Items of the Week
The Items of the Week have two weeks to get them taxes straight! Procrastination Nation, Rise Up!
It's funny that I mention procrastinating because this week, I'm going to lead off with the co-winners of the "Better Late Than Never Award" and the "At Least We're Not Daredevil: Bullseye Award."
Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall 2 - When Dave Lizewski put on his mask and became Kick-Ass, he never imagined things would go this far. Now Dave comes face-to-face with a world he helped bring about, as his dreams of a world of superheroes come true...but will those dreams turn to nightmares? Don't miss the comic book event of the year! Plus: Hit-Girl!
X-Men: Ultimate Comics X 4 - The Ultimate Universe's most talked about series continues! Ultimate Spider-Man Peter Parker's classmate Liz Allen vanished after Ultimatum. Where has she been hiding and what connection does she have to the terrible horrible Blob? Join the new cast of Ultimate X as they head to Southern California to find out these secrets and more.
Appearing this Week: Dean Haspiel and Jamal Igle (along with Cliff Chiang)! Dean and Jamal both have new books this week...take a gander:
Strange Tales II:THC: - The critically acclaimed indie anthology returns as the best, most exciting cartoonists working today re-imagine Marvel's?greatest characters! Get excited, folks. Comics absolutely do not get more awesome than this! Don't miss out on what's?guaranteed to be one of the best reads of the year! Collecting STRANGE TALES II #1-3.
Zatanna 11 - Stripped of her powers, her body, and a mind of her own, and trapped under glass for all eternity - the curse her father placed on murderous puppeteer Oscar Hampel has fallen on Zatanna, and there's no escaping it! Or will help come to Zatanna from a most unlikely source - wearing most unlikely clothes? The conclusion of "Pupaphobia" will leave your head spinning!
X-Men: Cyclops - Scott Summers: Team leader of the X-Men, always helping people in need. Also: Never happy! Maybe a visit from BATROC THE LEAPER & the CIRCUS OF CRIME can shed some light on what makes Cyclops tick!
And at the last minute, we are adding a guest...DAN SLOTT!
Spider-Man: The Amazing Spider-Man 657 - A "THREE" TIE-IN! Following up on the shocking ending to February's issue of FANTASTIC FOUR, SPIDER-MAN visits the FF for a very private wake-just for family.
Here are the rest of our picks for Items of the Week...all in good company!
Avengers (4) 11 - The Infinity Gauntlet is in the hands of the most dangerous human being on the planet. But what can the Avengers do against a power greater than anything known on Earth? Another explosive chapter in this epic Avengers event by Bendis and Romita Jr. featuring the debut of a brand-new cosmic character that you won't want to miss!! Plus: another illustrated chapter of the oral history of the Avengers!
Avengers: Secret Avengers 11 - The secrets of John Steele and his link to the Shadow Council are revealed in a special two-part World War Two espionage adventure! Also starring Captain America and the Prince of Orphans, deep behind enemy lines!
Butcher Baker: Righteous Maker 1 - Maybe you've seen the PR - now read the comicbook! At one time, BUTCHER BAKER was the preeminent, All-American superhero. Now, he's getting laid. A lot. But one last mission could signal his return to glory, so he's back on the blacktop! It's a balls-out, surreal super-epic from creators JOE CASEY (G�DLAND, Ben 10) and MIKE HUDDLESTON (The Coffin), and it starts right here!
Captain America (5) 616 - It's the 70th Anniversary of Captain America's debut and we're celebrating by beginning a bold new direction. A double-size main story by award-winning writer Ed Brubaker sees Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes both struggling with the shocking ramifications of the Trial of Captain America and what comes next!
Incognito: Bad Influences 5 - Face-to-face with his target, Zack Overkill is forced to question everything about his past and future and the nature of good and evil. A nightmarish finale that will leave you reeling. And as with every issue, our Professor of Pulp Culture, Jess Nevins is back with another great essay on forgotten pulp history, available only in the single issues of INCOGNITO!
Godzilla: Kingdom Of Monsters 1 - In GODZILLA�: MONSTER WORLD, a full-scale apocalypse is brewing. The monsters are a force of nature whose attacks can be no more predicted or rationalized than a lightning strike. There will be no clean-cut heroes with perfectly chiseled chins and capes billowing in the wind; only ordinary human beings struggling desperately to survive in a world gone mad.
Thor (3) 621 - ODIN AND THE ASGARDIAN BLOOD LEGION STAND BETWEEN EARTH AND THE WORLD-EATERS. The end of an epic god-scale battle is fought HERE and NOW for the souls of everyone entangled in the branches of the World Tree. Who shall stand for Earth? Who shall stand for Asgard? Who shall fall in Asgard's name? Not everyone's making it out of this one. Place your bets, grab a hankie, and wipe that blood from your eyes... the darkness before dawn is upon us!
Walking Dead (2) 83 - "NO WAY OUT" continues. What is left but surrender.
Wolverine (4) 7 - WOLVERINE VS. THE X-MEN CONTINUES! On the outside, an enraged Logan is fighting for his life against the combined might of both Namor and Magneto, while on the inside he's battling to stop a horde of demons from burning him out of his own mind. And now some of his closest friends, including Storm, Rogue and Kitty Pryde, look to stage the most improbable of rescue missions.
That's all for me. See you in the store!
-Vito
