NEW RELEASES 9th JULY

BPRD 1947 #1 (OF 5)
WEREWOLVES ON THE MOON VS VAMPIRES #2 (OF 3)
ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1 SPECIAL EDITION
BATMAN #688
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 2ND PTG
BOOSTER GOLD #22
CHUCK TP
$19.99
GO WEST VOL 03
$9.99
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #22
GREEN LANTERN #43 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL TP VOL 02
$17.99
NORTH 40 #1 (OF 6)
REBELS #6
RED ROBIN #2
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATLASH TP
$9.99
STORMWATCH PHD #22
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #5 (OF 12)
TOM STRONG #1 SPECIAL EDITION
WARLORD #4
WEDNESDAY COMICS #1 (OF 12)
DARKNESS #78
ELEPHANTMEN WAR TOYS YVETTE (ONE SHOT)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600 BY ALEX ROSS POSTER
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #36
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY JMS ULTIMATE COLL TP BOOK 01
$34.99
DARK X-MEN BEGINNING #1 (OF 3) DAX
ENDERS GAME PREM HC BATTLE SCHOOL
$24.99
ENDERS SHADOW PREM HC BATTLE SCHOOL
$24.99
GENEXT UNITED #3 (OF 5)
HULK BROKEN WORLDS TP
$15.99
HULK RED AND GREEN TP VOL 02
$15.99
MARVEL 70TH ANNIVERSARY TP
$24.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY PREM HC
$24.99
MOON KNIGHT PREM HC VOL 05 DOWN SOUTH
$19.99
MS MARVEL #41 DKR
NEW WARRIORS CLASSIC TP VOL 01
$24.99
PRIDE & PREJUDICE #4 (OF 5)
RUNAWAYS PREM HC TEENAGE WASTELAND
$19.99
SKRULL KILL KREW #3 (OF 5) DKR
SPIDER-MAN CRIME AND PUNISHER TP
$14.99
SPIDER-MAN FAMILY TIES TP
$14.99
STAND AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #4 (OF 5)
THOR TALES OF ASGARD BY LEE & KIRBY #3 (OF 6)
THUNDERBOLTS PREM HC BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
$19.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 01 POWER & RESPONSIBILITY TP NEW PTG
$19.99
UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS #1 (OF 8)
WAR OF KINGS WARRIORS #1 (OF 2)
X-MEN FOREVER #3
X-MEN LEGACY #226 DAX
X-MEN SHATTERING TP
$34.99

ANGEL NOT FADE AWAY #3
ARMY OF DARKNESS #22
$3.50
DEAN KOONTZS NEVERMORE #2 (OF 6)
FROM THE ASHES #2
GHOST WHISPERER THE MUSE TP VOL 01
$11.99
GI JOE BEST OF STORM SHADOW GN
$19.99
GI JOE MOVIE ADAPTATION #2 (OF 4)
GI JOE ORIGINS #5
JUNGLE GIRL SEASON 2 #5 (OF 5)
MAN WITH NO NAME TP VOL 01 SINNERS & SAINTS
$19.99
ROBERT JORDANS WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #1
STAR TREK CREW #5
STAR TREK TNG LAST GENERATION TP
$19.99
STREET FIGHTER II TURBO #7 A CVR CRUZ
THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY #1
TRANSFORMERS MAXIMUM DINOBOTS TP VOL 01
$19.99
WORLD WAR ROBOT TP VOL 02
$11.99

New Releases 2nd July

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #26 JEANTY CVR
OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 12
$10.95
STAR WARS INVASION #1 (OF 5)
UNBOUND SAGA ONE SHOT
WITCHFINDER IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS #1 (OF 5)

ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK THREE #3 (OF 4)
AUTHORITY #12
BATMAN AND ROBIN #2
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #31
BRAVE AND THE BOLD WITHOUT SIN TP
$17.99
BROKEN BLADE VOL 01
DEAD ROMEO #4 (OF 6)
EL DIABLO THE HAUNTED HORSEMAN TP
$17.99
EMMA VOL 09
$9.99
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN #3 (OF 6)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #38 (BLACKEST NIGHT)
GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH #1 SPECIAL EDITION
JONAH HEX #45
JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #1 (OF 7) CVR A
MIGHTY #6
SECRET SIX #11
SOLOMON GRUNDY #5 (OF 7)
STRANGE ADVENTURES #5 (OF 8)
Y THE LAST MAN #1 SPECIAL EDITION

FIREBREATHER TP VOL 01 (NEW PTG)
$14.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #150 (NOTE PRICE)
SPAWN #193
SPAWN ENDGAME TP VOL 01
$14.99
WITCHBLADE #128

AGENTS OF ATLAS #7 DKR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #8
ASTONISHING TALES #6
CABLE #16
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIGHTING CHANCE TP VOL 02 ACCEPTANCE
$19.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #1 (OF 5)
DAREDEVIL FATHER TP
$19.99
DAREDEVIL NOIR #4 (OF 4)
DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #1
EXILES #4
FANTASTIC FOUR #568
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #15 DKR
MARVEL DIVAS #1 (OF 4)
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED TP THREE MUSKETEERS
$14.99
MARVEL YOUR UNIVERSE #6
PLANET SKAAR PROLOGUE ONE-SHOT 2ND PTG PANOSIAN VAR
RUNAWAYS ROCK ZOMBIES PREM HC
$19.99
TROJAN WAR #3 (OF 5)
UNCANNY X-MEN #513 DAX
$3.99
USA COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
WAR OF KINGS #5 (OF 6)
WOLVERINE #72 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FINAL FIVE #4 (OF 4)
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #172
FARSCAPE STRANGE DETRACTORS #4 (OF 4)
IRREDEEMABLE #4
SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #9
SOULFIRE #10 JOE BENITEZ CVR
SWALLOWING THE EARTH GN
$24.95
VAMPIRELLA COUNTDOWN TO SECOND COMING SAMPERE SKETCHBOOK

H. Beam Piper

Being a great fan of H. Beam Piper's SF stories, a lot of which aren't in print I have been reading online here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/p

He wrote 2, possibly interlocking, series. a fairly straight future history of a planetary federation collapsing into an eventual galactic empire & the Paratime series involving alternate universes being policed (& exploited) by the paratime Police. he best of the former is Space Viking & the best known is Little Fuzzy. he best of the latter is Lord Kalvin of Otherwhen aka Gunpowder God.

EW RELEASES - THURS JUNE 25TH

PREVIEWS #250 JULY 2009 Free if you use it to order something

CLEANERS #4 (OF 4)
END LEAGUE #8
PREDATOR #1 (OF 4)
RAPTURE #2 (OF 6) TAKI SOMA CVR
STAR WARS LEGACY #37 TATOOINE PT 1 (OF 4)
USAGI YOJIMBO #121
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER TP VOL 01
$19.99
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #6
DETECTIVE COMICS #854
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #2 (OF 6)
FRINGE #6 (OF 6)
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #1
GREEN LANTERN #42
GREEN LANTERN TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS TP
$14.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #34
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #28
KIICHI AND THE MAGIC BOOKS VOL 05
$9.99
KILLAPALOOZA #2 (OF 6)
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #2 (OF 6)
SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #6 (OF 6)
SPIRIT #30
STARCRAFT #2
SUPERMAN #689
SUPERMAN TALES FROM THE PHANTOM ZONE TP
$19.99
TEEN TITANS #72
WILDCATS #12
WONDER WOMAN #33
DYNAMO 5 #22
FIREBREATHER TP VOL 01 (NEW PTG)
$14.99
FUSION #2 (OF 3)
LILLIM #4 (OF 5)
MILO VENTIMIGLIA PRESENTS BERSERKER #1 HAUN CVR B
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #598 DKR
ASTONISHING X-MEN #30
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #25 DKR
AVENGERS INVADERS #12 (OF 12)
DAREDEVIL #119
DARK AVENGERS #6 DKR
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN UTOPIA #1 DAX
DARK REIGN ACCEPT CHANGE TP
$24.99
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #4 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN HOOD #2 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN LETHAL LEGION #1 (OF 3) DKR
DARK REIGN SINISTER SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 4) DEODATO VAR
DARK REIGN ZODIAC #1 (OF 3) DKR
DARK WOLVERINE #75 DKR
ESSENTIAL DOCTOR STRANGE TP VOL 04
$19.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #15
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #27
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #130
MS MARVEL #40 DKR
NEW AVENGERS #54 DKR
NOVA #26
PATSY WALKER HELLCAT TP DM ED
$16.99
RIFTWAR #1 (OF 5)
RUNAWAYS 3 #11
SECRET INVASION CHRONICLES #4 (OF 9)
SECRET WARRIORS #5 DKR
SKAAR SON OF HULK #12
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #12
THOR #602
THOR VISIONARIES WALT SIMONSON TP VOL 03 NEW PTG
$29.99
THUNDERBOLTS #133 DKR
TIMESTORM 2009/2099 X-MEN
UNCANNY X-MEN #512
VENOM TP DARK ORIGIN
$14.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #16
WOLVERINE NOIR #3 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #3
X-FACTOR #45
X-FORCE #16 XMW
X-MEN FOREVER #2
BART SIMPSON COMICS #48
CARS ROOKIE #3 (OF 4)
FARSCAPE DARGOS LAMENT #3 (OF 4)
RED SONJA #45
ZORRO #14

World's best comic collection opens to public in France

From the Independent:

The Musée de la bande dessinée in Angoulème in south-west France claims to have the largest collection of comic books and original comic book artwork in Europe, and possibly the world.

