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(W) J. M. DeMatteis (A) Yvel Guichet (CA) Guillem March
 
Pandora, The Phantom Stranger and The Question have hated each other for centuries...and nothing has changed! Now the Trinity of Sin are forced to work together to save humanity and uncover the darkest secrets of the universe in this new ongoing series!

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  1) DEATH OF WOLVERINE #4
  2) AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #2
  3) DEATH OF WOLVERINE LOGAN
      LEGACY #1
  4) EARTH 2 WORLDS END #2
  5) UNCANNY X-MEN #27
  6) NEW AVENGERS #25 TRO
  7) DEADPOOLS ART OF WAR #1
  8) SPIDER-MAN 2099 #5 EOSV
  8) THANOS A GOD UP THERE
      LISTENING #2
  9) HULK #7
10) MILES MORALES ULTIMATE
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DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1
EVIL WITHIN #1 (OF 4)
ORIGINAL SIN ANNUAL #1
Q2 RTN QUANTUM & WOODY #1
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SLEEPY HOLLOW #1 (OF 4)
TRINITY OF SIN #1
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  THIS WEEKS HIGHLIGHTS
Where's Sven...?
COMICBOOKMAN SEZ: If you look in the store's display window you'll notice something's missing-WHERE'S SVENGOOLIE'S COFFIN?!?!? It's back home with it's owner, builder and all around good guy Brian Bernardoni. As fans of the window and fans of Sven know, our "Svengoolie Tribute Window" is made up of 85-90% of Brian's Sven memorabilia, the centerpiece being his massive reproduction of Svengoolie's original coffin. The deal is Brian lets us display all his wonderful memorabilia for about 48 weeks out of the year. For the balance of that time he needs the stuff back for his celebration of the Halloween Holiday. So the window is currently "on the road" but will be returning sometime after All Saints Day. And on a related note: a great big congratulations to Rich Koz for being recognized by the Museum of Broadcast Communications for his decades of outstanding work in local television. I hear the museum has it's own Svengoolie tribute display made up of Rich's original props. I wonder if they know about ours?

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THIS WEEK'S STANDINGS: Considerably fewer titles this week (30% fewer!) and an unexpected Top Five define your week in comics. Everyone takes a breather as the industry ships 62 fewer books this week than last, translating into over $230.00 less comic product on the racks. Leading the pack in 1st Place is the historic industry shipping king Marvel Comics with twenty-seven titles. Coming in 2nd Place (both this week and historically) is DC Comics with twenty one titles. Dynamite moves up to 3rd Place this week with fifteen titles. Boom re-emerges into the Top Five taking 4th Place with twelve titles. Images drops from last week's second to 5th Place this week with eleven titles. The biggest change comes in the Indies as last week's record high of 77 titles is met with an almost record low of 46 titles, a 40% drop off in output. For the fist time in quite a while the fifty title Indy shipping floor has been broken as well. For the record 6th and 7th Place are respectively held by Dark Horse and IDW this week who each turn in total of less than eight titles each. Lighter weeks like this are excellent opportunities to try a new title or pick up a series or book you may have skipped over the last few weeks.

