Comic books June 2008

Dynamic Forces Edition - Limited to 20 copies - Signed by Jim Cheung. Written by GREG PAK Pencils by LEONARD KIRK & rafa sandoval Cover by JIM CHEUNG Children of Gammaworld, remember their names! Korg the Kronan. Hiroim the Oldstrong. Elloe Kaifi. No-Name of the Brood. They survived the gladiator pits and battlefields of 'Planet Hulk.' They withstood the titanic clashes and soul-searing revelations of 'World War Hulk.' But today, under the deadly dome of Gammaworld, a hero falls -- and the Warbound will never be the same! 32 PGS./Rated T+ Cover price $2.99.

1st printing. Collects World War Hulk: Aftersmash (2007) and World War Hulk: Aftersmash - Damage Control (2008) #1-3. Written by DWAYNE MCDUFFIE and GREG PAK. Art by SALVA ESPIN and RAFA SANDOVAL. Cover by GREG LAND. World War Hulk is over. But the Aftersmash has just begun. Heroes and monsters rise and fall as the events of World War Hulk reverberate through the blasted ruins of New York City with goliath impact in a massive story featuring the Warbound, the Renegades, Heroes for Hire, Iron Man, Tom Foster and Damage Control. And yes, smashing will be involved. Plus: We don't know if you heard, but Hulk came back to earth and made a HUUUUUUUUGE mess. Who's S.H.I.E.L.D. gonna get to clean it up? DAMAGE CONTROL, the roughest, toughest dilapidated dirt dogs this side'a the universe. If anyone can clean up the aftereffects of World War Hulk, they can. But while they're picking up the pieces, they find that the war...may not be over. Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

1st printing. Collects World's Finest (1990 Limited Series) #1-3. Written by Dave Gibbons. Art and cover by Steve Rude. Superman and Batman take on their archnemeses - Lex Luthor and the Joker - in this Deluxe Edition of a classic tale from the 1990s by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) and Steve Rude (Nexus)! Superman and Batman are the World's Finest heroes, and they couldn't be more different. But they have more in common than they realize. For one, they're both orphans of a sort - one who has lost not just his parents but his world; and another who witnessed the cold-blooded murder of his partents. Now they must come together to battle two of the most feared villians! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

Add to cart Very Fine $3.00

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Calamari Rising!" Collects Wormwood: Calamari Rising (2007) #1-4. Story and art by Ben Templesmith. Just when Wormwood thought he could finally have that quiet drink without worrying about the world coming to an end, or a friend with a parasitic infection trying to kill him, The Brotherhood of the Calamari decide to crash the party. Since their last meeting, they've tracked him across the thousand million dimensional possibilities of existence-and this time the entire Squideeverse is with them. Wormwood is going to learn the hard way he can't keep running from his problems as his oldest foe now threatens his favorite watering hole, Earth, with absorption into the Calamari group mind. Complete with additional sketches and doodlings from the twisted mind of Scream Award-nominated writer/artist (and 30 Days of Night co-creator) Ben Templesmith. Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart Very Good $4.00

Write Now! #18 continues TwoMorrows' celebration of Stan Lee's 85th birthday by exploring his career and the influence of his work, from the 1930s through the '60s, and up to today! See amazing materials from the official Stan Lee Archives at the University of Wyoming, including rare examples of Stan's comics, TV, and movie scripts. Also, Stan's influence is assessed by colleagues, historians, academics, celebrities, and some of today's hottest writers, including John Romita, Sr., Joe Quesada, Roy Thomas, Dennis O'Neil, Tom DeFalco, Jimmy Palmiotti, Jim Salicrup, Louise Simonson, J.M. DeMatteis, Mark Evanier, others! Plus: lots of gorgeous artwork by Stan's illustrious collaborators including Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, and many more! Edited by Danny Fingeroth. Cover price $6.95.

Bryan Baugh, writer/artist. Wulf and Batsy find themselves surrounded by the furious, axe-wielding citizens of a seemingly peaceful village. Despite Wulf's warnings, the night winds will be filled with screams and the farmland choked with blood. Cover price $3.25.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN: PART 3 of 5 - Written by PETER DAVID Penciled by VALENTINE DE LANDRO Cover by GLENN FABRY. As Rictor faces down death underneath a rapidly lowering, swinging blade, the rest of the team finds themselves in a Mutant Town transformed into the vicious Murderworld of the diabolical ARCADE! But who has hired the red-haired assassin to take out our heroes? This issue ends with an explosive finale that will literally change the landscape of New York City. Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $12.75

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects X-Factor (1986-1998 1st Series) #84-89 and Annual #8.

Written by PETER DAVID, SHANA DAVID, and SKIP DIETZ. Art by JAE LEE, JOE QUESADA, CHRIS BATISTA, TERRY SHOEMAKER, and BUZZ. Cover by JOE QUESADA.

