Comic books August 2004

Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Tomohiro Chiba and Koichi Tokita. From the creators of Gundam Wing comes the latest Gundam invasion! As a scrappy Junk Tech, Lowe Gear scours the war-torn solar system for salvageable parts. When the colony Heliopolis is decimated in a brutal attack, Lowe and his crew quickly plunder the ruins for booty. What they unearth shocks and delights them - a fully functioning, top-secret Mobile Suit Gundam dubbed "Red Frame"! Lowe is in for the ride of his life as devious factions attempt to claim Red Frame as their own! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

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WRITTEN BY JIMMY PALMIOTTI AND JUSTIN GRAY; ART AND COVER BY PHIL WINSLADE In stores June 2. The explosive conclusion to the 2-part "Last Rites!" The dreadful secret of L'Ono Nero is revealed, and his deadly purpose in Brooklyn is now a matter for the Monolith! Reviews for THE MONOLITH all agree ? this series is a must-read! FC, 32 PG. $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

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Written by Richard Emms. Art by Dan Boultwood. Meet Allysia. She's deadly. She's cunning. And most of all, she's an assassin -- who's out for monster blood! Monster Club has a new team member, and she wants to find out what really happened to her father when she was just a child, and whether he was really killed by the monsters that are trying to take over the planet. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Monster Club (2002 1st Series) #7-12. Written by Richard Emms. Art by Theo Bain. Collects the first works of up-and-coming artist, Theo Bain, with added material from the series. Softcover, 144 pages, fulloclor. Cover price $23.95.

English Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Enhancing a Character's Sense of Presence!" This third volume in Graphic-Sha's More How to Draw Manga series takes a focused look at ways the budding manga artist can enhance his character's sense of presence, and also explains in detail techniques for imbuing a character with a sense of presence by suggesting movement. Softcover with full-color dustjacket. English text. Softcover, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

English Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Mastering Bishoujo Characters!" This fourth volume in the More How to Draw Manga series presents the basic drawing techniques depending on twelve (12) types of bishoujo characters, as well as their costumes, movements, and much more! Lessons created by Go Office, one of Japan's top design houses. Softcover with full-color dustjacket. English text. Softcover, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

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Unnatural: Part 3 of 5 - Written by SEAN MCKEEVER Penciled by MANUEL GARCIA Cover by MIKE MAYHEW ? As Mystique and Shortpack get closer to their objective, they must confront a new revelation: that someone is selling transient mutants as guinea pigs, slaves and worse! Will Mystique go after this mutant-selling scum, or will she allow her personal crisis to tear her apart first? 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR Cover price $2.99.

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STEVE NILES (W), ROB ZOMBIE (W), and NAT JONES (A) FOR MATURE READERS On sale August 18, FC, 32pg, $2.99 It's a game of cat-and-mouse in this penultimate issue! Rocker Rob Zombie and rockin' horror writer Steve Niles are hard at work hammering out the year's most over-the-top horror comic?The Nail! Hunted and terrorized by a demonic band of devil bikers across a remote area of North Dakota, semi-pro wrestler Rex "The Nail" Hauser and his family are quickly realizing that their own resourcefulness is their only hope for survival in this deadly game of cat-and-mouse. But the hunters are relentless as they stalk and terrorize their quarry, and soon Rex and his family realize that they can't run, and there's nowhere left to hide ... so now their only hope is to band together and take a stand against the demons-on-wheels, even if it's the last thing they do. Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and Art by Takuya Tashiro. Translated by Josh Cole.

Najica, a talented perfumer for CRI Cosmetics, is actually a special operative for the secret intelligence organization behind CRI. In her latest mission, she saves a teenage sleeping beauty from the clutches of a wealthy woman, only to discover later that the girl she saved is to be her new partner. The girl's name is Lila and she is an artificial biological entity called a Humaritt. What exactly are the Humaritt, and why were they created?

These are the questions Najica is going to find out as she tackles mission after mission involving Humaritt cases!

Softcover, 5-in. X 7 1/2-in., 200 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.99.

