NEW RELEASES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009

Please note: Our New Release schedule is taken from the latest information
provided by publishers and distributors, who may change their shipping schedules with little or no notice. For up-to-the-minute release information please call the store at 608-833-4444.

dd500full.jpgHighlights This Week: Another of Marvel’s big 70th Anniversary titles reverts back to its original numbering Daredevil #500. The big question is: How will Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark leave this storyline for the next creative team? Also features the first writing on Daredevil by classic DD writer Ann Nocenti in quite some time; Blackest Night is represented this week in Blackest Night Superman #1 (of 3); Who is the new Batgirl in the all-new Batgirl #1?; J. Michael Straczynski’s revamp of the Archie Superhero line continues this week with Red Circle: The Web #1; Archie Andrews proposes to Veronica Lodge in Archie #600; DC’s new Vertigo Crime imprint debuts this week with TWO graphic novels: best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin’s Dark Entries featuring Hellblazer’s John Constantine and Brian Azzarello’s Filthy Rich; Boom Studios’ popular line of Pixar comics continues with Monsters Inc: Laugh Factory #1 (of 4); Dark Horse releases more of their cool Warren Magazine reprints in the Eerie Archives Volume 2 hardcover; Alex Ross spins off more of his popular Dynamite series with Project Superpowers: Meet the Bad Guys #1 (of 4); Marvel releases Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco’s Avengers Forever for the first time in 8 years, and for the first time in hardcover! Fans of artist James Jean will have to have Kindling: The James Jean Poster Book featuring works presented during the artist’s first exhibition at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York. AND, the guys from Big Bang Theory make a cameo appearance in Power Girl #4. You can see it first here.

  • Novelty Highlights This Week: Marvel Minimates Series 27 Ultimates Figures; Marvel Universe Action Figures 200905 and Pokemon Pop N Battle Series 1 Action Figures

DCBack To Top

  • Air #12
  • Batgirl #1 (has variant cover)
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  • Batman Hot Wheels 1/50 Batmobile 200901 Assortment (restock)
  • Batman: Streets of Gotham #3
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  • Blackest Night: Superman #1 (of 3; has variant edition cover)
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  • The Brave and the Bold #26
  • The Brave and The Bold Volume 2: The Book of Destiny Paperback
  • Dark Entries (John Constantine Vertigo Crime Hardcover)
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  • Ex Machina #44
  • Filthy Rich (Brian Azarrello; Vertigo Crime Hardcover)
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  • Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #4 (of 6)
  • Hellblazer #258
  • Jack of Fables #37
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  • Justice League of America #36
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  • The Outsiders #21
  • Power Girl #4 (has variant edition cover)
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  • Red Circle: The Web #1
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  • Starcraft #3
  • Super Friends #18
  • Supergirl #44
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  • Superman Annual #14
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  • Superman/Batman #63
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  • Teen Titans: Changing of the Guard Paperback
  • Tiny Titans #19
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  • Unknown Soldier Volume 1: Haunted House Paperback
  • Vigilante #9
  • Wednesday Comics #7 (of 12)
  • World of Warcraft #22
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  • Astounding Wolfman #18
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  • Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta Volume 1 Paperback
  • Invincible #65
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  • Lava IsĀ  A Floor Hardcover
  • Midnight Nation Deluxe Hardcover
  • Viking #3
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  • Witchblade #129 (has Sejic and Christopher covers)

