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As you have no doubt realized, I am a Marvel Zombie and currently collect nearly all of their monthly comics… ambitious as that may sound. As such I have a unique insight to many of the monthly releases that I attempt to convey upon you, the reader. For that reason I spotlight the Marvel Comics portion of the new release list… with one exception this week.

Absolute Justice HC
Absolute Justice HC
By: Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Doug Braithwaite
This blockbuster 12 part series was released in a bi-monthly format initially. I want you to try and wrap your head around a comic book that opens with Superman curled in a fetal position while the planet Earth explodes around him coming out once every 60 days. Anxious anticipation does not begin to cover it. Even with a script by Earth X scribe Jim Krueger and layouts provided by Alex Ross, it is the full artwork by Doug Braithwaite that is the real star here. Challenged with depicting every major and minor superhero in the DC Universe as well as the villains… Braithwaite makes them all shine.
This series does not receive enough attention. The fact that it is set in a much simpler DC Universe that is far more in tune with what most comic book fans conceive when they think of the DCU, this series had it all. When the supervillains of the DCU have a collective dream depicting the destruction of the planet that the JLA fails to stop, they get organized to take matters into their own hands. Thrilling, exciting and compelling, this is everything that a superhero comic book should be.
Just in time for the holidays, this over-sized book is packaged in a hardcase slipcover and contains all of the issues, variant covers and a sketchbook a section with previously unseen artwork.

Dark Avengers Uncanny X-Men Utopia
Dark Avengers Uncanny X-Men Utopia
By: Matt Fraction, Paul Cornell, James Asmus, Jason Aaron, Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Marc Silvestri, Terry Dodson, Mike Deodato, Luke Ross, Humberto Ramos, Dustin Weaver
The crossover event of 2009 between the Avengers and X-Men proved to be rather surprising. As Norman Osborn sets up the mutant population of San Francisco into an uprising, Cyclops plays his most daring move. Pinning the future of the ever-dwindling number of mutants on a rather bold gambit, the X-Men and Dark Avengers wage war through the streets of San Francisco while the world watches.
Not as strong an event as many had hoped, it did manage to use the event status of an Avengers/X-Men fight in order to further the plot of at least one book, X-Men. If you missed out and are eager to catch up on all things mutant-related, this is the place to do it. Featuring some great art by Terry Dodson and yes, Mark Silvestri, this is exactly the kind of story I remembered enjoying as a teenager.

Daredevil #502
Daredevil #502
By: Andy Diggle, Roberto De La Torre, Esad Ribic
Matt Murdock has left his old life behind him and is now the leader of the Hand, the most ruthless organization of assassins in the world. Incoming writer Andy Diggle has a high bar to meet with his run on this title and his work on Daredevil to date has shown he has just what it takes.

Deadpool #17
Deadpool #17
By: Daniel Way, Paco Medina, Jason Pearson
Deadpool joins the X-Men.
… no kidding.

Essential Moon Knight TPB Vol. 03
Essential Moon Knight TPB Vol. 03
By: DOUG MOENCH, STEVE RINGGENBERG, ALAN ZELENETZ, TONY ISABELLA, CHRIS WARNER, MARY JO DUFFY, JIM OWLSLEY, ANN NOCENTI, MICHAEL CARLIN, ROGER STERN, ROBERT INGERSOLL, CHUCK DIXON, KEVIN NOWLAN, TERRY AUSTIN, MICHAEL HERNANDEZ, MARC SILVESTRI, BO HAMPTON, RICHARD HOWELL
The two-fisted vigilante of the Marvel Universe wasn’t always as nutty as he is today, but he did certainly attract some of the top talent in the comic book industry. Just look at that list of creators above and you’ll see what I mean!
This collection finishes off what the first two essential collections started and even delves into the 1985 mini-series and Marvel Fanfare issues. A must for you moon-eyes fans.

