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Marvel-ous Xmas Toys for 2012

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With Christmas fast approaching, here’s a few ideas for those members of your family who are action-figure inclined. All are stocked in our stores, so just call 01206 561912 or email us to place an order…

AVENGERS
Hasbro
Avengers by Hasbro
Marvel’s Avengers movie was one of the hit movies from 2012, and Hasbro have offered up a great selection of characters from the film. Whether you’re soaring towards space with a ballistic missile as the Armoured Avenger or falling through the skies in a Helicarrier prison as the God of Thunder, great fun is to be had with these cool toys.

We still have in stock…

  • Fusion Armour Iron Man
  • Stealth Armour Iron Man
  • Poseable Iron Man
  • Captain America
  • Thor
  • Thor (Ultimate Uniform)
  • Hulk
  • Hawkeye (ultimate Uniform)

All figures are £9.99.

THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN
Hasbro
Amazing Spider-Man by Hasbro

Spider-Man also made an appearance at the flicks this year, played by Andrew Garfield. We have a great range of the cool figures released by Hasbro from this film as well.

  • Claw Spider-Man
  • Glider Spider-Man
  • Lizard Trap Spider-Man
  • Night Spider-Man
  • Poseable Spider-Man
  • Web Cannon Spider-Man
  • Webline Spider-Man
  • Zip Rocket Spider-Man
  • Missile Firing Lizard
  • Water Cannon Lizard

All figures are £9.99.

MARVEL SELECT ACTION FIGURES
Diamond Select toys
Marvel Select Figures

For a number of years, Marvel have been releasing larger, more detailed figures in their Marvel Select line. These have proven to be very popular and are bound to find themselves under a number of Christmas Trees this year.

We currently still have in stock…

  • Captain America
  • Chitauri Warrior
  • Colossus
  • Daredevil
  • Doctor Doom
  • Green Goblin
  • Iron Man
  • Lizard (Movie)
  • Magneto
  • The Punisher
  • Sabretooth
  • Spider-Man
  • Spider-Man (Movie)
  • Spider-Woman
  • Storm
  • The Thing
  • Thor
  • Ultron

The Marvel Select figures are £19.99 each.

Great Marvel SIEGE 99p eBay Rarities Finishing Sunday

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We have had a great selection of Marvel Siege rarities up for auction on eBay this week. Due to finish Sunday night, all of the comics listed below have starting bids of only 99p!

Siege #1 Joe Quesada Variant Cover 1:200
Siege #1 Joe Quesada Variant Cover 1:200
(Auction Closes: 23 Sep, 2012 19:08:08 BST)

THE SIEGE STARTS HERE!!

Remember when you were first introduced to the Cabal, the gathering of the most sinister members of the Marvel Universe, and you said to yourself: Well, that’s going to blow up in everyone’s face! Well, you were right and it happens right here!! Norman Osborn faces off with Doctor Doom and his mysterious threat to Doom is revealed. All of this is setting the stage for next month’s explosive event: SIEGE!

Starting bid 99p!

Bid on Ebay here

Siege #1 Olivier Coipel Sketch Cover 1:75
Siege #1 Olivier Coipel Sketch Cover 1:75
(Auction Closes: 23 Sep, 2012 19:26:13 BST)

Beginning with the ravaging affects of Avengers Disassembled and following the aftermaths of House of M, Civil War and Secret Invasion, culminating with the evil Reign of Norman Osborn, the Marvel Universe has been left with its greatest villains holding more power and control than ever before. On the brink of madness, Osborn, in his final bid to take total control, targets the final obstacle in his mission…Asgard. Events are set in motion forcing our heroes to put aside the deep rifts that have grown over the past seven years. Opposing them stand a horde of evil that has begun to take down the gods of the Golden Realm! SIEGE will rock the foundations of every super hero, villain and team in the Marvel Universe. As an era ends, one word will ring above all others…”SIEGE.”

Starting bid 99p!

Bid on Ebay here

Siege #2 Joe Quesada Sketch Cover 1:300
Siege #2 Joe Quesada Sketch Cover 1:300
(Auction Closes: 23 Sep, 2012 19:32:00 BST)

The blockbuster Marvel event of the year goes full-blown carnage and madness as the biggest and most brutal battle in Marvel’s history brings together heroes from all sides. Lines have been drawn, and an unlikely hero will save one Avenger, but they can’t save them all.

