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New Releases 4/9 - Graphic Novels

Marvel * Wolverine Premiere HC Death Of Wolverine: $13.99 * What If TP Civil War: $11.89 DC * Showcase Presents Superman Family TP Vol 02 : $11.89 * Supergirl And The Legion The Quest For Cosmic Boy: $10.49 * Presents Vol 03 (Mature Readers) : $9.09 * Tears Of A Lamb Vol 02: $6.99 Other * Classic Dan Dare HC Reign Of The Robots : $23.99 * Complete Peanuts HC Vol 09 1967-1968 : $23.19 * Gene Simmons House Of Horrors TP: $22.39 * Haunted HC (Mature Readers): $19.99 * Most Outrageous Sc: $15.99 * Waldos Hawaiian Holiday GN : $15.99 * Gene Simmons Dominatrix TP Vol 01: $15.99 * Aqua Leung GN Vol 01: $15.99 * James Bond TP Man With The Golden Gun New Ptg : $15.99 * James Bond TP Casino Royale New Ptg : $15.99 * Jessica Farm GN: $11.99 * Barefoot Gen Vol 6 TP : $11.99 * Ninja High School Shidoshi Pocket Manga Vol 02 : $10.39 * Ap How To Draw Pocket Manga Vol 02: $10.39 * Comics Journal #289: $9.59 * Classics Illustrated Aeneid : $7.99 * Star Wars Episode Vi Return Of Jedi Photo Comic TP : $7.99 * Star Wars Episode V Empire Strikes Back Photo Comic : $7.99

New Releases 4/9 - Statues

Super Robot Wars R-Gun Powered Fine Scale Mod Kit - $14.99 A KOTOBUKIYA Japanese import! Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (also known as Super Robot Wars: Original Generation) is a famous video game and anime series featuring non-stop Robot vs Robot combat! Kotobukiya will have a new SRW Fine Scale Model Kit available for collectors and hobbyists almost every month! Assembly of the figures is required, but painting is optional as the pieces are cast in different colored plastic. Each mecha normally has over 300 individual parts and is marvelously engineered, as once the kits are completed, they are highly poseable action figures (usually with at least 20 points of articulation). In addition, each robot includes weapons and additional moving parts, such as opening ventilation or exhaust ports. Included are pictorial assembly instructions. Upgraded and unstoppable, this humanoid robot features twp large launchers on each shoulder, as well as a special display base, which adds stability while also letting the figure be displayed in a flying pose. R-Gun Powered stands 5 3/4' tall (non-scale) with over 330 parts.

New Releases Full Description - Graphic Novels

What If TP Civil War - $11.89 Written by DAVID HINE, ED BRUBAKER, KEVIN GREVIOUX, CHRISTOS GAGE, GREG PAK, CHRISTOPHER YOST, JEFF PARKER & PAUL TOBIN. Penciled by MARKO DJURDJEVIC, GUSTAVO, HARVEY TOLIBAO, JUAN SANTACRUZ, LARRY STROMAN, CLAYTON HENRY, FRED HEMBECK, LEONARD KIRK & RAFAEL SANDOVAL. Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC. Marvel once again poses the question, 'What If...?' What if Annihilus had not been defeated in the outskirts of our galaxy, and instead had brought his devastating alien armada to Earth? What if Iron Man had lost the Civil War? What If Captain America led all the heroes against the Superhuman Registration Act and Henry Gyrich became head of S.H.I.E.L.D. to take them down? What if the Hulk had landed on a peaceful planet, as the Marvel heroes had intended when they exiled him into space? Or Banner had landed on Sakaar instead of the Hulk? Or the Hulk's warrior bride, Caiera the Oldstrong, had come to Earth seeking vengeance instead of her husband? What if Vulcan had become Phoenix? And finally, what if Spider-Man and Wolverine became the most efficient two-man killing team in the world? Collecting WHAT IF? ANNIHILATION, CIVIL WAR, PLANET HULK, X-MEN and SPIDER-MAN VS. WOLVERINE. 120 PGS.

