PREVIEW: Comics for 06/24/2009

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA VOLUME 3 #28

Publisher: DC Comics
Writers: Jerry Ordway
Pencils: Jerry Ordway, Bob Wiacek
Covers: Jerry Ordwa

"PHANTOM MENACE"
A Japanese spirit has appeared to exact revenge on the living symbols of America's atomic warfare while the rest of the JSA reaches out to another founding member for assistance: The Spectre! Continuing the haunting new arc by Jerry Ordway and Bob Wiacek.

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Source: Newsarama


THE LITERALS #3

Publisher: DC Comics/Veritgo
Writers: Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges
Pencils: Mark Buckingham, Andrew Pepoy
Covers: Mark Buckingham.

"THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER", Part 9 of 9
In this issue it's all over. No, not that the big crossover event is over, it's all over for the universe and everyone in it. Kevin Thorn, the Literal embodiment of storytelling, wants to rewrite the universe, beginning again with a new blank page. In this issue he gets his wish. What more is there to say?"

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Source: Comics Continuum


RED SONJA VOLUME 4 #45

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writers: Brian Reed
Pencils: Walter Geovanni
Covers: Fabiano Neves, Jackson Herbert, Paul Renaud
Colorists: Vinicius Andrade

The countdown to issue #50 continues as events once again push Red Sonja towards a destiny unfilled!

Continuing the quest for the Blood Dynasty, Sonja and Osin find themselves caught amongst the victims of the Dynasty and their very fate hangs in the balance! From writer Brian Reed, artist Walter Geovani and cover artists Fabiano Neves, Jackson Herbert and Paul Renaud!

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Source: Comic Book Resources


ZORRO VOLUME 6 #14

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writers: Matt Wagner
Pencils: Cezar Razek
Covers: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla
Colorists: Salvatore Aiala

Our second thrilling story arc concludes here as the events of the last 6 issues come crashing down! Zorro attempts to save Lolita from the "fake" Zorro - Sgt. Gonzales as the two enemies clash for what may be the last time! Plus: Zorro finds love, but what about Diego, his alter-ego! All this under stunning covers by Wagner and Francavilla (who returns as interior artist next issue)!

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Source: Comic Book Resources

EMPOWERED VOLUME 5 TP

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Writers: Adam Warren
Pencils: Adam Warren
Covers: Adam Warren

After saving much of the superhero community from certain doom, costumed crime fighter Empowered is dismayed to find that, in the suspicious eyes of her caped colleagues, she's gone from being merely a "pair of training wheels for supervillains" to possibly being a closeted supervillain herself! Worse yet, she's wrestling with envy and resentment that her roommate Ninjette and boyfriend Thugboy are now more popular in masks-and-tights circles than she is! Meanwhile, our stressed-out superheroine must also unravel an alien-spawned body-image conspiracy, overcome "cosplay" dress-up disasters at work and in bed, and try to survive a potentially lethal confrontation with her teammate Sistah Spooky!

* Empowered Vol. 1 is already in its fourth printing!

* Adam Warren's work on The Dirty Pair is well known to U.S. comics readers.

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Source: Comic Book Resources


FINAL CRISIS: AFTERMATH: INK #2 (of 6)

Publisher: DC Comics
Writers: Eric Wallace
Pencils: Fabrizio Fiorentino
Covers: Brian Stelfreeze

Part 2 of 6
Straight outta Liberty Hills comes a crazy hero named Tattooed Man! With his powers out of control and the police breathing down his neck, Mark Richards is having a hard time keeping up as the new guardian of Liberty Hill. But Mark is dedicated to his new path in life, even if he needs to take a few shortcuts to get what he wants. Will Mark rise above his past or is he doomed to fall back into the gutter?

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Source: Newsarama


SGT ROCK: THE LOST BATTALION #6 (of 6)

Publisher: DC Comics
Writers: Billy Tucci
Pencils: Billy Tucci
Covers: Billy Tucci

Part 6 of 6
It is the day of reckoning. With no choice but to fight to the end, Rock orders a starving and battered Easy Company to fix their bayonets as the Germans close in. But just as all seems lost, enter the bloodied "Iron Little Men" of the 442nd. Is there time for this small band of heroes to go for broke and turn the tide of battle to save The Lost Battalion?

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Source: Newsarama


TEEN TITANS VOLUME 3 #72

Publisher: DC Comics
Writers: Bryan Miller, Sean McKeever
Pencils: Joe Bennett, Jack Jadson
Covers: Joe Bennett

"CHILD'S PLAY: RING AROUND THE ROSIE", Part 1
Thirty pages of story content! In the first feature, Wonder Girl's leadership is put to the test as the team faces the all-new Fearsome Five! In the debut of the 10-page co-feature, Ravager goes solo for the first time, continuing her descent into darkness begun in TERROR TITANS.

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Source: Newsarama

THE PERHAPANAUTS VOLUME 2 #6

Publisher: Image Comics
Writers: Todd Dezago
Pencils: Craig Rousseau, Jason Armstrong, Jamar Nicholas
Covers: Craig Rousseau, Matt Pott

PERHAPANAUTS HALLOWEEN SCARE-FEST Special!

Three stand alone, easily accessible, scary, fun, and chilling tales to get your Halloween on! All written by Todd, with spooky art by Craig, JASON ARMSTRONG (FERRO CITY, Lobster Johnson) and JAMAR NICHOLAS (Detective Boogaloo)!

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Source: Comic Book Resources

DYNAMO 5 #22

Publisher: Image Comics
Writers: Jay Faerber
Pencils: Mahmud A. Asrar, Ron Riley
Covers: Mahmud A. Asrar, Ron Riley

Introducing... The Brain Trust! IQ off the charts? Check. Indestructible super-body? Check. Dynamo 5 in over their heads? Check.

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Source: Newsarama