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It's the Year of the Dragon and we're
Celebrating our 30th Year in Business:

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Eisner Award winner Nate Powell signing on Saturday, April 14th at The Comic Book Store in Little Rock!

Noon to 2:00 P.M.

Nate will be signing his latest releases.
Join the crowd to welcome back this Arkansas native who achieved success in the comics industry, and cracked the New York Times Bestseller list.
Parachuters are welcome, but leave your guns at home -- and driving a tank to the store definitely won't be necessary!
For more information on Nate Powell, visit his website: www.seemybrotherdance.org

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SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28th, 2012

***MARVEL COMICS***

ASTONISHING X-MEN #48 REGULAR & 50th ANNIVERSARY AJA VARIANT EDITIONS
AVENGERS #24.1
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #0 REGULAR & MULTIPLE LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #5
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #628
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #23
DAREDEVIL #10
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER WAY STATION #4
DEADPOOL MAX 2 #6
DOROTHY OF OZ PREQUEL #1 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
FF #16
GHOST RIDER #9
MIGHTY THOR #12
MOON KNIGHT #11
NEW AVENGERS #23
SPIDER-MAN #24
TWELVE #11
ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #8
UNCANNY X-FORCE #23
WOLVERINE PUNISHER GHOST RIDER OFFICIAL INDEX MARVEL UNIVERSE #8
X-MEN LEGACY #264

***DC COMICS***

ACTION COMICS #1 5th PRINT VARIANT
ALL STAR WESTERN #7
AQUAMAN #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
BATMAN #1 4th PRINT VARIANT
BATMAN #4 3rd PRINT VARIANT
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #1 3rd PRINT VARIANT
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #6 2nd PRINT VARIANT
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
BLACKHAWKS #7
FLASH #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
FURY OF FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MEN #7
GREEN ARROW #5
GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
I VAMPIRE #7
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #7
LEGION SECRET ORIGIN #6
NEW DEADWARDIANS #1
SAVAGE HAWKMAN #7
SCALPED #57
SPACEMAN #5
SUPERMAN #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
TEEN TITANS #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
UNCHARTED #5
UNWRITTEN #35.5
VOODOO #7

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

ANGEL & FAITH #8
ARCHIE #631
BPRD HELL ON EARTH PICKENS COUNTRY HORROR #1 REG & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
CHARMED #20
CHOKER #6
COBRA ONGOING #11
FATALE #1 4th PRINT VARIANT
FLASH GORDON ZEITGIEST #4
FUTURAMA #60
G.I. JOE 2 RETALIATION MOVIE PREQUEL #3
GREEN HORNET #23
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #70
GRIMM FAIRY TALES MYTHS & LEGENDS #14
HAWKEN #3
HELLRAISER #12
INFESTATION 2 G.I. JOE #2 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
JURASSIC STRIKE FORCE 5 #3
KING CONAN PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #3
MAGIC THE GATHERING #3 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
MORNING GLORIES #17
PATRICIA BRIGGS ALPHA & OMEGA CRY WOLF VOL.1 #6
ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED #6
STAR TREK ONGOING #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
STAR WARS DAWN OF THE JEDI FORCE STORM #1 2nd PRINT VARIANT
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #8 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITION
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE ONGOING #2 2nd PRINT VARIANT
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #3 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDS
VOLTRON #4
WALKING DEAD #95
WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #11 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
WARRIORS OF MARS #2 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS

***MISCELLANEOUS***

BETTY & VERONICA FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #223
CAPTAIN AMERICA DEATH OF RED SKULL TPB
DRAW #22
GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #146
GONE TO AMERIKAY HC
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA DARK THINGS TPB
LIFE WITH ARCHIE #18
PREVIEWS #283 APRIL 2012
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU TPB
SINCEREST FORM OF PARODY SATIRICAL COMICS TPB
WOLVERINE AND NICK FURY SCORPIO TPB


SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, March 21ST, 2011

***MARVEL COMICS***

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #682 REGULAR & LIMITED DELLOTTO VARIANT EDITIONS
ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS DAMNED SCOUNDREL #5
AVENGERS X-TINCTION #4 REGULAR & LIMITED YU VARIANT EDITIONS
DEADPOOL #52
FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #11
FORMIC WARS SILENT STRIKE #4
GENERATION HOPE #17
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #514
JOHN CARTER GODS OF MARS #1
KICK ASS 2 #7
MARVELS AVENGERS PRELUDE FURYS BIG WEEK #2
NEW MUTANTS #39
SCARLET SPIDER #1 3rd PRINT VARIANT
SCARLET SPIDER #2 2nd PRINT VARIANT
SUPER CROOKS #1
THUNDERBOLTS #171
UNCANNY X-MEN #9
WOLVERINE #303
X-FACTOR #233

