Comic Catch: August 5, 2009

AGENTS OF ATLAS #9 - Story by: Jeff Parker
Art by: Dan Panosian
Colors by: Elizabeth Breitweiser
Letters by: Nate Piekos
Cover by: Leinil Francis Yu
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $2.99

The Agents of Atlas find themselves racing around the world to rescue their leader! Jimmy Woo and M-11 find themselves under the talons of the most terrible power in China...the deadly- and beautiful- JADE CLAW! With more minions than the Atlas Empire and the more advanced killer robot M-25, it seems nothing can stop her, and Jimmy has now set off war with her organization THE GREAT WALL. Lesson: never look up your ex-girlfriend!

ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK THREE #4 - Written by: Kurt Busiek
Art by: Brent Anderson
Cover by: Alex Ross
Publisher: DC/Wildstorm
Cover Price: $3.99

As the world faces cosmic annihilation, Charles and Royal's mission of vengeance takes them into the heart of the danger. Will they get their revenge? And what price will they pay? Featuring Honor Guard, the Silver Agent, the First Family, the Omega Rangers and more in a destructive showdown that could tear Astro City – and the Williams brothers – apart.

CHEW #3 - Story: JOHN LAYMAN
Art and Cover: ROB GUILLORY
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $2.99

Amelia Mintz is a food critic and a Saboscrivner. That means she can write about food so accurately, so vividly and with such precision, people get the actual sensation of taste when reading her restaurant reviews. Since the government prohibition of poultry, she’s lost her enthusiasm for the culinary world, and only reviews restaurants with a “D” rating or less from the Health Department. Her last review caused half the city to projectile vomit, and sent hundreds to the hospital with severe food poisoning. Agent Tony Chu has been assigned to arrest Amelia Mintz, but there’s just one problem with that... he’s madly in love with her!






DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #2 - Story by: Victor Gischler
Art by: Bong Dazo, Jose Pimentel
Cover by: Arthur Suydam
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $2.99

It’s the Merc with two mouths! It’s the Dawn of the Living Deadpool! It’s…oh, you get the point. Crash-landing in the Savage Land, Deadpool finds himself face-to-face with the last thing on Earth he ever expected to see: his own Zombiefied head! To make matters worse, the nasty little critter went ahead and bit a few of the locals, so Deadpool has to put the smackdown on some zombie cavemen if he’s going to have any chance at escaping and completing his mission. Did we mention that a crack team of Hydra mercenaries are waiting in the wings?

DESTROYER #5 - Story by: Robert Kirkman
Art by: Cory Walker
Cover by: Jason Pearson
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99

It's all been leading up to this! Destroyer comes face to face with his most dreaded adversary yet--DEATH! It's a no-holds-barred winner-take-all fight to remember. The stakes--high! The prize--life! Nothing can prepare you for this sense-shattering conclusion. Also in this issue--violence!

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #2 - Writer: Philip K. Dick
Artist: Tony Parker
Publisher: Boom Studios
Cover Price: $3.99

Worldwide best-selling sci-fi author Philip K. Dick's award-winning DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? - the basis for the film BLADE RUNNER – comes to comics in an innovative, ground-breaking 24-issue maxi-series with the full text fully illustrated. In 2021 Earth is a far uglier place. Most humans are on Mars but Deckard’s back home, among the wretched. See San Francisco as its denizens try to live in the aftereffect of World War Terminus. If they think human life is hard, try being an android among the masses…

DOOM PATROL #1 - Written by: Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis
Art by: Matthew Clark and Kevin Maguire
Cover by: Matthew Clark and Kevin Maguire
Publisher: DC
Cover Price: $3.99

Come one, come all! The world's strangest Super Heroes are back, and they brought those robot guys along with 'em! Thrill to the strange adventures of the Doom Patrol, with script by Keith Giffen and art by Matthew Clark! Whether you think you know 'em or you wouldn't know 'em if they bit you on the behind, this Doom Patrol's for you! But that's not all! Read all the way to the back cover for the all-new adventures of those elemental everymen, the Metal Men, featuring the triumphant return of the creative team that brought you JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL! That's 40 full pages of comic-bookery for just under four American dollars. So why not try some Doom Patrol with a side order of Metal Men today?