Showcase Presents Superman Family TP Vol 02 - $11.89 Written by Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Leo Dorfman and others. Art by Curt Swan, Wayne Boring, Kurt Schaffenberger and others. The spotlight shines on Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane and pal Jimmy Olsen in this volume collecting stories from SUPERMAN'S PAL Jimmy Olsen #23-34, Showcase #10 and SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND Lois Lane #1-7! 520 pg, B&W.

Supergirl And The Legion The Quest For Cosmic Boy - $10.49 Written by Tony Bedard. Art by Kevin Sharpe & Dennis Calero. Cover by Barry Kitson. In this volume collecting issues #31-36 of the acclaimed series, The Legionnaires' leader, Cosmic Boy, has disappeared. Was he captured by enemies or has he fled responsibility? 144 pg, FC.

Presents Vol 03 (Mature Readers) - $9.09 Written and illustrated by Kanako Inuki. CMX. FINAL VOLUME! A common mask used in Japan to protect children from germs hides a bizarre secret for one young girl. As for Kurumi, she meets an old fortuneteller who turns out to have been one of the girls who didn't give Kurumi a present when she was a child. She's come to finally give Kaurmi a special gift. Then find out what it is about an incredibly long scarf that creeps out even Kurumi! 5.5' x 8' 192 pg, B&W.

Tears Of A Lamb Vol 02 - $6.99 Written and illustrated by Banri Hidaka. CMX. It's 'Sports Day' at school, and Kanzaki has one more chance to make it onto the basketball team. He's up against an old rival who knows about his past failure and how he cost his last school's team a victory. When an accident puts his ability to play in jeopardy, it shakes up his confidence even more. It's up to Kei to pump him up and help him get his game face back on. 5' x 7.375' 192 pg, B&W.

Classic Dan Dare HC Reign Of The Robots - $23.99 By Frank Hampson & Don Harley Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, returns! From the pages of the British comic Eagle, this is perhaps the most seminal adventure of one of Britain's best-loved characters! Dan, Lex, Digby, Flamer and new friend Stripey return from saving the Crypts - ten years after they departed! But in their absence, Earth has been conquered by the mysterious Elektrobots! It all points to an old enemy, the Mekon - and a thrilling showdown! Featuring the classic stories 'Reign of the Robots' and 'The Ship That Lived,' and rare material including a bonus feature on Frank Hampson's 'The Road of Courage.' This final volume of Hampson's Dan Dare is a must!

Complete Peanuts HC Vol 09 1967-1968 - $23.19 By Charles Schulz As we rush toward the end of Peanuts' second full decade, Snoopy finds himself almost completely engrossed in his persona as the 'World War I Flying Ace' - to the point where he goes to camp with Charlie Brown and maintains his persona throughout the entire two-week period (much to Peppermint Patty's bafflement). Snoopy dominates this volume with his various adventures and his dealing with the return of his original owner, Lila. If you're surprised by that last one, imagine how Charlie Brown feels! Lila makes only a brief appearance, but this volume sees the appearance of what would be Schulz's most controversial major character: Franklin. (Yes, in 1968 the introduction of a black character caused a stir.) Peppermint Patty, working toward her ascendancy as one of the major Peanuts players in the 1970s and 1980s, also has several major turns, including a storyline in which she's the tent monitor for three little girls - who call her 'Sir.' Introduction by John Waters.

Gene Simmons House Of Horrors TP - $22.39 Leah Moore, John Reppion, Tom Waltz, Chris Ryall, Sean Taylor, & more (w); Jeffrey Zornow, Esteve Polls, Steph Stamb, Jon Alderink, Grant Bond, & more (a); Todd McFarlane/Greg Capullo (c) You knock at the door of the old mansion up on the hill, and who answers? Your host, none other than Gene Simmons, beckoning you inside. The door slams shut. You try to run, but it's too late... you've entered the home of Simmons Comics Group and there's no turning back! Gene Simmons House of Horrors includes the fifteen different and terrifying stories all presided over by Simmons and featuring a cover by fellow legend Todd McFarlane!

