The Blackest Night #4 drops today. It's supposed to be The Big Issue - the one the reveals everything...
Summer's hottest event explodes in this critical issue! Hold on to your power rings, because the secrets behind the Blackest Night finally stand revealed! While Earth is evacuated, Hal Jordan embarks on a brave journey to the darkest depths to uncover the truth behind the Black Lanterns! You won't believe what he uncovers!
So far, I'm pretty pleased with the book, but I'll reserve judgement until the final issue drops - many recent comic "events" have had a great build up, then fallen flat.
The alternate cover for this issue is pretty amusing.
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Speaking of death vs. heroes...Marvel takes it's crack at it with their version of Blackest Night, called X Necrosha (or, wait, was Blackest Night DC's version of Marvel Zombies? Now I've lost track.)
Death has come to the X-Men. The one true Black Queen has returned, and she wants nothing less than every soul of mutantkind...dead or alive. And everyone that's ever crossed Selene is going to pay. The dead rise, familiar faces haunt mutants across the world, and Selene takes her final steps into becoming a god. It all begins here in a full-length X-FORCE extravaganza, and continues in the pages of next month’s issue of X-FORCE…but the shockwaves of this terrifying event will be felt in NEW MUTANTS and X-MEN: LEGACY as well, and those reverberations begin here in two all-new bonus tales.
Something tells me that by next year, I'm going to be really sick of reading about dead things.
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Wait - you say you're ALREADY tired of dead things attacking super heroes? Well, I guess Groo: The Hogs Of Horder #1 is about as far away from zombies as you can get:
You probably think Groo the Wanderer is the most destructive force in his world. Not so! Even at his most inept, Groo cannot destroy a village faster than the Hogs of Horder. Theirs is an evil species that has existed forever, and that spreads death and annihilation to this day. They control your mind, they control your body, and worst of all, they control your money. So what happens when Groo comes nose to nose with them? Find out in this latest Groo mini-series from the same award-winning people who do every Groo mini-series: Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier, with the aid of Stan Sakai and Tom Luth!
I hope I didn't jix it. I guess we'll know for sure if Groo: Zombies or The Blackest Groo comes out.
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Here's a list of what's dropping today and how much it'll set you back:
DARK HORSE COMICS
ABE SAPIEN ONE SHOT (OSW) $3.50
GROO HOGS OF HORDER #1 (OF 4) $3.99
POP WONDERLAND HC VOL 02 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD $16.95
PREDATOR #3 (OF 4) $3.50
STAR WARS LEGACY #41 ROGUES END $2.99
DC COMICS
AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #7 (OF 6) $2.99
APOTHECARIUS ARGENTUM VOL 08 $9.99
ARKHAM REBORN #1 (OF 3) $2.99
ASTRO CITY ASTRA SPECIAL #2 (OF 2) $3.99
BATMAN #692 $2.99
BATMAN MONSTERS TP $19.99
BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #10 $2.50
BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #9 $2.50
BLACKEST NIGHT #4 (OF 8) $3.99
BLACKEST NIGHT TITANS #3 (OF 3) $2.99
DETECTIVE COMICS #858 $3.99
FINAL CRISIS AFTERMATH INK #6 (OF 6) $2.99
FREDDY JASON ASH NIGHTMARE WARRIORS #5 (OF 6) (MR) $3.99
GEN 13 #32 $2.99
GEN 13 WORLDS END TP $17.99
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #5 $2.99
GREEN LANTERN #47 (BLACKEST NIGHT) $2.99
I HATE YOU MORE THAN ANYONE VOL 08 $9.99
JACK OF FABLES #39 (MR) $2.99
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #32 $2.99
KILLAPALOOZA #6 (OF 6) $2.99
LAST DAYS OF ANIMAL MAN #6 (OF 6) $2.99
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES ENEMY RISING TP $14.99
