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Elfbytes September '09

(Note: this is not your average cut and paste, we actually write this stuff.)

This is for product starting to ship in November 2009.

This months Elfbyte credit goes to: Brock, James, Craig, Sean, Thomas, & Ethan.

For your convenience, click links below to jump to a certain Publisher.

Independent Comics | Dark Horse Comics | DC Comics
Image Comics | Marvel Comics | Toys & Stuff

Remember to get your orders in ASAP! Initial orders due September 23rd!

INDEPENDENT COMICS HIGHLIGHTS

ARDDEN ENTERTAINMENT

FLASH GORDON: THE MERCY WARS TP

Written by Brendon Deneen. Illustrated by Paul Green.

This series has been an excellent re-launch of the classic Flash Gordon characters, and this collection will allow you to easily discover what you’ve missed. FLASH!! AH AHHHHH!!!!

AVATAR PRESS

SUPERGOD #1 (of 5)

Written by Warren Ellis. Illustrated by Garrie Gastony. Cover by Felipe Massafera. Wraparound cover by Gastony.

Praying to a man who can fly will get you killed. We created superhumans to save us, and they got all snotty and destroyed the world instead. Poo.

FREAKANGELS VOL. 3 TP / HC

Written by Warren Ellis. Illustrated by Paul Duffield.

For those of you not following along on-line, the third volume of this fantastic post-apocalyptic series is now available in both paperback and hard cover editions.

DESPERADO PUBLISHING

THE ART OF TONY HARRIS: ART AND SKULLDUGGERY HC

Illustrated by Tony Harris.

A retrospective of his entire career, including journals, sketchbooks, and design art. Woohoo!

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

THE COMPLETE ALICE IN WONDERLAND #1 (of 4)

Written by Lewis Carroll. Adapted by Leah Moore & John Reppion. Illustrated by Erica Awano. Cover by John Cassaday.

First Dynamite adapted Dracula, then Sherlock Holmes, and now they continue their classic adaptation trend with Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in this four issue series, with each issue at a whopping 40 pages.

THE HERO INITIATIVE

THE WOLVERINE 100 PROJECT

Illustrated by J. Scott Campbell, John Cassaday, Frank Cho, and more.

I really like these 100 Projects, and I wonder if they’ll still come out now that Disney is in charge. Will we eventually see a Pluto 100 Project?

IDW PUBLISHING

TRANSFORMERS #1

Written by Mike Costa. Illustrated by Don Figueroa.

This new ongoing series is set three years after the events of ALL HAIL MEGATRON, and a Transformers comic finally gets a decent creative team.

THE ART OF DITKO

Illustrated by Steve Ditko.

The co-creator of Spider-Man & Dr. Strange is like the Thomas Pynchon of comics, except Ditko never appeared on THE SIMPSONS. This book includes rare art and sketch work from Ditko, as well as revealing essays by Stan Lee, P. Craig Russell, John Romita, and more.

STAR TREK: MOVIE OMNIBUS TP

Written & illustrated by various.

A big old trade paperback containing the comic adaptations of all six original Star Trek films, including IDW’s recent WRATH OF KHAN adaptation.

METROPOLITAN BOOKS

FOOTNOTES IN GAZA GN

Written and illustrated by Joe Sacco.

In 1956, Israeli soldiers shot dead 111 Palestinian refugees, setting off one of the world’s most bitter conflicts in recent history. This is that story, which spans fifty years, moving from one world war to another, and is probably going to be amazing.

MIRAGE STUDIOS

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 FULL COLOUR ONE-SHOT

Written & illustrated by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird.

To celebrate 25 years of the TMNT, Mirage is re-releasing the very first issue in full colour!

NEW ENGLAND COMICS

THE TICK #1

Written by Benito Cereno. Illustrated by Les McClaine.

An all-new Tick series that opens with the Tick and Arthur celebrating Christmas!

ONI PRESS

STUMPTOWN #2

Written by Greg Rucka. Illustrated by Matthew Southworth.

Rucka’s gritty new detective series continues with things only getting more dangerous for the protagonist P.I., Dex. This is going to be great, so if you like GOTHAM CENTRAL or CRIMINAL, make sure you pick this one up.

