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New Releases 01/02 - Graphic Novels

Marvel * Marvel Civil War Complete Collection DVD-Rom: $20.99 * Marvel House Of M Complete Collection DVD-Rom: $10.49 * Essential Power Man And Iron Fist Vol 1 TP: $11.89 * Powers Vol 11 Secret Identity TP: $13.99 * Avengers West Cost TP Darker Than Scarlet: $17.49 * Moon Knight Vol 2 Midnight Sun Premiere HC: $13.99 * Ms Marvel TP Vol 03 Operation Lightning Storm: $11.89 * Storm TP: $10.49 * X-Men TP Phoenix Warsong: $10.49 * Marvel Adventures Spider-Man TP Vol 08 Forces Of Nature Digest: $5.59 DC * Superman Redemption TP: $9.09 * JLA Kid Amazo TP: $9.09 * Pride Of Baghdad SC (Mature Readers): $9.09 * Shadowpact Vol 2 Cursed TP: $10.49 Other * Doctor Solar Man Of The Atom Vol 4 HC : $39.99 * Criminal Macabre Complete Cal Mcdonald Stories TP : $10.39 * Path Of The Assassin Vol 8 TP (Mature Readers) : $7.99 * 30 Days Of Night Red Snow TP : $14.39 * Buckaroo Banzai Vol 1 Return Of The Screw TP : $13.59

New Releases 01/02 - Statues

Frazetta Moon Maid Statue - $139.99 ReelArt Studios and Dark Horse Comics are proud to present Frazetta's Moon Maid statue, the second of an ongoing collection inspired by the original artwork of one of the world's most beloved fantasy illustrators, Frank Frazetta. The fully hand painted statue as sculpted & painted by Tim Bruckner depicts one of Mr. Frazetta's famous works and was personally overseen and approved by the master. This amazing statue is minutely detailed, stands 10' tall and comes securely packaged in a full color box.

Batman Black And White Statue Andy Kubert - $48.79 DESIGNED BY ANDY KUBERT. SCULPTED BY JON MATTHEWS. The BATMAN BLACK & WHITE line of artist-centric statues continues! Certain to be another sought-after addition to DC Direct's collection of Batman: Black & White statues, this original creation designed by Andy Kubert presents his unique vision of the Caped Crusader. Painted in monochromatic tones, this limited-edition statue reflects the mood of BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE, the stunning collections of short stories by award-winning talent. The statue measures approximately 6.25' tall x 7' wide x 6' deep. It features a logo-shaped base, and is packaged in a black-and-white box

Hulk Mini Bust - Bowen - $48.00 This is an advance order item. A Bowen Designs Sculpt! 'Don't make me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry.' This was the mantra of Doctor Bruce Banner who was irradiated in a Gamma Bomb experiment gone awry and is now subject to transformations into the rampaging terror known as The Incredible Hulk! This bust, sculpted by Randy Bowen, stands over 6 1/2' tall and displays the anger and menace of the Hulk unchained! Painted and ready to display.

New Releases Full Description - Graphic Novels

Marvel Civil War Complete Collection DVD-Rom - $20.99 This DVD contains the complete Civil War storyline, including all spin-offs and tie-ins, on one DVD-ROM. 199 Issues.

Marvel House Of M Complete Collection DVD-Rom - $10.49 From Graphic Imaging Technologies! This DVD contains the complete House of M storyline, including all spin-offs and tie-ins, on one DVD-ROM.

Essential Power Man And Iron Fist Vol 1 TP - $11.89 Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT, EDWARD HANNIGAN, JO DUFFY, STEVEN GRANT & BOB LAYTON. Penciled by JOHN BYRNE, MIKE ZECK, SAL BUSCEMA, LEE ELIAS, TREVOR VON EEDEN, MARIE SEVERIN, KERRY GAMMILL, ALAN WEISS & GREG LAROCQUE. Cover by DAVE COCKRUM. A new era of greatness begins for the most unlikely team of all! From a Night on the Town to the Day of the Death Machines, Power Man and Iron Fist -- Heroes for Hire -- face the Living Monolith, El Aguila the Maggia and more! Guest-starring the Uncanny X-Men and the Daughters of the Dragon! Collecting POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #50-72 and #74-75.

Powers Vol 11 Secret Identity TP - $13.99 Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Penciled by MIKE AVON OEMING. Cover by MIKE AVON OEMING. Walker and Pilgrim have been homicide detectives and partners for years, but secrets they've kept from each other are now too big and too dangerous to remain secrets for long. Things are about to get really crazy...even for the Eisner Award-winning Powers! From the writer of New Avengers! Collecting POWERS (Vol. 2) #19-24. 200 PGS./Explicit Content

Avengers West Cost TP Darker Than Scarlet - $17.49 Written by JOHN BYRNE, ROY THOMAS & DANN THOMAS. Penciled by JOHN BYRNE & PAUL RYAN. Cover by JOHN BYRNE. The Witch is back! The shocking truth about her children revealed, the Scarlet Witch suffers a nervous breakdown and descends into madness. Manipulated by her father, the mutant terrorist Magneto, Wanda faces her teammates - and her brother, Quicksilver. Can they rescue her from the clutches of Immortus - and save her very sanity? Plus: the return of Iron Man, and the reunion of wartime allies Captain America and the Human Torch. Also featuring the villainy of the Mole Man, Loki, the U-Foes, Master Pandemonium and Hydro-Man! Collecting AVENGERS WEST COAST #51-57 and #60-62. 232 PGS.

