By my count, it took exactly three weeks of doing these posts about what's new every week before I totally deviated from the course. Yeah, there are a bunch of good comics coming out this week. DC's WWIII books are of special importance and excitement, so I'll be reading those first. Justice League #8 is also on my list. Marvel's got a bunch of Civil War TPs that aren't on my list, but I'm sure a lot of you are psyched about. But there is one book that deserves all of my attention this week.

AVRIL LAVIGNE'S MAKE 5 WISHES VOL 1
'Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes' cover
Wow. How did I not know about this? This is the most exciting comics news in months! First Avril Lavigne puts out an "awesome" new album and now she's got her own manga line courtesy of Del Rey Manga (a division of Random House). I bet the kids are "stoked" about this. How can they not be?

I needed more information, so I stole this from ICv2:

Avril Lavigne has been involved in the creative process that led to the development of this series and the Canadian rocker also appears as a character in the narrative about an introverted teenage girl who stumbles onto a Website where a demon grants her five wishes -- although, unfortunately the shy girl's wishes don't always turn out as expected.

Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes Vol. 1 ($12.95) will be released on April 10th, while Avril Lavigne's new CD The Best Damn Thing will debut on April 17th. Rocker Courtney Love certainly scored a hit for Tokyopop with her Princess Ai manga series (see "Princess Ai Comic Strip"), and Del Rey is obviously hoping that Avril LaVigne will be able to work a similar magic with her manga project.
Courtney Love? The mystery of female rock stars who shouldn't have comics gets deeper! Why is this happening? It's like an episode of Scooby Doo! I hope that introverted girl from Avril's story didn't wish for copies of the Courtney Love manga. Jeepers.
Oh yeah...here are the rest of this week's books not involving Courtney Love and Avril Lavigne:

DARK HORSE COMICS

DEC060069 CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARACTER #5 PIGPEN STATUE $39.95
FEB070075 CONAN #39 (MR) $2.99
FEB070098 GHOST IN THE SHELL 1.5 HUMAN ERROR PROCESSOR #7 (OF 8) $2.99
DEC060064 OH MY GODDESS VOL 26 TP $10.95

DC COMICS

FEB070242 52 WEEK #50 $2.50
FEB070265 AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #51 $2.99
FEB070345 ARMY @ LOVE #2 (MR) $2.99
JAN070265 BATMAN AND THE MAD MONK TP $14.99
FEB070267 BIRDS OF PREY #105 $2.99
FEB070266 BRAVE AND THE BOLD #3 $2.99
JAN070333 CANON VOL 1 $9.99
DEC060322 DC MINIMATES WAVE THREE (RES) PI
FEB070349 DMZ #18 (MR) $2.99
FEB070339 EX MACHINA #27 (MR) $2.99
SEP060334 FIRST APPEARANCE SER 4 AQUAMAN AF PI
SEP060333 FIRST APPEARANCE SER 4 ATOM AF PI
SEP060335 FIRST APPEARANCE SER 4 BLUE BEETLE AF PI
SEP060332 FIRST APPEARANCE SER 4 MARTIAN MANHUNTER AF PI
SEP060331 FIRST APPEARANCE SER 4 WARLORD AF PI
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FEB070353 HELLBLAZER #231 (MR) $2.99
JAN070374 HELLBLAZER REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL TP (MR) $14.99
FEB070281 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #8 $2.99
FEB070282 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VAR ED #8 $2.99
FEB070306 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #1 $2.25
FEB070290 MANHUNTER #30 $2.99
FEB070252 NIGHTWING ANNUAL #2 $3.99
JAN070339 RECIPE FOR GERTRUDE VOL 4 $9.99
FEB070250 ROBIN #161 $2.99
FEB070311 SCOOBY DOO #119 $2.25
FEB070291 SHADOWPACT #12 $2.99
JAN070318 SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN VOL 3 TP $16.99
FEB070296 SPIRIT #5 $2.99
JAN070273 SUPERMAN BATMAN #34 $2.99
FEB070357 TESTAMENT #17 (MR) $2.99
FEB070342 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE #6 (MR) $2.99
JAN070323 WONDER WOMAN THE GREATEST STORIES EVER TOLD TP $19.99
FEB070239 WORLD WAR III PART FOUR UNITED WE STAND $2.50
FEB070236 WORLD WAR III PART ONE A CALL TO ARMS $2.50
FEB070238 WORLD WAR III PART THREE HELL IS FOR HEROES $2.50
FEB070237 WORLD WAR III PART TWO THE VALIANT $2.50

