Diamond List for February 18th, 2009

[Tron Bonne]

Puerto Rico as the 51st State of America. Calling it.

DARK HORSE COMICS

REX MUNDI DH ED #16 $2.99
SOLOMON KANE #5 (OF 5) $2.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC #38 FAITHFUL EXECUTION $2.99

DC COMICS

BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS THE SNARE TP $14.99
BIRDS OF PREY #127 (ORIGINS) $2.99
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
DOROTHEA VOL 04 (MR) $12.99
GREEN LANTERN #36 2ND PTG $2.99
HELLBLAZER #252 (MR) $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30 (ORIGINS) $2.99
LOST BOYS REIGN OF FROGS TP (MR) $12.99
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE #2 (OF 6) $2.99
OUTSIDERS #15 (ORIGINS) $2.99
PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS VOL 05 $9.99
ROBIN #183 (ORIGINS) $2.99
SCOOBY DOO #141 $2.50
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) $2.99
TINY TITANS #13 $2.50
TRINITY #38 $2.99
VIGILANTE #3 $2.99
WORLD OF WARCRAFT #16 $2.99
X-FILES #4 (OF 6) $3.50

IMAGE COMICS

AMBER ATOMS #1 $3.50
CYBLADE #3 MAYS CVR A $2.99
CYBLADE #3 SEJIC CVR B $2.99
DYNAMO 5 #0 $0.99
FIREBREATHER SERIES #4 $2.99
GODLAND #26 $2.99
IMPALER #2 $2.99
INVINCIBLE #59 $2.99
JACK STAFF #20 (RES) $3.50
JOHNNY MONSTER #1 (OF 3) $3.50
NOBLE CAUSES #39 $3.50
PHONOGRAM 2 #2 (OF 7) SINGLES CLUB $3.50
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASALDUA CVR A $3.99
WITCHBLADE ANNUAL 2009 BASRI CVR B $3.99

MARVEL COMICS

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
DARK AVENGERS #2 DKR $3.99
DARK TOWER POSTER $8.99
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
KABUKI REFLECTIONS #12 (MR) $5.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #33 $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS TP VOL 08 DIGEST $9.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #20 $4.99
MOON KNIGHT #27 $2.99
NEW EXILES #18 $2.99
NYX NO WAY HOME #6 (OF 6) $3.99
PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #67 (MR) $3.99
SECRET INVASION TP FRONT LINE $14.99
SECRET INVASION TP THUNDERBOLTS $19.99
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #3 (OF 4) $3.99
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #3 (OF 4) CALERO VAR $3.99
SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #8 $2.99
STEPHEN KING STAND POSTER $8.99
THUNDERBOLTS #128 2ND PTG VAR $2.99
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #60 $3.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 DOUBLE TROUBLE (STAR15962) $17.95
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK NEW PTG #2 $2.99
ULTIMATUM BY DAVID FINCH POSTER $15.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #506 $2.99
WAR MACHINE #1 2ND PTG MANCO VAR $2.99
WOLVERINE #70 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR (PP #852) $2.99
X-FACTOR #40 $2.99
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (OF 4) $3.99
X-MEN LEGACY #221 $2.99
X-MEN NOIR #2 (OF 4) 2ND PTG CALERO VAR (PP #852) $3.99
YOUNG X-MEN #11 $2.99

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COMICS

A G SUPER EROTIC ANTHOLOGY #98 (A) $4.99
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #196 $3.69
ASPEN SEASONS WINTER 2009 $2.99
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CYLON WAR #2 (OF 4) $3.99
BETTY & VERONICA #240 $2.25
DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #3 $3.50
HIGHLANDER ORIGINS KURGAN #2 (OF 2) $4.99
MAN WITH NO NAME #1 LTD ED CVR (PP #849) $3.50
SABRINA VOL 2 #100 $2.25
SIMPSONS COMICS #151 $2.99
SIMPSONS COMICS TREASURE TROVE #3 $3.99
STREET FIGHTER IV #1 (OF 4) NG CVR B $3.95
STREET FIGHTER IV #1 (OF 4) TSNAG CVR A $3.95
WARRIORS OFFICIAL MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 (OF 5) PX CVR (MR) $3.99
WARRIORS OFFICIAL MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 (OF 5) REG CVR (MR) $3.99
ZOMBIES THAT ATE THE WORLD #1 DAVIS CVR A (MR) $3.50
ZOMBIES THAT ATE THE WORLD #1 DAVIS CVR B (MR) $3.50

 

[Tron Bonne]

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #587 $2.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10 $2.99

Maybes:
DYNAMO 5 #0 $0.99
STREET FIGHTER IV #1 (OF 4) $3.99 (I really have doubts about this being worth a crap, but I'm a SF ****e, but I'll try to fight it)

 

[Spider-Jay420]

DC COMICS
TRINITY #38 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #587 $2.99
DARK AVENGERS #2 DKR $3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10 $2.99

decent week from me, thanks TearDrop.

