Wednesday, June 11, 2014

This Week's Highlights at Third Eye Comics for Wednesday 6/18/14

KIERON GILLEN (YOUNG AVENGERS, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, PHONOGRAM, UBER) & JAMIE MCKELVIE (YOUNG AVENGERS, PHONOGRAM) debut their new ongoing IMAGE series THE WICKED & THE DIVINE #1
Dude: is Image on a roll this year or what? Seriously, week after week, we’re seeing some of the most cutting edge, and exciting new comics on the market, and the majority are coming from our pals at Image Comics!
In THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans.
They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead.
The team behind the incredible, and critically acclaimed YOUNG AVENGERS run that recently ended reunite to start a new ongoing superhero fantasy with this beautiful oversized first issue.
Welcome to the Wicked + the Divine, where gods are the ultimate pop stars. But, remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever.
Get the Bryan Lee O’Malley variant of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #1 this Wednesday for only $3.50
How can you say no to a new piece of art by SCOTT PILGRIM creator BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY? You can’t!
Seriously though, we love this great new exclusive variant that Bryan did for issue #1 of WICKED + DIVINE, and highly recommend snapping a copy of it this week at Third Eye!
Click here  for a preview of THE WICKED AND THE DIVINE #1 
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DC BOMBSHELLS WEEK 3: The next wave of DC Bombshells covers arrive this week at Third Eye, with Harley Quinn leading the way!
We’re totally amped for the incredible variant covers that DC has been doing with their BOMBSHELLS Month promotion, and this week, delivers the third installment, with some too-freakin’-cool tributes to the pin-up art of yesteryear.
Here’s what’s hitting this week:
  • BATWOMAN #32
  • BATMAN & RAS AL GHUL #32
  • WONDER WOMAN #32
  • HARLEY QUINN #7
Missed the first couple weeks? No worries, we’ve still got plenty of each cover in stock now to get you caught up to date!
Here’s what’s come out already:
  • GREEN LANTERN #32
  • ACTION COMICS #32
  • EARTH 2 #24
  • GREEN LANTERN CORPS #32
  • BATGIRL #32
  • DETECTIVE COMICS #32
  • JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #2
  • SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #9
Click here  to learn how to reserve a full set of BOMBSHELL Covers!
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PAUL POPE’S ESCAPO ARRIVES THIS WEDNESDAY, DELIVERING ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE & IMPRESSIVE GRAPHIC NOVELS OF THE SUMMER!
Meet Paul Pope (BATMAN YEAR 100, BATTLING BOY, 100%, ONE TRICK RIP OFF) at Third Eye on Saturday 6/28!
By now, many of you know, we’re HUGE fans of creator PAUL POPE, with his amazing work on books like BATTLING BOY, THB, 100%, HEAVY LIQUID, and BATMAN YEAR 100.
So, it’s probably no surprise that we’re amped about this week’s ESCAPO arriving.
And, even less of a surprise that we’re even more pumped about our upcoming signing with Mr. Pope.
Like a feverish mash-up of Fellini films,
Heavy Metal magazine, and classic Jack Kirby comics,
Escapo tells the tale of a circus escape artist extraordinaire, who can escape from any situation – even from Death himself!

However, there is one force even more powerful than the Reaper which Escapo must face. A meditation on life, love, and mortality, Escapo is not to be missed!