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DC Edition - 1st printing. Story and art WILL EISNER. One of comics' most influential and groundbreaking storytellers returns with an all-new 176-page hardcover, telling the tumultuous generational saga of a wealthy Jewish family's assimilation into New York society spanning the first half of the 1900's. It's also the story of the American Dream, and the game of marrying for social advancement. Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Hayao Miyazaki. The final volume of the highly acclaimed series! Nausicaä is an epic environmental cautionary tale by Academy Award winner Hayao Miyazaki, creator of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. This masterpiece is now available in a new edition in its original Japanese format! In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Now the Earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest filled with mutant fungi that release a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaä, a compassionate young princess, and her allies fight to create peace between kingdoms fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources. Princess Nausicaä and the God Warrior embark on a journey to the Crypt of Shuwa to seal away the terrible weaponry hidden within. But everyone seems to be conspiring to prevent Nausicaä from carrying out her mission, even the mysterious guard of the crypt himself! In the end, the surprising secret of the crypt is revealed. Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 232 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $9.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Ken Akamatsu. Negi Springfield was a whiz at the magic academy where he graduated at the age of 10 - but now he's out in the real world. His graduate assignment is teaching English in an all-girls' Japanese high school, where he's absolutely forbidden to use his magical powers. His 31 students are not the best at their subjects, either - and as a matter of fact, the class stands a real chance of ending up last in the school! If that happens, Negi won't be promoted to full teaching status, and the girls might be asked to repeat a year. The stakes are high! So it's off to the school's Library Island in search of a fabled, legendary book of magic that can help all the girls pass their tests. Traps, puzzles, and many other obstacles await as Negi and his girls fight to regain their reputation! Softcover, 5-in.x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left. Cover price $10.95.

Action/Viz Media Edition - 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. Let me go, for the day breaketh Japan's most controversial anime series is over...but not the manga version of Neon Genesis Evangelion! Series co-creator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's personal interpretation of the Evangelion characters and story is sure to intrigue new and old fans alike. In 2015, the "Angels" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father Gendo-commander of the secret organization NERV-to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called "Evangelion" to match the Angels' fearsome power... Double agent Kaji has revealed to Shinji the terrible knowledge Gendo and his erstwhile secret masters have long possessed-and awakened Shinji's memory of the price his mother paid to create the Evangelion. Now the next sacrifice demanded to the program is Shinji's best friend...One of the founding members of Gainax, Japan's most progressive anime studio, Evangelion's Yoshiyuki Sadamoto was also the character designer for their recent Adult Swim smash FLCL. NGE Vol. 6 contains a Japanese sound FX glossary plus Part II of a special bonus dossier on the mysterious and occult sources of the Evangelion story! 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 $9.95.

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The Machines of War. Story, art and cover by Rod Espinosa. The New World continues the Neotopia saga from Neotopia (2004 3rd Series) #5. After accidentally inheriting the role of Grand Duchess, Nalyn leads her airship crew to the Krossian stronghold, taking the fight to the enemy in a last-ditch battle for freedom. Nalyn is abducted by General Kaizler during his escape from Lesazon, but Philios, Sgt. Tinbolt, Ki-Ek and the rest of the crew are in hot pursuit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.99.

Regular Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rod Espinosa. Defeated by betrayal, Nalyn flees Mathenia for the open ocean, into the hands of rogue sky pirates. She and her crew gain friendship and freedom, only to fly into the largest storm they've ever seen. Badly damaged, the ship limps to the shore of the Island of Eriden, where Nalyn rushes repairs, fearing she will draw Krossian Army down upon the island's natives. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., full color. Cover price $9.99.

Free Comic Book Day Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Rod Espinosa. Defeated by betrayal, Nalyn flees Mathenia for the open ocean, into the hands of rogue sky pirates. She and her crew gain friendship and freedom, only to fly into the largest storm they've ever seen. Badly damaged, the ship limps to the shore of the Island of Eriden, where Nalyn rushes repairs, fearing she will draw Krossian Army down upon the island's natives. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., full color.

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Once an Invader: part 4 of 4 - Written by ALLAN JACOBSEN & CHUCK AUSTEN Penciled by C.P. SMITH Cover by SCOTT KOLINS Continuing directly from the pages of AVENGERS #82-84! The super-soldiers of the greatest generation stand united once again! But the conflict between these new Invaders and the mighty Avengers threatens to escalate into all-out Armageddon! 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR Cover price $2.99.

