New Releases for Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Highlights This Week: You either loved it or hated it. And now Marvel is revisiting the controversial Spider-Man Clone Saga #1 (of 6) but this time it’s different; Kurt Busiek’s promise of getting out Astro City faster is kept with Astro City: Astra Special #1 (of 2); Deadpool guest stars in the Shang Chi: Master of Kung Fu Black & White One-shot; another of Marvel’s titles is going “on hiatus” right after this week’s Runaways 3 #14; the Blackest Night crossover can be found this week in the pages of Blackest Night Titans #2 (of 3) and Green Lantern #46; Teen Titans #75 celebrates an anniversary issue with an all-star cast of past and present Titans as well as new writer Felicia D. Henderson, co-producer of the hot FOX TV show Fringe; DC reintroduces their classic, extra-sized comics beginning this week with the all-new Justice League 80-Page Giant #1 which finds the League scattered throughout time; Boom Studios all-new Disney books are starting to be released. First up, Mickey Mouse & Friends #296; any comic can be made into a movie and any movie can become a comic. Case in point… Die Hard Year One #1; a book that needs to be seen to be believed, the Star Wars Legos Visual Dictionary Hardcover; and, wait no longer for the Buffy Season 8 Volume 5: Predator & Prey Softcover
Novelty Highlights This Week: Justice League International Series 2 Action Figures; Star Trek Mirror Mirror Enterprise; and the Super Mario Brothers Chess Set
Highlights This Week: Things ain’t looking so good for Firestorm and can even the arrival of the Indigo Lanterns slow the tide of the attacking dead in Blackest Night #3 (of 8)?; J. Michael Stracynski continues to settle into his new digs at DC Comics by taking over the regular writing chores on Brave and the Bold (#27). First up: Batman and Dial H For HERO; Frank Quitely is taking his first scheduled break from Batman and Robin (#4) which features the art of Philip Tan and the introduction of the new Red Hood and his sidekick Scarlet; Amazing Spider-Man #605 contains a special Epilogue to the Red Headed Stranger storyline and Eddie Brock gets his own mini-series in Amazing Spider-Man Presents Anti-Venom: New Ways To Live #1 (of 3); a big-headed Super Villain is made fun of in the MODOK: Regin Delay One-shot; Warren Ellis revisits Iron Man territory in Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars #1 (of 5); Peter Milligan gives us another great Thor one-shot in Thor Annual #1; the Vengeance of Moon Knight #1 returns the character to the Marvel Universe to take on Norman Osborn; Part 2 of the 6 part Archie Marries Veronica in Archie #601; Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese) and Jill Thompson (Sandman Brief Lives) team up for a tale of dogs and cats versus supernatural forces in Beasts of Burden #1 (of 4); John Byrne returns to his favorite aliens in Star Trek Romulans: Schism #1; the sequel to the original series also comes to comics in Galactica 1980 #1; and the original ‘Busters have been defeated by the Father of Gozer in the all-new Ghostbusters: Displaced Agression #1 (of 4)
Due to the recent Labor Day Holiday on Monday, September 7, new releases this week will not be available until 10am on Thursday, September 10. Next week, new release product will be available at the regular time and day of Wednesday, September 16.
