New Comics Releases for Wednesday 11/2/2011

Comic Wednesday is here and with the start of a new month comes another wave of DC Comics. Three months in is where the stories generally start to pick up so I am pretty excited to see where we are going. Marvel has a few cool offering but IDW is killing it this week with it’s Hasbro Licensed properties with two big releases. All in all it is not the best week for comics I have ever seen but it is far from the worst.

Mario’s Top Ten Picks of the Week!

10) Irredeemable #31 (BOOM! Studios)
STORY BY Mark Waid, ART BY Diego Barreto

In the last issue the leaders of China, Japan, and America came together to release something truly horrible onto the world as a last ditch effort to stop The Plutonian, and in this issue we finally get to see what it is. This series continues to be a great departure from what the traditional superhero comics bring the the table and I love it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9) G.I. JOE #7 (IDW Publishing)
STORY BY Chuck Dixon, ART BY Will Rosado

Oh Snap! The Joes have the Baroness captured in a former Cobra hold out, but with a deadly force of Cobra terror is unleashed and is roaming the grounds who is truly the prisoner? I am really digging the Civil War, it has pumped some new blood into this GI Joe franchise. Also, check out The Baroness’ Loubitons on the cover. CLASSY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 ) American Vampire #20 (DC Comics/Vertigo)
STORY BY Scott Snyder, ART BY Jordi Bernet

Do you like vampires? What about mid eighteen century cowboys and indians action? No jokes though, this series is the sh*t and Snyder really knows how to deliver the goods in a way that transcends fans of all different genres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7) Uncanny X-Men #1 (Marvel Comics)
STORY BY Kieron Gillen, ART BY Carlos Pacheco

The X-Men are back with an all-new number one issue. As Cyclops leads his team to the future Mister Sinister is up to something truly haggard. It has been a LOOOONG time since Sinister has been a major player in comics and I hope that this new jumping on point can deliver on giving him some much appreciated face time to those who were fans of his back from the prominent appearances that he had in the 90’s comics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6) Detective Comics #3 (DC Comics)
STORY BY Tony S. Daniel, ART BY Tony S. Daniel, Ryan Winn

The Joker had his face removed in issue one and issue two put me right to sleep. Lets hope that this “Dollmaker” can bring the goods this issue or the series will be off of my top ten until something meaningful happens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) Transformers #29 (IDW Publishing)
STORY BY Mike Costa, ART BY Brendan Cahill

The Death of Optimus Prime is coming and the build-up is making me crave this series more and more until the day comes. I have completely slept on this series until I have heard of this upcoming plot point and that is why it is my Number 5 book of the week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) Invincible #84 (Image Comics)
STORY BY Robert Kirkam, ART BY Ryan Ottley

Kirkman’s OTHER comics juggernaut is still going strong despite the attention his other book is getting, which is a damn shame too since this is my favorite of the two. Just look at that almost all black cover. You just know something is about to go down!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) Amazing Spider-Man #673 (Marvel Comics)
STORY BY Dan Slott, ART BY Stefano Caselli

The Spider-Island Epilogue is here! Who the hell is the Scarlet Spider? WIll anyone in Manhattan be screwed out of their insurance coverage over the infection? Will Peter ditch Carly for the obviously better choice in MJ (Who was the break-out character of the event in my opinion)? Read and find out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) Shame Itself #1 (Marvel Comics)
STORY BY Various, ART BY Various

Finally! Some humor poking fun at the Marvel Universe and their most recent all encompassing event! Please check this one and done issue out if you like to laugh. Even if you have no clue what they are making fun of. It’ll be cool, even us regular comic readers have no idea what just happened, like Thor died apparently. How was I to know? USA Today did not do a spoiler filled article the day before the issue hit the store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) Batman Noel Deluxe Edition HC (DC Comics)
STORY AND ART BY Lee Bermejo

This massive hardcover features an original tale depicting what is basically a Batman themed cover of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. I have deeply enjoyed Berjemo’s previous take on Batman and I expect this time around to be no different, especially since he is now preforming the duties on both art and script.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the full list of released for 11/2/11

