J&M Comics and Games Forum

With the DVD releases of Halloween II, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Fame, and The Hurt Locker this Tuesday, Lady Gaga at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ and the theatrical releases of The Spy Next Door, The Book of Eli, and The Lovely Bones this weekend, what will be interesting to read? Comics to Astonish with J & M Comics as backup DC Comics Adventure Comics #6, Regular Francis Manapul Cover $3.99/Incentive Francis Manapul Variant Cover $4 - $8 - Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul say goodbye (for now) to Superboy with a spectacular 30-page issue! Ever since Superboy returned from the grave, he has been obsessed with Lex Luthor, believing that there must be some good in the master villain somewhere. So for Luthor, it’s time to put up or shut up. With Superman off planet, it’s time to do some good for the planet earth. Superboy is willing to do what it takes to make Lex’s dreams come true, but what Superboy will discover is that one man’s dreams, are another man’s nightmares. Batman #695, $2.99 - The unthinkable happens when Batman and the Penguin join forces to thwart the mass murder and mayhem of their common foe, the Black Mask. Plus, Batman confronts an adversary from days past who has a score to settle with The Dark Knight. Batman Widening Gyre #4, Regular Bill Sienkiewicz Cover $2.99/Incentive Gene Ha Variant Cover $9 - $15 - As Batman and his mysterious new partner-against-crime successfully tackle the streets of Gotham City, Bruce Wayne’s personal world takes a step to the side as the women in his life force him into an awkward position. Guest-starring Silver St. Cloud, Nightwing, Catwoman and the Outsiders! Power Of SHAZAM #48 (Blackest Night Tie-In), $2.99 - BLACKEST NIGHT infects the Black Adam family when Osiris returns from the dead as a Black Lantern to terrorize young Billy and Mary Batson! Now powerless after the wizard Shazam deemed them unworthy in JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #25, can the Batsons even count on the aid of Freddy Freeman, the new Captain Marvel? Find out in another of this month’s one-issue revivals of classic DC Universe titles! Secret Six #17 (Blackest Night Tie-In) , $2.99 - John Ostrander and Gail Simone continue their epic team-up that begins in SUICIDE SQUAD #67! Suicide Squad has taken capture of Deadshot, forcing him to rejoin their ranks. But the Secret Six doesn’t see that happening any time soon! Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #617, Regular Max Fiumara Cover $3.99/Incentive Something Is Coming Variant Cover $3.99/Incentive Rhino Is Coming Variant Cover $4 - $9/ Incentive Joe Quinones Villain Variant Cover $4 - $9 - The Gauntlet continues to close around Spider-Man in this heartbreaking story of love, loss and lust for power as the Rhino charges into Spider-Man's life, out to make a name for himself...by killing the Rhino? Joe Kelly & Max Fiumara, who kicked off The Gauntlet in Amazing Spider-Man #600's prelude, return for this pulse-pounding chapter! Invincible Iron Man #22, Salvador Larroca Cover $2.99/ Patrick Zircher Cover $2.99 - The heart and soul of the Marvel Universe gathered to bring Tony back online...but when they flipped the switch, nothing happened. What do you do when the smartest man in the world is trapped inside his own subconscious? Doctor Donald Blake reaches out for a specialist...Doctor Strange! And meanwhile...the Ghost closes in, ready to assassinate Tony Stark once and for all. Marvels Project #5, Regular Steve McNiven Cover $3.99/Variant Steve Epting Cover $3.99/Incentive Gerald Parel Variant Cover $9 - $15 - Marvel's ORIGIN story continues! Out of the ashes of the Project: Rebirth comes America's first Super-Soldier--Captain America! Witness the first mission of Cap in New York...as Namor stalks the city streets and the Angel finds the hero killer he's been searching for. Nation X #2, $3.99 - IN THIS ISSUE: Jubilee returns to the X-Men, Gambit has trouble adjusting to life on Utopia, Northstar deals with the distance that island living necessitates and No-Girl has to save all the X-Men from a foe living right under their noses. Ian