Day one of Gen Con is over…. on to day two!
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Kotaku – Super Mario 64’s Iconic First Stage In LEGO Form – So cool.
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Talking Comics – The Amazing Spider-Man #5
Comic Vine – The Amazing Spider-Man #5
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CBR – Batman #34
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Wednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in! Below are ten suggestions of comics, graphic novels, or trade paperbacks you should spend some extra time checking out and think about picking up.
Pick of the Week: United States of Murder Inc. #4 (Marvel/Icon) – Valentine and Jagger are on the run as the five families meet to decide the fate of the United States of Murder Inc. The alternate world story where the mob controls large parts of the United States has been a fun, and gripping read.
Armor Hunters #3 (Valiant Entertainment) – Valiant has one of the best universes out there, and their current Armor Hunters storyline has been fantastic. It’s still not too late to get in on a great comic company.
Doberman #2 (Darby Pop Publishing/IDW Publishing) – 80s cheesy cop movies come to comics. Hilarious, and nostalgic at the same time.
The F1rst Hero #1 (Action Lab Entertainment) – A new series from Action Lab has a world where people with super powers just begin to emerge. The first issue is fantastic, both as an introduction to this world, and also a one and done comic.
Genius #2 (Top Cow Productions) – I liked the first issue when I read it four years ago, and have been waiting for the second issue to hit. A nice spin on the idea of gangs in America.
Skullkickers #30 (Image Comics) – A stand alone issue before the next arc begins. Skullkickers is entertaining fantasy, and every issue is fantastic.
Starlight #5 (Image Comics) – Mark Millar’s Flash Gordon homage has been damn near perfect with each issue. Fun, entertaining, and pays tribute to classic pulp fun.
Transformers: Primacy #1 (IDW Publishing) – Some more Transformers history filling in the gaps of the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. The story is solid and art beautiful to look at.
The Walking Dead #130 (Skybound) – If you caught the end of last issue, how can you not want to read this one!?
Wolverine #11 (Marvel) – Marvel has big plans coming for Wolverine, and this is leading up to all of that.
ARMOR HUNTERS #3 (of 4) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE (JUN141492)
#ValiantCraft Cover by DONOVAN SANTIAGO (JUN141493)
Armor Hunters Variant by TREVOR HAIRSINE (JUN141494)
Artist Variant by MICO SUAYAN (JUN141495)
$3.99 | 32 pgs.| T+ | On sale AUGUST 13
ALL OUT WAR! Five alien Armor Hunters now control the planet, millions are dead – and that was only the beginning!
But if X-O Manowar surrenders now, will he spare the Earth…or spell its doom? And, as the world descends into pandemonium, can Bloodshot and the Unity team finally pinpoint a weakness in an enemy with more power, more endurance, and more technology? When you can’t find a way to win…you’d better find a way to cheat! Valiant’s summer crossover sensation rockets toward a climax so big it’s going to register on the Richter scale!
There’s been some announced sell-outs and new printings this week! Check out what’s up below.
Image Comics
The first issue of Hack/Slash: Son of Samhain by Michael Moreci, Steve Seeley, and Emilio Laiso. The second issue will be released July 30.
The third issue of Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson’s Nailbiter has sold out. It returns to shelves July 30.
The third issue of Jason Aaron and Jason Latour’s Southern Bastards has sold out. It will return to shelves July 30.
Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm‘s Spread #1 has sold out and will be getting a new printing. The new issue will be out August 6, the same day as the second issue.
Valiant
Armor Hunters #2 gets a second printing, and will be on sale August 13. The comic’s by Robert Venditti and Doug Braithwaite.
Unity #8 by Matt Kindt, Stephen Segovia, and cover by Mico Suayan gets a second printing and will be out August 13.
A second printing X-O Manowar #26 hits shelves August 13. The comic is written by Robert Venditti, with art by Diego Bernard, and cover Clayton Crain.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Talking Comics – Armor Hunters #2
The Beat – Six- Gun Gorilla
Talking Comics – Spider-Man 2099 #1
It was new comic book day yesterday! For those who have read some of the new comics, what have you enjoyed or disliked?
