VELOCITY COMICS NEWSLETTER 1-10-10

Sorry if I seem a little harried this week, gang. Long story short, I'm dealing with some pretty dire personal issues right now. But let's not get into that. Let's just focus on the NEWS...

FIRST: Our fearless leader Patrick Godfrey will be participating in a talk about book retail at the behest of the James River Writers group on January 28th. Come check that out and get a window into the strange, decadent world of bookselling. It will scare you. It will change you. It will carve out your heart and shine it with a silk rag. JAMES RIVER WRITERS PRESS RELEASE

SECOND: Allow me to reiterate that JIM RUGG WILL BE HERE PROMOTING HIS NEW BOOK AFRODISIAC ON FEB. 5th FROM 6-?. Do not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to meet Jim Rugg and possibly touch his skin. NOTE: I cannot guarantee that Jim Rugg will allow people to touch him. ALSO KEEP IN MIND that our latest DRAW contest is AFRODISIAC vs. ??? Mr. Rugg will judge the contest and grant a signed copy of his book to the winner, who will also receive a small boat filled with store credit. NOTE: You don't get to keep the boat. Participate in this event or spend the rest of your life regretting it, for real.

THIRD: The new (and possibly best ever) cheat sheet is now available for you to fill out. Check out velocitycomics.com to fill that out and make sure you don't miss out on any of the future shipping comics that will dictate your future enjoyment of the medium.

...and now... A COMPLETE LISTING OF COMICS SHIPPING THIS WEEK, INCLUDING NOTATION UPON SELECTED ITEMS...

ABSOLUTION #6 (OF 6) (MR) 3.99
ACTION COMICS #885 3.99

ADVENTURE COMICS #6 3.99 -- Geoff Johns writes his final issue of Adventure Comics! Check it out!

AGE OF REPTILES JOURNEY #2 (OF 4) 3.50
ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON HORNBOOK (MR) 1.99
ALTER EGO #91 6.95
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #617 GNTLT 3.99
ANCHOR #4 3.99
ANGEL #29 3.99
ANITA BLAKE LC EXECUTIONER #3 (OF 5) (MR) 3.99
ARMY OF TWO #1 3.99
ATOMIC ROBO TP VOL 01 NEW PTG 18.95
ATOMIC ROBO TP VOL 03 18.95
AVP THREE WORLD WAR #1 (OF 6) 3.50
BACK ISSUE #38 6.95
BARACK THE BARBARIAN #4 (OF 4) 3.99
BATGIRL #6 2.99
BATMAN #695 2.99
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD TP 12.99
BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #4 (OF 6) 2.99
BLACK PANTHER 2 #12 2.99
BLACK WIDOW DEADLY ORIGIN #3 (OF 4) 3.99
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL TP VOL 22 FOOTSTEPS 19.99
BOOSTER GOLD #28 3.99
BORIS KARLOFF TALES OF MYSTERY ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 49.99

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #31 JEANTY CVR 2.99 -- This very special issue reveals something or hints at something, or else something happens that you have either been waiting for or never would have seen coming. The point is, why miss out?

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #31 JO CHEN CVR 2.99
CARS #0 2.99

CATWOMAN #83 (BLACKEST NIGHT) 2.99 -- Blackest Night tie-in.

CLEANERS TP VOL 01 ABSENT BODIES 14.95
COMPLETE CHESTER GOULDS DICK TRACY HC VOL 09 39.99
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN WEIGHT OF CROWN ONE SHOT (OSW) 3.50
CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 05 49.95
CYBERFORCE HUNTER KILLER #4 (OF 5) ROCAFORT CVR A 2.99
DANTES INFERNO #2 (OF 6) (MR) 3.99
DARK X-MEN #3 (OF 5) 3.99
DAYTRIPPER #2 (OF 10) (MR) 2.99
DIE HARD YEAR ONE #4 3.99
DMZ #49 (MR) 2.99
DOC SAVAGE THE SILVER PYRAMID TP 19.99
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #7 3.99
DRONE #2 (OF 4) 3.50
ED HANNIGAN COVERED 5.99
FEARLESS DAWN #2 (OF 4) 2.95
GHOUL #2 3.99
GI JOE MOVIE SNAKE EYES #4 3.99
GOON TP VOL 00 ROUGH STUFF REVISED ED (NOTE PRICE) 13.99
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #28 3.99
HACK SLASH SERIES #29 A CVR SEELEY (MR) 3.50
HUMAN TARGET CHANCE MEETINGS TP 14.99
INCREDIBLES #4 2.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #22 2.99 -- Every single issue of this baby is awesome. I'm not kidding.

JACKSON 500 HC VOL 04 14.95
LOLA HC (RES) 14.95
MAGOG #5 2.99
MARVELS PROJECT #5 (OF 8) 3.99

MUPPET SHOW #1 2.99 -- The Muppets leap into their own ongoing series.

NATION X #2 (OF 4) 3.99

NO HERO TP (MR) 19.99 -- Warren Ellis' recent super violent superhero scowl festival, finally collected.

ODYSSEY TP GN 19.99

POWER OF SHAZAM #48 (BLACKEST NIGHT) 2.99 -- Another Blackest Night tie-in.

PSYLOCKE #3 (OF 4) 3.99

PUNISHERMAX #3 (MR) 3.99 -- Every single issue of this so far has been awesome.

REALM OF KINGS IMPERIAL GUARD #3 (OF 5) 3.99
REBELS #12 2.99
RED HERRING #6 (OF 6) 2.99
REX MUNDI TP VOL 06 GATE OF GOD 17.99
SECRET SIX (BLACKEST NIGHT) #17 2.99
SHIELD #5 3.99
SHONEN JUMP FEBRUARY 2010 4.99
SHUTTER ISLAND GRAPHIC NOVEL 21.99
SKY DOLL DOLL FACTORY #2 (OF 2) (MR) 5.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #208 2.50
SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 04 14.99
SPIDER-MAN AND SECRET WARS #2 (OF 4) 2.99
SPIDER-MAN ELECTION DAY TP 24.99
STAR TREK CAPTAINS LOG SULU #1 3.99
STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 08 DESTR 17.99
STAR WARS OMNIBUS SHADOWS OF EMPIRE TP VOL 01 24.99
STRANGE #3 (OF 4) 3.99
STUFFED GN 17.99
SUPER FRIENDS #23 2.50
SUPER HERO SQUAD #1 2.99
SWORD (MARVEL) #3 2.99
THE GOOD THE BAD & THE UGLY #7 3.99
TITANS #21 2.99
TORPEDO HC VOL 01 24.99
TOYFARE #151 JAKKS UFC CVR 4.99
TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON TP VOL 04 17.99
TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #3 3.99
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 22 ULTIMATUM 19.99
ULTIMATUM TP 19.99
UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS #7 (OF 8) 2.99
UNWRITTEN #9 (MR) 2.99
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS (MR) 14.99
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #702 2.99
WE KILL MONSTERS #6 (OF 6) 3.50
WEEKLY WORLD NEWS #1 3.99
X-MEN FOREVER #15 3.99
X-MEN ORIGINS CYCLOPS 3.99

Bonked my head, went to bed, didn't get up in the morning...

Tom Batten