Top 20 - Hit Singles (10/31 - 11/6).

01 - Kelly Clarkson, "Because of You" [LW: 1]

02 - Kanye West, "Gold Digger" [LW: 2]

03 - Green Day, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" [LW: 3]

04 - The Black Eyed Peas, "My Humps" [LW: 5]

05 - Nickelback, "Photograph" [LW: 6]

06 - Mariah Carey, "Shake it Off" [LW: 4]

07 - Fallout Boy, "Sugar, We're Going Down" [LW: 9]

08 - Bow Wow f/Ciara, "Like You" [LW: 19]

09 - Weezer, "Beverly Hills" [LW: 7]

10 - Rihanna, "Pon de Replay" [LW: 8]

11 - Lifehouse, "You and Me" [LW: 10]

12 - Pretty Ricky, "Your Body" [LW: 23]

13 - D.H.T., "Listen to Your Heart" [LW: 11]

14 - Akon, "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" [LW: 13]

15 - Gorillaz, "Feel Good Inc." [LW: 14]

16 - Frankie J., "More Than Words" [LW: 16]

17 - Chris Brown, "Run It" [LW: 30]

18 - Marcos Hernandez, "If You Were Mine" [LW: 20]

19 - Missy Elliot, "Lose Control" [LW: 15]

20 - The Click Five, "Just the Girl" [LW: 12]

 

NEW THIS WEEK

35 - Mariah Carey, "Don't Forget About Us"

39 - Gwen Stefani, "Luxurious"

Top 20 - Box Office (11/4-11/6).

01 - Chicken Little [NEW] - $40,086,000 ($40,086,000 - 1w)

02 - Jarhead [NEW] - $28,751,000 ($28,751,000 - 1w)

03 - Saw II [LW: 1] - $17,200,000 ($60,468,000 - 2w)

04 - The Legend of Zorro [LW: 2] - $10,000,000 ($30,288,000 - 2w)

05 - Prime [LW: 3] - $5,263,000 (%13,456,000 - 2w)

06 - Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story [LW: 4] - $4,800,000 ($23,827,000 - 3w)

07 - Good Night, and Good Luck. [LW: 12] - $3,100,000 ($11,007,000 - 5w)

08 - The Weather Man [LW: 6] - $2,935,000 (8,704,000 - 2w)

09 - Shopgirl [LW: 21] - $2,524,000 ($3,486,000 - 3w)

10 - Flightplan [LW: 10] - $2,330,000 ($84,452,000 - 7w)

11 - North Country [LW: 8] - $2,105,000 ($15,599,000 - 3w)

12T - The Fog [LW: 9] - $2,000,000 ($28,031,000 - 4w)

12T - Wallace and Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [LW: 5] - $2,000,000 ($52,725,000 - 5w)

14 - Doom [LW: 7] - $1,837,000 ($26,272,000 - 3w)

15 - Elizabethtown [LW: 11] - $1,665,000 ($25,197,000 - 4w)

16 - Capote [LW: 16] - $1,113,000 ($5,046,000 - 6w)

17 - A History of Violence [LW: 14] - $813,000 ($29,908,000 - 7w)

18 - G [LW: 15] - $600,000 ($2.765,000 - 8w)

19 - The Squid and the Whale [LW: 28] - $423,000 ($1,850,000 - 5w)

20 - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [LW: 24] - $386,000 ($1,133,000 - 3w)

 

w - Weeks

New Tonite! - Box Office (11/4).

Chicken Little [W]

[Animated - G - 77m] Starring: Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts, Patrick Stewart, Amy Sedaris

--Everyone knows the story of the little chick that cried "The sky is falling!  The sky is falling!"  Now that little chick has his own movie, and of course it's CGI.  Visually nice but cannot speak of the quality, though the critics don't seem to be in love with it.

 

Christmas in the Clouds [L]

[PG] Starring: Tim Cahle, Sam Vlahos, Mariana Tosca, Emmet Walsh, Graham Greene

--Limited today, wide release December 2nd.

 

The Dying Gaul [L]

[R] Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott, Peter Sarsgaard, Ryan Miller, Faith Jefferies

--NY/LA release only.

 

I Love Your Work [L]

[R] Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Franka Potente, Joshua Jackson, Marisa Coughlan, Christina Ricci

--This one is only opening in LA this weekend and not until December for New York.  Must be someone thinks it's an Oscar type movie so they need to get it release somewhere?

