Monday, June 18, 2012

Love, war, and the Comedian this Wednesday, June 20


Nothing can stand in the way of true love. Despite an all out war taking place in the Marvel Universe between the X-Men and Avengers, the wedding between Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) and Kyle Jinadu takes place this week in Astonishing X-Men #51 by Marjorie Liu and artist Mike Perkins. Last issue, Northstar proposed to his boyfriend, but readers won't have to wait long for the big day. Everyone is in attendance for this landmark event in the Marvel U, so don't be the one to miss out. In addition to the regular cover and Djurdjevic variant, a "Create Your Own Wedding Album" cover is available that lets you pair Jean-Paul and Kyle's big day with other Marvel couple's including Reed and Susan Richards, Storm and Black Panther, and others.

Just like love in the Marvel U, war will not be taking a break. Avengers vs. X-Men #6 kicks off Act Two of the epic storyline with a double-sized issue; Jonathan Hickman is taking over writing duties and Oliver Coipel is the new artist. The Phoenix choose its latest heralds (that's right, there's more than one!) last issue, and now the destructive force is heading straight to Earth. With things not looking good, Scarlet Witch joins the battle, but whose side is she on? And what is Pax Utopia? Find out this issue. Several tie-in issues are also out this week including Avengers Academy #32New Avengers #27Secret Avengers #28, and Uncanny X-Men #14.

Before Watchmen: Comedian #1 is the latest mini-series from the line taking a look at what came before Moore's original story. Writer Brian Azzarello and artist J.G. Jones bring you the story of the morally ambiguous Comedian. Comedian is the guy that the rich and powerful treat like a loaded gun: point and click! One of the first missions readers see him charged with comes from a power family in America's history and involves eliminating an equally known figure. In addition, the Crimson Corsair backup story by Len Wein and John Higgins continues this issue.

IDW presents Mars Attacks #1 by John Layman and John McCrea, and with it, the Invasion begins! The Martians are coming, and they are bringing crazy action and dark humor with them! If you were a fan of the movie or the original trading cards, you'll want to check this book out.  Another IDW title you won't want to pass up is TNMT Micro Series #5: Splinter and Walking Dead #99.

A couple of other noteworthy books this week are Brian K. Vaughan's Saga #4 and Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead #99 from Image Comics. If you haven't checked out Saga, the series described as Star Wars meets Game of Thrones, you owe it to yourself to catch up while you can still find them. And if those aren't enough books for you, the titles listed below are also available this Wednesday at 11:00 am.