X-Factor's part in the X-Cutioner's Song Saga sets them against X-Force while the life of mutual mentor Professor X hangs in the balance! The mutant teams finally rally to the same side, only to be outnumbered by three times the scheming as Apocalypse, Stryfe and Mister Sinister vie to see who can kill them first! The Horsemen, the Mutant Liberation Front and the Dark Riders are all in on a wild battleride leading to the Moon and a turning point in mutantdom's destiny! All this plus jousting in Genosha, trips into our heroes' deepest psyches and final battle with the deadliest enemies X-Factor's never heard of! Guest-starring the X-Men, Doc Samson and more!

Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Messiah Complex Aftermath - Angels and Demons: Part 3 of 6 - Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE, Pencils & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN "ANGELS AND DEMONS" As X-Force searches for their missing teammate, Wolfsbane strikes-and she's not taking any prisoners! But the Purifiers have more than an ace up their sleeve- they've got the deck stacked. And when Wolverine, X-23, and Warpath learn the truth behind Risman's nefarious plan...no one is safe. And no one is guaranteed to get out alive. Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart CBCS 9.2 $78.00 View scan CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Bloody Variant. Witnessed Signature: Clayton Crain on 8/6/2023. Label #24-078ACF7-029 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Add to cart CBCS 8.5 $28.00 View scan CBCS Authentic Signature Paper: White Witnessed Sig: Clayton Crain on 11/2/2018. Bloody Variant. Label #18-3D738AC-096 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Saddle River Comics

Bloody Variant Cover. Messiah Complex Aftermath - Angels and Demons: Part 3 of 6 - Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE, Pencils & Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN "ANGELS AND DEMONS" As X-Force searches for their missing teammate, Wolfsbane strikes-and she's not taking any prisoners! But the Purifiers have more than an ace up their sleeve- they've got the deck stacked. And when Wolverine, X-23, and Warpath learn the truth behind Risman's nefarious plan...no one is safe. And no one is guaranteed to get out alive. Part 3 (of 6) Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Collecting the sold-out X-Force #1-#3 into an 80-page blockbuster! by Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost and Clayton Crain. There are lines that the X-Men have sworn never to cross. But after the shocking events of "Messiah Complex," Cyclops realizes that some enemies need to be dealt with permanently... and the X-Men can never know about it. Enter Wolverine, Warpath, X-23 and Wolfsbane...X-Force! If you missed the first three chapters of "Angels and Demons," now's your chance to catch up on one of the most widely acclaimed - and hardest-to-find - X-books on the stands today! Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

Add to cart Very Fine $3.20

Written by MIKE CAREY, MATT FRACTION, CRAIG KYLE, CHRISTOPHER YOST and SKOTTIE YOUNG. Pencils by BRANDON PETERSON, JAMIE MCKELVIE, SANA TAKEDA and SKOTTIE YOUNG. Cover by BRANDON PETERSON. In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men. But where does that leave the mutants that WERE X-Men? Some of the industry's hottest creators bring you stories of your favorite mutants. Mike Carey (X-MEN, ULTIMATE FF) and Brandon Peterson (ULTIMATE EXTINCTION) bring you a tale of Cannonball and Husk. Matt Fraction (PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL, IRON FIST) and Jamie McKelvie (Suburban Glamour, Phonogram) tell a story about Nightcrawler. Craig Kyle & Christ Yost (X-FORCE) and Sana Takeda (Drain) take you to Wakanda for a tale of Storm, Black Panther and Neznho. And Skottie Young (NEW X-MEN) writes and draws a story about your favorite New X-Man Anole. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

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Written by JEFF PARKER Penciled by NICK DRAGOTTA Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN Whew, that all-Cyclops issue was a little heavy, huh? Let's pick things up with a story that makes the X-Men-go-into-the-Professor's-Head issue look tame. Because our five exceptional students are about to meet the enigmatic MYSTERIO. 32 PGS./Rated A Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by Mike Carey. Art by Greg Land, Scot Eaton, Jay Leisten, Andrew Hennessy and John Dell. Cover by David Finch. In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men and mutantkind still lies in ruin. With Magneto depowered and Xavier gravely injured, it seems their reign as the preeminent mutants has ended. But neither of these old soldiers is willing to go gentle into that good night, as Exodus learns when he squares off against Xavier on the psychic plane, with the fate of Professor X's mind at stake. Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $17.50

Volume 10 - 1st printing. "Whys and Wherefores!" Collects Y the Last Man (2002-2008) #55-60.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan. Art by Pia Guerra and José Marzán Jr. Cover by Massimo Carnevale.

Yorick Brown's long journey through an Earth populated only by women comes to a dramatic, unexpected conclusion in this volume collecting the final issues of the critically acclaimed series.