Punishermax #1
Punishermax #1
By: Jason Aaron, Steve Dillon, Dave Johnson
It begins here, the successor to the popular Punisher MAX series by Garth Ennis is written by Jason Aaron of Weapon X and Ghost Rider fame. For those unfamiliar with this second Punisher title, the MAX series does not play around. In this series a grizzled and battle-worn Frank Castle wages a one-man war against crime. Since his family was viciously gunned down before him in 1976, Frank has made himself the number one threat to the mob.
The first issue of Punisher MAX introduces the Kingpin, the mob’s solution to the Punisher problem.
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Wolverine Weapon X Adamantium Men
Wolverine Weapon X Adamantium Men
By: Jason Aaron, Ron Garney & Adam Kubert
In the jungles of Colombia, people are turning up dead, whole villages brutally slaughtered by a team of soldiers who move through the shadows like ghosts. On the streets of San Francisco, Logan learns that the files from the old Weapon X program, the blueprints for building Adamantium-laced super soldiers like himself, have fallen into the hands of the evil corporation, Roxxon.
Once again, it seems, someone is looking to build the perfect killing machine. That means it’s time for Wolverine to step in, and remind them that someone already did.

S.W.O.R.D. #1
S.W.O.R.D. #1
By: Kieron Gillen, Steven Sanders
Spinning out of ASTONISHING X-MEN comes a series that will take you places you’ve never been! After Secret Invasion, Agent Brand is no longer the top dog at S.W.O.R.D. Forced to share her leadership post with former Avengers-liaison Henry Gyrich, Brand is less than pleased.
Will the arrival of her boyfriend, X-Man Beast, help her out? Not when she discovers Gyrich’s plan for fixing S.W.O.R.D. is to rid Earth of ALL ALIENS! Brought to you by Kieron Gillen (DARK AVENGERS: ARES), Steven Sanders (Five Fists of Science) and topped off with covers by ASTONISHING X-MEN artist JOHN CASSADAY!

X-Men Wolverine Gambit Prem HC
Wolverine/Gambit
By: Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
The feral X-Man and the ragin’ Cajun–as interpreted by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, the award-winning creators of Daredevil: Yellow, Superman: For All Seasons and Batman: Dark Victory!
Warrior. Ronin. Soldier. Mutant. Logan knows little of his past, save that it was fraught with pain and loss. Long ago, he was trained as a samurai in Japan; later, he became Weapon X, a covert operative for the Canadian government. Today, Wolverine is an X-Man–using his animal-keen senses, accelerated healing factor and razor-sharp claws to help protect a world that fears and hates mutants!
Always an outsider, Gambit was shunned as a youth because of his strange, burning-red eyes. Eventually, Remy LeBeau realized he was a mutant, possessed of the ability to charge inanimate objects with explosively released biokinetic energy. A reformed thief and charming scoundrel, the ragin’ Cajun always has a card up his sleeve! Now, these two outlaw heroes have been drawn together by a string of brutal slayings that may mark the return of the 19th-century serial killer called Jack the Ripper! Is it merely coincidence that finds Remy and Logan in London, or does one of these enigmatic outsiders have an ulterior motive? Collecting WOLVERINE/GAMBIT: VICTIMS #1-4.

Voltron Lion Force Gift Set
Voltron 25th Anniversary Metallic Lion Gift Set
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Voltron, the 2009 San Diego Comic Convention SDCC exclusive set from Toynami, Metallic version of the Voltron Lion Force giftset.
This is a limited edition of 1000 units previously only available at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.

Munchkin Mini Chibithulhu
Munchkin Mini Chibithulhu
Cute! Cuddly! Sanity-blasting! Because the world needs more cute, this diminutive version of the Chibithulhu plush figure features huge, adorable eyes, a loving heart on the chest, and Cthulhu’s trademark tentacles!

supermen!
Supermen!: The First Wave Of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941
By: Greg Sadowski (introduction by Jonathan Lethem)
Superheroes have been the dominant comic-book genre ever since Superman transformed the industry in 1938. Other than a handful of hardy survivors, the hundreds of costumed crime fighters that sprang up in comics’ early era are long forgotten. Supermen! consists of vintage stories featuring a representative handful of those heroes. The earliest, some actually precursors of the Man of Steel, are Mandrake-inspired magicians (Yarko the Great), masked detectives (the Clock), space explorers (Cosmic Carson), and, occasionally, hybrids (Fero, Planet Detective). Later come cape-and-tights-clad stalwarts Skyman, Silver Streak, Daredevil, and Blue Bolt. Their primordial exploits may be crude, primitive even, but also quaintly entertaining and possessed of a brash, undeniable vitality. Often their naïveté is unintentionally hilarious, as in two stories by Fletcher Hanks, the Ed Wood of comics. But there’s also incipient artistry in the early work of Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Basil Wolverton, and Jack Cole, who developed into leading talents. These early examples of a genre still finding its way display conventions recognizable in their superpowered successors. –Gordon Flagg

