Highlights This Week: The final part of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday final X-Men story arc in Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1. Mark Millar’s retro “crisis” Marvel 1985 #1 (of 6) in which a 13 year old boy named Toby holds the key to the fate of the Marvel Universe. From DC Comics the long-awaited Final Crisis #1 (of 7). Steve Niles and Kelly Jones team up for the scary Batman mini-series Batman After Midnite #1 (of 12). Jack Kirby’s Omac: One Man Army Corps finally gets the hardcover collection treatment. The hit series created by James Robinson and Tony Harris gets its first hardcover edition Starman Omnibus Vol 1 collecting issues #0 - 16. Dave Sim’s Judenhass Graphic Novel is “an examination of the historical roots of the Holocaust through quotes and historical personage drawn in a photo realistic style from period photographs”. Fans and “soon to be fans” of Fred Hembeck will enjoy his Nearly Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus Hardcover.

The new Wizard Magazine (#201) reminds us that the summer movie going season is in full swing and that comics are a big part of it this year. We’ve already seen the success of Marvel’s Iron Man and, even though it’s not based on a comic, there’s been and currently are Indiana Jones comics. Besides the movie adaptation that shipped last week, there will be an all-new Indiana Jones and the Tomb fo the Gods #1 (of 4) shipping on June 25. And if you like the Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Digests Dark Horse will be soon be bringing you the first Indiana Jones Adventures Digest on June 11 done in the same all-ages friendly style. Here is a list of upcoming movies and comics that you’ll find of interest.

Dave Sim will always be remembered as the creator of Cerebus, but has always been looking for a new project to work on. The artist admits that the recent publication of his Glamourpuss book was just a way of keeping his mind and hands busy while his technical director helped him work on a project close to his heart. Sim began work on Judenhass in the winter of 2005 when he realized how affected he had been by the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. He labored over it for two and a half years, determined not to release it until it was as good as he could make it. Advance word

We’ll be open from 10 am until 5 pm on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2008. Also, as with every Memorial Day, please note that new product will be shipping on Thursday (May 29) that same week, not on Wednesday, May 28.

Highlights this week include: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (#1 of 2, or just get it all at once in the Softcover!); Wolverine Origins #25, featuring the merc-with-a-mouth Deadpool; numerous Secret Invasion tie-ins (Mighty Avengers #14 and Incredible Hercules #117); a lead-in to Final Crisis in Justice League Of America #121; new Perhapanauts (#2) and Hawaiian Dick (#4) from Image Comics; from Zenescope, Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 3, and 1001 Arabian Nights Adventures Of Sinbad #1; also, a new issue of Grendel Behold The Devil (#7 of 8), as well as 2 hardcovers; and for the toy fans, Star Trek II Wrath of Khan Series 2 Action Figures; Batman Hot Wheels and die-cast Futurama figures!

We consider all of our customers to be winners, but we just want to take a few sentences to acknowledge a handful of patrons who won prizes from us recently.

Westfield Comics would like to congratulate the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Rome, Georgia retailer Gordon Lee on the dismissal of charges which were brought against him for distribution of a Free Comic Book Day comic over three years ago.

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

Saturday, May 3, 2008 was our first FREE COMIC BOOK DAY in our new location and was a rousing success. We had a record attendance and thank everybody who came for the free books and the many who saw our new store for the first time. We also thank the great talent that gave of their time to do sketches, show off their art and chat with our customers. We hope the line was never too long or moved too slowly. We welcome any

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.