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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS:  Two endings and two beginnings lead us off this week as we start with the leader of the pack in terms of shipping: the House of Ideas. It finally happens this week as Logan will not only be merely dead, but really most sincerely dead as DEATH OF WOLVERINE #4 (OF 4) finally ships with two 50:50 parallel variant covers. Someone call Hugh Jackman and tell him not to quit those musicals. Also ending is the altered reality (see what I did there) Spidey mini-series/magical mystery tour that is EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 (OF 5). Starting this week at Marvel is an unexpected annual and a gimmick to make every hero's head shake in disbelief. ORIGINAL SIN ANNUAL #1 reveals some final, untouched on "sins" from the summer long event series and DEADPOOLS ART OF WAR #1 (OF 4) has the Merc with a Mouth take a shot at Sun Tzu's Art of War - really, it does. Over at DC the Phantom Stranger and Pandora have been homeless on the racks for a few weeks now but by buddying up with the Question the three can have become the TRINITY OF SIN, the first issue of which is our Book of the Week and 40% Off all week long. Three new tales of the strange and unsettling can be found in the extra sized Dynamite special: TWILIGHT ZONE LOST TALES ONE SHOT. Valiant makes your wallet happy this week by shipping four Dollar Comics and they will make fans of the original Quantum and Woody even happier with Q2 RETURN OF QUANTUM & WOODY #1 (OF 5). Legendary creators Christopher Priest and M.D. Bright return to tell the tale of the original team meeting up with their current incarnations. Ever wonder why we keep the adaptations separate from the rest of the comics? Because there are so many of them! Boom this week brings Fox-TV's Ichabod Crane adventure series to the racks with SLEEPY HOLLOW #1 (OF 4) and in the CN animated series comic adaptation of UNCLE GRANDPA #1 contains a Mad magazine pastiche of short strips, games, and more goofy things. Why isn't DC doing this adaptation? Speaking of kids books - the videogame and toy sensation, Skylanders makes its comic book debut this week in SKYLANDERS #1 (OF 5) from IDW with the usual 50:50 parallel variant covers. The Brit comic company Titan has two adaptations of their own debuting this week: EVIL WITHIN #1 (OF 4) is an all-new prequel to the Bethesda Softworks videogame and DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 which gives the current Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his school teacher companion Clara even more ongoing adventures in time and space. Someone get John Hurt and Christopher Eccleston into the batter's box and tell them to start warming up!

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  KIDZ CORNER BOOK OF THE WEEK
  UNCLE GRANDPA #1
BOOM! STUDIOS
(W/A) Scott Roberts & Various (CA) Bob Flynn, Cory Fuller
Uncle Grandpa is everyone's magical uncle and grandpa, and he's come to help kids with their problems in surreal and wacky ways! It's a collection of zany shorts, games, and strips starring Uncle Grandpa, Pizza Steve, Mr. Gus, and all the other crazy characters from the hit Cartoon Network show created by Peter Browngardt.
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WWE SUPERSTARS ONGOING #9 YATES VAR   $     3.99  $    0.60  $       3.39
NEW INDY COMICS TOTALS:  $ 170.62  $  25.59  $  145.03
     
 NEW  VARIANT COMICS-32  MSRP 
ALICE COOPER #2  SYAF VAR  TBA 
AVENGERS & X-MEN AXIS #2 (OF 9)YOUNG GUNS VAR  TBA 
AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #2 (OF 9) INVERSION VAR  TBA 
BATMAN SUPERMAN #15 VAR ED  TBA 
CALIBAN #7 DARK MATTER CVR (MR)  TBA 
DEADPOOLS ART OF WAR #1 (OF 4) BURNHAM VAR  TBA 
DEATH OF WOLVERINE #4 (OF 4) DOE VAR  TBA 
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 LACLAUSTRA VAR  TBA 
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 CLARA PHOTO VAR  TBA 
DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 BLANK SKETCH CVR  TBA 
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #5 (OF 5) LAND VAR  TBA 
HULK #7 HASBRO VAR  TBA 
HULK #7 DEADPOOL 75TH ANNIV VAR  TBA 
HULK #7 STOMP OUT BULLYING CAMPION VAR  TBA 
JUSTICE LEAGUE #35 VAR ED  TBA 
MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #7 HARDMAN B&W VAR  TBA 
MS MARVEL #9 DEADPOOL 75TH ANNIV RENAUD VAR  TBA 
NEW AVENGERS #25 DEADPOOL 75TH ANNIV NOWLAN VAR  TBA 
Q2 RTN QUANTUM & WOODY #1 (OF 5) JIMENEZ VAR  TBA 
Q2 RTN QUANTUM & WOODY #1 (OF 5) BRIGHT VAR  TBA 
Q2 RTN QUANTUM & WOODY #1 (OF 5) BLANK CVR  TBA 
SLEEPY HOLLOW #1 (OF 4)  COELHO VAR  TBA 
SPIDER-MAN 2099 #5 LEONARDI VAR EOSV  TBA 
TEEN TITANS #3 VAR ED  TBA 
TMNT NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURES #16 VAR ED  TBA 
TRINITY OF SIN #1 VAR ED  TBA 
UNCANNY X-MEN #27 DEADPOOL 75TH ANNIV VAR  TBA 
UNCANNY X-MEN #27 HASBRO VAR  TBA 
UNCANNY X-MEN #27 SUAYAN VAR  TBA 
UNCLE GRANDPA #1 MCD VAR  TBA 
UNCLE GRANDPA #1 LITTLE VAR  TBA 
UNITY #0  CHRISCROSS VAR  TBA 
 
