Comic books October 2002

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Written by Frank A. Lauria. Art by Michael Docherty & Oscar Lopez. Cover by Michael Docherty. Using human guinea pigs, an Iraqi scientist working in Mogadishu, Somalia develops a terrible biological weapon based on the Ebola virus. Upon seeing the horrible effects of his work, he has a change of heart and knows he cannot allow the ruthless Iraqi regime to unleash this lethal plague upon humanity. His only option is to defect with his entire family to the United States. Unfortunately, he is under close surveillance by Iraqi secret intelligence agents. Not a problem for the men of SpecWar, who are handed the mission of spiriting the scientist and his family safely out of the country, as well as destroying the laboratory and its deadly contents. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.25.

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cover by pat olliffe & al williamson tom defalco (w)/pat olliffe (p)/al williamson (i) Double-sized issue! May's first kiss! Plus: A revelation about Peter Parker and Mary Jane's new baby! 48 PGS. WITH ADS/FC/ALL AGES Cover price $3.50.

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(3 of 6) Written by Kevin Smith. Pencils by Terry Dodson. Inks by Rachel Dodson. Cover by Terry and Rachel Dodson. Cover price $2.99.

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Autumn in New York - Written by Jeph Loeb. Art and Cover by Tim Sale. Peter and Aunt May ponder new living arrangements. In prison, Blackie Drago convinces an ailing Adrian Toomes to tell him where his Vulture costume is hidden. Continuing the Marvel Knights look at Spidey's college years! Characters in this issue: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; Adrian Toomes [Vulture]; Anna Watson; Mary Jane Watson; Harry Osborn; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson; Vulture [Blackie Drago]. 32 pages, full color. Marvel PG Cover price $3.50.

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cover by vatche mavlian brett matthews (w)/vatche mavlian (p & i) It's a day in the life of two of Marvel's most popular heroes in a self-contained one-shot by writer Brett Matthews (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and hot new artist Vatche Mavlian! 32 PGS. WITH ADS/FC/MARVEL PG 2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Cover by Joe Quesada. Ron Zimmerman (w). John McCrea (p). James Hogdkins (i). 32 PGS. WITH NO ADS/FC/MARVEL PG Cover price $2.25.

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cover by scott sava greg rucka (w)/scott sava (a) Continuing the Spidey tale with CGI art! 32 PGS. WITH ADS/CARDSTOCK COVER/FC/MARVEL PG 2.99 Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Collects Spider-Man: Quality of Life (2002) #1-4. Written by Greg Rucka. Art and cover by Scott Sava. Spider-Man squares off against the lethal Lizard in this CGI spectacular! Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

NOTE: See Peter Parker Spider-Man TPB (2001-2003) Vol. 3 Cover price $8.99.

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Cover by Leo Fernandez. Daniel Way (w). Leo fernandez (p). Like HBO's Oz? Wait until you read part two of Tombstone's fun time in jail! 32 PGS. WITH ADS/CARDSTOCK COVER/FC/MARVEL PG Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Spider-Man's Tangled Web (2001) #12-17. Cover by Kaare Andrews. It's more off-beat tales featuring New York's one and only web-slinger! Softcover, full color. Cover price $15.99.

1st printing. Written by William Shatner with Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. By William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. The Dominion War is over. The Federation is at peace. What better time for two legendary starship captains to set aside the demands of duty and simply take some well-deserved time off. But when James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard arrive on Bajor to dive among the ruins of an ancient sunken city, they find themselves in far from relaxing circumstances. The small group of scientists the captains have joined suddenly discover their equipment sabotaged -- isolating them from Deep Space Nine and from any hope of rescue -- as a murderer stalks them, one by one. Cut off from the people and the technology on which they have always depended, Kirk and Picard must rely more than ever on their own skills and resources -- as well as on their growing friendship -- to solve the mysterious killings and, at the same time, save one of Bajor's greatest living treasures. With time running out and Picard missing after a diving disaster, Kirk must search his memories of the past for the solution, plunging him into a harrowing personal journey that reveals the beginning of his path from young Starfleet officer to legendary galactic hero. From the shores of Bajor's Inland Sea to the welcoming arms of a seductive and deadly alien commander intent on making Kirk her own, The Captain's Peril is Captain Kirk's most personal, and his most extreme, adventure yet! Hardcover, 342 pages, Text Only Cover price $25.00.

