“Amazing Spider-Man” kicks off “New Ways to Die” in issue #568. I can’t decide if “New Ways to Die” sounds more like a Guns N Roses song (”Welcome to the jungle, Spidey… find new ways to die!”) or a James Bond title. (007 in … New Ways to Die!). Either way, you’ve got the return of Eddie Brock as Venom, you’ve got some guy called Anti-Venom, you’ve got the Thunderbolts after Spider-Man. By Dan Slott, Mark Waid and John Romita Jr.
Also this week, a big “Final Crisis” tie-in that I think I’ll enjoy more than the regular book: “Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds” by Geoff Johns and George Perez.
Full list and commentary after the break.
AIR #1 (MR)
New launch from Vertigo.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 JRJR SKETCH VAR (PP #823) NWD
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 NWD
Part one of a six-part storyline.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 ROMITA SR VAR NWD
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) (MR)
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) DESIGN SKETCH INCV (NET) (MR) (C: 0-0
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) PAINTED CVR (MR)
ANNA MERCURY #3 (OF 5) WRAP CVR (MR)
ARCHIE #588
BATGIRL #2 (OF 6)
BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #10
BIRDS OF PREY #121
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #16
Superman and Catwoman team up in a story by Mark Waid, drawn by Scott Kolins.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #41
Possibly the best book, month to month, that Marvel publishes.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #41 MONKEY VAR
Does anybody think Marvel’s milking a trend, here? I mean, I love monkeys, and, monkeys on comics are said to sell comics - well, in the 1960s - so, I guess we’ll just see what demand is for these.
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #28
CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW #4 (OF 6)
CHARLATAN BALL #3
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2 (C: 0-1-2)
DARK IVORY #3 (OF 4)
DC SPECIAL CYBORG #4 (OF 5)
DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR #5 (OF 6)
DELPHINE #3
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #1 (C: 1-0-0)
By Tony Lee (”Starship Troopers”) with art by Pia Guerra (”Y: The Last Man”).
DOCTOR WHO FORGOTTEN #1 PHOTO VAR INCV (NET)
DRAFTED #10
FEAR AGENT #23 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 2 OF 6)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 (OF 5)
The Time Trapper plans to use Superboy Prime to remove Superman’s influence from the universe. By Geoff Johns and George Perez. My most anticipated book this week.
FLASH #243
FOOLKILLER WHITE ANGELS #2 (OF 5) (MR)
GHOST RIDER #26
GHOST RIDER #26 MONKEY VAR
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #4 SI
HACK SLASH SERIES #15 JUSKO CVR A (MR)
HACK SLASH SERIES #15 SEELEY CVR B (MR)
HELM #2 (OF 4)
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #120 SI
IRON FIST ORIGIN OF DANNY RAND
IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #32
JASON & THE ARGONAUTS
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #24
KILLER #8 (OF 10) (MR)
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #10
MARVEL 1985 #4 (OF 6)
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY
MOON KNIGHT #21
MOON KNIGHT #21 MONKEY VAR
PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #124
PROJECT KALKI #4 (OF 4) (MR)
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS #5 (OF 7) FOIL CVR (NET)
PUNISHER #61 (MR)
The first of the post-Garth Ennis “Punisher” tales.
RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR #4 (OF 
RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS BACK MYSTERIOUS ISLE #2
RED STAR SWORD OF LIES #3 (OF 3) (NET) (RES)
REX LIBRIS #12
REX MUNDI DH ED #13
ROBIN #177
SCALPED #20 (MR)
SCOOBY DOO #135
SIMPSONS COMICS #145
SKRULLS VS POWER PACK #2 (OF 4)
SPIRIT #20
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #2
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF
STORMWATCH PHD WORLDS END #13
SUPER FRIENDS #6
SUPERMAN BATMAN #51
Superman and Batman face off against tiny, kid versions of themselves. Every month, these synopses make me think this title is from 1959.
TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE #4 (MR)
TALES OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #49
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #6 (OF 12)
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #2
TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT DOUBLEDEALER
TRINITY #12
TRUE BELIEVERS #2 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #57
UNCANNY X-MEN #501 MD
VOLTRON A LEGEND FORGED #2
WARHAMMER 40K EXTERMINATUS #2 (OF 5) CVR A (C: 0-1-0)
WARHAMMER 40K FIRE & HONOR #1 (OF 4) CVR A
WARHAMMER 40K FIRE & HONOR #1 (OF 4) CVR B
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #10
X-FACTOR #34 SI
X-FACTOR SPECIAL LAYLA MILLER
X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #15
YOUNG X-MEN #5 DWS
GRAPHIC NOVELS
ABANDONED CARS HC (C: 0-1-2)
“The Spirit”-influenced graphic short tales by Tim Lane.
ACHEWOOD THE GREAT OUTDOOR FIGHT HC (C: 0-1-2)
The popular web comic in print.
AMAZING REMARKABLE MONSIEUR LEOTARD SC
ATHENA VOLTAIRE TP VOL 02 FLIGHT O/T FALCON
Sort of like a serial on paper. Fans of “The Rocketeer” might like this.
BIONICLE GN VOL 02 (C: 0-1-2)
DOCTOR WHO AGENT PROVACATEUR TP
DONALD DUCK FAMILY DAAN JIPPES COLLECTION TP VOL 01
DRAGON BALL Z VIZBIG ED GN VOL 02 (C: 1-0-0)
HERBIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 01 (C: 0-1-2)
A lot of people swear by this as one of the funniest-ever comics.
KATY KEENE SPECIAL TP VOL 01
MIDNIGHTER TP VOL 02 ANTHEM
MIGHTY AVENGERS TP VOL 01
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 10
MOME VOL 12 GN
MYSPACE DARK HORSE PRESENTS TP VOL 01 (C: 0-1-2)
Including a Joss Whedon story.
MYTH OF 8 OPUS PROLOGUE EXPANDED ED GN
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL CLASSIC TP VOL 01
Please be as cool as I remember. (No chance, right?)
SANDMAN PRESENTS DEAD BOY DETECTIVES TP (MR)
SCORCHY SMITH AND THE ART OF NOEL SICKLES HC (C: 0-1-2)
Some quotes provided by IDW about this book:
“Scorchy Smith became a primer from which a multitude of comic book and strip artists cribbed mercilessly for decades,” writes Jim Steranko in his introduction to the book. Longtime Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. says, “The whole industry was copying from Sickles.”
SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE ATOM TP VOL 02
Gil Kane! Including “Duel Between the Dual Atoms!”
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE HC VOL 02
STAR WARS FORCE UNLEASHED GN (C: 0-1-2)
SUPERMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 05
TALES FROM THE CRYPT GN VOL 04 CRYPT KEEPING IT REAL (C: 0-1
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 20 AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS
It’s pretty awesome that Bendis managed to do a “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends” homage in “Ultimate Spider-Man,” isn’t it?
WITCHBLADE TP VOL 05 (C: 0-0-2)
Volume 5 of the Ron Marz era of Witchblade.
X-MEN TP DIVIDED WE STAND
YOUNGBLOOD TP VOL 01 FOCUS TESTED
The Joe Casey revamp of the 1990s property.
August 19th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Legion of Three Worlds will be the one book of the summer I will be looking forward to the most!
Having every Legion book other than their run in Adventure comics, this will be fun to read. With Geoff Johns and George Perez, how can it not be good. It will be fun seeing his art on the Legion, since this is one of the last team books that he has never done. Long Live the Legion!
August 19th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Colin was here.
I’ll check out that JR JR art but I’m still picking up mostly silver age books.
August 21st, 2008 at 9:18 am
I’m excited to get to my LCS and pick up Legion of 3 Worlds.
As for the monkeys, what’s better: Monkeys or Zombies? I think Marvel went way too Zombie crazy. It seemed like every other book had a Zombie variant.