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New Releases 8/29 - Graphic Novels

Marvel * Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel Vol 2 Ltd Ed HC (#82): $38.49 * Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel Vol 2 New Ed HC: $38.49 * Essential Daredevil Vol 4 TP: $11.89 * Cable Deadpool Vol 7 Separation Anxiety TP: $12.59 * Last Fantastic Four Story: $4.99 - STAN LEE & JOHN ROMITA JR DC * Batman Batman And Son HC: $17.49 - Morrison/Kubert * Batman Secrets Of The Batcave TP: $12.59 * Manhunter Vol 3 Origins TP: $10.49 * Tangent Comics Vol 1 TP: $13.99 * Complete Bite Club TP (Mature Readers): $13.99 * Dc Top Cow Crossover Classics TP: $10.49 * Ex Machina Masquerade Special (Mature Readers): $3.49 Other * Complete Terry & The Pirates Vol 1 1934 1936 HC: $39.99 * How To Draw Dynamic Comic Books HC : $27.99 * Leatherjack GN : $19.19 * Super Spy GN: $15.99 * Chance In Hell HC (Mature Readers): $13.59 * Witchblade Vol 4 TP (Bandai): $7.99

New Releases 8/29 - Statues

Women Of The DC Universe Donna Troy Bust - $33.79 Designed by Adam Hughes. Sculpted by Jack Mathews. Donna Troy continues the amazing line of Women of the DC Universe busts designed by award-winning illustrator Adam Hughes. This limited-edition, hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain busts measures approximately 5.5' tall x 3' wide x 2' deep and is packaged in a four-color box.

Batman Quarter Scale Museum Quality Statue - $221.29 Designed and sculpted by James Shoop. This 18.5' Batman Statue is the most classic representation of the Dark Knight to date! At 1:4 scale, this museum-quality, mixed-media figure is composed of resin, metal and an expertly crafted fabric costume and poseable cape. Batman is presented climbing the steps out of the Batcave on a sculpted base. This limited edtion statue includes a Certificate of Authenticity and is packaged in a gold-foil stamped black gift box.

Lord of the Rings Balrog Bust - $43.99 The great Balrog of Moria was the first great test of the Fellowship of the Ring, causing them to flee for their lives. Of all the deziens of Moria, the Balrog has no equal in causing terror. The Balrog mini-bust has a light-up feature, stands 8' tall and 9' wide, and is cast from polyresin. Comes with a hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

Pirates Of The Caribbean Animated Davy Jones Maquette - $59.99 Legend has it that a tortured soul called Davy Jones, Captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman, lives beneath the sea with a terrible sea beast at his command. Captain Jack Sparrow finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, who is now expecting him to make good on his promise by handing himself over to Jones's servitude. This Davy Jones Statue stands 10' tall and includes a Certificate of Authenticity. Painted and ready to display.

New Releases Full Description - Graphic Novels

Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel Vol 2 Ltd Ed HC (#82) - $38.49 Written by ROY THOMAS, GARY FRIEDRICH, ARNOLD DRAKE & ARCHIE GOODWIN. Penciled by GIL KANE, DON HECK, DICK AYERS, JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN, TOM SUTTON & FRANK SPRINGER. Cover by GIL KANE. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime with another all-out cosmic classic Captain Marvel Masterworks! The space-born hero, Mar-Vell's continuing battle against the vicious Kree Col. Yon-Rogg continues this second sensational volume. But Yon-Rogg's attempts to destroy the good Captain only send him to higher levels of power and consciousness-and to the great Zo-in one of the most psychedelic happenings four colors can capture! But the true transformation comes when the titanic team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane combine to take the man long torn between two planets and two loves, and tear him between two people! You'll see the truly cosmic Captain don the Nega-Bands that bond him to Rick Jones for the first time in one of Mar-Vell, and Marvel's, greatest moments! Guest-starring Black Widow, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk! Collecting CAPTAIN MARVEL #10-21

Marvel Masterworks Captain Marvel Vol 2 New Ed HC - $38.49 Written by ROY THOMAS, GARY FRIEDRICH, ARNOLD DRAKE & ARCHIE GOODWIN. Penciled by GIL KANE, DON HECK, DICK AYERS, JOHN BUSCEMA, GENE COLAN, TOM SUTTON & FRANK SPRINGER. Cover by GIL KANE. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime with another all-out cosmic classic Captain Marvel Masterworks! The space-born hero, Mar-Vell's continuing battle against the vicious Kree Col. Yon-Rogg continues this second sensational volume. But Yon-Rogg's attempts to destroy the good Captain only send him to higher levels of power and consciousness-and to the great Zo-in one of the most psychedelic happenings four colors can capture! But the true transformation comes when the titanic team of writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane combine to take the man long torn between two planets and two loves, and tear him between two people! You'll see the truly cosmic Captain don the Nega-Bands that bond him to Rick Jones for the first time in one of Mar-Vell, and Marvel's, greatest moments! Guest-starring Black Widow, Captain America and the Incredible Hulk! Collecting CAPTAIN MARVEL #10-21