STEPHEN COLBERT’S TEK JANSEN HC

Written by John Layman, Tom Peyer, & Jim Massey. Illustrated by Robbi Rodriguez & Scott Chantler.

The continuing adventures of the intergalactic super-agent and horndog as only the writer of CHEW could deliver. You’re all reading, CHEW, right? The best comic ever.

RADICAL PUBLISHING

HOTWIRE: REQUIEM FOR THE DEAD HC

Written by Steve Pugh & Warren Ellis. Illustrated by Steve Pugh.

Alice Hotwire is the police department’s best exorcist in a world where the dead no longer move on, but instead haunt the rest of us, who were probably happy to get rid of those dead people to begin with.

STERLING PUBLISHING

ASTERIX: LIVRE D’OR HC

Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Udzero.

It’s 50 years of Asterix! To celebrate, here’s a sweet little anthology book full of stories and rarely seen work. “Livre D’Or” means ‘golden book’, by the way. It’s French. Learn your other national language, you lazy hicks.

TITAN PUBLISHING

TANK GIRL: SKID MARKS #1 (of 4)

Written by Alan Martin. Illustrated by Rufus Dayglo.

An all new adventure begins here for everyone’s favourite punk-rock inspired anti-heroine. For those of you whose only exposure to Tank Girl was the horrible movie made in the 90’s, this book will be nothing like that sad film, but rather much more like the excellent soundtrack, and is well worth checking out!

UDON

MEGA MAN X: OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS TP

Written and illustrated by Capcom.

The Mega Man X games for the Super Nintendo were always my favourite games. The bosses were always giant mechanical robots and there was kick ass 16-bit electric guitar music. And explosions! So many explosions. They don’t make games like that anymore.

DARK HORSE COMICS HIGHLIGHTS

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON 8 #30

Written by Jane Espenson. Illustrated by Georges Jeanty & Andy Owens. Variant cover by Adam Hughes.

The biggest arc of Season Eight comes to a climactic conclusion, as Buffy’s army battles the forces of the “big bad” Twilight. This promises to deliver on many of the underlying plots that have been running throughout the series ‘till now, and is a must for any Buffy fan!

DEADLOCK #1 (one-shot)

Written by Arvid Nelson. Illustrated by Nick Stakal. Cover by Jock.

Based on a young adults novel clearly written while enjoying an AMC Brad Pitt Marathon, this one-shot eagerly extols the adventures of Locke Vinnetti; a rich kid in New York, who slowly unravels as his make believe alter ego drags him into a world of drugs and violence through an exclusive club. This new reality threatens to keep him from his true love. Oh no.

DR. HORRIBLE #1 (one-shot)

Written by Zack Whedon. Illustrated by Joelle Jones.

The secret origin of Dr. Horrible! His first battle with Captain Hammer! Moist!

THE GOON #33

Written & illustrated by Eric Powell.

The cover to this month’s issue has someone shouting “Poop Potato!” which should be more than enough reason for you to buy this.

THE GOON VOL. 0 TP: ROUGH STUFF

Written & illustrated by Eric Powell.

The perfect place to kick off your GOON Library!

STAR WARS: THE THRAWN TRILOGY

Written by Mike Baron. Illustrated by Olivier Vatine, Fred Blanchard, Terry Dodson, Edvin Bjukovic, and others. Cover by Mathieu Lauffray.

A must have for Star Wars fans. This hardcover is the graphic adaptation of Timothy Zahn’s masterful original Thrawn trilogy of novels, the books that resurrected the Star Wars franchise in the 90’s. Without these stories, I shudder to think about where the franchise would be.

STAR WARS ADVENTURES: LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE TREASURE OF THE DRAGON SNAKES

Written by Tom Taylor. Illustrated by Daxiong.

Ever wondered what else Yoda made Luke do to complete his training on Dagobah? Well, this handy little volume shows us just that. In this story, Yoda sends Luke to battle some nasty creatures called Dragon Snakes and get the treasure they guard.

DC COMICS HIGHLIGHTS

BATGIRL #4

Written by Bryan Q. Miller. Illustrated by Lee Garbett & Trevor Scott. Cover by Phil Noto.

