5/24/2009

MONDAY TELEMETRY For May 25th, 2009


Welcome to another installment of Monday Telemetry, a weekly blog from The Launchpad that covers some of the more interesting releases or events that are coming to the store in the coming week. For a complete list of the new Wednesday releases, check out the front of our myspace page (www.myspace.com/the_launchpad).



GOTHAM GAZETTE: BATMAN ALIVE
A city looking to rise up. A new Dark Knight is casting his shadow until dawn's early light. A cop looking to solve a murder whose solution may be worse than the crime.
A reporter who can reclaim her social standing only by rejecting everything she believes in. A doctor who has found new life by compromising her old one. One hero who has determined a course of action no matter whose plans it spoils.
Harvey Bullock. Vicki Vale. Dr. Leslie Thompkins. Stephanie Brown. These four ordinary people living extraordinary lives look to regain their balance in a city that turns lives upside down. Morning comes to Gotham City and the time for mourning has passed. How do the people of Gotham City deal with the sudden arrival of hope? Find out in this new one-shot!



GREEN LANTERN #41
Prelude to BLACKEST NIGHT! In "Agent Orange" part 3, the truth behind the eternally corrupt Vega System is finally revealed and the Green Lantern Corps will pay dearly for uncovering the secret. Meanwhile, the greed of Agent Orange knows no bounds as his demand for the universe explodes. Plus, Hal continues to struggle with the abilities of his new power ring.


IGNITION CITY #3
Where did the space heroes go to die? A major new series by Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics, in the alternate-world style of the award-winning Ministry Of Space and Aetheric Mechanics - a retro-punk "future of the past" where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols. Mary Raven's asking questions about the death of her father Rock, here in the interzone settlement in the middle of Earth's last spaceport. Enough questions that she's about to find herself on the wrong end of a couple of ray guns, trapped in a place where no-one cares about murder and the only real currency is fear. Today might be Mary Raven's last day on Earth, and all she has to defend herself is her daddy's old gun and a secret no-one wants told. Ignition City is an on-going color epic told in a 5 issue series featuring the art of Aetheric Mechanics' Gianluca Pagliarani and launching with a Regular and Wraparound cover by Pagliarani, a painted cover by Felipe Massafera, and a rare Design Sketch cover by Pagliarani!


STARCRAFT #1
From the bestselling Blizzard computer game comes the most explosive sci-fi action comic ever created! Join the WarPigs, a disbanded team of outlaws reunited by their former captain for one last job: the assassination of Jim Raynor!
Join creators Keith Giffen, Simon Furman and Federico Dallocchio for WildStorm's explosive foray into the world of STARCRAFT with this new ongoing series!



WOLVERINE #72
Logan and Hawkeye have finally reached their journey's end, made it to New Babylon, and delivered Hawkeye's secret cargo. But the completion of their mission has come with a great price...and Logan is out for revenge on the man responsible for the annihilation of the world's super heroes, the President of the United States! Don't miss the penultimate issue of the greatest Wolverine story ever told by modern masters MARK MILLAR and STEVE MCNIVEN! Part 7 (of 8).

