VELOCITY COMICS NEWSLETTER

HEY! It's time for some news!

ITEM: In case you missed the official announcement, here it is again: Our next DRAW contest is: HOW I BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF ________. So what you do is, draw a picture of yourself fighting whatever you want. Adult onset diabetes, heart diseases, Dr. Doom, whatever. Bring the picture in here when you're done with it and maybe you'll be THE BIG WINNER of a buncha free comics. Entries are due by the end of March. There really is no excuse for not entering. I know, I know.

ITEM: We're in the throes of a sweet overstock sale! Plenty of $5 trades and half-off hardcovers to go around. Please, please take advantage.

ITEM: The new cheat sheet is up and ready for your perusal. Items of particular excitement this month include: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, All of the new AVENGERS titles, and the new ASTONISHING X-MEN and ASTONISHING WOLVERINE AND SPIDERMAN as well as sure to be indie hits like 7 PSYCOPATHS and CROSSED: FAMILY VALUES. The best way to make sure you get all these sweet comics to check out the cheat sheet and let us know, for real. We want you to get what you want.

ITEMS SHIPPING THIS WEEK and PICKS:

28 DAYS LATER #8 3.99
A-TEAM WAR STORIES HANNIBAL #1 3.99
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #625 2.99

AMERICAN VAMPIRE #1 (MR) 3.99 -- The Dark Tower might have gotten all the hype, but this is the first Stephen King comic that Stephen King is ACTUALLY writing.

ANGEL #31 3.99
ANITA BLAKE LC EXECUTIONER #5 (OF 5) (MR) 3.99
ARMY OF TWO #3 3.99
AUTHORITY THE LOST YEAR #7 (OF 12) 2.99
AVENGERS VS ATLAS #3 (OF 4) 3.99
AZRAEL #6 2.99
BACK ISSUE #39 6.95
BATMAN #697 2.99
BATMAN INTERNATIONAL TP 17.99
BOOSTER GOLD #30 2.99
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #32 2.99
BRONX KILL HC (MR) 19.99
CABLE #24 3.99
CHOKER #2 (MR) 3.99
DARK AVENGERS #15 3.99
DARK AVENGERS ARES TP 24.99
DEAD AT 17 WITCH QUEEN #1 Of(4) 2.99
DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #9 2.99
DEATHLOK #5 (OF 7) 3.99
DEVIL #2 (OF 4) 3.50
DIE HARD YEAR ONE #7 3.99
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES 3 #1 3.99
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #9 3.99
DOOMWAR #2 (OF 6) 3.99
ENDERS GAME COMMAND SCHOOL PREM HC 24.99
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS #4 2.99
FABLES #93 (MR) 2.99
FADE TO BLACK #1 (OF 5) 3.50
FARSCAPE ONGOING #5 3.99
GARTH ENNIS BATTLEFIELDS #4 (OF 9) FIREFLY PART 1 3.50
GFT PRESENTS NEVERLAND #1 (OF 6) A CVR FINCH 2.99
GI JOE OPERATION HISS #2 3.99
GREEN ARROW #31 2.99

GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #1 3.99 -- Matt Wagner takes a stab at explaining just what it is that makes the Green Hornet tick.

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #46 (BLACKEST NIGHT) 3.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #46 VAR ED (BLACKEST NIGHT) (N 3.99
GROO HOGS OF HORDER #4 (OF 4) 3.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #24 2.99
GUNNERKRIGG COURT HC VOL 02 RESEARCH 26.95
HERCULES FALL OF AN AVENGER #1 (OF 2) 3.99
HULK #21 CHO VAR FOH 3.99
HULK #21 FOH 3.99
INCREDIBLE HULK #608 CHO VAR FOH 3.99
INCREDIBLE HULK #608 FOH 3.99
IRON MAN ARMOR WARS PROLOGUE TP 29.99
IRON MAN END TP 16.99
IRREDEEMABLE #12 3.99

JOE THE BARBARIAN #3 (OF 8) (MR) 2.99 -- ANOTHER ONE OF THESE! THIS IS SO GOOD.

JUSTICE LEAGUE RISE AND FALL SPECIAL #1 3.99
KILLER HC VOL 02 W/ DUST JACKET (MR) 24.95
KRAZY & IGNATZ HC TIGER TEA 12.99
LAST RESORT TP VOL 01 19.99
LOCKE & KEY CROWN OF SHADOWS #4 3.99
MAD MAGAZINE #503 5.99
MARVEL BOY URANIAN #3 (OF 3) 3.99
MUPPET SHOW #3 2.99
MYSTERIUS THE UNFATHOMABLE TP 17.99
MYTHOLOGY DC COMIC ART OF ALEX ROSS SC NEW PTG 29.95
NATION X #4 (OF 4) 3.99
NOVA #35 2.99
OKKO HC VOL 01 CYCLE OF WATER W/ DUST JACKET NEW P 19.95
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #3 (OF 5) 2.99
REALM OF KINGS IMPERIAL GUARD #5 (OF 5) 3.99
REBELS TP VOL 01 THE COMING OF STARRO 17.99
SCALPED TP VOL 01 INDIAN COUNTRY (MR) 9.99
SHIELD #7 3.99
SHOWCASE PRESENTS WORLDS FINEST TP VOL 03 17.99

SIEGE #3 (OF 4) 3.99 More big fun from the house of ideas.

SIEGE EMBEDDED #3 (OF 4) 3.99
SIMPSONS COMICS #164 2.99
SONIC UNIVERSE #14 2.50
SPIDER-MAN AND SECRET WARS #4 (OF 4) 2.99
SPIDER-WOMAN #7 3.99
SUPERGIRL #51 2.99
SUPERMAN 80 PAGE GIANT #1 5.99
SUPERNATURAL BEGINNINGS END #3 (OF 6) 2.99
TERRY MOORES ECHO #20 3.50
TICK COLOR SERIES COMPLETE WORKS TP VOL 02 34.95
TITANS #23 2.99
TORCH #6 (OF 8) 3.99
TORCHWOOD MAGAZINE #20 SPECIAL 9.99
TRANSFORMERS NEFARIOUS #1 3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS IRON MAN ARMOR WARS PREM HC 19.99
UNCLE SCROOGE #389 2.99
UNKNOWN SOLDIER TP VOL 02 EASY KILL (MR) 17.99
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT #6 2.99
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #45 2.99
WONDER WOMAN CHRONICLES TP VOL 01 17.99
X-23 #1 3.99

X-FACTOR FOREVER #1 3.99 -- In the vein of X-MEN FOREVER, Louise Simonson returns to share a terrifying vision of what might have been.

X-MEN LEGACY #234 2.99