Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Batman Arkham City

Batman Arkham City

#1
Variant Cover
$15
Plot summary: It's been a year since The Joker took over Arkham, and Gotham is still trying to get back to normal in this all-new, 5-issue miniseries bridging the gap between the hit videogame Batman: Arkham Asylum and the exciting, upcoming sequel, Batman: Arkham City! And now, an attack by a pair of super-powered twins increases the threat level and triggers Gotham City's new mayor to call for drastic measures.

Former warden Quincy Sharp outlines his plans for Arkham City with the aid of his psychiatrist while Batman attempts to protect the new city hall from former Two-Face henchmen T&T.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Spider-Man Back in Black

Spider-Man: Back in Black

Back in Black HC
Reprints Amazing Spider-Man #539-543, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17-23 and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Annual #1
$20
Plot summary: The first of two titanic hardcovers collecting the status-quo-shattering BACK IN BLACK saga! Reeling in the aftermath of CIVIL WAR, Peter Parker has plenty of reasons to consider a change of wardrobe: Black is his state of mind. But the worst is yet to come for Spider-Man! In AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, events are set in motion that will forever change the life of your favorite web-slinger. There IS no going back! In FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, the secrets of the alternate Uncle Ben are revealed, but not before the Sandman attacks.

Batman Hush


Batman Hush

Batman Hush TPB (Collects #608-619)
Brand new & Factory Sealed
$25 (Cheapest retail at $33)
Plot summary: The epic crime thriller that rejuvenated The Caped Crusader is now available in one place as a trade paperback! In this story of murder, mystery and romance, Batman sets out on a simple mission to discover the identity of the mysterious villain wreaking havoc in his life known as Hush. But Batman ends up facing possibly the most intense case of his life as secrets from his past flood into the present, and the most notorious villains to ever haunt Gotham City's street attack simultaneously! Guest-starring The Dark Knight's greatest allies and enemies, this collection features BATMAN #608-619 as well as the 6-page segment from Wizard #0 and a 2-page origin story that originally appeared at dccomics.com.

Batman Year One


Batman Year One

Batman Year One TPB (Collects #404-407)
$10
Plot summary: A young Bruce Wayne has spent his adolescence and early adulthood, traveling the world so he could hone his body and mind into the perfect fighting and investigative machine. But now as he returns to Gotham City, he must find a way to focus his passion and bring justice to his city. Retracing Batman's first attempts to fight injustice as a costumed vigilante, we watch as he chooses a guise of a giant bat, creates an early bond with a young Lieutenant James Gordon, inadvertently plays a role in the birth of Catwoman, and helps to bring down a corrupt political system that infests Gotham.

Secret Six Vol.4: Cats in the Cradle


Secret Six Vol.4: Cats in the Cradle


Vol 4 TPB: Depths (Collects #19-24)
First Printing
$10
Plot summary: In these stories from issues #19-24 of the new series, Thomas Blake – a.k.a. Catman – heads to Africa to find the three men who kidnapped his long lost son, while Catman leaves a trail of destruction in his wake that threatens to destroy the Secret Six once and for all.

Secret Six Vol.2 Depths


Secret Six Vol.2 Depths

Vol 2 TPB: Depths (Collects #8-14)
First Printing
$15
Plot summary: With Batman's cowl up for grabs, two of The Secret Six think they should be the new Dark Knight. And a mission on Devil's Island draws the attention of Wonder Woman in this new collection of issues #8-14!

Secret Six Vol.1: Unhinged


Secret Six Vol.1: Unhinged


Vol 1 TPB: Unhinged (Collects #1-7)
Second Printing
$12
Plot summary: Join Catman, Scandal, Deadshot, Ragdoll, and the rest as they hit the road on the run from some of the world's most dangerous killers! A contract has been put out on the lives of the Six, but the sly team has some tricks — and a whole lot of bullets — up their own sleeves in this trade paperback collecting SECRET SIX #1-7!

Wonder Woman


Wonder Woman

#1-2
First Printing
$15
Plot summary: The Gods walk among us. To them, our lives are playthings. Only one woman would dare to protect humanity from the wrath of such strange and powerful forces. But is she one of us – or one of them?