This issue sees the new Batgirl debut her new costume and try to manage the challenges of her super-hero life with her civilian life. Clearly, Stephanie Brown has never read an issue of Spider-Man, otherwise she wouldn’t be so shocked to discover that juggling your home life and the demands of a full time super heroing gig is no easy deal, and it takes a whole lot more then some fancy threads. It’s Batgirl’s first night and she’d in for a steep learning curve.

BATMAN #693

Written by Tony Daniel. Illustrated by Tony Daniel & Sandu Florea. Cover by Tony Daniel.

The inaugural ceremony of the new Arkham Asylum doesn’t go exactly as planned, and Batman, Oracle, Catwoman, and Huntress must try and bring order to the chaos. And don’t forget to pick up the current ARKHAM REBORN limited series, which is the perfect companion to Tony Daniel’s Batman arc.

BATMAN / DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1

Written by Brian Azzarello. Illustrated by Phil Noto.

DC is bringing some pulp action into their universe. If you hadn’t heard, DC acquired the rights to the legendary Doc Savage, and is now entrusting Brian Azzarello with the task of introducing the good doctor to the DCU, starting with Batman.

BLACKEST NIGHT #5 (of 8)

Written by Geoff Johns. Illustrated by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert. Cover by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert. Variant cover by Rodolfo Migliari. Sketch variant cover by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert.

Parallax is the source and power of the Sinestro Corps, and Ion is the source and power for the Green Lantern Corps, but who or what is the source of the Black Lanterns? Who calls to the Black Hand? Who controls Death in the DC Universe? Nekron, the Lord of the Undead, makes his presence and purpose known!

BOOSTER GOLD #26

Written by Dan Jurgens and Matt Sturges. Illustrated by Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, and Mike Norton. Cover by Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund.

In this BLACKEST NIGHT tie-in issue, Booster must face his best friend Ted Kord, otherwise known as Blue Beetle, returned as a Black Lantern. But will the help of the current Blue Beetle, Jamie Reyes, be enough to help him defeat this terrible foe?

DOOM PATROL #4

Written by Keith Giffen / co-feature written by Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis. Illustrated by Justiniano & Livesay / co-feature illustrated by Kevin Maguire. Cover by Justiniano & Andrew Magnum.

The Doom Patrol’s deadly past comes back to haunt them in this first issue of a two-part BLACKEST NIGHT cross-over, providing everyone not reading this great new series a chance to see what a good book this is.

THE GREAT TEN #1 (of 10)

Written by Tony Bedard. Illustrated by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens. Cover by Stanley Lau.

The Chinese superheroes featured in 52 and CHECKMATE are finally given their own 10 issue limited series as they face of against the gods of ancient China.

GREEN LANTERN #48

Written by Geoff Johns. Illustrated by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy. Cover by Doug Mahnke & Christian Alamy. Variant cover by Rags Morales.

Saint Walker vs. Sinestro. Agent Orange vs. the Black Lanterns. Heck this book might even involve a Green Lantern!

LOBO: HIGHWAY TO HELL #1 (of 2)

Written by Scott Ian. Illustrated by Sam Keith. Cover by Sam Keith.

The Main Man gets a two issue limited series in which he literally goes to hell and fights Satan. The Prince of Darkness may not be mean enough for this fight, but it should be a fun ride for fans of the last Czarnian. Written by Scott Ian, from the band Anthrax, and illustrated by the fantastic Sam Keith.

R.E.B.E.L.S. #10

Written by Tony Bedard. Illustrated by Andy Clarke. Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky.

The worst place to be is smack dab between the raging hordes of the Sinestro Corps and the Black Lanterns, who in this case are the resurrected arch enemies of Vril Dox. Throw in Starro the Conqueror and you’re having one BAD day.

SECRET SIX #15

Written by John Ostrander. Illustrated by J. Calafiore. Cover by Daniel LuVisi.

Industry veteran John Ostrander returns to write the character he helped define: Deadshot.

ADVENTURE COMICS #4

Written by Geoff Johns / co-feature written by Geoff Johns & Michael Shoemaker. Illustrated by Jerry Ordway / co-feature illustrated by Clayton Henry. Cover by Jerry Ordway & Francis Manapul. Variant cover by Francis Manapul.

