Easter delayed nothing this week--we'll be getting the order in on Wednesday, March 26th as usual, in case you were wondering.
Easter delayed nothing this week--we'll be getting the order in on Wednesday, March 26th as usual, in case you were wondering.
There are only a few spaces remaining, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can! It begins this Saturday!
We've also got a Painting Demo on March 29th, with our new Game Guy, Zac! He's a pretty talented painter, and he'll be focusing on Flesh and Leather techniques!
Also, the new Warmachine League is underway! Ask for more details!
We have a Magic Peasant Tournament this Friday, March 28th, for a $5.00 entry fee--only Type II commons and uncommons are allowed, with the prize based on the numer of players!
That's right, it's only a little over a month away! More information is coming soon, and if your School, Organization, or Business would like to be a part of Free Comic Book Day, please contact us! We're also going to be working with a notable company:
Chik-Fil-A is going to be giving away over 100 chicken bicuits on Free Comic Book Day, and they'll also be donating some prizes we'll be giving out throughout the day.
We'll also be doing other stuff with Chik-Fil-A, like their Kids Star Wars Celebration on May 13th, where we'll be giving away some free comics, there'll be costumed characters, door prizes, and more! More information will be coming soon! If you have a nice Star Wars costume and would like to dress up and join in the fun, please contact us!
$24.99
In this story, elderly Aunt May is in the hospital, badly wounded from a sniper's bullet meant for Spider-Man! What will Spidey do to save her? He will make a pact with a demon that will make it so he was never married. Oh, the pact will also bring back his mechanical webshooters, un-reveal his secret identity, bring Harry Osborne back to life, and make him live with his aunt.
YES, SPIDEY-FANS, IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY!
$29.99
So, I finally got around to reading Wanted recently. It's pretty awesome. It's not particularly subtle, but it is pretty awesome. What with that movie coming out and what-have-you, it's probably not a bad pick-up in a fancy hardcover with a bunch of extras. If you've never read it, you should definitely check it out soon so that way you can sneer angrily at all the things that are different in the movie.
$19.99
So, apparently, Doctor Doom and Iron Man traveled back in time and fought in Camelot.
I don't know if I should have to add anything to that description to sell this book.
Okay, what if I added that they also travel to the year 2093...to save Camelot.
If that doesn't get you hooked, then this story probably isn't for you.
$19.99 EachSo we've got ourselves some action figures going on with everything here. The're based on that Justice League of America comic all the kids are reading these days, and includes a Batman figure so that way stores have to order them. Beyond Batman, though, there's also perennial JLA villain Amazo, that new guy who's kind of a dark Mr. Miracle, and Hawkmanwomangirl, based on Ed Benes' character designs! So, no matter what angle you look at the women, you'll be able to see their butt and chest. They're like those paintings that have the eyes that follow you around the room.
This auction is for the book Dinosaur Tales by Ray Bradbury. This rare
book was published in 1983 by Bantam Books/Byron Press. This book
features numerous stories by Bradbury on the subject of dinosaur and is
also illustrated by various comic book greats such as Moebius, Jim
Steranko and more.
Contents:
Besides a Dinosaur, Whatta Ya Wanna Be When You Grow Up?
A Sound of Thunder
Lo, the Dear, Daft Dinosaurs!
The Fog Horn
What If I Said: The Dinosaur's Not Dead
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Illustrated by David Wiesner, William Stout, Overton Loyd, Jim Steranko, Gahan Wilson, Moebius, Kenneth Smith, Alex Jay.
Book is in nice condition with only slight edge wear on cover. Possibly an unread book with high eye appeal.
This auction is for Army Laughs, a comic book trade paperback published
in 1959. This comic features 96 pages of army humor comic strips by
such cartoonists as Leo Kesner, Carl Thomas, Jerry Marcus, Monroe
Leung, among others.
Book has overall moderate wear with the interiors having minor wear.
