New Comics For Wednesday 29th January

This is it! If everything goes to plan, this week we'll be operating from our "new" first floor space. Entry is still via the doors on ground floor, you'll just have to excuse the mess as you head straight upstairs, then it's welcome to the new All Star Comics Melbourne.

But before all of that, here is the list of this week's new releases!

Trapped on a tropical island, with no-one around to interrupt them, will Venom finally have his vengeance on Spider-Man? Find out in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #347 FACSIMILE EDITION, a classic reprint from David Michelinie and Erik Larsen. Set against the backdrop of jungles and nature, this is a showdown unlike other before or since.

A long established source of information in the pages of the Amazing Spider-Man, the Daily Bugle is home to many unsung heroes of the Marvel Universe, who bring the people of New York City the latest news, and in a town with the Kingpin as mayor, that's no easy feat. See the recent exploits of Spider-Man and Daredevil from the ground level in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN DAILY BUGLE #1 (OF 5), from Mat Johnson and Mack Chater, and how the journalists, led by editor in chief, Robbie Robertson, strive report the real news.

Ed Brisson and Jonas Scharf take you back into the dreaded world of Old Man Logan in AVENGERS OF THE WASTELANDS #1 (OF 5), where a new generation of heroes step up to combat the evil dictatorship of Doctor Doom. With a new Thor in the form of Dani Cage, the Hulk and the keeper of the Ant-Man technology, Dwight, will they be mighty enough to depose Doom and usher in a new era of heroes?

Everything that begins must eventually reach its end, and this week, you are treated to the final story of three of Marvel's beloved superheroes, with CAPTAIN MARVEL THE END #1, from Kelly Thompson and Carmen Carnero; DEADPOOL THE END #1, from Joe Kelly and Mike Hawthorne, and DOCTOR STRANGE THE END #1, from Leah Williams and Filipe Andrade. Find out how these characters meet their ends, with Captain Marvel finally returning home after decades away, the seemingly unkillable Deadpool being killed and Doctor Strange traversing a cyberpunk world that turned its back on arcane sorcery.

Relive the glory days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's momentous partnership in the 1960s with FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #6 FACSIMILE EDITION, which features the Fantastic Four's first clash with Annihilus in the Negative Zone and the birth of Franklin Richards. When Sue Storm's pregnancy is in peril from cosmic radiation in her blood, Mr. Fantastic, the Thing and the Human Torch must venture into the Negative Zone to claim Annihilus' Cosmic Rod to cure her and save Sue and Reed's unborn child. Re-experience this classic piece of Fantastic Four history in a facsimile reprint, complete with original 60s era ads.

Following its destruction in Absolute Carnage, the Ravencroft Institute has reopened and ready to take in the mentally unstable supervillains that threaten the people of New York. With a new staff, with John Jameson amongst them, seeking redemption, will this reborn Ravencroft restore the mentally unstable to upstanding citizens in RAVENCROFT #1 (OF 5), from Frank Tieri and Angel Unzeuta, or is there something more sinister in store for these poor souls?

Weapon I created Captain America and Weapon X produced Wolverine, but in between them came the experiments of Ted Sallis, which was used by the government as Weapon IV. What is Weapon IV, you ask? Well, to find out, you'll need to grab a copy of WEAPON PLUS WORLD WAR IV, from Benjamin Percy and Georges Jeanty, and learn the secret history of the patriotic American plant known as Man-Slaughter.

From the Marvel archives comes a reprint of Chris Claremont and John Buscema's classic Wolverine #10, with the art reproduced in 3D, which brings the brutal action within to life, and it's all yours for the taking in a copy of WOLVERINE VS SABRETOOTH 3D #1, polybagged with a pair of red-and-blue 3D glasses. As Wolverine drowns his sorrows in Madripoor, continuing his usual birthday tradition, he recounts a tense, bloody encounter with Sabretooth, from before Wolverine had regained his memories and remained a wandering savage. Relive this spectacular issue with the addition of 3D action!

