Here are the titles scheduled to arrive next Wednesday, August 1!

COMICS, MAGAZINES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
ACTION COMICS #853 (CD)    $2.99
ALL NEW ATOM #14 (CD)    $2.99
AMERICAN VIRGIN #17 (MR)    $2.99
AWAKENING #1 (OF 10) (MR)    $3.50
BETTY & VERONICA #229    $2.25
BLACK CANARY #3 (OF 4)    $2.99
CHUCKY RODRIGUEZ CVR A #3 (OF 5) (MR)    $3.50
CLOCKWORK GIRL #0    $0.25
CONAN & THE MIDNIGHT GOD #5 (OF 5)    $2.99
COUNTDOWN 39    $2.99
DAREDEVIL BATTLIN JACK MURDOCK #3 (OF 4)    $3.99

DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN #7 (OF 7)    $3.99
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN COIPEL VAR #7 (OF 7)    $24.99

The final issue in the first Dark Tower miniseries from Marvel!  If you’ve been waiting to get started, now’s the time, since we have all seven issues in stock!

DETECTIVE COMICS #835    $2.99
DRAW #14 (C: 0-1-2)    $6.95
EXTERMINATORS #20 (MR)    $2.99
FAKER #2 (OF 6) (MR)    $2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #548 CWI    $2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR AND POWER PACK #2 (OF 4)    $2.99
FIRST BORN SILVESTRI CVR A #1 (OF 3)    $2.99
GARTH ENNIS CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD #6 (OF 6) (MR)    $3.99
GEORGE A ROMERO NOTLD HUNGER PAINTED CVR (MR)    $2.99
GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS SPECIAL 3RD PTG #1    $4.99
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #16 (RES) (MR)    $2.99
HERC BROWN #0    $0.99
HEWOES #1    $2.99
HIGHLANDER #9    $2.99
IRON & THE MAIDEN #1    $3.99
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #11    $2.99
JONAH HEX #22    $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #36    $2.25
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #8    $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VAR ED #8    $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #30    $2.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED LAST OF THE MOHICANS #3 (OF 6)    $2.99
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT WORLD WAR HULK    $2.99
MARVEL TAROT    $3.99
METAL MEN #1 (OF 8)    $2.99
MIDNIGHTER #10    $2.99
MS MARVEL #18    $2.99
NEW AVENGERS ILLUMINATI #4 (OF 5)    $2.99
NEW WARRIORS #3 CWI    $2.99
NIGHTWING #135    $2.99
OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND WEEK 1 NIGHTWING BOOMERANG    $2.99
OZ WONDERLAND CHRONICLES JUSKO CVR A #2 (OF 4)    $3.50
PUNISHER #50 (MR)    $3.99
RED STAR SWORD OF LIES #2 (RES)    $4.50
ROUGH STUFF #5 (C: 0-1-2)    $6.95
SCALPED #8 (MR)    $2.99
SHANNA SHE-DEVIL SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST #1 (OF 4)    $2.99
SHE-HULK 2 #20    $2.99
SNAKEWOMAN VOL 2 TALE OF THE SNAKE CHARMER #2 (MR)    $2.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #178    $2.25
SPAWN GODSLAYER #3    $2.99
SPIDER-MAN FANTASTIC FOUR #4 (OF 4)    $2.99
SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA #1 (OF 5)    $2.99
STAR TREK KLINGONS BLOOD WILL TELL #4    $3.99
SUPERGIRL #20 (AA)    $2.99
SUPERNATURAL ORIGINS #4    $2.99
THOR #2    $2.99
UNCANNY X-MEN #489    $2.99
UPTIGHT #2 (RES)    $2.50
VERONICA #182    $2.25
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #9    $2.99

WORLD WAR HULK #3 (OF 5) WWH    $3.99

I love World War Hulk.  It’s absolutely fantastic.  Here’s a link to our review!

GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA, BOOKS, AND LIKE THAT
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DRAGONS (O/A) (C: 1-1-2)    $12.95
AIR GEAR VOL 5 GN (MR)    $10.95
ALIVE VOL 1 GN (MR)    $10.95
ANNOTATED NORTHWEST PASSAGE DLX HC    $19.95
BIRDS OF PREY BLOOD AND CIRCUITS TP    $17.99
DEVILS PANTIES COLL ED VOL 1 TP #1    $19.95
EDEN VOL 8 ITS AN ENDLESS WORLD TP (MR) (C: 1-1-2)    $12.95
ELEPHANTMEN VOL 1 WOUNDED ANIMALS HC    $24.99
GODLAND CELESTIAL ED HC (C: 0-1-2)    $34.99
GREEN LANTERN WANTED HAL JORDAN HC    $19.99
GUNDAM SEED DESTINY VOL 4 GN    $10.95
HTDM DRAWING YAOI (C: 1-1-4)    $19.99
LIVING WITH ZOMBIES VOL 1 TP (RES) (MR)    $14.95
LUCKY LUKE BARBED WIRE ON THE PRAIRIE TP (C: 0-1-2)    $9.99
MUSHISHI VOL 2 GN (MR)    $12.95
NEW AVENGERS VOL 5 CIVIL WAR TP    $14.99
NODAME CANTABILE VOL 10 GN (MR)    $10.95
OLD BOY VOL 7 TP (MR) (C: 1-1-3)    $12.95
PETER THE PIRATE SQUID (C: 1-0-0)    $4.95
PREDATOR OMNIBUS VOL 1 TP (C: 0-1-2)    $24.95
RIDE HOME GN    $8.95
SCALPED VOL 1 INDIAN COUNTRY TP (MR)    $9.99
SCARFACE SCARRED FOR LIFE TP    $19.99
THUNDERBOLTS PRESENTS ZEMO BORN BETTER TP    $10.99
TSUBASA VOL 14 GN    $10.95
TWISTED TOYFARE 10TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION TP (C: 0-1-2)    $29.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN ULTIMATE COLLECTION VOL 2 TP    $24.99
WHITEOUT VOL 1 DEFINITIVE ED TP    $13.95
WISDOM RUDIMENTS OF WISDOM TP    $21.99
X-FACTOR VOL 2 LIFE AND DEATH MATTERS TP    $14.99

OTHER FINE ITEMS
MAN ON BIKE TIN WIND-UP (C: 0-1-3)    $14.99
ROBOT LILLIPUT SMALL (C: 0-1-3)    $11.99
Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Plain Janes is a pleasant surprise of a book—smart and entertaining for readers of all ages, including the young women DC is targeting with their “Minx” imprint. Jim Rugg’s name on the cover gave me pause, as I was a big fan of his Street Angel series, so I picked it up.

The story follows “Main Jane,” a survivor of a terrorist attack on a metropolitan city whose alarmist parents have moved the family to a distant suburb. Main Jane deals with the aftermath of the attack and adjustment to a new high school with a very different culture. Longing for ways to make her new country life seem less dull, Main Jane forms an alliance with a group of outcasts, all of whom also happen to be named “Jane.” As the “P.L.A.I.N. Janes,” they carry out public art “attacks” on their small town, causing an uproar in the process.

There are a lot of formulaic elements to this story, to be sure. Each Jane fits comfortably into a typical high school genre: jock, drama nerd, and genius (though “Polly Jane” is a wry visual shout-out to alt-rocker PJ Harvey, right down to the scowl and bold eyebrows). There is the obligatory—though not overwhelming—Romantic Situation to be dealt with, as well as a hearty helping of revolt-against-parents-and-authority. However, the art gang—the backdrop for these overused themes—is what makes Plain Janes more entertaining than the usual teenage fare. The guerilla art installations are an example of positive community involvement and nonviolent political protest for thoughtful readers. It’s easy enough to look past some of the unrealistic parts of the story (How do they find the time to do all this stuff? Where are their parents?) and find value and meaning in it.

Acclaimed YA fiction writer Cecil Castellucci is best known for her other books about tough young women searching out a place in the world: 2005’s Boy Proof and last year’s The Queen of Cool. With this publication, the long-time comic book fan manages to carry over her talent for creating compelling characters, and hopefully she’ll continue to create in this format. Jim Rugg does not disappoint, either; his Janes are realistic-looking and likeable, and his illustrations are engaging and appropriately paced for the story. This is a promising debut for the Minx line, and as Vanity Fair blurbs on the back cover of Plain Janes, “You don’t have to be a comic book geek” to enjoy this graphic novel.

-Erin Gumbel

Dear Mr. Neal,

I have just read the most disturbing graphic novel currently being offered in Chapel Hill Comics. The book , I SHALL DESTROY ALL THE CIVILIZED PLANETS, features a small-headed super-intelligent man from outer space who takes it upon himself to monitor, bust up, and punish crime rings on planet earth.

Don’t misunderstand, I’m all for ending crime, but this so-called hero is just too bizarre and strange and honestly, just creepy cruel! Even our most sophisticated and dedicated readers would surely protest. In one episode, STARDUST turned 5 mobsters into 1 bad guy, shrank him down to the size of a giant rat, then flung him into the sea, where he was then tortured by a giant golden octopus. As if that were not enough, his one bad guy head reappeared ( his body remained rat shape), just as STARDUST returned to retrieve him. He traveled him through the air back to the city and flung him into the offices of the local police department…. Still in the form of a rat with the bad guy head!

There are other similar stories. For example, Phantoma, The Jungle Woman, whose head transforms into a skull when she discovers bad guys. I am not going to go into how she deals with these poor criminals but I will simply say it’s just too much, Mr. Neal, even for our shop! This is where we must draw the line. Forgive me for losing my composure, but I am quite frankly shook up by this book.

Due to the outrageous nature of this graphic novel I am proposing that we remove it from our shelves, effective immediately.Thank you in advance for your prompt response to this matter of great concern.

Vanessa
Manager and Your Dear Wife

P. S. Can we get a fainting couch for the office?

Dear Vanessa,Thank you for your recommendation. Due to this communique, I have ordered twenty more copies of I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets. Please be ready to sell them.