As usual, a great many comic books have been pushed back to a later date. This news is so shocking that we are now developing a weekly section where we announce comic delays, so you can better know when your favorite books are coming out. Or when the next delay announcement will be, whatever. We'll also include other schedule announcements, like different products coming back in stock, second printings, and the like. But this is the comic industry, and we all know which type of announcment we will see the most.
Changed Release Dates
| OLD DATE | NEW DATE | |
| Halo: Uprising #3 | 09/26/07 | 04/23/08 |
| Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 | 02/27/08 | 05/21/08 |
| Walking Dead #48 (MR) | 02/27/08 | 04/02/08 |
| Runaways #30 | 02/27/08 | 05/21/08 |
| Strange Girl TP Vol. 04: Golden Lights (MR) | 03/26/08 | 04/02/08 |
| Transformers: Focus on Decepticons | 03/26/08 | 04/09/08 |
| Doctor Who #3 | 03/26/08 | 04/16/08 |
| Powers Annual 2008 (MR) | 04/02/08 | 04/16/08 |
| Action Comics Annual #11Reg./Var. Eds. | 04/09/08 | 04/23/08 |
| Countdown to Mystery #7 | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 |
| Annihilation: Conquest #6 | 04/09/08 | 04/16/08 |
| Thor by J M. Straczynski Prem. HC V. 01 | 04/16/08 | 04/30/08 |
| Loveless #24 (MR) | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 |
| Countdown to Mystery #8 | 04/23/08 | 04/30/08 |
| Indiana Jones & Kingdom/Crystal Skull TP | 05/07/08 | 05/21/08 |
| X-Men: Legacy Finch Poster | 05/07/08 | 05/14/08 |
| Runaways Prem. HC: Dead End Kids Reg./DM Eds. | 05/21/08 | 06/18/08 |
| Thor: Ages of Thunder Reign of Blood | 06/18/08 | 06/25/08 |
| Showcase Presents Superman Family TP Vol. 02 | N/A | 04/02/08 |
Writer: Garth Ennis
Art: Howard Chaykin
Color: Brian Reber
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
Rating: Tenth Grade History Finals.
I'm a big fan of World War I. Not many people talk or write about it, even though it laid down the ground work for World War II. It is a lot like Star Wars, when you think about it. Empire Strikes Back is by far the better film. But A New Hope did a few things right. I mean, the end fight was cool, and Han Solo shooting first was a big deal. Wait. What was I talking about?
War Is Hell is about Fighter Pilots during the first World War. The first page does an excellent job introducing us to how and why planes were introduced into the war, who dared fly them, their capabilities. It was a history lesson, pretty much. I was actually pretty surprised at how interesting it was. This is what Garth Ennis is best at, sneaking in this history, these truths, when you aren't looking or expecting. He did this in Preacher, and it was appreciated.
After that, however, you pretty much get the standard Garth Ennis formula. We get the young, stupid hero that needs to go through a bunch of crap to learn something. We get the British people calling Americans stupid. Hell, we get Americans calling Americans stupid. We get the jerk bosses. We get the extreme airborne deaths. We get a nice decapitation. Oh, and we get a drunk guy being chopped up accidentally by a propeller. Standard stuff for Ennis.
I'm not saying that Garth Ennis is a one-trick pony. Okay, yes I am. But his tricks are pretty cool, right? We still like them, right?
I enjoy Garth Ennis more when he is giving us more history or knowledge than he is storytelling. I prefer it when he just tells me something that I didn't know. We get a lot of that in War is Hell, but maybe not enough. And, this is a constant compliant, but, are Germans really that bad? They are quickly becoming the Klingons of the Garth Ennis Universe. Or are Klingons the Germans for Star Trek? Hmmm?
Anyway, if you like Garth Ennis, pick this up. But don't expect anything new.
