This Week’s New Releases and Recommendations

It's time for the last new release Wednesday of the year! Sure, we get comics next week, but that'll be on a Friday, and during the holiday season I'm prone to sentimentality. So, good bye New Release Wednesdays of 2007. I'm sorry you're dead but am quite happy that time continues to move in a normal fashion. To the comics!!

WHAT IF? CIVIL WAR
I'm sure I'm not the only person that was hoping for a Captain America-inflicted ass kicking of Iron Man in Marvel's CIVIL WAR mini-series. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that everybody I've ever met in my entire life hates Iron Man and his stupid Superhero Registration Act. Well, bring on WHAT IF? CIVIL WAR, where everyone gets what they want and Cap is ultimately victorious and everything goes great!............OR DOES IT?!?!
Not to be confused with WHAT THE?! CIVIL WAR, in which Tony Stork still wins the CIVIL WAR and Ghost Writer fights Goose Rider!

SPECIAL FORCES #2
Wow. I thought the first issue of SPECIAL FORCES was pretty controversial, but ZOMG! check out the cover to issue two! I'm curious to see where this goes with all but two characters dying in the first issue.

MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Not only is this thing full of holiday cheer, it's full of delicious cake as well! Last year's MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL was great and with Mike Carey and Fred Hembeck at the helm, the (not quite a) streak looks to be intact.

"What about the full list of comics?", you ask. "Click the link below!", I say.

DARK HORSE COMICS

AUG070126 ALIENS OMNIBUS VOL 2 TP $24.95
SEP070125 BLACK CAT CLUB EMBROIDERED PATCH $5.99
NOV070089 CITY OF OTHERS LOGO T/S MENS LG $29.99
NOV070090 CITY OF OTHERS LOGO T/S MENS XL $29.99
NOV070082 CRIMINAL MACABRE LOGO T/S MENS LG $29.99
NOV070081 CRIMINAL MACABRE LOGO T/S MENS MED $29.99
NOV070083 CRIMINAL MACABRE LOGO T/S MENS XL $29.99
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NOV070080 CRIMINAL MACABRE LOGO T/S WOMENS XL $29.99
OCT070036 GRENDEL BEHOLD THE DEVIL #2 (OF 8) $3.50
JUL070057 GUNSMITH CATS OMNIBUS VOL 4 TP $16.95
JUN070047 OH MY GODDESS VOL 7 RTL TP $10.95
MAY060028 PLASTICLAND HC $29.95
OCT070034 REX MUNDI DH ED #9 $2.99
OCT070026 ROBERT E HOWARDS CONAN FROST GIANTS DAUGHTER ONE SHOT $3.50
OCT070047 SCREAM #2 (OF 4) $2.99
SEP070096 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES VOL 10 TP $6.95
JUL070047 STAR WARS DARK TIMES #7 $2.99
SEP070123 STATIONERY SET JOE LEDBETTER $4.99
OCT070048 UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE #4 (OF 6) $2.99
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DC COMICS

OCT070137 BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #3 $2.99
OCT070165 BIRDS OF PREY #113 $2.99
OCT070155 CATWOMAN #74 $2.99
OCT070170 CHECKMATE #21 $2.99
OCT070122 COUNTDOWN ARENA #3 (OF 4) $3.99
OCT070129 COUNTDOWN RAY PALMER SUPERWOMAN BATWOMAN #1 $2.99
OCT070168 COUNTDOWN SPECIAL THE ATOM 80 PAGE GIANT #2 (OF 2) $4.99
OCT070116 COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS 19 $2.99
OCT070151 DETECTIVE COMICS #839 (GHUL) $2.99
OCT070176 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #16 $2.99
SEP070220 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES AN EYE FOR AN EYE TP $17.99
OCT070212 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES IN THE 31ST CENTURY #9 $2.25
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IMAGE COMICS

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OCT072009 GLISTER #3 $5.99
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JUL071979 MADAME MIRAGE #4 $2.99
JUL071962 SPECIAL FORCES #2 (OF 6) $2.99

MARVEL COMICS

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OCT078037 CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 (OF 5) 2ND PTG (PP #793) $2.99
OCT072199 DAILY BUGLE JANUARY PI
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OCT072183 X-MEN TP BLINDED BY THE LIGHT $14.99
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WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

NOV073230 QUESADA SGN MILESTONE 3 PACK PI
SEP073269 STAR WARS 3 D MOVIE POSTER SCULPTURE SET PI
NOV073226 TOYFARE EXC SOUTH PARK BEEFCAKE CARTMAN AF PI
OCT073180 WIZARD ANIME INSIDER 2008 PREVIEW CVR #52 $4.99

COMICS

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OCT073747 2000 AD #1566 $4.50
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OCT073598 COMPLETE CLIVE BARKERS GREAT AND SECRET SHOW HC $55.00
OCT073597 COMPLETE CLIVE BARKERS GREAT AND SECRET SHOW TP $35.00
SEP073983 DEMON ORORON ULTIMATE ED GN $19.99
AUG073610 DF BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS SGN #1 $19.99
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AUG074289 DOONESBURY WELCOME TO THE NERD FARM TP $18.95
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OCT073255 EVE VAMPIRE DIVA #1 (OF 4) $3.95
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SEP074065 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST VOL 15 TP $9.99
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OCT073444 GI JOE AMERICAS ELITE #30 $5.50
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AUG073312 HAUNTED MANSION VOL 1 WELCOME FOOLISH MORTAL HC $49.95
OCT073736 HERO BY NIGHT ONGOING #1 $3.99
SEP074066 INUBAKA CRAZY FOR DOGS VOL 6 TP $9.99
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OCT073733 LOCH THREATS FROM ABOVE SOFTCOVER WITH DVD $13.95
JUL073445 LONE RANGER FOIL CVR #10 PI
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OCT073352 SIMPSONS COMICS #137 $2.99
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