We have 3 MAJOR debuts this week, one from each major publisher!
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 from DC Comics, AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 from Marvel, and MASK #1 (or M.A.S.K. if you prefer acronyms, although I guess it’s really more of an initialism than an acronym) from Image/Skybound!
Say, did you know we’re going to have MASK writer DAN WATTERS at Challengers on Friday, June 26th from 5pm to 7pm? Well, you know it now!!
Those 3 releases are SO BIG that they’re all we’re going to talk about up here! Everything else new for the week is listed below!! Wheeeeeeeeeee!!
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NEW BOOKS OF NOTE
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ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1
Selina Kyle has carved a good life for herself, becoming the greatest thief the world has ever known. With high-tech gear and weaponry, there's no place too secure for Catwoman. Selina has built this life for herself and thoroughly escaped Gotham. But when someone from her past comes knocking at her door, Selina's life comes crashing down around here. She'll need to get to the bottom of a mystery taking her all around the globe! Written by Che Grayson and Scott Snyder with wonderful art by Bengal!
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AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1
Red Hulk's devastating tear across the globe must be stopped... but it will take a colossal gathering of Earth's Mightiest Heroes to do it! Calling in the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Wolverine and more... but who will survive this super-powered cataclysm?! There will be a pre-Armageddon Marvel Universe and a post-Armageddon Marvel Universe. Be here to bear witness to the transformation.
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MASK #1
Matt Trakker needs your help saving the world. Enter M.A.S.K. — a network of specialists recruited to respond to the next global emergency. At a moment’s notice, Trakker and his agents can deploy bleeding-edge technology that converts their vehicles — and their drivers — into the ultimate weapon. But Miles Mayhem and V.E.N.O.M. are one step ahead in a secret arms race, scouring the globe for deadly weapons from this planet and beyond, ready to sell out the entire human race!
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SKATE ALI #1
Welcome to near-future Los Angeles—a neon-scorched city where skateboarding has been ruthlessly outlawed. But nothing stops Skate Ali. By day, she’s just another student dodging detention. By night, she’s a rebel on wheels, an enigmatic loner defying the law on the Los Angeles streets. Faced with the opportunity to level up her game, but afraid of actually being perceived by others, Ali must decide: will she play it safe, or kickflip straight into a revolution?
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APE #1
Rich Tommaso spent over six years slowly crafting a panel here and a page there, all in an effort to produce a comics art work reminiscent of the early 1952-1956 Mad magazines! In this one-shot comic book, APE No. 1, you’ll read about mad scientists, strange visitors from outer space, horny bald men in newspaper offices, gun crazy cowboys, junkies, flunkies, businessmen, husbands, wives, lovers, haters and angst-ridden teenagers!,,,Everything you’d expect to find in an old, mid-20th-century issue of Mad!
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BISHOP #1
Bishop has always lived by a strict code. But that code will get called into question when his sister, Shard, is sent to the present right before she died! Will Bishop adhere to his principles and protect the timestream? Or will he risk it all to save the most important person in his life? Superstar writer Saladin Ahmed will put the tough-as-nails mutant through the ringer!
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M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #1
An all-new ONGOING series launch from legendary JAE LEE! When 17-year-old Dev moves to Japan, she stumbles into an underground world of illegal street racing, where speed is power and mutation wins championships. This high-octane sci-fi drama, set in a near-future Tokyo, is Fast and Furious by way of K-Pop Demon Hunters.
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JAY & SILENT BOB JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1
Capped, tan American Jay and friendly neighborhood wider-man Silent Bob make a quick stop in the Marvel Universe! But when Doctor Doom decrees these Jersey guys must die, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men and and a whole hoary host of heroes must team up on a joint mission to save the dim-witted duo from a lethal case of super-hero fatigue!
