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Below are the titles we have hand-picked for you to watch out for in March 2008: Return to the Upcoming Front Page Here |
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From DC Comics: |
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Justice League: New Frontier Special Darwyn Cooke (w/a) / 48 pp. Just in time for the release of its animated movie adaptation, Eisner-winning creator Darwyn Cooke returns to his massively acclaimed New Frontier in a double-sized advertisement-free special issue. |
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Green Lantern #29 Geoff Johns (w), Ivan Reis (a) / 32 pp. Stunning revelations abound as secrets about the origin of Hal Jordan are revealed while another Green Lantern investigates the death of Abin Sur and his obsession with the forbidden prophecy of the Blackest Night. The Green Lantern mythos is blown apart again by superstar writer Geoff Johns and returning artist Ivan Reis. |
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Wonder Woman #18 Gail Simone (w), Bernard Chang (a), Terry Dodson (cover) / 32 pp. Guest artist Bernard Chang (Supergirl) joins continuing writer Gail Simone for the first of a two-part space epic, as Wonder Woman journeys to the heart of the galaxy to head off an attempted invasion of Earth by the vicious alien Khund. |
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Young Liars #1 David Lapham (w/a) / 32 pp. He's a habitual liar, terrible guitar player and general unemployable screwup going nowhere in particular. She's a wayward rich girl not sure who she wanted to be until a wayward bullet gave her a reason to live and a mystery of solve. Now, Danny Noonan and Sadie Hawkins' mile-a-minute adventure will take them from the club scene of lower Manhattan to the shores of Ibiza and haunted castles of Spain, on a quest to get rich and famous or die trying. Indie comics auteur David Lapham, creator of the acclaimed Stray Bullets, returns with his new ongoing series. |
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DMZ #29 Brian Wood (w/cover), Riccardo Burchielli (a) / 32 pp. In the opening chapter of 'Blood in the Game', the latest round of negotiations between the US government and the breakaway Free States is disrupted by a new player combining military cunning with immense personal charisma. Could the DMZ's very own Che Guevara prove the key to ending the conflict, or is his secret agenda to throw the troubled region into total chaos? |
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Showcase Presents: Booster Gold volume 1 TP Dan Jurgens, John Byrne (w), Jurgens, Byrne, Ty Templeton et al (a) / 624 pp., B&W Revisit the original 1980s adventures of Dan Jurgen's time-travelling superhero Booster Gold in a giant collection of Booster Gold #1-25 and Action Comics #594. |
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Faker TP Mike Carey (w), Jock (a) / 160 pp. A group of college freshmen look to shake away the cold Minnesota winter and kick off their second semester with a wild party -- but in the morning after the night before three find themselves troubled by memories they've been suppressing for years, while the fourth finds no one recognises him, no computer records exist of his identity, and by all accounts he doesn't exist. Collecting the acclaimed psychological horror limited series from Mike Carey (X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Hellblazer) and Jock (Losers, Green Arrow: Year One). |
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Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1 (of 5) Robin Furth & Peter David (w), Jae Lee (a) / 48 pp. The bestselling series based on Stephen King's epic Dark Tower novels returns with its second volume. After seeing his lover slain in front of his eyes by the Big Coffin Hunters, young gunslinger Roland Deschain has fled into the desert with allies Cuthbert and Alain -- with the sadistic mercenaries in hot pursuit. |
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The Last Defenders #1 (of 6) Joe Casey (w), Jim Muniz (a), Steve McNiven (cover) / 32 pp. Tasked with a new political mission by the government-backed superhero Initiative, Nighthawk has enlisted mutant strongman Colossus, the sensational She-Hulk and the enigmatic Blazing Skull for one of the strangest Defenders teams ever. |