More than 8,000 original drawings and more than 110,000 magazines and comic books have been assembled in a converted factory. All the great names of French and Belgian comic strip art are represented, from Hergé, father of Tintin, to André Franquin (creator of Gaston Lagaffe and the Marsupilami) and René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (Asterix). There are also sections devoted to American comic strips, from Peanuts to Superman and Marvel Comics.

The museum will have full status as a Musée de France, alongside such institutions as the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles. Its opening marks the further consecration of the “bande dessinée” – a huge industry in France selling 33,600,000 comic books a year – as a separate art form in its own right.

The museum’s director, Ambroise Lassalle, said: “Partly, we celebrate the fun side of comic books, as a form of leisure activity which is very popular with the young and not just the young. But we also want to explain, and to celebrate, the rich history of comic books and show why they have been recognised in the last 20 years as a separate and legitimate art form, used by those who need to express themselves simultaneously in words and drawings.” The “ninth art”, as the comic book is sometimes called in France, has finally won recognition this year in the wider art world. The Louvre recently organised an exhibition of original comic book art which attempted to trace the influence of classical painters on famous bédéistes – the French generic word for the creators of bande dessinées or BDs.

The glossy French magazine Beaux Arts, mostly preoccupied by painting and sculpture, has just published a special edition entirely devoted to the bande dessinée. Fabrice Bousteau, editor of the magazine, said: “There is no distinction worth making between art and comic books. Both have a rightful place in museums and bookshops.”

... Angoulème hosts an annual comic book festival each January and has established itself as Europe’s cartoon strip capital. The new museum will be the official depository of every comic book published in France, in the same way that the Bibliothèque National in Paris receives a free copy of other types of new book.

THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS

This is a link to the screenplay for Heinlein's - THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. by Tim Minear. It isn't as good as the book but what could be. It has little of the libertarian politics& like all films it is less complex than a book can be nonetheless most of the words are from the book & some stuff like the line marriage, which is pretty controversial even today, in some ways even moreso today, stays in. In the book Mike produces actual video pictures by computer graphic - an incredible concept back when Heinlein wrote it, indeed so incredible I think he was the first to think of it. The film does an interesting way of taking that to a level as improbable now as CGI was then.

And the ending does live up to Heinlein.

http://socalbrowncoats.com/images/moonfriday.pdf

What a pity this won't be produced but but if it was being we wouldn't get to read the script.

Perhaps some of Heinlein's juveniles or short stories could be converted to film without cutting because they are automatically less complex. I think Star Beast, Podkayne of Mars or the Menace from Earth would work. I have long thought Gentlemen be Seated would make a very good play - like Waiting for Godot but with more sense of purpose. On even numbered days my favourite Heinlein is Friday but though, the story & the character make James Bond look look second rate I doubt if film is a medium that would be able to do anything but eviscerate it.

NEW RELEASES - JUNE 18th

CONAN LEGACY FRAZETTA COVER #3 (OF 8)
REX MUNDI DH ED #18
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #42 MASKS PT 1 (OF 3)

ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #12
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #1
BATMAN THE BLACK CASEBOOK TP
$17.99
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #24
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH DANCE #2 (OF 6)
FLAT EARTH EXCHANGE VOL 04
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #21
GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS WAR TP VOL 02
$14.99
HITMAN TP VOL 01 A RAGE IN ARKHAM TP NEW PTG
$14.99
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE #6 (OF 6)
OUTSIDERS #19
POWER GIRL #2
SUPERGIRL #42
SUPERMAN BATMAN #61
VIGILANTE #7
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #20

DARKNESS #78
FUSION #2 (OF 3)
INVINCIBLE #63
MICE TEMPLAR TP VOL 01
$17.99

ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #3 (OF 4) DKR
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL TP VOL 05 MAYBREAK
$16.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7
CABLE #15 XMW
CAPTAIN AMERICA #600
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #14
DARK REIGN FANTASTIC FOUR #4 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #3 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN MISTER NEGATIVE #1 (OF 3) DKR
DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #2 (OF 5) DKR
DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #2 (OF 6)
FANTASTIC FORCE #3 (OF 5)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #14 DKR
MARVEL PETS HANDBOOK
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #3 (OF 4)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #26 DKR
POWER PACK CLASSIC TP VOL 01
$29.99
PUNISHER #6 DKR
PUNISHER YEAR ONE TP
$12.99
THE IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN TP
$34.99
THOR TRIAL OF THOR
ULTIMATUM SPIDER-MAN REQUIEM #1 (OF 2)
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #3 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #37 DKR
X-MEN LEGACY #225
X-MEN ORIGINS GAMBIT #1
YOUNG ALLIES COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL

CARS ROOKIE #3 (OF 4)
FALL OF CTHULHU NEMESIS #3 (OF 4)
FATHOM DAWN OF WAR TP VOL 01 (NEW PTG) (O/A)
$9.99
MAN WITH NO NAME #11
MASQUERADE #4
NEXUS AS IT HAPPENED TP VOL 01
$9.99
PROJECT SUPERPOWERS CHAPTER TWO #0
SIMPSONS COMICS #155

COMICS OVERSTOCK

I have for a long time been selling assorted overstock comics at a boxful for £5. I am now extending this by selling the overstock I pull out still bagged at £5 for a any 10 or £1 individually. These still carry the original price which runs from £1 to £7.50 each so you can see it is a bargain.

NEW RELEASES JUNE 11

BPRD WAR ON FROGS #3 (OF 4)
DRAGONERO TP
$19.95

ACTION COMICS #878
BATMAN #686 3RD PTG
BATMAN #687
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #30
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH ESCAPE #2 (OF 6)
FINAL CRISIS COMPANION TP
$19.99
FLASH REBIRTH #3 (OF 6)
FLASH THE HUMAN RACE TP
$14.99
GEN 13 #30
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #37
JIHAI VOL 02
JSA VS KOBRA ENGINES OF FAITH #1 (OF 6)
REBELS #5
RED ROBIN #1
RED TP NEW EDITION
$14.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN LANTERN TP VOL 04
$16.99
MAR090167
SPIRIT #29
STORMING PARADISE #6 (OF 6) (RES)
SUPER FRIENDS #16
SUPERMAN LAST SON TP
$12.99
TITANS #14
SAVAGE DRAGON #149
WITCHBLADE DARKNESS ANGELUS BLOOD ON SANDS (ONE SHOT)

ADAM LEGEND OF THE BLUE MARVEL TP DM ED
$19.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #597 DKR
BETA RAY BILL GODHUNTER #1 (OF 3)
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 TP VOL 02 HELL COMES TO BIRMINGHAM
$14.99
DARK AVENGERS #4 2ND PTG DEODATO VAR (PP #868)
DARK REIGN DEADPOOL THUNDERBOLTS TP
$12.99
DEADPOOL #11 DKR
ENDERS GAME RECRUITING VALENTINE
ESSENTIAL THOR TP VOL 04
$19.99
EXCALIBUR VISIONARIES ALAN DAVIS TP VOL 01
$24.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #567
GENEXT UNITED #2 OF (5)
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #2 (OF 4)
MISS AMERICA COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL
NEW MUTANTS #1 2ND PTG NEVES VAR (PP #868)
PRIDE & PREJUDICE #3 (OF 5)
RUNAWAYS TP VOL 08 DEAD END KIDS DIGEST
$9.99
THOR TALES OF ASGARD BY LEE & KIRBY #2 (OF 6)
UNCANNY X-MEN #511
UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS GIANT-SIZE SPECIAL #1
WAR OF KINGS SAVAGE WORLD OF SKAAR
WOLVERINE #74
X-FACTOR #44
X-MEN FOREVER #1
X-MEN THE END TRILOGY TP
$34.99
ARMY OF DARKNESS #21
BUCK ROGERS #1
FATHOM KIANI TP VOL 01 BLADE OF FIRE
$14.99
PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #3 CVR A
RESURRECTION VOL 2 #1
SHERLOCK HOLMES #2 (OF 5)
SOULFIRE NEW WORLD ORDER #2 (OF 5) CALDWELL CVR
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS CHUN LI #3 (OF 4) A CVR DOGAN
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION #5 (OF 5)
UNKNOWN #2 (OF 4)
UNTHINKABLE #2 (OF 4)

LOOK & LEARN

I have received a collection of Look & Learn comics from the 1960s:

Issues 258,379,383,391,392,395,409,417,421,422,427,448,448,507,509-518,520-542,544-599,607-612,614,616-628,630-653,655-64,668-75,677,678,680-683,697-706,709-11,713-715,720-754,757-787,790, 1976 summer special.