Issue 97 - October, 2002. Interviews: Patrick Stewart, Nicole de Boer, John de Lancie. Features: The role of the captain, mistakes and bad decisions, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Softcover, 9" x 11.5", 68 pages, full color.

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The complete atlas of Star Trek written and illustrated by Geoffrey Mandel. Softcover, square bound, 104 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

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Second or later printing. The complete atlas of Star Trek written and illustrated by Geoffrey Mandel. Softcover, square bound, 104 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

1st printing. Written by DAVID BRIN. Painted art and cover by SCOTT HAMPTON. Best-selling science-fiction author David Brin tackles his first-ever Star Trek project - and first-ever graphic novel - collaborating with acclaimed painter Scott Hampton. Captain Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E spot a stray transporter beam in deep space carrying a living being inside. When they bring it aboard, they encounter a mystery for the ages! Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st Printing. "Hunt the Sun Runner!" By Ryder Windham. A ghost ship is on a crash course with a helpless planet. First the Jedi must find it. Then they must stop it. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 80 pages, text only.

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by SCOTT ALLIE, RYAN BENJAMIN, and CURTIS ARNOLD; cover by BRIAN HORTON The plot against the Emperor and Darth Vader proceeds, but as the conspirators worry about whether either of their targets suspect ? and how much they might suspect ? they also begin to wonder about each other. Can the cold-blooded killer Gauer be trusted? What about the ambitious Imperial Officer Dezsetes? And who can tell what goes on behind the blank eyes of the cybernetically enhanced Grand Moff Trachta? In the midst of the plots and counter plots, word comes of a new threat ? a new, unknown Jedi has emerged to challenge Vader... On sale October 4 FC, 32pg . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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by DAVID LAND, DAVIDÉ FABBRI, CHRISTIAN DALLA VECCHIA, and DAN JACKSON; cover by CHRIS BACHALO Dagobah is a mysterious place. Beneath the heavy canopy of ancient trees lies a strange jungle inhabited by creatures in caves and swamps not seen elsewhere. Dagobah is also home to the greatest living Jedi Master, Yoda. It's here that he has trained young Leia Skywalker to take her rightful place in the Jedi Order. Though she has quickly learned what he's taught her, she is not a Jedi yet. She has two important final tasks to complete. Yoda, too, has a final mission. His home is about to become a battleground, as he faces the fiercest soldier the Dark Side has ever commanded: Darth Vader! In a mortal confrontation on an astral plane, these warriors will clash for the fate of the universe! On sale October 9 FC, 32pg (4 of 4) . . . $2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Inside: Attack of the Clones - secrets revealed; Yoda springs to life - size matters not; John Williams scores; galaxy-sized Celebration II report; exclusive Sith Rising card encyclopedia; Rose Byrne and Veronica Segura - heroic handmaidens; crossing Tatooine. Cover price $5.99.

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Inside: 16 Famous Jedi; starships of Episode II; movie update with Rick McCallum; lightsaber combat - seven deadly forms; Attack of the Clones - more secrets revealed; Walter Jon Williams - galactic war and peace; Dark Horse - Republic vs. Empire; exclusive Topps Widevision card. Cover price $5.99.

