Comics Weekly
By Pete Kilmer
March 18, 2008
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...
There are some damn fine books out of Marvel this week and we're racing toward the Secret Invasion and Final Crisis from DC. Which one are you going to read? Maybe both? Patton Oswald at his MySpace page has read the first three issues of Secret Invasion and while he doesn't spoil it, he does say how good it is. He also talks about just how ground-shaking it is to the structure of the Marvel Universe and that Bendis has this well thought out. I can't wait, really.
Lots of second prints and re-issues this week...
100 BULLETS #89
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #554
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #5 (Book of the week right there)
AVENGERS CLASSIC #10
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #5
BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC ( this is a gorgeous repackaging of The Killing Joke. Brian Bolland has gone back and recolored the book according to the sensibilities he wanted at the time but couldn't due to time constraints. It looks amazing.)
BIRDS OF PREY #116
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #11
CAPTAIN AMERICA #36 (Bucky as the new Captain completes his first public mission and realizes he's got a lot to learn, but that he isn't too bad at this job. Sharon Carter makes a startling discovery!)
CAPTAIN MARVEL #3 (OF 5) 2ND PTG VAR
CAPTAIN MARVEL #4 (OF 5) SII
CATWOMAN #77
CHECKMATE #24
CIRCLE #5
COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 6
DARK IVORY #1 (OF 4)
DARKNESS VS EVA #1 (OF 4)
DEATH OF THE NEW GODS #7 (OF 8)
EVERYBODYS DEAD #1
EX MACHINA #35
FABLES #71
FEAR AGENT #19 HATCHET JOB (PT 3 OF 5)
FLASH #238
FOOLKILLER #4 (OF 5)
FRANKLIN RICHARDS SPRING BREAK
FX #1 (OF 6)
GHOST RIDER #21 (with writer Jason Aaron on board he's quickly turned this book around into a must read.)
GHOST WHISPERER #1
GOBLIN CHRONICLES #1 (OF 3) CVR A
GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL #5 (OF 8)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #25
GRIMM FAIRY TALES PIPER #1 (OF 4)
HACK SLASH SERIES #10 NAKAYAMA
HALLOWEEN NIGHTDANCE #2
HIGHLANDER TP VOL 02 DARK QUICKENING
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #13 (this book is my favorite book from Marvel right now, and this week's issue continues that praise. You really need to be reading this.)
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #115 (The smackdown between Herc and Ares continues as this book takes the number two spot in my Marvel reading list for best book. Iron Fist is #1 in case you were wondering...)
INVINCIBLE #49
IRON MAN #27 (things go from bad to worse for Maya and Tony Stark)
JUNGLE GIRL #5 PX ED
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #19
KONG KING OF SKULL ISLAND #4 (OF 5)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN 31ST CENTURY TP VOL 01
LORDS OF AVALON SOD #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG VAR
MAINTENANCE TP VOL 2
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #22
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ILIAD #4 (OF 8)
MAUS SURVIVORS TALE TP VOL 02 NEW PTG
MIGHTY AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 01 ULTRON INITIATIVE
MOON KNIGHT TP VOL 02 MIDNIGHT SUN
NEW AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 07 TRUST
NEW WORLD ORDER #2
ORDER #9
OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND TP
PAINKILLER JANE TP VOL 02 THINGS EXPLODE
PROGRAMME #9 (OF 12)
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL TP VOL 02 GOIN OUT WEST
PVP #39
RED SONJA #31
REPO TP
ROBIN #172
SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE TP VOL 06 HOURMAN AND PYTHON
SHADOWPACT #23
SNAKEWOMAN CURSE OF THE 68 #1 (OF 4)
SPAWN GODSLAYER #7
SPIDER-MAN REIGN TP
SUPER FRIENDS #1
SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL #2
SWORD #6
TALES FROM THE CRYPT #5
TALES OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #44
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #1 (OF 12)
TANK GIRL SC ARMADILLO & A BUSHEL OF OTHER STORIES
THOR #7 (Holy Crap! Another issue of Thor fairly quickly! And it's damn good)
TWELVE #2 (OF 12) 2ND PTG WESTON VAR
ULTIMATES 3 #1 BLACK AND WHITE GATEFOLD VAR
UNCANNY X-MEN #495 2ND PTG CHOI VAR
VOLTRON HC COMPLETE OMNIBUS
WASTELAND #15
WITCHBLADE #116 SEJIC CVR A
WOLVERINE #62 2ND PTG GARNEY
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #23 (The Roadrunner and Coyote hi-jinks continue between Deadpool and Wolverine and it is highly amusing!)
WORLD WAR HULK AFTERSMASH WARBOUND #4 (OF 5)
X-FACTOR TP VOL 04 HEART OF ICE
X-FORCE #1 2ND PTG CRAIN VAR PP #805)
Things are a little quiet now as Marvel and DC start in on the convention circuit and prepare the way for their event series of the summer. With the economy bouncing around and it being an election year it's going to be interesting to see how well received they are this year.
Have a great week!
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