhill from here...
Green Lantern Corps #38 (Blackest Night Prelude), Regular Patrick Gleason Cover $2.99/Incentive Rodolfo Migliari Variant Cover $9 - $15 - In the last issue, Sodam Yat has turned Daxam's red sun into yellow giving all the Daxamites the same powers as Kryptonians as Green Lantern Ash and Saarek try to find the corpse of the Anti-Monitor and all of the Green Lantern Corps handle a major jail break on Oa, but when they handle all the convicts, Scar begins to open the door to unleash the Black Lantern power. “Emerald Eclipse” hits its shocking conclusion leading directly into BLACKEST NIGHT. The sciencell riot causes a new law to be doctored into the Book of Oa as Kyle and Guy fight against it. What fate awaits the honor guards, and who will be left standing from the riot that shook Oa to its core?
Justice League Cry for Justice #1 (of 6), Cover A $2.99/Cover B - What brings a team together? Justice! Batman and Martian Manhunter have been slaughtered. But he’s not the only hero to fall at the hands of villains. The murder has to stop, and it’s time to take the fight to the bad guys! Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Supergirl, Atom, Shazam, Congorilla and Starman unite in a cry for justice! This 6-part miniseries from James Robinson (STARMAN, SUPERMAN) and rising star artist Mauro Cascioli (TRIALS OF SHAZAM) pushes our heroes to the brink and beyond as evil can no longer be tolerated to win. But when Prometheus plans his revenge on not only the heroes, but on the very places they call home, will this new team be ready to pay the cost for the justice they seek? This time it’s personal – and it’ll only get more bloody before it’s over!
Solomon Grundy #5 (of 7), $2.99 - In the last issue, Solomon Grundy attacks the home of Molly and Alan Scott where he destroys Alan Scott's Green lantern power source and knocks over Molly Scott, but when Alan Scott takes his wife to the hospital where his power is gone, Professor Ivo sends his creation Amazo to track Solomon Grundy down. Worse on Friday! With Grundy mortally wounded, can he fend off the revenge of Professor Ivo? It’s super science versus evil power! And the bad blood between them forces Cyrus to face his past head on. Will he see through the madness and discover his killer? The end is coming, and it doesn’t look good for Solomon Grundy!
Strange Adventures #5 (of 8), $3.50 - In the last issue, Adam Strange, Captain Comet and Eye encounter the future Lord Synnar, who tells them to break out his past self in The Weird's body, as Starman investigates the vanishing stars and planets, but when they are informed by Lorn Synnar about a change in the future with regards to the Aberrant Six, they transport to the Dark Zone where they encounter an army of Weird. An army of Weird duplicates attacks Adam Strange, Comet and company! Another member of the mysterious Aberrant Six stands revealed – who it is will shock you! And Lady Styx makes her next move!
Dynamite Entertainment
Boys #32, $2.99 - In the last issue, Vought America begins their plan to decimate The Boys where The Female has been killed by a Nazi super power while The Seven has to undergo a costume transition under orders by Vought America. With the Female gone and the survivors left reeling, the Boys find out who's after them the hard way- walking straight into a nightmarish trap. Pulping teenage supes is one thing, but how will our heroes fair against a front-rank supe team of unimaginable power? Blood flies and bones shatter, as Butcher decides to meet fire with fire...
Image Comics
Spawn #193, Greg Capullo Color Cover $2.95/Greg Capullo Black and White Cover $2.95 - In the last issue, Violator's recruit begins the carnage of trying to find Claudio as Jim encounter The Freak and the angel that he encountered as Spawn until Violator arrives on the scene. SPAWN #193 packs a powerful punch: Fan-favorite artist GREG CAPULLO returns as guest artist, bringing his inimitable style to a story arc which includes three characters he is passionate about drawing. SPAWN creator TODD McFARLANE incorporated a one-issue encounter between three of Capullo’s favorite characters: detectives Sam and Twitch, who he’s perfected during his previous work on SPAWN, and the ultimate personification of evil, the Clown. McFARLANE brought the three characters face-to-face for an ominous meeting that will leave fans ravenous for the next issue.
