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On the Shelves: 10/26/05

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 10/26/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]BROKEN HALOS Sinbuck Angel Eyes Wwcg Ed TPB, $14.95This gets the prize for Best Title of the Week. Mainly because it's a light week, and I have no idea what "Wwcg" means.DARK HORSE COMICS Revelations #3 (Of 6), $2.99Last issue…

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On the Shelves: 10/19/05

Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month!My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 10/19/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]ALIAS ENTERPRISES LLC 10th Muse Vol 2 #5, $2.99 David Shepherds Song #2 (Of 3), $2.99 Deal With The Devil #5 (Of 5), $2.99 Legend Of Isis #4, $2.99 Opposite Forces Vol 2 #2 (Of 4), $2.99Now that they've lost…

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On the Shelves: 10/5/05

Support GOOD Comics! Try something NEW!My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 10/5/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]AMAZING AARON PRODUCTIONS College Girl Named Joe Vol 2 TPB, $14.95The "front of the back of Previews" strategy - whereby you name your company something starting with an "a" - garners Amazing Aaron a best name of the week nod.APE ENTERTAINMENT Justice…

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On The Shelves: 9/28/05

Support GOOD Comics! Try something NEW!My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 9/28/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND CBLDF SPS 2005 Anthology, $12.95For a great cause, and from what I've heard, there's some good stuff in it.DARK HORSE COMICS Revelations #2 (Of 6), $2.99Didn't love the first issue, but it was intriguing. Probably pick it…

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INFO: Free Manga; Marvel Misstep

SIGN UP FOR YOUR FREE MANGA MAGAZINE!There are two ways to get Takuhai—in print and online—and each one has its own cool stories and articles.Your Takuhai Online account lets you vote for your favorite manga on the Web—plus, it gives you access to all the great feature stories, all the manga previews and all the how-to articles.Your subscription to the Takuhai print edition gets you a magazine delivered to your home via U.S. Mail. It's not available on newsstands! Every issue of the FREE Takuhai print edition will be packed with pages and pages of manga previews, behind-the-scenes with manga…

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On The Shelves: 9/21/05

Support GOOD Comics! Try something NEW!My weekly look at select comic books being released tomorrow, 9/21/05. The full shipping is list available at ComicList.[NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not, find another one; or try Khepri.com or MidtownComics.com]ARCANA STUDIODead Men Tell No Tales #1 (Of 4), $3.95Starkweather Vol 1 TPB, $9.95Thanks to 100 Girls, anything Arcana puts out gets an automatic look, though Dead Men sounds like something I'd take a peek at regardless. Didn't realize it was going…

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Buzzscope Reviews: 9/14/05

Remember when I used to post 3-5 of these every week? Between school cutting into my leisure reading time - what, you thought I got paid for this stuff? - and not wanting to review anything I've previously covered (with purely subjective exceptions), it's been pretty tough to write up the longer reviews recently. Add to that the likelihood that I'm going the "wait for the trade" route with a lot of Marvel/DC stuff, I'm guessing 1-2 Buzzscope reviews will become the norm for the time being. Speaking of...Ronin Hood of the 47 Samurai GNIf Ronin Hood of the 47…

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