***DC COMICS***

BATMAN #7 REGULAR & COMBO & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #2
BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL. 2 #6 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
BIRDS OF PREY #7
BLUE BEETLE #7
BLUE BIRDS OF PREY #NONE
CAPTAIN ATOM #7
CATWOMAN #7
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #26
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #7
DIABLO #3
DOMINIQUE LAVEAU VOODOO CHILD #1
FABLES #115
HELLBLAZER #289
JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 7th PRINT VARIANT
JUSTICE LEAGUE #7 REGULAR & COMBO & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #7
NIGHTWING #7
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #7
SUICIDE SQUAD #6 2nd PRINT VARIANT
SUPERGIRL #7
THUNDER AGENTS VOL. 2 #5
TINY TITANS #50
WONDER WOMAN #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
YOUNG JUSTICE #14

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #14
ARMY OF DARKNESS ONGOING #2
BART SIMPSON COMICS #69
BPRD HELL ON EARTH LONG DEATH #2
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #10
DARKNESS #101
FATALE #2 3rd PRINT VARIANT
FATHOM VOL. 4 #5
GHOSTBUSTERS ONGOING #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
GOON #38
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #7
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #69
GRIMM FAIRY TALES ALICE IN WONDERLAND #3
GRIMM FAIRY TALES JUNGLE BOOK #1
HAUNT #22
HEART #4
HELLRAISER MASTERPIECES #10
INFESTATION 2 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #2 REGULAR & LIMITED VAR EDS
KIRBY GENESIS SILVER STAR #4
MEMORIAL #4
MONOCYTE #3
NEAR DEATH #6
NO PLACE LIKE HOME #2
PEANUTS #3 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
PLANET OF THE APES #12
RAGEMOOR #1
ROBOCOP ROAD TRIP #4
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES #1 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
ROGER LANGRIDGES SNARKED #4
SMOKE AND MIRRORS #1
SNAKE EYES ONGOING #11
SONIC UNIVERSE #38
STAN LEES MIGHTY 7 #1
STAR TREK LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #6 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
STAR WARS DAWN OF THE JEDI FORCE STORM #2
STEED AND MRS PEEL #3
STEPHEN KING JOE HILL ROAD RAGE #2
STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE #F6
SUPER DINOSAUR #9
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE ONGOING #2 2nd PRINT VARIANT
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #2 2nd PRINT VARIANT
VAMPIRELLA #15
WITCHBLADE #154
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #9

***MISCELLANEOUS***

AVENGERS ROAD TO MARVEL AVENGERS TPB
DR. WHO MAGAZINE #444
FLASHPOINT WORLD OF FLASHPOINT GREEN LANTERN TPB
FLASHPOINT WORLD OF FLASHPOINT THE FLASH TPB
FREAKY MONSTERS MAGAZINE #8
JUSTICE LEAGUE RISE AND FALL TPB
KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA ARCHIVES VOL. 2 TPB
SAILOR MOON KODANSHA EDITION VOL. 4 TPB
SCARY MONSTERS 2012 YEARBOOK MONSTER MEMORIES #20
SONIC GENESIS HC
VENOM BY RICK REMEMDER VOL. 1 TPB
X-MEN FIRST TO LAST TPB


SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14th, 2012

***MARVEL COMICS***

AVENGERS #24
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #1 REGULAR & BLANK VARIANT EDITIONS
BATTLE SCARS #5
CAPTAIN AMERICA #9
CARNAGE USA #4
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #22
FANTASTIC FOUR #604
INCREDIBLE HULK #6
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #605
POWERS #9
PUNISHER #9
SCARLET SPIDER #3
SUPER HEROES #24
ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #9
WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #7
X-23 #21
X-MEN LEGACY #263

***DC COMICS***

BATGIRL #7
BATMAN AND ROBIN #7
BATWOMAN #7
CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #67
DEATHSTROKE #7
DEMON KNIGHTS #7
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #7
GREEN LANTERN #7
GRIFTER #7
LEGION LOST #7
MISTER TERRIFIC #7
MY GREATEST ADVENTURE #6
RAY #4
RESURRECTION MAN #7
SAUCER COUNTRY #1
SHADE #6
SUICIDE SQUAD #7
SUPERBOY #7
UNWRITTEN #15

