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57, Week of
Welcome to another issue
of Outcries! – It’s FEATURE OF THE MONTH time again and for
October we’ve got “CREEPS, CREATURES and DEMONS” as the theme.
We’ve placed a wide variety of Titles and Action Figures that fall into these
categories on the Feature Wall that
we’re sure you’ll want to check out! There’s even some Action Figures
that are specially priced just for the occasion.
New this Week – It’s the
release of Magic the Gathering Time Spiral – available
Also New this Week – MechWarrior: Wolf Strike Boosters!
Attention Magic the Gathering Fans! Pizza Party!
Join us from
Clif’s “Pick of the Week” – Spawn
#160. Wait…Spawn is still coming out? Yes sir, it is and
boy how it is. Since the “revamping” of him back at issue #150, Spawn
has been sailing up by using the same formula that made him hot 12 years ago.
Remember the Armageddon that Spawn was supposed to help Hell with? Remember the
power-meter that would go down every time he used them? Well, thanks to David Hine (the new writer since #150) you will. Heaven has chosen
its warriors, Hell has chosen its demons and Spawn is caught in the middle. All
that – and a near empty power-meter – threaten to
destroy everything Spawn has been trying to save all these years. I can’t say
that I have ever been this excited for a Spawn comic. And its
on a monthly release schedule that I don’t think they’ve ever been able to keep
before.
Magic
the Gathering - Reviews and Insights! With Garrett Brinker: Welcome once again! This week I will
give you some of my favorite picks from the upcoming Time Spiral set.
A quick preface though, for anyone who has recently started playing Magic or
who has thought about playing, this set will be one to get in on for sure. One
of the big prevailing themes for the set is taking some of the most powerful
cards in MTG History and printing them with a power balancing mechanic called
“suspend.” This will allow you to play the power card but it will hang out for
however many turns specified, and then it will resolve.
Now the meat,
any of the new cards I have seen with the “suspend” mechanic have been bombs.
They redid the “Black Lotus” as the “Sacred Lotus”.
The acceleration the “lotus” cards provide are the
best. The new installment should be no different. I am really looking forward
to getting my hands on a copy of “Ith, High Arcanist” The “Maze of Ith”
from, The Dark was always one of my favorite cards, but now we
have the same ability but with a 3/5 body behind it. One combo I immediately
latched on to when previewing the spoiler is our friend “Ghostway” from the Ravnica
block and the new “Restore Balance”. When timed properly
your opponent will have to sacrifice all their creatures and yours will hit the
board at the end of the turn. Throw the Guildpact
card “Ignorant Bliss” into the fray and watch your opponents face
go into conniption mode!
I can’t leave this week
without mentioning the true reprint aspect of the new set. Wizards has taken
cards from each set—yes, each set in MTG history and reprinted them with a
special icon. There will be one per pack as a common card that could give you
two rare cards in a booster! The 2 most notable reprints are “Akroma, Angel of Wrath” and “Nichol Bolas”.
Get ready for time spinning fun with the release of Time Spiral
on shelves October 6!!
Comics in the News – The big news this late this week was the announcement that Robert
Downey Jr. will take on the role of
Outland Comics Web-site – I know, I know – delays again?! Well it looks
like we’re getting reeeeally close to the launch of
our Outland Comics Web-site. And once more - with fingers crossed
– it will be up this week. We’ll send out a note to let everyone know – so
remember to check out Outland Comics.com later this week!
Not To Be Missed – This
week: the launch of the Irredeemable Ant-Man #1, more from Marvel’s Civil
War with Fantastic Four #540! Plus DC Superheroes How To
Draw Kit and much more!
Thanks! Happy
Attention:
SPORTS FANS! - “Turn back the Clock Card of the Week” promotion! Stop in each week throughout the NFL
season for an exclusive Topps rookie card of a
different NFL player. These are all limited edition cards and
only available in
We also still have the first
five card “Topps
Turn Back the Clock” packs available! – for
just 5 cents!
What’s
New this Week:
Trades Paperbacks and
Hardcovers!
Looking Glass Wars Vol 1 HC $17.99
Silent Dragon TP
$19.99
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 7 HC $29.99
Ultimate
X-Men Vol 14
Posters!
Ultimate X-Men #75
Turner Poster $6.99
Variant Covers!
