Comic books March 2011

Limited Fantastic Four Anniversary Variant Cover by PAOLO RIVERA Protect and Serve: Part 1 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO 'PROTECT AND SERVE,' PART ONE It's a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. Wherever a citizen is in need, there's an X-Man on the job. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York's favorite wall-crawler has the answers. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Blank Cover. Protect and Serve: Part 1 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO It's a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. Wherever a citizen is in need, there's an X-Man on the job. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York's favorite wall-crawler has the answers. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

ARTIST SKETCHED EDITION. Sketch area of the cover features a unique, original sketch rendered by various artists, obtained by fans. PLEASE NOTE: This is a generic picture of one copy only, every cover is unique, please see individual listings for exact cover details. GRADING NOTE: Book handled by artist while creating sketch. Grade does not reflect any of the collateral staining, smudging that results from this process.

Blank Cover. Protect and Serve: Part 1 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO It's a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. Wherever a citizen is in need, there's an X-Man on the job. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York's favorite wall-crawler has the answers. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Limited Wraparound Gatefold Variant Cover by Marko Djurdjevic. Protect and Serve: Part 1 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO. It's a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. Wherever a citizen is in need, there's an X-Man on the job. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York's favorite wall-crawler has the answers. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Protect and Serve: Part 1 of 4 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO Cover by TERRY DODSON Variant Covers by TERRY DODSON & CHRIS BACHALO Blank Variant also available 'PROTECT AND SERVE,' PART ONE It's a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. Wherever a citizen is in need, there's an X-Man on the job. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York's favorite wall-crawler has the answers. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Retailer Customized Premiere Variant Cover by TERRY DODSON. Protect and Serve: Part 1 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO. It's a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. Wherever a citizen is in need, there's an X-Man on the job. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York's favorite wall-crawler has the answers. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Non-Customized Premiere Variant Cover by TERRY DODSON. Protect and Serve: Part 1 - Written by VICTOR GISCHLER Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO. It's a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. Wherever a citizen is in need, there's an X-Man on the job. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York's favorite wall-crawler has the answers. 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Chris Claremont. Art by Andy Smith & Cory Hamscher. Cover by Tom Grummett & Hamscher. SERIES FINALE! A PERFECT STORM concludes with a battle royal in the heart of Wakanda...and all bets are off! Will your favorite X-Man make it out of the rubble alive? Only X-legend Chris Claremont knows!! It's the mutant super-team vs. Earth's Mightiest Heroes!! 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Chris Claremont. Art by Ramon Rosanas. Cover by Tom Grummett & Cory Hamscher. SERIES FINALE! A PERFECT STORM concludes with a battle royal in the heart of Wakanda...and all bets are off! Will your favorite X-Man make it out of the rubble alive? Only X-legend Chris Claremont knows!! It's the mutant super-team vs. Earth's Mightiest Heroes!! 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $3.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Scream a Little Scream!" Collects X-Men Forever 2 (2010) #6-10. Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT. Art by RODNEY BUCHEMI, RON LIM and MIKE GRELL. Cover by TOM GRUMMETT. It's double the danger as Sabretooth fights for his life against...Sabretooth!? The X-Men's resident bad boy faces off with his Marauder self. He's blind and down a hand - yet Victor Creed is angling to prove it ain't the prettier killer who walks away, but the one who's willing to go the farthest. Just how far will the reformed villain go? Meanwhile, ever since she got a claw of her own, Kitty Pryde's been feeling...not herself. To put it mildly. And after barely surviving an encounter with the Marauders' secret weapon, the young X-Man feels a strange, inexplicable pull towards the land of the rising sun. Of course, it can't be a coincidence that said secret weapon is also stalking the streets of Tokyo, right? It's gonna take more than just one claw for Kitty to make it through round two! Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

