Shopping List: Christmas Eve 2008

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PREVIEWS #244 JANUARY 2009 - It is that time of month again!

DC COMICS
VIGILANTE #1 $2.99 - A Walt Simonson cover + Rick Leonardi on art have me willing to give this first issue a read.

IMAGE COMICS
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #11 (RES) $2.99 - Part 1 or 2 of the crossover with Invincible?
INVINCIBLE #57 (RES) $2.99 - Part 1 or 2 of the crossover with Astounding Wolf-Man?
SAVAGE DRAGON #143 $3.50 - Very excited to have 2 issues of Dragon waiting for me when I get back to CA in January.

MARVEL COMICS
MS MARVEL #34 DKR $2.99 - This book is starting to meander off course for me. Hopefully, Dark Reign will act as a course correction for it.
NEW AVENGERS #48 DKR $2.99 - You can only read this book at this price for one more issue.
NOVA #20 $2.99 - Last issue was really good.
SECRET INVASION REQUIEM #1 DKR $3.99 - Already made my feelings known about the page count & price point for this one-shot.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #129 $2.99 - Looking forward to reading as usual.
ULTIMATUM #2 (OF 5) $3.99 - Do I jump off mid-series? How many issues have been solicited?

FARSCAPE #1 $3.99 - Interested to see if this will be good or bad.

Wait for Trade
ATOMIC ROBO DOGS OF WAR - I think that this has already been solicited! :biggrin:

[Althalus]

From the shipment for 12-17 and 12-24:

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Plus some mangas and trades:

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~Althalus

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WARNING: SPOILERS!!!!


Patsy Walker: Hellcat #4 (Marvel) - by Immonen, Immonen, Lafuente, Rauch. Another awesome issue! Even the letters page is entertaining! Too bad this takes so long to come out, but the wait is worth it.

Ferryman #4 (Wildstorm) - by Andreyko, Wayshak, Eltaeb. Wow! This 'typical' storyline keeps on becoming unexpected! Great art, storyline, dialogue and eveyrthing!

Wonder Woman #27 (DC) - by Simone, Lopresti, Ryan, Anderson, Hi-Fi. Very good, very emotional, tense...There's a lot in this issue. I don't get the villain, is she godlike? how can she merely hit Firestorm, but punch through Red Tornado? I have to admit, I have not gotten the previous 2 issues of WW, so I may have to get them now to pick up the backstory on all this. My only other issue with this issue was some of the art chores. I get that it's a superhero book, but why does everyone have to be clad in tight, spandex-fitting outfits. I don't get it, nor like it.

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas #2 (Dark Horse Comics) - by Way, Ba, Stewart, Allie. Pinup by Campbell. Holey bloody! While Cha-Cha and Hazel are al about blood and stuff, some of their doings are a bit too much, and one hit by a bat should not make it all bloody. I liked the inclusion of the green life ball of that girl, but again, it makes me a bit sad/angry that this information was not in a comic (at least initially) like it should've been. Some of The Amazing Joy Buzzards' storylines got very confusing when they wrapped up some of their book in online stuff as well, and then it got hard to tell what stuff was from print and whatnot. Aside from this, the issue is amazing! The back page art is a spectacular addition to the issue.

Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! #3 (DC) - by Kunkel. Wonderful, as it should be.

Tales of the TMNT #53 (Mirage Publishing) - by Lawson, Dooney, Lavigne. Backup 'This Mortal Shell' by Frakes, Gates, Staffaroni, Arnold. Backup 'Ghosts of Christmas Past' by Berger, Hurd, Ellis. Pinup by Sakai. I have to admit to being totally liking the turtles with Lawson's art now. It was a nice, little fun story, but I wish it had gone further. The first backup was good, but a strange take on the turtles. The second backup, I did not get. Was it a reference on the old, City at War storyline? Stan Sakai is still awesome.

Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine #146 (Kenzer and Company) - by Jolly & Co. Good, good stuff. Everything in this issue was great and fun to read.