Percy Carey’s Comic Book Corner: Thank You

DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT…
Percy Carey picks the hottest releases from the week of 12/17/08
[Assisted by comicbookpage.com]

BACK TO THE FUTURE: OUT A TIME LICENSE PLATE REPLICA

A Diamond Select Release! Get the Flux Capacitor ready and start your DeLorean, because the Back to the Future ‘Outatime’ License Plate Replica is ready for your collection! Recreating the legendary DeLorean DMC-12’s famous tags, this full-size replica features window-box packaging perfect for display or wall mounting. Not for street use after 1985.
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JOKER 1/2 SCALE BUST

Sculpted by Kolby Jukes

The Clown Prince of Crime is ready for his Closeup! Batman’s deadliest foe is the second piece in DC Direct’s new line of 1:2 SCale mixed-media busts! The perfect companion piece to the Batman 1:2 scale bust, it features eerie life-like facial details and an intricate fabric costume that is finely tailored to the cold-cast porcelain body. The bust sits on a museum-style pedestal display base. The Joker 1:2 scale bust measures approximately 13.75′ high x 10′ wide x 6.25′ deep, includes a 4-color certificate of authenticity, and is packaged in a 4-color box.
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MARVEL MASTERWORKS: AVENGERS NO 69-79

Written by ROY THOMAS
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA, JOHN BUSCEMA & FRANK GIACOIA
Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA

Avengers assemble! The MARVEL MASTERWORKS are bringing you yet another collection from the heyday of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. You know it’s trouble when Kang the Conqueror drops in from the 41st century, but this time he pits our heroes against Hyperion, Nighthawk, Dr. Spectrum and the Whizzer – the Squadron Sinister – in a cosmic chess match! And as if one menace wasn’t enough, then from across time the Avengers must also face the combined combat skill of the Captain America, Sub-Mariner and Human Torch of 1941! Next, it’s a focus on the King of Wakanda, the Black Panther, as he infiltrates the supremacist Sons of the Serpent. But when he’s captured, will the Serpents use T’Challa to incite a war that will tear the nation apart? Then it’s the return of Quicksilver and the SCarlet Witch, but with them in two comes a barbarian as only Big John Buscema can draw them, Akron the Magnificent! And before you close these pages you’ll find out how to rent an Avenger when they become heroes for hire, see the return of the Man-Ape and the Lethal Legion, and enjoy guest-stars galore with the Black Knight, Nick Fury, Captain Marvel and Black Widow! Collecting AVENGERS #69-79.

240 PGS./All Ages …$54.99
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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 15 OZ COFFEE MUG

Zombies have an insatiable hunger for human flesh, not too different from your insatiable need for caffeine in the morning! To that end, get this big 15 ounce black coffee mug with wraparound art from the classic 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead! Fill this mug with coffee, and you can resurrect your zombie-fied self in the morning! Or for those late nights, add the glossy black 1.5 ounce shot glass features the classic logo from Night of the Living Dead to your collection!
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PUNISHER MAX #65

Written by GREGG HURWITZ
Penciled by LAURENCE CAMPBELL
Cover by DAVE JOHNSO CONCLUSION TO ‘GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES: JIGSAW’

The conclusion to the first of three story arcs written by three of the hottest writers in crime fiction starts here! Best-selling crime novelist Gregg Hurwitz (The Kill Clause, The Crime Writer) and Laurence Campbell (PUNISHER ANNUAL: THE HUNTED) bring you a tale of death, depravity and revenge south of the border. Frank Castle has never had less to lose…or more pain to dole out. He’s cut his way to the top of the criminal empire that’s been terrorizing the Mexican desert town of Tierra Rota, and now he’s ready to sever its head. It’s the Punisher versus Jigsaw, like you’ve never seen before.

32 PGS./Explicit Content …$2.99
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UNDERWORLD MOVIE TRILOGY

Kris Oprisko, Kevin Grevioux (w)
Nick Postic, Nick Marinkovich, Antonio Vasquez, Andrew Huerta (a)

Capture the excitement from all three Underworld films in this collection of Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. Follow Selene, a Vampire ‘Death Dealer,’ as she continues her eternal quest to rid the world of Lycans, then witness her evolution as she uncovers more truths about the origins of the two species, before Rise of the Lycans reveals the untold story of Lucian’s early years in captivity and the age-old war between the Lycans and Vampires!
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VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS #4

by Chad Helder & Giovanni P. Timpano

Vincent Price presents all-new gothic horror stories for a new generation of Vincent Price fans! In this macabre tale where gothic horror meets the perversions of SCience, a young boy must face a twisted trial, a rite of passage conceived by a madman, and confront a creature deep within a mad scientist’s dungeon!