All Star Recommends: Collider #1

Being a fan of parallel universe stories with a good degree of humour, cast chemistry and some high stakes like the show Fringe or Matt Fraction's Casanova, Collider from Vertigo was appealing to me already from the advertised tone and concept alone.

Establishing a cool science fiction vibe from page one is what makes it special. When we meet characters Cicero, Hardy and Kelly, they're on-mission for the Federal Bureau of Physics and already at odds/sceptical and/or reliant upon each other, as core members of this incident based response unit.

The reader, much like a Marty McFly on the wall, is made to feel bamboozled by the apparent culmination of a Doc Brown-like experiment gone bubble shaped. Thrown headfirst into something immediate and seemingly insidious by way of the established parallel time loop aspects with an ominous opening page broadcast, the consequences of which are yet to occur. It’s boldest aspect is how the past, present and parallel aspects rush forth. This is done through clever use of exposition, doling out info on both the tools the crew use to deal with Physic’s events and lead character Hardy’s own perspective on these happenings. “We have to do something about your kid Hardy!” is also at the core of this, though who the “we” is, is yet to be fully known.

Art and story both merge well with the comedic/alternative tone, not dissimilar to writer Oliver’s earlier Vertigo title The Exterminators (also available). The smartest move is that the title doesn’t waste time either, establishing stakes and major character conflicts within the first two issues contrary to the usual trade structure of classic Vertigo.

Verdict: All Star Recommended!

Luke H

New Comics For Wednesday July 31st

Fifth week of a five week month...years gone by might of made for a lame-o week of books. NOT THIS YEAR! With all the SDCC Marvel panel talk the latest issue of GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5 could not be better timed! DC ANNUAL week actually seems rather strong. Both COLLIDER #1 (which is AWESOME) and WAKE #3 from Vertigo is mouth watering. Yearly goodness of OPTIC NERVE #13 is here. The most recent body count for INVINCIBLE is out with VOL 18. And for all you hardcore Mind MGMT, Matt Kindt fans, an older story of his SUPER SPY GN is back in print!
Fifth week is a nothing week! PFFT!!!
As always, anything extra you are chasing let us know!

MARVEL

CAPTAIN MARVEL #14

DAREDEVIL #29

FEARLESS DEFENDERS #7 NOW

FF #10 NOW

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #5 NOW

INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #11 NOW

ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #28

UNCANNY X-FORCE #9 NOW

UNCANNY X-MEN #9 NOW

VENOM #38

WHAT IF AVX #4 (OF 4)

WOLVERINE IN FLESH #1

X-MEN #3

X-MEN LEGACY #14 NOW

DC COMICS

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #3

ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #2

BATMAN ANNUAL #2

BATMAN INCORPORATED #13

BATMAN ZERO YEAR DIRECTORS CUT #1

DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL #2

FLASH ANNUAL #2

INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US #7

RED LANTERNS #22

SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 SPECIAL #2

SUPERBOY #22

SUPERMAN ANNUAL #2

TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #1 (OF 6)

TRINITY OF SIN PANDORA #2 (TRINITY)

VERTIGO

COLLIDER #1

WAKE #3 (OF 10)

BOOM

3 GUNS #1 (OF 6)

CLIVE BARKER NEXT TESTAMENT #3 (OF 12)

DARK HORSE

AKANEIRO #3 (OF 3)

AMALAS BLADE #4 (OF 4)

ANGEL & FAITH #24

BPRD VAMPIRE #5 (OF 5)

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1

HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES #4 (OF 4)

KING CONAN HOUR O/T DRAGON #3 (OF 6)

LAST OF US AMERICAN DREAMS #4 (OF 4)

IDW

DOCTOR WHO PRISONERS OF TIME #7 (OF 12)

JUDGE DREDD YEAR ONE #4

MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC #9

TMNT ONGOING #24

TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE #19

IMAGE

BEDLAM #8 (MR)

FIVE GHOSTS HAUNTING OF FABIAN GRAY #5 (OF 5)

IT GIRL & THE ATOMICS #12

MORNING GLORIES #29

SEX #5

MISC

ABSOLUTION RUBICON #2

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ASSASSINS #13

JIRNI #4 (OF 5)