The Siege has begun and it claims its first victim as AN AVENGER WILL DIE!!

Starting bid 99p!

Bid on Ebay here

Siege #4 Olivier Coipel Sketch Cover 1:100
Siege #4 Olivier Coipel Sketch Cover 1:100
(Auction Closes: 23 Sep, 2012 20:03:05 BST)

As the SIEGE of Asgard escalates to its final chaotic moments, one man must decide which is more important – living through the day, or getting the truth behind the story of the century!

Starting bid 99p!

Bid on Ebay here

Siege The Cabal Alan Davis Variant Cover 1:50
Siege The Cabal Alan Davis Variant Cover 1:50
(Auction Closes: 23 Sep, 2012 20:16:49 BST)

THE SIEGE STARTS HERE!! Remember when you were first introduced to the Cabal, the gathering of the most sinister members of the Marvel Universe, and you said to yourself: Well, that’s going to blow up in everyone’s face! Well, you were right and it happens right here!! Norman Osborn faces off with Doctor Doom and his mysterious threat to Doom is revealed. All of this is setting the stage for next month’s explosive event: SIEGE!

Starting bid 99p!

Bid on Ebay here

Top 10 Comics (12 Sept 2012)

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The Top 10 Best Selling Comics!

Here are the top 10, best selling comics* for this week!

Avengers Assemble #7▶ 10 – AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #7
Marvel Comics

Thanos rules!

Buffy Season 9 #13▶ 9 – BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: SEASON 9 #13
Dark Horse

Acting as bodyguard for her first-ever client, Buffy has found herself entangled in some nasty demon business with ties to Angel and his time in LA. Through the social network Tincan, some demons have been able to connect to our world, and any attempts to sever that connection will lead Buffy and her client into increasingly dangerous territory.

Batgirl #0▶ 8 – BATGIRL #0
DC Comics

How did Barbara first become Batgirl? What led to her to don the cape and cowl?

Witness Barbara Gordon’s shocking injury and her inspiring drive to recover and walk again!

Wolverine and the X-Men #16▶ 7 – WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #16
Marvel Comics

The Hellfire Club is on the run from Cyclops and rest of the Phoenix Five.

How does an anti-mutant organization operate in a mutant-run world?

Batman and Robin #0▶ 6 – BATMAN AND ROBIN #0
DC Comics

Damian’s complicated relationship with his mother, Talia al Ghul, takes center stage.

Bred to kill and not to care, this is the birth of an assassin!

Fantastic Four #610▶ 5 – FANTASTIC FOUR #610
Marvel Comics

Crossing over with FF #22, the Fantastic Four must deal with the fallout of the Wizard returning to claim his son, Future Foundation member, Bentley 23!

Uncanny X-Men #18▶ 4 – UNCANNY X-MEN #18
Marvel Comics

AVX #11 tie-in!

Cyclops and Emma have supreme power and it threatens to tear them apart.

New Avengers #30▶ 3 – NEW AVENGERS #30
Marvel Comics

AVX tie-in!

New York is burning, the world is ending…but the heroes on the street aren’t going down without a fight!

Avengers vs X-Men #11▶ 2 – AVENGERS VS X-MEN #11
Marvel Comics

The final month of AVX opens with the first of two extra-sized issues!

Fatality!

Batman #0 ★ 1 – BATMAN #0
DC Comics

Bruce Wayne has returned from his worldwide quest to take the law into his own hands!

This issue reveals the early steps of building everything that surrounds Batman – the costume, the cave, the car, the gadgets!

*Results are based on combined preorders for titles across all of ACE Comics’ retail divisions (ie, ACE Advance Order Service, Six-Issue Subscriptions, ACE Stores, etc)

Cover of the Week #31

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Cover of the Week

It’s time, once again, to cast our gaze across the new release shelves and pick out a few choice cuts from the meat and potatoes of this week’s comic book covers!

Getting the thumbs up this week are the rather fruity Lucio Parrillo variant of Warlord of Mars #20, the ever-reliable Ashley Wood on Deadworld: War of the Dead #1 and a sweet, stylized Daredevil #16, courtesy of Chris Samnee.

