New Comics For Wednesday September 11th

So how about that election? Something, something that guy. Something, something the other guy. Now that is out of the way let's get down to the actual important issues, NEW COMICS! MIGHTY AVENGERS #1 starring your favourite street based heroes. Week two of the DC VILLAIN Lenticular (read migraine inducing) Covers. Dynamite releasing KINGS WATCH #1 defending the earth and Boom has SONS OF ANARCHY #1 busting heads! The start of the end in LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #1. Valiant continues expanding it's line with ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 from Greg Pak. Yet more BPRD goodness with BPRD 1948 TP. Hickman's fantastic creator owned titles continue with the trade release of EAST OF WEST TP VOL 01. Stunning sci-fi artwork in STAR TREK ART OF JUAN ORTIZ HC. Jeff Brown gives us more slice of life stories with a Star Wars spin in STAR WARS JEDI ACADEMY YR HC. And to wrap it up the latest from one of the best performing DC 52 titles WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 3. 

Anything you'd like to add, you know what to do! :D 

MARVEL ASTONISHING X-MEN #67 AVENGERS #19 INF AVENGERS ARENA #15 CAPTAIN AMERICA #11 DEADPOOL #16 FANTASTIC FOUR #12 FEARLESS DEFENDERS #9 INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #13 INFINITY HUNT #1 (OF 4) KICK-ASS 3 #3 (OF 8) (MR) MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS EARTHS HEROES #18 MIGHTY AVENGERS #1 INF ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #30 UNCANNY X-FORCE #11 WOLVERINE #9 X-MEN #5 DC COMICS ACTION COMICS #23.2 ZOD AQUAMAN #23.1 BLACK MANTA BATMAN #23.2 RIDDLER BATMAN AND ROBIN #23.2 COURT OF OWLS BATMAN ARKHAM UNHINGED #18 BATMAN LIL GOTHAM #6 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #23.2 MR FREEZE DETECTIVE COMICS #23.2 HARLEY QUINN EARTH 2 #15.2 SOLOMON GRUNDY FLASH #23.2 REVERSE FLASH GREEN LANTERN #23.2 MONGUL JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.2 LOBO JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7.2 KILLER FROST SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #17 SUPERMAN #23.2 BRAINIAC TEEN TITANS #23.1 TRIGON VERTIGO ASTRO CITY #4 FBP FEDERAL BUREAU OF PHYSICS #3  BOOM 3 GUNS #2 (OF 6) HEROBEAR & THE KID INHERITANCE #2 (OF 5) ROBOCOP LAST STAND #2 (OF 8)  SONS OF ANARCHY #1 (OF 6)  DARK HORSE BRAIN BOY #1 BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #25  HALO INITIATION #2 (OF 3)  RESIDENT ALIEN SUICIDE BLONDE #1 (OF 3) STAR WARS #9 2013 ONGOING TRUE LIVES O/T FABULOUS KILLJOYS #4 (OF 6) X #5  DYNAMITE GRIMM #5 KINGS WATCH #1 (OF 5) RED SONJA #3  SHADOW #17  SHADOW GREEN HORNET DARK NIGHTS #3 (OF 5)  THE SPIDER #14 IDW LOCKE & KEY ALPHA #1 (OF 2) MARS ATTACKS JUDGE DREDD #1 (OF 4) MY LITTLE PONY MICRO SERIES #8 CELESTIA TMNT VILLAIN MICROSERIES #6 HUN  TRANSFORMERS MONSTROSITY #4 (OF 4) IMAGE CLONE #10 GHOSTED #3  MANHATTAN PROJECTS #14 PROPHET #39 SIDEKICK #2  WALKING DEAD #114  MISC ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #13  BALLISTIC #2 ETERNAL WARRIOR #1  EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 3 #5  HOMECOMING #4  MYTHOPOLIS #1  RACHEL RISING #19 SPONGEBOB COMICS #24 TRADES AVENGERS ARENA TP VOL 02 GAME ON NOW AVENGERS IRON MAN TP FIRST SIGN BEST OF MILLIGAN & MCCARTHY HC  BOXERS & SAINTS BOXED SET  BPRD 1948 TP  CONGRESS O/T ANIMALS HC  DIESEL SWEETIES GN VOL 01 IM A ROCKER I ROCK OUT EAST OF WEST TP VOL 01 THE PROMISE ENDANGERED WEAPON B GN  ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 09 FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES TP VOL 03 FIVE WEAPONS MAKING THE GRADE TP GREEN ARROW TP VOL 03 HARROW  HALLOWEEN LEGION GREAT GOBLIN INVASION HC HELLRAISER DARK WATCH TP VOL 01  HYPERNATURALS TP VOL 02 INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK PREM HC VOL 02  INHUMANS BY PAUL JENKINS AND JAE LEE HC KISS GREATEST HITS TP VOL 04 MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP VOL 02 NEIL YOUNGS GREENDALE TP  ROBOCOP TP  SHADOWEYES GN VOL 02 SHADOWEYES IN LOVE  SHIELD BY STERANKO TP COMPLETE COLLECTION SLAINE THE KING GN CURR PTG  SLAINE TIME KILLER GN CURR PTG  STAR TREK ART OF JUAN ORTIZ HC  STAR WARS JEDI ACADEMY YR HC  STAR WARS LEGACY HC VOL 02  STITCHED TP VOL 02  STREET FIGHTER CLASSIC HC VOL 01 HADOKEN STREET FIGHTER ORIGINS AKUMA HC  SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 01 SUPURBIA TP VOL 02 ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN BY BRIAN WOOD TP VOL 02 UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 NEW PTG URSA MINOR TP  WARRIORS MOVIE ADAPTATION TP WOLVERINE AND X-MEN BY JASON AARON TP VOL 06 WONDER WOMAN HC VOL 03 IRON (N52) WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 02 GUTS (N52) MERCH INJUSTICE NIGHTWING VS SUPERMAN 2 PACK AF BACK IN STOCK ADVENTURE TIME ENCYCLOPEDIA HC  BATMAN 66 #1 BATMAN INCORPORATED SPECIAL #1 SACRIFICE HC  SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 02 TROUBLED MIND NOW