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AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL #2 MAIN CVRS  $     3.99
BLOODHOUND CROWBAR MEDICINE #2 (OF 5)  $     3.99
BUZZKILL #1 (OF 4)  $     3.99
BUZZKILL #3 (OF 4)  $     3.99
CLOWN FATALE #2 (OF 4) (MR)  $     3.99
CONSTANTINE #12 (EVIL)  $     2.99
CRITICAL HIT #1 (MR)  $     3.99
DAREDEVIL #0.1  $     4.99
DOODLE JUMP #3 (OF 6)  $     3.99
DOODLE JUMP #3 (OF 6) VIDEO GAME HOMAGE EXC VAR  $     3.99
EARTH 2 #21  $     2.99
EARTH 2 #25 (NOTE PRICE)  $     3.99
EMPOWERED SPECIAL #5 NINE BEERS WITH NINJETTE  $     3.99
EMPOWERED SPECIAL #6 INTERNAL MEDICINE  $     3.99
GARFIELD #27  $     3.99
GARFIELD #28  $     3.99
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #207  $     3.99
GOLD DIGGER #212  $     3.99
GRENDEL VS SHADOW #2  $     5.99
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR TWO #11  $     2.99
INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US YEAR TWO ANNUAL #1  $     4.99
KILL SHAKESPEARE MASK OF NIGHT #4 (OF 4)  $     3.99
LOBSTER JOHNSON GET LOBSTER #4 (OF 5)  $     3.99
MASSIVE #26  $     3.50
PATHFINDER CITY SECRETS #5 (OF 6) GOMEZ VAR  $     4.99
PEANUTS VOL 2 #20  $     3.99
SECRET ORIGINS #4  $     4.99
SECRET ORIGINS #4  $     4.99
SEX CRIMINALS #1 6TH PTG (MR)  $     3.50
SEX CRIMINALS #2 4TH PTG (MR)  $     3.50
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #5 COMBO PACK  $     4.99
V-WARS #6  $     3.99
WEIRD LOVE #2  $     3.99
WONDER WOMAN #33  $     2.99
 
