DVD new releases Aug. 26, 2008

Click links to order DVDs from Amazon.

B001B7CNZ6 Heroes Season 2
Buy New: $24.99

B0011UO91E Entourage - The Complete Fourth Season
Buy New: $25.99

B0018RU45U Errol Flynn Westerns Collection
Buy New: $34.99

B0018QAIY8 Warner Home Video Western Classics Collection
Buy New: $41.99

B001AIRUPE Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

B001B187FW Lynch
Buy New: $26.99

Marvel Comics November 2008 solicitations

Here's what looks interesting to me from Marvel's November 2008 releases:

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN VOL. 5 HC
Written by ARCHIE GOODWIN
Penciled by GEORGE TUSKA & JOHNNY CRAIG
Cover by GEORGE TUSKA
Step back from the big screen and jump into the tales that made Marvel’s Iron Avenger one of the world’s most-famous super heroes! It’s a new era for comics’ most of sophisticated scientist/socialite, Tony Stark, as Archie Goodwin, E.C. Comics great Johnny Craig and the iron man of IRON MAN illustrators, George Tuska, take you on an amazing set of adventures! Just to warm you up, we’ve got Happy Hogan transformed into the Freak, one of Iron Man’s earliest enemies back to settle a score, a wild adventure into the far-flung future and a good, old-fashioned bash-’em-up with the Crusher teamed with a twisted-metal duel with the buzzsaw blades of the Gladiator. And now, the main course! Iron Man’s oldest and evilest of enemies, the Mandarin, returns and pushes the Golden Gladiator to the breaking point. First, he pits Iron Man against the Incredible Hulk in a battle of the titans that only one will walk away from, and then he tears him down with his discovery that Tony Stark is Iron Man! It’s an all-time Iron Man classic that’s so great that for good measure, we’re also bringing you the carnage of the Controller, a threat so awesome that it brings Iron Man together with Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop it! Collecting IRON MAN #2-13.
272 PGS./All Ages ...$54.99

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE ALL-WINNERS VOL. 3 HC
Written by VARIOUS
Penciled by HARRY SAHLE, JIMMY THOMPSON, CARL PFEUFER, BOB OKSNER, GEORGE KLEIN, AL BELLMAN, VINCE ALASCIA, CHAD GROTHKOPF, DON RICO, AL FAGALY, ALEX SCHOMBURG, MIKE SEKOWSKY, ALLEN SIMON & AL GABRIELE
Cover by ALEX SCHOMBURG
It’s the titanic trio of the Timely Big Three — Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner — combined with Golden Age luminaries the Destroyer and the Whizzer in one all-out amazing series! Defending wartime America from Nazi airships, ape-men and anything and everything else the Axis can throw at them, the Human Torch and Toro burn up the comic page like it’s still 1943. Captain America and Bucky parachute into adventures from mad scientists to buzz-bombing Nazis. Meanwhile, the Destroyer stops at nothing — including a battalion of Hitler impersonators — to stop the Nazi threat. And the Pacific Theatre won’t be left waiting, not with the Sub-Mariner around! He takes it straight to the Emperor himself and comes back to clean up the docks while he’s at it! But before you speed away, don’t miss the Whizzer as he races through maddening mazes and thwarts the plans of kidnapping crooks! It’s comic-book adventure at its purest, so reserve your copy today! Collecting ALL-WINNERS COMICS #9-14.
304 PGS./All Ages ...$59.99