LENORE VOLUME II #8

OPTIC NERVE #13

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #251

UBER #4

TRADES

39 MINUTES HC VOL 01

ABC WARRIORS VOLGAN WAR GN VOL 03

AGE OF BRONZE TP VOL 03.B BETRAYAL PT 2

ANIMAL MAN OMNIBUS HC

AVENGERS ACADEMY TP FINAL EXAMS

BATMAN ILLUSTRATED BY NEAL ADAMS TP VOL 03

BEWARE THE CREEPER TP

BLACK BOLT SOMETHING INHUMAN THIS WAY COMES

CAPOTE IN KANSAS HC

FREELANCERS TP VOL 01

GHOST TP VOL 01 IN THE SMOKE AND DIN

GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS HC VOL 02 BEYOND HOPE

GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS TP VOL 01 RING BEARER

HACK SLASH OMNIBUS TP VOL 05

INFINITE VACATION DLX HC

INVINCIBLE TP VOL 18 DEATH OF EVERYONE

JUDGE DREDD COMPLETE CASE FILES TP VOL 20

JUDGE DREDD FATTIES GN

KITARO GN

KOMACON HC

MARK SCHULTZ XENOZOIC COMPLETE NEW PTG TP

SHOWCASE PRESENTS DC COMICS PRESENTS TP VOL 02

SUPER SPY GN

TMNT ULT COLL HC VOL 04

UNCANNY X-FORCE TP VOL 01 LET IT BLEED NOW

WORLDS OF SAM KIETH HC VOL 01

X-MEN FALLEN ANGELS TP

BACK IN STOCK

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 05 SEARCH PART 2

BLACKSAD HC VOL 01

GOTHAM CENTRAL TP BOOK 01 IN THE LINE OF DUTY

100 BLOODY ACRES DOUBLE PASS GIVEAWAY!

The use of dead car crash victims in the Morgan Brothers' "Blood and Bone" fertiliser has been a huge boon to business. But it's been months since their last find and an important new customer is waiting on a delivery. When Reg Morgan (Damon Herriman), the junior partner in the business, comes across three young people stranded on a remote country road, he sees a radical solution to their supply problems, and a way of finally gaining the respect of his bossy big brother, Lindsay (Angus Sampson). But things don't quite go to plan... They're not psycho killers, they're just small business operators!

Thanks to the awesome folks from Hopscotch and 100 Bloody Acres, we have 5 double in-season passes to give away to the exclusive release of the film at Cinema Nova in Melbourne from August 1.

All you need to do to go into the draw for your chance to win is tell us "how do you fertilise your garden". 

Terms and Conditions:
All entries will go into the All Star Barrel and winners will be drawn at random.
Entries close 6pm Tuesday 30th of July and winners will be announced Wednesday the 31th of July.
Passes will only be available to pick up from the store and winner must produce photo ID upon pick up. Passes MUST be picked up no later than a week after the draw. Any remaining passes after this date will be given away at our discretion to make sure they don't go to waste. 

Again a huge thanks to Hopscotch, Cinema Nova and of course 100 Bloody Acres, in cinemas from August 1.
For more infomation head to: http://morgansorganic.com/ 
Or: http://www.hopscotchfilms.com.au/home/ 
Or: http://www.cinemanova.com.au/

New Comics For Wednesday July 24th

So we missed out on the Eisner. Sad Face. But there is a new week of comics. Glad Face! Hard to be glum when you have amazing reads like HAWKEYE ANNUAL #1, LAZARUS #2, FAIREST TP VOL 02 HIDDEN KINGDOM and the much hyped PORCELAIN A GOTHIC FAIRY TALE GN coming out.
As always if there is anything extra you are after, let us know! :D