232 issues running from ecember 1966 to 1977

Will sell each individually for £1 (£2 if issues up to #448) or the entire collection for £125. Postage extra.

NEW RELEASES - JUNE 4

BTVS TALES OF THE VAMPIRES ONE SHOT
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #11
SHAMAN WARRIOR TP VOL 07
$12.95
WEREWOLVES ON THE MOON VERSUS VAMPIRES #1 (OF 3)

ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK THREE #2 (OF 4)
AUTHORITY #11
BATGIRL REDEMPTION TP
$19.99
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
DEAD ROMEO #3 (OF 6)
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN #2 (OF 6)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS SINS OF THE STAR SAPPHIRE TP
$14.99
JONAH HEX #44
MIGHTY #5
MOON CHILD VOL 13
OCEAN TP NEW EDITION warrern ellis
$19.99
SECRET SIX #10
SOLOMON GRUNDY #4 (OF 7)
STRANGE ADVENTURES #4 (OF 8)
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #4 (OF 12)
WARLORD #3

JERSEY GODS #5
SPAWN #192
WITCHBLADE DARKNESS ANGELUS BLOOD ON SANDS (ONE SHOT)

AGENTS OF ATLAS #6 DKR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #596 DKR
ASTONISHING TALES #5
BLACK PANTHER 2 #5 DKR
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIGHTING CHANCE TP VOL 01 DENIAL
$19.99
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 ANNUAL #1
DAREDEVIL NOIR #3 (OF 4)
DARK AVENGERS #5 DKR
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #3 (OF 5)
EXILES #3
MARVEL YOUR UNIVERSE #5
MIGHTY AVENGERS #25 DKR
NEW AVENGERS REUNION #4 (OF 4) DKR
NEW MUTANTS #2
OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #6
SENTRY TP AGE OF SENTRY DM ED
$19.99
SHE-HULK TP VOL 09 LADY LIBERATORS
$14.99
SKAAR #11
THUNDERBOLTS #131 2ND PTG DAZO VAR (PP #867)
TIMESTORM 2009/2099 SPIDER-MAN
TROJAN WAR #2 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #133
ULTIMATUM #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG FINCH VAR
ULTIMATUM #2 (OF 5) 3RD PTG FINCH VAR
ULTIMATUM #3 (OF 5) 2ND PTG FINCH VAR
ULTIMATUM #4 (OF 5)
UNCANNY X-MEN LOVELORN TP
$15.99
WAR OF KINGS #4 (OF 6)
WOLVERINE REVOLVER #1

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FINAL FIVE #3 (OF 4)
CAPTAIN BLOOD ODYSSEY #1 (OF 5)
DEAD IRONS #4 (OF 4)
FARSCAPE STRANGE DETRACTORS #3 (OF 4)
FLASH GORDON #5
IRREDEEMABLE #3
SIMPSONS SUMMER SHINDIG #3
TALES FROM THE CRYPT #12

RELEASES THURS 29th MAY

ALIENS #1 (OF 4)
RAPTURE #1 OEMING CVR
STAR WARS LEGACY #36 RENEGADE
USAGI YOJIMBO #120

BATMAN IN BARCELONA DRAGONS KNIGHT
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #1 (OF 6)
MAR090221
FRINGE #5 (OF 6)
GOTHAM GAZETTE #1 BATMAN ALIVE
GREEN LANTERN #38 2ND PTG
GREEN LANTERN #39 2ND PTG
GREEN LANTERN #40 2ND PTG
GREEN LANTERN #41
INCOGNEGRO SC
$14.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #33
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #27
KING OF CARDS VOL 07
$9.99
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #1 (OF 6)
ROBIN TEEN WONDER TP
$17.99
SPIRIT #28
STATIC SHOCK REBIRTH OF THE COOL TP
$19.99
SUPERMAN #688
TEEN TITANS #71
TERU TERU X SHONEN VOL 05
TRINITY #52
WILDCATS #11
WONDER WOMAN #32

DARKNESS #77
DAWN TP VOL 01 LUCIFERS HALO (NEW PTG)
$17.99
POWER UP GN
$12.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #595 DKR
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #24 DKR
AVENGERS INVADERS #11 (OF 12)
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #3 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN HOOD #1 (OF 5) DKR
DEAD OF NIGHT TP DEVIL-SLAYER
ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #5 (OF 5)
ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 09
$19.99
GHOST RIDER #35
GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH TP ADDICT
$19.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #14
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #26
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #129
LORDS OF AVALON KNIGHTS OF DARKNESS #6 (OF 6)
MOON KNIGHT #30
MS MARVEL #39 DKR
NEW AVENGERS #53 DKR
NOVA #25
RUNAWAYS 3 #10
SECRET INVASION CHRONICLES #3 (OF 9)
SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE #6
SPIDER-MAN SHORT HALLOWEEN
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #11
STAND AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #3 (OF 5)
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #6 (OF 6)
WAR MACHINE #6
WOLVERINE #72
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #15
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #36 DKR
X-FORCE #15 XMW
X-MEN FUTURE HISTORY MESSIAH WAR SOURCEBOOK
X-MEN LEGACY #224

WIZARD MAG #213 PACHECO ULTIMATE AVENGERS CVR
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL TP VOL 01
$14.99
FALL OF CTHULHU NEMESIS #2 (OF 4)
FATHOM #7 ALE GARZA CVR
FUTURAMA COMICS #43
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS TP VOL 02 DEAR BILLY
$12.99
GLAMOURPUSS #7
RED SONJA #44
ROBERT JORDANS NEW SPRING #6 (RES)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT #12

14th May RELEASE

AMAZON #3 (OF 3)
BPRD BLACK GODDESS #5 (OF 5)
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #6 (OF 6)
UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #6 (OF 6)
ACTION COMICS #877
AZRAEL DEATHS DARK KNIGHT #3 (OF 3)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #29
BATMAN SCARECROW AND TWO FACE YEAR ONE TP
$19.99
BOOSTER GOLD #20
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH ESCAPE #1 (OF 6)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #36
HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE TP NEW PTG
$12.99
KING OF DEBRIS VOL 01
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REBELS #4
SECRET SIX #9
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STORMWATCH PHD #21
TITANS #13
TRINITY #50
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I KILL GIANTS TP
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IMPALER #3
JACK STAFF #20 (RES)
LILLIM #3 (OF 5)
SAVAGE DRAGON #148
ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #2 (OF 4) DKR
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #13
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #2 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #1 (OF 5) DKR
DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #1 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #2 (OF 5)
GENEXT UNITED #1 (OF 5)
HOWLING COMMANDOS #1
INCOGNITO MUST HAVE
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NEW EXILES TP VOL 04 AWAY WE GO
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ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #132
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WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #2 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE #66 4TH PTG WOLVERINE #69 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR
WOLVERINE #73
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X-FACTOR #43
X-MEN 2099 TP VOL 01
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AP HOW TO DRAW PIRATES SUPERSIZE TP VOL 02
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GI JOE BEST OF COBRA COMMANDER TP
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MAN WITH NO NAME #10
NEXUS ORIGIN REMASTERED
ROBINSON CRUSOE HC
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STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #5 (OF 5) (RES)
STREET FIGHTER II TURBO #6
SUPER-ZOMBIES #3
TMNT ADVENTURES TP VOL 01 HEROES IN A HALF SHELL
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UNKNOWN #1 (OF 4)
UNTHINKABLE #1 (OF 4)
ZORRO #13