The issue opens with a mythical figure of some sort with three women overlooking a city from a skyscraper. After conversing with them he possesses them. The story cuts to a rural farm where a female character bearing a cape made of peacock brings forth some centaur like creatures. They have been summoned to kill a nearby woman, but at the last moment she is confronted by a man with a key. Upon grasping the key, the woman is teleported to London to the bedroom of Diana. Here she explains what has happened to her, and Wonder Woman escorts her back to her house where she engages in combat with the creatures. it is revealed that the man with the key was in fact the Greek God Hermes and he was protecting the woman as she is pregnant with Zeus' child. As the story closes, the actions of the story's narrator become more clear.

Superboy


Superboy

#1-2
First Printing
$15
Plot summary: They thought he was just an experiment – and a failed one at that! Grown from a combination of Kryptonian and human DNA, the Clone was no more than a set of data to the scientists of Project N.O.W.H.E.R.E. But when the scope of his stunning powers was revealed, he became a deadly weapon! Now the question is: Can a clone develop a conscience?

Superboy is being created in N.O.W.H.E.R.E. He is suppose to be destroyed but he is in more control than everyone expects and he destroys them. He relates to the girl he calls Red ( Fairchild). He is subjected to more tests and virtual reality scenarios.

Teen Titans


Teen Titans

#1-2
First Printing
$15
Plot summary: Tim Drake, Batman's former sidekick, is back in action when an international organization seeks to capture, kill or co-opt super-powered teenagers. As Red Robin, he's going to have to team up with the mysterious and belligerent powerhouse thief known as Wonder Girl and the hyperactive speedster calling himself Kid Flash to stand any chance at all against a living, breathing weapon with roots in another world! They – along with a few other tortured teen heroes – will be the Teen Titans in this new series from writer Scott Lobdell (WILDC.A.T.S, Uncanny X-Men) and artist Brett Booth (JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA)!

Resurrection Man


Resurrection Man


#1
First Printing
$8
Plot summary: It's the return of Mitch Shelly – and he's still dead. Resurrection Man can't stay dead for long, though – and with each rebirth comes new and unexpected powers. But his many returns have not gone unnoticed, and forces are gathering to learn what's so special about him – and to see which of them will finally stop Resurrection Man dead

Savage Hawkman


Savage Hawkman

#1
First Printing
$8
Plot summary: Carter Hall's skill at deciphering lost languages has led him to a job with an archaeologist who specializes in alien ruins – but will the doctor's latest discovery spread an alien plague through New York City? No matter the personal cost, Carter Hall must don his wings and become the new, savage Hawkman to survive! Witness the start of a new action series from writer Tony S. Daniel and artist Philip Tan that will take Hawkman where no hero has flown before!

Grifter


Grifter

#1
First Printing
$8
Plot summary: The DCU's most wanted man stars in his own series! Cole Cash is a charming grifter few can resist. And yet he's about to be branded a serial killer when he begins hunting and exterminating inhuman creatures hidden in human form – creatures only he can see! Can the biggest sweet talker of all time talk his way out of this one when even his brother thinks he's gone over the edge?

Green Lantern Corps


Green Lantern Corps

#1
First Printing
$8
Plot summary: When deadly conflicts emerge across the universe, it's up to Guy Gardner, John Stewart and an elite Green Lantern strike force to keep the peace – or else.

Guy Gardner and John Stewart try to get day jobs on earth and it just doesn't go well. Later, the two talk about why they chose no to wear a mask like Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner do. They then go to Oa to find that someone is killing Lanterns and they volunteer to check it out bringing a group or ring slingers with them.

The enemy they face is unseen but has the ability to cut people and Lanterns in half without being seen. He/She also wiped out a whole planet by removing the water on a water based planet. When the Lanterns get planet they find two more Lanterns impaled on stakes.

