New Releases (Golden Rage Variant) (Nov 2011)

I'll keep the introduction brief this month. Publishing activities kept me away from this blog and delayed posting of November's new releases, so here they are without further ado.

AC COMICS
	CRYPT OF HORROR VOL. 13 GOREFEST SPECIAL!! Homage to Myron Fass’ EERIE PUBLICATIONS! Spotlight on 6 bloody Dick Ayers stories, including his favorite, “I Chopped Off Her Head”; “A Corpse For The Coffin”, “The Hungry Ghoul”, “Witches’ Revenge”, “Swamp Monsters” and “The Corpse”. Also “Cats Of Doom”, “Vampire’s Bride”, “Fiend of the Undead” and more!!
DC COMICS
	ACTION COMICS #3 “Superman, Go Home!” In a startling tale only Grant Morrison could bring you, the people of Metropolis turn on their new champion! But why? Plus, shocking secrets from Krypton revealed!
	ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #13 Batman is seriously injured, so it’s up to a whole team of Robins to stop the League of Assassins! How? The Phantom Stranger reaches through space and time to gather everyone who’s ever been “The Boy Wonder,” but will their combined skills be enough?
	BATMAN #3 As Bruce digs deeper into the mystery of the recent owl murders, he soon finds himself face to face with a shocking enemy – an enemy the Wayne family has secretly been at war with for centuries. Be there for the first shots of the war for the soul of Gotham City. Friends will become deadly enemies and secrets will be revealed – revelations that will change the Bat-family forever.
	BATMAN & ROBIN #3 As Robin does all he can to keep his own killer instincts at bay, Batman focuses his energies on Nobody, the deadly enigma from Bruce’s past who has arrived in Gotham and is hell bent on forcing him to accept a new world crime fighting view even as he infiltrates the Waynes’ personal lives.
	BATMAN: ODYSSEY Vol. 2 #2 Batman’s odyssey has brought him to the underworld, where The League of Assassins has been firmly established for decades! The League is liquidating its enemies to make way for the Sensei to take over his father’s kingdom, and after that, the world itself. But if Batman can’t conquer his inner demons and learn to save lives by taking them, he may forfeit the war to the League!
	BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #3 A wave of fear washes across Gotham City as a mysterious toxin radically alters the bodies of its criminals, sending crazed villains into the streets and stretching the resources of the police department. Can Batman and his vigilante partners follow the clues and uncover the perpetrator’s real identity? And when one fabled hero is stricken by the poison, the trail will point to the mysterious White Rabbit.
	BATMAN: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS HC In this original graphic novel, Batman meets his foe The Mad Hatter for the very first time—landing The Dark Knight in a Wonderland he could never have imagined, hot on the heels of a white rabbit. But is this strange place real or a hallucination? Robin and Alfred believe he’s deep in delirium—but if that’s the case, how does he manage to resolve several mysteries that have plagued Gotham City for decades...
	CATWOMAN #3 Cats hate baths. Cats hate dogs. And cats hate being caught. Catwoman stole from the wrong man, and now he’s got her. He wants his stuff back, he wants answers and he wants blood. Cats had better have nine lives, because Selina Kyle is about to lose one!
	DETECTIVE COMICS #3 He makes dolls out of his victims—and he’s tired of being referred to in the media as the Gotham Strangler. His moniker is the Dollmaker, and he and his insane family are going to hunt down Gotham City’s public figures and turn them into the ultimate collectables. As the Dollmaker ups the stakes, Batman finds himself in a race against time—because one of his allies is the Dollmaker’s next target!
	GREEN ARROW #3 The Jersey Shore of super villains crashes Seattle to stream Green Arrow’s death over the Internet! It’s the final fight between Green Arrow and Rush: media maven vs. media star! The whole world’s watching on their QPhones and QPads. Why aren’t you? Plus: Queen Industries launches their new initiative—and issues a challenge to the world!
	PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE #2 (of 5) Writer Gregg Hurwitz and artist Szymon Kudranski continue their dark examination of the Penguin in PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE. The Penguin runs a vast crime empire that’s always one step away from faltering, thanks to the interference of Batman. How can Penguin keep Batman at bay and maintain the power and image that’s become so important to him? And what dark family secrets is the Penguin hiding?
	THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #3 Using his unique gift for deciphering alien symbols, Carter Hall learns the secret knowledge of his new foe, Morphicius, even as his deadly power continues to grow! Unraveling this mystery is Hawkman’s only chance to defeat Morphicius before he becomes unstoppable
	SUPERMAN #3 Superman finds himself beset as a TV reporter at the new Daily Planet makes a case that Superman brings Metropolis more harm than good, while a vicious new foe attacks those nearest and dearest to Clark Kent! Who are all these new villains attacking Metropolis lately, and what deadly secret connects them? Superman’s not going to like the answer!
	WONDER WOMAN #3 Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, has kept a secret from her daughter all her life—and when it’s revealed, Wonder Woman’s life will shatter like brittle clay. The only one more shocked than Diana by this revelation? Bloodthirsty Hera herself—so why is her sinister daughter, Strife, so eager for the truth to be told?
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
