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BOB POWELL TERROR HC

(W/A) Bob Powell

Cult favorite Bob Powell was a master 1950s horror cartoonist delineating some of the most imaginative and incredibly drawn comics in the genre. His terrifying ghouls were as gruesome as his tantalizing girls were gorgeous! The introduction is by Eisner winner Craig Yoe and details Powell's comics career with extensive and revealing quotes from a recently discovered manuscript about his work penned by Powell himself. The front matter is profusely illustrated with rare ephemera and flawless reproductions of Powell's original art. Bob Powell's Terror prints a generous amount of horror comic stories carefully scanned and reproduced from vintage horror-era comics, many of them quite rare and expensive-if you could even find them!
This beautifully designed 148-page library-quality full-color hardback book is volume two in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics series.

One of the prime examples used in Dr. Wertham's attack on the comic industry, these comics were at the time, guaranteed to make you a degenerate gambler, thief and possibly homosexual! This book is a true gem of an era that is perhaps one the greatest in all of comic history, 50's horror books!! Lovingly restored and bound by reprint experts, IDW, Terror is sure to bring your darkest desires to life! Just don't let your Mom catch you reading it! RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!!

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HAWKEN #1

(W/A) Tim Truman

Tim Truman returns to the Weird West! The industry legend teams with his son, writer Ben Truman, for a violent new tale of the supernatural! In the land of the lawless rode the soulless! Scout, hunter, raider, killer-for-hire: Kitchell Hawken has been many things-most of them bad. Scalped, tortured, and left for dead by the mysterious order called the Ring, Hawken returns, seeking vengeance... but surrounded by the ghosts of every person he's ever killed! Are the phantoms real, or illusions from Hawken's blood-soaked past?

Tim Truman returns to his roots with yet another weird western book starring angry Indians!! Though there may be a serious lack of sub-machine guns, don't let that deter you from checking out what is sure to be a violent as hell supernatural spectacular filled with hate for the white man! RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!!

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ASTRO CITY: DARK AGE BOOK 2 BROTHERS IN ARMS

(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Brent Anderson

In the concluding volume of THE DARK AGE, collecting BOOK 3 #1-4 and BOOK 4 #1-4, two brothers, one good and one evil, must deal with family secrets and social upheaval, involving heroes from Jack-In-the-Box to the Blue Knight and the final fate of the mysterious Silver Agent.

Though it may only hit the shelves once a year, Astro City always delivers, a constant reminder of the power of super-heroes and why they have been around for so long. Busiek mines the material between the panels of the Silver Age to create fully formed characters and discover just what it takes to truly be a hero. RECOMMENDED BY ERIN!!

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CAPTAIN ATOM #3

(W) J.T. Krul (A) Freddie Williams II

Captain Atom is taking his powers to new heights - saving people all across the world in the blink of an eye. But he's not the only one who can move at super speed. Enter: The Flash! And when their paths cross, don't expect them to share the secret hero's handshake - because Captain Atom may be a bigger threat than any villain.

Freddie Williams elevates his art, and Krul pits the title character against himself. One of the most interesting titles of the new 52. Check it out! RECOMMENDED BY PATRICK!!!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 11/9

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CHARLEYS WAR: HITLER'S YOUTH HC

(W) Pat Mills (A) Joe Calquhoun

Charley's War: Hitler's Youth, the explosive new volume of never-before-collected comic strip materiel, sees WW1 soldier Charley Bourne come face to face with a young corporal who will eventually change the face of the world as leader of the Nazi party: Adolf Hitler. This eighth action-packed collected hardcover volume of classic war comic strip Charley's War is rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of the British soldier.

Charley's War is a great series of Graphic Novels looking at the WWI experience through the eyes of one soldier. I enjoy comparing the experiences of Charley Bourne with those of my own grandfather as recorded in his letters and journals. RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!

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POINT ONE #1

(W) Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker (A) Terry Dodson, Ed McGuiness, Bryan Hitch

IT ALL BEGINS HERE! Here are SEVEN all-new stories that set the stage for everything coming your way in 2012 from the biggest names in the comics industry. You CANNOT miss this! Catch a tease of the biggest change to the Marvel Universe in over 35 years!

With just about every top name creator that Marvel employs, this Point One book is the starting point for every major Marvel storyline of the next year! You can't afford to miss this one!!! RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

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RACHEL RISING #3

(W/A) Terry Moore

Rachel discovers her affair with death has given her the ability to see the death of other people - before it happens! Using her newfound ability gives Rachel a powerful tool to track down her killer, but it also brings her heartbreak.

Terry Moore continues to bedazzle and amaze with his wondrous new series that pushes the boundaries of life and death itself! Don't miss out on perhaps the best looking art yet from this amazing creator! RECOMMENDED BY ERIN!

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SIMON AND KIRBY HC LIBRARY OF CRIME

(W/A) Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

The creators of Captain America and the Boy Commandos produced some of the hardest-hitting crime comics of the 1950s. Often featuring real-world killers and thugs like Ma Barker, Al Capone, and Pretty Boy Floyd, and true-to-life events like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, these adventures were torn from post-Prohibition headlines. These are the best of the Simon and Kirby Crime comics, authorized by Joe Simon and the estate of Jack Kirby and fully restored and collected for the first time!

