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New Releases 01/16 - Graphic Novels

Marvel * House Of M HC: $20.99 * Hulk Premiere HC The End: $13.99 * Hulk Premiere HC The End Direct Market Ed Vol 8: $13.99 * X-Factor Premiere HC Madrox Multiple Choice: $13.99 * Thunderbolts By Ellis TP Vol 01 Faith In Monsters: $13.99 * Essential Marvel Saga TP Vol 01: $11.89 * Essential Captain America TP Vol 01 New Ptg: $11.89 * Heroes For Hire Vol 3 World War Hulk TP: $9.79 * Fantastic Four And Power Pack TP Favorite Son Digest: $5.59 DC * Doom Patrol Vol 6 Planet Love TP: $13.99 * Fight For Tomorrow TP (Mature Readers): $10.49 * I Hate You More Than Anyone Vol 3 : $6.99 * Cipher Vol 10 : $6.99 Other * EC Archives Crime Suspenstories Vol 1 HC : $39.99 * Dc Action Figure Archive HC : $31.99 * Escape O/T Living Dead Resurrected TP (Mature Readers): $23.99 * Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus TP : $19.99 * Lust Kinky Online Personal Ads From Seattles Stranger HC (Mature Readers): $15.99 * Bone Color Ed HC Vol 07 Ghost Circles : $15.99 * Mark Schultz Various Drawings Vol 1 SC: $15.99 * Pinup Art Of Dan Decarlo SC Vol 2 (Mature Readers): $15.19 * Disneys Ducktales By Marv Wolfman Scrooges Quest TP : $12.79 * Modern Masters SC Vol 15 Mark Schultz : $11.99 * Mome Vol 10 GN : $11.99 * Doctor Grordborts Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory HC : $10.39 * Last Musketeer SC: $10.39 * Bone Color Ed Sc Vol 07 Ghost Circles : $7.99 * Back Issue #26 : $5.59 * Alter Ego #75 : $5.59

New Releases 01/16 - Statues

Captain America WWII Statue - Bowen - $140.00 From Bowen Designs. Sculpted by Randy Bowen. 12.5" tall overall.

Star Trek The Original Series 40th Anniv Amok Time Spock Statue - $63.79 A Diamond Select Release! From the classic STAR TREK episode 'Amok Time' comes this three-part statue designed to bring one of the most memorable moments in STAR TREK history to life! Featuring the fan-favorite fight between Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock, this epic battle can only be fought to the death. Sculpted by Bill Mancuso and featuring interchangeable weapons, this piece is limited to 1,000 pieces and includes a hand-numbered box with matching base and Certificate of Authenticity.

Oh My Goddess Everyone Has Wings Belldandy PVC Statue - $22.49 A KOTOBUKIYA Japanese import! Aa! Megami-Sama - known to internationally as Oh My Goddess is the long-running manga series from Kosuke Fujishima (available in English from our friends at Dark Horse Comics). There have been four anime series spun off from the seinen manga, with the newest being the second season of the tv anime series subtitled 'Everyone Has Wings', which is heading to the US this year from ADV! BELLDANDY is the main character of the series, and one of three goddesses who come to earth to reside with Keiichi Morisato, ultimately becoming his love interest. This PVC statue perfectly captures the spirit of the kind hearted Belldandy, in an amazing floating pose - cleverly achieved by utilizing parts of her costume as a support base. Her likeness and costume details are replicated perfectly, even including her earrings, flowing hair, and tassels. The goddess is sculpted by Hiroshi Itagaki, and measures over 6 inches tall, and comes packaged in a collectible Japanese language window box package - a must for all fans of manga, Bishoujo figures, or just plain fans of great statues!

New Releases Full Description - Graphic Novels

House Of M HC - $20.99 Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS. Pencils & Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL .THE MARVEL EVENT OF THE DECADE IS COLLECTED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HARDCOVER! The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? Well, this time believe it, buster! NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN! Collects HOUSE OF M #1-8, THE PULSE SPECIAL EDITION and the SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF M handbook - plus all-new extras handpicked by Brian Michael Bendis. 312 PGS.

