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Sorry, super fans. Thanks to my lateness, I didn’t get Neal’s comments this week. He’ll back next week with some real zingers.

Shipping This Week: JULY 2, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #16
COMPLETE K CHRONICLES TP

Nick: Not to be confused with this week’s “SPECIAL K CHRONICLES TP” from Kellogg’s Comics.

HELLBOY THE CROOKED MAN #1 (OF
USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 22 TOMOES STORY
WONDERMARK BEARDS OF OUR FOREFATHERS

Nick: This must be that epic I’ve been waiting for about the history of beards. Finally! I thought this would never come out.

DC COMICS

ALL NEW ATOM #25
BATMAN #678 RIP
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #1
BLUE BEETLE #28
COUNTDOWN PRESENTS SEARCH FOR RAY PALMER TP
DARK KNIGHT BATARANGS PROP REPLICA

Nick: Impress and possibly frighten your friends by bringing these Batarang replicas to the park instead of your Frisbee.

DARK KNIGHT GRAPPLING LAUNCHER PROP REPLICA

Nick: Impress and possibly frighten your friends by bringing this fancy-named Bat Rope on your next rock-climbing excursion.

DC SPECIAL RAVEN #5 (OF 5)
FLAT EARTH EXCHANGE VOL 01

Nick: Finally! Some good hard evidence to debunk those morons that think the Earth is round. And since this is in comic book form, people will take it seriously.

INFINITY INC #11
JOKERS ASYLUM THE JOKER #1
JONAH HEX #33
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #43
LOONEY TUNES #164

Nick: Isn’t it bizarre how this series is up to 164 issues, but some of the best comics I’ve read can’t get past the first 10 installments?

MANHUNTER #32
NEW DYNAMIX #4 (OF 5)
NIGHTWING #146
RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR #3 (OF 8)
SHIRLEY

Nick: No issue number. No “TP” or “VOL” label. Not even a variant cover. Just “SHIRLEY.” I must say, I’m seduced by the mystery of this book.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATMAN TP VOL 03
STEEL FIST RIKU VOL 01
STORMING PARADISE #1 (OF 6)
SUPERGIRL #31
SUPERMAN LAST SON HC
TEEN TITANS TP TITANS OF TOMORROW
TOR #3 (OF 6)
TRINITY #5
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #3 (OF 12)
WATER BABY

Nick: New graphic novel by friend of the AudioShocker, Ross Campbell. Buy this.

WILDSTORM REVELATIONS TP

IMAGE COMICS

AFTER THE CAPE II TP
AMORY WARS II #2 (OF 5)
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #7
BRIT #7
BRIT #7 ALT CONNECTING CVR
DYNAMO 5 #14

Nick: Good series. Very consistent. Try it.

FRESHMEN HC VOL 01
FRESHMEN SUMMER VACATION SPECIAL

Nick: Want to know what I did for my freshman summer vacation? I moved to a place I’d practically never been before, worked as a kids camp counselor at the local YMCA, and spent my entire summer without friends / with my parents. I can just about promise you that this special issue will be 100% less depressing than my freshman summer vacation. On the flip side, Nashville, TN did used to have a great discount comic book store where I was able to snag countless comic book steals for only $0.25 a piece. I can also just about promise you that this special issue will be waaay more expensive than that.

HYPERKINETIC #1 (OF 4)
LUCHA LIBRE #5
NOBLE CAUSES #35
SAVAGE DRAGON #136
SWORD TP VOL 01

Nick: This title is almost as tantalizing as “SHIRLEY.” However, this is given both “TP” and “VOL” by Image Comics, so they totally lost their chance to sell me on it.

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #564
AMERICAN DREAM #5 (OF 5)

Nick: I’m so excited to see how this story ends that I was dreaming about it in bed this morning. I know you think I’m being sarcastic, but I’m 100% serious here.

ANITA BLAKE VH GUILTY PLEASURES HC VOL 02 DM ED
ASTONISHING X-MEN #25
AVENGERS INITIATIVE PREM HC VOL 02 KILLED ACTION

Nick: Not as awesome as VOL 01 (which happens to carry a quote on the back of the hardcover from a Comics News International review by yours truly), but still damn good.

AVENGERS INVADERS #3 (OF 12)
CABLE #5 DWS

Nick: The first appearance of She-Cable. I kid you not.