With his creator dead and buried in the icy wastelands of the Arctic, Frankenstein's Monster seeks to find new purpose in FRANKENSTEIN UNDONE #1 (OF 5), from Mike Mignola, Scott Allie and Ben Stenbeck. Serving to bridge the gap between the conclusion of Mary Shelly's classic novel and Mike Mignola's Hellboy Universe, see the Monster's journey to where we find him in Frankenstein Underground.

Stan Sakai's career-defining creation, the ronin rabbit, Usagi Miyamoto, has found a home at IDW Publishing. To celebrate, IDW is reprinting the original Usagi Yojimbo comics in full colour from the very beginning, kicking it off with USAGI YOJIMBO COLOR CLASSICS #1. Even if you've already read these early Usagi's, these new reprints are still worth checking out for the behind-the-scenes extras and art collected in the back.

Embark upon a new sci-fi adventure that mixes together the best elements of comics like Conan the Barbarian, Mad Max and the Expanse with PROTECTOR #1, from a team of creators including Simon Roy, Artyom Trakhanov and more. In the ruins of a future North America, the people of the Hudsoni tribe are the supreme power, but even they fear the godlike Devas. When the Hudsoni are warned of the return of an old demon from the days gone by, Hudsoni chief First Knife, will set out to destroy it and protect his people from harm.

The book may be called Avengers, but within, Jason Aaron and Dale Keown present a Ghost Rider extravaganza unlike the world has ever seen before, and you can check it out with AVENGERS BY JASON AARON TP VOL 05 CHALLENGE OF GHOST RIDERS. Terrified of the darkness that lives within him and his vehicle, Robbie Reyes decides to perform an exorcism on his car. But expelling that inner darkness is against the grand plans of the original Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, who currently rules Hell. Now, a war between the Ghost Riders begins, and it will only get more complicated when the Cosmic Ghost Rider shows his hand.

There isn't much longer until Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey hits cinemas, but if you still need something extra to keep you going, then definitely check out a copy of BIRDS OF PREY MURDER AND MYSTERY TP, from an all star array of creators, including Gail Simone, Michael Golden, Ed Benes and more.

Grab your deerstalkers and get ready to do some sleuthing with a copy of CLUE TP CANDLESTICK, from Dash Shaw, and based on the popular board game, Cluedo. Can you figure out who committed the murder, as well as where and how before the book reveals all? Bonus points to those of you who do.

Tom Scioli picks up the torch from Ed Piskor's X-Men: Grand Design to bring you a comprehensive history of Marvel's First Family with FANTASTIC FOUR GRAND DESIGN TP. Presented in the same treasury format as the X-Men: Grand Design trilogy, watch as Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm transform from ordinary citizens into a family of superheroes, and take on a variety of foes who would threaten the Earth, including Doctor Doom, Annihilus, Molecule Man, Galactus and many, many more. If you want to know more about the FF or about those early Marvel days and don't want to read hundreds and hundreds of issues and trades, be sure to add this one to your collection.

Acclaimed creator Nicholas Gurewitch's cult classic comic strip finally gets a long-awaited reprint with PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP HC 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Collecting all the strips that ran from 2004 to 2007 in alternative newspapers, before finding an even bigger audience online, you'll also get exclusive, never before seen material, included undiscovered Perry Bible Fellowship strips and sketches for comics that were never made.

Before she became Batgirl, Cassandra Cain was an assassin, and now experience the identity crisis she must go through to change from killer to hero in SHADOW OF THE BATGIRL TP, from Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux. Growing up, Cassandra looked to the Batgirl of Gotham as inspiration, and now she'll need to utilise everything she knows to step up and fill the void the original Batgirl left in her disappearance to stop her father from destroying the world she has come to love.

Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky are back at last for one final arc of their beloved crime/humour/romance series with SEX CRIMINALS #26. The titular sex criminals, Jon and Suze, return, with a bank just begging to be robbed and the dollar signs already in their eyes. Can the pair pull off one last big heist, using their unusual ability to stop time with sex?

The world's worst superhero duo get a new miniseries beginning with QUANTUM & WOODY (2020) #1 (OF 5), from Christopher Hastings and Ryan Browne. A consortium of mad scientists have joined forces to conquer the Earth, and only Quantum and Woody are able to stop them.

