Comic Pull List July 16

By: John Baggett

Tuesday July 15, 2008

MARVEL

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #21

COVER BY: RON FRENZ
WRITER: TOM DEFALCO
PENCILS: RON FRENZ
INKS: SAL BUSCEMA
COLORED BY: IMPACTO
LETTERED BY: DAVE SHARPE

THE STORY:
“A Brand New MAY!”
Part 2 of 5
As Peter Parker and Normie Osborn try to learn the identity of the brand new May, Spider-Girl investigates Humanity First and battles a brand new super-foe.


NEW AVENGERS #40

COVER BY: JIM CHEUNG
WRITER: BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
PENCILS: JIM CHEUNG
INKS: JOHN DELL
COLORED BY: JUSTIN PONSOR
LETTERED BY: COMICRAFT

THE STORY:
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
Very special guest artist Jimmy Cheung returns to the pages of New Avengers for this very important tie-in issue. Spinning right off of events in NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1, find out exactly how the Skrull empire was able to infiltrate the Marvel Universe and who instigated the invasion and why.


ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #56

WRITER: MIKE CAREY
COVER: BILLY TAN
PENCILS: TYLER KIRKHAM
LETTERS: VC-RUS WOOTON

THE STORY:
The Ultimate Salem’s Seven saga continues! Invisible Woman’s research into this new team sensation leads her to a major revelation –- too bad she’s trapped at the bottom of the ocean! Meanwhile, Agatha Harkness reveals her true nature!


X-FORCE #5

WRITER: CHRISTOPHER YOST
COVER, PENCIL, INKS, COLORS: CLAYTON CRAIN
LETTERS: VC-CORY PETIT


THE STORY:
It began with one simple mission: Kill the Purifier leader Matthew Risman before he kills any more mutants. But everything went to hell…and now it gets worse. Wolfsbane’s decent continues. War rages between Risman and Bastion. The Choir rises. And if that weren’t enough... it’s X-FORCE VERSUS ARCHANGEL


DARK HORSE

STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #31

WRITER: JOHN JACKSON MILLER
COVER, COLOR: MICHAEL ATIYEH
ARTIST: ALAN ROBINSON

THE STORY:
Zayne Carrick, a fugitive Padawan accused of the murder of his fellow students, is on his way to the authorities in hope of clearing his name, shedding light on the Jedi Masters who framed him, and revealing the covert order to which they belong. But reaching the right people without facing off against his former masters is proving to be more difficult than Zayne imagined! Success is going to require help from every true friend Zayne has garnered in his long quest for justice.


HELM #1

WRITER: JIM HARDISON
PENCILS: BART SEARS
INKS: RANDY ELLIOT

THE STORY:
What if you had a magical superpower and it hated your guts? Matt Blurdy's day has gone from crap to worse. Not only did his girlfriend break his heart at work--and in front of all of the video-store patrons--but he just got fired. All that's left to do is minibike his sorry, thirty-year-old (and freshly unemployed!) butt back home to his mom's basement and drown his sorrows in a bucket of extra crispy chicken while contemplating where his life went wrong.

On the way home, Matt decides to quiet his aching heart with a brief detour to a garage sale. When an ancient-looking helmet calls to him as "the Chosen One," exhorting him to don the mantle of the "Valhalladrim," Matt touches it with trembling fingers--and is jolted by raw magical power. Holy crap! Is he going to be a superhero? Is this why he always felt special even when everyone else thought he was a loser? Then the helm gets a sense of whom it's dealing with. Suddenly, it changes its tune: "I was mistaken. You are not the chosen one. Good day." But for once in his life, Matt's not taking no for an answer. Not today.


DC COMICS

BATGIRL #1

WRITER: ADAM BEECHEN
COVER: ANDY CLARKE
ART: JIM CALAFIORE AND JONATHAN GLAPION

THE STORY:
Now that Batgirl has finally gained Batman's trust, it's time to conquer her inner demons and prove herself to the rest of the world. This six-issue epic will take Cassandra on an intense, personal journey involving friends, family and foes!


TANGENT: SUPERMAN'S REIGN #5 (OF 12)

WRITERS: DAN JURGENS AND RON MARZ
ARTISTS: JAMAL IGLE AND ROBIN RIGGS
COVER: BRAD WALKER AND LIVESAY

THE STORY:
A hero falls! Now, the remaining forces for good from both the Tangent and DCU Earths are forced to go deeper underground. Also, the secret power behind the Tangent Superman's throne is revealed!


TRIALS OF SHAZAM VOL. 2

WRITER: JUDD WINICK
ARTISTS: HOWARD PORTER AND MAURO CASCIOLI
COVER:MAURO CASCIOLI

THE STORY:
Collecting issues #7-12 of the maxiseries featuring Freddy Freeman's quest to gain the powers of Captain Marvel! Win or lose, Freddy may still need the help of the Justice League of America and Shadowpact to survive the "verdict"!


TWO-FACE YEAR ONE #1

WRITER: MARK SABLE
COVER: MARK CHIARELLO
ART: JESUS SAIZ AND JIMMY PALMIOTTI

THE STORY:
In a time of corruption and greed, the only force keeping Gotham City from collapsing into utter chaos included Assistant District Attorney Harvey Dent, a cop named Jim Gordon, a vigilante known only as Batman — and a mysterious group of untouchable crimefighters working outside the law. Be here to witness the beginning of a legacy, when a meeting between Gotham's Finest and Gotham's Vilest spawn the protectors who will safeguard Gotham's future, as well as the monster who will try to burn it to the ground.


IMAGE

MICE TEMPLAR #5

WRITER: BRYAN J.L. GLASS & MICHAEL AVON OEMING
ART & COVER: MICHAEL AVON OEMING

THE STORY:
The sacred Readers of the Wheat declare final judgment on Karic's life and his validity to fulfill the Prophecy within the heart of the Great Ash Tree. While Templar rivals Pilot and Cassius each face the ancient vengeance of bats. And Rat Captain Tosk's slave train arrives at the capital city of the mice at last, Dealrach Ard-Vale--the Shining City--where rats, mice & weasels live together in peace... all under the cold and baleful gaze of King Icarus and his court.


GØDLAND #24

WRITER: JOE CASEY
ART &COVER: TOM SCIOLI

THE STORY:
BOOK TWENTY-FOUR: TWELVE-FINGER SQUEEZE! Trapped in a world he never made! Wait... That sounds a little too familiar. Okay, try this: Commander Adam Archer escapes this twisted neo-fantasy and gets his cosmic groove on to put a fractured reality back on track! And is this the final fate of Neela Archer?! This issue wraps up Year Two in mind-bending style!


WILDSTORM

WORLD OF WARCRAFT #9

WRITER: Walter Simonson
ARTIST: Jon Buran and Jerome K. MooreC
COVER: Samwise Didier and Ludo Lullabi

THE STORY:

Lo'Gosh, Valeera, Broll, and Thargas make their way to Ironforge via a circuitous route through the Wetlands. And back in Stormwind, Prince Anduin suspects all is not as it seems with his father, King Varian.