Marvel Comics
Captain America Reborn #1, Regular Bryan Hitch Cover $3.99/Regular Alex Ross Cover $3.99/Incentive John Cassaday Variant Cover $12 - $20/Incentive John Cassady Sketch Variant $35 - $50 - From Captain America #600, Sharon Carter remembers what happened on the day that she supposedly killed Steve Rogers only to encounter the person that she gave the gun to and examines it to realize that it was not a normal gun where she arrives at a Captain America rally to inform Bucky Barnes AKA Captain America, Sam Wilson, Black Widow, and Clint Barton that Steve Rogers is still alive. The assassination of Steve Rogers in the pages of Captain America #25 shocked the world. Now, two years later, readers have the opportunity to see the return of the iconic hero. How will Brubaker and Hitch bring him back? What will this mean for current Captain America Bucky Barnes, the Red Skull, and Captain America’s supporting cast?
Fantastic Four #568, $2.99 - In the last issue, the Marquis of Death has defeated Doctor Doom by making him believe that he has won over him with giving him a glimpse of his dream in the future, but when he banishes him to the Pliocene Age to be devoured by the megalodons, he begins to take over Dorctor Doom's identity.The penultimate chapter of THE MASTER OF DOOM, as Reed Richards is offered a Solomon’s choice by the triumphant Marquis of Death!
Uncanny X-Men #513 (Utopia Part 2), Regular Terry Dodson Cover $2.99/ Incentive Simone Bianchi Variant Cover $9 - $15 - In Utopia Part 1, The X-men encounter The Dark Avengers at a rally with those for and against Proposition X in San Francisco where H.A.M.M.E.R. has declared martial law and attempts to group all mutants, but when some refuse with escape along with Emma Frost joining Osborn along with Professor X arriving on the scene, there is a major question where the real Professor X is currently being detained with Hank McCoy AKA Beast and reveals a plan to take away all of their powers. WHO ARE THE DARK X-MEN? He has his own Avengers team and now Norman Osborn has his own X-Men team. The other shoe has finally dropped and Emma Frost has betrayed Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. And that’s just one of the huge surprises in “UTOPIA”. Is that Namor? Cloak and Dagger? Professor X?! The thing that you aren’t ready for is that Osborn is right.d!
War Of Kings #5 (of 5), Regular Brandon Peterson Cover $3.99/Incentive Mike Choi Variant Cover $9 - $15 – In the last issue, Princess Lilandra attempts to take back her throne while Talon teams up with Vulcan as his protector and ally, but after the battle with the Star Jammers and the Death Commandos, Princess Lilandra is in Gladiator's arms laying near death's door. The high impact, critically acclaimed sci-fi epic rages towards its explosive climax! Last issue’s jaw-dropping cliffhanger has everyone scrambling! Vulcan’s once unbeatable and vast war machine is grinding to a halt! Black Bolt’s forces are struggling to survive! It’s all coming down to the final clash, king vs. king! But where will the other power players place their loyalty, and can anyone imagine a solution as extreme as the one Medusa is proposing?
I would also get Green Lantern Rage Of The Red Lanterns HC, where it has this description:
The War of Light begins in this hardcover collection! First, a ruthless, by-the-books new task force of Green Lanterns known as the Alpha Lanterns is born, creating tension within the heroic ranks of the Green Lantern Corps. Then, Hal Jordan battles for his life when the Red Lantern Corps, a brutal brigade of monsters fueled by rage, attacks! But nothing could prepare the heroes for the arrival of even more colored Lanterns!
Ian
At Comics to Astonish with Comic Classics as backup:
DC Comics
Batman And Robin #2, Regular Frank Quitely Cover $2.99/Incentive Andy Kubert Variant Cover $15 -$25 - In the last issue, Dick Grayson takes over the mantle of Batman while Damian is Robin as he sets up operations at Wayne Tower where it appears that some crimes are being committed by members of a freakshow where Professor Pyg shows up at a former employee's apartment to give him and his daughter a major transformation. In a blazing Gotham City police department, the new Batman and Robin face the bizarre, fighting freakshow that is the Circus of Strange and find that they don’t make as good a team as Batman had hoped! Meanwhile, the mysterious Sasha escapes from Professor Pyg and vows vengeance on the people who killed her father.