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Volume 103 - 1st printing. "Confederate Submarines and Torpedo Vessels 1861-65!" Written by Angus Konstam. Art by Tony Bryan. The primary Union strategy during the American Civil War was a massive naval blockade of the entire Southern coastline of the Confederacy, and it was in the effort to counter this blockade that the Confederates developed their first submarines and torpedo boats. This book traces the development of these new technologies, including the CSS Little David' and Hunley' - respectively the first torpedo boat and submarine to sink an enemy warship. The wreck of the Hunley' was raised in 2000, and this is the first book ever to integrate details of its recovery with an account of Confederate submarines in action. Softcover, 48 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $17.95.

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Written by NUNZIO DeFILIPPIS & CHRISTINA WEIR Pencils & Cover by RANDY GREEN "CHOOSING SIDES" pt. 2 (of 6)?As a new semester begins at the Xavier Institute, the X-Men of tomorrow are just getting comfortable with one another as the devastating news hits: The teachers plan on separating them into different squads! What happens when best friends are torn from one another in the name of school policy? And what do the New X-Men do about it? 32 PGS./MARVEL PSR ...$2.99 UPC: 5960605544-00211 Cover price $2.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects X-Men (1991) #142-154 (under the title New X-Men). Written by GRANT MORRISON. Art by MARC SILVESTRI, PHIL JIMENEZ & CHRIS BACHALO. Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ. The third deluxe hardcover in the NEW X-MEN series collects NEW X-MEN VOL. 5: ASSAULT ON WEAPON PLUS, NEW X-MEN VOL. 6: PLANET X and NEW X- MEN VOL. 7: HERE COMES TOMORROW. Wolverine and Cyclops join the mysterious Fantomex in an exploration of the Weapon Plus Program ? the secret government project that created Wolverine! Meanwhile, Magneto unleashes an all-out attack on humanity that ends in a fiery final confrontation with the Phoenix. Once the dust has settled, we flash-forward 150 years to an Earth where humanity is decimated and the X-Men fight against the forces of genetic homogenization! Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 336 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

NOTE: Bonus material may or may not be present. The Moving Pictures Magazine. This issue: Advent of the Angels - Mobile Suit Gundam SEED; 23 of the hottest games for anime fans; Inside Tatsunoko Production - Speed Racer, Gatchaman and other classics; Wild Gunmen - Trigun vs. Gungrave; 13 Exclusive Features - Aquarian Age, Stratos 4, The Melody of Oblivion, MY-HiME, The Mars Daybreak; The Official Art of Wolf's Rain; Happy B-Day - Clamp turns 15; Reviewed - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, RahXephon: The Motion Picture, Ikki Tousen, Evangelion: Platinum, Apocalypse Meow, The Super Milk-Chan Show, Case Closed; Free Manga - Chrono Crusade; Bonus Centerfold - Nurse Witch Komugi. Cover price $9.95.

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WRITTEN BY DEVIN GRAYSON; ART BY MIKE LILLY AND ANDY OWENS; COVER BY SCOTT MCDANIEL AND OWENS. In the aftermath of the shocking final showdown between Nightwing and Blockbuster, Dick Grayson decides to leave Blüdhaven for a while. So he takes to the road with a new partner ? the beautiful and deadly Tarantula! But where will this lead, and what does any of it have to do with the venomous Copperhead? Featuring guest artist Mike Lilly (Dungeons & Dragons: Tempest's Gate) and guest cover artist Scott McDaniel! FC, 32 PG. $2.25 Cover price $2.25.

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Unusual! Story by Katie Bair and Robby Bevard. Art by Katie Bair and Robby Bevard. Cover by Katie Bair. The adventures of the teens at Quagmire High School, a student body comprised of novice ninjas, mages-in-training and undercover aliens. Junzo rescues an amnesiac young man washed up on the shore, and when she finds him falling for her, she realizes shes in over her head. Only Yoshiko is available to help, but can she accept aid from her rival? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.99.

August 2004. The premiere gaming magazine for all things Nintendo. Each issue features game strategies, reviews and news on video games and related pop-culture. Full Color, 8.25" x 10.75". Cover price $4.95.

