New Books for a New Wednesday!
Wednesday, Feb 17th, 2010
This Wednesday Zombies Vs Robots is back, plus Army of Two #2 and Transformers: Bumblebee #3*
Zombies vs. Robots Aventures #1
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Chris Ryall (w) • Menton Matthews III, Paul McCaffrey, Gabriel Hernandez (a) • Ashley Wood (c)
Zombies vs Robots is back, retooled and rarin' to go monthly in this new 4-part series. Chris Ryall scripts, Ashley Wood provides the covers, and a cadre of new artists tackle three serialized tales. Beginning in this issue, the war story of "Kampf" (art by Menton Matthews III); the growth of the human resistance in "Masques" (art by Paul McCaffrey); and a new form of zombies is born in "Zuvembies vs Robots" (with art by Gabriel Hernandez).
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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Peter Milligan (w) • Dexter Soy (a) • Chester Ocampo (c)
ACROSS THE BORDER: Part 2: Trans World Operations' first mission is off to a bad start. With one operative dead, Salem and Rios find themselves in the middle of what looks like a civil war. Now, with trust eroding between them, Rios and Salem have to put their lives on the line as they're drawn deeper into the violent world of a murderous Mexican street gang known as the Maras.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Angel #30Click here for a preview!
Brian Denham (a) • Jenny Frison, David Messina (c)
Things are not going so well for either our famously intrepid hero or his "merry" band of assistant heroes. Spike and Gunn finds themselves committing rooftop shenanigans, Connor is in over his head back at the office, and Angel is starting to wonder if anyone is going to find him before he dies of boredom. And just what is Connor "chosen" for, anyway?
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Ghostbusters Holiday Special:
Tainted Love
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Dara Naraghi (w) • Salgood Sam (a) • Salgood Sam, Nick Runge (c)
Love is in the air-literally!-as Winston befriends an attractive woman with a ghostly problem in her apartment. But trapping the love-struck apparition proves to be more complicated than the Ghostbusters originally thought. Can Winston step up and save the day? Just how far will Peter go to find a date? And do Ray and Egon ever stop to think about girls, or is it always about trans-dimensional ectoplasmic anomolies with those two?
FC • one-shot • 32 pages • $3.99
G.I. Joe Cobra II
#2Click here for a preview!
Mike Costa, Christos N. Gage (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Howard Chaykin, Fuso (c)
General Hawk's new operative has found Chuckles... who's in no mood to be rescued. And considering how his last handler ended up, maybe she should take his advice and leave him alone. Meanwhile, delve deeper into Cobra's twisted inner circles as Tomax and Xamot are called before the high command.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
G.I. Joe Vol. 2Chuck Dixon (w) • SL Gallant (a) • David Williams (c)
Scarlett on trial! Mainframe gone insane! Snake Eyes on his own! And Cobra revealed! G.I. JOE squares off against COBRA, face-to-face and for the first time! But the battle doesn't go anything like what you think! G.I. JOE's first year concludes in this pulse-pounding climax that no action and adventure fan will dare miss!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 152 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-60010-609-5
Jennifer Love Hewitt's The Music
Box #3
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Scott Lobdell (w) • Adam Archer (a & c)
Everyone knows music calms the savage beast... but how much help is it against an alien mothership intent on destroying an airline at 30,000 feet?! A young sergeant on his way home from Iraq is the only person on board a crowded airplane who knows the only chance of thwarting an alien invasion rests in the plane's cargo hold... the music box!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Jack Kent (w & a)
The Library of American Comics proudly presents a long-neglected classic-King Aroo! Lauded by critics in the pantheon of great strips such as Krazy Kat, Pogo, and Barnaby, Jack Kent's brilliantly conceived world brought smiles to young and old alike with its fanciful array of clever puns, visual humor, and good old slapstick. Includes a text feature by Bruce Canwell, and an introduction by Sergio Aragones. Volume One celebrates the strip's 60th anniversary by presenting every daily and Sunday strip from the beginning in 1950 through 1952.