If you think waiting 20 years for a TV show to come back on air, try waiting 30 years for a comic book to resume! That's right, everybody, Chuck Dixon is back with a brand new issue of Airboy, his debut comic book series, after a 30 year hiatus, and it picks right up where issue 50 left off with AIRBOY #51, featuring art from Jok. It's 1989, and Davy, aka Airboy, has managed to escape from his arch nemesis, Misery, and their dark realm. Finding himself in Africa at the height of the Apartheid, where does Airboy go from here?

Eisner-nominated creator, Tom Kaczynski brings his unique vision and cartooning style to the neuroses that plague us all in our day to day lives with CARTOON DIALECTICS #1. Learn all about the strange things people let themselves be caught up in and what solutions and information they try to find online.

America may have gotten the first man on the Moon, but it was the USSR that put the first woman on the Moon, none other than Valentina Tereshkova. To learn more about her and other fantastic female astronauts, grab a copy of ASTRONAUTS WOMEN ON FINAL FRONTIER SC GN, from Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks, which follows the journeys and tells the stories of various female astronauts from both NASA and abroad.

If our 2020 Comic Book Forecast piqued your interest with Yoshiharu Tsuge's new releases, you can finally check one of them out, as MAN WITHOUT TALENT GN arrives in the store. An autobiographical graphic novel, Tsuge takes you through his frustrations and irritations as he works all sorts of odd jobs, from a camera salesman to a ferryman, until he can finally make it as an artist. His only problem is that his art style is very... unusual, to say the least. But as this book proves, Tsuge succeeded, and now you can see the series of events that led to a unique artist achieving his dreams.

In the future Earth of NILS TREE OF LIFE HC, from Jerome Harmon and Antoine Carrion, nature has reclaimed a lot of man's artificial constructs. But nature may once again be under threat after young Nils and his father discover that the ground where they live has become infertile. What does this sudden change have to do with a conspiracy involving a nearby hi-tech kingdom and supernatural beings offering the citizens eternal life? Even then, what is the cost of this supposed immortality?

Three stories, two previous releases and one brand new, featuring the Plain Janes are collected together for the first time in PLAIN JANES GN, from Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg. Following an attack on Metro City, artistic student Jane Beckles moves out to the safer suburb of Kent Waters. At first feeling out of place, Jane soon finds where she belongs when she meets three other Janes: Brain Jayne, Theater Jane and Polly Jane. Together, all four become the Plain Janes, creating guerrilla art to wake their town up to the possibilities that abound in artistic achievements.

The formidable creative team of Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum and Stephen Green present a touching story of a father/son relationship set in deep space with SEA OF STARS TP VOL 01. Driving a big rig through the depths of space sounds like the adventure of a lifetime for us, but for the recently widowed Gil, it's just another day on the job. When he takes his son Kaydn along on his latest delivery, to spend some quality father son time with his boy, things take a turn for the worst when a Space Leviathan eats half the space truck and separates Gil and Kaydn. Now, with a space suit that's rapidly losing oxygen, Gil must traverse space to find his lost son.

In a new book from Kat Leyh, Snap is a young girl who befriend a trendy older woman, who may just very well be a witch. See how Snap's initial search for her missing dog begins a new friendship in SNAPDRAGON SC GN VOL 01, and how Jacks, the woman who may be a witch, has an affinity for nature that she may be able to pass on to Snap.

When Adrian Camus, a world-famous tech designer, decides to use his latest products to recruit children who are good at video games into his war against the Power, you get the violent sci-fi series collected in THUMBS TP , from Sean Lewis and Hayden Sherman. A soldier for Camus, the recruit known as Thumbs soon suffers a grievous injury that makes him look at both sides of the conflict and decide which ideology he really follows.

A new wave of DC Essential action figures washes in this week, featuring DC ESSENTIALS HAL JORDAN AF, DC ESSENTIALS KNIGHTFALL BATMAN AF, DC ESSENTIALS KNIGHTFALL CATWOMAN AF & DC ESSENTIALS SINESTRO AF. Have Hal Jordan defend the Green Lantern Corps from Sinestro's evil Yellow Corps, and then get your 90s-styled Knightfall Batman and Catwoman ready for a showdown against Bane.

