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X-Men Spotlight
X-Men Spotlight
The X-Men head to the front of the class in May with a SPOTLIGHT all their own!First up is an in-depth account with writer Jeff Parker of X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, the much-beloved series that happens to share a name with theblockbuster movie!
Then, we investigate the four-color pasts of Magneto and Emma Frost - two Marvel characters who've straddled the line between good and evil.
We also catch up with Kieron Gillen, newly ensconced as writer of UNCANNY X-MEN, Marvel's flagship mutant title for almost fifty years!
And speaking of those classic days, we'll take a look at some of Chris Claremont's greatest hits during the X-Men's '80s heyday!
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Doctor Who Special #28
Doctor Who Special #28
Doctor Who Magazine takes readers behind-the-scenes of Sarah Jane Smith's latest adventure, with an in-depth episode guide written by Who scholar Andrew Pixley, including original storyline ideas, deleted scenes, and hundreds of facts about her own series, all illustrated with gorgeous, never-before-seen photographs! This DWM Special is essential reading for all Doctor Who fans, because life on Earth can be an adventure, too!____________________________________________________________________
DC Comics Presents Green Lantern Willworld #1
DC Comics Presents Green Lantern Willworld #1
By: J. M. Dematteis, Seth Fisher
Don't miss a new printing of this story of Hal Jordan's early days as a Green Lantern!An inexperienced Hal Jordan must undergo a surreal right of passage in order to master his power ring. Waking up on a strange, hallucinatory world with no recollection his journey there, Green Lantern attempts to decipher the insanity around him while instilling justice in a mad existence.
Dealing with a senseless reality, Hal is forced to learn how to focus his will, thus accessing the true, unbridled power of his ring. Featuring strikingly beautiful artwork, this book reveals how Hal Jordan transformed himself from a novice hero to a legend.
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Tom Strong And The Robots Of Doom TPB
Tom Strong And The Robots Of Doom TPB
By: Peter Hogan, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
Tom Strong returns in this title collecting the 6-issue miniseries!As Tom Strong and his family prepare to celebrate a wedding, the unthinkable happens: Before their eyes, reality alters to become a world conquered by Nazis and ruled by Tom's nefarious son, Albrecht. What mysterious secret from Tom's past has brought about this catastrophe?
To overthrow Albrecht and restore the world he knew, Tom must find a way to journey back in time and seek help from the only man he can trust: himself.
But will even two Tom Strongs be enough to stop the Robots of Doom?
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Doctor Who Vol. 2 #5
Doctor Who Vol. 2 #5
By: Tony Lee, Mark Buckingham, Tommy Lee Edwards
En route for the World Cup final in 1966, the Doctor, Amy, and Rory find themselves in London a thousand years in the past! And Vikings and Saxons are fighting over who owns the land--and Amy! Can Rory win his new wife back... in a penalty shootout?This special issue features art by Eisner-winner Mark Buckingham of Miracleman and Fables fame.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Volume 9 HC
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Jesse Marsh Years Volume 9 HC
By: Gaylord DuBois, Jesse MarshKreegah! Tarzan's Golden Age adventures in the heart of Africa and the lost land of Pal-ul-don continue! In addition to featuring favorite characters Muviro, Dr. MacWhirtle, Boy, Goliath, and Argus, this collection introduces both a fearsome, flying tribe of bat-worshippers and the buffalo-riding Gallugos people. New Cathne faces the threat of New Athne and the Great Swamp's thousands of Terribs, and Tarzan is caught up in the mysteries of ghosts and treasure-coated great apes. Now if only he can save Boy from a revenge-minded witch doctor before it is too late!
* Collects Dell's Tarzan's Jungle Annual #2 and Tarzan #44-#46, from 1953, for the first time.
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Secret Warriors #27
Secret Warriors #27
By: Jonathan Hickman, Alessandro Vitti, Paul RenaudIgnore everything you've heard about when this series is ending! IT'S NOT THIS ISSUE. Jonathan Hickman lost his mind and wrote too huge an ending to just be contained in ONE ISSUE!
