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Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, Devil’s Due Publishing, Virgin, and Image Comics.

This week includes Amazing Spider-Man, Batman and the Outsiders, Captain America, Casey Blue: Beyond Tomorrow, Godland, Moon Knight, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Scalped, Zorro, and the first issues of Batgirl, Conan the Cimmerian, Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge, The Helm, Spike: After the Fall, Universal War One and Voltron: A Legend Forged.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including Angel: After the Fall, Astro City: The Dark Age Book 1, Hulk: WWH – Warbound, Scrambled Ink, Trials of Shazam Vol. 2, Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Vol. 1, and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #79

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Absolute Batman – The Long Halloween

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  • Title: Absolute Batman – The Long Halloween
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“The promise I made to my parents, the promise to rid this city of the evil that took their lies, may finally be within reach.”

“I believe in Harvey Dent.”

This being Halloween I though it would be a good opportunity to take a look at the Dark Knight Detective’s holiday themed adventure, Batman: The Long Halloween.  The Absolute Edition comes in an oversized volume complete with slipcase and extras.

The thirteen-issue maxi-series from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale is collected in this handsome Absolute Edition oversized hardcover complete with an introduction from Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer discussing the influence the series had on Batman Begins, the transcript of Richard Starkings interview with Loeb and Sale, the original proposal for the project, and a look at cover art, sketches, and the toys inspired from the tale.  All in all a nice collection bundled together in a handsome package.

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Silver Surfer: Requiem

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  • Title: Silver Surfer: Requiem
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“My name is Norrin Radd.  The Silver Surfer.  Wielder of the Power Cosmic, former herald to Galactus, Devourer of Worlds.  I have travelled the galaxy, seen more than other eyes could hope to behold in a hundred lifetimes.  And I am dying.”

“As he rose into the sky, I thought..how sad that we did not know him better.  How sad that his voice was heard so little, when he had so much to say.”

In four issues J. Michael Straczynski weaves a heart-wrenching tale of the final days of the Silver Surfer.  A speck has appeared on outer covering of his body, and is growing.  The shell which has kept him alive through space and inside suns has begun to break down.  As it fails, so will Norrin Radd’s nervous system, providing a painful death for our hero.

The first two issues, and the beginning of issue three, deal with the realization of the Surfer’s condition and his final moments on the planet Earth, visiting the people and places he has come to love.  In these pages we get Reed Richards’ frustration, Sue‘s despair, Doctor Strange‘s final gift, and Spider-Man offering comfort.

The third issue deals with a sacred war between two neighbouring planets which has lasted for 50 generations.  The last big effort of the Surfer is to single-handedly end the conflict, and, as always, promote tolerance, peace, and understanding.  Although not as moving as the rest of the book it does allow the hero one final big moment before his voyage ends.

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Comic Rack

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Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, Devil’s Due Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes 100 Bullets, Action Comics, Chuck, Detective Comics, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hack/Slash, I Kill Giants, New Exiles, Red Sonja, and the first issues of B.P.R.D.: The Warning, Captain America: White, and Transformers: All Hail Megatron.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including Aliens Omnibus Vol. 4, Batman and Son, Badger Saves the World, Doctor Who Classics Vol. 1, Nova Vol. 2 Knowhere, Silver Surfer: Requiem, Teen Titans Spotlight: Wonder Girl, and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #78

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Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, Virgin, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, Devil’s Due Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes Astonishing X-Men, Batman, Brit, BtVS Season 8, Cable, G.I. Joe: America’s Elite, Manhunter, Savage Tales, Ultimate Origins, and the first issues of Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!, Hellblazer Presents Chas – The Knowledge, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods, Star Trek: Mirror Images,  and Storming Paradise.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including After the Cape II: All Falls Down, Counter X Vol. 1, Essential Defenders Vol. 4, Hellblazer: The Fear Machine, Superman: Last Son, The Sword Vol. 1: Fire, Wondermark: Beards of our Forefathers, and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #77

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