Highlights This Week: Batman #676 begins the next big Batman crossover R.I.P. Aaron Lopresti joins writer Gail Simone as new regular penciller in Wonder Woman #20. The Final Crisis Sketchbook will give a sneak peek at next week’s first issue of the Final Crisis mini-series featuring sketches and character designs by artist J.G. Jones and script notes and designs by writer Grant Morrison. Huntress: Year One #1 (of 6) sheds new light on the early days of Helena Bertinelli. Wildstorm sees if there’s any interest in comics based on a 20 year old movie with Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs #1 (of 4). Warren Ellis’ NewUniversal Shockfront #1 (of 6) begins. Captain Britain & MI 13 #1 replaces the New Excalibur series and will crossover into the Secret Invasion storyline. Chris Claremont’s Genext #1 (of 5) explores the “what if?” scenario of the X-Men aging in real time. An all-new Guardians of the Galaxy #1 launches out of the Annihilation Conquest mini-series with both old and new characters. Serenity: Better Days #3 (of 3) is the final issue of the series for now until the

Highlights This Week: The original Invaders (Captain America, Bucky, Human Torch, Toro and the Sub-Mariner) return in Avengers/Invaders #1 (of 12) by the award winning team behind Earth X, Justice and Project Superpowers, Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Steve Sadowski. The second issue of Secret Invasion. The third issue of Dark Tower The Long Road Home .Because of the Iron Man movie, in theatres now!, we get an all-new ongoing series The Invincible Iron Man #1 and a new mini-series Iron Man Viva Las Vegas #1 (of 4). DC tries to resurrect the horror anthology with the all-new House of Mystery #1. Jim Starlin having finished his Death of the New Gods mini-series now takes on Rann/Thanagar Holy War #1 (of 8). Comics legend Joe Kubert returns with the all-new Tor #1 (of 6). The final issue of Scud the Disposable Assassin (#24). Also, the final issue of Dark Horse’s ongoing Conan series. And finally, once again, we get BOTH Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #14 AND Angel After the Fall #7.

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