The Diamond List for July 20th, 2011

[Tron Bonne]

DARK HORSE COMICS

CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS ED VOL 02 (RES) $19.99
CONAN ISLAND OF NO RETURN #2 $3.50
CRIMINAL MACABRE GOON WHEN FREAKS COLLIDE $3.99
RAGE #2 (OF 3) $3.50
STAR WARS CLONE WARS YR TV TP VOL 06
STARCRUSHER TRAP $7.99
STAR WARS JEDI DARK SIDE #3 $2.99

DC COMICS

BATMAN #712 $2.99
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5) $2.99
BLACKEST NIGHT BLACK LANTERN CORPS TP VOL 01 $19.99
BLACKEST NIGHT BLACK LANTERN CORPS TP VOL 02 $19.99
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #6 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99
DC COMICS PRESENTS THE METAL MEN #1 $7.99
DC RETROACTIVE BATMAN THE 70S #1 $4.99
DC RETROACTIVE THE FLASH THE 70S #1 $4.99
DC RETROACTIVE WONDER WOMAN THE 70S #1 $4.99
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #12 $2.99
DEUS EX #6 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99
DMZ #67 (MR) $2.99
FLASHPOINT #1 (OF 5) 3RD PTG $3.99
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #2 (OF 3) $2.99
FLASHPOINT LEGION OF DOOM #2 (OF 3) $2.99
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2 (OF 3) $2.99
HELLBLAZER #281 (MR) $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #59 $2.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #15 $2.99
POWER GIRL #26 $2.99
SPIRIT #16 $2.99
SUPERGIRL #66 $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #86 $2.99
THUNDER AGENTS #9 $2.99
TINY TITANS #42 $2.99
TITANS #37 $2.99
WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #1 (OF 2) $3.99
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE TP $17.99
ZATANNA #15 $2.99

IDW PUBLISHING

ANGEL COVERS HC VOL 01 $19.99
CANIFF HC $49.99
CLASSIC GI JOE TP VOL 12 $24.99
DAVE STEVENS COMPLETE SKETCHBOOK COLL HC $50.00
DEATH VALLEY GN $17.99
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #9 $3.99
EDGE OF DOOM TP $19.99
INFESTATION OUTBREAK #2 (OF 4) $3.99
INFESTATION TP VOL 01 $19.99
JERICHO TP SEASON 3 $19.99
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #8 $3.99
PARKER MARTINI ED HC $75.00
RIP KIRBY HC VOL 04 $49.99
SNAKE EYES ONGOING (IDW) #3 $3.99
TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #22 $3.99
TRANSFORMERS PRIME TP VOL 02 $7.99
TRANSFORMERS PRIME TP VOL 03 $7.99
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #6 (MR) $3.99
WORMWOOD BINGO NIGHT IN VALHALLA #1 (OF 4) $3.99

IMAGE COMICS

68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #3 (OF 4) CVR A NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS $3.99
68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #3 (OF 4) CVR B NAT JONES $3.99
AGE OF BRONZE #32 (MR) $3.50
ALL NIGHTER #2 (OF 5) $2.99
ARTIFACTS #9 (OF 13) CVR A LEON $3.99
ARTIFACTS #9 (OF 13) CVR B KEOWN $3.99
ARTIFACTS #9 (OF 13) CVR C CHRISTOPHER $3.99
ARTIFACTS TP VOL 02 $14.99
AVENGELYNE #1 CVR A LIEFELD $2.99
AVENGELYNE #1 CVR B GIENI $2.99
AVENGELYNE #1 CVR C BENITEZ $2.99
DARKNESS COMPENDIUM EDITION TP NEW PTG $59.99
DEADLANDS MASSACRE AT RED WING ONE SHOT $2.99
DRUMS #3 (OF 4) $2.99
ELEPHANTMEN #33 (MR) $3.99
HACK SLASH #6 CVR A LIESTER & ROSENBERG (MR) $3.50
HACK SLASH #6 CVR B BELLEGARDE (MR) $3.50
INVINCIBLE #81 $2.99
LAST MORTAL #3 (OF 4) (MR) $3.99
MARKSMAN #1 (OF 6) $1.00
MORNING GLORIES #11 (MR) $2.99
NETHERWORLD #3 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
REAPER #2 (MR) $4.99
SAVAGE DRAGON #172 $3.50
SPAWN NEW BEGINNINGS TP VOL 01 $14.99
TURF HC (MR) $39.99
WALKING DEAD #87 $2.99
WALKING DEAD WEEKLY #29 (MR) $2.99
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #5 (MR) $2.99
WITCH DOCTOR #2 (OF 4) $2.99
WITCHBLADE #147 $3.99

