Shopping List for 4/6/05

[De Carabas]

A short list that will hopefully get longer once Diamond finalizes.

DC: The New Frontier vol. 2 TP
Pre-ordered! Of course, if DC decides to collect this later on into one volume (particularly hardcover), I will have to hurt someone.
Justice League Elite #10
IMO, one of DC's best titles in recent years.
Twilight Experiment #3
Palmiotti & Gray! Really liked #1 & 2.

Alpha Flight vol. 2: Waxing Poetic TP
Funny stuff! Unfortunate casualty of trades: the "Story Thus Far..." pages. Those alone almost became worth the cost of the book.
GLA #1
Slott! If this one goes well, Dan Slott will be officially added to my "Must Stalk" list.
Incredible Hulk #80
PAD! This has been sooooooo good.
Power Pack #1
It's uhhh, for Patricia. I, mean, Patricia's niece? Yeah, that's it. Patricia's niece! Not me. Nope nope nope.
Ultimate Fantastic Four #17
Why is Ellis leaving??? Great great great stuff.
Ultimate Spider-Man #75
Wow. 75 issues already?!

Bear #8
Looshkin craziness and Bear sarcasm! :D

Strangers In Paradise #72
Crap! I never changed the address on my subscription!

True Story, Swear To God #13
This and SiP on the same day? I better buy more Kleenex. ;)



Wait for Trade
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Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
Looking forward to this, but feel quite confident that it will get collected.
Losers
Ditto
Seven Soldiers: Zatanna
This is one of the two Seven Soldiers minis that I may crack and buy off the rack. We'll see.
Y: The Last Man
Mmmaybe.
Death Jr.
Was really looking forward to this until I saw the price! :eek: Here's to hoping for trade.
Shanna the She-Devil
Mmmmmaybe
Strange
Definitely! Just hope it gets a hardcover.

EM

[mgs]

these, I'll definitely get! :)

DC
Deadshot #5 $2.99
Green Lantern Rebirth #5 $2.95
Intimates #6 $2.99

Image
Walking Dead #17 $2.95

Marvel
Power Pack #1 $2.99

Abstract Studios
Strangers In Paradise Vol III #72 $2.95

Amaze Ink/Slave Labor Graphics
Bear #8 $2.95

El Capitan Books
Stray Bullets Vol 1 Innocence Of Nihilism TP 10th Anniversary Ed $19.95

Tokyopop
Totally Spies Cinemanga Vol 1 GN $7.99

Viper Comics
Dead At 17 Revolution #4 $2.95

[CurryStick]

thank the lord for small weeks, i get to save some $$

GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH #5 (OF 6) $2.95
LOSERS #22 (MR) $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #18 $2.95
Y THE LAST MAN #32 (RES) (MR) $2.99
WALKING DEAD #17 (MR) $2.95
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #17 $2.25
CAL MCDONALD SUPERNATURAL FREAK MACHINE #1 (OF 6) $3.99

[Maukingbird]

FIRESTORM #12 $2.50
One more issue for me, sadly. Not really interested in continuing this without Dan Jolley guiding it.
INTIMATES #6 (MR) $2.99
Yay! Crazy fun quirkiness!
JUSTICE LEAGUE ELITE #10 (OF 12) $2.50
Madness from Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke!
SUPERMAN BATMAN #18 $2.95
Yay! Finally! Do I remember what was going on? This is still "Absolute Power" isn't it?
TWILIGHT EXPERIMENT #3 (OF 6) $2.99
First two issues have been great! Yay Palmiotti & Gray!
Y THE LAST MAN #32 (RES) (MR) $2.99
Yaaay! It feels like it's been a while! VAUGHN!
INVINCIBLE VOL 4 HEAD OF THE CLASS TP $14.95
More INVINCIBLE! Yaaay!
GLA #1 (OF 4) $2.99
Really looking forward to more wackiness from Dan Slott and Paul Pelletier. Tides me over while we wait for SHE-HULK vol. 2! And we get Squirrel Girl! Dan Slott is totally ripping off my fan-fic. Was he stalking me 8 years ago?
INCREDIBLE HULK #80 $2.99
PAD! Such rawkness!!
MARVEL TEAM-UP #7 $2.25
Spidey & Moon Knight!
POWER PACK #1 (OF 4) $2.99
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooooooo onboard with this!!! I LOVELOVELOVE Gurihiru!!! Their POWER PACK looks adorable!!! My retailer makes fun of me for being so excited about this. Also totally thrilled for the Franklin Richards back-up stories from Chris! ^_^ v,,
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #17 $2.25
One issue left in Ellis' wonderful run on this title.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #75 $2.25
EEK!
X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR #5 (OF 5) $3.50
Coolness!
X-MEN UNLIMITED #8 $2.99
Spotlighting the Angel and Beast in their own tales! Fun cover by Paul Smith!
DARKSTALKERS JOE MAD CVR C POWER FOIL #4 PI
I'm a sucker. A loyal sucker. And I get these cheaper than most.
HUNTER X HUNTER VOL 1 TP $7.99
I totallytotallytotallytotally want this, but then I think of all those other manga's I have sitting on shelves unread (and regular trades and comics). [sobs] I loved the anime of this, though. Loved it.
STREET FIGHTER BARBERI CVR B #14 $2.95
Carlo Barberi does the back-up tale in this one! It'll be nice to see him drawing in his own style again, rather than aping Bruce Timm.
TEEN TITANS ROBIN MINI PAPERWEIGHT $9.99
I remember ordering this AAAAAAAAAAAGES ago and thought maybe it just got cancelled or something.... But here it is! Cute little super deformed Teen Titans paperweights! I'm a crazy person and I saw these and new I HAD to have the Robin one.

