New Books For 7/9/08

Here's whats coming out this Wednesday. Looks like a pretty good week. Full of all your Invasions, Captains, Guardians, Iron Men, Eternals, and Members of Justice. Also, lets not forget a comic in which Megatron defeats the Autobots and begins his rule of earth. Yes, All Hail Megatron #1 comes out this week.

Trades looks pretty cool as well. I for one will be checking out the newest DC/Minx offering, New York Four, and not only because I love teenage girl drama, but also because I love all things Ryan Kelly (Brian Wood ain't bad either). Also keep an eye out for the new Batman & Son TP by Grant Morrison. It was a hell of a read.

And lastly, let me apologize for the lack of posting as of late. I am currently working on a newer and better computer and these things take time. But I promise, more to come this week. Like what would happen if Batman was Rorschach and is Atomic Robo as awesome as it sounds?

COMICS

∙100 BULLETS #93
∙ACTION COMICS #867
∙AGE OF BRONZE #27
∙AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #22
∙AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #565
∙ARCHIE & FRIENDS #121
∙ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #190
∙ARMY OF DARKNESS XENA WHY NOT #4 (OF 4)
∙BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #19
∙BATMAN STRIKES #47
∙BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINS #7
∙BERLIN #16
∙BLOODRAYNE RAW III
∙BOOSTER GOLD #1000000
∙BPRD THE WARNING #1 (OF 5)
∙CAPTAIN AMERICA WHITE #0
∙CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #3 SI
∙CHUCK #2 (OF 6)
∙DETECTIVE COMICS #846 RIP
∙ETERNALS #2
∙FALL OF CTHULHU #11
∙FINAL CRISIS REQUIEM #1
∙GENEXT #3 (OF 5)
∙GOON #26
∙GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #10
∙GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #3
∙HACK SLASH SERIES #13
∙HULK CHRONICLES WWH #1
∙HUNTRESS YEAR ONE #5 (OF 6)
∙INDIANA JONES & TOMB OF THE GODS #1
∙INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #3
∙IRON MAN LEGACY OF DOOM #4 (OF 4)
∙JOKERS ASYLUM THE PENGUIN
∙JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #17
∙LAST DEFENDERS #5 (OF 6)
∙LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #16
∙LOOKING FOR GROUP #4
∙LOST BOYS REIGN OF FROGS #3 (OF 4)
∙MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #13
∙NEW EXILES #8
∙NOVA #15
∙NUMBER OF THE BEAST #7 (OF 8)
∙OMEGA UNKNOWN #9 (OF 10)
∙POWERS #29
∙RED SONJA #35
∙SECRET INVASION #4
∙SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #190
∙SPAWN #180
∙TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #1
∙TRINITY #6
∙ULTIMATE ORIGINS #2 (OF 5)
∙WONDER WOMAN #22
∙YOUNG LIARS #5
∙YOUNG X-MEN #4

GRAPHIC NOVELS/TRADES

∙ACES CURSE O/T RED BARON GN
∙ADVENTURES OF LITTLE ARCHIE TP VOL 02
∙AMERICAN VIRGIN TP VOL 04 AROUND THE WORLD
∙ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES TP VOL 1
∙ANNIHILATION CONQUEST HC BOOK 02
∙BATMAN AND SON TP
∙CAPTAIN STONEHEART & THE TRUTH FAIRY HC
∙CLASSIC TRANSFORMERS TP VOL 02
∙CRIMINAL TP VOL 03 DEAD AND DYING
∙GODDESS OF WAR VOL 01
∙GRAPHIC LIBRARY GN CREATION OF US CONSTITUTION
∙GRAPHIC LIBRARY GN STORY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
∙GRAPHIC LIBRARY GN WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE
∙HELLBOY ODDEST JOBS TP
∙MS MARVEL TP VOL 04 MONSTER SMASH
∙NEIL GAIMAN CORALINE GN
∙NEW AVENGERS TP VOL 01 BREAKOUT
∙NEW YORK FOUR
∙PHANTOM JUNGLE ACTION TP
∙POWER PACK HC VOL 01
∙RUNAWAYS PREM HC DEAD END KIDS
∙TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT WONDER GIRL TP
∙WOLVERINE TP DEATH OF WOLVERINE

The Fantom Presents...

THE TOP TEN THINGS ABOUT THE COMICS THAT CAME OUT ON A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY:

6/25/08

So if you didn't happen to make it out to your Local Comic Book Store this past Wednesday or haven't read anything related to comics all week, then you didn't see the unbelievable amount of comics that came out on 6/25/08. But more remarkable than the cornucopia of books was who was putting them out. Marvel put out almost double the amount of books than DC, a plot many felt was Marvel's chance to "bury" the competition. Me, I look at this historic week as a way for readers and retailers to bask in the fun of all the books that came out. There were just so many different types of books to enjoy, and don't even get me started on all the great TP's that came out. So gathered below are my Top 10 Favorite things from 6/25/08.

10. So Far, 90% Of The Secret Invasion Tie-Ins Have Been Good- Seriously, I have not read one tie-in for this event that has not positively enhanced the Secret Invasion story for me, and with a Thor Secret Invasion tie-in on the horizon things are only getting better.

9. Final Crisis #2 Brought The Event From "Confusing" to "Intriguing"- Albeit still a tad bit confusing, Final Crisis isn't unsubtle. You know whats happening and this issue was full of big things happening. I'm actually very anxious to read the next issue.

8. Matt Fraction's Thor One Shots Are The Green Lantern: Secret Origin Stories For Thor- Its about time someone someone capable took Thor's origins and put some modern story telling in it. Complain what you will about retcon, but these tales work, and customers seem to really be enjoying them. Like the aforementioned Green Lantern: Secret Origin, Thor: Reign of Blood and the previous Thor: Ages of Thunder, help reign in the character to its modern day incarnation without seeming dull.

7. Geoff Johns' Green Lantern Continues To Be Amazing- Nuff' Said.

6. Conan: The Cimmerian Is The Best $1 Comic In Last 20 Years- I read this 4 times and will most likely go back for a 5th and 6th time. I was a bit puzzled where this story would go after the first 50 issue run, but after covering Conan's ragamuffin years, this new creative team looks to be hellbent on the more late-epic Conan years.

5. Mythos: Captain America Reminds You Why You Have Always Loved Steve Rogers- This was beautiful. Jenkins' writing is admirable, but you really stay for the lush Paolo Rivera art. Tear to my eye guys. Tear to my eye.

4. Captain America #39 Reminds You Why You Like And Will Continue To Like Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, & Sharon Carter- This story continues to rumble on, with a little bit of help from fill in artist Rob De La Torre. What it really accomplishes is the proof that these three are here to stay for good.

3. While In Other Stories, Characters Maintained The Status Quo, The Immortal Iron Fists Life Changed Forever- Danny Rands life took a huge change in issue #16 of The Immortal Iron Fist: he will eventually no longer be a billionaire-kung fu expert. Rand Corporation became the worlds biggest Not-For Profit organization, and while Danny isn't teaching Karate to kids or helping find the 8th mysterious Capital City Of Heaven, he put the Heroes for Hire back together in their old building.

2. James Robinson On Superman- Superman. Hal Jordan. Frisbee in space with Krypto. Awesome. Where this Atlas thing is going, I have no idea, but I will happily read and find out.

1. I Spent All Weekend Slowly Enjoying My Comics- I can't recall having a weekend like this in a long time. All the employees were in the store, doing what they do best, and I got to be at home. Reading comics with my girlfriend at my side.

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(Coming Soon In Hulk #5)