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New Comics Thursday! – 9/9/10

organizedplay — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:04:53 +0000

A little tardy, but not too bad. The benefit to being a little late with the comics list is that I know for *certain* how good some of these comics are…

JLA Generation Lost (#9 released today!) is one I continue to be really, really big on. Despite the fact that I never read DC during the Max Lord years of villainy, I’m finding that he’s one of the more complex, enjoyable villains I’ve seen. Although I’ve soured on Shadowland somewhat, this week’s Daredevil pushes the storyline in (needed) positive directions.

I’m not quite sure what’s up with Sasha Hammer in Invincible Iron Man, but I don’t think Tony Stark’s completely aware either… at any rate, this is one of the best main character ongoings in Marvel right now for fans of darker, layered storytelling that the company overall has moved away from with the Heroic Age. Finally, I’d like to wrap up with one more Marvel release – Invaders Now #1. I have a bit of a thing for modern renditions of the Golden Age heroes – I have all the issues of The Twelve, and I’m incredibly angry they haven’t released the last three installments – and seeing the Golden Age Vision (NO, IT’S NOT MARTIAN MANHUNTER!@) getting the Invaders back together again is really intriguing. Looking forward to seeing where this one goes!

Full list below the cut!

1 FOR DOLLAR BUFFY THE SLAYER
1 FOR DOLLAR MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER
5 DAYS TO DIE #2 (OF 5)
ADVENTURE COMICS #518
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #641
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #642
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #6 (MR)
ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS OF DAMNED CHARMER #4 (OF 5) (MR)
APE POCKET GOD PROMO COMIC (Net)
ARCHIE & FRIENDS #147
ARCHIE DIGEST #267
ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN WOLVERINE DIRECTORS CUT #1
BATGIRL #14
BATMAN #703
BATMAN AND ROBIN #14
BATMAN ODYSSEY #3 (OF 13)
BOOSTER GOLD #36
BPRD HELL ON EARTH NEW WORLD #2 (OF 5)
CALLING CTHULHU CHRONICLES #3
COMIC BOOK GUY THE COMIC BOOK #3 (OF 5)
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #1
DAREDEVIL #510 SL
DAWN NOT TO TOUCH EARTH (ONE SHOT) (RES)
DAYTRIPPER #10 (OF 10) (MR)
DIAMOND DATELINE SEP 8 2010 (NET)
DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #2
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #15
DR HORRIBLE TP (C: 0-1-2)
DR WHO MAGAZINE #425 (C: 0-1-1)
DRAGON AGE #4
FARSCAPE SCORPIUS #5
GREEN LANTERN #57 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
GREEN LANTERN #57 WHITE LANTERN VAR ED (BRIGHTEST)
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #50 A CVR RIO
HEROIC AGE ONE MONTH TO LIVE #2 (OF 5)
INCREDIBLES #13 (C: 1-0-0)
INVADERS NOW #1 (OF 5)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #30
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #9 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #9 VAR ED (BRIGHTEST)
LAST UNICORN #3
LAST ZOMBIE #2 (OF 5)
LIFE WITH ARCHIE MARRIED LIFE #2
LOONEY TUNES #190
NEW AVENGERS #4
ORSON SCOTT CARDS ENDER IN EXILE #4 (OF 5)
PROMO POSTER BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM ACTION FIGURES (NET)
PROMO POSTER RED MOVIE MINI ONE SHEET POSTER (NET)
PROMO POSTER RED MOVIE ONE SHEET POSTER (NET)
PUNISHER MAX HOT RODS OF DEATH #1 (MR)
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #1
SHADOWLAND BLOOD ON STREETS #2 (OF 4) SL
SHREK #1 (OF 4) (C: 1-0-0)
SONIC UNIVERSE #20
SPAWN #199
THANOS IMPERATIVE #4 (OF 6)
THOR #614
THOR MIGHTY AVENGER #4
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 08 DIRGE (MR)
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 3 #2 (OF 6)
WEIRD WAR TALES #1
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY ONE FOOT GRAVE #3 (OF 6)
X-FORCE SEX AND VIOLENCE #3 (OF 3)
X-MEN #3
300 HC
MMW CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 01 DM VAR ED 14
MMW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 01 DM VAR ED 20
STRANGE TP DOCTOR IS OUT
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 08 DIRGE (MR)