FOR TRADES:

LEX LUTHOR MAN OF STEEL #2 (OF 5) $2.99
If this doesn't get collected... and I mean SOON afterwords... Well... I'll be force to... uh... glare at Eric. Grr.
SEVEN SOLDIERS ZATANNA #1 (OF 4) $2.99
Dispite Morrison not being my thin 9 times out of 10, I totally dig Zatanna and I totally dig Sook's art and I'd really love to read this. I just wish I knew how they were planning to compile the 7 Soldier's books when they are all finished up. If they'll give each individual mini a trade or try to slap them together across a few volumes. I'm really only interested in this, Pascual Ferry's MR. MIRACLE and probably Doug Mahnke's FRANKENSTEIN.
SHANNA THE SHE DEVIL #3 (OF 7) $3.50
Because Frank Cho is cool and dinosaur's rock.

[torippu]

DC COMICS
DEADSHOT #5 (OF 5) $2.99
Interest waned as mini progressed
JUSTICE LEAGUE ELITE #10 (OF 12) $2.50
Interest increased as mini progressed
SUPERMAN BATMAN #18 $2.95
This is the big fight conclusion?

IMAGE
WALKING DEAD #17 (MR) $2.95
Murder mystery time!

MARVEL
GLA #1 (OF 4) $2.99
Love Slott & Pelletier, but this gets a flip test.
MARVEL TEAM-UP #7 $2.25
Moon Knight!
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #75 $2.25
Action issue?

IDW
DESPERADOES BANNERS OF GOLD #4 (OF 5) $3.99
Gidde up cowboy!

ONI PRESS
QUEEN & COUNTRY VOL 7 OPERATION SADDLEBAGS HC (MR) $30.00
Making the transition to HC - only need to track down Vol. 5 before putting my set of SC on eBay!

[De Carabas]

Tack on the following
Superman/ Batman
Carlos Pacheco? Yeah, like that ain't getting collected in HC. Definitely getting that baby.

Invincible vol. 4: Head of the Class TP
Great series and this trade will catch me up to where I stopped getting the monthlies! Way to go, Purge!

Queen & Country vol. 7: Operation: Saddlebags HC
Do I even need to type "pre-ordered?" Hey! I typed it anyway! D'oh!!!


FOR TRADES:

LEX LUTHOR MAN OF STEEL #2 (OF 5) $2.99
If this doesn't get collected... and I mean SOON afterwords... Well... I'll be force to... uh... glare at Eric. Grr.
Why me?!! ::gulp::

SEVEN SOLDIERS ZATANNA #1 (OF 4) $2.99
Dispite Morrison not being my thin 9 times out of 10, I totally dig Zatanna and I totally dig Sook's art and I'd really love to read this. I just wish I knew how they were planning to compile the 7 Soldier's books when they are all finished up. If they'll give each individual mini a trade or try to slap them together across a few volumes. I'm really only interested in this, Pascual Ferry's MR. MIRACLE and probably Doug Mahnke's FRANKENSTEIN.
OK, it's like Tracie's in my head, because she summed up my very feelings on this. If they do giant all-encompassing trades, I won't object to reding the others, but those three are the only draw for me.