Moon Knight Vol 2 Midnight Sun Premiere HC - $13.99 Written by CHARLIE HUSTON. Penciled by DAVID FINCH & MICO SUAYAN. Cover by DAVID FINCH. Three months back on the job, and they're already coming out of the woodwork. The bad guys you expect. The gangsters and the hoods with old axes to grind. They all come with the territory. But the heroes -- them you don't expect. Popping up to give you the eyeball and make sure you're toeing the line. Their line. Spider-Man and his wisecracks...Frank Castle, the angel of death himself, telling you he'll be keeping an eye on you...even the fugitive Captain America, with a word to say about crashing an aircraft into the sides of buildings in New York City. And now, this other thing. Someone is out there. Someone hitting the old haunts, scenes of the old crimes. Leaving messages. Leaving bodies. Someone who knows you. Someone who crushes steel and pulls off limbs. All to get your attention. Someone out of your league! Collecting MOON KNIGHT #7-13.

Ms Marvel TP Vol 03 Operation Lightning Storm - $11.89 Written by BRIAN REED. Penciled by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE & AARON LOPRESTI. Cover by GREG HORN. A new beginning for Ms. Marvel! Carol Danvers made herself a promise to be 'the best of the best' - but after the events of Civil War, has Ms. Marvel lost her way? As the stress mounts and Carol finds herself less and less sure about what she's doing or why, a crossroads is reached and a decision is made - a decision that will change the course of Ms. Marvel's life - and possibly the Marvel Universe! Brian Reed (New Avengers: Illuminati) and Roberto De La Torre - plus guest-stars Iron Man, Arana and Wonder Man - kick-off the new era! Collecting MS. MARVEL #11-17. 160 PGS.

Storm TP - $10.49 Written by ERIC JEROME DICKEY. Penciled by DAVID YARDIN & LAN MEDINA. Cover by MIKE MAYHEW. The epic, untold love story between Marvel's two pre-eminent black super heroes - Storm and the Black Panther - is finally told, as only New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey can do it! An orphaned street urchin, living by her wits on the unforgiving plains of Africa, struggles to harness her slowly developing mutant powers. A warrior Prince, embarking on his rite of passage as he ponders the great responsibility in his future. And a crew of ruthless mercenaries who'll stop at nothing to capture an elusive creature of legend: the fabled wind-rider. What sparks occur when their paths intersect? Don't miss out on this prelude to the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther! Collecting STORM #1-6. 160 PGS.

X-Men TP Phoenix Warsong - $10.49 Written by GREG PAK. Penciled by TYLER KIRKHAM. Cover by MARC SILVESTRI. The sequel to the best-selling X-MEN: PHOENIX - ENDSONG! The Phoenix is back! Or is it? Something's not quite right with the Stepford Cuckoos, and the X-Men better figure out what it is...and fast! Also, what does Weapon Plus have to do with all this? Collecting X-MEN: PHOENIX - WARSONG #1-5. 128 PGS.

Marvel Adventures Spider-Man TP Vol 08 Forces Of Nature Digest - $5.59 Written by PETER DAVID. Penciled by POP MHAN. Cover by PATRICK SCHERBERGER. All-new, all-ages, all-action fun featuring the Grey Gargoyle and - glub blub blub blub - HYDRO-MAN!!!!!!! Plus, it will be awfully hard for our resident Wall-Crawler to crawl said walls when Whirlwind's blowin' 'em down! Collecting MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #29-32. 96 PGS.

Superman Redemption TP - $9.09 Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza. Art by Walter Simonson, Carlos Pacheco and others. Cover by Al Barrionuevo. Collecting Superman #659 and #666 and Action Comics #848-849! The Man of Steel travels to hell and back in this collection of stories that touches on the supernatural side of Superman.

JLA Kid Amazo TP - $9.09 Written by Peter Milligan. Art by Carlos D'Anda. Cover by Howard Porter. Collecting the acclaimed story by Peter Milligan and Carlos D'Anda from JLA CLASSIFIED #37-41! Professor Ivo and Amazo have hatched an unusual experiment that just might mean the downfall of the Justice League - but could their experiment turn on them? Meet the robot Amazo's only child: Kid Amazo!