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Written by JAY FAERBER Art by FRAN BUENO Cover A by FRAN BUENO Cover B by RODOLFO MIGLIARI FC 32 pgs. $3.50 Monthly ongoing series On sale 25 AUGUST, 2004 CONCEPT: Everyday girl Liz Donnelly is a stranger in a strange land: an everyday person who married into a family of celebrity super-heroes! Behind the glamour and wonder lurk dark secrets, ruthless ambition and twisted desires. THIS ISSUE: Doc's plan to help Krennick clear his name results in Krennick having to make a terrible choice. Meanwhile, tempers flare amongst Rusty's teammates, as the diverse heroes embark on a perilous journey; and Gaia unwittingly attracts the attention of Detective O'Mega. Cover price $3.50.

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Written by JAY FAERBER Art by FRAN BUENO Cover A by FRAN BUENO Cover B by RODOLFO MIGLIARI FC 32 pgs. $3.50 Monthly ongoing series On sale 25 AUGUST, 2004 CONCEPT: Everyday girl Liz Donnelly is a stranger in a strange land: an everyday person who married into a family of celebrity super-heroes! Behind the glamour and wonder lurk dark secrets, ruthless ambition and twisted desires. THIS ISSUE: Doc's plan to help Krennick clear his name results in Krennick having to make a terrible choice. Meanwhile, tempers flare amongst Rusty's teammates, as the diverse heroes embark on a perilous journey; and Gaia unwittingly attracts the attention of Detective O'Mega. Cover price $3.50.

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by Aaron Williams Nodwick and the gang meet the most mysterious people in this issue! It's the shadowy "Clergy in Black." They have a mission for our destructive daring-doers upon which the fate of the world hinges...eventually. Prophecy and peril await! b&w Cover price $2.99.

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Written by MILES GUNTER & IVAN BRANDON Art by ANDY MACDONALD Cover by ESSAD RIBIC FC 32 pgs. $2.95 Monthly ongoing series On sale 4 AUGUST, 2004 CONCEPT: Eight million robots walk the streets, but this isn't science fiction. This is New York City, top to bottom, from a basement in the last Brooklyn ghetto to the clouds above a penthouse suite on Park Avenue. These are robots in agony, ecstasy and everything in between, searching for love, sex or just enough spare change to get them through the day. THIS ISSUE: His name is Eric. Raised in the predatory wilds of advertising, Eric lives to make television commercials that will batter your wallet into submission. He glides through the movie of his own life, fueled by an abysmal appetite for pleasure at any price. Work has brought him to Manhattan and into the lives of Valeria and her brother Marco. When our heroes descend upon a Saturday night spot, will Marco be able to maintain his cop front amid Valeria's glitterati friends? And when Eric smells Marco's lies, how far will Marco go to keep Eric from blowing the lid off? Cover price $2.95.

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Written by JEFF CHRISTIANSEN & OTHERS Cardstock Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA & RICHARD ISANOVE This is it: The Mighty Marvel Handbook returns! Featuring in-depth profiles on more than 30 of the Hulk's friends and foes ? and an all-new cover by superstar artist Salvador Larroca, digitally painted by Richard Isanove ? OHOTMUH04 is a must-have for any true Marvel fan! 48 PGS./MARVEL PSR ...$3.99 UPC: 5960605585-00111 Cover price $3.99.

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KOSUKE FUJISHIMA (W/A) On sale September 4, b&w, 48pg, $3.99 In a special 48-page issue, we find Sora Hasegawa and Keiichi "K1" Morisato neck-and- neck in the cutest and craziest motorized cart race in history! The homestretch nears, as the combatants rev through insane short cuts, attempt gravity-defying feats, and cope with odd twists and complications that only the goddesses Urd and Skuld could add. What are Belldandy's sisters thinking? This issue is a great showcase for creator Kosuke Fujishima's brilliantly expressive, hilarious artwork, and is the penultimate chapter in the "Sora Unchained" storyline. Cover price $3.99.

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by Sam Kieth with Alex Pardee The newest creation from Maxx creator Sam Kieth! Annie has terrible luck with pets. For a hamster, getting Annie as an owner is like a death sentence. But when Annie finds a little beastie in a drain pipe named Ojo, has her karma really changed or is she destined for more disappointment. MATURE READERS b&w, 32pg (1 of 5)$2.99 Cover price $2.99.