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

ADVENTURE TIME #1 2nd PRINT VARIANT
ADVENTURE TIME #2
BUCKEROO BANZAI #1
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 FREEFALL #7
CHARMED #19
COMICS THREE STOOGES ONE SHOT #1
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
DARK SHADOWS #4
DARK MATTER #3
DEAD RISING ROAD TO FORTUNE #3
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL. 2 #15
ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #9
EXILE ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #1
FATHOM KIANI VOL. 2 #0
GODZILLA LEGENDS #5 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
GOLD DIGGER #136
GRIMM FAIRY TALES #68
INFESTATION 2 G.I. JOE #1
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #184
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE BURNING HAND #3
LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS #5
MEGA MAN #11
MOUSE GUARD BLACK AXE #4
NINJETTES #2
ORBIT CAST OF DOCTOR WHO DIRECT MARKET EDITION #1
ORBIT JACK KIRBY #1
ROBERT E. HOWARDS SAVAGE SWORD #4
SAGA #1
SHERLOCK HOLMES VICTORIAN KNIGHTS #2
SIMPSONS COMICS #188
STAR WARS AGENT OF THE EMPIRE IRON ECLIPSE #4
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC WAR #3
STRAIN #4
THIEF OF THIEVES #2
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE ONGOING #1 2nd PRINTING
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE ONGOING #3
WAR GODDESS #6
WARLORD OF MARS #16 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
WILLIAM SHATNER MAN OF WAR GOING #1

***MISCELLANEOUS***

AME COMI WONDER WOMAN REPAINT PVC FIGURE STATUE
ASTONISHING THOR TPB
AVENGERS KORVAC SAGA TPB NEW PRINTING
COMICS BUYERS GUIDE #1688 APRIL 2012
DC UNIVERSE BY ALAN MOORE HC
ESSENTIAL X-MEN VOL. 10 TPB
FLASHPOINT WORLD OF FLASHPOINT BATMAN TPB
MARVEL FIRSTS 1970s VOL. 2 TPB
SAILOR MOON MAGNET SET
SMURFS VOL. 11 SMURF OLYMPICS GN
STARCRAFT PREMIUM SERIES 2 KERRIGAN ACTION FIGURE
STARCRAFT PREMIUM SERIES 2 TYCUS ACTION FIGURE


SHIPMENT LIST FOR WEDNESDAY, March 7th, 2011

***MARVEL COMICS***

AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1 REGULAR & BLANK VARIANT EDITIONS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #681
AVENGERS ACADEMY #27
AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #9
AVENGERS X-SANCTION #3 2nd PRINT McGUINNESS VARIANT
DEFENDERS #4
FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #10
HULK #49
MARVEL AVENGERS PRELUDE FURYS BIG WEEK #1
MARVEL AVENGERS PRELUDE THOR HOME ALONE #NONE
THOR DEVIANTS SAGA #5
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8
UNCANNY X-MEN #8
VENOM #14
VILLAINS FOR HIRE #4
WINTER SOLDIER #3
WOLVERINE #302
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #3
X-CLUB #4
X-MEN #26

***DC COMICS***

ACTION COMICS #7 REGULAR & COMBO & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
ANIMAL MAN #7
BATMAN #5 2nd PRINT VARIANT
BATWING #7
BEYOND THE FRINGE #1
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #25
DETECTIVE COMICS #7 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
FAIREST #1 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITIONS
GREEN ARROW #7
HAWK AND DOVE #7
HUNTRESS #6
IZOMBIE #23
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #7
MEN OF WAR #7
NIGHT FORCE #1
NIGHT NURSE RETURNS #NONE
OMAC #7
RED LANTERNS #7
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #19
STATIC SHOCK #7
STORMWATCH #7
SUPERNATURAL #6
SWAMP THING #7
SWEET TOOTH #31

***INDEPENDENT COMICS***

BETTIE PAGE IN DANGER #2
BOYS #64
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES IV #2
FATALE #3
FERALS #3
GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #10
G.I. JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #175
G.I. JOE ONGOING VOL. 2 #11
HELLRAISER MASTERPIECES #9
HONEY BADGER ADVENTURES #1
INFESTATION 2 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 REG & LIM VAR EDS
IRREDEEMABLE #35
KIRBY GENESIS CAPTAIN VICTORY #4
LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS #1 & #2 REPRISE EDITION
THE LONE RANGER #3
MAGDELENA #11
MANHATTEN PROJECTS #1
MICE TEMPLAR VOL. 3 #8
NEXT MEN AFTERMATH #41
RACHEL RISING #6
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE OF THE WORLD #22
ROBERT JORDON VS MICHAEL JORDAN -- SLAM DUNK #NONE
SPAWN #217
STAR WARS CRIMSON EMPIRE III EMPIRE LOST #5
STITCHED #3
SUPURBIA #1
30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #5
TOY STORY #1
TRUE BLOOD FRENCH QUARTER #6 REGULAR & LIMITED VARIANT EDITION
VALEN OUTCAST #4
VAMPIRELLA VS DRACULA #2
WULF #5

