Shopping List for 10/12/05

[Scott Beeler]

AUG050028 GOON 25 CENT COMIC $0.25
Cheapo preview of a really good, fun book. It's a reprint of an early issue so I've already read it, but I recommend it to folks who might want to take a chance on a new book.

JUL050284 EX MACHINA #15 (MR) $2.99
AUG051973 LIVEWIRES CLOCKWORK THUGS YO DIGEST TP $7.99
Another cheapo reprint of an odd series I really like. Fun espionage/adventure story packed with cool snappy dialogue and geeky technobabble, sliding through a little bit of the Marvel Universe.

JUL052970 FINDER #38 (MR) $2.95
Got this at SPX. Last print issue before it goes to webcomics / print-TPBs only.

JUL053200 KARMA INCORPORATED #3 (OF 3) $2.95
JUL052583 LITTLE SCROWLIE #11 $2.95
JUL053201 MIDDLEMAN #3 (OF 4) $2.95

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Let me help everyone out here, Scott:

AUG051973 LIVEWIRES CLOCKWORK THUGS YO DIGEST TP $7.99

BUY THIS BOOK, DAGNABIT!

Thanks,
-Augie

[Sabrina_Fried]

Short list this week: probably for the best since the holiday partying/gift giving season is on the horizon:

STAR WARS EMPIRE #36

Sabrina

[DF2506]

The only book that interests me this week is Friendly Neiberhood Spiderman with Peter David. That looks like a really fun book!

Not sure what else is out though. lol. Its been awhile since I've been to the comic shop.

DF2506
" I bet a missed an Ultimate Spiderman or two. lol. I'll have to try to pick up those."

[torippu]

DC COMICS
EX MACHINA #15 (MR) $2.99
By the time I get around for waiting for trade with this book, this series will be over!
INFINITE CRISIS #1 (OF 7) $3.99
Yep - I'm along for the ride. Was originally going to get the Jim Lee covers, but now I think that I'm leaning towards the George Perez covers.
NIGHTWING #113 $2.50
Slowly losing interest again...please bring back Chuck Dixon!
VILLAINS UNITED #6 (OF 6) $2.50
Why do I feel as if there is going to be no real ending to this mini-series?

MARVEL
EXILES #71 $2.99
Still haven't read #69 or #70 but I'm going to pick up this series as long as this Bedard/Pelletier are on this book.
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #1 $2.99
Was really looking forward to this book until it got saddled with being launched during a crossover.
GRAVITY #5 (OF 5) $2.99
BEST MINI-SERIES OF THE YEAR!
HOUSE OF M #7 (OF 8) $2.99
I really like Coipel's art.

[matchstick johnny]

Let me help everyone out here, Scott:

AUG051973 LIVEWIRES CLOCKWORK THUGS YO DIGEST TP $7.99

BUY THIS BOOK, DAGNABIT!

Thanks,
-Augie

I bought the individual issues but will check out the TP to see if there are any x-tra Adam Warren or Rick Mays sketchy sketchy things.

[Maukingbird]