Discover the genius that is the most titanic team up to ever rock the foundations of comics books! Before Stan Lee, Kirby teamed up with Joe Simon to create not only Captain America, but the entire genre of what we call romance comics. This hardcover showcases some of their harder edge comics, taken directly from the headlines of the day! RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

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KIRBY GENESIS: SILVER STAR #1

(W) Jai Nitz  (A) Johnny D.

Before Kirby: Genesis there was... The Silver Star! The last great Kirby creation, Morgan Miller is the first of a new breed-- Homo-Geneticus. The most powerful man in the world has been living in secret for the last thirty years, but he's been busy. Silver Star secretly protects the world from the amazing super-powerful dangers that threaten billions every day. Witness superheroic war, giant monsters, and astral adventures! Get a firsthand look at America's greatest unknown superhero in this sterling debut issue from Jai Nitz and Johnny D.

The first spin-off of the new Alex Ross event, if this issue retains half the zeal of the current Genesis series, you will not want to miss it. Keep that Kirby Kracklin'! RECOMMENDED BY PATRICK!!!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 11/2

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JOE THE BARBARIAN HC

(W) Grant Morrison  (A) Sean Murhpy

Collecting the acclaimed 8-issue miniseries! Joe is an imaginative eleven-year-old boy. He can't fit in at school. He's the victim of bullies. His dad died overseas in the Iraq war. He also suffers from Type 1 diabetes. One fateful day, his condition causes him to believe he has entered a vivid fantasy world in which he is the lost savior - a fantastic land based on the layout and contents of his home. His desperate attempts to make it out of his bedroom transform into an incredible, epic adventure through a bizarre landscape of submarine pirate dwarves, evil Hell Hounds, Lightning Lords and besieged castles. But is his quest really just an insulin deprived delirium - from which he can die if he doesn't take his meds - or something much bigger?

Morrison and Murphy take the reader on a diabetic fever trip through the most fantastic hostilities. Over land, air, and water, accompanied by a noble warrior rat, Joe journeys across a madman's thesis in valor. RECOMMENDED BY PATRICK!!

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ANIMAL MAN #3

(W) Jeff Lemire  (A) Travel Foreman

Maxine and Buddy swim to the heart of the Life Web and come face to face with the Totems, caretakers of the Red. But before they can get answers, the Hunters Three attack. Meanwhile, Ellen and Cliff fight for their lives back home.

Dive deeper into the depths of the Red as Buddy tries to figure out his place in the Life Web and why the hell weird crap just seems to follow him around. Coulda sworn Buddy talked to the writer about this crap....RECOMMENDED BY ERIN!

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OUR LOVE IS REAL

(W) Sam Humphries (A) Steven Sanders

The comic book 'surprise hit of the summer' is back - and Image has it! In wide release for the very first time! See it for yourself - the book that has everyone buzzing: OUR LOVE IS REAL! THE FUTURE IS HERE! Plantsexuals riot in the streets for equal rights. Humans fall in love with dogs. And crystals are more than just jewelry. A chance encounter on the job changes a riot cop's life forever as he finds himself caught in a bizarre love triangle that blurs romance, crime, and lust beyond recognition. OUR LOVE IS REAL is a bold new sci-fi one-shot written by SAM HUMPHRIES (one of Wizard's 'Five Writers to Watch in 2011,' CBGB, Fraggle Rock) and illustrated by STEVEN SANDERS (Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age, FIVE FISTS OF SCIENCE).


I'm sure many of you were unable to get your hands on this book considering it sold out in one day, but worry no longer, Image is here to save the day! Discover just how far humans are willing to go for sexual freedom! RECOMMENDED BY PERRY!

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FEAR AGENT #32

(W) Rick Remender (A) Tony Moore, Mike Hawthorne

THE END!

After six long years, Remender's whiskey filled, redneck space epic finally reaches its conclusion! If you have been enjoying his run on Uncanny X-Force or other Marvel titles, you owe it to yourself to check out the book that put Remender on the map. It's EC comics mixed with Goon like humor in a beautiful cocktail of Texas violence. RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!

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YIDDISHKEIT: JEWISH VERNACULAR AND THE NEW LAND

Edited by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle

This is the project Harvey Pekar was working on when he passed. It is a collection of essays, comics journalism and even a play script delving into the state and condition of Yiddishkeit. Yiddishkeit is a term used to describe the culture of primarily Eastern European Jews and the vernacular language of that group of people, but it also means a lot more. The contributions to Western culture by these often-persecuted people are quite extensive, including language, cuisine, entertainment and science. It is somewhat disheartening to realize that one reason Yiddishkeit is so prevalent in Western society is directly attributable to the frequent forced relocation of persecuted people. It is fascinating to me, however, how much resilience is shown by the people who spread Yiddishkeit around the world. I thought I knew a lot about Jewish history and culture, but reading this book has opened my mind to a much deeper understanding of Yiddishkeit.

Review by HOWARD!

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PIGS #1

(W) Ben McCool & Nathan Cosby  (A) Breno Temura

I don't know how this comic is selling in other stores, but if the sales in this one are any indication, it's not selling as well as it should. Set partially in the past, partially in the present, it's an espionage comic that delves into the history and secrecy surrounding the Bay of Pigs (Look it up). The writing is good, the story well researched, and the art is dirty and simple, like all good comics in this genre should be. I don't know why it's not selling more copies, maybe because they paid too much attention to their research and not enough to their Twitter account. 

Review by ERIN!