Pride Of Baghdad SC (Mature Readers) - $9.09 Written by Brian K. Vaughn. Art by Niko Henrichon. In the spring of 2003, a pride of lions escapes from the Baghdad Zoo during an American bombing raid. Lost and confused, hungry but finally free, the four lions roamed the decimated streets of Baghdad in a desperate struggle for their lives. In documenting the plight of the lions, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD raises questions about the true meaning of liberation - can it be given, or is it earned only through self-determination and sacrifice? And in the end, is it truly better to die free than to live in captivity?

Shadowpact Vol 2 Cursed TP - $10.49 Written by Bill Willingham. Art by Steve Scott, Tom Derenick, Scott Hampton and others. Cover by Tom Derenick & Wayne Faucher. Collecting issues #4 and #9-13 of writer Bill Willingham's SHADOWPACT! Thrill to a day in the life of Blue Devil, an encounter with Etrigan the Demon, the formation of a new team roster and more in this action-packed, magic-filled volume!

Doctor Solar Man Of The Atom Vol 4 HC - $39.99 After his debut in October of 1962, Doctor Solar swiftly rose to join Magnus, Robot Fighter as one of Gold Key's most popular original heroes. Stunning painted covers sucked in even the most casual comics reader, and the source of Solar's astounding powers-nuclear radiation-addressed one of the biggest fears of the day. While the character has been reinvented in the decades since, his adventures in this archive of Gold Key and Wilson comics completes the body of work that formed his foundation. ??This collection restores and reprints issues twenty-three through thirty-one of the original Doctor Solar comic-book series-the revolutionary science-fiction adventure that gave birth to one of comics' most distinctive and beloved superheroes-for the first time in over forty years. His guest appearance in The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #14 is also included, making this the biggest Doctor Solar volume of them all!

Criminal Macabre Complete Cal Mcdonald Stories TP - $10.39 The world has two faces. The natural and the supernatural. The face we see every day, people filing past us in an almost zombie-like stupor, numb to the horrors of everyday life or driven to madness by the pain and agony of modern-day existence. And those are the people who aren't zombies or monsters! Cal McDonald is a detective with one foot in the real world, and one in the world of magic. For Cal, the horrors we all dream about in the fevered darkness of the night are all-too real, kept at bay through an almost constant influx of drugs to numb the pain, but never erase it. Cut from the same mold as Sam Spade, Jake Gittes, and the famous detectives of Chandler, Hammett and Spillane, Cal McDonald, whether he likes it or not, is all that stands between us and the nightmare world just outside our vision. Collected for the first time in one book are the long-out-of-print prose adventures of the most unconventional detective of all time. By the author of 30 Days of Night, soon to be a major motion picture.

Path Of The Assassin Vol 8 TP (Mature Readers) - $7.99 If Sun Tzu's Art of War and Musashi's Book of Five Rings were to be drawn into a manga, then Path of the Assassin would be that manga. An impenetrable castle must be defeated, the country's best samurai swayed, competing warlords politicked and tricked into line. All this sounds technical and textbook, so how does it turn out to be so sexy and dramatic and fun? Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (Lone Wolf & Cub) are masters of samurai storytelling, and Path of the Assassin is no slouch when it comes to action, drama, tactics, sex, love, honor, and a terrific, engaging story. Presented, as always, in the original, unflopped, unretouched format, Path of the Assassin is a series you won't be able to put back on the bookshelf. Comes shrink wrapped and carries an 18+ content advisory.

30 Days Of Night Red Snow TP - $14.39 Ben Templesmith (w/a/c). 1941. Hitler's Operation: Silver Fox has failed, but the war on the Eastern Front drags on as the Russian winter starts to bite. British military attache Corporal Charlie Keating observes the war from the Soviet side, making sure crucial supplies get through to aid Stalin's front in the battle against the Nazis. With luck, he too will survive to see the end of the war. But something else is out there, and they're not the Nazis. No matter how hard humanity tries to kill itself, something else does it better. 30 Days of Night/Fell co-creator and Wormwood Gentleman Corpse auteur Ben Templesmith's first solo 30 Days tale is collected here, presenting a war of a different kind, one that will have repercussions felt all the way to Barrow, Alaska a half-century later. Also featuring additional story pages, character designs, a cover gallery, and an all-new cover from 2007 Scream Award nominee Templesmith.

Buckaroo Banzai Vol 1 Return Of The Screw TP - $13.59 by Rauch, Thompson, Williams & Wolak. Everyone's favorite adventurer/surgeon/rock star is back again in this trade paperback reprinting the super-seller 3-issue mini-series! Along with his Hong Kong Cavaliers, Buckaroo Banzai must battle more than one surprise arch enemy, each with their own motives, but all acting in concert to bring Banzai, and the universe as we know it, to their knees! This volume also includes a TON of extra goodies, including character files, unused covers, alternate ending, production designs from the unfilmed TV Movie, and a brand new interview with Banzai's creator Mac Rauch! It just doesn't get more fun than this!

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