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CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #10
PATH OF THE ASSASSIN TP VOL 15 BAD BLOOD PART 2
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STAR WARS LEGACY #35 STORMS PT 2 (OF 2)
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL THE UNDERGROUND #1
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #12 (OF 12)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4 (OF 5)
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG
FRINGE #4 (OF 6) (RES)
GREEN LANTERN #40
GREEN LANTERN CHRONICLES TP VOL 01
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GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS WAR TP VOL 01
$14.99 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #26 COVER A
MANHUNTER TP VOL 05 FORGOTTEN
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SUPERMAN #687
SUPERMAN BATMAN #59
SUPERNATURAL RISING SON TP
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TEEN TITANS #70
TRINITY #48
WONDER WOMAN #31
ASTOUNDING WOLF MAN TP VOL 02
$14.99
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #15
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #15 (RES)
SPAWN #191
WITCHBLADE #126
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASALDUA CVR A
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #5
AVENGERS INVADERS #10 (OF 12)
CAPTAIN AMERICA THEATER OF WAR BROTHER IN ARMS
DARK AVENGERS #4
DARK REIGN CABAL DKR
DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #4 (OF 4)
ENDERS GAME BATTLE SCHOOL #5 (OF 5)
HOUSE OF M TP CIVIL WAR
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MS MARVEL #38 DKR
NEW EXILES TP VOL 03 ENEMY WITHIN
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NOVA #24
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RUNAWAYS 3 #9
SKAAR #10
SPIDER-MAN SPIDER-WOMAN TP DIGEST
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THUNDERBOLTS #130 2ND PTG DE LA TORRE VAR DKR (PP #862)
THUNDERBOLTS #131 DKR
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP BK 02 ULTIMATE COLLECTION
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ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #5 (OF 6)
UNCANNY X-MEN #509
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WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1 2ND PTG GARNEY VAR
X-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE #1
AIRBOY 1942 BEST ENEMIES BRYANT MODERN CVR
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SHERLOCK HOLMES #1
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SCITTISH SPACE LAUNCH - WELL SORT OF

This is a picture of the launch of a commercial satellite SICRAL 1B by the Sea Launch company. The Scottish connection is that the specially designed ship Sea Launch Commander was built in the Kavaerner shipbuilders in Glasgow. It converts on site from a normal ship to a stable, oil rig like, platform.


20 APRIL 2009 On today’s mission, a Zenit-3SL vehicle lifted off at 1:16 am PDT (08:16 GMT) from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude. Less than two hours later, the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the 3,038 kg (6,697 lb) SICRAL 1B satellite into a high perigee geosynchronous transfer orbit. Telespazio’s operators at the Fucino Space Center in Italy acquired the spacecraft’s first signals from orbit during flight operations and confirmed the health of the spacecraft shortly after its separation from the Block DM upper stage. Based on preliminary data, all Sea Launch system flight parameters were nominal and injection accuracy was excellent...

“This is our 30th mission from sea -- a milestone that reflects the sustained efforts of the world's most internationally integrated launch team and demonstrates the tremendous feats that can be accomplished through global cooperation, while serving a global market. Congratulations to the Sea Launch partners, contractors and the entire team on this significant milestone and for another launch flawlessly executed.”

This is it It previously successfully delivered Intelsat's Galaxy 19 satellite to orbit on September 24, 2008, in a flawless mission. The first signal from the satellite was acquired at the Hartebeesthoek ground station immediately after spacecraft separation. Weighing 4,690 kg (10,340 lbs), this high-power C-band and Ku-band satellite will provide communications services to customers throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean islands.

Extensive details & pictures are available on the Sea Launch website.

J. G. BALLARD DIES

"JG Ballard was one of my closest friends for 50 years. Together with Barry Bayley, who died last year, we "plotted" the revolution in science fiction which led to the so-called New Wave and he was a regular contributor to New Worlds [magazine], which spearheaded that movement. He was exceptionally brave and cheerful to the end. He was a loyal and generous friend and a great influence on the generation of writers who followed him." Michael Moorcock

The term "science fiction" has been used in many of the newspaper biographies buty not all.

RELEASES for 17th APRIL

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #10
GIGANTIC #4 (OF 5)
STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS #5 (OF 6)
ACTION COMICS #876
BATMAN LOVERS AND MADMEN TP
$14.99
CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW TP
$19.99
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #19
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #35
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE #4 (OF 6)
ORACLE #2 (OF 3)
REBELS #3
SUPERGIRL WAY OF THE WORLD TP
$17.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #58
TINY TITANS #15
TRINITY #46
VIGILANTE #5
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #18
X-FILES #6 (OF 6)
YOUNG MAGICIAN VOL 13 (RES)
BROKEN TRINITY AFTERMATH KIRKHAM CVR A
FIREBREATHER TP VOL 02 ALL BEST HEROES ARE ORPHANS
$16.99
FRANK FRAZETTAS NEANDERTHAL FOTOS CVR B (ONE-SHOT)
JACK STAFF #20 (RES)
LILLIM #2 (OF 5)
PERHAPANAUTS TP VOL 01
$17.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #145 2ND PTG (PP #858)
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASALDUA CVR A
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #591
CAPTAIN AMERICA #49
DARK TOWER SORCERER #1
ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #4 (OF 5)
ESSENTIAL DAZZLER TP VOL 02
$19.99
EXILES ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP BOOK 01
$34.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #11 2ND PTG LARROCA VAR
LORDS OF AVALON KNIGHTS OF DARKNESS #5 (OF 6)
MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #10
MARVEL TRIPLE ACTION #1
MOON KNIGHT #29
PUNISHER #4 DKR
RAMPAGING WOLVERINE #1
SI AFTERMATH BETA RAY BILL GREEN OF EDEN #1
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #10
STAND AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #2 (OF 5)
SUB-MARINER COMICS 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL #1
UNCANNY X-MEN #508
WOLVERINE NOIR #1 (OF 4)
X-FACTOR #42
X-MEN LEGACY #223

RELEASES 9th APRIL

BPRD BLACK GODDESS #4 (OF 5)
CLEANERS #3 (OF 4)
TRIGUN MAXIMUM TP VOL 14 MIND GAMES

BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #2 (OF 3)
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #28
GEN 13 #29
GREEN LANTERN #39 (ORIGINS)
SECRET SIX #8
SHOWCASE PRESENTS THE DOOM PATROL TP VOL 01
$16.99
SOLOMON GRUNDY #2 (OF 7)
SPIRIT #27
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #5 (OF 6)
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #2 (OF 12)
TITANS #12
TRINITY #45
WARLORD #1

INFINITE HORIZON #4 (OF 6)
PERHAPANAUTS TP VOL 01
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POPGUN GN VOL 03
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SAVAGE DRAGON #145 2ND PTG (PP #858)
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASALDUA CVR A

AGENTS OF ATLAS #2 2ND PTG BACHALO VAR (PP #859)
ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 (OF 4) DKR
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #12
DAREDEVIL NOIR #1 (OF 4)
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #1 (OF 5) DKR
DARK TOWER GUIDE TO GILEAD
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #1 (OF 5)
EXILES #1
MARVEL APES AMAZING SPIDER-MONKEY #1
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED ODYSSEY #8 (OF 8)
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #1 (OF 4)
MARVEL ZOMBIES TP VOL 02
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NEW AVENGERS REUNION #1 (OF 4)
SECRET WARRIORS #2 2ND PTG CASELLI VAR (PP #859)
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #1 (OF 4)
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #4 (OF 6)
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #1 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1

1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS ADVENTURES OF SINBAD #9
ARMY OF DARKNESS #19
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #193 (NOTE PRICE)
DEAD IRONS #3
EUREKA #4 (OF 4)
MASQUERADE #2 ALEX ROSS FOIL CVR
NEOZOIC TP VOL 01
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TALES FROM WONDERLAND TP
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #24
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AUTHORITY #9
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JONAH HEX #42
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SUPERMAN BATMAN #57
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TRINITY #44
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HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS

Best Novel (639 Ballots Cast)
Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen; HarperVoyager UK)
Saturn's Children by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Tor)

Best Novella (337 Ballots Cast)
"The Erdmann Nexus" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
"The Political Prisoner" by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug 2008)
"The Tear" by Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)
"True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
"Truth" by Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)

Best Novelette (373 Ballots Cast)
"Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's Jan 2008)
"The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
"Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008)
"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" by James Alan Gardner (Asimov's Feb 2008)
"Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)

Best Short Story (448 Ballots Cast)
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)
"Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
"Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
"Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
"From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 2008)

Best Related Book (263 Ballots Cast)
Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press)
Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold by Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds. (Baen)
What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid (Beccon Publications)
Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 by John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)