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  • Amazing Spider-Man #603 (has 70th Frame variant cover)
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  • Astonishing X-Men Ghost Box Hardcover
  • Avengers Forever Hardcover
  • Black Widow: Sting of the Widow Hardcover
  • Daredevil #500 (has 70th Frame; Darrow & Dell’Otto variant covers)
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  • Dark Avengers Volume 1: Assemble Hardcover
  • Dark Reign: Mister Negative #3 (of 3)
  • Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man #1 2nd Printing
  • Dark Reign: The Hood #4 (of 5)
  • Deadpool: Suicide Kings #5 (of 5)
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  • Essential Marvel Team-Up Volume 3 Paperback
  • Genext United #4 (of 5)
  • Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #39
  • Marvel Minimates Series 27 Ultimates Figures
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  • Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man Volume 11 Hardcover 122
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  • Marvel Universe Action Figures 200905
  • Mighty Avengers #28 (has 70th Frame variant cover)
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  • Mighty Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Hardcover
  • Ms Marvel: War of the Marvels Must Have (Reprints #39-41)
  • NYX: No Way Home Paperback
  • Punisher #8 (has 70th Frame Dillon variant cover)
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  • Punisher Frank Castle MAX #73
  • Punisher Frank Castle MAX: Six Hours to Kill Paperback
  • Punisher Noir #1 (of 4; has Calero variant cover)
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  • Spider-Man Mary Jane: You Just Hit The Jackpot Paperback
  • Squadron Supreme: Bright Shining Lies Paperback
  • The Stand: American Nightmares #5 (of 6)
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  • Wolverine Origins: Dark Reign Hardcover
  • Wolverine: Weapon X #4 (has 70th Frame Finch variant cover)
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  • X-Factor #47 (has 70th Frame variant cover)
  • X-Factor: Time And A Half Hardcover
  • X-Men Legacy #226 2nd Printing
  • X-Men Legacy #227 (Dark Reign; has 70th Frame Land variant cover)
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  • Angel: Smile Time Hardcover
  • Army of Darkness Saves Obama #1 (of 4)
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  • Archie #600
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  • Atomic Robo: Shadow From Beyond Time #4 (of 5)
  • Beyond Wonderland Hardcover
  • Blood Plus Novel Volume 4: Nankurunaisa Manga
  • Boba Fett Funko Force Bobble Head
  • Captain Action Original Superhero Action Figure Hardcover
  • Comic Shop News #1157
  • Comics Journal #299
  • Complete Essex County Paperback
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  • Conan the Cimmerian #13
  • Days Missing #1 (of 5)
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  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #1 2nd Printing
  • Doctor Sleepless #13
  • Dr Who Magazine #411
  • Eerie Archives Volume 2 Hardcover
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  • Farscape: Gone and Back #2
  • Gargoyles: Bad Guys Volume 1 Paperback
  • Gargoyles: Clan Building Volume 2 Paperback
  • GI Joe Origins #6
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  • Gravel #13
  • Hayate Combat Butler Volume 12 Manga
  • Hexed Hardcover
  • Kindling: James Jean Poster Book
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  • Knights of the Dinner Table #153
  • Lost Official Magazine #24 Px Edition
  • Marquis Volume 1 Inferno Paperback
  • Middleman: Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse Paperback
  • Monsters Inc.: Laugh Factory #1 (of 4)
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  • Naoki Urasawa 20th Century Boys Volume 4 Manga
  • Newtype June 2009
  • OOku: Inner Chambers Volume 1 Paperback
  • Pals and Gals Double Digest #134
  • Poe #2 (Boom Studios)
  • Pokemon Pop N Battle Series 1 Action Figures
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  • Project Superpowers: Bad Guys #1
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  • Robert Jordan’s New Spring #7
  • Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising Paperback
  • Simpsons Comics #157
  • Soulfire: New World Order #4 (of 5)
  • Star Trek Ships of the Line 2010 Wall Calendar
  • Star Trek Spock Reflections #2
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  • Star Trek The Original Series 2009 Edition Trading Cards
  • Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic #44
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  • Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen Hardcover
  • Storm Trooper Funko Force Bobble Head
  • Swordsmith Assassin #1
  • Transformers: All Hail Megatron #14
  • Transformers Animated: Allspark Almanac Paperback
  • Turok Son of Stone Archives Volume 3 Hardcover
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  • Ubu Ubu Volume 1: Filth Paperback
  • Unthinkable #4 (of 5)
  • War of the Worlds 1:48 Scale War Machine Model Kit
  • Warren Ellis’ Womb of Frankenstein Hardcover
  • We Kill Monsters #2 (of 6)
  • Wet Moon Volume 5 Paperback
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  • Yen Plus Magazine Volume 2 #9 September 2009
  • Zorro #15