ArtisticallyChill

Another 2 week pull at the comic book store today. Last week’s pull was put on hold since we were picking up the ION Drumset that following weekend. Lots of good reading going on this weekend. Hopefully I’ll be able to get through all of these before the Holidays next week.

• ANGEL # 15
• ASTONISHING X-MEN: GHOST BOXES # 2
• BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS # 14
• BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL # 24
• BATMAN PRIVATE CASEBOOK HC Graphic Novel
• BOOSTER GOLD #15
• BUFFY SEASON 8 # 20
• BURN # 6
• DEADPOOL # 5
• DETECTIVE COMICS # 851
• DOKTOR SLEEPLESS # 10
• ECHO # 8
• FATHOM # 4
• FINAL CRISIS # 5 (OF 7)
• FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS #4 (OF 5)
• GEARS OF WAR # 2
• GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #15
• GREEN LANTERN CORPS # 31
• JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA # 27
• THE OUTSIDERS # 14
• SAMURAI – LEGEND # 4
• TANGENT: SUPERMAN’S REIGN # 10 (OF 12)
• TITANS # 8
• TRINITY # 28
• TRINITY # 29
• UNCANNY X-MEN # 505
• THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ # 1
• X-FACTOR # 38
• X-MEN: LEGACY # 219

PICKS OF THE PILE:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 # 20

Acclaimed comic-book writer Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween) was set to executive produce, alongside Joss Whedon and animator Eric Wight, the proposed Buffy animated TV series. While Buffy fans won’t be viewing that show anytime soon, Loeb, Wight, and Whedon offer the next best thing–a comic inspired by the animated series!

Jeph Loeb and Eric Wight take the reins on Buffy Season Eight with this very special one-shot joining series artist Georges Jeanty, in a twisted tale picking up from the time-traveling Buffy/Fray crossover.

FINAL CRISIS # 5

Written by Grant Morrison; Art and covers by J.G. Jones, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino
Humanity enslaved! Time shattered and bleeding! Anti-Life triumphant! Can Earth’s demoralized, beaten heroes rally their scattered forces for the ultimate super-battle against the nightmare armies of Apokolips when the forces of good meet the forces of evil on the bridge to Blüdhaven? As Darkseid’s presence causes reality itself to sicken and the lights to go out across the universe, as even the Guardians fall, the true power of the evil gods finally reveals itself, and a major character returns for a shocking conclusion.

Does the secret of humankind’s salvation lie in a mysterious cave painting and a bolt of lightning? Or has the Last Day come for us all?

SERENA’S TOP PICK: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ # 1

The premiere American fantasy adventure gets the Merry Marvel treatment! Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) teams up with fan-favorite artist Skottie Young (New X-Men) to bring L. Frank Baum’s beloved classic to life! When Kansas farm girl Dorothy flies away to the magical Land of Oz, she fatally flattens a Wicked Witch, liberates a living Scarecrow and is hailed by the Munchkin people as a great sorceress…but all she really wants to know is: how does she get home?

~ LoneWolf