ACTION COMICS #832 $2.50
No Gail this month, unfortunately, but we get a Halloween story from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning! I've liked their work on other Superman stories before, so I'm hoping this one'll be just as good.
BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #196 $2.50
The conclusion of Seth Fisher's awesome art turn on the "Ice" storyline.
EX MACHINA #15 (MR) $2.99
WOOO!!! More of this amazing series from BKV!
FABLES #42 (MR) $2.75
New storyline! Yay! The introduction of the Arabian Fables and the culture clash they face against the European Fables we've been treated to thus far.
GREEN ARROW #55 $2.50
YAAAAY!!!! Ron Garney's first issue as artist!!! As much as I liked Tom Fowler's work on CAPER, he just wasn't the right fit for GA. Ron's art on this looks WONDERFUL, though and I'm so happy to have him onboard the book!
HAWKMAN #45 $2.50
Very excited to read this and get the answers we've been promised on this wonderful madness we've been following all this time.
INFINITE CRISIS #1 (OF 7) $3.99
IT BEGINS!!! I know these kinda things rub some folks the wrong way or others are just skeptics, but I can't help but totally get caught up in all the hype and teases and I've enjoyed the lead-in books (OMAC and VILLAINS) so much, as well as the set-ups in SUPERMAN and WONDER WOMAN and the like, I can't wait to see what happens! This is it! DC's MONDO EVENT has begun!
NIGHTWING #113 $2.50
Nightwing and Deathsroke??? The madness continues!
VILLAINS UNITED #6 (OF 6) $2.50
YAAY! GAIL! The conclusion!! This has been SOOO cool and I really hope to see more of these characters in a similar capacity post-Identity Crisis.
Y THE LAST MAN #38 (MR) $2.99
It's double-Vaughn week!! Yaaay!
EXILES #71 $2.99
The conclusion of the Exiles' House of M chapter of their "World Tour!"
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #1 $2.99
Yaaaaay!! Peter David and Mike Wieringo return to Spider-Man! I'm so excited for this book, I just wish it didn't have to launch amidst a sprawling crossover.
GRAVITY #5 (OF 5) $2.99
This has been so great! I hope to see more of these from Sean McKeever. I'm pleased, though, to see that Gravity already will be making an appearance in Marvel Team-Up.
HOUSE OF M #7 (OF 8) $2.99
BENDIS!!! The penultimate issue!!! Can't wait to see where this goes!
LIVEWIRES CLOCKWORK THUGS YO DIGEST TP $7.99
Thought I should join in the pimping of this REALLY great book, now in in-expensive digest form!
MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 #23 $2.99
EXILES' Mizuki Sakakibara joins the title as new artist! Yaaaay!! Part 1 of a 2-part Impossible Man story! Guest starring Joe Quesada, writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and other Marvel staffers! ^_^
MARVEL MONSTERS WHERE MONSTERS DWELL $3.99
Cool! A classic Marvel Monsters anthology with new stories by Peter David, Jeff Parker and Keith Giffen! Plus a reprinted tale from 1960 by Jack Kirby!
MEGA MORPHS #4 (OF 4) $2.99
Fun little mini from Sean McKeever!
ULTIMATE X-MEN #64 $2.50
More of "Magnetic North" from Brian K. Vaughn and Stuart Immomen.
STREET FIGHTER II #0 PI
The return of Street Fighter! New story, interivews and previews in a $1.99 package!

[pmpknface]

· ESSENTIAL WEREWOLF BY NIGHT VOL 1 TP - "Hi. My name is Jamie, and I'm an Essential junkie."
· FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #1 - "The Other" begins! :cool:
· GHOST RIDER #2 - Unreal art!
· GRAVITY #5 - Can't wait!
· HOUSE OF M #7 - BIG ISSUE! :eek:
· LIVEWIRES CLOCKWORK THUGS YO DIGEST TP - YES SIR!
· MARVEL KNIGHTS 4 #23 - Nice!
· MARVEL MILESTONES BLADE MAN-THING & SATANA - I may have passed due to the fact that I own these stories in 1 form already.
· MARVEL NEMESIS IMPERFECTS #6 - This is better than the "lame video game tie in" perception I had of it. Give the trade a flip test if you passed.
· MUTOPIA X #4 - 5 issue mini is too much.
ULTIMATE X-MEN #64 -
WOLVERINE #34 - Just read 32 (WoW!) and 33, pretty good!

· EVIL ERNIE IN SANTA FE #1 - That's my man! :D

· CLASSIC BLACK PANTHER MINI BUST - Looks so cool!

Trade Items:

· 100 BULLETS #65 - So good... must wait...
· EX MACHINA #15 - Lots of DC in tbp.
· FABLES #42 - Can't wait to devour this!
· INFINITE CRISIS #1 - Yup, I can wait..
· Y THE LAST MAN #38 - Must be patient...

FYI - I got the Mary Jane Homecoming digest yesterday, and the quality of the digests got MUCH BETTER! Take a look at a new Marvel digest the next time you see one! :D

matchstick johnny - I doubt it'll have extras, as it is only a digest. Ya never know tho...

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

AFTER HOURS
7 Days To Fame #1 (Of 3), $3.99

Buddy Scalera's reality-show-gone-horribly-awry mini-series.

DC COMICS
Action Comics #832, $2.50
Ex Machina #15, $2.99
Nightwing #113, $2.50
Y The Last Man #38, $2.99

I'll flip through INFINITE CRISIS, but I doubt it'll go much past that.

NIGHTWING is starting to lose me.

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Comics Journal #271, $9.95


Maybe. Eh, who am I kidding? I'll buy it and never read more than five pages of it. Such is life.

MARVEL COMICS
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1, $2.99
Gravity #5 (Of 5), $2.99
House Of M #7 (Of 8), $2.99
Livewires Clockwork Thugs Yo Digest TPB, $7.99
Spellbinders Signs And Wonders Digest TPB, $7.99

I'm still not sure what I'm going to do about the new Spider-Man title. I don't want anything to do with all these crossovers, but I can't just skip PAD/Wieringo. It'll be a game time decision.

GRAVITY is great.

SPELLBINDERS looked interesting, but I held off on it until a collection. And now it's a digest. I'll flip through it.

