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Below are the titles we have hand-picked for you to watch out for in September 2008: Return to the Upcoming Front Page Here |
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From DC Comics: |
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Secret Six #1 Gail Simone (w), Nicola Scott (a), Cliff Chiang (cover) / 32 pp. Back by popular demand, the Secret Six return in their very own ongoing series as star writer Gail Simone (Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey) joins rising star Australian penciller Nicola Scott for the all-new adventures of Catman, Scandal, Deadshot, Ragdoll and some top-secret new team members. |
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Robin #178 Fabian Nicieza (w), Freddie E. Williams III (a) / 32 pp. Still reeling from the revelations of Batman RIP, Tim Drake takes stock of his turbulent life on a journey of self-discovery that could see him fully embrace the path of the Dark Knight's protégé -- or turn his back on the superhero life forever. |
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Justice League of America #25 Dwayne McDuffie (w), Ed Benes (a) / 48 pp. Vixen and Animal Man journey into the heart of the sacred Tantu Totem to investigate the source of their recently altered powers -- but Anansi the African spider god is only just beginning, as it reaches back through time to alter the history of the Justice League. With a seven-year-old Bruce Wayne gunning down the thug who killed his parents, Wonder Woman quitting the Justice League after the death of her husband Superman and reality changing more and more with each passing moment, will the Justice League and the DCU as we know be lost forever? The ongoing series continues with a double-sized 25th issue. |
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World of Warcraft: Ashbringer #1 (of 4) Micky Neilson (w), Ludo Lullabi (a), Chris Robinson (cover) / 40 pp. As the Lich King's plague of undead ravages the kingdom of Lordaeron, a mighty blade is forged from a magical orb that in the hands of Highlord Alexandros Mograine will become a legend. Ahead of the eagerly anticipated Wrath of the Lich King expansion for massively popular online roleplaying game World of Warcraft comes a four-issue prelude penned by WoW creative director Micky Neilson. |
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Greatest Hits #1 (of 6) David Tischman (w), Glenn Fabry (a) / 32 pp. The Mates, four likeable lads from northern England, spearheaded the British invasion of the 1960s and survived the highs and lows of four decades of superhero superstardom to remain on top over forty years later -- but not without collecting some dark secrets along the way, as a struggling documentary filmmaker discovers in assembling a warts-and-all look behind the scenes of their stellar career. Meet the world's first superhero supergroup in a rock and roll six-parter from writer David Tischman (Bite Club, American Century) with rare interior art from acclaimed British master Glenn Fabry (Neverwhere, Preacher covers). |
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JSA Presents: Green Lantern TP Steven T. Seagle, Tony Bedard, Junior Thomas (w), John K. Snyder III, Denis Calero, Mike Norton et al (a), Snyder III (cover) / 128 pp. The original Silver Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott, takes the spotlight in new collection of stories from Green Lantern: Brightest Day/Blackest Night and JSA Classified #25 and #32-33, including Scott's epic battle with Solomon Grundy. |
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Salvation Run TP Bill Willingham & Matt Sturges (w), Sean Chen (a) / 192 pp. In the aftermath of Black Adam's destructive rampage and an invasion attempt by the Amazons, Earth's metahuman authorities make the collective decision to exile Earth's supervillain population to deep space. Transported to an uninhabited planet that now serves as their prison, some rogues will prosper and not all will survive in a seven-issue Countdown tie-in by Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges (Fables) with art from Sean Chen (Sensational Spider-Man). |
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Absolute Ronin HC Frank Miller (w/a) / 328 pp. In a dystopian cyberpunk-esque New York of the future, the spirit of a disgraced rogue samurai is reincarnated to at last regain his honour and avenge the death of his master at the hands of a sadistic demon. The classic manga-influenced 1984 series from visionary writer-artist Frank Miller (Sin City, Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns) gets the Absolute treatment, collected in an oversized slipcased hardcover edition including rare promotional art, fold-out pages and more. |
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The Stand: Captain Trips #1 (of 5) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (w), Mike Perkins (a), Lee Bermejo (cover) / 32 pp. On a top secret army base deep in the Californian desert something has gone horribly wrong, something that has unleashed a deadly super-virus that will spread across the world bringing death and pestilence to whatever it touches -- and for those it leaves behind, the nightmare is only just beginning. The apocalyptic magnum opus of master horror writer Stephen King comes to comics as adapted by award-winning playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Sensational Spider-Man, Marvel Knights 4) with artist Mike Perkins (Captain America, House of M: Avengers). |
