MONDAY TELEMETRY For June 27th, 2011

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 this week.

A lot of cool stuff this week! Read on! [See the full list of new titles here!]

ITEM! A lot of cool toys coming out this week! Pop Heroes Star Wars, the Bioshock 2 Big Daddy, and Series 1 of JLA Icons!

ITEM! The first month of Flashpoint comes to a close! We still have ALL of the FP books in stock as of this writing, including 1st printings of Flashpoint #1 and #2. Get 'em while you can, and get the package deal and all of the pins! Our Flashpoint and Fear Itself package deals will continue in July!

ALL WINNERS SQUAD BAND OF HEROES #1 (OF 8)
It's World War II super-action as Captain America heads up a top-secret, all-hero unit of the U.S. military! But a mystery surrounding the Band of Heroes rears its ugly head in the
present...and you won't believe how deep it goes. Join the wartime adventures of the toughest, most exceptional band of soldiers in American military history, in this series by acclaimed writer Paul Jenkins (SENTRY: FALLEN SUN) and rising star Carmine Di Giandomenico (INVINCIBLE IRON MAN ANNUAL, IRON MAN 2.0)!

BATMAN INCORPORATED #7
Man-of-Bats and his protégé, Red Raven, continue to aid the Dark Knight in tracking down a shadowy, sophisticated killer. Will these two members of The Club of Heroes become the newest additions to BATMAN INCORPORATED? Or will they die before they can even be offered the chance?

IRON AGE #1 (OF 3)
Trapped in the past, Iron Man races the clock to save the future from annihilation. But his past self is in a drunken stupor, and Tony's fellow Avengers, dismiss his story as an alcoholic delusion. The keys to saving Tony's future? Hank Pym...exiled Avenger and one of the Avengers' greatest enemies: Ultron! Christos Gage (AVENGERS ACADEMY) teams with comics legends LEE WEEKS and TOM PALMER - inker of more issues of Avengers than anyone else - to bring you an all-out epic in the mighty Marvel manner!  THEN! Tony's next stop is Captain Britain's London, a totalitarian state bent on a new, 'cleaner' future. Rob Williams teams with Ben Oliver (Ms. Marvel) as Iron Man and Captain Britain fight for freedom!

VENOM #4
The long awaited grudge match between Venom and Spider-Man is here! Big action! Big intrigue! All presented in the mighty Marvel fashion! Rick Remender (X-Force, Punisher) and Tony Moore (Punisher, The Walking Dead) bring you a knock down street brawl for the ages in the closing chapter of the first arc of Marvel's hottest new series!