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1st printing. By Walter Jon Williams. The time of reckoning is close at hand. Events in the New York Times bestselling Star Wars The New Jedi Order series take a decisive turn, as the heroes of the New Republic prepare for their most volatile clash yet with the enemy—from without and within. In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong, the fall of Coruscant leaves the New Republic divided by internal strife, and on the verge of bowing to conquest. But those who steadfastly refuse to consider surrender—Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, and their children and comrades-in-arms—are determined to seize victory against overwhelming odds. And now, finally, there are signs that the tide may be turning in the New Republic's favor. After capturing crucial Yuuzhan Vong intelligence, Jedi fighter-pilot Jaina Solo prepares to lead a daring surprise strike against an enemy flagship. Meanwhile, Jaina's brother Jacen—liberated from the hands of the enemy and newly schooled in an even greater mastery of the Force by the Jedi Knight Vergere—is eagerly poised to bring his unique skills to bear against the invaders. And on Mon Calamari, the New Republic's provisional capital, the retired, ailing hero Admiral Ackbar has conceived a major tactical plan that could spell the beginning of a swift end for the Yuuzhan Vong. Yet even as opposing squadrons face off in the depths of space, intrigue runs rampant: in the heated political race for Chief of State . . . in the shadows where Yuuzhan Vong spies plot assassinations . . . and in the inscrutable creature Vergere, a Jedi Knight whose allegiance is impossible to predict. And as Luke Skywalker sets about reestablishing the Jedi Council, the growing faction opposed to the ways of the Force unveil a terrifying weapon designed to annihilate the Yuuzhan Vong species. But in doing so, they may be dooming the New Republic to becoming the very thing it has sworn to fight against—and unleashing the power of the dark side. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 448 pages, Text Only Cover price $25.95.

Science Fiction Book Club Edition - 1st printing. By Walter Jon Williams. The time of reckoning is close at hand. Events in the New York Times bestselling Star Wars The New Jedi Order series take a decisive turn, as the heroes of the New Republic prepare for their most volatile clash yet with the enemy—from without and within. In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong, the fall of Coruscant leaves the New Republic divided by internal strife, and on the verge of bowing to conquest. But those who steadfastly refuse to consider surrender—Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, and their children and comrades-in-arms—are determined to seize victory against overwhelming odds. And now, finally, there are signs that the tide may be turning in the New Republic's favor. After capturing crucial Yuuzhan Vong intelligence, Jedi fighter-pilot Jaina Solo prepares to lead a daring surprise strike against an enemy flagship. Meanwhile, Jaina's brother Jacen—liberated from the hands of the enemy and newly schooled in an even greater mastery of the Force by the Jedi Knight Vergere—is eagerly poised to bring his unique skills to bear against the invaders. And on Mon Calamari, the New Republic's provisional capital, the retired, ailing hero Admiral Ackbar has conceived a major tactical plan that could spell the beginning of a swift end for the Yuuzhan Vong. Yet even as opposing squadrons face off in the depths of space, intrigue runs rampant: in the heated political race for Chief of State . . . in the shadows where Yuuzhan Vong spies plot assassinations . . . and in the inscrutable creature Vergere, a Jedi Knight whose allegiance is impossible to predict. And as Luke Skywalker sets about reestablishing the Jedi Council, the growing faction opposed to the ways of the Force unveil a terrifying weapon designed to annihilate the Yuuzhan Vong species. But in doing so, they may be dooming the New Republic to becoming the very thing it has sworn to fight against—and unleashing the power of the dark side. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 448 pages, Text Only. NOTE: No Cover Price. Cover price $25.95.

Starburst is Britain's "premier magazine of sci-fi entertainment." Issue #291 includes: Scott Bakula & Jolene Blalock on Star Trek: Enterprise; Danny Boyle on 28 Days Later; a look back at An American Werewolf in London; a look at Firefly; Anthony Michael Hall on The Dead Zone. Bakula & Blalock Enterprise cover. Cover price $6.99.