Join us this month for the PENULTIMATE issue of SECRET WARRIORS! It's Wheels within Wheels, Part 4: I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD
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Green Lantern #66
Green Lantern #66
By: Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy
The blockbuster 'War of the Green Lanterns' takes it toll! Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart and Kyle Rayner fight on against their fellow Lanterns - and the carnage escalates to savage heights. And how will the other New Guardians capitalize on it?
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X-Men Giant-size By Ed Mcguinness Poster
X-Men Giant-size By Ed Mcguinness Poster
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Xombi #3
Xombi #3
By: John Rozum, Frazer Irving
What happens when you pit a man who cannot die against a raging creature whose only purpose is to destroy?David Kim discovers the answer when he finds himself in combat against the ancient entity Maranatha and finds aid in a most unexpected source.
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Alter Ego #101
Alter Ego #101
Alter Ego asks 'Who's Afraid of Victor Fox?' with an examination of the Fox Comics of the 1940s - Blue Beetle, Phantom Lady, The Flame, et al..Plus 'Superman vs. Wonder Man' starring Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Sheldon Mayer, Jerry Siegel, and Harry Donenfeld!
Also, Part I of an interview with Jack Mendelsohn, artist/writer for MAD, Jacky's Diary, and much more!
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Strange Adventures (One Shot)
Strange Adventures (One Shot)
By: Paul Pope
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO, SCOTT SNYDER, PETER MILLIGAN and others Art by EDUARDO RISSO, JEFF LEMIRE, KEVIN COLDEN and others Cover by PAUL POPE 1:10 Variant cover by MARK BUCKINGHAM Don't miss this eighty page collection of science fiction short stories from some of Vertigo's all-time greats, as well as the hot new talents of tomorrow! From the far reaches of space to the not so distant future, we bring you eight science-fiction stories as only Vertigo can do them. Plus: the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso reunite to bring you the first chapter of their upcoming new series SPACEMAN!____________________________________________________________________
Justice League International TPB Vol. 06
Justice League International TPB Vol. 06
The two teams team up to face the threat of - vampires in the Balkans?
This title collects
JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #31-35/ JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE #7-11____________________________________________________________________
Kirby Genesis #0
Kirby Genesis #0
By: Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross, Jackson Herbert
The Kirby Event of the new millennium begins here, brought to you by the best-selling and award-winning creators of MARVELS! The Pioneer 10 space probe carried a message to the stars. Now an answer's on the way - but not one we expected! When it arrives, the lives of three ordinary people - and the entire world - will be changed forever.Featuring Captain Victory, Silver Star and more of Jack Kirby's greatest concepts, including characters never before seen in comics form!
Don't miss this tantalizing prelude to KIRBY: GENESIS - a bold, explosive adventure debuting a universe of wild Kirby creations! This is the beginning.
This is THE Genesis!
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Allied Artists: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films
Allied Artists: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films
Between 1952 and 1977, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation released over 80 feature films with horror, science fiction and fantasy themes, several of them featuring such genre stars as Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, John Carradine and Lon Chaney, Jr. Among Allied Artists' contributions are the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the William Castle productions House on Haunted Hill and Macabre. Allied also released the camp favorites Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, From Hell It Came and Queen of Outer Space, and imported European efforts such as Blood and Black Lace and Caltiki the Immortal Monster. Included here are detailed plot synopses and critical analyses of all of the films. Also covered are 22 features, including Little Shop of Horrors, made by other companies and released to television by Allied, and the studio's theatrical double-feature reissue of Paramount's The Blob and Universal's Dinosaurus!
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Godzilla Kingdom Of Monsters #3
Godzilla Kingdom Of Monsters #3
By: Eric Powell, Tracy Marsh, Phil Hester, Jeff Zornow
Godzilla, Rodan, and Anguirus continue their devastation, and the worldwide media begins to chime in. As people around the globe suffer, celebrities band together to save the monsters from human counterattack, and the president is criticized for being 'soft on monsters.' Meanwhile... a mysterious giant egg washes ashore in France. And what's with those creepy little twin girls?
