VELOCITY COMICS NEWSLETTER for the week of 9/6/09

Hey, gang--

PARTY! Ready for Labor Day tomorrow? Cross "stopping by Velocity Comics" off of your to-do list, as we have decided to shut down for the day. I've amassed enough raw materials for my home-made deprivation tank and can't wait to start the new Velocity cleansing rituals. We've got much for which to atone. Oh, and because we're not doing a Labor Day sale tomorrow we're throwing one at you today (Sunday 9/6): 30% off all comics not released this week. This is only for staple-bound books, and not Brett's Comic Pile stock. Come on by! Clean your box out!

VOTE! for our currently running DRAW! contest. It's really easy, and more fun than pondering health care reform. We will close the ballot box on Friday, September 11th and anoint a new champion. Who will then have the pressure of one-upping him- or herself as we announce next month's DRAW! in the following paragraph.

DRAW! announcement: This one's going to put us on the map big time, I hope Disney won't get too cross with us. Our new DRAW contest: BRINGING DIGNITY TO GAMBIT. Interpret liberally. Entries probably due in early October, to be determined soon. Enter and win stuff!

TWEET! Let's be twitter pals. I bet you say lots of clever things on twitter, why would you want to keep that from me? My username on twitter is pkgvelocity. I might start announcing twitter-specific Velocity sales sometime soon, so find me! Dazzle me with concision! Read into my thinly veiled invectives!

KICK ASS! is coming out on Thursday. For real. As are all comics this week, delayed by Labor Day. Here's what's shipping THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10:

ADVENTURE COMICS #2 3.99
ADVENTURE COMICS #505 VAR ED
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #604 2.99
ANGEL AFTER THE FALL HC VOL 05 AFTERMATH 24.99
ANGEL ONLY HUMAN #2 (OF 4) 3.99
ART OF TONY MILLIONAIRE HC 39.95
BLACKEST NIGHT BATMAN #1 (OF 3) 2ND PTG 2.99
BLACKEST NIGHT BATMAN #2 (OF 3) 2.99
BLACKEST NIGHT BATMAN #2 (OF 3) VAR ED 2.99
BLACKEST NIGHT TALES OF THE CORPS #1 (OF 3) 2ND PT 3.99
BOOSTER GOLD #24 3.99
BPRD 1947 #3 (OF 5) 2.99

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 TP VOL 03 VAMPIRE STATE 19.99 Thus abruptly ending what could have been one of the best mainstream series of the new millennium. If you didn't check this out while coming out in single issue form, you can still grab the trades.

CLASSIC GI JOE TP VOL 05 19.99
COLOR EARTH GN VOL 03 COLOR OF HEAVEN 16.99
COMPLETE DRACULA #3 (OF 5) 4.99
DARK AVENGERS UNCANNY X-MEN EXODUS BIANCHI VAR DAX
DARK AVENGERS/UNCANNY X-MEN EXODUS DAX 3.99

DARK REIGN LIST AVENGERS ONE SHOT 3.99 This is allegedly very important. I bet Norman Osborn does something manipulative and evil within.

DARK REIGN LIST AVENGERS ONE SHOT HERO CHO VAR
DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #4 (OF 5) DKR 3.99
DC SUPERHERO FIGURINE COLL MAG #35 BIZARRO 14.00
DEAD AT 17 AFTERBIRTH #4 (OF 4) 2.99
DEAD SPACE EXTRACTION (ONE SHOT) 3.50
DESCENDANT #3 (OF 3) 3.50
DMZ #45 (MR) 2.99
DOOM PATROL #2 3.99
DOOM PATROL #2 VAR ED
ELEPHANTMEN #21 3.50
ENDERS GAME COMMAND SCHOOL #1 (OF 5) 3.99
FALLEN ANGEL REBORN #3 3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR LOST ADVENTURES BY STAN LEE TP 24.99
FARSCAPE DARGOS TRIAL #2 3.99
FINDING NEMO REEF RESCUE #3 (OF 4) 2.99
FREDDY JASON ASH NIGHTMARE WARRIORS #3 (OF 6) 3.99
FULL FRONTAL NERDITY TP VOL 02 YOUVE GOT THE TOUCH 12.99
G-MAN CAPE CRISIS #2 (OF 5) 2.99
GIRAFFES IN MY HAIR A ROCK N ROLL LIFE HC 19.99
GOTHAM CENTRAL HC VOL 02 JOKERS AND MADMEN 29.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #40 (BLACKEST NIGHT) 2.99
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #40 VAR ED (BLACKEST NIGHT)
GRIMWOODS DAUGHTER HC (MR) 12.99
GROWN UPS ARE DUMB NO OFFENSE SC 8.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY TP VOL 02 WAR OF KINGS BOOK 01 19.99
HELLBOY WILD HUNT #6 (OF 8) 2.99
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #17 (MR) 2.99
HULK TEAM-UP ONE SHOT 3.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #134 2.99
JAMES ROBINSONS COMPLETE WILDCATS TP 24.99