There is, though, one cover that has received unanimous approval from all of the staff at ACE. And that cover is…

Hawkeye #1

Hawkeye #1 by David Aja. Not only cover of the week, but the beginning on an exciting, brand new series to boot!

Congrats to David and Marvel, they get the paper crown this week!

Rare Hawkeye #1 covers in our eBay store

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Marvel‘s brand new series featuring one of the key members of this year’s Avengers Assemble movie, Hawkeye, debuted this week.

We have limited copies of the two variant covers in our eBay store, so if you’ve missed the first issue, make sure you target one now!

Hawkeye #1 Amazing Spider-Man Variant
Hawkeye #1 Spider-Man 50th Anniversary Variant

Matt Fraction and David Aja (Immortal Iron Fist) reunite to tell the ongoing tales of Avenger Clint Barton. He’s on the mean streets of New York City to do what he can to help people.

Just wait until you see his new partner!

£4.99

Buy it on our Ebay store here

<Hawkeye #1 Adi Granov Variant
Hawkeye #1 Adi Granov Variant Cover 1:25

Matt Fraction and David Aja (Immortal Iron Fist) reunite to tell the ongoing tales of Avenger Clint Barton. He’s on the mean streets of New York City to do what he can to help people.

Just wait until you see his new partner!

£14.99

Buy it on our Ebay store here

(Belated) Cover of the Week #23

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Cover of the Week

The Jubilee week saw a few great covers dropping into our reading pile, with noteable mentions going to Tony Millionaire for his awesome Popeye #2 variant and the interesting composition of X-Factor #237 by David Yardin, but Cover of the Week #23 has gone to…

Hulk #53

…Hulk #53 by Dale Eaglesham!

Congrats to Dale and Marvel, they get her majesty’s jubilee paper crown jewels for week 23!

Extended Spider-Man Trailer

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The Amazing Spider-Man

There has been a new version of the most recent trailer released for The Amazing Spider-Man that features additional footage at the beginning and end.

We get to see Peter Parker arrive and swing into action as The Lizard is causing havoc on the Brooklyn Bridge and then at the end, a very brief clip of Peter being asked if he wants to join the football team.

The Amazing Spider-Man debuts in the UK on 3rd July.

This Week’s Comics (16th May 2012)

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This Weeks Comics 16-05-12 - Dancer / Catwoman

These titles are due to hit the shelves on Wednesday 16th May 2012!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ENDS OF EARTH #1
Marvel Comics

From one “Ends of the Earth” to the other, Spider-Man isn’t the only hero fighting free the globe from Doctor Octopus’s treacherous tentacles in this extra sized story! And the dying doctor has some wicked worldly associates of his own. Guest staring: Big Hero Six and Union Jack .

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) AVX
Marvel Comics

All across the globe-in the Savage Land, in Wakanda, in Tabula Rasa and more-Avenger battles X-Man for the fate of the world! Hope has a suicide mission to propose to Wolverine! While in space, the Avengers’ away team meets the Phoenix head on!

DANCER #1
Image Comics

“OUVERTURE”: Retired assassin Alan Fisher and his ballerina companion must escape a ruthless sniper who stalks them through the streets of Milan. To survive and protect the love of his life, Alan will unravel the tapestry of the past he’s kept hidden and discover the killer’s impossible identity. From the writer of WHO IS JAKE ELLIS? and the artist of VIKING comes a spy thriller with a 21st Century twist.

JOE HILL THE CAPE HC
IDW

Every little boy dreams about putting on a cape and soaring up, up, and away… but what if one day that dream were to come true? Eric was like every other eight-year-old boy, until a tragic accident changed his life forever. The Cape explores the dark side of power, as the adult Eric – a confused and broken man – takes to the skies… and sets out to exact a terrible vengeance on everyone who ever disappointed him.

This critically acclaimed, Eisner-Award nominated story, written by Jason Ciaramella, based on the short story by New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill, with art by Zach Howard and Nelson Daniel, will linger with you long after you turn the last page, and force you to ask yourself the question: “What if?”