Hulk Premiere HC The End - $13.99 Written by PETER DAVID. Penciled by DALE KEOWN & GEORGE PEREZ. Cover by DALE KEOWN. Chronicling the final days of the Green Goliath! Peter David and Dale Keown, creative team on some of the Hulk's most memorable tales, reunite to produce this searing vision of the future in which Bruce Banner, the Incredible Hulk, is the last man on Earth. It's the Hulk's final battle, as 'The Last Titan' wrestles his inner-demons in order to discover his place in a dying world - if only he can survive! Plus: The testing of the first Gamma Bomb thrust upon Robert Bruce Banner led to what he would come to believe would be his greatest nightmare: his unwilling transformation into the Incredible Hulk. He believed wrong. Now, having been dragged into the future - into a post-holocaust, dystopian world - Bruce Banner discovers that his nightmare has a whole new name: the Maestro. This is a nightmare that only Hulk can end; for he knows that he himself is responsible for the presence of the evil Maestro. The future, our future, and the Incredible Hulk will never quite be the same. And neither will you. Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK: THE END and INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT #1-2. 152 PGS.

Hulk Premiere HC The End Direct Market Ed Vol 8 - $13.99 Written by PETER DAVID. Penciled by DALE KEOWN & GEORGE PEREZ. Cover by DALE KEOWN. Chronicling the final days of the Green Goliath! Peter David and Dale Keown, creative team on some of the Hulk's most memorable tales, reunite to produce this searing vision of the future in which Bruce Banner, the Incredible Hulk, is the last man on Earth. It's the Hulk's final battle, as 'The Last Titan' wrestles his inner-demons in order to discover his place in a dying world - if only he can survive! Plus: The testing of the first Gamma Bomb thrust upon Robert Bruce Banner led to what he would come to believe would be his greatest nightmare: his unwilling transformation into the Incredible Hulk. He believed wrong. Now, having been dragged into the future - into a post-holocaust, dystopian world - Bruce Banner discovers that his nightmare has a whole new name: the Maestro. This is a nightmare that only Hulk can end; for he knows that he himself is responsible for the presence of the evil Maestro. The future, our future, and the Incredible Hulk will never quite be the same. And neither will you. Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK: THE END and INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT #1-2. 152 PGS.

X-Factor Premiere HC Madrox Multiple Choice - $13.99 Written by PETER DAVID. Penciled by PABLO RAIMONDI. Cover by DAVID LLOYD. The miniseries that launched the all-new X-FACTOR, available for the first time in hardcover! Jamie Madrox, stabbed, staggering off a bus. Jamie Madrox, setting up a detective agency in the heart of Mutant Town. Jamie Madrox, a peaceful Shaolin priest. Which is the real Jamie Madrox? In this noir-esque thriller, it's possible that even Madrox doesn't know anymore. Peter David, acclaimed for his run on X-FACTOR, reunites several of that title's most popular and whimsical characters - Jamie Madrox, Wolfsbane and the aptly named Strong Guy - and sends them on an adventure of light and darkness. Collecting MADROX #1-5. 120 PGS.

Thunderbolts By Ellis TP Vol 01 Faith In Monsters - $13.99 Written by WARREN ELLIS, PAUL JENKINS & MARC GUGGENHEIM. Penciled by MIKE DEODATO, STEVE LIEBER, MARC SILVESTRI & LEINIL YU. Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC. Venom, lethal protector! The enigmatic Moonstone! Bullseye, the man who never misses! Songbird, mistress of sound! Chen Lu, the Radioactive Man! Swordsman, master of the blade! The mystery man called Penance! And Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin! They're America's newest celebrities, ready to take to the skies at a moment's notice in pursuit of those secret, unregistered super humans hiding among us! They're the All-New, All-Deadly Thunderbolts - making the world a safer place for ordinary people...one would-be costumed hero at a time! In the wake of Civil War, Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato present a dark and disturbing take on Marvel's Most Wanted, where the line between hero and villain is difficult to find - if it exists at all! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS #110-115 and DESPERATE MEASURES, and T-Bolts stories from CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE and CHOOSING SIDES. 192 PGS.

Essential Marvel Saga TP Vol 01 - $11.89 Written by PETER SANDERSON & VARIOUS. Penciled by VARIOUS. Cover by RON FRENZ. See for yourself how the Marvel Age of Heroes began as one of comicdom's coolest chroniclers follows the FF, Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil and others from origins into adventure! Recounting the first appearances of Marvel's greatest menaces-including Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom, Magneto and Loki! The awakening of the Sub-Mariner and Captain America! Ancient enigmas, wartime wonders and more from the first years of the House of Ideas! Collecting MARVEL SAGA #1-12. 448 PGS.