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: DAREDEVIL VOL. 5 HC
Written by STAN LEE & ROY THOMAS
Penciled by GENE COLAN & BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
Cover by GENE COLAN
The Man Without Fear faces his greatest threats yet in his fantastic fifth MASTERWORKS adventure! Matt Murdock has done battle with Marveldom's most maddening villains — but when he meets the Jester for the very first time, the rules change forever. Framing DD for murder, the Jester sets all of New York on a manhunt for the Man Without Fear! But there's another menace looking to push the stakes even higher: Starr Saxon, the mastermind who discovers DD's secret identity! Then comes the all-time Stan Lee/Gene Colan classic, "Brother, Take My Hand!" — a story that marked the ever-advancing march of super-hero comics into the social issues of the '60s by tackling the tale of a blinded Vietnam vet finding his way Stateside. It's a no-question classic! There's plenty of action, too, as DD jumps inside the ring to rub knuckles with Captain America, teeters over the city with Stilt Man, teams-up with the Black Panther and all the while struggles to rebuild his relationship with the lovely Karen Page. And as if that wasn't enough, we're rounding it out with the Stan and Gene's Not Brand Echh side-splitter, "Scaredevil, Defeated by the Evil Electrifico!" Collecting DAREDEVIL #42-53 and NOT BRAND ECHH #4.
272 PGS/All Ages ...$54.99

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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 3 HC
Written by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY & STAN LEE
Penciled by JOE SIMON, JACK KIRBY, AL AVISON, SYD SHORES, MIKE SEKOWSKY, CHARLES NICHOLAS, JACK ALDERMAN & CHAD GROTHKOPF
Cover by JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY
Mighty Marvel is bringing you another quartet of 64-page action-adventure greats featuring the one-and-only Captain America! From the personal files of Captain America comes comic-book adventure as only found in the bombastic Golden Age!
Cap and Bucky battle the Black Talon, race through a spy ambush, sort out a mountain man feud, shrink down to fight pygmies, and venture to the wind-swept moors on the trail of the Hound of Cardiff Manor in the stories that put Captain America in the minds and into the back pockets of millions of Americans. Supported by the wartime tales of foreign correspondent "Headline" Hunter, the heroic Hurricane and Father Time, and Stan Lee's cartoon serial the Imp, these stories are pure Golden Age excitement from cover to cover! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #9-12.
280 PGS/All Ages ...$59.99

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ESSENTIAL MARVEL SAGA VOL. 2 TPB

Written by PETER SANDERSON, STAN LEE, FRANK MILLER, ROY THOMAS & MORE
Penciled by KEITH POLLARD, JACK KIRBY, STEVE DITKO, DON HECK & MORE
Cover by KEITH POLLARD
Nick Fury's first mission with S.H.I.E.L.D.! Kang's first invasion! Doctor Strange's first battle with Dormammu! The Trial of the Gods! The Coming of Galactus! And those are only a few of the earth-shaking adventures from the second installment of the Marvel Universe's most formative years! The origin of the Green Goblin and the death of Baron Zemo! The Inhumans' Great Refuge and the Savage Land! Spider-Man vs. Daredevil, the Avengers vs. the X-Men and six, count 'em, SIX Avengers who started out on the wrong side of the law! Plus: the Juggernaut and the Scorpion! The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Frightful Four, the Masters of Evil and so much more! Collecting MARVEL SAGA #13-25.
480 PGS./All Ages ...$16.99

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ESSENTIAL HULK VOL. 5 TPB

Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, GERRY CONWAY, ROY THOMAS, TONY ISABELLA, LEN WEIN & CHRIS CLAREMONT
Penciled by HERB TRIMPE, MARIE SEVERIN, SAL BUSCEMA & JOE STATON
Cover by RICH BUCKLER & JOHN ROMITA
The Abomination, the Glob, the Juggernaut, the Rhino, the Wendigo, Xemnu the Titan and more — no enemy's too big and monstrous for the Hulk! But is even the strongest one there is a match for the one who's the best there is...at what he does? Wolverine's first appearance and first fight with the Hulk reprinted here! Plus: triple-gamma action, international intrigue, poetry and the first death of Adam Warlock! Guest-starring the X-Men, the Inhumans and S.H.I.E.L.D.! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK #171-200 and ANNUAL #5.
616 PGS./All Ages ...$16.99

Pop links

Kristen Bell of "Veronica Mars" and "Heroes" fame will voice the female lead in the upcoming "Astro Boy" CGI film, Variety reports.

