Tuesday 15 May 2007

New This Week: May 16, 2007

Based on the NCRL, here are some comics you may want to look at picking up at your friendly local comic shop tomorrow:


The Picks of the Week are All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #5 and Ultimates 2 #13, comics long awaited by fanboys everywhere! Regular readers may recall that I recently ran a contest asking you to choose which of these long-delayed super-hero floppies would come out first; now they're both out on the same day! (Not sure what I'll do about prizes--probably give out 2, but I'm waiting to confirm that these comics actually hit shelves tomorrow...)


In other comics:

Antarctic have a new issue of Ninja High School (#149).

Archaia have a hardcover collection of the first Mouse Guard mini.

Boom! have the debut of Left on Mission, and new issues of Fall of Cthulhu (#2) and Hero Squared Ongoing (#6).

Dark Horse have new issues of BPRD: Garden of Souls (#3) and Conan (#40).

DC have Showcase Presents: The Flash vol. 1 (with the fine Carmine Infantino speedster art!); the Minx debut of Plain Janes; the CMX debut of Apothecarius Argentum; and new issues of Action Comics (#849), Batman (#665), Catwoman (#67), Countdown (#50), Ex Machina (#28), Fables (#61), Justice League of America (#9), and LoSH 31C (#2).

IDW have the trade collection of Spike: Asylum.

Marvel have a traed collection of Blade: Undead Again (Guggenheim & Chaykin make Blade a character worth reading); a hardcover for X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox; a third oversized hardcover for Runaways; X-Men First Class Special by Jeff Parker and a group of talented guest artists; and new issues of Marvel Adventures The Avengers (#13), Ultimate Spider-Man (#109), Ultimate X-Men (#82), and X-Factor (#19).

Oni have a new issue of Local (#9).


Get your geek on this week and buy some comics!

Groo is Back!

Mark Evanier let's us know that Groo will be returning to the comics racks later this year! (via Mike)

2007 has seen the return of Groo, Gon, Yotsuba&!, Nexus... what's next, Miracleman?

FCBM3 Day 15

It's day fifteen of the third annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Today's selected entry is from Bill Boehmer. The five comics that Bill listed are:

1. Apocalypse Nerd
2. Nana
3. Fables
4. Mouse Guard
5. King City

Based on that eclectic mix, I have for Bill the first four issues of Rumiko Takahashi's manga fantasy Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy-Tale.

Bill's bonus comic is the Donald Duck Halloween Ashcan.

Bill's comics should be in the mail by the end of the week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
33 entries
34 free comics sent so far
16 days remaining