New Releases for Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Comic Highlights This Week: Say a fond farewell this week to the final issues of well-received titles Star Wars Legacy #50, Air #24 and the double-sized Ex Machina #50; Also, Weapon X #16 is the final issue of the series and a tribute to the recently-fallen Nightcrawler; Image United #3 (of 6) is finally released 6 months late; everyone’s favorite Scotsman, Hughie, goes solo in The Boys: Highland Laddie #1 (of 6); the World War Hulks storyline ends in Hulk #24; a new Power Man teams up with Iron Fist in Shadowland: Power Man #1 (of 4); Jane Espenson writes the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Riley One-Shot, which will lead into next month’s countdown to the end of Buffy Season Eight; what do you get when you mash-up the 2 HBO shows True Blood and Rome? Wildstorm’s Ides of Blood #1 (of 6); the classic female detective of novels and television comes to comics in Moonstone’s Honey West #1; it’s been awhile since anyone adapted some Harlan Ellison but this week we’ve got Phoenix Without Ashes #1 (of 4) and also Dynamite Entertainment’s update of Lee Falk’s classic character in The Last Phantom #1.
Novelty Highlights This Week: Batman Reborn Series 1 Action Figures (restock); Worlds Greatest Heroes Retro Figures Series 2 (we’re gettin’ the rest of ‘em in!); Marvel Phoenix & Dark Phoenix Bishoujo Statues; Spider-Man Bust Bank (restock).
DC
- Air #24 (Final Issue)

- The Authority: The Lost Year #12 (of 12)
- Azrael #11
- Batman Beyond #3 (of 6)

- Batman Reborn Series 1 Action Figures (restock)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham #15
- Brightest Day #8 (has White Lantern Variant cover)
- Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story Hardcover

- DC 75th Anniversary Poster Book
- DC Cover Art Print All Star Batman & Robin
- DC Universe Legacies #4 (of 10)

- DV8: Gods & Monsters #5 (of
- Ex Machina #50 (Final Issue)

- Fables #97
- Green Lantern Corps #51 (has White Lantern Variant cover)

- Hellblazer #270
- Ides of Blood #1 (of 6)

- Justice Society of America #42 (has White Lantern Variant cover)
- Killapalooza Softcover
- MAD Magazine #505

- Power Girl #15
- R.E.B.E.L.S: Strange Companions Softcover
- Red Herring Softcover
- Showcase: The Doom Patrol Volume 2 Softcover

- The Spirit #5
- Supergirl #55
- Tiny Titans #31

- Worlds Greatest Heroes Retro Figures Series 2 (we got the rest of ‘em in!)
- X-Files/30 Days of Night #2 (of 6)

IMAGE
- Bulletproof Coffin #3 (of 6)
- Chew #13

- Hack Slash Omnibus Volume 1 Softcover (Image Edition)
- Hellcity: The Whole Damned Thing Softocver
- Image United #3 (of 6; has 6 Variant covers)



- Jersey Gods Volume 3 Softcover
- The Light #5 (of 5)
- Mice Templar Volume 2: .1 Destiny Part 1 Softcover
- Seedless Graphic Novel

- Sweets #2 (of 5)
- True Story Swear To god #13
- Weird World of Jack Staff #4
- Witchblade: Due Process One-Shot
MARVEL
- Age of Heroes #4 (of 4)
- Amazing Spider-Man #636 2nd Printing
- Amazing Spider-Man #637 2nd Printing
- Amazing Spider-Man #640 (One Moment in Time, Part 3; has Women of Marvel Variant cover)

- Atlas #4
- Avengers & The Infinity Gauntlet #1 (of 4)
- Avengers Academy #2 2nd Printing
- Avengers Academy #3 (has Women of Marvel Variant cover)

- Daredevil #508 2nd Printing
- Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – Journey Begins #4 (of 5)
- Deadpool #26

- Deadpool Corps #5
- Essential Captain America Volume 2 New Printing
- Hulk #24

- Iron Man Magazine #3
- Marvel Phoenix and Dark Phoenix Bishoujo Statues


- Marvel Universe VS. The Punisher #2 (of 4)
- Marvelman Classic Volume 1 Premiere Hardcover Quesada cover
- New Avengers #1 2nd Printing
- New Avengers #3 (has Women of Marvel Variant cover)

- New Mutants #16
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update #3
- Secret Avengers #4 (has Women of Marvel Variant cover)

- Shadowland: Daughters of the Dragon #1 (of 3)
- Shadowland: Power Man #1 (of 4)

- SHIELD #1 Director’s Cut
- SHIELD #2 3rd Printing
- Siege: Thor Hardover
- Spider-Man Bust Bank (restock)
- Spider-Woman Volume 1 Agent of SWORD Hardcover
- Steve Rogers Super Soldier #1 2nd Printing
- Thunderbolts #147
- Uncanny X-Men #527 (has Women of Marvel Variant cover)

- Uncanny X-Men The Heroic Age #1 2nd Printing
- Vengeance of Moon Knight #10 2nd Printing
- Web of Spider-man #11
- Wolverine Weapon X #16

- X-Factor: Second Coming Premiere Hardcover
- X-Force #28 2nd Printing
- X-Force Sex & Violence #1 2nd Printing
OTHER PUBLISHERS
- 1 for $1: Hellboy Seed of Destruction #1
- 1 for $1: Usagi Yojimbo #1
- Angel #36 (has Incentive Cover)
- Archie #612
- Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives Volume 3 HC
- The Boys: Highland Laddie #1 (of 6)

- Bride of the Water God Volume 6
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Riley One-Shot


- Cavewoman: Toy Story One-Shot
- CBGB #2 (of 4)
- Classic Red Sonja Remastered #3
- Comic Book Guy #2 (of 5)

- Comic Shop News #1209
- Darkwing Duck #3
- Deadworld Classic Volume 1 Softcover
- Doctor Who 11th Doctor Crash Pack Action Figure 2-Pack
- Doctor Who Ongoing #14
- Donald Duck & Friends #357
- Dragon Age #3
- Farscape Ongoing #10
- Finding Nemo Losing Dory #2

- GI Joe Cobra II #7
- GI Joe Origins #18
- Gold Digger #120
- Hodge the Hedgehog Hardcover
- Honey West #1 (has 4 Variant covers)

- James Patterson’s Witch & Wizard #4
- Knights of the Dinner Table #165
- The Last Phantom #1

- Lone Ranger #23
- Mediterranea #1
- MGM Drive-In Theater #2: IT! The Terror From Beyond the Stars
- Muppet Show Volume 4 Family Reunion Softcover
- Obergeist Essential Edition Hardcover
- Olivia Bettie Page 16-Month 2011 Calendar
- Pale Horse #3 (of 4)
- Pals N’ Gals Double Digest #144
- Phantom Jack Nowhere Man Agenda Graphic Novel
- Phoenix Without Ashes #1 (of 4)

- PS238 Volume 8 Softcover
- Reading With Pictures Softcover
- Rotten #7
- Serenity Rose Volume 2 Softcover
- Sherlock Holmes: Study In Scarlet Softcover
- Simpsons Comics #169
- The Sixth Gun #3
- Star Trek Burden Of Knowledge #3
- Star Wars Legacy #50

- Transformers Armada Omnibus Softcover
- Transformers Nefarious #6
- True Blood #2

- Unsinkable Walker Bean Graphic Novel
- A Very Zombie Summer One-Shot

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