-Augie

[VisionNick]

Hawkman #45 - Overall this book has been great the last six months or so. But with that said, last issue wasnt too hot. I think that this storyline is being a little bit rushed.

Infinite Crisis #1 - 3.99 really bothers me. For that price it better be double sized or something. Also, at that price it better impress me right away.

Green Arrow #55 - Oddly enough, I'm really looking forward to this. I sorta miss buying Green Arrow, and I cant wait to see the Ron Garney art. At times his pencils really impress me. If he's going to be the new regular artist then this book could find its way back to my pull list.

Nightwing #113 - Speaking of a book that I'm buying due to the art.....

Ex Machina #15

Cable/Deadpool #21

House of M #7

[EyesWideOpen]

DC Comics:

Action Comics #832
Ex Machina #15
Infinite Crisis #1
JLA #120
Villains United #6

Marvel Comics:

Ghost Rider #2
House of M #7
Ultimate X-Men #64
Wolverine #34

i'll also pick up The Goon issue for a quarter since i've never read any of the series and i want to check it out.

[matchstick johnny]

Small week for me!

WILDCATS NEMESIS #2 - Drawn by that Superman Godfall guy Talent Caldwell!
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #1 - Wieringo!
HOUSE OF M #7 - Coipel is GREAT!
INFINITE CRISIS #1 - Jim Lee cover

matchstick johnny - I doubt it'll have extras, as it is only a digest. Ya never know tho...
Yea, there was only two pages of character sketch stuff. Boy, those digests are small. Er! Dopey me! I forgot to look and see if the cover art was "all new"!

[Ravenheart]

Pretty good week for me this week.

The Goon
House of M#7
Action Comics#832
Villains United#6
Where Monsters Dwell
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man#1
Infinite Crisis#1
Ghost Rider#2
Evil Ernie in Sante Fe#1

[De Carabas]

FYI - I got the Mary Jane Homecoming digest yesterday, and the quality of the digests got MUCH BETTER! :D
No kidding! It's almost enough to make me go back and edit my near-rant-like posts about them. Definitely something to keep an eye on.

EM

[De Carabas]

Action Comics #832
Didn't realize it wasn't Gail, but I can't complain if I'm getting Abnett and Lanning. :)
Infinite Crisis #1
I feel like I'm buying this because I've been suckered inot thinking I need to, not necessarily because I want to. :(
Majestic #10
Eep! Didn't read #9!
Nightwing #113
Looks like I'm the minority in still liking this. I do confess that I'm ready to see this "chapter" in Dick's life come to an end.
Villains United #6
Credit to Gail, I've really enjoyed this particular mini. Wonder if she could talk DC into trying Suicide Squad again (although there wasn't anything wrong with Giffen's IMO).

Cable/Deadpool #21
Superhero action-y fun!
Essential Spider-Man vol. 7
I didn't pre-order due to budget constraints, but I may track it down later because I really want it.
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1
Woot! PAD! 'Ringo! PAD & 'Ringo!!! Boo-yah!
Gravity #5
McKeever rocks! That Norton guy ain't so bad neither. ;)
House of M #7
Livewires: Clockwork Thugs, Yo! digest TP
Just buy it. Honestly, it really is as good as Augie says it is.
Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #5
I vaguely remember ordering this because of who was writing it. Hmmm...
Marvel Monsters: Where Mosnters Dwell
This must be the one with a story by PAD, because that is the only one I ordered.
Spellbinders: Signs and Wonders digest TP
Also a great (and unfairly overlooked) series. Mike "Lucifer" Carey is NOT a one-trick pony.




Wait for Trade
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100 Bullets
I know I made this decision to save money, but the wait really kills me...
Ex Machina
Good series. Hope it does well at work.
Fables
See above comment for 100 Bullets.
Exiles
Bedard & Pelletier
Thieves & Kings
I need the next trade. Very soon.
Grimoire
P really is enjoying it, but the recent trade solicitation has told us that we can safely wait

I was spectacularly unimpressed with Wildcats: Nemesis #1, so I won't be waiting for trade on that one.

EM

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Flipped throught the LIVEWIRES digest TPB today at the store. It loos great. It's a tad bit muted in color, being on non glossy paper, but it's perfectly legible It's not too small. it still looks great.

And there are two pages of sketchbook material in the back, though I think they're the same pages you saw with the original Newsarama interview for the book.

-Augie

[Gotham_City]

DC COMICS
ACTION COMICS #832
FABLES #42
INFINITE CRISIS #1 (OF 7)
NIGHTWING #113
VILLAINS UNITED #6 (OF 6)
Y THE LAST MAN #38

IMAGE
RING OF ROSES TP

MARVEL
X-MEN BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE TP

Jeff