Best Graphic Story (212 Ballots Cast)
The Dresden Files: "Welcome to the Jungle" Written by Jim Butcher, art by Ardian Syaf (Del Rey/Dabel Brothers Publishing)
Girl Genius, Volume 8: "Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones" Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
Fables: "War and Pieces" Written by Bill Willingham, pencilled by Mark Buckingham, art by Steve Leialoha and Andrew Pepoy, color by Lee Loughridge, letters by Todd Klein (DC/Vertigo Comics)
Schlock Mercenary: "The Body Politic" Written, art by Howard Tayler (The Tayler Corporation)
Serenity: "Serenity, Vol. 2: Better Days" Written by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad, color by Michelle Madsen, cover by Jo Chen (Dark Horse Comics)
Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: "Whys and Wherefores" Written/created by Brian K. Vaughan, pencilled/created by Pia Guerra, inked by Jose Marzan, Jr. (DC/Vertigo Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (436 Ballots Cast)
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, story; Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, screenplay; based on characters created by Bob Kane; Christopher Nolan, director (Warner Brothers)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola, story; Guillermo del Toro, screenplay; based on the comic by Mike Mignola; Guillermo del Toro, director (Dark Horse, Universal)
Iron Man Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, screenplay; based on characters created by Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby; Jon Favreau, director (Paramount, Marvel Studios)
METAtropolis edited by John Scalzi; Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, John Scalzi, and Karl Schroeder, writers (Audible Inc.)
WALL-E Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director (Pixar/Walt Disney)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Miller is eyeing up the rights to Buck Rogers for movie production.

Hmmm. Grim & gritty Buck Rogers? If Frank did it I would watch it but it doesn't seem a particularly apt fit.

RELEASES FOR MARCH 25th

BERSERK TP VOL 28
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CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #9
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STAR WARS LEGACY #34 STORMS PART 1 OF 2
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USAGI YOJIMBO #119
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BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL COMMISSIONER GORDON #1
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BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #3
$2.50
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GEARS OF WAR #5 VAR ED
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JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #31
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MARCH ON EARTH VOL 01
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ORACLE #1 (OF 3)
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PENGUIN REVOLUTION VOL 07
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SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY HAWKSMOOR TP
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SUPERMAN #686
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SUPERMAN BATMAN ENEMIES AMONG US TP
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TOP 10 SPECIAL #1
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TRINITY #43
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WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #11 (OF 12)
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WILDCATS #9
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WONDER WOMAN #30
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SPAWN #190
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #589
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READING CLUB GN VOL 01
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STREET FIGHTER II TURBO #5 CRUZ CVR A
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ROBERT HEINLEIN'S RULES ON HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL WRITER

1. You must write.
2. You must finish what you write.
3. You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order.
4. You must put the work on the market.
5. You must keep the work on the market until it is sold.

These rules appeared in the 1947 essay "On the Writing of Speculative Fiction."
We believe that they are as true today for all would-be published writers, whatever the field, as they were for writers in the golden age of science fiction magazine pulps.

The Heinlein Society.

WATCHMEN - REVIEW

It was great.

It is a very faithful remake. Almost all the scenes & even dialogue are word perfect though the order, particularly of flashbacks has been changed. Also quite a lot of sub-plots have been removed This is perfectly sensible since a film, even a 2 1/2 hour film, is less complicated than a book.

Differences:

Rorschach's role is slightly toned down, particularly the sub-plot with the psychiatrist is much shortened which is one of my favourite parts, though a few seconds is added to try & make up for it. As I say some simplification is needed.

The fighting is pretty vicious which is pretty much as it should be - the Watchmen convincingly look like SAS in hand to hand combat mode, which they should be to be respected as much as they are & which is actually slightly less impressive in the book. The fighting does involve an inordinate amount of improbable damage to walls, furniture etc though the single most improbable feat is actually made more credible by Ozymandias wearing gloves.

The use of 1970s & 80s songs in couple of scenes is masterly.

For the first time I realised the nature of Dr Manhattan's Martian citadel & how it is an expression of his boyhood ambition.

The only thing that really jarred is that in the rape scene the Comedian is shown as fully adult when in the book he is about 17 (the film also changes his official age to make it fit). The fact that he tries rape & that it is forgiveable is precisely because he is a confused teen. A few years later he would be able to talk himself into her bed & indeed does. They should have used a different actor to portray the young Comedian.

The thing that has annoyed some fans is that the deux ex machina at the end is changed. Good. This is definitely the greatest weakness in the book which I have been convinced over a beer or 2 would simply fall apart under forensic examination. The film's wouldn't. It also elevates Dr Manhattan to a more tragic figure.

Just as the Watchman graphic novel (well ok then comic book) elevated superheroes we have the first truly intelligent superhero film. I love the first 2 Batman films, much of Dark Knight, the first Spider-Man movie & the 2nd X-Men but this really is quality. It has been fully faithful to the source material & in some ways improved on it which is not something easily done of Mr Moore's creations.

UPDATE I later figured out the weak point of Rorschach's treatement. When he kills the child killer in the movie it is certainly violent but it is quick. In the book it is done more slowly & the audience is given time to appreciate both how horrible it is & how it is the only sane answer - if he was brought to trial he would walk because there is no evidence. This is central to inderstanding the character & while I understand backing off from such violence I think it was, artisticaly, a mistake.

RELEASES MARCH 18TH

KULL #5 (OF 6)
$2.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC #39 DUELING AMBITIONS PAR
$2.99

AZRAEL DEATHS DARK KNIGHT #1 (OF 3)
$2.99
BATMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 07
$14.99
BATMAN HAUNTED GOTHAM TP
$19.99
BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #6 (OF 6)
$2.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #33 (ORIGINS) 2ND PTG
$2.99
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE #3 (OF 6)
$2.99
OUTSIDERS #16
$2.99
STORMWATCH PHD #20
$2.99
SUPERGIRL #39
$2.99
TEEN TITANS SPOTLIGHT CYBORG TP
$19.99
TRANSMETROPOLITAN # 1 SPECIAL EDITION
$1.00
TRINITY #42
$2.99
VIGILANTE #4
$2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #17
$2.99
X-FILES #5 (OF 6)
$3.50

** AGE OF BRONZE #28 reccommended
$3.50
AMERICAN FLAGG DEFINITIVE COLL TP VOL 02 (RES)
$19.95
INVINCIBLE #60
$3.99
PLATINUM GRIT TP VOL 01
$14.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #146
$3.50

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #588
$3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN EXTRA #3
$3.99
DARK AVENGERS #3 DKR
$3.99
DEADPOOL GAMES OF DEATH
$3.99
ENDERS GAME BATTLE SCHOOL #4 (OF 5)
$3.99
ETERNALS #9
$2.99
MOON KNIGHT #28
$2.99
NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC TP VOL 04
$24.99
POWERS TP VOL 12 COOLEST DEAD SUPERHEROES
$24.99
PUNISHER #3 DKR
$2.99
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #4 (OF 4)
$3.99
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #9
$2.99
SQUADRON SUPREME TP PRE WAR YEARS
$16.99
SQUADRON SUPREME TP VOL 01 POWER TO THE PEOPLE
$16.99
THUNDERBOLTS #130 DKR
$2.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN #100
$3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #507
$2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #507 GOLDEN VAR
$2.99
WOLVERINE #71
$2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #34 DKR
$2.99
X-FACTOR #41
$2.99
X-FORCE #13
$2.99
X-MEN FIRST CLASS TP WONDER YEARS
$19.99
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #4 (OF 4)
$3.99
X-MEN LEGACY #222
$2.99
YOUNG X-MEN #12
$2.99

COURTNEY CRUMRIN TP VOL 04 MONSTROUS HOLIDAY
$11.95
FATHOM #6 GARZA CVR
$2.99
GOLDEN AGE SHEENA QUEEN O/T JUNGLE TP 02
$18.99
HOTWIRE #2 (OF 5) BROOKS CVR C
$2.99
SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK #1 (OF 3) CORRONEY CVR
$3.99
SIMPSONS COMICS #152
$2.99
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS CHUN LI #2 (OF 4) CRUZ CVR B
$3.95
TRUE TALES O/T ROLLER DERBY DOPPELGANGER A/T HANGER
$4.99

PHILIP JOSE FARMER R.I.P.

February 25th:
Philip José Farmer passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning.

He will be missed greatly by his wife Bette, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends and countless fans around the world.

January 26, 1918 - February 25, 2009. R.I.P.

