Special Note: Things have been quiet on the Infinite Wars front over the past few months. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I'm going to find the necessary time and energy to keep the machine moving the way it used to. To get a bit more life in the place, however, I thought I might at least start looking at the shipping list from week to week, especially while I'm still actively reading! Be sure to enjoy the archive of material on the site and take advantage of Amazon links, while you're at it! Cheers!
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.
The Infinite Wars now has a gift shop!
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.
The Independents...
JAN100801 ANCHOR #6 $3.99
JAN100728 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #141 $2.50
JAN100730 ARCHIE DIGEST #262 $2.69
JAN100870 BOYS TP VOL 06 SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY (MR) $19.99
JAN100190 BPRD KING OF FEAR #3 (OF 5) $2.99
JAN101021 DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS TP VOL 05 $17.99
JAN101020 DOCTOR WHO ONGOING TP VOL 01 FUGITIVE $19.99
NOV090380 ELEPHANTMEN #24 $3.50
DEC090946 GRIMJACK OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 $24.99
DEC090410 JERSEY GODS #11 $3.50
DEC090952 PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #8 $3.99 [learn more @Chronicle Chamber]
JAN100466 SAVAGE DRAGON #158 $3.50
JAN100124 SOLOMON KANE DEATHS BLACK RIDERS #3 (OF 4) $3.50
DEC090991 TANK GIRL SKIDMARKS #4 (OF 4) $3.99
OCT091038 TICK COLOR SERIES COMPLETE WORKS TP VOL 02 $34.95
JAN101098 WWE HEROES #1 $3.99
The Corporates...
DEC090243 EX MACHINA #48 (MR) $2.99
JAN100577 HULK LET BATTLE BEGIN #1 $3.99
JAN100587 MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #21 $2.99
JAN100630 PUNISHERMAX #5 (MR) $3.99
JAN100247 RED ROBIN #10 $2.99
JAN100288 SECRET SIX #19 $2.99
JAN101129 STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS IBUKI #1 (OF 4) A CVR DOGAN $3.95
JAN100249 SUPERMAN LAST STAND OF NEW KRYPTON #1 (OF 3) $3.99
JAN100551 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99
JAN100365 UNWRITTEN #11 (MR) $2.99
JAN100623 WOLVERINE MR X #1 $3.99
The Spotlight...
- JAN100554 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 $2.99
The Gauntlet has been one of the highlights of the last six months, but alas, all good things must come to an end. With the most recent few issues, it feels as if the quality of storytelling has petered out, or is that just my indifference to Peter Parker's next gen supporting cast talking? The tour through villains both classic and new has been a lot of fun, and with certain reinventions and twists on the formula, it's almost as if Marvel are investing in some longterm thinking. I'm a traditionalist at heart when it comes to Spidey, but I've also made a habit of accepting invested change (part of what made OMD/BND such an insult). I'll be keen to learn more about this new Vulture, even if I'm a little sad to see the likes of Adrian Toomes, Rhino, and to some extent, Doc Ock, slipping towards retirement. What I'm not sad about is reading and loving Spider-man. With great characters, writing, and a subdued trendy art direction that isn't quite obnoxious, must come great responsibility. Keep up the quality, Marvel! Don't sell the book on the back of less-than-funny memes, like Spidey getting fired, or meddlesome returns to the Brand New Day fiasco.- JAN100238 BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 $2.99
For me, the excitement I'm feeling toward this book has been relative to the number of issues printed. As he has done in the past, Grant Morrison delivers a story that benefits from being enjoyable on multiple levels. The superhero action remains a constant of each bite-sized three-issue arc, but one cannot escape the constant sense of sub-text, and the growing legend of what appears to be a singular massive saga built out of the entirety of Morrison's contributions to the character. A mystery is unfolding, and I'm quite enjoying being stuck in the limbo of being smart enough to know I don't know what's going on. Run-off from the last few years of Morrison's Bruce Wayne-Batman work might be a frustration, but each arc has something to offer, along with the multitude of subtle references. The last arc's trip to the UK (completed with Knight and Squire), and battle with a Final Crisis Batman clone, were utter fun. Here's looking forward to what promises to be a meaty finish to a year's worth of Batman and Robin. If only it were set to maintain the fortnightly schedule!- JAN100190 BPRD KING OF FEAR #3 (OF 5) $2.99