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THE FOURTH ISSUE IN MARVEL’S EPIC COSMIC MURDER MYSTERY, ORIGINAL SIN, ARRIVES WITH ORIGINAL SIN #4 THIS WEDNESDAY!
The Watcher is dead — and his secrets are out! And, those secrets will pull the heroes of the Marvel Universe in different directions and down darker paths in their quest for answers!
Everyone is a suspect, and no one is safe.
Only now, after the shocking ending of Original Sin #3 — all trails lead directly to the prime suspect.
Is that who killed the Watcher? But why? And, how is that even possible? I mean, it’s THE WATCHER.
Trust no one. That’s the motto of ORIGINAL SIN, and as this issue marks the halfway point of the series, get ready for another game-changing ending that’s even bigger than issue #3′s.
Click here  for a preview of ORIGINAL SIN #4 
Click here  for the Third Eye Guide to ORIGINAL SIN
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SCOTT SNYDER & CREW CONTINUE TO IMPRESS US WITH DC’S WEEKLY BATMAN ETERNAL SERIES — AND THIS WEEK’S BATMAN ETERNAL #11 IS OFF THE CHAIN!
Folks: we’re loving every second of DC’s BATMAN ETERNAL weekly series, which is helmed by BATMAN: COURT OF OWLS writer SCOTT SNYDER, and is doing an amazing job of building the foundations of the Gotham-verse for 2014 and 2015.
Every second of this series has been a pure hit, and this week’s BATMAN ETERNAL #11 is no exception to the rule, it’s THAT freakin’ good!
This week, all we can say: THE TRIAL OF JIM GORDON BEGINS!
Wanna get on board? We’ve got issues 1-10 in stock now to catch you up to this week’s issue #11.
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ACCLAIMED FANTASY ARTIST MICHAEL HAGUE BRINGS AN INCREDIBLE SWORD-AND-SORCERY TALE THAT FANS OF THE HOBBIT, LORD OF THE RINGS, AND LABYRINTH WILL LOVE WITH EYE OF NEWT #1
One thing that we still feel isn’t as represented as it should be in the comic industry right now are great fantasy comics.
Sure, there’s some really good reads out there, like RAT QUEENS, SOVEREIGN, SKULLKICKERS and SAGA, but there’s still not that many really, truly amazing fantasy comics.
Now, we’ve got one more… and it’s amazing.
Acclaimed fantasy artist Michael Hague delivers the incredible EYE OF NEWT #1 this Wednesday, and it’s gorgeous.
As a young apprentice wizard embarks on a perilous quest, he encounters marvelous creatures of all shapes and sizes, and learns a dark secret that could shape his entire destiny.
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DAN SLOTT & MIKE ALLRED’S INCREDIBLE NEW SILVER SURFER SERIES CONTINUES WITH THIS WEDNESDAY’S SILVER SURFER #3
I gotta tell ya: the new SILVER SURFER from SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN writer DAN SLOTT and MADMAN creator MIKE ALLRED is pure freakin’ magic.
Any old heroes can save the day. The Surfer and Dawn are out to save the day… AFTER.
As everything goes kablooey, find out why the fate of every possible tomorrow rests… in a wind-up toy monkey.
No. Seriously.
One of those creepy kind with the cymbals.
Also, after 48 years in comics, one of the most under-appreciated characters in the entire Marvel Universe finally gets a name.
Get those Marvel handbooks ready, folks. You’re gonna need ‘em to see who this is. :)
Seriously though: this book is great, and it’s very reminiscent of the dynamic of the most recent DOCTOR Who with Matt Smith.
Wanna catch up? We’ve got issues 1 & 2 in stock now to catch you up to this week’s issue #3.
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BOOM STUDIOS, publishers of EMPTY MAN, WOODS, and more, DELIVER ANOTHER SMASH HIT WITH THOMAS ASLOP #1 
Imagine Doctor Strange, John Constantine and Harry Dresden meets Hunter S. Thompson
BOOM! has been impressing the hell out of us lately with their new releases, and books like EMPTY MAN, WOODS, DEAD LETTERS, and more, have all shown that their creator-owned releases are some of the best on the market.
This week’s THOMAS ASLOP looks to be the next big hit from BOOM, and we could not be more pumped.
Fans of John Constantine Hellblazer and Dr. Strange, as well as Harry Dresden, will love this new take on the magic-wielding hero who battles demons on the streets… and, in his own mind.
Thomas has money and fame, but also the burden of being this generation’s occult warrior.
Can he survive the battles both within and without?
Who is Thomas Aslop? He’s the current “Hand of the Island”, a title handed down from generation to generation.
He guards Manhattan from evil, using his family’s prowess for magic.
Being a thoroughly modern warlock, he deals with something even more evil than demons though — reality television!
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IMAGE BRINGS THE FIRST VOLUME OF ED BRUBAKER (CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER, FATALE, CRIMINAL) and STEVE EPTING’S (CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER) VELVET THIS WEEK WITH VELVET VOL.1 BEFORE THE LIVING END
Only $9.99!
For just $10, you can snag the first 5 issues of one of the best damn IMAGE titles on the stands.. and finally get the full lowdown on why everyone loves the hell out of VELVET.
When the world’s greatest secret agent is killed, all evidence points to Velvet Templeton, the personal secretary to the Director of the Agency.
But, Velvet’s got a dark secret buried in her past — because, she also happens to be the most dangerous woman alive.
Imagine if the Black Widow was REAL, and every horrible, terrible thing she did in the name of duty really happened.
That’s the psychotronic awesomeness that is VELVET.
Snag a copy this week, and find out why we’re all about it!
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A NEW TAKE ON POST-APOCALYPTIC FICTION ARRIVES WITH WINTERWORLD #1 THIS WEDNESDAY
We’ve seen zombies. We’ve seen droughts. We’ve seen aliens. But, what about a very real, very possible end-of-world-scenario? A new ice age?
That, Third Eye Faithful, is truly frightening, and the WINTERWORLD series delivers a great story based off that very premise.
Follow our heroes, Scully and Wynn, from their icy home of Wintersea into a killing wasteland where the coldest place.. is the human heart.
A must-read, give this one a shot this week at Third Eye!
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HARLEY QUINN HITS ISSUE #7 THIS WEEK, AND TEAMS HARLEY & IVY UP AGAINST A LEGION OF ASSASSINS!
Welcome to Ladies’ Night, where Harley gets her butt kicked by Big Bertha Bensonhurts at the roller derby, starts a massive bar fight and teams up with Poison Ivy to find out who hired all those pesky assassins!
We’re loving every second of the new Harley series, Third Eye Faithful, and if you dig the character, we think you will too.
Wanna catch up? We’ve got issues 0-6 in stock now to get you current.
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MARK MILLAR’S KILLER NEW TAKE ON SUPER-POWERS IN THE REAL WORLD CONTINUES WITH MPH #2 THIS WEEK AT THIRD EYE
We’re huge fans of writer, Mark Millar, with all the great work he’s done on books like SUPERIOR, NEMESIS, KICK-ASS, WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN, and CIVIL WAR, so when we saw he’d be kicking out the jams on a brand new IMAGE series… we took notice, and we’re glad we did: MPH rules.
In MPH #2, a good guy dealt a tough hand, Roscoe’s found the perfect Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card in the form of the super-speed pills called MPH.
Now, that he knows who put him away for the crime he didn’t commit, he’ll find that revenge is a dish best served.. lightning fast.
Wanna get on board? We’ve got issue 1 in stock now to catch you up to this week’s issue #2.
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SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN VOL.6 GOBLIN NATION, DELIVERS THE FINAL TRADE OF SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN, CONCLUDING THE SERIES BEFORE THE NEWLY RELAUNCHED AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!
A must-read1
Since the start of DYING WISH, it has all been building to this!
The so-called Superior Spider-Man has failed.
The Green Goblin has taken control of New York’s underworld, and it’s all Otto Octavius’ fault.
Now, it’s his responsibility to take the Goblin down. Win or lose, this will be Otto’s greatest battle – but as Phil Urich faces his last temptation and the members of the Spider-Slayer Squadron find themselves drafted into the Goblin Nation, Otto must weather a vicious assault on Spider-Island! 
 