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by Kevin Munroe Oliver Dobbs wakes up from unconsciousness in the care of his strange neighbor ? who is, it turns out, responsible for all the trouble he's in in the first place. And Oliver's day gets worse from there, as he learns just who his neighbor really is and what kinds of people ? and other beings ? his enemies are! FC, 32pg$3.99 Cover price $3.99.

Art magazine with illustrations, art, and comics as well as interviews with the artists. Features artwork by Duncan Fegredo, Michael J. King, Sharon Chai, Jeff Faerber, Black Olive, Wilson Hsu, Roxana Villa, Josh Hagler, Lesley Reppeteaux, Miko, Peat Shaulis, Dan Cram Olsen, Chiara Caballero, and Kristy Lynn Smith. 52 pgs, text w/ B&W and color illustrations Cover price $5.50.

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Volume 14 - 1st printing. "49th Fighter Group!" Written by William N Hess. Art by Chris Davey. The 49th FG was sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java. Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners' handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated forces that had fled from the Philippines and Java. This book assesses the outstanding performance of the 49th FG, pitted against superior Japanese forces. By VJ-Day the group had scored 668 aerial victories and won three Distinguished Unit Citations and ten campaign stars for its outstanding efforts. Softcover, 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $25.95.

Volume 15 - 1st printing. "Jagdgeschwader 52!" Written by John Weal. Art by John Weal. Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) was the most successful and highest-scoring fighter unit, not just in Germany's World War 2 Luftwaffe, but in the entire annals of aviation history. No other fighter group has ever come close to matching its staggering total of around 9000 enemy aircraft shot down in combat. And yet, because much of that combat took place over the tractless wastes of the Russian front, very little has been written in English about the exploits of this charismatic unit. This book provides a full combat history of JG 52 and its members, including the three top-scoring aces of all time, who claimed a total of 900 victories between them. Softcover, 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $25.95.

Volume 133 - 1st printing. "Seven Days Battles 1862!" Written by Angus Konstam. Art by Stephen Walsh. When General Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Confederacy was in crisis. Lee changed all that in a brilliant, week-long campaign. On 26 June the Confederates struck, fighting two hard-fought battles in two days at Mechanicsville and Gaine's Mill. The ferocity of the Confederate assaults convinced McClellan that he was outnumbered. Unable to keep the Confederates at bay, the Union army was recalled to Washington. Despite losing a quarter of his men, Lee had saved Richmond, and inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Army of the Potomac. This book traces the course of this short yet crucial campaign. Softcover, 96 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $19.95.

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Volume 143 - 1st printing. " Caen 1944!" Written by Ken Ford. Art by Peter Dennis. One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen. General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied breakout, but so did the Germans and the city did not fall. It took three major offensives and more than 30 bloody days of struggle to finally take Caen. In the process the city was controversially devastated and its civilian population decimated. The Allies paid a high price for Caen but the horrific German casualties bled their forces in Normandy white and helped open the way for the American breakout in Operation Cobra. Softcover, 96 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $19.95.

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Volume 115 - 1st printing. "Napoleon's Imperial Headquarters Part 1!" Written by Ronald Pawly. Art by Patrice Courcelle. The 'military machine' by which Napoleon and his indispensable chief of staff Marshal Berthier commanded and controlled his huge armies on campaign numbered some 1,500 officers and men, organized in the different bureaux of his military and civilian 'households' and the army general headquarters. This essential tool of the Emperor's power was designed to provide him, even in a front-line camp, with all the information, technical support and comfort that he enjoyed in his palaces. This fascinating study details the entourage which enabled Napoleon to move hundreds of thousands of troops right across Europe. Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $17.95.

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Volume 23 - 1st printing. "German Field Fortifications 1939-45!" Written by Gordon L Rottman. Art by Ian Palmer. The German Army of World War II considered itself an offensive, mobile force. The experiences in the trenches in World War I had done much to shape its concept of field fortification, and its mobile warfare ethos was intended to prevent the previous war's stalemate. This book addresses frontline defensive field fortifications, built by infantrymen using local materials, and includes rifle platoon positions, trenches, crew-served weapon positions, bunkers, dugouts, shelters and more. It also covers anti-tank and anti-personnel obstacles, as well as field camouflage methods and construction methods. The integration of these positions into permanent systems and theatre-specific defences are also discussed. Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $18.95.