Final Crisis Aftermath Run #3 (of 5), $2.99 - In the last issue, a beaten and battered Michael Miller AKA Human Flame gets some assistance from General Immortus with some surgical enhancements from Professor Milo for his power, but after he is ordered to use his new abilities to kill another villain under his employ, he begins to feel some excruciating pain, which is a fail safe from General Immortus as a part of his probation to serve him only or else. Everything you’ve come to love about RUN! is on display this month: beatings, fire, explosions, guns, jokes at the expense of the less fortunate, stupid costumes and stupid people. You get all this entertainment plus the shocking chain of events that leads to the Human Flame getting a new girlfriend. It’s all downhill from here...
Green Lantern Corps #38 (Blackest Night Prelude), Regular Patrick Gleason Cover $2.99/Incentive Rodolfo Migliari Variant Cover $9 - $15 - In the last issue, Sodam Yat has turned Daxam's red sun into yellow giving all the Daxamites the same powers as Kryptonians as Green Lantern Ash and Saarek try to find the corpse of the Anti-Monitor and all of the Green Lantern Corps handle a major jail break on Oa, but when they handle all the convicts, Scar begins to open the door to unleash the Black Lantern power. “Emerald Eclipse” hits its shocking conclusion leading directly into BLACKEST NIGHT. The sciencell riot causes a new law to be doctored into the Book of Oa as Kyle and Guy fight against it. What fate awaits the honor guards, and who will be left standing from the riot that shook Oa to its core?
Justice League Cry for Justice #1 (of 6), Cover A $2.99/Cover B - What brings a team together? Justice! Batman and Martian Manhunter have been slaughtered. But he’s not the only hero to fall at the hands of villains. The murder has to stop, and it’s time to take the fight to the bad guys! Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Supergirl, Atom, Shazam, Congorilla and Starman unite in a cry for justice! This 6-part miniseries from James Robinson (STARMAN, SUPERMAN) and rising star artist Mauro Cascioli (TRIALS OF SHAZAM) pushes our heroes to the brink and beyond as evil can no longer be tolerated to win. But when Prometheus plans his revenge on not only the heroes, but on the very places they call home, will this new team be ready to pay the cost for the justice they seek? This time it’s personal – and it’ll only get more bloody before it’s over!
Solomon Grundy #5 (of 7), $2.99 - In the last issue, Solomon Grundy attacks the home of Molly and Alan Scott where he destroys Alan Scott's Green lantern power source and knocks over Molly Scott, but when Alan Scott takes his wife to the hospital where his power is gone, Professor Ivo sends his creation Amazo to track Solomon Grundy down. Worse on Friday! With Grundy mortally wounded, can he fend off the revenge of Professor Ivo? It’s super science versus evil power! And the bad blood between them forces Cyrus to face his past head on. Will he see through the madness and discover his killer? The end is coming, and it doesn’t look good for Solomon Grundy!
Strange Adventures #5 (of 8), $3.50 - In the last issue, Adam Strange, Captain Comet and Eye encounter the future Lord Synnar, who tells them to break out his past self in The Weird's body, as Starman investigates the vanishing stars and planets, but when they are informed by Lorn Synnar about a change in the future with regards to the Aberrant Six, they transport to the Dark Zone where they encounter an army of Weird. An army of Weird duplicates attacks Adam Strange, Comet and company! Another member of the mysterious Aberrant Six stands revealed – who it is will shock you! And Lady Styx makes her next move!
Dynamite Entertainment
Boys #32, $2.99 - In the last issue, Vought America begins their plan to decimate The Boys where The Female has been killed by a Nazi super power while The Seven has to undergo a costume transition under orders by Vought America. With the Female gone and the survivors left reeling, the Boys find out who's after them the hard way- walking straight into a nightmarish trap. Pulping teenage supes is one thing, but how will our heroes fair against a front-rank supe team of unimaginable power? Blood flies and bones shatter, as Butcher decides to meet fire with fire...