Haunted HC (Mature Readers) - $19.99 By Philippe Dupuy Ten years after finishing the original French edition of Maybe Later, Philippe Dupuy set out on his own again with Haunted. Gone are the tightly constructed narratives and urbane, elegant graphics of his projects with collaborator Charles Berberian. In their place, roughed-in drawings give an urgent, spontaneous feeling to a series of hallucinatory stories and dreamlike sequences that register the raw distress of solitude and self-doubt. A jogging Dupuy runs around and sometimes through the stories of the misfit characters that haunt him: a self-amputating dog, a Left Bank artist in search of emptiness, an art-collecting duck, Lucha Libre wrestlers, and a group of single guys at the watering hole imagined as the anthropomorphic 'Forest Friends.' Heart pumping, gaze turned inward, the ground occasionally giving way beneath his feet, this alter ego concludes that sometimes you need to cross the line to figure out where it is.

Most Outrageous Sc - $15.99 By Bob Levin In May 1989, Dwaine Tinsley stood at the summit of an unlikely career. As cartoon editor for Larry Flynt's notorious Hustler magazine, he had assembled a staff of pen-and-White-Out-wielding Lenny Bruces whose unprecendentedly offensive socio-sexual cartoons had spearheaded that publication's fight against the forces of censorship and repression that sought to overthrow the political and cultural gains of the 1960s. His primary personal contribution was 'Chester the Molester,' a hulking middle-aged man who craved pre-pubescent girls. And then Tinsley's teenaged daughter accused him of sexually violating her over the course of five years. Most Outrageous is the story of the trial of Flynt's most notorious protege. Bob Levin's writings have established him as the most thought-provoking chronicler of cartoonists today. While focusing upon the work and lives of the most off-beat creators in the field in order to champion the pursuit of individual vision, he has explored issues common to artists of every medium. Most Outrageous carries his search into new, unsettling ground.

Waldos Hawaiian Holiday GN - $15.99 By Alex Cox, Chris Bones & Justin Randall The official sequel to the cult film, Repo Man! Waldo, recently returned from Mars, is forced to choose where his allegiances lie - his boss, Duke Mantee, or the sex goddess, Velma; money or knowledge; the past or the future; Earth - or Mars?

Gene Simmons Dominatrix TP Vol 01 - $15.99 Sean Taylor (w): Flavio Hoffe, Esteve Polls (a); Alex Garner (c) T&A meets CIA in rock god Gene Simmons' ground-breaking comic as professional dominatrix Dominique Stern becomes ensnared in a world of government cover-ups and international conspiracies. This is not your father's comic book. Collecting the first six-issue tale from writer Sean Taylor, with art by Flavio Hoffe, a painted cover by Alex Garner, a Dominatrix photo collage featuring Gene and some real-life doms, and more!

Aqua Leung GN Vol 01 - $15.99 Story MARK ANDREW SMITH. art & cover PAUL MAYBURY. Introducing a new, ongoing series for ages 16 and up that breathes fresh air into the ancient story of Atlantis! An average boy named Aqua suddenly learns the truth about his origin, including his father's savage murder at the hands of those in fear of his power. He must now begin a journey to take back his father's kingdom from the evil shark king and restore himself as the one, true unifier of the seas. 200 PAGES

James Bond TP Man With The Golden Gun New Ptg - $15.99 By Ian Fleming & Various These deluxe reprint collections of 007's daily newspaper strip capture the true spirit of Ian Fleming's exhiliarating work, while exclusive features chart Bond's genesis and legacy!

James Bond TP Casino Royale New Ptg - $15.99 By Ian Fleming & Various These deluxe reprint collections of 007's daily newspaper strip capture the true spirit of Ian Fleming's exhiliarating work, while exclusive features chart Bond's genesis and legacy! Choose from The Man With the Golden Gun, Octopussy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Goldfinger, Casino Royale, and Dr. No.