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Ultimate X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual #1 Ultimate Fantastic Four/X-Men Annual #1 Aron Coleite & Joe Pokaski (w), Brandon Peterson, Eric Basaldua (a), Peterson, Basaldua (covers) / 48 pp. (each) A group of strangely familiar future X-Men travels back in time on a mission to assassinate the contemporary Fantastic Four, seeking to change history and prevent the world-shattering events of Ultimatum from ever occurring -- only to find their targets have an unexpected protector in a future incarnation of the FF themselves. The countdown to Ultimatum continues in a two-part crossover event from Heroes writers Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski with art by Top Cow alumni Brandon Peterson (Ultimate Extinction) and Eric Basaldua (The Darkness). |
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Big Hero 6 #1 (of 5) Chris Claremont (w), David Nakayama (a) / 48 pp. When unknown supervillains rise to menace Tokyo, Big Hero 6 is there to save the day -- but as teen superbrain Hiro, his trusty robot companion Baymax, fashionista Honey Lemon and unstoppable Gogo Tomago swing into action, who are the two new members joining them? Meet Japan's premier superhero group in the new limited series from X-Men master scribe Chris Claremont. |
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Daredevil #111 Ed Brubaker (w), Clay Mann (a), Marko Djurdjevic, Terry Dodson (covers) / 32 pp. She's beautiful, she's mysterious, and she never misses -- but will Matt Murdock find a valuable ally or a deadly new enemy with the debut of Lady Bullseye? |
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Sub-Mariner: The Depths #1 (of 4) Peter Milligan (w), Esad Ribic (a) / 32 pp. The fabled sunken city of Atlantis has long been considered a legend, a parable, a myth -- until billionaire adventurer Randolph Stein leads a deep sea expedition that finds the underwater civilisation is very real, and its superhumanly powerful protector is not at home to visitors. The latest offering from the Marvel Knights line pairs acclaimed writer Peter Milligan (X-Factor) with painter Esad Ribic (Silver Surfer: Requiem) for a terrifying tale of what lies beneath. |
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X-Men: Magneto - Testament #1 (of 5) Greg Pak (w), Carmine Di Giandomenico (a), Marko Djurdjevic (cover) / 32 pp. Today he is known as Magneto, inspiring leader of a legion of acolytes as a radical champion of mutant rights and feared by millions more as a deranged mutant supremacist and terrorist. But once upon a time Erik Lensherr was just another Polish schoolboy, secretly in love with a local girl and dreaming of his life to come -- until he and his family became caught up in the horrors of war and the nightmare of Nazi Germany's final solution. Acclaimed writer Greg Pak (World War Hulk, Phoenix: Endsong) joins artist Carmine Di Giandomenico to tell the definitive origin of one of Marvel's greatest ever characters. |
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Punisher by Garth Ennis Omnibus HC Garth Ennis (w), Steve Dillon, Darick Robertson, Tom Mandrake, Joe Quesada et al (a), Tim Bradstreet (cover) / 1192 pp. In 2000 cult British writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) came to Marvel and made the Punisher his own, returning the cult antihero to his violent vigilante roots on the mean streets of New York City with acclaimed artist and Preacher collaborator Steve Dillon (Wolverine: Origins). Return to the beginning and welcome back Frank Castle in a monster oversized hardcover collection of Punisher (2000) #1-12 and Punisher (2001) #1-7 and #13-37, plus Marvel Knights Double Shot #1 and the infamous Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe. |
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Marvel Boy Premiere HC Grant Morrison (w), J. G. Jones (a) / 160 pp. The only survivor of a dimension-travelling spaceship drawn to Earth but shot down by forces unknown, all young ensign Noh-Varr of the Kree Empire wants is to go home -- but multi-billionaire industrialist Dr Midas and SHIELD have other plans for this genetically engineered superpowered Marvel Boy. The groundbreaking Marvel Knights collaboration between Grant Morrison and J. G. Jones, the creative team behind DC's Final Crisis, returns to print in a new hardcover edition. |
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Back to Brooklyn #1 (of 5) Garth Ennis & Jimmy Palmiotti (w), Mihailio Vukelic (a) / 32 pp. Bob Saetta's made plenty of mistakes in his life, but pissing off the most brutal crime boss in New York City is almost certainly the biggest -- and the fact his new enemy is also his brother isn't going to save his ass. Writers Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Punisher) and Jimmy Palmiotti (Jonah Hex, Painkiller Jane) get back to basics in a five-part crime mini with art from stunning newcomer Mihailio Vukelic. m |
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Red Rocket 7 SC & HC Mike Allred (w/a) / 208 pp. In the new graphic novel from Madman creator Mike Allred, take a trip through the 20th century and the history of rock and roll as experienced by Red Rocket 7, the time-travelling seventh clone of a man from a very distant dimension. |
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Dragon Prince #1 (of 5) Ron Marz (w), Lee Moder (a), Jeff Johnson, Stjepan Sejic (covers) / 32 pp. Like most teenagers Aaron Chiang feels a little different, like he doesn't entirely fit in -- until he learns he truly is something special, the last in the bloodline of dragon princes that have been hunted through the centuries by a secret order of wizards. Writer Ron Marz (Witchblade, Green Lantern) joins artist Lee Moder (Painkiller Jane) for a five-part modern fantasy epic. |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1 Henry Gilroy (w), Scott Hepburn (a), Dave Filoni (cover) / 40 pp. Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu and Yoda are joined by a few new faces as they fight to defend the Republic against General Grievous and his clone army, in the extra-sized debut of an all-new ongoing series tieing into the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated feature film and forthcoming television series. |