 

[yenaled]

Dc comics

green lantern #36 2nd ptg $2.99
trinity #38 $2.99
world of warcraft #16 $2.99

marvel comics

guardians of galaxy #10 $2.99
x-factor #40 $2.99

 

[Aristotle]

DARK HORSE
SOLOMON KANE #5--Did not realize this was a limited series. Bummer. I've been enjoying it.

DC
BIRDS OF PREY #127
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #22
HELLBLAZER #252
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30
OUTSIDERS #15
ROBIN #183
STORMWATCH PHD #19
SUPERGIRL #38
SUPERMAN BATMAN #55
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #12
TRINITY #38
VIGILANTE #3

MARVEL
DARK AVENGERS #2
GHOST RIDER #32
UNCANNY X-MEN #506
X-FACTOR #40
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3
X-MEN LEGACY #221

 

[CaptainCanada]

MARVEL COMICS

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10 $2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #506 $2.99
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (OF 4) $3.99

Wow, small week. Good quality, though.

 

[Mr. Green]

Dark Avengers #2.

 

[venom892]

Ghost rider #32 $2.99
moon knight #27 $2.99
uncanny x-men #506 $2.99
x-men legacy #221 $2.99

 

[Blader5489]

MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #587 $2.99
DARK AVENGERS #2 DKR $3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10 $2.99
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #3 (OF 4) $3.99
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #60 $3.99
X-FACTOR #40 $2.99
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (OF 4) $3.99
X-MEN LEGACY #221 $2.99

Small week. A little from Marvel, nothing from DC.

 

[Themanofbat]

Rex Mundi #16
HellBlazer #252
Dynamo 5 #0
Invincible #59
Amazing Spider-Man #587
Amazing Spider-Man Family #4
Ghost Rider #32
Moon Knight #27
Spider-Man: Noir #3

 

[Specter313]

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10
NYX NO WAY HOME #6
UNCANNY X-MEN #506
X-FACTOR #40
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (my friggin store sold out of #2, and I've forgotten to order it online, better get on that)
X-MEN LEGACY #221
YOUNG X-MEN #11

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic #38
Green Lantern #36
Invincible #59
Dark Avengers #2

 

[Dread]

DYNAMO 5 #0 (now is the perfect time for a .99 comic)
INVINCIBLE #59
GHOST RIDER #32
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #10
X-MEN: KINGBREAKER #3

Looks like a solid and for once not overly expensive week, with only one $3.99 book (which is rare these days out of 5 comics).

I also encourage everyone who enjoys excellent team comics who has been trade waiting to buy the Cornell/Kirk CAPTAIN BRITAIN & MI-13 trade.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Rex mundi dh ed #16 $2.99
amazing spider-man #587 $2.99
amazing spider-man family #4 $4.99
dark avengers #2 dkr $3.99
x-factor #40 $2.99

 

[Manic]

MARVEL COMICS
UNCANNY X-MEN #506
X-FACTOR #40
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (OF 4)
YOUNG X-MEN #11

Only X-Men? I'm just as surprised as the rest of you.

 

[Aristotle]

I continue to be shocked at how few people here read Hellblazer and the Wildstorm World's End stuff.

 

[Themanofbat]

I continue to be shocked at how few people here read Hellblazer and the Wildstorm World's End stuff.

HellBlazer seems to have hit a fanbase around 10k to 12k ever since issue #100, which was circa 1995... which is too bad, because I've loved the book (barring a few arcs here and there) since #1...

 

[Aristotle]

HellBlazer seems to have hit a fanbase around 10k to 12k ever since issue #100, which was circa 1995... which is too bad, because I've loved the book (barring a few arcs here and there) since #1...