 

Jarhead [W]

[R - 115m] Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Chris Cooper

--What we need is another war movie set in the middle east.  Set during the first Gulf War with Foxx as a hardcore sergeant and Gyllenhaal as his underling, the acting might be able to lift this.  Previews look pretty good thus far.

 

Shopgirl [L]

[R - 104m] Starring: Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Samuel Bottoms

--This one's expanding slowly but surely.  It hit New York first 10/21/05 and has been widening since then.  A May/September romance story I think I've already talked about. Rock solid key cast.

 

W - Wide Release

L - Limited Release

m - Minutes

Top 20 - DVDs - Rentals(10/24-10/30).

01 - Bewitched (2005) [NEW] - $10.1m ($10.1m - 1w)

02 - Batman Begins (2005) [LW: 1] - $9.97m ($21.3m - 2w)

03 - House of Wax (2005) [NEW] - $8.78m ($8.8m - 1w)

04 - Kingdom of Heaven (2005) [LW: 2] - $8.14m ($27.3m - 3w)

05 - Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) [NEW] - $6.76m ($6.8m - 1w)

06 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) [LW: 4] - $5.25m ($17.8m - 3w)

07 - The Interpreter (2005) [LW: 3] - $4.98m ($25.9m - 4w)

08 - The Amityville Horror (2005) [LW: 5] - $4.3m ($23.1m - 4w)

09 - Kicking & Screaming (2005) [LW: 7] - $4.12m ($14.2m - 3w)

10 - The Longest Yard (2005) [LW: 6] - $3.76m ($42.4m - 6w)

11 - Robots (2005) [LW: 8] - $2.92m ($25.6m - 5w)

12 - Fever Pitch (2005) [LW: 9] - $2.69m ($36.5m - 7w)

13 - Melinda and Melinda (2005) [NEW] - $2.44m ($2.4m - 1w)

14 - Land of the Dead (2005) [LW: 10] - $2.42m ($5.2m - 2w)

15 - Crash (2004) [LW: 11] - $2.1m ($39.4m - 8w)

16 - Lords of Dogtown (2005) [LW: 12] - $1.99m ($18.1m - 5w)

17 - Haute Tension (2003) [LW: 16] - $1.97m ($6.8m - 3w)

18 - Mad Hot Ballroom (2005) [LW: 14] - $1.93m ($4.1m - 2w)

19 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) [LW: 14] - $1.75m ($26.0m - 7w)

20 - Danny the Dog (2005) - $1.69m ($5.8m - 3w)

 

ALSO NEW

24 - Last Days (2005) - $1.35m

26 - Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005) - $1.14m

28 - Left Behind: World at War (2005) - $1.12m

34 - "Alias" (2001) - $930k

47 - The Truth About Love (2004) - $630k

49 - King of the Corner (2004) - $590k

 

k - Thousand

m - Million

w - Week

TOP 20 - Singles (10/30).

01 - Kelly Clarkson, Because of You [LW: 2]

02 - Kanye West, Gold Digger [LW: 4]

03 - Green Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends [LW: 3]

04 - Mariah Carey, Shake It Off [LW: 1]

05 - The Black Eyed Peas, My Humps [LW: 6]

06 - Nickelback, Photograph [LW: 12]

07 - Weezer, Beverly Hills [LW: 5]

08 - Rihanna, Pon de Replay [LW: 8]

09 - Fallout Boy, Sugar, We're Going Down [LW: 10]

10 - Lifehouse, You and Me [LW: 7]

11 - D.H.T., Listen to Your Heart [LW: 9]

12 - The Click Five, Just the Girl [LW: 11]

13 - Akon, Belly Dancer (Bananza) [LW: 16]

14 - Gorillaz, Feel Good Inc. [LW: 13]

15 - Missy Elliot, Lose Control [LW: 14]

16 - Frankie J., More Than Words [LW: 19]

17 - The Black Eyed Peas, Don't Lie [LW: 15]

18 - Pussycat Dolls f/Busta Rhymes, Don't Cha [LW: 17]

19 - Bow Wow f/Ciara, Like You [LW: 35]

20 - Marcos Hernandez, If You Were Mine [LW: 35]

 

NEW TO THE CHARTS THIS WEEK

30 - Chris Brown, Run It

33 - Pussycat Dolls f/Busta Rhymes, Stickwitu

Movies Tonite!

