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Heroclix: Secret Invasion!

Derek — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:24:30 +0000

Heroclix: Secret Invasion is out on Monday, July 23! This is the latest Marvel set from the increasingly popular game. If you’ve never played or collected before, and are a fan of Secret Invasion (who isn’t?), now would be a great time to check it out. We will have plenty in stock, and on Friday nights at 7:00 PM we hold open tournaments!

Here’s a schedule of tournaments, here’s a full list of all of the new figures that are coming out and here’s a quick explanation of how to play!

Update for week of 7/23/08

Derek — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:02:11 +0000

Howdy! Here’s what’s up for this week:

-The new Magic set, Eventide is releasing on Thursday. It’s the second in the Shadowmoor block, and it looks to be more of the same great art and interesting new mechanics. Make sure to check it out!
-We’ve acquired more early 90s back issues, including a ton of Superman and Action Comics. Most of the Batman stuff is out now, so take a look! Everything is $1 for subscribers, and $2 for non. Cheap, eh?
-Some big releases are out this week. Mark Millar and Tony Harris’ new series, War Heroes debuts and it looks AMAZING! Billed as their “Ultimates 3,” this is a must read for sure! A crap-load of Secret Invasion tie-ins along with the easy-to-jump-back-on-and-great-looking Uncanny X-Men #500 make up most of Marvel’s highlights, and the Batman RIP story continues with Robin #175 from DC.

And now, the books. Everyone have a great week!

DC/Wildstorm & Vertigo

Ambush Bug Year None #1 of 6
Army @ Love TP Vol 02 Generation Pwned
Authority Prime TP
Batman #676 RIP 3rd Ptg
Batman Gotham After Midnite #3 of 12
Brave And The Bold #15
Countdown To Adventure TP
Diana Prince Wonder Woman TP Vol 02
DMZ #33
Exterminators #30
Green Arrow Black Canary Road To The Altar TP
Green Lantern Corps #26
Jokers Asylum Scarecrow #1
Justice League of America #23
Legion of Super Heroes #44
Mad Magazine #492
Madame Xanadu #2
Number of The Beast #8 of 8
Robin #175 RIP
Secret History The Authority Hawksmoor #5 of 6
Spirit #19
Super Friends #5
Superman #678
Supernatural Rising Son #4 of 6
Trinity #8
Two Face Year One #1 of 2
X-Files Special #0

Marvel

Angel Revelations #3 of 5
Anita Blake Vh Guilty Pleasures HC Vol 02
Avengers Initiative #15 (Secret Invasion)
Avengers Invaders #1 Directors Cut
Black Panther #38
Daredevil #109
Halo Uprising Must Have
Immortal Iron Fist #17
Incredible Hercules #118 2nd Ptg Sandoval Var
Kitty Pryde And Wolverine Prem HC
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #38
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four Vol 09 Digest
Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #1
Marvel Comics Presents #11
Mini Marvels TP Vol 01 Rock Paper Scissors Digest
New Avengers #43 (Secret Invasion)
New Warriors #14 (Secret Invasion)
She-Hulk 2 #31 (Secret Invasion)
Skrulls One-Shot (Secret Invasion)
Thunderbolts #122 (Secret Invasion)
Ultimate X-Men #96
Uncanny X-Men #500 (Manifest Destiny)
Wolverine First Class #5
X-Men Legacy #214
X-Men TP Endangered Species

Image/Top Cow

Aletheia #3 of 3
American Flagg Definitive Coll HC 1 01
Art of Witchblade
Broken Trinity #1
Comic Book Tattoo SC
Comic Book Tattoo HC Ltd Ed
Dead Space #5 of 6
Elephantmen #13
Image Monster Pile Up #1
Invincible #51
Liberty Comics A CBLDF Benefit Book One Shot
Madman Atomic Comics TP Vol 01
Nocturnals Carnival of Beasts One Shot
Proof #10
Scud The Disposable Assassin The Whole Shebang TP
War Heroes #1
Youngblood #4

Dark Horse

Berserk TP Vol 24
Star Wars Knights of Old Republic #31 Turnabout
Star Wars Legacy #26
Usagi Yojimbo #113