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS #15 FEAR $3.99
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16 FEAR $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA ART OF CAPTAIN AMERICA HC $49.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
DAKEN AND X-23 PREM HC COLLISION $24.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99
DEADPOOL PULP GN TP $14.99
ENDERS GAME SPEAKER FOR DEAD PREM HC $24.99
ESSENTIAL PUNISHER TP VOL 02 NEW ED $19.99
FEAR ITSELF DEADPOOL #2 (OF 3) FEAR $2.99
FEAR ITSELF FEARSOME FOUR #2 (OF 4) FEAR $2.99
FEAR ITSELF FF #1 FEAR $2.99
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #4 (OF 7) FEAR $3.99
GENERATION HOPE #9 $2.99
HERC #5 FEAR $2.99
HULK #37 FEAR $2.99
INCREDIBLE HULKS TP PLANET SAVAGE $19.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #506 FEAR $3.99
IRON MAN 2.0 #7 FEAR $2.99
MARVEL POINT ONE TP $24.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE #2 (OF 4) $3.99
NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC TP VOL 06 $29.99
ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED HC $19.99
SECRET AVENGERS TP VOL 01 MISSION TO MARS $19.99
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #5 (OF 5) $2.99
SPIDER-ISLAND SPOTLIGHT $3.99
SPIDER-MAN AM I AN AVENGER TP $29.99
STEVE ROGERS TP SUPER-SOLDIER $14.99
THOR BLACK GALAXY SAGA TP $19.99
THOR HEAVEN AND EARTH #1 (OF 4) $2.99
THUNDERBOLTS TP VIOLENT REJECTION $15.99
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #2 (OF 6) DOSM $3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #541 FEAR $3.99
VENOM FLASHPOINT #1 $4.99
WOLVERINE WOLVERINE VS X-MEN PREM HC $19.99
X-FACTOR #222 $2.99
X-MEN #15 $3.99
X-MEN STEVE ROGERS HC ESCAPE FROM NEGATIVE ZONE $19.99

 

[Tron Bonne]

CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS ED VOL 02 (RES) $19.99
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2 (OF 3) $2.99
POWER GIRL #26 $2.99
THUNDER AGENTS #9 $2.99
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #5 (MR) $2.99
HERC #5 $2.99

Maybe:
DC COMICS PRESENTS THE METAL MEN #1 $7.99 (Depends on what it reprints)
DC RETROACTIVE WONDER WOMAN THE 70S #1 $4.99 (Probably tradewait)
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99

 

[runawayboulder]

HELLBLAZER #281
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #5
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16
DAREDEVIL #1
HERC #5 FEAR
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE #2
UNCANNY X-MEN #541
X-MEN #15

 

[Yodaman]

STAR WARS JEDI DARK SIDE #3
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3
SPIRIT #16
HERC #5
DAREDEVIL #1 a

 

[Themanofbat]

HellBlazer #281
Invincible #81
Avengers #15
Fear Itslef: FF #1 (maybe)
Hulk #37
Spider-Island Spotlight

 

[Specter313]

MORNING GLORIES #11
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16
FEAR ITSELF FEARSOME FOUR #2
GENERATION HOPE #9
HERC #5
UNCANNY X-MEN #541
X-FACTOR #222
X-MEN #15

Good week.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Thanks, Tron!

DARK HORSE COMICS

RAGE #2 (OF 3) $3.50
STAR WARS JEDI DARK SIDE #3 $2.99

DC COMICS

BATMAN #712 $2.99
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5) $2.99
DC RETROACTIVE BATMAN THE 70S #1 $4.99 - (Looking forward to these titles.)
DC RETROACTIVE THE FLASH THE 70S #1 $4.99
DC RETROACTIVE WONDER WOMAN THE 70S #1 $4.99
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #12 $2.99
DMZ #67 (MR) $2.99
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #2 (OF 3) $2.99
FLASHPOINT LEGION OF DOOM #2 (OF 3) $2.99
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2 (OF 3) $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #59 $2.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #15 $2.99
SUPERGIRL #66 $2.99
THUNDER AGENTS #9 $2.99
WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #1 (OF 2) $3.99

IDW PUBLISHING

JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #8 $3.99
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #6 (MR) $3.99

IMAGE COMICS - (Image titles never come out on time. I'm lucky if I see two of these.)