New Comics In Store 5-28-09

ALIENS #1 (OF 4) (C: 0-1-2)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #595 DKR
ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #16
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #24 DKR
AVENGERS INVADERS #11 (OF 12)
BACK TO BROOKLYN #5 (OF 5) (MR)
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #3 (OF 3)
BATMAN IN BARCELONA DRAGONS KNIGHT
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #5
CAPTAIN AMERICA #50
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #57
CROSSED #5 (OF 9) (MR)
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #3 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN HOOD #1 (OF 5) DKR
DARKNESS #77
ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #5 (OF 5)
FATHOM #7 ALE GARZA CVR
FATHOM #7 MARCUS TO CVR
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #1 (OF 6)
FRINGE #5 (OF 6)
GHOST RIDER #35
GOTHAM GAZETTE #1 BATMAN ALIVE
GREEN LANTERN #39 2ND PTG
GREEN LANTERN #41
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #14
HELLBOY BPRD LOGO T/S LG (O/A) (C: 0-1-2)
HULK #12
IGNITION CITY #3 (OF 5) (MR)
IGNITION CITY #3 (OF 5) PAINTED CVR (MR)
IGNITION CITY #3 (OF 5) WRAP CVR (MR)
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #26
IMPALER #3
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #129
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #284 (C: 0-1-2)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #33
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #27
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #1 (OF 6)
LITERALS #2 (OF 3) (MR)
MADAME XANADU #11 (MR)
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #48
MOON KNIGHT #30
MS MARVEL #39 DKR
NEIL GAIMAN CORALINE TP (C: 0-1-2)
NEW AVENGERS #53 DKR
NON SPORT UPDATE VOL 20 #3 (C: 0-1-2)
NOVA #25
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES SC (C: 0-1-2)
ROBERT JORDANS WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #0 PX CVR
RUNAWAYS 3 #10
SPIDER-MAN NOIR PREM HC
SPIDER-MAN SHORT HALLOWEEN
STAND AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #3 (OF 5)
STAR WARS CLONE WARS TP VOL 03 WIND RAIDERS TALORAAN (C: 1-1
STAR WARS INSIDER #109 SPECIAL PX ED (C: 0-1-2)
STAR WARS LEGACY #36 RENEGADE (C: 1-0-0)
STARCRAFT #1
SUPERMAN #688
SUPERMAN BATMAN #60
TEEN TITANS #71
TERMINATOR SALVATION MOVIE PREQUEL TP
THOR #601 2ND PTG DJURDJEVIC VAR
TRINITY #52
TRINITY TP VOL 01
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #6 (OF 6)
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #8 (MR)
WAR MACHINE #6
WARRIORS OFFICIAL MOVIE ADAPTATION #2 (OF 5) (MR)
WILDCATS #11
WIZARD MAG #213 PACHECO ULTIMATE AVENGERS CVR (C: 0-1-2)
WIZARD MAG #213 TRANSFORMERS 2 MOVIE CVR (C: 0-1-2)
WIZARD MAGAZINE #213 OBAMA CVR (C: 0-1-2)
WOLVERINE #72
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #15
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #36 DKR
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #2
WONDER WOMAN #32
WONDER WOMAN LOVE AND MURDER TP
X-FORCE #15 XMW
X-MEN FUTURE HISTORY MESSIAH WAR SOURCEBOOK
X-MEN LEGACY #224

5/19/2009

Comics after Memorial Day.

Just to let everyone know, new comics shipping after Memorial Day will be in store on Thursday, instead of Wednesday.

MONDAY TELEMETRY For May 18th, 2009


Welcome to another installment of Monday Telemetry, a weekly blog from The Launchpad that covers some of the more interesting releases or events that are coming to the store in the coming week. For a complete list of the new Wednesday releases, check out the front of our myspace page (www.myspace.com/the_launchpad).



HOTWIRE #3
Hotwire's investigation takes her into the heart of darkness within the Necropolis, where she unearths a conspiracy to plague the city with a legion of mutated ghouls. Her detective instincts may have led her to the truth, but when the restless dead stage a bloody revolt, it'll take much more than that to survive long enough to do anything about it. Available with covers from Steve Pugh and Alan Brooks.


HULK #12
After the senses shattering unexpected cliffhanger from last issue, The Defenders/Offenders War comes to an explosive end in this issue by the superstar-team of Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness! The Hulk, Namor, Doc Strange and Silver Surfer have one last chance to save the women they love and the Red Hulk, Tiger Shark, Mordo and Terrax aren't about to let that happen. Can the Defenders triumph without the Hulk to lead them? All of this and a twist ending that you will never see coming!



WHEEL OF TIME #0
At long last, the Dabel Brothers proudly bring you the adaptation of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy masterwork: The Wheel of Time! The saga begins here with the Fall of the Dragon and the Breaking of the World in this prelude issue to the ongoing series, in this edition available with Regular and PREVIEWS Exclusive covers.
And the Shadow fell upon the Land, and the World was riven stone from stone. The oceans fled, and the mountains were swallowed up, and the nations were scattered to the eight corners of the World. The moon was blood, and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

SUPERGIRL #41
The dramatic conclusion to "Who Is Superwoman?" Superwoman's identity stands revealed, leading to a knock-down-drag-out fight the likes of which Metropolis will be talking about for years to come! Supergirl will wish she'd never found out who was under the hood as Superwoman and Reactron join forces against the Girl of Steel. How can Supergirl possibly survive?



X-MEN FOREVER
ALPHA
X-Men Forever marks Chris Claremont's exciting return to a story he left unfinished over 15 years ago. Now, X-Men Forever Alpha #1 gets you caught up on all the best-selling action leading into Forever #1 with this special reprint of X-Men #1-3. The Master of Magnetism embarks on a holy crusade to rescue his fellow mutants from the coming genetic conflagration with humanity...regardless of the cost to either side. All that stands in the way of absolute chaos are the mutant heroes known as the X-Men, whose powers and abilities set them apart from a humanity that hates and fears them.