Virgin, Dynamite, IDW & Other Indies

Anna Mercury #2 of 5 Auxiliary Ed
Black Summer #7
Gravel #2 Auxiliary Ed
Gravel #3
Streets of Glory #1-5 Bag Set
Hack Slash Annual Suicide Girls
Spooks TP Vol 01
Battlestar Galactica Origins #8
Mercenaries TP Vol 01
Red Sonja TP Vol 04
Terminator Infinity TP Vol 01
Complete Metal Gear Solid Sons of Liberty HC
Complete Metal Gear Solid Sons of Liberty TP
Fallen Angel Idw #28
Star Trek New Frontier #5
Dan Dare #7 of 7 Note Price
Project Kalki #3 of 4
Stranded TP Vol 01

Other

Marvel Heroclix Secret Invasion Booster Pack Net

Secret Invasion #4

Greg Webster — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:49:53 +0000

I think #4 is the best yet. We get to see some serious bad-assery by both Nick Fury and Black Widow, with both of them making some straightforward approaches to not knowing who your allies are. Also coming up is some obvious back thought between her and Wolverine about trusting each other, FINALLY. Before I was worried about all the Savage Land heroes running around like a chicken with their heads cut off (I’m looking at you Spidey) but now I can look forward to someone finally trusting each other. This issue’s cliffhanger is much more impacting the others, with some more appearances that everyone should be looking forward to. One thing I am really enjoying about this series is the relative shortness of everything, in 4 issues we have probably only seen 30-40 minutes of activity, letting the 3 Avengers titles tell a lot of the backstory necessary to a title with this much speculation about past events. Also, I think by looking at some of the Avengers stories, a rough plan against the Skrulls can be seen beginning to form, making it fun to guess the upcoming issues happenings.

Funny Papers on the Daily Texan!

Derek — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:10:39 +0000

UT’s newspaper, The Daily Texan, did a column and video on Funny Papers! Here’s a link to the article, and here’s the video:

Rest in Peace Mike

Schley Andrew Kutz — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:36:32 +0000

I have not posted in a long time, and it is with great sadness that a post like this is what begs me to log in and do so.

Michael Turner passed away this morning, finally succumbing to his long-fought bout with cancer. He was a polarizing figure, but so are many of the greats in comics who end up making some money at it: Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Alex Ross, etc. He did what he loved, he loved what he did, and he was successful. More power to him. With all respect I hope that a few of his peers (of which there not many) will produce a few variant head stones. It would be fitting : )

We’ll miss you Mike. If you’re not in heaven, you’re under the waves somewhere…

Next Week’s Comics Are Up

Derek — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:22:52 +0000

And Mich is excited! Why, you ask? Because Fables #73, House of Mysery #3 and Buffy #16 are coming out, of course! Me, myself, I’m really looking forward to the 3rd installment of Batman RIP, Cable #5 and The Sword #9 (my personal favorite right now).

Check the whole list out by clicking the ‘Upcoming Comics’ link, or by reading the rest of this post.

DC/Wildstorm

All New Atom #25
Batman #678 RIP
Billy Batson And The Magic of Shazam #1
Blue Beetle #28
DC Special Raven #5 of 5
Infinity Inc #11
Jokers Asylum The Joker #1
Jonah Hex #33
Legion of Super Heroes #43
Manhunter #32
New Dynamix #4 of 5
Nightwing #146
Storming Paradise #1 of 6
Supergirl #31
Tangent Supermans Reign #4 of 12
Teen Titans TP Titans of Tomorrow
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Raising Cain #3 of 3
Tor #3 of 6
Trinity #5
War That Time Forgot #3 of 12

Vertigo

American Splendor Season Two #4 of 4
Fables #74
Hellblazer Fear Machine TP
Hellblazer Presents Chas The Knowledge #1 of 5
Hellboy The Crooked Man #1 of 3
House of Mystery #3
Northlanders #7
Vinyl Underground #10

Marvel

Amazing Spider-Man #564
American Dream #5 of 5
Astonishing X-Men #25 (Manifest Destiny)
Avengers Invaders #3 of 12
Cable #5 (Divided We Stand)
Captain America TP Operation Rebirth New Ptg
Counter X TP Vol 01 X-Force
Dark Tower End World Almanac
Dark Tower Long Road Home #5 of 5
Essential Defenders TP Vol 4
Fantastic Four Prem HC Lost Adventures Stan Lee Dm Ed
Lords of Avalon SOD #6 of 6
Marvel 1985 #1 of 6 2nd Ptg Edwards Var
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #41
Marvel First Look Program
Marvel Illustrated Three Musketeers #2 of 6
Mighty Avengers Prem HC Vol 02 Venom Bomb
Patsy Walker Hellcat #1 of 5
Punisher War Journal #21
Secret Invasion #1 Directors Cut
Secret Invasion Front Line #1 of 5 (Secret Invasion)
Squadron Supreme 2 #1