68 (SIXTY EIGHT) #3 (OF 4) CVR A NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS $3.99
ARTIFACTS #9 (OF 13) CVR A LEON $3.99
AVENGELYNE #1 CVR A LIEFELD $2.99
MORNING GLORIES #11 (MR) $2.99
WALKING DEAD #87 $2.99
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #5 (MR) $2.99
WITCH DOCTOR #2 (OF 4) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS #15 FEAR $3.99
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16 FEAR $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99
FEAR ITSELF DEADPOOL #2 (OF 3) FEAR $2.99
FEAR ITSELF FEARSOME FOUR #2 (OF 4) FEAR $2.99
FEAR ITSELF FF #1 FEAR $2.99
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #4 (OF 7) FEAR $3.99
GENERATION HOPE #9 $2.99
HERC #5 FEAR $2.99
HULK #37 FEAR $2.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #506 FEAR $3.99
IRON MAN 2.0 #7 FEAR $2.99
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE #2 (OF 4) $3.99
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #5 (OF 5) $2.99
SPIDER-ISLAND SPOTLIGHT $3.99
THOR HEAVEN AND EARTH #1 (OF 4) $2.99
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #2 (OF 6) DOSM $3.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #541 FEAR $3.99
VENOM FLASHPOINT #1 $4.99
X-FACTOR #222 $2.99
X-MEN #15 $3.99

 

[JewishHobbit]

BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5) $2.99
WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #1 (OF 2) $3.99
AVENGERS #15 FEAR $3.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99
GENERATION HOPE #9 $2.99
IRON MAN 2.0 #7 FEAR $2.99
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #5 (OF 5) $2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #541 FEAR $3.99
X-FACTOR #222 $2.99
X-MEN #15 $3.99

Wow, around 5 or 6 weeks of being under budget and then a big blowout week here.... that sucks. Still, there's some good signs here. This marks the end of Skaar's mini and of the Immortal Weapon issues of Iron Man 2.0, so those are out of the way. And besides, I've been good... Mrs. Hobbit should be alright with a bigger week after spending so little... right?


Oh, and Daredevil.... WOOOHOOOO!!!!

 

[Watchman]

DC COMICS PRESENTS THE METAL MEN #1 $7.99 (Depends on what it reprints)

The back-ups from Doom Patrol. They were pretty neat.

BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5) $2.99
DC RETROACTIVE BATMAN THE 70S #1 $4.99
HELLBLAZER #281 (MR) $2.99
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #5 (MR) $2.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99-Gorgeous!

 

[Dread]

INVINCIBLE #81
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16
FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT #4
HERC #5

Small but solid week. Also a cheap week with only one $3.99 book.

What is VENOM FLASHPOINT that Marvel is trying to sell for $5? They trying to cheat confused DC fans? Don't laugh, Marvel has had some titles that bordered on bait-and-switch fraud to sell some comics. Such as using a generic title and a picture of Iron Man from the 2008 film to sell a standard MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN one shot that retailers over ordered.

 

[Tron Bonne]

The back-ups from Doom Patrol. They were pretty neat.

Oh, okay. I have those. They were great.

What is VENOM FLASHPOINT that Marvel is trying to sell for $5? They trying to cheat confused DC fans? Don't laugh, Marvel has had some titles that bordered on bait-and-switch fraud to sell some comics. Such as using a generic title and a picture of Iron Man from the 2008 film to sell a standard MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN one shot that retailers over ordered.

I believe it's one of those mini-collections that collect the first couple of issues of the ongoing that Marvel has been doing a lot of lately.

 

[runawayboulder]

INVINCIBLE #81
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16
FEAR ITSELF: THE HOME FRONT #4
HERC #5

Small but solid week. Also a cheap week with only one $3.99 book.

What is VENOM FLASHPOINT that Marvel is trying to sell for $5? They trying to cheat confused DC fans? Don't laugh, Marvel has had some titles that bordered on bait-and-switch fraud to sell some comics. Such as using a generic title and a picture of Iron Man from the 2008 film to sell a standard MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN one shot that retailers over ordered.