If you've been hearing awesome things about NK Jemisin and Jamal Campbell's Young Animal Green Lantern book, Far Sector, and are dying to give it a go, then you're just in time for FAR SECTOR #1 (OF 12) 2ND PTG. Now you can get acquainted with Sojourner Mullein, the latest Green Lantern recruit, and how she handles her new beat: a city that is home to billions and has been at peace for 500 years... until someone commits a heinous crime: murder- refined, cold-blooded, deliberate murder.

The first month of the year may be over, but that means the next lot of Previews is on our doorstep with PREVIEWS #377 FEBRUARY 2020. Filled with listings of new comics, trades, hardcovers, toys and more, be sure to check out a copy to ensure you're not missing out on a single thing. With our reduction of shelf stock for single issues, pre-ordering your most wanted comics is more important than ever, and Previews is your perfect guide to everything coming out. If you're unable to claim a copy or check out the store copy, keep your eyes out for our latest Previews album on social media.

So it's a big one to start us off in our new space, hope we'll see you in store to check it all out.
Until then, have a great week, live life and read comics.

MARVEL

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #347 FACSIMILE EDITION

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN DAILY BUGLE #1 (OF 5)

AVENGERS #30

AVENGERS OF THE WASTELANDS #1 (OF 5)

CAPTAIN AMERICA #18

CAPTAIN MARVEL THE END #1

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #12

DEADPOOL THE END #1

DOCTOR STRANGE THE END #1

DR STRANGE #2

FALLEN ANGELS #6 DX

FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #6 FACSIMILE EDITION

HAWKEYE FREE FALL #2

IMMORTAL HULK #30

NEW MUTANTS #6 DX

RAVENCROFT #1 (OF 5)

SCREAM CURSE OF CARNAGE #3

SPIDER-HAM #2 (OF 5)

SPIDER-VERSE #4 (OF 6)

STAR WARS #2

TAROT #2 (OF 4)

THOR #2

TRUE BELIEVERS CRIMINALLY INSANE ABSORBING MAN #1 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

TRUE BELIEVERS CRIMINALLY INSANE KLAW #1 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

WEAPON PLUS WORLD WAR IV

WOLVERINE VS SABRETOOTH 3D #1

X-FORCE #6 DX

X-MEN #5 DX

DC COMICS

ACTION COMICS #1019

DC SUPER HERO GIRLS GIANT #2 (RES)

DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #3

DIAL H FOR HERO #11 (OF 12)

DOLLAR COMICS DETECTIVE COMICS #554

FLASH #87

GREEN LANTERN BLACKSTARS #3 (OF 3)

JUSTICE LEAGUE #39

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #19

LAST GOD #4 (MR)

SUICIDE SQUAD #2

TERRIFICS #24

TITANS BURNING RAGE #6 (OF 7)

BOOM

GO GO POWER RANGERS #28 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN #5

STEVEN UNIVERSE ONGOING #36

DARK HORSE

FRANKENSTEIN UNDONE #1 (OF 5)

INVISIBLE KINGDOM #9

WITCHFINDER REIGN OF DARKNESS #3 (OF 5)

DYNAMITE

BETTIE PAGE UNBOUND #10

GEORGE RR MARTIN A CLASH OF KINGS #1

RED SONJA VAMPIRELLA BETTY VERONICA #8 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

IDW

NARCOS #2 (OF 4)

READ ONLY MEMORIES #2 (OF 4)

STAR TREK PICARD #3 (OF 3)

TMNT ONGOING #102

TRANSFORMERS #16

USAGI YOJIMBO COLOR CLASSICS #1

IMAGE

CRIMINAL #12

FARMHAND #13

ICE CREAM MAN #17

KILLADELPHIA #3

MONSTRESS #25

OLYMPIA #3 (OF 5)

OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #44

PROTECTOR #1

REDNECK #25

SEX CRIMINALS #26

WEATHERMAN VOL 2 #6

ONI

RICK & MORTY #58

VALIANT

QUANTUM & WOODY (2020) #1 (OF 5)

MISC

AIRBOY #51

ANGELA DELLA MORTE #3 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

ANIMOSITY #26 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

CARTOON DIALECTICS #1

HOUSE OF CEREBUS ONE SHOT (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #270 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

