Every week (almost) the gang at GRC puts together their picks for our 'cream of the crop' merchandise!
Highlights from October 2013
This Week's Highlights!
HARLEY QUINN #0 | |
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DC COMICS (W) Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti (A) Darwyn Cooke & Various (CA) Amanda Conner This bombastic debut issue features art by award-winning illustrators including Darwyn Cooke, Sam Kieth, Tony S. Daniel, Paul Pope, Walter Simonson, Art Baltazar and others-but will any of them measure up to the exacting standards of the Clown Princess of Crime? Don't miss the thrilling return of Harley Quinn in her own monthly series! |
MARVEL HEROCLIX INVINCIBLE IRON MAN BOOSTER BRICK | |
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The armored Avenger returns to the spotlight in this latest Marvel HeroClix set! The Invincible Iron Man introduces the all-new Improved Targeting combat ability to Marvel HeroClix! Make ranged attacks against your enemies in new and exciting ways! Collect the rings of the Mandarin! These special objects are randomly inserted throughout the five-figure boosters, acquire them all and ultimate power will be yours to wield! With 60 all-new figures to add to your collection, popular sub-themes include Iron Man's allies and enemies (both classic and new!), Alpha Flight, and more! Choose from single figures (sold in a 24-count gravity-fed display), or a multi-figure "brick" of five-figure boosters. |
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1 | |
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MARVEL COMICS (W) Christos N. Gage (A) Javier Rodriguez (CA) J. G. Jones
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POP DUCK DYNASTY SI VINYL FIG (C: 1-1-2) | |
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The Robertson family, makers of duck calls and the stars of A&E's Duck Dynasty, join Funko's best-selling POP! Vinyl Figures line! Collect these 3 3/4" tall figures of Jase, Si, Willie, and Phil. Window box packaging |
REGULAR SHOW SKIPS #1 (OF 6) MAIN CVRS | |
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BOOM ENTERTAINMENT (W/A) Madeline Rupert (CA) Madeline Rupert, Kel McDonald WHY WE LOVE IT: No one is more mysterious in the crazy world of REGULAR SHOW than Skips, the park's enigmatic yeti groundskeeper who always seems to know what's going on. Finally, we get to see the world from his point of view. |
TRANSFORMERS DARK CYBERTRON #1 | |
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IDW PUBLISHING (W) James Roberts, John Barber (A) Phil Jimenez & Various (CA) Phil Jimenez THE END OF EVERYTHING! SHOCKWAVE makes a move millions of years in the planning-an ultimate plan to remake Cybertron and destroy both the Autobots and Decepticons! Bringing together the casts of the hit MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE and ROBOTS IN DISGUISE for the first time in two years! |
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ASH & THE ARMY OF DARKNESS #1 | |
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DYNAMIC FORCES (W) Steve Niles (A) Dennis Calero (CA) Ben Templesmith The battle has been fought and won. Ash battled and defeated the Deadite image of himself and save the world. Now all he wants to do is get home a have a normal life. Too bad he messed up the Book of Dead incantation. New series. New start. Will Ash ever escape the land of the Deadites? Will he ever find his girl? Will he ever remember the last part of the incantation? Now an army of unbelievable horrors rules the land and only Ash can annoy them. |
FOREVER EVIL ARGUS #1 (OF 6) | |
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DC COMICS (W) Matt Kindt (A) Manuel Garcia (CA) Brett Booth, Mark Irwin The villains have killed the Justice League and decimated A.R.G.U.S.'s headquarters. Only Steve Trevor and the surviving A.R.G.U.S. agents can pick up the pieces and save the civilian populace from unthinkable evil! |
SANDMAN OVERTURE #1 (OF 6) CVR A (MR) | |
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DC COMICS (W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) J. H. Williams Twenty-five years since THE SANDMAN changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman's legendary series is back! THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE heralds New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman's return to the art form that made him famous, ably abetted by artistic luminary JH Williams III (BATWOMAN, PROMETHEA), whose lush, widescreen images provide an epic scope to The Sandman's origin story. From the birth of a galaxy to the moment that Morpheus is captured, THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE will feature cameo appearances by fan-favorite characters such as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King's siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny. "People have often asked me what happened to Morpheus to make it possible for him to be captured in THE SANDMAN #1," Gaiman said. "And now they get to find out. And finding out, they get to learn secrets of the Endless that I've kept to myself for 25 years. Family secrets. And I should warn you: one of the Endless dies on page five." The first issue of this 6-issue, bimonthly miniseries features a stunning double-page interior foldout. |
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CAPCOM 30TH ANNIV CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA HC (C: 0-1-0) | |
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DK PUBLISHING CO
Established in 1983, Capcom is one of the world's most well-known video game publishers and is recognized for creating many important game franchises, such as Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Street Fighter. The Capcom 30th Anniversary Character Encyclopedia celebrates Capcom's 30 years in the industry and gives fans concise information about every major Capcom character, their key artwork, statistics, background information, and interesting notes on the history of each character and game franchise. Including almost 200 characters from the Capcom family, this Character Encyclopedia sheds new light on these character s in a way nothing else does! |
TRANSFORMERS ULTIMATE POP UP UNIVERSE HC (C: 0-1-1) | |
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HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA (W) Matthew Reinhart New York Times-bestselling paper engineer Matthew Reinhart brings fans the quintessential, unforgettable Transformers pop-up experience, with never-before-seen paper engineering magic! Transformers shift, change, and rise to battle in this spectacular interactive pop-up adventure. Open each page to explore a different part of the vast Transformers universe - then pull the tabs to watch the pop-ups change into entirely new paper creations! Starring more than 35 iconic Transformers characters, Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe offers fans new and old a pop-up experience they won't ever forget. |
VELVET #1 (MR) | |
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IMAGE COMICS (W) Ed Brubaker (A) Steve Epting, Bettie Breitweiser (CA) Steve Epting ED BRUBAKER and STEVE EPTING redefined Captain America with the "Winter Soldier" saga... and everything they've done so far has been leading to VELVET! When the world's best secret agent is killed, Velvet Templeton, the Personal Assistant to the Director of the Agency, is drawn off her desk and back into the field for the first time in nearly 20 years... and is immediately caught in a web of mystery, murder and hi-octane action. Sexy and provocative, with a dark twist on the spy genre, this EXTRA-LENGTH first issue by two of the industry's best-selling creators will knock you out! |