DC COMICS
Action Comics #3 (Rags Morales Regular Cover)
Action Comics #3 (Gene Ha Variant Cover)
Action Comics #3 (Rags Morales Black & White Variant Cover)
Animal Man #3
Batman Noel Deluxe Edition HC
Batwing #3
Detective Comics #1 (Tony S. Daniel 3rd Printing Variant Cover)
Detective Comics #3
Green Arrow #3
Green Lantern Super-Spectacular #3
Hawk And Dove #3
Justice League International #3
Men Of War #3
O.M.A.C. #3
Red Lanterns #3
Scooby Doo Where Are You #15
Static Shock #3
Stormwatch #3
Supernatural #2 (of 6)
Swamp Thing #1 (Yanick Paquette 3rd Printing Variant Cover)
Swamp Thing #3

Vertigo
American Vampire #20
Sweet Tooth #27

MARVEL COMICS
Amazing Spider-Man #673
Anita Blake Circus Of The Damned The Scoundrel #2 (of 5)
Avengers 1959 #3 (of 5)
Avengers Academy #21
Avengers Origins Ant-Man And The Wasp #1 (One Shot)
Daredevil #4 (Marcos Martin 2nd Printing Variant Cover)
Defenders Avengers X-Sanction Preview Book (Promotional Item)
Fear Itself #7.1 (Butch Guice Regular Cover)
Fear Itself #7.1 (Lee Bermejo Variant Cover)
Fear Itself The Fearless #2 (of 12) (Arthur Adams Regular Cover)
Fear Itself The Fearless #2 (of 12) (Frank Cho Variant Cover)
Hulk #44
Marvel Previews #99 (November 2011 For Products On-Sale January 2012)
Moon Knight #7 (Alex Maleev Regular Cover)
Moon Knight #7 (Terry Dodson Marvel Comics 50th Anniversary Variant Cover)
Mystic #4 (of 4)
New Mutants #33 (Jason Pearson Regular Cover)
New Mutants #33 (Dale Keown Regenesis Blue Variant Cover)
Shame Itself #1 (One Shot)
Six Guns #1 (of 5)
Thor The Deviants Saga #1 (of 5)
Uncanny X-Men #1 (Carlos Pacheco Regular Cover)
Uncanny X-Men #1 (Blank Variant Cover)
Uncanny X-Men #1 (Dale Keown Regenesis Blue Variant Cover)
Uncanny X-Men #1 (Frank Cho Variant Cover)
Villains For Hire #0.1 (of 5)
X-23 #16
X-Men #20 (Adi Granov Regular Cover)
X-Men #20 (Dale Keown Regenesis Blue Variant Cover)

AVATAR PRESS/BOUNDLESS COMICS
Crossed Psychopath #5 (of 7) (Jacen Burrows Regular Cover)
Crossed Psychopath #5 (of 7) (Raulo Caceres Torture Cover)
Crossed Psychopath #5 (of 7) (Raulo Caceres Wraparound Cover)
Crossed Psychopath #5 (of 7) (Jacen Burrows Red Crossed Variant Cover)
Crossed Psychopath #5 (of 7) (Jacen Burrows Black & White Variant Cover)
Lady Death #11 (Gabriel Andrade Regular Cover)
Lady Death #11 (Gabriel Andrade Wraparound Cover)
Lady Death #11 (Michael Dipascale Art Deco Variant Cover)
Night Of The Living Dead Death Valley #5 (of 5) (Mike Wolfer Wraparound Cover)
Night Of The Living Dead Death Valley #5 (of 5) (Matt Martin Gore Cover)
Night Of The Living Dead Death Valley #5 (of 5) (Michael Dipascale Regular Cover)
Night Of The Living Dead Death Valley #5 (of 5) (Michael Dipascal Classic Black & White Variant Cover)

BOOM! STUDIOS
7 Warriors #1 (of 3)
Betrayal Of The Planet Of The Apes #1 (of 4) (Cover A Gabriel Hardman)
Betrayal Of The Planet Of The Apes #1 (of 4) (25 Copy Incentive Cover)
Betrayal Of The Planet Of The Apes #1 (of 4) (Cover B Dr. Zaius Photo Variant Cover)
Betrayal Of The Planet Of The Apes #1 (of 4) (Cover C Mitch Gerads Variant Cover)
Betrayal Of The Planet Of The Apes #1 (of 4) (Cover D Tonci Zonjic Variant Cover)
Elric The Balance Lost #5 (Cover A)
Elric The Balance Lost #5 (Cover B)
Elric The Balance Lost #5 (10 Copy Incentive Cover)
Irredeemable #31 (Cover A)
Irredeemable #31 (Cover B)
Peanuts #0
Rinse #3
Roger Langridge’s Snarked #2
Stan Lee’s Traveler #12
Stan Lee’s Traveler #12 (10 Copy Incentive Cover)