EM

[UniqueFrequency]

TEEN TITANS ROBIN MINI PAPERWEIGHT $9.99
I remember ordering this AAAAAAAAAAAGES ago and thought maybe it just got cancelled or something.... But here it is! Cute little super deformed Teen Titans paperweights! I'm a crazy person and I saw these and new I HAD to have the Robin one.


how does this look? it sounds adorable!

[Gotham_City]

Y: The Last Man
Mmmaybe.
Aren't you in enough trouble with Tracie?

DC COMICS
DC THE NEW FRONTIER VOL 2 TP
i still need to read the 1st vol
GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH #5 (OF 6)
great stuff
LOSERS #22
love this book
SEVEN SOLDIERS ZATANNA #1 (OF 4)
not a morrison fan, but i got sucked in by that cover
WITCHING #10
last issue. its too bad because it was finally getting interesting.
Y THE LAST MAN #32
love this book

MARVEL
GLA #1 (OF 4)
there was no way i could wait for a trade
MYSTIQUE VOL 4 QUIET TP
fun series. too bad its cancelled.

ONI PRESS
QUEEN & COUNTRY VOL 7 OPERATION SADDLEBAGS HC
YES!!!!!

WAIT FOR TRADE
DETECTIVE COMICS #805
maybe
WALKING DEAD #17
SHANNA THE SHE DEVIL #3 (OF 7)


Jeff

[UniqueFrequency]

Not that small a week here...

Definitely getting:
Green Lantern Rebirth #5
-finally! bet it's worth the wait though

Losers #22
-gonna switch to trade after this arc

Y The Last Man #32
-running late.... can't decide if i should switch to trade

Street Fighter #14
-last issue and then i either drop it, or switch to trade

Gla #1
-gotta get it. no way i'm waiting!

Marvel Team-Up #7
-give the next 6 issues a go, before deciding whether to switch. highly unlikely 'cause it's just so damn fun

Ultimate Fantastic Four #17
-why is Ellis leaving! first time i'm actually enjoying the FF

Ultimate Spider-Man #75
-i really hope the hobgoblin storyline progresses in this issue.

Iffy:

DC The New Frontier Vol 2
-interested, but i can probably wait till the end of the year to see if they release it as one volume (preferrably hardcover)

Mystique Vol 4 Quiet TPB
-haven't gotten vol.3 yet, but i did enjoy 1 and 2.

Spider-Man Doctor Octopus Year One TPB
-is this worth getting?

Amazing Fantasy #7
-may or may not get the trade. a new scorpion sounds cool though

Getting in TPB:

Seven Soldiers Zatanna #1
-sure to be collected in some form or another

Superman Batman #18
-ditto

Incredible Hulk #80
-shop missed the start of PAD's run and couldn't re-order. so i guess it's trades for me.

Others:
Detective Comics #805
-dropped this last month. will flip through it, but i doubt it's gonna re-hook me

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

A couple of previews came in this week:

THE WALKING DEAD isn't so much a murder mystery as it is, well, a major turning point in the series. It's not all the obvious from this issue, but there will be echoes as the characters have to face a very interesting and haunting question they hadn't considered yet.

I also recieved SEA OF RED yesterday, the vampire pirate book from Image. Don't know if it's scheduled to ship this week or not, but it is cool looking. It also uses a completely different paper stock from everything else comics are printed on these days. It's coarser, perhaps a bit heavier. It feels weird, by comparison.

Oh, but I haven't read it yet. Looks interesting, though.

-Augie

[pmpknface]

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #8 - Neato.

AMAZING FANTASY #7 - New Scorpion? I'm in.
GLA #1 - Too weird to NOT buy.
INCREDIBLE HULK #80 - GO PAD!
MARVEL TEAM-UP #7 - I'm such a Moon Knight geek!
SPIDER-GIRL #85 - Cool!
STRANGE #5 - Let's see where this takes us.
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #17 - I'm liking this arc a lot.
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #75 - Still a great read!
X-MEN UNLIMITED #8 - Saw the hype on these stories and they look cool.

STRAY BULLETS VOL 1 INNOCENCE OF NIHILISM 10TH ANN TP - SOOOO excited for this! :D

Trade Material:

DETECTIVE COMICS #805 - I really hope they wait to put all of Lapham's run in 1 HC.
SEVEN SOLDIERS ZATANNA #1 - Yup, I'm holding out for the 7 Soldiers collection.
WALKING DEAD #17 - TPB all the way.
POWER PACK #1 - maybe a digest...
SHANNA THE SHE DEVIL #3 - Frank + Shanna = :)
X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR #5 - HC is gettin' ordered!