Softcover, 168 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $7.00

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $6.49

Add to cart Fine $6.00

Add to cart FN 6.0 $6.00

Written by PAUL CORNELL Penciled by MARK BROOKS Cover by JIM CHEUNG The Vision is going through changes. He's a passionate man. And an impulsive one, if his decision to go and visit Stature at her Initiative training camp is anything to go by. He's got some important things to tell her. But will getting intangibly stuck halfway through her body while A.I.M. are attacking put a damper on his ardour? 32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99 Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by David Lapham. Art and cover by Lapham. You may think you know everything there is to know about Danny Noonan. You may think he's just a normal, gun-toting, angst-ridden kid with a hot girlfriend who has a bullet in her brain. Well, you'd be wrong. Before he was all that, Danny Noonan was a normal, angst-ridden kid without all those other things. Then he met Sadie. And something so wonderful happened to him, it could only end in unimaginable horror. On sale April 9 ? 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

Volume 12 - 1st printing. Story and art by Narushima Yuri. A showdown looms with Ark, the nearly invincible Magician King. Carno and Ibuki join a group of other powerful sorcerers who go to the place where Ark is supposedly imprisoned. After a search of the dungeons comes up empty, it isn't long before the band of magicians finds themselves under attack. Was Ark really setting up Ibuki to be his successor, or was that all part of some elaborate hoax? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. Story and Art by Makoto Raiku.Ponygon, Zatch's equine mamodo buddy, needs to get to Hokkaido so he can meet up with his partner, the super-groovy Kafk Sunbeam. But awaiting them in this snow-swept landscape is an even more powerful horse-like mamodo who challenges Ponygon to a battle. Will the fire burning inside Ponygon's heart help him defeat his new opponent's devastating ice attacks? Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.99.

Add to cart Fine $17.75

1st printing. Collects Zombie: Simon Garth (2007) #1-4.

Written by KYLE HOTZ and ERIC POWELL. Art and cover by KYLE HOTZ.

The last time we saw Simon Garth, the bank teller single-handedly stopped a gang of murderous robbers and got shot, bitten by zombies and med-evac-ed straight into Army custody for scientific experimentation as death and the necrotic infection overtook him fast. No problem, right? Find out how Simon got out of THAT one - assuming he did - and check out his further adventures battling the undead - unless, that is, he's one of them now - in a brutal, gory, disgusting...awesome re-imagining of one of Marvel's strangest horror heroes, that could only be dreamed up by artist/co-writer Kyle Hotz (ZOMBIE) and Eric Powell (The Goon)!

Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $13.99.

Cover by Shane Oakley. by Lansdale, Kesel, Barreto & Reed Experience the fatal finale of Joe R. Lansdale's zombie-battlefield epic, 'The War At Home!' Plus, what's hungrier after the apocalypse than a zombie? Writer Karl Kesel (Fantastic Four) is more than happy to show you - at your own risk! Zombie Tales - bringing out your undead every month! Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Lee Moder. by Lansdale, Kesel, Barreto & Reed Experience the fatal finale of Joe R. Lansdale's zombie-battlefield epic, 'The War At Home!' Plus, what's hungrier after the apocalypse than a zombie? Writer Karl Kesel (Fantastic Four) is more than happy to show you - at your own risk! Zombie Tales - bringing out your undead every month! Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Cover by Mike Mayhew. By Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla Dynamite presents the return of yet another legend as art director, cover artist and writer Matt Wagner unveils the all-new Zorro! Dynamite's 'year one' Zorro comic book adventure - similar in tone and scope to Dynamite's acclaimed Lone Ranger series - also features artist Francesco Francavilla who complements Wagner's pulp action writing! Zorro continues to be a thorn in the side of brutal Sgt. Gonzales as he wages his one-man war against the oppressors. While the main story unfolds in the present day, flashbacks feature the formation of the man who would become 'the Fox' along with his faithful companion Bernardo as they grow up among the wilds of California and the streets of Spain! Plus: Look for the alternate cover by Mike Mayhew (with the incredible colors of Dean White)! Cover price $3.50.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Cover by Matt Wagner. By Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla Dynamite presents the return of yet another legend as art director, cover artist and writer Matt Wagner unveils the all-new Zorro! Dynamite's 'year one' Zorro comic book adventure - similar in tone and scope to Dynamite's acclaimed Lone Ranger series - also features artist Francesco Francavilla who complements Wagner's pulp action writing! Zorro continues to be a thorn in the side of brutal Sgt. Gonzales as he wages his one-man war against the oppressors. While the main story unfolds in the present day, flashbacks feature the formation of the man who would become 'the Fox' along with his faithful companion Bernardo as they grow up among the wilds of California and the streets of Spain! Plus: Look for the alternate cover by Mike Mayhew (with the incredible colors of Dean White)! Cover price $3.50.