CAPTAIN AMERICA TP OPERATION REBIRTH NEW PTG
COUNTER X TP VOL 01 X-FORCE

Nick: Huh wha? Is “COUNTER X” referring to the new X-Force comic on the stands right now?

DARK TOWER END WORLD ALMANAC
DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #5 (OF 5)
ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS TP VOL 4
FANTASTIC FOUR PREM HC LOST ADVENTURES STAN LEE
FANTASTIC FOUR PREM HC LOST ADVENTURES STAN LEE DM ED
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #117 2ND PTG SANDOVAL VAR SI
INVADERS CLASSIC TP VOL 2
LORDS OF AVALON SOD #6 (OF 6)

Nick: The unbelievable conclusion to this fantastic mini series of “how to” sod landscaping stories.

MARVEL 1985 #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG EDWARDS VAR
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #41
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED THREE MUSKETEERS #2 (OF 6)
MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #13
MIGHTY AVENGERS PREM HC VOL 02 VENOM BOMB

Nick: Someone better use Venom Bomb as a band name FAST!

PATSY WALKER HELLCAT #1 (OF 5)
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #21
SECRET INVASION #1 DIRECTORS CUT

Nick: If it wasn’t already overpriced enough, now here’s a shiny new printing for $4.99 instead of the usual $3.99.

SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #1 (OF 5) SI

Nick: The art in this issue by GG Studios is quite impressive.

SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #1
STAND SKETCHBOOK

COMICS

100 PERCENT PERFECT GIRL GN VOL 06 (OF 10)

Nick: The sixth volume in a ten-part series of GN’s about Justique. (She will never read this, but how awesome am I for putting this in here anyway?)

10TH MUSE GIANT ONE SHOT
2000 AD #1589
2000 AD #1590
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #10
ARCANA GN VOL 09 (OF 10)
ARMY OF DARKNESS #10 LONG ROAD HOME
ATELIER MARIE AND ELIE ZARLBURG ALCHEMIST GN VOL 04 (OF 5)
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #162

Nick: Archie Comics does it again with another digest full of hot chick-on-chick action.

BLACK CAT TP VOL 15
BTX GN VOL 15 (OF 16)
CEMETERIANS TP VOL 1
CLAMP NO KISEKI MAGAZINE COLLECTIBLE VOL 12 (OF 12)
CLAYMORE TP VOL 12
COWA GN VOL 01
DF SECRET INVASION #2 EX ALT SGN CVR
DNA HACKER CHRONICLES #2 (OF 6)
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT GN VOL 03 (OF 6)

Nick: I love these comic titles that reinforce my life philosophy.

DOCTOR WHO #5
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #8
DOCTOR WHO TP WORLD SHAPERS
DRAGON EYE GN VOL 05
FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 03
FAT CHUNK GN VOL 01 ROBOT

Nick: HAHAHAHA Fat Chunk HAHAHAHA!

FOUR CONSTABLES SECRET O/T DELIRIUM DAGGER GN VOL 01
FRANK BELLAMYS ROBIN HOOD GN COMPLETE ADVENTURES

Nick: Who is Frank Bellamy and why did he stamp his name on this Robin Hood GN? Wasn’t having a normal cover credit enough? On a related note, I once saw Bill Bellamy at the Miami airport.

FRUITS BASKET GN VOL 20 (OF 22)
FX #5 (OF 6)
GHOST WHISPERER #4
GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #36
GIN TAMA TP VOL 07
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #28
GRIMM FAIRY TALES PIPER #3 (OF 4)
GUARDIAN HEARTS GN VOL 01 (OF 8)
GUN BLAZE WEST GN VOL 02
HAMLET GN NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE

Nick: The classic No Fear line of inspirational t-shirts from the 1990s makes its triumphant return as a series of Shakespeare graphic novels.

HIGH ROLLERS #1 (OF 4)
HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT GN VOL 04
HUNTER X HUNTER TP VOL 21
IGOR MOVIE PREQUEL #3
IN ODD WE TRUST GN

Nick: Ooo, another good title.

