Comics Today! (10/26/05)

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ASPEN UNIVERSE

Cannon Hawke #2

Soulfire: Dying of the Light #3

 

DDP/CHAOS! UNIVERSE

Purgatori #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

 

DC UNIVERSE

**Adventures of Superman #645

--Ties with Infinite Crisis!  But let's face it, whether or not it's blatantly plastered on the cover, virtually all DCU books tie into this juggernaut in one way or another.

**Catwoman #48

**Doom Patrol #17

**The Flash #227

--"Finish Line: Part 1"  Is this the end of Wally West's tenure as The Flash?

**JLA #121

--"World Without a Justice League" continues, in the aftermath of the destruction of the "big guns" version of the Justice League.

**JLA: Classified #13

**JSA: Classified #4

--Ties with Infinite Crisis!  Finally, revealing the one, true origin of Power GIrl, a source of confusion and controversy since the original Crisis on Infinite Earths!  You know this one is gonna be key.

**Legion of Super-Heroes #11

**Solo #7

--This anthology series spotlights one creator per book, with some stories happening in the DCU and some not, and in some cases none... it just depends on the spotlighted creator.  This time around it's Mike Allred who gets the spotlight treatment, so get your go-go boots on and get ready to groove!

**Teen Titans #28

--Rob Liefeld!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  And... and...  (this is the best part)... it's LATE!  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

**Wonder Woman #222

--Continuing fallout from Wonder Woman's recent actions as she comes to grips with the world reaction to her choice.

 

FEAR CITY UNIVERSE

Soulsearchers #74

 

HELLBOY UNIVERSE

**B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame #3 (of 6)

 

IMAGE UNIVERSE

**Noble Causes #14

**ShadowHawk #6

**Spawn #150

--Anniversary issue marks the premiere of the new Spawn creative team, only the third in the series' history and the first new team in a long, long, long time.  David Hine and Philip Tan usher in the new era of the HellSpawn, while we say goodbye to the departing Brian Holguin and Angel Medina.

 

MARVEL UNIVERSE

**Amazing Fantasy #14

--Features start of Captain Universe event!

**The Amazing Spider-Man #525

--Features Part 3 of The Other: Evolve or Die!

**Arana: Heart of the Spider #10

**Black Panther #9

**Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her... #2 (of 6)

**Captain America #11

--"The Winter Soldier" saga continues, raising the question, is the Winter Soldier really Bucky, either risen from the dead, or having never died in the first place?  This storyline has fandom up in arms with controversy.
**Daredevil #78

**Defenders #4 (of 5)

**Drax the Destroyer #2 (of 4)

**The Incredible Hulk: Destruction #4 (of 4) - FINAL ISSUE!

**Marvel Monsters Group: Monsters on the Prowl - ONE-SHOT

--Part of the "Marvel Monsters" event.

**The New Avengers #12

**New Thunderbolts #14

--Featuring the New Avengers!

**New X-Men: Academy X #19

--Ties with House of M!

**New X-Men: Academy X: Yearbook Special - ONE-SHOT!

**The Sentry #2 (of 8)

**Wolverine #35

--Ties with House of M!

**Young Avengers #8

 

TEENAGE MUNTANT NINJA TURTLES UNIVERSE

**Tales of the TMNT #16

**Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #24

 

TOP COW UNIVERSE

**The Darkness #24 - FINAL ISSUE!

**Witchblade #91

**Wraithborn #2 (of 6)

 

ULTIMATE MARVEL UNIVERSE

**Ultimate Secret #4 (of 4) - FINAL ISSUE!

 

WILDSTORM UNIVERSE

**The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin #3 (of 5)

 

ZOMBIE TALES UNIVERSE

**Zombie Tales: Oblivion - ONE-SHOT!

 

LICENSED

Advent Rising: Rock the Planet #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Angel: The Curse #5 (of 5) - FINAL ISSUE!