Dark Horse

Buffy The Vampire Slayer #16

Image/Top Cow

Amory Wars II #2 of 5
Astounding Wolf-Man #7
Brit #7
Dynamo 5 #14
Freshmen Summer Vacation Special
Fx #5 of 6
Hyperkinetic #1 of 4
Noble Causes #35
Savage Dragon #136
Sword #9
Sword TP Vol 01
Walking Dead #50

Virgin, Dynamite, IDW & Other Indies

Angel After The Fall #10
Anna Mercury Prepare For Launch Signed Ed
Army of Darkness #10 Long Road Home
Boys #20
Doctor Who #5
GI Joe Americas Elite #36
India Authentic #14 Saraswati
New Battlestar Galactica Season Zero #10
Night O/T Living Dead Annual #1
Star Trek Mirror Images #1
Star Trek New Frontier #4
Stephen Colberts Tek Jansen #2 of 5
Tales of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47
Terry Moores Echo #4

Manga

Naruto TP Vol 30
Path of The Assassin TP Vol 12 Three Foot Battle
Shaman King TP Vol 17
Shonen Jump August 08

Preview of Avengers/Invaders #3

Derek — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:48:09 +0000

Here’s a preview of issue #3 of Alex Ross’ Avengers/Invaders. I think this is one of the more underrated books out there right now, being lost in the whirlwind of Secret Invasion cross-over madness. It takes place before said Invasion and is about the WWII era Invaders crossing over into (new) Civil War era, and meeting up with the New Avengers. It does a great job of portraying what that experience would be like for the Invaders, and how they would react to the strange world around them. A definite must read!

Preview of Astonishing X-Men #25

Derek — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:34:34 +0000

Here’s a preview of Warren Ellis’ first issue of Astonishing X-Men. If you didn’t know, the previous 24 issues had been written by Joss Whedon and had enjoyed the rabid fan base that comes with it. There’s a lot riding on these first few issues of transition, and I’d say from this preview, things look like they’re going to be A-OK. Bianchi’s pencils looks nice (although I’m not a huge fan of the colors), and it seems like Ellis is already trying to work out some of the sillier aspects of Whedon’s run (Armor Girl). The full thing will be released on July 2nd!

Marvel Apes: Why Not?

Derek — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:30:16 +0000

I like monkeys. They’re funny. They think they’re people, but they’re not. Marvel must know this, because they made a new mini-series just for me! Complete with tons of variant covers! Yee-haw!

Here’s the solicit:

“Flingin’ feces, True Believer– the entire Marvel Universe has gone APE! Just when he thinks life can’t get any worse or weirder, Marty Blank – a.k.a. that lovable loser, the Gibbon — finds himself and the brilliant-and-beautiful Dr. Fiona Fitzhugh transported to a world where monkeys rule and humans don’t exist! SEE the spectacular simian city of Monkhattan! MEET the hominoid heroes and villains – SPIDER-MONKEY! DOC OOK! IRON MANDRILL! SIMIAN TORCH! THE APE-VENGERS! And more! THRILL to the return of Speedball! CONTAINS No-Ads, as we are thrilled to present you backup tales exploring the Apeiverse! LEARN the dark secret of the primate planet! WORRY that the fate of the entire universe is in the hands of the Gibbon! Not a hoax, not a dream, not an imaginary story - just the most not-to-be-missed mini-series of the season! If you only buy one (well, two) comics this month about super-powered, intelligent apes-in-capes, it must be MARVEL APES! ”

Doc Ook? SOLD. And here’s some pictures of the variant covers, my favorite of which is contained in this post, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Adorable!

Preview of Uncanny X-Men #500

Derek — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:15:13 +0000

Here’s a Greg Land-a-licious preview of Uncanny X-Men #500. Looks lovely! With Matt Fraction sharing writing duties, this looks to be a must read.