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GRAPHIC NOVELS / COLLECTIONS
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ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 02
ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN SC VOL 02
ANNIHILATION EPIC COLL CONQUEST PROLOGUE
BATS/SUPES WORLDS FINEST DELUXE HC VOL 01
THE BEAUTY BOOK TWO
BLACK SCHOONER
CRITICAL ROLE HC THE ARMORY OF HEROES
DC FINEST TEAM-UPS IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE
GOOD AS DEAD
LOVE AND DESIRE IN THE PROMISED LAND HC
MISTER MAGIC
NOISY VALLEY ART OF PROTEST
ORPHAN AND FIVE BEASTS BATH OF BLOOD
PUNISHER RED BAND BRAIN BLEED
SACRIFICERS VOL 04
SPACE SCOUTS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL 3
SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE VOL 2
STAR TREK TNG MIRROR WAR
SUNSTONE VOL 03
ART OF THE MIGHTY THOR
UNDEAD IRON FIST
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MANGA
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VEIL VOL 03
VEIL VOL 04
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SIDEKICKS/YOUNG ADULT
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AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER FIRE AND FAMILY TREASURY
BABY GARFIELD #3
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID HC VOL 20
SOL GOES FOR GOAL!
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NEW #1’s
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ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1
APE #1
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1
BAD THOUGHTS #1
BISHOP #1
GODZILLA’S THE ODYSSEY
JAY & SILENT BOB JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1
HE-MAN MOTU WINGS OF FATE #1
M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #1
MASK #1
MONSTERS IN LOVE
SKATE ALI #1
SUPERNATURAL CASTIEL #1
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MARVEL
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ALIAS RED BAND #4
ALIAS RED BAND #4 NIE
ALIEN KING KILLER #3
ALIEN KING KILLER #3 FERREYRA
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 FACSIMILE
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #546 FACSIMILE FOIL
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 CHECCHETTO
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 ROSS
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 STEGMAN
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 ZDARSKY
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 FRISON
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 OPENA 1:25
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 ANDREWS FOIL
AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #1 YOUNG
BISHOP #1
BISHOP #1 ANDREWS
BISHOP #1 YOUNG
BLACK CAT #11
BLACK CAT #11 CAMPBELL
BLACK CAT #11 LAND 1:25
BLACK CAT #11 CAFU
BLACK CAT #11 NOTO
CAPTAIN MARVEL DARK PAST #3
CAPTAIN MARVEL DARK PAST #3 RAMCHERON
CAPTAIN MARVEL DARK PAST #3 NGUYEN
CIVIL WAR UNMASKED #2
CIVIL WAR UNMASKED #2 MAGIC
CIVIL WAR UNMASKED #2 SIQUEIRA
DAREDEVIL #2 2ND PRINT
DAREDEVIL #3
DAREDEVIL #3 LOZANO
DAREDEVIL #3 MARVEL TV
DAREDEVIL #3 OPENA 1:25
DAREDEVIL #3 SUSILO VIRGIN 1:50
DAREDEVIL #3 SUSILO
JAY & SILENT BOB JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1
JAY & SILENT BOB JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1 ALLRED
JAY & SILENT BOB JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1 CAMUNCOLI 1:25
JAY & SILENT BOB JAYS OF FUTURE PAST #1 NOTO
MORTAL THOR #11
MORTAL THOR #11 ROSS
MORTAL THOR #11 ROBSON 1:25
MORTAL THOR #11 MAGIC
MORTAL THOR #11 SAIZ FOIL
MORTAL THOR #11 VECCHIO
PUNISHER #3 2ND PRINT
SENTRY #4
STAR WARS SHADOW OF MAUL #4