In the recent past, there have been times when I've felt somewhat let down by the BPRD or Hellboy offerings and their typically sombre stillness. King of Fear has managed to strike a wonderful balance, maintaining the quiet tone that makes the comics so much better than their movie adaptations, but not at the price of reader nutrition. Pulp-hero Lobster Johnson is always a welcome party, but for all the sentimental pleasures of his spectral visit, this isn't really his story. Dr. Kate Corrigan is an ironic curiosity, rendered out-of-place by her physical normality, which is an enjoyable co-subject of examination in King of Fear. Exactly what the title refers to remains to be seen, but I suspect on the basis of the last issue's key developments, an eerie and delicious answer awaits in the next chapter for our BPRD heroes! Namely a disappearing Liz Sherman, who wandered away from the pack last issue, and is starting to feel a little bit too much like her movie counterpart, if you ask me.- JAN100275 JUSTICE LEAGUE RISE AND FALL SPECIAL #1 $3.99
To buy, or not to buy, is the big question concerning this DC one-shot that sets up some of the goings on for the JLA. I don't think it's an overstatement to say James Robinson put in one of the worst efforts of the year with his seven-issues of Justice League: Cry For Justice. In the end, the series managed to inflict lasting change on Green Arrow -- who is apparently responsible for executing series villain Prometheus, in retaliation for his blowing up Star City and severing the arm of Red Arrow. It's almost an interesting premise, but reminds all too much of the mistakes made in the mid-nineties with restored cashcow, Green Lantern. Like the promise that Cry For Justice would restore Prometheus to his former glory -- a notion I suspected prior to the series' release to be an uncashable cheque for a villain of this sort -- it seems any positive change coming from this new initiative is highly unlikely. We'll see.- JAN100589 THE MYSTIC HANDS OF DR STRANGE #1 $3.99
The good doctor might not be Earth's Sorcerer Supreme in the pages of Avengers anymore, but that doesn't mean Brother Voodoo gets to have all the fun! Following on from the seventies-inspired black-and-white Shang-Chi special from October last year, The Mystic Hands of Dr. Strange promises another anthological helping of retro action! One buys into such a project with the knowledge that it's bound to be a mixed bag of differing styles and opinions, but at a super-sized scale, it'll be worth it for anyone with a taste for modern-retro magic and old time superhero fun, I'm sure. The recent adjectiveless Strange mini-series, which followed a post-retirement Stephen Strange on a stand-alone adventure in magic, was a bit of a bust. So, if nothing else, this will be a traditionalist's return to what makes the character great.- JAN101129 STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS IBUKI #1 (OF 4) A CVR DOGAN $3.95
The last character to join the updated cast of Super Street Fighter IV was just announced today, so there's still a Street Fighter buzz in the air. Unfortunately, there's a significant gap between the culture of American comic books, and the fan service UDON have focused their comic book efforts on. After Legends series focusing on Sakura and a young Chun-Li; I would've liked to have seen a different approach. Not necessarily a male character, just something a little less cutesy and shallow. The story of UDON's run with the trademark, eh?
- JAN101098 WWE HEROES #1 $3.99
I'm a pro wrestling fan and former writer on prowrestling.com. I'm pretty okay with that, even if you aren't. It's logical that pro wrestling, with it's costumed burly men and trademark fighting techniques, would attract comic book readers. While they were far from masterpieces of the medium, I thought Chaos! got a bit of mileage out of creative wrestlers like The Undertaker with their WWF comics in the late nineties/early double-ohs, but this... does not look promising. This will almost certainly not win you over to the pseudo-sport of WWE, who are themselves in less than stellar shape, these days. One of the biggest complaints I have is about a very real reason the comics probably won't do too well -- the distinct lack of interesting characters. Love or hate it, wrestling used to have a bit of imagination, but no longer. WWE Heroes looks sure to be another log of infamy on the comics blogging fire, where stories of missed opportunities (ie; The Hurricane) will no doubt be told.
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DEC090202 BATMAN HEART OF HUSH TP $14.99
JAN100870 BOYS TP VOL 06 SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY (MR) $19.99
JAN101021 DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS TP VOL 05 $17.99
JAN101020 DOCTOR WHO ONGOING TP VOL 01 FUGITIVE $19.99
DEC090273 GREEK STREET TP VOL 01 BLOOD CALLS FOR BLOOD (MR) $9.99
DEC090946 GRIMJACK OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 $24.99
NOV090045 HELLBOY TP VOL 09 WILD HUNT $19.99
APR090361 KABUKI TP VOL 01 CIRCLE OF BLOOD (NEW PTG) $19.99
DEC090251 PROTOTYPE TP (MR) $19.99
JAN100670 SUPER HERO SQUAD TP GET YER HERO ON DIGEST $9.99
NOV090178 SUPERMAN NEW KRYPTON HC VOL 03 $24.99
OCT091038 TICK COLOR SERIES COMPLETE WORKS TP VOL 02 $34.95
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