Highlights this week: New books that it seems like we’ve been waiting for forever Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #19 The Time of Your Life Part 4 (of 4); the conclusion of Batman RIP in Batman #681 and the award-winning Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 #4 (of 6; the previous issue shipped at the end of February!); Superman #682 contains Part 6 of the New Krypton crossover; Wonder Woman #26 sees the return of regular artist Aaron Lopresti; Showcase Presents Sgt. Rock Volume 2 Softcover; another Justice Society Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom; Image Comics publishes an all-new Body Bags One-shot by Jason Pearson; Daredevil #113 contains Part 3 of Lady Bullseye; Guardians of the Galaxy #7 begins a new story-arc and introduces a new team line-up; two Secret Invasion tie-in mini-series come to an end: Secret Invasion: Inhumans #4 (of 4) and Secret Invasion: X-Men #4 (of 4); Thor: Man of War #1 is the final part of the trilogy begun in Thor: Ages of Thunder and Thor: Reign of Blood by the creative team of Matt Fraction and Patrick Zicher; Ultimate Spider-Man #128 ends its War of the Symbiotes storyline and Ultimate X-Men #98 is an Ultimatum tie-in; Wolverine: Origins #30 is the conclusion to the Original Sin crossover Part 5 (of 5); and Umbrella Academy: Dallas #1 (of 6) follows the successful and critically acclaimed Umbrella Academy mini-series.

Novelties this week: Green Lantern Action Figure Boxed Set and X-Men Bobbleheads of Colossus; Cyclops; Wolverine and Storm

Highlights this week: Iron Man: Director Of Shield #35 and Punisher War Journal #25 both tie-in to Marvel’s Secret Invasion storyline; Aspen’s Fathom Volume 1 Definitive Edition; the New Krypton story continues in Supergirl #35; the JSA Kingdom Come “sequel” continues in the Magog one-shot special; Batman and The Outsiders #13 contains another Batman R.I.P. tie-in; Fables Volume 11 War And Pieces softcover; Jack Kirby’s The Demon Omnibus hardcover; the Heroes Volume 2 Hardcover; the second issue of the new Spawn storyline (#186); Punisher War Journal #25 and ; Ender’s Game: Battle School #2 continues Marvel’s adaptation of the Orson Scott Card series; X-Men Legacy #218 continues the Original Sin crossover from Wolverine Origins; even though the recent X-Files Movie didn’t do so well we have the all-new X-Files #1 (of 6); Back Issue Magazine #31 is a Tribute to the late Steve Gerber; numerous Doctor Who and Torchwood hardcover British import novels, as well as Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series DVD; Matt Groening’s Life in Hell 2009 Wall Calendar; and there’s always plenty more to choose from if those aren’t your style!

Novelties this week: More DC Infinite Heroes action figures; Christmas and Star Trek the Original Series Pez dispensers; Halo Legendary Collection Series 1 Action Figures; more Marvel Toon Tumblers; the Marvel Select Captain America Action Figure based on the new costume from Ed Brubaker’s critically-acclaimed run!

Highlights this week: Kevin Smith fans will rejoice with his all-new Batman: Cacophony #1 (of 3) with art by the legendary Walt Flanagan himself (BUT will it ship on time?); the New Krypton storyline continues with Part 4 in Action Comics #871; Batman R.I.P. isn’t done quite yet and is featured in Detective Comics #850 and Nightwing #150; JLA/Avengers was originally published five years ago and was only collected in an Absolute Hardcover Edition, but now it is finally available in a softcover edition; the beautiful cover art of DC/Vertigo’s Fables is now collected in the Fables Covers by James Jean Hardcover; the Justice Society Kingdom Come Special: Superman #1 with actual interior art by Alex Ross ships just a week late; Push #1 (of 6) is a prequel story to the new science fiction movie being released in February 2009; the Stephen King double-header strikes again with Dark Tower: Treachery #3 (of 6) and The Stand: Captain Trips #3 (of 6); Part 4 of Old Man Logan is finally released in Wolverine #69; Project Superpowers spins off an all-new series Black Terror #1; Buffy Season Eight Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate Softcover collecting issues #11- 15; Dabel Brothers adapts the first outing of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Stormfront #1 (of 4); Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson: Homecoming #1 (of 4); Peter David’s best selling fantasy novels are adapted into graphic form with Sir Apropos of Nothing #1 (of 5); Toyfare Magazine #137 as well as the brand new Twisted Toyfare Theatre Volume 9; and 3, count them 3, Warhammer titles!

• Novelties this week: Star Trek Original Series Retro Action Figures Series 5: Uhura & Mugato: Planet of the Apes Retro Cloth Cornelius and Soldier Ape Figures and Domo 5.5 Inch Flocked Vinyl Figure in Classic Brown and Ruby Red

• On Friday, November 14 at 7pm Cartoon Network debuts an all-new cartoon series based on the classic Brave and the Bold comics of the Sixties and Seventies. Batman: The Brave and The Bold will feature Batman teaming up with several other DC Comics heroes. Unlike past Batman series, the show features a more light-hearted tone and style. TV Guide’s review says its “perfect for frustrated parents who couldn’t take their kids to The Dark Knight movie last summer”. In the premiere episode Batman teams up with the current incarnation of The Blue Beetle to save an alien race. Upcoming episodes has Batman teaming up with Plastic Man, Aquaman, Kamandi, Jonah Hex, Adam Strange and many more!
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Highlights this week: The Michael Turner Tribute Graphic Novel features a host of the industry’s finest comic book writers, artists and creators as they pay special tribute to the late acclaimed artist, creator, colleague, friend, and Aspen Comics President and founder, Michael Turner. The cover is by Alex Ross; the March to Ultimatum is over, and Ultimatum #1 (of 5) is here, thanks to Loeb & Finch; the Superman New Krypton storyline continues in Adventure Comics Special: Guardian #1; P. Craig Russell adapts Neil Gaiman’s Sandman The Dream Hunters (#1 of 4); Billy Tucci takes a shot at Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion #1 (of 6); Terra#1 (of 4; biweekly) finally ships; Erik Larsen continues shipping Savage Dragon (#139) regularly; Weapon X First Class #1 (of 4) and Adam: Legend of Blue Marvel #1 (of 4), and X-Men Spider-Man #1 (of 4) kickoff 3 new mini-series for Marvel; the Freakangels soft-cover by Warren Ellis collects the webcomic in print for the first time; and there’s always plenty more to choose from if those aren’t your style!

• Halloween is now just days away and we’ve got some seasonal things planned between now and the end of this weekend:

• Due in part to the current state of the economy local food banks are at a record low, so Westfield Comics will again be holding a Food Drive to benefit the St. Vincent DePauls Food Pantry. Between now and Sunday, November 2 bring in any canned or non-perishable food item and receive a Free Comic Book Grab Bag. We’ll have special bags for kids and adults so bring in more than one item and get some free reading material for everybody while contributing to a good cause.

• Halloween Weekend Friday, October, 31 through Sunday, November 2 Westfield Comics will be having a Costume Contest. If you come in wearing a costume you’ll get your picture taken and entered in our contest to win Gift Cards and other special prizes. Again, there will be different winners for kids and adults, so come one come all!

• Don’t forget to come in and check out our Halloween displays of scary reading materials for kids and adults (here’s a link to our site for a sample of some of our suggestions)

• Oh yeah, and we might have some CANDY on hand too!
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