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Written by MIKE CAREY Penciled by HARVEY TOLIBAO Cover by JOY ANG Something sinister is lurking on Utopia. Something invisible to the naked eye. Something that's abducting mutants one by one. When an invisible threat walks amongst the X-Men, they turn to someone who doesn't rely on sight to battle their unseen foe. But little do the X-Men know that what awaits them is more dangerous than they could ever have imagined... 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Collects X-MEN ORIGINS: Cyclops (2010), Nightcrawler (2010), Iceman (2009), Emma Frost (2010) and Deadpool (2010) - plus bonus material from Giant Size X-Men (1975) #1 and Uncanny X-Men #131. Written by STUART MOORE, MARK BERNARDIN, ADAM FREEMAN, ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA, VALERIE D'ORAZIO and DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI. Art by JESSE DELPERDANG, JAMES HARREN, CARY NORD, PHIL NOTO, KARL MOLINE and LEANDRO FERNANDEZ. Cover by BENJAMIN ZHANG BIN. The X-Men's secrets revealed! Experience the origin of the X-Men's leader as you follow Cyclops from his childhood through his joining of the X-Men. Relive Nightcrawler's early days as a trapeze artist in Germany, the first time he teleported and the events that made him the hero he is today! See the small-town beginnings that helped forge Iceman, the coolest mutant of them all! Witness Emma Frost's rise from a mousy girl from a wealthy New England family to the rich and terrifying queen of a secret society to the leader of the X-Men! Plus: DEADPOOL: THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! You may have heard there's a Deadpool movie in the works. Wade Wilson's heard the same thing, and he's determined to tell his own story before Hollywood screws it up! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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Written by CHRIS YOST, MARC GUGGENHEIM & NICK ABADZIS. Art by DEREC DONOVAN, ERIC KODA, DANNY MIKI, STEVEN SANDERS & DALIBOR TALAJIC. Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI Who are the mysterious X-Vigilante's and what is a big-time Spidey villain doing in San Francisco? Chris Yost's return to the X-Books continues here! Also, a visit from Thor to Wakanda ends up with Storm becoming a true Goddess of the Weather. EEP! All this and more! 40 PGS./Rated A Cover price $3.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Night of August Third!"

Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art and cover by William Vance.

XIII and Jones are on the run. Hunted by local authorities, they're suspected of three murders, including that of The Mongoose's hired killer. The sheriff of Green Falls, henchman to the town's biggest landowner, is all too happy to accuse the fugitives: The two men don't want certain details from the past to surface. XIII is going to have to survive long enough to dig up the truth about what really happened on the night of August 3rd long ago.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

Cover price $11.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Life on a Bicycle!" Story and art by Rick Smith. This first collection of the daily comic strip chronicles the on-road and retail adventures of Yehuda and his friend Joe. The two own a bike shop - the Kickstand Cyclery - and are confronted with the challenges presented by their daily bicycle rides and the customers at the shop. Along the way, you'll meet the bike ninja, the bike hypochondriac, Yehuda and Joe's elderly compatriot Fred, Thistle Gin (a mechanic who works in the shop with Yehuda and Joe), the Shakers who build the bicycle frames, neighborhood kids, roadies, commuters, and more. Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Comic Book Time!" Cover by Parker Jacobs. Oni Press and W!LDBRAIN Entertainment, the award-winning entertainment company and producers of Yo Gabbba Gabba!, have teamed to bring DJ Lance Rock, the residents of his magic boombox - Brobee, Muno, Toodee, Foofa and Plex - along with their Story Time pals from their hit series and live stage show, to the wild world of comics books with the first Yo Gabba Gabba! comics project - Yo Gabba Gabba! Comic Book Time Vol. 1. Featuring an all-new cover from Gabba Animation Art Director Parker Jacobs and new stories from YGG animators, comic book superstars like Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Mike Allred, J. Torres, J. Bone, Jamie S. Rich, and many more, this book promises to be a party for the eyeballs of readers young and old! Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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Written by GREG WEISMAN and KEVIN HOPPS Cover and art by MIKE NORTON Based on the upcoming hit animated show from Warner Bros. debuting on Cartoon Network! Robin, Superboy, Kid Flash and Aqualad star in this explosive issue kickstarting an all-new ongoing series! They're four young superheroes learning how to be a team...and maybe doing a bit of growing up along the way - but only just a little bit! Animation writers Greg Wiesman (The Batman, Gargoyles) and Kevin Hopps (Spectacular Spider-Man, Smurfs) join fan-favorite artist Mike Norton (BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM) for this exciting new, all-ages title! 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

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Danny McBride (W), Jeff Fradley (W), Sean Phillips (P/Cover), and Paul Peart (I) Danny McBride writes the prequel to the upcoming blockbuster from Universal, Your Highness! Prince Fabious is the pride of his kingdom-his exploits are the stuff of legend. To keep the kingdom of Mourne safe from the vicious wizard Leezar's minions he will have to slay a rampaging Cyclops, which has already destroyed a village! In the meantime, Prince Thadeous, Fabious' brother, and royal embarrassment, embarks on a diplomatic mission to the Dwarf Kingdom. All he needs to secure peace with the dwarves is obtain a simple signature. But when Thadeous decides to partake in the Dwarf Kingdom's kind herb and show them who the life of the party is, he may be the spark that sets off a war and be its first casualty! o These stories lead directly up to the events at the beginning of Your Highness, the movie! o From the extraordinarily funny minds of Danny McBride (Pineapple Express, Eastbound & Down) and Jeff Fradley (The Foot Fist Way)! Cover price $7.99.

