Comic Pull List August 6
By: John Baggett |
Monday August 04, 2008 |
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Amazing Possibilities |
| MARVEL Amazing Spider-Man Family #1 COVER BY: ADI GRANOV WRITER: MARC DEMATTEIS & TOM DEFALCO PENCILS: ALEX CAL & RON FRENZ INKS: ALEX CAL COLORED BY: RAINIER BEREDO LETTERED BY: SIMON BOWLAND Heads' up, Web-Slingers! Not getting nearly enough bang for your Brand New Buck with Thrice Monthly Spider-Man? Well, get ready to have your Spider-Senses overloaded with the Brand New Amazing Spider-Man Family! Check in here for slices of life from Spidey and the rest of the Brand New Day Cast. We all know Spider-Man's origin - but what happened the day after Uncle Ben died? Find out as J.M. De Matteis and Spanish Sensation Alex Cal bring you SPIDER-MAN: 48 HOURS! Also, the Amazing Spider-Girl team of Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema show us life before MayDay became Spider-Girl with MR. AND MRS. SPIDER-MAN! Also, check out AUNT MAY, AGENT OF F.E.A.S.T. and a flashback to the birth of Spidey's New Ways To Die nemesis, VENOM! 104 PGS./Rated A" Franklin Richards: Summer Smackdown #1 WRITER: MARC SUMERAK AND CHRIS ELIOPOULOS COVER, PENCILS, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS LETTERS: COLOR: BRAD ANDERSON In this corner: wearing blue trunks and weighing in at 63 pounds -- the Baxter Building's Baby Boy -- FRANKLIN "SON OF A GENIUS" RICHARDS! And in this corner: wearing tight spandex and weighing in at a whopping 500 pounds -- Aunt Petunia's favorite nephew -- BENJAMIN "THE THING" GRIMM! It's the showdown of the century! And if Franklin survives the first round, he has four more challengers waiting in the wings ready to take NYX: No Way Home #1 WRITER: MARJORIE LIU COVER: ALINA URUSOV PENCIL, INK: KALMAN ANDRASOFSKY COLOR: JOHN RAUCH LETTERS: VC-JOE CARAMAGNA There’s no place like home—just ask young mutant KIDEN NIXON. She’s survived the hard streets of Manhattan, and she’s built a home—and a family—for herself, with her friends TATIANA, BOBBY SOUL and his LI’L BRO. But with fewer than 200 mutants left on the planet, Kiden’s become a target—and when somebody strikes at one of her friends, Kiden’s going to find out just how much farther she can fall! his title! LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! WILDSTORM The Authority #1 WRITER: DAN ABNETT, ANDY LANNING AND CHRISTOS GAGE ARTIST: SIMON COLEBY AND TREVOR HAIRSINE COVER: SIMON COLEBY The Authority has survived the cataclysmic events following NUMBER OF THE BEAST — but just barely! Do they have a hope of rebuilding their "finer world," or is that hope dead and gone? Don't miss the beginning of an astounding new direction for the series! Plus: Part 2 of the John Lynch backup story that began in WILDCATS: WORLD'S END #1, written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Trevor Hairsine (X-Men: Deadly Genesis)! IMAGE Hyperkinetic #2 (of 4) WRITER:HOWARD M. SHUM ARTIST: MATTEO SCALERA & OSCAR CELESTINI COVER: MATTEO SCALERA & HOWARD M. SHUM Alicia, Shirley and Milla battle killer robots. Back at Hyperkinetic, Katiya and Tejigi complete repairs. Katiya decides to venture out into the alien planet. She encounters an unscrupulous alien who acts very bizarre. DC Infinity Inc. #12 WRITER: PETER MILLIGAN ARTIST: JAVIER ARANDA AND DAVID ENEBRAL COVER: PETE WOODS A Dark Side Club tie-in! The mystery of Professor Fogel and his allegiance to the Dark Side Club are laid bare in this harrowing final issue, in which the Infinity Kids find themselves outmatched in every way! A dream comes to an end, but for Infinity Inc., the nightmare is just beginning Robin #176 WRITER: CHUCK DIXON COVER: FREDDIE WILLIAMS ART: CHRIS BATISTA AND CAM SMITH A "Batman: R.I.P." story! The shocking conclusion that will start of the rest of Tim Drake's life — or is it the end? With Batman missing, Robin becomes the new Dark Knight. It's Robin and Spoiler in an all-out brawl with Gotham City's underworld — but with Batman's trail growing cold, the end of this fight will decide the future of the Bat family! The Vinyl Underground #11 WRITTEN BY SI SPENCER ART BY SIMON GANE AND RYAN KELLY COVER BY SEAN PHILLIPS Detective Caulfield has a proposition for the Vinyl Underground – if they can find Morrison and actually deal with what he has become. Suicide bridge and crumbling angels feature heavily in this riveting issue. DARK HORSE COMICS Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #17 WRITER: JOSS WHEDON COVER: JO CHEN PENCIL: KARL MOLINE INK: ANDY OWENS COLOR: MICHELLE MADSEN After a shaky introduction, Buffy and Fray must join forces in order to discover the purpose of their meeting, and its impact on the world at large. |