MARVEL CAPTAIN AMERICA #9 NOW GAMBIT #15 HAWKEYE ANNUAL #1 HUNGER #1 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #654 NOW MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #16 NEW AVENGERS #8 INF SCARLET SPIDER #19 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #14 NOW SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TEAM UP #1 NOW ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #29 UNCANNY AVENGERS #10 NOW WHAT IF AVX #3 (OF 4) WOLVERINE #7 NOW WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #33 YOUNG AVENGERS #8 NOW DC COMICS ALL STAR WESTERN #22 AQUAMAN #22 ARROW #9 BATMAN SUPERMAN #2 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #22 CATWOMAN #22 CONSTANTINE #5 (TRINITY) FLASH #22 GREEN TEAM TEEN TRILLIONAIRES #3 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #22 (TRINITY)  LARFLEEZE #2 MAD MAGAZINE #522 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #22 SUPERMAN #22 SUPERMAN UNCHAINED DIRECTORS CUT #1 TALON #10 TEEN TITANS #22 VERTIGO UNWRITTEN #51  BOOM ADVENTURE TIME #15 MAIN CVRS ADVENTURE TIME #18 MAIN CVRS  DAY MEN #1 FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES #16 DARK HORSE DARK HORSE PRESENTS #26  GAMMA ONE SHOT  LOBSTER JOHNSON SCENT OF LOTUS #1 MASS EFFECT FOUNDATION #1 MASSIVE #14 MIND MGMT #13 STAR WARS LEGACY II #5  DYNAMITE AOD VS HACK SLASH #1 (OF 6)  DAMSELS MERMAIDS #3 GARTH ENNIS RED TEAM #4 MARK WAID GREEN HORNET #4 UNCANNY #2 IDW CROW CURARE #2 (OF 3) DANGER GIRL TRINITY #4 (OF 4) DOCTOR WHO VOL 3 #11 GHOSTBUSTERS #6 JUDGE DREDD #9 LOCKE & KEY TREASURY ED ROCKETEER SPIRIT PULP FRICTION #1 (OF 4) STAR TREK ONGOING #23 AFTER DARKNESS PT 3 THUMBPRINT BY JOE HILL #2 (OF 3) TRANSFORMERS PRIME BEAST HUNTERS #3 VITRIOL THE HUNTER #6 (OF 6) WILD BLUE YONDER #2 (OF 5) IMAGE BOUNCE #3  CLONE #9 DREAM MERCHANT #3 (OF 6)  LAZARUS #2  MICE TEMPLAR IV LEGEND #5  WITCHBLADE #168  MISC ALL NEW FATHOM #1 (OF 8)  BART SIMPSON COMICS #85 BLOODSHOT #13 HARBINGER WARS  HARBINGER #14 HARBINGER WARS SIXTH GUN SONS O/T GUN #5 (OF 5) TOMORROWLAND #1 (OF 4) X-O MANOWAR #15  MAGAZINES MARVEL PREVIEWS AUGUST 2013 EXTRAS  STAR WARS INSIDER #143 NEWSSTAND ED  TRADES ADVENTURE TIME ENCYCLOPEDIA HC  ARCHER & ARMSTRONG TP ETERNAL WARRIOR AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 05 AVENGERS TP HEAVY METAL CAMELOT 3000 TP CREEPY PRESENTS STEVE DITKO HC  FAIREST TP VOL 02 HIDDEN KINGDOM  FANTASTIC FOUR TP CRUSADERS AND TITANS KICK-ASS 2 PRELUDE TP HIT-GIRL JRJR DM VAR ED  KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA ARCHIVES TP VOL 01  NEOZOIC TP VOL 01 NEW PTG NIGHTWING TP VOL 02 NIGHT OF THE OWLS (N52) PORCELAIN A GOTHIC FAIRY TALE GN  REASON FOR DRAGONS HC  STAR WARS AGENT O/T EMPIRE TP VOL 02 HARD TARGETS STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI TP VOL 02 PRISONER OF BOGA TOWER CHRONICLES BOOK ONE PREM HC GEISTHAWK WARS IN TOYLAND HC X-MEN TP X-TERMINATION X-TREME X-MEN TP VOL 02 YOU CANT GO HOME AGAIN MERCH POP DISNEY ROCKETEER VINYL FIG  BACK IN STOCK DAREDEVIL DARK NIGHTS #1 (OF 8) DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL #1 (OF 4) GOTHAM CENTRAL TP BOOK 01 IN THE LINE OF DUTY JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #5 LAZARUS #1 2ND PTG

New Comics For Wednesday July 17th

Oh, new week. So much to be thankful for! COMICS, COMICS, COMICS!!! BATMAN 66 #1 for some 60's cheese. Gail Simone long awaited take on RED SONJA. Any Paul Pope work is good work with DEATH OF HAGGARD WEST ONE SHOT. Leading upto the release of Book 2 of Korra there is the Korra Book 1 Artbook plus the next thrilling installment of AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 05 SEARCH PART 2. Ross Campell's glory in GLORY TP VOL 02 WAR TORN. More horror mystery than you can poke a stick at with REVIVAL TP VOL 02 LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT. And some crazyness with Brandon Graham action in WALRUS.

Not enough for you? How about this little event of awesome housed here on Saturday the 20th. You Stink and I Don’t – Volume 1 and 2 Launch, a celebration of 20 years of Ben ‘Hutcho’ Hutchings and his creation of one of Australia's best funnybook comic series! Come down, meet the man, buy his book and artwork, listen to him be interviewed, maybe win a prize!

