Comics Weekly
By Pete Kilmer
August 26, 2008
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Four girls and none of them texting? Unlikely.
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.

This is an absolutely HUGE frakkin week with a ton of Secret Invasion and Final Crisis books hitting the shelves. Also hitting the shelf this week is Runaways Vol. 3 #1 from writer Terry Moore and artist Humerto Ramos, I'm really looking forward to that one myself.

Kim's Picks

Runaways Season 3 #1
I've got to agree with Pete here with regard to Runaways. The series was started by Brian K. Vaughan, and if you've never picked it up and read it, run, don't walk, to buy the trades. I say this with one qualification. Despite the fact that I am the hugest of Joss Whedon fans, when he takes over the series, it goes...badly. Part of the trouble was the fact that the books tended to run months apart, but I was never terribly happy with where he took the story, either. Terry Moore, who got off to an excellent start with Season Two of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, takes the reigns for Runaways Season 3, and I have to think that there's a lot of promise based on interviews I've read with him so far. This is really the only book I care about this week, to be frank (though I'm in the process of catching up on Secret Invasion and Final Crisis).

Echo Volume 1 - Trade Paperback
Speaking of Terry Moore, I'm pretty excited to pick up this book, now out in trade. The story centers on a woman who witnesses the explosion of a pilot and his battle suit. The pellets from the explosion shower her pick-up truck, and she soon discovers that these pellets have bonded to her skin. It begins to cause changes to her body, and soon the testers of the suit have sent someone out to track down the heroine. It sounds pretty exciting, and I'll definitely be reading it so I can catch up to the current series.

ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #569 NWD
AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #2 (OF 6)
AMERICAS BEST COMICS PRIMER TP
ANGEL REVELATIONS #4 (OF 5)
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5)
ASTOUNDING WOLF MAN TP 01
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #16 SI
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #4 (OF 12)
BLACK PANTHER #40 SI
BLUE BEETLE #30
BRAVE AND THE BOLD HC VOL 02 THE BOOK OF DESTINY
BRIT #8
CALIBER #5 (OF 5)
CATWOMAN #82
CONTRACT #2 (OF 3)
COUNTDOWN LORD HAVOK AND THE EXTREMISTS TP
DAREDEVIL #110
DAREDEVIL BY BENDIS OMNIBUS HC VOL 1
DC UNIVERSE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT #1
DMZ #34
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #8 (RES) (MR)
DRAGONLANCE LEGENDS TIME OF THE TWINS #2 (OF 3) GOPEZ
EMILY THE STRANGE II ALONE ISSUE #4
FALLEN ANGEL IDW #29 (MR)
FAMILY DYNAMIC #1 (OF 3)
FANTASTIC FOUR TRUE STORY #2 (OF 4)
FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES WALT SIMONSON TP VOL 02
FEAR AGENT TP VOL 04 HATCHET JOB
FINAL CRISIS ROGUES REVENGE #2 (OF 3)
FINAL CRISIS SUPERMAN BEYOND #1 (OF 2)
FOUNDATION TP
FREEDOM FORMULA #2
GHOST RIDER ANNUAL #2 MERCY
GRAVEL #4 (MR)
GUERILLAS #1 (OF 9)
HALLOWEEN 30TH ANN SP ONE SHOT
HAUNT OF HORROR LOVECRAFT #3 (OF 3) (MR)
HERCULES #5 (OF 5)
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #18
JACK OF FABLES #25 (MR)
JLA DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #24
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #18
KICK ASS #4 (MR)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #45
LOST BOYS REIGN OF FROGS #4 (OF 4) (MR)
MADAME XANADU #3 (MR)
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #27

MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #39
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN TP VOL 03 DIGEST
MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #2
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #12
METAL MEN HC
MIGHTY AVENGERS #17 SI
NEW AVENGERS #44 SI
NEW EXILES #10
NEW WARRIORS #15 SI
NEW WARRIORS TP VOL 02 THRASHED
NEWUNIVERSAL CONQUEROR
NORTHLANDERS #9 (MR)
NOVA #16 SI
OFF HB MARVEL UNIV A TO Z PREM HC VOL 04
PROOF #11 (MR)
RED STAR SWORD OF LIES #3 (OF 3)
REIGN IN HELL #2 (OF 8)
RUNAWAYS 3 #1
SECRET HISTORY THE AUTHORITY HAWKSMOOR #6 (OF 6)
SECRET INVASION AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 3) SI
SHE-HULK 2 #32 SI
SHE-HULK TP VOL 06 JADED
SIMPSONS COMICS TREASURE TROVE #1
SKAAR SON OF HULK #3
STAR TREK MAGAZINE SPECIAL #13
STAR TREK YEAR FOUR ENTERPRISE EXPERIMENT #5
STAR WARS FORCE UNLEASHED GN (C: 0-1-2)
STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 04
STAR WARS LEGACY #27
STAR WARS REBELLION #16 VECTOR PART 8 (OF 12)
STRANGE EMBRACE HC VOL 01
SUICIDE SQUAD FROM THE ASHES TP
SUPERMAN #679
SUPERNATURAL RISING SON #5 (OF 6)
TEEN TITANS #62
TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE #6 (OF 6)
TERRY MOORES ECHO TP VOL 01 MOON LAKE
THUNDERBOLTS #123 SI
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED TP VOL 04
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE SEQUEL REIGN OF STARSCREAM #5
TRINITY #13
ULTIMATE IRON MAN II #5 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #125
ULTIMATE X-MEN #97
WILDCATS WORLDS END #2
WITCHBLADE TP VOL 05
WIZARD MAGAZINE #204
WOLVERINE #68
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #6
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #10
X-FORCE #6 DWS
X-MEN LEGACY #215 MD
X-MEN LEGACY PREM HC VOL 01 DIVIDED HE STANDS
X-MEN TP VOL 03 COMPLETE ONSLAUGHT EPIC
YOUNG INHUMANS TP
ZOMBIE TALES #4 CVR A

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