Essential Daredevil Vol 4 TP - $11.89 Written by GERRY CONWAY, GARY FRIEDRICH, STEVE GERBER & STEVE ENGLEHART. Penciled by GENE COLAN, BARRY SMITH, ALAN WEISS, SAM KWESKIN, SYD SHORES & DON HECK. Cover by RICH BUCKLER. Who else but Marvel would set up a robot from the future to play matchmaker for a femme fatale and the Man Without Fear? Mister Kline's android-laden efforts steer Daredevil and the Black Widow together for a trial whose tribulations could mean the end of the fabled Nelson and Murdock partnership! Then the redman and the lady in black relocate to the City of the Golden Gates, but that's not Cupid aiming at them: It's Hawkeye the Marksman! Plus sagas of savagery in South America, indestructible intrigue, and cosmic conflicts with both sides against the Earth! Also featuring the Purple Man, Electro, the Owl, the Gladiator, and more from Daredevil's enclave of enemies! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Avengers! Collecting DAREDEVIL #75-101 and AVENGERS #111.

Cable Deadpool Vol 7 Separation Anxiety TP - $12.59 Written by FABIAN NICIEZA. Penciled by REILLY BROWN Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER. Deadpool has decided to face the skeletons in his closet, dive deep into that dark void he calls a soul and rattle things up a bit. First order of business: Taskmaster. Second order of business: a knock-down drag-out BRAWL! Plus: The aftermath of the X-Men's battle against the Hecatomb has cost Cable a huge chunk of his island paradise of Providence and an even bigger slice of his soul. With all his hopes for the future of the planet Earth in jeopardy, now would be a pretty bad time for a reunion with Deadpool, wouldn't it? And an even worse time for... an assassination! Collecting CABLE & DEADPOOL #36-42.

Last Fantastic Four Story - $4.99 Written by STAN LEE. Pencils and Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR. Legendary writer and Fantastic Four co-creator Stan Lee unites with artist John Romita Jr. to tell his final story of the team that started the Marvel age!

Batman Batman And Son HC - $17.49 Written by Grant Morrison. Art by Andy Kubert, John Van Fleet and Jesse Delperdang. Cover by Kubert & Delperdang. Comic-book legends Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, SEVEN SOLDIERS) and Andy Kubert (Ultimate X-Men, 1602) join forces to bring you an unforgettable tale of the Dark Knight in this hardcover edition collecting BATMAN #655-658 and 663-666! Batman receives the greatest shock of his life when he discovers that he may have a son. And sparks fly when the new addition to the Bat-family is introduced to Robin, the Boy Wonder. Which one will be chosen to carry on the legacy as Gotham's protector? 200 pg, FC.

Batman Secrets Of The Batcave TP - $12.59 Written by Bill Finger, Dennis O'Neil and others. Art by Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff and others. Cover by various. Step into the Batcave in this new collection spanning Batman's career! Featuring stories from BATMAN #12, 35, 48, 109 and 348, DETECTIVE COMICS #158, 186, 205, 233, 235, and 244, WORLD'S FINEST #30, BRAVE AND THE BOLD #182, BIZARRO COMICS #244, and SECRET ORIGINS TP, this volume features the finest stories set in the mysterious lair of the Dark Knight! 192 pg, FC.

Manhunter Vol 3 Origins TP - $10.49 Written by Marc Andreyko. Art by Javier Pina, Rags Morales, Sean Phillips and others. Cover by Stephane Roux. Follow the adventures of crimefighter Kate Spencer in this volume collecting MANHUNTER #15-23! Learn the origin of her costume and weapons, plus her startling connection to a hero of the Golden Age! 224 pg, FC.

Tangent Comics Vol 1 TP - $13.99 Written by Dan Jurgens, Kurt Busiek, James Robinson, Ron Marz and Todd Dezago. Art by Gary Frank, Mike McKone, J.H. Williams III, Jurgens and others. Cover by Jurgens & Norm Rapmund. In 1997, DC's Tangent event presented a group of strange new heroes with very familiar names. Now, these hard-hitting heroes are back in a fantastic new collection including TANGENT COMICS: THE ATOM, METAL MEN, THE FLASH, GREEN LANTERN and SEA DEVILS! 208 pg, FC.