Army of Darkness #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Bart Simpson Comics #26

Cartoon Network Block Party #14

George Romero's Land of the Dead #2 (of 5)

**Haunted Mansion #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Madagascar: Cinemanga - MANGA-FORMAT GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Teen Titans Go! #24

Teen Titans: Jam Packed Action: Volume 1 - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #347

 

INDEPENDENT

**The 13th Son: Worse Thing Waiting #1 (of 4) - FIRST ISSUE!

24 Hour Comics Day: Highlights 2005 - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

--A smattering of samples of this past year's event wherein artists completed 24 pages of comics art in 24 consecutive hours.  For some reason, my contribution was not selected.  I think it's brilliant.  See for yourself:  http://www.rwtpv2.com/strips/strip.php?date=042305-01.

**The Adventures of Bioboy #2

**Age of Bronze #21

Baobab #1

Blackpool #3

**The Book of Lost Souls #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

**Burglar Bill #4 (of 6)

Buja's Diary - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

**Chance of a Lifetime #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

**Convention Confessional - ONE-SHOT!

**ElfQuest: The Grand Quest: Volume 11

--Continuing the repriting of the entire ElfQuest saga, in chronological order and reconstituted to fit in the manga trade format.

**Fear Agent #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Ferro City #3

The Freebooters - HARDCOVER COLLECTION!

--Collecting the uncompleted "The Freebooters" stories from the much-missed mid-90's Dark Horse oversized series Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller.  BWS never got to finish the story, but he provides as much as he'd created, along with tons of commentary, and it adds up to 80 more pages of sequential art.  BWS:S was a groundbreaking series that pushed the boundaries of the medium, and was promptly rewarded by disappearing in a controversial move (debated in some of the notes inside).  The "Young Gods" serial was collected last year and a similar volume compiling the third serial, "The Paradoxman," is expected next year.  Well worth making a part of any comics afficionado's personal collection.

**Girls #6

Hello - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

**Hero @ Large #2

Innocent Ones #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

**Jack Cross #3

--This may be a part of the DCU, but I can't be sure at this time.

**Jenny Finn: Messiah - ONE-SHOT!

**Kabuki #5

Knights of the Dinner Table #108

Little Book of Horror: Dracula - HARDCOVER ONE-SHOT!

**Little Star #5 (of 6)

**The Losers #29

**Lost Squad #1 (of 6) - FIRST ISSUE!

**Loveless #1 - FIRST ISSUE!

--Vertigo proudly presents the return of the Western to comics.  Okay, well not maybe the return, but it's the first ongoing Western comic in a while.  Vertigo has a new burst of new titles coming up, including this one, Testament and DMZ that harken back to the recent launches of Y: The Last Man and Fables.  Hopefully, we can get a couple more gems out of these new books.  This one looks gorgeous, and under the mature Vertigo label, should deliver on good Deadwood inspired action.

**Mr Night - ONE-SHOT!

Mister X: Volume 2: Secret Life of Mister X (of 3) - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Night #3

Night Fisher - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

**Pakkins' Land #5

**Paris #1 (of 4) - FIRST ISSUE!

**Revelations #3 (of 6)

**Sea of Red #5

**Season of the Witch #1 (of 4) - FIRST ISSUE!

**Shadowplay #2

**Silent Dragon #4 (of 6)

Six From Sirius: Volume 1 - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

**Small Gods #11

**The Stardust Kid #3 (of 4)

--For those of you on Abadazad withdrawal awaiting the Disney treatment, the creators (J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Ploog) of that gem bring you this simliarly themed all-ages fantasy serial.

**Strange Girl #4

**Strangers in Paradise #77

Sunset City - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

**Super F*ckers #2

Trailer Park of Terror #2

Trailers - HARDCOVER GRAPHIC NOVEL!

**Usagi Yojimbo #88

 

MANGA

A Midnight Opera - GRAPHIC NOVEL!

**Blame: Volume 2 (of 10)

Death Trance: Volume 3

Get Backers: Volume 12 (of 26)

Gold Diggers #68

Mangazine: Volume 3 #70

Mark of the Succubus: Volume 1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Psycomm: Volume 1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Samurai Champloo: Volume 1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Samurai Deeper Kyo: Volume 16 (of 31)

Shonen Jump #36

Suikoden III: Volume 8 (of 9)

Telepathic Wanderers: Volume 1 - FIRST ISSUE!

Tenryu: The Dragon Cycle: Volume 3