Highlights this week: Since Halloween is upon us it’s appropriate that there’s still a few last minute terrifying titles left in our publishers’ bag of tricks and treats: Creator Mike Mignola returns to doing the art chores for the first time in a while in Hellboy: In the Chapel of Moloch one-shot; DC has shown some smarts by getting the second issue of Superman Batman VS Vampires & Werewolves #2 (of 6) out quickly; the all-new Joker graphic novel hardcover by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo; and the long-awaited rerelease of Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein; Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1 is the beginning of the prelude that will lead into the next big Green Lantern crossover The Blackest Night; The New Krypton crossover continues in Superman #681; Thor #11 is finally released; the first in a series of one-shots covering the career of The First Avenger Captain America Theater of War: Operation Zero-Point #1; Secret Invasion is represented this week in Secret Invasion: Thor #3 (of 3), Secret Invasion: X-Men #3 (of 4), Nova #18 and Avengers Initiative #18; Marvel releases three annuals: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 ; Ultimate Captain America Annual #1 and Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3 both preludes to Ultimatum; World of Warcraft #12 and World of Warcraft: Ashbringer #2 (of 4); Garth Ennis’s Battlefields: Night Witches #1 (of 3); one Project Superpowers #7 (of 7) ends and another Project Superpowers 2 The Supremacy #0 (only $1.00!) begins; Todd McFarlane returns to Spawn #185 along with Whilce Portacio; Token the final title in DC’s MINX line; according to creator Chris Ware the penultimate volume of Acme Novelty Library Volume 19; The Tick: The Complete Edlund; the TinTin Hardcover Boxed Set containing 21 TinTin stories and the Art of Dresden Files 2009 Wall Calendar.
Novelties this week: DCU Infinite Heroes 3-Pack Action Figures 200801; Marvel Mighty Muggs 2008 PX 6-inch Figures; Marvel Minimates Avengers #1 Box Set; the Monty Python Fluxx Gard Game and Supernatural Season 3 Trading Cards
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- Batman Death Mask Collected Edition
- Batman Shield: Metal Keychain
- Cartoon Network Block Party #50
- Checkmate #31
- Chuck #5 (of 6)
- DC Universe Decisions #4 (of 4)
- DCU Infinite Heroes 3-Pack Assortment 200801
- Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1

- Green Lantern: In Brightest Day Softcover
- Hellblazer: Family Man Softcover
- Jack of Fables #27
- Joker Hardcover (click here for more info)

- Justice League of America #26

- Justice Society of America: The Next Age Softcover
- Kill Your Boyfriend (Written by Grant Morrison; Art by Philip Bond ; New Printing)
- Legion of Super Heroes #47
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier Softcover
- Madame Xanadu #5
- Mirror’s Edge #1 (of 6)

- Northlanders #11
- Rann Thanagar: Holy War #6 (of 8)
- Reign In Hell #4 (of 8)
- Superman #681 New Krypton (has Variant Edition Cover)

- Superman Batman #53
- Superman Batman: Search for Kryptonite Hardcover
- Superman Batman VS Vampires & Werewolves #2 (of 6)

- Superman Shield Metal Keychain
- Teen Titans #64
- Token (final title in the MINX line; click here for more info)

- Trinity #22
- War That Time Forgot #6 (of 12)
- World of Warcraft #12
- World of Warcraft: Ashbringer #2 (of 4)

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- Astounding Wolf-Man #9
- DNAgents Industrial Strength Edition Softcover
- Kick Drum Comix #2 (of 2)
- Proof #13
- Savage #1 (of 4)
- Screamland Vol 1 Softcover
- Spawn #185

- The Sword #12
- Zero G #2 (of 4)
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- Amazing Spider-Man #575

- Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
- Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1 (of 2)

- Avengers Initiative #18 (Secret Invasion; has Zombie Variant Cover)
- Captain America: Theater of War-Operation Zero Point

- Daredevil #111 2nd Printing
- Deadpool #2 2nd Printing
- Essential Marvel Horror Volume 2 Softcover

- Hulk Movie Gamma Glow Bobblehead
- Immortal Iron Fist #19
- Incredible Hercules #122 (has Zombie Variant Cover)

- Incredible Hercules: Secret Invasion Premiere Hardcover
- Marvel 1985 #6 (of 6)
- Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #41
- Marvel Apes #4 (of 4)

