New Comics This Wednesday, July 4

New comics do indeed come out on Wednesday this week! Even with the July 4th holiday! Check out our store hours for the day.

We’ll start things off this week with a little DC Comics action. For starters, look for the fifth title in the Before Watchmen series, Before Watchmen: Ozymandias! Written by original series editor Len Wein with art by the great Jae Lee. Also look out for the Batman Earth One HC from Geoff Johns! The first Earth One release (Superman, by J. Michael Straczynski) was a big hit and we expect this one to do just as well, if not better. Other noteworthy books include Earth 2 #3, Action Comics #11, Animal Man #11, World’s Finest #3 and, from Vertigo, Fairest #5 and Sweet Tooth #35!

Over at Marvel, the big release is obviously Avengers vs. X-Men #7 (of 12). The five Phoenixes (Phoneices?) are doing the darndest to make the world a better place… by any means necessary! Other than that, a somewhat lighter week for the House of Ideas. Look for Uncanny X-Men #15, Wolverine #310, Age of Apocalypse #5 and X-Factor #239 to represent the X-books, with Punisher #13, Hulk #55, Amazing Spider-Man #689 and Invincible Iron Man #520 being the hero books for the week!

Over at Image it’s a double Invincible week as we get Invincible #93 and the next TPB Invincible Vol. 16: Family Ties (keeping in line with all the other trades in the series and their 1980s sitcom names). Also from Image, Spawn #221 and Thief of Thieves #5! Meanwhile, IDW comes to the table with The Cape 1969 #1 (of 4) and Rocketeer Adventures 2 #4 (of 4)!

The full list follows…

DC Comics
ACTION COMICS #11
ANIMAL MAN #11
BATMAN & ROBIN HC VOL 01 BORN TO KILL
BATMAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 08
BATMAN EARTH ONE HC
BATWING #11
BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #1 (OF 6)
DETECTIVE COMICS #11
DIAL H #3
EARTH 2 #3
FABLES TP VOL 17 INHERIT THE WIND
FAIREST #5
GI COMBAT #3
GREEN ARROW #11
GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS TP VOL 01
HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #1 (OF 6)
IZOMBIE #27
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #11
NIGHT FORCE #5 (OF 7)
RED LANTERNS #11
SCOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU #23
SHOWCASE PRESENTS SHOWCASE TP VOL 01
SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 #3
STORMWATCH #11
SUICIDE SQUAD TP VOL 01 KICKED IN THE TEETH
SWEET TOOTH #35
WONDER WOMAN THE TWELVE LABORS TP
WORLDS FINEST #3

Marvel Comics
AGE OF APOCALYPSE #5
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #689
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE TP VOL 04
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #7 (OF 12) AVX
DEADPOOL #57
FURY MAX #4
HULK #55
INFERNAL MAN-THING #1 (OF 3)
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #520
MUPPETS #1 (OF 4)
PUNISHER #13
SPIDER-MAN RETURN OF BURGLAR PREM HC
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #12
UNCANNY X-MEN #15 AVX
WOLVERINE #310
X-FACTOR #239

Image Comics
ARTIFACTS #19
CREATOR OWNED HEROES #2
DANGER CLUB #3
DARKNESS COMPENDIUM TP VOL 02
EPIC KILL #3
HACK SLASH #17
HAUNT #24
INVINCIBLE #93
INVINCIBLE TP VOL 16 FAMILY TIES
MORNING GLORIES #20
SPAWN #221
SUPER DINOSAUR TP VOL 02
THIEF OF THIEVES #6

Dark Horse Comics
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9 TP FREEFALL
FREAKS O/T HEARTLAND HC
MIND MGMT #2
ORCHID #8

IDW Publishing
CAPE 1969 #1 (OF 4)
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS SERIES IV #6 (OF 6)
DOROTHY OF OZ PREQUEL #3 (OF 4)
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #180
GI JOE V2 COBRA COMMAND TP VOL 02
POPEYE #3
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES 2 #4 (OF 4)
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #7

Everything Else
BOYS #68
CASTLE WAITING VOL II #17
DAN THE UNHARMABLE #3
DICKS COLOR ED #6
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ASSASSINS #1
FATHOM KIANI VOL 2 #3
FERALS #6
GARFIELD #3
GREEN HORNET #26
HELLRAISER #15
HERO WORSHIP #1 (OF 6)
I TOLD YOU SO HC
INCORRUPTIBLE TP VOL 07
KIRBY GENESIS CAPTAIN VICTORY #6
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #188
LADY DEATH (ONGOING) #19
NARUTO TP VOL 57
NINJETTES #5
PEANUTS TP VOL 01
POKEMON BLACK & WHITE GN VOL 08
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EYE O/T WORLD #27
ROSARIO VAMPIRE SEASON II TP VOL 09
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #238
SOULFIRE DESPAIR #1
THE LONE RANGER #7
VAMPIRELLA RED ROOM #2
WARLORD OF MARS #19
ZOMBIES THAT ATE THE WORLD HC VOL 02

Premium Variant Covers
ACTION COMICS #11 CULLY HAMNER VARIANT
ACTION COMICS #11 1 IN 100 MORALES B&W VARIANT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #689 1 IN 25 LIZARD VARIANT
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #7 AVENGERS TEAM VARIANT
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #7 X-MEN TEAM VARIANT
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #7 1 IN 25 RIBIC VARIANT
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #7 1 IN 100 PICHELLI VARIANT
BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #1 1 IN 25 JIMENEZ VARIANT
BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #1 1 IN 200 JIM LEE VARIANT
CAPE 1969 #1 1 IN 10 DANIEL VARIANT
DETECTIVE COMICS #11 1 IN 25 DANIEL VARIANT
EARTH 2 #3 1 IN 25 REIS VARIANT
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES 2 #4 1 IN 10 COOKE VARIANT
WOLVERINE #310 1 IN 50 MCGUINNESS VARIANT
WORLDS FINEST #3 1 IN 25 PEREZ VARIANT

2nd Printings and Cover Price Variants
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #0 5TH PTG CHO VARIANT
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 5TH PTG CHEUNG VARIANT
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 5TH PTG CHEUNG VARIANT
BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #1 COMBO PACK
DETECTIVE COMICS #11 COMBO PACK
EARTH 2 #1 2ND PTG
EARTH 2 #2 2ND PTG
WOLVERINE #310 BLANK VARIANT

AND THAT’S ALL, FOLKS!

Click here for a Tentative Shipping List for next Wednesday, July 11!