COMMENTARY

Will lightning strike twice?  Can Saw II survive without Cary Elwes as the man behind the plan, and can Donnie Wahlberg hold this film together--he has been impressive in the past (his chilling take in The Sixth Sense and his strong lead role in Boomtown?  Will Saw II be like the sequel to The Blair Witch Project?  Will it serve as another reminder that just because we can make a sequel, doesn't mean we should.  Case in point, half of this week's four major releases are sequels, and while I expect Saw II to open well, I'm not so sure about The Legend of Zorro.  Honestly, I don't recall if there was demand for the first edition enough to warrant this second look, though it wasn't a bad movie.  Other than that we have light dramas/comedies.  Chick flicks?  Certainly Prime seems to be that, while Weather Man seems to try and explore more dramatic fare.  Oscar contenders here?  Certainly not in the sequels.

 

BOLD = Wide Release

 

The Legend of Zorro

(Starring: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alberto Reyes, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Adrian Alonso )

 

New York Dolls

(Starring Sammy Yaffa, Nina Antonia, Bishop MacGregor, Bishop Bragg, Sirius Trixon)

 

Paradise Now

(Starring: Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabel, Amer Hlehel, Haim Abass)

 

The Passenger (1975 Re-Release)

(Starring: Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre, Ian Hendry, Steven Berkoff)

 

Prime

(Starring: Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg, Jon Abrahams, Adriana Biasi)

 

Saw II

(Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Franky G., Glenn Plummer)

 

(Three... Extremes

Starring Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Lee Byung-Hun, Lim Won-Hee)

 

The Weather Man

(Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmenne de la Pena, Nicholas Hoult)

TV Tonite! (10/27/05).

COMMENTARY
I guess I should be grateful for this week and next because so many shows will be in reruns that I will have a chance to try and catch up. Can you believe I am anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks behind on EVERYTHING I am recording... well except for Survivor. But that's only because if I don't watch it, I'm guaranteed to read somewhere who got voted off. And that doesn't even mention the entire runs, thus far, of FIREFLY and ROME, along with the entire second season of DEADWOOD waiting for me to watch my DVD of the first season, as well as the third season of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, waiting for me to watch my DVDs of the first two seasons. Man, there just isn't enough time in the day. What I need to do is find someone willing to pay me large sums of money to watch TV and movies, read books and comics, play games and listen to music. It would make this site even better than it already is, as if that were even possible!

By the way, I added Drawn Together and The Boondocks to the record schedule, along with Robot Chicken, for mindless drivel until they bring out some new Aqua Teen Hunger Force. You know, usually by this point, 75% of the shows I like are canceled, but so far this year that's a lot closer to 0%. A very strange situation. You've all gotten so much smarter!

8/7p
ABC - Alias (05/05)
CBS - Survivor: Guatemala (11/07)
UPN - Everybody Hates Chris (01/06) Love, Inc. (01/06)
WB - Smallville (05/05)

9/8p
ABC - The Night Stalker (01/05)
BRAVO - Celebrity Poker Showdown (07/03)
NBC - The Apprentice (04/06)
UPN - Eve (03/06) Cuts (02/06)
VH1 - I Love the 80's: 3D (Part 4 of 5)
WB - Everwood (04/05)

10/9p
CBS - Without a Trace (04/05)
COMEDY CENTRAL - The Showbiz Show With David Spade [10:30/9:30p] (01/07)
MTV - Making the Band 3 (08/04) Run's House (01/03)

Entertainment Charts! (10/27/05).