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Janelle Rambles – Some quick convention attendance math – Pretty close to the Facebook stats!
ICv2 – David Slade Directing ‘Powers’ – Can’t wait to see this show.
Kotaku – 11 Very Cool Takes On Wonder Woman – Some cool designs.
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Comic Vine – Armor Hunters #2
Comic Vine – Avengers Undercover #7
Comic Vine – Captain Marvel #5
Comic Vine – Daredevil #5
Comic Vine – Deadpool #31
Comic Vine – Death Vigil #1
Comic Vine – Detective Comics #33
Comic Vine – Fantastic Four #7
Comic Vine – Ghosted #11
Comic Vine – Grayson #1
Comic Vine – Green Lantern Corps #33
Talking Comics – The Life After #1
Comic Vine – New Suicide Squad #1
Comic Vine – 100th Anniversary Special: Spider-Man #1
Comic Vine – Rai #3
Comic Vine – The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #13
Comic Vine – Superman/Wonder Woman #10
Comic Vine – The United States of Murder Inc. #3
ARMOR HUNTERS #2 (of 4) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE (MAY141639)
Mask Cover by RIAN HUGHES (MAY141640)
Armor Hunters Variant by TREVOR HAIRSINE (MAY141641)
Artist Variant by BRYAN HITCH (MAY141642)
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE 7/9/14 (FOC – 6/16/14)
SURRENDER THE ARMOR OR EARTH WILL DIE!
Following the shocking final moments of the previous issue, the Armor Hunters have made their intentions clear, and unless X-O Manowar is turned over to them immediately, thousands of innocents will become additional casualties of this already brutal war. Valiant’s most formidable heroes are about to go on the offensive, but the Armor Hunters have another trick up their sleeve, and this one will change the battle forever. Who will live? Who will die? The world will know what it feels like to be POWERLESS as Valiant’s massive summer crossover continues!
THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1 (of 5) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by JEN VAN METER
Art by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN
Blank Cover Variant also available
Death was just the beginning…
Doctor Mirage talks to the dead…but the only spirit Shan Fong can’t find is that of her late husband, Hwen. Instead, America’s favorite semi-retired paranormal investigator is haunted and raw, using her gift to solve homicides and bring peace to the recently bereaved. But when a big-time occultist with a classified military past hires her for a special job, Shan discovers a lead that might close the greatest mystery she’s ever tackled – how to get Hwen back. Now, Doctor Mirage must enter the undiscovered country and cross all the realms of the underworld, if she has any hope of rescuing the man she loves…or be forever lost beyond the earthly plan
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 3rd
THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1 PLUS EDITION
Written by JEN VAN METER & MORE
Art by ROBERTO DE LA TORRE & MORE
Cover by TRAVEL FOREMAN
For Valiant’s dedicated pullbox customers, discover the dark world of Dr. Mirage with a special expanded edition of THE DEATH-DEFYING DR. MIRAGE #1 (of 5) – available by pre-order only!
Featuring more than 15 pages of material that won’t be collected for the trade, including Jen Van Meter’s map of the worlds beyond our reality; an all-new comic story featuring the adventures of World War II-era occult secret agent; a handbook-style guide to the shadowy citizens, soul-eating beasts, and malevolent demons of the Deadside; and much more!
$4.99 | T+ | 48 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 3rd
THE DELINQUENTS #2 (of 4) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by JAMES ASMUS & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by KANO
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Kung Fu Variant by SHAWN CRYSTAL
Board Game Variant by JUAN DOE
Well…that escalated quickly.
Quantum and Woody and Archer & Armstrong are riding the rails looking for the lost treasure of the Hobo King. Each armed with one half of a mysterious map, these two tandems have unwittingly been pitted against each other in a four-way free-for-all…but can either team get along long enough to achieve their mission? The world’s worst crossover joyride is about to enter uncharted territory!
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 17th
ARMOR HUNTERS #4 (of 4) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
QR Voice Variant by TOM FOWLER
Armor Hunters Variant by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Artist Variant by CLAYTON HENRY
That was just a battle… Now get ready for the war!
