New This Week

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
Don't forget, this Saturday is Free Comic Book Day and we'll be offering a bunch of free books from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image and more. Come on down, we'll be open extended hours that day, from 10am to 8pm.

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
We're organizing an expedition to go see the Wolverine movie at midnight at the Lodi Stadium 12. If you'd like to join us, come on down to The Launchpad around 11:00 and we'll depart from there.

WOLVERINE TPB SALE
This Saturday, during Free Comic Book Day we'll be having a 25% sale on all in-stock Wolverine Trades Paperbacks. There's a catch though. You must show us your Wolverine movie ticket to take advantage of this offer.

THIS WEEK'S GAMING
Once again Thursday is Board Game Night starting around 6 or 7 at the shop. Bring your own game down if you wish and we can all decide what to play (and maybe we'll let you beat us).

This Thursday we'll see the release of the newest Magic The Gathering set, Alara Reborn. We'll have boosters, fat packs, and intro decks in stock. Come down to take advantage of our low price on sealed booster boxes and our already low price on booster packs.

New Comics In Store 4-29-09

ANITA BLAKE PREM HC BOOK 01 LC ANIMATOR DM ED (MR)
ASTOUNDING WOLF MAN TP VOL 02
AVENGERS INVADERS #10 (OF 12)
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL THE UNDERGROUND #1
BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #12 (OF 12)
CAPTAIN AMERICA THEATER OF WAR BROTHER IN ARMS
CARTOON NETWORK BLOCK PARTY #56
CHRONICLES OF CONAN TP VOL 17 CREATION QUEST (C: 0-1-2)
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #10
D&D H1 KEEP ON THE SHADOWFELL (C: 1-1-2)
DARK AVENGERS #4
DARK REIGN CABAL DKR
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #2 (OF 5) DKR
DEAN KOONTZS NEVERMORE #1 (OF 6)
DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #4 (OF 4)
ENDERS GAME BATTLE SCHOOL #5 (OF 5)
FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4 (OF 5)
FLASH REBIRTH #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG
FRINGE #4 (OF 6) (RES)
GEARS OF WAR #6 (MR)
GI JOE ORIGINS #3
GREEN LANTERN #40
GREEN LANTERN CHRONICLES TP VOL 01
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #35 CORRECTED COPY
GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS WAR TP VOL 01
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #283 (C: 0-1-2)
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #26 COVER A
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #26 COVER B
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #26 COVER C
LITERALS #1 (OF 3) (MR)
MADAME XANADU #10 (MR)
MARVEL 70TH ANNIV CELEBRATION
MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #35
MASQUERADE #3
MS MARVEL #38 DKR
MTG TCG ALARA REBORN BOOSTER DIS (C: 1-1-2)
NOVA #24
RESURRECTION TP VOL 01
RUNAWAYS 3 #9
SKAAR #10
SONIC UNIVERSE #3
SPAWN #191
STAR WARS ADV TP VOL 01 HAN SOLO & HOLLOW MOON OF KHORYA (C:
STAR WARS LEGACY #35 STORMS PT 2 (OF 2) (C: 1-0-0)
STRANGE ADVENTURES #2 (OF 8)
SUPERMAN #687
SUPERMAN BATMAN #59
TEEN TITANS #70
THUNDERBOLTS #131 DKR
THUNDERBOLTS #130 2ND PTG DE LA TORRE VAR DKR (PP #862)
TRINITY #48
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #5 (OF 6)
UNCANNY X-MEN #509
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #7 (MR)
WAR MACHINE #5 DKR
WITCHBLADE #126 SEJIC CVR A
WIZARD MAG #212 SCI FIS GREATEST TV SHOWS CVR (C: 0-1-2)
WIZARD MAG #212 TOP 100 GN LAST 15 YEARS CVR (C: 0-1-2)
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #1 2ND PTG GARNEY VAR
WONDER WOMAN #31
X-FORCE CABLE MESSIAH WAR PROLOGUE 2ND PTG CHOI VAR (PP #862
X-MEN ORIGINS WOLVERINE #1

Comic Signing on the 25th!

We're having a comic signing tomorrow, Saturday the 25th! Adam and Ramon will be in signing their comic and doing free sketches, so come on down and support some local comic creators.