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 NEW BOOKS & TRADES-30  MSRP 
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN TP VOL 02  $   14.99
ALL NEW ULTIMATES TP VOL 01 POWER FOR POWER  $   17.99
ALL NEW X-FACTOR TP VOL 02 CHANGE OF DECAY  $   17.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 PARKER LUCK  $   17.99
ARCHIES FAVORITE CHRISTMAS COMICS TP  $     9.99
BATMAN 66 HC VOL 02  $   19.99
BATMAN 66 TP VOL 01  $   14.99
CLONE TP VOL 04  $   12.99
DAREDEVIL TP VOL 01 DEVIL AT BAY  $   17.99
DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU TP OUT OF PAST  $   16.99
DEADPOOL DRACULAS GAUNTLET HC  $   34.99
EARTH 2 HC VOL 04 THE DARK AGE (N52)  $   22.99
EROS GN VOL 09 BLONDE 01 DOUBLE CROSS (A)  $   12.95
FIELD TP (MR)  $   14.99
GRAPHIC CLASSICS GN VOL 19 CHRISTMAS CLASSICS  $   17.95
HELLBLAZER TP VOL 09 CRITICAL MASS (MR)  $   19.99
JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 TP VOL 01 YESTERDAY LIVES (N52)  $   16.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES TP VOL 03 COMPLETE COLLECTION  $   34.99
MS MARVEL TP VOL 01 NO NORMAL  $   15.99
PEANUTS TP VOL 04  $   13.99
RAI TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO NEW JAPAN  $     9.99
SATELLITE SAM TP VOL 02 SATELLITE SAM & KINESCOPE SNUFF  $   14.99
SPIDER-MAN NEWSPAPER STRIPS TP VOL 02  $   34.99
STAR WARS LEGACY II TP VOL 04 EMPIRE OF ONE   $   16.99
STAR WARS ONGOING TP VOL 04 SHATTERED HOPE   $   16.99
STATION 16 HC   $   19.99
THOR EPIC COLLECTION TP GOD OF THUNDER  $   34.99
UNCANNY X-MEN 100 PROJECT TP  $   12.99
WALKING DEAD NOVEL HC VOL 05 DESCENT  $   25.99
WARHAMMER DOOM OF DRAGONBACK SC  $   14.00
 
 REORDER BOOKS & TRADES-1  MSRP 
TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS TP VOL 02 ASCENDING  $   17.99
 
 NEW MAGAZINES-24  MSRP 
2000 AD #1897 (via 2000AD PACK)  $     5.99
2000 AD #1898 (via 2000AD PACK)  $     5.99
2000 AD #1899 (via 2000AD PACK)  $     5.99
2000 AD #2000 (via 2000AD PACK)  $     5.99
ARCHIE FUNHOUSE COMICS DIGEST #9  $     4.99
ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #255 (NOTE PRICE)  $     6.99
BASEBALL AMERICA #1421  $     5.99
BIZARRE #219  $   10.50
CHRISTIANITY TODAY 1014  $     4.95
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #474   $     9.99
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY #1331  $     4.99
FINE SCALE MODELER #32.9  $     5.99
JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE #352  $   12.95
LOCUS #645  $     7.50
MAD MAGAZINE #530  $     5.99
METAL HAMMER #261  $   11.99
MOJO #251  $     9.99
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS 1014  $     4.99
PLATBOY SPECIAL: SPORTY GIRLS  $   12.99
SCALE AUTO SPECIAL: CONTEST CARS  $   12.99
SIZZLE #63 (A)  $     6.99
SMOOTH #65  $     7.99
TOTAL FILM #224  $     9.99
VOGUE 1014  $     4.99
 
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THIS WEEKS LATE LIST
(The following have been pushed back form their original release dates to these new dates)
 VENDOR/TITLE-34 OLD DATE NEW DATE
 ACTION FIGURES/STATUES/MODELS    
Batman: Li'l Gotham Batman Mini Action Figure 12/31/2014 10/22/2014
Batman: Li'l Gotham Harley Quinn Mini Action Figure 12/31/2014 11/12/2014
Batman: Li'l Gotham Joker Mini Action Figure 12/31/2014 11/12/2014
Batman: Li'l Gotham Robin Mini Action Figure 12/31/2014 10/22/2014
Black Lantern 1:1 Scale Power Battery Prop w/Ring 10/29/2014 10/15/2014
Dark Knight Rises: Selina Kyle Catwoman PX MAF EX  N/A 7/29/2015
DC Comics Super Villains: Harley Quinn Bust 12/31/2014 11/5/2014
Game of Thrones Figure: Cersei Baratheon  10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Game of Thrones Figure: Jaime Lannister  10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Game of Thrones Figure: White Walker 10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare AF Asst. 10/29/2014 10/15/2014
   
