Wednesday, January 21, 2009

SHIPPING LIST: JANUARY 21, 2009
You can probably find complete shipping list updates on most major comics sites. Consider this an opportunity to either do all your info-shopping in the one place, or get a speculative perspective on what might be worth checking out. These are untested reads. Secret Wars on Infinite Earths can offer no guarantee or endorsement of quality. These are simply titles that may be of potential interest. Some items may ship late.

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Now you'll find Amazon purchase links to hardcovers, trade paperbacks, and other collections, not only on regular entries -- but also new releases at the bottom of the Shipping List, and now a whole catalogue of potential purchases via the Infinite Wars: Amazonian Gift Shop. [Men are also welcome!] By shopping with Amazon via our purchase links, you not only find yourself a great deal, but also sponsor future entries on the Infinite Wars.

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The Independents...
NOV084146 DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #6 $3.99
NOV084300 STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS CHUN LI #1 (OF 4) A CVR DOGAN $3.95
OCT083926 STUART & KATHRYN IMMONENS NEVER BAD AS YOU THINK HC (MR) $15.99
NOV084204 TALES OF TMNT #54 $3.25
NOV084305 TEZUKAS BLACK JACK TP VOL 03 $16.95
SEP083915 ZORRO #9 FOIL CVR $19.99

The Corporates...
NOV080156 BIRDS OF PREY #126 (FOE) $2.99
NOV080133 BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #2 (OF 6) $2.99
NOV082371 DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #1 $2.99
NOV080126 FACES OF EVIL DEATHSTROKE #1 (FOE) $2.99
NOV082407 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #9 $2.99
NOV080167 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #29 (FOE) $2.99
NOV082385 MOON KNIGHT #26 $2.99
NOV082427 PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #66 (MR) $3.99
NOV080149 ROBIN #182 (FOE) $2.99
NOV080166 SPIRIT #25 $2.99
NOV080155 SUPERGIRL #37 (FOE) $2.99
NOV080135 TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #11 (OF 12) $2.99
NOV080120 TRINITY #34 $2.99
NOV082334 WAR MACHINE #2 DKR $2.99

The Spotlight...
- NOV080159 BRAVE AND THE BOLD #21 $2.99
I couldn't honestly say this is a title I've had much interest in (since the first issue), but it stands to reason that each issue might be assessed on the merits of it's starring combo. In that respect, it's hard not to at least acknowledge a Brave and the Bold line-up of Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen! It just seems right! Of course, throwing the Green Lantern against a sinister counterpart isn't exactly going to win any awards when Geoff Johns is doing much the same in the same week, albeit, in a much more expansive sense. Consider yourself informed, if not excited.

- NOV082323 DARK AVENGERS #1 DKR $3.99
This issue has a checklist of expectations it would want to meet to fend off being yet another monumental disappointment on the Marvel catalogue (regardless of the number of peasants propping it on top of the sales). It's going to want to begin with the core cast already gathered; it's going to want to make the identity of the majority of the cast clear; it's going to want to conclusively tell a piece of a story; and it's going to want to avoid trying to tease a flimsy mystery that's easily guessed at months ahead of time. Given that Brian Bendis is writing, these might be particularly difficult requisites to satisfy, but here's hoping! (Also, why are they using "DKR" to signify Dark Reign issues?...)

- NOV080122 FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #2 (OF 2) $4.50
Ugh! After reading the first issue, lord knows my enthusiasm for the various Final Crisis tie-ins reached a new pinnacle, but damn! At a meagre thirty pages, one can only assume the $4.50 price tag is paying for the 3D gimmick, which, admittedly, I haven't even tried. Next to the concluding issue of Final Crisis itself; the second-half of Grant Morrison's interdimensional mini-epic might just be the issue I'm most anticipating! Doug Mahnke's art is absolutely glorious, and thankfully, not too interrupted by the smeared meta-gimmick of 3D/4D vision. If only DC was aware that here in the real world we're facing a crisis of our own! I would've liked to have thought the state of the world economy might encourage the major publishers to finally draw a line in the sand, but prices seem only to continue to rise.