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FF #4
FF #4
By: Jonathan Hickman, Barry Kitson, Daniel Acuna
The War of Four Cities: Part ONEIt's finally come as prophesied -- The War of Four Cities! After months of pent-up aggression, the combatants cry havoc and set loose the dogs of war! In order to prevent the war from spreading outwards to all areas of the globe, the FF spring into action to stem the tide of death and destruction. What chance does anyone have when all hope lies in Doom?!
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Marvel Masterworks Daredevil TPB Vol. 02
Marvel Masterworks Daredevil TPB Vol. 02
By: Stan Lee & Dennis O'neil, Jack Kirby & Dean White
The classic adventures of the Man Without Fear reach new heights in his second MARVEL MASTERWORKS collection with the debut of not just one, but two seminal Daredevil artists!Kicking it off, John Romita takes DD into the heart of the Savage Land to do battle with the Plunderer and meet none other than Ka-Zar! If learning Ka-Zar's origin wasn't thrilling enough, then surely a Daredevil/Spider-Man team-up ought to enhance your excitement! In a story featuring Romita's first-ever artwork on Spidey, these two highflying heroes give the Masked Marauder what-for - but only after duking it out themselves, natch.
Next comes the debut of Daredevil's classic nemesis, the Gladiator - and before you know it, enter another amazing artist: Gene Colan. Just in time to close out our volume, the Dean of Delineation lends his pencil to the first of what would become a nearly uninterrupted seven-year tenure on the Man Without Fear.
Come experience it all from the very beginning with the MARVEL MASTERWORKS!
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DAREDEVIL #12-21____________________________________________________________________
Al Capp's Complete Shmoo Volume 2: The Newspaper Strips
Al Capp's Complete Shmoo Volume 2: The Newspaper Strips
First appearing in Al Capp's Li'l Abner comic strip in August 1948, the oddly shaped (and happily edible) Shmoo creature became an overnight phenomenon, spawning an unprecedented merchandising frenzy in the late forties and fifties. As part of the Dark Horse Archives series, ALL Shmoo newspaper strip appearances and storylines are being collected for the first time ever in a deluxe, oversized hardcover! In addition to every weekly and Sunday Shmoo newspaper appearance from 1948 to 1976, this collection also features rare Al Capp photographs and Shmoo illustrations, a look at some Shmoo-centric products from its marketing heyday, a brand-new Shmoo wraparound cover by renowned illustrator Pete Poplaski, as well as an introduction and story annotations by certified Shmoo-ologist Denis Kitchen!* This Shmoo archival hardcover features every Shmoo newspaper strip appearance and story line!
* Comics historian, publisher, and collector Denis Kitchen provides the same illuminating artistic and cultural commentary that graced Dark Horse's Al Capp's Shmoo: The Complete Comic Books, Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years and the Little Annie Fanny volumes.
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Mighty Thor #2
Mighty Thor #2
By: Matt Fraction, Olivier Coipel
The Silver Surfer has arrived on Earth with a message: Galactus is coming!Thor is the only one powerful enough to?stand against the might of the World Eater but he has been weakened from his journey to the World Tree!
Loki and Sif join forces to protect Asgard on Earth, but can they manage without Thor?
The secrets of the GALACTUS SEED can not stay buried for long. . .
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King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel #4
King Conan: The Scarlet Citadel #4
By: Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, José Villarrubia, Darick Robertson
Conan goes against his Cimmerian instincts and sides with Pelias the wizard, who can help the barbarian exact revenge on those who took his crown! Conan races to Aquilonia to regain his throne! With covers by fan--favorite Darick Robertson, this fast--paced, standalone miniseries is a great introduction to Howard's tales of the great King Conan!* The creative team behind the critically acclaimed Conan the Cimmerian comic--book run concludes Dark Horse's first King Conan series!