 BOOKS & TRADES    
Absolute Batman Incorporated HC 11/26/2014 1/7/2015
Adventure Kartel HC 10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Batman: Arkham Asylum 25th Anniv. Dlx. Ed. HC/TP (MR) 10/29/2014 11/5/2014
Catwoman TP Vol. 5: Race of Thieves (N52) 11/12/2014 11/19/2014
Fables Complete Covers by James Jean HC New Ed. (MR) 12/10/2014 1/7/2015
Hinterkind TP Vol. 2 (MR) 11/19/2014 11/26/2014
Incredible Change Bots: Two Point Something GN  12/31/2014 11/5/2014
Judge Dredd: Daily Dredds HC  11/12/2014 12/10/2014
Original Sin Companion HC 10/15/2014 1/14/2015
Superman Action Comics HC Vol. 5: What Lies Beneath (N52) 12/31/2014 12/24/2014
Thor Epic Collection TP: God of Thunder 10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Vampirella Archives HC Vol. 10 (MR) 10/1/2014 10/15/2014
   
 COMICS    
Amazing Spider-Man #12 SV Reg./Vars. 12/17/2014 1/7/2015
Guardians of Galaxy Annual #1 Reg./Var. 10/22/2014 11/19/2014
Guardians of the Galaxy #20  10/22/2014 10/29/2014
Infinity Man and the Forever People #4 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
Iron Fist: Living Weapon #7 11/5/2014 12/3/2014
Multiversity: The Just #1 Reg./Vars. 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #3 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
Spider-Man 2099 #7 SV 12/24/2014 1/7/2015
TMNT Ongoing #39 10/8/2014 10/15/2014
Trees #6 (MR) 10/29/2014 10/15/2014
Unwritten Vol. 2: Apocalypse #10 (MR) 10/15/2014 10/22/2014
   
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"What does it mean above when it sez...."

2ND PTG VAR=Second Printing Variant
AF=Action Figure(s)
ANMN=All New Marvel Now
ANNIV=Anniversary
ASST=Assortment
AUXILIARY ED=The designation Avatar Comics assigns to it's 2nd Prints
BK=Book
BLK=Black
CCG=Collectable Card Game
COLL ED=Collected Edition
COLL MAG=Collector's Magazine
CURR PRTG=Current Printing
CVR=Cover
DM=Direct Market (Comic Book Stores only)
ED=Edition
DCU=DC Universe
DLX=Deluxe
FRGTN RLMS=Forgotten Realms
GN=Graphic Novel
GORE=Gory cover image
HC=Hard Cover
INCV=Incentive Cover
LTD ED=Limited Edition
MED=Medium (as in a "Medium Sized Statue")
MLB=Major League Baseball
MMPB=Mass Media Paper Back
MMW=Marvel Master Works
MTME=Transformers More Than Meets the Eye
(MR)=Mature Readers, this item is NOT intended for younger or more sensitive readers.
N52=DC's New 52
NBA=National Basketball Association
NBA=National Basketball Association
NFL=National Football League
NHL=National Hockey League
NOTE PRICE=Price differs from this titles regular price.
NOW=Marvel NOW!
O/A=Order Again
PKT=Pocket
PTG=Printing
PX=Previews Exclusive
Reg./Var.=Regular Cover/Variant Cover
(RES)=Re-solicited Item
RI VARIANT=a Retailer Incentive Variant cover
RID=Transformers Robots In Disguise
SC=Soft Cover
SER=Series
STD ED=Standard Edition
SUB=Subscription as is variant Subscription Cover
SUB VAR=Subscription Variant
TBA=To Be Announced
TNG=Referencing Star Trek "THE NEXT GENERATION"
TOS=Referencing Star Trek "THE ORIGINAL SERIES"
TP=Trade Paperback
T/C=Trading Card
T/S=Tee-Shirt
VAR=Variant
VAR ED=Variant Edition
VOL or V.=Volume
WRAP=Wraparound cover

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