Comic books September 2003

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"The Third Day" The ugly truth of war comes alive as Captain Frank Castle's base is attacked. CARDSTOCK COVER by WIESLAW WALKUSKI. Written by GARTH ENNIS. Pencils by DARICK ROBERTSON Cover price $3.50.

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Comics One (3rd) Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Yosuke Kuroda. Art by Shizuru Hayashiya. Kei Kusanagi was your typical ordinary senior in High School, until the day his class got a new teacher. She seemed normal until Kusanagi saw her floating unaided. To his surprise she winds up being his new teacher and next door neighbor. Now can Kei balance the craziness of school life, his new neighbor, and her "alien" hi-jinks? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

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GEOFF JOHNS & SCOTT KOLINS On sale September 17, FC, 32pg, (one-shot), $2.99 The creative team behind The Flash and The Thing: Freak Show unleash on B.P.R.D.! Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins add another project to their list of collaborations with this haunting contribution to the Hellboy canon. Agents Liz Sherman, whose supernatural talent for starting fires killed her family when she was a teen, and Roger the Homunculus, the five-hundred-year-old artificial man who nearly killed Liz by stealing her fire, are sent to investigate a mystery train terrorizing America. This is a train with history?its last natural journey, some seventy years ago, had a mysterious passenger on board?Lobster Johnson, who's still bound to the fate of the locomotive. Cover price $2.99.

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Chuck Dixon (w), Andrea DiVito (p), Roland Paris (i), Rob Schwager (c) Brath in chains! He was betrayed on the battlefield, his wife has been kidnapped, and his son is missing. Now, his life in shambles, the Man-Killer is summoned by the Emperor himself! But will the barbarian leader's arrival in the capital city spell victory for the Empire...or its utter defeat? Find out as a new story begins! "Like historical adventure with a barbaric fantasy edge? Then check out BRATH!" ?Comic Shop News 32 pgs, full color, on sale August 27 $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

Fall 2003. Catalog of Adult Art curated by Bud Plant. 140 pages, B&W.

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A Stake to the Heart: Part 2 of 4 - Created by Joss Whedon. Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Cliff Richard, Brian Horton and Will Conrad. Cover by Brian Horton. Buffy Summers's life is in shambles. She's been kicked out of school, recently released from a mental institution, and, to top it all off her parents' crumbling marriage is finally over. Now her would-be protector, the vampire Angel, has unwittingly unleashed a string of demons upon her, in an incredibly misguided attempt to alleviate her grief. Don't miss one of the hottest teams in comics telling the story of one of the darkest chapters in Buffy Summers' life, set before the premiere of the cult favorite television show! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.

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A Stake to the Heart: Part 2 of 4 - Created by Joss Whedon. Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Cliff Richard, Brian Horton and Will Conrad. Buffy Summers's life is in shambles. She's been kicked out of school, recently released from a mental institution, and, to top it all off her parents' crumbling marriage is finally over. Now her would-be protector, the vampire Angel, has unwittingly unleashed a string of demons upon her, in an incredibly misguided attempt to alleviate her grief. Don't miss one of the hottest teams in comics telling the story of one of the darkest chapters in Buffy Summers' life, set before the premiere of the cult favorite television show! 32 pages, FC. Cover price $2.99.

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Buffy Magazine talks with David "Angel" Boreanaz and Eliza "Faith" Dushku and gets the latest on what's happening with Angel, Buffy, and bad girl Faith's crossovers on both series. Plus, a look back at the past seven seasons of Buffy, and the best bits! Available in Newsstand and Previews Exclusive cover editions! (Titan) (CAUT: 4) NEWSSTAND ED.??Magazine, 68pg, FC$6.99 PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE ED.??Magazine, 68pg, FC$6.99 Cover price $6.99.

Buffy Magazine talks with David "Angel" Boreanaz and Eliza "Faith" Dushku and gets the latest on what's happening with Angel, Buffy, and bad girl Faith's crossovers on both series. Plus, a look back at the past seven seasons of Buffy, and the best bits! Available in Newsstand and Previews Exclusive cover editions! (Titan) (CAUT: 4) NEWSSTAND ED.??Magazine, 68pg, FC$6.99 PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE ED.??Magazine, 68pg, FC$6.99 Cover price $6.99.

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Cover by Gabriel Del'Otto Chuck Austen (w)/Patrick Olliffe (p) America's newest super team suffers growing pains, while the power of the evil Halidon Corporation grows as well. 32 PGS. WITH ADS/FC/MARVEL PG...$2.25 UPC: 5960605305-00411 Cover price $2.25.