Superboy Prime escapes only to get his ass handed to him by the Black Lantern Corps. Karma can be a real bitch sometimes.

SUPERMAN / BATMAN #66

Written & illustrated by Scott Kolins. Cover by Scott Kolins.

If not for this issue being entirely created by Scott Kolins, I’d be pumped as Man Bat and Bizzaro pinch hit for the title heroes in an attempt to take down the resurrected Solomon Grundy Black Lantern. Me no think this be bad.

SUPERMAN #694

Written by James Robinson. Illustrated by Fernando Dagnino & Raul Fernandez. Cover by Cafu.

So far Mon El’s record filling in for the big guy is less then stellar, so with his powers still fading on and off, is he ready for a real challenge like say, a rampaging Bizzaro?

TEEN TITANS #77

Written by J.T. Krul / co-feature written by Sean McKeever. Illustrated by Joe Bennett & Jack Jadson / co-feature illustrated by Yildiray Cinar. Cover by Joe Bennett & Jack Jadson.

Finally, all of your favourite Titans are making a comeback as this BLACKEST NIGHT tie-in brings us all the long lost Titans. Favourites like Gnaark, Protector, and Lagoon Boy. Unfortunately, like any family reunion, old tensions flare up and lead to confrontations. Old tensions like being long dead and resurrected by the ultimate evil Nekron. That ever happen at any one else’s Thanksgiving, or is it just me?

BATMAN: THE CAT AND THE BAT TP

Written by Fabian Nicieza. Illustrated by Kevin Maguire.

This fantastic arc from BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL is collected, and presents an over the top fun tale featuring the Catwoman and the original Batgirl, Barbara Gordon. The two face off and engage in a back and forth game of cat and mouse across Gotham City, with a stop at an exclusive nudist club along the way. Strong characterization from Nicieza and beautiful art from Maguire make this well worth reading.

JLA YEAR ONE TP NEW PRINTING

Written by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn. Illustrated by Barry Kitson and Michael Bair.

The new definitive origin of the Justice League of America is back in a new printing! Witness the growth of DC’s greatest team as Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and the Black Canary learn the true meaning of teamwork in the face of an alien invasion.

SIMON DARK: THE GAME OF LIFE TP

Written by Steve Niles. Illustrated by Scott Hampton.

The story of Gotham’s other dark hero comes to an end. Criminally underrated when first released in single issues, this is a great series that deserves to be read over and over again. This third and final volume collects issues #13 - #18.

TERRA TP

Written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray. Illustrated by Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti.

Collected along with her first appearance in SUPERGIRL #12, this great limited series from early this year is the perfect introduction to the newest heroine to be called Terra. The writing pair of Palmiotti & Gray delivers their usual strong form, and the artwork of Amanda Conner is absolutely perfect.

DC - VERTIGO

CINDERELLA: FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE #1 (of 6)

Written by Chris Roberson. Illustrated by Shawn McManus. Cover by Chrissie Zullo.

Of FABLES’ many superb ideas, Cinderella’s reimagining as a secret agent super-spy is surely one of the best. And there aren’t enough FABLES spin-offs, so this new limited series is the perfect mix. In this new series, Cindy attempts to track down supernatural artifacts from the Homelands that keep popping up in the modern world.

THE CHILL HC

Written by Jason Starr. Illustrated by Mick Bertilorenzi. Cover by Lee Bermejo.

After the success and quality of Vertigo Crime’s two launch novels (DARK ENTRIES and FILTHY RICH), it’s a safe bet that the rest of the books will be rocking reads. The newest entry in the Vertigo Crime series comes from best selling crime novelist Jason Starr, and features a beat down Irish cop on the trail of a savage ritualistic serial killer.

DC - WILDSTORM

THE AUTHORITY: THE LOST YEAR READER

Written by Grant Morrison. Illustrated by Gene Ha.

Okay, remember waaaaay back in 2006, Grant Morrison was supposed to write the Authority, and everyone was like “awesome”, but then the first issue was so boring because it was like about some dude’s failing marriage and the Authority wasn’t even in it until the 2nd issue and then Grant quit the book in a huff because it was reviewed so poorly and apparently Grant’s a teenage girl when it comes to shit like that? Remember??? Well, it looks like WildStorm finally got around to cleaning up Grant’s giant mess, because we’re finishing off that lost Authority story, but you can get the first two issues right here before picking up ...