Black Terror (Collection One)
Project Superpowers Black Terror TPB Vol. 01
By: Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Mike Lilly
Spinning out of Alex Ross’ Project Superpowers comes, THE BLACK TERROR! Co-plotted by Alex Ross, scripted by Jim Krueger and drawn by Dynamite Exclusive artist Mike (Batman/Nightwing) Lilly! The Terror is on a mission and God help whoever gets in his way, be they fellow super powers or the President of the United States himself… Includes a complete cover gallery by Alex Ross, John Romita Sr., Mike Lilly, and George Tuska — and all four issues of the all-new BLACK TERROR series! Who are the Super-Patriots? Who is really behind the power of the US Presidency…

Zombie Carols
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies Xmas Carols
By: Michael P Spradlin, Jeff Weigel
Forget chestnuts roasting over an open fire. Try fresh brains instead. That’s what you get when zombies write your Christmas carols!
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies takes over two dozen of our most beloved Christmas carols and shreds them limb from limb, rewriting them from a zombie’s point-of-view. Mommy’s not kissing Santa under the mistletoe–she’s chewing his face.
With a foreword by Christopher Moore and jaw-dropping sketches accompanying each carol, this book will be the perfect holiday gift for the undead!

Comic Book Comics
Comic Book Comics #4
By: Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey
Our fantastic fourth issue! Featuring: Stan Lee! Steve Ditko! R. Crumb! Hergé! Together for the first time in one mighty magazine! (A special Evil Twin Not-Prize for everyone who gets that reference…) The incredible saga of the comic book industry continues, as Fred & Ryan tackle the rise of Marvel Comics, the underground comix revolution, and the story behind Tintin.

Doctor Who Classics TPB Vol. 04
Doctor Who Classics TPB Vol. 04
By: Steve Parkhouse, Dave Gibbons
Presenting the fourth collection featuring adventures of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors by superstar Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Originally published in the U.K., these stories are making their first appearance in the States, and in color! Follow the Doctor and his TARDIS as they travel through time and space, solving problems, righting wrongs, and meeting strange new creatures and people along the way.

Strange Adventures Of HP Lovecraft #4 (of 4)
Strange Adventures Of HP Lovecraft #4 (of 4)
By: Mac Carter, Tony Salmons, Adam Byrne
The nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft have leaked from his brain into the world. All that he loves, all of Providence, is at risk. His mother has emerged from her catatonic state to take charge: with the police hot on his trail, her son must flee.
But the detectives are the least of his worries. While in the asylum, Lovecraft unwittingly created a hellish creature that now, beyond his control, has set its sights on Sylvia! Lovecraft won’t leave town and save himself without making a stand for the only woman he’s ever loved. But can he get there in time? And what will happen to him? It’s the final horrific chapter!
WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

Peanuts 60th Anniversary Book
Peanuts 60th Anniversary Book
By: Charles Schulz
Sixty years of cartoons, generations of fans, a gang of beloved characters, but only one creator: the legend, Charles M. Schulz.
This special 60th anniversary tribute to The Peanuts is arranged by characters so each of Schulz’s creations comes to life by focusing on their individual quirks, personalities, and interactions. Packed with commentary from throughout Schulz’s career, complete with special memorabilia from the Schulz Museum, The Peanuts 60th Anniversary Book is not only a heartwarming tribute, but also a true collector’s item.
WARNING: SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

Doctor Who Ongoing #5
Doctor Who Ongoing #5
By: Tony Lee, Matthew Smith, Paul Grist
Tony Lee (w) o Matthew Dow Smith (a) o Paul Grist, Smith (c) In Part 3 of the four-part ‘Fugitive’ story arc, the Doctor has been trapped on an alien world with his old enemies now his allies-and his old allies now trying to kill him! He has only one chance to save his life… and possibly an entire galaxy!
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