And as the Goblin consumes New York in all-out war, Otto crosses a line he simply cannot uncross – and a hero is reborn! 
 
The grand finale of the Superior Spider-Man saga is here, because there’s only one man who can bring down the Goblin Nation – and his name is Peter Parker! Collecting SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #27-31 and ANNUAL #2.
 
Wanna start reading SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN? We’ve got SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN trade paperbacks 1-5 in stock now to catch you up to volume 6.  

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THE NINJA TURTLES GO PREHISTORIC IN A STELLAR NEW SERIES FEATURING ART BY THE VERY TALENTED ROSS CAMPBELL!
This brand new mini-series, featuring art by GLORY artist Ross Campbell ( who we totally dig! ), is a must-read, Third Eye Faithful.
The Turtles become unstuck in time and go spinning into the past! First stop: the prehistoric age, where they are far from the most dangerous reptiles around!
Will the Turtles be able to find their way home without damaging history?
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GLORY: THE COMPLETE SAGA HC ARRIVES THIS WEDNESDAY, DELIVERING ALL OF JOE KEATINGE (SHUTTER) & ROSS CAMPBELL’S (WET MOON) INCREDIBLE RIFF ON THE WONDER WOMAN ARCH-TYPE!
Dude: we looooooved GLORY. This series was so freakin’ good, and now, you can read the entire thing in one sitting with this massive tome of goodness: GLORY THE COMPLETE SAGA.
This critically acclaimed and brutally told saga of one warrior and her family torn apart by a millennia-old intergalactic war is a MUST-READ.
This deluxe, oversized hardcover, collects the entirety of Glory, and includes never before seen sketchbook material, scripts, commentary and interviews.
Imagine Wonder Woman, Conan the Barbarian, and Dune thrown into a blender — and that sums up GLORY very well.

