Comics Weekly
By Pete Kilmer
August 5, 2009
BoxOfficeProphets.com
Pete's brand new laptop computer melted a little bit, so we'll fill in for him as best we can with regard to releases to watch for this week. There will be bias involved, of course.
The biggest and best news for the week (to my mind, anyway) is the fact that Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft is out in trade paperback. I've had several friends commenting that the price of the hardback is a bit too high, so this is well-timed in that it gives me yet one more opportunity to talk it up. It's by Joe Hill and tells the story of a family that is terrorized by demons both human and otherworldly. To say more would be to ruin the experience, but I will note that the art by Gabriel Rodriguez is so good that I had chills at one point in the story.
Also worthy of note are the Angel: After the Fall trade paperback and the Metal Men trade paperback. Since I've only mentioned trades so far, a few books that stand out include Buffy the Vampire Slayer #27, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #2 (a Philip K. Dick adaptation - you might best know it as Blade Runner), and Secret Six #12, because I know Gail Simone is so proud of it. (Kim Hollis/BOP)
AGENTS OF ATLAS #9
AGENTS OF ATLAS PREM HC DARK REIGN
ALL WINNERS COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #601
ANGEL #24
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL TP VOL 01
ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK THREE #4 (OF 4)
AUTHORITY #13
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #32
BLACK PANTHER 2 #7
BOOSTER GOLD REALITY LOST TP
BOYS #33 (MR)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #27
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #2 (OF 5)
CHEW #3 (MR)
DARK REIGN ZODIAC #2 (OF 3) DKR
DC LIBRARY FLASH OF TWO WORLDS HC
DEAD ROMEO #5 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #2
DEATH OF THE NEW GODS TP
DESTROYER #5 (OF 5) (MR)
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #2 (OF 24)
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES 2 #9
DOOM PATROL #1
EXILES #5
EXILES ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP BOOK 02
FALLEN ANGEL REBORN #2
FEMALE FORCE #5 PRINCESS DIANA
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN #4 (OF 6)
FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS HC
FINDING NEMO REEF RESCUE #2 (OF 4)
GHOST RIDERS HEAVENS ON FIRE #1 (OF 6)
GREEK STREET #2 (MR)
HEROES REBORN THE RETURN TP
HOUSE OF M MASTERS OF EVIL #1 (OF 4)
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #16 (MR)
HULK #13 DKR
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #16 DKR
IRON MAN ARMOR WARS #1 (OF 4)
IRREDEEMABLE #5
IRREDEEMABLE TP VOL 01
JONAH HEX #46
JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #2 (OF 7)
KADE RISING SUN #4 (OF 4)
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #3 (OF 6)
LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT
LUKE CAGE NOIR #1 (OF 4)
METAL MEN TP
MIGHTY #7
MUPPET ROBIN HOOD #3 (OF 4)
NIGHTWING THE GREAT LEAP TP
NORTH 40 #2 (OF 6)
OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #8
RED CIRCLE THE HANGMAN #1
SAGA SOLOMON KANE TP (C: 0-1-2)
SAVAGE DRAGON #151
SECRET SIX #12
SOLOMON GRUNDY #6 (OF 7)
SPIDER-MAN CRIME AND PUNISHER TP
SPIDER-MAN FAMILY TIES TP
SPIRIT #32
STAR TREK ALIEN SPOTLIGHT Q
STAR WARS DARK TIMES BLUE HARVEST #0
STAR WARS INVASION #2 (OF 5)
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN HC
STRANGE ADVENTURES #6 (OF 8)
STREET FIGHTER IV #3 (OF 4) B CVR NG
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #6 (OF 12)
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION TP (C: 0-1-2)
TERRY MOORES ECHO #14
THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY #2
TROJAN WAR #4 (OF 5)
ULTIMATUM FANTASTIC FOUR REQUIEM #1
ULTIMATUM X-MEN REQUIEM #1
VOLTRON TP VOL 01 LEGEND FORGED (C: 0-0-1)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME
WAR MACHINE #8
WAR OF KINGS #6 (OF 6)
WAR OF KINGS WARRIORS #2 (OF 2)
WARLORD #5
WARREN ELLIS FRANKENSTEINS WOMB GN (RES) (MR)
WEDNESDAY COMICS #5 (OF 12)
WILLIAM SHATNER PRESENTS TEK WAR #2 (MR)
WITCHFINDER IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS #2 (OF 5)
WONDER WOMAN #34
X-MEN LEGACY SALVAGE PREM HC
X-MEN ORIGINAL SIN TP
YOUNG LOVECRAFT GN (C: 0-0-1)
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