THE AUTHORITY: THE LOST YEAR #3 (of 12)

Plotted by Grant Morrison. Written by Keith Giffen. Illustrated by Darick Robertson. Cover by Gene Ha.

The long-lost Morrison Authority will finally see a conclusion thanks to Giffen & Robertson. The Authority is lost in the Bleed, the Carrier is shipwrecked on an Earth much like ours, and the Midnighter is about to take on the United States military for shooting down Apollo over Afghanistan. Can the Authority make it back home? Will we see issue #4 in our lifetime?

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 #1

Written by David Lapham. Illustrated by Kevin West.

Whet your appetite for the new game by picking up this series about the mysterious Task Force 141 soldier known as Ghost.

VICTORIAN UNDEAD #1 (of 6)

Written by Ian Edginton. Illustrated by Davide Fabbri. Cover by Tony Moore. Variant cover by Simon Coleby.

Sherlock Holmes, the world’s greatest detective, is confronted with the most perplexing and dangerous case of his career: The Case of the Dead Returning to Life. Holmes vs. Zombies. Yes.

EX MACHINA VOL. 8 TP: DIRTY TRICKS

Written by Brian K. Vaughan. Illustrated by Tony Harris, Jim Clark, and John Paul Leon.

As this acclaimed series works towards its conclusion, each new trade that comes out is a bittersweet treasure. The newest volume of the political super-hero epic features a new costumed vigilante causing problems for former superhero Mayor Mitchell Hundred.

IMAGE COMICS HIGHLIGHTS

CHEW #6

Written by John Layman. Illustrated by Rob Guillory.

The new story arc of the greatest cannibal detective story ever starts here! This book has been a wonderful surprise, and is something YOU NEED TO READ! So do yourself a favour and pick it up, along with the first trade paperback collection also being offered this month.

IMAGE UNITED #1 (of 6)

Written by Robert Kirkman. Illustrated by Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino. Covers by those same guys.

The original Image characters (sadly minus anything Jim Lee did because he totally sold out to DC), plus some new random guy designed by Whilce, unite to face some kind of evil so powerful that only heroic juggernauts like Shadowhawk and Witchblade could ever hope to defeat it. Each artist will be drawing their character throughout the story, making every page like one giant jam piece of artwork. No word yet if someone is contractually obligated to draw their characters in front of Youngblood so that Rob doesn’t have to draw any feet. Plus, this series will feature something the original Image never had, in the writing talent of Robert Kirkman.

PILOT SEASON: MURDERER #1

Written by Robert Kirkman. Illustrated by Nelson Blake II. Cover by Marc Silvestri.

This new set of Pilot Season books are all created by Kirkman & Silvestri, and you get to vote on which one you like best! In this first offering, Jason Sparks is cursed to hear the secret thoughts of everyone around him. The only way he can get peace is by killing the source of those thoughts. Murder. Cheerful!

SKY PIRATES OF NEO TERRA #3 (of 5)

Written by Josh Wagner. Illustrated by Camilla D’errico.

Keep showing the love for local artist Camilla D’errico by picking up this latest action packed issue based on the upcoming Nintendo DS and Wii game!

CHEW VOL. 1 TP: TASTER’S CHOICE

Written by John Layman. Illustrated by Rob Guillory.

In case you’ve been imprisoned out of the country for the past three months and haven’t heard, Image’s new book CHEW is the breakout hit of the year. With multiple printings of the first few issues selling out and making it difficult to read the early parts of the story, this collection of the first story arc is the perfect opportunity to see just how great this quirky new series is!

MINISTRY OF SPACE TP (new printing)

Written by Warren Ellis. Illustrated by Chris Weston &Laura Martin.

Warren Ellis gets to show off his love for the space program once again in this new printing of a sci-fi classic.

SPAWN ORIGINS COLLECTION: DELUXE EDITION VOL. 1 HC

Written by Todd McFarlane, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Tom Orzechowski, and Andrew Grossberg. Illustrated by Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, and Marc Silvestri.