STAR WARS SHADOW OF MAUL #4 AKA
WOLVERINE #21
WOLVERINE #21 HAWTHORNE 1:25
WOLVERINE #21 SMITH
WOLVERINE #21 NAUCK
X-MEN #31
X-MEN #31 BAGLEY 1:25
X-MEN #31 KUDER
X-MEN #31 ROSS
X-MEN #31 FRIGERI
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DC
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ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 CVR A BENGAL
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 CVR B NAKAYAMA
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 CVR C ANDREWS
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 CVR D SOZOMAIKA
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 CVR E BENGAL FOIL
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 CVR F LOGO FOIL
ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN #1 CVR H 1:25 MANHANINI
BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #2 CVR A KERSCHL
BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #2 CVR B MORA
BARBARA GORDON BREAKOUT #2 CVR D SPOKES
BATMAN GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM #4 CVR A GRAMPA
BATMAN GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM #4 CVR B BERMEJO
BATMAN GARGOYLE OF GOTHAM NOIR #4
BLEEDING HEARTS #5 CVR A MORIAN
BLEEDING HEARTS #5 CVR B BRAILSFORD
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #18 CVR A TIMMS
EMPEROR AQUAMAN #18 CVR C SZERDY
FURY OF FIRESTORM #3 CVR A DE LATORRE
FURY OF FIRESTORM #3 CVR B NAUCK
FURY OF FIRESTORM #3 CVR C NGUYEN
FURY OF FIRESTORM #3 CVR D GREEN
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17 CVR A PASARIN
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17 CVR B FORNES
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #17 CVR C GONZALES
JUSTICE LEAGUE DREAM GIRLS #2 CVR A BRANDT&STEIN
JUSTICE LEAGUE DREAM GIRLS #2 CVR B JIMENEZ
NICE HOUSE BY THE SEA #10 CVR A BUENO
SUPERGIRL #14 CVR A CAMPBELL
SUPERGIRL #14 CVR B DODSON
SUPERGIRL #14 CVR C REDONDO
SUPERGIRL #14 CVR E JIM LEE
SUPERGIRL LSH #23 FACSIMILE CVR A HUGHES
SUPERGIRL LSH #23 FACSIMILE CVR B GEYER
SUPERGIRL LSH #23 FACSIMILE CVR C FOIL
ACTION COMICS #1099 CVR A SOOK
ACTION COMICS #1099 CVR B WADA
ACTION COMICS #1099 CVR D LI
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IMAGE
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BATTLE BEAST #8 2ND PRINT
BLOOD & THUNDER #14 CVR A SU
DORC #5 CVR A BEAN
DORC #5 CVR B DWJ
FORGED #11
FREE PLANET #13 CVR A DOUGHERTY
FREE PLANET #13 CVR B DOUGHERTY
GEHENNA IN TOKYO CVR A YAMAMOTO
GEHENNA IN TOKYO CVR B FERRARI
GEHENNA IN TOKYO CVR C SAMARU
GEHENNA IN TOKYO CVR D BELLFLOWER
GEHENNA IN TOKYO CVR G ZAWAYUKI
GEHENNA IN TOKYO CVR H POLYBAGGED
GHOST PEPPER #12 CVR A LULLABI
GHOST PEPPER #12 CVR B HABCHI
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #329 CVR A WEEKS
KAYA #35 CVR A CRAIG
KAYA #35 CVR B CRYSTAL
LADY MECHANIKA MECHANICAL MENAGERIE #2 CVR A BENITEZ
LADY MECHANIKA MECHANICAL MENAGERIE #2 CVR B BENITEZ
M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #1 CVR A JAE LEE
M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #1 CVR B MUTH
M1 MONSTER RACING LEAGUE #1 CVR D 1:25 JAE LEE
MASK #1 CVR A PARR
MASK #1 CVR B CAMPBELL
MASK #1 CVR C POULAT
MASK #1 CVR D SPEARS
MASK #1 CVR E TOM
MASK #1 CVR G 1:25 NGU
MASK #1 CVR H 1:50 SU
MASK #1 CVR N PARR FOIL
MASK #1 CVR O CAMPBELL FOIL
MASK #1 CVR P PARR MASK
MASK #1 CVR Q PARR MASK
MASK #1 CVR R BLIND BAG
RED ROOTS #1 2ND PRINT
SPAWN RAT CITY #25 CVR A CARLOS
THING ON THE DOORSTEP #5
TIGRESS ISLAND #4 CVR A EPHK
TIGRESS ISLAND #4 CVR B BAGGED
TIGRESS ISLAND #4 CVR D GRAHAM
TRANSFORMERS #33 CVR A NAKAYAMA
TRANSFORMERS #33 CVR B DWJ
TRANSFORMERS #33 CVR C HOWARD
TRANSFORMERS #33 CVR D 1:25 CAGLE
TRANSFORMERS #33 CVR E 1:50 SU