No DD there Dread?

The Venom Flashpointwhatever is a collection of ASM 654, 654.1 and Venom #1.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

MARVEL COMICS
AVENGERS #15 FEAR $3.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99 (Maybe. I've stayed away from DD since the end of Shadowland and haven't missed him at all, but I might give Matt another chance.)

Thanks Tron

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

DMZ #67 (MR) $2.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99 - yum!
HERC #5 FEAR $2.99
X-FACTOR #222 $2.99

 

[SpideyInATree]

INVINCIBLE #81
WALKING DEAD #87
DAREDEVIL #1
HULK #37 FEAR
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #2 (OF 6)

Wow. A no DC week that is a first in a very long time!

 

[CrimsonMist]

CRIMINAL MACABRE GOON WHEN FREAKS COLLIDE $3.99
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5) $2.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99


TURF HC (MR) $39.99 (40 BUCKS?! I'll pass.)

 

[Dread]

No DD there Dread?

The Venom Flashpointwhatever is a collection of ASM 654, 654.1 and Venom #1.

I see.

I did forget about DAREDEVIL. In honesty I was partisan about getting it. I need to start trimming at some point. But, this is a short week, so it's odds are 50/50.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

DC COMICS
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5) $2.99
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #6 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99

IMAGE COMICS
WALKING DEAD #87 $2.99
WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #5 (MR) $2.99 (So damn good. Is this the last issue?)

MARVEL COMICS
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16 FEAR $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99 (What the hell? It's Mark Waid doing a Daredevil who isn't so grim n' gritty, plus I haven't done my yearly attempt to get into Daredevil yet.)
HERC #5 FEAR $2.99
THOR HEAVEN AND EARTH #1 (OF 4) $2.99
X-FACTOR #222 $2.99

 

[JewishHobbit]

I see.

I did forget about DAREDEVIL. In honesty I was partisan about getting it. I need to start trimming at some point. But, this is a short week, so it's odds are 50/50.

You're 100% getting it... I'm calling it now. You won't be able to resist Martin's art

 

[Dread]

You're 100% getting it... I'm calling it now. You won't be able to resist Martin's art

The fact that I am only getting 4 other comics, and thus this is a "cheap" week, is a larger factor honestly.

Even WITH a $3.99 DAREDEVIL #1, that brings the week's cost tally to about $16, which isn't bad at all.

The last thing I paid for from Marvel that Waid wrote was the debut issue of a DOCTOR STRANGE mini from a year or two back, and while it was above average, I didn't like it enough to commit to $4 an issue for it. It was about Stephen being powerless after Hulk mangled his hands in WWH and thus having to rely on some prodigy magic girl to do stuff, and I thought it was very episode-of-the-week for me. Sure, artwork from Marcos Martin can carry nearly anyone - he's doing the heavy lifting for Stan Lee in some recent Spidey material - but having a slight week where I won't go broke for comics is another factor.

Hence, maybe I would try new things if not for the cost. VENGEANCE #1 I passed because it was an expensive enough week (over $20) and it was $3.99. That really is a poor price point for the debut issue of an ongoing series; the amount of series that have done that and been canceled in under a year likely outnumber the series that have endured by about 10:1, yet Marvel merely is after cynical short term sales and doesn't care about that.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Well, the good news is that Daredevil drops to $3 after the overpriced first issue. The fact that it falls on a slow week for you is fantastic (if you're interested enough to give it a shot).

It's falling on a very heavy week for me but I've loved Daredevil too much for too long to give up due to that. I'll just push something else to another week if need be.

 

[Pyro Man]

DC COMICS

BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5) $2.99
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #2 (OF 3) $2.99
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2 (OF 3) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

DAREDEVIL #1 $3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #2 (OF 6) DOSM $3.99

Hell of a slow week, not even sure I'm buying Flashpoint: Wonder Woman 2.

 

[Frankenmation]

dark horse comics
CRIMINAL MACABRE GOON WHEN FREAKS COLLIDE $3.99

dc comics
batman gates of gotham #3 (of 5) $2.99
dc retroactive batman the 70s #1 $4.99
dc retroactive the flash the 70s #1 $4.99
flashpoint deadman and the flying graysons #2 (of 3) $2.99

image comics
HACK SLASH #6 CVR A LIESTER & ROSENBERG (MR) $3.50

marvel comics
daredevil #1 $3.99