His best known books were probably the 5 books of the Riverworld Trilogy. My favourite was Tarzan Alive - a biography of Lord Greystoke which treated the Tarzan books & most popular English language books of the 19th & early 20thC as slightly exagerated truth. His family tree of all these characters is still a joy. I am sure this was an influence on the Greystoke movie where he is only ever referred to by the title name & certainly on Moore & O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

NEW RELEASES - WEEK 4th MARCH

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #23 CHEN CVR
$2.99
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #4 (OF 8)
$2.99
KULL #5 (OF 6)
$2.99

AUTHORITY #8
$2.99
BATMAN CACOPHONY #3 (OF 3)
$3.99
BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #5 (OF 6)
$2.99
FINAL CRISIS RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS #1 3RD PTG
$3.99
FRINGE #3 (OF 6) (RES)
$2.99
GOTHAM GAZETTE BATMAN DEAD #1
$2.99
JONAH HEX #41
$2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL TP VOL 01
$17.99
MIGHTY #2
$2.99
MIRRORS EDGE #5 (OF 6)
$3.99
SECRET SIX #7
$2.99
SHAZAM MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL TP
$19.99
SOLOMON GRUNDY #1 (OF 7)
$2.99
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT TP VOL 01
$17.99

BACK TO BROOKLYN #4 (OF 5)
$2.99
IMPALER #2
$2.99
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #14 (RES)
$3.50
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASALDUA CVR A
$3.99

AGE OF SENTRY #6 (OF 6)
$2.99
AGENTS OF ATLAS #2 DKR
$2.99
BLACK PANTHER 2 #2 DKR
$2.99
CABLE #12
$2.99
DAREDEVIL #116
$2.99
DARK REIGN FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (OF 5) DKR
$2.99
DEADPOOL #8 DKR
$2.99
HULK BROKEN WORLDS #1 (OF 2)
$3.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED KIDNAPPED #5 (OF 5)
$3.99
MARVEL YOUR UNIVERSE #2
$5.99
NEW AVENGERS REUNION #1 (OF 4) DKR
$3.99
SECRET INVASION TP NEW WARRIORS
$24.99
SECRET WARRIORS #2 DKR
$2.99
SHE-HULK TP VOL 07 HERE TODAY
$14.99
SUB-MARINER DEPTHS #5 (OF 5)
$3.99
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #3 (OF 6)
$2.99
ULTIMATUM #2 (OF 5) 2ND PTG FINCH VAR (PP #854)
$3.99
WAR OF KINGS #1 (OF 6)
$3.99
WOLVERINE BY CLAREMONT & MILLER TP Highly Recommended
$16.99
WOLVERINE TP WEAPON X NEW PTG Barry Smith - recommended
$16.99
WOLVERINE X-MEN MAGAZINE #2
$6.99
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #2 (OF 4)
$3.99
X-MEN SPIDER-MAN #4 (OF 4)

ARMY OF DARKNESS #17
$3.50
ASPEN SEASONS WINTER 2009
$2.99
CHUCKY VOL 02 #1 (OF 4) ANDY B CVR A
$3.50
CODE GEASS LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION GN VOL 03
$9.99
FARSCAPE #3 CVR A
$3.99
FATHOM #6 GARZA CVR
$2.99
FLASH GORDON #4
$3.99
I AM LEGION #2 (OF 6) CASSADAY MARTIN CVR A
$3.50
JOHNNY THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC #3 NEW PTG
$2.95

ANOTHER ALBACON NEXT YEAR

What is Albacon?
Join us for a reunion event with friends old and new, celebrating Scottish fandom and the SF genre.

25-27 September 2010
Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport
Art & ALBACON fan history exhibits, trader’s room, silly games, guest talks, panels & discussions, a costume ceilidh and all round great fun.
Our guests will include:
Liz Williams
Peter F. Hamilton

Link HERE to join

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2008

This is the listing by sales. I can't claim they will all be in stock all the time but I have a pretty large selection. I have put an * with my top picks.

*1 WATCHMEN TP* $19.99 DC Comics

2 BATMAN KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC $17.99 DC Comics

3 JOKER HC $19.99 DC Comics

4 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 10 WHYS & WHEREFORES $14.99 DC Comics

5 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER $14.99 Image Comics

*6 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP $14.99 DC Comics

7 FABLES TP VOL 10 GOOD PRINCE $17.99 DC Comics

*8 WANTED GN $19.99 Image Comics

9 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 02 NO FUTURE FOR YOU $15.95 Dark Horse

10 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED $12.99 DC Comics

11 BOYS TP VOL 02 GET SOME $19.99 Dynamite Ent.

12 HULK WWH TP $24.99 Marvel Comics

13 CIVIL WAR TP $24.99 Marvel Comics

14 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME $15.95 Dark Horse

*15 BATMAN LONG HALLOWEEN TP $19.99 DC Comics

16 UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE TP $17.95 Dark Horse

17 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $9.99 Image Comics

18 FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR & PIECES $17.99 DC Comics

19 FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE $9.99 DC Comics

20 STAR WARS FORCE UNLEASHED GN $15.95 Dark Horse

21 GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 01 SINESTRO CORPS WAR $24.99 DC Comics

*22 ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 04 UNSTOPPABLE $19.99 Marvel Comics

23 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES $12.99 DC Comics

24 DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN PREM HC $24.99 Marvel Comics

*25 ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN BOY WONDER HC VOL 01 $24.99 DC Comics

*26 BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC $14.99 DC Comics

27 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 03 ONE SMALL STEP $12.99 DC Comics

*28 V FOR VENDETTA TP $19.99 DC Comics

29 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE $12.99 Image Comics

30 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US $12.99 Image Comics

*31 INFINITE CRISIS TP $14.99 DC Comics

32 BATMAN MAN WHO LAUGHS HC $19.99 DC Comics

*33 ARKHAM ASYLUM ANNIVERSARY ED SC $17.99 DC Comics

*34 PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION $14.99 DC Comics

35 MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS HC* $19.99 Marvel Comics

36 BATMAN HUSH TP VOL 01 $12.99 DC Comics

37 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 04 SAFEWORD $12.99 DC Comics

38 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 19 DEATH O/GOBLIN $14.99 Marvel Comics

39 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOL 2 PLAT. ED LEARNING CURVE TP $13.95 Marvel Comics

40 BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 03 WOLVES AT GATE $15.95 Dark Horse

41 GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 02 SINESTRO CORPS WAR $24.99 DC Comics

42 HULK TP PLANET HULK $34.99 Marvel Comics

43 TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL TURNER GN $8.99 Aspen

*44 SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES $19.99 DC Comics

45 WITCHBLADE TP VOL 01 WITCH HUNT $4.99 Image Comics

46 MARVEL ZOMBIES 02 HC $19.99 Marvel Comics

47 SECRET INVASION TP INFILTRATION $19.99 Marvel Comics

48 DMZ TP VOL 04 FRIENDLY FIRE $12.99 DC Comics

49 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 05 RING O/TRUTH $14.99 DC Comics

50 FABLES TP VOL 02 ANIMAL FARM $12.99 DC Comics

51 HEROES HC VOL 02* $29.99 DC Comics

52 HELLBOY TP VOL 08 DARKNESS CALLS $19.95 Dark Horse

53 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 09 MOTHERLAND $14.99 DC Comics

54 BOYS TP VOL 03 $19.99 Dynamite Ent.

55 SAVAGE SWORD O/CONAN VOL 1 TP $17.95 Dark Horse

56 DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME HC $24.99 Marvel Comics

57 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 06 GIRL ON GIRL $12.99 DC Comics

*58 BOYS TP VOL 01 $16.99 Dynamite Ent.

