Amph New Comics for 9/19/07 (Because Raven is a girl)

DARK HORSE COMICS

AUG070124 APOCALYPSE NERD #5 (OF 6) $2.99
MAY070055 BANYA EXPLOSIVE DELIVERY MAN VOL 5 TP $12.95
APR070067 CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARACTER #9 MARCIE $39.95
JUL070024 CRIMINAL MACABRE MY DEMON BABY #1 (OF 4) $2.99
JUN070056 STAR WARS 30TH ANNIV COLL VOL 8 HC SPLINTER OF MINDS EYE $19.95
JUN070057 STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #20 $2.99
JUL078192 UMBRELLA ACADEMY #1 1 IN 1 GERALD WAY VAR CVR $2.99
JUN070020 UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE #1 (OF 6) $2.99
JUL070022 ZERO KILLER #2 (OF 6) $2.99

DC COMICS

JUN070181 52 VOL 3 TP $19.99
JUL070225 AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #56 $2.99
JUL070294 ARMY @ LOVE #7 (MR) $2.99
JUL070215 BATMAN LOBO DEADLY SERIOUS #2 (OF 2) $5.99
JUL070226 BIRDS OF PREY #110 $2.99
JUL070219 CATWOMAN #71 $2.99
JUL070228 CHECKMATE #18 $2.99
JUL070182 COUNTDOWN 32 $2.99
JUL070184 COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #1 (OF 8) $3.99
JUN070198 DR THIRTEEN ARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY TP $14.99
JUL070279 EX MACHINA #30 (MR) $2.99
JUL070229 FLASH #232 $2.99
JUN070189 GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY FOR BETTER OR WORSE TP $14.99
JUL070198 GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY WEDDING SPECIAL #1 $3.99
JUL078086 GREEN LANTERN 2ND PTG #22 $2.99
JUL078084 GREEN LANTERN CORPS 2ND PTG #15 $2.99
JUL078085 GREEN LANTERN CORPS 3RD PTG #14 $2.99
JUL070302 HELLBLAZER #236 (MR) $2.99
JUN070273 HELLBLAZER THE GIFT TP (MR) $14.99
JUL070281 HIGHWAYMEN #4 (OF 5) $2.99
JUL070236 JLA HITMAN #1 (OF 2) $3.99
MAY070171 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VOL 1 THE NEXT AGE HC $19.99
JUN070234 KEY TO THE KINGDOM VOL 1 $9.99
JUL070256 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #6 $2.25
JUL070264 MAD MAGAZINE #482 $3.99
JUN070238 MOON CHILD VOL 8 $9.99
JUL070283 PROGRAMME #3 (OF 12) $2.99
JUL070220 ROBIN #166 $2.99
JUL070263 SCOOBY DOO #124 $2.25
JUL070239 SHADOWPACT #17 $2.99
JUL070224 SUPERMAN BATMAN #40 $2.99
JUL070205 TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PARALLAX #1 $2.99
JUL070307 TESTAMENT #20 (RES) (MR) $2.99
JUN070256 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE TP (MR) $14.99

IMAGE COMICS

JUL071932 AFTER THE CAPE VOL 1 HOW FAR TO FALL TP $12.99
JUN071878 COMPASS #1 $2.99
JUL071996 CONSUMED #3 (OF 4) $2.99
JUL071977 CYBLADE PILOT SEASON #1 $2.99
JUL071949 DYNAMO 5 #7 $3.50
JUL071997 GHOSTING #2 (OF 4) $2.99
APR071870 GUTSVILLE #2 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99
MAY071874 MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #4 $2.99
JUL071958 REPO #4 (OF 5) (MR) $3.50
APR071875 SPAWN #171 $2.95
JUN071901 SPAWN COLLECTION VOL 4 TP $29.95
JUL071981 WITCHBLADE TAKERU MANGA #8 KIRKHAM CVR B $3.99
JUL071980 WITCHBLADE TAKERU MANGA SUMITA CVR A #8 $3.99

MARVEL COMICS

JUL072143 ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #3 (OF 4) $2.99
JUL072147 AVENGERS CLASSIC #4 $2.99
JUL072149 CAPTAIN AMERICA #30 CWI $2.99
JUL072222 CAPTAIN AMERICA BY ED BRUBAKER OMNIBUS VOL 1 HC $74.99
JUL072248 DAILY BUGLE OCTOBER PI
JUL072167 IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #12 $2.99
MAY072170 JACK KIRBYS GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS #6 $3.99
JUL072172 MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #16 $2.99
JUL072170 MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #28 $2.99
JUL072228 MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN VOL 7 DIGEST TP $6.99
JUL072176 MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #3 $4.99
JUL072177 MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1 $3.99
JUL072246 MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS CAMPBELL POSTER $6.99
JUL072132 MARVEL ILLUSTRATED TREASURE ISLAND #4 (OF 6) $2.99
JUL072197 NEW X-MEN #42 $2.99
JUL072185 PENANCE RELENTLESS #1 (OF 5) $2.99
JUL072234 SILENT WAR TP $14.99
JUL072141 SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA #2 (OF 5) $2.99
JUL072207 TERROR INC #2 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
JUL072224 THUNDERBOLTS BY ELLIS VOL 1 FAITH IN MONSTERS PREM HC $24.99
JUL072205 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #17 $2.99
JUL072236 WOLVERINE ORIGINS VOL 2 SAVIOR TP $13.99
JUL072160 WORLD WAR HULK #4 (OF 5) WWH $3.99
JUN078037 WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #4 (OF 6) $2.99
JUL072164 WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #3 (OF 4) WWH $2.99
JUL072161 WORLD WAR HULK ROMITA JR VAR #4 (OF 5) $3.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