Complete Bite Club TP (Mature Readers) - $13.99 Written by Howard Chaykin & David Tischman. Art by David Hahn. Cover by Frank Quitely. Don't miss this 264-page volume collecting both the original critically acclaimed BITE CLUB and its sequel, BITE CLUB: VAMPIRE CRIME UNIT! The Sopranos have nothing on the Del Toros, a vampire clan that has run organized crime in Miami for nearly a century. Beautiful, rich and immortal, these bloodsuckers are also masters of backstabbing and in-fighting. 264 pg, FC.

Dc Top Cow Crossover Classics TP - $10.49 Written by Jeph Loeb, Scott Lobdell and others. Art by Marc Silvestri, David Finch and others. Cover by Joe Benitez. The greatest heroes from two publishers - DC Comics and Top Cow - meet for the first time and face off against each other and their greatest foes in this staggering collection! This volume features the best-selling crossovers THE DARKNESS/BATMAN, THE DARKNESS/SUPERMAN #1-2, JLA/CYBERFORCE and JLA/WITCHBLADE. 200 pg, FC.

Ex Machina Masquerade Special (Mature Readers) - $3.49 Written by Brian K. Vaughan. Art by John Paul Leon. Cover by Tony Harris. Superstar artist John Paul Leon (Earth X) joins writer Brian K. Vaughan for an extra-sized extravaganza that makes a perfect jumping-on point for new readers looking to sample this acclaimed political thriller! Halloween comes early to Manhattan in this all-new story from Mayor Mitchell Hundred's super-heroic past. For the first time ever, learn what role New York City's real-world 'anti-mask law' played in the birth of the Great Machine.

Complete Terry & The Pirates Vol 1 1934 1936 HC - $39.99 Milton Caniff (w/a). Celebrating the centennial of cartoonist Milton Caniff's birth, IDW Publishing will publish a six-book series, collecting the entirety of Caniff's groundbreaking newspaper adventure strip, Terry and the Pirates. The Sunday pages will be reproduced in their original color, alongside the daily black-and-white strips. Volume One contains more than 800 consecutive strips, from the series' beginning in October 1934 through the end of 1936.

How To Draw Dynamic Comic Books HC - $27.99 Among the few comics artists to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp! He's drawn groundbreaking runs on Fantastic Four, Avengers, Spectacular Spider-Man, X-Men, Teen Titans, and more. Now, after more than thirty-five years in comic books, Buckler reveals the secrets of drawing the heroic figure, the language of storytelling, narrative technique, building a better page, and much more, in focused chapters that build the reader's skills step by step.

Leatherjack GN - $19.19 by John Smith & Paul Marshall. The Klash is the war to end all wars. A conflict of intergalactic proportions, the whole quadrant is locked in stalemate between two hugely powerful rival factions - the Khmer Noir, ruled by the terminally ill Lord Qwish, and the Empire of Spinsters, half-senile fanatics headed by the Dowager Khan, who are leading a holy crusade against smut and indecency. Caught in the crossfire is the library world of Shibboleth, a planet which contains every book in every language ever written. The Spinsters want this hive of filth destroyed, but for Qwish it may hold the answers to his prayers.

Super Spy GN - $15.99 by Matt Kindt. Super Spy is a super-deluxe, full-color collection of 52 interwoven spy thrillers about cyanide, pen-guns, heartbreak, and betrayal. Spanning the countries of Spain, France, and Germany during World War II, each story follows the everyday life of a spy, exploring their small lies and deceptions, as well as the larger secrets they hide. A children's book is something more than it seems; a woman swims the English Channel to deliver a deadly secret; a German spy desperately seeks escape for herself and her daughter; and a spy continues to serve his country even beyond death. A gorgeous full-color graphic novel that not only reveals the nature of espionage, but how an individual can be lost in a world of lies and deception, and still manage to find redemption.

Chance In Hell HC (Mature Readers) - $13.59 by Gilbert Hernandez. Gilbert Hernandez's first original graphic novel from Fantagraphics follows on the heels of his acclaimed graphic novel, Sloth, from DC's Vertigo Comics 2006. Chance in Hell tells the story about a little orphan girl who lives in the slums of the slums. Nobody knows who she is or where she's from, but her fellow shantytown inhabitants collectively look over her. The three-act story follows our heroine as she is adopted by a decent man who raises her well, and she eventually marries a kind, well-to-do man, only to discover that she can't relate to the good life and the comforts he provides.

Witchblade Vol 4 TP (Bandai) - $7.99 by Michael Turner. This is the story of Sara Pezzini, a New York street Detective, and how she came to wield the most powerful artifact in the universe - the Witchblade! Her journey will take you through the murder-filled alleys of New York to the highest towers of society as a supernatural war is waged within her own soul.

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