59 MARVEL ZOMBIES TP* $15.99 Marvel Comics

*60 SERENITY TP $9.95 Dark Horse

61 SERENITY BETTER DAYS TP $9.95 Dark Horse

62 NARUTO TP VOL 28 $7.95 VIZ

63 100 BULLETS TP VOL 12 DIRTY $12.99 DC Comics

64 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 07 PAPER DOLLS $14.99 DC Comics

*65 HELLBOY TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION $17.95 Dark Horse

66 ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 17 SENTINELS $17.99 Marvel Comics

67 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 08 KIMONO DRAGONS $14.99 DC Comics

68 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS $12.99 Image Comics

69 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE $12.99 Image Comics

70 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE $12.99 Image Comics

71 CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 01 DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA $14.99 Marvel Comics

72 BATMAN HUSH TP VOL 02 $12.99 DC Comics

73 FABLES 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL SC $14.99 DC Comics

74 WATCHMEN HC $39.99 DC Comics

*75 ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01 $12.99 DC Comics

76 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE $12.99 Image Comics

77 DEATH NOTE TP VOL 01 $7.99 VIZ

78 FABLES TP VOL 03 STORYBOOK LOVE $14.99 DC Comics

79 PRIDE OF BAGHDAD SC $12.99 DC Comics

80 SAVAGE SWORD O/CONAN TP VOL 02 $17.95 Dark Horse

*81 BATMAN DARK VICTORY TP $19.99 DC Comics

82 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 20 & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS $12.99 Marvel Comics

*83 PREACHER TP VOL 02 UNTIL END O/WORLD NEW EDITION $14.99 DC Comics

84 NARUTO TP VOL 29 $7.95 VIZ

85 JACK OF FABLES TP VOL 03 BAD PRINCE $14.99 DC Comics

86 DMZ TP VOL 05 THE HIDDEN WAR $12.99 DC Comics

87 INVINCIBLE TP VOL 09 OUT OF THIS WORLD $14.99 Image Comics

88 HEROES SC $19.99 DC Comics

89 X-MEN HC MESSIAH COMPLEX $39.99 Marvel Comics

90 ULTIMATE X-MEN TP VOL 18 APOCALYPSE $13.99 Marvel Comics

91 NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI TP $14.99 Marvel Comics

92 KINGDOM COME TP $14.99 DC Comics

*93 SUPERMAN RED SON TP $17.99 DC Comics

94 STAR WARS LEGACY TP VOL 02 SHARDS $19.95 Dark Horse

95 INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM O/T CRYSTAL SKULL TP $12.95 Dark Horse

*96 THOR BY J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI TP VOL 01 $14.99 Marvel Comics

97 JLA AVENGERS TP $19.99 DC Comics

98 NARUTO TP VOL 30 $7.95 VIZ

99 STAR WARS CLONE WARS TP VOL 01 SHIPYARDS O/DOOM $7.95 Dark Horse

100 JUSTICE TP VOL 01 $14.99 DC Comics

My favourite non-appearances there would include Alan Moore's FROM HELL, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN 1 & 2, TOP TEN, Larry Gonick's CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE (ask me how I once told him he had got a particular opinion wrong - gosh what an interllectual I are) & Eric Shanowar's AGE OF BRONZE 1,2,3, Garth Ennis's PUNISHER - WELCOME BACK FRANK, Warren Ellis' MINISTRY OF SPACE & CRECY

New Out of Print Graphics

I have just receiced a collection of 2000 AS annuals - 1078, 1980-1988. Also Battle Ann 1981. Also the out of print Dark Horse Akira volumes 1-6. Also a manga ninja series by Futaro Yamada called Basilisk vols 1-4 - this is printed in reverse order like the original & should appeal to manga purists. Also Sho Fumomura's manga Sanctuary vols 1-9.

RELEASES FEB 25TH

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #8
$2.99
CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 #3 (OF 4)
$2.99
FEAR AGENT #26 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 5 OF 6)
$2.99
MISTER X CONDEMNED #3 (OF 4)
$3.50
MPD PSYCHO TP VOL 08
$12.95
STAR WARS LEGACY #33 FIGHT ANOTHER DAY PART 2 OF 2
$2.99
USAGI YOJIMBO #118
$3.50

BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #10 (OF 12)
$2.99
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #2
$2.50
GREEN LANTERN #37 (FOE) 2ND PTG
$2.99
NOV080161
GREEN LANTERN #38 (ORIGINS)
$2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24 (ORIGINS)
$2.99
PUSH #6 (OF 6)
$3.50
REIGN IN HELL #8 (OF 8)
$3.50
SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #4 (OF 6)
$2.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN FAMILY TP VOL 03
$16.99
SUPERMAN #685 (ORIGINS)
$2.99
SUPERMAN CAMELOT FALLS TP VOL 02
$12.99
TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS TP VOL 01
$19.99
TEEN TITANS #68 (ORIGINS)
$2.99
TRINITY #39
$2.99
WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #10 (OF 12)
$2.99
WONDER WOMAN #29
$2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #4 (OF 4)
$3.99

SAVAGE DRAGON #137 4TH PTG OBAMA CVR (PP #854)
$2.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #145 CVR A
$3.50
SAVAGE DRAGON #145 OBAMA CVR B
$3.50
SPAWN #189
$2.95

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #22 DKR
$2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #47
$2.99
DARK AVENGERS #1 2ND PTG VAR (PP #853)
$3.99
DARK REIGN FILES DKR
$4.99
DARK TOWER TREACHERY #6 (OF 6)
$3.99
DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #2 (OF 4)
$2.99
ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #3 (OF 5)
$3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #564
$2.99
GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH #5 (OF 5)
$3.99
HULK #10
$3.99
HULK #10 ADAMS VAR (PP #852)
$3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126
$3.99
LORDS OF AVALON KNIGHTS OF DARKNESS #4 (OF 6)
$3.99
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 (OF 6)
$3.99
DEC082382
MIGHTY AVENGERS #22 DKR
$2.99
MS MARVEL #36 DKR
$2.99
NEW AVENGERS #50 DKR
$4.99
NEW AVENGERS #50 KUBERT VAR (PP #852)
$4.99
NOVA #22
$2.99
RUNAWAYS 3 #7
$2.99
SECRET INVASION TP BLACK PANTHER
$12.99
SECRET INVASION TP RUNAWAYS YOUNG AVENGERS
$12.99
SHE-HULK 2 #38
$3.99
THUNDERBOLTS #129 DKR
$2.99
DEC082343
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131
$2.99
DEC082318
WAR MACHINE #3 DKR
$2.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #12
$2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #33 DKR
$2.99
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #2 (OF 8) 2ND PTG VAR (PP #853)
$3.99
X-FORCE #12
$2.99

ASPEN SEASONS WINTER 2009
$2.99
BART SIMPSON COMICS #46
$2.99
DAN DARE OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 US ED
$29.99
EUREKA #2 (OF 4) CVR A
$3.99
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS DEAR BILLY #2
$3.50
TERMINATOR REVOLUTION #3 (OF 5)
$3.50

SCIENCE & SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION

SATELLITE 2

Glasgow, 25-26th July 2009
Guest of Honour: Iain M Banks

Following in the footsteps of Satellite 1, we are pleased to announce Satellite 2, a 2-day convention marking the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Following in the footsteps of Satellite 1, Satellite 2 is a 2-day science fiction convention featuring the usual mixture of talks, games, panel discussions, and quizzes typical of a Glasgow Convention. There will be a real ale bar, a dealers’ room, with SF bookshop At the Sign of the Dragon, and a small art show.
July 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and so some of programme will have a lunar theme, ranging from discussions of how the moon is portrayed in SF, to the chance to fake your very own moon landing

Satellite 2 is extremely excited to have Iain M. Banks as our Guest of Honour. Iain needs no introduction, but for anyone not familiar with his work – Welcome to Planet Earth!
We will be updating the site regularly as our programme develops and watch out for the Adventures of Roger. Roger is our convention mascot and has been travelling far and wide to promote Satellite 2.
We look forward to seeing you next July in Glasgow!

Join Satellite 2
The following membership rates are valid until 31/12/08:
Adult Attending
£40
Child (5-14 at time of Con)
£10
Infant (0-4 at time of Con)
£1
Apocrypha (e.g. cuddly Cthulhu's etc)
£1
Supporting*
£10
(* freezes membership at the current rate for possible later upgrade to Attending)
We are a small convention, and cannot afford to take online memberships. Please print out our membership form and post to the convention address:
Satellite 2, c/o Colin Dalglish,33b Hardridge Road,Corkerhill,

website http://www.satellite2.org.uk/

RELEASES 18th FEB

STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC #38 FAITHFUL EXECUTION
$2.99

BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS THE SNARE TP
$14.99

BIRDS OF PREY #127 (ORIGINS)

BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #4 (OF 6)
$2.99

BRAVE AND THE BOLD #22
$2.99

DIANA PRINCE WONDER WOMAN TP VOL 04
$19.99

GREEN LANTERN #36 2ND PTG
$2.99

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30 (ORIGINS)
$2.99

OUTSIDERS #15 (ORIGINS)
$2.99

ROBIN #183 (ORIGINS)
$2.99

STORMWATCH PHD #19
$2.99

SUPERGIRL #38 (ORIGINS)
$2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #55
$2.99
SUPERMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 06
$14.99
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #12 (OF 12)
TRINITY #38
$2.99