Your husband,
Andrew Neal

PS: I’m afraid we will need all the room in the office for more copies of I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is currently our best-selling comic, and in fact, is the best selling comic we’ve carried since I took over the store four years ago, so it doesn’t need any help.

Having said that, I wanted to put together a little review for the folks who followed Buffy on TV, but haven’t checked out the comic. And here it is:

AWESOME

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

…just kidding! Seriously, there’s not a lot to say. Joss Whedon himself is writing the series, and as he’s proven with Astonishing X-Men and Fray, he’s just as good a comic writer as he is a TV writer. If you loved the TV show, and want to see what the characters do after Sunnydale is blown up, this is where to find out. As I write this, the first four-issue story arc is finished, and we have them all in stock, so you can get caught up.

Basically: TV and comics are two different media, so the TV show and the comics are going to be different out of necessity, but this is a fun comic, just like the show was a fun show, and as a long time Buffy fan (I started watching regularly halfway through the second season), I can say it’s very satisfying as a continuation of the story.

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

It has come to my attention that a few of you may be sleeping on World War Hulk.  I know this because when folks ask me what’s new and good, and I say “World War Hulk!” with all the enthusiasm of a five-year-old who’s just been handed the keys to a monster truck with wings, most folks say, “Really?”
I’m here to let you know that World War Hulk is fantastic. What’s it about?  Well, over the course of the last year of the Incredible Hulk (called Planet Hulk, available now at Chapel Hill Comics in a very attractive hardcover), Hulk was shot into space by Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Black Bolt, and Dr. Strange, ostensibly so that he can have some Hulk Time on a planet full of fluffy bunnies or something.

The problem is that they sent him to a world where he was enslaved and forced into gladiatorial combat, but then he busted out, took over the planet, and was in the process of taking care of the citizens of the planet and loving his new wife, when BAM!  The spaceship that brought him there blows up the planet!

…and that’s where we begin World War Hulk.  The basic premise is that the Hulk is mad, and he’s coming back to Earth for revenge on all the jerks who sent him into outer space.  Do you want to know how mad the Hulk is?  The Hulk is so mad, that HE PUNCHES METEORS WHILE HE RIDES TO EARTH ON THE OUTSIDE OF A STONE SPACESHIP.

It’s great.  The story by Grek Pak is fun, and the art by John Romita Jr. is perfect.  It’s both Bulky and incredibly kinetic.  This is how I want superhero comics to be: no pretension, lots of hitting, off-the-charts ridiculousness, and incredible art.

Also: you don’t have to read any of the crossover tie-ins in order to follow the main World War Hulk series.  You can if you want, but you don’t gotta, so big up to Marvel for that.

Alright then.

Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Here are the titles scheduled to arrive Wednesday, July 25!

Also: last week we received Bone Volume 6: Old Man’s Cave!  Come and get it!

COMICS AND MAGAZINES
ALL NEW OFF HB MARVEL UNIVERSE A TO Z UPDATE #3    $3.99
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #6 (RES)    $2.99
ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN VAR EDITION #6 (RES)    $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #542    $2.99
ANGRY YOUTH COMIX #13 (MR)    $3.50
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST STAR LORD #1 (OF 4)    $2.99
ARCHIE #577    $2.25
ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #181    $3.69
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #12    $2.99
BEST OF THE WEST #61    $6.95
BETTY #167    $2.25
BLACK DIAMOND #3 (OF 6)    $2.95
BLACK PANTHER #29 CWI    $2.99
BLACK SUMMER #1 (OF 7) (MR)    $2.99

The preview issue of this new Warren Ellis series was really good!  It’s about a  superhero who kills the president of the United States.  I’m curious to see where he goes with this.   Also out this week by Warren Ellis: Crecy and Doktor Sleepless!

BLAZIN BRANDY #1    $2.99
BLUE BEETLE #17    $2.99

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #5    $2.99

BUFFY!  Not only is this the best-selling comic we have carried since I took over the store, it’s good, too!  Nice job, Joss and Georges!

CABLE DEADPOOL #43    $2.99
CHEMIST    $3.50
COUNTDOWN 40    $2.99
CROSSING MIDNIGHT #9 (MR)    $2.99
DEATHBLOW #6    $2.99
DOKTOR SLEEPLESS #1 (MR)    $3.99
DUST #1 (OF 2) (MR)    $3.99
ELEPHANTMEN #10    $2.99
FALL OF CTHULHU WALPOLE CVR B #4    $3.99
FANTASTIC FIVE #2 (OF 5)    $2.99
FEAR AGENT LAST GOODBYE #2    $2.99
FUTURAMA COMICS #32    $2.99

GHOST RIDER 2ND PTG SALTARES VAR #12 WWH    $2.99

Yo dog, we still have first printings of this World War Hulk crossover at cover price.  I’m just saying.  (This public service announcement also applies to this week’s reprints of Heroes for Hire, Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man, whough we are starting to get low on issue #107 of Incredible Hulk.)

GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #2 (OF 6)    $2.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14    $2.99
GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL #0    $0.50
HAWKGIRL #66    $2.99
HELLBLAZER #234 (MR)    $2.99

HELLBOY DARKNESS CALLS #4 (OF 6)    $2.99

Do not sleep on this.  Just because Mike Mignola’s not drawing it doesn’t mean it’s not incredible.   Duncan Fegredo is blowing up the spot with the art.  Also, if you’re a sketchbook fan, you should check out Duncan (and Sean Phillips’) art book, Intersections, which is in stock now.  It’s great!

HEROES FOR HIRE #12 WWH    $2.99
HEROES FOR HIRE 2ND PTG VAR #11 WWH    $2.99
HIDING IN TIME #1 (OF 4)    $3.50
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #7    $2.99
INCREDIBLE HULK #108 WWH    $2.99
INCREDIBLE HULK 2ND PTG FRANK VAR #107 WWH    $2.99
INCREDIBLE HULK 3RD PTG VAR #106 WWH    $2.99
INVINCIBLE #44    $2.99
IRON MAN #20 WWH    $2.99
IRON MAN 2ND PTG VAR #19 WWH    $2.99
JSA CLASSIFIED #28    $2.99
JUXTAPOZ AUG 2007 VOL 14 #8 (C: 0-1-2)    $4.99
LOVE & ROCKETS VOL 2 #20 (MR) (NOTE PRICE)    $7.99
MAGICIAN APPRENTICE #9 (OF 12)    $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES IRON MAN #3    $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #1    $4.99
MIGHTY AVENGERS #4 CWI    $2.99
MULTIPLE WARHEADS #1 (MR)    $5.99
NINJA SCROLL #11    $2.99
ONSLAUGHT REBORN #4 (OF 5)    $2.99
PREVIEWS VOL XVII #8 (NET)    $4.50
QUEEN & COUNTRY #32 (RES) (MR)    $2.99
RAISE THE DEAD #4 (OF 4)    $3.50
RED SONJA #24    $2.99
SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #39    $2.99
SHEENA #2 (OF 5)    $3.50
SILVER SURFER REQUIEM #3 (OF 4)    $3.99
SPEAK O/T DEVIL #1 (OF 6)    $3.50
SPIDER-MAN FAIRY TALES #3 (OF 4)    $2.99
SQUA TRONT #12    $9.95
STAR TREK YEAR FOUR #1    $3.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #18 (C: 1-0-0)    $2.99
SUPERGIRL AND THE LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #32    $2.99
SUPERMAN #665 (CD)    $2.99

SUPERMAN BATMAN #38    $2.99

We were supposed to get it last week, but it wasn’t in our boxes, so here it is on this week’s invoice.

TANK GIRL THE GIFTING #2    $3.99

Tank Girl by Ashley Wood!  Wow!

TEEN TITANS #49 (AA)    $2.99
TEEN TITANS GO #45    $2.25
TESTAMENT #19 (MR)    $2.99
THOR SUYDAM ZOMBIE VAR #1    $2.99
TOP COW / MARVEL UNHOLY UNION    $3.99
TRANSFORMERS MEGATRON ORIGIN #2    $3.99
TRON #4    $3.50
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #44    $2.99
USAGI YOJIMBO #104    $2.99
WALKING DEAD #39 (MR)    $2.99
WARHAMMER 40K DAMNATION CRUSADE CVR A #6 Of(6)    $2.99
WETWORKS #11    $2.99
WITCHBLADE #109    $2.99
WIZARD MAGAZINE ALEX ROSS JSA KINGDOM COME CVR #191 (C: 0-1-    $5.99
WIZARD MAGAZINE WOLVERINE MOVIE PHOTO CVR #191 (C: 0-1-2)    $5.99
WOLVERINE #55    $2.99
WOLVERINE B&W VAR #55    $2.99
WOLVERINE LAND VAR #55    $2.99
WONDER WOMAN #11 (AA)    $2.99
WRITE NOW #16 (C: 0-1-2)    $6.95
X-MEN #201    $2.99
X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #2    $2.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS, MANGA, BOOKS
24 SEVEN VOL 2 GN (C: 0-1-2)    $19.99
52 VOL 2 TP    $19.99
ALAN MOORE HYPOTHETICAL LIZARD TP (MR)    $14.99
ALAN MOORE WILD WORLDS TP    $24.99
AMERICA JR VOL 1 TP (C: 0-1-2)    $9.99
AMERICAN VIRGIN VOL 2 GOING DOWN TP (MR)    $14.99
BATTLE POPE VOL 4 TP WRATH OF GOD (MR) (C: 0-1-2)    $9.99
BERSERK VOL 18 TP (MR) (C: 1-1-2)    $13.95
BOMB QUEEN VOL 2 TP QUEEN OF HEARTS (MR) (C: 0-1-2)    $14.99
DEMON WARS VOL 1 TP    $18.99
DORIS DANGER SEEKS WHERE GIANT MONSTERS CREEP & STOMP TP     $9.95
ESSENTIAL SPIDER-WOMAN VOL 2 TP    $16.99
FRIENDS OF LULU PRESENTS GIRLS GUIDE TO GUY STUFF GN    $14.95

GON VOL 1 (C: 1-0-0)    $5.99

If you didn’t read this when DC reprinted it in the 90’s do it now!  It’s a silent manga about a tiny dinosaur that messes with other animals!  See Gon eat fish!  See Gon irritate a bear!  Man, I’m glad this is being reprinted.