Filed under: New Comics Wednesday Tagged: downtown knoxville, knoxville, new comics wednesday

Well, Actually… We Won’t Be Closed Sunday!

organizedplay — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:12:16 +0000

Had you fooled, didn’t I? In all seriousness, I got Gail to work a few hours on Sunday – from noon til 8 – whilst I’m in West Tennessee. So if you happen to be in downtown for Boomsday, stop on by!

Filed under: Website Update

Comics Next Week Ship Late!

organizedplay — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:20:53 +0000

Because of the Labor Day Holiday, comics for next week won’t arrive until Thursday, Sept. 9. Just thought I’d give a head’s up.

No, really, that’s all!

Filed under: Website Update

New Comics Wednesday – 9/1/10

organizedplay — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:17:28 +0000

Bringing in some more cool stuff this week! We’ve got all of the NON Season 8 Buffy trade paperbacks incoming, as well as the new BTVS Season 8 restart with number 36! It’s been a four long Buffyless months, and I’m sure there’s a number of folks out there who are eager to see Season 8 get back on track!

This week’s biggest release, though, is Wolverine #1! This is the first time in a while that Wolverine’s had his own, dedicated ongoing series that’s really just about him in the present day, and not discussing the Weapon X program or his origins… so it’s pretty exciting! Happily for three-clawed fans, this is the only currently ongoing series for him, so you can hop on board without missing anything!

Full list below the cut!