ADVENTURE TIME #5
ALABASTER WOLVES #3 (OF 5)
ALPHA FLIGHT COMPLETE SERIES BY PAK AND LENTE TP
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN MOVIE PRELUDE TP
ANGEL & FAITH TP VOL 01 LIVE THROUGH THIS
ART OF HOWARD CHAYKIN HC
ASTONISHING X-MEN #51
AVENGERS ACADEMY #32 AVX
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 (OF 12) 4TH PTG
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 (OF 12) 4TH PTG
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #6 (OF 12) AVX
AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #8 ENDS
BALTIMORE DR LESKOVARS REMEDY #1 (OF 2)
BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #5
BATMAN VS THE BLACK GLOVE DLX ED HC
BATWOMAN #10
BEFORE WATCHMEN COMEDIAN #1 (OF 6)
BIRDS OF PREY #10
BLUE BEETLE #10
BPRD HELL ON EARTH DEVILS ENGINE #2 (OF 3)
CAPTAIN ATOM #10
CASANOVA AVARITIA #4 (OF 4)
CATWOMAN #10
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN OMNIBUS BY KIRBY HC
CHEW #27 2ND HELPING ED
COMP FLASH GORDON LIBRARY HC VOL 01 ON PLANET MONGO
CROSSED BADLANDS #8
DAREDEVIL #14
DARK AVENGERS #176
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #13
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER MAN IN BLACK #1 (OF 5)
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #10
DEJAH THORIS & WHITE APES OF MARS #3
DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE HC VOL 03 NOON INFERNO GULCH
DOMINIQUE LAVEAU VOODOO CHILD #4
DROW TALES TP VOL 01 MOONLESS AGE
ELEPHANTMEN #40
FABLES #118
FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS PREM HC
FIRST WAVE TP
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE TP VOL 01 WAR MONSTERS
GFT ANGEL ONESHOT
GHOSTBUSTERS ONGOING #10
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN TREASURY ED
GLORY #27
GODZILLA LEGENDS TP
GODZILLA ONGOING #2
GREEN HORNET TP VOL 04 RED HAND
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #10
GRIM LEAPER #2 (OF 4)
HARDCORE #1 2ND PTG
HELLBLAZER #292
HELLBLAZER TP VOL 03 THE FEAR MACHINE NEW ED
HIGHER EARTH #2
HULK #54
ILLUSTRATED MASQUES TP
INCREDIBLE HULK BY JASON AARON HC VOL 01
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #519
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 09 DEMON
JIM BUTCHER DRESDEN FILES FOOL MOON #6
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #640
JUNGLE GIRL OMNIBUS TP
KUNG FU PANDA #6 (OF 6)
LAST PHANTOM TP VOL 02 JUNGLE RULES
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #10
LIBERTY MEADOWS SUNDAY COLL HC BOOK 01
LIVING CORPSE EXHUMED TP
LOS ANGELES INK STAINS TP VOL 01
LOST DOGS GN
LOVECRAFT LIBRARY HC VOL 02 CALL OF CTHULHU & OTHER TALES
MAD MAGAZINE #516
MAGIC THE GATHERING TP VOL 01
MARATHON GN
MARS ATTACKS #1
MARS ATTACKS CLASSICS TP VOL 01
MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS EARTHS HEROES #3
MEMORIAL #6 (OF 6)
MERCILESS RISE OF MING #2
MESKIN OUT OF THE SHADOWS TP
NANCY IN HELL ON EARTH #3 (OF 4)
NEW AVENGERS #27 AVX
NEW MUTANTS #44
NEW YORK MON AMOUR HC
NEXT MEN AFTERMATH #44
NIGHTWING #10
PLANET OF THE APES #15
PUNISHER #12
RAGEMOOR #4
REBEL BLOOD #4 (OF 4)
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #10
RED SONJA TP VOL 10 MACHINES OF EMPIRE
RICHIE RICH #6
RIO HC
ROBERT JORDAN EYE OF THE WORLD HC VOL 02
ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED #9
SAGA #4
SECRET AVENGERS #28 AVX
SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER #4
SHADOW #3
SILVER STREAK ARCHIVES ORIGINAL DAREDEVIL HC VOL 01
SILVER SURFER REBIRTH OF THANOS TP NEW PTG
SIMPSONS COMICS #191
SNAKE EYES & STORM SHADOW #14
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES TP VOL 18
SOULFIRE PRIMER #1
SPIDER-MAN TROUBLE ON HORIZON PREM HC
SPIDER-MEN #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG
STAR TREK TNG DOCTOR WHO ASSIMILATION #1 2ND PTG
STAR WARS DARTH VADER GHOST PRISON #2 (OF 5)
STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI #5 FORCE STORM
STATIC SHOCK TP VOL 01 SUPERCHARGED
SUPERGIRL #10
SUPERMAN HIGH FLYING HIST OF AMERICAS MOST ENDURING HERO HC
TMNT MICRO SERIES #5 SPLINTER
TOY STORY #4 (OF 4)
TRINITY GRAPHIC HISTORY OF FIRST ATOMIC BOMB GN
TRUE BLOOD ONGOING #2
UNCANNY X-MEN #14 AVX
UNWRITTEN #38
VAMPIRELLA VS DRACULA #5
VENOM #19
VOLTRON FORCE GN VOL 02
WALKING DEAD #99
WINTER SOLDIER #7
WITCH & WIZARD MANGA GN VOL 02
WOLVERINE #308
WOLVERINE BACK IN JAPAN PREM HC
WONDER WOMAN #10
X-FACTOR #238
X-MAN MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH TP
X-MEN X-CLUB TP
YOUNG JUSTICE #17

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