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ORIGINAL SIN CONTINUES IN THE PAGES OF NOVA #18 & AVENGERS #31 THIS WEDNESDAY!
We’re loving the tie-ins for ORIGINAL SIN, as each has felt like a very substantial addition to the main story, and the quality has been top notch across the board.
This week, in NOVA #18, the death of the Watcher has left a hole in young Nova’s life, but even as he grieves for the loss of his friend, there is hope for the future.
Before his death, Uatu left Sam with hope that his long-lost Father, former Black Nova Jesse Alexander, is still alive. Only there is more to the story…and it lies in the secret history of the Black Novas.
What was the purpose of this clandestine sect of the Nova Corps?
The secrets they kept will propel Nova to the end of the cosmos in search of answers!
Was Nova’s father a murderer? The secret history of the Black Novas begins to unravel this June in NOVA #18 – a tie-in to Original Sin!
And, then in AVENGERS #31, now, propelled fifty years into the future, the AVENGERS must face the consequences of their actions!
Click here for the Third Eye Guide to ORIGINAL SIN
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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CARTOONIST EXTRAORDINAIRE DEAN HASPIEL DELIVERS A HIT WITH THE NEW “FEAR MY DEAR: A BILLY DOGMA EXPERIENCE” GRAPHIC NOVEL THIS WEDNESDAY!
We’re huge fans of the very talented Dean Haspiel, who you may know from his work on AMERICAN SPLENDOR, THE FOX, THE ALCOHOLIC, and much more!
So, when we saw he had a new book on the way — WE HAD TO SHOUT IT OUT!
Hardboiled romance has gone galactic in Emmy Award-winning artist Dean Haspiel’s Fear, My Dear: A Billy Dogma Experience.
Super-powered paramours, Billy Dogma and Jane Legit’s pathological War of Woo unearths the chaos of a cosmic deity and Billy uncovers the psychedelic horror of an eighth ‘deadly sin’ when he travels to the heart of his mind to face the truth of his past… and his future.
Remastered from the original webcomics series, Billy Dogma is ‘the last romantic antihero,’ a passionate bruiser head-over-heels for his knock-em-dead dame

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HARLAN ELLISON’S STAR TREK: CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER #1 ARRIVES THIS WEDNESDAY, AND IT IS THE STAR TREK COMIC… YOU HAVE TO READ!
For the very first time, we’re being given a visual presentation of the much-discussed, unrevised, unadulterated version of Harlen Ellison’s award-winning Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever.
This has been one of THE most discussed Star Trek teleplays of all-time, and now, we’re able to see it exactly how Harlan Ellison originally intended it!
A must-have for anyone who is a big fan of Star Trek: the Original Series!
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MIKE MIGNOLA’S WITCHFINDER RETURNS IN WITCHFINDER: THE MYSTERIES OF UNLAND #1 THIS WEDNESDAY!
We’re big fans of HELLBOY creator MIKE MIGNOLA, and pretty much anything he does, whether it be BALTIMORE, BPRD, or SLEDGEHAMMER 44, we’re hooked on.
But, one of our favorites, is the adventures of Sir Edward Grey, who is essentially James Bond if he was a Ghostbuster.
Edward Grey is sent to Hallam to investigate a mysterious death.
Once there, he hears rumors about the mysterious Unland, the wetlands around the town, and the creatures that inhabit it.
Grey’s skepticism vanishes when he encounters the monsters of Unland, and he realizes that Hallam is a place of secrets!
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STAFF PICKS  
STEVE: MANIFEST DESTINY #7  - This book continues to become a major favorite.
TRISH: WALKING DEAD #128 - So good — loving the new direction!
TORMA: ARMOR HUNTERS #1- This blew me away!
MATT: MANIFEST DESTINY #7 - I’m so hooked on this book!
SHAUN: MANIFEST DESTINY #7 - Such a great series!

JOHN: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.2 - This has been awesome!
LEXI: MANIFEST DESTINY #7 - Second arc is shaping up to be just as good as the first!
BRAD: ORIGINAL SINS #1 – I’m all about the ORIGINAL SINS!
DAVE: MANIFEST DESTINY #7 - Top notch! 
DMO: INFINITY MAN AND THE FOREVER PEOPLE #1 - This was awesome!

TOM: ORIGINAL SINS #1- This whole event has been great!

LIZ: MANIFEST DESTINY #7 - Another great issue!

ASHLEY: MANIFEST DESTINY #7 - Really loving this series!

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