	FLASH GORDON: ZEITGEIST #1 The year is 1934, a time of two-fisted swashbuckling, of fearsome threats and wild adventure—and of ever-growing threats on the horizon. Three valiant humans—Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov—are plucked from the Earth, traveling to the distant planet Mongo. Their exploits are legendary, battling the machinations and terror schemes of the dreaded emperor Ming, the All-Seeing Ruler of Mongo. But they did not fight alone…
	GREEN HORNET #22 In the first issue of an all-new arc that will change Green Hornet forever! New villains arrive on the Century City scene, and an old hero dies. Britt Reid tries to manage a newspaper, fight the gangs of Century City, and figure out his relationship with the new Kato. Meanwhile, a new politician attempts to rise to the top of Century City’s power structure on a simple platform: stopping the Green Hornet’s “Reign of Terror”. Fear, loathing, lust and all-out kung fu action in Outcast, Part One of Six!
	KATO ORIGINS VOL. 2: THE HELLFIRE CLUB TPB From the pages of Green Hornet: Year One comes the solo adventures of Kato! Kato travels to New York, and the infamous Hellfire Club, to sniff out a story for the Sentinel. Kato goes undercover as a Siamese prince to unearth an illegal business collusion from some of the East Coast’s richest families, but when a prominent businessman is murdered in a closed room, everyone becomes a suspect. This looks like a job for a ninja crime fighter! Kato Origins Volume 2 collects the Hellfire Club story arc, along with a cover gallery and more.
	THE LAST PHANTOM #12 What is the Eden Pool? As The Phantom battles to end the war ripping Bengali asunder, Kit Walker finally learns the dark secrets behind the Walkabout Foundation’s role in fomenting discord in the troubled African nation. The Ghost Who Walks began his crusade for justice in the Skull Cave. But his end might come in another subterranean grotto when he meets a woman named… Diana Palmer!
	ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #5 (of 12) Zorro faces a crippling loss! Can he muster enough strength to do what he does best and fight back? The one and only Matt Wagner (MAGE, GRENDEL) is nearing the conclusion to his epic story of Zorro! Find out as Zorro Rides Again in issue #5!
MARVEL COMICS
	ALL-WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES #6 (of 8) Guest-starring Captain America, Nick Fury and Loki! As the mystery of Operation: Firefly comes to light in 2011, the sacrifice of brave heroes who laid their lives on the line in World War II is revealed in all its importance. But the greatest losses are the hardest to tally...what did this top-secret mission cost the nation? UPDATE: This limited series has apparently been cancelled and issues 6 through 8 won't be published.
	AVENGERS 1959 #3 (of 5) The Avengers fight their way across the South China Sea, while Nick Fury hijacks a jet fighter to rendezvous with the team in Madripoor --where their occult adversaries have a hellish gauntlet awaiting them in the garden district of the capital.
	CAPTAIN AMERICA #5 The grand finale of "AMERICAN DREAMERS" is here—Cap faces down an old friend, now a new enemy, but which of them is right in their view of modern America? Only Ed Brubaker and Steve McNiven know the answer! UPDATE: Issue 4 has been rescheduled for November release (January cover date), while issue six is still solicited for December (February cover). Issue 5 doesn't seem to be the catalog currently on Marvel.com but was originally solicited for November 30th.
	CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #624 The final chapter in Cap and Bucky's first arc is here, completing the retelling of Bucky's early days with a heartbreaking tale of the Winter Soldier and Black Widow in the 1950s, and our secret narrator is finally revealed—as are the things that tie this series to current continuity.
	I AM CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 This collection has you covered! Featuring the work of superstar artists such as Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, Marko Djurdjevic, Alex Maleev, Skottie Young and Ed McGuinness, these inspiring images depict hardworking, everyday Americans whose service would make Steve Rogers proud.
	RED SKULL #5 (of 5) History, destiny, and tragedy collide, as young Johann Schmidt reaches his apotheosis...and the Third Reich climbs to the regrettable heights of its terrible power. A tremendous evil is unleashed on the world, and humanity will never be the same for it again. A powerful and sobering story of human evil reaches its chilling conclusion.
	SIX GUNS #1 & 2 "Don't set them up if you can't take them down!" Times may have changed since the days of the Old West, but in the war-torn South American state of San Diablo, the law of the gun still holds sway. When former hero-for-hire Maria Vasquez, alias Tarantula, finds herself wanted for murder south of the border, Texas Rangers Division lawman "Tex" Dawson is assigned to bring her in. But they're on a collision course with the outlaw Black Riders biker gang, who plan to make sure she never makes it to trial alive... Classic Marvel gunslingers Tarantula, Tex Dawson, Black Rider, Matt Slade and the Two-Gun Kid are given a modern-day makeover in this hard-bitten tale of blood and bullets by the DAREDEVIL: REBORN team of Andy Diggle and Davide Gianfelice. Five heroes, six guns...against six hundred!
REPRINT COLLECTIONS AND OTHER ITEMS: Captain America: Man Out of Time TPB
MOONSTONE BOOKS
	RETURN OF THE MONSTERS: DOMINO LADY VS MUMMY A Return of the Originals event! The Egyptian sorceress Nephthys has promised to build her mummified mistress the perfect mate. Together, they cut a bloody swath across 1930’s Hollywood in search of the last few perfect bodies to harvest to complete the process. The last thing Nepthys or the mummy expected to run across was The Domino Lady, a perfect body that fights back.