INCARNATE #1 - Story by: Nick Simmons
Art by: Nick Simmons, Matt Dalton
Colors by: Brian Buccellato
Letters by: Rob Steen
Cover by: Jo Chen
Publisher: Radical Comics
Cover Price: $4.99

Mot is a boy who cannot die. Riddle him with bullets, burn him at the stake, douse him with napalm, hang him from the gallows…still, he will walk away. Forever haunted by a mysterious doppelganger that no one else can see, Mot has wandered the world for centuries, searching for meaning and, perhaps, an end to his endless life. He is a Revenant—an immortal, ageless creature that has existed since time immemorial. Their origins are a mystery—they have been worshipped as gods, feared as monsters, and scorned as devils. But they have always been there, living in plain sight, in the bright altars and dark corners of every ancient civilization since the beginning of humanity. There has never been a force on this earth that has been able to give them the death that Mot, secretly, seeks. Until now. Now, something is different. Now they are being hunted.
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IRREDEEMABLE #5 - Story by: Mark Waid
Art by: Peter Krause
Colors by: Andrew Dalhouse
Letters by: Ed Dukeshire
Cover by: Gene Ha, Art Lyon, Dennis Calero, Dan Panosian , Jeffrey Spokes
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Cover Price: $0.99

NEW ARC! AND ONLY .99 CENTS! This is your chance to hop on board the superhero event of 2009 that dares to ask: What if the world’s greatest hero decided to become the world’s greatest villain? Buy issue #5 for .99 cents and get the trade of the first four issues for only $9.99 and experience what everyone has been talking about. A “twilight of the superheroes”-style story that examines super-villains from Mark Waid writer of KINGDOM COME and EMPIRE!

JERSEY GODS #6 - Story: GLEN BRUNSWICK
Art: DAN McDAID
cover: MIKE ALLRED
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.50

Will Zoe’s intense desire to own the only Frank Lloyd Wright designed house in Cherry Hill drive a wedge between her and Barock's love before they even get off the ground? And just who in the heck is Hecticus? And why is he out to make Barock’s life a living Hell in New Jersey? This is part one of "The Abandoned" - an exciting dramatic five part story arc that sets the new status quo on earth – it’s a perfect jump on point for new readers. MARK WAID and JOE INFURNARI continue their exciting Gods of Neboron Civil War back-up story.

JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #2 - Written by: James Robinson
Art and cover: Mauro Cascioli
Publisher: DC
Cover Price: $2.99

The team continues its proactive hunt for justice as the trail leads to an army of Super-Villains. But the big bad may be deadlier than all of the new team combined…

Continuing the anticipated 6-part miniseries event from James Robinson (STARMAN, SUPERMAN) and rising star artist Mauro Cascioli (TRIALS OF SHAZAM)!

MIGHTY #7 - Written by: Peter J. Tomasi and Keith Champagne
Art by: Chris Samnee
Cover by: Dave Johnson
Publisher: DC
Cover Price: $2.99

Ring of fire! Gabriel Cole's predecessor, Taylor Rhines, continues to leave him bizarre hints about the dark secret of Section Omega. But time may have already run out for Cole to crack the code, as a terrible power has taken aim at his family!

NORTH 40 #2 - Written by: Aaron Williams
Art and cover by: Fiona Staples
Publisher: DC/Wildstorm
Cover Price: $2.99

As Conover County continues to transform into a supernatural sanitarium, the inmates flex their newfound "muscles." David Atterhull – now able to toss pickup trucks – and his kin begin to claim territory as well as hostages. Wyatt, discovering strange new powers of his own, is confronted by enemies from school; enemies that can now call on unnatural energies. And Alisha continues her crash course in being a witch. It's an apprenticeship that allies her with Sheriff Morgan, who has reason to believe Conover hasn't yet seen the worst of this mess.

RED CIRCLE THE HANGMAN #1 - Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Art by: Tom Derenick and Bill Sienkiewicz
Cover by: Jesus Saiz
Publisher: DC
Cover Price: $2.99

J. Michael Straczynski dives into the DC Universe at last – and he's bringing four of the finest heroes of the Golden and Silver Ages with him!

Completely reimagined for the modern world from their original appearances in Archie/MLJ publications, these four heroes will show you a side of the DC Universe you've never seen before!