IMMORTAL IRON FIST VOL 1 LAST IRON FIST STORY PREM HC    $19.99
IRON WOK JAN GN #25    $9.95
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND VOL 1 LTD ED HC (C: 0-1-2)    $49.95
MARTIAN MANHUNTER THE OTHERS AMONG US TP    $19.99
MOON KNIGHT VOL 1 ROCK BOTTOM TP    $14.99
NANCY DREW VOL 10 THE DISORIENTED EXPRESS SC    $7.95

PULPHOPE ART OF PAUL POPE SC (MR)    $29.95

I’ve read this one, and it’s beautiful. The art book by Paul Pope, artist of  THB, Escapo, Batman: Year 100, 100%, Heavy Liquid, uh, Buzz Buzz, and other great stuff!  Fantastic stuff.

SHOWCASE PRESENTS MARTIAN MANHUNTER VOL 1 TP    $16.99

SNAKEPIT 2 LIFE IN A JUGULAR VEIN TP (MR)    $15.00

Three-panel daily strips about Ben Snakepit working, playing in his band, and altering his consciousness with substances both legal and illegal.  Very compelling, even though nothing ever happens.

SOJOURN VOL 5 A SORCERERS TALE TP    $17.95
SOUNDS OF YOUR NAME GN    $20.00
TRANSLUCENT VOL 1 TP (C: 1-1-2)    $9.95
ULTIMATE X-MEN VOL 7 HC    $29.99
UNCANNY X-MEN RISE & FALL OF THE SHIAR HC    $34.99
WARREN ELLIS CRECY GN (MR)    $6.99

OTHER FINE ITEMS
EVIL ICECREAM 8IN PLUSH FIGURE (C: 1-1-3)    $18.00
HELLO KITTY GUM     $3.99
ICE CLOWN 8IN PLUSH FIGURE (C: 1-1-3)    $18.00

[EDITED because I had the wrong date up in here.]

It’s going to be a big week next week!

First I’ll list some of the titles we received from other distributors last week, so they weren’t listed in our previous new this week list!
BEASTS HC $24.95 back in stock!

We’re very happy to have this book back in stock; it’s images of mythological creatures as rendered by different artists, many of them indy cartoonists. It’s a beautiful book!

CHINESE LABEL ART 1900-1976 $39.95
CHEAP LAFFS: THE ART OF THE NOVELTY ITEM $19.95

Those of you who have picked up Made in China, Made in Japan, Meet Mister Product, and Striking Images will enjoy these art books, which feature Chinese product labels and ads for and photos of novelty items like whoopie cushions! Great stuff!

FLIGHT VOLUME 4 $24.95

The next volume of Kazu Kibuishi’s beautiful full-color indy comic anthology!

XXX SCUMBAG PARTY $18.95

The next collection of despicably vile cartoons from Johnny Ryan.

We are scheduled to receive these titles next Wednesday, July 18:

COMIC BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
ACTION COMICS #852 (CD) $2.99
ALL FLASH #1 $2.99
AMAZONS ATTACK #4 (OF 6) $2.99
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #1 (OF 4) $2.99
AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #54 $2.99
ARCHIE DIGEST #236 $2.49
ARMY @ LOVE #5 (MR) $2.99
AVENGERS CLASSIC #2 $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #4 WWH $2.99
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #153 $3.69
BIRDS OF PREY #108 $2.99
BLACK CANARY #2 (OF 4) $2.99
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5 $2.99
BREATHE CVR B #4 (OF 4) (C: 0-1-2) $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #28 CWI $2.99
CATWOMAN #69 $2.99
CHECKMATE #16 $2.99
COMICS JOURNAL #284 $11.95
CONAN #42 (MR) $2.99
COUNTDOWN 41 $2.99
COVER GIRL #3 (OF 5) $3.99
DARK XENA #3 $3.50
DEVILS PANTIES #12 $4.95
FALL OF CTHULHU WALPOLE CVR B #4 $3.99
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #22 $2.99
GARGOYLES #5 $3.50
GHOST RIDER #13 WWH $2.99
GHOST RIDER TRAIL OF TEARS #6 (OF 6) $2.99
GIANT SIZED MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #1 $3.99
GODLAND #19 $2.99
GOON #19 $2.99
GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS SPECIAL 2ND PTG #1 $4.99
HACK SLASH SERIES SEELEY CVR A #3 (MR) $3.50
HIGHWAYMEN #2 (OF 5) $2.99
HUNTERS MOON #2 (OF 5) $3.99
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #19 (C: 0-1-2) $10.00
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #11 $2.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VAR ED #11 $2.99
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #129 $4.99
LEGION OF MONSTERS MORBIUS $2.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #4 $2.25

LENORE #13 (C: 1-0-0) $3.95

Whoa! This is the first issue of Lenore in, like 38 years! You won’t have to console your self with our magnificent selection of Lenore graphic novels, magnets, and nightlights anymore; the comic is back! Thanks Roman Dirge! Thanks Dan Vado!