DARK HORSE
Fear Agent #32 (Out Of Step Part 5 Of 5)
Goon #36
Kult #4 (of 4)
Usagi Yojimbo #141

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
Boys #60
Dark Shadows #1 (Aaron Campbell Regular Cover)
Dark Shadows #1 (Francesco Francavilla Regular Cover)
Dark Shadows #1 (Francesco Francavilla Virgin Variant Cover)
Green Hornet #19 (Brian Denham Regular Cover)
Green Hornet #19 (Jonathan Lau Regular Cover)
Green Hornet #19 (Phil Hester Regular Cover)
Hack Slash Eva Monsters Ball #4 (of 4) (Tim Seeley Regular Cover)
Hack Slash Eva Monsters Ball #4 (of 4) (Tim Seeley Black & White Variant Cover)
Patricia Briggs’ Alpha And Omega Cry Wolf Volume 1 #2
Queen Sonja #21 (Dynamic Forces) (Igor Vitorino Blood Red Cover)
Queen Sonja #23 (Adriano Batista Regular Cover)
Queen Sonja #23 (Lucio Parrillo Regular Cover)
Warlord Of Mars #12 (Joe Jusko Regular Cover)
Warlord Of Mars #12 (Stephen Sadowski Regular Cover)
Warlord Of Mars #12 (Ale Garza Risque Art Variant Cover)
Warlord Of Mars #12 (Lucio Parrillo Variant Cover)

IDW PUBLISHING
Cold War #2 (John Byrne Regular Cover)
Cold War #2 (John Byrne Variant Cover)
Crysis #6 (of 6) (Peter Bergting Regular Cover)
Crysis #6 (of 6) (Crysis 2 Concept Art Team Variant Cover)
Duke Nukem Glorious Bastard #4 (of 4) (John K. Snyder III Regular Cover)
Duke Nukem Glorious Bastard #4 (of 4) (Xermanico Variant Cover)
G.I. JOE #7 (Cover A Tom Feister)
G.I. JOE #7 (Cover B Will Rosado)
G.I. JOE #7 (Trevor Hutchison Variant Cover)
Jack Avarice Is The Courier #1 (of 5) (Chris Madden Regular Cover)
Jack Avarice Is The Courier #1 (of 5) (Chris Madden Sketch Variant Cover)
Star Trek #1 (David Messina 2nd Printing Variant Cover)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (Kevin Eastman 3rd Printing Variant Cover)
Transformers #29 (Cover A Brendan Cahill)
Transformers #29 (Cover B Marcelo Matere)
Transformers #29 (Brendan Cahill Black & White Variant Cover)
True Blood The French Quarter #3 (of 6) (Cover A Joe Corroney)
True Blood The French Quarter #3 (of 6) (Cover B David Messina)
True Blood The French Quarter #3 (of 6) (Joe Corroney Sketch Variant Cover)
True Blood The French Quarter #3 (of 6) (Photo Variant Cover)

IMAGE COMICS
Artifacts #7 (Paolo Pantalena Top Cow Store Exclusive Variant Cover)
Artifacts #8 (Whilce Portacio San Diego Exclusive Variant Cover)
Blood Red Dragon #1
Giant-Size Elephantmen #1 (Cover A J. Scott Campbell & Nei Ruffino)
Giant-Size Elephantmen #1 (Cover B Axel Medellin)
Hack Slash #9 (Cover A Daniel Leister & Rachelle Rosenberg)
Hack Slash #9 (Cover B Kristin Allen)
Heart #1 (of 4)
Infinite Vacation #3 (of 5)
Invincible #84
Last Of The Greats #2 (Cover A Brent Peeples)
Last Of The Greats #2 (Cover B Stjepan Sejic)
Marksmen #4 (of 6)
Moriarty #6
Next Issue Project #3 (Crack Comics #63) (Alan Weiss Regular Cover)
Next Issue Project #3 (Crack Comics #63) (Mike Allred Variant Cover)
Our Love Is Real (One Shot)
Pilot Season Fleshdigger #1
Pilot Season Misdirection #1
Savage Dragon #175
Spawn #213
Strange Talent Of Luther Strode #1 (of 6) (2nd Printing Variant Cover)
Strange Talent Of Luther Strode #2 (of 6)
Walking Dead Weekly #44
Witch Doctor #4 (of 4)
Witchblade #144 (Stjepan Sejic Top Cow Store Exclusive Wraparound Variant Cover)