1 FOR DOLLAR GROO
1 FOR DOLLAR STAR WARS LEGACY
5 DAYS TO DIE #1 (OF 5)
AMAZING SCREW ON HEAD & OTHER CURIOUS OBJECTS HC (C: 0-1-2)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS BLACK CAT #3 (OF 4)
ANGELUS #5 (OF 6)
AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #2 (OF 9)
BALTIMORE PLAGUE SHIPS #2
BATMAN #702
BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #48
BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #207
BOYS #46 (MR)
BRIGHTEST DAY #7
BRIGHTEST DAY #9
BRIGHTEST DAY #9 VAR ED
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #36 LAST GLEAMING PT 1 (OF 5) JEANT
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #36 LAST GLEAMING PT 1 (OF 5) JO CH
CARS ADVENTURES OF TOW MATER #2 (C: 1-0-0)
CHAOS WAR POSTCARDS (BUNDLE OF 100) (NET)
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #23
COWBOY NINJA VIKING #8 (MR)
DARK SONS CHAOS WAR MINI-POSTER (NET)
DEADPOOL PULP #1 (OF 4)
DEADPOOL WADE WILSONS WAR #4 (OF 4)
DIAMOND DATELINE SEP 1 2010 (NET)
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP #14 (OF 24)
FRANKEN-CASTLE #20
FREEDOM FIGHTERS #1
GORILLA MAN #3 (OF 3)
HAUNT #9
HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD #4
HELLBOY THE STORM #3 (OF 3)
HERCULES TWILIGHT OF A GOD #4 (OF 4)
HEROIC AGE ONE MONTH TO LIVE #1 (OF 5)
I AM AN AVENGER #1 (OF 5)
INCREDIBLE HULKS #612
INVADERS BY ALEX ROSS FOLDED PROMO POSTER (NET)
IRON MAN 2 AGENTS OF SHIELD #1
IRON MAN LEGACY #6
IZOMBIE #5 (MR)
JONAH HEX #59
JSA ALL STARS #10
KEVIN SMITH GREEN HORNET #7
LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME #3 (OF 3) A CVR MALEEV (RES) (MR
LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME #3 (OF 3) B CVR TOCCHINI (RES) (
MAGDALENA (ONGOING) #3
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS PUNISHER #3 (OF 4)
MORNING GLORIES #1 2ND PTG (PP #933)
MOUSE GUARD LEGENDS O/T GUARD #3 (OF 4)
NEW MUTANTS FOREVER #2 (OF 5)
OUR ARMY AT WAR #1
PS238 #46
RED HOOD LOST DAYS #4 (OF 6)
SCARLET #2
SCOURGE #1 COVER A ERIC BATTLE
SECRET SIX #25
SHADOWLAND #3 (OF 5) SL
SHADOWLAND ELEKTRA #1 SL
SKY DOLL LACRIMA CHRISTI #2 (OF 2) (MR)
SPIKE THE DEVIL YOU KNOW #3
STAR WARS OLD REPUBLIC #3 (OF 6) (C: 1-0-0)
STRANGE SCIENCE FANTASY #3
SUPERMAN THE LAST FAMILY OF KRYPTON #2 (OF 3)
SWEET TOOTH #13 (MR)
TASKMASTER #1 (OF 4)
THOR FOR ASGARD #1 (OF 6)
TICK NEW SERIES #5
TIME MASTERS VANISHING POINT #2 (OF 6)
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 02 LUST FOR LIFE NEW ED (MR)
WIRE HANGERS #4
WOLVERINE #1
WOLVERINE BY JAE LEE FOLDED PROMO POSTER (NET)
WOLVERINE ROAD TO HELL #1
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS SMOKE AND BLOOD #1
YOUNG ALLIES #4
BEST OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR HC VOL 01
DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #1 (OF 10)
DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #2 (OF 10)
FANTASTIC FOUR HC VOL 01
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #47 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS HC
MYSTIC ARCANA HC
SANDMAN TP VOL 03 DREAM COUNTRY
SANDMAN TP VOL 05 A GAME OF YOU
SANDMAN TP VOL 08 WORLDS END
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 03 INFINITE SADNESS
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS PREM HC NEXT GENERATION
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE (NEW PTG)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE (NEW PTG) (SEP088207)
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN (MR)
BTVS AUTUMNAL TP
BTVS BAD BLOOD TP
BTVS CRASH TEST DEMONS TP
BTVS DUST WALTZ TP
BTVS OUT OF THE WOODWORK TP
BTVS PALE REFLECTIONS TP
BTVS PAST LIVES TP
BTVS RING OF FIRE GN
BTVS TALES OF THE SLAYERS TP
CARS TP VOL 01 ROOKIE
CARS TP VOL 02 RADIATOR SPRINGS (C: 1-0-0)
DAWN OF THE DREADFULS SC (C: 0-1-2)
HACK SLASH OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 (IMAGE ED) (MR)
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #3 (RES)
TALES OF THE VAMPIRES TP
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS 3 #1 (OF 6)

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New Comics – 8/25/10

organizedplay — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:26:35 +0000

Another week of three Brightest Day crossovers, including two of my favorites – JLA: Generation Lost and Green Arrow! We’ve also got a herd of cool Marvel stuff, including Avengers #4 and two of the crossovers in the X-titles’ Vampire storyline (including one with Gambit!) In addition, we’re getting a few copies of the second printing of Bendis’ Scarlet, which sold out in a hustle during its first go-round… it’s got some of the most biting and edgy dialogue (or, as would be more apropos, self-dialogue…) I’ve seen in a Big Two comic for a while.

Full list below the cut!