Comics Shipping This Week

ALIENS OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 (C: 0-1-0)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #591
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #592
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #592
ASTONISHING X-MEN #29
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #23 DKR
AZRAEL DEATHS DARK KNIGHT #2 (OF 3)
BATMAN BATTLE FOR THE COWL ARKHAM #1
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #4
BPRD TP VOL 10 THE WARNING (C: 0-1-2)
DAREDEVIL #118
DARK AVENGERS #3 2ND PTG DEODATO VAR
DARK REIGN ELEKTRA #2 (OF 5) DKR
DARK TOWER SORCERER #1
DARK TOWER TREACHERY PREM HC
DETECTIVE COMICS #853 (NOTE PRICE)
ELEPHANTMEN #18 (RES)
ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #4 (OF 5)
FANTASTIC FORCE #1 (OF 5)
FRANK FRAZETTAS NEANDERTHAL FRAZETTA CVR A (ONE-SHOT)
FREAKANGELS TP VOL 02 (MR)
GAMBIT CLASSIC TP VOL 01
GHOST RIDER #34
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #13
GURREN LAGANN GN VOL 01
HELLBLAZER #254 (MR)
HULK #11
IGNITION CITY #2 (OF 5) (MR)
IGNITION CITY #2 (OF 5) PAINTED CVR (MR)
IGNITION CITY #2 (OF 5) WRAP CVR (MR)
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #25
INCOGNITO #3 (MR)
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #128 DKR
INVINCIBLE #61
JACK OF FABLES #33 (MR)
JUSTICE LEAGUE NEW FRONTIER BOX SET (NET)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #32
KICK ASS #6 (MR)
LIVING CORPSE HACK SLASH ANN #1 (C: 0-1-2)
MARVEL ADVENTURES FANTASTIC FOUR #47
MARVEL MINIMATES MARVEL HEROES SET (C: 1-1-4)
MARVEL MINIMATES MARVEL VILLAINS SET (C: 1-1-4)
MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #5 (OF 6)
MIGHTY AVENGERS #24 DKR
MIGHTY AVENGERS TP VOL 04 SECRET INVASION BOOK 02 DM ED
NEW AVENGERS #50 KUBERT VAR (PP #852)
NEW AVENGERS TP VOL 09 SECRET INVASION BOOK 02 DM ED
NEW AVENGERS #52 DKR
NO HERO #5 (OF 7) (MR)
NO HERO #5 (OF 7) WRAP CVR (MR)
OUTSIDERS #17
SAVAGE DRAGON #147
SCALPED TP VOL 04 THE GRAVEL IN YOUR GUTS (MR)
SAVAGE TP
SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #5 (OF 6)
SHOJO BEAT MAY 09 (C: 1-1-1)
SHOWCASE PRESENTS LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES TP VOL 03
SKRULL KILL KREW #1 (OF 5) DKR
STAND AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #2 (OF 5)
STAR WARS DARK TIMES #13 BLUE HARVEST PT 1 (OF 5) (C: 1-0-0)
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OLD REPUBLIC #40 DUELING AMBITIONS PT 2 (
STREET FIGHTER IV #2 (OF 4) NG CVR B
STREET FIGHTER IV #2 (OF 4) TSNAG CVR A
SUPERGIRL WAY OF THE WORLD TP
SUPERGIRL #40
SW CMG CLONE WARS MAP PACK #1 ATTACK TETH (RES) (C: 1-1-2)
THOR #600 DELLOTTO VAR
THOR #601
TIMESTORM 2009 2099 #1 (OF 4)
TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PQ DEFIANCE #1
TRINITY #46
TRINITY #47
VIKING #1
WILDCATS #10
WIZARD HTD HEROIC ANATOMY DLX SPIRAL ED (C: 0-1-2)
WOLVERINE #70 3RD PTG MCNIVEN SKETCH VAR
WOLVERINE ANNIVERSARY
WOLVERINE NOIR #1 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #14
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #35 DKR
WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #3 (OF 8) 2ND PTG YOUNG VAR
X-FORCE #14 XMW
X-MEN TIMES AND LIFE OF LUCAS BISHOP #3 (OF 3)

Exercise your rights.

This weekend Dragonball Evolution premiered in theaters across the country. It was a dark day for dedicated DB and DBZ fans.

This dude, Kevin, or "The Kev" as we dubbed him, was doing what we all should have done at some point in our lives. When the corporate machine subverts some beloved property, some fragment of childhood nostalgia, in an effort to pander to lowest common denominator we should voice our displeasure some place other than an anonymous chat room.

Kev was fighting the good fight Friday afternoon in front of the movie theater in Lodi, CA.

Who is The Destroyer?

This Wednesday The Destroyer #1 from Marvel Comics debuted. It's in their Mature Audiences MAX imprint and is written by Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead, Invincible) and illustrated by Cory Walker (Punisher War Journal). I wasn't familiar with the long history of The Destroyer but a quick trip to wikipedia explained it all.

The Destroyer is a Timely Comics character who first appeared in Mystic Comics in 1941. He was a WWII-era hero, a journalist caught by the Germans who was given a super soldier serum by an anti-Nazi German scientist. Since then he's appeared here and there in Marvel comics since the 70's.

Which brings us to Kirkman's The Destroyer MAX mini-series. The conceit according to Kirkman, "the assumption that [The Destroyer] had an ongoing series since the '40s, so I'm basically writing Issues #701-#705." That's really intriguing but could be an excuse to throw a lot of strange references and mad ideas around without having to provide the necessary exposition.

But Kirkman doesn't disappoint. He keeps it simple while introducing The Destroyer's supporting cast and the very mundane problem that provides the core drama of the book. While The Destroyer spends time fighting arch-foes and dealing with long-time enemies, Kirkman keeps the story immediate and rooted in the now in a very compelling way. The art is exceptional with expressive characters and the action is over-the-top and ultra-violent without being stomach-churning. There's not a lot of plot in the first issue but Kirkman does a good job of establishing a strong motivation for the titular character that will no doubt propel him through the remaining issues.

Iron Fist joins the cast of MUA2

Check the link for screen and video of an Ultimate version of Iron Fist in action in the upcoming video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

New from Loeb and Liefeld -- SNIKT!

The creative gestalt of "Loebfeld", a new Image imprint, announced today the imminent publication of the SNIKT, a brand new hero in the vein of SMASH! Copied from the press release:

Who or what is the SNIKT! Found wounded and lacking in short term memory in the wastes of Alaska, wild mutoid Rogan was the product of an Alaskan research program known as "Danger Tool T". SNIKT explodes on the scene with a vengeance looking for the scientists responsible for plating his cartiledge with unbreakable Awesomanium.

Solicited in this month's PREVIEWS, SNIKT! is scheduled for a June release.