ROCKY & BULLWINKLE SEEN ON TV #2

SHOPLIFTERS WILL BE LIQUIDATED #4 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

VAGRANT QUEEN PLANET CALLED DOOM #1 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

MAGAZINES

CINEFEX #168 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

DC PREVIEWS #22 FEBRUARY 2020
FANGORIA VOL 2 #6

HEAVY METAL #297

MARVEL PREVIEWS VOL 04 #31 FEBRUARY 2020

PREVIEWS #377 FEBRUARY 2020

STAR TREK MAGAZINE #74 (PRE-ORDER ONLY. ASK ABOUT REORDER)

TRADES

ACTS OF VENGEANCE TP AVENGERS

ALIENS RESCUE TP 

ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL GN 

APOSIMZ GN VOL 04 

AQUAMAN DEATH OF A PRINCE DLX ED HC

ASTRONAUTS WOMEN ON FINAL FRONTIER SC GN 

AVENGERS BY JASON AARON TP VOL 05 CHALLENGE OF GHO

BAT AND THE CAT 80 YEARS OF ROMANCE HC

BATMAN BEYOND TP VOL 06 DIVIDE CONQUER AND KILL

BIRDS OF PREY MURDER AND MYSTERY TP

BLACK WIDOW TP WIDOWMAKER

BRINA THE CAT HC GN VOL 01 GANG OF FELINE SUN

CATHERINES WAR HC GN 

CLUE TP CANDLESTICK

COLLECTED TOPPI HC VOL 03 SOUTH AMERICA

DARKSTALKERS RISE OF THE NIGHT WARRIORS HC

EARTH X TP NEW PTG

FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION COMING GALACTUS TP

FANTASTIC FOUR GRAND DESIGN TP

FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 02 HOSTILE

GIRL GENIUS SECOND JOURNEY GN VOL 05 QUEENS AND PI

I AM ANNA LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK 

I AM ELSA LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK 

IRON MAN TP THE END NEW PTG

KI-6 KILLERS TP VOL 01

LOVE & OTHER WEIRD THINGS TP 

MAN WITHOUT TALENT GN 

MARVEL ACTION BLACK PANTHER TP BOOK 01 STORMY WEAT

MARVELS SPIDER-MAN SCRIPT BOOK HC

MARVEL-VERSE GN TP BLACK PANTHER

MEETING COMICS GN 

METABARONS BOX SET HC

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS TP VOL 10 

MOONCAKES GN

NANCY DREW HC PALACE OF WISDOM

NIB ANIMALS 

NILS TREE OF LIFE HC 

ORPHAN AGE TP VOL 01

OWLY COLOR ED GN VOL 01 WAY HOME

PARHAM ITAN TALES FROM BEYOND GN VOL 01 

PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP HC 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

PLAIN JANES GN 

PRINCELESS RAVEN PIRATE PRINCESS TP VOL 08 AFTERGL

RUNAWAY PRINCESS HC GN 

SEA OF STARS TP VOL 01

SHADOW OF THE BATGIRL TP

SISTERS HC GN VOL 05 MYOB

SNAPDRAGON SC GN VOL 01 

STRANGE PLANET HC

STREET FIGHTER VS DARKSTALKERS UNDERWORLD WARRIORS

THOR BY JASON AARON COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 02

THUMBS TP 

TOILET BOUND HANAKO KUN GN VOL 01 

UNDERGROUND SKETCHBOOK SC 

WHAT IF CLASSIC COMPLETE COLLECTION TP VOL 03

WOLVERINE TP THE END NEW PTG

ZINC ALLOY COMPLETE COLLECTION GN 

MERCH

BATMAN BLACK & WHITE BATMAN BY GENE COLAN STATUE

DC ESSENTIALS HAL JORDAN AF

DC ESSENTIALS KNIGHTFALL BATMAN AF

DC ESSENTIALS KNIGHTFALL CATWOMAN AF

DC ESSENTIALS SINESTRO AF

LIVING DEAD DOLLS CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA

BACK IN STOCK

FAR SECTOR #1 (OF 12) 2ND PTG

LAST GOD #1 2ND PTG