LOCUS #558 (C: 0-1-2) $6.95
LONE RANGER #7 $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #26 $2.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES HULK #1 $2.99
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED TREASURE ISLAND #2 (OF 6) $2.99
MYSTIC ARCANA BLACK KNIGHT $2.99
NEW X-MEN #40 $2.99
NICOLAS CAGES VOODOO CHILD TEMPLESMITH COVER #1 (MR) $2.99
PAINKILLER JANE #2 $3.50
PAUL JENKINS SUPER SUMMER SIDEKICK SPECTACULAR #1 (OF 2) $2.99
PROGRAMME #1 (OF 12) $2.99
PROGRAMME VAR ED #1 (OF 12) $2.99
REPO #2 (OF 5) $3.50
ROBIN #164 $2.99
SAMURAI HEAVEN & EARTH VOL 2 #5 (OF 5) $2.99
SCARFACE DEVIL IN DISGUISE #1 (MR) $3.99
SCOOBY DOO #122 $2.25

SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL #4 (OF 4) $5.99

The final issue of Shazam, by Jeff Smith, creator of Bone! This series has been very entertaining and beautifully drawn, so I’m looking forward to seeing how it wraps up.

SHOJO BEAT AUG 07 VOL 3 #8 (C: 1-0-0) $5.99
SIMPSONS COMICS #132 $2.99
SPIKE SHADOW PUPPETS #2 $3.99
SPIRIT #8 $2.99
STAR WARS DARK TIMES #4 (OF 5) (C: 1-0-0) $2.99
STRANGE EMBRACE #2 (OF 8) (MR) $2.99
SUPER VILLAIN TEAM UP MODOKS 11 #1 (OF 5) $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #38 $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN VAR ED #38 $2.99
TALES OF RAPHAEL BAD MOON RISING #1 (OF 4) $3.25
TALES OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #36 $3.25
TERMINATOR 2 INFINITY #1 $3.50
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ABOUT A BOY #1 (MR) $2.99
THE ORDER #1 CWI $2.99
THUNDERBOLTS DESPERATE MEASURES $2.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #111 $2.99
WARHAMMER FORGE OF WAR CVR A #2 (OF 6) $2.99
WITCHBLADE TAKERU MANGA SUMITA CVR A #6 $3.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS ANNUAL #1 $3.99

WORLD WAR HULK #2 (OF 5) WWH $3.99
WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #2 (OF 6) WWH $2.99
WORLD WAR HULK ROMITA JR VAR #2 (OF 5) $3.99
WORLD WAR HULK X-MEN #2 (OF 3) $2.99

A haiku:

World War Hulk is great
First he punched those meteors
Watch out Tony Stark!

ZERO KILLER #1 (OF 6) $2.99

GRAPHIC NOVELS, BOOKS, MANGA
BATMAN HARLEY AND IVY TP $14.99

It’s been a while since this came out in comic form. It’s a lot of fun! Bruce Timm drew it, so you know you don’t want to sleep on it.

BEAVER AND STEVE VOL 1 TP A SHOEFUL OF TROUBLE $12.95
BLACK CHERRY GN (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $17.99
DONT SAY ANYMORE DARLING GN (MR) $12.95
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICBOOK HEROES VOL 2 WONDER WOMAN $19.99
EXILES VOL 15 TP $13.99
FINAL FLIGHT GN (C: 0-1-2) $10.00
FLOWER OF LIFE VOL 3 GN (MR) (C: 1-0-0) $12.95
FULL COLOR GN (C: 0-1-2) $15.99
GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS #1 $9.99
GODLAND VOL 3 PROTO PLASTIC PARTY TP $14.99
HARVEY COMICS CLASSICS VOL 1 CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST TP (C $19.95
HOOD BLOOD FROM STONES PREMIERE HC (MR) $19.99
INTERSECTIONS LTD ED S&N HC GN (C: 0-1-2) $34.99
INTERSECTIONS SC GN (C: 0-1-2) $14.99
JOHN WOOS SEVEN BROTHERS VOL 1 LIMITED ED HC (MR) $29.99
LEVITATION PHYSICS PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE OF DECEPTION $12.95
LONE RANGER REG ED HC (C: 0-1-2) $24.99
MADMAN GARGANTUA HC $125.00
MADMAN GARGANTUA HC LTD S&N ED (C: 0-1-2) $150.00
MARVEL ZOMBIES 5TH PTG MARY JANE HC (PP #769) $19.99
MELTDOWN TP (C: 0-1-2) $15.99
MONSTER ATTACK NETWORK GN $12.95
NOT ENOUGH TIME GN (MR) $12.95
PARADISE X VOL 1 TP NEW PTG $29.99
RUN BONG GU RUN GN $15.95
SAM & TWITCH BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS COLLECTION VOL 2 TP $24.95
SIDEKICK VOL 1 TP (MR) (C: 0-1-2) $16.99
STAR WARS 30TH ANNIV COLL VOL 6 ENDGAME HC (C: 1-1-3) $24.95
STORMWATCH PHD VOL 1 TP $17.99
SUPER BAD JAMES DYNOMITE TP $19.99
WALK-IN VOL 1 TP (MR) $14.99
WAR OF THE UNDEAD TP $12.99
WIRE MOTHERS HARRY HARLOW & THE SCIENCE OF LOVE GN $12.95
XXXHOLIC VOL 9 GN $10.95