As always, please let me know if I’ve overlooked anything.

New Releases (Golden Rage Variant) (October 2011)

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The Avengers 1959 limited series debuts in October with not one but two issues. I can hardly wait! Namora is still part of the team, which is reason enough (at least for me) to pick up the series, but now we get the Blonde Phantom, too.

Blonde Phantom had a pretty impressive run back in the day, starring in 11 issues of her own series as well as back-up stories in other titles. There weren't many female heroes at Timely and fewer still with their own titles. Some, like Namora and Sun Girl, only ran for three issues. Miss America ran for five (if you count the four magazine format issues). And Venus led the pack with a 19-issue run (though admittedly not standard super-hero fare).

I'm looking foward to writer/artist Howard Chaykin's spin on the Blonde Phantom. She's his kind of gal, so he ought to knock her characterization right out of the park.

AC COMICS
	MEN OF MYSTERY #86 Superhero stars of FAWCETT in the spotlight this issue, with not one but TWO full reprintings of complete Golden Age comics—the ultra-rare MINUTE MAN #1 (Fawcett’s answer to CAPTAIN AMERICA) and SPY SMASHER #5—plus additional stories starring COMMANDO YANK and MR. SCARLET!! Virtually ALL never previously reprinted!!
DARK HORSE COMICS
	FLASH GORDON COMIC BOOK ARCHIVES VOLUME 5 HC Flash Gordon—hero of Mongo, gentleman scientist, two-fisted fighter, and now savior of the universe! Join Flash, the lovely Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov as they make a last desperate stand against alien monsters, corrupt kings, ravenous sharks, and the ultimate supervillain, Ming the Merciless! This volume collects Flash Gordon #28–#37, plus the three-issue adaptation of the cult favorite Flash Gordon movie!
	TARZAN: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 10 HC Tarzan faces his most harrowing adventure yet when his treehouse is targeted and destroyed by slavers, who kidnap Jane and Boy! This volume sees Tarzan battle lion-sized wasps, outwit ivory poachers, brave giant spiders to find desperately needed medicine, become stranded in the Valley of Monsters, and even track a murder cult for the British government. Reprinting Dell’s Tarzan #47–#51, from 1953, for the first time.
DC COMICS
	ACTION COMICS #2 In his weakest moment, Superman is taken down – but by whom? And if the world wasn’t ready for a man with super powers, they’re utterly unprepared for the rage of a Superman cornered! The cornerstone character of the new DCU continues his debut adventure!
	ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #12 Batman and Zatanna have to take a walk on the weird side if they’re going to solve a break in at The House of Mystery! Before you can say “boo,” some of the spookiest bad guys around come knocking – and they’re not looking for treats!
	BATMAN #2 Bruce Wayne is back in the cowl, hunting a new and deadly killer in Gotham City – a killer with a vendetta against Bruce Wayne! But who is this mysterious killer in an owl skull mask? And is he the key to unlocking one of Gotham’s oldest and most terrifying secrets? Be there for their first brutal encounter!
	BATMAN & ROBIN #2 Batman’s fears about Robin’s tendency to dish out more pain than necessary are growing! And who is the man named NoBody, visiting Gotham City to say hello to his old friend Bruce Wayne and find out where he went wrong in his battle against crime.
	BATMAN: ODYSSEY Vol. 2 #1 (of 7) It’s finally happened: Batman must kill or be killed. The threat is real and can’t be stopped by man or hero. To combat it, Batman must bring time itself to a standstill so that he can embark on an odyssey of self-discovery to a place unknown to mankind, where he can find himself. But is this a place where only failure awaits?
	BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #2 Something sinister surges through Arkham Asylum, and Batman finds himself bombarded by his greatest foes… Bigger, meaner, and more powerful than ever before, the inmates of Arkham Asylum run rampant as the entire Bat Family struggles to keep the walls from falling down, unleashing Gotham City’s worst criminals on the unsuspecting population. And you won’t believe the jaw-dropping final page! Just keep repeating, “It’s only a comic book. It’s only a comic book...”
	CATWOMAN #2 She’s a thief who lives to steal just for the thrill of breaking the law. He’s The Dark Knight, obsessively driven to battle evil with every ounce of his strength. They should keep each other at arm’s length, but...they just can’t seem to help themselves! Don’t miss this issue – things are gonna get messy!
	DETECTIVE COMICS #2 Batman sets his sights on the Gotham Ripper, who in turn has his sights on Batman. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne explores a budding romance with television journalist Charlotte Rivers, who’s visiting Gotham City to cover the gruesome slayings – while also trying to uncover Bruce’s own mystery. But time is running out as both Commissioner Gordon and Batman work to uncover the true identity of this new serial killer.
	GREEN ARROW #2 Super Hero executions will now be televised! After taking down members of a “celebrity” gang – privileged, decadent teens who buy their powers and stage fights with unsuspecting victims – Green Arrow finds himself in the crosshairs of the entire team! It’s Ollie Queen vs. a dozen thrill killers while the world watches – live!
	PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE #1 (of 5) In this exciting new miniseries from novelist Gregg Hurwitz (You’re Next) and rising star artist Szymon Kudranksi (Spawn), the painful and dark past of one of Batman’s most devious foes is examined. How did young Oswald Cobblepot go from being the apple of his mother’s eye to the leader of underworld gangs and adversary of The Caped Crusader? Find out in PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE!
	THE SAVAGE HAWKMAN #2 When the alien creature known as Morphicius starts draining the life force from Carter Hall, a.k.a. Hawkman, he learns that there’s more to his new victim than meets the eye. The mysterious properties of the Nth Metal protect Hawkman – but in the process, they are also making Morphicius powerful! With innocent lives in the balance, can Hawkman turn the table on his enemy, or are Morphicius newfound powers too powerful to stop?
	SUPERMAN #2 The all-new adventures of Superman continue! Everyone can see the new villain who’s attacking Superman – except The Man of Steel! How can he stop a threat that none of his super-senses can detect? Meanwhile, a Daily Planet reporter starts digging up some dirt on Superman, including a secret that could ruin him forever!
	WONDER WOMAN #2 Hera, Queen of the Gods, does not take her vengeance lightly – and if Wonder Woman is so foolish as to stand in the way of her whim, then Wonder Woman is her enemy. But it’s Hera’s daughter Diana should truly fear – the goddess of discord is coming to Paradise Island, and murder always follows in her wake!
REPRINT COLLECTIONS: Batman and Robin: Batman vs. Robin TP Batman: No Man’s Land Vol. 1 TP New Edition Batman: The Streets of Gotham – Leviathan TP DC Comics Presents: Batman – Blink #1 DC Comics Presents: Batman – The Demon Laughs #1 DC Comics Presents: Catwoman – Guardian of Gotham #1 DC Comics Presents: Superman – Secret Identity #1 JSA All-Stars: The Puzzle Men TP Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 5 TP Superman: Grounded  Vol. 2 HC Superman: Last Stand on New Krypton Vol. 1 TP Superman: The Return of Doomsday TP Tales of the Batman: Don Newton Vol. 1 HC The Wonder Woman Chronicles Vol. 2 TP