WORLD OF WARCRAFT #16
$2.99

X-FILES #4 (OF 6)
$3.50

INVINCIBLE #59
$2.99

WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASALDUA CVR A
$3.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #587
$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #4
$4.99

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 TP VOL 01 SECRET INVASION
$15.99

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 TP VOL 01 SECRET INVASION DM ED
$15.99


DARK AVENGERS #2 CHOI VAR DKR
$3.99

ESSENTIAL CLASSIC X-MEN TP VOL 03
$16.99

GHOST RIDER #32
$2.99

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10
$2.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #9 2ND PTG VAR
$2.99

MOON KNIGHT #27
$2.99

NEW EXILES #18
$2.99

NYX NO WAY HOME #6 (OF 6)
$3.99

SECRET INVASION TP FRONT LINE
$14.99

SECRET INVASION TP THUNDERBOLTS
$19.99

SPIDER-MAN NOIR #3 (OF 4) CALERO VAR
$3.99

SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #8
$2.99

THUNDERBOLTS #128 2ND PTG VAR
$2.99

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #60
$3.99

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1 JOKER HC
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STAR WARS CLONE WARS TP VOL 02 CRASH COURSE
STAR WARS LEGACY TP VOL 04 ALLIANCE
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SUPERMAN BATMAN VENGEANCE TP
GREEN LANTERN SECRET ORIGIN HC
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STAR WARS OMNIBUS RISE O/SITH
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FABLES TP VOL 11 WAR & PIECES (MR)
* WATCHMEN THE ABSOLUTE EDITION HC $75.00
SPAWN BOOK O/DEAD HC TOY ED

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SALE - ESSENTIALs

I have put up the following titles from Marvels ESSENTIALS series - telephone book sized reprints of early Marvels in black & white. These were very good value at the original prices (about £15 each) but I wish to clear up some space so I am shifting them at £6 each. Also selling off my last ACTION FIGURES at the same.

CAPTAIN AMERICA VOLS 3,4
DAREDEVIL 1,2,3
DR STRANGE 1,2
DRACULA 1,2,3
FANTASTIC FOUR #4
GHOST RIDER 1
HULK 2
IRON FIST 1
IRON MAN 2
KILLRAVEN
MARVEL HORROE
MARVEL TEASM UP 2
MARVEL TWO IN ONE 2
MARVEL UNIVERSE 1
MOON KNIGHT 1
PUNISHER 2
SHE-HULK 1
PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN 3
SPIDER-MAN 3,7,8
WOLVERINE 1,4
X-MEN 1,2,3,4,6

NEW US PAPERBACKS

Here is a listing of new US paperbacks received today:

Drake --- The Mirror of worlds
Odom -- Seaspray
Taylor --- One Day on Mars
Heinlein --- For Us the living
McDevitt --- Cauldron
Longknife --- Intrepid
Hunter --- Bloodring
Douglas --- Galactic Corps
Acevedo --- The Undead - Kama sutra
Richards --- Dark Rain
Kenyon --- One Silent Night
Jarpe --- Radio Freefall
Briggs --- Cry Wolf
Scalzi --- The Last Colony
Caine --- Gale force
Joe Haldeman --- The Accidental time Machine
Campbell --- The Lost Fleet
Stross --- Halting State
Ringo --- Yellow Eyes
Harris --- Dead Un Till Dark
" Club Dead
" Dead to the World
" Altogether Dead
" Dead as a Doornail
" Definitely Dead
" Living Dead in Dallas
S.M. Stirling --- Sunrise Lands
Williams --- Star Wars - the Fleet Unleashed
Salvatore --- Forgotten Realms - The Orc King
R.R. Martin --- Inside Straight
Johnson --- V - The 2nd Generation
Salvatore --- The Ancient
Asaro --- The Ruby Dice
Van Name --- Transhuman
Hunter --- Seraphs
Turtledove --- Opening Atlantis
Butcher --- Captain's Fury
Niven --- Fleet of worlds
Acqirre --- Wanderlust
Martinez --- A Nameless witch
Czerneda --- Reap the Wild Wind
Durham --- Acacia

LARGEST SELECTION OF GRAPHIC NOVELS, COMICS & SF PAPERBACKS NORTH OF BIRMINGHAM

I have just done a post Christmas restock of Alan Moore titles. I had sold out of WATCHMEN, COMPLETE D.R. & QUINCH, PROMETHEA VOL 2, TOP TEN VOL 2, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINRY GENTLEMEN I & ii, SWAMP THING 1 & 2, TOM STRONG VOL 1, FROM HELL & v FOR VENDETTA, almost all his other titles are still in stock.

If you are looking for something, would like to see me stocking something new or can think of somewhere north of Birmingham which does something better than I, contact me on crgn143@aol.com or ring 0141-331-7785

DR WHO COLLECTION

Just to say that I have just got in a substantial collection of Dr Who paperbacks, hardbacks, Weeklies/Monthlies related books & annuals right back to the 1960s. I will be pricing them up & putting them online shortly shortly but have decided to tell youse.

New US Science Fiction Paperbacks arrived today:

Alliance Space: Merchanter's Luck/40,000 - Cherryh, C. J.
Antagonist - Dickson, Gordon R.
Death's Head - Gunn, David
Echoes of an Alien Sky - Hogan, James P.
Elysium Commission - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Emissaries from the Dead - Castro, Adam-Troy
Final Inquiries - Allen, Roger MacBride
Goetia - Odom, Mel
Grimspace - Aguirre, Ann
Harp, Pipe, & Symphony - Di Filippo, Paul
Jumper - Gould, Steven
Maelstrom - McCaffrey, Anne
Marseguro - Willett, Edward
Octagonal Raven - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Outback Stars - McDonald, Sandra
Provenance - Archer, Alex
Quantico - Bear, Greg
Rollback - Sawyer, Robert J.
To Ride the Chimeraa - Killiany, Kevin
Whitechapel Gods - Peters, S. M.
Worlds on Fire - Costello, Matthew

You can email me to reserve any you want
I have improved my volume discout so now if you get 7 new books 2 of them are free, or 4 from 12

I have just received a small order of the latest Executioner titles - Firestorm & Carnage Code - plus Deathlands : desert Kings & Outlanders: Dark Goddess

MARK MILLAR

I noticed I got this reference from Mark Millar some time ago

killed time by spending the equivalent of 60 bucks in Futureshock on books I'd never seen before. I just eat them up and it's still, by far, the medium I'm most comfortable in. The autonomy of comics is still hard to beat.

IMPROVED DISCOUNT

With new US books coming in & no shortage of stock (!) I have decided to extend the paperback discount scheme for the immediate future. Previously I have given 2 free 2nd hand books out of every 7 taken or 4 out of 12 or 1 new free out of 7 & 2 free out of 12.

I am now extending the discount on new books to match that on 2nd hand ones.

My discount schedule now reads:

1 GRAPHIC NOVEL HALF PRICE FOR 4 PURCHASED

1 GRAPHIC NOVEL FREE OUT OF 7 PURCHASED

__________________

NEW & 2ND HAND PAPERBACKS

BUY 7 - GET 2 FREE

BUY 12 - GET 4 FREE

_________________

BACK ISSUE COMICS

BUY 7 OR MORE & SAVE 50P ON EACH

BUY 20 OR MORE & SAVE £1 ON EACH

BUY 50 OR MORE & SAVE £1.20 ON EACH

Minimum is 30p for any comic, free books will be taken from the lowest priced ones.

NEW

US Paperbacks
Alliance Space: Merchanter's Luck/40,000 - Cherryh, C. J.
Antagonist - Dickson, Gordon R.
Death's Head - Gunn, David
Echoes of an Alien Sky - Hogan, James P.
Elysium Commission - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Emissaries from the Dead - Castro, Adam-Troy
Final Inquiries - Allen, Roger MacBride
Goetia - Odom, Mel
Grimspace - Aguirre, Ann
Harp, Pipe, & Symphony - Di Filippo, Paul
Jumper - Gould, Steven
Maelstrom - McCaffrey, Anne
Marseguro - Willett, Edward
Octagonal Raven - Modesitt, L. E., Jr.
Outback Stars - McDonald, Sandra
Planet of the Damned - Harrison, Harry
Provenance - Archer, Alex
Quantico - Bear, Greg
Rollback - Sawyer, Robert J.
To Ride the Chimeraa - Killiany, Kevin
Whitechapel Gods - Peters, S. M.
Worlds on Fire - Costello, Matthew

Also have got Absolute Sandman vol 1 back in (£65\) of which first 7 so far only printings are running low

2nd hand - An as new slipcase edition of 2 books of Atlas of Middle earth

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