Essential Captain America TP Vol 01 New Ptg - $11.89 Written by STAN LEE. Penciled by JACK KIRBY. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Eager to serve his country during World War Two, Steve Rogers was transformed into a physically perfect man by the government's Super Soldier Program. Armed with an indestructible shield and the physical prowess of an Olympic athlete, Rogers fought valiantly to uphold the ideals and principles of democracy until frozen in a block of ice where he was preserved for decades. Discovered by the Avengers and revived, Steve Rogers is a man out of time, who remains vigilant in his battle to protect the innocent and uphold the American ideals of truth, justice and honor. In this fully updated re-issue of ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1, Marvel's Sentinel of Liberty renews his mission and fights the good fight, facing off against Baron Zemo, the Red Skull, Power Man, the Swordsman, Batroc the Leaper and the Super-Adaptoid! Collecting TALES OF SUSPENSE #59-99 and CAPTAIN AMERICA #100-102. 528 PGS.

Heroes For Hire Vol 3 World War Hulk TP - $9.79 Written by ZEB WELLS. Penciled by CLAY MANN. Cover by FRANCIS TSAI. The Heroes return to New York to find it the first battleground in WORLD WAR HULK. Will Humbug's recently amplified powers be a factor against Hulk's compatriots, Miek and Brood? Can the heroes salve the wounds of their adoptive city and still turn a profit? Both answers are 'yes' if Misty Knight has anything to say about it! Collecting HEROES FOR HIRE #11-15.

Fantastic Four And Power Pack TP Favorite Son Digest - $5.59 Written by FRED VAN LENTE. Penciled by GURIHIRU. Cover by GURIHIRU. It's more all-ages action in the mighty Marvel manner as two super-powered families team-up in this Power Pack adventure! Featuring Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the ever-lovin' Thing! Can Power Pack stand up to the FF's rogues gallery including Wizard, Trapster and the dangerous Dr. Doom?! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #1-4. 96 PGS.

Doom Patrol Vol 6 Planet Love TP - $13.99 Written by Grant Morrison. Art by Richard Case, Stan Woch and others. Cover by Brian Bolland. Legendary writer Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, BATMAN) finishes his fractured remake of this 1960s misfit super-team in this volume collecting DOOM PATROL #58-36 and DOOM FORCE SPECIAL #1. Along the way, the Doom Patrol must face new challenges: Danny the Street meets his cosmic destiny, the bizarre hero known as Rebis battles the Candlemaker, and Crazy Jane attempts to find her place in the world.

Fight For Tomorrow TP (Mature Readers) - $10.49 Written by Brian Wood. Art by Denys Cowan & Kent Williams. Collecting the miniseries by Brian Wood and artist Denys Cowan telling the tale of a young Buddhist monk turned kung fu street brawler. Kidnapped as a boy, Cedric Zhang - raised to fight in competitions - formed a bond with Christy, a young nurse. When she disappears without an explanation, Cedric immerses himself in the violent NYC underworld in an attempt to locate her, finding himself back in the horrible world he spent his life trying to escape.

I Hate You More Than Anyone Vol 3 - $6.99 Written and illustrated by Banri Hidaka. CMX. Is Kazuha seriously thinking about becoming a hairdresser, or is she only considering it because it's Sugimoto's career and represents a way to get closer to him? Meanwhile, there's trouble at home when her brother, Chizura, starts hanging out with the wrong crowd. Sugimoto steps in to try to help the troubled Chizura, but his advice might just lead to a serious rift between Kazuha and Sugimoto.

Cipher Vol 10 - $6.99 Written and illustrated by Minako Narita. CMX. A case of mistaken identity puts Siva in an unwanted confrontation with a dangerous figure from Cipher's drug-using past. Meanwhile, the twins' friend Anise struggles with her feelings for Cipher, who's still seemingly happy with his life in L.A. After making a shocking offer to Siva and getting turned down, she decides it's time to go to the west coast and bring Cipher back to New York.

EC Archives Crime Suspenstories Vol 1 HC - $39.99 By Various. Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins re-introduces us to the thrilling and mysterious first volume of Crime SuspenStories - six full issues and 24 complete stories by the likes of Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Harvey Kurtzman. Wally Wood, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, George Roussos and others, originally published between 1950 and 1951!

Dc Action Figure Archive HC - $31.99 By Scott Beatty. For the legions that collect the immensely popular DC Comics action figures, we have good news: the official visual compendium of more than 1,400 characters has finally arrived! Assembled by lead collector Scott Beatty and the experts at DC Comics, The DC Comics Action Figure Archive features more than 600 full-color photographs - from Ace the Bat-Hound to Zauriel, with lots of Batman and Superman in-between - plus details on previously impossible-to-find release dates, variants, and 'redecoes,' as well as information on action figure scales and articulation points.