* The thrilling conclusion to one of Robert E. Howard's most beloved Conan stories!
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5 Ronin
5 Ronin
By: Peter Milligan, David Aja
A spellbinding story of five heroes pushed to their limits! It's 17th-century Japan, a time and place of violent upheaval, wandering Ronin, and mysterious Geisha.Into this strange and dangerous world come Wolverine, Pyslocke, Punisher, Hulk and Deadpool. Five of Marvel's greatest heroes - as you've never seen them before. Each has been wronged by a powerful tyrant. Each has taken a solemn vow - of vengeance!
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Secret Avengers #13
Secret Avengers #13
By: Nick Spencer, Scot Eaton, adi granov
Armies are mounting against the Avengers on every side, and even the Gods have turned their backs on Earth.With humanity facing it's gravest threat yet, Steve Rogers and his Secret Avengers will make some hard choices about what's just in times of war.
And even as they do, a new danger of a different kind emerges-- one that confronts them not in the name of evil or fear, but freedom and liberty.
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Slaine: The Horned God
Slaine: The Horned God
By: Pat Mills and Simon Bisley
The warrior barbarian Slaine, master of the warp spasm, wielder of the mighty axe Brainbiter, Celtic warrior king - faces his greatest challenge: the existence of his world is at stake as he prepares to follow the ways of the Horned God. It is a path that can give him control over nature itself or unleash a new age of witchcraft and dark forces.
A premium hardcover editon of the classic book.
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Captain America #618
Captain America #618
By: Ed Brubaker, Butch Guice, Marko Djurdjevic
Steve Rogers races against time to uncover the international conspiracy that trapped his ex-partner in a web of intrigue and lies.Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes fights for his life in a Russian Gulag. With everybody gunning for Bucky and Steve fighting the clock, is there any hope for either of these two super-soldiers?
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Invincible Iron Man Prem HC Vol. 07 My Monsters
Invincible Iron Man Prem HC Vol. 07 My Monsters
By: Matt Fraction, Salvador Larroca, Kano, Nathan, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Howard Chaykin
Witness the life and times of Ol' Shell-head - past, present and future ... and as seen through the eyes of his greatest foe! The Mandarin is a collection of lies, stories, myths and legends. But two things are true: He wears, upon each finger, an alien weapon of unimaginable power - and he's going to kill Tony Stark!To defeat true evil, the Armored Avenger will have to soar to never before seen heights, and he's not going alone. Three generations of Starks face their ultimate foe, seventy-some years in the future - while in the present, Spider-Man joins Iron Man as he tries to fill in the blanks of his missing memory. The future starts now for the Marvel Universe's favorite futurist.
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IRON MAN ANNUAL #1 and INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #500.1 and #500, plus the story of Howard and Maria Stark's first meeting from INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #503!____________________________________________________________________
Power Man And Iron Fist #5 (of 5)
Power Man And Iron Fist #5 (of 5)
By: Fred Van Lente, Wellinton Alves, Mike Perkins
WHO KILLED CRIME-BUSTER? Power Man and Iron Fist, our non-profit private eyes have figured it out, but they have to fight their through every homicidal maniac in SEAGATE PRISON to prove it!Plus: Noir's true identity! The fate of Vic Alvarez's girlfriend! The Divine Right!
Commedia Dell'Morte! Dogs and cats living together! Van Lente and Alves bring you the senses shattering conclusion!
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Fall Of The Hulks Hulk Fine Art Statue
Fall Of The Hulks Hulk Fine Art Statue
A KOTOBUKIYA Japanese Import!The HULK has been a staple superhero of the Marvel Comics universe for years, battling foes across the universe in epic storylines. Mild-mannered scientist Dr. Bruce Banner was experimenting on highly volatile gamma radiation when an explosion bathed him with that green energy, transforming him into the enormous aggressive powerhouse known as the Hulk. At times a hero and at others a grave threat to all of humanity, Banner's alter ego faces his greatest enemy in the mysterious Red Hulk as part of the Fall of the Hulk storyline. Joining that massive crimson-hued monster in the Fine Art Statue line, the Hulk is also based on the dynamic art of Ed McGuinness.