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For over 25 years, Starlog has taken readers behind the scenes, previewing the latest sci-fi and fantasy movies, TV series, and literature with the writers, artists, directors, special FX wizards, and actors who create them. Tentatively scheduled for this issue: Joss (Buffy) Whedon previews Fox's Firefly. Anthony Montgomery talks about second season life in UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise. Michael Easton (Total Recall 2070) joins in as a mutant baddie! Meet Andy Hallett, the green-faced Host-sidekick Loren from TV's Angel. Director Andrew Prowse takes us behind the scenes of Farscape. David Hedison (The Fly) gives an interview about TV's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Plus, coverage of Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones. Director Pete Docter recalls the genesis of Monsters Inc. And more! Starlog explores the science-fiction universe like no other magazine! (Starlog Group) (CAUT: 4) Magazine, 100pg, FC $7.99 Cover price $7.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Wing Shing Ma. Cloud takes Kong-Chi to Shia-Wang Mansion in order to steal the Ice Vigor Stone. With this he will be able to keep Kong-Chi's body young and beautiful for eternity. She will retain the youthful appearance that Cloud fell in love with. Yet before he can lay her to rest, Cloud runs into Conquer, who is distraught and furious over the loss of Kong-Chi. The long-awaited battle between master and pupil ensues... but is Cloud up to the challenge? Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $13.95.

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WRITTEN BY MICAH IAN WRIGHT; ART AND COVER BY WHILCE PORTACIO AND SCOTT WILLIAMS EYE OF THE STORM. In stores August 14. The hard-hitting military action continues! Super-powered extremists have taken the United Nations hostage. Officially, the new StormWatch doesn't even exist. But that hasn't stopped two of its members ? Ben Santini and Blake Coleman ? from infiltrating the U.N. and launching a brutal counteroffensive. The rest of the team is scattered across the globe, and getting them to where they need to be will be dangerous...perhaps even lethal. MATURE READERS FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

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Regular Cover. $3.50. Man w/2 guns in front of American Flag. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis and Wolfer continue to work their magic on this most revealing William Gravel epic! Three years ago, SAS team Alpha One Zero got into deep trouble, as a result of William Gravel's second life as a combat magician. It was assumed that the rest of his team never truly understood what happened. Today, it seems, they did -- because Alpha One Zero are walking in the territories sideways to the real world, that only magicians know of and can access. And Alpha One Zero are finding their ammunition there, grown in the Body Orchard, the invisible forest that is the greatest asset of combat magicians! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

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Wraparound Cover. Written by Warren Ellis. Art and Covers by Mike Wolfer. Warren Ellis and Wolfer continue to work their magic on this most revealing William Gravel epic! Three years ago, SAS team Alpha One Zero got into deep trouble, as a result of William Gravel's second life as a combat magician. It was assumed that the rest of his team never truly understood what happened. Today, it seems, they did -- because Alpha One Zero are walking in the territories sideways to the real world, that only magicians know of and can access. And Alpha One Zero are finding their ammunition there, grown in the Body Orchard, the invisible forest that is the greatest asset of combat magicians! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

Story, Art and Cover by David Lapham. Stray Bullets is back! The acclaimed comics series continues its fourth arc of gut-wrenching tales -- an arc of stories full of kidnapping, obsession and small, confined spaces. Virginia Applejack is gone! No one's seen her or her little friend Bobby in weeks. With the cops, the mob and deranged, angry parents breathing down her neck, Beth is searching high and low, trying to find them. As the nightmare grows, and the trail grows cold, she'll push the bounds of sanity to the limit, and more than one person will wind up scarred forever! A desperate woman on the verge of a meltdown -- that's all that's needed for another complete, mind-blowing Stray Bullets tale! 32 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.50.