She joins a voice cast that includes Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy and Freddie Highmore.

Set in futuristic Metro City, Imagi Studios' Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist to replace the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving father's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the man who had rejected him.


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Fortress of Fortitude shares a pre-Comics Code horror tale illustrated by Steve Ditko.

DC Comics November 2008 solicitations

DC Comics solicits for next November came out while I was on vacation last week. Here's what looks interesting to me:

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DC COMICS CLASSICS LIBRARY: SUPERMAN – KRYPTONITE NEVERMORE! HC

Written by Dennis O’Neil
Art by Curt Swan & Murphy Anderson
Cover by Neal Adams, Curt Swan & Murphy Anderson
Originally published in 1971, this story turned Superman’s status quo on its head by featuring a story in which all Kryptonite was destroyed! But that leaves The Man of Steel anything but invulnerable as his powers slowly begin to fade and a doppleganger Superman arrives on the scene with strange powers of its own.
The first in the new DC COMICS CLASSICS LIBRARY line collecting memorable tales in their entirety, this volume contains SUPERMAN #233-238 and #240-242 and contains a momentous story for the Man of Tomorrow that you won’t want to miss!
Advance-solicited; on sale January 28 • 192 pg, FC, $39.99 US

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THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: THE MORE THINGS CHANGE TP

Written by Paul Levitz
Art by Steve Lightle, Ernie Colon, Keith Giffen, Larry Mahlstedt and others
Cover by Steve Lightle & Larry Mahlstedt
Bursting out of the 1980s comes this tale starring the far future’s greatest heroes! In this volume, you’ll find LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #7-13 as the team discovers a factory hidden between dimensions creating a Sun-Eater. Plus, it’s team leader election time!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 10 • 176 pg, FC, $17.99 US

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SUPERMAN: PAST AND FUTURE TP

Written by Jerry Siegel, Elliot S. Maggin, Cary Bates and others
Art by Curt Swan, Al Plastino, Keith Pollard and others
Cover by Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino
Follow Superman’s greatest time travel adventures as he experiences eras he never thought possible! This time warping collection features stories originally published from the ’40s through the ’80s including the classic tale “Superman Under the Red Sun” among many, many others!
Advance-solicited; on sale December 17 • 192 pg, FC, $19.99 US

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SHOWCASE PRESENTS: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD – BATMAN TEAM-UPS VOL. 3 TP

Written by Bob Haney
Art and cover by Jim Aparo
Enjoy over 500 pages of adventure with this collection featuring THE BRAVE & THE BOLD #109-134 as Batman teams with dozens of DC favorites including The Demon, Mister Miracle, Aquaman, The Flash and many more!
Advance-solicited;
on sale December 17
520 pg, B&W, $16.99 US

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SHOWCASE PRESENTS: STRANGE ADVENTURES VOL. 1 TP

Written by John Broome, Otto Binder, Joe Kubert, Bill Finger and others
Art by Carmine Infantino, Gil Kane, Joe Kubert, Murphy Anderson and others
Cover by Gil Kane
Blast into the mind-bending science fiction of the mid-’50s with this collection spotlighting STRANGE ADVENTURES #54-73 as humanity faces a bevy of menaces!
Advance-solicited;
on sale December 31
512 pg, B&W, $16.99 US

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SGT. ROCK 1:6 SCALE DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE
Easy Company leader Sgt. Rock joins the popular 1:6 scale deluxe collector figure line!
A crack shot and an expert in close hand-to-hand combat, Rock’s nearly superhuman endurance is legendary, allowing him to survive gunshot wounds, grenade fragments and harsh outdoor elements.
Dressed in the intricate and authentically detailed costume of military garb from the World War II storylines that made this character famous, Sgt. Rock also includes numerous character-appropriate accessories.
The figure comes with a display base and is packaged in a deluxe 4-color window box with a fifth panel.
Advance-solicited; on sale April 29, 2009 * Collector figure * $99.99 US

