Here comes Green Arrow/Black Canary #1, following from Green Arrow/Black Canary 'Wedding Special', this new series will feature Connor Hawke (son of the original Green Arrow) and everyone's favorite girl in black fishnet stockings Black Canary. The two are joining forces to track down who shot Ollie. This will be the beginning of two in their tales; Dead Again: part 1 "Here comes the bride".
The new Green Arrow/Black Canary team investigates the shocking results of the Wedding of the Century in an all-new adventure that brings the Star City-crossed lovers together! Written by Judd Winick (Formerly on Outsiders, Barry Ween); Art and cover by Cliff Chiang (Human Target).
From "the House of Ideas" Marvel presents; X-Men: Die by the Sword #1 (of 5) , Writer Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men from 1975-1991); Artist Juan Santacruz brings together the parallel jumping Exiles and Excalibur to team-up to try to stop the world from being destroyed (nothing new that the X-Men can't handle).
Also from Marvel Comics; Part two of 'One More Day' continues in; Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man #24, who will Peter lose out of the storyline? Written by J. Michael Straczynski (Amazing Spider-Man); Art by Joe Quesada (EIC of Marvel). Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man #24 will ship in two covers (50-50 split), one by old school cover by Quesada and the Mary Jane cover by Marko Djurdjevic.
Dynamite Entertainment brings; Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods #1, Writer Luke Lieberman; Art Lui Antonio (debut). The follow up from the four part mini series Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom.
Out of Dark Horse Comics; Umbrella Academy #1 (2nd printings) by Gerard Way, will be available this week for those of you that have missed out.
Superman Doomsday animated movie, from producer and director Bruce Timm (who brought Batman: 'The Animated Series' and Justice League Unlimited). Based off the comic series 'The Death of Superman', by Dan Jurgens.
'When Lexcorp accidently unearths the intergalactic serial killer Doomsday, Superman battles the creature head-on in the fight of his life. The world collectively mourns it's fallen hero; humanity realise it will never feel truly safe again. Superman's enemies rejoice - all but Lex Luthor, who grieves the loss of his own demented manner, setting off a chilling chain of events that even he couldn't have foreseen'.
Starring Adam Baldwin (Firefly) as the voice as Superman, James Marsters as Lex Luthor (Buffy) and Anne Heche as reporter Lois Lane.
Invincible Vol 1 'Family Matters'; Co-created and written by Robert Kirkman (Marvel Zombies & Walking Dead); Art by Corey Walker and also co-creater. "Probably the best superhero comic book in the universe!". If you haven't read or heard about Invincible, it's time you check it out. The first trade contains the first four issues. The story follows a boy named Mark whose dad is a well known superhero (Superman-ish), eventually Mark discovers he has his own powers and the adventure begins. Like Spider-Man, Invincible deals with teenage turmoil and the responsibility of trying to be a superhero. 5 out of 5 spuds!!!
Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 is finally here for all My Chemical Romance fans. Fans of music and comics are now combined. Gerald Way makes his comic writing debut through Dark Horse Comics. Let's see how his take on super heroes will turn out, hopefully if it's like his music, it should be something to look forward to.
Once, the Umbrella Academy was unstoppable. Under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, its members spent their childhoods fighting evil and honing their extraordinary gifts.
Until something went terribly wrong.
Now, nine years later, the estranged members of the Umbrella Academy are reunited by the death of the only parent they've ever known and the rise of a new and terrible threat. Will they be able to overcome their history for long enough to save the world-one more time?
Created and written by Gerard Way (singer of My Chemical Romance), Umbrella Academy features interior art by Eisner Award-nominated artist Gabriel Ba (De:Tales), colours by Eisner Award-winning colourist Dave Stewart, and covers by multiple-Eisner Award-winning painter James Jean (Fables).
Other Comics To Keep An Eye Out This Week;
From IDW Publishing, 30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow #1 created by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. Targeted at horror and vampire fans. This series is written by Steve Niles himself and art by Bill Sienkiewicz. Find out the buzz in the comics before the movie hits theatres , due out in Australia 8th November 2007 (watch me).
DC Showcases; JLA/Hitman #1 (of 2) mini, written by the Garth Ennis (co-creator) and pencils by John McCrea (other co-creator). Tommy and the JLA team-up for some fast pace action. Hitman is back people!
Marvel Presents; Captain America hard cover omnibus written by Ed Brubaker, featuring various artists; Steve Epting, Mike Perkins, Marcos Marting and Lee Weeks. This hard cover contains the first twenty-five ground breaking issues, including the 65th Anniversary Special and the Winter Soldier One Shot (720 pages). Here is were it all happens with the re-surface of Bucky as Winter Soldier and the death of Captain America.
Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme. Pretty much the best animated movie so far to come out of Marvel Animated Features. Starting from the beginning of Dr Strange's tale, where he was a gifted surgeon, being in an accident that damaged his surgical hands, searching for a cure and then becoming the Sorcerer Supreme. Four out of five spuds!
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