Volume 415 - 1st printing. "The Waffen-SS (3)!" Written by Gordon Williamson. Art by Stephen Andrew. The Waffen-SS grew from a handful of obscure infantry battalions in 1939, to a force of more than 30 divisions by the end of World War II, including units of every type and every level of battlefield value. The mid-war divisions covered in this third title represent that range, from some of the most effective German and Western European volunteer formations – e.g. the 12. SS-Pz Div 'Hitlerjugend', and the Scandinavians and Dutchmen of the 11. 'Nordland' and 23. 'Nederland' divisions – to the Bosnian Muslims of the anti-partisan 13. 'Handschar' Division. Illustrated with rare photographs from private collections and meticulous colour artwork, the text details their organization, uniforms and insignia, and summarizes their battle records. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

Volume 416 - 1st printing. "German Armies 1870–71 (1)!" Written by Michael Solka. Art by Darko Pavlovic. The crushing victory by Prussia and her German allies in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870–71, destroyed one empire and created another. It finally unified the German states into an empire under Prussian leadership – an empire proclaimed in the very halls of captured Versailles. In 1870 Prussia's reformed mobilization system put enormous armies into the field with unprecedented efficiency. The confidence which the victory encouraged among German militarists, and the intolerable humiliation it inflicted upon France, ensured that an even more destructive war was soon inevitable. This, the first of two titles, lists and illustrates the units of Prussia and her North German Confederation, the powerhouse of a formidable military machine. Softcover, PC/PB&W.

Volume 85- 1st printing. "American Colonial Ranger!" Art by Gary Zaboly. This title examines the development of the Colonial Rangers in this period, and shows how they were taught to survive in the woods, to fight hand-to-hand, to scalp a fallen foe, and to fight across all types of terrain and in all weather conditions. Based on previously unpublished source material, it paints a vivid picture of the life, appearance and experiences of an American colonial ranger in the northern colonies. Covering the battle at Lovewell's Pond in 1725, a watershed event in New England's frontier history, through to King George's War (1740-1748), the rangers were prepared for the final imperial contest for control of North America, the French-Indian War (1754-1763). Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 0 - 1st printing. TThis ain't your parents' manga, this is the "Manga of Otaku Generation." Inside you'll find stories with action, stories about love, even stories about nothing at all. Original comics you can't find anywhere else from some of the freshest and best artists in the convention circuit. Never before has there been such a tour de force of quality American manga. If you like anything that anime or manga has ever had to offer, you'll find something for you in this, Otakorp's Otazine. Featuring art from: Dragon's Den, Chihiro Kobayashi, Lizzie Johnson-Webb, Chris J. Snowdon, Derrick Griffin, Diana Montoya, SW-Inku, Gabriel Lamberty, and Becky Cloonan. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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WRITTEN BY JUDD WINICK; ART AND COVER BY TOM RANEY In stores June 16. The Fearsome Five are back ? and worse than ever ? in Part 1 of the 3-part "Five by Five!" Mammoth, Gizmo, Psimon, Jinx, and a mysterious fifth member are wreaking havoc. And the Outsiders are there to stop them...or at least try to stop them! And who is really behind the Furious Five? FC, 32 PG. $2.50 Cover price $2.50.

The monthly price guide to high-grade certified comics in the 9.4 to 10.0 range includes Market Reports from the Overstreet Advisors, a lengthy listing of certified comic and magazine sales, high-profile comic character toys, and more. This issue also includes a focus on Superman collecting! Plus: New expanded pricing section; CEREBUS #1 sells for $10,600; auction results; HeroClix; and "Ten To Watch"! Cover by Gene Gonzales. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.25.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Story of a Return!" Story and art by Marjane Satrapi. The eagerly anticipated sequel to Marjane Satrapi's internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips. Funny and heartbreaking, edgy and searingly observant, Satrapi's tale about the life of an Iranian adolescent and about the life of her entire nation continues with the same dazzling combination of singular artistry, insight, and storytelling as her first book. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 190 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.95.