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WRITTEN BY KEITH GIFFEN; ART BY PACO MEDINA AND JOE SANCHEZ; COVER BY MICHAEL BAIR In stores August 14. Final issue ? guest-starring the JSA! The Justice Society drops by just in time for the Squad to wrap up its tour of duty in the deadliest ways possible. After an attack by the terrorist group Onslaught, the Squad is left gutted. And it looks like the only way out is for the Squad to live up to its name. Be here for the ensuing chaos as we also find out the final piece in the puzzle of how Rock and Bulldozer are still alive. FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and TOSHIYA TAKEDA. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. Shirow is back!! The long awaited return of Masamune Shirow, creator of Ghost in the Shell, Intron Depot, and Dominion is back with more material from another fan-favorite title, Appleseed, featured exclusively in Super Manga Blast! Yes, Deunan and Briareos are back again when we print the never-before-published-in-America Appleseed Hypernote. For the next year we'll be printing not only more of the same funny, sexy, action-packed Appleseed stories you've enjoyed in the past, but also sketches and specs of the many landmates, robotic weapons, and cityscapes from the series. Also in this issue, Haruo continues her counseling of star pitcher Koji Uryu in Club 9, Shiina runs to the rescue of the captured Akira in Shadow Star, M-Zak continues her nasty battle with the enigmatic aliens in Seraphic Feather, and there's more family hi-jinks in store for the lovable cats in What's Micheal? It just keeps getting better in Super Manga Blast!, and we have no intention of letting up. - New material from Ghost In The Shell creator, Masamune Shirow! - Everything great about manga in one, 128 page comic. FOR MATURE READERS. b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW, MOHIRO KITOH, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI, YUZO TAKADA, and HIROYUKI UTATANE and TOSHIYA TAKEDA. Produced by STUDIO PROTEUS. The year of Shirow in Super Manga Blast! is just getting started, and as fall sets in, it's time to consider how to pass those winter days on the way. But why argue with yourself? Just pick up the new issue of SMB! to warm up your brisk evenings! If Shirow's Appleseed isn't hot enough for you, you're sure to sweat in your seat when you read Shadow Star, as the dragon kids expose weaknesses in their abilities, but is it a weakness in the dragons, or the kids? And over in 3x3 Eyes things aren't exactly cooling off, as Pai, Yakumo, and tough-punching Jake getting ever closer to the secret of the sacred land. Plus, cutey Pai takes a bath. Meow! As always, plenty of action from Seraphic Feather, as the battle rages in the research lab and it looks as if the whole place will collapse, but somehow Apep and Fawn find the time to have a little make-out session. Phew, things are getting ever so spicy in Super Manga Blast!, like the cinnamon in a pumpkin pie! Happy Halloween! MATURE READERS. - New material from Ghost In The Shell creator, Masamune Shirow!! - Manga is everywhere these days, but the best is in Super Manga Blast! 128 pages of action, drama, and fun! b&w, 128pgs. Cover price $5.99.

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WRITTEN BY PETER DAVID; ART AND COVER BY LEONARD KIRK AND ROBIN RIGGS In stores August 21. Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest lies the original Garden of Eden, the sacred place that Supergirl is convinced holds the earth angel of fire. Unfortunately, thanks to a long-simmering jealousy of Mary Marvel that prompts her to ignore her traveling companion's warnings of a possible trap, Supergirl may wind up destroying the missing earth angel she's been trying to save! FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

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WRITTEN BY GEOFF JOHNS; ART BY BRENT ANDERSON; COVER BY PASCUAL FERRY In stores August 7. A one-shot tale by the guest creative team of Geoff Johns (JSA, THE FLASH) and Brent Anderson (GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY, KURT BUSIEK'S ASTRO CITY). Superman, dazed and confused, lands in the middle of a little league baseball game in Ohio. Who ? or what ? guided him there, and can the Man of Steel get his bearings in time to save the day? FC, 32 PG. $2.25 Cover price $2.25.

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1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects Superman: For all Seasons (1998) #1-4.

Written by Jeph Loeb. Art and cover by Tim Sale.

Similar to the premise of the Smallville television series, this hardcover book takes a look at the life of a young Clark Kent as he begins to develop strange powers. Living in a small Kansas town, the boy who would grow to be the Man of Steel must come to terms with his true origin and his uncanny abilities. In this mythic tale, we witness the experiences and adventures that transform a simple country boy into the world's greatest hero.