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New Avengers #39 Brian Michael Bendis (w), David Mack (a) / 32 pp. As proof accumulates of a covert alien invasion of Earth, have the shape-shifting Skrulls infiltrated the rogue New Avengers? Is Maya 'Echo' Lopez the only one who knows the truth? Is there anyone she can trust? The buildup to Secret Invasion intensifies in a special issue featuring art by Kabuki's David Mack. |
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Cable #1 Dwayne Swierczynski (w), Ariel Olivetti (a) / 32 pp. Time-travelling mutant mercenary Cable sets out on his new mission to protect a baby prophesised to be the saviour of mutantkind -- while being pursued through time and space by a deadly former X-Man convinced the child will instead doom the mutant race to extinction. In the aftermath of X-Men: Messiah Complex comes a new ongoing series from acclaimed crime novelist Dwayne Swierczynski and artist Ariel Olivetti (Punisher War Journal). |
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Logan #1 (of 3) Brian K. Vaughan (w), Eduardo Risso (a) / 32 pp. Eisner-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man, Ex Machina, Ultimate X-Men) joins fellow comics superstar Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets) for an eagerly awaited limited series starring everyone's favourite mutant beserker, as Logan's mission to settle the score with an early foe may lead to a shocking revelation about his mysterious past. |
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War Is Hell: First Flight of the Phantom Eagle #1 (of 5) Garth Ennis (w), Howard Chaykin (a), John Cassaday / 32 pp. Mysterious German aviator Karl Kaufmann arrives unannounced on the western front with his own combat-ready plane, ready to join the Allies and the hunt for the Hun -- but his romantic idealism soon fades as amid shocking violence he learns the simplest of truths: war is hell. Acclaimed writer Garth Ennis and legendary artist Howard Chaykin return to the field of war in a new five-part mature readers series. |
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Avengers: The Initiative volume 1: Basic Training TP Dan Slott (w), Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy (a), Jim Cheung (cover) / 144 pp. The superhero Civil War is over, with costumed heroes across the country signing up for America's new superhuman defence force: the Initiative. At Camp Hammond on the site of the Stamford disaster, Avengers veterans including Yellowjacket and War Machine train America's next generation of heroes -- but up against HYDRA, the Hulk and even Spider-Man, how many of the inaugural class will make it through basic training? Collecting issues #1-6 of the acclaimed new series from rising star writer Dan Slott (Amazing Spider-Man, She-Hulk) and artist Stefano Caselli (GI Joe: America's Elite). |
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X-Men vs Apocalypse volume 1: The Twelve TP Alan Davis, Terry Kavanagh, Chris Claremont, Fabian Nicieza et al (a), Roger Cruz, Rob Liefeld, Alan Davis, Tom Raney et al (a), Adam Kubert (cover) / 230 pp. After centuries of planning and manipulation, the time has come for the immortal Apocalypse's prophesised ascension to godhood. As Apocalypse's agents scour the world for the fabled twelve mutants central to his plan, can the X-Men forge an alliance with Magneto as they prepare to face a greater foe, and which mutant will give their life to stop Apocalypse attaining ultimate power? Collecting the epic X-universe crossover from Uncanny X-Men #376-377, Cable #73-76, X-Men #96-97, Wolverine #145-147 and X-Men 1999 Yearbook. |
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Dynamo 5 Annual #1 Jay Faerber (w), Fran Bueno, Gabe Bridwell et al (a), Mahmud Asrar (cover) / 56 pp. In the first annual special for Jay Faerber's Dynamo 5, witness Dynamo 5's first adventure together as a team and see what happens when an investigative reporter threatens to expose the group's connection to their illegitimate father Captain Dynamo. |
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Transhuman #1 (of 4) Jonathan Hickman (w/cover), JM Ringuet (a) / 32 pp. The scientific breakthrough of a genetic process that can grant extraordinary abilities to regular joes is quickly overshadowed by the commercial race to commodify, market and sell it to homes across America, in a four-part superpowered satire from the writer of Jonathan Hickman. |
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Nixon's Pals GN Joe Casey (w), Chris Burnham (a) / 120 pp., B&W It's hard being a super-powered criminal in Los Angeles but it's even harder being Nixon Cooper, a disgruntled parole officer tasked with keeping ex-supercons on the straight and narrow. Grim-and-gritty crime fiction meets over-the-top superpowered action in an original graphic novel from writer Joe Casey (WildCATS 3.0, Adventures of Superman) and artist Chris Burnham. |