- Marvel Illustrated: The Iliad Premiere Hardcover
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Vol 1 Journey Into Mystery Hardcover
- Marvel Mighty Muggs 2008 PX 6-inch Figure Assortment
- Marvel Minimates Avengers #1 Box Set
- Marvel Previews #63 November 2008
- Marvel Spotlight: Ultimatum
- Nova #18 (Secret Invasion; Also has Zombie Variant Cover)
- Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe A to Z Volume 5 Hardcover
- Secret Invasion: Thor #3 (of 3)
- Secret Invasion: X-Men #3 (of 4)
- Skaar Son of Hulk #4 (also has Zombie Variant Cover)
- Spider-Man With Great Power Premiere Hardcover
- Spider-Man A New Goblin Softcover
- Thor #11

- Ultimate Captain America Annual #1

- Ultimate Fantastic Four Volume 11 Salem’s Seven Softcover
- Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3
- Wolverine First Class #8
- Wolverine Origins #29 (also has Zombie Variant Cover)

- X-Force #8
- X-Men First Class Giant Size Special #1
- X-Men: Messiah Complex Softcover
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- Acme Novelty Library Volume 19 Hardcover

- Archie #590
- Archie Americana Volume 9 Best of the 90s Book 1 Softcover
- Archie Double Digest #193
- Archie Series Collectors DVD-Rom Volume 3 Jughead
- Art of Dresden Files 2009 Wall Calendar

- Asterix Omnibus Volume 10 Softcover
- Barron’s Graphic Classics Three Musketeers Softcover
- Bat Manga: Secret History of Batman in Japan Softcover
- Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein Hardcover

Beyond Wonderland #3 (of 6)
- Bionicle Volume 3 Graphic Novel
- Blood Bowl #5 (of 5)
- Bloodrayne: Tokyo Rogue #3(of 3)
- The Boys #24
- Captain Action #1 (has Mychaels and Sparacio Covers)
- Classic Spirit Mini Bust
- Comic Shop News #1115
- Cryptics Softcover
- Cthulhu Tales #7
- Cthulhu Tales Volume 2 Whisper of Madness Softcover
- Dark Walker Novel
- Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein Volume 1 #5 (of 5)
- Demon’s Regret #3
- Diamond Previews Volume 18 #11
- Dome By Luis Royo 2009 Wal Calendar
- Empowered Volume 4 Softcover

- Fathom #3 (has Garza and Caldwell Covers)
- G Fan #85
- Garth Ennis Battlefields: Night Witches #1 (of 3)

- Ghost Omnibus Volume 1 Softcover
- Ghost Talkers Daydream Softcover Volume 2
- Gold Digger Halloween 2008 Special
- Heavy Metal Fall 2008
- Hellboy: In the Chapel of Moloch One-shot

- I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates From Outerspace #5 (of 6)
- Jack Kirby Collector #51
- James Bond: Polestar Softcover
- Jews in America: A Cartoon History Updated Edition
- Knights of the Dinner Table #144
- Lulu and Mitzi: Best Laid Plans Volume 1 Softcover
- Maka Maka Volume 1 Graphic Novel
- Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics Softcover
- Man of Rock: Biography of Joe Kubert Softcover
- Michael Golden: Heroes & Villains Sketchbook S/N Hardcover
- Monty Python Fluxx Gard Game

- No Hero 2 (of 7)
- Ojingogo Graphic Novel
- Poison Apples: Art of Lorenzo Sperlonga Softcover
- Project Superpowers #7 (of 7)
- Project Superpowers Volume 2: The Supremacy #0 (only $1.00!)

- Ray Harryhausen Flying Saucers VS Earth Volume 1 Softcover
- Ray Harryhausen Presents 20 Million Miles More Graphic Novel
- Ray Harryhausen Presents Wrath of the Titans Softcover
- Red Sonja #38
- Resurrection Annual #1
- Rex Libris #13
- Roadkill: Jim Kowalski Adventure Graphic Novel
- Scream Queen #5 (of 5)
- Sheena: Dark Rising #1
- Solomon Kane #2 (of 5)

- Speak of the Devil Hardcover
- Spike: After the Fall #4 (of 4; has Urru and Sharp Brothers Incentive Covers)
- Star Trek Magazine #14
- Star Wars Legacy #29
- Stargate Magazine #25
- Station #3 (of 5)
- Streets of Glory #6 (of 6)
- Supernatural Season 3 Trading Cards
- Tales From the Crypt #8
- The Tick: The Complete Edlund

- TinTin Hardcover Boxed Set
- Tomart’s Action Figure Digest #171
- Transformers Armada Volume 1 Softcover
- Usagi Yojimbo #115

- Violent Messiahs Volume 1 Book of Job Softcover
- Warhammer Condemned By Fire #5 (of 5)
- Wasteland #21
- Wizard Magazine #206 (has Secret Invasion and The Spirit Covers)
- Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2 Softcover
- Xxxholic Anotherholic Novel