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KENICHI SONODA On sale September 17, b&w, 32pg, $2.99 Yeah, it was really cute in that last issue, when that darling little Akane ended up in Hoichi's lap while he was piloting his giant robot, Exaxxion. It was fantastic that the sexy android, Isaka, was able to go and rescue Akane and Hoichi's mom from those pesky alien forces, and now the two are up in the cockpit, and what's that in the way of Hoichi's view? Why, it's a cute pair of panties on an understandably embarrassed schoolgirl (this IS manga after all)! But it's not all red faces and panty peeks. No. Strange wires have started snaking out from Akane's leg, and it probably has something to do with that odd bullet the Riofaldian doctor shot into her. At any rate, it's causing a lot of pain for poor Akane, and it's about to cause a lot of trouble for Hoichi and friends. Find out why! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Robert Kirkman, art and cover by Mark Englert. #1 in a three issue mini-series. Join Bruce Bolt, the Meteor Twins, Big Brain, the American Champion, his cheating wife Freedom, and the rookie Kid Thor, as they try to make a business out of being super. This issue features a preview of Kirkman's hit "The Walking Dead" series, making this the series' first appearance. Cover price $3.50.

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Ice Part 4 of 5. Script by Chuck Austen. Art by Jae Lee. Cover by John Cassaday. The Living Legend and his Atlantean friend dive into the ocean...on their way to the undersea Kingdom of Lemuria. The shield-slinger and Hana are searching for the mysterious man known as the Interrogator! And once they find him, the situation underwater spins out of control. Cap and Hana want to apprehend the Interrogator, but their mutual feelings for one another...distract them from their mission! What is really happening in the depths of the sea? Flashback cameo by Bucky Barnes. 32 pages. Cover price $2.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The New Deal!" Collects Captain America (2002-2004 4th Series) #1-6.

Written by John Ney Rieber. Art and cover by John Cassaday.

In the aftermath of 9/11, Cap must come to grips with a changing global landscape.

From the ruins of the World Trade Center to the horrors of a small town shaken by terrorism, the star-spangled Super-Soldier is forced to make some hard decisions about his role in the world.

Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.

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Issue 1 - Sept. 2003. Written by Tom Van Zandt, illustrated by Aaron Wood. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Carlos Pacheco. Peter David (w). Ivan Reis (p). "COVEN" Pt. 4 (of 4) The dominos start to fall uncontrollably as Marv's judicial actions bring forth violent reactions! 32 PGS. WITH ADS/FC/MARVEL PG Cover price $2.99.

WRITTEN BY MICHAEL KRAIGER, SHOLLY FISCH, JIM ALEXANDER AND JOE EDKIN; ART BY ROBERT POPE, NEAL STERNECKY, ENIS TEMIZEL, SCOTT UNDERWOOD, DAN DAVIS, TIM CHI LY AND ANGUS BUNGAY; COVER BY NEELY. Johnny Bravo puts on a spellbindingly disastrous magic show, and Ed Edd & Eddy build a water slide that turns out to be a real washout! Plus, Cow & Chicken and Courage the Cowardly Dog! FC, 32 PG.$2.25 Cover price $2.25.

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Todd McFarlane Productions (W) Marc Andreyko (A) Scott Morse (Cover) Scott Morse FC 32pp $2.50 Ongoing monthly series In stores the week of July 9th THE CONCEPT: This is the second spinoff book featuring New York City police detectives Sam Burke and Twitch Williams, popular characters originally introduced in the core Spawn title. Casefiles: Sam and Twitch takes the crime noir world of Sam and Twitch to a darker level, feature unique artwork and storytelling from Marc Andreyko and Scott Morse. Intended for mature audiences only. Art shown is the cover THIS ISSUE: "Have You Seen Me, Part 3?" Part 3 of 6-part story arc?As Twitch reels from the reappearance of someone long thought dead, another body blow strikes -- an event so tragic and life-changing that it will change the lives of Sam and Twitch forever. Det. Twitch Williams on trial for first-degree murder? And the star witness? Sam! Cover price $2.50.