This new oversized slipcase hardcover presents the story of Spawn from the beginning, and features not only Todd McFarlane’s work, but stories by Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Grant Morrison. Collecting Spawn #1 - #25, this is likely the first of several volumes which are sure to be must for any fan.

MARVEL COMICS HIGHLIGHTSHTS

BLACK WIDOW: DEADLY ORIGIN #1 (of 4)

Written by Paul Cornell. Illustrated by Tom Raney & John Paul Leon. 50/50 covers by Adi Granov and Tom Raney. Variant cover by Greg Land.

She will be making her debut to the world at large in next year’s IROM MAN II film, and will now have her complicated history examined in a new limited series. Follow Natasha Romanoff’s life from cold war Russia to her super-hero life of today. Guest starring Wolverine and the Winter Soldier.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #5 (of 5)

Written by Ed Brubaker. Illustrated by Bryan Hitch. Cover by John Cassaday. Variant cover by David Finch.

The conclusion to this game-changing series promises answers to all your questions about Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes, setting up their bold new direction spinning out of this series.

DARK REIGN: THE LIST - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1

Written by Dan Slott. Illustrated by Adam Kubert. Cover by Adam Kubert. Variant covers by Frank Cho.

Norman Osborn’s nasty To Do List culminates with his attempt to finally rid himself of that pesky hero known as Spider-Man. This one is not to be missed by any fan of the webhead.

DARK X-MEN #1 (of 5)

Written by Paul Cornell. Illustrated by Leonard Kirk. Cover by Simone Bianchi.

Out of the ashes of UTOPIA comes this new limited series featuring the next incarnation of Norman Osborn’s public face of mutants. Not sure where this series is going, but with the excellent Paul Cornell (CAPTAIN BRITAIN & MI 13, DOCTOR WHO) behind the wheel, it should be well worth finding out.

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #20

Written by Matt Fraction. Illustrated by Salvador Larroca. Covers by Salvador Larroca and Patrick Zircher. 70^th Anniversary variant cover by Marko Djurdjevic.

After the recently concluded year long epic “World’s Most Wanted”, what’s next for Tony Stark? Matt Fraction certainly seems to be delivering the goods on Shell-head since he began writing this book, and this next arc looks to continue the trend of excellence. This is a great place to start reading Iron Man.

THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #1 (of 8)

Written by Eric Shanower. Illustrated by Skottie Young. Cover by Skottie Young. Variant covers by Eric Shanower and Ed McGuinness.

After the recent excellent adaptation of THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OZ, Eric Shanower and Skottie Young return to bring us the second (and much less known) Oz book.

NEW AVENGERS #59

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Illustrated by Stuart Immonen.

Spider-Man and Spider-Woman team up in an attempt to survive some big nastiness.

POWERS #1

Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming.

I totally forgot this book existed. I thought Bendis had moved onto making sure that every adjective in the English language had the word AVENGERS after it, and Oeming was making the second fantasy mouse book that was actually the first fantasy mouse book. But no, the hip, smart, and oh-so-cool superhero police procedural is finally back for a new monthly (they promise) ongoing series. Perfect for new readers and old fans alike!

PSYLOCKE #1 (of 4)

Written by Christopher Yost. Illustrated by Harvey Tolibao. Cover by David Finch.

Having returned from the dead yet again, Psylocke gets her very own 4 issue series that takes her to Japan and a battle with swarms of Hand Ninjas (again).

PUNISHERMAX #1

Written by Jason Aaron. Illustrated by Steve Dillon. Cover by Dave Johnson. Variant cover by Steve Dillon.

The Punisher gets an all new ongoing series, written by Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE WEAPON X, SCALPED) and illustrated by a man who is no stranger to Frank Castle, Steve Dillon. This one should be sweet for any fan of The Punisher at his most extreme.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #611

Written by Joe Kelly. Illustrated by Eric Canete. Cover by Skottie Young.

This one-shot tale features a team-up between the Merc with a Mouth and everyone’s favourite Webslinger. And nothing will ever be the same again.

STRANGE #1 (of 4)

Written by Mark Waid. Illustrated by Emma Rios. Cover by Tomm Coker.

Stephen Strange is no longer the Sorcerer Supreme, but this new Mark Waid written limited series aims to demonstrate that he’s still one hell of a magician.