RATING: 4.5/5
Writer: Ron Marz
Artist: Stjepan Sejic
Publisher: Top Cow/Image
Price: $2.99
Rating: Freshman in High School
Ugh. Witchblade. Ugh. What does it do, anyway? I mean, what is it for? What's the point? Handed down from chick to chick and sometimes to a dude, it can do a lot. But, like, why? If I got the Witchblade, the first thing I'd do with it is open my beers without a bottle-opener. That's the only thing I'd ever do. Maybe use it when I have to hold something cold.
Reason is for stories that are supposed to make sense, so Witchblade is excused. New Era! Brand new type of story! Same type of silly crap. Chicks doing sexy stuff, busting out the Witchblade sometimes, blah, blah, blah. Oh, wait, people are being murdered! And the murders have strange religious overtones! And, uh, some dude gets a message by someone shooting an arrow through his window when he's having sex. Didn't this happen in Predator 2? Man, that movie was awesome.
Witchblade has a very strong fan base. Some people just like comics like this. I can't say they are wrong because of it, but I can say there are tons of comics out there that are way, way better. Witchblade could be a better comic. It is just doing the same crap it has done before, or it is doing something someone has already done before. It's just old and a bit boring. I'm not sure how it can improve, or how it can advance. But, I recognize that it isn't improving. Maybe some comics just need to keep doing the same thing. If fans keep buying it, what's the problem? The problem, for me, is that it's not surprising and a bit underwhelming. Sorry to say, this one is for die-hard Witchblade fans.
RATING: 3/5
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Matthew Clark
Inks: Jesse Delperdang
Publisher: DC...I mean, Tangent Comics
Price: $2.99
Rating: Fifth Grade Basketball Try-outs
Remember Tangent Comics? Yeah, me neither. What was that about anyway? Oh, yeah, back about a billion years ago, DC told their writers to create comic characters based only on the DC powerhouse names. So, the Flash ends up being a woman that, uh, moves fast. And the Joker is a girl dressed up like a court jester. And Super-man was switched to a black dude with a stick. And Green Lantern? Uh, he changed to a woman in green with a, um, you know, green lantern. Yeah, so it was pretty lame. But this is Pre-Final-Crisis-on-Infinite-Countdowns time, so anything is possible! No matter how stupid it is.
Maybe "Stupid" is being too harsh. But, of course, Superman's Reign is doing some things we've seen before. The Tangent Universe is not like we left it. It seems to be ruled by a tyrant. I'll let you guess who. There is a push by some of the heroes to find enough of their own to shift the balance of power. Back in the DC universe, Flash and Green Lantern get sucked into the Tangent universe because of the Tangent Lantern's power. Oh, and the Tangent Atom isn't dead. I know you're just as excited as I am about that.
I doubt anyone cares enough about the Tangent universe to care what happens to it. I mean, it's just boring and silly at this point. Sure, it does tie in easily with the Countdown and Final Crisis mess, [Actually, I don't think it does, but I could be wrong. -Ed.] but other than that, there is nothing new or interesting on the table. I mean, a superhero turns bad and ruins the world? Wow. That is amazing! Breathtaking! Innovative story telling. This is having a hard time impressing me. Almost everything DC is putting out is having a hard time doing that at this point.
RATING: 3.5/5
Free Comic Book Day is leaving me no time to write anything extra. Maybe once I've got all the important stuff done!
Action Comics #863
This is it! The conclusion to the amazing "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" arc in Action Comics! Superman is in mortal danger, hurtling towards Earth with neither a flight ring nor a yellow sun available to save him, and that's just the FIRST FIVE PAGES! If you've ever enjoyed comics or Superman, then this is a book for you. It doesn't get much better than this. And hey, Legion fans, now you've got even more confusing contradictory continuity thrown in the mix! Great times for all!
Secret Invasion #1
Oh damn. It's here. That's right, Secret Invasion is here. Who's a Skrull? Who's not? My guess is that everyone is a Skrull, and the Skrulls actually won a couple years ago and replaced everybody on Earth, but they've decided to continue behaving like people and the last five years of Marvel Continuity have kind of been one long, elaborate work of performance art. It's good times for all!
Ray Bradbury's Dinosaur Tales
