Comics Weekly
By Pete Kilmer
September 10, 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...
It's a big week for Secret Invasion as well as the two new Stephen King books, as the third series of Dark Tower books and the first series of The Stand books start. Look for Amazing Spider-Man to continue to sell out with the Anti-Venom storyline continuing. Deadpool finally starts a new series and that will sell out as well.
Might I recommend the Gotham Central Hardcover that comes out this week? It's great crime stuff from Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka dealing with the men and women of the Gotham Central Police Department.
Kim's Picks
I'm still working to get caught up to the point where I can read Secret Invasion, so my recommendations this week are pretty thin. I'll go ahead and give the continued thumbs up to Green Arrow/Black Canary, which is now on issue #12. The final issue of Dead She Said also issues this week. It's a noir tale from the mind of Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) who partners with the great artist Bernie Wrightson. If you're a fan of Niles, you might also want to check out Epilogue #1, a new book that has him teaming with artist Kyle Hotz. It has Niles back to dealing with creatures of the night, an area where is quite comfy.
Also, I'm sure you can't go wrong with the Stephen King books. I'm probably going to wait to read those in trade paperback form, though.
100 BULLETS #95 (MR)
1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADVENTURES OF SINBAD #3
ACTION COMICS #866 2ND PTG
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #24
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #571 NWD
AMORY WARS II #4 (OF 5)
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL HC VOL 02 FIRST NIGHT
ARMY OF DARKNESS TP VOL 06 FROM THE ASHES
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #21
BATMAN THE BLACK GLOVE HC
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINS #9
BIG HERO 6 #1 (OF 5)
BLOOD BOWL #3 (OF 5) KILLER CONTRACT CVR B
BOOSTER GOLD #12
BPRD THE WARNING #3 (OF 5)
CABLE KING SIZE SPECTACULAR #1
CIVIL WAR HOUSE OF M #1 (OF 5)
CRIMINAL 2 #5 (MR)
CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 #1 (OF 4)
DAREDEVIL PREM HC GUARDIAN DEVIL 10TH ANNIV ED
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #1 (OF 6)
DARKNESS #5 SEJIC CVR B (MR)
DEAD SHE SAID #3
DEADPOOL #1 SI
DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN VOL 01 #3 (OF 5)
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #10
DRAGON PRINCE #1
DYNAMO 5 #16
EPILOGUE #1
EX MACHINA #38 (MR)
FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #2 (OF 5)
FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH TP (MR)
GEN 13 #22
GENEXT #5 (OF 5)
GOON #28
GOTHAM CENTRAL HC VOL 01 IN THE LINE OF DUTY
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #12
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #28
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #30
HIGHLANDER TP VOL 03 ARMAGEDDON
HULK CHRONICLES WWH #3
INVINCIBLE #52
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #18
LONE RANGER #13 (MR)
LORDS OF AVALON SOD HC
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #15
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #43
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #1 (OF 8)
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED THREE MUSKETEERS #4 (OF 6)
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT MARVEL KNIGHTS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
MIDDLEMAN COLLECTED SERIES INDISPENSABILITY COMPENDIUM TP MS MARVEL #30 SI
NEW EXILES #11
NIGHTWINGS NOVEL SC
NYX NO WAY HOME #2 (OF 6)
ODD SQUAD #1 FRAIM CVR A
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN PREM HC
PATSY WALKER HELLCAT #3 (OF 5)
PAX ROMANA #3 (OF 4)
RED SONJA #37
SALEM #2 (OF 4)
SECRET INVASION #6 (OF 8) SI
SECRET INVASION INHUMANS #2 (OF 4) SI
SECRET INVASION RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS #3 (OF 3) SI
SECRET INVASION X-MEN #2 (OF 4) MD
SILENT HILL SINNERS REWARD TP
SIMON DARK #12
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #192
SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA TP
STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #1 (OF 5)
STAR TREK MIRROR IMAGES #3
STAR TREK ROMULANS HOLLOW CROWN #1 (OF 2)
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #1 (OF 6)
SUPER FRIENDS #7
SWORD OF RED SONJA DOOM O/T GODS TP
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED ARRIVAL #2
TRINITY #15
TRON #6
ULTIMATE ORIGINS #4 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE POWER TP?
ULTIMATE X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1
WARHAMMER CONDEMNED BY FIRE #4 (OF 5) CVR B
WELCOME TO HOXFORD #2
WITCHBLADE SHADES OF GRAY TP
WOLVERINE ORIGINS VOL 05 DEADPOOL PREMIERE HC
WOLVERINE SAUDADE (MR)
WONDER WOMAN #24
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #1 (OF 4)
X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #1 (OF 5)
X-MEN VS APOCALYPSE TP VOL 02 AGES OF APOCALYPSE
YOUNG LIARS #7 (MR)
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