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Serenity: Better Days #1 (of 3) Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews (w), Will Conrad (a), Adam Hughes (cover) / 40 pp. The team behind 2005's acclaimed Serenity: Those Left Behind are back with a brand new adventure for the ragtag crew of the smuggling freighter Serenity. |
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Hellboy volume 8: Darkness Calls TP Mike Mignola (w/cover), Duncan Fegredo (a) / 192 pp. Having returned from his undersea adventure and communion with the spirits of the dead, no sooner has Hellboy returned to the land than a coven of Russian witches drags him into the folk legend of the bloodthirsty Baba Yaga. Mike Mignola returns to his cult creation in a new story featuring art by the acclaimed Duncan Fegredo. |
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Terry Moore's Echo #1 Terry Moore (w/a) / 32 pp. Julie Martin is taking a few photographs in the desert when she is caught in the fallout from a sudden nuclear explosion in the sky, leaving her covered in a strange liquid metal that soon begins to bond symbiotically with her body. The acclaimed creator of iconic indie epic Strangers in Paradise with his new creator-owned series. |
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Holmes GN Omaha Perez (w/a) / 104 pp., B&W While Sherlock Holmes' narcotic use is acknowledged in Arthur Conan Doyle's original prose stories, it took cartoonist Omaha Perez to expose the truth: that literature's greatest detective was high out of his mind during most of his investigations, with faithful companion Dr Watson less a partner and more a personal pusher. Can the duo keep their minds on the job while searching for composer Joseph Haydn's missing skull? |
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The Godfather Chronicles #1 (of 5) Mark Waid (w), Greg Scott (a), Bill Sienkiewicz, Tim Sale (covers) / 24 pp. One of the greatest crime epics in cinema history comes to comics in the first in a series of official tie-in stories, as Mark Waid (Legion of Super-Heroes, Fantastic Four) and Greg Scott (X-Isle) chronicle the untold battle for control of New York's underworld between Don Vito Corleone and fierce rival Al Capone. |
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Golden Age Sheena: The Best of the Queen of the Jungle TP Will Eisner et al (w/a) / 144 pp. Swing back into the Golden Age with a deluxe collection of ten of the best Sheena tales from the 1930s, 40s and 50s, featuring classic digitally remastered artwork from the great Will Eisner/Jerry Iger studios and others. |
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Ropeburn #1 Jeremy Smith (w/a) / 32 pp. From Xeric Grant-winning cartoonist Jeremy Smith comes a collected edition of strips detailing the intricately intertwined everyday adventures of a unremarkable pizza store and its employees. |
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Star Trek: New Frontier #1 Peter David (w), Stephen Thompson (a) / 32 pp. IDW kicks off its second year of Star Trek comics with the next chapter in the New Frontier saga, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the prose novel series from fan-favourite Trek and comics writer Peter David. In the opening chapter of 'Turnaround' an experimental time-travelling ship has been stolen by rogue ex-Starfleet admiral Edward Jellico, and it's up to Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the crew of the USS Excalibur to hunt him down before he attempts to use the untested vessel to change history -- with potential disastrous consequences for the entire space-time continuum. |
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Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 TP David Petersen (w/a) / 192 pp. As mice struggle to survive and prosper amid the predators and dangers of the modern world, the Mouse Guard was formed to fend off intruders, patrol borders and provide safe passage for commoners between secret mice villages. The disappearance of a local grain mouse and an expedition to reestablish contact with a remote outpost of the mice territories are just small pieces of a growing conspiracy that will see war engulf the kingdom. Watership Down meets Asterix in one of the most talked-about independent series of 2006, now available in a softcover collected edition. |
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