Pistolfist Revolutionary Warrior #1
Alternate Cover
Hunter Killer Cassaday Cover #8 $ 2.99
Hunter Killer Silvestri Cover #8$2.99
Starship Troopers
Dead Mans Hand Edwards Cover A #2 $3.50
Starship Troopers
Dead Mans Hand Stegman Cover B #2 $3.50
Street Fighter
Legends Sakura Dogan Cover A #2 (OF 4) $3.95
Street Fighter
Legends Sakura Lee Cover B #2 (OF 4) $3.95
Books
Arriving
52 WEEK 22 - Don't miss
the origin of Green Lantern, illustrated by Ivan Reis & Marc
AGENTS OF ATLAS #3 (OF 6)
$2.99
ALL NEW ATOM #4 - Big
trouble hits Ivy Town...namely Giganta!
AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #0
$1.99
AMERICAN
SPLENDOR #2 (VERTIGO) - Seven new stories from Harvey Pekar,
featuring an all-star roster of artists. Mature.
BATTLER BRITTON #4 -
(WILDSTORM) Trapped behind enemy lines, Britton and Gilhooley
must use cunning to survive.
BEYOND #4 (OF 6) $2.99
THE BOYS #3 (WILDSTORM) -
Wee Hughie gets his first taste of action when Butcher throws him into the deep
end. Mature.
CRIMINAL #1 (MR) $2.99
CROSS
CONAN AND THE DEMONS OF
KHITAI TP (MR) $12.95
DC SUPERHEROES HOW TO
DRAW KIT $16.95
DEADBEATS #79 $2.50
DETECTIVE COMICS #824 -
The Penguin is back, and ready to settle some old scores!
DOCTOR STRANGE OATH #1
(OF 5) $2.99
ELEPHANTMEN #3 $2.99
FALLEN ANGEL IDW #9 (MR)
$3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #540 CW
$2.99
FEAR AGENT #8 $2.99
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD
SPIDER-MAN #13 $2.99
FUTURAMA COMICS #27 $2.99
GIANT SIZE WOLVERINE #1
$4.99
HUNTER KILLER CASSADAY
COVER #8 $ 2.99
HUNTER KILLER SILVESTRI
COVER #8$2.99
INCREDIBLE HULK #99 $2.99
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #1
$2.99
JONAH HEX #12 - A group
of settlers are declared outlaws, with bounties on
their heads!
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER
TABLE #119 $4.99
MANIFEST ETERNITY #5
(WILDSTORM) - Tarkington unleashes the ultimate
weapon: a beautiful woman called Skull!
MARVEL ADVENTURES
SPIDER-MAN #20 $2.99
MOUSE GUARD #4 (OF 6)
$3.50
MYSTERY IN SPACE #2 -
Captain Comet reports a murder: his own!
NEIL GAIMAN'S NEVERWHERE
#9 (VERTIGO) - Door confronts her family's killer and Richard must decide
between the two
THE NEXT #4 - The
other-dimensional enforcer known as Sion threatens
the team!
NIGHTWING #125 - Dick
Grayson meets a new foe as writer Marv Wolfman and artists Dan Jurgens
& Norm Rapmund take over!
OMAC #4 - Mike Costner
must fight Brother Eye for control of his mind and body!
THE OTHER SIDE #1
(VERTIGO) - A new miniseries set in the epic tragedy that was the Vietnam
War. Mature.
OUTSIDERS #41 - An old
foe returns with a new plan as the Outsiders' secret cover crumbles!
PISTOLFIST REVOLUTIONARY
WARRIOR #1 ALTERNATE COVER
PVP #28 $2.99
SAVAGE BROTHERS #2 (OF 3)
$3.99
SCATTERBRAIN #4 $3.50
SPIKE ASYLUM #2 (OF 5)
$3.99
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #167
$2.25
STARSHIP TROOPERS DEAD
MANS HAND EDWARDS COVER A #2 $3.50
STARSHIP TROOPERS DEAD
MANS HAND STEGMAN COVER B #2 $3.50
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS
SAKURA DOGAN COVER A #2 (OF 4) $3.95
STREET FIGHTER LEGENDS
SAKURA LEE COVER B #2 (OF 4) $3.95
TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS
(IDW) #8 $2.49
VILLAINS #4 (OF 4) (MR)
$3.25
WINTER MEN #5 (WILDSTORM)
- It's the holiday season, and Kris and Nina must attend Zuko's
Christmas party. Mature.
X-MEN
Y: THE LAST MAN #50
(VERTIGO) - The force behind the plague that wiped out half of humanity is
revealed! Mature.
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