Softcover, 206 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

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1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects stories form Superman (1939-1986 1st Series) #65, 96-97, 79-80, and 127; Action Comics (1938-2011 DC) #151, 242, 252, and 254-255; World's Finest (1941-1986) #68 and 75; Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane (1958-1974) #8; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954-1974) #13; Showcase (1956-1978) #9; and Adventure Comics (1938-1983) #210.

Written by Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Bill Finger, and Edmond Hamilton. Art by Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Curt Swan, and Kurt Schaffenberger. Cover by Wayne Boring. Introduction by Mark Waid.

The Man of Steel's most outrageous tales from the Fifties are collected here, including some important milestones in Superman's history: the first appearances of Supergirl, Krypto, Titano the Super-Ape, and the first Kryptonian villans! Plus, Superboy's last day in Smallville; Superman's big brother; Superman's Super-Magic Show; the battle with Bizarro & the Bride of Bizarro; the new team of Superman and Robin; and much, much more!

Softcover, 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. Collects stories form Superman (1939-1986 1st Series) #65, 96-97, 79-80, and 127; Action Comics (1938-2011 DC) #151, 242, 252, and 254-255; World's Finest (1941-1986) #68 and 75; Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane (1958-1974) #8; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954-1974) #13; Showcase (1956-1978) #9; and Adventure Comics (1938-1983) #210.

Written by Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Bill Finger, and Edmond Hamilton. Art by Win Mortimer, Al Plastino, Wayne Boring, Curt Swan, and Kurt Schaffenberger. Cover by Wayne Boring. Introduction by Mark Waid.

The Man of Steel's most outrageous tales from the Fifties are collected here, including some important milestones in Superman's history: the first appearances of Supergirl, Krypto, Titano the Super-Ape, and the first Kryptonian villans! Plus, Superboy's last day in Smallville; Superman's big brother; Superman's Super-Magic Show; the battle with Bizarro & the Bride of Bizarro; the new team of Superman and Robin; and much, much more!

Softcover, 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

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WRITTEN BY CHUCK AUSTEN; ART BY PASCAL ALIXE; COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON In stores August 21. A touching story from guest-writer Chuck Austen (Uncanny X-Men, War Machine). During an encounter with Bloodsport, Superman runs into an officer on the Metropolis police force and learns what really makes a man of one of the World's Finest. FC, 32 PG. $2.25 Cover price $2.25.

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(W) Robert Kirkman (A/C) Cory Walker FC 32pp $2.95 Four of a four-issue finite series The Concept: Super soldier, Johnny Armstrong has been battling the forces of evil since World War II. His illustrious career has had many pitfalls and triumphs over the many years of his activity. In the early '90s it seemed that career had come to an end, his arms and legs missing, the result of a deadly battle with Chicago's Vicious Circle crime organization. His broken body was rebuilt into the ultimate killing machine. More machine than man Johnny found himself the pawn of various criminal and government organizations. In control of his life at last he tries to pick up the pieces and regain some semblance of the life he knew. This Issue: The pulse pounding patriotic pandemonium concludes! This is the one to get, folks! Baron Blitzkrieg's plan finally come to a head, but why isn't he in the drivers seat? Johnny instead finds himself face to face with his most deadly foe yet: A mechanical menace of Nazi origin! Can SuperPatriot overcome the odds to win the day? Well, what's the title of the book, silly? Also featuring a four-page preview of next month's Masters of the Universe comic! Buy it for THAT at least! Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Jose Calderon. Art and Cover by Daphne Lage. Kalizarian troops secretly gather in the city as the Trolls travel the final leg of their desperate trip. The Earl and his chamberlain, however, are distracted with more pressing problems: how to get rid of the prince without gaining the attention of the Ravenwood cousins. Meanwhile, Ravenwood begins to question the whole purpose of the quest, and even his own destiny, but little does everyone know that all their problems are just beginning! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

