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[New post] This week at your comic shop- 4/20/11

This week at your comic shop- 4/20/11

For the complete list of this week's comics, click here.

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(note: all information including ad copy is from the publisher)

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Silver Surfer #3 (of 5)

Silver Surfer #3 (of 5)
By: Greg Pak, Harvey Tolibao, Carlo Pagulayan
EVOLUTION REVELATION! The Silver Surfer has always served the greater good, but with Galactus' world-eating power at his fingertips, the High Evolutionary has his own ideas about the cosmic balance.A humbled Surfer will have to choose sides, and if he chooses poorly, the Earth is lost! The High Evolutionary's grand design is revealed in the continuation of the greatest cosmic tale ever told right here at home!

Plus: Star-crossed romance! Which Marvel heroine claims the Surfer's heart -- and with what shocking results? __________________________________________________________

Flash Distressed Logo Red T-Shirt XL

Flash Distressed Logo Red T-Shirt XL
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Doctor Who: Snakedance (DVD)

Doctor Who: Snakedance (DVD)
Starring Peter Davison as the Doctor

The Tardis lands on Manussa where Tegan once again gets possessed by the Mara, who plan to break into the physical world.
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Green Lantern Corps #59

Green Lantern Corps #59
By: Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, Batt


War of the Green Lanterns! (click for more details)

Hal, Guy, John and Kyle fight on--but standing in their way is Kilowog, Salaak and all their comrades. Are they prepared to hurt their friends in order to save the Corps?
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Uncanny X-Force #8

Uncanny X-Force #8
By: Rick Remender, Esad Ribic
Before the Fall: part 1 A nuclear facility has been infiltrated and taken over by the Shadow King!

With nuclear missiles now aimed at both Utopia and New York, the lives of Earth's heroes hang in the balance.

X-Force heads into action, but to save the world,?they must make a terrible choice. In order to prevent a?nuclear holocaust, Wolverine and his team must kill every last person working in the facility. X-Force can save the day, but at what cost?

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Captain America vs. Red Skull TPB

Captain America vs. Red Skull TPB
By: Jack Kirby
For decades, Captain America, Super-Soldier for the United States, and the Red Skull, evil agent of the Third Reich, have been the most bitter of foes!

After multiple battles during World War II, both men have survived into the modern age, where the fights have only grown deadlier! With Cosmic Cubes, race riots, giant robots, an army of mind-controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and haunted houses, the Red Skull just keeps coming back for more!

This title collects
CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1; TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) #79-81; and CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #143, #226-227, #261-263 and #370; and material from CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL #13 and CAPTAIN AMERICA: RED, WHITE & BLUE #1
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James Bond Omnibus Volume 002

James Bond Omnibus Volume 002
James Bond, the world's most famous secret agent, has thrilled audiences for over fifty years with his globetrotting adventures. The James Bond Omnibus collects some of Ian Fleming's literary adventures in comic strip form for the first time in a single volume.

This mammoth edition is packed with thrilling action as James Bond faces enemies both old and new. In the classic stories On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice SPECTRE returns along with Bond's greatest adversary Ernst Stavro Blofeld, meanwhile in The Man with the Golden Gun the secret agent finds himself in the sights of deadly assassin Francesco Scaramanga.

These, plus other classic stories from the James Bond comic archive, make this volume a must have package!
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Astro City Shining Stars HC

Astro City Shining Stars HC
By: Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, Alex Ross
Astra Furst, a third-generation super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships - and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget!

Also in this volume: at last, the full story of the Silver Agent's fateful journey through time is revealed - including his origin, his greatest battles and his ultimate fate. Plus, Beautie, the life-size super-powered fashion-doll member of Honor Guard, doesn't know who she is. Now, she's determined to get answers.

This title collects
ASTRO CITY: ASTRA #1-2, ASTRO CITY: SILVER AGENT #1-2 and ASTRO CITY: BEAUTIE #1
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Spider-Man New York Stories TPB

Spider-Man New York Stories TPB
By: Pasqual Ferry
Revealed at last - an untold tale of Spider-Man's first meeting with Captain America! Learn the secret history of how the web-head and the Star-Spangled Avenger saved the world from the deadly brains of the Rogue Scholars!

Plus: Stan 'The Man' on a mission! In the Marvel Universe, he sets out to make Spider-Man the House of Ideas' newest superstar! And in ours, he teams with artist Marcos Martin for a special feature that brings the real world into Spidey's world!

Also featuring Frog-Man, J. Jonah Jameson Sr. and Aunt May, Hammerhead, Ben Reilly, Mary Jane Watson, Jackpot, and more!
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DC Comics Presents Legion Super Heroes Damned #1

DC Comics Presents Legion Super Heroes Damned #1
By: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Oliver Coipel
With the hardcover collection of LEGION LOST coming in June, DC Comics collects the tale that led into that space-spanning epic: LEGION OF THE DAMNED.