X-O Manowar has played the ultimate gambit, and finally leveled the playing field against the villainous Armor Hunters. But the galaxy’s deadliest killers haven’t come this far just to surrender! Their final charge is now upon us…and it will take the combined powers of X-O Manowar, Unity, Bloodshot and the rest of the Earth’s most formidable heroes to save our world from a full-scale cosmic reckoning. The summer’s biggest crossover event is going out with a BIG bang – and, when the smoke clears, everything you thought you knew about the Valiant U will be forever changed!
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 24th
UNITY #11 (ARMOR HUNTERS)
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Cover by RAUL ALLEN
Variant Cover by CAFU
Last hope. Last stand.
In the wake of Livewire’s stunning sacrifice, how will X-O Manowar, Ninjak, and the Eternal Warrior comes to terms? With a punishing revenge mission led by Bloodshot, that’s how! If it bleeds, they can kill it…and the leaner, meaner Unity team just became a living, breathing box of armor-piercing rounds. The Armor Hunters put Earth in their bullseye… Now, the bullseye bites back!
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 17th
ARMOR HUNTERS: BLOODSHOT #3 (of 3) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by JOE HARRIS
Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE
Cover by PHILIP TAN
Variant Cover by RILEY ROSSMO
ALIENS VS…BLOODSHOT!
M.E.R.O. headquarters has been evacuated, and Bloodshot is the only thing left standing between the alien prisoner called Malgam and the outside world. Battle-worn and brutalized, can Bloodshot survive one final confrontation with an extraterrestrial foe augmented by the unholy power of the X-O Manowar armor? If you thought the first two chapters were hardcore, stay out of the splash zone because the Armor Hunters just picked the wrong soldier to fuss with!
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 17th
ARMOR HUNTERS: HARBINGER #3 (of 3) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by LEWIS LAROSA
Variant Cover by CAFU
Harbinger team-up!
Mexico City just became ground zero for the Armor Hunters’ invasion of Earth, and the runaway army of super-powered soldiers called Generation Zero needs to bring in back-up. Better call…the Renegades?! But when powerhouse brawler Torque and lighter-than-air free spirit Zephyr join the fight, things are about to go from bleak to brutal as the Earth’s first extraterrestrial invasion force unleashes an engine of global destruction with one sole purpose – to terminate…with extreme prejudice.
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 10th
X-O MANOWAR #29 (ARMOR HUNTERS)
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art by DIEGO BERNARD
Cover by CAFU
Variant Cover by JUAN DOE
Broken kingdom!
The world has changed for Aric of Dacia – the armored earthbound hero known as X-O Manowar. Unable to protect his friends and allies from the interstellar hunters sworn to kill him, the Visigoth warrior who would be king now recoils from the horrendous consequences – even as a threatening new future looms. Everything changes now!
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 24th
HARBINGER: OMEGAS #2 (of 3)
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by RAFA SANDOVAL
Cover by LEWIS LAROSA
Variant Cover by GLENN FABRY
Toyo Harada strikes back!
In the aftermath of the tragic firestorm between the world’s most powerful omega-level psiot and his wayward heir, casualties were claimed on both sides. Now, the last remnants of each opposing force – the Harbinger Foundation and the surviving Renegades – have been shattered and driven deep underground. But Toyo Harada – newly exposed as the world’s foremost superhuman – has no one left to stop him…and his greatest work can finally begin…
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 24th
ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #24
Written by KARL BOLLERS
Art & Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant Cover by PIA GUERRA
Sister. Sweetheart. ASSASSIN!
Archer and Armstrong…and Mary-Maria?! Archer’s beloved foster sister and world-class hitwoman-for-hire, Mary-Maria, takes center stage for the very first time in a high-stakes tale of hot-headed teenage temperament and tantalizing target practice! In search of her own origins, get ready to see the world through the eyes of Valiant’s number one knife-wielding love interest – just as the world of Archer & Armstrong hurtles towards next month’s colossal, issue #25 game-changer!