5/18/2009

New Comics In Store 5-20-09

AGENTS OF ATLAS #5 DKR
AIR #9 (MR)
ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 (OF 4) 2ND PTG VALE VAR (PP #865)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #594
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #6
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL #3 (OF 3)
BEN TEMPLESMITHS DRACULA GN
BETTIE PAGE PLAYING CARDS
BLACK TERROR #4
BOOSTER GOLD #20
BOYS HEROGASM #1 (MR)
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #23
CAPTAIN AMERICA #50
CARS ROOKIE #2 (OF 4) (C: 0-0-1)
COMIC CON MAG SPRING 2009 (BUNDLE OF 25) (NET)
D&D 4TH ED MONSTER MANUAL 2 (C: 1-1-2)
D&D 4TH ED PLAYERS HANDBOOK (C: 1-1-2)
DARK REIGN FANTASTIC FOUR #3 (OF 5) DKR
DIAMOND DATELINE MAY 20 2009 (NET)
FANTASTIC FOUR #566
FANTASTIC FORCE #2 (OF 5)
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH DANCE #1 (OF 6)
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 18 (C: 1-0-0)
GEARS OF WAR #7 (MR)
GI JOE #5
GREATEST AMERICAN HERO #3 (OF 3) (C: 0-1-0)
HACK SLASH SERIES #22 SEELEY CVR A (MR)
HEAVY METAL JULY 2009 (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
HELLBLAZER #255 (MR)
HEROES TP VOL 02
HOTWIRE #3 (OF 5) PUGH CVR A
HULK #12
HULK #8 BUSCEMA VAR
HULK #9 WRAPAROUND SKETCH VAR (NET)
ICV2 GUIDE #65 (NET)
INVINCIBLE #62
JACK OF FABLES #33 (MR)
JACK OF FABLES #34 (MR)
KILLAPALOOZA #1 (OF 6)
LOCKE & KEY HEAD GAMES #5
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #36
MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS #1 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE #5 (OF 6)
OUTSIDERS #18
PLANET SKAAR PROLOGUE ONE-SHOT
POWER GIRL #1
PROMO POSTER BATMAN & ROBIN #1 (NET)
PROMO POSTER TERMINATOR SALVATION BUSTS (NET)
PROMO POSTER WORLD OF WARCRAFT SER 4/PREMIUM SER 1 (NET)
PUNISHER #5 DKR
RESIDENT EVIL #2 (OF 6) (MR)
ROBERT JORDANS WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #0 PX CVR
SCOOBY DOO #144
SECRET SIX #9
SHOJO BEAT JUNE 09 (C: 1-1-1)
SIMPSONS COMICS #154
SKRULL KILL KREW #2 (OF 5) DKR
STEPHEN COLBERTS TEK JANSEN #5 (OF 5) (RES)
SUPERGIRL #41
SUPERMAN BATMAN #60
SUPERMAN ENDING BATTLE TP
SW RPG JEDI ACADEMY TRAINING MANUAL (C: 1-1-2)
THOR BY J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI PREM HC VOL 02
THUNDERBOLTS #132
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #2 (OF 4)
TINY TITANS #16
TOYFARE #142 DC UNLIMITED WOW CVR OS FRT CREDIT (NET)
TOYFARE #143 HASBRO TRANSFORMERS 2 CVR OS FRT CREDIT (NET)
TOYFARE #143 TWISTED TOYFARE OBAMA OBI WAN CVR OS FRT CREDIT
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 02 LUST FOR LIFE NEW ED (MR)
TRINITY #51
ULTIMATE GALACTUS TRILOGY TP
UNCANNY X-MEN #510
VIGILANTE #6
WARLORD #2
WARRIORS OFFICIAL MOVIE ADAPTATION #2 (OF 5) (MR)
WITCHBLADE #127 SEJIC CVR A
WOLVERINE #73
WOLVERINE NOIR #2 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #2
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #6 (OF 8)
X-MEN FOREVER ALPHA
YTHAQ NO ESCAPE #2 (OF 3) (MR)