The story begins as Cosmic Boy, Brainiac 5 and other heroes return to Earth, only to find it dominated by the alien race known as the Blight. How can the team stop these alien invaders when they're being picked off one by one?

This title collects
LEGIONNAIRES #78-79 and LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #123-124

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Hellblazer #278

Hellblazer #278
By: Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stephano Landini, Simon Bisley
After welding the thumb of a nearly dead car crash victim onto the lonely stump on his hand, our morally ambiguous London mage finds his new appendage has a life of its own.

Following where the stranger's restless thumb takes him, John Constantine hears a name he'd rather not. Meanwhile, Constantine's young bride, Epiphany, grapples with an old addiction and a bizarre former tutor, while John's damaged niece Gemma continues her quest for vengeance . . .
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Shield HC Architects Of Forever

Shield HC Architects Of Forever
By: Jonathan Hickman, Dustin Weaver, Gerald Parel
Leonardo Da Vinci was an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. So was Issac Newton. So were Imhotep and Zhang Heng and Galileo and many other geniuses throughout time. They were the first heroes to defeat Galactus and the Brood and turn Celestials back.

They saved the world long before Captain America or Iron Man were ever born, but what does this mean to our heroes of today?

What does this mean to Nick Fury? Do not miss this Marvel Comics masterpiece that fans will be talking about for decades to come.

This title collects
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1-6, and materials from S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 DIRECTOR'S CUT

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Sfx Special #49 Best Of British Sci Fi

Sfx Special #49 Best Of British Sci Fi
Stand to attention and hoist the Union Jack, it's time to celebrate the best sci-fi and fantasy Britain has to offer, in the latest SFX special edition! In a premium wallet you'll get free gifts plus a 132-page magazine featuring interviews and analysis of top new shows like Primeval, Being Human, Misfits, Merlin, and, of course, the phenomenon that is Doctor Who.
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Marvel Masterworks Doctor Strange HC Vol. 05

Marvel Masterworks Doctor Strange HC Vol. 05
By: Frank Brunner & Gene Colan, Frank Brunner

Entering the good Doctor Strange's world like a bolt from above, Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner teamed up to take the Master of the Mystic Arts to new heights of cosmic consciousness and other-dimensional adventure-and now you can experience it all in one amazing MARVEL MASTERWORKS edition!

From the conclusion of the Shuma-Gorath saga and death of the Ancient One, to Stephen Strange's assumption of the mantle Sorcerer Supreme; from the time-lost 'Sise-Neg Genesis' with Baron Mordo, to the classic Silver Dagger epic-these are Marvel comics at their very best!

Brunner's art mixes a deliriously lush line with psychedelic stylings, while Englehart's scripting plumbs the depths of Strange's soul to create a strikingly personal epic that's just as challenging today as the first day it hit the racks.

And with Gene Colan waiting in the wings for a massive Dormammu/Umar attack on Earth, there's no question what you have here is something special-a true MARVEL MASTERWORKS!

This title collects
MARVEL PREMIERE #9-14 & DOCTOR STRANGE #1-9

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Thunderbolts #156

Thunderbolts #156
By: Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Jean-Sebastien Rossbach
Lines are drawn and secrets are revealed as the darkly?PROVING GROUND sets off. The Raft is full of action?as candidates vie for selection on the second squad of Thunderbolts, BETA TEAM!

The main team isn't too happy about Warden Walker's initiative to expand their ranks, but even they are curious: out of the Marvel Universe vast pool of powerhouse criminals, who will make the cut? Many are called, but in this issue few are chosen!
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Legion Of Super Heroes HC Vol. 01 The Choice

Legion Of Super Heroes HC Vol. 01 The Choice
By: Paul Levitz
Picking up on threads from Geoff Johns's 'Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes' storyline and tying into events from GREEN LANTERN CORPS, this new LEGION hardcover collects the first 6 issues of the new series.

This volume includes the unwelcome debut of new Legionnaire Earth-Man, the kidnapping of Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad's twins, the revelation of a new Green Lantern and much more!
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Iron Man 2.0 #4

Iron Man 2.0 #4
By: Nick Spencer, Ariel Olivetti, Salvador Larroca
PALMER ADDLEY IS DEAD. That mystery has dogged James Rhodes since undertaking his new mission for the Pentagon ... but who is Palmer Addley? And what makes him the deadliest super-villain War Machine has ever faced?
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Essential Thor TPB Vol. 05

Essential Thor TPB Vol. 05
By: Gerry Conway, Len Wein, John Buscema, Don Perlin, Jim Mooney
Thor, God of Thunder, wields Mjolnir across the nine worlds to save lives and thwart those who would imperil the Earth - the Absorbing Man, Demon Druid and Mercurio the 4th-Dimensional Man - and the greatest threats the universe has ever known: Mephisto; Xorr the God-Jewel; Ego the Living Planet; and Surtur, the Fire-Demon! Also featuring Asgardian favorites the Warriors Three, Balder, Heimdall, Odin and Sif!