Scuplted by master artist Erick Sosa of Kotobukiya's 'Kreative 3" Team, the Hulk is nearly 13 inches tall (1/6th-scale) even in his forward leaping pose. Best of all, the Hulk's rocky base connects to the Red Hulk's to form a dynamic battle scene, letting you recreate the Fall of the Hulk in what's sure to become the centerpiece of your collection!
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Incredible Hulks #629
Incredible Hulks #629
By: Greg Pak, Tom Grummett, Frank Cho
THE SPY WHO SMASHED ME!Spy versus spy meets gamma-powered mayhem as Red She-Hulk (Hulk's estranged wife Betty Banner), partners with a mysterious villain to steal an ancient artifact of unimaginable power. Now it's up to Banner, Bruce Banner, to save the world -- and possibly his marriage.
But will Secret Agent Banner be able to keep his domestic affairs from turning into an international Hulk-off? It's a story that will leave you shaken, stirred and SMASHED!
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Amazing Spider-Man #662
Amazing Spider-Man #662
By: Christos Gage & Dan Slott, Reilly Brown, Ed McGuinness
SPIDEY MEETS THE AVENGERS ACADEMY CONTINUES!With dark and desperate emotional weapons at his disposal, Psycho-Man has twisted the kids of Avengers Academy into bloodthirsty villains!
Now Spider-Man must do battle with the Academy students in a super-powered showdown that tests Spidey's abilites and the promises he made in the wake of Marla Jameson's death!
All of it leading to the?surprise return of a classic Spider-Man character next month! (Here's your hint, arachnophiles: THE GOJDW).
Plus an Infested prelude by Dan Slott and Emma Rios.
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Marvel Masterworks Mighty Thor HC Vol. 10
Marvel Masterworks Mighty Thor HC Vol. 10
By: Stan Lee With Gerry Conway, John Buscema
All hail Asgard! All hail the titanic tenth Thor MASTERWORKS!Stan 'The Man' Lee and Big John Buscema are back, bringing you a set of comic-book masterpieces as only mighty Marvel could present. So join Thor, Odin, Balder, the lovely lady Sif and the Warriors Three as they confront colossal cosmic threats that only the gods of Asgard can counter. It all starts off with the amazing Infinity epic!
An unimaginable destructive force is marching across the universe - one so powerful that before he can face it, the Mighty Thor must travel across Hela's realm of the dead and face off in battle against no less than all-father Odin himself before it can be stopped!
It's a father vs. son battle to shake the heavens! And of course, there's treachery a-plenty, courtesy of the mischievous Loki. Teamed with Karnilla, the Norn Queen, Loki won't stop until the throne of Asgard is his, and hell descends upon Earth in the form of Durok the Demolisher.
He's an enemy so powerful that Thor must team up with the Silver Surfer to match his might. Then, it all comes to a head when Thor must run a gauntlet of towering Storm Giants before Loki weds the Lady Sif! We'll meet you at the altar!
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Collecting THOR #184-194____________________________________________________________________
Marvels Project Birth Of Super Heroes TPB
Marvels Project Birth Of Super Heroes TPB
By: Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Steve McNiven
Captain America. Bucky Barnes. The Angel. Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Nick Fury. The Human Torch. Toro. The Phantom Bullet.Witness the birth of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of one of its own Golden Age heroes! As the dashing Angel fights crime in the streets of pre-wartime America of the 1930s and '40s, he witnesses the rise of an entire generation of titans - of fiery men, undersea kings and inspiring soldiers.
Will these Marvels be enough to fight back the onslaught of World War II - including the Nazi's own super-soldier, the Red Skull?
The beginning of the Marvel Age of Heroes is documented in this fast-moving and shocking tale from the mind of writer Ed Brubaker.
This title collects
THE MARVELS PROJECT #1-8
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