R.I.P.D DOUBLE PASS GIVEAWAY!

Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds headline the 3D supernatural action-adventure R.I.P.D. as two cops dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to protect and serve the living from an increasingly destructive array of souls who refuse to move peacefully to the other side.

Veteran sheriff Roy Pulsifer (Bridges) has spent his career with the legendary police force known as R.I.P.D. tracking monstrous spirits who are cleverly disguised as ordinary people. His mission? To arrest and bring to justice a special brand of criminals trying to escape final judgment by hiding among the unsuspecting on Earth.

Once the wise-cracking Roy is assigned former rising-star detective Nick Walker (Reynolds) as his junior officer, the new partners have to turn grudging respect into top-notch teamwork. When they uncover a plot that could end life as we know it, two of R.I.P.D.’s finest must miraculously restore the cosmic balance...or watch the tunnel to the afterlife begin sending angry souls the very wrong way.


Thanks to those lovely folks from Universal Pictures and R.I.P.D, in cinemas from September 12th, we have 10 double in-season passes to give away.

To go into the draw for your chance to win just tell us this, "some of us love Jeff Bridges, some of us love Ryan Reynolds. Out of the two, who is most deserving of our admiration and why?"

Terms and Conditions:
All entries will go into the All Star Barrel and winners will be drawn at random.
Entries close 6pm Tuesday 10th of September and winners will be announced Wednesday the 11th. 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. 

Thanks again to Universal Pictures and of course R.I.P.D, in cinemas September 12th.
For more infomation head to: 
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ALL STAR RECOMMENDS: HOAX HUNTERS #10

For an issue that is ten deep into a series, Hoax Hunters does a great job of dropping you into a story, with instantaneous accompanying stakes, without alienating you from the greater ideas and atmosphere of a world overcome by supernatural and otherworldly forces poking through into our reality via certain gifted/cursed individuals.

The Hoax Hunting crew are introduced in striking ways, beginning with a prologue which shows one of the hunters as a small child. Young Regan is presented first and seemingly sits upon a precipice between great responsibility and dark temptation. With a fiercely protective mother and an angry mob vying for her to be punished, the cursed seems the more likely descriptor for the powers she displays and public attention she receives.

The introduction of Donovan is similarly laced with affect and is my favorite, mainly due to how much the art and dialogue combine to say so much about the character before a knock at the door draws him back to his unwanted calling. There’s a hint of Lethal Weapon’s Martin Riggs to his melancholy that makes it one of the many standout moments.

Via these two and further, upon meeting the entire team, the Hunters are made to seem like a barely strung together group of reluctant but needed respondents to whatever lurks beyond.

The art doesn’t take long to establish character and mood with the glowing eyes, wrinkled brows and on-edge nature of each individual character conveyed with menace, tragedy and pathos. They all look exhausted and ragged, which really adds to how the characters emote, react and speak.