Oh, Augie - Sea of Red is coming out this week. Now I've just GOTTA see what the paper stock on that is like.

[Sabrina_Fried]

Aha! The full fury of The Purge hits!

Absolutely nothing of mine is shipping this week! NOTHING!

But only because Samurai Executioner and Buddha are late and Rurouni Kenshin shipped EARLY(!) As for Republic, Empire and Tales...well, they'll get here eventually, I guess.

Which is good actually, because I blew way too much money on Star Wars books last week so I actually don't have much to spend on comics this week (picked up the Episode III adaptation, Visionaries, and the Art of Episode III)

Sabrina

[Scott Beeler]

Definitely getting only one:
TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD #13

Possibly getting several:
DEATH JR #1 -- Ted Naifeh! But the preview I saw was only so-so.
SEA OF RED #1 -- I think I remember seeing a cool preview of this, but I may wait for TPB.
GLA #1 -- Love Slott's "She-Hulk", so I'll at least flip through this.
BEAR #8 -- I read the TPB containing the first five issue of this last week. Psychotic and scatterbrained, but fun. Though it did seem to be a little much after a while, so maybe switching to issue-by-issue would be a better way to read it. If I can dig up #6/7 somewhere in the not-too-indie-friendly local stores.

[De Carabas]

BEAR #8 -- I read the TPB containing the first five issue of this last week. Psychotic and scatterbrained, but fun. Though it did seem to be a little much after a while, so maybe switching to issue-by-issue would be a better way to read it. If I can dig up #6/7 somewhere in the not-too-indie-friendly local stores.
I love Bear. I bought the trade so I could give my issues to my brother, but I would never try and read a trade's worth in one sitting. Heck, I never read the single issues in one sitting. I space it out over the course of two or three days.

You can get #6 & 7 here:
http://store.slavelabor.com/

EM

[kevhines]

Initimates #6 - definite.
Walking Dead #17 - 2 issues until I switch to trade
Hulk #80 - PAD is back
GLA #1 - Slott
Power Pack #1 - I love these characters. I'll give it a shot.
Infantry #4 - I hear Aftermath is being relaunched after issue 6. Although I like this one, I doubt I will return.
DC New Frontier Vol.2 - can't wait!
Mystique Vol.4 - maybe

[VisionNick]

I've been offline for a few days because I moved, but I'm back and happy to be here! This is a good sized comics week for me. I'm getting:

Blood of the Demon #2 - I'll read this and #1 both at the same time and then decide if I'll want to continue.

Deadshot #5

Firestorm #12 - I'm really unhappy about Dan Jolley going. I hope to see some more mainstream work from him soon.

GL: Rebirth #5 - Late.....

Lex Luthor: MOS #2 - Great art by Lee Bermejo!

HULK #80 - Both PAD and Weeks are doing a really good job with this, I hope that they both stick around for a while.

Shanna the She-Devil #3

-Nick

[Scott Beeler]

I love Bear. I bought the trade so I could give my issues to my brother, but I would never try and read a trade's worth in one sitting. Heck, I never read the single issues in one sitting. I space it out over the course of two or three days.

Yeah, I spaced my reading of the TPB out over five days or so, and it was still a little much for me. But I liked it quite a bit, so one form or another I'm going to continue it.

Particular favorites: Satanic Zombie Bear, Bear B, Bear Goes Crazy Ape Bonkers and Kills a Whole Bunch of People, the Jane Austen parody "Beast and Bestiality", the giant squid bit, the "I kick your ass" doll...

"Sidekick pig knows no fear! He is not to be crossed! Or poked relentlessly in the eye, I've noticed!"

[De Carabas]

Those are some of the best. The Austen parody still has Patricia stitches. I recommend going back and re-reading random segments. I always find jokes I overlooked.

One thing I like about the regular issues over the trades is that the trades are missing the gags, editorials, and intros from the front and back inside covers. Very funny stuff.

EM, who is slowly adopting Bear-speak into his regular speech patterns

"A HA HA HA HAA oh man that was so sweet!! I wish I had a memory that lasted longer than eleven seconds so I could remember that." --Looshkin

[Kyle]

Eric will always be burned into my skull for introducing me to the insanity that is Bear.

Stupid Eric making me crazy!