IMAGE COMICS

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NOV061867 DRAIN #3 (MR) $2.99
FEB071907 GIRLS #24 (MR) $2.99
FEB071937 HERO BY NIGHT #2 (OF 4) $2.99
NOV061872 INVINCIBLE #40 $2.99
DEC061885 NEGATIVE BURN #10 (MR) $5.99
FEB071896 ROCKETO VOL 2 TP JOURNEY TO THE HIDDEN SEA $19.99

MARVEL COMICS

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FEB072193 ANNIHILATION BOOK 2 HC $29.99
JAN072362 AVENGERS EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES II #8 (OF 8) $3.99
FEB072156 CABLE DEADPOOL #39 $2.99
JAN072438 CIVIL WAR AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP $17.99
FEB072200 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE BOOK 1 TP $14.99
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JAN072439 CIVIL WAR THUNDERBOLTS TP $13.99
FEB072206 DAREDEVIL DEVIL INSIDE & OUT VOL 2 TP $14.99
FEB072136 MARVEL ADVENTURES AVENGERS #12 $2.99
FEB072213 MARVEL ADVENTURES FLIP MAGAZINE #24 $4.99
FEB072214 MARVEL HEROES FLIP MAGAZINE #24 $4.99
JAN072357 MARVEL SPOTLIGHT SPIDER-MAN $2.99
FEB072138 MIGHTY AVENGERS #2 CWI $2.99
FEB078041 MIGHTY AVENGERS 2ND PTG CHO VAR #1 (PP #759) $3.99
NOV062306 MOON KNIGHT #9 CW $2.99
FEB072181 ORSON SCOTT CARDS WYRMS #3 (OF 6) $2.99
JAN072419 PREY ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES TP $10.99
FEB072209 PUNISHER MAX VOL 7 MAN OF STONE TP (MR) $15.99
FEB072109 SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #37 $2.99
FEB072150 SQUADRON SUPREME HYPERION VS NIGHTHAWK #4 (OF 4) $2.99
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FEB072164 X-23 TARGET X #5 OF(6) $2.99
FEB072165 X-FACTOR #18 $2.99
FEB072167 X-MEN #198 $2.99
FEB072207 YOUNG AVENGERS VOL 2 FAMILY MATTERS TP $17.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

FEB073051 WIZARD ANIME INSIDER EXC TSUBASA CVR #44 $4.99
FEB073065 WIZARD HOW TO DRAW 3 PACK PI

ALL OTHER PUBLISHERS

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JAN073976 GOLGO 13 VOL 8 GN (MR) $9.99
MAR073467 GRAHAM CRACKERS EXCLUSIVE WITCHBLADE WICKED SET $8.99
JAN073947 HANA KIMI VOL 17 GN $9.99
JAN073967 INUBAKA CRAZY FOR DOGS VOL 2 TP $9.99
FEB073169 JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #19 $2.49
FEB073096 LAST SANE COWBOY & OTHER STORIES GN (MR) $12.95
FEB073462 LOVE & ROCKETS VOL 2 #19 (MR) $4.50
JAN073773 MISS DD VOL 4 GN (A) $9.95
JAN074168 MY SO CALLED PUNK TP $14.95
DEC063333 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD JUST A GIRL (MR) $2.99
DEC063334 NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD JUST A GIRL BUSCH PAINTED CVR (MR) $2.99
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FEB073651 PHANTOM #12 (O/A) $3.50
FEB073836 RAMAYAN 3392 AD #8 $2.99
MAR073468 RED SONJA #13 GRAHAM CRACKERS VIRGIN RED FOIL VAR CVR $29.99
JAN073506 RED SONJA #21 $2.99
FEB073401 RIN VOL 3 GN $12.95
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FEB073464 RUNAWAY COMICS #3 (MR) $3.50
JAN073652 SALON GN (MR) $19.95
JAN073974 SHAKUGAN NO SHANA VOL 1 TP $9.99
FEB073260 SIMPSONS COMICS #129 $2.99
FEB073173 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #174 $2.25
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FEB073277 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #39 (O/A) (MR) $2.95
JAN073481 TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE DLX ED #43 (MR) $19.99
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