1 FOR DOLLAR CONAN (NOTE PRICE)
1 FOR DOLLAR GOON
ACTION COMICS #892
ALL NEW WOLVERINE SAGA (EACHES) (Net)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS AMERICAN SON #4 (OF 4)
ASTONISHING X-MEN #35
AVENGERS #4
BART SIMPSON COMICS #55
BATGIRL #13
BATMAN #702
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #20
BETTY & VERONICA #249
BLACK WIDOW #5
BOOSTER GOLD #35
CAPTAIN AMERICA #609
COMIC SHOP LOCATOR SERVICE REGULAR MONTHLY (NET)
DETECTIVE COMICS #868
DIAMOND DATELINE AUG 25 2010 (NET)
FANTASTIC FOUR #582
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #15
GRAVEL #20 (MR)
GREEN ARROW #3 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
GREEN ARROW #3 WHITE LANTERN VAR ED (BRIGHTEST DAY)
HEROIC AGE PRINCE OF POWER #4 (OF 4)
HOUSES O/T BLOODED RPG CORE RULEBOOK (C: 0-1-3)
INVINCIBLE #74 (MR)
JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #163
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #8 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #8 WL VAR ED (BD)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #48 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #48 WL VAR ED (BRIGHTEST)
LAST ZOMBIE #1 (OF 5)
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #4
MADAME XANADU #26 (MR)
MARVEL PREVIEWS #85 FOR CATALOG PACK SEPTEMBER 2010 (NET)
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #1
PREVIEWS #264 SEPTEMBER 2010 CATALOG PACK EXTRAS (NET)
PREVIEWS VOL XX #9 RETAILER EDITION (NET)
PREVIEWS VOL XX #9 RETAILER ORDER FORM (NET)
SCALPED #40 (MR)
SCARLET #1 2ND PTG MALEEV VAR (MR) (PP #929)
SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE
SENSE & SENSIBILITY #4 (OF 5)
SHADOWLAND MOON KNIGHT #1 (OF 3) SL
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #216
SPIDER-GIRL END #1
SPIDER-MAN #5
STAR WARS BLOOD TIES TALE JANGO & BOBA FETT #1 (OF 4) (C: 1-
SUPERMAN BATMAN #75 (NOTE PRICE)
SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #6 (OF 6)
TANK GIRL HAIRY HEROES (ONE SHOT) (MR)
TEEN TITANS #86
THOR #613
TIME MASTERS VANISHING POINT #2 (OF 6)
ULTIMATE COMICS MYSTERY #2 (OF 4)
USAGI YOJIMBO #131
VICTORIANA 2ND ED CORE RULEBOOK (C: 0-1-3)
WONDER WOMAN #602
X-CAMPUS #3 (OF 4)
X-FACTOR #208
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS BLADE #1
X-MEN CURSE OF MUTANTS STORM & GAMBIT #1
X-MEN LEGACY #239
AMERICAN SPLENDOR ANOTHER DAY TP (MR)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR ANOTHER DOLLAR TP (MR)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR OUR MOVIE YEAR GN
BATMAN RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #1 (OF 6) 3RD PTG
DARE DETECTIVES TP VOL 01 SNOWPEA PLOT
DARE DETECTIVES TP VOL 02 THE ROYALE TREATMENT (C: 0-1-2)
GREEN LANTERN #56 (BRIGHTEST DAY)
THANOS IMPERATIVE #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG SEPULVEDA VAR (PP# 924)
ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #2 (OF 5) 2ND PTG CHO VAR (PP
ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #3 (OF 5)

Filed under: New Comics Wednesday Tagged: downtown knoxville, knoxville, new comics wednesday

Sunday Board Gaming – Twilight Imperium!

organizedplay — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:40:36 +0000

We’ve usually had a few board gamers in on Sundays, and we’re going to try to get a steadier crowd out here for a new Sunday Board Game Day! At 2 p.m., Sean McKenna’s going to be hosting a round of Twilight Imperium, the massive space-civ game by Fantasy Flight. If you’ve ever been curious about what that huge box across from the D&D books contains… well, come down and check it out!

Filed under: Store Events

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