HC• FC • $39.99 • 360 • 9.5" x 7.5" • ISBN: 978-1-60010-581-4 © 2010
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Matt Venne (w) • Gordon Purcell (a & c)
The long march home of Marcus Malleoulus, the once celebrated roman warrior, continues. He and his exiled band struggle to survive in the harshest of worlds-one filled with rabid beasts and terrifying monsters-to return home... and the vengeance his heart burns for.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
© 2009 Idea and Design Works, LLC.
Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows
#3
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Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
The Eisner- and Scream Awards-nominated series continues! Dodge takes possession of the crown of shadows, and darkness falls upon Keyhouse... with a vengeance.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine:
Fool's Gold #3
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Scott & David Tipton (w) • Fabio Mantovani (a) • Sharp Brothers, David Messina (c)
As the temperature rises aboard Deep Space Nine, Captain Sisko, Kira and Odo come closer to getting to the bottom of the mystery. Can Sisko calm the volatile situation and restore order before another riot breaks out? And what does Garak have to do with all that has transpired?
FC · 32 pages · $3.99
Transformers: Bumblebee
#3Click here for a preview!
Zander Cannon (w) • Chee (a) • Guido Guidi, Chee (c)
"Things Fall Apart," Part 3: After leaving a decoy for the Skywatch colonel, BUMBLEBEE embarks on a solo quest to find the device that will free the AUTOBOTS. He befriends the child of the one man who holds the device they need, and finally has to ask himself if what he's doing is right.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Star Trek: Romulans: Pawns of
War
John Byrne (w) & (a) & (c)
Collecting legendary creator John Byrne's tales of STAR TREK's Romulans in one volume. This special edition tells tales leading up to the seminal "Balance of Terror" episode. Included within is the Romulans Alien Spotlight, the two-part Hollow Crown story, and the three-issue Schism series. As an added bonus, Byrne writes and draws an all-new 12-page "Balance of Terror" adaptation just for this collection.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 164 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-60010-369-8
Transformers: Last Stand of the
Wreckers #2
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Nick Roche, James Roberts (w) • Roche (a) • Trevor Hutchison, Roche (c)
The AUTOBOTS' finest begin their descent into hell, and all bets are off. The true nature of the WRECKERS' mission is revealed and the reappearance of an old enemy drastically reduces the chances of anyone making it back alive. Nick Roche and co-writer James Roberts start lining up the body bags.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
The Adventures of Simone and
Ajax
Andrew Pepoy (w & a & c)
Mix: one wacky girl with one tiny dinosaur; Result: Big Fun! Presenting three full-color, zany tales of Simone & Ajax: "The Case of the Maltese Duck," "A Christmas Caper," and "Simone, Queen of the Jungle. Also includes extras by Eisner-winning Andrew Pepoy (Fables, The Simpsons). Intro by Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales). Try it, and join the adventure!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 132 Pages • ISBN: 978-1-60010-616-3
© 2010 Andrew Pepoy
Weekly World News
#2 Click here for a preview!
Chris Ryall (w) • Alan Robinson (a) • Alan Robinson, Thom Zahler (c)
In the second chapter of "The Irredemption of Ed Anger," the first-ever Weekly World News comic series, Ed hits the road in his attempt to discredit Bat Boy and runs into Manigator and Nessie the Lake Erie Serpent, even as Chaos Cloud gives him a nightmare at 20,001 feet...! Bonus back-up: more classic articles from the Weekly World News!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Nanover TPBEric Burnham (w) • Felipe Torrent (a) • Filipe Torrent& German Torres (c)
A killer video game tournament; energy drinks; nigh-immortalmicroscopic monsters fighting to the death... that's all LucasNelson and friends could ask for in a weekend. But another crew hastheir eyes on the game championship, and will do whatever it takesto get it. Based on the popular Smith & Tinker handheld gameaimed at teens!
TPB • FC• $11.99 • 104 Pages • 6 x 9 •ISBN: 978-1-60010-602-6
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