Escape O/T Living Dead Resurrected TP (Mature Readers) - $23.99 By John Russo & Dheeraj Verma. The co-writer of the classic film Night of the Living Dead brings his all-new zombie masterpiece to comics, and all ten issues of Escape of the Living Dead are collected into this one giant tome of terror! 1971 - It's been three years since the blood soaked night that the dead rose from their graves, attacking and devouring the living. Now, the legacy of that horrific and unexplained event is about to be unleashed once again upon an unsuspecting world! With zombies once again roaming the Pennsylvania countryside, only a handful of individuals know that the horror has begun anew. This collected edition features a new cover by Mike Wolfer.

Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus TP - $19.99 In the not-too-distant past, the first nuclear weapon test changed the world forever . . . but not in the way we expected. Unleashed upon the planet was a microscopic technological virus of unknown origin that infected millions-some to no effect, some to horrifying agonies and disfigurement, others with the gift of incredible and sometimes terrifying power. But would a world populated by superman become a battleground for good against bad . . . or bad against worse? Is it true that with great power comes great responsibility . . . or does it truly come with great license? Dark Horse Heroes Omnibus collects Comics Greatest World and Will to Power, the two hit maxiseries created by Dark Horse Comics that turned the concept of the superhero universe on its head, bringing together an all-star team of creators.

Lust Kinky Online Personal Ads From Seattles Stranger HC (Mature Readers) - $15.99 By Ellen Forney/ Ellen Forney's follow-up to her wildly successful I Love Led Zeppelin is a collection of cartoons celebrating the sometimes stunningly crude, sometimes surprisingly sweet online world of personal classifieds. Forney has for several years been illustrating the Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger's 'Lustlab' classified ads by interpreting the most interesting, outrageous, or idiosyncratic ad in that week's paper. To cap it off, the collection includes an introduction by the notorious sex advice columnist and novelist (and Stranger editor), Dan Savage!

Bone Color Ed HC Vol 07 Ghost Circles - $15.99 In the gripping seventh volume of the epic BONE series, the valley is ravaged by war while the Bone cousins, Gran'ma Ben, and a baby rat creature are on a dangerous trek to Atheia, the old city of the royal family, to bring Princess Thorn to safety. To get there, they must travel through fields of mysterious ghost circles, where reality and the supernatural collide-and one wrong step could drastically change the valley's fate forever.

Mark Schultz Various Drawings Vol 1 SC - $15.99 Mark Schultz has garnered the respect of his peers for his near-perfect approach to the dry brush technique. Xenozoic Tales solidified him as a master of the form. Now great care has been taken to reproduce Mark's originals as faithfully as possible, with the artist's discerning eye approving every aspect of production. Contents include private commissions, a previously unpublished cover for SubHuman, and more. Also available- limited to 500 copies-signed and numbered, with an additional extra bonus plate. SOFTCOVER-SC, 8x11, 48pgs, B&W

Pinup Art Of Dan Decarlo SC Vol 2 (Mature Readers) - $15.19 By Alex Chun & Jacob Covey. For more than 40 years, Dan DeCarlo best known for his definitive renditions of Archie Comics' Betty and Veronica, two of comics' most beloved icons. But before joining Archie and unbeknownst to many, DeCarlo has honed his skills as a good girl artist for the Humorama line of digest magazines. Following the immensely popular The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo, this second volume once again displays DeCarlo's sexiest Humorama pin-up cartoons, and continues Fanatagraphics' dedication to showcasing the best of the classic pin-up cartoonists.

Disneys Ducktales By Marv Wolfman Scrooges Quest TP - $12.79 by Wolfman, Quartieri, Bat, & Valenti. Presenting a feature-length DuckTales epic by Marv Wolfman (Tomb of Dracula, Teen Titans, Nightwing), back in print for the first time since 1990! When Magica De Spell kidnaps Webby, it's a ruse to lure Scrooge McDuck into a chase around the world - while Flintheart Glomgold destroys Scrooge's business empire back home! Can Scrooge beat his foes without his Number One Dime or his fortune? It's waddlin' time!

Modern Masters SC Vol 15 Mark Schultz - $11.99 The mid-'80s was the age of independent comics. It was also the age of the dinosaur, thanks to Mark Schultz and Xenozoic Tales! Evocative of the master illustrators of the early 1900s, but with a decidedly modern flair, Schultz's artwork took off in Xenozoic Tales, and later spawned the Cadillacs & Dinosaurs cartoon and toy line. Schultz has also written Superman, Aliens, and Predator comics, as well as a novel featuring DC's Flash. Currently he writes the Prince Valiant newspaper strip. This book takes an exhaustive look into Schultz's creative process. Included is a career-spanning interview with tons of art, including many rare and unpublished pieces!