OTHER FINE ITEMS
ELSEWORLDS SERIES 4 INNER CASE ACTION FIGURES $15.99

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Here are the titles which are scheduled to arrive Wednesday, July 11!  As always, we’ll be getting more stuff from other distributors as well!

COMICS AND MAGAZINES
100 BULLETS #84 (RES) (MR)    $2.99
30 DAYS OF NIGHT EBEN & STELLA #3 (MR)    $3.99
ALIEN PIG FARM #4 (OF 4) (MR)    $2.99
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #10    $2.99
AMORY WARS #2 (OF 5)    $2.99
ANITA BLAKE VH FIRST DEATH #1 (OF 2)    $3.99
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST WRAITH #1 (OF 4)    $2.99
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #7    $2.99
BATMAN STRIKES #35    $2.25
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #176    $2.49
BIG PLANS #1 (MR)    $5.00
BLADE #11    $2.99
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL #127 (MR) (C: 1-0-0)    $2.99
BPRD GARDEN OF SOULS #5 (OF 5)    $2.99
CIVIL WAR CHRONICLES #1    $4.99
COUNTDOWN 42    $2.99
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN CAMPBELL VAR #6 (OF 7)    $3.99
DEADPOOL GLI SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR    $3.99
DEEVEE 2007 (C: 0-1-2)    $4.95
DMZ #21 (MR)    $2.99
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES VOL 3 KURTH CVR A #2 (OF 12) (NOTE PR    $3.50
EXILES #96    $2.99
FABLES #63 (MR)    $2.99
FANTASTIC FIVE #1 (OF 5)    $2.99
FRESHMEN VOL 2 ERIC BASALDUA CVR A #6 (NOTE PRICE)    $3.99
FRIDAY THE 13TH PAMELAS TALE #1 (OF 2) (MR)    $2.99
GEN 13 #10    $2.99
GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #1 (OF 6)    $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #21    $2.99
GRIFTER MIDNIGHTER #5 (OF 6)    $2.99
HEDGE KNIGHT 2 SWORN SWORD #2 (OF 6)    $2.99
INDIA AUTHENTIC INDRA #3    $2.99
JLA CLASSIFIED #40    $2.99
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #132    $3.69
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #7    $2.99
LEFT ON MISSION #3 (OF 5)    $3.99
MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #3    $2.99
MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES (ONE SHOT)    $3.50
MARVEL ILLUSTRATED MAN IN THE IRON MASK #1 (OF 6)    $2.99
METAL GEAR SOLID SONS OF LIBERTY #10 (RES)    $3.99
NEW AVENGERS #32    $2.99
NEW EXCALIBUR #21    $2.99
NEXUS #99 SPACE OPERA ACT 1 OF 4    $2.99
NOVA #4    $2.99
OMEGA FLIGHT #4 CWI (OF 5)    $2.99
PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #9 CWI    $2.99
RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS 20 MILLION MILES MORE #1    $3.50
RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER #9 (OF 12)    $2.99
SABRINA VOL 2 #86    $2.25
SHADOWPACT #15    $2.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #177    $2.25
SPAWN #169    $2.95
SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #20    $2.99
STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION THE SPACE BETWEEN #6 (OF 6)    $3.99
STAR WARS LEGACY #14 (C: 1-0-0)    $2.99
STAR WARS REBELLION #8 (C: 1-0-0)    $2.99
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #1 (OF 5) (MR)    $3.99
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN CASSADAY VAR CVR #1 (OF 5) (MR)    $3.99
STORMWATCH PHD #9    $2.99
SUB-MARINER #2 CWI (OF 6)    $2.99
SUPERMAN #664    $2.99
SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #5    $2.99
TICK COMIC CON EXTRAVAGANZA #1    $3.95
TOYFARE SIMPSONS MOVIE FIGURE CVR #121 (C: 0-1-2)    $4.99
ULTIMATE X-MEN #84    $2.99
WARREN ELLIS BLACK GAS 2 #3 (OF 3) (RES) (MR)    $3.99
WITCHBLADE #108    $2.99
WORLD WAR HULK GAMMA CORPS #1 (OF 4) WWH    $2.99
X-FACTOR #21    $2.99
XOMBIE SEELEY CVR A #3 (OF 5) (MR)    $3.50