MAY073097 FANTASTIC FOUR #547 TURNER CVR CGC 9.8 ED PI
MAY073098 FATHOM KIANI ECONOMY COMICS VAR TURNER SGN ED PI
MAY073092 SUB MARINER #1 TURNER SGN ED PI
JUL073174 WIZARD ANIME INSIDER APPLESEED EX MACHINA CVR #49

 

Oddly enough, I was just about to post this.

Anyhow: far and away, the highlight of the week is the Captain America omnibus. By FAR. AMAZING stuff. Totally worth the price tag.

 

You were about to post that you're a girl? Hot! Wanna go to the Dome?

 

THANK YOU FOR THE UNREADABLE ALL-CAPS SOONTIR!

I thought Annihilation was over?

 

It is.

now it is Annihilation: conquest

 

My store didn't have KOTOR.

 

WWH was good this week.

So was Annihilation.

 

I really didn't care for WWH. The art felt off and the entire story seemed...dumb somehow.

 

I enjoyed New X-Men this week. The last arc was non-stop action and it was nice to get a breather as well as get to know some of the other kids in the school who have previously only been background characters. I especially liked the kids trying to figure out who the youngest mutant in the world was. It reminded me of "Baby Diego" in Children of Men. And the Endangered Species section actually held my intrest this week!

Edit: In World War Hulk, did anyone else find it difficult to tell Tony Stark and Dr. Strange apart when they were down in the arena? Without their costume's they look way to similar.

 

The art in WWH continues to be weak, but the story is great. I'd rather good story and bad art than bad story and good art. Mind you, I prefer both to be good.

Speaking of which, everyone who hasn't run out to buy Captain America 1-25 omnibus can DIAF.

 

(I dunno where to post this) Anyone seen the Superman/Doomsday movie?

 

That whole scene was confusing.

I liked seeing Strange kicking Hulk's ass though. Even if was for only like 2 panels.

 

I have it but I haven't had the time to watch it yet

But Luthor straight up shoots a ***** in the head.

 

There is a thread in Amph.

I liked Annihilation the first time around, but I haven't read any of Conquest yet. I kind of wish they had given us more breathing room between the two events (I wish that in general for all these events ), but I guess they wanted to use the momentum.

 

Disclaimer: There's probably many other great comics, I just can't afford them all.

He's Big, Green and Mean...

World War Hulk #4 (of 5): "Let The Worlds Within And The Worlds Without Tremble In Their Orbits"

This is alright. But it doesn't grab me as much as a huge event should. Probably because it doesn't appear as if this will have any long lasting affect on the MU (Although with Marvel's ******-up continuity who can be sure?) JRjr's art didn't bother me so much in this issue, except during the gladitorial scene where it was a struggle to tell Tony and Strange apart. Basically two fight scenes, this book pretty much delivers what it promises, and hey Sentry will finally do something! Perfectly decent, although it lacks that certain...something, to me anyway. 7/10

Countdown to Crisises on Multiple Worlds at War III:

Green Arrow and Black Canary Wedding Special: "And They Said It Wouldn't Last"

Bad play DC. I was rather enjoying this for the first 9/10's of it or so. It was a perfectly sweet, charming wedding issue, with the standard villain fight crashing the party and the happy resolution. Until the end. I'm not going to spoil it, but suffice it to say it pretty much ruined everything that had happened so far. I realize they want me to buy #1 of Green Arrow/Black Canary next month but ticking me off isn't the way to do it. Nice art at least. 8/10 until the end, which drags it to a 3/10

Countdown #32: "Girls Gone Wild"

How many versions of the bachelorette party is that now? Also, I get it. Piper is gay. There's no need to keep having him be all like "OMG HOT DUDE DANCERS!" Otherwise, the rogues were again the highlight, while the rest was kinda blah. A main villian finally makes their big appearance at the end, so we'll see what this leads to in the weeks to come. Solid, yet unspectacular. 5/10

BOOK OF THE WEEK: Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax: "Fearful Symmetry"

We get here a kind of secondary perspective on Kyleallax's actions throughout the first half of the SCW, from Kyle himself. Trapped in his own mind, he confronts Parallax and his fears, with an ending that has to give Kyle fans hope (had Countdown not already kind of spoiled it, but that's a whole 'nother tangent). Great art, and a truly great exploration of what makes Kyle a hero, makes this a great read. If you're looking for mucho action like the main titles have had during SCW then you'll be disappointed but otherwise, very recommended. 9/10