Fury of Firestorm


Fury of Firestorm


#1
First Printing
$8
Plot summary: Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond. These two high school students are worlds apart – and now they're drawn into a conspiracy of super-science that bonds them forever in a way they can't explain or control. The dark secrets of the murderous Dog Team and its Firestorm Protocol force them to put aside their differences to confront a threat so terrifying that it may lead to a new Cold War! Welcome to a major new vision of nuclear terror from writers Ethan Van Sciver and Gail Simone with astonishing art by Yildiray Cinar!

Demon Knights


Demon Knights

#1-4
First Printing
$8
Plot summary: Set in the Dark Ages of the DC Universe, a barbarian horde is massing to crush civilization. It's fallen to Madame Xanadu and Jason Blood, the man with a monster inside him, to stand in their way – though the demon Etrigan has no interest in protecting anyone or anything other than himself! It'll take more than their own power to stop an army fueled by bloodlust and dark sorcery, and some very surprising heroes – and villains – will have no choice but to join the fray!sue from fan-favorite BIRDS OF PREY writer Gail Simone!

Deathstroke


Deathstroke

#1
First Printing
$8
Plot summary: Friends die, family disappoints, but a legacy... That lives forever." Slade Wilson is the best mercenary in the DCU, and he's been doing this a long time. Some might say too long. But they'll learn: Never turn your back on Deathstroke the Terminator. He won't quit, no matter how high the stakes. Kyle Higgins (BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM) and Joe Bennett (TEEN TITANS) team up to bring you the finest in mayhem and gore.

DC Universe Presents: Deadman

DC Universe Presents: Deadman
  • #1
  • First printing
  • $8
  • Plot summary: It's the start of a new series spotlighting some of the DC Universes's most exciting super heroes! First up is Deadman, straight from the pages of BRIGHTEST DAY, in a five-issue epic where the body-hopping hero meets his match in a new foe who wants to make sure the souls that Deadman helps out go straight to Hell!

Catwoman

Catwoman
  • #1
  • First printing
  • $10
  • Plot summary: Meet Catwoman. She's addicted to the night. Addicted to shiny objects. Addicted to Batman. Most of all, Catwoman is addicted to danger. She can't help herself, and the truth is – she doesn't want to. She's good at being bad, and very bad at being good. Find out more about what makes Catwoman tick in this new series from writer Judd Winick (BATMAN: UNDER THE HOOD) and artist Guillem March (GOTHAM CITY SIRENS)!hile uncovering a much greater evil!

Batwoman


Batwoman
  • #1
  • First Printing
  • $10
  • Plot summary: At last! Batwoman's new series begins, from the multiple award-winning creative team of J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman! In "Hydrology," part 1 of 5, Batwoman faces deadly new challenges in her war against Gotham City's underworld – and new trials in her life as Kate Kane. Who or what is stealing children from the barrio, and for what vile purpose? Will Kate train her cousin, Bette Kane (a.k.a. Flamebird), as her new sidekick? How will she handle unsettling revelations about her father, Colonel Jacob Kane? And why is a certain government agency suddenly taking an interest in her?

Batman the Dark Knight

Batman the Dark Knight
  • #1-4
  • First Printing
  • $30
  • Plot summary: The Dark Knight struggles against a deadly – yet strangely familiar – foe in this phenomenal debut issue from superstar writer/artist David Finch (BRIGHTEST DAY, ACTION COMICS)! As a mysterious figure slinks through the halls of Arkham Asylum, Batman must fight his way through a gauntlet of psychos, and Bruce Wayne faces the unexpected legal ramifications of Batman Incorporated!
    won't want to miss this stunning debut issue from fan-favorite BIRDS OF PREY writer Gail Simone!

All-Star Western


All-Star Western
  • #1
  • First Printing
  • $10
  • Plot summary: Even when Gotham City was just a one-horse town, crime was rampant – and things only get worse when bounty hunter Jonah Hex comes to town. Can Amadeus Arkham, a pioneer in criminal psychology, enlist Hex's special brand of justice to help the Gotham Police Department track down a vicious serial killer? Find out in this new series from HEX writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, with lush artwork by Moritat (THE SPIRIT)!