Image Comics
Spawn #193, Greg Capullo Color Cover $2.95/Greg Capullo Black and White Cover $2.95 - In the last issue, Violator's recruit begins the carnage of trying to find Claudio as Jim encounter The Freak and the angel that he encountered as Spawn until Violator arrives on the scene. SPAWN #193 packs a powerful punch: Fan-favorite artist GREG CAPULLO returns as guest artist, bringing his inimitable style to a story arc which includes three characters he is passionate about drawing. SPAWN creator TODD McFARLANE incorporated a one-issue encounter between three of Capullo’s favorite characters: detectives Sam and Twitch, who he’s perfected during his previous work on SPAWN, and the ultimate personification of evil, the Clown. McFARLANE brought the three characters face-to-face for an ominous meeting that will leave fans ravenous for the next issue.
Marvel Comics
Captain America Reborn #1, Regular Bryan Hitch Cover $3.99/Regular Alex Ross Cover $3.99/Incentive John Cassaday Variant Cover $12 - $20/Incentive John Cassady Sketch Variant $35 - $50 - From Captain America #600, Sharon Carter remembers what happened on the day that she supposedly killed Steve Rogers only to encounter the person that she gave the gun to and examines it to realize that it was not a normal gun where she arrives at a Captain America rally to inform Bucky Barnes AKA Captain America, Sam Wilson, Black Widow, and Clint Barton that Steve Rogers is still alive. The assassination of Steve Rogers in the pages of Captain America #25 shocked the world. Now, two years later, readers have the opportunity to see the return of the iconic hero. How will Brubaker and Hitch bring him back? What will this mean for current Captain America Bucky Barnes, the Red Skull, and Captain America’s supporting cast?
Fantastic Four #568, $2.99 - In the last issue, the Marquis of Death has defeated Doctor Doom by making him believe that he has won over him with giving him a glimpse of his dream in the future, but when he banishes him to the Pliocene Age to be devoured by the megalodons, he begins to take over Dorctor Doom's identity.The penultimate chapter of THE MASTER OF DOOM, as Reed Richards is offered a Solomon’s choice by the triumphant Marquis of Death!
Uncanny X-Men #513 (Utopia Part 2), Regular Terry Dodson Cover $2.99/ Incentive Simone Bianchi Variant Cover $9 - $15 - In Utopia Part 1, The X-men encounter The Dark Avengers at a rally with those for and against Proposition X in San Francisco where H.A.M.M.E.R. has declared martial law and attempts to group all mutants, but when some refuse with escape along with Emma Frost joining Osborn along with Professor X arriving on the scene, there is a major question where the real Professor X is currently being detained with Hank McCoy AKA Beast and reveals a plan to take away all of their powers. WHO ARE THE DARK X-MEN? He has his own Avengers team and now Norman Osborn has his own X-Men team. The other shoe has finally dropped and Emma Frost has betrayed Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. And that’s just one of the huge surprises in “UTOPIA”. Is that Namor? Cloak and Dagger? Professor X?! The thing that you aren’t ready for is that Osborn is right.d!
War Of Kings #5 (of 5), Regular Brandon Peterson Cover $3.99/Incentive Mike Choi Variant Cover $9 - $15 – In the last issue, Princess Lilandra attempts to take back her throne while Talon teams up with Vulcan as his protector and ally, but after the battle with the Star Jammers and the Death Commandos, Princess Lilandra is in Gladiator's arms laying near death's door. The high impact, critically acclaimed sci-fi epic rages towards its explosive climax! Last issue’s jaw-dropping cliffhanger has everyone scrambling! Vulcan’s once unbeatable and vast war machine is grinding to a halt! Black Bolt’s forces are struggling to survive! It’s all coming down to the final clash, king vs. king! But where will the other power players place their loyalty, and can anyone imagine a solution as extreme as the one Medusa is proposing?
I would also get Green Lantern Rage Of The Red Lanterns HC, where it has this description:
The War of Light begins in this hardcover collection! First, a ruthless, by-the-books new task force of Green Lanterns known as the Alpha Lanterns is born, creating tension within the heroic ranks of the Green Lantern Corps. Then, Hal Jordan battles for his life when the Red Lantern Corps, a brutal brigade of monsters fueled by rage, attacks! But nothing could prepare the heroes for the arrival of even more colored Lanterns!
Ian
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