BOOKS, MANGA, GRAPHIC NOVELS
AARON LOPRESTI SKETCHBOOK VOL 2 TP (C: 0-1-2)    $9.99
ADVENTURES OF RABBIT AND BEAR PAWS VOL 1 GN THE SUGAR BUSH    $7.95
ART OF YASUSHI SUZUKI TP    $26.95
ASHLEY WOODS 48 NUDE GIRLS SC (MR)    $11.99
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA VOL 1 REG ED TP    $14.99
CLUBBING    $9.99

DEVIL DINOSAUR BY JACK KIRBY OMNIBUS HC    $29.99

I thought I had no time for commentary this week, but once I saw this on the list, man, I made time.  Devil Dinosaur is a big red dinosaur.  He runs around with a proto-human named Moon Boy on his back.  Yeah, yeah, I know, it’s not historically accurate (or prehistorically accurate, I guess), but neither is Fantastic Four!  DC is reprinting Kamandi and and the Fourth World stuff, Marvel’s doing Devil Dinosaur, what else do we need for a complete 70’s Kirby collection?  The Jimmy Olsens, Captain Americas, and Black Panthers are in print… so we need those random issues of First Issue Special, OMAC, The Demon, Machine Man, and 2001.  I’m guessing that last one is never going to happen, if only because it was a licensed thing, but I would love to be proven wrong.  At any rate: DEVIL DINOSAUR!  Yes!

ELRIC MAKING OF A SORCERER TP    $19.99
ENIGMATIC ABCS HC    $15.99
FULL FRONTAL NERDITY VOL 1 BIG BOOK OF EPIC FAIL TP    $12.99
HARD BOILED TO THE MAX SKETCHBOOK VOL 1 SGN HC (C: 1-1-2)    $29.95
HARDY BOYS VOL 9 TO DIE OR NOT TO DIE GN    $7.95
HELLBLAZER THE RED RIGHT HAND TP (MR)    $14.99
HULK VISIONARIES PETER DAVID VOL 4 TP    $19.99
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 1 (C: 1-0-0)    $9.99
JACK KIRBYS SILVER STAR HC (C: 0-1-2)    $34.99
LITTLE LULU VOL 16 A HANDY KID TP (C: 0-1-2)    $10.95
NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE VOL 2 I KICK YOUR FACE PREMIERE HC    $19.99
NODWICK CHRONICLES COLL NODWICK VOL 6 TP    $15.99
PS238 VOL 4 NOT ANOTHER LEARNING EXPERIENCE TP    $15.99
RAMAYAN 3392 AD VOL 1 TP    $14.99
REX LIBRIS TP    $14.95
SADHU VOL 1 TP    $14.99
SCREW HEAVEN WHEN I DIE IM GOING TO MARS TP (C: 0-1-2)    $12.95
SHOWCASE PRESENTS BATGIRL VOL 1 TP    $16.99
SPACE PINCHY TP (MR) (C: 1-1-2)    $15.95
SQUADRON SUPREME HYPERION VS NIGHTHAWK TP    $10.99
TRUE STORY SWEAR TO GOD VOL 1 TP (C: 0-1-2)    $14.99
UNCLE SAM AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS TP    $14.99
WONDER MAN MY FAIR SUPER HERO TP    $13.99
X-MEN PHOENIX WARSONG PREMIERE HC    $19.99

SOME POSTERS UP IN HERE
FRANK MILLERS 300 POSTER (C: 0-1-2)    $7.99
FRANK MILLERS SIN CITY MARV POSTER (C: 0-1-2)    $7.99

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Our 4th of July Sale was a fantastic success.  We sold boxes and boxes of fifty-cent comics, and several shelves worth of discounted graphic novels!  And for those of you who missed it, you’ll get another shot!

We extending the now inaccurately named 4th of July Sale for a bit longer… just how long will depend on the response.  That is, if you folks keep shopping the sale, we’ll continue it through next Wednesday, July 11.  However, if the sale stuff just sits there, we’ll go ahead and move it out of the store!  We doubt that’ll be the case, since we got such a huge response yesterday, though!

So, to review the terms of the sale:

• A ton of back issues at 50 cents each, or JUST $50 A BOX!  That’s right, folks.  Cheap.
• A selection of superhero, fiction, humor, and horror graphic novels at 30% off AND buy-3-get-1-free!

We have marked this stuff down so much because we need to make room for other material, and once it’s gone, it’s gone.  Please come check out the sale if you haven’t had a chance already, and as long as there’s interest, and as long as we don’t sell it all, it’ll be on sale through next Wednesday!

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics

Hello everyone,

This is just a reminder: don’t forget our 4th of July Sale tomorrow!  We’ll have:

50-cent back issues!

A selection of graphic novels at 30% off AND buy-3-get-1-free!

We’ll be open Wednesday from noon until 6 pm.  He hope to see you then!

Thanks,
Andrew Neal
Chapel Hill Comics