***MISCELLANEOUS***

BATMAN BIRTH OF THE DEMON TPB
BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #199
FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND #250
FLASHPOINT TPB
FLASHPOINT COMPLETE PIN SETS
STAR WARS CLONE WARS YEARS VOL. 7 ENEMY WITHIN TPB
TRANSFORMERS MOVIE TPBÕ



Doctor Who and Michael


DOCTOR WHO -- A NEW VIEWER'S GUIDE

If you've never been introduced to Doctor Who, or only seen shows from the New Millennium, the older mythos can be difficult to try and find where to start -- given there is a Forty Year history!

I recently dove into this past, and here's my Guide for new viewers: Enter here to adventure in Time And Relative Dimensions In Space!





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The WILD STARS go digital!

Beginning with Force Majeure: Prairie Bay #1, I've made all of the Wild Stars comics available in Digital Format. They're available to read online, or for downloading, at:

www.mydigitalcomics.com

To read more about the special features of the expanded digital version of Wild Stars: The Book of Circles graphic novel, check out the new Hidden Wild Stars page!



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I've started a new section on the History of Comics. For the initial overview of how comics are made, start here.


Tarzan of the Apes is the first subject. Tarzan is a character who has been an integral part of the comics industry since the very beginning of the artform.



Click here for the full history of Tarzan of the Comics!







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Walt Disney and The Good Duck Artist


The next Comics History page is devoted to the legendary Carl Barks.

Carl Barks was always one of my favorite storytellers, being both an exceptional artist and extraordinary storyteller. It was a rare combination.

If you'd like a quick tour of the career of the man who, because he worked in an age before printed credits, was known as The Good Duck Artist, all you have to do is click this link: Disney Ducks!

Walt Disney Comics & Stories and Uncle Scrooge and the images on both sides are TM and (C) by Walt Disney Co.

Destination Comics!








Both
Collector's Edition and The Comic Book Store were a Destination Comics! feature location in issue #1664 (April 2010) of the Comics Buyer's Guide magazine.










I've added a new section to try and dispell a common misconception about the comic book industry.

Comic Book Store owners always get a bad rap, as the public perception is that we're all like the rude, Simpson's Comic Book Store Guy, laziing around, and surrounded by nothing but food and big stacks of Super-Hero comics.

Like a Super-Hero, my other hobbies involve a mask and breathing apparatus, specialized training that includes rescue, dangerous activities and encounters with deadly animals, plus travel around the world to exotic locations, including a trip down the road to a lost civilization.

These are the incredible, but true adventures of a masked Comic Book Store Guy:

Check out the new Dive Log.

Swimming in liquid topaz

New page in the Bonus section.

We've all heard of Good Luck Charms.
Here are my experiences in surviving an extremely potent Bad Luck Charm.
Decades ago I read a comment by award-winnning science-fiction and fantasy writer Michael Moorcock, who refered to writing as an act of exorcism.
This is my exorcism:
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Nothing here to do with publishing or such. This page is a community service where I share, for the benfit of others, my experiences in dealing with lightning, felled trees and insurance companies. Even included a recent tornado experience.


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What's new with the Wild Stars?

Now available for order is the 25th Anniversary Edition of Wild Stars: The Book of Circles -- Recalibrated! See the New Millennium section for more details.

Or... check out the free preview of Volume 3 issue #4 presented in it's entirety!

Ask your favorite book or comics dealer to order it:

ISBN #978-0-9748403-1-4

Or follow this link to purchase the Wild Stars on Amazon.com!

If you want to be reading the story in the next five minutes, all of my comics and the 25th Anniversary collection are also available in Digital Format. To read online, or after downloading, simply follow this link to my page at: www.mydigitalcomics.com

To read more about the special features of the expanded digital version of Wild Stars: The Book of Circles graphic novel, check out the new Hidden Wild Stars page!

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For even more of the story behind the Wild Stars story, check out the Wild Stars Production Notes!

Still haven't had enough Wild Stars?

Check out the Bonus Section!

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