Comic Highlights This Week: critically-acclaimed writer Paul Cornell scribes Lex Luthor’s quest of Avarice in Action Comics #890; with a return to original numbering, J. Michael Straczynski begins his run on Wonder Woman #600; an original Pilot Season winner arrives after much delay– Velocity #1 is brought to you by Ron Marz & Kenneth Rocafort; Warren Ellis & Phil Jimenez’s long-delayed Astonishing X-Men #34 ships; Matt Fraction finally writes long-time Iron Man adversary The Mandarin in the Invincible Iron Man Annual #1; IDW’s highly anticipated Dragon Age #2 ships; Ellis‘ “Electrical Romance of a Pirate Utopia Thwarted,” Captain Swing #2 ships; World War Z author Max Brooks continues his collaboration with Howard Chaykin in GI Joe Hearts And Minds #2 (and we’ve also restocked Brooks‘ Zombie Survival Guide Recorded Attacks graphic novel, too!); be sure to click for the rest!
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Comic Highlights This Week: Fans of good girl art will want to nab Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes Hardcover. The best of Hughes’ DC work plus commentary; JMS begins writing everybody’s favorite Krytponian with the anniversary issue Superman #700; Sam Keith (The Maxx) invites you to spend 24 hours with the inmates in his all-new Batman: Arkham Asylum – Madness Hardcover Graphic Novel; we’re supposed to find out the Origin of the Red Hulk in Hulk #23; Robert Kirkman writes a special prose origin story in Ryan Ottley and Jason Howard’s Sea Bear & Grizzle Shark #1; the Emerald Archer is being relaunched with a brand-new Green Arrow #1; - Click here for more cool stuff!
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by Miles Perzewski
I may not be very old to know the great age of slot car tracks, but my dad had a lot. I recall fun times with those awesome sets. One Christmas back in the 90s I actually got a new “The Lost World Jurassic Park” slot car track set. Makes me want go find it. I’m almost positive I’ve got that thing somewhere buried with all sorts of old childhood toys. The new Batman Slot Car Set from the campy days of Adam West with cool vintage packaging sure makes me pumped! The Joker will never leave me in the dust with Bats and I on his tail when this track is in my hands. Believe It!
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Comic Highlights This Week: we will have copies of Patricia Brigg’s Alpha & Omega Cry Wolf Volume 01 #1 signed by series’ interior artist & Westfield Comics regular Jordan Gunderson (while supplies last); Bendis & Immonen bring a new New Avengers #1; Simone & Benes’ second run continues in Birds of Prey #2; there’s 2 new Joker’s Asylum one-shots — Harley Quinn and Mad Hatter; John Layman’s critically-acclaimed Chew Volume 2 International Flavor book ships; Amazing Spider-Man #633 & #634 both ship (scheduling shenanigans!); get dangerous with Darkwing Duck #1 from Boom! Studios; and click for the rest!
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Comic Highlights This Week: Nemesis #2 (of 4) by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven is just a tad late, but still finds the ultimate super-villain in full destruction mode at our nation’s capital; the new Wildstorm book Tom Strong & The Robots of Doom #1 (of 6) was supposed to come out last week, but it was delayed at the last minute. It’s coming out this week for sure and it still has a cool title; Ron Zimmerman returns to write a new tale of the Rawhide Kid #1 (of 4) with Howard Chaykin on art and featuring a slew of Marvel Western Hero guest stars. Tim Seeley and artist Daniel Leister have moved to Image Comics along with their all -new Hack Slash: My First Maniac #1 (of 4); Sean McKeever creates a new team book of young characters without a home including Nomad, Arana, Toro, Gravity and Firestar in Young Allies #1;
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