The overall rhythm is also strong, not wasting time for the action to ignite as well as character conflict, and the rooftop scene…!

A really strong point to jump on for those not yet reading and a superbly balanced plot/character escalation for those already reading!

ALL STAR RECOMMENDED!

Luke H  

ALL STAR LEGEND: HELLBOY VOL 1

Having just celebrated it's 20th anniversary, we thought it was high time we showcased everybody's favourite paranormal investigator, HELLBOY. From the mind and artwork of Mike Mignola, Seed Of Destruction is the first volume of Hellboy collecting all the original tales, most co-written by John Byrne.

It seems almost pointless to go into how excellent this character is because it's a pretty good chance most of you already now and have owned this trade for awhile now. This collection is a basic origin tale introducing us into a world where Hilter's mad dash for the upper hand in World War 2 lead to the accidential release of Hellboy into our world from the dark beyond. Landing in the hands of the Allies rather than the Nazis, Hellboy as a devil baby, despite his appearance and mysterious origins is raised to be normal hard working, knock about, blue collar guy...who just happens to investigate things that go bump in the night.

Throughout this story Hellboy is reunited with the forces responsible for him coming to earth and result is a explosion of everything Lovecraftian.

At it's heart, Seed Of Destruction is tale of choosing your own fate and telling destiny to go to hell!

The art of Mignola has captured the imagination of comic fans for years. It is a pleasure to get the chance to view his earlier, more detailed work to see how his style has matured into the simpler, almost effortless minimalistic form it is today.

Even though John Byrne's writing on this first story is far different from anything you'll read of any of the Mignola scripted Hellboy, it is still every interesting to get an idea of what is going on inside Hellboy's head, something we never get to see again after this book.

Again it is understandable if most of you reading this already own this Legend from it's seer popularity and cult status but it does make for a great gift for someone yet to read it.

As always, the ALL STAR LEGEND will be available for 30 days (or until stock sells out) at the discounted price. As this will be a limited stock promotion there is strictly "no holds" on the legend.  First in, best read! No further discount applies to the book as there's a pretty good chance it will already be cheaper than the US cover price! The discount also only applies to the volume listed, not the entire series of trades.

If you have any questions, you know where to ask them. You can start to buy the Legend from this Thursday the 5th of September.

All Star Legends. The legendary titles of the highest recommendation.

New Comics For Wednesday September 4th

THE VILLAINS ARE HERE!!! You might want to pull up a chair. This is going to take awhile! The next Xmen X-over Event starts up with the first two parts in X-MEN BATTLE OF ATOM #1 and ALL NEW X-MEN #16. SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #17 has a visitor from our past but Otto's future with Spider-man 2099 showing up. DC Villain Month starts to roll out its titles along with the first part of the NEW 52's first Universe spanning story, FOREVER EVIL #1. A bevy of excellent talent showcased in brilliant two tone with BATMAN BLACK & WHITE #1. Find out what Lucas actually had in mind for us in STAR WARS #1 (OF 8) LUCAS DRAFT. Hickman doing work at Avatar with GOD IS DEAD #1.  Latest collection for both AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 04 and ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 03 ROTWORLD THE RED KINGDOM. Our missing stock of CHEW TP VOL 07 BAD APPLES will finally hit the shelves, along with the next LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE TP VOL 02. 

Still not enough? Well after you get out of your awesome reading coma you might what to free up your Saturday afternoon because the great Tristan Jones will be joining us signing and sketching for the release of his art appearing in HOAX HUNTERS #10! Be store side to meet TJ on Saturday the 7th from 2pm until 5pm , pick up his latest work and help support local talent in international books and maybe win yourself a cool Hoax Hunters Poster! For more details, head here.


MARVEL

ALL NEW X-MEN #16

AVENGERS AI #3

DAREDEVIL DARK NIGHTS #4 (OF 8)

DEADPOOL KILLS DEADPOOL #3 (OF 4)

DEXTER #3 (OF 5)

EMERALD CITY OF OZ #3 (OF 5)

INFINITY #2 (OF 6)

IRON MAN #15

SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN NOW #3

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #17

TAKIO #4

VENOM #40

X-FACTOR #262

X-MEN BATTLE OF ATOM #1 (OF 2)

X-MEN LEGACY #16

DC COMICS

ACTION COMICS #23.1 CYBORG SUPERMAN

AME COMI GIRLS #7

BATMAN #23.1 JOKER

BATMAN AND ROBIN #23.1 TWO FACE

BATMAN BLACK & WHITE #1 (OF 6)

BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #23.1 VENTRILOQUIST STANDARD

DC VS MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1 (OF 6)

DETECTIVE COMICS #23.1 POISON IVY

EARTH 2 #15.1 DESAAD

FLASH #23.1 GRODD

FOREVER EVIL #1 (OF 7)

GREEN ARROW #23.1 COUNT VERTIGO

GREEN LANTERN #23.1 RELIC

JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.1 DARKSEID

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #23.1 CREEPER

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #7.1 DEADSHOT STANDARD

LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #12

MAD MAGAZINE #523

SUPERMAN #23.1 BIZARRO

VERTIGO

DJANGO UNCHAINED #7 (OF 7)

FAIREST #19

TRILLIUM #2 (OF 8)

BOOM

DEATHMATCH #9

HIT #1 (OF 4)

SUICIDE RISK #5

DARK HORSE

BALTIMORE INFERNAL TRAIN #1 (OF 3)

CATALYST COMIX #3 (OF 9)

MICHAEL AVON OEMINGS VICTORIES #5 TRANSHUMAN

STAR WARS #1 (OF 8) LUCAS DRAFT

DYNAMITE

ARMY OF DARKNESS VS HACK SLASH #2 (OF 6)

BLACK BAT #5

CODENAME ACTION #1 (OF 6)

LORDS OF MARS #2 (OF 6)
MOCKING DEAD #1 (OF 4)

OWL #3 (OF 4)

PATHFINDER GOBLINS #2 (OF 5)

IDW

DANGER GIRL THE CHASE #1 (OF 4)

TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #2

IMAGE

A DISTANT SOIL #41

BLACKACRE #10

CHEW #36

HOAX HUNTERS #10

INVINCIBLE #105

INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #6

LOVE STORIES TO DIE FOR #1

REALITY CHECK #1

SATELLITE SAM #3

SHELTERED #3

SPAWN #235

WITCHBLADE #169

MISC

12 REASONS TO DIE #3

ABSOLUTION RUBICON #3

CHARISMAGIC VOL 2 #5 (OF 6)

GOD IS DEAD #1 (OF 6)

MOUSE GUARD LEGENDS O/T GUARD VOL 2 #2

QUANTUM & WOODY #3

SHADOWMAN #10

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #252

UBER #5

TRADES

AGE OF ULTRON HC

AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 04

ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 03 ROTWORLD THE RED KINGDOM (N52

BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT TP VOL 01

BIONIC MAN TP VOL 02 BIGFOOT

CHEW TP VOL 07 BAD APPLES

DAN THE UNHARMABLE TP VOL 02

DANGER GIRL ARMY OF DARKNESS TP

END O/T F$$$ING WORLD GN

ENDERS GAME GRAPHIC NOVEL TP

GI JOE COBRA FILES TP VOL 01

GREEN LANTERN HC RISE O/T THIRD ARMY (N52)

HI FRUCTOSE COLL ED HC VOL 03 NEW CONTEMPORARY ART

INFINITY GAUNTLET AFTERMATH TP

JUDGE DREDD (IDW) TP VOL 02

JUDGE DREDD COMP CASE FILES TP (S&S ED) VOL 06

JUDGE DREDD DAY OF CHAOS ENDGAME GN

LEGEND OF LUTHER STRODE TP VOL 02

LENORE PURPLE NURPLES HC COLOR ED

LOCAL HC NEW PTG

LONE RANGER TP VOL 06 NATIVE GROUND

LORD OF THE JUNGLE TP VOL 02

MERCILESS RISE OF MING TP

MORNING GLORIES TP VOL 05

NECESSARY EVIL THE VILLAINS OF THE DC UNIVERSE TP

NOVA PREM HC ORIGIN NOW

ONCE UPON A TIME SHADOW OF THE QUEEN PREMIERE HC

PANTHA TP VOL 01 GODDESS & DANGEROUS GAME

PRINCELESS TP VOL 01

SIMPSONS COMICS COLOSSAL COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SELECT TP VOL 08

WALKING DEAD HC VOL 09

WALUK GN

WHAT IS ABOVE HC (MR)

BACK IN STOCK

3 STORY SECRET HISTORY OF GIANT MAN HC

KICK-ASS 3 #1 (OF 8)

LAZARUS #1 2ND PTG

X-FILES SEASON 10 #1 3RD PTG