KICK ASS #7 2.99 Enjoy it while you can, you know it's going to be a while before you see #8.

LIFE & TIMES MARTHA WASHINGTON IN 21ST CENTURY HC 99.95
LIFE AND TIMES OF SAVIOR 28 #5 3.99
LOCKE & KEY WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT SPEC ED #1 5.99
LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910 (MR) 7.95

LOVE & ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 02 (MR) 14.99 Arriving only a few months after copies were spied in San Diego. They must've distributed these by horse.

MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD #1 (OF 4) 2.99
MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN #2 3.99
MARVELS PROJECT #2 (OF 8) 3.99
MARVELS PROJECT #2 (OF 8) PAREL VAR
MODELS INC #1 (OF 4) 3.99
MUPPET ROBIN HOOD #4 (OF 4) 2.99
NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD TURQUOISE T/S LG 17.99
NOMAD GIRL WITHOUT A WORLD #1 (OF 4) 3.99
OLYMPUS #4 (OF 4) 3.50
PAUL AUSTERS CITY OF GLASS 14.00
PAUL THE SAMURAI COMPLETE WORKS TP 29.95
PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #74 (MR) 4.99
RED HERRING #2 (OF 6) 2.99
RED MONKEY DOUBLE HAPPINESS BOOK HC 22.99
RED ROBIN #4 2.99
ROCK CANDY HC 29.99
SECRET SIX #13 2.99
SHIELD #1 3.99
SHIELD #1 VAR ED
SILENT MOBIUS COMPLETE ED GN VOL 01 14.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #204 2.50
SOULFIRE VOLUME TWO #0 2.50

SQUIRREL MACHINE HC 18.99 Buzz is mounting for this one. Creator Hans Rickheit has been in the on-deck box to be a breakout indy darling for a while now, can't wait to check it out.

STAR TREK NERO #2 3.99
STITCHES HC 24.95
STORMWATCH PHD #23 2.99
STUFF OF LEGEND #1 (OF 2) NEW PTG 4.99
SUPER HUMAN RESOURCES TP SEASON 01 12.95
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #7 (OF 12) 2.99
SUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #7 (OF 12) VAR ED
TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN TP VOL 02 19.99
TANK GIRL REMASTERED ED GN VOL 03 (MR) 14.95
THOR TALES OF ASGARD BY LEE & KIRBY #5 (OF 6) 3.99
THUNDERBOLTS #135 70TH FRAME VAR DKR
THUNDERBOLTS #135 DKR 2.99
TITANS #17 2.99
TITANS LOCKDOWN TP 14.99
TOYFARE #147 DC DIRECT BATMAN CVR 4.99
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED TP VOL 11 7.99
TRANSFORMERS TALES O/T FALLEN #2 (OF 5) 3.99
TYRESE GIBSONS MAYHEM #2 (OF 3) 2.99
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #2 3.99
UNWRITTEN #5 (MR) 2.99
VAMPIRELLA SECOND COMING #1 1.99

WAR OF KINGS WHO WILL RULE ONE-SHOT 3.99 I don't care what video game you're playing right now, turn it off for a few minutes and pick this up. It'll be better, I promise. And won't it be nice to be around actual people for at least a little bit?

WAR THAT TIME FORGOT TP VOL 02 17.99
WARLORD #6 2.99
WEDNESDAY COMICS #10 (OF 12) 3.99
WEST COAST BLUES HC 18.99
WITCHBLADE #130 SEJIC CVR A 2.99
X-MEN FOREVER #7 3.99
YTHAQ PREM HC NO ESCAPE (MR) 24.99

Time to suit up!
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