TOP 20 BOX OFFICE (10/21)
01 - Doom [NEW] - $15,488,870 ($15,488,870 - 3d)
02 - Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story [NEW] - $9,178,233 ($9,178,233 - 3d)
03 - Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [LW: 2] - $8,584,304 ($43,918,009 - 19d)
04 - The Fog [LW: 1] - $6,665,475 ($20,913,919 - 10d)
05 - North Country [NEW] - $6,422,455 ($6,422,455 - 3d)
06 - Elizabethtown [LW: 3] - $5,621,009 ($18,848,975 - 10d)
07 - Flightplan [LW: 4] - $4,724,629 ($77,294,515 - 31d)
08 - In Her Shoes [LW: 5] - $3,885,189 ($26,179,382 - 17d)
09 - A History of Violence [LW: 8] - $2,699.962 ($26,300,395 - 31d)
10 - 2 For the Money [LW: 6] - $2,421,835 ($20,706,770 - 17d)
11 - Domino [LW: 7] - $2,275,531 ($8,593,003 - 10d)
12 - Good Night and Good Luck [LW: 16] - $2,259,196 ($4,545,341 - 17d)
13 - Stay [NEW] - $2,188,199 ($2,188,199 - 3d)
14 - The Corpse Bride [LW: 9] - $1,910,316 - (50,534,702 - 38d)
15 - Waiting... [LW: 11] - $1,553,539 ($14,538,300 - 17d)
16 - The Gospel [LW: 10] - $1,448,763 ($14,121,382 - 17d)
17 - Serenity [LW: 12] - $1,051,095 ($24,177,785 - 24d)
18 - The Greatest Game Ever Played [LW: 13] - $1,045,148 ($14,066,869 - 24d)
19 - The 40 Year-Old Virgin [LW: 17] - $623,715 ($107,010,258 - 66d)
20 - Capote [LW: 22] - $614,527 ($2,185,181 - 24d)

TOP 20 DVD RENTALS (10/17-10/23)

01 - Batman Begins [NEW]

02 - Kingdom of Heaven [LW: 1]

03 - The Interpreter [LW: 2]

04 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants [LW: 3]

05 - The Amityville Horror (2005) [LW: 4]

06 - The Longest Yard (2005) [LW: 5]

07 - Kicking & Screaming [LW: 6]

08 - Robots [LW: 7]

09 - Fever Pitch [LW: 8]

10 - Land of the Dead [NEW]

11 - Crash [LW: 10]

12 - Lords of Dogtown [LW: 9]

13 - Sahara [LW: 12]

14T - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) [LW: 13]

14T - Mad Hot Ballroom [NEW]

16 - Haute Tension [LW: 14]

17 - Monster-in-Law [LW: 15]

18 - House of D [LW: 11]

19 - Danny the Dog [LW: 16]

20 - "Lost" [LW: 17]

TOP 20 DVD SALES (10/10-10/16)
01 - Kingdom of Heaven [NEW]
02 - Unleashed [NEW]
03 - Kicking & Screaming [NEW]
04 - Cinderella [Platinum Edition] [LW: 1]
05 - Robots [LW: 2]
06 - Family Guy: Stewie: The Untold Story [LW: 3]
07 - Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants [NEW]
08 - The Amityville Horror (2005) [LW: 4]
09 - The Longest Yard (2005) [LW: 5]
10 - High Tension [NEW]
11 - South Park: Season 6 [NEW]
12 - Arrested Development: Season 2 [New]
13 - The Interpreter [LW: 7]
14 - Sin City [LW: 11]
15 - Lost: Season 1 [LW: 13]
16 - Crash [LW: 12]
17 - Firefly: The Complete Series [LW: 18]
18 - Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows [New]
19 - The Warriors [Director's Cut] [LW: 6]
20 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) [LW: 9]

TOP 20 SINGLES (10/23-10/29)
01 - Mariah Carey, "Shake it Off" [LW: 1]
02 - Kelly Clarkson, "Because of You" [LW: 3]
03 - Green Day, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" [LW: 4]
04 - Kanye West, "Gold Digger" [LW: 9]
05 - Weezer, "Beverly Hills" [LW: 2]
06 - Black Eyed Peas, "My Humps" [LW: 7]
07 - Lifehouse, "You and Me" [LW: 6]
08 - Rihanna, "Pon de Replay" [LW: 5]
09 - D.H.T., "Listen to Your Heart" [LW: 8]
10 - Fallout Boy, "Sugar, We're Going Down" [LW: 21]
11 - The Click Five, "Just the Girl" [LW: 10]
12 - Nickelback, "Photograph" [LW: 23]
13 - Gorillaz, "Feel Good Inc." [LW: 13]
14 - Missy Elliott f/Ciara & Fat Man Scoop, "Lose Control" [LW: 11]
15 - Black Eyed Peas, "Don't Lie" [LW: 12]
16 - Akon, "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" [LW: 17]
17 - P.C.D. f/Busta Rhymes, "Don't Cha" [LW: 14]
18 - Fat Joe f/Nelly, "Get It Poppin'" [LW: 15]
19 - Frankie J., "More than Words" [LW: 22]
20 - Gwen Stefani, "Cool" [LW: 16]