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Solomon Kane #1 Scott Allie (w), Mario Guevara (a), John Cassaday, Joe Kubert (covers) / 32 pp. When the body of a boy is found hanging from a rickety gallows Solomon Kane wastes no time in going after the man responsible, a local baron feared by the peasantry and ruling with an iron fist from his stronghold in an abandoned monastery. Robert E. Howard's vengeance-obsessed puritan gunman comes to comics in a new ongoing series from Conan editor Scott Allie and rising star artist Mario Guevara, plus covers by Eisner-winner John Cassaday, kicking off with a five-part adaptation of 'The Castle of the Devil'. |
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MySpace Dark Horse Presents volume 1 TP Joss Whedon, Gerard Way, Mike Mignola, Steve Niles, Ron Marz et al (w), Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon, Guy Davis, Eric Powell et al (a) / 176 pp. Dark Horse's legendary anthology series returns in a print collection of the first six online-only issues mixing exciting newcomers with established pros, including a haunting Christmas tale from Mike Mignola and Guy Davis, a lost chapter of Gerard Way's Umbrella Academy, and the Eisner-winning Sugarshock by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon. |
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Galveston #1 (of 4) Tom Peyer & Mark Rahner (w), Greg Scott (a) / 32 pp. It's a little known historical fact that fabled pirate Jean Lafitte spent his final days not swashbuckling on the high seas but stuck in the middle of Texas -- but what has never been told before are his adventures with legendary frontiersman Jim Bowie. Pirates meet cowboys in the latest miniseries from Boom Studios. |
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies volume 1: 1929-1931 HC Philip Francis Nowlan (w), Dick Calkins (a) / 336 pp. Classic comic strip Buck Rogers in the 25th Century set the template for virtually every science fiction series that followed, pioneering staple elements of the genre such as rocket ships, alien invaders, space pirates, ray guns, anti-gravity belts and, of course, square-jawed heroes. Revisit comics and pop culture history with the first in a series of deluxe hardcovers reprinting the complete Buck Rogers newspaper dailies. |
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Archer & Armstrong: First Impressions HC Jim Shooter (w), Barry Windsor-Smith, Bob Layton (a), Michael Golden (cover) / 168 pp. When Archer's preacher parents betray him to a ruthless cult and attempt to murder him, he sets off on a path of revenge that leads him to become the world's greatest martial artist -- and stumble into an unlikely partnership with Armstrong, a centuries-old immortal warrior now spending his days drinking and picking bar fights. One of the most fondly remembered series from Jim Shooter's Valiant universe, the origin of Archer and Armstrong from issues #0-6 is collected for the first time ever in a deluxe hardcover edition featuring digitally remastered art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Bob Layton plus a brand-new story by Shooter and artists Sal Velluto and Bob Almond, topped off with a dust jack cover by legendary artist Michael Golden. |
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No Hero #1 (of 7) Warren Ellis (w), Juan Jose Ryp (a) / 32 pp. Forty years ago the world's first superhero team emerged in San Francisco, led by a mysterious man who secretly provided the nanotechnology drugs that gave them their powers. For over a generation they have protected the city, but when they go recruiting for a new member an obsessed teenage fan will learn there's a dark side to fighting crime. The team behind the controversial Black Summer return with a new spin on the superhero genre. |
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Project Superpowers volume 1 HC Jim Krueger & Alex Ross (w), Carlos Paul, Steve Sadowski, Ross (a), Ross (cover) With the dawn of the twentieth century came a new chapter in the history of humanity and the rise of a new age of super-powered heroes -- but in the aftermath of the Second World War, with the world lying shattered and more in need of its champions than ever, they vanished without a trace. From the acclaimed creators of Justice and Earth X comes a bold new project resurrecting the forgotten heroes of the Golden Age for the modern era, in a deluxe hardcover collection of Project Superpowers #0-7 plus a cover gallery and previously unseen sketch art and designs from Alex Ross. |
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Prince of Persia GN Jordan Mechner & AB Sina (w), Le-uyen Pham and Alex Puvilland (a) / 208 pp. Two princes in two different eras of historic Persia are drawn together across the sands of time, in an original full-length graphic novel from the creator of the hit video game series. |
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Vagabond volume 1 SC Takehiko Inoue (w/a) / 728 pp. The true story of Miyamoto Musashi, perhaps the greatest samurai of all time, is chronicled in stunning detail in a bumper collection of the first three books of Takehiko Inoue's graphic novel biography. |
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