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WRITTEN BY ED BRUBAKER; ART AND COVER BY CAMERON STEWART. Selina and Holly continue their no-rules, no-holds-barred road trip with a stopover in Keystone City! It's supposed to be a simple vacation, until a certain member of The Flash's Rogue's Gallery blackmails Selina into helping him pull off a major score. And with Captain Cold on one side and the law on the other, how can our feline fatale escape unscathed? FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Lo Tian of the Northern Xuan Wu!" Story and art by Wee Tian Beng. White Tiger wards off Red Phoenix's attack. Xing Yun is relieved to find Northern Jet Turtle on the side of righteousness after he rescues her. Golden Nymph appears at Tong Tian Sect to enquire about The Four Celestial Creatures. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

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by Dave Sim & Gerhard Latter Days: Part 29 (of 35) For those fans who have been demanding it! The return of Cerebus' classic Latter Days uniform! Saggy black track pants and baggy no-name sweat shirt! The countdown to issue 300 (March, 2004) continues... t-minus 6 and counting! b&w, 24pg $2.25 Cover price $2.25.

Add to cart Very Fine $16.00

Add to cart Very Fine $16.00

Volume 1 -1st printing. "Tower of the Elephant and other stories!" Collects Conan the Barbarian (1970-1993 Marvel) #1-8.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith, Sal Buscema, Frank Giacoia, Tom Sutton, and Tom Palmer. Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith and John Verpoorten.

In the early 1970s, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian exploded on to the comics scene. Writer Roy Thomas teamed with a young artist named Barry Smith, and together the two mapped out some of the most stirring and memorable Conan adventures to come along since those written by Howard himself. Over the course of their 24 issue run together, Thomas and Smith defined Conan for a generation of comics readers, and now those stories are collected here in a series of trade paperbacks.

Featuring completely remastered color and text corrections, and containing material not available for nearly thirty years, these books are the perfect companions to the upcoming all-new Conan series from Dark Horse.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Tower of the Elephant and other stories!" Collects Conan the Barbarian (1970-1993 Marvel) #1-8.

Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Barry Windsor-Smith, Sal Buscema, Frank Giacoia, Tom Sutton, and Tom Palmer. Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith and John Verpoorten.

In the early 1970s, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian exploded on to the comics scene. Writer Roy Thomas teamed with a young artist named Barry Smith, and together the two mapped out some of the most stirring and memorable Conan adventures to come along since those written by Howard himself. Over the course of their 24 issue run together, Thomas and Smith defined Conan for a generation of comics readers, and now those stories are collected here in a series of trade paperbacks.

Featuring completely remastered color and text corrections, and containing material not available for nearly thirty years, these books are the perfect companions to the upcoming all-new Conan series from Dark Horse.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Yuy Beop-Ryong. Art by park Hui-Jin. In the course of the epic battle with White Tiger - and over the strenuous objections of Shyao - Rayan becomes one with the PaSa sword. She is worried that it will consume him, but he assures her that it wants only to slay monsters and not to possess him. The group then meets Mingling and has a violent encounter with the monster, Inmyunsoo. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

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September 2003. Cover 1 of 2 Kill Bill. Kate Beckinsale takes a bite out of Underworld; the 100 most powerful people in genre entertainment; interview with Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino; the creeps of Freddy vs. Jason; Exorcist: The Beginning; Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Cover price $4.99.

September 2003. Cover 2 of 2 Underworld. Kate Beckinsale takes a bite out of Underworld; the 100 most powerful people in genre entertainment; interview with Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino; the creeps of Freddy vs. Jason; Exorcist: The Beginning; Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Cover price $4.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Hojo Tsukasa. Ryo's action filled crime adventures continue. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 2nd or later printing. Story and art by Hojo Tsukasa. Ryo's action filled crime adventures continue. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Hojo Tsukasa. Ryo's action-filled crime adventures continue in this volume collecting Chapters 25-32 of action-packed Raijin Comics serial! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Written by Thierry Smolderen. Art and cover by Philippe Marcele. This European Thelma & Louise begins with a supermarket robbery in which Marielle's son and Stella's husband are killed. Afterwards, Marielle isn't recovering the way she's supposed to because she hasn't followed the path laid out by her psychologist and her ex-husband. She has to find her own way to live with the results of the trauma, both physical and psychological. When she sees the gunman again and no one, not even the police, believes her, she and Stella, who's been hiding a violent secret of her own, decide to handle their own surveillance and revenge. Along the way, they become lovers as well as compatriots. The title means "Black Rage," the kind of emotion that sweeps over and carries one away, excusing actions that would otherwise be unbelievable. Grey tones fill out pages and add the depth that the unvarying thin line art takes away. The setting is a fully realized world with detailed backgrounds, fleshed-out cameo characters and well-rounded leads. Marcel‚ punctuates standard panels with slivers of head shots to emphasize strong emotions, and he makes dramatic events more realistic through prosaic, direct art with a minimum of flashy techniques. The story is a comfortably paced unwinding of the aftermath of horrendous, life-changing events. After such a finely detailed story, the ending comes surprisingly abruptly, with lots of twists and turns in the last few pages that may require re-reading. It's a riveting story about the way unexpected violence can change one's life. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