- OCT080147 GREEN LANTERN #37 (FOE) $2.99
That expansive Geoff Johns epic pitting Lantern against Lantern? This would be it.
Rage of the Red Lanterns rolls on as the first of the Black Lanterns becomes revealed through an action figure solicitation! I'm doing my darndest not to spoil it (away from a seperate article), but if you find yourself curious, the hero in question is one of our outsider picks from last year! Dubbed a "prologue" to July's Blackest Night, don't be fooled! Johns' Red Lanterns are an action packed thriller unto themselves!

- NOV082382 MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #32 $2.99
The Avengers are in trouble for potential tax evasion and the IRS wants answers!!! What are Earth's mightiest heroes to do with their secret identities in peril? Submit willingly to government sanctions? Fight tooth-and-nail against one and other in a battle of ideals? Get snipered by Crossbones?! No, stupid! They're going to buy their way out of trouble by helping collect unpaid taxes from some of the Marvel Universe's most dangerous villains! Bullseye, Man-Bull, Absorbing Man, Whirlwind, and... Oog?!
Marvel Adventures: Won't let you down!

- NOV080153 SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL #3 $3.99
Anyone experiencing health issues as a result of the potential death of Batman -- whoa now! It's not the end of the world! DC continue to publish various series (and reprints) of stories set in the times before his apparent death. I can't be certain what the issue entails, but if I had to guess, it might just be about to reestablish the Composite Superman into accepted continuity. For those who came in late: he's a wacky Silver Age manic-depressive villain who was rescued from death by Superman, employed as a janitor in his super-museum, and was struck by lightning in front of the Legion of Superheroes display, mysteriously granting him their entire array of powers! Still bitter about life, he donned a split costume, half-Superman/half-Batman, and bedevilled the World's Finest on a couple of occasions before disappearing into obscurity. I once; quite some time before Infinite Crisis; fancied the idea of pitching a concept that made him a survivor of the Crisis on Infinite Earths in much the same way Superboy-Prime, and Earth-2 Superman, were. So much for that idea! You snooze, you lose! Here's hoping any reintroduction does the character's potential justice!

- NOV082332 THUNDERBOLTS #128 DKR $2.99
If Dark Avengers turns out to be a bust, you might like to invest your dollar into Thunderbolts! With Norman Osborn (character) fast becoming the new centre of the Marvel Universe, the title is sure to pick up from the potential left by Warren Ellis (writer)! There's always a little bit of excitement around a T-bolts roster change, too, particularly when the man in charge is slowly losing his grip on reality! (Osborn; not current writer, Andy Diggle). Among the new recruits; Paladin, The Ghost, Black Widow (Yelena Bolova), and Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)!


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Know Your Trade...
OCT080164 BATMAN THE STRANGE DEATHS OF BATMAN TP $19.99
NOV082478 ESSENTIAL WOLVERINE TP VOL 01 NEW PTG $16.99
NOV082477 FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE TP VOL 00 $24.99
SEP080168 HARLEY QUINN PRELUDES AND KNOCK KNOCK JOKES TP $19.99
NOV082469 IMMORTAL IRON FIST TP VOL 03 BOOK OF IRON FIST $16.99
OCT080173 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA LIGHTNING SAGA TP $17.99
SEP080176 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SANCTUARY HC $19.99
OCT072157 POWERS HC VOL 02 DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (RES) (MR) $29.99
NOV082462 SECRET INVASION TP HOME INVASION $14.99
OCT083926 STUART & KATHRYN IMMONENS NEVER BAD AS YOU THINK HC (MR) $15.99
NOV084305 TEZUKAS BLACK JACK TP VOL 03 $16.95
OCT080225 TOKYO DAYS BANGKOK NIGHTS TP (MR) $19.99



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