$3.99 | T+ | 32 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 10th
RAI WILL RETURN ON DECEMBER 10th
RAI #5 | AN ALL-NEW STORY ARC BEGINS
MATT KINDT | CLAYTON CRAIN
COMING SOON
HARBINGER VOL. 5: DEATH OF A RENEGADE TPB
Written by JOSHUA DYSART with VIVEK J. TIWARY, DAN GOLDMAN, and JUSTIN JORDAN
Art by CLAYTION HENRY and KHARI EVANS with BARRY KITSON, LUCY KNISLEY, LEWIS LAROSA, RAFER ROBERTS, RILEY ROSSMO, and MORE!
Cover by MICO SUAYAN
The Renegades thought they could get their old lives back. They thought they could bring down Toyo Harada and the Harbinger Foundation. They were wrong. And now one of them will die.
Once again, Peter Stanchek and the Renegades are on the run with the combined forces of the Harbinger Foundation and Project Rising Spirit closing in on all sides. This time, however, the team’s newest member, Ax, has left a trail of leaked classified information that could win the day – but also put the few loved ones they have into dire peril.
Collecting “Resistance” and “Death of a Renegade” from HARBINGER #20-25, a Renegade will fall as New York Times best-selling creators Joshua Dysart and Clayton Henry unleash a major milestone for Valiant’s acclaimed teenage superteam.
$19.99 | T+ | 160 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 10th
TRADE PAPERBACK
ISBN: 9781939346339
QUANTUM AND WOODY VOL. 3: CROOKED PASTS, PRESENT TENSE TPB
Written by JAMES ASMUS
Art by TOM FOWLER, KANO, WILFREDO TORRES, ERICA HENDERSON, and JOSEPH COOPER
Cover by TOM FOWLER
There’s a new scourge sweeping the streets of the big city – ROBO-CRIME!
Eric needs to know he can trust Woody — and that means Woody needs to get a job, open a bank account, sign up for a library card, and do all the things a responsible adult does. But when a new gang of rogue mad-scientist super-criminals launch a wave of robot-enabled mega-crimes, will Woody stop them…or join them? Plus: the return of Edison’s Radical Acquisitions and the thrilling secret origin of… the one and only Goat!
Collecting QUANTUM AND WOODY #9-12 and QUANTUM AND WOODY: THE GOAT #0, the world’s worst superhero team unleashes a volatile new batch of high-stakes hijinks right here with an all-new collection of adventures from award-winning writer James Asmus (Thief of Thieves) and acclaimed artists Tom Fowler (Hulk: Season One), Kano (Gotham Central), Wilfredo Torres (The Shadow: Year One), and Erica Henderson (Subatomic Party Girls)!
$14.99 | T+ | 128 pgs. | ON SALE SEPTEMBER 17th
TRADE PAPERBACK
ISBN: 9781939346391
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ICv2 – ‘Astro Boy’ Gets New Treatment for TV – Nice!
Carter Law Firm – Intellectual Property in Comic Books – Some good advice.
The Beat – Rocket Raccoon #1′s Initial Orders Inflated By Single Source – Guess I know what I’m getting in a future Loot Crate.
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Comic Vine – All-New X-Men #28
Talking Comics – Armor Hunters #1
CBR – Armor Hunters #1
Talking Comics – Avengers Undercover #5
Comic Vine – Deadpool #30
Comic Vine – Detective Comics #32
Talking Comics – Figment #1
Comic Vine – Green Lantern Corps #32
Comic Vine – Lumberjanes #3
Comic Vine – New Avengers #19
Comic Vine – Red City #1
Comic Vine – Star Wars #18
CBR – Tech Jacket #1
Talking Comics – That’s Because You’re a Robot
It was new comic day yesterday. What did everyone get? What excited you?
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Wired – How Atari Plans to Bring Itself Back From the Dead – I miss my Atari.
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Comic Vine – All-New Ultimates #3
Comic Vine – Armor Hunters #1
Comic Vine – Batman Eternal #10
Comic Vine – Bloodshot and H.A.R.D.CORPS #23
Comic Vine – Captain Marvel #4
Comic Vine – Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu #2
Talking Comics – The Empty Man #1
Comic Vine – Infinity Man and the Forever People #1
Comic Vine – Injustice: Year Two #11
Comic Vine – Justice League United #2
Talking Comics – The Mighty Avengers #11
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