MADAME XANADU #16 (MR) $2.99
NORTHLANDERS #21 (MR) $2.99
SANDMAN THE DREAM HUNTERS HC (MR) $24.99
STARCRAFT #5 $2.99
SUPERMAN #693 $2.99
SUPERMAN IN WORLDS FINEST ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 $59.99
SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #2 (OF 6) $3.99
TEEN TITANS #76 $3.99
TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 04 THE NEW SCUM NEW PTG (MR) $14.99
UNKNOWN SOLDIER #13 (MR) $2.99
WEB #2 $3.99
WILDCATS #16 $2.99
WONDER WOMAN #37 $2.99
WORLDS FINEST #1 (OF 4) CVR A $2.99
WORLDS FINEST #1 (OF 4) CVR B $2.99
IMAGE COMICS
DYNAMO 5 #25 (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
ETERNAL CONFLICTS OF THE COSMIC WARRIOR (ONE SHOT) $3.50
INVINCIBLE PRESENTS ATOM EVE & REX SPLODE #1 (OF 3) $2.99
PILOT SEASON DECLASSIFIED $1.00
SWORD TP VOL 03 EARTH (MR) $14.99
MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS ANTI VENOM #2 (OF 3) $3.99
ANITA BLAKE LC EXECUTIONER #1 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
ANITA BLAKE VH LC TP BOOK 01 ANIMATOR (MR) $16.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #29 $2.99
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #29 SUPER HERO SQUAD VAR (PP #888) $2.99
DARK AVENGERS ARES #1 (OF 3) $3.99
DARK REIGN LIST DAREDEVIL ONE SHOT 2ND PTG VAR (PP #887) $3.99
DARK REIGN LIST PUNISHER ONE SHOT $3.99
DARK REIGN LIST PUNISHER ONE SHOT HERO CHO VAR $3.99
DARK REIGN LIST WOLVERINE ONE SHOT $3.99
DARK REIGN LIST WOLVERINE ONE SHOT HERO CHO VAR $3.99
DARK REIGN YOUNG AVENGERS #5 (OF 5) $3.99
DEADPOOL 900 POSTER $8.99
ENDERS SHADOW COMMAND SCHOOL #2 (OF 5) $3.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #572 $2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #572 EAGLESHAM HUMAN TORCH VAR $2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #572 SUPER HERO SQUAD VAR (PP #888) $2.99
FANTASTIC FOUR VISIONARIES JOHN BYRNE TP VOL 01 NEW PTG $24.99
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #19 $2.99
HALO HELLJUMPER #4 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
HULK #16 $3.99
HULK #16 DEADPOOL MCGUINNESS VAR (PP #887) $3.99
HULK PREM HC VOL 03 HULK NO MORE $19.99
INCREDIBLE HERCULES #137 $2.99
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 02 WORLDS MOST WANTED $14.99
KABUKI TP ALCHEMY $24.99
MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN #56 $2.99
MARVEL DIVAS #4 (OF 4) $3.99
MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR $9.99
MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN BALLOON VAR (PP #886) $9.99
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 $24.99
MMW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 VAR ED 10 $24.99
MMW ATLAS ERA MENACE HC VOL 01 $59.99
MMW ATLAS ERA MENACE HC VOL 01 VAR ED 126 $59.99
MS MARVEL #46 $2.99
NEW AVENGERS #58 $3.99
NEW AVENGERS TP VOL 10 POWER $15.99
NEW MUTANTS #6 $2.99
NOVA #30 $2.99
PUNISHER #10 $2.99
RIFTWAR #5 (OF 5) $3.99
SECRET WARRIORS #9 $2.99
SECRET WARRIORS #9 SUPER HERO SQUAD VAR (PP #888) $2.99
SON OF HULK #16 $2.99
SPIDER-MAN AMERICAN SON PREM HC $19.99
SPIDER-MAN CLONE SAGA #2 (OF 6) $3.99
SPIDER-MAN HC NEWSPAPER STRIPS $39.99
SPIDER-MAN SHORT HALLOWEEN PREM HC $19.99
SPIN ANGELS #3 (OF 4) (MR) $5.99
ULTIMATE COMICS ARMOR WARS #2 (OF 4) $3.99
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #3 $3.99
VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT #1 2ND PTG FINCH SKETCH VAR $3.99
WAR MACHINE #10 $2.99
WOLVERINE ART APPRECIATION ONE-SHOT $3.99
WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #20 $2.99
WOLVERINE HC OLD MAN LOGAN $34.99
WOLVERINE HC OLD MAN LOGAN TURNER VAR $34.99
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #6 $3.99
X NECROSHA $3.99
X-FACTOR #50 $3.99
X-FORCE #20 $2.99
X-MEN FOREVER #10 $3.99
X-MEN FOREVER #10 ZOMBIE VAR (PP #885) $3.99
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