Comics Weekly
By Pete Kilmer
March 12, 2008
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He's like a crack dealer.
Pete Kilmer has been in the comics retail industry for ten years as a member of Downtown Comics in Indianapolis. Downtown Comics is one of the Midwest's largest comic retailers with over four locations in Indianapolis. All opinions are his own, and they cannot be bought with free swag. Beer and a walk on role on Chuck to steal Sarah from Chuck and I'm bought...

Sad news in the world of comics broke on Tuesday that Dave Stevens has passed away. Dave was the creator of The Rocketeer and helped find 1950s pin-up legend Bettie Page, and helped her get a chunk of money that was due her from people using her image. He was a talented artist and a master storyteller. Sad...

Let's get into it...

30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP VOL 09 BEYOND BARROW
ABE SAPIEN THE DROWNING #2 (OF 5)
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #18
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #553
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST #5 (OF 6) (We find out how Ultron took over in that part of space and just where the story falls in line with Mighty Avengers.)
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #5
ATOMIC ROBO #6 (OF 6)
AVENGERS FAIRY TALES #1 (OF 4)
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #10
AVENGERS INITIATIVE TP VOL 01 BASIC TRAINING (In softcover now)
BADGER SAVES THE WORLD #3 (OF 5)
BAT LASH #4 (OF 6)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #14
BATMAN STRIKES #43
BOOSTER GOLD #7
BPRD 1946 #3 (OF 5)
CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #9
CONAN TP VOL 05 ROGUES IN THE HOUSE
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 7
COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #6 (OF 8)
DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING MAN THING #2 (OF 4)
DMZ #29
DMZ TP VOL 04 FRIENDLY FIRE
DOCTOR WHO #2
EMPOWERED TP VOL 03
EVIL DEAD #3 (OF 4)
FANTASTIC FOUR #555 (Bryan Hitch and Mark Millar try to revive this flagging book by bringing big concepts and more family drama to the book.)
FOUNDATION #3 (OF 5)
GAMEKEEPER SERIES 2 #1
GEN 13 #18

GFT RETURN TO WONDERLAND CVR GALLERY #1
GHOST RIDER TP VOL 04 REVELATIONS
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #33
GOON #22
GOTHAM UNDERGROUND #6 (OF 9)
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #6
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #22
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #24
GUMBY TP VOL 01 (RES)
GUTSVILLE #3 (OF 6)
INDIA AUTHENTIC TP VOL 02 (C: 0-1-0)
IRON MAN ENTER MANDARIN #6 (OF 6)
JLA CLASSIFIED #54
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL HC
LAST DEFENDERS #1 (OF 6)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #12
LOBO PORTRAIT OF A BASTICH TP
LOCKE & KEY #2
LONE RANGER AND TONTO #1
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #7
MAGICIAN APPRENTICE PREM HC VOL 2
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #9
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #7
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED LAST OF THE MOHICANS PREM HC
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MAN IN THE IRON MASK PREM HC
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MOBY DICK #2 (OF 6)
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED TREASURE ISLAND PREM HC
MIGHTY AVENGERS #10
NEW EXILES #3
NOVA #11
PUNISHER #55
ROBIN THE BIG LEAGUES TP
SALVATION RUN #5 (OF 7)
SERENITY BETTER DAYS #1 (OF 3) (THIS is the book of the week as Browncoats will descend up your local comic shop to pick this up.)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS PHANTOM STRANGER TP VOL 02
SIMON DARK #6
SPEED RACER TP VOL 03
SPIDER-MAN FAMILY TP UNTOLD TEAM UPS DIGEST
SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA PREM HC
SPOOKS #2 DELLESANDRO
STAR WARS LEGACY #21
STAR WARS REBELLION #12
SUICIDE SQUAD RAISE THE FLAG #7 (OF 8)
SUPERMAN #674
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #13
TERMINATOR OMNIBUS VOL 02
THUNDERBOLTS #119
TINY TITANS #2
UN-MEN #8 (MR)
WALKING DEAD #47 (I can't wait for this book!)
WARHAMMER 40K BLOOD & THUNDER CVR B #4 (OF 4)
WILDSTORM REVELATIONS #5 (OF 6)
WITCHBLADE TP VOL 03
WOLVERINE #63 DWS (This should be another sellout as it continues the storyline with Mystique.)
WONDER WOMAN #18
WORMWOOD TP VOL 02
X-FACTOR #29 DWS
X-MEN TP DIE BY THE SWORD

Well that's it for this time...hopefully you have a great week

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