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The Independents...
FEB101068 2000 AD PACK APR 2010 $18.00
MAR100785 ANCHOR #8 $3.99
MAR100708 ARCHIE AMERICANA SER TP VOL 10 BEST OF 70S BOOK 2 $11.95
MAR100706 ARCHIE DIGEST #264 $2.69
JAN100456 ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #23 $2.99
FEB101071 ATOMIC ROBO REVENGE O/T VAMPIRE DIMENSION #3 (OF 4) $3.50
SEP090280 COMPLETE INVINCIBLE LIBRARY HC VOL 02 $125.00
FEB100018 END LEAGUE TP VOL 02 WEATHERED STATUES $16.99
MAR100882 EXPENDABLES #1 (OF 4) $3.99
JAN100463 JERSEY GODS #12 $4.99
MAR100713 JUGHEAD #201 (NOTE PRICE) $2.99
MAR101032 KILL SHAKESPEARE #2 $3.99
NOV090360 SHADOWHAWK CHRONICLES TP VOL 01 $19.99
MAR100375 SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 05 $14.99
MAR101045 TANK GIRL ROYAL ESCAPE #3 (OF 4) $3.99
FEB100403 WALKING DEAD #72 (MR) $2.99
MAR101134 WWE HEROES #3 $3.99
The Corporates...
MAR100508 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS AMERICAN SON #1 (OF 4) $3.99
MAR100187 BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #12 $3.99
MAR100536 ENTER THE HEROIC AGE #1 HA $3.99
JAN100330 EX MACHINA #49 (MR) $2.99
FEB100451 GIRL COMICS #2 (OF 3) $4.99
MAR100546 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #26 HA $2.99
MAR100173 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #45 (BRIGHTEST DAY) $3.99
MAR100478 RESCUE #1 $3.99
MAR100214 SPIRIT #2 $3.99
MAR100203 SUPERMAN WAR OF THE SUPERMEN #3 (OF 4) $2.99
The Spotlight...
- MAR100534 AGE OF HEROES #1 (OF 4) HA $3.99
As Marvel exits the heroic depression of their Dark Reign concept, I find myself drawing vague comparisons to DC's direction of the past few years. I don't know that it's entirely fair, but with the arrival of this four-issue anthology series compiling heroes of various tiers of relevance, the comparisons get more specific. Marvel's recent history with anthology titles has been pretty grim, inflecting little actual material via their inadvertent house style of writing. With interesting choices like MI:13 and Brother Voodoo putting in a showing next to the Avengers et al, here's hoping they can make the best of it. Brightest Day has really defied the expectations of it's vignette style, so the competition is certainly tough!- MAR100516 AVENGERS #1 HA $3.99
- MAR100520 AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #1 HA $3.99
All roads lead here as the Heroic Age begins!If nothing else, Siege has definitely painted a sunburst picture of the new period Marvel Comics are about to enter. My greatest hope is that the new Avengers series, and Marvel in general, can avoid event comics all together, returning to the tradition of fly by the seat superhero comics. Heroic Age really projects an attitude of hope, not just for the superheroes in the fiction, but also readers who might've grown tired with the approach of the company. Of course, I cynically reserve judgment about Brian Bendis' ability to deliver a satisfying first issue, especially with the Avengers, noting in particular that the change in guard that's placed Steve Rogers in charge of whatever SHIELD-type organization will be created, almost feels like it should apply to the people directing Marvel Comics. It feels as if their time should be passed and a bright new voice should be heard. We'll see if Bendis and Co are up to fulfilling that type of self-aware juxtaposition, or if they merely steer themselves toward the already accused DC-lite.