S.W.O.R.D. #1

Written by Kieron Gillen. Illustrated by Steven Sanders. Cover by John Cassaday.

Spinning off from ASTONISHING X-MEN, the agency tasked with Earth’s interactions with aliens gets the spotlight in this new series. Featuring Agent Brand, Henry McCoy (a.k.a. Beast), and the dragon Lockheed teaming up to stop the all too easy to hate Henry Gyrich from ridding the Earth of all aliens. This new ongoing will likely also have numerous cosmic guest appearances.

X-MEN ORIGINS: ICEMAN #1 (one-shot)

Written by Roberto Auirre-Sacasa. Illustrated by Phil Noto. Cover by Phil Noto.

Building on the success of previous ORIGINS issues, Marvel brings us the definitive origin of Bobby Drake, Iceman. And with Phil Noto providing the artwork, that alone is a good enough reason to pick this one up.

DARK AVENGERS / UNCANNY X-MEN: UTOPIA HC

Written by Matt Fraction, Paul Cornell, James Asmus, Jason Aaron, Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost. Illustrated by Marc Silvestri, Terry Dodson, Mike Deodato, Luke Ross, Humberto Ramos, and Dustin Weaver. Cover by Marc Silvestri.

The recently concluded great big X-Men / Dark Avengers cross-over changed everything for the remaining mutants, and now you can read just what happened in this nice hardcover volume.

INCOGNITO TP

Written by Ed Brubaker. Illustrated by Sean Phillips.

Brubaker & Phillips’ kick-ass story about a super-villain in witness protection is now collected for all of you who didn’t take our advice and read this as it came out. By the way, if you like CRIMINAL and INCOGNITO, you should really read SLEEPER.

ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL. 5 TP: GHOST BOX

Written by Warren Ellis. Illustrated by Simone Bianchi, Alan Davis, Adi Granov, Clayton Crain, and Kaare Andrews. Cover by Simone Sianchi.

Warren Ellis’ first Astonishing X-Men epic is collected in softcover for your awe and amazement.

TOYS & MISC. HIGHLIGHTS

AME-COMI HEROINE SERIES: WONDER GIRL PVC FIGURE

Wonder Girl and her chaps join the famous Ame-Comi heroine line, as designed by artist Sanford Greene.

AME-COMI HEROINE SERIES: WONDER WOMAN (V.2) PVC FIGURE

Why make a second Ame-Comi Wonder Woman? Simple: superstar Dustin Nguyen designed this one.

BLACKEST NIGHT SERIES 4ACTION FIGURES

The next wave of action figures centering on DC’s big event features the best looking Kyle Rayner toy out there, Black Lantern Firestorm, Black Hand, and a mystery Wonder Woman.

CAPTAIN AMERICA MINI-BUST (BOWEN DESIGNS)

This incredible sculpt will look perfect on the desk or shelf of any Cap fan, and will be just in time for the return of the one and only original Captain America in the comic books.

CLASSIC MARVEL FIGURINE COLLECTION

Machine Man and Shang-Chi receive their very own figures this month, and The Destroyer gets the Special treatment.

DC SUPERHERO COLLECTION FIGURINES

Dr. Light (the villain, not the hero) and Harley Quinn are the figures offered this month, with Solomon Grundy being offered as the Special figurine. Also offered is a “Gold Mega Special” of Superman.

SCARLET WITCH BISHOUJO STATUE

This sexy bishoujo statue will look gorgeous next to your Rogue and Black Widow statues from the same line. But sorry, unlike many other sexy deluxe vinyl import figures, her clothes aren’t removable.

STAR WARS R2-D2 FIGURE BANK

This 11” figure bank is the perfect addition to the collection of any Star Wars fan.

SUPERMAN: RED & YELLOW 3-D BELT BUCKLE

Now you’ll be able to show everyone that you stand for truth and justice with this big 3-D belt buckle of your favourite Kryptonian.

WOMEN OF DC UNIVERSE SERIES 3:

It’s Amanda Conner’s turn to showcase her talent on the hottest women of the DC Universe, kicking off her series with Batgirl, as Barbara Gordon does the Batusi, er, Watusi.

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