2nd and later printings. By Peter Milligan and Jamie Hewlett. A twisted take on Homer's classical Greek epic - brought to you by Peter Milligan (X-Force) and Tank Girl co-creator and artist, Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz) - Tank Girl: The Odyssey makes a few "minor" changes to the original. Booga, husband of Tank Girl, is being wooed by countless Hollywood producers, and without his wife there, his resolve is crumbling. Tele, their TV-headed son, knows that he must contact his mother...setting off a chain of events that will see Tank Girl face death itself, the siren call of gothic rock, a cyclopean hotel proprietor, and a host of other scenes and characters from The Odyssey... given the - ahem - "idiosyncratic" Tank Girl treatment! Softcover, 104 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $16.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Written by Alan Martin. Art by Jamie Hewlett. Join the bullet-spraying heroine as she yet again wreaks havoc on an unsuspecting world with a titanic battle against evil bounty hunters. Enter a fascinating odyssey through the culinary world with this all-true story of popular beat combo The Smiths, the lovely Jet Girl, the unlovely Booga, and more dead nasties than you can shake some sick at! Complete with unseen material! Softcover, 80 pages, ful color. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.95.

April gets some bad news. The Turtles and the Foot mix it up. And Splinter's in somebody's crosshairs! Color cover. Bi- monthly. b&w, 40pg$2.95 Cover price $2.95.

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cover by scott kolins & andy lanning geoff johns (w)/scott kolins (p)/andy lanning (i) 32 PGS. with ads/FC/MARVEL PG 2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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Lord of Asgard "Realization!" Story by Dan Jurgens. Art by Dan Jurgens and Tom Palmer. Painted cover by David Michael Beck . The time of "The Reigning" has begun. The Lord of the Aesir has brought forth Asgard, home of the Norse Gods, to guide mortal man to a better future. But first take a look at time long since past when the Thunderer was but a young godling still learning the ways of mortal man. Plus, meet Thialf, the orphaned boy who would be taken in by the gods. Cover price $2.25.

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Becoming Heroes Part 3 of 5. "Green With Envy" Script by Fabian Nicieza. Pencils by Jean Jacques Dzialowski. Inks by Al Vey. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Scott Koblish. With the home field advantage, the Masters of Evil took down the novice Thunderbolts in Symkaria. And now Machinesmith is ready to begin his experiments on the former Plantman. Only Sam Smithers can activate (or neutralize) the deadly toxin inside the bodies of Justin Hammer's former henchmen. The Crimson Cowl (aka Justin Hammer's daughter) knows this and so do the T-Bolts! Songbird tries to rally her new teammates against the Masters of Evil, but some of them don't want to fight. Is the Crimson Cowl going to triumph by default? Story continues in Thunderbolts #71. Cameo appearances by Dum Dum Dugan and the Elite Agents of SHIELD. Thunderbolts Lineup in Symkaria: Hawkeye, Songbird, Amazon (aka Man-Killer), Blackheath, Cyclone, Harrier (aka Cardinal), and Skein. 32 pages. Cover price $2.25.

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Becoming Villains Part 3 of 5. "Souls in the Balance" Script by Fabian Nicieza. Pencils by Stefano Caselli. Inks by Rich Perrotta. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Scott Koblish. MACH-3 and Jolt fly to Paris to check out a mysterious radiation cloud hovering over the destroyed city. And when MACH-3 descends to ground level, he gets a big shock! The citizens of the City of Lights on Counter-Earth are actually alive! But something is terribly wrong with them. The rest of the T-Bolts soon arrive in France, and then the Rip makes their astonishing appearance! Oh my, what is or are the Rip? The Rip are the living manifestations of Order and Chaos -- sent to Counter-Earth to judge the planet. And if the Thunderbolts misplay the situation in Paris...judgment will come swiftly for both the quick and the dead! Story continues in Thunderbolts #72. Cameo appearance by Anomaly. Thunderbolts Lineup on Counter-Earth: Baron Zemo, Atlas (via Dallas Riordan), Fixer, Jolt, MACH-3, and Moonstone. 32 pages. Cover price $2.25.