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
	GREEN HORNET #21 This standalone story is jam packed with malevolent Mixed Martial Arts mayhem, as Green Hornet and Kato enter a cage match with the baddest men in Century City! Britt Reid and Mulan have decided to enjoy a nice, street clothes night out at the fights. When an old college buddy of Britt’s is seriously injured in the octagon, our heroes join the fray. Now, Green Hornet and Kato have to stay alive in a bloody cage match to the death against the very fighters they bought tickets to see.
	GREEN HORNET VOL 3: IDOLS TRADE PAPERBACK Picking up right where Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet left off! The Black Hornet is history, but a new, even deadlier threat has grown right in the heart of Century City, and it may already be too late for The Green Hornet and Kato to stop it. How can Green Hornet scare a street gang out of business when the gang members themselves have no fear of anything — even death? Is the horrifying power behind their fearless ferocity truly supernatural? And just who is Saint Death? Collects issues #11-15 in one volume, along with complete cover gallery and an introduction by Ande Parks.
MARVEL COMICS
	ALL-WINNERS SQUAD: BAND OF HEROES #5 (of 8) Guest-starring Captain America! One of the biggest initiatives of World War II was Operation: Firefly – a project so top-secret, not even Captain America was briefed. But how did it involve the super-powered soldiers of the U.S. Army? And why is it still a mystery in the present day, when Cap, its own survivors, and even Loki, the Norse god of mischief, are all looking for answers?
	AVENGERS 1959 #1 & 2 (of 5) EXPLODING FROM THE PAGES OF NEW AVENGERS... It’s the tail end of the fabulous fifties. NICK FURY and his AVENGERS roar into their secret mission, hunting down NAZI SUPER VILLAINS...men and women relentlessly preparing to unleash hell on a troubled world barely holding onto peace...only to find the Avengers have what appears to be serious competition in their manhunt for these escaped ubermenschen...when their mission is suddenly compromised by interference from an unlikely source.
	CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 Brubaker and McNiven continue their heart-stopping run on Cap with a nightmarish trip down memory lane - and that's bad news when your memory lane goes right through World War 2!
	CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #623 Behind enemy lines! Bucky and Cap have faced the horrors of war on many fronts, but this issue, they go further into the depths of evil than our young heroes realized possible. And what is the secret that connects the Cap and Bucky series to the modern day stories - the clues begin to add up this issue, as Brubaker, Andreyko, and Samnee keep the pedal to the medal.
	CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #5 (of 5) YOU DARE NOT MISS THE CORPS FEAR-FRAUGHT FINALE, “INTO THE INFINITE!” Deep within the heart of Valhalla Mountain, Cap Corps battles to stop the twisted machinations of the AmeriCommand! Five generations of Captain America must rescue an Elder of the Universe or the Multiverse itself will fall!
	RED SKULL #4 (of 5) The life of Johann Schmidt has been a tragic, tortuous road. As his destiny and doom drag the future Red Skull to his inevitable crossroads, Johann plots a shocking assassination...one that could change the course of history...
REPRINT COLLECTIONS AND OTHER ITEMS: 15-Love GN-TPB Captain America: Forever Allies TPB Captain America: The Trial of Captain America TPB Invaders Now! TPB Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish Vol. 4 HC Young Marvelman Classic Vol. 2 Premiere HC

As always, please let me know if I’ve overlooked anything.

And this concludes daily blogging at The Golden Rage. We now return you to a weekly schedule.