5/12/2009

New Comics In Store 5-13-09

ACTION COMICS #877
AIR #8 (MR)
ALL NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK #2 (OF 4) DKR
AZRAEL DEATHS DARK KNIGHT #3 (OF 3)
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL ARKHAM #1
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #29
BLACK PANTHER 2 #4 DKR
CABLE PREM HC VOL 02 BACK TO EARTH
CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #13
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #37
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN UTOPIA POSTCARDS (BUNDLE OF 100)
DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #2 (OF 5) DKR
DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #1 (OF 5) DKR
DARK TOWER THE FALL OF GILEAD #1 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL SUICIDE KINGS #2 (OF 5)
ELEPHANTMEN #19 (RES)
FABLES #84 (MR)
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH ESCAPE #1 (OF 6)
FUSION #1 (OF 3)
GAMEMASTERY FLIP-MAT WATERFRONT TAVERN (C: 0-1-2)
GENEXT UNITED #1 (OF 5)
GI JOE COBRA #3
GOLD DIGGER #106
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #36
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #13 (MR)
HOWLING COMMANDOS #1
I KILL GIANTS TP
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #150
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS #1 (OF 4)
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #51
MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES #11
ORACLE #3 (OF 3)
POWER GIRL #1
PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #70 (MR)
RAWBONE #2 (OF 4) WRAP CVR (MR)
REBELS #4
SAVAGE DRAGON #148
SECRET SIX #9
SECRET WARRIORS #4 DKR
SHOWCASE PRESENTS MARTIAN MANHUNTER TP VOL 02
STAR WARS CLONE WARS #6 (OF 6) (C: 1-0-0)
STORMWATCH PHD #21
SUPER FRIENDS #15
SUPERMAN NEW KRYPTON HC VOL 01
THOR TALES OF ASGARD BY LEE & KIRBY #1 (OF 6)
TITANS #13
TOYFARE #143 HASBRO TRANSFORMERS 2 CVR (C: 0-1-2)
TOYFARE #143 TWISTED TOYFARE OBAMA OBI WAN CVR
TRINITY #50
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #132
UNWRITTEN #1 (MR)
WALKING DEAD #61 (MR)
WAR OF KINGS ASCENSION #2 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE #73
WOLVERINE #69 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #6 (OF 8)
X-FACTOR #43
ZOMBIES 8 JAILBREAK (C: 0-1-2)

5/04/2009

New Comics In Store 05-06-09

AGENTS OF ATLAS #4 DKR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #593
ARMY OF DARKNESS #20
ASTONISHING TALES #4
AUTHORITY #10
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23 DKR
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL ARKHAM #1
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL THE NETWORK #1
BOYS #30 (MR)
BTVS SEASON 8 TP VOL 04 TIME OF YOUR LIFE (C: 0-1-2)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #25 CHEN CVR
CABLE #14 XMW
D GRAY MAN GN VOL 13 (C: 1-0-1)
DAREDEVIL NOIR #2 (OF 4)
DARK AVENGERS #4
DARK REIGN CABAL DKR
DEAD ROMEO #2 (OF 6)
DEADPOOL #10 DKR
DEADPOOL #9 2ND PTG MEDINA VAR (PP #863)
DESTROYER #2 (OF 5) (MR)
ELEPHANTMEN #18 (RES)
EXILES #2
FIN FANG FOUR RETURN #1
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH RUN #1 (OF 6)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4 (OF 5)
FLASH REBIRTH #2 (OF 5)
GI JOE MOVIE PREQUEL #3 BARONESS
GOLD DIGGER #105
GOLD DIGGER TECH MANUAL #3
GRAVEL TP VOL 01 BLOODY LIARS (MR)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES RETURN TO WONDERLAND ANNUAL #1
HUMAN TORCH COMICS #1 70TH ANNIV SPECIAL
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #13 DKR
IRREDEEMABLE #2
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #32
KULL #6 (OF 6)
LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910 (MR) (C: 0-1-2)
LOONEY TUNES #174
MARVEL ZOMBIES 4 #2 (OF 4)
MIGHTY #4
MTG ALARA UNBROKEN (C: 1-1-2)
NANA TP VOL 16 (MR) (C: 1-0-0)
NEW AVENGERS #52 DKR
NEW AVENGERS REUNION #3 (OF 4) DKR
NEW MUTANTS #1
NEW MUTANTS #1 BENJAMIN VAR (PP #858)
OUTLAWS OF MARS (C: 0-1-2)
POWER GIRL #1
SEAGUY THE SLAVES OF MICKEY EYE #2 (OF 3) (MR)
SHONEN JUMP JUNE 09 (C: 1-1-1)
SHRAPNEL #5 (OF 5) A CVR DJURDJEVIC
SOLOMON GRUNDY #3 (OF 7)
SOULFIRE #9 MICHAEL TURNER CVR (RES)
SOULFIRE NEW WORLD ORDER #1 (OF 5) HERRERA CVR (RES)
SOULFIRE NEW WORLD ORDER #1 (OF 5) TO CVR
SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 01
STRANGE ADVENTURES #3 (OF 8)
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #6 (OF 6)
SUPERMAN #687
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #3 (OF 12)
TRINITY #49
VIKING #1 2ND PTG (PP #862)
WAR OF KINGS #2 (OF 6) 2ND PTG PELLETIER VAR (PP #863)
WAR OF KINGS #3 (OF 6)
WARLORD #2
WOLVERINE #71 2ND PTG MCNIVEN VAR
X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #4 (OF 4)