This title collects
THOR #196-220

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Hulk #32

Hulk #32
By: Jeff Parker, Gabriel Hardman
The Red Hulk has nowhere to call home. He can't sleep or he'll run the risk of turning human ... to be killed immediately by the formidable General Fortean. The Red Hulk needs time and answers; instead he gets another unstoppable hunter created by Zero/One just for him!
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Skaar King Of Savage Land #2 (of 5)

Skaar King Of Savage Land #2 (of 5)
By: Rob Williams, Brian Ching, Ed McGuinness
The Son of Hulk conquers a new world! Though Ka-Zar has long ruled the Savage Land, a battle for dominance is coming, and Skaar is not the only contender.

It's dinosaurs, giant robots and an ancient evil mastermind in Marvel's finest jungle adventure tradition that will redraw the map of the Savage Land forever!
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Invincible Iron Man #503

Invincible Iron Man #503
By: Matt Fraction, Salvador Larroca
Fear Itself tie-in!

Fear has spread across the land and has made its way to Broxton, Oklahoma. As the Broxton residents prepare for a major disaster, Iron Man and Stark Resilient head into action.

On the eve of this cataclysmic event, the Armored Avenger will face many dangers, but the greatest danger of all will be facing Fear Itself in this tie-in to the biggest Marvel event ever!
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Avengers Academy #12

Avengers Academy #12
By: Christos Gage, Tom Raney, Mike McKone

Written by CHRISTOS GAGE Penciled by TOM RANEY Cover by MIKE MCKONE Korvac has defeated The Avengers...now the world's only hope lies with the students of the Avengers Academy, who have been grown to adults! With time manipulated, the team gets a glimpse of what the future might hold for them. For some it's a revelation...for others a life sentence! Can they overcome their personal demons and master unfamiliar abilities in time to defeat a foe powerful enough to conquer Earth's Mightiest Heroes? Find out in the book that Newsarama's Best Shots calls 'one of the best Avengers books - and, for that matter, one of the best Marvel books - on the stands.
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Akira Vol. 06 Kodansha Ed GN

Akira Vol. 06 Kodansha Ed GN
By: Katsuhiro Otomo
Regarded by many as the finest work of graphic fiction ever produced, Akira is a bold and breathtaking epic of potent narrative strength and astonishing illustrative skill.

The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when dormant paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, who becomes a target for a shadowy government operation, a group who will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like that which leveled Tokyo.

Includes a postscript by Dark Horse Comics publisher Mike Richardson.
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Winterworld TPB

Winterworld TPB
By: Chuck Dixon, Jorge Zaffino
Out of print for twenty years, this brutal and suspenseful tale of survival in a frozen future by Chuck Dixon and Jorge Zaffino is one of the most influential comics works of the Eighties. Zaffino's stunning work on this story is considered his masterpiece and presented here in black and white.
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Jack Kirbys Galactic Bounty Hunters #1

Jack Kirbys Galactic Bounty Hunters #1
By: Lisa Kirby, Michael Thibadeaux, Steve Robertson, Richard French
An All-New series featuring characters and concepts created by Jack 'King' Kirby!
In this double-sized first issue meet the Berkleys your typical suburban California family. But when young Garrett Berkley discovers his parents' secret-that the science fiction stories his father writes aren't fiction at all but autobiography-he's blasted into a whole new universe of adventure mystery and danger. Now Jack Berkley must put down his pen reassemble his old team and take up the mantle of being a Galactic Bounty Hunter for one final mission!
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Avengers #12

Avengers #12
By: Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr
The startling conclusion to the Infinity Gauntlet arc takes the Avengers into the heart of the cosmic universe and reveals an all-new cosmic entity. Who will wield the Gauntlet and what price will they pay for choosing to do so?

Also, Iron Man has betrayed the team and will now have to pay the price!! Another blockbuster chapter of Marvel's number one ongoing series by Bendis and Romita!!

PLUS: Another chapter of the oral history of the Avengers!
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DC Superhero Figure Coll Mag #80 Mr Terrific

DC Superhero Figure Coll Mag #80 Mr Terrific
The ultimate collection for comics fans, the DC Superhero Collection Figurine Magazine brings together DC Comics' greatest heroes and villains! Official figurines of the characters, both good and evil, are cast in lead, individually hand-painted and numbered to form an authentic collector's edition. Each comes with a 20-page magazine providing detailed history and background on the featured characters, including exclusive images and interviews. Choose this month from Orion (#79) and Mr. Terrific (#80).
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DC Superhero Figure Coll Mag #79 Orion

DC Superhero Figure Coll Mag #79 Orion
The ultimate collection for comics fans, the DC Superhero Collection Figurine Magazine brings together DC Comics' greatest heroes and villains! Official figurines of the characters, both good and evil, are cast in lead, individually hand-painted and numbered to form an authentic collector's edition. Each comes with a 20-page magazine providing detailed history and background on the featured characters, including exclusive images and interviews. Choose this month from Orion (#79) and Mr. Terrific (#80).
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