INDIA AUTHENTIC #14 SARASWATI
JFH JUSTICE FOR HIRE #4 (OF 12) CVR A
JFH JUSTICE FOR HIRE #4 (OF 12) JET BLACK CVR B
JUDGE DEATH YOUNG DEATH BOYHOOD OA SUPERFIEND GN
JUNK GN VOL 07 (OF 7)
KAMICHAMA KARIN-CHU GN VOL 01
KANNAZUKI NO MIKO DESTINY OF SHRINE MAIDEN GN VOL 02 (OF 2)
KING OF FIGHTERS 2003 TP VOL 05 (OF 5)

Nick: I think this book might be about five years late. Pretty normal for Kevin Smith. Maybe this is one of his comics…

KOI CUPID GN VOL 01
KUROHIME TP VOL 06
LA CORDA DORO TP VOL 08
LIGHTS OUT GN VOL 09 (OF 9)
LORE PREMIERE EDITION HC
LOVE COM TP VOL 07
LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE #6
MACBETH GN NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE
MACK BOLAN THE EXECUTIONER DEVILS TOOLS #4 (OF 5)
MAMORU THE SHADOW PROTECTOR GN VOL 01 (OF
MARK OF THE SUCCUBUS GN VOL 03 (OF

Nick: “(OF” what? Just “(OF”??? How cryptic.

MINISTER JADE GN
MODESTY BLAISE TP VOL 01 GABRIEL SET UP NEW PTG
MUMMY MOVIE PREQUEL RISE & FALL OF XANGOS AX TP
MYTH TOLD TALES #1 MYTH CONGENIALITY

Nick: HAHAHA Myth Congeniality HAHAHA! Get it? Instead of Miss Congeniality, it’s Myth Congeniality. Yet another good title.

NARUTO TP VOL 30

Nick: Uh oh. If you thought Secret Invasion #2 made Final Crisis #1 look bad, just wait and see what Naruto vol 30 does to the entire American comic book market.

NEVER GIVE UP GN VOL 08 (OF
NEW BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON ZERO #10
NOSATSU JUNKIE GN VOL 06 (OF 11)
PICK O/T LITTER GN VOL 04 (OF 6)
PRINCE OF TENNIS GN VOL 26
PRIVATE SCHOOL GN VOL 01 (OF 2)
PUMPKIN SCISSORS GN VOL 03

Nick: Man, the bizarre titles are just flying fast and furious this week. Can you imagine scissors made out of pumpkin? They wouldn’t cut anything! However, pumpkin pie scissors would be delicious.

QUEEN MARGOT GN VOL 03 ENDANGERED LOVE
QUEENS KNIGHT GN VOL 12 (OF 17)
RALPH SNART ADVENTURES #1
RAVE MASTER GN VOL 29 (OF 35)

Nick: He throws exploding glow sticks and shoots poison candy pacifiers down the throats of his enemies. Beware the wrath of the all night dancer on ecstasy. He is your master.

REBORN GN VOL 08
ROGUE ANGEL TELLER OF TALES #5
ROMANCE PAPA GN VOL 03 (OF 8)
ROMEO & JULIET GN NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE
SA GN VOL 05
SHAMAN KING TP VOL 17
SHONEN JUMP AUGUST 08
SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #7
SIRE TP
SKIP BEAT TP VOL 13
STAR TREK ASSIGNMENT EARTH #3
STAR TREK MIRROR IMAGES #1
STAR TREK NEW FRONTIER #4
STAR TREK YEAR FOUR ENTERPRISE EXPERIMENT #3
STATION #1 (OF 5)

Nick: In a perfect world, this comic book would be a spin-off of Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.

STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #2 (OF 5)

Nick: OMG! I didn’t know this was an ongoing series. I thought the first issue was just a one shot. Didn’t it come out like a year ago? Maybe this is an annual series…

STRANGE & STRANGER WORLD OF STEVE DITKO HC
STRAWBERRY 100 % TP VOL 05
STRONTIUM DOG FINAL SOLUTION TP
TALES FROM WONDERLAND ALICE ONE-SHOT
TALES OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #47

Nick: Another amazingly consistent series. Snag this.

TERRY MOORES ECHO #4
TEZUKA DORORO GN VOL 02
TIME STRANGER KYOKO GN VOL 01
TRANSFORMERS BEST OF UK SPACE PIRATES #5
TURNING POINTS LITTLE ROCK NINE GN
ULTIMATE MUSCLE GN VOL 20

Nick: An awesome GN about my rock hard sexy body.

VERONICA #189
WARRIORS GN RISE OF SCOURGE
XXXHOLIC GN VOL 12

Nick: Why didn’t somebody tell me that they’re already 12 volumes into Neal’s epic biography?

YU YU HAKUSHO TP VOL 15
ZIG ZAG GN VOL 03 (OF 7)
ZOMBIE TALES #2 CVR A
ZOMBIE TALES #2 CVR B