The Civil War claimed many lives…but one of those lives still hasn't ended! Union doctor Robert Dickering found himself on the wrong side of the battle lines, and despite his heroic treatment of a fallen enemy soldier, he also found himself on the wrong end of a noose! But a shadowy power stepped forth in the twilit moments between life and death and offered him a deal he couldn't refuse: to forever roam the Earth, saving the lives of innocents condemned like himself – or hastening the deaths of the guilty! But in taking the seemingly righteous mission of the Hangman, has he accepted God's work? Or has he become the vengeful fist of the Devil himself? Featuring art by Tom Derenick and Bill Sienkiewicz, the acclaimed team behind REIGN IN HELL!

SAVAGE DRAGON #151 - Story, Art and Cover: ERIK LARSEN

With Savage Dragon out of commission following his battle with OverLord, Dragon's kids, Malcolm and Angel, face the marauding menace of Mako! Plus Dart and the Golden Age Daredevil!

SECRET SIX #12 - Written by: Gail Simone
Art by: Nicola Scott and Doug Hazlewood
Cover by: Daniel Lu Visi
Publisher: DC
Cover Price: $2.99

A crisis of conscience splits the Secret Six right down the middle and puts them on opposite sides of a horrific war involving Amazons led by a deluded Artemis! But that's just the opening bout for the main event: Jeannette vs. Wonder Woman!

SOLOMON GRUNDY #6 - Written by: Scott Kolins
Art and cover by: Scott Kolins
Publisher: DC
Cover Price: $2.99

Died on a Saturday! Death has come to Slaughter Swamp and his name is Frankenstein! But can Bizarro save Grundy before it's over? Will the Green Lantern interfere? And can Cyrus find his killer before the Blackest Night? The horror is coming to an end that Solomon Grundy fans will be talking about for years!

SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #6 - Written by: Greg Rucka and James Robinson
Art by: Pete Woods
Cover by: Fernando Dagnino and Raúl Fernandez; Eddy Barrows and Julio Ferriera

It's chaos in Kandor as the 4-part "Codename: Patriot" storyline kicks off here and runs through the August Superman titles! Someone has been shot and Superman will stop at nothing to find the culprit! But when the shooter flees to Earth, can Superman stop him in time to prevent making the two planets even more hostile toward each other? Continued in ACTION COMICS #880!

WAR OF KINGS #6 - Story by: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Art by: Paul Pelletier, Rick Magyar
Colors by: Wil Quintana
Letters by: Joe Caramagna
Cover by: Brandon Peterson
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
This is it – the big fight for all the cosmic marbles! Shi'Ar vs. Inhuman! Black Bolt vs. Vulcan! Who will rule? The fate of two intergalactic civilizations teeters on the brink, and the outcome of this conflict will send shockwaves throughout the Marvel Universe! Don’t miss the climactic chapter in what IGN.com calls: "Action-packed but intimate and character driven…this could very well be the textbook definition of how to execute major superhero storylines."

WAR OF KINGS WARRIORS #2 - COVER BY: Paul Renaud
WRITER: Jay Faerber
PENCILS: Adriana Melo and RAMON PEREZ
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99

The royal women take center stage as we spotlight Crystal and Lilandra! When a group of disgruntled Kree launch a series of bombings aimed at the Inhumans Royal Family, Crystal is charged with quelling the violence—but can she bring the guilty to justice without causing civil war? Plus: a flashback story to one of Lilandra's earliest adventures, as the future Empress of the Shi'Ar must face a trial by fire ignited by the Brood! It’s two brand new stories that spotlight key players in the War of Kings!

WITCHFINDER IN THE SERVICE OF ANGELS #2 - Writer: Mike Mignola
Artist: Ben Stenbeck
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $2.99

Mike Mignola teams up with artist Ben Stenbeck (B.P.R.D.: The Ectoplasmic Man) for a long-awaited glimpse into one of the Hellboy universe's greatest enigmas: nineteenth-century occult investigator Edward Grey!

After his confrontation with a spectral assassin, Sir Edward hopes to find answers from a mysterious medium in London's underworld, but discovers only a labyrinthine tangle of conspiracy as the body count continues to rise.