TRANSFORMERS #33 CVR F REILLY
WITCHBLADE #22 CVR A CAFARO
WITCHBLADE #22 CVR B GIANGIORDANO
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR A LIEFELD
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR B LIEFELD
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR C LIEFELD
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR D PORTACIO
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR E LARSEN
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR F SILVESTRI
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR G LIEFELD
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR H VALENTINO
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR I LIEFELD FOIL
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR K LIEFELD
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR N LIEFELD
YOUNGBLOOD #100 CVR O LIEFELD
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OTHER PUBLISHERS
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2000 AD PROG #2484
ALTER EGO #200
ALTERED STATES WARLORDS #1 CVR A LINSNER
APE #1
ARCHIE AMERICAN ALL STARS #1 CVR A PARENT
ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #5 CVR A FRANCAVILLA
ASCENCIA #34 CVR A OLIVER
BACK ISSUE #168
BAD THOUGHTS #1 CVR A WACHTER
BAD THOUGHTS #1 CVR B BLANCO
BEN 10 #1 2ND PRINT CVR A CAREY
BEN 10 #1 2ND PRINT CVR B 1:10 CAREY
BEN 10 #2 CVR A CAREY
BEN 10 #2 CVR B ROULEAU
BEN 10 #2 CVR C NGUYEN
BEN 10 #2 CVR D PIRIZ
BEN 10 #2 CVR E CANETE
BEN 10 #2 CVR L 1:20 CAREY
BEN 10 #2 CVR M HUGHES
BEN 10 #2 CVR N FOIL
CENTER HOLDS #4 CVR A QUINONES
COMIC BOOK CREATOR #44
CONAN AND DRAGONERO #2 CVR A DAGNINO
CONAN AND DRAGONERO #2 CVR B NUTI
DEAD BY DAYLIGHT HILLBILLY #3 CVR A OLIMPIERI
DEAD BY DAYLIGHT HILLBILLY #3 CVR C BAGGED
DESTINATION KILL #2 CVR A PALMER
DESTINATION KILL #2 CVR B GORHAM
DESTINATION KILL #2 CVR C ITO
DISNEY VILLAINS GASTON #4 CVR A RANALDI
DISNEY VILLAINS URSULA #4 CVR A ANDOLFO
FUTURE IS ****** #14 CVR A ALEXANDER
GODZILLA’S THE ODYSSEY CVR A SCIOLI
GODZILLA’S THE ODYSSEY CVR B KYRIAZIS
GODZILLA’S THE ODYSSEY CVR RI 1:10 MEESEY
HANK HOWARD A SLICE OF LIFE #2 CVR A LAPHAM
HANK HOWARD A SLICE OF LIFE #2 CVR B CAPPI
HE-MAN MOTU WINGS OF FATE #1 CVR A SLINEY
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #0 DELUXE CVR A
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #0 DELUXE CVR C
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #0 DELUXE CVR D
MEGA MAN X #4 CVR B HUANG
MEGA MAN X #4 CVR C GUIDI
MONSTERS IN LOVE CVR A GAGNON
MONSTERS IN LOVE CVR B CLAYTON
MONSTERS IN LOVE CVR C SYGH
MUPPETS NOIR #4 CVR A LANGRIDGE
MUPPETS NOIR #4 CVR B JAE LEE
RED SONJA SHE DEVIL WITH A SWORD #2 CVR B PARRILLO
RED SONJA SHE DEVIL WITH A SWORD #2 CVR C LINSNER
SKATE ALI #1 CVR A BUSTOS
SKATE ALI #1 CVR B QUINONES
SKATE ALI #1 CVR E MCKELVIE
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #2 CVR A CONNELLY
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #2 CVR G PAQUETTE
SPACE GHOST #12 CVR A MATTINA
SPACE GHOST #12 CVR B JAE LEE
SPEED RACER #9 CVR A ZONNO
SPEED RACER #9 CVR B LONERGAN
SUPERNATURAL CASTIEL #1 CVR A QUALANO
SUPERNATURAL CASTIEL #1 CVR C PHOTO
TANKERS VS ANCIENT ALIENS #1 CVR A LAROSA
TANKERS VS ANCIENT ALIENS #1 CVR B LAROSA
THUNDERCATS X SILVERHAWKS #3 CVR A SHALVEY
THUNDERCATS X SILVERHAWKS #3 CVR B PARRILLO
TMNT #19 CVR A WILLIAMS II
TMNT #19 CVR B EASTMAN
TMNT #19 CVR C WACHTER
TMNT #19 CVR D MERT
TMNT #19 CVR RI 1:25 PE
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COMIC BOXES
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AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON COMIC BOX
BLACK CAT/PUNISHER COMIC BOX
X-MEN '97 COMIC BOX