ABSTRACT STUDIOS
Rachel Rising #3

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Snowed In (One Shot)

ARCHIE COMICS
Archie & Friends Double Digest #10
Sonic Super Special Magazine #1
Sonic The Hedgehog #230 (Regular Cover)
Sonic The Hedgehog #230 (Sega Game Art Cover)

ARDDEN ENTERTAINMENT
Devil Is Due In Dreary #1
Phoenix #4
Wulf #4

ASPEN MLT
Charismagic #3 (Cover A Khary Randolph)
Charismagic #3 (Cover B Siya Oum)
Charismagic #3 (Cover C Oliver Nome ‘Sudana’)
Soulfire Volume 3 #5 (Cover A Jason Fabok)
Soulfire Volume 3 #5 (Cover B Oliver Nome)

BIG DOG INK
Critter #4 (of 4) (Fico Ossio Cover)
Critter #4 (of 4) (JB Neto Cover)
Legend Of Oz The Wicked West #1 (Alisson Borges Cover)
Legend Of Oz The Wicked West #1 (Nei Ruffino Cover)
Penny For Your Soul False Prophet #2 (of 7) (JB Neto Cover)
Penny For Your Soul False Prophet #2 (of 7) (Rob Duenas Cover)

BONGO COMICS
Simpsons Classics #30

COMIC SHOP NEWS
Comic Shop News #1272

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Everything Is An Afterthought Life And Writings Of Paul Nelson HC
Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec Volume 2 HC
Ganges #4

GG STUDIO
One #6 (of 10)
Route Des Maisons Rouges #6 (of 6)

ONI PRESS
Super Pro K.O. Volume 2 GN

REBELLION/2000 AD
Tharg’s Terror Tales Presents Necronauts And A Love Like Blood GN

TITAN PUBLISHING
Drawing The Head And Hands HC (by Andrew Loomis)
Simon And Kirby Library Crime HC
Star Wars The Clone Wars Magazine #8
Star Wars Insider #129 (Special) (Newsstand Edition)
Star Wars Insider #129 (Special) (Previews Exclusive Edition)

TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING
Alter Ego #105

ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
Grimm Fairy Tales Myths And Legends #9 (Cover A Nei Ruffino)
Grimm Fairy Tales Myths And Legends #9 (Cover B Fan Yang)
Salem’s Daughter Haunting #1 (New Dimension Exclusive Edition)
Theater #2 (Cover A Eric Basaldua)
Theater #2 (Cover B Daniel Leister)

Comikaze Preview

The first ever Comikaze Expo takes place this weekend, November 5th and 6th at the Los Angeles Convention Center.  Billed as the largest gaming, comic, horror and multimedia pop culture convention, the event will kick off with appearances from Stan Lee and  the official “spokesperson”, Elvira.  This expo is expected to draw over 60,000 attendees and have more than 300 vendors on the convention floor.  Tickets for the event are on pre-sale at $12 each on the Comikaze website. With each ticket,  the holder will receive their choice of a celebrity lithograph photo valued  between $79-$189.

Comikaze will feature several name guests and exciting panels for attendees to see and meet.  There will be several cast reunions, including several members from the various police Academy films as well as a number of actors who were on the Nickelodeon (SNICK) sketch comedy show “All That.”  Other guests will include a few Star Trek actors, along with Ernest  Borgnine, Morgan Fairchild and Ernie Hudson.

Some of the panels of note include an “All That,” reunion taking place on Saturday afternoon, in addition to the famed comic and animation creator Jhonen Vasquez.  Other panels of interest include, but are not limited to, Steampunk 101, “Team Unicorn’s Super Happy Fun Panel,” The Making SyFy’s Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, Paleontology with Morgan Fairchild and many others catering to people’s various interests and hobbies.

Since this is the first ever Comikaze Expo, it is sure to be an event to remember.  It will be like no other convention before or after because of the eclectic and diverse guest list and panel discussions. This is something that comic, movie, horror and pop culture fans don’t want to miss and with the scope and scale being so large, there is sure to be something for everyone.  Hopefully with a large and positive turnout, the Comikaze Expo will become an annual event and a Los Angeles tradition.