Issue 4 - Fall 2003. This lavishly produced, full-color art magazine devoted entirely to comics features in-depth and insightful articles showcasing the likes of comics pioneers Ernesto Cabral, Basil Wolverton, Charles Burns, Carl Barks, Charles Schulz, and Harvey Pekar. Softcover Magazine, 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.00.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. (Comic Art Magazine) The most spectacular 80-page issue yet of the lavishly produced full-color art magazine devoted to comics! The cover feature is a career overview of amazing Mexican caricaturist and poster artist Ernesto Cabral, featuring a ton of jaw-dropping, never-before-seen original color art. Also featured: Charles Burns: In the Studio, and substantial articles on Charles M. Schulz's early Peanuts; Carl Barks; and Basil Wolverton's MAD art, including a great deal of original art and never-before-published correspondence between the master of the grotesque and Harvey Kurtzman. All this, and much more, including another brand-new strip insert by a leading cartoonist! Softcover, 80 pages, full color. Cover price $9.00.

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We have held off as long as we can! Sports Illustrated and even National Geographic have their annual "swimsuit issue," and CBM #106 will follow suit this fall with an issue featuring pretty gals in comic-booky situations! You'll see headlights like never before, racy covers and panels designed to titillate any red-blooded American adolescent. Plus all our regular columns and lotsa stuff that even we don't know about yet! Come on board for this cruise with CBM! Also including our regular features! CBM #106?b&w w/Color Gallery (Note Price) $6.95 Cover price $6.95.

This issue of the world's longest-running magazine about comics includes the following: a feature on Wizard World Chicago; a feature on Supergirl; an obituary of William Woolfolk; Peter David on comic book presidential candidates; plus the usual reviews, news items, and more. September 5, 2003. Cover price $3.99.

This issue of the world's longest-running magazine about comics includes the following: the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; a feature on Bob Hope comics; a feature on The Inferior Five; an article about CGC; part one of the History of the Direct Market; plus the usual reviews, news items, and more. September 12, 2003. Cover price $3.99.

This issue of the world's longest-running magazine about comics includes the following: a report on Free Comic Book Day; Catching Up with Chuck Dixon; a piece on Metallo; part two of the History of the Direct Market; plus the usual reviews, news items, and more. September 19, 2003. Cover price $3.99.

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This issue of the world's longest-running magazine about comics includes the following: a feature on David Mack's return to Daredevil; part three of the History of the Direct Market; a piece on Duck Dodgers; Denis Kitchen and Will Eisner remember Dave Schreiner; an X-Men rogues quiz; plus the usual reviews, news items, and more. September 26, 2003. Cover price $3.99.

Sandman/Death/Endless cover by Frank Quitely. Cover price $2.50.

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Add to cart VF 8.0 $4.80

Featuring: Little Orphan Annie and Mr. Am by Harold Gray, Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell and Romero, Gasoline Alley by Dick Moores, Flash Gordon by Dan Barry and Wally Wood, The Phantom by Lee Falk and Ray Moore, Tarzan and the Diamond of Ashra by Dan Barry, Alley Oop by V. T. Hamlin, Buz Sawyer by Roy Crane, Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts, and Krazy Kat by George Herriman. (Manuscript Press) Magazine Cover price $6.95.

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Weekly British War comics digest. "The Mission Begins..." Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

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Add to cart Fine $4.80

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Weekly British War comics digest. "Secret of the Forest" Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

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Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.20

Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $4.00

Add to cart Very Good $3.20

Weekly British War comics digest. "All for Glory!" Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

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Add to cart Very Good $3.20

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Weekly British War comics digest. "Battle for the Baltic" Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

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Weekly British War comics digest. "War Bikes" Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $5.20

Add to cart Fine $4.80

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.20

Weekly British War comics digest. "Master Race" Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

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Weekly British War comics digest. "Operation 'Jigsaw'" Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B/W.

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1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics!" Collects Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics (2002) #1-4.

Story and art by Ted Naifeh.

Courtney learns of something even scarier than the goblins under her bed: man's ambition for power!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W.

Cover price $11.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

Add to cart Fine $7.10

Add to cart Fine $7.10

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics!" Collects Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics (2002) #1-4.

Story and art by Ted Naifeh.

Courtney learns of something even scarier than the goblins under her bed: man's ambition for power!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, B&W.

Cover price $11.95.