Barbarella lobby cards pt. 2

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Picture Sleeve Parade: random assortment

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Henry Mancini - Moon River

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Patty Duke - Don't Just Stand There

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Jimi Hendrix - 51st Anniversary

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The Ronettes - Be My Baby

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The Marvelettes - You're My Remedy

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Jan and Dean - Surf City

Disneyland matchbooks

What beats lighting up in the Magic Kingdom? Save me a stool at the Monorail Bar!

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New comics shipping Aug. 20, 2008

DARK HORSE COMICS

JUN080027 CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2 $2.99
MAY080054 FEAR AGENT #23 1 AGAINST 1 (PT 2 OF 6) $2.99
JUN080062 HELM #2 (OF 4) $3.50
JUN080096 REX MUNDI DH ED #13 $2.99

DC COMICS

JUN080200 BATGIRL #2 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN080213 BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #10 $2.99
JUN080214 BIRDS OF PREY #121 $2.99
JUN080217 BRAVE AND THE BOLD #16 $2.99
JUN080264 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #28 $2.25
JUN080277 CASEY BLUE BEYOND TOMORROW #4 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN080191 DC SPECIAL CYBORG #4 (OF 5) $2.99
JUN080284 DC WILDSTORM DREAMWAR #5 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN080180 FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #1 (OF 5) $3.99
JUN080219 FLASH #243 $2.99
JUN080226 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #24 $2.99

0060519568 Midnighters #2
Author: Scott Westerfeld;
Buy New: $8.99JUN080186

RANN THANAGAR HOLY WAR #4 (OF 8) $3.50
JUN080207 ROBIN #177 $2.99
JUN080267 SCOOBY DOO #135 $2.25
1401218482 Showcase Presents The Atom VOL 02
Author: Gardner Fox;
Buy New: $11.55JUN080231

SPIRIT #20 $2.99
JUN080271 STORMWATCH PHD WORLDS END #13 $2.99
JUN080261 SUPER FRIENDS #6 $2.25
JUN080212 SUPERMAN BATMAN #51 $2.99
1401218512 Superman Chronicles, Vol. 5
Author: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster;
Buy New: $10.19

JUN08019 TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #6 (OF 12) $2.99
JUN080177 TRINITY #12 $2.99
JUN080282 WORLD OF WARCRAFT #10 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS

MAY082238 ART OF MARC SILVESTRI DLX ED HC $29.99

1582408629 The Astounding Wolf-Man Volume 1
Author: Robert Kirkman, Jason Howard;

JAN082066 BRIT #8 $2.99
JUN082253 CHARLATAN BALL #3 $2.50
MAY082198 DARK IVORY #3 (OF 4) $2.99
APR088314 DARKNESS #1-3 READER ED (PP #821) $3.99
JUN082254 DEAD SPACE #6 (OF 6) $2.99
JUN082255 DYNAMO 5 #16 $3.50
FEB082157 MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #10 $2.99
JUN082236 NEW WORLD ORDER DAWN OF A NEW DAY TP $16.99
JUN082239 SURREAL ADVENTURES OF EDGAR ALLAN POO GN VOL 02 $12.99
JUN082290 WITCHBLADE #120 HALEY & NOWLAN CVR B $2.99
JUN082289 WITCHBLADE #120 SEJIC CVR A $2.99
MAR082088 YOUNGBLOOD TP VOL 01 FOCUS TESTED $9.99