TOP 20 CD SALES (10/29)
01 - Alicia Keys, Unplugged [NEW]
02 - Nickelback, All the Right Reasons [LW: 1 - 2w]
03 - Gary Allan, Tough All Over [NEW]
04 - The Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business [LW: 6 - 19w]
05 - Kanye West, Late Registration [LW: 6 - 7w]
06 - Ricky Martin, Life [NEW]
07 - Sheryl Crow, Wildflower [LW: 5 - 3w]
08 - Twista, The Day After [LW: 2 - 2w]
09 - Gretchen Wilson, All Jacked Up [LW: 4 - 3w]
10 - Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 [LW: 19 - 12w]
11 - Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway [LW: 20 - 46w]
12 - Disturbed, Ten Thousand Fists [LW: 15 - 4w]
13 - Sara Evans, Real Fine Place [LW: 3 - 2w]
14 - Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine [LW: 7 - 2w]
15 - Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi [LW: 18 - 27w]
16 - Green Day, American Idiot [LW: 22 - 56w]
17 - Faith Hill, Fireflies [LW: 10 - 11w]
18 - Three 6 Mafia, Most Known Unknown [LW: 16 - 3w]
19 - Story of the Year, In the Wake of Determination [NEW]
20 - Sevendust, Next [NEW]

TOP 20 BOOK SALES (10/17-10/23)
01 - Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortuante Events #12: The Penultimate Peril [NEW] [FI, HC]
02 - James Frey, Anchor [LW: 1 -6w] [NF, PB]
03 - Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight [NEW] [FI, HC]
04 - Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams [The Wheel of Time #11] [LW: 2 - 2w] [FI, HC]
05 - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About [LW: 7 - 19w] [NF, HC]
06 - Vince Flynn, Atria [LW: 6 - 2w] [FI, HC]
07 - James Patterson, London Bridges [LW: 4 - 16w] [FI, PB]
08 - Nora Roberts, Northern Lights [LW: 3 - 10w] [FI, PB]
09 - Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner [LW: 15 - 76w] [FI, PB]
10 - Christopher Paolini, Eldest: Inheritance: Book II - LW: 10 - 10w] [FI, HC]
11 - Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat [LW: 11 - 29w] [NF, HC]
12 - Andrew Weil, Healthy Aging [NEW] [NF, HC]
13 - Gregory Maguire, Wicked [LW: 13 - 99w] [FI, PB]
14 - Stephen King, The Colorado Kid [Hard Case Crime] [LW: 5 - 3w] [FI, PB]
15 - Rick Warren, Zondervan [LW: 12 - 146w] [NF, HC]
16 - Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking [LW: 18 - 3w] [NF, HC]
17 - Michael Roizen & Mehmet Oz, You: The Owner's Manual [LW: 69 - 25w] [NF, HC]
18 - Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now [LW: 17 - 54w] [NF, HC]
19 - Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer [LW: 8 - 3w] [NF, HC]
20 - John Berendt, The City of Falling Angels [LW: 16 - 4w] [NF, HC]

d: Days
FI: Fiction
HC: Hardcover
LW: Last Week
NF: Nonfiction
PB: Paperback
w: Weeks

TV Tonite! (10/26/05).

8/7p

ABC - George Lopez (05/05) | Freddie (01/03)

FOX - World Series, Game 4 (Sports)

NBC - E-Ring (01/06)

UPN - America's Next Top Model (05/07)

WB - One Tree Hill (03/04)

 

9/8p

A&E - Inked (01/15)

NBC - The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (01/06)

VH1 - I Love the 80's: 3D (Part 3 of 5)

UPN - Veronica Mars (02/05)

WB - Related (01/04)

 

10/9p

ABC - Invasion (01/06)

CBS - C.S.I.: New York (02/05)

COMEDY CENTRAL - South Park (09/09) | Drawn Together (02/02)

E! - Party at the Palms (02/03) | Taradise (01/13)

FX - Over There (01/13)

MTV - Made (06/08)

Comics Today! (10/26/05)

** - means I'm getting it!

 

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