CATWOMAN TP VOL 01 THE GAME
DC Comics

Collecting the first six issues of the DC Comics – The New 52 series! Meet Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman. She’s addicted to the night. Addicted to shiny objects. Addicted to Batman. Most of all, Catwoman is addicted to danger. She can’t help herself, and the truth is – she doesn’t want to. She’s good at being bad, and very bad at being good. But this time, Selina steals from the wrong man, and now he’s got her. He wants his stuff back, he wants answers and he wants blood. Writer Judd Winick begins a new chapter for CATWOMAN – let’s hope she makes it out alive!

BATMAN BRUCE WAYNE THE ROAD HOME TP
DC Comics

Now in trade paperback, this title collects the eight BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME specials: BATMAN & ROBIN #1, RED ROBIN #1, BATGIRL #1, OUTSIDERS #1, CATWOMAN #1, ORACLE #1, COMMISSIONER GORDON #1 and RA’S AL GHUL #1 as Batman returns to Gotham City.

BPRD HELL ON EARTH DEVILS ENGINE #1 (OF 3)
Dark Horse Comics

Caught between bat-faced monsters, a devastating earthquake, and the mad science experiments of Zinco, Devon and Fenix form an uneasy alliance in order to get to safety!

Full Listing

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #229
JUGHEAD #213
SONIC UNIVERSE #40

DARK HORSE COMICS

BERNIE WRIGHTSONS FRANKENSTEIN HC (4TH PTG)
BPRD HELL ON EARTH DEVILS ENGINE #1 (OF 3)
BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD TP VOL 11
CLASSIC MARVEL CHARACTERS FF #5 DR DOOM
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #4
RESET #2 (OF 4)
STAR WARS DAWN O/T JEDI FORCE STORM #4

DC COMICS

BATMAN BRUCE WAYNE THE ROAD HOME TP
BATWOMAN #9
BATWOMAN #9 VAR ED
BIRDS OF PREY #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)
BLUE BEETLE #9
CAPTAIN ATOM #9
CATWOMAN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)
CATWOMAN TP VOL 01 THE GAME
COVER GIRLS OF THE DCU RAVEN STATUE
DC UNIVERSE PRESENTS #9
DEADENDERS TP
FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE NEW ED
GREEN LANTERN BRIGHTEST DAY TP
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #9
GREEN LANTERN HC VOL 01 SINESTRO
GREEN LANTERN THE ANIMATED SERIES #2
HELLBLAZER #291
JUSTICE LEAGUE #4 3RD PTG
JUSTICE LEAGUE #9
JUSTICE LEAGUE #9 BLACK & WHITE VAR ED
JUSTICE LEAGUE #9 COMBO PACK
JUSTICE LEAGUE #9 VAR ED
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #9
NIGHTWING #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)
RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)
SAUCER COUNTRY #3
SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER VILLAINS HC VOL 02
SHADE #8 (OF 12)
SHADE #8 (OF 12) VAR ED
SUPERGIRL #9
WONDER WOMAN #9
WONDER WOMAN #9 VAR ED

IDW PUBLISHING

30 DAYS OF NIGHT 10 BLOODY YEARS TREASURY ED
COBRA ONGOING #13
COMPLETE CHESTER GOULDS DICK TRACY HC VOL 13
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO TP VOL 04
HAWKEN #4 (OF 6)
JOE HILL THE CAPE HC
JURASSIC PARK DANGEROUS GAMES GN
LAST UNICORN HC DLX ED
LIMITED REID FLEMING NEW DIMENSION POSTER
LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS #6 (OF 6)
MAGIC THE GATHERING #4

IMAGE COMICS

ACTIVITY #6
ARTIFACTS ORIGINS FIRST BORN TP
DANCER #1
DANGER CLUB #2
FOOT SOLDIERS TP VOL 01
GLORY #26
HAUNT TP VOL 03
MANHATTAN PROJECTS #3
SAGA #3
SPAWN COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01
THIEF OF THIEVES #1 3RD PTG
WITCHBLADE REBIRTH TP VOL 01

MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #682 2ND PTG VAR DELLOTTO ENDS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #683 2ND PTG DELLOTTO VAR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ENDS OF EARTH #1
AVENGERS #26 AVX
AVENGERS ACADEMY #30 AVX
AVENGERS BLACK WIDOW STRIKES #2 (OF 3)
AVENGERS CONTEST TP
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #0 (OF 12) 3RD PTG CHO VAR
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) AVENGERS TEAM VAR AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) BAGLEY VAR AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) OPENA SKETCH VAR AVX
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 (OF 12) OPENA VAR AVX
AVX VS #2 (OF 6)
AVX VS #2 (OF 6) MCNIVEN VAR
DAREDEVIL #13
DEADPOOL MAX PREM HC SECOND CUT
FANTASTIC FOUR #605.1
FURY MAX #2
GENERATION HOPE END OF A GENERATION TP
HULK SMASH AVENGERS #3 (OF 5)
INCREDIBLE HULK #7.1
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #517
JOHN CARTER GODS OF MARS #3 (OF 5)
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE TP
MOON KNIGHT BY BENDIS AND MALEEV PREM HC VOL 02
NEW AVENGERS #24 2ND PTG DEODATO AVX
NEW AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS PREM HC VOL 03
NEW MUTANTS #42 EXILED
NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC TP VOL 07
SECRET SERVICE #2 (OF 7)
SECRET SERVICE #2 (OF 7) YU VAR
THUNDERBOLTS #174
UNCANNY X-MEN #12 AVX
VENOM #18
WINTER SOLDIER #5
WOLVERINE AND BLACK CAT CLAWS 2 TP
X-FACTOR #236

TOP COW

DARKNESS #103
HARDCORE #1
HARDCORE #1 SGN ED
HARDCORE #1 TOP COW STORE ED

Mark Paniccia previews Spider-Men

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Marvel editor Mark Paniccia spoke about Brian Michael Bendis’s Spider-Men through the Marvel website this week.

Spider-Men #1

Spider-Men is a limited series from writer Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli that will ‘introduce the Peter Parker we’ve known and loved for five decades to Miles Morales of the Ultimate Comics Universe’.

Mark Paniccia: “We were at a Publishing meeting going over the upcoming anniversaries and plans for 2012. Joe Quesada suggested having Peter and Miles meet. Usually we’re all very conservative when it comes to the idea of crossing over between the two universes, but the 50th anniversary of our favorite wall-crawler seemed like a pretty good time to do something like this. We had lots of interest and momentum built up with Miles Morales and we in the Ultimate Office loved the idea of giving more readers the opportunity to discover this new Spider-Man.

Brian is doing what he does best with making us feel like we’re there. We experience the tension in the room, the electricity in the air, the intense emotions of the characters. There are some incredibly powerful moments for both Spider-Men, but especially Peter. There’s this one scene I thought was one of the most heart-wrenching moments I’ve read recently. But this isn’t a surprise from the man who made readers cry with Death of Spider-Man.

We’ve never really done anything like this before. I mean, when I came over to the Ultimate line, I thought of it as a re-interpretation of the Marvel Universe, a place where things could be re-imagined with a more realistic and modern sensibility. I didn’t look at it as an alternate universe. So just based on that I wasn’t that interested in crossing over to the Marvel Universe. My associate editor, Sana Amanat, felt the same way. Crossing over was almost considered blasphemy.

But, with the advent of such an endearing and interesting character as Miles Morales as the new Spider-Man, you couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like for him and Peter to meet. Since the Peter Parker of the Ultimate Universe is dead, there was no other Peter he could shake hands with or have the classic Marvel hero misunderstanding—or the awesome “let’s go get the bad guys” moment. This kind of day dream made it easier to imagine an actual crossover and start thinking of it as more of a possibility. We just needed the right reason and the right story. So this is a very different thing especially with the barrier between dimensions broken. And I think it’s a great place for Marvel fans to crossover, too, and see what life is like in the Ultimate Universe. I can’t think of a better gateway to discover ideas and concepts that inspired many elements of the movie franchises.

Sara [Pichelli] does action very well and captures emotional beats better than almost anyone else out there. And there are big, important and heartbreaking moments in this series so we couldn’t be happier having her. We get a lot of letters from people who think she’s just the best and love the characters she’s designed.

I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that she’s a master of expression not just with the face, but with body language as well. I think everyone who picks this book up is going to walk away a big Sara Pichelli fan!”

Spider-Men hits shelves this June.

Full interview.