- MAR100161 BRIGHTEST DAY #2 $2.99
Brightest Day definitely has me -- but keeping me will be another challenge all together. Last issue confirmed that the Blackest Night isn't completely passed, with Aquaman and Mera baring witness to some undead sea life. Mystery hangs over all twelve key plotlines of the resurrected heroes (and villains) -- hopefully this second issue starts to at least infer some answers. Black Manta's return is a nice surprise, feeling like Brightest Day will serve as a Rebirth style mini-series for Aquaman, if not the other key players in this series. Not a bad way to revise the method that brought Hal Jordan (Green Lantern: Rebirth) and Barry Allen (Flash: Rebirth) back to us, if that proves to be the case!- MAR100176 DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #1 (OF 10) $3.99
Right or wrong, modern readers like to feel nurtured by the big two comics universes, so historic revisions aren't entirely misplaced. For the initiated, it takes a special approach to keep the material feeling fresh and worth the money. The Marvels Project showed how not to do this, but will DC Universe: Legacies be any more likely to succeed? That's the million dollar question! Thanks to their steady maintenance of properties, DC's Golden Age material feels much more alive and endearing than Marvel's, so the opening JSA-centric issue of Legacies will have that much going for it. I'll be looking for a lively, natural comic book classic feel to really appreciate it. DC have been progressive in this department, but it's also fair to say that this simply might not be the book for me. TV's Smallville certainly showed how versions of the classics can have significant appeal to a wider and younger audience than I.- MAR100882 EXPENDABLES #1 (OF 4) $3.99
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, "The Natural" Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, Stone Cold Steve Austin. These are the banner stars of the Stallone penned film of the same name coming in 2010. If you have a shred of appreciation for the action movies these men starred in throughout the eighties and nineties, then you must see this film. Whether or not you must read the comic book published by Dynamite Entertainment, remains to be seen. At four $3.99 issues it's a mid-range investment, but as is wont of these sorts of projects, buyers should probably exercise Van Damme-style caution. Don't turn the project down outright like you're some kinda Belgian hotsot, too good for these guys after an award-winning film titled after your initials. Just do the splits across your kitchen counter and make sure the water isn't electrified before you commit to buying up.
- MAR100210 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1 $3.99
Traditionally I'm just not a fan of the Legion, but you know how this story goes. With arcs presented in Action Comics and Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds; Geoff Johns honed the army of characters to their finest, indulging in the best of their complexities without painting a picture spread too thin, or too thick. The balance got wobbly with co-features in Adventure Comics that felt like Johns was just rushing through. It remains to be seen if this will effect the continued enjoyment of their presentation, especially under the potentially rusty pen of recently resigned DC President, Paul Levitz. At the very least, it doesn't look as if the board has been completely cleared as Levitz promises to pick-up on threads built up by Johns' Final Crisis story, beginning with the induction of a reborn 30th Century Green Lantern Corps! Not a bad way to start things off!- MAR100234 ZATANNA #1 $2.99
I hate to do it, but I'm going to continue what is becoming a routine critical opinion of Marvel, versus their DC counterparts. If you've been with the Comic Book Fight Club since 2005, you know I'm an old Marvel man at heart. They've lost my well informed support over the last half-decade for a multitude of reasons, and in the wake of Her-Oes, Girl Comics, and various other releases this week, you get a look at the disingenuous side of Marvel's marketting and creative that I don't like.Undoubtedly, the female comics reading audience has become an important and vocal part of the readership. Their dedication online is evidenced by sister sites I read, like When Fangirls Attack and Girls Gone Geek. Without wanting to speak for them, or be too critical of their opinions, I think they're smarter than the recent Marvel female-pitched line of comics gives them credit, and that's why there remains a huge discrepency between the volume of the female readership's enthusiasm, and the sales figures. All too often it's a shallow, big grinning comic book with boobs on the cover that's pitched to the girls by Marvel (and DC), delivered more like a high school boy pretending to be sensitive so as to reach third base. That's not how you make a good book, if you ask me. I don't go out of my way to buy a comic because I know it panders to the superficial aspects of my gender. I'm looking for stories that take for granted the sex of the character and are driven by well written creative direction. Maybe I need to look deeper into the titles I'm accusing, but certainly, from a light rummage through previews and solicitations, it seems as if they're insulting my intelligence. The titles certainly do!
Zatanna makes the overdue leap to a much touted on-going series, bringing with her the well qualified Paul Dini. He's written Zatanna to great results in Detective Comics and Gotham City Sirens, and should be well equipped to write not a great series starring a woman and pitched at a female demographic, but rather, a great comic series. One aware of it's character, it's medium, and the universal necessity of a good story. Oh yeah, he married a magician too. That's gotta be useful for research!
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JAN100295 ATOMIC KNIGHTS HC $39.99
JAN100294 BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM HC VOL 01 HUSH MONEY $19.99
SEP090280 COMPLETE INVINCIBLE LIBRARY HC VOL 02 $125.00
MAR100665 DESTROYER TP (MR) $19.99
FEB100018 END LEAGUE TP VOL 02 WEATHERED STATUES $16.99
JAN100331 EX MACHINA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 03 (MR) $29.99
FEB100190 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES ENEMY MANIFEST TP $14.99
NOV090360 SHADOWHAWK CHRONICLES TP VOL 01 $19.99
MAR100375 SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 05 $14.99
MAR100629 SPIDER-MAN GAUNTLET PREM HC VOL 03 VULTURE MORBIUS $19.99
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