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Your favorite vampire Angel is back for Angel Season 11 #1! Written by Corinna Bechko (Star Wars). Can he change his future by confronting his past? … Dr. Aphra #3, the Darth Vader spin-off is exploring the galaxy and Imperial encampments! 000 and BT-1 had better watch out! … Marvel reaches into it’s classic grab bag for Monsters Unleashed #1 written by Cullen Bunn and drawn by the legendary Steve McNiven! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.
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Bendis’ Ultimate Comics Spider-Man run is record breaking and groundbreaking! Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, now starring Miles Morales as the Web-Slinger hits #200 (with timey-wimey numbering) as everyone celebrates the memory of Peter Parker! Surprises guaranteed! … Vegans! Hardcore Kids! Comic Fans! Run to Liberator - Earth Crisis #2 from Black Mask and #OccupyComics. This issue guest starring the animal friendly tattooed hardcore legends. … Angel and Faith Season 10 #1 is out today, with 200% more Zombpires and Magic! Picks this week from Robin Hood: Outlaw of the 21st Century on Kindle!
Boy, someone must have made me overnight, because with this October change in weather it feels like staying in bed in the daylight hours is the only thing that feels good any more. When you are literally drained by whatever work stuff, band stuff, or relationship stuff, you’ve just got to perk yourself up with a True Blood marathon or some classic vampire comic books.
Buffy, Angel, Faith and Spike … So I’ve got kind of a problem.
This … is just part of my problem - Buffy and Spike by Phil Noto
While my friend was letting me crash on her couch a few years ago (a required growing pain in this town), she let made me watch my first episode of Joss Whedon’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Years before directing Marvel’s The Avengers, Joss established a world in Sunnydale, California where vampires, monsters, demons, and ghouls lived in the Hellmouth below Sunnydale High School. The show lasted seven seasons and spun off good guy vampire Angel (David Boreanaz of Bones) into a five-season run.
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Way back in April, Earth Prime Time introduced you to the affordable masterworks of Jack “King” Kirby for Vol. 1 of Fourth World Omnibus. This week we set the Boomtube to Vol. 3 that includes Deadman, Jimmy Olson and Orion vs. Kalibak. Don’t miss out, the hardcovers are out of print and even harder to find, natch! … Jake the Dog and Finn the Human are taking over the All-Ages comic pick this week. Are they running out of time? Adventure Time #7 that is! … Ahh, his unrequited love for Buffy makes the girls go ga-ga over blonde haired Spike the Vampire. Why is it they always go for the immortal bad boys? The solicit for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike #1 has these words: ‘Steampunk’, ‘Alien’ and ‘Cockroaches’. What What What? … Persnickety picks procured and postulated upon by LeaguePodcast.com!
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Saga debuts this week with a spectacular double-sized issue. Brian K. Vaughn (Lost, Y: The Last Man) returns to comics with breathtaking art from Fiona Staples. Merging sci-fi and fantasy in this epic space opera. Like Star Wars? Duh! This preview is for you! … Queen Crab is an original hardcover from Jimmy Palmiotti about a newlywed Ginger. She is murdered by her husband and tossed overboard on their honeymoon. That’s all before she is rejuvenated by the sea and turns into a crab! … Buffy Season Nine continues with issue #7. Will Buffy settle down for a movie night with Spike? Semi-romantic picks from your pals at LeaguePodcast.com.
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Frank Miller (Dark Knight Returns, 300) takes a break from directing and drives it home with the long awaited controversial graphic novel, Holy Terror. Originally slated for DC Comics as “Holy Terror, Batman”, Miller replaces Bruce with a character called The Fixer in this 9/11 anniversary tome that’s “bound to offend just about everybody”. … Fan favorite artist Skottie Young drafts the Edgar Rice Borroughs’ hero John Carter in John Carter - A Princess Of Mars #1. Our resident ape specialist anticipates a drag out fight against the great white apes of Barsoom! … Buffy Season 9 #1 debuts this week, and even the solicit is full of spoilers. Buffy’s no stranger to a fresh start. It’s just like starting over as she relocates to San Francisco - comic book hero capital of the modern world, apparently. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.
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