Includes Card (Elemental Hero the Shining) - Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Naoyuki Kageyama. Chazz Princeton, the rising star of Duel Academy, faces the champion Ryo Kaiser in a fiery duel atop an active volcano! While his classmates' eyes are riveted on the big match, Jaden fights alone against Reggie Mackenzie, a duelist possessed by an evil entity. If Jaden wins, he might save the soul of his teacher, Miss Hibiki. If Jaden loses, Reggie will steal his precious ""Winged Kuriboh"" card...and Jaden's soul in the bargain! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-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.

Does NOT include Card -Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Naoyuki Kageyama. Chazz Princeton, the rising star of Duel Academy, faces the champion Ryo Kaiser in a fiery duel atop an active volcano! While his classmates' eyes are riveted on the big match, Jaden fights alone against Reggie Mackenzie, a duelist possessed by an evil entity. If Jaden wins, he might save the soul of his teacher, Miss Hibiki. If Jaden loses, Reggie will steal his precious ""Winged Kuriboh"" card...and Jaden's soul in the bargain! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-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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Pupaphobia: Part 2 of 3 - Written by PAUL DINI Art by CLIFF CHIANG Cover by STEPHANE ROUX 'Pupaphobia' continues with Zatanna discovering a memory long repressed from her childhood on the road... the memory of the night that sadistic puppeteer Oscar Hempel tried to kill her! But while she thought her father's magic cut Hempel's strings long ago, he's back and out for vengeance - and Zee may have no choice but to reverse his curse and set him free to kill again! 32 pg, FC Cover price $2.99.

Dynamic Forces Edition Signed by Cliff Chiang - Limited to 50 copies. Pupaphobia: Part 2 of 3 - Written by PAUL DINI Art by CLIFF CHIANG Cover by STEPHANE ROUX 'Pupaphobia' continues with Zatanna discovering a memory long repressed from her childhood on the road... the memory of the night that sadistic puppeteer Oscar Hempel tried to kill her! But while she thought her father's magic cut Hempel's strings long ago, he's back and out for vengeance - and Zee may have no choice but to reverse his curse and set him free to kill again! 32 pg, FC

1st printing. Colelcts Zatanna (2010 2nd Series) #1-6.

Written by PAUL DINI. Art by STEPHANE ROUX, KARL STORY, CHAD HARDIN and WAYNE FAUCHER. Cover by STEPHANE ROUX.

Zatanna has long made her home in San Francisco, but right under her nose a sinister threat has developed: a crime boss who dominates the criminal underworld with dark magic. The terrifying Brother Night is making his play for the City by the Bay, and the police force - including hunky detective Dale Colton - turn to Zee for help. But Brother Night is a whole new kind of criminal, and if Zatanna thinks she can backwards-talk him down, then she's in over her top-hatted head!

Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

Volume 14 - 1st printing. "Drive!" By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman. A humorous look at life from the point of view of a private 15-year-old named Jeremy. Juggling school, family, friends, and anything else life can through his way, Jeremy allows anyone who has ever been 15 to relate to his own trials and tribulations. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.

1st printing. BySteven C. Schlozman, MD. As the walking dead rises up throughout the world, a few brave doctors attempt to find a cure by applying forensic techniques to captured zombies. Based on the research of renowned zombie expert Dr. Stanley Blum, The Zombie Autopsies documents the unique biology of zombie organisms. Twenty-five detailed drawings of the internal organs of actual zombies provide an accurate anatomy of these horrifying creatures, including zombie brains, hearts, lungs, skin, and the digestive system, while Dr. Blum's notes reveal shocking insights into how they function. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 208 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Text by Jovanka Vuckovic. Cover by Charlie Adlard. From Haitian voodoo zombie lore and the literature of Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe to the pulp magazines and cinema of the 20th century, this is the first book to take a long, putrefying look at the entire zombie phenomenon! With an introduction by George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead) and original cover art by Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead). Softcover, 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $17.99.