MARVEL COMICS

MAY088079 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 JRJR SKETCH VAR (PP #823) NWD $3.99
JUN082306 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #568 NWD $3.99
JUN082319 CAPTAIN AMERICA #41 $2.99
JUN082329 GHOST RIDER #26 $2.99
MAY088315 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #3 2ND PTG PELLETIER VAR (PP #827) $2.99
JUN082359 GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #4 SI $2.99
JUN082361 INCREDIBLE HERCULES #120 SI $2.99
JUN082333 IRON FIST ORIGIN OF DANNY RAND $3.99
JUN082334 IRON MAN DIRECTOR OF SHIELD #32 $2.99
JUN082327 MARVEL 1985 #4 (OF 6) $3.99
JUN082342 MARVEL ADVENTURES TWO-IN-ONE #14 $4.99
JUN082311 MARVEL SPOTLIGHT SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY $2.99
JUN082370 MOON KNIGHT #21 $2.99
JUN082440 PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL CLASSIC TP VOL 01 $24.99
MAY088298 SECRET INVASION #2 (OF 8) 3RD PTG YU VAR (PP #827) $3.99
MAY088314 SECRET INVASION #3 (OF 8) 2ND PTG YU VAR (PP #827) $3.99
MAY088354 SKAAR SON OF HULK #1 3RD PTG GARNEY SKETCH VAR $2.99
JUN082372 SKRULLS VS POWER PACK #2 (OF 4) $2.99
JUN082384 SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #2 $2.99
JUN082451 STEPHEN KING DARK TOWER TREACHERY POSTER $7.99
JUN082450 STEPHEN KING THE STAND POSTER $7.99
JUN082325 TRUE BELIEVERS #2 (OF 5) $2.99
JUN082301 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #57 $2.99
MAY088336 ULTIMATE ORIGINS #2 (OF 5) 2ND PTG GUICE WRAPAROUND VAR $2.99

0785129618 Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 20
Author: Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen...;
Buy New: $10.39

MAY088299 ULTIMATES 3 #4 (OF 5) 2ND PTG MADUREIRA VAR (PP #827) $2.99
JUN082386 UNCANNY X-MEN #501 MD $2.99
JUN082364 X-FACTOR #34 SI $2.99
JUN082396 X-FACTOR SPECIAL LAYLA MILLER $3.99
JUN082398 X-MEN FIRST CLASS VOL 2 #15 $2.99
JUN082434 X-MEN TP DIVIDED WE STAND $12.99
JUN082437 YOUNG INHUMANS TP $24.99
JUN082390 YOUNG X-MEN #5 DWS $2.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

JUN083592 WIZARD ANIME INSIDER #60 ROBOTECH CVR $4.99

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COMICS

JUN083657 ARCHIE #588 $2.25
JUN083731 BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS #2 (RES) $3.99
MAY083760 DEAN KOONTZS FRANKENSTEIN VOL 01 #3 (OF 5) PRODIGAL SON $2.99
JUN083853 DRAFTED #10 $3.50
FEB083422 GARGOYLES BAD GUYS #4 $3.50
JUN083732 GEARZ #3 $3.99
JAN083442 JASON & THE ARGONAUTS KINGDOM OF HADES #5 $3.99
JUN083665 KATY KEENE SPECIAL TP VOL 01 $10.95
MAY083907 MARTIAN CONFEDERACY GN VOL 1 REDNECKS RED PLANET $15.00
JUN083666 PALS N GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #124 $3.69
JUN083733 PISTOLFIST #2 (OF 4) $3.99
APR083788 PS238 #33 $2.99
JUN083734 RAY HARRYHAUSEN PRESENTS BACK MYSTERIOUS ISLE #2 $3.99
JUN083730 RET ROMANNE #1 (OF 4) $3.99
JUN083617 REX LIBRIS #12 $3.50
JUN083741 SIMPSONS COMICS #145 $2.99
JUN084309 STRANDED HC VOL 01 LIMITED ED $29.99
APR083621 TIGER & CRANE #3 (OF 4) $3.99
APR083622 VIOLET ROSE #2 $3.99
JUN083857 VOLTRON A LEGEND FORGED #2 $3.50

Red scare comics!

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And how about an anti-Red Scare cover to round things out?

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