Jessica Farm GN - $11.99 By Josh Simmons Hot on the heels of his first graphic novel, House, Simmon's Jessica Farm fuses serialized adventure, fantasy, and psychological horror and stamps it with his signature macabre sensibility in his atmospheric new graphic novel. Like a Lynchian take on Alice in Wonderland, Jessica Farm opens with an exterior of what could be any Midwestern farmhouse. Once inside, we track the titular heroine as she bounds out of bed on Christmas morning and goes about her routine, eventually breakfasting with her grandparents. The banality of the situation is subverted by a ratcheting sense of dread, as we discover that Jessica's increasingly nightmarish house is filled with creatures around every corner - some whimsical, some sexual, some despairing, and some malevolent.

Barefoot Gen Vol 6 TP - $11.99 By Keiji Nakazawa The story of life in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb continues! Gen fights against a corrupt medical system, the discriminatory practices of his neighbors, and the American presence in Postwar Japan. Gen's brother, Koji, has gone away to work in the coal mines, but has since disappeared. To make up for the shortage, he and his friends must resort to more drastic measures, which lands one of the bunch in a juvenile detention center.

Ninja High School Shidoshi Pocket Manga Vol 02 - $10.39 By Ben Dunn & Robby Bevard. Having survived the initial chaos of a new school term and a Battle Royale (with Cheese), ninja teen Ricky Feeple learns that all his natural talent may not be enough to face a new-yet-ancient threat - the Shidoshi. Dormant for centuries, this extremely dangerous ninja clan has vowed to absorb all worthy young ninjas into its ranks - and kill the rest! Ricky has already faced their most dangerous agent, the ninja vampire Kyonshi, and tasted his first true defeat. Can he survive accelerated training under his mother long enough to stand a chance against this monster?

Ap How To Draw Pocket Manga Vol 02 - $10.39 By Ben Dunn & Various Get all the bountiful benefit of Antarctic's How to Draw Manga series, now in a more portable, ready-to-use format! Antarctic Press brings you the collective experience of its stable of manga artists in this newly arranged edition. Every section presents a drawing lesson, with the final page set up like a sheet of blank bristol so you can practice the lesson wherever you are! Take your How to Draw on the road, in the air - anywhere!

Comics Journal #289 - $9.59 Bring out your dead! They won't want to miss our interview with Robert Kirkman (Marvel Zombies), whose career has encompassed Battle Pope and Invincible. Plus, an essay on Kirkman's The Walking Dead. Next, pull up a barstool and let underground legend S. Clay Wilson tell you about the biker lesbian pirate demons that drive his art and disturb our sleep. Also unearthed, in this issue's comics gallery - Ed Whelan's rarely seen 'Minute Movies,' serial strips of the 1920's based on popular movie genres of the day.

Classics Illustrated Aeneid - $7.99 Discover Virgil's epic tale of Aeneus and his band of Trojans after the fall of Troy and their search in the Mediterranean in search of a new homeland to call their own! Reprinting Classics Illustrated #170.

Star Wars Episode Vi Return Of Jedi Photo Comic TP - $7.99 High above the forest moon of Endor, the Empire is building another Death Star. If the Rebel Alliance hopes to bring its vision of peace to the galaxy, Emperor Palpatine and his unflinching enforcer Darth Vader must be stopped! Experience the climax of one of the most beloved sagas in history as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and all the rest reach their ultimate destinies in this photo comic that fits perfectly into your pocket! This manga-sized volume adapts Star Wars: Return of the Jedi into a comic made up entirely of images from the film! FC, 96 pages, TPB, 5' x 7 1/2'.

Star Wars Episode V Empire Strikes Back Photo Comic - $7.99 The greatest adventure in the galaxy comes to life in this manga-sized adaptation of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, composed of frames taken directly from the movie! Han Solo braves the icy wastes of Hoth to save his friend, Luke Skywalker crashes into the swamps of Dagobah in search of the last Jedi Master, and Princess Leia falls into the hands of Darth Vader amidst the clouds of Bespin in this legendary tale! The battle between the cruel Galactic Empire and the ragtag Rebel Alliance reaches its highest pitch yet in this amazing pocket-sized photo comic! FC, 96 pgs, TPB, 5" x 7 1/2".

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