See anything you like. You know what to do! :D

MARVEL A PLUS X #10 NOW ALL NEW X-MEN #14 NOW AVENGERS #16 INF AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #17 NOW CABLE AND X-FORCE #11 NOW DAREDEVIL DARK NIGHTS #2 (OF 8) DEADPOOL #13 NOW FANTASTIC FOUR #10 NOW FF #9 NOW IRON MAN #13 NOW MORBIUS LIVING VAMPIRE #7 NOW NOVA #6 NOW POWERS BUREAU #6  SAVAGE WOLVERINE #7 NOW SCARLET #7  SUPERIOR CARNAGE #1 (OF 5) NOW THANOS RISING #4 (OF 5) INF THOR GOD OF THUNDER #10 NOW THUNDERBOLTS #13 NOW ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #25 UNCANNY X-FORCE #8 NOW WHAT IF AVX #2 (OF 4) WOLVERINE MAX #9  X-FACTOR #259 DC COMICS ANIMAL MAN #22 BATMAN 66 #1 BATMAN AND CATWOMAN #22 BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #18 BATWOMAN #22 BIRDS OF PREY #22 GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #22 HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #4 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #6 (TRINITY) JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICAS VIBE #6 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #22 SUPERGIRL #22 WONDER WOMAN #22 VERTIGO 100 BULLETS BROTHER LONO #2 (OF 8)  FABLES #131  BOOM ADVENTURE TIME CANDY CAPERS #1 (OF 6)  BRAVEST WARRIORS #10  HIGHER EARTH #8  DARK HORSE BLOOD BROTHERS #1 (OF 3) BPRD HELL ON EARTH #109 WASTELAND #3 (OF 3) CONAN THE BARBARIAN #18 DREAM THIEF #3 (OF 5) STAR WARS DARK TIMES SPARK REMAINS #1 (OF 5)  STAR WARS DARTH VADER & NINTH ASSASSIN #4 (OF 5)  STRAIN THE FALL #1 TO HELL YOU RIDE #5 (OF 5) DYNAMITE DAMSELS #8 RED SONJA #1  SHADOW YEAR ONE #4 (OF 8)  THE SPIDER #13 WARLORD OF MARS #26  IDW COLONIZED #4 (OF 4)  DINOSAURS ATTACK #1 (OF 5) HALF PAST DANGER #3 (OF 6) TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #1  TMNT VILLAIN MICROSERIES #4 ALOPEX  TRANSFORMERS REGENERATION ONE #93 X-FILES SEASON 10 #2  IMAGE APHRODITE IX #3  ELEPHANTMEN #50  INVINCIBLE #104 NON HUMANS #4 (OF 4) PROPHET #37 REVIVAL #12 MISC ARCHER & ARMSTRONG (VU) #11 DEATH OF HAGGARD WEST ONE SHOT  FATHOM ELITE SAGA #5  FIVE COLOR COMICS #1  HARBINGER WARS (VU) #4 (OF 4)  MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS #1 MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS #2 PLUME #5 (OF 5) SIMPSONS COMICS #204 SONIC UNIVERSE #54  TRADES ADVENTURES OF DR MCNINJA OMNIBUS TP  ALEXANDRO JODOROWSKY SCREAMING PLANET HC AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 05 SEARCH PART 2 AVENGERS ACADEMY TP FINAL EXAMS AVENGERS ASSEMBLE BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT HC CYCLE OF VIOLENCE (N52) BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT TP VOL 01 KNIGHT TERRORS  BLACK KISS II TP  BLACK ORCHID TP  BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 05 PICKENS COUNTY HORROR BUT I LIKE IT HC CAPTAIN AMERICA BY ED BRUBAKER TP VOL 04 CONAN HC VOL 14 THE DEATH  DEADPOOL BY DANIEL WAY COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 01 GENIUS GN  GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO TP VOL 07 GLORY TP VOL 02 WAR TORN  JUDGE DREDD CAM KENNEDY COLLECTION HC VOL 01 KAFKA HC KILL ALL MONSTERS VOL 01 RUINS OF PARIS KILLER OMNIBUS TP VOL 01  LEGEND KORRA ART ANIMATED SERIES BOOK ONE AIR HC MARS ATTACKS TP VOL 02 ON ICE MIGHTY THOR AND JIM TP EVERYTHING BURNS OVERSTREET COMIC BK PG SC VOL 43 SUPERMAN PRINCELESS TP VOL 02 GET OVER YOURSELF REVIVAL TP VOL 02 LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT ROCKETEER HOLLYWOOD HORROR HC SAFE AREA GORAZDE HC SPECIAL ED SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER HC  SMILE SC STORYTELLER GN  STRANGE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS COMICS MEET FREUD & D SUPERMAN PHANTOM ZONE TP TALES OF BATMAN ARCHIE GOODWIN HC  TEMPLAR GN  THINK TANK TP VOL 02 TMNT ADVENTURES TP VOL 05 TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE TP VOL 04 ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN BY BENDIS PREM HC VOL 04 UNCANNY X-FORCE TP VOL 07 FINAL EXECUTION BOOK 2 VAMPIRELLA MASTERS SERIES TP VOL 03 MARK MILLAR  WALRUS GN  WOLVERINE MAX TP VOL 01 PERMANENT RAGE MERCH BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE BY RAFAEL GRAMPA BACK IN STOCK BATMAN SUPERMAN #1 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #2  HAWKEYE #11 MALEVOLENT MR BURNS #1 RACHEL RISING #18 SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER HC  SIX GUN GORILLA #2 (OF 6) SUICIDE RISK #3 SUPERMAN UNCHAINED #1 TEN GRAND #3