And no one really talks about it, either! It doesn't get any press when the other Vertigo books do. Lit hipsters will talk up Sandman or Pride of Baghdad every chance they get, and some of the more informed ones will even talk about Shade the Changing Man or even Madame Xanadu. But even after a freaking feature film, nobody checks out Hellblazer. And it's crazy, because no book (other than Sandman) that I can think of has ever been this consistently good, issue in, issue out, writer in, writer out.

I think it's the open-ended serialization thing that keeps the hipsters away. If it isn't one long-form story with a closed end like Gaiman's Sandman, or better yet, just a nice trendy "graphic novel" like Pride of Baghdad, it must be a dumb comic book. Unless it's Los Bros doing comics about fat ugly people in the future.

 

[Manic]

I didn't even notice they still published Hellblazer.

 

[Mr. Green]

I picked up a few Hellblazer tpbs (original sin, a few by Ennis, and a couple by Azzarello) and I just wasn't that blown away. I liked the Azzarello stuff the best but none of it was really good enough to where I cared about buying it ever again.

 

[JewishHobbit]

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30 (ORIGINS) $2.99
DARK AVENGERS #2 DKR $3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10 $2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #506 $2.99
X-FACTOR #40 $2.99
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (OF 4) $3.99
X-MEN LEGACY #221 $2.99
YOUNG X-MEN #11 $2.99

Heavy X-Men week! I've decided with last issues spectacular ending to start up on X-Factor again so I'm excited there. Excited for Guardians and Kingbreaker. Can never get enough Space books. I also really enjoyed Dark Avengers, so I've been looking forward to this one. And Deodato is my favorate comic artist, so I'm loving it!

 

[Mr. Green]

Deodato is my favorite artist as well, JH. Actually he has been my favorite since 97 or so when him and PAD were on Hulk. Now his art is better than ever and I think it was a great idea to continue that Ellis Deodato feel into DA by using the same art team.

Pags is becoming one of my faves as well. His work on the Incredible Hulk was awesome and it looks like he's kicking some serious ass on Agents of Atlas.

 

[imdaly]

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #587
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #4
DARK AVENGERS #2
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #3

Nice small but awesome week.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Justice league of america #30 (origins) $2.99

dark avengers #2 dkr $3.99
guardians of galaxy #10 $2.99
uncanny x-men #506 $2.99
x-factor #40 $2.99
x-men kingbreaker #3 (of 4) $3.99
x-men legacy #221 $2.99
young x-men #11 $2.99

Holy X-week! up:

 

[TheCorpulent1]

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

DC COMICS
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE #2 (OF 6) $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #55 $2.99
TRINITY #38 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS
AMBER ATOMS #1 $3.50
JOHNNY MONSTER #1 (OF 3) $3.50

(I seem to be willing to try virtually anything from Image for an issue or two these days...)

MARVEL COMICS
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 TP VOL 01 SECRET INVASION $15.99 (I may get this just so I can say I've done everything I could to help Captain Britain and MI-13 succeed. Even if I don't, though, I hope it still sells well. It's a series that deserves to continue.)
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10 $2.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #9 2ND PTG VAR $2.99 (I may get this. I just started reading IIM with #10 and haven't been able to find earlier parts of the "World's Most Wanted" arc.)
X-FACTOR #40 $2.99
X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (OF 4) $3.99
X-MEN LEGACY #221 $2.99

COMICS
STREET FIGHTER IV #1 (OF 4) $3.95 (Maybe.)
ZOMBIES THAT ATE THE WORLD #1 (MR) $3.50 (I'll buy pretty much anything Guy Davis does, and this actually sounds like a fun take on the zombie fad that's pervading comics lately.)

And no one really talks about it, either! It doesn't get any press when the other Vertigo books do. Lit hipsters will talk up Sandman or Pride of Baghdad every chance they get, and some of the more informed ones will even talk about Shade the Changing Man or even Madame Xanadu. But even after a freaking feature film, nobody checks out Hellblazer. And it's crazy, because no book (other than Sandman) that I can think of has ever been this consistently good, issue in, issue out, writer in, writer out.

I think it's the open-ended serialization thing that keeps the hipsters away. If it isn't one long-form story with a closed end like Gaiman's Sandman, or better yet, just a nice trendy "graphic novel" like Pride of Baghdad, it must be a dumb comic book. Unless it's Los Bros doing comics about fat ugly people in the future.

I meant to check out Hellblazer for a while, but I never found a good spot to jump on and then I sort of forgot about it. I want to read some trades first to get a feel for Constantine too, and I'm notorious for procrastinating on actually buying and reading trades.