Mome Vol 10 GN - $11.99 By Various. Critically acclaimed for its compilation of dynamic young cartoonists, this volume features the 20 page conclusion to the Jim Woodring graphic novella, 'The Lute String.' Previously published only in Japan, this story features Woodring's signature characters - Frank, Pupshaw, and Pushpaw - in a universe-bending saga that finds the trio in a very unexpected world of flying, shrieking demons and bulbous-faced monsters. Also features the work of Tom Kaczynski, Robert Goodin, Dash Shaw, Ray Fenwick, John Hankiewicz, Sophie Crumb, Tim Hensley, and Jonathan Bennett.

Doctor Grordborts Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory HC - $10.39 By jingo, by crikey, and by all that's good in this world, he's done it! Dr. Grordbort has released his directory of scientific splendor. A catalogue of wondrous contraptions and wave weapons of unprecedented power, this book makes available a myriad of destructive and beneficial devices to any intergalactic explorer: Rayguns, Metal Men, Ironclads, and Rocketships are all presented. Also included is a sequential pictographic essay (also known as a 'comic') on the exploits of world-famous naturalist and adventurer Lord Cockswain. See him uncover the natural mysteries of Venus with several big guns! Written and Illustrated by Weta Workshop Conceptual Designer Greg Broadmore, this book sumptuously details a science-fiction history that never was. Hearkening back to the classic sci-fi serials of yesteryear, it features the Weta Originals line of highly limited Raygun collectibles and reveals their backstories and mythos. Weta Workshop is the New Zealand effects studio famous for its Oscar -winning work on King Kong and The Lord of the Rings. From the brilliant and twisted minds at Weta Workshop!

Last Musketeer SC - $10.39 By Jason. Set in the present time, The Last Musketeer stars the by-now centuries old musketeer Athos, who has been reduced to a suavely dressed but useless near-panhandler trading on his now almost extinct fame. All this changes when one day the Martians attack Earth. Suddenly there is a need for swashes to be buckled, and Athos leaps back into the fray with a vengeance. The Last Musketeer is a vintage sci-fi adventure with a unique twist from an internationally acclaimed cartoonist.

Bone Color Ed Sc Vol 07 Ghost Circles - $7.99 By Jeff Smith. In the gripping seventh volume of the epic Bone series, the valley is ravaged by war while the Bone cousins, Gran'ma Ben, and a baby rat creature are on a dangerous trek to Atheia, the old city of the royal family, to bring Princess Thorn to safety. To get there, they must travel through fields of mysterious ghost circles, where reality and the supernatural collide-and one wrong step could drastically change the valley's fate forever. This color edition is available in both hardcover and softcover editions.

Back Issue #26 - $5.59 Spies and Tough Guys' take no prisoners in Back-Issue! Paul Gulacy and Doug Moench reunite for an art-packed 'Pro2Pro' interview examining Master of Kung Fu and their other collaborations - while 'Greatest Stories Never Told' blows the lid off their unrealized Shang-Chi/Nick Fury crossover! DC's hard-hitting '80s super-team, Suicide Squad, also gets the spotlight, with John Ostrander, Bob Greenberger, Luke McDonnell, Jerry Bingham, and Karl Kesel. Plus: Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty talk Ms. Tree; Chuck Dixon and Tim Truman's Airboy; James Bond and Mr. T in comic books; Sgt. Rock's oddball super-hero team-ups; private eye Nathaniel Dusk; and Joe Kubert's unpublished series The Redeemer. All this, behind an eye-popping Black Widow cover by Paul Gulacy!

Alter Ego #75 - $5.59 Behind a fabulous cover by Alex Ross, Alter Ego is double-sized FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) dynamite, with Walt Grogan and P.C. Hamerlinck on the many 'Captains Marvel' over the years, from centuries past to Fawcett to Fass to Marvel Comics, and beyond - spotlighting a previously unseen Shazam! proposal from Alex Ross! Plus, there's C.C. Beck on 'The Death of a Legend!' Also, there's an engrossing interview with Golden Age artist Marv Levy, featuring art by Bernard Bailey, Carmine Infantino, Mac Raboy, Charles Sultan, Howie Post, Dan Barry, Mort Meskin, and more!

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